#df key

[hyakunana]

"Were you even listening? How many reports, Ikora? How many times did I tell you what I saw?"

[hanayotta]

WHAT ARE YOU DOING. XIANGYI. YOU'RE SPILLING ALL THE WINE. AHHHHH

[theloverofdragons]

“Decades of research, centuries trapped, years exploring and it’s all been worth it, finally I have achieved what could be the pinnacle of my career.”

“What are you talking about-?”

“Hush Uaanta and listen, for this could revolutionise your life the way it has mine!”

“Hmph, I highly doubt that…”

“Now I confess that this has never really been an area I’ve focused on, what with growing up noble and it was a simple necessity in my lab, but now I’ve spent time here in the Land of Dragons, I’ve been able to fully appreciate this… Still doubt me, Uaanta?”

“Please cut to the chase before I hit you with my spoon.”

“So inpatient but very well, I feel that I’ve sufficiently built my revelation up, have I not Lock and Key?”

“Our observations concur with this statement.”

“Excellent! This fresh baked bread that Spruce gave us with the tomato and basil soup Gaelan has prepared, if you take the end crust and crumble it into the soup, you get the most delicious flavourful crunch when eating it! Try it, Uaanta!”

“If you insist… Oh. This pains me to admit it, but you’re right.”

“Ha! I told you so!”

“Yeah yeah…”

(“Haven’t you been doing that for years?” Draco asked. “Yes, but she looks so happy, we’ll let her have this,” the Hero took a bite of their own soup. “I can’t wait for her to discover dipping the bread.”)

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For @wisp-of-the-willow who requested: Notha has a revelation

[shredsandpatches]

This is a really good article (I have mentioned it a few times before) but also, the final sentence of this abstract simultaneously gives me feelings AND makes me giggle at the author for giving the impression that he was definitely thinking of Doctor Who when he wrote it. Look, I know what that kind of person is like.

(it's me, hi, I'm that kind of person, it's me)

[snapscube]

on the topic of ff14 - and this could just be me, having no friends who play and not really big on joining groups full of people i don't know either where i have to be good at socializing or the game to even justify being there. or plain bad luck but

are random encounters in this game with other people starting to lean more hostile as people stop playing for anyone else? i used to neeeever have this issue in random groups, everyone had always been so welcoming from the time i joined as a wow refuge! but the past year, a while after DT launched it feels like most of the time if someone talks in duty finder, it's to put other people down. like putting down sprouts for not knowing the precise time to use LB on their first run of a dungeon kind of mean. calling people names for not knowing the launcher throws an error during updates, or for thinking squenix could probably stand to update their server infrastructure (& god i agree tbh) etc etc.

i'm not really sure what to do about it because i'm generally a very asocial person and do not care to join a group of people i don't know that i'll mesh with at all, save maybe go back to wow and see if the culture is better there now. but my DF and general community experience has been so bad at this time that i've straight up stopped playing. it feels like the random pleasant encounters that kept me wanting to play with randoms just... stopped, in favor of people who want you to know everything and do it right all the time with little communication. it gets a bit better during the mog tomestone events when everyone is grinding raids but generally it feels like nobody talks anymore unless it's to complain about other people. doesn't matter if it's criticizing the game, asking questions about it, or literally just trying to exist in it. i don't understand what even happened, if it's really that so many people left or something to do with DT's boss design or what. it makes me sad.

I TOTALLY get where you're coming from. Dawntrail definitely has become a weird era for the community I feel like. A lot of stuff contributes to it. The game has a very large playerbase, there is a lot of dissatisfaction and discourse over narrative elements and game design, the fights are a lot more difficult now and so patience is tested so much sooner than normal. There's also just an increasing normalization of expectation that people playing the game are in the know about third party tools and sites and specific guides and PF etiquette that isn't enforced in the TOS and all that stuff.

For what it's worth it seems like an issue that mostly comes down to where you play and what content you're doing. Most of the toxicity I see is in like, endgame PF groups and whatnot. Early game dungeons and such still seem rather chill from what I've noticed. Could just be bad luck if you're running into that a lot outside of endgame. But in general I would hope that this is just a rough spell, I've seen the community be a lot better and I think if the game itself improves some key points of tension then people will maybe be less... grumpy? But I super don't blame you for not wanting to interface with it! We all have different tolerances and as the famous saying goes: if it sucks, hit da bricks.

[the-californicationist]

Cali's Kinktober: Day 03

Kinktober Masterlist in absentia lucis - "in the absence of light" John Price x f!reader Kinks > rape, torture, sensory deprivation Full tags on AO3 - MDNI - Read at your own risk.

You are a new recruit to the CIA, and Kate Laswell sends you to some remote blacksite for your interrogation training. Your temporary commander, Captain John Price, gives you a safeword, but as your training begins, you realize that you feel everything except for safe. 

Hey, did you see where the tags said RAPE? Okay, just making sure.

It was three flights and a cab. It was airport food and cold coffee. It was forgetting whether the date ended in a three or a four. It was paperwork and passports and finally a cold office. It was a long trip, and you were running on empty. 

“What are your expectations, here, Katie? I don’t wanna do another Warsaw situ–” The man complained.

“This is nothing like Warsaw. She can handle it. Trust me.” Your boss replied, her voice crackling over the video call.

The man who complained squared his jaw and fixed his eyes on you again, looking at you fresh now that your handler, Kate Laswell, had vouched for you. You tried not to fidget in your seat. You didn’t sit up any straighter. You weren’t here to advertise yourself as the bravest or the toughest of anything. You knew you still needed a lot of training, and if he wanted to draw his own conclusions about you, then that was his business, not yours. 

“Her scores are high. She beat your exam?” 

“She did. Her field test and her ‘chute certifications were performed at a DF site here in the states.”

There was a long pause before Laswell spoke again,

“Do me this favor and maybe I’ll even let you borrow her for a recon mission or two. I know none of your boys are pretty enough to pass for party girls, but mine is.”

“That she is,” you heard his tone darken, thickening in his mouth like sticky sap from a tree, borderline inappropriate. When he saw your reaction to his comment, he turned back to the screen and said, “Alright, Katie. You got a deal. I’ll send her back once she’s out of recovery.”

“Thanks, John. Don’t go easy on her, or she’ll make you pay for it.”

“Is that so?” His wry smile sent a jolt somewhere in your belly that you didn’t appreciate.

She laughed and hung up the call. You waited, trying not to let the jitters or the exhaustion win out, battling both but feeling pulled in either direction just the same. 

“So,” he turned his attention to you at last, “Did you lay in your fuckin’ pink princess bed when you were a little girl and dream about becoming a bloody spy, or is this some sort of complex I should know about?”

You shrugged, 

“A man does what he must…”

“Careful, girl. Quoting Kennedy can’t be good for your health if you’re working in Katie’s office, hm?”

“You don’t need to know why I’m here, sir.” You used his title like a knife, flashing it right in front of his eyes and watching them ignite with his smoldering, quiet fury.

“No, but I bet I’ll find out during our time together,” he promised, making your heart clench with stress and anxiety, “What’s your safeword?”

“Red.”

“Red,” he repeated it to you as if he wanted to see how it felt in his mouth. Then, after a long pause, he explained, “I will also stop before the point of emergent damage. But, I will push you past the point of pain. You will sustain injuries. Do you understand what I’m saying to you, love?”

He seemed to be under the misconception that this was your first rodeo. You knew what you had come here for, and it wasn’t some drill sergeant to yell you into shape. You had already been through Delta Force’s operator training center - the parts they allowed CIA operatives through, anyway - and you’d surpassed what Williamsburg had to offer. You were aiming to serve as a Special Skills operative, the blackest of the black ops groups, and although you lacked the physical strength to be of any use in most field positions, you had one key factor that your fellow recruits didn’t have.

Men never expected a woman to be a threat. 

Laswell had plans for you. She’d tracked down two high value targets, but they were well-guarded. However, there were usually strippers and dancers and prostitutes as far as the eye could see, always partying and coming and going at all hours of the night. You were her way in. But, it was your job to get back out. If you could survive, you’d be a hero. If you didn’t, well, she had more pawns on the board. Not to mention, you had a mission of your own to complete..

So, you worked harder than anyone. You jumped at every field training exercise, you took martial arts classes in every different format you could find, and you lived at the shooting range. You didn’t have a social life. Usually, if you were alone in a room with a man, your fists were connecting with each other’s faces. 

You looked back across the wooden desk in front of you, over his nameplate - Captain Price - and into his startlingly blue eyes,

“I understand.”

He came out of his chair like a fucking demon, lunging for you without warning. As you stumbled backward, wielding your own chair over your shoulder, you sighed inwardly. You’d at least expected a more civilized initiation, maybe even a moment for a coffee, before he started in on his training. But, alas, that was not to be. 

You crashed the wooden chair against his head, neck, and shoulder as he rounded the desk, keeping hold of the broken armrest as a weapon. You stabbed downward, aiming for his throat and not holding back. He blocked you, cracking your wrist against the rigid wood. You stepped into his space, kicking his heel out from under him and following him to the floor. His head hit the concrete with a bang, and you used that moment to pin the armrest against his throat, bearing down on him with all your weight, dislodging his trachea enough to cut his air supply. 

He flung you off of him like a ragdoll, and your back slammed into the leg of the desk. You twisted underneath it, staying just out of his reach, small enough to fit through the gap. He scrambled up on all fours, cackling at you with a gravelly, menacing laugh before leaping up and over the desk to pull you out by your ankles. 

You kicked up and over, making contact with his nose, and when he dropped your other foot, you launched your heel into his balls, making sure to aim as deeply as you could. 

He coughed, and it was your turn to laugh. 

Your victory was short-lived. He launched his body at you, shoving your back down on the desk. You felt the familiar bite of his nameplate digging into your skull, so you dragged it out and swung it at him, cutting him across his cheek. He hissed, yanking it out of your hand and tossing it to the ground. 

The captain forced himself between your legs, pressing his body down on yours, and wrapped his hand across your throat. You fought like hell to get him off, twisting his pinky until you thought it might break, but he caught your wrists in his other hand, holding them at a terrible angle, choking you until you saw rainbow spots discolor your vision. 

“Well,” he said, breathless and bleeding, “Christmas came early, dinn’it?”

Just making sure you read the tag that said this fic has RAPE IN IT. I'm just checking in again. Just want you to know. Okay, thanks.

When you woke up, you weren’t completely sure of it, at first. It was as if you were still asleep. You opened your eyes, but all you saw was an endless blackness. You couldn’t hear anything, you couldn’t smell anything, and you couldn’t move your jaw. But you could feel everything. 

Your whole body screamed in pain. One of your hands was wrenched above your head, and the weight of your body hung from your broken wrist, making you cry out in whatever muffled way you could.

Then, something was removed from your ears, and you could hear again. It was still quiet, but the sound of the aircon and the noise of another person’s breath were like blaring sirens compared to the silence you had been steeped in. 

“Look who’s awake,” John’s purr of a voice washed over you. 

You tried to reply, tried to beg for him to cut you down, but you couldn’t speak. Your mouth was holding something round and pliant. 

“Ah, ah, ah,” he patted your flank, and you were suddenly aware of your nakedness. He’d taken your clothes? You could hear him scooting a metal chair across the room towards you, and his pants rustled as he sat down, “Can’t have you talkin’ your way out of this one. Based on the three stitches in my cheek, I was wrong to underestimate you, darlin’. Shoulda listened to Katie, this time. But, look at you. Just a whisper of a thing.”

His rolling chuckle made your bones itch. 

“Hard to use a safeword when you’ve got a gag on, yeah?”

You nodded, acknowledging the irony. 

Price moved in the chair again. No, he stood. You could hear his boots sliding around you in a half-circle. He kept talking to you, his tone as casual as ever,

“Yeah, thought so. But, this isn’t one of those trainings, pretty girl. You won’t be needing one. I will stop when you’re ready to stop, not when you want to stop. You need to learn that, sometimes, your body…” His hand snaked its way around your thigh and you tried to kick out at him, discovering your ankles were tied together and anchored to the floor, “... is capable of so much more than you give it credit for.”

Your heart began to slam against your chest, and your breathing became labored. You were having a panic attack. If you could only see…

“Hey,” his tone shifted, becoming the instructor again, “Breathe slowly. In. Hold it. Out. All the way. In. Out. Tha’s it. Good.” 

There was a long pause. You could smell him now. It was cigars and fire and gunpowder and smoke. It filled your senses, replacing your sight with scent. 

“I’m gonna put your ears back on, and we’ll see what you can do.” 

The world fell away again, and all you had was the smell of him. Then, he started his training. 

It wasn’t the pain that upset you, not really. Pain was something you could move past. It was the surprise. You never knew when it was coming, nor where he was going to hit you next. Sometimes it was his fist. Sometimes it was a belt. Sometimes it was an electric shock. Legs, ribs, foot, arm, neck, belly… there was no pattern. 

You also had no idea of the passage of time. You were infinite and you existed in the darkness of infinity. It was just pain forever with no reprieve. 

Until it wasn’t.

The first time you felt his fingers pinching the tender peaks of your breasts, your whole body jolted. You hadn’t really responded to the pain in the same way, but to pleasure? It was unexpected in a different way. You didn’t think he would violate you. That wasn’t even something they’d tried to do when you were with the DF. 

You bucked, hoping that your displeasure was noted for the record. 

But, perhaps, your mind teased you, the lady doth protest too much? You had wanted him to touch you when he’d picked you up from the airport. When he shook your hand, hadn’t you measured his fingers and started wanting? Weren’t you eager for training to be over so you could be invited back to his flat for the after-work romp you knew would be on offer?

Hanging there like a slab of meat had changed things a bit, but it had not quelled your desire, unfortunately.

You wondered if he had reacted. You imagined him laughing at you. Was he enjoying himself? Or was this all apart of his brand of training? 

I bet you choke out all the pretty girls… you sneered inwardly. 

More pain. This time, your ass cheeks were the targets. The snapping bite of what felt like a belt hit you repeatedly and without mercy. You found yourself breathless from silently screaming, your tongue pressing against the gag for some sort of relief and finding none. 

Then, pleasure again. His thick fingers fondled your pussy from behind, digging into your flesh and discovering the wetness hidden inside of your unused hole. There was no romance to his movements, but forcing an orgasm from you did seem to be his goal. And fuck, you lamented, he was good at it. 

He doubled up, twisting two fingers deep inside of you, pounding them into your body all the way to the knuckle, fast and hard, dragging you towards the edge. Your legs began to tremble, and you knew your face must’ve looked a mess, because you were in total shock. 

It felt like he was going to vibrate you right out of your skin, and still he moved faster. He wrapped his other hand around your belly, holding you in place, and you thrashed against it, fighting the mounting urge to come. 

You were doing pretty well, you thought, given the conditions. Until…

His soft lips pressed themselves down onto your spine. It was just a chaste kiss, but it unfurled you like a ripcord. You exploded, your whole body convulsing in bliss, and although you were wearing a blindfold, you could see white streaks and stars dancing across your vision. You came alive. 

Price pulled out of you, and you felt the stream of slick drip down your legs. He’d forced you to squirt, something you thought was completely faked, only for pornos. But, there it was, proof of its reality smearing down your thighs and onto the concrete floor. 

Pain, again. 

The searing sting of a taser in the sensitive flesh of your belly. 

Fists and harsh palms. 

The bite of a chain. 

A sharp ache from a needle or a knife. 

His fist closing around your index finger and snapping it cleanly in two. 

You wanted to puke, but there was nothing to come up. Your belly bulged and hollowed, letting you gag and choke around nothing, going through the motions and yet giving you nothing to move. 

Then, pleasure. 

His hands were back on your pussy, finding your clit and teasing you until you jerked forward. But, his hand remained, insisting. And insisting. And insisting. 

You lost track of how many times you’d toppled over the edge of your orgasm. There were no borders, not anymore. Your pleasure was bleeding and smearing all around you in one great wave, blinding you to the starts and stops from coming and not. You were drowning in it. 

Just when you thought you might pass out, you felt the prod of his prick between your legs, entering you from behind. You couldn’t feel a condom. You tried to twist yourself away, rocking your hips to no avail. 

This was definitely not protocol.

Those lips returned to the same spot on your spine, and you melted onto him, covering him like hot wax, sealing your body onto his cock like a brass signet, letting him leave his mark on you. 

His hands found your breasts, squeezing them roughly, holding your body to him in a vicious embrace. 

Then, he dug around inside of your mouth and yanked out the gag. You felt yourself make a terrible noise, but you couldn’t hear the sound that came out. You knew he could, though, because when he heard you, his cock throbbed at your entrance, and it made him push forward, dipping into you even deeper. 

Wait… Captain Price. Please. Wait. Wait. 

You wondered if you were as loud as you tried to be. In fact, you wondered if he could hear you at all because he did not stop. If anything, he went onward with even more fervor. 

His mouth kissed its way across your back, and you could feel his stubble and the coarse hairs of his beard raking their way along your skin. His warm tongue leaving little wet stamps as it laved across you, tasting your sweat. 

The way his fat prick was stretching you out made you question if he was using himself or the armrest of the chair that you had tried to kill him with. You hissed from the ache, but he didn’t halt his advance. Didn’t retreat. He just pressed further inside of you. 

How much cock did this jerk have?

Finally, you felt his hairy base tickle the skin under your ass cheeks, and you knew there was an end to his incredible length. 

What… why are you doing this? Why…

He pulled himself out in the same way he had pressed in, slowly and with a fierce persistence. 

Then, he began to pound himself into you.

You were at the perfect height for him, and it made you sick to your stomach to know that it was deliberate. This had been his plan all along. And although most of you felt completely indignant, there was a nasty little demon in your heart that celebrated in it. He’d wanted you from the start, even after you’d made him bleed, maybe even because of it. 

And that thought brought you no small amount of joy. 

His hands had returned to your breasts, playing with them too roughly. John was pinching your nipples and craning his neck around to suckle from them, nipping at them with his teeth until you screamed from the pain of being bitten. Even then, your screams were a poor deterrent. It didn’t stop him from returning to them, crushing the stiff tips as he worked his cock inside of you, fucking himself up into you at a punishing pace. 

He only pulled away to stick his tongue inside of your armpit, licking you over and over in a place where no one had ever even thought to lick, and you wished you could say, honestly, that it had disgusted you. But, it didn’t. If anything, it made you gasp with a new brand of pleasure. He had awakened something fresh and bright in you that you never meant to discover. 

Then, he got brave. He shoved two fingers right into your slack mouth, and you immediately bit down, hard. You could taste blood, and you fought against his flesh, trying to crack the bone. But, he shoved them down your throat, and all you had to chew on was a fat fist that wouldn’t even allow your jaw to close much less to bite. 

You could feel his fingers in your throat, deep down in a place where fingers were never supposed to go, and all you could do was swallow around them, trying your best to keep from drooling into your airway. 

His cheek pressed into your shoulder blade. He was enjoying you. 

The way his gentle kiss or the softness of his cheek ripped orgasms from you was concerning, to say the least. You hoped you could remember this moment, of how the way he rested himself against you as he was taking you against your vocal will was throwing your body down a deep well of dark, forbidden pleasure. How your vision burned white and gold and formed spots of colors that had no names as he fucked you into a different plane of existence. How you thought, if you got a late night text, written in his smoky, raspy Scouse accent, you would crawl your way back across the pond just so he could give it to you again. 

Oh, my God… You screamed from the pit of your belly. 

His thrusts never slowed. He was like a machine. All those muscles were being put to work, and you were the mission. 

Had it been hours?

Days?

Did the world still exist outside of this concrete cube that you suspected you were in?

Would you starve to death in here?

The demon that apparently lived in your cunt rolled its eyes and said, who cares? I wanna come again and again and again…

And you did. You were so overstimulated that you thought even someone looking at you the right way would make you come. It had become painful, at one point, and now you were not numb… Numb wasn’t the right word. You were soft. Your mind and your pussy were just murky, oily, cock-filled vessels, happy they were full and unwilling to question what it meant. 

When he finally pulled out of you, you were limp. You didn’t thrash or fight. You couldn’t, even if you wanted to. 

You felt his fingers again, drawing out your foaming, frothy come into his hand. He used it to smear it along the rim of your asshole. Then, he began to fuck your tight hole with his fingers, one. Over and over. One. One. One. Then, he added a second. Two. Two. A thousand times, two. Three was a bit of a challenge, but he pushed through. Three. Two. Three. Two. Three. Three. Three. And then, none. 

None. 

None. 

Where did he go?

Pain. A heavy hand slapping across your bruised tits. Again. Again. 

You were screaming, surely. You wanted to be, at least. 

The flat of his palm beat itself against your breast over and over without mercy. 

Then, his cockhead rested at the entrance of your asshole. 

You didn’t beg this time. If anything, he should be the one begging, you thought. If you lived, you were going to make him remember you. 

Price shoved himself inside of you with some force, but you took it. You waited until he was fully sheathed inside, and when he took a breath, when those lips rested themselves on the back of your neck, you beared down on him, hard. 

You felt his breath catch as it skittered across your skin. 

The demon in you chuckled in triumph. 

C’mon, Captain. Is that all you got? You made the words come out of your throat, and you hoped he could hear you. 

The way that his hand fisted itself in your hair told you that he had. 

If you thought he had fucked your pussy like an animal, you had been mistaken. He took your ass like he owned it. Like it was his toy. There was no pleasure-seeking rhythm, no careful pacing or grinding movements. He was fucking you because he wanted to come. So, you made him. 

Every time he dragged himself out, you let him go, but every time he pressed himself in, you fought him the whole way. Squeezing and pushing, squeezing and pushing, making your tight hole even tighter, rocking your hips to drive him mad with want. 

You felt him lose control, his hot spend filling your ass and bursting out of his swollen head, soaking your hole. You pulsed around him, and you felt that soft cheek return to your shoulder. 

Come for me, baby. Good boy. You giggled out loud. 

He slapped you across the mouth, and you laughed harder, feeling his cock slip out of you, spent. 

You can’t hurt me in a way that matters, John Price. Do your fuckin’ worst.

You felt him step around you, smelling his breath as he held you face to face. Then, the noise of the room came back and you could hear him panting, ragged and desperate. You felt the blindfold fall away and you could see him, your eyes shrinking in the dim light of the cell, hurt by even the smallest glow of light. 

You were back, but you were not yourself. Not anymore. You were a different you. Someone he had made. He had crafted you with his own hands. 

“Why? Why didn’t you beg me to stop?”

His eyes were burning into yours as he stared down at you, questioning what he had done, what you had done with him. You had used him like a sharpener, honing yourself to a high shine, and he didn’t understand. 

When you heard your voice for the first time, you mourned it a bit, but you knew it would come back eventually. It was raspy, muddled, and barely audible, but you said it with your whole chest,

“I was made for this, and I could go all fuckin’ day.”

“How long?”

“What?”

“How long did he keep you prisoner?”

Kate Laswell, you fucking bitch. 

He’d read your file. The real one. Not the one on your tagline, but the one that you and Laswell had hidden away. 

“Five months,” you told him, a sick smile on your face, “But, you already knew that.”  

He sighed, his hands on his hips, just as naked as you, which you found a little funny. 

“Why’d you come here? Why would she…” 

You watched him wrestle with the betrayal in his head, knowing he’d been manipulated. He’d walked right into her trap. You basked in his confusion, having almost as much fun as you’d had while he was railing you into oblivion. 

“Laswell said you needed a way into the Ikon, some strip club on the border between Russia and Urzikstan. So, I said I would help.”

“And she knew I’d say no…”

“Unless you knew I could handle it.”

It was his turn to be in pain. You could see the fire of it creeping through his belly, knowing he’d just tortured a girl who’d written the book in torture. The surgeries and the psych consults were long, long behind you, but your run in with the Russian mob was not something you were ever going to forget. But, now, John Price was going to give you a chance at revenge. You were his gun, and you just needed him to point you in the right direction. 

Suddenly, he cut you down, freeing you from your hanging place. You crumpled into his arms, letting him hold you as you collapsed. You used your hands to pet the worry out of his eyes, and he fought you for it, trying to stop you from comforting him. So, you grabbed him with what little strength you could muster, and you pulled his face to yours, pressing your mouths together, making him taste your blood from where he had cut your cheek against your teeth. He yanked his head back, furrowing his brow,

“No, stop…”

“Shut up,” you said, kissing him again and feeling his surrender as he held you tighter, pulling you into his chest even though he was ridden with guilt. 

“We shouldn’t, love. I’m so sor–”

“Where’d you put that gag?” You pretended to look around for it, earning a slight smile and an exasperated huff.

You knew you’d made the cut, because when he fucked you this time, he didn’t hold back.

Whelp. Kinktober!

[alaveii]

dan heng headcanons bcuz hoyo finally let my boy back into the spotlight

dh checks over his teammates all the time. even if he knows logically that nothing is wrong, his eyes will rove over their heads, their forearms, their midsections, and hands. anywhere he can see is evaluated at least twice in 20 mins.

he regularly seeks out exits. a habit left over from being chased by blade, or maybe due to his isolation in the shackling prison, he always assesses any space he’s in for every escape route.

connected to the previous point, this habit of his has shifted to accommodate march, welt, himeko, and the trailblazer as he became more comfortable with them. the most ideal exit went from “what he could escape through fastest” to “what we could get out through quickest without straining welt’s joints, or tripping up march, etc.” thin walls are also now a viable escape route for him as well now, due to the trailblazer’s raw strength and (semi) lack of inhibitions

when he first joined the express, he complemented himeko’s coffee. its not that he genuinely liked it, and he’s fairly certain it nearly returned him to an egg, but she offered and he couldn’t bring himself to deny or insult anything from the woman who gave him a home. when he drinks it now, the strain on his digestive tract is temporarily balanced out by the warm feeling of home and nostalgia, reminding him of when he first boarded the astral express.

in his IL form, his eyes, antlers, and tail fur glow faintly in the dark

he gets chronic migraines. whether caused from nightmares or shitty sleep, they creep up on him slowly before striking hard. the pain goes from ignorable to almost unbearable within minutes, and it’s during these migraines that he least appreciates his natural form. not out of body dysmorphia (like was for most of his time pre luofu arc), but because of the heightened senses and glowing features. they add to the pain, but switching forms usually only makes the migraine worse

dh is, in many ways, more like baiheng than dan feng. while he shares df’s icy exterior, features, and battle prowess, he also is notably more likely to tease and poke at his teammates. he has an odd streak for luck, running into danger just as easily as he gets away from it. he shares baiheng’s low, almost unnoticeable wanderlust and love of travel. he has a hotheadedness in battle reminiscent of the foxian pilot, fast and aggressive but never, ever, putting their family in danger. most prominently, dh and baiheng share an intense curiosity towards their fields of interest, and unwavering love and loyalty to those they hold dear.

dan heng, before march showed up, was very quiet. he rarely ever spoke unless spoken to, and if he did, it was short and quiet. welt and himeko rejoiced in seeing him open up when march boarded, growing into a snarky, protective, brotherly figure.

in his IL form, he has retractable claws. he usually keeps them hidden away, both for convenience (as he’s still learning to work with them) and due to insecurity.

he also has scales, though they’re sparse and scattered underneath his clothing. the biggest patch is at his shoulder, under his large sleeve. he has far fewer scales than df did, who kept most of his hidden under his fully-covered outfit.

dh found himself latching onto himeko the most often when he first boarded, and later the trailblazer as they grew closer. their natural heat was soothing to him, so he subconsciously started drifting to them when he needed comfort.

dh, after getting comfortable with his true form, found himself often lounging near, next to, or even sprawled over the rest of the express crew. he found another love language in physical contact, which his family happily indulged

the staff of herta space station are under the impression that dh is “the mom friend” or “the responsible one” of the trailblaze trio. he is not. he once lost his hotel room keys 3 times in one day. welt later sewed a clasped loop on the inside of his coat for him to attach his keys. him getting involved in a dubiously legal fighting ring (*cough* belobog *cough*) is not a first time occurrence, and will likely not be the last.

dh sometimes dreams of the good times with the hcq. he appreciates these, they make the quintet seem less like legends and more like people.

dh’s favorite dreams are of domestic moments with his express family.

[bonefall]

going to the star spoilers thread and seeing that icestar make owlnose of all cats deputy was certainly ..... something. who's the leading candidate for bb icestar's deputy?

This is actually going to depend a lot based on how I overhaul the politics of RiverClan. It is getting a MASSIVE shakeup, because BB!ASC is going to explore power vacuums.

Canon!RiverClan is full of "nobody" warriors who haven't been characterized, both because we've spent very little time with them historically AND because the writers made the choice to spend barely any time with them in this arc too. This is an issue.

Instead of how canon made it so that RiverClan couldn't find a leader so they all forgot how to do the chores they did their whole lives, THIS time, I'm going to show a bunch of highly qualified warriors breaking up into cliques and descending into in-fighting.

To do this, I have two objectives;

Revamp my RiverClan Family Tree a bit to base a finalized allegiance list on... plus pad it out some more so I can handle the mass exodus that will be happening at the end of the arc.

Characterize extra competitors for RiverClan's leadership, mostly from scratch, along with their key supporters.

Splashtail will be ending up on top through a mixture of imitating Curlfeather and utter luck. My plan is to portray him as someone others might think is manipulative and charismatic, when in reality, he's coasting off the waves of someone who had victory within reach and gave it all up to save her daughter.

(and tigerHeartstar's occupation will be the turning point, as Splashtail unites RiverClan against their common enemy to put himself in power. FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT)

I also want to make ASC's attempted theme of "connecting to the past" more meaningful by drawing parallels to this and the Collapse of the River Kingdom.

In fact (been waiting a while to share THIS little idea!) I'm heavily considering that BB!ASC is the end of RiverClan as we know it, and from here on, it's the RiverClan Republic. Give it a slightly different ruling system and allow its culture to change significantly, like how I approach BB!SkyClan.

So... the short answer is that I don't have the pieces for the proper list of "candidates" yet, because a LOT more cats are gonna become eligable.

The parallel short answer is that if I had to pick NOW, it would be Minnowtail, who is going to be receiving her boyfriend Mousewhisker early in this arc and has a very long history with Icewing as an ex-DF trainee. Curious, bold, and insightful, she's someone they can trust as an organized deputy.

(Mousewhisker running across the border rom-com style because he's decided that the time is now to finally be with his secret lover of many years, only to arrive just after a major battle like "oh... is this a bad time?")

[fairyminnie444]

I assume I already have my df+db and after a while i forget that I already have it and go back to the old with my knowledge. How to overcome it?

That happens when you’re still identifying more with the old version than with the new one. The key is: stop trying to remember that you have it, start being the version that naturally lives with it.

You don’t need to remind yourself you have it. Just ask, “If I truly had it, who would I be now? How would I think, feel, move?” And then be that. The more you return to that identity, the more natural it becomes. It’s not about effort, it’s about embodiment. You’re not convincing yourself. You’re being yourself,the one who already has it.

[zais-zafu]

manifestations through my subs

hey! I wanted to create a master list for all that I manifested but Idt that's possible cos we manifest all the time + I manifest a lot of things per day/week, so here's just what I got out of my own subs over time! will also include some success stories from some comments too!

(yt channel link)

okay so far, I created these subs + results:

dad does what I want sub

this is my first sub and so it holds sm love in my heart <3

at first I dreamt about dad a few times & in my dreams he reflected back my affirmations + now he is much kinder, generous, and loving too <3 now it's been a while since that and it is so funny how the old story just switched (I even low-key forgot how dad was like before). my dad really conformed to what I affirmed for that now he's the least of my problems + someone I feel safe with and loved by

perfect lips sub

my lips are much fuller and vibrant, actually they are kinda tearing up bc of how much larger they got lol (they're healing fast tho so dw + I think they're just a lil chapped cos of the heat & some dehydration)

update: they healed and I am in love with them now, they compliment my face perfectly so I stopped using it!!

best driver sub

I got my license (even when I really gave and asked dad to lemme drop and was sooo done with lmao)

hairless sub

I listen to it every once in a while and it is nice to see how my whole body is losing hair and really looks hairless (probs lost like 50% of my hair in the 3d). now, my sister keeps accusing me of shaving in secret hehe

'your life is perfect' repeated 100k+ times sub

this is one of my favourite subs cos it was a start of a new era when it came to how I formulate my subs. I got such a shock when I first listen to it and it is an umbrella aff so I can't exactly provide results but I feel grateful, peaceful + I see much more beauty, opportunities, and fun in my life!

'you are perfect' repeated 500k+ times sub

this sub is crazy! I remember I woke up, ran some errands, then created it and listened to it for like 4 times then I got SO sleepy like my mind was super tired even tho I jusy started my day (probs cos of the amount of affirmations like it is that powerful!). ever since I started listening to it I have become so aware of myself and changed a lot on the inside (I think my ego died a lil lol). I really feel much happier with myself in a way that is detached from my ego :)

money self concept sub

I had AWFUL money stories growing up, but now money feels fun and easy to me. I don't overthink my purchases and I use it ways that ik serve me. I also get random money gifts and life really feels abundant!!

best birthday sub

I had the best bday ever! not bc of its extravagance, but rather its peace. my bdays were either a time of stress to look like I have a thriving social life or ignored (even by me cos it was too painful to face the pain of other's indifference). but with this sub, I really felt calm and grateful for the first time on my bday <3

'I am the prettiest' repeated 200k times sub

yeah, I have my df. it's actually crazy cos I thought I was the ugliest growing up.

academic acceptance sub

I haven't really applied to anything important yet, unless you count a UN bootcamp :0

the sub does also concern finding opportunities which I can atest to! I don't like for them and the just show up in the most unexpected ways, like they're made for me.

time and energy for everything sub

I love this sub! I feel so energised and like such an overachiever. whenever I am unmotivated I listen to it and feel sm ready to tackle the day!

wish granter sub

this is a mindset + wish granter sub, since using it I can feel even more of lifes magic and I really do think it is a great booster before listening to anything!!

(ofc these subs are not the only way I practice the law but subs are one my main ones so I hope you felt motivated by these results!)

[superbecky]

Deltarune Chapter 3 Secret Boss, In Depth Guide! (Spoilers Below!)

I finally after several hours of trying managed to beat Deltarune's secret boss for chapter 3! Throughout fighting the boss many, many times, I discovered and developed some helpful tricks and tips that I thought might be cool to share for those who may still be (or have yet to be) struggling with the boss!

In this guide I will provide what I entered the fight with (Inventory/Stats/Armor), give general tips and provide visuals/explanations for each attack and how I went about them.

Spoilers below (including screenshots!)

PART 1: ITEMS

TVDinner, ReviveMint, and DeluxeDinner were essential for me during this boss fight. I highly recommend fully getting stocked up on these items because of how strong the healing is from them (they heal 100 and 140hp). If I remember correctly, the TVDinner and DeluxeDinner are available from the vending machine found in the Green Room. Having the Clubswich was also very helpful for me as this item gives a small amount of hp for your entire team.

PART 2: WEAPONS AND ARMOR

You should be using your best available weapons on all the characters. Even if you, like myself, are doing a "pacifist run", as far as I am aware this fight does not allow you to spare the enemy and you must fight the boss to win. Here are my main recommendations:

Kris

Saber10: I won this item for getting S-Rank, but there is also a vending machine that you can buy it from.

Put on the strongest items you have that help with either attack and/or defense. Make those numbers as strong as possible. I got the TennaTie (which gives you +5 DF) from doing the gotcha machine a few times. I have seen some people suggest putting on Kris the items Spike Band and Twin Ribbon (I did not have these items, but still won without them).

Susie

Shadow Mantle: This item is essential for winning this fight (unless you... wanna do the fight where you can get killed by 1 hit). I highly suggest that you put this item on Susie because she will be the main damage dealer. If you don't know, the Shadow Mantle helps protect against attacks from the boss.

Jevilstail: It gives you a +2 gain for attack, defense and magic.

Toxic Axe: You can get this weapon from a vending machine.

Ralsei

Dealmaker: This item helps with Ralsei's DF and Magic.

Flex Scarf: Notice how my Ralsei doesn't have it? Yeah, I either bought it and forgot to put it on, or I just never got one- oops! You should be able to find this weapon in a vending machine.

I have seen people suggest you give Ralsei the Twin Ribbon item, but I did not have that item and instead I used RoyalPin because it increases both defense and magic.

PART 3: INFORMATION AND STRATEGY

Ok, let's get into the action now!

Well... ok I firstly want to start off by going over some helpful information and general tips.

Both Susie's and Ralsei's hp will be dropped down to -999 if they are downed. Kris however only drops to -80. Because of this, if you find that Kris goes down then I suggest not using a ReviveMint on them and instead use a TVDinner or DeluxeDinner to bring them back to the fight. Yes, they will have a small amount of hp, but I found that it was just overall a waste to use the ReviveMint on them when I could instead use a less valuable item. Heal them and anyone for that matter on turns where you feel that you can basically not get hit by the boss.

Using Susie's Rude Buster attack is key to this fight. You need to try to use it whenever you can. It is very important that during this fight you try to build up your TP as much as you can so that you can use it every round or every other round. Also, remember that if you tap "Z" right before her Rude Buster attack hits an enemy, then the attack hits harder!

Do not waste your TP using Ralsei's heal unless you are completely out of heals or if you have enough TP to spare. For example, I found myself able to get the TP bar up to 100% a few times, which meant if I needed to I could use his healing and also manage to use Rude Buster the same turn.

Easier said than done, but obviously it is very important that you avoid getting hit as much as possible, especially during the beginning of the fight. If I found myself making little mistakes and ending up with too low of hp before the 4th attack (the line of swords), then I would sometimes just give up that run to get a new, fresh start again in preparation for the harder attacks that I knew I could not dodge perfectly. Basically, I was able to have runs where the first 3 attacks I was not getting hit at all, which then meant I knew I had hp to spare for the line of swords attack (which I knew I would get hit from a few times). This was important for me to having a good start into the fight.

You do not need Kris and Ralsei to hit every turn with Susie. Her Rude Buster does enough damage on its own. If there is a turn where you can not make Susie use her Rude Buster, and you feel comfortable enough to, then make Susie do a normal attack and have Ralsei attack with her. Ralsei does more damage than Kris does in this fight... unless Kris is the only one alive. Kris will deal much more damage if they are the only one standing, but I honestly don't think that matters too much because you want Susie alive for this fight and to be doing the fighting, not Kris.

Kris and Ralsei should be supporting Susie in this fight by either using healing items if needed or by defending to help build up TP for Susie. They can also be used to help attack if you think you won't get hit badly during an attack to where they would get downed. Make Kris and Ralsei defend during attacks you struggle with. I went too long in this fight not realizing how helpful them defending was to my survivability. You do not need to be a master at dodging everything- Kris and Ralsei can take a few hits if you make them defend.

For me I found that I needed to wait to heal and revive the team only when I knew the upcoming attack was one that I wouldn't get hurt from or if I knew I possibly would only get hurt a little bit. You run the risk of a teammate getting killed again if you revive/heal them before an attack that you are bad at dodging.

I found that skill and luck are big factors for this fight. You need to be good at dodging the attacks as best you can. There is room for small error, but not much. Luck plays a factor too because sometimes the way the attacks are thrown at you are easier to dodge in some runs than others.

I found that lots of the damage I was taking was from moving too quickly during the fight. Many of the attacks are much slower than they may first appear- remember to try not to rush too much and take your time with some of the attacks.

PART 4: THE FIGHT

Alrighty! Let us get into the real action now! I will do my best to explain how I went about each attack and tips I have for them.

Firstly, I found it was very helpful that I wrote down each attack/named it. This was helpful because not only after doing the fight so many times was it all starting to melt into my brain and I was forgetting everything, but it helped me to know when I had an easy attack coming up so that I could use heals if needed or attack with all 3 characters.

Here is how I wrote down the attack order/small descriptions for each:

Snow 1 (The first "snowflake" attack)

Sword Throw 1 (The swords that turn red and then are thrown at you)

Tooth 1 (The part where you have to dodge what looks like falling teeth or icicles)

Line Sword (The part where a line of swords on top and bottom go at you in a wavy motion)

Slash 1 (The red slashes. Easiest version of it.)

Snow 2 (The second "snowflake" attack. Is just like the first one)

Tooth 2 (Is like Tooth 1 but now the direction you are facing can be changed at any time)

Circle Sword (Is like the Line Sword attack but the swords come at you in a more circular motion)

Sword Throw 2 (The same attack but this time you also are surrounded by circling swords that block how much you can move)

Slash 2 (Harder than slash 1 but in general is the same)

Snow 3 (Starts off like snow 1 and 2 but at the end of the attack you have to dodge bullets that spawn and try to follow/hit you).

Tooth 3 (Is worse than tooth 2 as now you deal with the attack sometimes being diagonal)

Slash 3 (Harder than Slash 2 and at the end of it there is an attack that is a lot like one Sans has).

The Final Attack

In my winning run, this is the exact order of how attacks went, but in the runs where I was not dealing enough damage then sometimes this order would be different. From what I have seen watching other people fight this boss, Slash 3 should be the "final attack" before the actual big final attack as long as you have been dealing enough damage.

Ok, let's now finally move to my strategy (tips) for each attack and how my run went! As a heads up, I played this game on PC so I may be describing certain actions in regards to using a keyboard.

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ATTACK 1: Snow 1

My Actions: I made everyone attack together because I knew I could dodge this attack easily. I viewed this attack as a freebie and not as a threat.

Strategy: Stay to the left of the box. Keep holding down your left arrow key to stay right against the box (you get moved otherwise) and simply move up and down as needed to avoid the "snowflakes". After the snowflakes start to slow down and turn red, try to get to as blank of a space as possible before they explode. After they explode I found I barely needed to move away from the bullets and that sometimes, even if they seemed to touched me, I was not damaged. I was very lucky because during this run my open space to run to before the explosion was um... very generous haha.

ATTACK 2: Sword Throw 1

My Actions: I made everyone attack because once again I knew I could easily dodge this attack, so I might as well try to get in the extra damage that I could before I had to switch to making Kris and Ralsei defend.

Strategy: During this attack it may feel like it comes at you fast, but it really doesn't. You do not want to move too quickly during this part. There should be enough time for you to observe which sword has spawned in and which direction you will need to move before the sword is thrown at you. Remember that the direction the sword is facing is the direction of which it is going to come at you.

It would be much more beneficial if I could provide a small video for this attack but... I can not do that right now so... take the image instead!

In this image I am currently moving left to avoid the attack from below, while also noticing the attacks to my right. After a while of attempting and learning how to dodge these, I learned that I would need to then move up to dodge the second sword, and then in a diagonal motion to avoid the third sword (though sometimes I went in the wrong diagonal motion and end up being directly hit).

ATTACK 3: Tooth 1

My Actions: This is around where I know now I will run the risk of taking damage (I struggle a little bit with this attack), so I stop making Kris and Ralsei attack with Susie and instead make them defend in order to build up TP and keep them alive as best I can. I have enough TP so now I start the motions of making Susie doing the main damage by doing Rude Buster.

Strategy: I mainly was getting hurt from this attack by either not having enough time to move out of the way of a "double tooth" coming at me, or because I was moving too fast. Once again, try not to move too fast because otherwise you run the risk of just running into the attack and not avoiding it. Seriously, just try to do little movements for the most part.

ATTACK 4: Line Sword

My Actions: Made Kris and Ralsei defend because I knew I would be getting hit a few times. Made Susie do Rude Buster.

Strategy Part 1: I moved all the way to the left side so that way I had less to look at (this attack has lots of motion which makes it hard to see everything clearly). I have seen some people suggest to only look at your soul and not focus on the swords... but for me I found that it really helped to look slightly past my soul to the right. This helped me because then I was instead able to slightly make out the way the swords were moving and I could move then in accordance to that. The purple "X" I drew roughly shows where I was looking during this attack.

Strategy Part 2: After this is the part where a bunch of red lines show up and then swords are thrown at you. I hate this part. It is very unforgiving and even if you end up in a blank spot where you think you will be safe, the swords can still manage to hit you because they are so chunky. My main tip for this part is to try to go to as big of an empty spot as you can so you don't have to worry about that problem. Though... I often found myself struggling to do so because your reaction time has to be super quick during this part, and my brain just automatically is like "oh there is a blank space, hurry go to it!".

ATTACK 5: Slash 1

My Actions: Because my hp was in a very good spot and because I felt confident enough, I decided to make Kris and Ralsei attack. I also of course made Susie do Rude Buster. Low key I had the hardest time dodging these kind of slash attacks out of all of the attacks during the entire fight, but with this one being the easiest of them I knew that I had an opening to try to get some extra damage in.

Strategy: For dodging this attack, I found that I would mainly be getting hit from moving too much. Keep in mind the slash marks don't stay still, they move too a little bit after forming. Try not to move too much or too quickly. The biggest help I found was literally just moving diagonally up/right and then diagonally down/left for each slash. This helped because depending on where your soul is the next set of slashes spawn there. So, if you are far in one corner then the opening for dodging becomes bigger as you move to the other corner. Sometimes I would still get hit... but regardless I found that doing that had helped me. Hopefully the visual I provide shows what I am trying to explain better!

ATTACK 6: Snow 2

My Actions: Basically a freebie attack again for me because I had no problems for the most part dodging this one. That meant that if at this point I needed to revive or heal a team mate, now would be the time to do so. Because going into this attack I did not have enough TP for Susie's Rude Buster, and because Ralsei was the lowest on HP, I made Kris attack with Susie (to help deal more damage) and made Ralsei defend (to build TP easier and keep him alive easier).

Strategy: Same exact things as Snow 1. Stay to the left, don't move too quickly.

ATTACK 7: Tooth 2

My Actions: I made Susie do Rude Buster. Kris and Ralsei defend to help build TP and because I knew I was not as good at dodging during this attack.

Strategy Part 1: Basically the same as tooth 1, but the direction of which the teeth/icicles will come at you can change now. Just try to remember not to move too much or you run the risk of running right into the attacks. Also, try to stay snug against the green box.

Strategy Part 2: Oh, also important thing to know- the red slash that appears shows you which direction you will be moved to/how the box will be split. Also... the slash can hurt you if you get hit by it!

ATTACK 8: Circle Sword

My Actions: I made Susie do Rude Buster. The other two defend to try to keep them alive for this attack.

Strategy: Now honestly... I found this attack to be rather easy, though I know others find it really challenging. I start off this attack by moving all the way to the left of the green box and then as the attack spawns in I moved into it/go to the center and basically sit there. My biggest recommendation is to move in little increments. There were small moments during this attack where I literally didn't move at all. So yeah once again... move slowly! After the circling of the swords stops is then when you gotta try to dodge like you do in the Line Sword attack. Try to find as quickly as you can some sort of safe spot/blank space.

ATTACK 9: Sword Throw 2

My Actions: Susie does Rude Buster, others defend.

Strategy: This attack was one that kept killing me over and over for the longest time because like many of the other attacks and like I keep saying, I was moving too quick! This attack seems scary but it really isn't that bad as long as you just try to take your time with it and move semi slowly. It is literally just like Sword Throw 1 but you got swords circling around you. If you are moving slow and precise enough then those circling swords are basically not even a threat because you wont even end up near them (though in this run I actually did get hit by them, lol).

ATTACK 10: Slash 2

My Actions: Rude Buster, others defend. I think at this point I was getting nervous for if the run was about to fall apart due to this attack being one I struggle with, and because of Susie and Ralsei's hp.

Strategy: Same as Slash 1, but you gotta move much quicker this time. Important note: even though it may seem like the red lines are on you and you are about to get hurt... for some reason sometimes it does not actually hurt you? Not sure why that is.

ATTACK 11: Snow 3

My Actions: Unlike snow 1 and 2 basically being freebie rounds for me, this one I would proceed to be a little more cautious with because of the end of the attack. That being said though, I knew I would need to get Susie and Ralsei's hp up because after this attack I would not have any opening to be able to (I knew the next attacks I can not dodge as well). So, I made Kris use the ClubSwich healing item I had (to lightly heal everyone) because Kris has the most hp. I made Susie do Rude Buster and Ralsei defend. I knew that keeping Kris exposed was ok because even if they were to go down I would not need to waste a revive on them due to their hp only dropping to -80 on defeat.

Strategy: For trying to dodge the ending part of this attack, honestly I just tried to move around the green box as best as I could/as closely to the green lines and move along them. This did not always work, but for the most part I was lucky to not get hit by doing that motion.

ATTACK 12: Tooth 3

My Actions: Now this one is an attack that I kinda just prayed I wouldn't have anyone get killed to- so therefor same as before I made Susie Rude Buster and the other two defend.

Strategy: Honestly the only advice I can give for this is once again just try to remain calm and move semi slowly. I really just tried to tank my way through this attack as best as I could. The sudden quick switching of where you are in the box can be jarring. Try not to worry about the red slash hitting you and honestly just try to watch out for the "teeth" coming towards you.

ATTACK 13: Slash 3

My Actions: Susie does Rude Buster, the other two defend.

Strategy: As long as you have been able to do enough damage every turn from this point on, then this will be the last attack before the "big special attack". As I said before, these slash attacks are literally the ones I am the worst at. I was very lucky in that I managed to dodge everything during attack 12, so going into this attack I had enough hp to try to tank through the best I could. Try to do the diagonal movement's I mentioned, or whatever you have found works best for you for these slash attacks. At the end of the slashes the boss will pull a Sans Undertale move on you and begin to do tons of quick slashes in the middle of the box that will rotate quickly. Stay semi close to the slashes and just follow them around. You will need to move somewhat quickly during this part.

THE FINAL ATTACK!

Ok. Let us break the format I had going on now. Once the boss begins to glow you will know that the next round will be the big final attack. I had a round before this where the boss did not glow which gave me the opportunity to heal. I gave Susie a TVDinner (she has the shadow mantle, so if anyone was going to survive this attack is would be her). I made Ralsei defend (I should have healed him) and Susie do another Rude Buster (at this point I was not sure if I had met the threshold of how much damage I needed to do before the final attack initiates, so I just was like screw it and tried to throw in another attack not knowing what was coming my way next).

So yeah, at this point once you see the boss glowing- DEFEND. EVERYONE NEEDS TO DEFEND. This will help you as much as possible with the following attack.

I think I ended up attempting this final attack only 5 times throughout all of my runs before I finally won. The boss will try to suck you towards them, so try to make sure you are moving away from them the best you can while also dodging the upcoming attacks. I found that it was best if I stayed kinda in the center and below the boss in preparation for the next part of this attack. I was getting hit a LOT during this and I think the big reason being that I just literally had not gotten to this part that much enough to practice it? That and it's hard too... XD

Part of the reason why I tried to stay where I was at was due to the next part of the attack- the spiral. I don't think you take damage from touching the boss during this part and I found that I literally needed to get up close to them to try to spiral around and dodge this part. I wish I had better tips for this part... but just try your best!

After the spiral part... move FAR away from the boss! Get ready to dodge more of the snowflakes/stars! They will act like "snow 1" and eventually slow down, turn red and explode into little bullets! Just try to be careful and move semi slowly after the explosion!

😲 WOAH MAMA LOOK AT MY TEAM- *ahem*. Yeah I was shaking after seeing that. I could feel it within me that I had only one more hit before I was done for but wow... um, thanks Susie!

Now this is it... the end. You have won at this point. All you need to do is make whoever is alive attack and it's over with. And then... congrats you really did it!!! :D

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PHEW... ok welp that's the end of all that!

I hope this is maybe helpful for those who are going to attempt or are currently attempting this boss! I have a hard time sometimes explaining things... so if you read through this and have any questions then please feel free to ask! 💜

After having beat chp 1, chp 2, and now chp 3's secret bosses I honestly still think that Jevil may have been the worst for me. Like- I honestly think the only reason why this fight is so hard is just because the damage the boss does to you is so bad. The attacks themselves, though tough, I found them overall to not be that bad once I got the hang of them. Seriously I was starting to get to the point where I felt I could almost do a no hit run (not that I would want to though... I need a break, haha). Not with Jevil though... kinda never wanna do that guy again! <w<

Anyways.... if ya liked this post then maybe check out my other posts? 👀 I draw Undertale/Deltarune stuff... cute girly and magical things... uh, yeah! Bye bye~!

[petalkitshadow]

Can I ask more about the au of an au where Maple stays 👉👈 I think there’s a lot of potential drama from the concept

sure lol!

I just call it "PkS good ending" since in this AU, mapleshade's kits survive, and thus she never goes on her murderous rampage. The drama would probably be much more low-key than in regular pks, obvi LOL. I imagine maple and reed are awkward and tense with each other at first... but eventually realize they have a common enemy (appledusk).

Petalshade would probably still be short tempered... but not so much destructive and aggressive as she is in normal PkS. just the cranky big sister.

Petalshade and Perchshine's names would probably have differing meanings. Maybe Reedshine is Perchshine's mentor, and he's named after her due to that? Petalshade's name would probably carry less meaning too. probably just a nod to her half-dark face, like her mother. so much less angsty than their current setup, lol

Cloudpaw would stay in RiverClan as well, since Ravenwing wouldn't be murdered. Also! Deerpaw, Doestar's littermate, from ThunderClan would still be alive too, because her death is a result of Ravenwing's absence, much like Frecklewish. her warrior name would be... Deerhop, maybe?

It could be interesting if frecklewish is still blinded in an accident, and Oakstar exiles her too, for no longer being "useful". maybe she moves to riverclan too LMAO. It's all very half-formed in my mind... and of course Crookedstar's story would change too.. mapleshade would be a starclan cat, not a DF cat! maybe Crooked is guided by reedshine instead of mapleshade!

these are all just really loose ideas though haha. as you can probably tell the "everyone is happy forever the end" type of AU isn't really my speed 🤣 i always gotta throw a LITTLE angst in

[danwhobrowses]

One Piece Chapter 1150 - Initial Thoughts

And we are back

and Imu is here To a degree at least, Gunko has been possessed and now things look to escalate

but just how much are we escalating? Let's find out

Spoilers for the Chapter, Support the Official Release too!

And finally, Yamato makes it to the shrine in the cover story, it's been 20 years and Ulti and Pay-Pay only needed to join in for the final bit

We start with the giant parents rushing to get their children

Might be some other ones because Colon refers to one as 'Bar Guy'

He's of course tearful because Gaban got thrown off the edge

They alert them to Imunko (yes I'm calling her that for now), who the adults note as floating

Right in front of Colon, 'Bar Guy' gets eyeshotted

A massive burst of Conqueror's Haki KO's the children and a lot of the adults across Elbaf

Okay so Luffy and co must've felt that right?

Imunko has transitioned to looking very devil-like, with wings, tail and a trident

The trident also summons a pentagram which produces a cannon

Imunko criticizes Killingham's nightmares and their effectiveness

Killingham defends his powers though, noting how more can still come and be revived at his command

It seems that they come out of fissures he's planted around Elbaf

Imunko directs Sommers to the subdued crew, who has been slowly reforming himself

Also excuse you but the Straw Hats are not 'urchins'

The crew wonder where the Monster Trio are, Nami and Brook lamenting them picking a bad time to go to the Land of the Dead

Robin however is using her DF to stretch the thorns around her, trying to pry herself loose

She refuses to stand around while the library burns

Imunko tells Sommers that they need to establish authority that will last, but Sommers - quietly angry at Gaban - ponders what to do with a country without a king

Dorry and Brogy show up, but Imunko commands them to claim Elbaf as its new kings

Why do I get the feeling this isn't a negotiation?

Brogy grabs Imunko but she merely summons another pentagram

She continues to command that he kill Elder Jarul, while summoning a book

Brogy of course refuses, but again it doesn't feel like it matters

From the book, a dagger and a gun is summoned

She stabs Brogy with the knife, and then with the gun she shoots his hand clean off

'Now accept my ungodly power' - I DON'T THINK CONSENT IS GOING ON HERE

Imunko commands him to cast aside his lifespan for a body unyielding to death, to be granted strength and be unbound by emotion

Imunko summons a pentagram beneath him, claiming a demonic contract

Also a contract requires two sides to agree and Brogy does not agree what is going on!?

The Pentagram causes Brogy to sink, and then she performs the title of the chapter: Domi Reversi

The Pentagram flips Brogy upside down, but what emerges is a Demonic Brogy

Horns, wings, a greataxe and an increase in size, Demonic Brogy rises and attacks his comrades

Dorry got got too! Commanding his crewmates to kill Jarul with him

One by one the giants sink and flip into demons

Remember how I was talking about how Elbaf had a numbers issue? Well not anymore

Even the Nightmares have grown more demonic

Imunko seems content with the devilry she has wrought, noting how this is not a country to be razed but ruled

It seems Jarul knows what's coming, but he refuses to run, because warriors do not run away.

Well Imunko is terrifying.

It'd be one thing to be immortal and powerful and have what looks to be some degree of infernal magic but now she can just turn anyone into demons!? Without their permission!? I would guess this is how the God's Knights and Gorosei are made too, perhaps in a more consensual ritual. Perhaps the Gorosei is a more ludicrous contract. But lifespan coming into play means that this may have similar rules to that of Big Mom's fruit, you also can't rule out the similarities with Gunko and Robin's Demonio Fleur too.

I wonder too if Imu wanted the Nika fruit to try and invert it? Or maybe Luffy is the key to saving the giants that were turned? Warrior of Liberation. At the least I feel like Brogy got turned through a blood ritual, which is why Imunko shot off the hand to make a blood and flesh offering, but the rules are frighteningly flimsy.

I did wonder if there was gonna be a scenario where the Straw Hats would have to fight their giant friends, but now it seems there's the added method of them being supercharged immortal giants. I hope Ripley didn't get changed but I don't see who she would fight otherwise? Dorry and Brogy could be the proving ground Usopp needs with defeating them and protecting Jarul, in a way overcoming his masters. Robin still feels a lock with Killingham - oh god unless Saul gets inverted! - but then it's a bit of a grab bag. Not only for the crew but Hajrudin and Loki will likely support in the fight, Imunko can still be a Monster Trio threat or a Luffy and Loki threat - though having history with Brook could involve him too, and Hajrudin for the brothers united - but then does Sommers face Jinbe, Franky, Chopper and Nami? Not to mention if Lilith and Bonney get involved. The nightmares could be fended off too but they do seem like crowd filler.

I guess there may still be a numbers discrepancy, but the power gap does mean that multiple allies can face one enemy. Right now though the situation is dire, because even with fighting them they are immortal, there's no clear way to see if the giants can be reverted - and even if they can be brought back will Brogy be without a hand for good? - so it does fall to Chopper to get that information from Gaban. On top of this there could still be added numbers lurking in the blind spot; Kid's crew might still be around since their sinking, we've not even been to the Sun Realm in Elbaf, likewise Shamrock can come back after putting out whatever fire he's been dealing with, maybe even some Navy members to 'annex' the country.

Things have gotten concerning, creepy and a lot less like a fable and more like a fantasy, a dark and grim fantasy, where the devil is god.

[wc-confessions]

Since it's disability pride month I am dedicating this confession to lesser known/underrated disabled WC characters!

Everyone knows and loves cats like Briarlight and Brightheart, but there's quite a few others that aren't talked about as much

First off, One-Eye and Halftail, the two first arc elders. They don't show up much due to being in the Elder's Den, but when they do, they're a delight to see. I love One-Eye's bickering with Smallear and how she helps Brightheart a bit in A Dangerous Path! They're also the parents of Mousefur and Runningwind! One of whom dies fighting Tigerclaw in the same book Halftail dies of smoke inhalation after the fire. I like to think Runningwind rushed into battle against Tigerclaw impulsively since his father had died not long ago. Mousefur, on the other hand, takes after her mom in the new prophecy and onwards as a grumpy old lady lol. Very great characters, I love them a lot!

Speaking of the 1st arc, Brokenstar. He's honestly a really entertaining and threatening villain, and people don't talk about him much or his disability. Him and other cats with damaged tails like Berrynose and Finleap aren't really talked about in conversations about disabled characters. I find Brokenstar very interesting, not because of his motivation (or lack there of lol) which is pretty generic, but because of his lasting effects on the clans. His reign directly or indirectly led to several key events in the first arc or beyond. Tigerclaw becoming the deputy of ThunderClan was caused by Brokenstar killing Lionheart (canonically, we don't know who killed Lion, but I think it was Brokenstar), him being still alive led to Nightstar not getting nine lives and dying in Rising Storm. Which led directly to Tigerstar taking power. He directly killed several cats, but his orders and actions led to many more that wouldn't have happened had he not been leader, which I will not list out because this confession would be way too long. Another thing I like about him is that he is a fantastic villain in OOTS. People often depict the main leader of the Dark Forest being Tigerstar or Mapleshade, but in reality, it's actually Brokenstar. Tigerstar is more of a secondary leader to him. Brokenstar was the first Dark Forest cat to cross into the living world, and he later seemingly detects StarClan cats at the border to the Dark Forest somehow and confronts them, so Jayfeather and Spottedleaf have to sneak in, and he leads Flametail into the Dark Forest so Ivypool can ghost kill him (but this plan was foiled by Tigerheart), and in The Darkest Hour, Ivypool refers to the plans as "What Brokenstar is plotting". So yeah, he's the leader of the DF, not Tigerstar, and Tiger wouldn't have gotten very far without him lol. Crazy how we got multiple disabled leaders and deputies in the first arc and then not ever again, unless you count Berrynose lol

Next is Volewhisper! Who has quite a few parallels with Cinderpelt! One of their back legs were both injured by a villain's scheming (Tigerclaw's trap for Bluestar and Brokenstar making kits fight rats), they were both then inspired by a senior clanmate (Yellowfang and Nightpelt), and Cinderpelt chooses to become a medicine cat while Volewhisper chooses to be a warrior instead. I find him very fun and he's one of my favourite characters in Exile From ShadowClan!

The next cat I wanna talk about is a bit controversial due to some pretty bad writing choices by the team. Finleap. I really really loved him in Darkest Night and River of Fire. He and Twigbranch had a really sweet relationship, and I love how he follows her to ThunderClan. I also hate Sandynose, but that's besides the point. They were really cute and I liked them a lot... but then The Raging Storm happened. Where instead of focusing on the actually interesting plot of Twigbranch struggling to be a mentor, they decide to make her nice, sweet, and sort of goofy boyfriend... a jerk. He's rude he gives her the cold shoulder, it's awful, and so out of character. At least he actually does apologize for it and improve his behaviour, which I admit was a sweet moment in an otherwise pretty bad plotline. Then, after that, he's sort of a background cat. He briefly stands up to The Impostor after Twiggy is punished. In Sky he has a sort of friendship with Nightheart. He and Lionblaze laugh at Nightheart after he gets bit by a Squirrel, but later in the book Nightheart thinks of him in a positive light and he's one of the first cats that Night thinks of telling about Sunbeam. Overall fun guy, nice character despite one really bad book (which is basically every warriors character lol)

Some other underrated disabled cats who I don't really have as much to say about:

Fallowfern (deaf)

Shrewtooth (PTSD)

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[assume444it]

I know manifestation is instant , I’ve always seen people manifest their dream life or df in a week then I’ve been persisting in the new story for a whole week , I know there’s movement but how can I stop getting demotivated and stop questing myself if im doing this right ?

shoutout to chatgpt for this reply 🩷

It’s completely normal to feel a bit impatient or start questioning yourself when you don’t see instant results, especially when you know manifestation is supposed to be immediate. The key here is to shift your focus from “when will it happen?” to “it’s already done.” Here are some tips to help you stay motivated and stop doubting yourself:

1. Focus on the State of the Wish Fulfilled:

Keep living in the end, as Neville Goddard teaches. Imagine and feel as if you already have what you want. Instead of checking for results, remind yourself that it’s already yours. Consistently returning to that feeling helps stabilize your state.

2. Reframe Doubts as Signs:

When doubts creep in, tell yourself that they’re just old thoughts purging and that they’re actually signs of movement. Affirm: “Even my doubts mean it’s happening.” This reframes negative thoughts into evidence that your manifestation is unfolding.

3. Affirm Progress and Trust:

Use affirmations like:

• “I trust that everything is unfolding perfectly.”

• “I always see movement, even when I can’t see it yet.”

• “It’s normal for me to get what I want quickly and easily.”

These help reinforce your faith and keep you aligned with your desired reality.

4. Saturate with Inner Conversations:

Continue using inner conversations to lock in your new story. Imagine your SP or anyone else confirming your manifestation as if it’s already done. This keeps your mind focused on the reality you want instead of questioning it.

5. Celebrate Small Signs:

Even the tiniest bit of movement or a positive feeling is proof it’s working. Treat every small sign as evidence that things are shifting. This helps build momentum and keeps you motivated.

6. Embrace the Detachment:

Remind yourself that because it’s already yours, you don’t need to worry or rush. The more you relax and feel it’s done, the faster it shows up. Think of it like ordering a package—you wouldn’t keep checking if you knew it was on the way.

Whenever you catch yourself questioning if you’re doing it right, shift to gratitude: “I’m so glad it’s already done. I love how everything is unfolding.” This instantly moves you back into the state of having. You’re doing amazing—keep trusting the process!

[skalidris]

en i think on-screen fdb .. only eats food he's brought/cooked or that llh's brought/cooked? excepting the one time gongzhu had to handfeed him, and mayyybe that time the three abandon sxy in the restaurant ? but i'd have to check to make sure.

3rd rewatch i comprehended yipin tomb and i also realized the amount of time fdb & llh sit in front of a set table (together or alone) and absolutely do not eat (or drink) a single time