#atp i should just make this particular anon

[just-a-normal-regretter]

Dagnabit now I wanna write magical Odd shenanigans. But. I have so much to write.

So a few things that would happen. Probably.

The reason Odd takes Kiwi with him to Kadic is because it hurts to be without him. Literally. Being too far away from your magical animal companion would hurt. Minor aches at first but with a slow escalation. (I. I just like angst sometimes. But Odd gets pretty far away from Kiwi at times. So... Connection with issues involving distance.)

Odd can only transform with Kiwi. Luckily Xana doesn't know shit about magic otherwise the zombie thing would have been. So much worse.

Jim's companion isn't dead. He never had one. He had a different kind of magic thing. He can't transform anymore because his prerequisite broke. This didn't hurt him. Odd is jealous. Jim refuses to talk about it because I refuse to clarify. I don't know and neither will anybody else. (Little does Odd know that Kiwi will live. So long. Kiwi will only die when Odd does because I don't like angst that much.)

The Lyoko gang finding out is like. Worst case scenario to Odd. It means things got bad enough that Xana finding out is a minor concern. Once Xana is gone Odd will tell them but until then better hope it never comes up.

Odd has no idea what he's supposed to use his powers for, or even what all they are. All he knows is that he sees the future sometimes. (It felt wrong in Lyoko. It wasn't set up right. It shouldn't freeze him in place. Jermie did him a favour getting rid of it in this verse.)

Jim figures out Odd has magic, because he literally feels like so much of the stuff (Odd can feel the remnants on him too but has no clue other. All Odd knows is that this is the adult he trusts most ever). He mentors Odd while explaning nothing. (He might remember the returns he might not. He refuses to talk about it. Because of course he does.) Odd questions why Jim is teaching him all these cool flips and balance tricks that can double as self defence. Odd gets no answers.

Odd does have a magic weapon. It is literally a gun attatched to his wrist. He is thrilled when he figures it out.

Odd's magic kind has a downside. If he doesn't transform often enough he gets stuck as a cat for a while. A stray cat is frequently seen roaming the school grounds. A friendly thing that Jim refuses to try to get rid of. He brings people he likes (and Kiwi) mice sometimes. Sissi got a live one once (it was cute and clean, and she got it a nice new home because mice are cute. This one was friendly).

(I'm gonna send another ask in soon, I just don't wanna lose this. Also hi I am both the original anon and the magical Jim one. I am just shy.)

Howdy anon, I'm sorry that it took a bit to get back to this. Life has been a rollercoaster of emotions and my computer is not very cooperative with its keyboard so it's been annoying trying to type on it when it likes to either double input or eat my keyboard inputs in general haha

I'm marking this with a 'read more' just to quote the second half of the asks so I don't do a back-to-back answer yeah

I am also hoping this works and it doesn't just eat an ask again (cause I'm pretty sure it did to another ask a while back lol)

Magical Odd from the shy Anon part 2: electric boogaloo.

I think, depending on how the Lyoko group finds out (and when in the timeline) things will go differently and reactions will range several different directions. I haven't decided how and when that will go down. But if they find out the hard way with a bunch of stress involved there will likely be hard feelings. All I know is if Xana finds out Xana will use the cat instincts against Odd. Xana refuses to fuck with actual magic that has a chance of breaking the computer.

Odd does not know if magic messes with machines, and so long as Aelita is tied to the computer he refuses to find out. No accidental fucking up Aelita for him. (He worries about this a lot less when they find out she is a girl that got trapped and not actually an AI.)

In this, Odd would probably be magic to fight something horrific. The sheer terror is how he finds out he can temporarily turn his friends into Lyoko form. He can only do it one at a time (some focus required, and more than one is super hard. Technically possible, but by golly does he hate it to the point of refusal) and it makes the Magic Lyoko form really frilly. Jermie refuses.

Odd's powers have no rhyme or reason. He doesn't know why. Jim has no clue either. (The reason is because I like the anime trope of pulling out new powers as required. Odd's unique magic power is literally adaptability. He can't repeat half the magic tricks he pulls off and it drives everyone nuts. Xana would extra avoid messing with this bullshit, specifically because of the uncontrolled adaptability.)

Odd's parents know. Odd's family sends Kiwi's food frequently. Jim turns a blind eye.

The reason one of Odd's unchanging powers is seeing the future is because if you predict an event you can adapt better.

Once Odd starts facing his threat the entire school politely pretends not to notice. The one power Odd did not get was the ability to be unrecognized. They all work together to gaslight gatekeep girlboss the world away from his identity. Eventually Jermie and Aelita hack magic just enough to get him a mask and everybody breathes a sigh of relief. (Magic allowed it because it really likes these two.)

Ironically. Jermie would be the easiest one to magical backup. Odd would easily be able to get another backup if he got Jermie first.

Maybe Xana and Franz's shenanigans messed up reality enough to let some demons into their world or something. All the supercomputer stuff Jermie and Aelita pulled (ironically) starts to repair the rift. Something like that. I haven't decided yet IDK.

Anyway. I bet Sissi is like. Odd's biggest fan but only in costume.

The Lyoko gang has no idea the entire school knows. Jermie has suspicions. Odd is thinking he has the perfect disguise. Odd's clothes don't even change besides to accommodate the tail and limb changes. (Cat legs cat legs cat legs. Idk why just. Cat legs seems like a fun concept to have baby Odd adapt too.)

I will immediately put out there that juggling stories is rough so I feel you anon. It's fun to try to tack on more concepts to the ideas that come into your brain but when it comes to trying to write them all out it gets messy haha

The Kiwi attachment is pretty neat, as well as the general cat transformation as a con for not using the powers. I do wonder if Odd can find ways to use his powers in secret without worrying about revealing himself on accident to people who don't know

The ambiguity of Jim in general is hilarious and it feels pretty in character. He's willing to help but only so much when it may reveal pieces of his past that he doesn't want to recall/explain.

Sissi getting a pet out of this mess is also cute ;-;

The magic being constant adaptability but not really helping Odd (beyond Future Flash) is so chaotic it's great. He gets to whip out the 'necessary power of the day' to defeat the monster of the week and it doesn't really register to him that 'oh my power isn't really hiding me is it'.

I like to think the gaslight-gatekeep-girlboss shenanigans happening post-reveal is just the Warriors taking it upon themselves not to really tell Odd that he's not being subtle anymore and it's getting out of hand. The rest of the school joining in to help piece by piece is also p funny (and sorta lines up with what I wanted to do in 'Trio are AI' so I'm always going to be down for the school to support one way or another) and Jeremie being the only sane one re: 'oh other people are realizing this too' -> convincing Aelita to help him figure out magic so they can help Odd is so good.

Thank you for the asks anon and I'm sorry it's been too long with replying n all

I'm slowly trying to get stuff figured out and in the meantime inspiration is always iffy given my hyperfixation is like, never consistent enough haha

Still down to take asks/answer some speculations behind my mentioned AUs (given I've seen people still liking the other ones in the meantime lmaoo)

o7

[jaegersmoon]

i appreciate the artist and the talent but the fact that y/n is literally drawn as a white female kinda defeats the purpose of her being y/n for a lot of us poc and she should just be seen as an oc atp. it’s just not fair at all, and i can already see certain people are going to have a problem about me saying this and dismissing it as “just a drawing” but it’s really tiring for poc readers and not very inclusive at all. and for the whole “go draw your own” statement that is often made when pocs express this feeling of exclusiveness is also very offensive considering the fact that your labeling a single oc as y/n that only caters to one specific demographic when in reality your receiving support from others as well. and this is an ongoing problem within the fanfic community which results in pocs writing and creating solely for each other because we clearly can’t find this representation anywhere else despite us being mass enjoyers of works like these as well. we are tired.

I understand your concern and I hear you. As a Hispanic myself, I have noticed this issue in the fan fic community as well. “Blue eyes,” “blonde hair,” “fair skin,” things like that. I would never exclude POC from my work which is why I have never specially elaborated on what Y/N looks like. I don’t even have a specific vision of her because she changes very drastically as I write.

I do my very best to refrain from things such as “blushing”, “cheeks draw warm, colored salmon,” and find different words like “feel your face grow hot at his words” so it can be more inclusive for all my readers. As my book has grown, I have done research on how to write particular expressions and things so I can grow as a writer and be more educated. This is my first time doing anything like this and I am learning how I go.

The artist who made the okay bambi fanart created a self-insert of herself as Y/N, and she is not white; she is of Hispanic descent. It was not commissioned by me nor was it described to her how Y/N looks, so, to give her a face for the scene she based it on what she personally sees when she reads, which is herself.

I’m promoting it because it’s very beautiful art done by someone who went out of their way to create it for the OB community. I have received fanart of OB Jean in the past that I had promoted, but this was the first fanart of a Y/N that I had received, and just like the other art of Jean, I wanted this to be promoted as well.

The artist is doing these completely free on her own time and has actually recently been working on making more POC fanart of Okay, Bambi. Before this anon was sent, she came to me directly and told me that there was more diverse fanart coming because she wanted to be sure everyone felt included, and I thought that was an amazing idea.

The fanart that was done is not an official Y/N. It is just how Y/N is seen in this specific reader's eyes. If I were ever to receive more fan art, I would be thrilled to use it just as much, but none of those would be deemed as an official Y/N, either.

I have had other readers come to me privately saying they are making fan art for my book, too, which I would promote just as much for any race. Also, of course, okay, bambi is promoted to be Fem! Reader x Jean, but if I had fan art done of Y/N with a different gender identity, I would promote that as well.

I want everyone to see Y/N however they personally envision her.

[causesciencethatswhy]

were you taking snide digs on beautifulpersonpeach? becuse if you are i agree with you. i don't think they were dragging jk and what they said about seven i think they've said it before (they said the grammys are a shit award anyway so if only songs like dynamite can get seen over bts' korean discography, then they deserve it) but i don't like their tone and they should get called out for treating jk's work like garbage. jikookers like that are like cancer. i wish they would just hate jk openly instead of saying oh they only hate the song.

Hey anon, I wasn't exactly calling out one particular person but I had read bpps post and yeah, it hadn’t sat well with me at all. Ive actually followed them for a while and I generally agree with most of their posts but this felt ehh...not good. I don't think they hate jk , they hate seven. Which would be fine if they also hadn’t felt the need to degrade it like this.

Like you said even if you don't personally like Seven, it's oddly hateful to call it garbage .

Regardless my post wasn’t really about them tbh.

I've watched people on this app discredit seven since it's release constantly. A lot of these are jkkrs who claim to be "true ot7s" compared to "fake army's' (which don't even get me started on how convulated the true ot7 argument has gotten on here). A lot of their distaste were in regards to the things I talked about in the previous ask.

Ultimately most of their arguments would end with this unsaid feeling that sevens success was somehow taking away from the success LC deserved. Which is what made me really mad, cause LC has had crazy longevity and the fuck up billboard did during that Era has somehow defined how people remember Face Era now. Which is just depressing. I'm honestly sick of Face being constantly compared to Seven, both releases have functioned under such different circumstances there really is no fair comparison to make.

So yeah in conclusion this strange "Seven is a mid song because science" thing is just old atp and I wish ppl would give it up.

[aajjks]

I- did, uhm, this might be rude to say but did they read the tags specifically saying that the post is 'yandere'. It's not meant to romanticize abusive behavior, because the tag 'yandere' already says that this /is/ abusive behavior, no matter how pretty or sympathetic the yanderes may be. This is a yandere reaction, on a yandere blog... it's literally on almost every post here. Did... did they seriously expect rational healthy relationships to be the topic here...? - Anon™

^^^

Seriously at this point I’m just disappointed. In the disclaimers I always emphasis on the Yandere tag.

See? They should know what Yandere really means! I never ever romantasised any abusive behaviours, I’ve always joked around and has kept a light mood. I love to make it seem realistic but never have I ever romantasised it. And honestly what do you even expect from a yandere blog smh. I even put the warnings so If people are not comfortable with reading a particular topic, they should know. I’m really disappointed atp.