ccan you share any facts about the lights out au :3
i can try!
one thing i'm trying to incorporate that they get a Lot more puppety once the lights go out - their expressions can no longer change! Frank's frown is fixed! i've been holding off on this a bit since trying to imagine like... Barnaby getting mad but it's just this fuckin blank muppet face kills me but. hey what if they all had eyebrows that were built to move- also it's Important to the "Plot". and if i need expressions to show emotion, i'm failing as a writer
Wally gets a skin cardigan
as time goes on the Goop™️ kinda gets a mind of its own. it finds spare puppets - or puppet parts - to use as a shell. mix'n'match, horror style!
my original design for butterfly Howdy was made for this au. do with that what you will
over the years, Wally reads a lot of books - they teach him quite a few things that he would have never known about otherwise, even if he can't fully understand half of what he reads. how does one know what whisky is - beyond a drink - if they don't know about alcohol is?
Wally makes "friends" with some critters that start living in the studio. though he thinks there's one rat - he doesn't know to call it that - and like... one roach - he also doesn't know to call it that. so he thinks the same few strange creatures are around, when in reality it's a bunch. they keep getting consumed by the Goop
Poppy sets up the post office to be more liveable / pleasant. both for a sense of normalcy and it's just something to do! she makes it nice and homey <3 to the best of her ability <3 she can't really see what she's doing <3
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This. This. This entire conversation with Morrigan actually makes me want to sob. She and my Tabris always becomes close friends over the course of DAO; that, paired with the fact that my Tabris always romances Alistair, makes everything about this hurt so much more when you take DAO's ending into account.
Her confusion over why my Tabris didn't send her away. Why she didn't abandon her after they learned of Flemeth's plans. Why Tabris went out of her way to slay Flemeth and bring her the true grimoire. She asks Tabris why, and is baffled when the answer is, "I did it because I'm your friend," as if it's that simple.
The way Morrigan looks at the warden, the way her voice cracks when she says, "I want you to know that while I may not always prove... worthy... of your friendship, I will always value it."
She knows how this will end; Flemeth sent her with the wardens with the end goal of stopping the blight and obtaining the old god soul through the dark ritual. Morrigan knows that Alistair and Tabris are the only Grey Wardens here, and assuming they don't find more, one of them will have to die defeating the archdemon unless they agree to do the dark ritual.
With that context, her asking Alistair, "And what if a Grey Warden has forced to choose between the Warden he loved and ending the Blight? What should his choice be?" suddenly has so much subtext weaved through the words that I'm gonna start foaming at the mouth. She's practically telling Alistair that a warden has to die. She's scrutinizing his reaction to find any hint that suggests he would agree to the dark ritual in order to save himself and the woman he loves. And when he doesn't choose, she has her answer.
Morrigan made comments to Tabris about him, almost hopeful that their relationship was just a physical thing between them and not actually riddled with feelings... and then gives disapproval when Tabris says she loves him.
She doesn't want the warden to die; hell, she doesn't want Alistair to die, either; whether because she does actually care about him or because she knows it'll break her friend's heart if she loses him, or both!
Things would be so much easier if the only two Grey Wardens left to defeat the blight didn't fall in love, wouldn't they, Morrigan?
She knows that in the end, no matter the outcome, she will lose the woman she called sister and it's devastating.
Morrigan, who has never known true friendship. Who grew up isolated in the woods with an abusive mother and terrible implications for her future. Who discovered said mother planned to take over her body just as she did with her other daughters. Who doesn't understand kindness as it was rarely given to her without a catch. Who isolates herself from the others in camp. Who finally has a companion she cares about... and in the end, if her plan works and the dark ritual is completed, she'll end up pregnant and alone and wearing Tabris' resentment like a tender wound on her heart.
Or Tabris will reject the ritual, and will die to the archdemon.
Or her lover will.
I just- the dynamic between the warden, romanced Alistair, and Morrigan is so good and painful and rich that I'm gnawing on furniture as we speak.
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I've been perusing the masterlist, but I think it hasn't been asked (and if I missed it I apologize it's a bit late and I'm writing this right before I go to bed XD). So it's been stated how much of a peacock Sun actually is and that he likes showing off what he has and that sometimes includes Robin haha, so I was wondering how exactly he would go about doing that? I imagine he doesn't just wait for someone to start flirting with them so he can step in all smug with an attitude that basically yells "oh darling of mine, who is my partner and I'm dating and too bad for anyone who can't be with you but sorry not sorry". (though I believe he would XD) But like, as long as Robin is comfortable, what does he do to brag a bit about being with them?
Hasn't been asked before, you're all good!
And oh yeah, ideally, he shows them off so much that no one even thinks to flirt with them! While he loves flaunting what he has (Y/N and a relationship with them), having to do so out of necessity (someone thinking they can slide between them and him) really isn't all that fun.
What he does do is simply. Well, nothing with this man is ever simple he's just too much of a peacock
The simplest thing he does is just. obvious PDA. Keep an arm around them, hold their hand, a nuzzle or two - Same with the pet names. Not just using them in conversations with Y/N, but also announcing them as his partner. Ordering a drink for them? "- for my darling, please." In pleasant small talk with the friendly grandma at the grocery store? "Oh, my love also does that!" Regularly flusters Y/N with this step alone (and will stop when it gets too much - but if they opt for hiding against him to cope he's definitely not complaining)
Then there's also the opportunities at work, and even undercover - as long as they can still pose as a couple, he'll sing their praises (even as he withholds details, because he wants to brag, not put their identity in jeopardy). This is paired with of course the PDA and pet names. Fancy events where people can't just dip out of conversations are the perfect place to show off <3
Is a fan of outside dates for that reason too, not just because he's simply more social. He's just so happy he wants the whole world to know! Look at them, they're his, and he's theirs, and they chose him and he chose them and he's the luckiest guy in the world (sharing first place with Moon <3)
When it's just him he might still brag a little - at the slightest indication that partner talk is somehow appropriate, he'll just get that dreamy look and make everyone else think "Aight we get it you're lucky, way to make us single folks feel bad". He's just permanently stuck in the honeymoon phase as far as anyone else is concerned!
Of course also enjoys when Y/N makes their relationship clear themself - be it by telling someone flirting with them point blank they're already with him, or initiating the shows of affection, seeking him out, or even wearing something either matching his colors or celestial theme - he just wants everyone to know. How exactly they find out isn't so important, really <3
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whenever i look at your account the picture of silver and espio at the top simultaneously makes me very happy and very sad. like they really did dedicate a whole mini story in idw to these two, only to never have them interact again. what wasted potential
I mean, we never know what might happen! What interactions between Silver and Espio did we get after Rivals 2? From the top of my head, Espio said Silver was right about rallying the people in Forces... and that is basically it. Sure, Silver helped the Chaotix at the final battle of Forces, but I don't feel like that counts. So that is one thing, happening almost a decade after the game that debuted their friendship. And despite that, we still got Future Growth! So do not despair, anon, we never know what might be on the horizon in a later game or story otherwise🍀
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They should bring David Tennant back on doctor who, but not in any of the ways fans have asked for.
They should recast him as the Master.
Think about it: the gleeful way he would take credit for stealing the Doctor's face, even if he had no control over it; the internal conflict between the desire to gloat about it and the desire to hide his identity until he can work in a dramatic reveal. It'd be epic comedy.
The Doctor and companions are going about their adventure, and pick up a kinda weird guy along the way, in sunglasses and a very obviously fake beard. Maybe a companion comments on how weird this dude is (because he is acting extremely strange), but strange things happen to them all the time, so they don't think much of it.
Then somewhere along the way the beard and glasses are ripped off, revealing him for who he truly is! The audience goes wild. The Master draws a breath to start his pre-written gloat,
Only to be met with a blank stare and a bit of a frown from his nemesis.
"should I know you?" They ask. "You look awfully familiar, but I just can't place it."
"weren't you on TV?" Their companion asks. "Maybe the one with the detective in the little village by the sea?"
The Master is beyond words. He's pulled off the most evil and unexpected plot of his entire life, he's stolen the Doctor's face for God's sake, and the Doctor didn't even notice. He's momentarily paralysed with indecision. He very badly wants to reveal his con, but to do that he would have to explain it first, and why it's so evil, and that would completely ruin the mood.
So he stays quiet, too flabbergasted to even carry out the next steps in his plan. He meekly follows the Doctor around, helps save the civilians, occasionally dropping a strained and desperate hint about why he looks familiar, but his heart isn't in it, and they all go over the Doctor's head anyway.
So he follows them back to the TARDIS, where a relieved former companion has been guiding them through their mission. Said companion sees who just followed them inside, and their jaw hits the floor.
"Doctor what are you doing here?" They ask, staring straight at weird beard man.
All heads pivot, first to the confused former companion, then to the Master, who's wearing the sort of huge, mad smile that only David Tennant can pull off.
At which point he launches enthusiastically onto his prepared gloat, on and on about how he stole the Doctor's face, how he'll ruin his reputation across the universe, how clever he was to make this possible, etc. etc.
And they should probably get this man out of the TARDIS, but no one thinks to do it. They just stare, trying to take in whatever the hell is going on, until he finishes his speech, realises he doesn't know what to do next, and dashes out the open TARDIS doors and runs away.
"so... He's not from TV then?" The companion asks tentatively after an uncomfortable silence.
The former companion shakes their head slowly.
"Huh. Did I really used to look like that?" The Doctor asks. "I could've sworn my ears were never that big. Those sideburns are new though, right?"
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