#and also not smart when it comes to kirby

[kianamaiart]

"Pretty Pretty Please I Don't Want to be a Magical Girl" Bios!

NAME: Aika (she/her) AGE: 15 Main Protagonist CV: Anairis Quiñones

BIO:

Aika is an easily excitable and energetic girl. She's generally optimistic and very friendly. She's always eager to try new things as long as it's not her fulltime job of being a magical girl.

As soon as her magical girl duties are brought into the picture, her demeanor changes. She checks out, and often looks for the quickest solution to solve the issue. No flashy transformations and special moves here. She's good with a metal baseball bat or a rocket launcher.

All Aika wants is to live a normal life, make friends and go to school. Unfortunately, like every main protagonist, trouble manages to follow her wherever she goes.

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NAME: Zira (she/they) AGE: 16 Love Interest Best Friend CV: Bennett Abara

BIO:

Zira is everything Aika wants to be. Painfully average, under the radar and a self proclaimed loser.

She's a smart girl but has a hard time applying herself. Instead of paying attention in school, and doing extracurriculars, Zira would much rather be reading her favorite magical girl manga "Moon Sailor".

After Aika forces her friendship upon them, Zira now has to tag along on all of Aika's escapades and experiences new things. Ew. However, they admire Aika deeply and admire her even more after Aika's magical secret comes to light.

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NAME: Hoshi (any/they/them) AGE: unknown Magical Sidekick CV: Christine Marie Cabanos

BIO:

Hoshi is a magical star being sent to Earth to find the chosen one. They made a great choice with Aika, as she's amazing at her job. The only issue is she hates it and is often trying to dodge responsibilities (and Hoshi).

When Aika first started, and still had her heart in it, Hoshi was definitely more neurotic and acted as your typical mentor/magical sidekick. But over time, they gave up on trying to tell Aika what to do and also became a little more apathetic. Aika was getting the job done at least, so what's the problem?

Hoshi still has to make sure Aika doesn't completely give up on being the Star Guardian: Guardian of the Stars, which Aika finds annoying.

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NAME: Eclipse (he/him) AGE: 15 Minor Antagonist CV: Aleks Le

BIO:Eclipse is a flamboyant and theatrical individual whose showmanship is out of this world. He refers to himself as

"Eclipse: Servant of Darkness".

He was a D-list antagonist that Aika and her team would fight on occasion. Mostly just saving citizens from him being a nuisance. Eclipse has deluded himself into thinking that he's Aika's rival, main antagonist and love interest. Their love is simply forbidden as he's chosen the path of darkness and her, the light.

After Aika ran away, he managed to find her again. However this time he actually has powers??? Where did those come from? It's as if he's made a deal with darkness itself.

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NAME: Lady DeVoid (she/her) AGE: Old Main Antagonist/Big Bad CV: Shara Kirby

BIO: Lady DeVoid is darkness itself. She's a mysterious being with an incomprehensible amount of power. Power that is currently weakened and that she actually has no idea how to use. She can't seem to remember for some reason...

All she knows is that a long time ago she was defeated and banished by a Star Guardian and that she now wants revenge. The only power she has at her disposal is creating particles of darkness that she can use to possess animate or inanimate objects to create monsters. She prefers others do her dirty work.

She enlists the help of Eclipse to spread these particles with the hopes that it'll eventually destroy the Star Guardian.

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NAME: Miss (she/her) AGE: 39 Side Character CV: Michele Knotz

BIO:

Miss is Aika and Zira's very tired teacher. Looking at her, you might assume she hates her job, but it's quite the opposite. She pours everything into her work and into her students, leaving very little time for her personal life.

She's recently started trying to get it together (after her ex-wife left her) but is still struggling to find that work-life balance.

Prior to Aika enrolling, Miss was Zira's only friend at school and, though she'd never admit it, Zira's probably the closest thing she has to a friend also (oof). She's subsequently become a secret Moon Sailor fan too.

[ledgends-of-the-stars]

Ok so this is like, lots of time in the making! Anyone remember the Sexiest Kirby Character Tournament? PFFFF And Meta Knight won?! LMAO I made a reaction doodle of my Meta responding to the outcome at the time (Maybe might redraw it)!

As you can see, he took it well! Lol And I teased a Ginjinka of DDD! But I never made him because I’m a Meta Simp.

So this was all of him I had made at the time. But now that changes today! ^^

Say hello to your Hunk of a King!! I even gave him a fancy name like I did with Meta; Devinus Denintello Dee!

“Dee”vinus “Dee”nintello “Dee”

Some notes of characterization: I grew up with Anime DDD, so he’s got that Southern Accent. He’s silly, loud, proud, and gluttonous, but he cares for his people and wants to prove he is a Great King! So I also mix in what is canon about him in the games!

I feel like DDD has that charm of easily getting people to open up and express themselves. Like, being really honest. He can be just as blunt and even point out some things others may not notice or want to notice. I feel like DDD is smart, not a genius, but he’s able to pilot Mechs and wield crazy contraptions! DDD is definitely naturally funny, so much so he even got Martin to laugh at one point!

When it comes to the King and his Knight, they are very professional with each other, though DDD can be a bit more open about his friendship with the Dark Knight. I’m making some Friendship Content about them and even adding some lore as to how their relationship formed. Just know they are close and mutual in my AU!

Bonus Bandana Dee Ginjinka! He took in Bandana, who I’ll call Bana, as his little one! This basically makes Bana the Prince, though he doesn’t consider himself such. He wants to fight for the King, stand by his side and repay him for his kindness of not only taking him in, but also taking in his Clan! Of course, he is aware of Meta Knight being King DDD’s Strongest and closest. He would like to challenge Sir Martinez for that position one day.

Finally here’s the Kirby Krew all together! I have not got to play Return to Dreamland completely, but I do plan to purchase the Deluxe Version for the Switch at some point! Hated how the jumping felt delayed in that one Winter Area, jumping over those Damn f*cking spikes. Made me so mad.

ANYWAY!!! ENJOY!!! I loved designing these two!!

[pluckyredhead]

Please ship Orion and Lightray with me, thank you

If you've been reading my Fourth World posting, you might have noticed me mentioning Orion and Lightray's relationship. This is because they're in love and I'm obsessed with them. Please join me in grumpy/sunshine-but-they're-alien-demigods hell, with visual references below.

So Orion, as we know, is the son of Darkseid who was raised on New Genesis but has always felt different and monstrous compared to his peers. Lightray is his best friend, who thinks Orion is just the best thing since sliced bread and says so constantly.

This is literally how we're introduced to them, in New Gods #1:

Lightray: Don't be sad. Hug time! Orion: Hugs are not for one such as me. But you're still my best friend. Lightray: Please let me enter your chambers. Orion: NO THEY ARE TOO DARK. Lightray: D:

This panel, from #6, sums up their whole dynamic really well:

Lightray doesn't crave battle the way Orion does but he is determined to stay by his side, while Orion doesn't want Lightray to fight beside him because he thinks Lightray is too good and pure to be tainted by violence.

Zero personal space.

So one of the things about Orion is that his real face is sort of brutish and not traditionally handsome (the eyebrows are WILD), but he uses his Mother Box (like a living pocket computer that loves you) to make himself look more like the people of New Genesis. In #8, he gets into a knock-down, drag-out fight with his half-brother Kalibak that nearly kills them both, and Mother Box can't maintain the illusion (and also his face is, like, pulverized). And then this happens:

I WEEP. LIGHTRAY LOVES YOU JUST THE WAY YOU ARE, ORION.

New Gods was canceled soon after this, but when Kirby returned a decade later, he went all in on the homoerotic devotion. So Orion goes to Apokolips to kill his dad and rescue his mom, and who do you think follows him?

That second panel makes me laugh so hard. "Here, honey, you forgot your Scooty Puff Jr!"

My favorite thing about this is that Lightray is playing dumb. He shot at Orion earlier and then said something vague about missing on purpose...but he didn't:

HE REALLY TRIED TO WOUND ORION ENOUGH TO STOP HIS SUICIDE MISSION. And the way he just shuts his eyes and takes Orion's anger because he doesn't care what happens as long as he saves his friend's life...! (Orion doesn't hurt him, they just touch each other a lot.)

Anyway they argue for multiple pages, with Orion insisting that Lightray go home and Lightray insisting that he stay, until finally:

This is so intensely romantic and also so unintentionally hilarious that I can't stand it. The homoerotic gazing into one another's eyes and then the stupid mutual thumbs up! Whatever is going on with that closeup of Orion in the second panel! I die!

...And you know who else dies? Orion! Or at least he comes very close (it's unclear), but is rescued by a freedom fighter named Himon and nursed back to health by Himon and his daughter Bekka. We get a little romance between Orion and Bekka, but we also get Lightray coming to visit:

That is some FULL CONTACT wrestling, boys. Orion pinning Lightray to the ground while telling him it's good to see him is so much, but the fourth panel is even mucher. My goodness.

And then things get serious, because they both believe they are going to die in the upcoming battle (they don't), so they bid each other farewell and Lightray leaves, and then:

Orion yells after Lightray how smart and funny he is and then collapses in despair because his friend is gone. "HOW LIKE A WANDERING STAR HE SEEMS." Oh my god, Orion.

That's it for Kirby, so I'll move on to other writers and artists, but I want to clear that I'm only sharing the most intense scenes between them. There are so many panels, from Kirby and others, of Lightray faithfully following Orion around, joyously welcoming him back to New Genesis, gently teasing him, and talking about how brave and noble he is. And of Orion only smiling for Lightray, going feral when he gets hurt, and telling him he's too good and pretty for battle. And of the two of them touching each other. A lot.

Literally just two random examples. THEY DO THIS SHIT ALL THE TIME.

The next really big moment comes in New Gods (1995), where the Source (basically God/Heaven) becomes corrupted and Lightray goes evil and Orion has to beat him up to stop him and I will never ever ever recover from these pages:

"You want the beast? Do you like it?" on its own is...hoo boy, SOMETHING. But it is eclipsed by the tremulous "Maybe...maybe if I can just hold him" and Orion gathering Lightray up in his arms while telling him he loves him. LIKE. THIS IS SO MUCH. (P.S. Lightray's fine don't worry. And yes, he does want the beast.)

Then we get to Orion (PLEASE read this comic) and the biggest smile Orion has ever smolt:

Look at how happy he is!!! You need to understand that his mother died in his arms ten minutes ago and he's still like "Lightray! Omg hi!!!" (To be fair, his mother was terrible.) Plus bonus unnecessary touching, Lightray's love language being gifts, and Orion giggling and twirling his hair while going "Omg you're so smart."

(Also, when Lightray mentions his "brief but troubling visit" to Apokolips in the second panel, what's not saying is that he put on a silly disguise and went to see a fortuneteller to try to figure out if Orion's mom was lying about Darkseid not being his real dad (she was; again, she was terrible), and when the fortuneteller is like "You DARE come to Apokolips?!" he goes "I would dare anything for my friend!" I know you would, honey. I know you would.)

The next bit requires some explanation. So, as briefly as possible: Orion kills Darkseid (or so he thinks), takes over Apokolips, and tries very hard to change it for the better. He also accidentally gains possession of the Anti-Life Equation, the formula Darkseid is always searching for that eradicates free will, and gradually is driven to use it to FORCE everyone on Apokolips to be good. And Earth. And New Genesis.

Eventually, Orion is seemingly killed, but actually he's been teleported somewhere unfathomably far away, where he realizes what he's done and sinks into suicidal despair. In the midst of this, he manages to both destroy the Anti-Life Equation AND save all of reality (and nearly die in the process), but he still thinks that because he used the Equation, he's irredeemable and doesn't deserve to exist.

So when he's teleported back to Earth and captured by a human who blinds him and rigs him up to a torture device so that he can drain Orion's life force and use it to be eternally youthful, Orion just...lets it happen. Because he thinks he deserves it. For SEVEN MONTHS.

But eventually he's like "Wait...I deserve this, but probably whatever is being done with my energy is not good and I should stop it." He tries to escape but only manages to let out a single scream.

Luckily, Lightray has been searching for him nonstop for those seven months, despite the face that Orion is supposed to be dead. And then we get this:

To be clear: this is sweet, gentle Lightray absolutely obliterating the men who kept Orion in the torture device.

Nakey.

Lightray gives Orion the crushed remnants of his wrist cuffs, and Orion does a magical girl transformation about it:

For everyone playing along at home, that's the second time Orion has canonically told Lightray that he loves him.

Anyway, Orion goes off to get revenge on the guy who did this to him (it's very satisfying, please read Orion), and then he's depressed some more until he has some brotherly bonding time with Scott and finally feels well enough to go back to New Genesis. His last line of dialogue in the series is "For it is late, and the sunrise and friend Lightray await us in the gleaming city of the gods." OKAY!

Tragically, almost every New Gods appearance after this is complete dogshit, although there is a great moment in Hal Jordan and the Green Lantern Corps (a Rebirth series) where they need information from Orion but he's comatose so they bring in a telepath and the only word he can get out of Orion's mind is "Lightray." I'LL BET.

IN CONCLUSION: Orion and Lightray love each other so so much and I believe it is honoring Jack Kirby's legacy to think about them smooching. It's what the King would have wanted!

[tanooki-hut]

Kirby: Meta Knight and the Monster of the Magic Stone - Chapter ☆1: The Ocean Planet Marino

The lobby of the battleship Halberd was filled with an unprecedented tension.

Captain Vul said gravely, looking around at the Meta-Knights.

"The next mission has been decided. It's a big job that requires a lot of effort. Everyone, please prepare yourself."

"Ha!"

The Meta-Knights cried out in unison with powerful voices.

"The mission location is Planet Marino. Eighty percent of its surface area is made up of water, making it an ocean planet."

An image of a blue star was projected onto a large screen.

Captain Vul continued with a stern look on his face.

"As you can see, it's a beautiful planet. The fishing industry is thriving, and it has long been known for its various seafood dishes. Particularly famous are dishes made with the precious "Marino crab" that can only be caught in Marino. Once you try the famous dishes such as Marino crab pasta, Marino crab pilaf, and Marino crab gratin, you'll be hooked! The capital, Marinoa City, is a gourmet city that is even called the "holy land of seafood"! Among the many restaurants that are famous throughout the galaxy, there is a famous restaurant that won the All-Galaxy Seafood Contest...!"

Captain Vul began to get excited and his voice got louder and louder.

Meta Knight stopped him quietly.

"Captain Vul, we’re not on a sightseeing trip. Tell us the mission."

"S-Sorry! The mission on Planet Marino is to exterminate monsters."

Questioned Axe Knight.

"A sea monster, you mean?"

"Yes. Our target is an octopus named King Flotzo."

"Huh? An octopus?"

The Meta-Knights murmured. The tension was relieved and they erupted into laughter.

Javelin Knight said with a grin.

"When you said it was going to be a difficult job, I wondered what kind of formidable opponent we would be facing. I never imagined I’d have to get rid of an octopus!"

Trident Knight said, stifling a laugh as well.

"Is it a particularly vicious octopus? I can’t imagine it."

Mace Knight said, getting carried away.

"I’ll destroy you with one hit of my mace! I’ll make you into sashimi!"

"No, no, octopus tastes the best when you put it into oden."

"I also like stir-fry with butter and soy sauce! The aroma of the burnt soy sauce clings onto the octopus…"

Meta Knight announced in a cool voice to the excited Meta-Knights.

"King Flotzo is not as easy of an opponent as you may think. Many adventurers have tried to defeat him, but not a single one has succeeded."

The Meta-Knights were quiet.

Captain Vul said.

"It is said that King Flotzo wears a ship anchor as a crown. Its appearance is truly worthy of being called the King of the Sea."

"A ship’s anchor… on its crown!?"

The Meta-Knights looked at each other.

"How big is that octopus!"

"Not only is he strong, but he’s also smart and dexterous. Making a crown as if it were a normal thing is not something an octopus can do."

Meta Knight said.

"Exactly. He’s a tricky monster. Plus, we’re not used to fighting sea monsters. It’ll be a tough task, but by no means is it impossible."

Meta Knight’s voice was lively. The stronger the enemy, the more his fighting spirit burns. That’s Meta Knight.

His subordinates also cheered with joy.

"Of course! There’s no enemy we can’t defeat!"

"Just wait, King Flotzo! I’ll make you into a special oden ingredient!"

"I prefer sashimi after all!"

Captain Vul said, looking around at the Meta-Knights with satisfaction.

"We are now heading to Planet Marino. We will be gathering information at the capital city of Marinoa and then come up with a plan to defeat him."

"Ha!"

The Meta-Knights got excited and straightened up.

Well, a few days later.

Meta Knight and his men arrive in Marinoa City, the capital of the planet Marino. It is a beautiful port city facing a clear ocean.

Captain Vul looked around nervously and said.

"There are a lot of seafood restaurants lined up! But as the saying goes, you can’t fight on an empty stomach, so let’s fill our stomachs first. Let’s have some of their famous Marino crab dishes…"

The Meta-Knights were excited as well.

"I want to eat crab pilaf."

"The crab soup is also delicious."

"With so many restaurants lined up, it’s hard to decide."

The group was walking down the main street.

A silly voice came from behind them.

"Wow, I can smell the ocean! It smells so delicious!"

"We’re grilling shellfish on the beach. Wow, this is amazing!"

Meta Knight and the others came to a sudden halt.

Axe Knight said, confused.

"Eh!? T-that voice, it can’t be…"

The Meta-Knights shouted in unison.

"Kirby and King Dedede!? Why are they here!?"

"You were following us? What for…?"

"Calm down, everyone."

Meta Knight said to his subordinates in a hushed tone.

But he himself was a little nervous. Before the big mission, he had to face the two peoples whose voices he least wanted to hear.

"I don’t know why they’re here, but in any case, we shouldn’t get involved with them. We’ll ignore them."

"Ha!"

"Let’s hide out in a restaurant somewhere."

The group lowered their heads and quickened their pace.

However.

"Ahh, Meta Knight!? It’s Meta Knight!!"

"Hmm? Are you taking your subordinates on a sightseeing trip? What carefree guys."

Immediately, they were found.

The group tried to run, but it was too late.

Kirby happily rushed over and clung to Meta Knight and the others.

"Wow, what a coincidence! I can’t believe I’m meeting Meta Knight and the other in a place like this! Did you guys come to eat the crab dishes too?"

"Kirby, please let us go. We’re not here to play like you guys. We have an important mission…"

"Hmm? We do too! We’re helping out Chef Kawasaki!"

True to his word, the Waddle Dee Squad and Chef Kawasaki came running after Kirby and King Dedede.

Chef Kawasaki yelled breathlessly.

"Meta Knight!? What’s going on with everyone here? Are you all on a journey to train as a chef?"

"Culinary training…? What do you mean?"

Meta Knight asked, giving up on trying to escape.

Chef Kawasaki replied amiably.

"I’ve always been interested in Planet Marino. After all, it’s a planet that’s known as the mecca for seafood cuisine! Check this out!"

Chef Kawasaki opened a guidebook and handed it to him.

"The guidebook includes delicious looking dishes such as crab pilaf, crab pasta, and crab gratin."

There are many photographs scattered throughout the book.

Captain Vul shouted without thinking.

"Oh, this is the famous Marino crab dish! It is said to have won the All-Galaxy Seafood Contest..!"

"Yes, that's right. I was looking at this guidebook and couldn't stand it anymore. I decided to go on a journey to learn seafood cuisine. But then I thought, 'It would be boring to go alone, so I’ll invite Kirby and King Dedede too…'"

"It seems unlikely."

Meta Knight said in a harsh tone.

"Practice is a solitary thing. It's not something you should invite someone to do."

"Cooking is different from your training, Meta Knight. Cooking should be fun."

"Yes!"

Kirby yelled happily.

"I came here to help Chef Kawasaki with his training. I'm going to learn how to make crab fried rice, crab gratin, crab rice balls, crab dumplings, and crab parfait!"

Kirby looks like he's about to drool.

King Dedede said, pushing Kirby away.

"Me too! I want to conquer all the restaurants on this planet and bring the recipe to the best crab back to Dreamland!"

However, at the King's feet, Bandana Waddle Dee said worriedly.

"But, your Majesty, I can't find any restaurants that serve Marino crab on the menu…"

"What? There's no way that's true. It's the most famous dish on this planet."

"That's right, but..."

Meanwhile, the Meta Knights were quickly checking out the surrounding restaurants.

Each restaurant has a menu with pictures and samples of the dishes lined up in front of the store.

The menu was full of delicious looking dishes such as fish meunière, fried shrimp, crab soup, etc., but there was no dish made with the local specialty, Marino crab anywhere to be found.

Captain Vul whispered to Meta Knight.

"Something strange seems to be happening. Could it be because of King Flotzo...?"

"Hmm. We’ll need to look into that."

Meta Knight nodded and turned to Kirby and King Dedede, speaking curtly.

"We are leaving for an important mission. We will leave you here."

"Huh? What's 'ninmu'?"

Ninmu means 'mission.'

"I have nothing to tell you. Farewell."

Meta Knight turned and started walking away, with Captain Vul and the Meta-Knights following behind him.

King Dedede muttered to himself.

"What a nasty guy! I went out of my way to talk to him."

Kirby said, not seeming to mind in the slightest.

"Even Meta Knight would want to eat with us if he was hungry. So let's do our own thing!"

"Yes! First off, let's go to the beach! Let's go!"

Kirby and King Dedede started running in the opposite direction from Meta Knight and the others.

"Oh, wait, King! Kirby!"

"I want to study the cuisine of the restaurant that won the All-Galaxy Seafood Contest, not the food stalls... Hey, wait a minute!"

The Waddle Dee Squad and Chef Kawasaki hurriedly chased after Kirby and the King.

Introduction

Next Chapter

[juniperss]

Howdy! I don't know if you're still taking headcannon ideas (if not feel free to ignore this) BUT if you are could you do some headcannons of the outsiders boys with a partner that's a really picky eater?

picky eaters unite!! i am still taking requests, so thank you for sending one in!

tw/cw: discussions about food, food insecurity gender neutral reader

The Gang with a Picky Eater Headcanons

Darry:

My initial reaction was to say that I think a picky eater would bother him but then I thought about it and that doesn’t make any sense. He’s literally the oldest of 3 brothers, one of which canonically eats eggs with grape jelly and washes it down with chocolate milk. Strange relationships with certain foods or a picky eater isn’t going to phase him one bit.

All that to say that Darry doesn’t mind and is probably one of the most accommodating out of the group when it comes to helping you find meals that you like. He makes sure to have a few items/snacks in the fridge for you and scolds any of the guys if they think about eating them. That’s for his partner, not his little brothers. 

Has and will smack anyone upside the head if they make comments about you being a picky eater. He doesn’t want it to bother you and keeps an eye out to make sure the teasing doesn’t get too out of hand. 

In the book Darry is constantly making sure his brothers are eating enough and now that you two are dating that behavior extends to you. 

Sodapop:

This is the boy who eats eggs with grape jelly, he has no room to talk about picky eaters when he eats the way he does! Not that he would anyway. He doesn’t mind that you’re a picky eater and will gladly make sure that you find something that you like to eat when you two are together. 

He’s really good at remembering what you do and don’t like and I chalk that up to him being such a romantic and caring individual. I don’t subscribe to the idea that Sodapop is dumb even if that’s what he claims, because not doing well in school doesn’t mean you’re not smart. He has a good memory when he wants to apply it and you’re worth it to him. 

Might tease you a bit about certain foods you like over others but it’s always gentle teasing and you have plenty of ammunition to use against him regarding his own eating habits. The difference between his teasing and others picking on you is that it’s very obvious that he finds everything about you endearing and that includes you being a picky eater. 

Also keeps snacks in the fridge for you ^_^ But he does eat them so the chances of them being in stock when you visit is 50/50

Two Bit:

Okay he will tease you about being a picky eater, I’m sorry. It’s just in his nature to poke fun at other people’s quirks. But unlike Dallas (we’ll get to him in a moment) he’ll stop if he finds out it bothers you or if you’re not in the mood for it. 

He will eat anything that he can get his hands on so he doesn’t understand being picky about food. He’s basically Kirby and would inhale a car if it tasted good. 

Definitely eats off your plate regardless if it’s something you want or not. The King of getting rid of the side dishes you don’t want so that you don’t feel embarrassed about leaving it there (is that just something I worry about?). 

He does worry about you getting enough to eat. He may be a loud mouth with a lot to say but Two Bit Matthews is very caring and he loves his partner. 

He’s also an older brother so I wouldn’t be surprised if he has snacks in his car that he pulls out for you to have if he feels you haven’t eaten enough. DEFINITELY swipes stuff from the store too. What can I say, he’s a romantic in his own way

Dally: 

Dally, Dally, Dally…..look friends….Dallas Winston is an ass to everyone and that includes you. I know we all love him but I can’t erase the fact that he’s mean! Now I can see him being softer, more gentle with his partner but that doesn’t make you immune to his teasing and snark and I’m assuming that if you’re dating him that you’re either patient enough to work with him on that or you can dish it back at him

He teases you relentlessly about being picky because he can’t fathom turning down any food ever. This stems from the obvious fact that Dally has experienced food insecurity. There’s never a guaranteed meal once in his life. Until he started hanging out with the Curtis Gang. He eats every meal as if it’s his last. He simply can’t wrap his head around you not eating food put in front of you. 

Similarly to Two Bit, Dallas will eat off your plate at any time. But unlike Two Bit it’s not necessarily out of a desire to help you out. He’s just hungry and doesn’t like to waste food.

Over time he starts to understand that you’re not being picky just for the sake of being picky. That it’s actually something that you struggle with and (if you’re like me) wish you could change. Knowing this probably curbs some of the teasing or slight resentment on his end. 

When he takes you out for food he makes sure to find a place that he knows you like. On the rare occasions you can’t find something you prefer, he’ll help scavenge together enough from other meals that result in something that will fill you up. 

He still gives you a hard time, but at least you can see a good natured glint in his eyes about it

[hellomynameisghostface]

Defending Amber Freeman!!

Hello, fellow "Scream" fans. I would like to take a moment to defend Ghostface #8, Amber Freeman because people in the fandom LOVE to shit on her. They're always finding a reason to say she was a terrible Ghostface (some go as far as saying the worst.) While she does have her flaws (they all do) she is far from the worst and she's actually quite a decent Ghostface, in my opinion.

So let's start at the beginning. Something that always irritates me in this fandom is when people call Amber stupid for using her own phone to make the Ghostface calls but it's actually so smart on many levels. First of all, she's not using her own phone. She actually cloned her own phone and here's how I know. When Ghostface calls Sam in the hospital it comes from Amber's phone, however, in the next scene after the attack we learn that Amber was at the sheriff's station being questioned. Even if she wasn't being questioned at that very moment she would have had to sneak away from Judy and her friends to make the call, causing suspicion. I feel like that's something Judy would have caught. Therefore, this had to be Richie making the call. So he was just using her phone, right? Not quite. In the same scene we see Judy checking out Amber's phone and hands it back to her. When would Richie have had the time to give it back to her? It's actually a lot better plan when you realize they actually cloned her phone to make it authentic. On top of all that...it works! Maybe not for the know it all viewers but from within the movie, no one suspects she actually made the calls herself. Besides, Roman does a similar thing with his voice changer and no one say a damn thing. When talking to Sarah he uses his own voice and we, as an audience, are suppose to believe in that moment it's a voice changer because there's no way they already revealed Ghostface's identity.

Next, let's talk about Dewey. People are mad that this tiny little girl could take him out but did you not see the epic fight scene where she very clearly could not overpower him? Even with all his injuries from the past movies and him just being old and tired he still overpowered her, a young and healthy energetic teenager. It wasn't until she played dead possum and attacked him while his guard was down that she could get a stab in.

And no, she did not lift him off the ground. Please pay attention to detail before you start crying about shit. She pulled the knife up and Dewey's body's first initial response was to go up on his toes with the knifes to try and prevent it from happening as much as possible. In fact, they both had to go on their tippy toes.

Another reason people love to hate on Amber is because her kills on Tara and Chad failed. Meanwhile Billy failed to kill Dewey, Randy and Gale. Nancy failed to kill Dewey. Roman failed to kill Mark. Charlie failed to kill Kirby. Richie failed to kill Mindy. Quinn failed to kill Gale and Mindy. Ethan and Quinn both failed to kill Chad. Wayne and Ethan both failed to kill Kirby. On top of all that, they all failed to kill Sidney, Sam and Tara in their respective movies. Amber letting a few kills slip is fine. She was still smart and a brutal attacker, especially when she knew she had a stronger opponent and needed to go for a fatal attack. In the end she killed the sheriff, ex-sheriff and a deputy.

"Amber was so obvious..." as if that's an excuse. You know who was the MOST obvious Ghostface killer to ever exsist? The very first who this whole damn fandom holds up on a pedestal: Billy Loomis. I mean, my Grandmother who can hardly comprehend the movies or simple basic things anymore knew it was him. Mickey was also super obvious. I've watched so many reaction videos and everyone susses Billy and Mickey so fast so please come up with a better excuse if you're going to trash Amber. I had the movie partially ruined for me (I looked away from the spoiler as fast as I could but I knew it was a young girl with long hair so there was few options of who it could be) so I can't really give my full opinion on how obvious she was but quite honestly I didn't see much evidence that led to her.

Just as a bonus: she has the most epic reveal (fight me.) Even if you suspected her you couldn't have suspected the reveal at that very moment. The way she abruptly pulled out the gun had me shook! "Welcome to act three" = iconic. As much as I love Jill if I see one person say how iconic her reveal was I'll lose it. It might have been shocking and unexpected it was her but her reveal was just her taking off her mask and saying "hello, Sidney. Surprised?" It was just a knock off of Mickey's reveal.

Now this is another that grinds my gears. When Amber faces off Sidney and Gale in the kitchen she cries, begs and pleads for her life. People take this for weakness and consider it another reason she's a terrible Ghostface because "she's the only one to do so." Here's my take on it: the first time Amber pleads for her life immediately after, she provokes Gale by claiming Dewey "died like a pussy." Now if she was truly scared and begging for her life, why would she fuck it up so quickly? She switched up SO fast. It was clearly a tactic to distract them long enough to figure out her next move and it worked. She tried it a second time but it obviously didn't work but I have no doubt in my mind that if it had she would have just attacked them again. She wasn't sorry and had no intentions of ever backing down. Meanwhile, the same people who complain about this are Stu fans and he cries like a little bitch when Sidney tells him she called the cops because his mommy and daddy are going to find out. 🥺 (I love Stu, by the way. I know that sounded aggressive but it's his toxic fans that really irritate me.)

On top of all that, she killed everyone in "Scream V." In my opinion, from the way I analyzed the film, she killed everyone and the only people Richie attacked were Sam in the hospital and Mindy in Amber's living room. You can view my first post to go more in depth, if you're interested.

At the end of the day, if you don't like her then whatever. That's fine. It's your opinion and it's probably not going to change but just say you don't like her and move on. Everything you hate on her for has been done by past Ghostfaces already so go hate on them. Amber was a great Ghostface and Mikey Madison did absolutely amazing in this role. Her going absolutely unhinged at the end is what won me over and made Amber my favorite Ghostface.

[des2dream]

I Don't Want To Be A Magical Girl Fanart Showcase!🌟🌌✨

The upcoming project, Pretty Pretty Please I Don't Want To Be A Magical Girl created by @kianamaiart has become a spark of interest on many people including myself. It's always a treat to see the amount of fanart coming from this project with how much people are excited for the final product and how there's also been sort of a community growing from it. We've already got headcanons brewing! For those who don't know, you're probably thinking, 'What on earth is I Don't Want To Be A Magical Girl?' Well, the project is an animatic pilot planned to release some time soon. The story focuses on a girl named, Aika (voiced by Anairis Quinones) completely fine with her normal life until she's met by a magical star being, Hoshi (voiced by Christine Marie Cabanos) sent to Earth to find "The Chosen One" and I'm pretty sure you already know where this leads. While most ordinary girls would jump at the chance to have magical abilities, Aika sits right back down and curses the planet. No way in hell does she want to be a magical girl! Even when evil forces are approaching. However, world domination isn't a pretty sight so she has no choice but to step up and save the world.

The pilot will also include interesting characters like Aika's friend, Zira (voiced by Bennet Abara) who is a very smart young lady and a fan of her favorite manga (Moon Sailor). We then have Eclipse (voiced by Aleks Le) as a flamboyant and theatrical "Servant of Darkness" to the main antagonist. The antagonist being Lady DeVoid (voiced by Shara Kirby) who's out for revenge on the Star Guardian who crossed her so many years ago all while spreading particles of darkness wherever her minions go. There will also be additional characters, Sidney The Kidney Girl (voiced by Marieve Herington) and Miss (voiced by Michele Knotz) included in the cast as well.

I for one am very excited for the project to be released because it's such a fun premise while also subverting expectations. It also helps that this fuels my Magical Girl heart. Now, let's get to the fanart! As much as I wanted to showcase all of them, we know that would've been a hassle in itself. I gathered the ones I've seen and loved so much to celebrate Kianamaiart's success and also showing some love to the fans and community who are also proud. You're all so very talented and that goes for the people who made art pieces that didn't show up in this post. Never stop being creative! Let's all be magical together....or not and do whatever Aika feels like doing.

Artists (In order): @heilos, @technicalknockout, @manicpixel, @thecreative-fool, @pazam, @kyeree, @amphinogiz, @peteytheparrot @fiarfliart @kisskisscantfallinlove

[veinsfullofstars]

Kirbtober 2023 Day 26: Ship

(ID: Kirby series fanart of Magolor surprising Marx with a gentle kiss on the temple, only for Marx - blushing fiercely - to push him away with the end of his hat, cursing incoherently while Magolor laughs. END ID.)

Kirbtober 2023 prompts by @/paintpanic (link to list here)

Started 10/03/23, finished 10/04/23, updated for color correction 11/02/24. NOTE: This was originally posted on my deleted account on 10/26/23.

I spent exactly five seconds considering drawing an actual ship for this prompt. But I was tired, y’all, and, look, sometimes you just gotta make yourself some comfort food instead, okay? Also, I headcanon that Marx can use his both his wings and his hat as a pair of arms depending on whether he has them out or not. Also, idiots (who are actually too smart for their own good but still idiots when it comes to figuring out things like emotions and certain social nuances) in love.

[gulliblelemon]

Bookshelf Snoop Cruise

Thanks for the tag @lollygirlpops and @justfriendsbestthings! I've been putting this off because I have a very chaotic system and a lot of books. But... here it is anyway!

These two photos are bedside table 'currently apparently reading but actually not' and my newest book haul because, despite not reading much recently, I love buying books. (Please ignore the duplicates of all the Locked Tomb books. I've been trying to get everyone I know to read them).

Then this next one is the only bookshelf I can take a photo of all together. When I originally put this shelf together it was supposed to be 'if anyone comes and visits and needs a book, these are good ones to try' and then devolved a little. Some maths books in there too. 'Are You Smart Enough To Work At Google?' was a gift for my husband (not from me) and has never been opened because "who the fuck would want to??".

The rest is an absolute hotch-potch mishmash. We keep books on the same shelves as board games and in no discernible order - sorry! There's also a cat tree in front of one of them and it was a nightmare to photograph. Also sustained a scratch or two from the beast defending his territory.

I've read about... 60% of these maybe? Some are Mr Lemon's, some are 'I'd love to read this if I had infinite time and maybe also if I fall out of love with writing'. Mr Lemon is currently working his way through Discworld in order and we've been trying to find the original Josh Kirby artwork covers. He's about halfway through and only had one short pause to read Gideon the Ninth because I wouldn't shut up about the lesbian space necromancers. There's also some parenting books scattered in there. Most unread because... yeah.

It's almost all fiction. Any non-fiction are probably not mine. And mostly sci-fi and fantasy. I really need to sort my bookshelves out... But that's not happening any time soon.

I'm not tagging anyone. But I'm very nosy and would love to see your bookshelves if you'd like to do it!

[dddesc]

i want to use this blog to recap episodes i watch. not going to force myself to talk at length about every one -- the children-centric storylines especially drive me up a wall -- but since dedede and escargon get to be in every episode regardless of the plot, usually i have at least a LITTLE something to be excited about.

let's talk about......

EPISODE 13: Pupu Village Year-End Fireworks Display

not toooooo much interesting going on! pupu villagers spend a lot of time making cg parade floats and the animators spend a lot of time rotating the camera around those cg parade floats. kirby does blow up the police station with copious amounts of gunpowder, which is cool, and nobody really cares. i'm surprised they don't hate him after this, because they get mad at him all the time for stuff he didn't even do. they all saw him blow up the police station....

very unfortunate cg dedede and escargon animation ... to be expected of an early episode. i have to give the animators credit for trying to make them work; there's potential in the expressions they pull, but, waaaaghh. wwagghhhh.

a light is at the end of the tunnel, though, and dddesc get a whole scene of 2d animation! this classic (to me, at least) frame exists because of this episode:

nice.

it's always a treat to see escargon doing tech stuff... i love being reminded of his engineering. i feel like the writers didn't let him do enough of it! it's funny to design a "smart" character and only let him utilize this trait in snarky comments instead of actions.... but i will choose to look at this glass half full and just consider it the poetry of escargon; a weird little loser who's boss is too stupid to consider the fact that he doesn't need to be buying monsters all the time on account of the inventor that he's got attached to his hip.

i can't recall when escargon's referred to as a "doctor" (it's not often that it comes up, but unless translations have changed since my time in the starfumu trenches, i assume it's still relevant); i'll need to keep an eye out for when that happens....

really cute shot (relevant subtitle too)! fun watching them circle around the rocket while kirby is absolutely oblivious to the apparent threat

^ also, blue hands dedede animation error in this scene if you care.

i didn't get where kirby got parasol from at all when i first watched this.....but my not having played much of kirby's dream land 3 is showing, because apparently sasuke does give kirby the parasol ability! i don't really know why they decided to make sasuke in charge of fireworks in the anime since he doesn't do anything related to them or explosions or even fire in dream land 3...... but oh well. i guess the parasol was for the real gamers. sniff

they do this ohhhh. ohhh ohhhhhh. ohhh. owhh

that's about it. genuinely didn't think i'd have this much to say about this episode; i wanted to be able to talk about other ones in the same post but.... i have too many thoughts even on episodes that aren't particularly enthralling.......lord help me

[jesterparasite]

Okay I just want to dump my Magoranza headcanons because of another post I saw, even though I should definitely sleeping right now (￣ヘ￣;)

Okay, so my headcanons are more pre-relationship based but I still want to share them so badly ( ꈍᴗꈍ)

Additional note: I repeat a lot "Magolor" and "Taranza" instead of using stuff like "the mage" and "the spider" and other stuff, so yeah, I apologize for the repetitions, I might edit it later to fix that.

☬ I kinda imagine they have a "A fell first and B fell harder" kind of situation lmao.

☬ Magolor first seeing Taranza around, and noticing he always looked miserable in a way (it would happen not long after the events of triple deluxe). So he decides to approach him and go "Hey, wanna hang out ? (^-^)" which Taranza accepts because Magolor gives him an excuse to occupy his mind.

☬ Magolor only asked Taranza to spent time together out of pity for him, but soon come to appreciate his company because not only is Taranza pretty smart and helpful, but he can be pretty mischievous despite his seemingly calm attitude. So obviously Magolor keeps him around because he could always use some help with his shoppe and with his research on the Lor.

☬ And sure, they both share similar interests, and they get along pretty well, and Magolor even allows Taranza to sit on the roof of his shoppe and only him, but that doesn't mean they're close ! And the fact that he is impressed by Taranza's knowledge doesn't mean anything either, and neither the fact that Magolor wants to spend more time with him, or that he thinks it's cute how clumsy Taranza can be, or when he re-do his hair from time to time, and sure, Taranza definitely looks so fine with that new scarf-

☬ And before he knows it, Magolor fell in love with the spider.

☬ His first reaction is to hit his head against the table upon realization. How did that happen ?! WHEN DID THAT HAPPEN ?

☬ After a few minutes, he calms down, and just moves on. It's not the end of the world, right ? No need to act weirdly about it.

☬ Though, after he realizes his feelings, Magolor will act a bit differently with Taranza. No big changes, it's pretty subtle actually. Offers discount at his shoppe and on some days even offer some items "because it wouldn't sell"; taking an interest in some of Taranza's hobbies he didn't share with him previously "because seems interesting"; and even studying some of Floralia's culture "in case one day I want to visit so I can be prepared".

☬ He would sometimes flirt a bit but quickly brush it off as a joke, and with his prankster personality, Taranza just rolls with it.

☬ As for Taranza, he doesn't see Magolor as anything other than a friend for a while. Like I said earlier, he would just see Magolor as a way too think about something other than Sectonia's death. But quickly comes to appreciate Magolor as a friend, despite his tendancies to make off putting jokes and being a bit apathetic.

☬ He sees Magolor as a smart person, not only for all the researches he does, but for his projects too like the attraction park he made for Kirby, and his business with the shoppe. And he's fun too, always knows what to do when they hangs out, which Taranza appreciate a lot. It's like a breath of fresh air compared to the strict ambiance in the castle of Floralia. And he finds fascinating all of the tales Magolor has about other dimensions, or about Halcandra.

☬ For a while, he doesn't really notices Magolor's flirting, mainly because he only sees him as a friend, but also because he still feel like he can't completely moves on from Sectonia. When he thinks of love, the first thing he thinks about is her, his dear Queen.

☬ It's not until someone else points it out (either Susie or Marx) that Magolor acts differently with him compared to everyone else (Marx would probably complains about the free stuff Taranza gets, while Susie would points out how Magolor took a sudden interests on things related to him) that Taranza starts noticing this too. And he also notice how Magolor only "jokingly" flirt only with him.

☬ Boi does that spider gets flustered.

☬ Taranza spends the following few days questioning if Magolor really likes him like that, and how he feels about it.

☬ And for the first time, he start thinking of romantic love without thinking about Sectonia, but about Magolor instead. And he likes it (even if a part of him feels guilty about it).

☬ After a few more days after he realizes that he might be in love with Magolor, Taranza starts making moves on him too, a bit less subtly though.

☬ If he gets the occasion, he buys and gift him all kinds of stuff, be it something Magolor took an interest of while walking in around in the waddle Dee's town, or something related to his interests, or it could even be something related to his research (or something Taranza at least thinks is related to his interests). Most of the time, the gifts are pretty spontaneous.

☬ Magolor would joke about how Taranza is spoiling him, and Taranza would laugh it off, albeit extremely flustered.

☬ He would also do all kinds of favours to Magolor, helping more around the shoppe more than usual, and proposing more help with his researches.

☬ Magolor does notice the sudden change of behavior in Taranza, how he suddenly seems more nervous and flustered easily, and how he seems more clumsy while helping sometimes. He decides not to question it, though. It's kinda endearing to see, after all.

☬ It kinda goes on like that for a while, the two just flirting with each other without much else going on after, and it's this kind of awkward phase between friendship and romance where the both don't know where they stand at this point.

☬ Until one day, Kirby asks them if they are a couple. Magolor starts chuckling while Taranza starts choking on air.

☬ Magolor teasingly asks Taranza "Well, wouldn't we make a cute couple ?" which flusters Taranza A LOT.

☬ After a few seconds of trying to calm down enough to talk, Taranza reply "Maybe we would, don't you think so too ?" which ends up flustering Magolor back.

☬ And all the while Kirby is looking at them like "What the heck is going on ? (◍•ᴗ•◍)"

Anyway, that's also how they ended up together. BYE-

[sanchezsidelinereport]

Double Trouble! WR Duo Graces EA Sports College Football 26 Cover!

Banter Nation, get ready to fire up those consoles! For the first time in the history of the beloved EA Sports College Football franchise, we're getting two wide receivers on the standard edition cover! That's right, after absolutely tearing it up in their freshman seasons, Alabama's Ryan Williams and Ohio State's Jeremiah Smith are the chosen ones for College Football 26, set to drop on July 10!

EA is promising even more details, but the hype is already real. These two studs were the undisputed freshman stars of the 2024 season. Williams hauled in 48 catches for 865 yards and eight touchdowns, tying for second-most among all freshman wideouts in Division I. Smith, the No. 1 overall recruit in the 2024 class, was an absolute force for Ohio State's national title run, leading all freshmen receivers nationwide with an incredible 16 receiving touchdowns and racking up 1,315 yards on 76 catches.

From Little Ryan's Dreams to the Big Stage

For Ryan Williams, this is a dream come true. "I know y’all think I’m young, but growing up, the oldest one I remember is the one with Mark Ingram," Williams told On3. "From there to 2014, just playing those games — if I could ever be on the cover, it would mean the world to me. Just thinking back to little Ryan... If he got to see what was going on right now, I could only imagine how excited he would be. It’s a blessing. It’s super exciting."

He reminisced about those classic game modes: "Just remembering all those memories, playing mascot mode, playing road of glory, all those memories, they all come creeping in. It almost makes you emotional, just because of how exciting it is.” Get ready to feel those nostalgic vibes, because the game that brought so many memories back last year is clearly building on that success!

Deluxe Edition: Coaches, Legends, and More!

But wait, there's more! EA is also dropping a deluxe edition cover that's a who's who of college football. It features a stacked lineup of current head coaches like Arizona State’s Kenny Dillingham, Georgia’s Kirby Smart, Notre Dame’s Marcus Freeman, Ohio State’s Ryan Day, Ole Miss’ Lane Kiffin, Oregon’s Dan Lanning, and Penn State’s James Franklin. And for you old-school fans, past EA Sports cover stars Reggie Bush, Tim Tebow, and Denard Robinson are also making an appearance!

EA has confirmed that coaches are indeed in College Football 26. As EA vice president of marketing Evan Dexter stated, "Last year, when we brought back the pride, pageantry, atmospheres and traditions of college football, the response from fans was overwhelming. With College Football 26, we’re celebrating our sophomore season with two generational sophomore wide receivers on the cover, and we can’t wait for the world to experience even more heart and authenticity across athletes, stadiums, coaches and fans.”

The Game That Keeps on Winning

Remember the drought? The original EA college football franchise ran from 1998 to 2013 before being discontinued. Its triumphant return last July as College Football 25 was a massive success, becoming the largest new console game launch in North America in 2024. With 6.5 million unique players and an estimated $400 million in sales, it's clear the game is back and bigger than ever.

Jeremiah Smith expressed his pride: “Being on the cover of EA Sports College Football 26 is a tremendous privilege, and I’m proud to represent Ohio State alongside Coach Day while carrying the Buckeye legacy forward, celebrating the passion of our fans and and the tradition of this incredible program.”

Urban Meyer's "Ones That Got Away"

Speaking of college football legends, Urban Meyer recently reminisced about some of the recruiting battles he lost during his coaching days at Ohio State and Florida. Even a coach with Meyer's success had a few that stung.

At Ohio State, the one that got away was none other than Jabrill Peppers, who ended up playing for arch-rival Michigan. "You talk about the Wolverines," Meyer began. "Jabrill Peppers, I wanted him bad. I think he was a great player.” Peppers indeed tormented the Buckeyes in all three phases, even if Michigan never beat Ohio State during his tenure.

Back in his Florida days, two names haunt Meyer: Patrick Peterson and CJ Spiller. Meyer wanted Peterson "bad" for the Gators, calling him a future Hall of Famer. Peterson ultimately chose LSU and became a No. 5 overall NFL Draft pick.

As for Spiller, Meyer said, "Twenty-five miles from the Swamp… If the Gators would have gotten that cat back in the ’07, ’08 era, it wouldn’t have been fair how much talent we had on that team.” Spiller, who played four seasons at Clemson, averaged 5.3 yards per carry and scored seven touchdowns in 2008 when the Gators won the national championship. It seems even the greatest coaches have their "what ifs."

What do you think of the new cover athletes, Banter Nation? Are you hyped for College Football 26? And which recruiting miss still stings you the most for your favorite team? Let us know in the comments!

[waitafrikk]

🌳 share a snippet featuring nature of any kind

and

🧠 share a snippet where the character realizes something important

:3

okay so the nature one might be a stretch, but heres nate falling face first into the dirt. the 2nd one im gonna piut these behind a read more because theyre both loong

Whatever Nate’s physical abilities might have become, three and a half hours was too far a walk for him. Miraculously, he had not gotten lost. He’d found the pub, the other pub, and the nightclub with ease. The streets were rife with students returning from a night out, but none gave him any mind. Clearly, he’d done an excellent job at rubbing the crusted blood off his arms. He blessed his drunken midnight walks when he found the familiar street with the little shop on the end. A pat on the back was deserved for managing without his phone. The road was deserted, street lights casting sickly yellow spotlights onto the ground. Dawn was upon him. He’d not felt the wrath of the sun just yet, but the prospects suffused his walk with a healthy dose of fear. The transition from moonlight to the dim waking of sunlight had been easy to miss. If Nate wasn’t looking out for it, the prickling, creeping sensation against his skin would have done the job. Approaching his front door, his hand curled around air in his pocket. He bumped his head against the wood of the door as memories of the alley came flashing back. The chances of a back window being open were abysmally low. Chances of Kirby being in: also low. He quickly dismissed waking the neighbours up at stupid o’clock. It was fully within his capabilities to break into his own house. Step one: brave the jungle that was his pitifully small back garden. Step two: slide up the window to the living room. A fight with the bolt on the garden gate ensued. It almost reigned victorious, if not for Nate’s frustrated foot coming close to swinging the thing off its hinges. The discarded rake lay in waiting, hidden beneath the dense foliage. He artfully dodged an embarrassing fall, before tripping over his own feet. Soft grass caressed his face, which was not currently smarting with pain, as he’d expected. The smell of dirt buried itself in Nate’s nose; at least that met his expectations. He stood up. The sun loomed along the horizon.

and then this is the "realising something important!" it includes two things kinda vampire lorey important so its a good one. there were a lot i had to choose from but yees

Catching up with five days worth of messages, calls and emails was enough to put Nate straight to sleep. The concerned texts from friends and family made his stomach wrench — especially the friendship group chat. He wished he had an excuse to not look at them. A hasty message to his boss had explained his stolen phone. He stared at his poor excuses, already seeing the growing faults and fractures in the story. Leaning back in his desk chair, he stared around his room. It barely felt like his any more, somehow disconnected from the posters and bulky tower of a computer. He turned the main light off. After his eyes adjusted – far too quickly – he flicked it back on, burying his face in his hands. An idea fluttered through his mind, taunting him. Lowering his glasses, he peered at the other side of the room. Relief rippled over him. The Hot Fuzz poster in pride of place above his bed was now just a few smeared, oily blobs. Glasses safely on his nose once more, he looked down, remembering he was not wearing his own shirt. Faint speckles of brown were encrusted around the neck. He chucked it on the pile of clothes encroaching on the rest of his room. The precarious stack looked and smelt like an old man who’d been glued to one spot for several days. Now, it was joined by the musty smell of death. He dug through his drawers and found his other Deftones shirt. Quietly mourning his ruined one, he slipped the fresh t-shirt on. The black cloth lingered in the corner of his vision. Temptations of burning it in the garden sparked, then died. They were replaced by a harsh chill of remembrance; he needed to freeze his card. Thirty minutes of agony was not enough to navigate the bank website. He clawed at his desk, chips of wood crunching up in his fingernails. For some godforsaken reason, the only way to freeze his account was through the mobile app. The one on his phone. After a desperate search, he found a phone number for the bank, with the opening times (regular hours, for regular people). With head in hands, he sighed. Even if he could stay up for long enough to ring them, what the hell would he even use to call them? At first, he had faith for his phone. It was second hand, and already two years old when he’d bought it. Maybe the thief had realised it was worth about as much as an ink-less pen. All hope was quickly shattered after he’d checked the GPS tracker. His family’s devices sat happily in their homes, but on his street the only thing that stared back at him was the desolate, empty map. Wood crumpled under his hand, his fingernails burying into the desk, making themselves comfortable in the grain. He stared at the fracture, fingers still embracing the splintered plank. He shut down his PC, disengaging his hand. Everything could wait for a while. Sleep could only make things better right now.

[roselaughs]

I had these guys for a long while, because surprise I have Ben 10 and Secret Saturdays OCs. I love Ben 10 and Secret Saturdays and one day I was like "hey why won't I make a sequel to both shows lol". So meet Secret Galaxy, the rag tag team of freelance superheroes consisting of Ben Tennyson's grandson, Zak Saturday's granddaughter, Vilgax's son, and Charmcaster's protege. Feel free to ask questions about them!

Denny Tennyson - Dennis Lee Tennyson is the grandson of the famous Benjamin Kirby Tennyson. Unlike his grandfather when he was his age Denny is a quiet and reserved young boy, prefering to spend time only with himself and a select group of friends due to not trusting people's interest in him. Despite this he's sympathetic and will try to reach out to someone if he sees that they're in trouble or in need of help. Denny is also very creative and artistic, which extends to how he battles as well as him prefering to use his alien forms's powers to their fullest extent rather than just bruteforcing his way through everything. Originally during the summer he graduated elementary school Denny got his very own Omnitrix, which he was initially hesitant about but grew to appreciate and like his Omnitrix.

Sam Saturday - Samantha Saturday is the granddaughter of Zak Saturday. She is a spitting image of her grandfather even having the same cryptid controlling powers he did. Sam's a mischevious and tomboyish young girl that seeks adventure at any moment and likes to mess with people around her. However she does have a more caring side, as she deeply cares for and stands up for her family and friends. This more caring side also extends to her being willing to defend those she sees as in trouble, no matter how dangerous her opponent is. While she has inherited The Claw from her grandfather, on the same summer Denny got his Omnitrix she also found a mystrious Omnitrix-like device that she dubbed the Cryptrix, which allows her to turn into 10 cryptid like forms (and also allows her to channel her cryptid powers easier). Sam and Denny are best friends since childhood and are usually seen hanging out together, though a lot of people including their families say that they two kids sometimes feel like siblings.

Sytrax - Sytrax is the son of the feared conquerer Vilgax. He's a serious, honor bound chimera sui generis (ex) bounty hunter. He acts somewhat self centered and dislikes being underestimated or being looked down upon. However he does have a softer side that he does not like showing, and desires to have a group of people he can trust and feel safe around one day. On top of that his sense of honor makes him more fair in combat towards those he sees as weaker than him. Originally he was trying to find his own footing to carry on Vilgax's legacy, being raised to see his father as a noble but powerful ruler. But after encountering Denny and eventually learning the truth of his father's nature Sytrax started rejecting his father's legacy and went on to try to forge his own identity seperate from Vilgax, such as trying to become a plumber. Despite Ben's and Vilgax's rivalry, Denny and Sytrax end up becoming very close friends and even having a somewhat brotherly dynamic.

Curseslinger - Curseslinger is the (adopted) daughter and apprentice of Charmcaster, the Queen of the Legerdomain. She was chosen by Charmcaster for her reat magical abilities and cunning street smarts. However, Curseslinger feels that she's actually not good enough to be the student of the Queen of the Legerdomain, which results in her frequently performing on the streets and in talent shows to show off her magic powers to people and hopefully win over their approval as a substitute for her own internal approval. Although Curseslinger's very quirky and can come off as creepy to some people, she's friendlier than she appears, and is very loyal to her friends and those she likes even though she may not appear to at first glance. Curseslinger takes an interest in Sam and the Saturdays due to their connection to more mystical elements of the galaxy such as cryptids. Sam does in fact admire Curseslinger and her magical prowess, which gives the witch some confidence in her powers and have even more of a fondness towards Zak's successor. Curseslinger and Sytrax also end up as a couple, and tend to be very affectionate with one another.

[pico-digital-studios]

Into, Across and Beyond!: Quill Society Logs (Second Findings)

Log 6: Early Progress

"Log 6; early progress. The count of Quill Society members is definitely climbing since my last log. I swear I'm starting to lose track of how many we've got now, heh! Good thing Tekno's got this huge digital register for us to keep track.

Now, I had put The X, formerly known as "Grimbo", on the list of entities that need immediate capture, but, I'll be honest, I wasn't really smart trying to go after him alone. I could've almost gotten killed had Rob O' and the water me not come to my aid to bail me out.

I initially felt that, given my knowledge of three "EXE" entities having invaded my world in the past (Executor, Phaton and Toxinfect), I would've had this stage in the bags. But boy, I was wrong there. Just goes to show that having buddies increases a chance of victory much more than going it solo, huh?

I've witnessed it mere minutes after Cam Malicious had attempted to apprehend Salty and stop him from interfering with one of those... urgh, "canon events". God, I hate people trying to act like negative fate must happen, whether we like it or not, and bars us from doing the right thing for those around us.

As soon as The X has been severely weakened, I'm gonna give it another shot in apprehending him, albeit with backup to ensure he can't slip away again like he did with me. End log."

Log 7: A More Dangerous Pac

"Log 7; a more dangerous Pac. I had been examining Dimension DMG-2020 a bit today, and as it happens, there's a VERY active dimensional traveller there, in the form of that universe's Pac-Man, who seems to be much more malicious than any other Pac-Man I've seen.

After having done stuff in his world in a matter of minutes, he jumped straight to a Mario universe and took over Bowser's Castle once that world's Mario and Luigi were done dealing with Cackletta. He also took Geno for the ride with him, and then hired a Kirby that was causing more mayhem than good, before stealing the Star Rod from a Paper Mario world.

Now, I know what anyone who's reading the log must be thinking. "Oh, this is stuff outside a Sonic universe. It shouldn't be concerning you!" Well, I would agree with you... if it weren't for the most recent case that the evil Pac-Man had done.

Just as a counterpart of me was about to beat Eggman and stop his escape, Pac-Man happened to warp the stolen castle into the shuttle and destroy it, before his Kirby went and claimed the Master Emerald for his boss. Though Sonic tried to defeat the Pac when he used a Power Pellet to become stronger, and trust me, he did a real good job of keeping the twisted Pac on his toes, Pac-Man ultimately emerged victorious when he used the Star Rod to cancel out the Super state and beat Sonic before escaping.

The theft of a Master Emerald is something that seriously warrants attention. Master Emeralds across the multiverse possess practically unlimited power, and in the wrong hands, they can be used as really dangerous tools. Whatever that Pac-Man wants with all the stolen artefacts, I only know one thing for certain; either he wants to conquer that universe with them, or he'll want to destroy and rebuild it in his own image.

As such, I've labelled this Pac-Man as a priority to neutralise and send back to his dimension, with his world-hopping powers to be restricted upon successful capture. However, stopping him isn't going to be easy, considering he can wield the Star Rod to enhance himself or block our powers, so taking back the Star Rod and sending that back to its dimension is our first task. I'll add to this on another log once we've made some big progress. End log."

[icedragonlizard]

Marx's dynamics with Gooey and the Animal Friends

I've got a lot of thoughts on how Marx interacts with these guys! Basically, I embrace the idea of wave 1 dream friends being close friends with each other, and Gooey technically already has some canonical association with the animal friends. So all I had to do was throw Marx into the mix with them somehow!

I think he actually fits decently well with them! Allow me to share all the headcanons I have of Marx's friendships with these guys.

Inserting 'Keep reading tag' because it's long.

Marx was gone from Planet Popstar for a very long time after Milky Way Wishes. It's only several months before Star Allies when he makes his grand return to the planet to reconcile with Kirby.

After their reconciliation, Kirby then went to help Marx make new friends. Before Marx's return to Popstar, his only friend was Magolor. Kirby wanted to see how some of his other friends would put up with Marx, and if any of them would be willing to be Marx's friends as well.

That's where Gooey and the animal friends came in. Kirby introduced Marx to these guys before introducing him to anyone else. The reason for this is because Gooey and the animal friends are generally a very forgiving bunch, and they were quick to forgive the entire wave 3 trio after their respective incidents. Kirby remembered this, and so he figured they'd be quick to accept Marx as a friend as well.

And accept him as a friend they did. Once they've spent enough time with him, they think he's the funniest person in existence. They really like him. In return, he likes them a lot, and is delighted that they're often willing to join him into doing some tomfoolery sometimes.

After Magolor and Kirby, these guys are the next friends that Marx has made, and they're rather special to him because of that.

Gooey and the animal friends all like some mischief themselves as they're all rather on the silly side, and they're more level-headed than most of the others in the cast as they don't really get easily pissed off. This is what allows them to take well to Marx and his shenanigans.

They don't mind getting pranked by him, they're entertained by it! Marx can prank them in ways that would be considered 'too far' for many others. Some of the animal friends even choose to mess with him back, much to his delight! He loves it when that happens.

That being said, however, Gooey and the animal friends do have their standards and would stop Marx if they think he's crossing a line. We'll go over more on that later, but let's go over how Marx interacts with each and every one of these guys individually!

Gooey is basically Marx's buddy, lol. Marx really likes Gooey. He thinks Gooey is hilarious, and he's nicer to Gooey than he is to most others. Marx will often bounce on Gooey like he's one of his beach balls. He also has a nickname for the dark matter defect, as he calls him 'Goobert'. Gooey loves Marx and considers him to be fun to hang out with. He constantly laughs at Marx's funny business.

Marx often hypes Gooey up and tries to teach him to pull pranks. Gooey is usually a very nice and well-meaning person, but he's also not very smart and often lets himself be taught by Marx how to prank because he thinks it'll be very fun and entertaining!

There are occasions where Gooey ends up emulating Marx's bad behavior, with perhaps the most notable example being that Marx will come up to random unsuspecting people and say "Hey, hey, hey! I think he wants you to give him a big kiss!" causing Gooey to come up and lick that person. Whenever this kind of thing happens, Gooey does apologize to that person later on and said it was just for fun.

Rick is fairly outgoing and likes to move around a lot, and so he's often glad to join Marx in going around and starting some sillies! There are times where Marx would let Rick balance a beach ball on his nose, and he'd even try to bounce on the beach ball during it.

There are other times where Rick would turn into a big rolling stone (his stone ability in Dream Land 3, as he can use any time since he can use it in Star Allies too) and Marx would then leap on top of him to cause some rolling mischievous madness. When they go rick-rolling around, they may crash onto trees for kicks and giggles.

Marx may also try to mimic Rick's accent, and the hamster of course doesn't mind that. Yes, literally, my headcanon universe's Rick has an Australian accent just like the Rick from the Kirby anime, lol.

Kine is very goofy and is a big joke-teller. He and Marx exchange funny talk a lot. It's enriching for the both of them. They'll make funny faces at each other, too. Marx thinks that Kine is the funniest fish to exist, and when he learned about how the animal friends combined copy abilities with Kirby, he thought that Kine was the one that performed the funniest copy ability combinations out of the bunch. He laughed when he learned that Kine had light bulbs in his mouth, shot fireballs underwater, and stuffed a big rock inside of himself.

There are times where Marx would have Kine stuff a beach ball in his mouth, to then later cannonball out of his mouth to cause mischief. They coordinate doing this on random unsuspecting people.

Coo sometimes enjoys doing aerial tomfoolery with Marx. The two like to fly around to cause some minor mischief. Marx may spit beach balls out of his mouth for Coo to slap with his wings to hit random unsuspecting people. What makes this especially funny for the two of them is that if the balls hit random people from far away because they did high in the air, those people will never know who caused it.

That being said, Coo is also the most serious of the animal friends. Out of them, he's the one that puts the most effort in keeping Marx in check. If Marx crosses a line, Coo is the first animal friend to stop him. Coo himself doesn't mind tomfoolery every now and then, but he quickly knows when to stop if things get out of hand. He'll give Marx the look when he deems it necessary to.

Marx thinks it's funny to sometimes trigger Coo into giving him the look just for the sake of it. He likes Coo quite a lot.

Nago is the laziest and least talkative of the animal friends, and therefore is the one to join Marx in tomfoolery the least often out of the bunch. He still enjoys the jester's company, though. He's easily amused by his antics. There's also this thing that Marx and Nago have going on where Nago will steal Marx's beach ball, causing them to playfight, and Nago just tells Marx to go make another beach ball or go use Gooey as a ball to bounce on.

ChuChu thinks that Marx is hysterically funny, and she's bold enough to even start shit with him. Marx and ChuChu have this thing going on where they're weirdly fixated on stealing each other's bows. One will try to pull a fast one on the other to find an opportunity to steal their bow, with ChuChu using one of her tentacles to yank Marx's small bow off his chest, while he steals her big bow off her head.

Marx also started teasing ChuChu for her liking of Kirby when he first found out about it. This got reactions out of her at first until she eventually started taking well to it and even laughs when he does it.

Pitch is a devious little turd that's also not afraid to start stuff with Marx. These two like to bicker for kicks and giggles, and sometimes it's Pitch that initiates it. They both consider it to be enriching. Pitch is actually Marx's favorite out of the animal friends, because he thinks it's hilarious how much of a troll the little bird can be sometimes.

Pitch and ChuChu enjoy bickering with each other and sometimes metaphorically 'beat each other up'. Marx thinks it's absolutely hilarious when this happens and eggs the both of them on.

All in all, Marx enjoys the company of all these guys. He's got things going on with each and every one of them. He commonly hangs out with them a lot. He's kind of grown a soft spot for them.

Marx was quick to join Rick, Kine, Coo and Gooey when the events of Star Allies began. Nago, ChuChu and Pitch stayed behind because Coo thought that the big intergalactic journey would've been too dangerous for ChuChu and Pitch, as Nago decided to babysit them. Marx, however, was more than welcome to participate.

During Star Allies, the dream friends often split up into groups by their respective waves, and wave 1 was usually a group together. They had a blast kicking ass and taking names when they fought bad guys together during Star Allies. They fought bad guys in mischievous ways, and commonly laughed as they trolled their way through the Jambastion fortress. When the mage sisters were the enemy before their redemption, wave 1 mocked them after defeating them. Unsurprisingly, Marx was doing the most mocking, as Gooey, Rick, Kine and Coo just enabled him and even joined him in doing it.

There were points in Star Allies however when Marx wanted to join Magolor in beating up Jamba bad guys. Due to his insistency in this, wave 1 and wave 3 were a bit connected as the animal trio found opportunities to let Marx be with Magolor for a bit.

After Star Allies, Marx continues being friends with Gooey and the animal friends, as he reunites with Nago, ChuChu and Pitch after the game's events. They were glad to see him again.

Marx's dynamics with these guys more or less remains this way from now on. They like him, they think he's funny as heck, and they'll sometimes join him into doing some sillies.

However, despite liking mischief themselves, the animal friends do have standards. Marx has a knack for causing eventual chaos, and sometimes that can be too much for the animal friends. ChuChu and Pitch may be rowdy enough to occasionally cause accidental chaos, but they themselves still have some clear standards and they'd know when to stop Marx when he goes too far.

Gooey and the animal friends generally have little problem with Marx causing funny stuff with them. If he becomes chaotic with them, they stop him, although they don't really have hard feelings for him about it for the most part. It's when he messes with other people, however, is when it's far more likely they can end up getting mad at him.

They understand that many other people are more easily ticked off than they are, and so they honor that to try to get Marx to not bother others too much. He can't get away with as much for some other people as he can for Gooey and the animal friends, and they know it.

Marx isn't very well liked by some of the other dream friends. In fact, aside from Gooey, Rick, Kine and Coo, the only other dream friends that Marx is actually friends with are Magolor, Daroach and the mage sisters. The rest don't really like him enough to consider him a friend. Some of them even find him to be rather infuriating to deal with.

The animal friends, especially Coo, will usually get Marx to stop messing with the dream friends that can't stand him. Magolor also does this, and thus the animal friends have even talked with Magolor in making Marx leave certain people alone.

Gooey doesn't really act to stop someone from doing something, but even he can give a sad or disapproving look if he thinks that Marx crosses a particular line. That can actually get Marx to behave.

But despite Marx crossing the line for certain people, Gooey and the animal friends still ultimately like him. They, along with Magolor, are just trying to get him to work on becoming a better person over time while they still do some sillies and funnies with him.

They still think he's hilarious as all heck! They do admit he's not always easy to deal with, though. But ultimately, they like him a lot and they were glad that Kirby introduced him to them. Marx likes them a lot, enough to where he'll actually listen if they really want him to improve on something, as he will try for them.

Admittedly, it does freak these guys out that Marx is capable of splitting himself in half and summoning a black hole. They are, however, easily entertained by all his other Nova powers.

They've learned more about clockwork stars thank to Marx, even if they generally don't bother leaving Popstar for the most part.

Marx is generally 'homeless' as he never has a set place that he sleeps in, as he doesn't always even sleep somewhere in Popstar. But there are times that he might sleep under some random tree that's not far from the Dream Land forests that Gooey and the animal friends consider to be their home. It shows how much he likes them.

That's basically all I have for how I interpret Marx's interactions with these guys. They're his friends! I think he actually fits with them pretty well. I know a lot of people interpret "wave 3 + Marx" friend group but I honestly prefer to have Marx stick with his own wave, even if I still find Magolor to be something of a best friend to him.

I'm aware that the animal friends don't really have a lot of canon personality. I headcanon that they're all pretty silly to various degrees. Silly enough to consider Marx their friend. Gooey on the other hand is probably happy enough to welcome anyone as a friend!

Thanks for reading, I plan to make a big general headcanon post for Marx, but for now you get my interpretation of his dynamics with Gooey and the animal friends. Basically covering all of wave 1, with of course including Nago, ChuChu and Pitch since I'm well aware that they are not actually dream friends.

See you for the next one!