#and literally ghosting him mid-battle

[americankimchi]

thinking abt the fact that with the release of the kenobi show it’s canon that obi wan handed vader his own ass to him not once, not twice, but three whole times

[gayelderstourney]

OLD MAN YAOI BRACKET ROUND 1

Propaganda:

Fiddleford McGucket/Stanford Pines:

lab "partners" who broke the laws of physics and nature together but it went horribly wrong and one of them got stranded in alternate dimensions and the other wiped his memory so hard he went mad. 30 years later and they were finally able to reunite during the apocalypse. even though both had changed so much they wanted to forgive each other and move forwards

if fiddauthor isn't real then why is there only one bed in the bunker. if fiddauthor isn't real then why did they go stargazing and talk about wanting to start a family. if fiddauthor isn't real then why "my partner" and "my fiddleford". if fiddauthor isn't real then why does fiddleford subconsciously hang out around the shack decades after he stopped living there. if fiddauthor isn't real then why does ford have dreams about him every night. if fiddauthor isn't real then why did fiddleford leave his son and his failing/failed marriage to go live alone in an isolated cottage in the woods with his best friend from college. if fiddauthor isn't real then why is ford's ideal world one where he gets to work with fiddleford for the rest of time. if fiddauthor isn't real then why "life would be a nightmare without them" and "it's the most meaningful thing in the world". if fiddauthor isn't real then why did alex hirsch change that one scene in the book to sound less gay. if fiddauthor isn't real then why did fiddleford make his laptop password ford's name. if fiddauthor isn't real then why did they hold hands while hugging. if fiddauthor isn't real then why "i could have sworn that as he joyfully played, i could see the age lift off his face, and see the fiddleford who had been my friend so many years ago". IF FIDDAUTHOR ISN'T REAL THEN WHY DID FORD'S MORE HONEST RETELLING OF THE PORTAL SCENE FEATURE HIM GENTLY CRADLING FIDDLEFORD IN HIS ARMS

Xehanort/Eraqus:

they had a divorce scene where xehanort blasted eraqus in the face with no remorse which permanently left a scar and in the novels when he sees xehanort again (who is literally lying and manipulating him in the given scene) eraqus like. tenderly and lovingly smiles and touches his scar like WHAT

First of all. Eraqus is going gray but doesn’t look insanely old but as proof of age I’d like to say that he’s very close to Xehanort in age in Dark Road, the prequel in which they are teenagers, and Xehanort in the main time frame is extremely visibly old and was included in Retirement Home Rumble so Eraqus probably just aged extremely well. They’re trauma bonded through all their friends getting brutally murdered back when they were teens and the two of them were the only survivors (Dark Road was MESSED UP). I’m not sure if they entirely qualify only because they’re like the super divorced elder gays here but they’re definitely old men and definitely yaoi (noncanon but their end in KH3 was so so gay) so I’m submitting them anyway. Anyways the plot of Birth By Sleep was a weird divorce struggle between these two estranged lovers in which Xehanort manipulates Eraqus’ kids in a weird darkness plot because he went evil mode without his husband around to stop him. They have a decent amount of material being gay as their younger selves but that’s not what’s important here WHAT’S IMPORTANT HERE IS THE END OF KH3 when Xehanort’s evil plans were almost finished and then Eraqus appeared out of his basically-son Terra’s hair as a ghost. And talked it out like some kind of mid-battle relationship counseling. Then they put their arms around each other and Xehanort accepted defeat/death/whatever and they just??? faded into sparkles??? smiling at each other??? after like 11 games of buildup to this final battle??? They’re so Divorced Old Men Yaoi your honor

I hate these bitches but nobody does old man yaoi divorce like them. Inseparable "pals" until the tragedy happened, eventually sending them on two separate paths. Eraqus worried that xehanort would fall to darkness, refusing to see that he already had. Xehanort pushed all his feelings away, trying to see eraqus only as a tool for his goals. Xehanort literally stabbed eraqus in the back, killing him. Eraqus forgives him.

in birth by sleep eraqus is voiced by mark hamill and xehanort is voiced by leonard nimoy so in a way their friendship turned enemyship turned always still cared abt each other represents the love/hate relationship between star wars and star trek fans

they’ve been best friends since they were young, Eraqus just pointedly ignores how blatantly evil and DarkTM Xehanort is and then Xehanort murders Eraqus, then later they just casually move on to the afterlife together??? listen I want to shred Xehanort apart with my teeth but these old men are so incredibly gay for each other it’s insane so I HAVE to submit them

[footnotesaregreat]

Hua Cheng's Simp Diaries 101

*a list of his simp moments bc you've never seen a man so deeply in love*

1. found and kept xie lian's earring from the first time they met when he was 10

2. plays with it a lot

3. kept the umbrella xie lian gave him when it was raining at his shrine

4. only ate from the offerings at the shrine when he was certain it was xie lian himself who told him to

5. was one of the few people who didn't kneel to pray to xie lian bc it was what he asked

6. he brought fresh flowers to the shrine everyday for xie lian's statue to hold

7. he tied the red string of fate on the finger xie lian had tied his own hair around to protect him in the cave

8. he turned his ashes into a ring which he gave to xie lian

9. told him it was nothing important

10. made him his reason to live because xie lian told him to

11. he built thousands of statues and shrines for xie lian

12. he challenged the 33 gods that ridiculed xie lian beat them in battle and burned down their temples *girlboss*

13. he's been drawing xie lian's picture from when he was a child from the first day that he saved him

14. made a big ass door for the shrine so it'd be better protected

15. when xie lian was blown away by the sandstorm at ban yue pass and accidentally grabbed onto him he only said: gege there you are don't fly away again

16. literally sucked venom out of xie lian's hand and then proceeded to explode the snake that stung him

17. made sure to give xie lian the ferns that did not grow with humans as fertiliser to heal his hand bc he knew he would feel bad about that

18. killed hundreds of ghosts at ban yue pass in seconds before xie lian came down there

19. protected him from the snakes leaving mu qing alone to fight them

20. taught xie lian how to play dice just to hold his hands bc the motherfucker definitely just changed the dice himself

21. he gave xie lian dice that would always bring him to xie lian as long as he wanted to see him

22. when he fought with qianqiu and accidently hurt xie lian he felt so bad

23. eming was crying actual tears

24. he came into the heavenly capital to take xie lian away immediately bc he rolled the dice he gave him and he wanted to see him

25. once he saw how much qianqiu didn’t know about the gilded banquet he took them to qi rong's lair and forced him to tell the whole story so there would be no misunderstandings

26. he built a literal temple in the ghost city for xie lian specifically for the mid autumn festival so he could "make things interesting" for xie lian's "amusement"

27. he lit up 3000 blessings lanterns for xie lian from the temple he made in the ghost city

28. spent billions in gold to get the lanterns

29. *twice*

30. he captured the fetus ghost before xie lian bc he couldn’t let him hurt himself and to do so kissed him in the pretence that they shouldn't have their mouths open

31. brought xie lian back to paradise manor and instantly made him feel so comfortable that he actually let his pain show while removing the needle he'd stepped on

32. he went to puqi village to bring xie lian’s hat back bc he mentioned it while rambling after their first kiss

33. he cleaned puqi shrine and took qi rong out of the house along with the rest of the trash

34. when he saw he xuan come in with qingxuan he threatened him bc he didn't want xie lian involved with the whole thing with he xuan and the wind and water masters

35. got his people to watch over qi rong and lowkey lang ying and guzi and also probably to look after the shrine while they would be away with qingxuan and he xuan

36. when xie lian FINALLY asked for his private communication array password his eyes legit twinkled

37. he purposefully set his password to sth very much embarrassing so that no one but xie lian would dare reach him

38. the only time xie lian actually used it himself was when he was legit imprisoned by jun wu

39. he actually found xie lian's password funny and the poor thing got the validation he wanted for his joke after 800 years of having this password

40. he constantly changed outfits to watch xie lian struggle to keep his eyes off him

41. while qingxuan was in xie lian’s body he wouldn’t hurt him so he punched he xuan into the ground to release his frustration

42. totally sailed across black water's domain with xie lian's dead body in a coffin

43. the worst suffering for him is watching his beloved get trampled and ridiculed which he experienced when xie lian descended and the people turned against him

44. also watched him get stabbed a hundred times

45. and saw him drunk in a graveyard crying and breaking down

46. he thought he hadn't won xie lian over yet but he had even though xie lian himself hadn't realised it yet

47. he made a new donation box for xie lian while shirtless and sweating even though he's a literal ghost and doesn't sweat

48. he pretended to be unconscious even though as mentioned he's a literal ghost just so he could have a laugh and totally freaked out when xie lian attempted to perform cpr *on a literal ghost*

49. proposed to xie lian and for some reason said he was kidding

50. he’d already given xie lian his ring and wore the string of fate (smooth bro)

51. built a coffin to safely cross the sea with xie lian and successfully caused him a boner (erectile dysfunction cured great success)

52. went along with xie lian to the east sea to protect him from black water but still didn't interfere with his choices

53. when xie lian did the soul switch he sucked his power from his body so that he could bring xie lian's soul back and again freaked out when xie lian kissed him to get the powers back

54. he only practices writing with a specific poem that specifically describes the specific feelings he has for xie lian

55. when he lost control of himself he *intensely* kissed xie lian and afterwards he was so worried that he had hurt him

56. he turned into lang ying even though xie lian told him to not be with eachother for now since they would both be busy

57. even though he was with him he sent the litter to carry them

58. had yin yu gather all the ghosts and the clothes while searching for the brocade immortal so that xie lian could work faster

59. he tattooed xie lian's name on his arm but his handwriting is so awful even xie lian himself couldn't tell what was written for the longest time

60. he ignored xie lian telling him to not do all the chores and did them for him while maintaining lang ying's form

61. he refused to change even when it was clear that xie lian had figured it out and was struggling to write whatever he’d asked him

62. he tried to make himself look good when xie lian asked him who is the prettiest, strongest etcetc

63. he was definitely crying tears of joy whenever xie lian picked him up and told him who cute he was

64. he shared his ✨feelings✨ about looking weaker than he is and feeling powerless

65. did not want xie lian to have to protect him but still listened to him and accepted the help

66. went with xie lian to mount tong'lu to protect him and make sure no one messed up with him

67. he told xie lian anything he wanted to know about whatever they encountered at mount tong'lu

68. he changed the bloody rain to red flower petals so he wouldn’t get xie lian wet

69. he brought him under his umbrella and shielded him from the boulders refusing to help anyone else

70. he tied THE FUCKING RED STRING OF FATE to xie lian's finger to make sure the two would always find their way back to each other

71. he quoted a line from the oldest known chinese novella literally meaning "not even death can do us part"

72. he showed xie lian what happened between yin yu and qi ying so he could better understand their situation

73. he was very ok to just hang around inside the mountain and told xie lian that if it was with him he wouldn't mind staying there

74. he heard and comforted xie lian's worries about his guoshi and told him exactly what he needed to hear

75. it later helped xie lian remain calmer when the identity of white no-face was about to be revealed

76. when the rest of their group where being loud he told them to shut the fuck up bc xie lian was sleeping

77. when pei ming was being a little shit and commented on the red string tied on their fingers he covered it with an illusion

78. then he showed it to xie lian who was worried that it was gone completely

79. he said to xie lian: "i know you can’t die, and you’re not afraid to die, but no matter how tough you are, don’t think yourself incapable of getting hurt.”

80. and: “not dying doesn’t mean not getting hurt, and it definitely doesn’t mean it doesn’t hurt. when you see something strange and dangerous, don’t just touch it. find me. let me take care of it.”

81. when xie lian replied with: “...you too. if there’s something dangerous, you don’t touch, i won’t touch either, alright?” he was downright giddy, giggling, eyes twinkling, hair twirling

82. he built tens of thousands of statues and painted all of his encounters with xie lian throughout the years

83. he also sculpted the two of them boning (my guy was so sexually deprived)

84. he was so so scared when they ended up in the cave bc he didn't want to make xie lian uncomfortable in any way

85. he never wanted to make any kind of move that would frighten xie lian

86. he healed xie lian's frostbite wounds that even xie lian himself hadn't noticed

87. honestly can't separate the moments at this point the man is a ball of affection

88. when xie lian hugged him and showed him that his feelings were reciprocated he said: "your highness, you really will be the death of me." BRO IS LEGIT LIVING IN A SAKUATSU FIC WHAT THE FUCK

89. his eyes would not stop twinkling the whole time xie lian held his hand

90. he was in such a good mood that he didn't even say anything *extremely* insulting to mu qing and feng xin

91. he is just a little bby

92. he loves xie lian so much

93. when xie lian asked him about his ashes he once again said that they were absolutely safe and if the place he kept them was destroyed he wouldn't want to continue existing anyway

94. he basically turned into a ghost for the sole purpose of protecting xie lian and being with him

95. he twirls his little braid and fidgets with the coral pearl from xie lian's earring

96. he KISSED xie lian before they jumped into the kiln and this time without any false pretence of "transferring powers” or performing cpr" *once again on a literal ghost*

97. his spirit stayed in the mortal realm after dying in battle for xie lian and when he saw him told him once again that he will never forget him

98. also referred to xie lian as his beloved

99. also said that he wanted to protect him

100. and that he is his most devoted believer

101. and if his beloved felt bad that he stayed to protect them he would just not tell them

102. very slay of him

103. he was still so young there i-

104. they are the death of me

105. in the form of a literal ball of ghost fire he followed xie lian and did his best to warm him up and protect him even though he couldn't do that in that form

106. when white no-face held him and forced him to stay still while people stabbed xie lian a hundred times he couldn't take it and transformed into a vengeful spirit

107. he found xie lian in yong’an and offered to fight for him again as wu ming

108. while in yong'an he protected xie lian multiple times

109. the best and most beautiful statue of xie lian he built was inside the kiln and ended up being the one that broke xie lian out thanks to the powers he’d transferred to him

110. he continues to give xie lian spiritual powers by sticking his tongue down his throat and xie lian is going for it ofc

111. sent out his people to find the humans xie lian needed for the spiritual array

112. immediately noticed someone extra joined the array and told xie lian to check it out

113. when xie lian had to go to the heavenly capital with jun wu and his guoshi he asked him for a kiss bc staying back to take care of the spirits and the people in the array was just so hard to do without

🎐🍒🔥✨gege✨🔥🍒🎐 at his side

114. when xie lian connected with him through the spiritual communication array he instantly knew sth was wrong bc xie lian would never say his password unless it was an emergency

115. he gave qingxuan spiritual powers to have a way to connect with xie lian and sent help immediately

116. came to the heavenly capital despite knowing that jun wu would find him

117. talked with xie lian's guoshi and even spoke respectfully to him *mostly*

118. he sent he xuan to the array to give qingxuan his fan and transfer powers maybe bc xie lian cares for him or maybe bc he tolerates qingxuan *guess we’ll never know*

119. let's be honest from this point on, even more than the rest, every moment should be added

120. the man is a ball of love

121. he quoted himself while he was evaporating into butterflies because he's just such a poet and a romantic

122. he dies 3 times for xie lian

123. three

124. separate

125. times

126. he came back on the same day they first met

127. he lit another 3000 blessing lanterns for xie lian

128. "they spent eight hundred years running towards each other. this time, it only took an instant to fall into each other’s embrace."

129. he turned puqi shrine into a gay monument to xie lian

130. he left an essence of evil inside xie lian *successfuly caused mu qing and feng xin strokes*

131. he asks xie lian to call him 🧧🥟🗡️✨san lang✨🗡️🥟🧧 bc it means husband so xie lian has been calling him his husband all along

132. he got spoiled by xie lian and tried to bone every chance he got *fair*

133. when someone goes to pray to either one of them, for the prayers to be successful they must pray to both of them *together*

134. treated xie lian to yuanxiao and he finally remembered how it tasted after 800 years

135. he was definitely shaking from happiness when the answers to the riddles from the ghosts wrote "my husband is hua cheng" *even though the ghosts didn't know grammar*

136. when xie lian temporarily lost his memories he followed him everywhere to keep an eye on him

137. it's implied that mu qing and feng xin found him to tell him the situation with xie lian and then he went to find him so maybe he trusts them more now

138. he immediately sent yin yu to capture the creature that ate xie lian's memories

139. he loved every second of making fun of him

140. he made xie lian call him 🧧🥟🗡️✨gege✨🗡️🥟🧧

141. you bet his eye was twinkling the whole time

142. eming is used to taking baths with xie lian but when he went to him while he didn't have his memories hua cheng slapped it *save eming*

143. when he got sick he didn't want xie lian to have to take care of him but they talked about it and agreed to let the other take care of them whenever they needed it

144. when the whole fiasco with xie lian’s statues happened they made statues of hua cheng to keep them company

145. he has given up on learning calligraphy since he can just turn xie lian on and he forgets about everything

146. no one is doing it like them

147. hua cheng is insane for all of this

148. and very valid bc xie lian is gorgeous

if anyone made it here here's some tgcf playlists i'm quite proud of

[lion-hrt]

Severus Snape x Reader (Fluff)

Summary: Professor Snape and reader have a bit of a misunderstanding about feelings...nothing a bit of liquid courage, or better yet, liquid luck, couldn’t solve.

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I still couldn’t quite believe I was headed out the large double doors towards Hogsmeade on a date with Severus Snape. It had been about 6 months since I had taken up the position of Charms at Hogwarts while Professor Flitwick took a much-needed sabbatical. Since starting, I had befriended nearly all the faculty except for Professor Snape. It wasn’t even that he was unfriendly; he was perfectly polite, in fact, but there was no hint of warmth or camaraderie between us. 

Despite a dearth of friendship between us (or really anything beyond total neutrality), I couldn’t help but notice the small kindnesses he extended when he thought no one was looking. True, it would be unlikely for someone to be outside on a freezing winter morning watching the sunrise from the top of the astronomy tower which offered a wonderful view of the castle grounds and the lone figure in dressed head to toe in black on a brisk morning walk sweeping snow from sapling pine trees bent nearly to the ground with the weight. It would also be perfectly reasonable to assume the hospital wing were empty upon first glance at the rows of unoccupied beds, the shadows around the edges concealing not only a Charms professor on a mission to see if the rumors of a particularly bashful ghost were true, but also a man on his way to deliver a gentle sleeping potion to Madame Pomfrey who still suffered terrible nightmares about the Battle of Hogwarts only a few years prior. So, as these things happen, I developed something of a crush. 

As the months passed and the weather improved, I started to run into Professor Snape a bit more often on my jaunts around the grounds. At first they truly seemed to be coincidences but I started to feel a nagging suspicion that there was perhaps a bit more orchestration involved. Still, whenever I attempted conversation, I found myself rebuffed. I decided to turn over a new leaf and take matters into my own hands for once and just ask Professor Snape to have tea with me. After all, given how often he seemed to appear in the same vicinity as me when I went to visit the owls to say hello, or as I sat by the lake refining my sketches of the giant squid, we seemed to share some pretty similar interests. If he wasn’t interested, then he could come out and say so. 

One Saturday morning, I gathered up the nerve and left my chambers and set out to find Professor Snape. I had no idea where he was in the castle, but I trusted that I would simply run into him. Rounding the corner towards the library, I did run into Professor Snape, quite literally. I bounced off of his chest and nearly fell over backwards if it weren’t for him reaching out to catch me, holding tight to my upper arms. We both spoke at the same time: 

“Ah, uh, Professor [L/N], I was actually just looking for you I wanted to ask--”

“Professor Snape! Sorry, I’m sorry, I was just looking for you--” 

We both stopped mid-sentence to let the other continue. He stared at me quite severely so I decided to get it over with. I cleared my throat. “Yes, Professor Snape, I was just saying, I wondered if you might be interested in accompanying me to Hogsmeade for a cup of tea? If you’re not busy...” I trailed off. He was looking at me oddly, like he was trying to observe something. I shifted uncomfortably from foot to foot. “Well,” I continued, “if you’ve already got plans then--”

“No,” he said quickly. “Tea would be, ah--tea would be lovely.”

“Oh!” I said, not really expecting to have gotten this far. “Great! Shall we?” 

Exiting the castle together, I wasn’t sure what to say, or how to even start a conversation. Thankfully, Professor Snape thought it his turn to be bold, and asked me more about my life before coming to teach at Hogwarts. As an American, I had not studied there myself, but I had heard a great deal about the castle growing up and had always been eager to visit. In no time at all we were standing outside of a garishly pink tea shop. Why on Earth Professor Snape chose this place, I couldn’t begin to imagine, but he led the way inside. Once we were seated with a teapot and plates of scones, clotted cream, and jam set in front of us, I looked up at Professor Snape and was struck by how relaxed he looked in comparison to how I normally saw him. His dark eyes met mine, and I glanced back down at my tea, feeling the beginnings of a blush warm my cheeks. We sat in companionable silence, watching the people bustling around us in the shop and outside on the street. 

After a time, I stood up to use the restroom. When I neared the table again, I saw Professor Snape withdraw his hand under the table and quickly tuck something into his pocket; the glint of glass caught my eye. 

“What was that?” I asked, sitting back down. I picked up my teacup and swirled the tea around, gazing into the milky brown liquid. 

“Are you implying I dosed your drink with something, Professor?” he retorted, the hint of sneer forming on his face. “If this is how you think I would act on a da-” he stopped himself, color beginning to creep into his cheeks. “I mean, maybe it’s for the best if I take my leave.” He stood up, and something small fell onto the ground. He must have missed his pocket in his hurry to stow the tiny vial. It rolled towards me, and I leaned over to pick it up from where it lay against my foot. Holding the dregs of the golden potion to the light, I laughed. “Is this...felix felicis? Why on Earth would you be taking this?” 

Professor Snape stood there, eyeing the door. He seemed to be deciding whether he should bolt or not. Instead, with a fortifying breath, he sat back down. He rubbed his eyes with thumb and forefinger of one hand for a moment, then looked up at me. “Look, Professor...” He shook his head slightly then continued, “[Y/N], I’m not the most...comfortable...in admitting how I feel, or when I’d like to get to know someone better. I owe you an apology. Earlier this morning, I drank the contents of that vial which you rightly pointed out to be a luck potion. I thought...I hoped...that with a bit of a nudge, I might be able to...oh, I don’t know what I had hoped. Catch you on your way to observe some rare animal in the forest, and get the chance to finally ask you on a date. Well, I did run into you, but I feel like perhaps I made a mistake with the potion. I thought it would be easier to talk with you if I weren’t so afraid of saying the wrong thing or putting you off. But then I couldn’t think what to say at all, and you were looking everywhere else but at me. If the potion had actually worked---” 

I couldn’t help it. I burst out laughing. Professor Snape’s eyes narrowed slightly. “If this is pity, I neither need nor want it.” His voice has gained an icy edge. 

“No, not pity! Not even close. This is just too much. Severus, I don’t think your potion malfunctioned. I think it didn’t know what else to do! When I bumped into you earlier, I was already looking for you to ask you out to tea. I haven’t been avoiding looking at you because I don’t want to be here; I can’t look at you too long because I was too self-conscious that you’d catch me blushing like a fool. I’ve been having a wonderful time, Severus, really!” 

He looked incredulous. “Wonderful?” He asked.

I nodded emphatically. “Yes, absolutely.”

Severus plucked the vial of luck potion from my fingers and vanished it. Then, his face broke into a tentative smile. “In that case, might you be inclined to join me for another round of tea?”

I smiled back. “Yes, gladly. And, if you’re lucky,” I winked, “I might be free for dinner as well.” 

[redtyn]

pale white horse + where is your rider is about limited life martyn from scott's pov

AKA, I go insane and assign lyrics to block game and probably stretch the meaning too far lmao

"down they fell like the tower as the land relinquished her ghost"? totally about how they spawned in and the boogeyman mechanic kicked into play.

"Heed the sirens, take shelter", "flee the fire that devours", "but the sight held me fixed"? the sirens are the countdown to boogeyman that both scott and martyn succumbed to on day 1.

"neither plague nor famine temper my courage" i mean, martyn and scott stood together in the face of everything. Scott was target #1 for like two sessions and yet only went down to martyn at his request. they did not falter at any point.

"a pale white horse with a crooked smile, and I knew it was my time" martyn's skin was pale from being red, but he was still a silly goofy guy through it. Scott probably didn't know martyn would kill him for the win, but time and limited life go hand in hand.

"a raging storm of a foreign war, a face i'd seen before" Martyn literally wore the banner of Dogwarts, a war fought 3 seasons ago. Scott would've seen the Hand fighting on the opposite side of the battlefield.

(other song under the cut because this is long and i dont want to clog the tag)

"Was it you 'mid the fire and the ember? Were you there to bedevil and beguile?" Scott died to lava and a traitor, having literally been tricked into removing his armor by Martyn.

"See, your face wasn't quite as I remember, but I know that wicked shape to your smile" similar to above, Scott is used to seeing Mean Gill, pirate martyn, but the banner and the bloodshed would have reminded him of the Hand. One can assume he was making a similar facial expression during battle.

"So bury me as it pleases you, lover, at sea, or deep within the catacomb" I feel like being buried at sea is self-explanatory for a dying Mean Gill

"But these bones never rested while living, so how can they stand to languish in repose?" Scott, having been the target of a hunt more than a few times, would not have gotten much in the way of downtime.

"He has thrown down the cavalry as gravel sinks and as the stone founders underneath the sundered sea of red and reed" Primarily focused on the later half here, the isle was decimated by the time Martyn killed Scott. Several people died in those waters- Scott killed pearl not long before. It was certainly red.

"The shadow of Hades is fading for he has cast down Leviathan, the tyrant, and the horse and rider" Martyn was a force this season. I believe he is tied for most kills. He was a force of nature, much like Leviathan. This one is a stretch lmao

"Where is your rider? Where is your rider?" Listen. Hear me out. This is Scott asking why Martyn snapped at the end. Martyn is an unguided hand, a explosion of fury, an untamed horse. His rider, who had in the past seasons been his ally both secret and not, was not present this go of things. Ren was not there. Scott was never going to be able to exact the loyalty Ren had.

"He will hold with all of his might the armies of night still as boulders laid to the side 'til we pass by" Ren was able to hold back Martyn. He could restrain him, guide him. Scott couldn't.

"He has hoisted out of the mire every child so lift your voice with timbrel and lyre" As Scott died, he would have heard Martyn yelling his speech about it being a death game. Toward the end, his voice had gotten quite loud.

"We will abide, we will abide, we will abide" At the end, Scott accepted what Martyn did. He was glad his Mean Gill won. He will abide.

look i know im insane ok but this has been on my mind literally since the final episode dropped i needed to get this out to the public

[nonbinarylocalcryptid]

MAG7 - The Piper

I like this statement, it's not my top 1 but is quite close. Of course I'm biased, we often forgot the Great War and pay way more attention to the second one, even it the first was also terrible we can't deny it is painfully overshadowed by its successor. Which pains me, every belic conflict big or small it's a tragedy on its own and mistakes made by the human race upon which we should reflect. Is anyone here familiar with Shackleton's expedition? Has anyone watched Flyboys? I suppose Gal Gadot's Wonder Woman it's quite known.

Anyway, I'm rambling.

Quotes that stuck with me:

"It came as no surprise to me when he mentioned he wrote poetry. To be perfectly honest I expected him to be dead within a week." - Staff Sergeant Clarence Berry, about Wilfred Owens, November 6th, 1922

hm, is he talking shit about poets? probably

"To Wilfred’s credit, he made it almost a year before anything horrendous happened to him, and by the following spring I’d venture to say that we might almost have been able to call each other friends." - Clarence again

I will translate this one for you my pals, here he is saying: "so I adopted the weirdo as one does"

"I remember exactly what he said. He told me it had three faces. One to play its pipes of scrimshawed bone, one to scream its dying battle cry and one that would not open its mouth, for when it did blood and sodden soil flowed out like a waterfall. Those arms that did not play the pipes were gripping blades and guns and spears, while others raised their hands in futile supplication of mercy, and one in a crisp salute. It wore a tattered coat of wool, olive green where it was not stained black, and beneath, nothing could be seen but a body beaten, slashed and shot and until nothing remained but the wounds themselves." - Clarence quoting Wilfred, who definitely "met the war"

this. is. chilling

"Did you know Hamelin is a real place in Germany?" - I do Know this one is from Clarence and it sounds haunted AF, but I can't help but snort when Jon says it

"I began to wonder: were we the children stolen from their parents by The Piper’s tune? Or were we the rats that were led to the river and drowned because they ate too much of the wealthy’s grain?" - Clarence "I'm not a poet" Berry

*Spiderman Peter Burrito Parker's voice* Look, now he's going to say he's not a poet.

"Still, those are musings for poets, among whom I do not number." - Also Clarence

Could have fouled me once, bud

"Well, if further evidence was needed of my predecessor’s disorganisation, here we have it. A statement from 1922 filed among the mid-2000s." - Jon "why am I haunted by the ghost of my predeccessor?" Sims, April 6th 2016

lmao Jon, what a way to slap me into the present

Small review:

What can I say that I haven't said yet? It gives me goossebumps.

Sergeant Overview:

Vibe: chills, literal chills while listening to this one

Horror: just horror, but in the old fashioned way, the one that doesn't need much to scare you

Audio: the music makes it creepier

Humour: again, grumpy men being grumpy, which never fails to make me smile I guess

Score: 10/10

[proudfreakmetarusonniku]

so. had thoughts about a dsmp pokemon au.

Clem is like N from Black & White: she can understand, and even speak to, pokemon.

Dream can't. understand them, per se, but he knows like. body language and stuff. y'know what i mean.

Clem was practically raised in the wild by pokemon, three of which are the rest of SBI (Phil is a Corviknight, because Crow, Techno is an Emboar, because Pig, and Wil is a Zoroark, purely because Vibes). they've also got a Leavanny (i think those pokemon sew, like i remember that being a thing), an Eevee (that eventually evolves into a Sylveon), and a Fennekin (Fundy; Wilbur found him and brought him back).

Tubbo and Ranboo are trainers alongside Clem. Tubbo is a Grass and Steel trainer, and Ranboo is a Psychic, Dark, and sometimes Ghost trainer. they both found a Tepig, and they both care for him (guess who this is :])

here's some various things that happen, some funny and wholesome, and others...less so:

- Clem just wandered out of the woods one day, and she met Tubbo after entering the nearby town.

- Clem will sometimes, mid-battle, tell the other trainer if their pokemon isn't doing too hot, even if this hurts her chances at winning the battle. she cares for all the pokemon; she was practically raised by them, after all.

- so. Zoroarks aren't able to actually shapeshift, but they can practically cast an illusion around themself that functions like shapeshifting, and it can even allow them to replicate human speech. Wilbur uses it to look human, so that Clem doesn't have to get people Losing It over the fact that Clem does, in fact, have a pokemon for an older brother.

- c!Prime stuff does still happen. unfortunately

- literally none of Clem's team like Dream. at all. Wilbur is almost constantly glaring daggers at Dream, as a human and as a pokemon.

- Clem is one of those trainers who doesn't keep their pokemon in pokeballs. yes, this does mean that it's constantly followed by six whole pokemon. well, it appears to everyone else like five whole pokemon plus A Random Tall Man With Curly Brown Hair. because Wilbur's a Zoroark

- due to growing up with pokemon in the wilderness, Clem is a lot more knowledgeable in certain survival skills, and it makes them look a bit weird. for example:

Ranboo, coming across a berry tree: aw man, i don't think we can get any berries :( it's fine, we'll just get to a store and-

Clem, who already climbed up the tree and got multiple berries, and is currently handing some to Tubbo:

- so. funny thing: due to Wilbur being known as Clem's Very Human Older Brother, while also being a part of her pokemon team, makes gym battles. Rather Interesting:

Wilbur, clearly exasperated and mildly injured, coming up to hug Clem after she won a gym badge: Wow Clem, you did so well, i'm proud of you! :]

Quackity, who saw five pokemon walk in with the Crimeboys, and then remembers Wilbur "mysteriously" disappearing right before the battle, and then Clem suddenly had six pokemon:

(yeah, no /r c!TNTduo here. but there is c!Quackcicle though. fun fact: Quackity is a Dark-Flying type gym leader. guess what his gym is based off of)

that's all i can think of atm, but!! i like this au :]

is slimecicle a ditto

also based of you to clearly realise gen 5 best gen

[sir-yeehaw-paws]

When I mentioned that I found Venom's attitude towards the supernatural interesting and very different from Big Bosses, it was this tape I thought of specifically. Because not only is Venom not even all that open to the idea of Eli having telekinesis, he actually dismisses Ocelot entirely on it. Cutting him off mid-explanation, and grumpily telling Ocelot to find another explanation. This isn't the first time he's dismissive of it either; in my shorter Man on Fire post he gets annoyed when Ocelot tries to explain that yes, the Man on Fire survived. No, logic can't explain it, but he did.

Not even wiling to entertain the possibly, eh, Venom?  Also, there’s some of that blink and you’ll miss it snark he sometimes has. (I also wonder if Ocelot would’ve found this strange. Hypnotized or not, he knows what Big Boss believes, and Venom not responding to it might’ve stuck out to him in a way he couldn’t address under hypnosis but that’d be another post).

So, my headcanons. (This got long..again)

I therefore think Venom beforehand was a pretty literal minded type. He might've even been more scientifically minded as well. Because I played MGSV first I didn't think much of it. Looking back though, this would certainly have made my brain tick if I'd known the character of Big Boss before. Big Boss after all: Fought a man powered by electricity. Fought a ghost in a purgatory like state. Fought the rest of the Cobra Unit. Is afraid of vampires. I'm not mocking this, but I am noting it as a thing he believes in. Believes in Santa. Again, not mocking. It furthers my explanation of his beliefs. Big Boss knows these things exist. And I imagine has a natural open mindedness. Knows, accepts and doesn't question it. The Man on Fire would probably make him weary but he'd not question him existing. If anything he'd be alarmed by realizing it's Volgin moreso than Venom, who is forced every time he encounters the man to acknowledge that weirder things exist out there than he knew before.

He actually says, “What the...?” At a point in this scene that never gets picked up by the games subtitles. In the moment, it’s because he’s responding to Shabani taking over Mantis and thus the Man on Fire stops attacking, but I’d also figure it’s his general attitude towards the man in general. This is a man forced to accept that this flaming beast was not a hospital hallucination (a valid worry for him to have) and logic isn't about to write it off. Since Venom was MSF he must've seen bizarre stuff right? (I’d like to point out I’m not blaming Venom for any of this btw. I have diagnosed psychosis (it’s managed atm), I have hallucinated. I’d probably spend every day screaming if I was Venom but this is..not relevant at present, I’m not talking about me after all). Well, assuming he was with them through Peace Walker (and I certainly think he was) then everything they fought was ultimately still man-made. Elaborate and stretching reality to the absolute max, but still man made. Those AI's were made by Strangelove and Huey. Hot Coldman was still a human man. Zadornov was a human man. Etc. I think Venom might've thus been more of a realist than some of his comrades. It fits with a more medical and scientific mindset, but that's hardly a brush you can paint all doctors and combat medics with. Plenty of soldiers are superstitious. Not to mention different cultures. I imagine a couple things then: Venom was as I said before, pragmatic and logical. I'd imagine he had an education but probably got medical training in battle and/or outside of your standard university education. He probably didn't have say, a medical license. But had excellent training. Or was a very good learner. I do believe he was quite quick on his feet, mentally as well. I think he may have been an atheist or chose not to give religion much thought. Now granted this ones got more grasping behind it, religion is not a huge theme of the Metal Gear series so I don't give that one too much thought. I believe as well that Venom might be inclined to write a lot of what happens as his own brain playing tricks on him. Given how badly the man hallucinates and disassociates this is a completely logical mindset and fully understandable. It also fits with his character. If other people did not at times experience what he did, I wonder if he'd scoff and chalk it up to a him issue. But it is very interesting for a guy as logic minded as him to be an MGS protagonist and quite fun to explore headcanon wise. Of course, some of it makes me a little sad too. I believe Zero and Ocelot would've scraped any evidence of who Venom was before from records. Retaining only what Big Boss needed. And all that's left of who he was prior exists in far away beliefs and values he held before and can only tentatively grasp. Those threads that didn't meet the overwrite process before awakening. If Venom were a computer, he'd be that program you overwrote to another; but some elements stay buried deep in the harddrive.

[madraleen]

Hell’s Paradise: Jigokuraku - Yuji Kaku Volumes 8-13: A running commentary. This was fun!

-eyyy hybrid gabimaru

-what in the sibling telepathy... still cool panel, toma and chobe simultaneous attack vs the tensen

-THE UNDONE BRAID NICE NICE

-i hope fuchi survives

-am i to assume chobe said chotto matte mid-battle to redo his braid

-"my enthusiasm for the manga feels suffocating" :O mine doesn't, but this feeling put into such words! so true!

-yeah, my favorites are chobe, toma and fuchi i think.

-shion and tenza's relationship is lovely

-damn nurugai made me tear up

-gosh i hope shion can keep his word and be with nurugai on the mainland. the sensei usually perish along the way

-the iwagakure shinobi took one look at the convicts and their asaemon allies and went "WHEEEEEEE MURDER!"

-i kinda think poor gabimaru got a little short-changed; sagiri, too, for the exact same reasons, but i'll focus on gabimaru as he's the face of hell's paradise. i think he got his epiphany and change of heart too soon and he's been emotionally static since then, whereas most of the side-characters have been on a personal journey from the beginning, slowly learning and evolving, and it makes them so much more compelling to observe.

-er. yuzuriha? what kind of takesies-backsies death was that. i mean, yeah, she didn't get a certificate of death or anything, but still. eh, whatever.

-i really like shugen, he's the hero of his own story and an antagonist in the main story, and he could easily be the righteous protag of his own manga, but he happens to be in this manga where he's a hindrance

-SHUGEN FUCKING KILLED FUCHI?! AVENGE HIM, SOMEONE ANYONE

-i'd missed grumbling gabimaru

-EYYYY SHUGEN DIDN'T KILL FUCHI

-aaand fuchi is dead. but that's a better death than dropping down dead

-i think banko-tao-affected chobe and gabimaru look visually great

-you cannot convince me sagiri doesn't have a crush on gabimaru. she blushes too much.

-i understand the situation is dire, but little chibi gabimaru with that damn flower on his head...

-nooo not chobeeee

-whose is that hand on baby ghost chobe, is he coming back, don't give me hope.

-i hope the anime gives shugen this pinch of ridiculousness that he has, aside all else

-shugen the tao avatar

-sooo... rien was grand master's... wife?

-two men and one woman? like 90% of the cast will die? nahhhh

-dude, shut up, gabimaru and sagiri are so in sync, why are u doing this, text? and with mei they're literally family-coded

-oooh gantetsusai must decide what to do with shugen, nice

-okay but a skeleton is hugging shugen in his flashbacks with fuchi. who put it in that position?

-eeeey last volume, letssssgooo

-wait, where are the brothers? chobe dead maybe, where's toma, i forgot toma lol what

-gabimaru my man, yes, we all know you have a wife, but it's literally either rien or your entire country here - INCLUDING MRS WIFE, what are we discussing

-OOOOHH SAGIRI IS HIT!

-yeah see, i think this is more of a me-problem, but i never connected to the gabimaru-yui bond. i'm on the 'sure if you say so' side of things

-rien the super healer

-okay but now i want his yui to be an actual villain, that would be really interesting

-JIKKA JUST SHAVED WHY DOES HE LOOK LIKE AN ENTIRELY DIFFERENT PERSON

-i don't understand, is that shadow chobe, with toma?

-HAHAHAHA CHOBE OH MY GOD. chibi chobe

-HAHAHA SAGIRI AND YUZURIHA'S REACTION AT SEEING YUI OH NO

-okay i didn't except the sagiri-yui meeting to be this cute but it's so cute

-aaaand gabimaru turned into a house cat. i'm sure as part-plant he'll enjoy his sunbeams doubly

-nice glimpse of the tensen in the far future

-OKAY this was sweet, the ending was sweet

[richardsphere]

Just finished LOZ:TotK, thoughts on the final climax below the readmore.

Overall positive thoughts, On the fifth sage, i didnt like her that much. She felt out-of-nowhere, and the flashbacksplenation of her powers as “allowing her to pull her soul from her body” felt sort of dumb when, literally all the sages pull their soul out of their bodies to assist link in battle already. It also felt disapointing that Paya’s explanation for how its not her amounts to “i need to be here to govern my village” when, Riju has the same problem and solves it with SpiritAstralProjection. I also think she gets in the way with Lynelfights, (im trying to mount the Lynel i just arrow-stunned not pilot the Mech), and i dislike the mech replacing the Mastercycle because the cycle was sleek and well-made mobility option, meanwhile its TOTK equivalent is this slow juggernaut that needs you to grind 500 charges for it to stop breaking down from batterylife issues) I honestly would’ve prefered having her lingering ghost as an NPC like Tutorial Rauru, and either have her ghost follow link like the SageProjections or have her ghostly remnant exposit to Paya/Tauro to replace her as a sage. I found the sage powers to be a hassle in this game compared to BOTW. Having to stop mid-combat to figure out which of the black-blue-blobs on my screen was Riju, having to chase her while she went off to fight a particular enemy, then having to wait for riju to charge her AOE, then having to shoot a target while Yonobo’s big round ghost is standing in the way and messing with my aim was really damn frustrating. i liked how sonia’s explanation about how recall works by “bringing back the memories of the previous states” justifies de-dragoning Zelda, and im happy they didnt go “flashback cutscene” to spell that out. DragonDorf was big, but he wasnt scary or interesting. (also “demon Dragon” felt weird as a name, i feel they should’ve gone  “dark dragon” to contrast with zelda’s Light Dragon) I like how Ganondorf uses links time-dodge shenanigans against him, but i dislike how his gloom now actually destroys the hearts instead of greying them out. (yes, its the apropriate when its the same power that Samus-ed us at the game start, but having a new gameplay mechanic dropped on us at the end feels unfair and goes against the games spirit of player preperation). I do wish there was a Post-Game state, and dont think it would’ve taken much to make that, you’d just need 2 things: 1- Change zelda’s saving from “Recalled into a pre-draconic state” to “liberated from within the dragon. (IE: Have Mineru use her Spirit Sage powers to pull the soul out of the dragon, who just mindlessly continues its path in the post-game) 2- put an NPC zelda at some of the major villages, (most of the zelda’s are just locked in a conversation with the Sages, Paya and Purrha, but Hateno has a routine as she moves between the school and her Home)

[potassium-pilot]

FFXIVWrite 2022, Day 14: Attrition

“Why is it that every time I should have a dream with you, we always end up in a pub?” Dia asked rhetorically as she sat up in her barstool facing Ardbert.

“I can’t tell if it’s you doing that or me”, Ardbert shrugged. “Either way, it’s not the worst place we could come up with.”

Dia smiled and shook her head. “You know, I have to admit, I’m shocked you still stick around. I get that ours wasn’t quite the same rejoining as the others, but even with that, I would think you’d want peace and quiet.”

“Peace and quiet was never quite for me. Good in short bursts, of course- you have to rest after all- but in the long run, I’ll rest when I’m dead.”

“You are dead.”

“You’re not, however, and like I said, I’ll rest when I’m dead.”

Dia’s eyebrows raised. “You’ve no apprehensions about calling us one person. That’s both concerning and touching.”

“Well, can’t help it when I’m attached to your soul”, Ardbert countered, “At this point, we’re one and the same. I know everything you know.”

“Yeah? Name one thing.”

“You used to make anti-ghost potions when you were a child that consisted solely of grape juice and honey.”

Her eyes widened. “Damn. Good left hook.”

“Now come on. This can’t be a one way street.”

“You’re right, it isn’t, lover boy. I know you used to be madly in love with both Branden and Lamitt.”

Ardbert jolted up. “Oh, that’s not fair.”

“I know, I know. Branden being as married to his duty and madly in love with the princess as he was, you thought he would never, but you didn’t want Lamitt to feel like she was merely a rebound, so you didn’t know how to approach either of them.”

Ardbert gave a nervous, breathy laugh. “So we’re in agreement- we know each other very well.”

“We know each other too well”, Dia smiled.

“Then tell me why I can’t tell for the life of me why we haven’t left the bed in nearly a moon.”

Dia’s smile faded. The band that played in the corner of the pub fell silent, and all the other patrons’ eyes were on him.

“What?” she asked.

“Well…at least I know who’s bringing us to the pub.”

“What do you mean?” Dia emphasized.

“I mean that it’s been weeks since you came back from your fights at the edge of existence. You’ve practically been a vegetable since you came home, and I know you’re not happy about it.”

“Of course I’m not”, she retorted sharply, “But I need rest. The chirurgeons say so.”

“That was weeks ago they told you that. You haven’t asked them since.”

“I’m just…I’m so tired, Ardbert. All the fucking time.”

“I believe you. But this can’t be helping you. Half your body is bed sores.”

“What else am I supposed to do?”

Ardbert thought for a moment, then answered, “When Branden was seriously wounded after one of our quests, he had to follow a physical therapy regimen with the healers of Voeburt Castle. Maybe this is what you need with the chirurgeons of Ishgard.”

Dia sighed. Thunder rumbled in the distance.

“You’ve survived far worse.”

“You may be in my soul, but it wasn’t you who suffered planets quite literally crushing them, but me. I took hit after hit from Zenos- if I didn’t, I would only have encouraged him to harm my friends and loved ones again for his precious ‘challenge’. I nearly tore my soul apart keeping tonzes of light aether locked away. I had my soul torn from me mid-battle. I watched families be torn apart by war and blasphemy both. I watched the Scions fall to the Garlean empire in the Waking Sands and again by the Crystal bloody Braves. I found my fathers’ mangled corpses in the remnants of the Calamity. I lost my dearest friend. I…”

The thunder roared so loud that it shook the foundation as she shuddered in tears.

“Everyone keeps telling me I’ve grown stronger and stronger…but I never feel that way. Maybe physically, I don’t know, but I always feel smaller and more pathetic after each journey, and now I’m here, and my body’s only proving it. I can’t even get up to use the swiving bathroom by myself. I’ve finally done it. I’ve whittled myself down to nothing.”

The roof tore off the top of the pub. The rain poured in wildly, each drop almost like a bullet in speed. The floor started to flood, and the wind howled. The conditions were unbearable.

It was then that an umbrella appeared over her head. She looked up to it.

“You’re not nothing.”

Ardbert held it over her head while he withstood the rain. “Zenos is dead and you’re here. What does that say about you?”

“That I got damn lucky.”

“Maybe, but remember how close they were to losing you. Even with four of them on you, you nearly died. But you didn’t. You held on because you’re strong. Because you’re the stubborn aurochs the world needed you to be. Now the world’s at peace for the first time in an age. Will you join them?”

Dia stared up. The rain started to calm slightly, falling at a far slower speed, and the thunder grew more distant.

“You really think I can?”

“I know you can. I know that it’s a deep desire to get back to where you once were, but even if you can’t, maybe we’ll get you close enough.”

Dia smiled sadly. “This is going to kill me.”

“If Zenos and the Endsinger didn’t, this won’t.”

She breathed a laugh through her nose.

“Now could you please put a roof back on this thing? I’m drenched right now.”

She grinned and in a second, the roof reformed, the flooding on the floor had drained, but tables and chairs were still broken and scattered. She also dried Ardbert as a courtesy.

“Thank you. This is much better.”

“No problem”, she said calmly. “I think I know what I want my end goal to be.”

“Oh?”

“I want to get started on Emet-Selch’s little laundry list. Not out of obligation to him or anyone, but because I want to see it.”

“Ha, I like that goal. Cheers to it”, Ardbert lifted his mug.

Dia lifted hers and clinked it against his. Ardbert took the first sip, and promptly spat it out. It was mostly rainwater.

“Why is this salty?” Ardbert complained.

“Like I’d know.”

“I’m making the dream next time.”

“Good luck with that.” The two laughed for a moment, then Dia was pulled by a sudden sensation on her cheek. The bar turned into a white haze before she opened her eyes back in the master bedchambers of Borel Manor.

“Mm, wha?” Dia muttered sleepily.

“Forgive me. You were crying in your sleep”, Aymeric explained. Dia touched her cheek, and indeed, there were the tears he mentioned.

“Oh. Yeah, I guess I was.”

“It must have been a nightmare.”

She didn’t want to say what the hell that was, but simply let him get on with his morning since the sun was peaking in.

“I have to say, even if we’re separated by a floor, working from my home office to be here for you has been quite a boon for my sleep. I just wish I could say the same for you.”

Dia let out a laugh. “Please, that’s what I’ve been spending half of my days doing.”

Aymeric smiled. “Well, don’t let me interrupt you. I dare not disturb your rest.”

“About that”, Dia began, “I know what Captain Whitecape said, but…do you think it’s time for me to talk to him again? See what the rest of my options are?”

That surprised him for a moment. For weeks, she had been content resting there, and considering the grievousness of her injuries, he understood perfectly well why, but Aymeric got over it, and answered, “I can contact Captain Whitecape and see if he can’t make a house call.”

Dia smiled. “That would be nice. Do you think I can do it?”

“Do…?”

“Get back to my normal self.”

“I never thought that in question, Dia. I’ve seen you take on far more impossible odds, though I do not deny the difficulty of what you wish to undertake.”

She continued to smile. “Thank you.”

“Of course. Let me get dressed and I’ll send my retainer to ask Captain Whitecape to make a visit. For now, I do have a busy morning.”

“Understood. I’ll be here.”

He took her hand and gave the top of it a kiss. “I love you.”

“I love you, too.” With a gentle squeeze, Aymeric released her hand and rose to greet the morning.

[bloodreplay]

matteo martari . cis man . he/him . wasn’t that dante valen wandering the city of fallbore ? it’s nice to see the hand to the king/queen out and about on such a fine day as this. i’ve heard from the court spies that they notoriously conniving , whilst also managing to be quite strategic . the three hundred year old is most recently associated with house of the autumn , and holds the powers of rowanna . it’s funny, whenever i think of them, i think of seeing the world through the eyes of a sculptor, a politician always prepared to mislead, wheels always turning behind solemn gaze. great to see the machiavellian  around, isn’t it ?

𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐬

full  name.   dante valen.    nicknames.    none.    gender.  cis  man,  he/him.     birthday/zodiac.   december 5  /  capricorn. age.    three hundred.    birthplace.   fallbore.   class.    high eternal.   occupation.   hand to the king & queen of the autumn court. sexuality.   gay.   spouse.   none

height.  6'2.   build.    lean.    hair.    black, mid length, often worn loose.    eye  color.  black.    dominant  hand.    right.   scars.    he has a couple from his childhood as well as a number of others over the years.    other. he always wears a signet ring of his house.

character  parallels.   literally can’t think of a single character. his character in medici??.   skillset.    possesses the power of rowanna and has a good deal of mastery and control over them. he is also very strategic    demeanor.   very cutting and sarcastic at times. he chooses his words carefully and he often wields them like a weapon. is also quite charismatic at times. capable of a great deal of affection, something very few people know.  strengths.   very sharp and remarkably loyal    weaknesses.   will do anything for power. extremely prideful

𝐛𝐢𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐡𝐲 ( implied abuse cw )

your house is an ancient one, a noble one. its history is written in the pages of abileina itself. it is a house of warriors and of advisors; of kingmakers and peace brokers and you are a credit to it. second born so you are never meant to inherit the titles but you set your eyes on something higher. you set your eyes on a kingdom and then on the entire world.

your father is a tyrant and your mother is little more than a ghost. your brother is not your companion as much as the child in you wants him to be. you learn cruelty from your father – you are taught its nuances and you witness the reckoning it brings. you learn soon enough that your father’s anger is dangerous but his silence is far more deadly. those are your first battle scars and you wear them with pride. you do not cower in front of anyone; not then and not now.

your father did not want sons; he wanted warriors and your first rival has always been your brother. you kill off the part that hopes for affection from him. you do it once and then you do it over and over again – as many times as hope flares up. love is a weakness is a lesson that has been well taught to you but there are times you forget yourself.

yours is a loveless house but you find it elsewhere. amar and indira are your constant companions for as far as memory stretches. you have always known that your place is by the side of the king and when you are appointed the hand, no one is surprised. war is something you play well at and you will not hesitate to burn this world to the ground if only to reshape it in your name.

𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬

ex husband. i want divorce babey 🥰 could’ve been from any court but def a noble. could have been a marriage of convenience or love. we can discuss why their marriage ended. it could be anything from infidelity or them leaving him bcos theyre tired of his shit?? literally anything as long as its messy and there’s angst

enemies to lovers. daggers to throats or i don’t want it

others. people he has schemed with that he has respect for! people that he has hurt in some way or another who hate him and are out to get him! i can’t imagine him having too many real friends rip but perhaps someone he is manipulating for personal gain. literally anything else we can think of.

[mettywiththenotes]

The boys of course

But also Mera and Nagant for my own personal entertainment

!!!

First, The Boys

(disclaimer that I'm not thinking about canon so much as what I think about the duos)

Fix each other/make each other worse - okay listen. This is more dependent on my own idea of them more than canon, but the way I see it, it's like a balance

Tomura's case is what Izuku needs to truly be the Hero Who Saves Everybody (narratively, in Izuku's own arc). For him to understand villains/outcasts, those who do the worst of the worst and still want that help, etc. And Izuku obviously wants to save Tomura, he wants him to be safe. This would be the ways in which they "fix each other"

BUT THEN, you also have the fact that Izuku is a Hero, and Tomura has grown to hate Heroes to an incredible amount. On top of Tomura finding Izuku annoying, we also have the other side of that, where Izuku HATES what Tomura has done

To me it's a bit of a "you have good points but you also make the worst ones sometimes" kind of relationship. It's interesting! At least, in my eyes. I think there's a lot you can do with that kind of thing when writing them too

It's not exactly in canon explicitly I think but. it's something I've noticed

Fandom sleeps on them, YES. Can you believe that, throughout this entire story and the lead-up, only as this arc has started am I seeing people talk about these two? For all of their narrative complexes and similarities and foils, it's amazing (derogatory) that only around the mid-300's am I seeing people talk about them

Also like. the fact that we have season 6, where we literally have a Hero-Villain ending (Toga and Ocha, Dabi and Endeavor etc) with mostly Izuku and Tomura visuals, and yet still, people don't talk about it?? How great it is?? What??

There's probably more but. there's like so much there and it feels like the fandom should be talking about them more. So yeah I think they're slept on big-time

(Though, I am only on tumblr, so maybe people talk about them on twitter or reddit or whatever? but I don't see a lot of people talking about them on this site so, that's where my explanation is coming from. it's from my perspective of the fandom)

I don't really need to get into this a whole lot since I've already talked about it before but, villain and hero aesthetic? Bubbly round cute features and sharp scarred broader features? The contrast? Yes yes yes

BRING ON THE ANGST. I WON'T BE ABLE TO HANDLE IT BUT BRING IT ON ANYWAY

With comedic potential, there's just a lot I'm thinking of. The fact that they are both nerds. The fact that they both have ghosts inside their heads. The fact that Izuku has Tomura's grandma in his head. I mean, even in canon, these two have some pretty funny moments. Izuku looking Tomura in the eye despite being in a hostage situation and being like "the difference between you and Stain? he has a goal, he knows his purpose. unlike you" (I'm paraphrasing obviously but that's basically what he said). Tomura sneaking up and holding Izuku hostage JUST so he can vent to him. AND he thanks Izuku for the advice afterwards. That moment in War Arc where Tomura said "little brother" and they both just fucking looked at each other like "what the fuck was THAT? anyway-". Izuku trying to wrap Tomura up in Black Whip and then being hurled across the battlefield. Izuku wrapping Black Whip around Tomura and then hugging him from behind in an attempt to keep Tomura still. Tomura just chomping down on Izuku's arm. That one sketch Hori did with Izuku and Tomura dressed up as horror characters in a Totoro film set. The list goes on, they keep making me laugh

The vision... for all that I talk about them, they have only met 4 times in the story (USJ, Mall, War, 2nd War), 3 of those being battles while one of them was with the boys actually talking, and that talk just showed SO much potential as a pair they could have. I wanna see more scenes like that one. Izuku wants to save Tomura, Tomura wants to be saved, but it feels like there's so much left in their dynamic and relationship. We're almost there

Next, Mera and Nagant

From here on out, what I'm talking about is only in my head because they've never actually met or talked about each other in the canon story tho we live in hope

Better in fanfic - bro MY fanfic. I mean, I don't have a fanfic about them. Just the posts about them and HC Trio au. But... in my head

Narratives - Nagant hating the Chairman (and probably also Chairwoman? Maybe? CW sent her to prison and also made her image and case a symbol to everyone who ever thought about betraying the HC, "this is what will happen to you if you disobey" yknow? but she also stopped Nagant from being executed so... pros and cons? 🤷‍♀️) and going against the HC, having trauma around that, meeting Mera who is now temporary head of the HC? I mean it practically writes itself

Aesthetics, I made a post about it but. sleepy guy office employee who probably slept in his uniform and badass lady assassin who dresses pretty and she is pretty and has muscles vs his lanky arms etc

I see the potential I have the vision we are NOWHERE NEAR it being almost there but I can hope I can imagine and I can make memes

Comedic potential. I mean, pathetic sleepy man office employee who suffers comically and badass lady assassin who suffers from her Tragic Past who would not be able to take him seriously. Also she has a gun. Like I can imagine the following scenarios; Nagant protecting Mera (and whoever else) with her gun while they hide behind her, Nagant carrying Mera with her Big Strong Arms calmly while Mera's holding on for his fucking LIFE. Mera naturally suffering comically while Nagant is all serious and keeps her cool. Imagine it

I don't really know what to say about the fix each other-make each other worse thing. I haven't thought it out extensively. Bit of both? Maybe? Trust me on this one tho

Angst - This centers around Nagant's trauma and past. I have a specific vision with this but like. yeah it's there. It's not always there but it's there. Nagant's motivations for finding the Chairman in the first place, wanting to kill him, her body still healing from the damage she took but she's determined to kill another chairman... yeah (and then she finds out the guy is only a temp and has only been in this position for like a month or smthg nsdufndsj)

[tsuki-sennin]

Ooooooooh, boy! It's ghoooosts! And I finally get to see Don Kaito in his...goddamn rockabilly Evel Kneivel outfit.

Spoilers, I guess...

-Yeah, Tarou is like that, huh?

-Don Murasame... who are you anyway, kid?

-Auntie Yuriko. Truly a boomer.

-Ah, Line. That's the service with all the stickers and stuff.

-10 yen.

-Hey, Haruka. Y'know how many Rangers are from that there Showa era?

-Oh. Phonebooth lore.

-Oh fucc

-New guy.

-Block that bitch Haruka, you deserve better.

-"No imagawayaki! Only battle, my companions! Wahahahaha!"

-Oh, he a ghoast.

-Oh, he a car too.

-...We had Turboranger, Carranger... Engine-ki?

-Yeah, Engine-Ki.

-Oh, poor gal.

-Haruka Jumpscare.

-How far is this phonebooth from her apartment, anyhow?

-Minako Sagiyama, A type blood, Virgo, horror fan. Gotcha.

-Be fwiend :)

-Ooooh, ghost! ...is she the Hitotsuki?

-Haruka getting no respect around here, smh

-I really like Minako's fashion, it's super nice.

-Spooky.

-Shinzo?

-Oh, that name is uh... fairly unfortunate.

-Man, what a pretty dusk shot...

-Saruhara, Tsuyoshi, you're literally fighting monsters on a regular basis, are ghosts a bit too much to believe?

-Hoo... well, nobody tell them about angels, space pirates, humanoid robots, fairies, and whatever the hell Shurikenger is then!

-"WAAAAAAAAAAH GHOST! AND MIHO-CHAN'S NOT AROUND TO GET IT OUTSIDE LIKE THE SPIDERS!"

-Ore wa Sagiyama Minako. On my 18th birthday I was killed by rampaging Ganma.

-She's so nice though!

-Ohhhh, Don Kaito, you and your nonchalance.

-Man, I guess she really likes Haruka.

-Tadokoro Shinzo, okay.

-Ooooh.

-MOMOI TAROU! Who else but the man!

-Oh. I see who it is.

-"Hi, I'm Kaito. ...I don't exactly offer ghost discounts, but you can join our rewards program."

-Shinzo San! (Three)

-Sorry lass, that doggie has a lady friend.

-Wow, she didn't mistake Shinichi or Tsuyoshi for him. ...that musta hurt.

-Shin Sonoza

-"Yeah okay

-First Love Hero! :O

-Tsuyoshi at the office. What he doin'?

-Yeah, of course you bombed with Tarou.

-Wow. Tarou's type. Must... have... strong... appetite.

-"So uh... I'm contractually obligated to ask if you like dogs."

-Oh.

-If that was how Tsubasa's identity got discovered, I'd have shat myself laughing. Inoue has some chill.

-Oh! I see how it is, this spoopy down to earth ghost girl is way more """"""normal""""" than the funny red mailman who turns into a giant robot and the wanted criminal who turned into a dog on command for a chick. Really, what a double standard.

-...oh no, Don Kaito.

-OH GOD IT'S EVEN WORSE THAN I IMAGINED

-Kiito Komagine's good looks are far too much for the moms of Japan to handle.

-To be fair, he kinda fits the ideal image of a mid-late 20th century action hero. At least, from America. And aside from that, Zenkaiger is an homage to the 70s Gorengers... At least he knows his audience.

-"Well, shit... this is not very poggers at all."

-Poor Minako :(

-Tadokoro Shinzo... oh my God, that's Kazuhiko Inoue!

-He voices Kars in JoJo, and Ginis in Zyuohger. Also Red in Happiness Charge PreCure.

-Minako, Shinzo...

-Well, if you wanna make things go smoothly, maybe... talk to her about it?

-Ah, no, convoluted schemes.

-Wow, putting his voice acting skills to good use.

-Oh my god, she got ran over.

-That's brutal.

-Ikuzo! Avatar Change! It's time for another exorcism!

-Doggy

-...I wonder... does Minako recognize InuBrother in her frenzied state?

-Who else but Jirou!

-OH GODDAMMIT MURASAME

-Uh... today's a bad time, little buddy.

-Oh wow, already goin big!

-Leggy, shoulder, chest!

-:O

-Did she somehow break from the Hitotsuki?

-...or is she just projecting herself?

-Gotta wait.

-Aw... :(

-Nin Nin Alter! Fight Ninja with Ninja!

-Damn.

-:(

-Go to heaven, lass.

-Oh shit.

-Her desire has been fulfilled.

-She passes on quietly.

-No boisterous laugh from Tarou or fanfare.

-Take the booth on off.

-Oh goody, cuck boy's still here.

-...DID HE SERIOUSLY MAKE HIS MAMA MOTHER MISTAKE IN WRITING

-...oh god, is he calling her Mommy.

-...oh... I feel very unclean.

-Seriously Haruka, block his ass.

-What the fuck, Mom???

-Dragonfires!

-Ohhhh, Don Torabolt!

-I get to see you, finally!

-...it'll take a week, but that's very good!

[troofless]

alright here's my current tales of protagonist rankings.

Can't get more based than Yuri, the guy with highest ship potential, sick sounding VA, sick moves, king of witty remarks, backflips and RESOUNDING CRY OF VICTORY in his victory quotes, adopted a dog with his boyfriend... yeah

Ludger's comedic potential hits the roofs. Hit me with that 'I'm not wearing clothes in my Chromatus outfit' and Nova confession to Julius reveal shocked sprite. His design is amazing I love the tie and suspenders and the black highlights because his dumb ass thought it would look cool. Loves to backflip, especially in that one skit to distract Jude. Unfortunately he's placed into a world where he has to dating sim the Xillia 1 cast lmao like a separate game for the Xillia 1 epilogue and his story would have been better (though his story sure has fillers with the Waymarker collections...). You know what, his story could have been a gacha game. Isn't it literally FGO?

Jude lives in an unfortunate world where he, as an illegally practising doctor without a medical license, is 15. HOW. I swear he's at least mentally 18. Immediate simpery for this girl he just met with an incredibly thin waistline aside, he really said THESE HANDS and went to punch the living daylights out of god. Also the way he trusts Alvin when Alvin spends every 5 minutes betraying them is so fucking funny like yeah he sure would hook up with a guy like Alvin. Also he hits on everyone. He's the harem king. Milla, Elize, Leia, Muzet, Aska, Ludger, he has them all.

Idk what you're talking about if you don't say Lloyd isn't cool. Man wields two swords in battle because he thinks they have twice the power and renders Kratos (the GOAT) speechless, flips his swords up and down in his victory pose, dude tries to feed a grandma and gets kicked out of the village because of it, the tries to scam Colette into giving her hot/cold/hot coffee, etc. etc...

Luke gets the most points for having the most memorable scenes. 'It's not my fault!' 'I don't want to die!' 'Now is all I have' like bro how could you not hug him and tell him it's alright? His personal struggle as a clone and how he grows to face Asch is the most fascinating thing to see in Abyss. (Also Tear is a jerk and Natalia is mid and Anise shouldn't exist and Ion fucking sucks and Guy and Jade are GOATS...)

Sorey is just a regular guy. Just a good guy. Really outstanding pure vessel. Go save the world, with your boyfriend and your other ghost friends, boy.

Unnaturally thin waist aside, Milla is a character that sets out to do what she has to do and doesn't look back, and as the unwavering pillar of the cast she does her job perfectly. But like that's all you can say about her.

Velvet is edgy and her whole character arc is about making you feel sorry for her and wanting to hug her 👍 I haven't finished playing the game but that's the vibes I got. At least she did what she set out to do, which is to kill the inheritor of Savage Wolf Fury.

[ghostly-valley]

The Ghosts have left the valley.

Well, some of them. Who knows what Cannibal Ghost is up to.

Brand new rp blog for literally every ghost in Ghost Valley. Yeah, even the random ones. Multimuse, independent, just really likes ghosts. Call me Ghostly! 18+, just here for fun. Duplicate, multimuse, OC, crossover friendly!

I'm Ghostly. Late 20s, works full time, volunteers way too much. Will share discord if I'm comfortable with you.

Absolutely nothing sexually explicit will be written on this blog. Even for Lovelace. Violence, swearing, death, mentions of adultery and cannibalism, but nothing that would be considered a lemon in 2005.

Honestly just here for the fun of it. I absolutely adore Ghost Valley. I don't mind duplicates, I don't mind a whole lot of things. I primarily write lit, but I love a good nonsensical crack one liner. These Ghosts aren't always very serious people, most of them are at least a little silly. Ghostly is very VERY silly.

Muses: Wen Kexing - Ghost Valley Chief. Capable of terrible cruelty, incredibly stupid decisions, and very deep love. Late 20s.

Gu Xiang - Heartless Amethyst Fiend. Ferocious, loyal, ferociously loyal. Late teens.

Luo Fumeng - Tragicomic Ghost. Holder of the List of the Unfaithful, Leader of the Department of the Unfaithful. Not cruel or kind by default. Late 40s.

Liu Qianqiao - Beauty Ghost. Loyal to the Chief and Tragicomic Ghost. Loves her sisters in the Department of the Unfaithful. Early 30s.

Cannibal Ghost. No thoughts, head empty. Extremely loyal to Wen Kexing. Probably the calmest of the ghosts. Would kinda be a nice guy if it weren't for all the human eating. Late 40s.

Changing Ghost. Scheming schemer who schemes. Extremely loyal to his own self interests. Stays silly, full of cool uncle potential. Late 40s.

Happy Ghost. Least calm of the ghosts. Several screws loose, very effective in battle. Loyal to Changing Ghost. Can't stop laughing, no matter how unfunny something is. Late 30s.

Black Grim Reaper. White Grim Reaper's older brother, loyal to him and him only. Don't hurt his brother or you'll regret it. Late 20s.

White Grim Reaper. Black Grim Reaper's younger brother, loyal to him and to Wen Kexing- not that that really ever helps him. Very, very anxious. Save him. Early 20s.

Lovelace. Is there. Mid 30s.

Former Ghost Valley Chief. All around bad guy. Run. Run from him. Early 50s.

Hanging Ghost. A bit of a Freak. Not the brightest bulb in the box. Very slippery. Where'd he go!? Loyal to his own self interest. Mid 30s.

Long Tongued Ghost. Also a bit of a freak. Causes problems on purpose. Has no loyalties, there for a good time not for a long time. Late 30s.

Miscellaneous Ghosts also available for your miscellaneous ghost needs.