#cyrus is dead btw

[ethanharmonia]

The Hisui Trio in my AU!! :D

(they dont know how to dress up 😔)

I wanted to make reference sheets for the three, even though i took a ton of inspo from many things but its for investment i promise i promise

Those three are friends in this AU, they are all in the present world and they are like a family to each other tbh, they might get into a few arguments but they talk it out later on.

To be fair i think those three would give each other kisses, not in a romantic way though, its just more of a platonic thing i guess??

The three of them own dragon type pokemon, from gen 4, 6 and 8 (me like even numbers dont mind me), i kinda felt like these pokemon fit them best by personality (im not exactly sure for 100%)

Dropping the lore here :

The only way Adaman and Irida could go back and out of Hisui was by Volo taking them with him by going through portals with Giratina, of course the two of them got frightened at the sight of Giratina showing up right in front of their eyes for the first time but they got used to it later on.

As a gift of gratitude from Volo for still being accepted by Adaman and Irida even after everything he's done in the past, he made and gave a clone of Origin Dialga and Origin Palkia to them so that they could also travel through the portals or around the world without his help (he's getting tired from babysitting them pls let him live).

Adaman and Irida just live with Lucas, Dawn and Barry in Twinleaf Town, sometimes Volo comes by to visit them and hang out with them. Lucas and Dawn dont have memories of Rei and Akari, so they have no idea of what Volo used to be back then, if they would then oh boy they would try to kill him.

{With Dialga} Adaman possesses Steel type powers (or Metal Bending as they say), he uses it a lot for combat but also for reaching high places if he cant go up there or reach it by climbing, he bends the metal into a form of a long rope in order to get up there.

{With Palkia} Irida has Water type powers (or Water Bending), she is not really the type of a person to fight but she rather heals others, it also works on pokemon too, though sometimes she can kick ass once in a while if anyone drives her mad.

{With Giratina and Arceus} Volo has all the elements, including Dark type powers but he never uses those as he only sees the bad in them and never wishes to use them, reminding him a lot of Cyrus {bro hates him more than anything}, with Volo being an Archon, he can summon pretty much every pokemon, including the legendaries and mythical ones, and the ultra beasts, even though the legendaries are gods too and are feared by many, Volo however just sees them as misunderstood creatures/beings, as he has a better bond with them than with his own people.

Volo despises humans, he only sees the bad in them as he has only seen the bad things that humans did, and with Volo being isolated in Arceus's realm and being there for about 280 years (met Arceus at 20), he cant really change his opinion about it, even if he has friends that are different than the rest of the humans, Volo still has doubts that humans are good, unless proven to him. Sure, Volo is the archon and savior of this world and he is trying his best to make the world a better with no wars or catastrophies, he hates humans, but he just wants peace, but he is aware that even if this happens one day then the peace wont last forever, the world cant remain peaceful for eternity, theres always going to be something happening all the time and he will have to deal with it on his own.

This would be Volo and his Dragapult (canon)

Imagine praying to god, and this is who you're praying to

[onestepbackwards]

It would be so funny if the player could still send texts on their arc phone and decided to send every complaint directly to Arceus

Everything from "Those ungrateful bastards banished me" to "My tummy hurts :("

Bonus points if they hand the phone over to Volo or Ingo and let them rant at god for screwing them over

Tbh if it were me I would let Arceus know every single inconvenience I had with being thrown into the past with no warning.

You let Arceus know no peace, making it very clear of your feelings on the matter.

[There is a leak in my room. You know what didn't have a leak? My old home.]

[They deadass are sending me into the wild??? On my own?? Assuming I have no experience?? They want me dead, Arceus.]

[THEY DONT HAVE COFFEE]

[Why do I have to fight the big scary pokemon?? WHY IS IT A STRANGERS JOB-]

[I think Cynthia's ancestor is stalking me.]

[I REACHED TEN STARS FUCK YEAH]

[WHY do I have to solve this village's problems. How am I the only one doing anything to help here.]

[WHY IS THE TRAIN GUY FROM UNOVA HERE.]

[ANSWER ME ARCEUS.]

[ISNT THIS GUY A CELEBRITY???? ARCEUS. HOW LONG HAS HE BEEN HERE-]

[When i invent mac n cheese, its over for these assholes.]

[Do you think I could piss Cyrus off by adopting his great great grandmother as my own mom?]

[They fucking banned me, Arceus.]

[AFTER EVERYTHING I DID-]

[Volo is def stalking me btw. WHY is he the only one wanting to help me besides the nice lady who also looks like Cynthia-]

[THE SKY IS RED.]

[Did Kamado seriously send Beni to assassinate me or did I just hallucinate that whole encounter.]

[WHY IS IT I KEEPING MEETING PEOPLE WHO WANT TO DELETE THE UNIVERSE WITH GIRATINA]

[If i had a dollar for every time this has happened, i'd have two dollars. It isn't a lot, but its weird its happened twice-]

[HOW COME HE GETS LIKE THE EQUIVALENT OF 8 POKEMON AND I CANT]

[If you had just said hi to him we could have avoided me almost dying TWICE.]

Arceus almost never responds unless you have a genuine question, or need help. But you do find solace in complaining to it.

You later tell Volo that hey, like, you know things are kinda awkward, but you have a means of directly messaging Pokemon God-

He's shaking as you hand him the phone and show him how to use it. At first, Volo for once, doesn't know what to say. He had dreamt of unloading his problems onto Arceus many times, but now?

He is almost at a lost for words.

That is, until you reach around him, showing him your previous conversations.

"Yeah, see here? I kinda bitched at Arceus last week because I'm still not allowed to go home yet. I kinda just use the chat to vent about things most of the time."

Volo stares for a moment, until he's furiously typing. He doesn't stop typing for a good few minutes, sending one very long, winded message, before handing the phone back to you. It's the longest message you have ever seen sent on your phone

The merchant is awfully quiet after that for a little while.

[writerfae]

Rant at me about Sera!

How old was she when she got married btw, because my guess is 18-19? By my math, when Trevor was born, she was probably 20?

Also, funny story (welcome to half asleep Knights of the Alder theories!):

Me: Wakes up at 3am the other day

Me: No, brain, Trevor's tough time is not going to be Sera axe murdering her husband, go back to sleep

Also, Talon looking like Trevor when he was little😭😭❤️❤️ i caaaaan't

So here’s finally a Sera rant!

I love her so much honestly. Like, she had it kinda tough and still tries to get the best out of it, still tries to make those she loves comfortable.

Much like Talon, even if not to the same degree she has been standing in the shadow of their dead brother. Especially since she was the first child after Thorin died.

Cyrus had wished for a son. Which by no means meant he didn’t love Sera, but he was also a bit… disappointed? Idk how exactly to put it.

She was four when Talon was born and immediately stripped off of the title as heir of the house. Not that four year old Sera cared much about being heir. And later on too she never wanted that title, but she felt kinda guilty that Talon had to play that part because of her.

And she loves her little brother so much. From the day he was born she was absolutely enchanted by him and she wanted to do everything she could to be a good sister to him. And she was!

She played with him a lot and taught him things and shielded him from their father’s expectations a bit (as good as a child could). Little Talon was formed so much by his sister and he really loved her.

They had that little deal that they would become guards together, because it’s been a dream and a passion for both of them. Sera was very good at sword fighting too. That’s why her father let her start guard training in the first place, she had talent and passion.

But Talon wasn’t the only one with expectations on him in the family. Sera had her daughterly duties she was expected to fulfill too. She was basically raised to one day be a good wife, a bride that you could give away to a good family.

Then one day there were words that in the neighbor court a high lord had died and that his son, the new high lord, was in search of a wife. So her father promoted that he’d be a good candidate for an engagement with Sera.

It was honestly a bad timing. Sera was in the midst of guard training. But ever the dutiful daughter and knowing that he was a good party, she agreed with it even when her mother was against the idea.

Sera met the guy and liked him pretty much. He was charming and good looking and not as much of a prick as other high lords and heirs she knew.

She married him at eighteen, before she could complete her guard training. She quit it because of her marriage and pretty much gave up her (and Talon’s) dream. Which is the reason Talon refused to talk with her, he felt left alone and betrayed and was mad she moved and broke her promise.

Sera suffered a lot from her brother’s treatment. She tried fighting for Talon as best as she could, not wanting to lose him. When Trevor was born it got better luckily.

Her marriage started out pretty good. Later it went a bit downhill, though. It’s not like he treated her badly, it’s just that he and his family again had lots of expectations that she had to fit into and it made her a bit uncomfortable. They didn’t let her continue guard training for example.

And her husband, though nice to her, grew more and more distant. After she birthed him an heir, it seemed like he spent less and less time with her. He flirted with other girls too. Sera felt rather lonely.

Trevor was her only light in this situation. She poured all the love she had to offer into him and he loved her in return. Sera is very protective of him, trying to prevent him being groomed into an heir like her brother as best as she can, even though it gets harder to do so.

People think Trevor is too soft. Sera defends him with all she got. She wants the best for him and the more time she spends in her husband’s house the more she starts to doubt that it is good for Trevor to get raised there.

Anyway, Sera is so strong and kind and a good sister and daughter and mother and she’s a real fighter. I have more Sera thoughts but I can’t put them in words so that’s all for now 😭

And no, Sera won’t axe murder her husband, but the idea is interesting (it might seem a bit tempting too, at times. For Talon especially) 😂

The similarities Talon and his nephew have are so sweet honestly 😭 Trevor reminds Sera of her brother a lot

[three-dee-ess]

hiiii 3DS tour!!!!

from the day i first got it, i knew to name it Happiness..... nothing deep about it i just wanted to say "my mom took my Happiness away for exam week :("

a bit of a reveal but i'm the anxious sticker placer anon haha it's still plain to this day if not for a few scratches (a lot actually but it's not that noticeable, right? qwq)

the barcode and numbers are super faded i can't read them!! plus the scratches are much more noticeable, im not sure where most of them came from but i remember one of them is when i accidentally dropped a screwdriver on it oops

the cartridge is pokemon black 2!! i've had this game before Happiness. yup i have a metallic rose DS lite that's sooo busted up, (well i had a coral pink DS lite before that but i got mugged when i was like 7 years old and it's gone which is a story for another time)

anyway, metallic rose had dead pixels that spread like some fungus, L button didnt work at all, buttons feel gross to press now, etc yknow normal 7 year old not knowing the value of things thing

i'd send a picture but it's back at my old house, pray that the spiders know how to play dig dig dug

:D i'm very normal about cyrus pokemon i swear

if you check my theme plaza account you can see i also made one (1) batch of badges which is hunter x hunter badges as you can see from the folders, i'm also very normal about hunter x hunter i swear

i wanted to lay everything out without folders and arrange everything pretty but it's so hard how do all of you do it qwq

gon folder (top left folder) are my 3DS gaammeess, i haven't played some of them bc i still got a lot of games to finish but they're there!!

frens (i didnt make the badges other than the hunter x hunter ones btw!)

killua folder (top right folder) contains DS... well used to, now it holds other games! i also haven't played most of them im so busy qwq

i deleted the shortcuts for the DS games i finished, also it took me way too long how to inject GBA and other games into 3DS

kurapika folder (bottom left folder) contains videos and movies! i figured out how to convert them but it's so hard to find download links to the movies i like now :(

also did you know the first 3 volumes of hunter x hunter are on the japanese eshop? i can't read japanese but i keep them because i like the novelty of it

leorio folder (bottom right folder) is my homebrew and miscellaneous stuffs! self-explanatory -w-

if you have any homebrew stuffs you wanna recommend, tell meee

eek, asks only allows 10 pictures apparently so i'm gonna send another one because we're not done yet!!!!

Happiness is so awesome the crows wants an encore so i shall deliver ohoo

activity log :D i love that the 3DS has this so we can all look back on memories and such

and that's the day when i first got Happiness!!!! i was pretty late to the 3DS party but i stiiiillll love it if you couldn't tell i really love pokemon and that's why i wanted a 3DS so bad lol i don't think i will ever be as excited as i was holding Happiness in my hands for the first time qwq

yknow, i still don't know how this happened

and that's all from meee if you have any questions or wanna tell me something, go to my ask box because i don't wanna clog up three-dee-ess's notifs!! thank you for having me

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galaxy style n3DSXL

thank you so much for the tour >:3c I loved reading through all of it! In depth tours like this are super interesting to me so thank you for sharing!! it makes me really happy.

I'll need to find my red 3DS again so I can share my own stats, since my grey one I use to mostly play puzzle game titles like picross, not any like, RPGs.

[softpine]

I just remembered you haven't seen Twilight but I'm going to ask anyway! Do you know what teams your characters would be? Like team Edward or Team Jacob? Oh! Actually I'm also curious what Fandoms would they be in? I recent realized im a Bielieber

oh i have seen the first twilight movie!! i just wasn't a fan. but it was my best friend's favorite series so i do know a lot about it! was anyone actually team jacob? he's like gale in the hunger games. the only reason anyone would actually prefer them is because they're Not the main love interest (sorry to any galeheads out there...)

anyway now i want to imagine what fandoms each of them would be in, so:

🎭 caroline: well, she's a great artist and a monster fucker.. i don't think i have to spell out what she was doing online fjkjsdsj and she loved comic books as a kid, so i feel like at the start of the MCU madness she was really hype and then she got more and more angry with the state of things

💬 beth: she's written some star trek fanfiction more highly researched than her master's thesis and she loved nsync because what is a baby dyke without her emotional support boy band / comphet crushes

🎸 danny: music is the obvious answer, but i'm not familiar with musical history so i can't go into detail 😭 but his dad introduced him to bob dylan and taught him how to play guitar, then he learned piano, then he taught himself how to produce his own music from scratch. this was in the 90s btw so it wasn't very easy to learn. also he used to seriously follow skateboarding

⛅ mikaela: she loved old school country music from female artists like tanya tucker, reba mcintire, loretta lynn, etc. she's less interested in modern country but she looooves shania twain. and she's worked nights (first as a bartender, then a nurse) for most of her life, so she got really into daytime soaps

🌲 asa: he's literally the only one on this list where i'm like...... stumped. he doesn't pay attention to anything online, celebrities, music (he'll listen to whatever), movies (doesn't care), could never commit to watching a whole tv show, etc. he's very floaty and daydreamy? lmao he just doesn't have the headspace to get attached to fictional media like that

🎥 finn: we know he's always been a harrison ford fan boy and in any universe where he survives past the 80s he's a huge nirvana fan!! (if he and jules had a son, they would've named him kurt... he's deeply serious) he's also read every stephen king book that came out while he was alive. he was a big reader in general, particularly horror

🧸 stevie: canon seth rogen super fan, has seen every adam sandler movie (every last one of them) and i knowww she knows the fnaf lore... as soon as she finishes a show/movie she likes to find the weirdest fan art to terrorize her followers. also loves musicals and wants to see cats on broadway someday (a girl can dream)

🎀 elaine: she loves following celebrity news but she watches them like animals in the zoo; ie. she's observing from afar, she has no personal stake in them. she's a frequent flyer on gossip forums like fauxmoi. she was on the ground floor of lipstickgate and was SEATED for dramageddon. and she had a serious twilight phase

🎨 jada: SOMEONE on this list had to get assigned supernatural... i'm not saying it just to say it, i really think she would connect with (early seasons) sam what with the dead mom... fear of losing their humanity... having powers they don't understand... a hot girl manipulating them to use their abilities in sketchy ways... yeah. i'm sure she has favorite contemporary artists (painters specifically) that she'd be able to talk about on end but sadly i don't know anything about that world 😭 oh and she's kind of obsessed with hate-reading booktok books to feel alive

🏈 casper: sports count as fandoms and i don't want to hear a word about it!! his team is the patriots but he's kind of a fairweather fan (maine doesn't have an nfl team so he doesn't have that state loyalty factor). miley cyrus is his problematic fave forever but he's kind of a pop girlie in general

💋 coco: in high school she was a speedcuber if that gives you an idea of what we're working with here.... she grew up with pokemon, naruto, dragon ball z, she collected trading cards, etc. she still likes anime and video games and stuff, she just doesn't have the time to get invested like she used to, and it makes her sad because it reminds her of her late best friend liam. she makes time to play fortnite and minecraft with his little brother and she plays other games on twitch sometimes. has done a LOT of cosplay. she's a huge nerd basically

[aisy15-chan]

"Oh half ghost & half human? What an interesting creature…"

I WAS ONLY WANT TO COLORS SIMPLE BUT THIS TURNED TO A SUPER EPIC—

Giratina really like Danny!! Owhhh!! Also more info:

oh well in my headcanon: legendary pokemon can only be caught if they think and you are worthy of them: you are the chosen one

Distorted world+Ghost zone & Giratina:

Giratina… It's not just a 'pokemon that thrown away because of its violence' into the distortion world but also plays as a protective and stabilizing role in Itself

Giratina doesn't always appear in front of people right away it goes very fast and people will think it's just a random shadow

Giratina likely only exposes itself to people them deems 'worthy' like ghost king

Ghost Zone & Distortion World are the same place in AU, these two worlds have a lot in common if you compare them

Zorua & Zoruark are pokemon that are very dangerous in the Ghost zone because they have the advantage of their type Normal and Ghost: can't be touched by ghosts… they normaly not attack unless you too near at it lair...

Volo also life in Ghost zone/Distortion World after his failure with Giratina, and was punished with immortality and expelled from the human world to the distortion world, he leard lot thing about Ghost zone. btw he will internship at fenton work after being found by Danny—

Danny & Volo: I can't stand this bastard.

After that

Danny & Volo: me and brother 👍

Time & place settings:

This AU time setting is in Pokemon Diamond, Pearl & Platinum!

Amity part is a city adjacent to the city of Nimbasa in the Unova region! :D

the incident of Cyrus capturing Palkia and Dialga happened several weeks after the events in Reign Storm episode

About ghost pokemon & Ghosts:

ghosts have a body similar to their appearance before death while ghost types have a new form/body in the form of pokemon

ghost pokemon will not hurt, they prefer to scare people and tend not to want to hurt humans and pokemon except to protect themselves or this your time to gone

different from ghosts that can hurt humans & pokemon if they want

turns into a regular ghost-type pokemon depending on location and certain factors: for example, Phantum is a child who dies near a tree inside a forest so that his spirit merges with the tree.

if there are no certain conditions then ghosts will become ordinary ghosts that retain their original form

not all ghosts come from dead creatures, they can be formed from super natural and magical events

Bonus:

Just edit this pic into green color... wow it really look like Danny...

Edit: DAMN I DON'T NOTICE THE TYPO SORRY ALL *CRYING*

edit 2: F*CK I NOTICE OTHER TYPO *INTERNAL SCREAM* also... I thinking & draw too much Zorua! Danny...

[strangenewfriends]

"WHAT IS GOING on here? Why are idiot fans throwing stuff during live shows? It’s reached a crisis point in the past couple weeks—a disturbing and loathsome epidemic of fan aggression against performers. On Wednesday, Kelsea Ballerini got hit in the face when a concertgoer threw a bracelet at her—just the latest case of a female artist assaulted in the middle of a show. Why is this happening, and how do we stop it? 

Ballerini was in Boise, Idaho, doing her country-pop hit “If You Go Down (I’m Goin’ Too),” when the bracelet came out of nowhere and hit her face, right near her left eye. She left the stage, but then returned to finish her show. “Can we talk about what just happened?” she said, in admirably clear terms. “Don’t throw things, you know? I just always want shows of mine—every show, for every artist—but I’m in control of this one. I just want it to be a safe place for everyone. Can you help me do that tonight?”

It’s not an isolated case. Bebe Rexha needed three stitches after she got hit by a thrown iPhone at a NYC rooftop show on June 18, and posted a photo of her frighteningly bruised and bandaged face. The alleged assailant, a 27-year-old man, told police, “I was trying to see if I could hit her with the phone at the end of the show because it would be funny.” He also helpfully explained, “It’s a TikTok trend.” Oh. 

Two days later, Ava Max was assaulted by a man who crashed the stage at an L.A. show and slapped her in the face. She posted, “He slapped me so hard that he scratched the inside of my eye.” A couple days later, in London’s Hyde Park, Pink got interrupted mid-song by someone throwing a bag of their dead mother’s ashes. A true pro, Pink asked, “Is this your mom?” Then she put down the bag and said, “I don’t know how I feel about this.” 

It can’t be overstated how much this sucks. Miley Cyrus recently declared she doesn’t feel safe doing arena shows anymore. As she explained, “There’s no connection. There’s no safety.”

Ballerini posted an update to her Instagram Story on Thursday, saying, “hi. i’m fine. someone threw a bracelet, it hit me in the eye, and it more so just scared me than hurt me. we all have triggers and layers of fears way deeper than what is shown, and that’s why i walked offstage to calm down and make sure myself, band and crew, and the crowd all felt safe.”

How did we get here? These are important artists with things to say and music to make. It’s not their job to explain why idiots shouldn’t throw things at them onstage. But it’s simpler than that—they’re human beings. What these incidents have in common is a bizarre lack of respect, a main-character neediness for attention, a child’s ignorance of boundaries. This isn’t fan enthusiasm going overboard—this is hostility disguised as fandom. 

So: it’s weird that this needs to be said, but don’t throw things at the artist, mmmmkay? No matter how soft and fluffy it seems. A cute li’l stuffed animal turns into a weapon if it hits somebody, as happened to Lady Gaga in Toronto last fall. A bracelet can do serious damage. Somebody threw a lollipop at David Bowie in 2004, in Norway, and almost blinded him. A lollipop. Nobody wants concerts to turn into airport-security hellholes with body-cavity searches. Your elderly loved ones do not need the aggravation of amending their wills to say, “BTW, after I die, if it ever seems like a cool idea to bombard a hard-working music legend with the remains of my incinerated corpse, switch to decaf and think again.”

Why now? So much of it comes down to the pandemic. People got out of practice at going to shows, so they forgot how to be audiences. Or else they just started their concertgoing years now, without having learned from being part of an experienced audience. But in 18 months of isolation, the whole fan culture around live music shut down—the traditions, the habits, the manners, the codes of honor, the spirit of “act like you’ve been there before.” It was a disastrous loss for music and the community around it. When live music returned, some fans were desperate to get back into the action, but without remembering the details of how to handle themselves in an IRL crowd. That’s how you get a grown adult boasting he threw a piece of metal at a celebrity to join a “TikTok trend.”

But this wave of fan aggression evokes those horror stories from the Seventies, like the notorious 1971 incident when a London concertgoer pushed Frank Zappa off the stage, putting him in a wheelchair and nearly breaking his neck. Or when “some stupid with a flare gun” burned down the Montreux Casino, inspiring Deep Purple to write “Smoke on the Water.” (Respect to the late great Funky Claude, who ran back into the burning building to pull kids out.) Over time, audiences gradually learned how to be cool in a concert crowd, until the coronvirus. So there’s a lot of Some Stupid going around.

There’s always been a certain etiquette for live music. It’s taken a beating in the social-media age, as more people treat the live show as a backdrop to stage click-chasing viral stunts.

But it’s unquestionably gotten worse post-pandemic. Last summer, Kid Cudi walked out on the Rolling Loud festival in Miami. “I will fucking leave,” he warned the crowd. “If I get hit with one more fucking thing—if I see one more fucking thing on this fucking stage, I’m leaving. Don’t fuck with me.” Someone then hit him with a water bottle—and bragged about it on Twitter, because of course he did.  

Tyler the Creator issued a public plea last year for concertgoers to stop throwing things. “I don’t understand the logic of throwing your shit up here,” Tyler ranted mid-show. “Not only for safety reasons, but bro, I don’t want your shit. I don’t want it. Like, I’m not even being funny. Every show someone throws something up here, and I don’t understand the logic. Why do you think I want your shit? Then if I slip and break my foot? Stop throwing that fucking shit up here, bro!” He went on to say, “Fucking dick-fuck.”

But that message was evidently too subtle for some folks. Steve Lacy stopped a New Orleans show in October when somebody hit him in the leg with a camera. Lacy said, “Don’t throw shit on my fucking stage,” then smashed the camera and left. Rosalia got hit in the face with a bouquet of roses, in San Diego. “Please don’t throw things on the stage,” she tweeted (in Spanish). “And if you’re such motomamis that you throw them anyway, throw them on the opposite side from where I am.” Harry Styles, whose live vibe is the essence of generosity and openness, has gotten his boundaries invaded by Skittles-tossers and chicken-nugget-hurlers. Nobody could blame him for being less than okay with it. 

There’s always been a tradition of acts who encourage fans to throw their bras, panties, or flowers. That’s just consensual show-biz. A Tom Jones concert wasn’t complete without tipsy ladies pelting him with their hotel room keys. When a fan threw a bat onstage, Ozzy Osbourne assumed it was a rubber toy, so he playfully took a bite—then became the first rock star ever rushed to the ER for rabies shots after a dose of batflesh. Punk rockers often thrived on the dust-ups. At the Sex Pistols’ famous final gig, Greil Marcus reported that the band got hit with “ice, cups, shoes, coins, pins and probably rocks.” Johnny Rotten complained, “There’s not enough presents. You’ll have to throw up better things that.” Immediately, someone threw a rolled-up umbrella. Johnny replied, “That’ll do.”

But during the pandemic, for many fans, their primary source of human contact was social media, where there is no perk for non-asshole behavior and nothing but rewards for finding novel ways to be a dick. There are so many incentives to create a viral moment, so it seems acceptable to interrupt a show to make strangers notice you. Throwing your phone at something to get its attention—you wouldn’t do that to a squirrel, much less a human, so why would anyone do it to an artist they’ve paid money to see? But social-media culture breeds a new kind of fan mentality defined by parasocial resentment, where fandoms feel so possessive about their faves, they get outraged when their fave doesn’t live up to their demands. It takes a toll on simple human empathy. Our whole culture picked up so many toxic habits it will take years to unlearn.

It doesn’t have to be this way. Almost exactly two years ago, I saw a symbolic return for live music when Madison Square Garden reopened with a super-emotional Foo Fighters show. It felt like all of us in the room were figuring out from scratch how to be fans again. I described it at the time as an “invitation to start remembering how to celebrate together.” Needless to say, the return of live music turned out to be a lot messier than that—lots of stops and starts, lots of conflict and controversy, lots of fear and grief and anger. 

But this is the first summer when it’s felt like live shows are really back. My music summer began a month ago with Taylor Swift on her Eras Tour. I saw The Cure and Dead & Company on back-to-back nights, two tribal gatherings that felt like the most uplifting kind of communal devotion. In the past couple weeks, I’ve seen loads of brilliant punk rock (Protomartyr, Wednesday, the Dolly Spartans, the So So Glos, Bar Italia), comeback gigs from old-school heroes (The Feelies, Love and Rockets), and a Beatles tribute band, the Fab Faux (damn fine “Martha My Dear”). It’s time travel, hitting so many different eras of my life as a music fan—past, present, and future. I’ve been trading stories with friends having similar epiphanies this month at Joni Mitchell or DJ Premier or LCD Soundsystem. We were all hungrier for this than we even realized. 

The mass rapture of the live show—it’s a fragile temporary community that comes together for a night. Whether it’s in a sleazy bar or a basement or a stadium, it’s a place we go so we can experience those raptures in the dark with strangers, to be part of a story that doesn’t happen when we’re listening by ourselves. But those moments don’t happen without a certain level of mutual trust and respect. And they can’t even begin when the performer can’t trust the audience. We’re all in the crowd for the same reason—to create that space where this rapture can happen. But it’s not something the artists or the industry can conjure up on our behalf. It’s on us to be an audience that the performer can believe in. That’s really where the music begins."

[dazeofcoral]

Just watched Wolf Pack again, I've got even more questions and theories after 7 episodes. We still don't know what happened to Connor, he wasn't in the pile of bodies. So where is he, dead or alive ? Turned or not ? Did Ramsey save him, 'cause then I'm betting the poor kid is locked up somewhere safe.

Am I the only one thinking maybe Ramsey set the fire? I mean she's there as a chief arson investigator, they only needed one if there was a fire and we know she's also there for the werewolf. Coincidence? 'Cause it would make sense she'd help Everett and Blake surviving, they are the perfect guarantee that the werewolf is going to keep showing up. Ramsey is the mom... But how can she have fought with her son if Baron is the same age as the twins and she lost him 17 years ago ? Or maybe he's much older and they're wrong about his age... Do the wolves not age as long as they don't go to a human/monster werewolf form ?

Also, pretty sure she saved Danny from becoming the next kill because he hit Blake and the werewolf would have seen this as a threat. Does this mean she can control her werewolf form?

That amazing scene in the woods with those poor guys running for their lives... But if they killed dad, why would the mom just go after them and not stay with her pups ? I mean kids surrounded by fire > revenge or you're just not a good mom sorry XD

(also, one of they guys is still alive, if you go for revenge go all the way you know what I mean... but since she's putting up everyone to believe there's a sort of serial killer running around, maybe Malcolm will get what's coming for him)

Don't think she wants to kill Garrett, but then again if he becomes a threat I don't think she's going to show him mercy either. If she's the twins mom killing him would be a bad idea but well, can't trust a beast when it gets angry.

Everett is so linked with Baron.. And Blake, it's weird that he doesn't have this powerfull bond with the twins... But then again, they weren't bitten by Baron.

He's not just standing up to his horrible mother out of nowhere, that's the wolf peaking through and not liking the treatment, go wolf go 'cause that woman is a nasty piece of work and the ep 8 promo has told us enough about what her reaction is gonna be to him standing up to her.

Austin, well, if he makes it through the finale it's gonna be nothing but a miracle, because if he really killed Baron (still not sure that's enough to even kill a werewolf btw), then I'm pretty sure Ramsey will be coming for his head... Fine by me, sorry Austin #notsorryatall. And did I see Cyrus in the finale promo ? Talking with Baron ??? Need that boy back because I can't believe they just threw him in the plot to be the potential BF and arson suspect. Who calls a group of friends a 'pack', seriously ? And even if he never believed Malcolm, how can he not start to believe him after seeing an actual werewolf ? I sure would.

So many questions, one week for a few answers and they better answer them all because so far no season 2 was confirmed yet TT

[viridiave]

Octopath and loose ends

so as much as I want these travelers to just have a happy ending and live peacefully after everything (and I do mean EVERYTHING)

there are. several things. that I feel like in-universe they really need to address and it has been driving me nuts for weeks

oh yeah MASSIVE spoilers btw so proceed with caution it’s gonna be a long ride of a LOT of loose ends that I REALLY want to see get addressed by the characters in some form

OPHILIA’S TALE - Just. Ophilia- you know. the Flamebearer.- was drugged in Chapter 3 by her sister after the passing of Archbishop Josef. After the Bishop of Goldshore's daughter was fucking kidnapped by cultists. - And it turns out the fucking Bishop didn't fall ill he was fucking murdered and oh my god an investigation needs to be fucking launched - Speaking of investigation- Wispermill in its entirety was almost wiped out by a cult led by some merchant they had in the Lionel Consortium. Whatever the hell that is.

CYRUS’S TALE - Quarrycrest and the blood rituals in the sewers. Cyrus has also killed the culprit, by the way. In self-defense, so it's all good- but there were fucking blood rituals happening in the fucking sewers man what- - sO YOU WOULD THINK THAT CYRUS KILLING HIS EMPLOYER AND HIS ASSITANT WOULD LET HIM GET OFF SCOTT-FREE. TO BE FAIR, IT WAS ALL IN SELF-DEFENSE, BUT THERE IS NO WAY THEY AREN'T INVESTIGATING THIS. ESPECIALLY SINCE THERESE IS A NOBLEWOMAN RELATED TO THE ROYAL FAMILY. SERIOUSLY WHAT THE FUCK. - And there's no way that Cyrus is going to keep his mouth shut over the tomes in the Ruins of Eld. Somehow I don't doubt that there's going to be messy politics surrounding those books given that apparently they don't have a fucking printing press yet.

TRESSA’S TALE - So Quarrycrest doesn't just have a fucking kidnapping problem, but it also has economic problems- which doesn't really sound good when most of the town's economy hinges on the provisions that the person who owned that territory gets sent packing by a tiny merchant. It's great that they don't have someone who deals in slavery anymore but there ain't no way people aren't freaking out over this sudden lack of management. - The Grandport Merchant's Fair was infiltrated by Obsidians. I don't have any real idea how much of a problem this really is, but dang a person could have died that day in the sewers so

OLBERIC’S TALE  - Erhardt. Just… Erhardt. The man. Is an actual war criminal. Who has committed the highest form of treason. The guy killed his king and was directly responsible in some way for the fall of an entire Kingdom. And you're gonna tell me??? He's not gonna get charged??? For any of this??? Erhardt I love you but wHAT THE FUCK MAN- - Riverford had public burnings at the stake and this has been going on for several years- long enough that the town got fed up with it and finally got enough ball to start a revolution. A whole-ass revolution that the Unbending Blade- who is alive and has been walking around and should be legally dead at this point and is also the wINNER OF A WELL-KNOWN TOURNAMENT IN VICTOR'S HOLLOW- has assisted in, alongside the Blazing Blade who may I remind people has committed fucking REGICIDE on WERNER'S ORDERS

PRIMROSE’S TALE - Primrose's entire kill quest is her taking down a whole-ass criminal organization that has been terrorizing the continent for presumably decades. This should be investigated for more reasons than just her charges of first-degree murder. - Stillsnow??? Should really be investigated??? Because what the fuck the Obsidian Manse is a whole fucking human trafficking site??? And the entire town is privy to this information?? IT'S SO CLOSE TO FLAMESGRACE HOW MUCH BALL DO THEY HAVE TO KEEP UP THIS CHARADE - Man if Noblecourt wasn't already such a political mess then it'd be an even worse mess by the time Primrose leaves it- the Obsidians may be shitty but it's implied that they were pretty much running Noblecourt. There's gotta be SOME form of anarchy going down in that city even if it's ultimately better off without the Obsidians running the show - AND SPEAKING OF RUNNING SHOWS THERE'S EVERHOLD AND IT'S NOT LIKE SIMEON'S BODY TURNED TO DUST AFTER THE ENTIRE THING LIKE MATTIAS'S HAD AKSJAKSLAS

ALFYN’S TALE - Surprisingly clean but Goldshore has got to be extra wary of passing apothecaries ever since Vanessa came and fucked them up with the Gaborra Evergreen - Alfyn himself is kind of sus because what even is slumberthorn that sounds like a hell of a sedative- aND WHY DOES HE JUST CASUALLY HAVE SOMETHING LIKE THAT

THERION’S TALE - sO NOT ONLY IS WELLSPRING HOME TO AND DEPENDENT ON A WAR CRIMINAL'S PROTECTION BUT THEY ALSO HAVE A BLACK MARKET. EITHER BALE AND ERHARDT ARE JUST CONSTANTLY DRUNK OR THEY LEGITIMATELY HAVE NO FUCKING CLUE THAT THIS MARKET EXISTS. OR MAYBE IT WAS CUZ OF THE LIZARDMEN BEING REALLY CONVENIENT DISTRACTIONS??? EITHER WAY THIS MARKET NEEDS TO BE INVESTIGATED JESUS CHRIST - So if Darius is a formal lord of Northreach. Shouldn't. People be investigating his death. Or at least his disappearance. Namely at the hands of the guy that has actively been a thorn in his side and has been featured in Wanted posters. Bro-

H'AANIT’S TALE - Surprisingly H'aanit's tale is the most legal. She's literally on a church-sanctioned hunt so pretty much everything she does in her tale is legal. I mean excluding the siccing of various monsters against her obstacles, her record is just clean as fuck and that amazes me.

POST-GAME - SO IS NO ONE GOING TO TALK ABOUT GALDERA AFTER THE FACT??? THIS SOUNDS??? LIKE A VERY IMPORTANT THING TO TALK ABOUT WITH EVERYONE IN THE CONTINENT? THERE IS NO WAY THAT THE GATE OF FINIS IS GOING TO BE KEPT A SECRET ESPECIALLY IF IT CONTAINS A THREAT LIKE GALDERA INSIDE OF IT, EVEN IF RIGHT NOW THERE'S NO FEASIBLE WAY FOR HIM TO BE RELEASED. THIS WAS WHY THE KINGDOM OF HORNBURG FELL FOR GOD'S SAKE. - AND KIT- WHERE THE HELL DOES KIT GO??? AFTER HIS FUCKING BLOODLINE HAS BEEN SHOWN TO BE CAPABLE OF RELEASING WHAT IS ESSENTIALLY SATAN UPON THE WORLD??? HE'S ALSO THE ONLY REMAINING CROSSFORD SO IS HE JUST BANNED FROM HAVING KIDS SINCE THAT'D JUST MEAN MORE POTENTIAL KEYS TO UNLOCK THE GATE WITH???

[legendarceus]

volo is cynthia / cyllene is cyrus au: family trees

and also me talking about them :)

put below keep reading bc its gonna be a lot lmfao

cynthia (volo) family tree

cynthia is cogita's grandkid! her parents weren't present so cogita raised her until, of course, she got disowned for the whole trying to destroy the world thing. cogita sadly passed away before they could truly reconcile.

while there is no canon ancestor to iris, i think its fun to say that cynthia met iris' ancestor and they had kids and 200 years or something later, iris exists and cynthia gets to meet her great great great great grandchild or something. we'll come back to iris in a minute :)

i also think that lusamine also decended from cynthia, which means gladion and lillie also are related to cynthia! not that its important but you know. giant family.

i do ship cynthia and diantha. i think diantha is one of the few who know that cynthia is immortal but was most definitely the most recent to find out. iris is not aware of this. but these three are found family anyway <3

speaking of found family, prof. carolina and cynthia's younger sister are purely adoptive of sorts. but they're still found family. love them. wow cynthia 2 found families thats crazy.

cyrus (cyllene) family tree

yes this looks odd without context but we do have context so it doesnt matter. cyllene x laventon is canon and you can pry it from my cold dead hands. too bad cyllene got widowed and then found out they were immortal AND trans after laventon died.

anyway, cy and lav were married and akari + rei were their adoptive kids. ingo was akari and rei's adoptive uncle too but that isnt relavent to the family tree. also laventon is a distant relative to leon and hop :) maybe he had siblings or cousins who are great (x?) grandparents to them. who knows.

anyway damn cyrus why do you got 2 found families. but yeah team galactic is naturally cyrus' found family of course. he is his commanders exhausted adoptive father since all of their families suck lmao

mars family tree

i think mars and cynthia have the biggest family trees. anyway mars' was the first one that i did incase that wasn't obvious lmfao, but anyway, lets get into it!!!

arezu is ariana's great (x?) grandmother. ariana had a spouse that she had mars (maria at the time) with, but then she left them once she was like 'oh shoot im having silver!!!', so mars is vaguely aware that silver exists somewhere out there but she has no clue who he is otherwise. and then ariana and giovanni are married and had silver, who has no idea who mars is (he'd probably go through a crisis if he looked at sinnoh news, so lets keep it that way). silv and mars have a 9 year age gap btw just throwing that out there

silver found a new dad (lance) and some really weird teenagers about his age who he got stuck with. he's dating one of them. you have to guess. (i already know which one but im leaving it up to the mind bc silver isnt the focus in this au so imagine whatever you want).

mars and her silly little astronaut friends are her found family! i think arezu would flip her shit if she found out her great (x?) granddaughter was adoptive siblings with that one criminal lady (coin). but hey its fine!!! mars has her weird spaceman father and her weird astronaut siblings and life is good (mostly)

arezu deadass just has a bunch of decendants who commit various crimes

saturn / jupiter family tree

i grouped these two together since they've got the smallest family trees.

saturn is (obviously) a decendant of coin, but he has no contact with his family and hasn't spoken to them in years by the time pokemon platinum takes place.

jupiter and fantina are siblings (fantina is older by a few solid years) but they really don't like eachother. they have little contact with eachother and dont exactly speak often. but they do wish eachother happy birthday sometimes so thats a plusside i guess.

and of course saturn and jupiter both have found family with team galactic. awww how sweet :)

[ourobororos]

*gives the fucked up villains enrichment for their enclosures* *gives the fucked up villains enrichment for their enclosures* *g

(what would their enrichment be. if theyre like fucked up zoo animals. i need to know bc it would be silly and dumb)

i like this question i already view them as fucked up animals in my house let me think. this is your care guide

maxie needs a heating pad as well as a lamp for basking and several hides on the cooler side of the tank. you have to dust his food with that kind of calcium powder so he gets proper nutrience. live prey too btw he enjoys the hunt otherwise he naps a lot

archie needs the proper tank size (1 gallon per inch of archie) and a filter with proper substrate and lots of live plants for him to hide in. cant let the ammonia levels get too high also he should have live prey as well but if its dead he wont complain hes polite

cyrus gets enrichment through tinkering with things if you give him any spare machine or device he will dismantle it thats all he needs. if you give him something broken he just might fix it for you if he likes you. he prefers a very simple enclosure with many hides and will eat anything so very beginner friendly he'll just glare at you a lot

ghetsis' enrichment is violence as weve established he needs to get his grandpa exercise with 2 sword duels a day. he wont have any more energy for manipulating... this is one of the more advanced options for new owners especially since his ideal habitat is Evil Wizard Tower which can be out of many peoples price range

lysandre is very picky and prefers expensive satin sheets for his bed (not that fake shit dont even think about it) and a perch with a good spot to lay down and get sunlight it HAS to be in an area of your home with good sunlight. also he enjoys coffee but only the high grade stuff and if you make it wrong hell get mad at you and have to make it himself

giovanni can adapt to any environment he makes a good house pet BUT he only consumes charcuterie boards and imported cigars. if you dont provide this he will die hope this helps

[annajustdraws]

•My thoughts on VAT7K•

-So What's VAT7K?

It's basicly just a Concept idea of a graphic novel for Varian from Tangled, it was rejected by disney.(Now i whouldn't even known about it if Isaac Carlson hasn't done a video about so yey ig)

-The new Characters

•Ulla

•Nuru

•Hugo

•Donella

•Yong

•Cyrus

(now i don't like Hugo's hair + he looks very modern but That's just me, but i will say i do like Nuru's design tho, and Yong is forgettable as heck)

-The storyline

So what i got from this is that Donella and Ulla where reserch partners or something then Donella "killed" Ulla by traping her in a library or whatever and Varian some how finds her and She tried to possess his body and at the end dies anyway///and along the way he meets 3 people from other Kingdoms (even tho there are 7kingdoms) Anyway Hugo was supposed to be like Eugene (even tho i don't think so but i'l get to that later) Like first a thief and then Varian's love interest. ¯⁠\⁠_⁠(⁠ツ⁠)⁠_⁠/⁠¯

-My opinion on the story

I don't like Varian's mum. Why? Well mainly because i do not care about her, really nothing in the series Made me care about her, just let her stay dead (or just explain what happend) + i do not think that Varian needs a spin off or novel•(ofc if it actualy makes sense then I'm fine with that)• i mean he got his Happily ever after, and i whould like to see a Cassandra spin off.

-Varigo

Personally i do not like Hugo. The ship is based on stereotypes, "UwU smol bean" and "Alpha Bad boy". It's pretty toxic. And in fanfics Varian is usually potrayed as innocent and Hugo aggressivly flirting with him and calling him "Sweetcheeks"...yeah pretty gross if you ask me. He gives some fans predator vibes. And Hugo Also is apparently "smarter" even tho not backing Up that claim.

-Not canon

I think a lot of fans of this novel forget that it is not canon (yes not even the name "Ulla" is Canon.) If you write a fanfiction even using the name "Ulla" please tag it as #VAT7K because it is an Au. Infact if you ship Varigo you are basicly shipping Varian with an OC. It's The same as Varian and Lashanie. And fans Also spread a lot of misinformation.

-Will VAT7K ever be Canon?

No. No it won't. There was too much spoiled for that. (But i mean if you like it there is still fanfiction)

-My finale thoughts.

Lets just say i am more Mad about the 5 missing episodes from Season 3 then this novel getting rejected. It's much better as just an AU in my opinion.

|Btw if you come after me saying "why don't you block the tag if you don't like it" then yes i have the tag blocked. But i Can still see it cuz of improper taging.|

So what do you think about VAT7K? Like it? Hate it?

[comic-the-adventurer]

No, but it would be kinda interesting to see how a Pokémon game made strictly for adults would therorically turn out 😳

Like you know how they actually had to remove the arcade when remaking games because it "simulated gambling" (despite the Pokémon company literally making trading cards which encourages gambling in real life btw shh 🤫) and would force the games to become mature rated? That got me thinking how gamefreak has kinda been dancing around the pg rating lmao.

Like in Sun and Moon, your friend's neglectful mother who drove both her children to run away becomes fused with a jellyfish-like parasite from another dimension that sucks on its host until they become dependent on it, all the while obsessing over her dead husband 😭

Or in Legends Acreus, you get literally evicted from your village in the middle of the night because god dropped you from the sky and now two deities are pissed. And ancestoral Cynthia is working with the Pokémon equivalent of the devil...

Like, what the heck kind of "for kids" is this?? 😭 If this is for kids, what would an adult-targeted Pokémon game look like? 😳 If Cyrus can directly state how he wants to destroy the multiverse, become god or enslave it, and make a new timeline where he reigns his own planet... I'm& very interested what the heck kind of game gamefreak would make for adults if given the chance hehe

That being said, I& must say it's pretty interesting how Legends Acreus is handled. Like, a general rule of thumb is however old protagonist is, is how old the target audience is. And in most (if not all) Pokémon games, the protagonist's age is vaguely 10, but in Legends Acreus, they directly tell you that you're 15 at the start of game.

Probably because it's more... Morally questionable for a 10yo to be kicked out and left for dead than a 15yo to be kicked out and left for dead lmao. So, following that rule of thumb I& just mentioned, the target audience is aged up quite a bit and it's pretty interesting.

I& once heard someone say "Steven Universe isn't a kids show. It's an adult show... APPROPRIATE for kids." And I& really think that applies to pla too 0w0. Because look, at the end of the day...Pokemon is directed at children, but jfc, the mature sides of Pokémon games lowkey slap lmaoo

[standardizedbogey]

is it too much to ask for all the character development meme q’s for saturn … besides the ones you did already lol …. btw I love your characterization of him in NPC >:3 you have a very clean, mature take on all the characters…. Love That!

(Well, you complimented my baby so now I have to lol. And thanks so much, I'm glad you're enjoying it!

Okay, now for round 2… or round 3 after Tumblr ate the first time I finished this *sob)

🍈 What’s something that others consider unusual about them?

He genuinely thinks the hair looks great.

🥧 What do other people tend to find most impressive about them?

He's an incredibly fast learner, which he had to be. Basically everything he did at Galactic was self-taught.

🥚 What’s the most meaningful gift they’ve ever been given?

He never found out where, or how, Cyrus acquired the door that they installed in their pre-Galactic apartment. But the ordeal and aftermath of installing it was what changed his affection for Cyrus into devotion.

🎵 How do they define beauty?

He’s very big on order. His favorite task is balancing the books because he loves how neat and streamlined they look when they’re done properly.

👖 What’s the most valuable item that they own?

Like most of Galactic, he left home on bad terms and went on to make basically nothing. The only thing of real value he owns is his game system, and he's more than a bit protective of it. 

🍽️ What’s the most satisfying thing that they have done?

He didn't like Charon from minute one, and liked him less the more he got to know him. Getting to tell him where to go when he offered a place in "New Galactic" felt wonderful.

😱 What object they own is the most important to them?

Not an object, but Toxicroak was his starter and he loves it dearly.

🌭 Would they consider their clothing trendy?

Lol no. The men's uniform is basically work pajamas, and outside of it he's very casual.

(Just reposting these two for completeness lol)

🥜 If they could have dinner with any person, alive or dead, whom would they choose?

He spends the rest of his post-game life wanting to get a lot of answers out of Cyrus. He knows that the explanations would probably be unsatisfying, and almost certainly lies, but he nevertheless wants to hear them.

😑 What do they consider to be the coolest thing about themselves?

He ends up reshaping Galactic into a respectable power and research company, once he gets the likes of Charon out of the way, which is an incredible accomplishment. But he also has a speed running record on a couple games, and he'd much rather brag about that.

💪 What’s the most memorable thing they’ve done?

He was largely responsible for the bomb, and it was exhilarating to see it work exactly as intended. He's less proud of it as time goes on.

🚜 How good is their sense of time?

Fantastic, and he's actually a stickler for it. Mars would have gotten away with messing up the Valley Wind Works job if she hadn't gotten her timing wrong.

💥 What’s their heaviest secret?

Saturn was unofficially recruited into Galactic before Cyrus had even settled on a name. There were countless times where, at least theoretically, things could have been altered or stopped. That Saturn allowed it to get as far as it did is hard to live with.

😞 How do they keep up their energy?

Back when I was in college, we had something we called exam juice. It was red bull, orange juice, and coffee mixed together. It tasted as bad as you're thinking, but you could be up for a week on that stuff 

That's the murky beverages in the fridge.

🤴 What do they do to get ready for a night out?

He's the sort to need 2-3 drinks to really loosen up, but once he does he has a great time. The commanders regularly go out dancing or to karaoke bars.

👛 Who do they consider to be the most attractive person they know?

Cyrus, hands down.

[o5-blackbird]

One/Eve

Scary lady, apparently really old, one of the founders, seems to be the unofficial leader of the council, works hr?

Two/Archivist/Stefan Light

Grumpy and doesn't like to talk to us, long term friends with Eight, maybe friends with Experimenter but who knows what those guys have going on anyway, has a metal arm and a husband (not related), was married to Eight at some point, works testing and development

Three/All-seeing Eye/Kid/James Peterson

Ai copy of a dead kid which was the previous Three (anomalous, died from being overworked by the council), can be spooky but is mostly overly curious, likes snooping around in people's business with us, friends with Koshek, works it

Four/Ambassador

Only became an o5 earlier this year, previously a field agent, missing an eye, definitely not flirting with Seven, anomalous (very fast), works pr or so

Five/Blackbird

?birds??? He's blind and maybe close with Ten, works goi, that's all we know

Six/Puppet

Also very new to o5-ing, was with the SH before, his staff (Magnolia) will be the next o5-8, apparently very shy but we never met them so, works goi

Seven/Daughter/Julie/Clara Rigby

The one you talked to before, came from civilian service because she was bothering the foundation with her journalism and then ended up in the disinformation center I think, had a girlfriend and child who died in the 60s or so, long term friends with Eight (but not as long as Two), adopted child of Eleven, adopted Koshek some time ago, liar liar pants on fire but not very good at it, works amnestics and multiverse stuff

Eight/Dogwood/Green/Samuel Hoadley

Experimenter's friend you talked to, small and very angry and trigger happy and probably pyromanic, murdered his entire family (including the previous o5-8 who was his uncle), rich kid who ran away from home and got picked up by Ten, former field agent, got abused there (and back home) along with some others but is oblivious to it, ‘likes’ amnestics a little too much, has a daughter named London and a granddaughter named Suri or so, ongoing feud with the Nines, will be murdered by the council in 17 years for killing Willow for Ten, works mtfs and weaponry

Nines/Lovers/Willow and Val

Pretty shitty people from the little we know, ongoing feud with Eight, Willow was also one of the kids Ten abused and used to be a doctor, Val is anomalous (something with math), work finances?

Ten/Veteran/Mad General/Mikhail

Shitty as well but on another level, again the whole thing with the kids (most of which died btw), Experimenter wants to fight him for what he did to Eight, will get Eight and Willow killed to save his own ass, has a farm somewhere, Russian or so, works security?

Eleven/Liar/Theo-something

Weird and kind of menacing, shapeshifter, said she's Loki?, maybe used to be human but saod she's a god, friends with Adam and sends him stuff like a lizard sometimes, don't trust what she says, a founder, works disinformation

Twelve/Cyrus

Brain in a jar?? ??? A founder and mediator I think

Thirteen/Tamlin

Time god, very tall (8'5"?), doesn't talk often, generally scary, controls their site-1 and made it eat someone at some point?, a founder, tie breaker

Admin/Agnes Peterson

Mom of the dead previous Three, we don't hear much from her, sort of in charge of the ais

Admin middleman and duke

Exist??

Meddler [After taking some time to read through]: I see... Well... I appreciate you clarifying that Two's metal arm and husband are not related as I was briefly concerned for a moment there. I was not aware that our own Six and that Ten were feuding?... Are things alright in that matter? It sounds mildly concerning?

[yandere-romanticaa]

This is outrageous, outrageous I tell you! Where's the Dainsleif content? The man is tall, blonde, has a mysterious past AND has blue eyes? A 100/10, just my kind of man! 💖 Reader is gn btw!

𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐈, 𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐨𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫, 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐢𝐧 𝐝𝐮𝐞 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞. // yandere! Dainsleif.

Sitting on the very edge of a cliff was probably not a very smart idea, but the young adventurer was not in the mood to use their head. Dangling their feet from high up, all it took was one little misstep for everything to be over, just like that. The strong waves of the ocean hit against the big, sturdy rocks as the young adventurer known as (y/n) chose to admire the wast sea of stars that were laid bare in the midnight sky. With a smile, (y/n) sighed wistfully as the gentle Mondstatd winds caressed their hair and the fabric of their clothing, even some other belongings that were placed nearby for safe keeping. Without warning, a strong gust of wind blew open a brown messenger bag, a single white envelope coming out of it. It flew into the night sky as (y/n)'s hand quickly reached out to try and get a hold of it, a string of curses leaving their lips as they chased after the piece of paper. The letter was written by Acting Grandmaster Jean herself, and she had commissioned (y/n) to drop it off the very next morning to Cyrus. As if by sheer coincidence, (y/n)'s hand recoiled suddenly when they saw a somewhat familiar silhouette amongst the forest trees. The sound of footsteps inched closer and closer, until (y/n) finally sighed a breath of relief,their hand clutching their chest.

The figure in the shadows was none other than Dainsleif, an old comrade who's company (y/n) couldn't help but to find interesting. His strange attire already separated him from the crowd, but it was just downright eerie to see in a desolate forest such as this one. In his left hand he held the letter, his gaze oddly warm. The man truly was a sight to behold, his azure eyes sparkling just like the brightest northern star.

"You dropped this (y/n). Since when did you become so careless?" Dainsleif said, his tone neutral. He returned the letter to you, his gloved hand clutching the piece of paper tightly. With haste you grabbed it, checking to see if it was damaged in any way but to your relief it was fine. Sighing, you closed your eyes and smiled, thanking your friend for his help.

"You really are a savior, Dain. I don't know what would have happened if you weren't there, thank you so much!"

The blonde man said nothing as he made his way past you, but not without patting your shoulder in a friendly manner. You laughed at him, quickly following suit, just behind him. A comfortable silence hung in the air as the two of you aimlessly walked together in the forest, your only other companion being the moon and stars. Dainsleif hardly looked at you throughout the entire encounter but you paid no mind to that. He always was a strange man whos motives you could never understand, nor did you really try to. He was a mystery wrapped in a enigma and you loved it. It's what made him so fun.

Without thinking, you had inched closer to him, your hands almost touching. Dainsleif stopped dead in his tracks and recoiled his arm, shock plastered across his face as his widened eyes stared at you, silently commanding you to explain your actions. For a brief moment you were able to see the rare, vulnerable side of him. Not being able to help yourself you smiled warmly at him, a tiny blush spreading on your cheeks.

"I won't touch you if you don't want me to, Dain. But I am not going to lie, you are awfully cute like this, all bashful and embarrassed!"

Your tone was lighthearted and sweet like honey and, a honey so addicting that Dainsleif could not help but to turn his head away, a faint redness appearing on his pale cheeks. Without hesitation you reached out to him, gently cupping his cheeks as you rubbed your thumbs against his face, a look of awe evident in his eyes. For a split second he looked happy, truly happy. He looked like a man who had found his peace, who had found something that he had been longing for centuries. Alas that joy was shortlived as a strange look of sorrow eclipsed his joyful eyes, his usual poker face coming back. Pouting at him, you opened your mouth to say something to him but before you could, he silenced you by placing his own hand against your neck, his long fingers fondly tracing your pulse, stopping every few seconds to look you in the eye.

He was lost deep in his thoughts, you could tell as much. You stayed like that with him for a few minutes, the sounds of the forest growing louder and louder. Opening his mouth, he finally uttered:

"(y/n)... You mean more to me than you could ever realize. I do not know what I should do with myself when you are around, all I know is that I want to be by your side."

If he said this to anyone else they would surely think that he was being insincere, his face hollow, devoid of any emotion known to man but you knew better. The way he touched you, the eager look he was giving you, it was enough to shake you to the core. With confidence, he pressed you closer against him, his nose touching yours, never breaking eye contact.

"May the moon and stars be my witnesses, for tonight I promise to keep you safe, no matter what it takes. When the sky falls, earth shatters and the sun dies out, I swear to hold your hand through it all. I alone shall be your guardian, your protector. Once everything and everyone is gone, you and I will be the last left standing in the ashes of the deceased."

Throughout his entire monologue his grip became tighter and tighter, it was suffocating you. You could not tell if you should ask him to let you go or if you should just book it. Doing neither, you let him say his piece and felt his rest against your neck, his hair tickling your soft skin. The once comfortable silence was replaced with a heavy atmosphere, your earlier glee dying out entirely. Only moments later did the horror of his words finally settle in, his promise of doom lingering in the air. Saying nothing you just hugged him tighter, praying that what he was saying wasn't true, that he was just pulling your leg.

To your dismay however, Dainsleif was not a joker. Who knows when his cursed promise would come true, even if it will come true. But one thing was certain and you knew it, he would protect you, whether you wanted it or not.