#bad guild wars 2 ideas

[where-is-caithe]

this is old but i thought this would be fun, just turned out hard to see. when Eon was a rev for awhile.

(she/they)

[kiitkattie]

honestly i just wanna post my gw2 oc and talk about him but since i can’t draw and do not have money for comissions, please take the description of him as well as other tidbits! 

i would make him in game but the game wouldn’t be able to do him justice.

please talk to me about him and help me develop him pls

Oberon is a large sylvari with a spindly body, a comically unnatural body-type like someone had tried to recreate the human body but failed. His limbs are too long, his fingers too delicate. He towers over everyone in the grove, an abnormal height for a sylvari. He resembles that of a fragile tree with a gaunt face and an unusually long neck. His head is adorned with twisting branches with only a few faint-colored leaves as if someone had taken a handful of them and yanked them off.

He is considered a gentle giant by most despite the large amount of scars that litter his body from his time kept captive by the nightmare court. Overall, he is very shy and skittish by nature, but in battle, he is quite formidable. He demands attention, and his voice is clear as he orders those around him. Pray you do not harm those he cares about, for he was not unchanged by the Nightmare Court despite not joining them. He's got a darker side that he keeps locked up tight within him as he does not want people to be scared of him.

Fun facts!

Oberon was kidnapped by the Nightmare Court because of his appearance. They believed him to a personification of the Nightmare who was brainwashed by the Pale Tree and the Dream. 

He managed to make it out without sucumbing to the Nightmare, but not without changes that he tries so hard to hide from others

He’s 7′5ft in height

He’s a mesmer! He was originally a necromancer but I felt that was little too on the nose.

I imagine him as a large and unnaturally thin tree man 

He resembles a birch tree

[amnyatas]

Wasn't sure where to reply to the post about there not being enough content about the Guild Wars 2 ladies but I will say for me personally, I definitely do tend to prefer playing with, fantasizing about, my male characters more. My experience irl as a woman has been in some areas traumatizing, or there's been a lot of shame associated with concepts I wanted to explore as a character, for example: fighting, sex, being ugly, getting hurt. It feels safer or more comfortable with a male character because it provides a kind of distance that allows me to explore and experiment with feelings and ideas that may not feel safe or open to me as a woman with certain experiences.

Further more, it's hard to identify with Guild Wars 2 female characters, as non of them are allowed to be ugly. Middle age does not exist visually in Guild Wars 2 for (human looking) women, nor do torn ears and split lips. They can't be fat, or even particularly muscular - even if they are a war marshal. You can't look monstrous without it coming across as some kind of joke either. There is a kind of unreality, or an over idealization of female characters in mmorpgs whether it's a lack of customization options, or a lack of down to earth female characters. It always leaves me feeling like they're still forgetting their female player base sometimes. Still, I do have female characters. I keep them pretty private because they feel more personal I guess. I'll try to make more effort to share them.

i really don't even know where to start here but i'll do my best.

i think in general i wasn't clear enough, i don't mean the game is misogynist at its core(or that it isn't), i don't even mean individuals are for the most part, i mean little things like that add up and then we have discourse like people shitting on Eir for being a bad mom (on a poll with Cadeucus like. hello?), but being wholly lenient on Rytlock for being in a similar situation where he was far less responsible. Or Caithe being hated eternally for her egg-tastrophe vs Canach's vigilante streak being widely ignored or joked about.

really, its got nothing to do with personal trauma, i can't tell you how to deal with that and if your way is good or bad for you or anyone else. i had someone approach me because they saw their bad relationship with their mother in Eir and admitted they were taking out personal frustration on a fictional character. we all have issues and hangups and ways of dealing with it, that's not the issue, the issue is if it starts affecting how we treat others because of it.

you don't have to sit and try to appease the criticism i make either, just...think about it?

like honestly bringing up womens' appearance ingame is a valid point if it were actually related to what i was saying, but also none of the men in gw2 are really fat either. its a problem persistent in the wider video game industry, not just gw2--i'm talking specifically about the gw2 fandom on tumblr, and my experiences here. which i'm finding i'm not alone in feeling this way, and its kind of frustrating to have an ask like this show up, missing the point and making it personal. its really not about anyone specific!

maybe i wasn't clear enough but its not a gw2-only problem. its the same thing that happens in every fandom. which doesn't make it right, it just...goes unspoken about and it makes people feel like no one cares.

just asking folks to think about where their biases lie, and hell, not even to stop at how they think about fictional women, keep asking yourself if your hatred or dislike or boredom with a character is because you genuinely feel that way or if you have some internalized things that you maybe need to work through.

[kotias]

Writers Guild Cock Fight - Do I wanna know?

This is a retaliation piece against @lauramoon1987 ! You have been warned, Laura!! 🫵🫵🫵🫵

For the smut war going on on @goodomensafterdark !

Song to listen to while reading: Do I Wanna Know? By Arctic Monkeys

Tumblr excerpt word count: 721

Total word count: 1 957

Trigger warnings: consumption of alcohol

Type of smut: angsty post-season 2

Have you got colour in your cheeks?

Do you ever get that fear that you can't shift the tide

That sticks around like something in your teeth?

Are there some aces up your sleeve?

Have you no idea that you're in deep?

I've dreamt about you nearly every night this week

How many secrets can you keep?

'Cause there's this tune I found

That makes me think of you somehow an' I play it on repeat

Until I fall asleep, spilling drinks on my settee

Alcohol. That’s what he was missing. He extracted himself from his chair and walked to his kitchen, where an infinite variety of beautiful liquors, wines, beers, distilled alcohols were displayed. He did not even bother taking a glass out of the pantry and drank directly from the whisky bottle.

It took him about an hour to down the entire bottle, scorching the inside of his throat.

Not enough.

He raided his kitchen again, and found his bottle of absinthe. That should do the trick…

The taste of it on his lips was already enough to feel submerged with a fire that very much agreed with his demon body, and he filled a glass to the rim with it before storing it away. He took a large gulp out, shivered from it overwhelming his senses and coughed out the discomfort.

(Do I wanna know?) If this feeling flows both ways?

(Sad to see you go) Was sorta hoping that you'd stay

(Baby, we both know) That the nights were mainly made

For saying things that you can't say tomorrow day

He did not allow himself to think about the last memories he had collected before going to sleep, refused to let his mind wonder to the feeling of those soft, plump lips on his ow-

He finished his glass and threw it at a wall.

“Damn it!”

He did not want to think about it, it was too painful! Too fresh! Too- too- “FUCK!”

Those hands on his back, clutching at his vest like he was on a lifeline, the little gasp he let out, the conflict and storm of emotions in his eyes-

“FUCKING STOP IT!” he yelled, crashing into his couch. His mind was replaying it, again and again, never stopping, looping that memory until he was dizzy with it.

Soft lips, desperate gesture, clutching his lapel, hands on his back, gasp-

I forgive you.

“Oh, fuck you,” he grumbled at the universe at large after the second bottle of whisky had been downed, and let his body lie down.

Crawling back to you

The angel’s hand, clutching to his back for just a moment, the tip of his tongue pressing against his mouth, his wheezes as he touched him… the softness of his skin, the smell of old books surrounding him, the taste of sweet black tea in his breath-

Ever thought of calling when

You've had a few?

'Cause I always do

Maybe I'm too

Busy being yours

To fall for somebody new

Now, I've thought it through

“Actually, that ain’t that bad of an idea, is it?” Crowley mumbled with a weak crooked smile, his voice breaking in his throat. “I’ll give you something to forgive me over, Ô Supreme Archangel Aziraphale.” He put the bottle down on the lower table and reached down his stomach, grazing the fabric with his long nails. “You’d better hear my voice as I pray up to you.”

He closed his eyes and sighed as his cold fingers passed under his shirt and touched the line of crimson hairs coming up from his crotch.

Click. His snake belt fell open, the buttons of his slim jeans quickly followed. His left hand raised to his chest, pressed against it, forcing the air out of him in a soft growl. The tips of his fingers slithered under his collar, sending waves of scalding desire through his limbs.

Crawling back to you

The angel’s tongue pushing into his own, pulling him closer, hungry, hungry, so ravenous for him-

He moaned into the hollow of his mouth, his legs weakening under his love. Aziraphale’s lips, descending on his chin, on his throat, ripping his shirt open, and oh how mellow his voice was, rippling against his collarbone, penetrating his chest and pulling at his heart like it belonged to him.

Fic continuation on AO3

[misscammiedawn]

"Your mind makes it real"

So I was watching the new Folding Ideas video on meme stock and how a cult formed around a number of ideologies regarding financial systems and short selling.

I like watching videos like this. Dan Olsen does a number of good videos on different online conspiracies such as Flat Earth and NFTs and then you have HBomb doing the same thing with anything from Colecovision to the war on christmas and alt right grifts.

And whenever I research these sociological trends I become uncomfortably aware of the fact that I exist within one of these little closed circles. (Well, more than one given the communities and support groups around psychology and mental health, but I'm here to talk about Kink today)

Hypnosis, especially within our community, is entirely held up by a series of beliefs with an internal language that creates a massive divide between those in the know and those out of the know and it literally only works because we believe it works.

In many ways what we do is as much sociology as it is psychology.

And I kind of that it's okay for that to be true so long as we all occasionally remind ourselves of that fact and never abuse the power we each possess as authors of that shared narrative, because much like under hypnosis our hypnotees are suggestible and need to have care in what we provide to their open mind, educators within the community have an eager and open audience that stretches further than we know and regardless of intent, our beliefs and teachings will become their facts and reality as surely as had we have programmed a hypnotee to believe them as they wake on the count of 1--2--3!

Okay. Let me break this up a little.

Does this mean I think hypnosis is fake and we're all just going along with it?

One of my partners and I have had conversations about subjectivity in both hypnosis and mental health spaces before and we hate that one of the most approachable quotes comes from an author that leaves a bad taste in our mouths.

"Of course it's all happening in your head [...] why on Earth should that mean it's not real?"

One of the big differences between the online erotic hypnosis community and the NGH (National Guild of Hypnotists) who rue our existence is that we do not require legitimacy to function when they themselves exist in a half-truth state where when receiving both of my certifications it was impressed that we needed to perform an uneasy dance of providing services without practicing medicine because hypnotherapy is not licensed psychology in the same was that chiropractors are not performing medicine.

Within *certain portions* of hypnokink we are perfectly okay with the idea of being wrong and of sharing ideas.

Wiseguy said it best in his class "The best induction is the one that works" and what works works because it is effective in that moment between that particular hypnotist and that particular hypnotee.

Likewise, the more educated a person becomes, the more effective hypnosis becomes. Understanding trance is a tool to achieve it faster. Even a cold hypnotee who is being introduced for the first time receives an education via pre-talk which we tend to believe is more important than the induction itself.

You know what I mean when I talk about pretalk, right?

"We all go in and out of hypnosis multiple times a day" "Highway hypnosis" "Flow state"

These are all real and observable things and we can view hypnosis impacting a mind on an EEG.

Hell even Oh No Ross and Carrie (a podcast where they join insular communities with intent to learn if they are cults/grifts) did an episode on hypnosis and conceded that the principals of suggestibility, hypnotic state and conditioning are all just... how the brain works... and that you can't really dive into fact/fiction when it's essentially telling a person to do something and they either do it or they don't.

It's not mind control. It's suggestion and even within our circles we all agree that mind control is a fantasy.

So I guess... it's as real as we all agree it to be.

The issue is that group agreement of all the little elements is held up by The Community as a whole and... maybe we should talk about the vulnerabilities at play there.

What do I mean when I talk about insular communities?

Recently I read a REALLY good line on a quote on Twitter that speaks to what I mean here:

And this is what I mean when I talk about belief systems inside and outside of the community. It's a good post as I firmly agree with what it communicates.

The Online Hypnosis Community is a term with no specific borders. In my reality it's the orbit that happens to take place around those who are known, trusted and teach at the primary US erotic hypnosis convention circuit.

However I know that in reality the online hypnosis community contains multiple pools and factions that I either strictly ignore, such as ones surrounding dangerous figures like NeuralNets and Nimja or ones I am not close to, like local kink scenes for cities across the world including those where English is not a first language or mlm communities where I do not really have a place, to niche pockets such as the furry hypnosis community, dronekink and even the tiny little subniches such as Empty Spaces and HDG which have splintered off into entire little separate universes with their own language and core beliefs.

For the most part this is a beautiful thing. What I'm describing is no less a divide between interests as being a member of the "Video game horror" scene and not visiting the niches of Indie Game Horror, Japanese Horror, creepypasta mods and such.

Every community has pockets like this.

But the more specific and tight a community becomes, the more "insular" it is. Language and widely held beliefs begin to gather in tighter pressurized windows. One need only look at how brainwashing and conditioning are viewed collectively in darker corners to see the difference and this is to make nothing of things like political and social beliefs in certain corners.

In those dark corners "You can't be hypnotized to do anything you don't want to do" is an essential lie WITHIN their insular community so that they can maintain a degree of plausible deniability and power over their people.

So what's your point?

That is the question, isn't it?

I guess the answer to that is... "always question what you believe, why you believe it and don't assume everyone around you does or should think the same thing."

When discussing red flags in the community on Discord and Twitter with other educators, I've always said the biggest red flag an educator can have is teaching that there is believing they have all the answers.

ALL OF US are working in this space from a belief system. An organic and living one which is impacted by our interactions with the kink, with one another and with the world around us.

No one individual in our community holds all the answers. Not me, not the authors of the manuals that we push, not Richard Nongard, Milton Erickson.

It also means we need not be defensive about our hobby and beliefs. Many will never accept what we do as actually having any basis in reality and that's okay. We're making spaces for play and some will just see us as overactive roleplayers who are tricking ourselves into believing things and to that I always say:

"You're dang right we are. That's the point."

It's not magic. It's not hard science. It's just belief, confidence and a willing to play along.

I could bust out the EKG studies or describe the altered states of consciousness and I will ALWAYS preach how suggestible a person is in and out of hypnosis and the dangers of what we do because those dangers are real and present. But at the end of the day, I want to take a moment and evaluate "what if I'm wrong?"

And the correct answer to that is "will I or someone else be hurt by my ignorance or misaction" and act accordingly.

But that's me. That's my belief system and I am aware of the fact that what we do is entirely built upon our belief that it works and that we are being safe and sane and fun.

That doesn't make me right. That doesn't mean I didn't learn some bad lessons.

It just means I want to keep doing better and I trust that the people around me are all doing the same. With hope of growing. Learning more about individuals and the community as a whole and trying to make this place better.

Because... if I stand in front of a room and teach a class that carries some bad ideas. They'll take seed.

And let me tell you something...

This community is FULL of bad ideas

I've been here since the early days. I was there when Warp My Mind and Wendi.com were the two sites that popped up when you went searching for files. I was there during the implosion of Inraptured and the transphobic meltdown of Isabella Valentine. I have witnessed hypnocon board after hypnocon board fall apart. I've seen scandals and dramas and chaos.

I was there when Bimbopolitic was outed as a CIA plant for fucks sake. Please don't ask follow-up questions. My head is still spinning from that saga of events.

and that inevitably means I have internalized some dumb shit in my day. I've been unlearning it as much as I can over the past 5-6 years. But it's there.

Likewise a lot of the books I read and grew up on are based on the beliefs of less than wonderful human beings. Milton Erickson is no rolemodel, but damned if his theories aren't worth looking at.

This is one thing I respect about sleepingirl's NLP Book. The conceit was to study what PUA instructors taught and see what could actually be used from an objective standpoint. Actually interrogate the beliefs of NLP from a "I don't know anything" standpoint.

If I have any point in my whole ramble of a post it's that. Approach learning things with the curiosity of someone who is willing to learn and doesn't know any better but with the wariness of someone who has been burned too many times and knows that there's bad actors all over and everything needs to be turned over a few times to examine.

At the end of the day I just want a safe community full of positive ideas and if there's one thing I've learned about hypnosis it is this "positive associations stick, negative suggestions are harder to ground"

Both in the good way and the bad. Unlearning things is hard.

Let's just be aware that we're all playing in the same sandbox. Share our tools and try to build something beautiful.

and never stop asking "...am I sure about this?"

*Shrug* Or don't. It's just a suggestion <3

[goodomensafterdark]

Writers Guild Cock Fight - Give ourselves one more chance

Summary:

Written by Niknak90 for the GOAD smut war - find them on Reddit and AO3!

TL;DR for chapter 1: they have sex for the first time in the Bentley after the wall slam, but Crowley miracles them "back to business" after, making Aziraphale (and the readers, and the author) very sad.

Chapter 2: The world doesn't end. Crowley invites Aziraphale back to his place, unsure where they stand now. They end up standing (and kneeling) in his shower. Eventually, they get their happy ending (in multiple senses of the word).

Word count: 5070 words for chapter 2

Trigger/Content Warnings: The Night At Crowley's Flat, Shower Sex, Blowjobs, Edging/Orgasm Delay, Crowley POV, Mentions of past Crowley/Humans, Anal Sex, Angst and Smut, Angst with a Happy Ending, Top Crowley/Bottom Aziraphale

Excerpt:

“There is no way I’m giving you my body in this state, angel.” Crowley said, realizing how suggestive that sounded only after he said it. “You might have a shiny new corporation from the Antichrist’s little miracle, but mine has seen better days. I need a good hot shower to get this soot off me.” He could miracle himself clean, but like sleep, he enjoyed indulging in showers and the occasional bath.

“Not a bad idea. Perhaps I could join you?” Aziraphale smiled, wiggled a bit, and placed his hand on Crowley’s thigh.

“That’s not too fast?” Crowley asked. He had to be sure that Aziraphale wanted this, that he wouldn’t get spooked and dump him again the next day.

“You did say if stopping Armageddon worked out, we might be able to do it again.” Aziraphale rubbed Crowley’s thigh and looked at him with half-lidded eyes. “And I would like that very much.”

“And you won’t…you won’t say ‘it’s over’ again tomorrow?” Crowley asked quietly. He tried to keep his breath steady as the angel’s touch seemed to burn through his trousers, but was failing miserably. He put his hand over Aziraphale’s.

Aziraphale shook his head. “I said I was sorry, my dear. I got scared, wanted to keep us safe.” He reached for Crowley’s glasses and removed them, then placed a hand on his cheek. “But if this works, if we survive this…I see no reason to stay apart.” He kissed Crowley briefly, too briefly (then again, would any kiss ever feel long enough?). “And I would very much like to continue exploring our physical relationship. If you’re amenable, that is.”

“Oh, I’m very amenable, angel,” he rasped, then kissed him again. He was quickly becoming addicted to this. Kissing in his previous encounters, when it occurred at all, was at most a perfunctory precursor to the act. Kissing Aziraphale felt like finding an oasis in the desert, and if he drowned in it after centuries of thirst, it would be worth it. Even if Aziraphale changed his mind and “only” wanted to kiss from now on, Crowley would be a very happy demon. Possibly the happiest demon, seeing as demons weren’t generally supposed to experience happiness.

Unfortunately, he needed his mouth unoccupied to finish his thought, so he broke the kiss. “Might need a minute though. In the shower. Before you join me. Get properly clean, burn my skin off.” He liked his showers hellishly hot, which he suspected the angel would find more punishing than soothing. “Then I’ll cool it back down and call you in. Sound good?”

Aziraphale agreed, and Crowley miracled away his dirty clothes, leaving himself in just a towel around his waist. He could feel the angel’s eyes on him as he walked away, like he was the ox in Job’s basement.

Read more on AO3!

Thank you to the betas! u/lemon-tart-221, u/Intelligent-Dragon, u/SouthernFriedAmy, u/kunigun

[voidofcourse8]

ASOIAF Fic Idea #2: Self-Insert into Elinda Massey from TDOTD

Another Fanfic Idea I may or may not write since I have the issue of wanting to write and then my brain freezing after the first couple of chapters or in the middle of the planning process if I decide to actually plan it out!

Elinda of House Massey is a Lady-in-Waiting for Rhaenyra Targaryen from the time period of TDOTD.

She wakes up at 5 years old as Elinda.

She would have two brothers and three sisters.

She is the oldest of all her siblings.

Order of birth: Elinda, Sister 1, Sister 2, Brother 1, and twin siblings Sister 3 and Brother 3

Names will come later

Original Fate: Gouges out eyes and is put into Sea Dragon Tower for ransom

She was forced to watch Rhaenyra be burned and eaten by Sunfyre

Wiki Link Here

Little to no uplift, lots of scheming on how to survive the dance and come out with her eyes and not a captive.

If there is uplift, it would be to build a citadel of the arts where Stondance is located, sanitation improvements, and public education in cooperation with the faith.

Link for stonedance wiki here

Link for house massey wiki here

Citadel of the arts would be built in cooperation with the citadel and would include all sorts of arts along with the history and philosophy.

A finishing school for girls of lower birth would be started as well.

Whores would start attending the school to improve their skills and desirability.  Eventually they started attending the etiquette classes (as the fee was cheap) that were offered and became more like the Courtesans of Braavos than normal whores.

Elinda hears of this eventually and talks the girls into starting a Courtesans Guild, as she honestly can’t stop prostitution, but she can set up protections in the form of a guild.

As a joke it would be called “The Maidens Guild” by guards and others to make fun of it, but it turns out that the Courtesans Guild liked the name and it’s catchy, so it stuck.

Would include Elinda being one of few people taking Rhaenyra’s training to be heir seriously.

She becomes an unofficial advisor to Nyra.

She convinces Nyra that if her father won’t provide her the education needed, that she needs to seek it out herself, and helps her pick out people to teach her what she needs to know.

Also convinces Nyra to keep her Septa and Ladies-In-Waiting near her at all times, and explains to Nyra that she needs to be beyond reproach.  The ladies-in-waiting and septa will help guard her reputation.

Her septa is from flea bottom, and is well liked there.

Also she convinces her that Daemon is in fact, bad news..

Elinda comes with Nyra on her tour along with Nyra’s other ladies and helps her build alliances.

She can’t stop Aemma from dying or Vizzy T from marrying Alicent.  She tries and fails fantastically.

TDOTD is set up by the death of Prince Aemon, so there’s no stopping it when Rhaenyra is his only living kid with Aemma.

Jaehaerys never intends for Rhaenys to be the heir, it’s a source of strife between Aemon and his father

House worships the seven, descended from the first men; they have a Weirwood tree in their castle.  It’s become more of a garden and is at the heart of the castle.

House words “Ever Moving” from a tumblr that made them

Link here

Book/Show fusion for canon

She would survive the dance, her family does declare team black.

She will marry and her youngest brother survives the war, but not the oldest of her 2 brothers.

Haven’t decided who she would marry though.

[mosylufanfic]

Answer the Questions and Tag 5 Fanfic Authors

Tagged by @rifle-yes, the fool

1. How did you get into writing fanfiction?

See answer #3 below, but the short version is that I started writing and posting stories at the Derbyshire Writer's Guild, a Jane Austen fanfic site. And it's all been downhill from there.

2. How many fandoms have you written in?

Oh boy. Hang on. This is a hard one because multiple of my fandoms are like, within a larger fandom? So there's a good amount under the Star Wars umbrella, and a bunch of Jane Austen, and a lot of DCTV. Going back and counting the major fandoms (the ones I remember being really into and doing several fics for, as opposed to just one or two to scratch an itch), I think it's seven. If you do count the one-offs, it's more like 12 or 15. Look, I've been on many fic sites and I'm still trying to get off my ass and archive everything on AO3. It's hard!

3. How many years have you been writing fanfiction?

Pretty much since forever? I remember writing Little Mermaid fic in fourth grade, although I didn't really have that word for it at the time. And there was an epic (and epically bad) Star Wars sequel that I worked on for years in my tweens. I started posting fic online at 19 when I realized that was a thing I could do (see #1). So in terms of writing fic that I shared with other fans, 24 years.

4. Do you read or write more fanfiction?

Definitely read, although there are times where it's a close run thing.

5. What is one way you’ve improved as a writer?

I think my worldbuilding has improved over the years. I never did it on purpose, but I see a definite uptick in how deeply I think about the worlds I'm writing in and the various implications of that for the characters.

6. What’s the weirdest topic you researched for a writing project?

Oh so many things! I freaking love research. I think the most morbid (and mathiest) was trying to estimate how much air a man had available in a 10x10 space buried underground.

7. What’s your favorite type of comment to receive on your work?

This is like asking what kind of cake is best, but I do love the ones that pick up on something I didn't even realize about the story. I had one recently that pointed out a shift in language that signaled deeper and more focused intimacy in the course of a smut scene. And I was like, ". . . huh. Well, I'll be. That sure did happen."

8. What’s the most fringe trope/topic you write about?

I think probably the Space!Paperwork in Lost & Found was the fringiest thing I've ever done.

9. What is the hardest type of story for you to write?

Oh, man, longfics. I often come up with an idea and I just know from the shape of it that it's going to be a a monster. And then I have to decide if I want to go through all the work of plotting and writing thousands and tens of thousands of words. That's why I have so many one-shots that are basically "pilot episodes" for longfics that will never be written.

10. What is the easiest type?

Modern AUs, especially high school AUs. There's so much there that's already known to the readers that I can just laser-focus on the part that's interesting to me.

11. Where do you do your writing? What platform? When?

I do a lot of my writing on Gdocs. I know they're the devil, but I might be settled down to work on four or five different machines throughout the course of my day, and half that time is on the public floor where I have to look available to help people. So to me, it's better to be able to quickly sign into a website and tap out that quick scene than to try and hide my phone under the desk and write on that horrible little keyboard. (I'll do that too, but only when I have no other option.)

Longfics get ported into Scrivener when they get too unwieldy for Gdocs, but I'm still more likely to write scenes in Gdocs and paste them into the Scrivener file when I'm done.

12. What is something you’ve been too nervous/intimidated to write, but would love to write one day?

Probably some of the longfics that are knocking around in my brain, especially the ones that concern areas of the Star Wars canon that I never really got into.

13. What made you choose your username?

It's a nickname my mom used to call me when I was a teenager, and when I was picking my AIM screen name in college, that's what I went with. Actually, I had another one first that was objectively cooler, but I forgot the password to that account and either I was too dumb to reset it or there wasn't functionality for that. So mosylu it was. I also decided at the time that it would be my Internet Identity, and it still is.

Tagging @andorerso, @hedgiwithapen, @incognitajones, @colleybri, and @youareiron-andyouarestrong

[freesia-writes]

Chapter 2: Indignation

During the Clone Wars, the Bad Batch is tasked with a variety of missions across the galaxy. An unexpected addition to their team throws a wrench in the mix, particularly for Tech, who finds a particular connection with this disillusioned Padawan-turned-mechanic named Vel throughout the events in this action-adventure romance.

COVER ART BY @zaana!!

Master List of Chapters

Vel's eyes cracked open, confused by the brilliant display of colors and buttons on the panels above her. She opened them fully, rubbing her forehead with her hand and looking around. With a start, she scrambled to her feet, realizing where she was. Or rather, realizing that she didn't know where she was.

"Good morning," came a velvety smooth voice, "Would you like some caf?" Crosshair chuckled at his sarcastic offer, not pausing his careful weapon inspection. "Hunter, your friend is awake," he called, practically hissing the word "friend". Casting one last scrutinizing look at Vel, he got up and retreated to the bridge.

Hunter passed him on his way from the front, stopping in the doorway to maintain a distance between himself and Vel. He leaned against the wall, folding his arms across his chest. Vel stared back at him, standing awkwardly like a cornered animal whose fight or flight response was still buffering. "Why were you after Lank?" Hunter asked, wasting no time in getting right to the point.

"Why did you kidnap me?" Vel responded evenly, feeling her head clearing up. "You interfered with our mission, and you fired a live round at a target that we needed to bring in for questioning. Who sent you after him?" "Bob," came the pert reply, as Vel stood taller and crossed her arms, matching his stance. "You know Bob, from Dantooine? The human, with the eyes and the hair?" Hunter furrowed his brow for a second before the realization dawned on him, and he fought to keep the corner of his mouth from curling into a smirk. "Ah yes, Bob. The notorious crime boss," he replied sardonically, "And what did he want with Lank?" "Ugh, just give it a rest," said Vel, turning away from him to sit on the floor facing the hatch, "You know I'm not going to tell you anything." "Fair enough," Hunter replied, "We'll just bring you in and let them figure it out then." He shrugged and turned back to the bridge. A million questions raced through Vel's head, having no idea who these people were or whom they worked for. She knew it would not go well for her to have botched the job so badly, but she had confidence that she had proven her worth so far and it wouldn't be the end of the world. *** The Batch was instructed to try to return her to the Bounty Hunter Guild, which could give them a lead on her assignment. So they set off for The Rig, the outpost of Crimson Nova. 

"You'd better have a lot of money or firepower if you think you're going to walk in there and ask questions or demand anything for my return," Vel snapped from the back of the bridge, angry that they had somehow narrowed down her employer so quickly. "Stroth knows what I'm worth, even if I got captured."

"We'll see how it goes," Hunter returned evenly.

"We can be pretty persuasive," Wrecker growled, cracking his knuckles and grinning from the side seat. 

***

They entered a dark chamber, an odd mix between a bar and a conference room, and approached the table where a few sordid characters were gathered. A Trandoshan hissed a warning as they got closer, and Hunter stopped the group. 

A human stood from the group, walked around the table, and leaned on the front of it, regarding them with mild interest. If this was Bob, "with the eyes and the hair", Hunter mused that Vel could have used some more prominent descriptors in her account of him, such as the fact that he was bald on top of his head but had long hair all around the back and sides, and was missing one entire arm below the elbow. 

He noted Vel standing among them and a smile broke out across his face. He beckoned toward the service droid, who immediately began pouring a tray of drinks and quickly rolled it over to him. 

"Well look who we have here," he said congenially, taking a drink from the tray and motioning the droid toward the Batch. Wrecker grabbed two from the tray, Hunter politely declined, and Crosshair took one but held it without drinking. Tech and Vel remained motionless. 

"You've brought back my newest bounty hunter." He looked at Vel, "And how was your endeavor?" She stayed silent, staring at the floor in front of his feet, unsure how to reconcile her utter failure with his apparent warmth. 

"Ah, I see," said Stroth, "Perhaps we began with a target a bit out of your league." He gave a big sigh, taking a long draught from his glass mug. Wrecker looked from Stroth to Hunter, then downed one of his mugs in a few sloppy gulps. Hunter's senses prickled in the seemingly-casual atmosphere, and he lowered his eyebrows as he spoke.

"We will return her in exchange for a small piece of information," Hunter said. "Why were you trying to kill Senator Lank?"

The only sound in the silence was a poorly-concealed burp from Wrecker, followed by a sigh of distaste from Crosshair. Stroth raised his chin, regarding the crew from his jaunty lean.

"Kill Senator Lank?" Stroth said, with theatrically feigned surprise, "I would never. The Separatists surely wouldn't appreciate that."

Hunter didn't believe a word, and his silence made that clear as he continued to wait for a real answer. 

"But what kind of other reward could I offer you, for the wonderful return of my asset here?" he asked, motioning toward Vel. She looked up at him, feeling her confidence rise at his positive mention of her. He smiled at her again before returning his gaze to Hunter.

"Who wants Lank dead?" Hunter repeated, resting a hand on his hip in apparent ease yet intentional proximity to his blaster. 

"Mmm," Stroth mused, finishing his mug and setting it on the table next to him. He clapped a hand on the shoulder of one of the figures at the table, a Rhodian bent over some schematics, and looked at the motley crew gathered there. "I can see you've got your mind made up. I don't want to make a mess of things, you know," he said, with an air of surrender. 

He signed, standing to his feet, and gestured carelessly. "Kill them all."

Vel's mouth dropped in shock and horror. 

In one solid blur, blasters were pulled from every holster in the room. Wrecker threw his empty mug at the nearest bounty hunter as Hunter flipped the table to their right, throwing Vel down as he dove to cover behind it. Crosshair flipped himself over the bar, crouching behind it and leveling his sniper at the group. 

Lights flashed on all sides as blaster bolts flew. The Rhodian hit the ground as a couple Trandoshans continued shooting from behind him. Stroth pulled his own blaster and fired a few careless shots as he ran out of the room. Hunter threw a knife after him, but it landed in the door just as it slammed. 

Tech fired evenly with both hands, leaning out from behind a pillar to stun another human. Crosshair's perfectly-placed shots dropped two more, and Wrecker met some reinforcements at the door with a huge arm to clothesline them into oblivion. It was over as quickly as it began.

"Stroth will undoubtedly be back with more," Tech surmised.

"Let's go," Hunter said, grabbing the schematics from the table and tucking them into his belt. 

"What about her?" Crosshair asked, nudging his sniper barrel toward Vel, on her knees behind the table, still in complete shock at the turn of events. 

"Leave her," Hunter responded, peeking out the doorway and beckoning to the others.

"She will be terminated," Tech pointed out, "Perhaps her knowledge could be of use to us as we determine the motive for Stroth's bounties."

"Fine," Hunter agreed, his sense of urgency outweighing his disdain for extra baggage, "We've got to go." 

***

The light turned blue around them as the Marauder jumped to hyperspace, and Vel sat on the floor on the back of the bridge once again. Her mind was reeling. She was abandoned, again. No matter what she did, she was never enough, never worth keeping around. She fought from spiraling into despair, sinking her head into her knees. 

She barely heard the hologram on the front panel, assigning the crew to a new mission on a planet in the Abrion sector, and offered no resistance as she was shown to her new quarters -- a makeshift prison built into the corner of the cargo hold on the lower deck of the ship. 

There were larger matters to attend to.

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Disability Showdown Full Bracket

Alright! No more mystery, we've got our list for the tournament!

For people new to this tournament, how this works is this: We narrowed our character list down from about 600 to 131 (it was gonna be 128 but we had three ties, so those have been reworked into three-character polls). The top 64 have been seeded into the bracket by number of nominations. The bottom 67 however, all got roughly the same amount of nominations, so those have been assigned places via random number generator, to remove any bias that I the poll runner may have about which characters I want to succeed

(I am so sorry if your obscure blorbo ends up against a super popular kid in round one, that's unfortunately the luck of the draw here, but I am keeping a record of characters that lose but whose fans fight the hardest for them, and we may do something with those kids later, so it's still worth campaigning for your faves!)

I will make an image for the bracket once we get past the first round or two, but right now I have no idea how to make a visual bracket containing 131 characters, upload it to tumblr, and still have it be at all useful

So for the first round, I'll just give the matchups by name, in a list under the cut. We'll be working through this list 8 polls at a time (my pinned post will stay updated with the current 8 once the tournament starts), and good luck everyone!

Eda Clawthorne (Owl House) vs Cassandra Cain (DC)

Hiccup and Toothless (How to Train Your Dragon) vs Peppermint (Hi-Fi Rush)

Barbara Gordon (DC) vs Demoman (Team Fortress 2)

Toph Beifong (Avatar: the Last Airbender) vs Finn Tidestrider (Just Roll With It)

Edward Elric (Fullmetal Alchemist) vs Red (Pokemon)

Ashton Greymoore (Critical Role) vs Walter White Jr (Breaking Bad)

Finn Mertens (Adventure Time) vs Wade Wilson (Marvel)

Kitty Softpaws (Puss in Boots) vs Jean Havoc (Fullmetal Alchemist)

Matt Murdock (Marvel) vs Ellen (The Witch's House)

Clint Barton (Marvel) vs Maedhros (The Silmarillion)

Nicholas Benedict (The Mysterious Benedict Society) vs Jancy True (Drawtectives)

Donatello (TMNT: Rise, IDW) vs Black Raisin Cookie (Cookie Run)

Octavio Silva (Apex Legends) vs Dr Carmilla (The Mechanisms)

Crutchie (Newsies) vs Nemo (Finding Nemo)

Anakin Skywalker (Star Wars) vs Renarin Kholin (Stormlight Archives)

Amaya (The Dragon Prince) vs Long John Silver (Treasure Planet)

Charles Xavier (Marvel) vs Dagen Underthorn (Critical Role)

Viktor (Arcane) vs Cecil Palmer (Welcome to Night Vale)

Taimi (Guild Wars 2) vs Eli Vance (Half Life)

Johnny Joestar (JJBA) vs Floofty Fizzlebean (Bugsnax)

Vash the Stampede (Trigun Stampede) vs Sunny (OMORI)

Drey Ferin (Just Roll With It) vs Kizuna Chieda (AI: The Somnium Files)

Geordi LaForge (Star Trek) vs Phosphophyllite (Houseki No Kuni)

Kaz Brekker (Six of Crows) vs Zuko (Avatar: the Last Airbender)

Melanie King (The Magnus Archives) vs Eugenides (Queen's Thief)

Snake (Zero Escape) vs Malenia (Elden Ring)

Future Leo (ROTTMNT) vs Edgar Jomfru (Metalocalypse)

Janice Palmer (Welcome to Night Vale) vs Jet Black (Cowboy Bebop)

Luke Skywalker (Star Wars) vs Wylan Van Eck (Six of Crows) vs Linh Cinder (Lunar Chronicles)

Alphonse Elric (Fullmetal Alchemist) vs Peter Sqloint (Just Roll With It)

Bucky Barnes (Marvel) vs All Might (Boku No Hero Academia)

Della Duck (Ducktales) vs Maya Lopez (Marvel)

Jayfeather (Warrior Cats) vs Isabella Paretti (ValorPUNK)

Shouko Nishimiya (A Silent Voice) vs Gary Goodspeed (Final Space)

Violet Evergarden (Violet Evergarden) vs Brightheart (Warrior Cats)

Briarlight (Warrior Cats) vs Jinx (Arcane)

Ticket Jerry (Dialtown) vs Darth Maul (Star Wars)

Yang Xiao Long (RWBY) vs Dulcinea Septimus (Locked Tomb)

Ricky Potts (Ride the Cyclone) vs Helena Adams (Identity V) vs Antonio (Identity V)

Jimmy Valmer (South Park) vs Vanellope (Wreck-It Ralph)

Terezi Pyrope (Homestuck) vs Sam Vimes (Discworld)

Bruno Madrigal (Encanto) vs Custas (Witch Hat Atelier)

Gregory House (House MD) vs Gunthrie Miggles-Rashbax (Dimension 20)

Moon Knight (Marvel) vs Splinter (TMNT)

Shanks (One Piece) vs Goro Majima (Yakuza)

Chai (Hi-Fi Rush) vs Maria Robotnik (Sonic the Hedgehog)

Kazuhira Miller (Metal Gear Solid) vs Sir Marc (Penumbra Podcast)

Izaya Orihara (Durarara) vs Hermann Gottlieb (Pacific Rim)

Finnegan Wake (Monster High) vs Heinz Doofenshmirtz (Phineas and Ferb)

Frankie Stein (Monster High) vs Charlotte Webber (Marvel)

Sage Beldaruit (Witch Hat Atelier) vs Susie (Flight Rising)

Urakawa Mamoru (Mega Man) vs Undyne (Undertale)

Teo (Avatar: the Last Airbender) vs Gazelle (Kingsman)

Tavros Nitram (Homestuck) vs Dunban (Xenoblade Chronicles)

Hearthstone (Magnus Chase) vs Gabriella (Little Mermaid)

Tony Stark (Marvel) vs Mera Salamin (Epithet Erased)

Rani (Pixie Hollow) vs Haruka Sakurai (MILGRAM)

Wilt (Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends) vs Handy (Happy Tree Friends)

Izumi Curtis (Fullmetal Alchemist) vs Nog (Star Trek: DS9) vs Spock (Star Trek: Discovery)

Juno Steel (Penumbra Podcast) vs Merle Highchurch (The Adventure Zone)

Furiosa (Mad Max) vs Massimo (Luca)

Bentley (Sly Cooper) vs Symmetra (Overwatch)

Quasimodo (Hunchback of Notre Dame) vs Cyborg (Teen Titans)

Nagito Komaeda (Dangan Ronpa) vs Link (Legend of Zelda)

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The little touches

There is more I will have to say but right now I'm just here to talk about my favourite references in Good Omens season 2.

It was fun to watch David Tennant unleash his Scottishness. And of course setting the duck feeding record straight. And of course all the romance tropes both accidental and used on purpose. This season was about love after all even if only one of couples got their happy ending already.

I loved the zombie Nazis that included the other two main actors of The League of Gentelmen (first one is of course Furfur so all three are together on screen there). Michael Sheen was, appropriately, in their Apocalypse movie.

The last two episodes had of course a lot of very blatant Doctor Who references - from direct ones like the using Doctor Who memorabilia as a bribe to the bigger on the inside fly but the one that caused me most joy was the fez. This Eleven's headwear was already used to connect him to Ten and now we got Davis Tennant wearing it on Good Omens (can't pass the temptation, can they?)

The reference of Guild of Seamstresses warmed my heart. This was beautiful reference to Discworld (GNU Terry Pratchett). And Gabriel has shown Colour of Magic to Saraqael.

I also loved how it came to be because there was a filter put on the Ball so they couldn't use the word that they really meant to say in a scene straight from The Good Place.

And when I wrote about my thoughts on The Good Place and concept of Hells and eternal damnation I mentioned that the book that helped me clarify my thoughts on it was Surface Detail by Iain M Banks. It's about War in Heaven about morality of existence of Hells (it's science fiction so no angels and demos but the virtual ones but the idea stands). Muriel is reading a much more famous, non-sf book by Iain Banks (M was only for his genre ones) at the end.

Maybe it's unrelated and Gaiman was just putting his friend book there as another tribute to one lost too soon. But maybe he too thought of Surface Detail. It does have some real assholes saving the day (and maybe not being completely bad).

The one that made me laugh the most though was when I realised that Gabriel and Beelzebub got two pints and a pack of crisps. Like this show title.

[moongothic]

It is gonna be so interesting to see where Egghead is gonna go though once the flashback wraps up

Because I have seen so many people theorize Egghead is going to turn into Sabaody 2, having Kuma arrive on the island and scatter the Strawhats once again. And like, on its own, I don't really buy the idea, especially because I just don't see what the point of it would be aside from just having history repeat itself for the sake of repeating itself

But then there's two other plot details that suddenly remind me a lot about the whole Summit War Saga actually, and when you put these ideas side-by-side, the Sabaody 2 idea suddenly seems more plausible?

Because that Saga began with the Strawhats being excited and hyped about finally going to the legendary Fishman Island, something that they had learned about from Kokoro at the end of Enies Lobby.

And right now, we're kind of under the impression that the Strawhats are going to finally head to the legendary island of giants, Elbaf, which we've heard so much about since Little Garden and are all super excited to finally get to

But then there's the other thing.

Just like Blackbeard captured Ace and had him sent off to be executed by the Marines...

Blackbeard has captured Garp, and Garp has a bounty on his head from Cross Guild.

Mind you, we don't actually know if Garp is alive or not, I honestly kind of assumed he was dead until I saw other people speculate about it.

And even if Garp is alive, I don't think whatever rescue mission Luffy may want to do will end up being like the rescue mission for Ace

Not to mention... Crocodile alone knows full fucking well the absolute lenghts Luffy is willing to go to to save his family. They broke out of Impel Down together. Crocodile ensured Luffy's escape after Ace died. Even if Crocodile hates Luffy's guts, I have a hard time imagining Crocodile wanting to publicly execute Garp at Emptee Bluffs (or just have his name tied to that whole situation), because he KNOWS Luffy is going to come and smash his front door open the second he hears about it. Luffy is a fucking Yonkou, he and his crew aren't meant to be taken lightly at all, especially now that he's MORE than proven himself by taking down Kaidou

Not to mention, Cross Guild is quite broke right now. I don't think they even have the money to pay for Garp's head, even if they wanted to

But this is where we get to the Fun Wild Speculation Section, right

Let's say Kuma does blast off the Strawhats once again, and they all end up on various islands around the New World. If we wanted to assume Luffy is going to end up at the most convenient island for him to start his Grandpa Rescue Mission on...

What if he ended up AT Emptee Bluffs? With Cross Guild???

Mind you. Buggy would have no interest in helping Luffy, I'm sure. Mihawk neither, dude just wants to chill. Crocodile? Unless Crocodad Real, nah. I'm sure they'd all want the dumbass off their island. Like sure they could try to kill Luffy but all that would do is free up another Yonkou-slot again and we know neither Mihawk nor Crocodile want it, so what'd even be the point, it's not like they'd be able to collect Luffy's bounty either since they're not affiliated with the Government anymore, and I'm not sure pissing off the Yonkou's crew (and fleet) would help them either So like. Just getting the dumbass out might be in their best interest

And hey, if Buggy hasn't skedaddled with most of his minions yet, then there would be at least one ship Luffy could steal to head to Elbaf and/or Egghead and reunite with his crew again. Or to Fullalead, where Garp might be. (Assuming Buggy doesn't want to "escort" Luffy just to get away from Crocodile and Mihawk) (Which all things considdered might not even be that bad of an idea, that could be The Escape Route Buggy's been waiting for)

Or. And this might be more interesting if Buggy did skedaddle and all of Cross Guild left at Emptee Bluffs was just Mihawk, Crocodile, Mr 1 and maybe Mr 3 or something (maybe Moria and Perona if they've escaped and somehow made their way there)(also hey I wonder what Law is doing, dude could be a bit angy at Blackbeard right now and might want some vengeance if he got the opportunity if you know what I mean) meaning Luffy wouldn't even have a ship to leave the island on

Blackbeard could contact Cross Guild to ask about exchanging Garp's head for some $ cash $ money $

And CG could just ask some of Blackbeard's crew to come and deliver Garp there, to Emptee Bluffs

Luffy can save his grandpa, steal that ship and leave, while Cross Guild doesn't have to pick a fight with Luffy. BB's ship and crew members going missing could be pinned on Luffy instead of them, and they don't have to worry about paying Blackbeard because they could just claim that Strawhat stole the old man too so they don't owe Blackbeard jack shit (regardless of if they have the money or not)

Weirdly, it'd be a win-win for everyone

Blackbeard gets SOME of what's coming to him, Luffy and Garp get a happy reunion, and us readers get Luffy+Cross Guild team up, ALL without it nececarily turning into a 100+ chapter saga (also if Moria and/or Law either were there, again, some characters could get some tasty revenge)

(Also if Crocodad was real, Oda could start lowkey hinting at it)

Only thing is that while IDK how this would lead to whatever might happen next, god knows even if Garp went along with Luffy IDK how the two would make their way to Elbaf by the two of them on a stolen ship (I mean Cross Guild could totally have some Eternal Poses in stock considdering Buggy's Delivery was sending their men across the globe, so if they have even just one to Elbaf they could give one to Luffy just, again, to get him out of there lmao), and I'm not even sure if Garp WOULD want to go with Luffy. Like that old man is stuck in his marine-y ways, so unless he was lowkey done and just wanted to go MIA and secretly retire in Elbaf (which, considdering his age and potential condition, FAIR), he might just want to go back to the Marine HQ. IDK man

But even then I'm not sure how any of that could tie into the next arc(s)

Alternatively we do get a giant Garp Rescue Mission Arc where Luffy heads to Fullalead to save him, it's just that unlike with Ace where Luffy went to save him "alone", the other Strawhats could try to head to Fullalead as well and they could just reunite there, SOMEHOW

And hey, Cross Guild is very capable of sending out flyers with information. If Luffy did somehow end up at Emptee Bluffs and somehow convinced Crocodile and crew to help (which, I mean, unlikely as fucking hell holy shit) (unless Crocodad Real), they could totally send out a flyer with a hidden message that only the other Strawhats could recognize, much like the iconic 3D2Y message. Except this time it's about getting the crew to Fullalead before whenever Cross Guild is supposed to arrive to collect Garp's head

And then we could have a great ol' Strawhats vs Blackbeard Pirates arc which I'm sure everyone would love. Personally I don't care that much and would not mind if that happened much later but whatever

For the record, I don't think either of these scenarios are actually going to happen, they're just fun "what ifs" for me

I do think it's more likely Kuma is going to sacrifice himself, allowing the Strawhats and Vegapunk escape all together on Sunny and head to Elbaf. Whatever happens with Garp (IF HE'S ALIVE) remains to be seen

Though if the Strawhats are going to escort Vegapunk to Elbaf all together, and if Dragon is somehow gonna come pick Vegapunk up (since Dragon did contant Vegapunk and the Revolutionaries would easily be the safest place for the scientist to go to right now, not that it'd be easy since he'd have to somehow get him and his satelites from the New World back to Paradise) then there could be an interesting Rev Army arc coming?????? Which would follow up very nicely after Kuma's flashback since he had such close ties to the Revs. But I'm not sure what a Dragon/Luffy reunion at Elbaf would do aside from give us maybe more backstory or something. Unless they both then heard about Garp being captured and were like "well fuck Blackbeard" and went to save Garp together??? But IDK I feel like that'd be crossing the streams with the different plotlines a little, like the Army's business is with the WG and not Pirates, and right now I feel like. I feel like WG has kind of had its turn in the story, and it's time for us to return to the pirate side of things for a bit before we go back to the WG stuff again?? I dunno man

Regardless, I'm interested to see what's gonna happen next, I'm sure this flashback is wrapping up within the next two chapters (leaning to next chapter)

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Okay so notes on my fairy tail rewrites with a few plots and characters. This isn't everything but just some things I've been considering:

Zeref is the reason all calamity started. He and a group of his companions (Anna and Irene included in this) wanted to unlock the secrets of magic. He specifically wanted immortality.

Irene has been his devoted follower since day 1. She was the first attempt at learning dragon magic, things didn't pan out right however, she was unstable. Zeref then made hybrids.

Dragons were originally peaceful, trusting, and fully immortal. But Zeref in his quest for immortality went to more and more depraved lengths and ultimately polluted magic for them causing them to turn Feral.

Anna was the only mage until Mavis that had a real chance against Zeref. He holds a deep respect for her and finds her descendants to be pathetic in comparison.

He was cursed to be forgotten by all those who left him, and to kill those who stuck around. The closer you stand near him, the quicker your life is drained away.

Irene was around from Zeref's mortal days and has always been a loyal companion, nothing romantic, but she is fully devoted to his goals and his cause. She met Erza's father and when they separated due to her devotion to Zeref overall she would've already been pregnant. However being the woman that she was she had little interest in actually being a mom and instead left Erza in the tower of Heaven. She would've been the one in charge of it and the hope was to get some use out of something she didn't even want.

Mavis was a child when they met and a tentative friendship bloomed as he tried to train her into something that could kill him. He did everything he could to make killing him a good option: drawing forth demons, razing a few smaller towns. When she proved incapable of what he wanted he opted to kill her.

Mavis led a war against his minions and faced him, he let her go with a handful of years left. She still chose to hunt him down and end him. Precht disapproved completely but couldn't stop her. The next time they met zeref was flinging her corpse at his feet. A warning that fairy tail shouldn't waste his time.

Precht would've been Mavis's potential romance in this version, I'd put her at 19 in the beginning and him within 1-2 years of her. Any feelings would've been built on respect and loyalty towards each other.

Mavis could actually use a sword in this version, she still uses illusions but she also was a terrifying opponent in a one on one duel. She was known to be kind, caring, brave, and unyielding.

The king grants them an official, prestigious guild thanks to Mavis leading the war. This idea gets lost over the next 90 years due to all the founders very much just wanting the guild to be a home to those in need. No screening process.

Now for the characters we know and love

Juvia does not get with gray. She has a strong love and obsession regarding him at first but due to his disinterest in romance as a whole and constant rejection of her she starts realizing how bad her behavior can be.

Jet actually works as a spy for the guild (so does mest sure but I want a character we know well). He's good at blending in due to having a more average appearance and can also think quick in regards to talking his way out of situations. His speed also allows him to give more updates and lose those that tail him. I figure this means one of the grand magic council would be on a first name basis with him because he would be seen quite a bit.

Droy gets to be fat after the time skip, but also strong. He would have pretty powerful plant magic and when Levy went missing he threw himself fully into gardening and strengthening the structure of the guild when it received damage. He'd be a pretty powerful mage but not the most interested in figuring out proper battle uses for his plants so mainly deals in restraining and shielding.

Vijeeter got no development at all. I think he and team shadowgear should be from the same town that got destroyed by something zeref related. However rather than becoming codependent on the other 3 he became closed off. His dancing is his final connection to his family and his altheticism leads him to being used for stealth missions.

Nab was actually brought up normally. He joined fairy tail to be able to do some good, found a team he liked and worked well with, and ended up the sole survivor of a mission that should've been easy. From that point on even taking any missions was a challenge and joining a team for one was impossible. He hangs around the board because he's afraid to be removed from the guild, but can't bring himself to actually take a job.

Gray never gets with anyone during the story. People constantly leering at him and stalking him put him off of romance and relationships as a whole. But that doesn't mean he was alone. My ending for him is (due to reasons I can explain) he loses his magic and one of his arms, begins helping levy with translating and support for people on quests, and ends up as a guild dad of sorts to the next generation.

Chico is probably a name few people remember. But she arguably had one of the coolest magic skills. Mashima forgot her. I'd have her be a friend to the thunder legion who can't leave on far off quests like they do due to her powers limiting her reach. The spirits only stick around as long as she's in the areas they're from. Her spirits gain more human forms the more magic she pumps into them and I'd replace Juvia in the tower of heaven arc with her because I think a scene of her calling forth those that died in the tower would be haunting and cool as hell. (She is at the top of my list for redesigns)

Reedus is the peace keeper in the guild. He's a bit cowardly but also a gentle giant who others are more likely to at least hear out because he's just a big softy. After the timeskip he ends up married with a child or two and has joined Macao and Wakaba as the old dudes who talk in the bar. He also helps mitigate any weird comments they might make.

Romeo is actually more of a troubled teen when natsu and company come back after the timeskip. He's angry at his dad who has been trying to avoid guilds decimating fairy tail, and angry at those who disappeared for leaving fairy tail vulnerable. He'd definitely be a more divisive character but I think him reconciling with the cast overtime would be more impactful than him just being an adoring fan.

Gajeel has a strong friendship form with both team shadowgear and the thunder legion. Something no one fully understands because he's terrible with people, but the others love him to the point that he ropes the thunder legion into forming a band.

Last note for now: if we have pairs happening there's one I would develop romantically and that is Juvia and Droy. "What?" Trust me I know. Droy is a plant mage. Juvia is a water mage who from her first scene is shown to largely think her power is a curse. In this version a lot of the weird/perverted moments from the guys are removed because they do nothing for the characters. Droy and Juvia start a friendship and he considers her to be a blessing. A woman who can control rain and strengthen the crops, not to mention she's smart and beautiful. And juvia who hasn't actually been fully appreciated before, who has someone calling her a blessing is affected by this. They'd be a slow burn pair for sure but a cure duo to develop.

Lastly here are a few plot alterations

As mentioned before, Chico replaces Juvia in the Tower of Heaven arc. I want us to have arcs where we get to high light less developed guild members. We got Cana plotlines on the tenrou island arc and it was nice to put focus on someone other than just the main group.

The tower of heaven arc starts in a circus/carneval this time around. I think the powers of a good portion of Erza's tower family lend to this idea of presentation/entertainment and team natsu accidentally meeting them and being pulled into this arc would be fun.

We get a few chapters/mini plots where we see the other guilds around fiore doing stuff unrelated to the fairy tail guild. One of the biggest issued of fairy tail is I've always felt that places only come up when the plot demands it and the world doesn't feel super fleshed out because of it.

On that note, give us an episode or two of just the fairy tail members who didn't get frozen in time. Let us see them on their own, acknowledge them as people, see how their relationships are. This also gives us a time to focus on Macao being the acting guild master and how he defers from Makarov. How these years have changed him as a person.

Alvarez arc happens when Tartarous was supposed to and Tartarous is our final story arc. Alvarez is severely underdeveloped and again, only seems to come up when it needs to exist as an enemy. The arc starts with Gildarts sending a message to fairy tail involving odd magic, magic similar to how zerefs felt, coming from within the kingdom. Vijeeter and a few others are sent mostly just to check it out subtly because gildarts is asking and they lose contact. That's when erza decides to lead a team herself. This leads to a mass destruction of most of Alvarez and starts our quick spiral towards the end.

Mavis actually does kill Zeref, what's left of her spirit does anyway. She destroys what remains to end him. Because much like always, the survival of her family is more important than her own memory.

Makarov actually dies, thinking he was dead most of the final arc only for him to be alive was not a fun time. Let the man rest. Let Erza properly take over as guild master.

Acnologia is still a question at the back of everyone's mind I know. Acnologia doesn't fully get defeated. He gets locked away. Gray being the self destructive man he is opts to ice shell him, Lucy figures out what he's about to do and manages to help funnel enough magic from other mages around to allow him to keep his life. He loses an arm and his magic however. And everyone knows that eventually Acnologia will have to be dealt with somehow and properly ended. But in the mean time they have the chance to figure it out and take a breath.

That's some of the ideas I had for changes I'd make. I haven't touched on things I'd change about the other parts of team natsu or some of the other arcs, but this is the bulk of it. If you guys have more questions/want to hear more let me know.

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//I'm going to put these under read mores because my salt tends to burn.

//It annoys me to no end when people don't tag their nonsense. I don't tag a lot of things, but I at least try to get the simple ones out of the way. Out of rope for OOC posts, lemon warning for nasties (I'm old, shut up.) and if it gets super weird, I try to tag that as well.

//I don't care what rocks your socks, just tag it. It's your business, not mine. Very much a don't like, don't read type. But also I love it when people tag that kind of stuff, so I have the option of still being in the room and vibing, but without seeing something that's going to ruin my mood.

//And speaking of, have some damn media literacy. It's not hard, my guys/gals/non-binary pals. One of my favorite games to play is Guild Wars 2, and if I have to hear one more idiot with no critical reading skills say Braham is the worst, or Braham is the best, I'm going to invade Arenanets home base and start permabanning people.

//Dude made a bunch of mistakes that caused the plot to go forward because of his grief and toxic environment. The Commander isn't at fault, they had bigger fish to fry and by the time they could have done something about it, it was too late. Dude boi had his peoples expectations on his back because of his actions. Things he did because of his own grief and toxic processing of that grief.

//The entire point is he fucked up, experienced consequences, and not only grew from that, but made amends and faced those consequences head on. Doing some of that was a bad idea, or done in a bad way, but that was another step in the process of him becoming the character he needed to be.

//It doesn't excuse his actions, or absolve him of guilt, it just sees that this is a character in a story. His story might not resonate with you, because it's not for you. Same deal with Caithe who has the haters and... the people who have either been there.... or have critical reading skills.

//Not every story is for you, and y'all need to calm down.

//There are more hot takes I have that could fit closer to home here, since a lot of you are into DBZ, but i'll save those for another time.

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Blind child lore list prt.2

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Blind child calls the Fierce deity only grandpa and Time as papa

Blind is immune to spicy foods they'll even eat the ghost pepper which wild freak out on about but blind will still eat the ghost peppers saying it's sweet

The chain *time,warrior, wild are the ones know not to try it* will questionable or stupidity take a bite of the ghost pepper to see if it's true only for it to be a lie

Blind will blink owly to why their big brothers are screaming/crying while nipping on the ghost pepper in question as time hand the chain milk who stupidity take a bite of the ghost pepper while he try not to smile to the show

Warrior is dying from laughing so hard as wild shake his head to the others poor life decisions

If twilight will blind in his hyrule town, some people go to him asking if he's this child father, making twilight blush or chock as blind blink and saying that twilight is their big brother if they go to twilight village, twilight try not to died from embarrassment since all the villagers *knowing or jokingly * celebrated twilight on fatherhood

Blind try to help twilight with his farmwork since they don't want to be a burden or a eyesore the goats adore blind even to the once blind guild the goats to their pins without much trouble that twilight and the other guys are bewildered even shock that a eight year old easily tamed the goats in one day even less than that

The chain *boys* have grins to see time and war God almost crumpled to being call that by blind and the boys crumpled everytime the child call the boys big brothers

Blind unknowingly is a sleepwalker and would sleepwalker out of camp so whoever is one watch sadly ran after blind to bring them back safely

If twilight the one to night watch and see blind sleepwalk, he'll clamly get up and walk to blind to pick them up though seeing them still walking in his hands but off the ground and try not to chuckle.

If warrior, he'll grab their hand and turn them around to walk them back to camp while have conversations with them

If wild up * do to his insomnia * he'll just follow blind like a lost puppy only find out sleepwalker blind collected berries,herbs or randomly grab items from tall grass or from tree holes to bring back to camp but there's a monster around wild would pick up blind to take them back to camp

If the chain knows about blind sleepwalking each of them have blind elnext to them each night to try prevent them from sleepwalking out of camp

Sky is closest to almost achieved since he sleep hug anything that gets in his arms so sleepwalker blind have some nights of difficulty trying to get out of sleep sky arms

The chain member who up that night have a show and see sleepwalker blind trying to break dancing out sky arms but that leads to the blind sleeptalking

Blind when their sleeptalk have innocent conversations that the chain soften up more even tho that's a bad idea to do if their on night watch but it's relaxing

But other times when blind sleeptalk they have interest dreams like what chain members would look good in what dresses and even have scenarios with it like *hyrule is a bride to a lynel* or *warrior dared to wear a dress and heels for 24 hours in great detail *

Blind have a companion a sheep named ramram why, that sheep rams hard on the chain but is so gentle to blind even to the point that sheep would jump off hight cliffs to attack a himox since it hurt her master.

Ramram easily can keep up to all the chain Eponas with blind on her back, ramram wool is fluffy,soft to the touch.

Twilight try to befriend the sheep but end up being ram on and ba at then it move back to do what she's doing be twilight with determined will befriend that sheep. He won't be bested by a sheep

If the chain only see the sheep and no blind, they're freaking out but once hearing blind giggles coming from the sheep wool, four and wind carefully move ramram wool around then gently pull blind out

Time and the sheep are somewhat in okay standing since time give a look as I'm their father and sheep look back as in so what, I'm their sheep

Once blind have a baby dragon too the chain are very much hesitant since that's a living fucking dragon!!!!!

The chain try take the baby dragon away but end up the baby dragon is a quick one and it'll be back in blind arms

The chain gives up but are watchful of the dragon since it's a nightfury and is dangerous but they'll get used to it but sadly dragons grown faster than the chain expected so it nearly overly taller then them and blind but the nightfury is gentle to blind even lovingly and lucky eats only fish

Blind have found in a way thanks to wind help, they have their own small master sword that like fi in a way but very different and older looking than sky's fi

Blind's fi have longer hair and bangs cover her eye, six pair of arms and feel/look to be a few centuries older than sky's fi . Blind's fi only have one eye and can see into the future but she chose to keep that slient on less it's necessary or a emergencies like twilight almost dying and she'll show hyrule on were he needs to go to get to twilight

Twilight in wolfie body loves to bite blind back of the neck shirt to carry blind around like blind is his pup but he'll keep that to himself since the chain chase after wolfie to get blind back but blind is laughing having fun

The chain are overly protective of blind when blind overly use their power to make a gigant skeleton monster to defend their family but in doing that leads to the child have their old scars open up, cough up their own blood then them passed out as fancy pants, Zant escape making the skeleton monster turn to sand almost bury blind if legend wasn't there to dig them out and leaving all the chain into a panic but the older chain try to keep this under control

Wind have a breakdown to seeing spirits around blind and he try not to think they died

Four have to get wind to come back to reality but once they all hear blind coughing they rush to them seeing them alive clam them all in a way

Wild have to carry and bring blind into the gerudo city dress as a gerudo clothes to get blind help since all their supplies are empty or no good or what's was lefted, all of them use it on blind in order to help them

Took hours for wild to get supplies after he got his gerudo friend to help blind he informed the chain only to be bombed for more questions and information that he just head back to check on blind and sign seeing them okay but playing with the gerudo chief and her seal collection

Blind child lore list prt.2 , enjoy everyone ^^

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