#ash and val

[the-firefly-jar-system]

[ID: a discord message sent with a proxy bot, proxied to Valentine. the message reads:

“littles (<9)

• restricted to the littles zone

• can do picrew games with supervision

• no exceptions without caregiver permission

middles (9-13)

• has a dedicated chat but isn’t restricted to it

• can use other chats at own discretion (there will be swearing!)

• no nsfw chat without *explicit* permission

• please don’t clog chats for subsystems you’re not in!

teens and adults (>13)

• not restricted to any chats

• can use nsfw chat at your own discretion

• please only use the little chat for talking to littles

• please don’t clog up the middle chat

• please don’t clog up chats for subsystems you’re not in

that’s all for now! check up on the other rules, too” /end ID]

here’s some examples of rules we have set up for our system discord server! we use it for communication, which helps us get past amnesia and contact barriers. we also use it for chatting and fun stuff- personally, it’s really helped to lower some dissociative barriers a bit

-val (ft ash)

[valeovalairs]

one must imagine the Winters family before the horrors

[charophyte]

These past couple of weeks I started to draw all of my selfships so I can have art for my selfship website! I have four more to do, but I prioritized these first :3

Eventually I will use these in their own info posts but for now I'll just post about them in little blurbs!

Info under the cut:

Ash and Jotaro

Ash moves out to Florida for a wetlands ecology graduate program, meeting Jotaro during the lowest points in both of their lives. It doesn't take long before Ash realizes that there is more to Jotaro than he's letting on. The pair maintain a distant but passionate relationship as Ash is drawn further and further into Jotaro's life and the lives of Stand users.

Ash, Jotaro, and Val (OC by @titaniumfae)

Everybody Lives AU where Ash is with both of their future partners from 'canon'. The three start a messy but oddly sweet family together, having two kids and working as professors. All of them have to reconcile with their personal issues in order to maintain their lifestyles.

Ash and Noi

Ash is a human scientist who masquerades as a sorcerer in order to study them closely, wanting to invent a method to produce magic without the need for magicians or devils. When they meet Noi, they are intimidated by her, but can't help but grow closer with her as they study each other. They end up irrevocably intertwined with the rest of the En family.

Abel and Ermes (SBR AU)

Abel is down on his luck, trying to make a more honest living by working on a horse ranch owned by Ermes' father. He secretly lives with a curse he inherited from his father, seeking a way to rid himself of it without passing it on. When the ranch threatened financially, the pair join the Steel Ball Run, both with their own hidden ulterior motives for joining.

Altis and Polyphemus

Altis has taken up a life of crime, becoming a thrill seeker due to a curse that has deprived them of sensual pleasure. During a heist gone wrong, they are caught by the cyclops Polyphemus and offers to work in exchange for their own life. In an odd twist of fate, the two relate to each other more than anticipated, both ostracized by their peers after being deceived by someone else.

Cinnabar and Jasper

During the height of the rebellion on the Earth colony, Cinnabar acted as a scourge, Jasper an unstoppable soldier. Now, after the reign of the Diamonds has entered its third Era, the two must seek out new, more peaceful lives. Cinna takes an interest in human culture, making her own transition into Era 3 far more graceful than Jasper's who is still stuck in the past.

[dittomander]

i love writing fanfiction bc then i get to have blorbo dreams about it. I had one the other night that it was mateo's birthday and elena was throwing him a party, and along with naomi and gabe, the other two invitees were, inexplicably, princess valentina and ash delgado

[nighting-crow]

Modded Followers (Plus Crow and Sorayne) as Incorrect Quotes

Nebarra on his first day as a lawyer: Mothers and fuckers of the jury...

*My chemical romance stars playing* Auri: Omg you emo  Aurlyn, pointing to Lucifer: It's his playlist!  Auri, Aurlyn and Lucifer all start singing: Lucien: Hey, where you at? Lydia: My limit. I'm at my FUCKING limit.

Gore: If karma doesn't hit you, I fucking will.

Lucifer: Kaidan Brought five guys home I'm so excited! Lucifer: Clarification, five guys is a restaurant chain that specializes in gourmet burgers and fries. Lucifer: I'm not having an orgy.

Xelzaz: You really put aside everything and came all this way for me? How did you even get here so fast? Auri: Several traffic violations. Varrick: Three counts of resisting arrest. Val: Roughly thirteen cans of energy drinks. Ashe: Also, that’s not our car.

Kaidan, glaring at Caryalind's coffin: We are gathered here today because SOMEBODY. Couldn't stay alive.

Val: What’s wrong? You look 10 seconds away from ripping someone’s throat out. Gabrielle: Fucking Gore and Lucifer were trying to invoke one of the minor gods again last night. I didn't get an ounce of sleep, thanks to their bloody chanting.

Ashe: Wait, is Baja Blast a real thing? I thought all of you were talking about masturbating. Khash: The way it tastes, we might as well be.

Xelzaz: What is wrong with you? Gabrielle: Loaded question. Elaborate.

Kaidan: *sees someone doing something stupid* Kaidan: What an idiot. Kaidan: *realizes it's Caryalind* Kaidan: Wait, that's MY idiot!

Gore: What doesn't kill me better start running, because now I'm fucking pissed.

Val: If I may interject... Aurlyn: Oh, awesome, Val was eavesdropping.

Inigo: Drunk driving IS cringe unless you're doing it sexually like a fetish? Remiel: W-what?! Ashe: Yeah, I'll incorporate that into my belief system.

Ashe: If we lose, you’re out of the will. Inigo: I was in the will?

Crow: I’m sick and tired of being called 'mortal' like, you don’t know that. Neither do I. I have never died even ONCE. Nothing has been proven yet. Stop making assumptions. It’s rude.

Varrick: Everything’s fine, Knight. Gabrielle: Veil, I know your relationship with the english language is strictly casual, but you- I- *deep inhale* ALLOW ME TO TELL YOU WHAT’S NOT FINE.

Val: Don't know why people think kids learning about gay relationships in school will turn them gay. I learned about World War Two, but am yet to invade Poland.

Crow: Do not come over to my house. If the house is on fire you may knock once, if I don’t answer assume I set the fire and I want to burn to death.

Gabrielle: At this point, I'm holding myself together with glitter glue.

Kaidan: It's ride and die

Gabrielle: You can take away my rights, but can you take away my lefts?

Auri: You can't wake up if you never got to sleep.

Lydia: I tried to write ‘I'm a functional adult’ but my phone changed it to ‘fictional adult’ and i feel like that’s more accurate.

Gabrielle: Maybe the real monster was the friends we both literally and figuratively murdered along the way.

Varrick, slamming pots and pans together to the rhythm of "Give it to me, I'm worth it": I didn't get no sleep cause a' y'all! Y'all never gonna sleep cause a' me!

Nebarra: No, they're not "symptoms of depression", they're Blue's Clues.

Sorayne: I’m gonna mix a can of Red Bull with seventeen shots of espresso in a fishbowl and then chug it while Kids by MGMT plays in the background so I can perceive twenty-three spatial dimensions and fight my own soul.

Varrick, sniffing: Sometimes coke is so good.

Ashe: If you step on a person's foot, they open up their mouths just like a trash can.

Eris: My expectations are low, but they can always go lower.

Val: I was born for politics. I have great hair. And I love lying.

Varrick: I'm a nice person, but I'm about to start throwing rocks at people.

Gore: Mama. Just killed a man. Gore: Put a gun against his head, pulled my trigger now he's dead. Gore: MAMAAAAAAAA OOOOOOOOOOOOOOO Auri: What?! Let me hide the body, where is it? Is there anyone around that can hear us? Auri: ...Are those song lyrics? Gore: Those are song lyrics.

Lucien: Then either Sonic is a god or could kill god, and I do not care if there is a difference.

Remiel: You look mentally ill. Gabrielle: I am. Let’s go. Sorayne, texting Taliesin: Roses are red, Tony Hawk is a skater… Taliesin′s phone, auto-replying: I’m driving right now–I’ll get back to you later. *Later* Taliesin, texting back: Fuck you.

Sorayne: Wait you have thots? Crow: God I wish

Eris:If I had to describe my life in a movie scene, It's be the part in Elf when he gets hit by the taxi and then thanks them.

Kaidan: What has the galaxy ever done for you?! Why would you wanna save it?! Crow: Cause I’m one of the idiots who lives in it!

Inigo: Strawberry milk doesn’t taste like strawberry OR milk. Kaidan: Go the fuck to sleep Inigo.

Auri: The last guy's blood didn't splatter across my face and shirt sexily or aesthetically enough so I have to kill again. Sorry.

Gore: Who wants to go out of the country on a road trip? Khash: Yea, I could drink legally! Kaidan: I could hang out with the boys! Sorayne: I could hide from the consequences of my actions.

Gore: Everybody shut up, I'm thinking. Taliesin, patting them on the back: Well, don’t think too hard. I wouldn’t want you to hurt yourself.

Crow: *slams books down in front of Gabrielle* Crow: Boil up some Mountain Dew. It’s gonna be a long night. Gabrielle: You could of said literally anything else. Crow: Cauldron boil and cauldron bubble, Baja Blast to fuel my trouble. Gabrielle: I’m going to just stop challenging you when you say random shit. I won’t win. I realize this now. Gore, trying to be nice: Sorry I told you the fucking truth you stupid bitch.

Sorayne: honk. Caryalind: WHAT. Sorayne: HONK. Caryalind: WHAT DOES HONK MEAN THIS TIME YOU WHIMSICAL PIECE OF SHIT?????

Sorayne: If I didn't know any better, I'd say you're impressed. Gabrielle: But you do know better.

Val: I'm actually the smartest and most beautiful person on this damn playground so you'd better show some fucking respect before I scrape my knees and make it look like you pushed me.

Sorayne: Getting up at 6:00 am made me realize that 6:00 am isn't a place, it's an emotion. Kaidan: 6:00 am isn't a place at all? Sorayne: That's because it's an emotion.

Eris: Lol and lmao and so on and so forth.

Remiel: If you got arrested what would be the charges? Ashe: Theft. Xelzaz: Disturbing the peace. Nebarra: Aggravated assault. Gabrielle: Arson. Auri: All of the above. In that order, probably.

Disnel: I’m so happy two of my favorite people are getting along now. Khash: Uh, Varrick and Gabrielle are not getting along. Disnel: They’re not trying to kill each other. Khash: You may have a point.

Taliesin: Forgive me Father, for I have sinny-sin-sinned.

Auri: May luck (and this picture of Gore eating shredded cheese at 3 in the morning) be with you.

Taliesin: If you don't kiss your cat on their tiny soft little fotehead then what the fuck are you even doing? Lydia: Yelling at them for trying to eat plastic.

Remiel: What goes up but never comes down? Lydia: The amount of stress you're bringing this family.

Kaidan: What's the gender neutral term for eboy and egirl? Taliesin: Ebay. Auri: Ebook. Nebarra: ECOLI.

*In the chip aisle at Walmart, doing a late-night grocery run.* Remiel: *Minding their own business, looking for tortilla chips.* Remiel: *Finds tortilla chips.* Val, to Auri: See, they know what they're here for. They know what they're doing. Be more like them. Make a decision, Auri.

Gabrielle: The next time I open up to someone, it'll be my autopsy.

Kaidan: You know the sound a fork makes in the garbage disposal? That's the sound that my brain makes all the time.

Taliesin: Crow, I need some advice. Crow: You need advice from ME? Taliesin: Yeah, frightening, isn't it?

Kaidan: When I drink alcohol, everyone says I'm an alcoholic, but when I drink Fanta, no one says I'm fantastic.

Nebarra, posting on social media: I am drunk on my front porch and I think a lizard went into my shirt but whatever man, have fun in there. Nebarra, the next morning: When did I post this?!

Caryalind: Real life should have a fucking search function, or something. Caryalind: I need my socks.

Varrick: *pitches an idea* Disnel, impressed: Huh, there might be something here! Gabrielle, under their breath: Yeah, a lawsuit.

*Crow drunkenly wanders around the house and Kaidan is drunkenly giggling* Varrick, completely sober: *sighs* Well, looks like it's just me and you against the wold, Gabrielle. Gabrielle, going to their room: Nope, just you. *shuts door*

[blondeaxolotl]

Heyy guys, I drew the toxic yaoi again In these outfits which I plan to draw them in again for another post hehe, let's say I got inspired by a song 🤭

also bonus:

[the-firefly-jar-system]

i do somewhat agree with this, but i don’t think i would listen to a random person on the internet trying to suggest a diagnosis for me based on a very superficial understanding of my life

it just feels super inappropriate to me, especially since people on the internet have no filter regarding questioning people who are professionally diagnosed (we’re pro researched self-diagnosis, but being professionally diagnosed is a different sort of thing..)

it is a case-by-case situation, but i generally don’t think this is something that should be encouraged

I feel like people are too sensitive around any form of fake claiming. I’m not saying that fake claiming is good and that people should listen to everyone who tells you your faking but hear some people out depending on what they’re saying.

If someone’s coming at you with “You’re not a real system. You’re faking it for attention.” Don’t listen to them. Their goal is to hurt you, and they don’t really care about helping people with OSDDID.

If someone is saying “Hey, based on the way you’ve explained your symptoms, I don’t believe that OSDDID is the proper diagnosis for you.” Or “Hey instead of OSDDID, I think your symptoms match better with X. Have you checked that out before?” Hear them out. They’re trying to help you find a diagnosis that would better help you, in the case that OSDDID isn’t right.

There is so much misinformation on the internet that it can become confusing to try and tell which symptoms are actual OSDDID symptoms, and which are symptoms people online claim are OSDDDID solely based on their personal experiences. It is also hard to objectively record your own symptoms.

I’m not saying immediately take their word for it, and completely drop the idea of OSDDID, but listen and see if maybe they have a point and if looking into what they suggested could benefit you.

I feel like any time someone’s system hood is challenged they get defensive. I’m all for the idea of self diagnosis, but if we refuse to adapt that self diagnosis as new evidence arrives, we limit ourselves to the diagnosis we’ve given and lose out on information that could be beneficial to you.

As an example. If someone came up to me like “Hey. I don’t think you have DID. With the way you’ve described your symptoms I think BPD is a better diagnosis for you.” I’ll look into BPD and maybe it does fit my symptoms and I realize I don’t have DID, or I realize I have both DID and BPD. Or it doesn’t fit my symptoms and I stick with my DID diagnosis.

I guess the better way to explain this, if someone fake claims your system, in a way that shows they’re genuinely trying to help you, hear them out. Take what they say with a grain of salt, and do more research. If I was misdiagnosis my symptoms, I’d want someone to tell me because how am I supposed to better myself and my life if I’m trying to adapt my life to the wrong diagnosis?

[ashton-ryder]

// int. loft #905 quarantine suite 2 - day. 22nd march. @valeriixchen

"Do you need that much blood?" Ash joked watching Val grab the usual samples as they sat in the suite's living room alone, each called out for samples one by one from the rooms. He tried to chuckle but instead ended with a sharp inhale when the chuckle rumbled in his chest and upset his left shoulder again, trying not to move too much. But he at least still managed a small smile through the old pain. "When I said meet you in quarantine, I didn't think it'll be with the entire building," his words quietened down, yesterday was a shit show on all angles, suddenly that just felt like the Wexley regular now, and they just need to learn to deal with it and come out alive. "We'll only debrief after the quarantine but.. heard the Wexley bat situation was bad, you guys okay?"

[the-firefly-jar-system]

DID culture is realizing you don’t remember making this blog at all or when/who/why 😭 all i know is the intro post was made 9-10 days after we got out of the mental hospital? (also not realizing i didn’t remember until like 5 minutes ago)

[the-gershomite]

The Mice Templar #5 The Prophecy -July 2008- Image comics

Bonus art

"Yggdrasil The Great Ash Tree" by Robert Hack

illustration by Kelsey Shannon

illustration by John Broglia with colors by Val Staples

[prettyevermores]

the vibe me and @sqiim bring to the function

[valeovalairs]

I couldn’t think of something funny to say, but here’s the prime defenders anyways

Original image under cut

[valentinerose529]

Please please PLEASE for the ask game I am intrigued by "Ikoma Left Behind"

As you probably guessed from the WIP title, it's a Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress fanfiction, and “Ikoma Left Behind” is sooo self-indulgent. I recently finished the first draft after kicking around the idea with some false starts, and renamed it “A Phoenix From the Ashes.” 

I started with the idea, “what if Ikoma hadn't gotten onto the Koutetsujou and managed to survive in Aragane Station, Robinson Crusoe-ing it up and stubbornly clearing the whole thing out of kabane?” Ikoma does just that—he doesn't have Mumei to tell him what a kabaneri is so he finds out everything the hard way. Especially his newfound need for blood. He teams up with a very old kotif oc of mine, Tomoyo, who is an average human and here becomes a blood supplier for Ikoma. (That’s the self-indulgent part—it's the first fic I wrote that both prominently includes an oc and directly contradicts canon. Every other oc I've made for fandoms has been able to conceivably fit into canon without disrupting it. But I had the urge to develop Tomoyo after five years, finish off this story, and ignore all my preconceptions about contradictory oc inserts, so I got this out of it!)

It's primarily an exploration of some kabaneri abilities and Ikoma's feelings about it—in canon, he wouldn't have gotten back onboard the Koutetsujou if Mumei and Takumi hadn't grabbed him. He fully believed himself to be turning into a kabane and had finally lost hope. my fanfiction picks up there, and details Ikoma's struggle to come to terms with himself without any support except Tomoyo (who, being human, can't share his experience), and he can't stop fighting even when he believes himself lost.

Since I stepped out of my comfort zone to write this, I actually found a beta reader (something I've never done before either) and it's currently with them. I expect to post it soon after I get their feedback!

[novi-val]

[charophyte]

What if you did Ash and Val as 1E?

so many people asked for this prompt in particular... am I that obvious? 😳🫣

[lavendermaster]

started as height comparison and got away from me