#he doesn't mind adding a human to the hoard

[sonicasura]

Oni!Kafka

A thought for a different idea that quickly became its own thing. Thus this very page as I rather keep stuff like this separate. Other species swaps might also get their own info posts. Let's get started.

All it takes is a gift bottle of mysterious booze on a 30th birthday party to turn Kafka Hibino's life upside down. In a world dealing with kaiju, discoveries like magic being real are still plausible. Or in this case: curses.

Thanks to cursed liquor, Kafka has become a Liquor Devil that rightfully earned the title of Oni for how disastrous his first night was. A 10 ft aqua blue scaled beast with chimeric traits like long teal curved back horns, caracal ears, long tongue with harmless(to humans) cat papillae, sharp clawed fingers, teal hoofed tiger legs, black bat wings, teal lancehead viper for a tail and finally thick obsidian fur covering his lower legs/upper back/wrists/chest. (He still retains the dad bod but has extra muscle.)

Oni!Kafka is venomous with two types of poisons he can wield. The one in his claws act akin to Cane Toad venom which causes hallucinations and an almost drunken state within victims. It's the tail that needs to be avoided as the fangs of the snake hold Golden Lancehead Viper venom.

Oni!Kafka runs pretty hot in temperature so it isn't uncommon for cold blooded animals or those seeking warmth to flock to him. Well his tail does need a warmer since it's the only part that's cold blooded. Otherwise he's warm blooded in nature.

When it comes to Oni!Kafka, you can say the himbo's manchild nature has ramped up. It's very easy to grab his attention. Anything that interests the human side like food, drinks, playthings, etc will work very well on the devil half.

What really gets Oni!Kafka's attention is anything with nostalgic value. Even if it's an old childhood friend that he lost contact with. Best be careful as the Liquor Devil will kidnap or steal his current interest(much to the human half's embarrassment.) *looks at KafMina enthusiasts specifically*

Oni!Kafka loves to play with willing playmates. He usually chooses children games like tag as not everyone is super strong like him. If they are then roughhousing will be something the devil will request instead.

Despite being venomous and intimidating, Oni!Kafka is quite friendly in nature. Best not to interrupt his games or cheat at them. That's one of the few fastest ways to garner the demon's fury other than harming his treasure and stealing from him.

Kafka's tail has a mind of its own, usually responding to the name Hissy. This serpent is a tsundere that doesn't let just anyone touch it nor easily show they like pride and affection. The viper won't bite a nonthreat but will head bump or slap them instead.

Anything Kafka likes is added to his 'hoard'. It doesn't matter whether it's objects or people as all of it are considered treasure to him. Both forms are possessive with the devil side being the most.

Kafka has to drink a special elixir on a bi-weekly basis in order to live a normal life. There are times where he's required to transform and thus kept busy by his companions. Also he has to be very careful around alcohol.

Due to being a Liquor Devil, a certain amount of booze will trigger his transformation into Oni!Kafka. It takes severe exhaustion or another elixir for him to revert back to human form. He suffers a major hangover afterwards as transforming can be compared to being heavily intoxicated.

Oni!Kafka sheds on a daily basis but does molt three times a year. If it's the latter case then he's stuck like that until the process is over. The devil is extra moody and irritable during this period so ice cream, movies, or light alcoholic drinks help keep him content.

Oni!Kafka's wings are a bit ticklish thus it's quite easy to get the fella laughing hard. Absolutely loves himself some chin and behind the ear scratches. Guaranteed to get the big guy purring very loudly within seconds.

The Monster Sweepers had some difficulty dealing with Oni!Kafka on the first. Partly because they were freaking out especially Toku as he gave his friend the bottle in the first place. It was a huge relief to know their coworker is still the same albeit more childish.

The apartment got wrecked because Oni!Kafka wanted to play tag and the place was obviously too small. Board games were too boring while his fingers weren't suited for normal video game controllers. It took a few hours of insane tag to exhaust the demon.

Finding the recipe needed for the special elixir obviously took time. Medicine to help with hangovers did suppress some of Kafka's demon side leaving him in a half state. It took going to an occult store to find a few ingredients for their concoction.

On some occasions, Kafka will become his demon form if hungry enough. He has a preference for meat and often hunts kaiju to satisfy his hunger. The man requires enough food to feed an adult family of five to sustain himself.

Meals heavy in fat and sugar reduces the amount he needs to eat though. Food cooked with alcohol also helps but Kafka has to make sure it's diluted. Signs of a transformation about to occur are the same as someone getting drunk.

Increased talkativeness, boost in confidence, etc. The only inhuman warnings are the appearance of bumps on the forehead/back/tail bone, skin greying, and extra hair. Rice water or foods that help with hangovers can reverse these symptoms if caught quickly.

Only permanent visible change to Kafka's human form is his teeth are now Oni-like fangs. The other alteration involves the man's liver becoming immune to the harmful effects of alcohol. In fact liquor provides extra nutrients and even an adrenaline boost during high stress situations for him instead.

Oni!Kafka is semi-nocturnal so he's prone to sleep during the daytime when there's no work to do. He either sleeps in a loaf like a cat, curled up, or if possible upside down akin to a bat. Only sleeps on his back should a friend/family/mate wants to rest atop of him. He's a cuddler otherwise when sleeping next to someone.

If my brain lets me then expect a drawing of him. Other than the crossover idea, there would most likely be two more ideas with him. Amongst them is one where someone else gets Kaiju No. 8 instead and Kafka is only a devil.

If you are wondering, there isn't a demon based on alcohol sadly. Believe me I checked so Kafka is mostly his own thing with an Oni basis at the core. Want to a crack at your own version then go ahead.

Merely link this page here so everyone else can check it out too!

@noodlesbf-blog @kafkahibinomybeloved @discoknack @mechazushi @giantgoblin @driokrine @iceclew @terra-sketches @renard-dartigue @writeroffanfiction

[reign-life]

Y'know I was wondering if I should make this. But cringe culture is dead and the team seems to actually be trying so

Poppy Playtime Chapter 4 Gameplay Trailer Reaction/Analysis

First of all, I like Doey's jingle. It's short, but sounds realistic enough

And... has there been a swear in Poppy Playtime before? If not then holy shit an actual swear. Sure it's a tame one, but compared to the obvious kids farm bait of chapter 1, it seems like a good sign

Security Breach jokes aside(put a pin in that), why does it look like there's a bunch of the poppy gas? There being a bunch still lying around is believable, but I thought we'd see the last of that stuff with Catnap being impaled. But with how the toys apparently become part of the Prototype once he grabs them...

I like Harley's voice and the little eye animation. Realistic eyes are always creepy and the voice actor's doing great

Here's one of the spots from some of the images and Baba's trailer. Obvious puzzle is obvious(ding!). And I just noticed this, but that's possibly a new hand(could also be the purple one in strange lighting though)

Y'know tvs aren't cheap. Assuming this hallway(that does admittedly look cool) isn't something The Doctor made, I wonder how much of the budget got spent on this room alone. Maybe it's some security area?

Two things to address for this screenshot! First of all, what the fuck is that. I don't... think it's a human body? It doesn't seem rotted enough(assuming that's not bone) and this would be a questionable model. But it has one of the hands? Despite not having a grabpack? If the "the protag's not human" theory wasn't thoroughly squashed by now I could maybe say it's connected, but even the player needs an actual grabpack

Second: the caption. What do you mean the Prototype's working with Harley?? Maybe this is some manipulation(and not The Doctor's, you can't convince me Prototype would listen), but I can't see why he wouldn't just kill the dude. "They're both experiments" doesn't work, we saw what happened to that one former scientist. A security system could be useful, but would that really outweigh the cost of working with the dude who caused most of this suffering?

Yarnaby has claws. Neat!

This graffiti's certainly worth analyzing. It's clearly directed to the smiling/nightmare critters, which makes sense with how many of them are crawling around here. But who made this? The eyes could maybe be connected to Harley, but this is his domain and the toys are being shielded from them

Edit: it seems like Doey's made this and, by extension, his own safe haven for other toys. Not a good sign when combined with the hoard of minis, but hopefully they're unconnected

I have to wonder what this guy means(and who he is ig). There's vending machines that you could've used and... everyone's been down there for years. Food was gonna run out eventually and the only choice left is cannibalism(which they're clearly willing to do, nothing's stopping them). Sure Prototype's plan has a few flaws, but the starving thing doesn't seem to be entirely his and Harley's fault

Oh he is big. Bigger Bodies Initiative, I get it, but I assumed he'd be slightly smaller from his introduction trailer

...I will not make jokes. What I will do is notice that The Doctor's clearly got a body. Honestly kinda disappointing(not to mention confusing, but I'll talk about that more in a second). Him only being shown through tvs and other not-body electronics would've been cool

Kissy's alive! Yes! Ignoring Poppy's eyes seeming more bloody than normal, there's an unknown voice. Sure several of the voices are unknown, but this one is directly acknowledged as that. My theory is that it's the Prototype. Something about the way he says "mind" sounds different, added in

Okay remember that pin? Something about this situation screams "weeping angel" and feels really similar to the Glamrock Endos. But y'know what, the "inspiration vs theft and does that argument even apply" thing isn't new. So I'm just going to ask: what are the tv heads? They wouldn't be toys(I think?) and while the company is cruel, surely they're not stupid enough to give Harley a way to move around even more easily. Maybe these were made by the Prototype? He seems smart enough that it's possible

We finally get to see what role the nightmare critters play and it's... about what I expected. Which is a good thing! Their toy models are pretty cute and it's not surprising that they function the same as the mini smiling critters in chapter 3. But we also get to see two(only one in this screenshot) mini huggies. Which really does highlight that this area is a safe place and may lead to us seeing other types of small toys. I see where Catnap got the idea to watch over the minis

And more of the maybe-corpses. I don't think these are skeletons since one has an ear(you'd think the toys would've picked them clean...), but these just- aren't believable humans??

If there's any moment to reveal that Ollie's a traitor, this is gonna be it. Calling it now. Also 1. why are Kissy's injuries depicted like that(assuming it isn't something else). The toys bleed, this is just a fact. 2. what is that thing wrapped around her?? I assumed it was a sling or something, but her injured(?) arm is free to move around. It seems like it could be a bag or bandages, but the former doesn't make much sense and it looks a little too leathery to be the latter

Return of the Ollie and our first look at Pianosaurus in a trailer. The light in part of his mouth makes me curious. His keys seem to have distinct colors and looks more like an injury. Maybe he gets hurt at some point and that's what's on the inside?

Had to grab the transcript since these are Two captions and I have enough images here as is. Anyway, this is an interesting exchange and use of names(or lack thereof). I'm not sure who the first one is, but the second sounds a lot like Poppy. But shouldn't the captions have just said that? It could be a tape, since those captions don't label who's speaking. But they never explicitly hide it either. Something's up with this

And that's just how the information is presented to us. What's actually being said is a whole different discussion, but I have no clue where to start with this

Now to talk about Doey and the thumbnail for the video. This guy is directly stated(both on twitter and in the description) to be helping us and thank god. All the play-doh falling from the ceiling could maybe pass as creepy(I'll admit, my horror senses are kinda broken), but his actual appearance? I saw the thumbnail and was expecting the worst because even Poppy looks more unnerving than him. But as an ally and not a source of horror? I like him, his design is simple and neat. His first lines get the gist of his personality down(the "hiya there" possibly being what he was meant to be for the kids, while "follow me" is a more mature and real tone) and I can't wait to see what happens with him. As long as the scares involving him are kept to minimum

[tealmaskmybeloved]

WHAT R UR HEADCANNONS ABT THE LOYAL THREE I NEED THEM NOW

Okidogi

- Enjoys belly rubs but refuses to acknowledge it in fear of it will make him look weak

- Often carries around Kieran and the other members when needed

- Also helps Kieran reach high places

- Met Dokutaro when Okidogi was kicked out of his pack for being too scrawny and weak; Dokutaro took advantage of that

Munkidori

- Is the weakest of the trio when it comes to strength, uses his powers to make up for that

- Has excellent mobility and flexibility

- Parkours super well

- Is the first to figure out Dokutaro's true intentions with Kieran

- Can both see the future and move things with his mind

- He met Dokutaro when he was lost and away from his family (he fell due to his clumsiness and got separated)

Fezandipiti

- TRANS KING WE STAN

- Wanted to be beautiful to impress a male Unfezant

- Didn't get the Unfezant but got chained to Dokutaro's will

- Collects and hoards shiny objects and glass

- Wants the Loyal 3 to be as beautiful as himself, so he makes sure that they look their best when robbing towns

- Is the one who did Kieran's new hair

- Likes the nickname "Fez"

Dokutaro/Pecharunt

- Is a lot bigger in my AU for reasons (about the size of a human head)

- Hates peaches and bans them from the household (Also dislikes oranges)

- Only opens up its shell when offering people/Pokémon its mochi or Toxic Chains

- Is the one who takes his job the most seriously (he's the leader after all)

- Stayed at Peachy's for like hundreds of years and even tested out controlling people on the shopkeeper there

-Allows the Loyal 3 to have some kind of free will most of the time. They still feel a sense of loyalty to him, but it's not outright mind control. (He only does that in certain situations)

Kieran (yes I'm adding him here because in my AU he's a member so)

- While he hates Ogerpon now, he didn't have the heart to completely throw away the mask he had of the Ogre, so it's just stuffed under the bed in a box

- Survives off of chocolate and spite

- Was a regular customer at Peachy's and always wondered about the odd plush there, imagine his surprise when he found out that it was a Pokémon

- Autistic and ADHD (like me)

- Hates presenting stuff

- Doesn't go home after school so he just hangs out with the Loyal 3 most of the time.

- Avoids Florian/Juliana and Carmine at Blueberry Academy

- Dreams of going to Paldea and away from Kitakami someday

Alright I think these should be good

[faiirytalcs]

KIERAN CAMPBELL is based on KING CANDY from Wreck-It-Ralph. He is a 44 year old GIFTED HUMAN, RACETRACK & TEAM OWNER, and uses he/him pronouns. He has the power of GLITCHING.

Important History

competitive doesn't even begin to cover kieran campbell. from the moment he was born, life itself had been a competition and he was the one who had to win. yes, had. there was no other option in his mind. being the best was what drove him - quite literally

for his whole childhood, the way he acted with everyone swung between two very different kinds of personalities, so much so people genuinely thought he had a twin

it was hard to know in any given moment which kieran you would get and it added an air to him that people were either afraid of or respected - sometimes it was a little bit of both

formula 1 fell into his lap early in life when he easily became one of the best racers in the world. he was ruthless on the track and sometimes a bit of a firecracker but he had a secret up his sleeve - he was able to glitch

of course, he couldn't be too obvious about it but every now and then he'd use his power to his advantage to finish first. though some might have considered that to be cheating, kieran didn't. he was blessed, it was a gift, why shouldn't he use it?

it came as no surprise that his need to be the best at any cost would eventually bite him in the ass and it did in the form of a career-ending crash.

but no matter, there's no way everything in his life is going to be taken away - enter owning a team. he's still the one in charge, even more so than ever and he is thriving.

showing up in evermore didn't stop that either, he created his team and his dream is still alive. he's very protective of that dream and won't let anything get in the way of becoming the most famous name in the sport

at the end of the day, kieran sucks and he's only looking at for number one which is him. he only cares about protecting himself and his team…as long as his team continues to make them the best in the world. Or the best in the world if they could leave

though at his core he is really dark and manipulative, he doesn't like appearing that way. no sir, he loves his salmon color. bright like a predator in nature to warn potential prey of the danger that they've stumbled upon. only in this situation, if you've seen the salmon, it's too late

originally hated his glitching power when he realized he could do that because it felt like a defect, something he should hide but once he realized he could take advantage of it to win, it was all good but now he's on the lookout for other glitches

has the biggest sweet tooth in the world which seems off for him but truly it makes sense once you get to know him. He always leaves room for dessert and no day is finished until he's had something sweet

kieran cares a lot about how he looks and appears to those around him, it's all about appearances so he only wears designer and constantly makes sure his hair is always in place

absolute pun king. in a way you'd think would take away from how menacing he is and yet? somehow it makes it all so much worse. he seems approachable based on how light he can be but it changes in a second

fake friend central. does he have real friends? yes, but it's hard even for him to know exactly who those people are and a lot of them start off as people he can get something from

APPEARANCE

Face Claim: matt czuchry

Height: 5'11"

Build: athletic

Eye Color: dark brown

Hair Color: sandy brown

Piercings: n/a

PERSONALITY

Positive Traits: driven, intelligent, confident, innovative

Negative Traits: controlling, pretentious, arrogant, sadistic

Likes: being the center of attention, formula one racing, the color salmon, clever puns, hoarding money, rare wines, being better than everyone else

Dislikes: threats to his team, stupid rules, people doubting his ability, losing quite literally anything, silver medals, putting your faith in worthless people, being ignored

Phobias: atagelophobia

Hobbies: racing, buying and selling drivers, making puns

Aesthetic: freshly pressed salmon suits, a well-placed mask, putting yourself first no matter the cost, tangled webs of lies, burning rubber as you peel out of a parking lot, playing favorites with every person you know, crowds cheering your name, vaguely threatening smiles

FAMILY

Mother: portia campbell

Father: kit campbell

Sibling(s): kara campbell ( younger sister ), kai campbell ( younger brother ), kevin campbell ( younger brother ), katherine campbell ( younger sister )

Pet(s): n/a

[iturbide]

how do you think grima would act towards the summoner's child, if they had one from a previous relationship and they were summoned to askr?

I have spent pretty much all day thinking about this

Because do you have any idea how many variables are inherent in this question good gods there are so many little bits and pieces that have such a huge impact on the answer here

I literally have to cut this for length because I’m going to have to go through all of them because this is absolutely fascinating

Okay so the thing to know about Grima is that in spite of how he’s such a big scary dragon he has champion-level parental instincts.  If you put him around a child he is going to take care of them.  It doesn’t matter if they’re dragons or not (though most of the really young kids have been dragons – he has a soft spot for the Morgans, but they’re teenagers and don’t need babying).  My personal Summoners don’t have kids (or even pets), and they were frankly miserable in their world, so coming to Askr was a breath of fresh air that allowed them to grow into their own.  All of this becomes a huge what-if in this case because it means that the Kiran in question is an entirely different entity and some very important aspects of their relationship with Grima have to be addressed. 

First and foremost: What is the Summoner’s relationship with their child?  Are they close?  Are they estranged?  Has Kiran had to give up custody for whatever reason?  Do they love their child in spite of the difficulties?  Do they think about them, talk about them, fight to return to them?  Or are they of the opinion that their child is better off without them?  Kids are important to Grima: if he knows that Kiran has a child, he’ll do everything he can to ensure that the Summoner can get back as soon as possible so that their kid isn’t robbed of a parent.  If Kiran says nothing about their child before their sudden appearance, it would be a major blow to the relationship: the Summoner’s silence about such an important aspect of their life would imply to Grima that they don’t care about their child or their mental well-being, and it would take some real work to repair that, even if the Fell Dragon’s mistaken.

Next question: how old is the Summoner’s child?  Are they just a tiny thing, newborn to maybe two?  Are they in those exploratory years, three to five?  Are they in their impressionable youth, six to pre-teen?  Are they in those stressful teenage years?  Grima’s protective nature is significantly more active with younger kids (evidenced by how he’s always very attentive to Fae and the Kanas but gives Nowi and Myrrh more independence), so the age of the Summoner’s child plays a big part in how he would act with them, ranging from gentle and attentive to encouraging and supportive.

Also, what’s their personality like?  Are they bubbly and outgoing?  Sullen and moody?  Timid and reserved?  Haughty and rude?  While Grima would be more lenient with a younger child showing some less than pleasant personality traits, he’d also work to change them when he happens to see them – gently, if firmly.  Older kids and teenagers get much less leeway, and especially if the Summoner is a kind and supportive parent dealing with a child who treats them unfairly, Grima will not hesitate to take the kid aside and dress them down for their behavior. 

In general, though, assuming that Kiran has been open about the fact that they’re a parent with a child, Grima would be overall concerned by the fact that their child has appeared (mostly because the Summoner can’t even take care of themselves in this war, and now here’s a similarly helpless and also significantly younger version of them in need of defense and support), but would ultimately prove more protective of the kid than he is of even Kiran, and would do his best to support them as they settle and find their place in Askr as the Summoner has. 

[plnkdemon]

LOVE NEVER WANTED ME, BUT I TOOK IT ANYWAY I

older brothers x gn!mc in a toxic relationship tw/cw: toxic relationships, gaslighting (Lucifer), controlling behavior (Lucifer), objectification (Mammon), murder (Leviathan), possessiveness (Leviathan). please let me know if anything is missing.

LUCIFER

The worst part about dating the embodiment of pride isn't his arrogance or stubbornness or even the total absence of apologies and acknowledgement of his mistakes.

It's actually how the people closest to him gradually have their pride chipped away, even if he isn't consciously trying to (although he often is trying).

He knows better, and in the morning, if you stop to look at the grey pants instead of the black ones that he laid out for you to wear, he takes it as a personal slight against him. Forget about trying to explain that you were only looking and it truly had nothing to do with him because that will only upset him further. Of course it has to do with him, because he's Lucifer.

At some point, he pigeonholed your freewill by weaseling and gaslighting his way into becoming your primary decision maker.

If you even make a move to order food for yourself or answer a question (no matter if it's directed towards you), then you must not trust him. You're doubting his knowledge and capability as a perfect partner. Even worse, he knows ("knows") that his own response would be better than yours could ever be.

It's bad enough that he can't do all of your schoolwork and feed you himself and think for you. It crawls under his skin to know that you are doing anything less than his best.

Worst of all, when he's stripped you of your pride, identity, and independence, he's disgusted with the product. After all, he fell in love with the curious and admirably imperfect human that you used to be and now you're just a hollowed out shell of what he once committed himself to – not only in a relationship but with a pact. His pact holder could never be so pathetic and reliant.

If you want to feel sympathetic for him, know that this is why Lucifer is always alone. Diavolo will never get close enough to be his true friend and his brothers will never see him as more than a distant but constant threat in the skin of their oldest sibling. His pride is the only thing keeping him standing but he will always and forever stand alone because no one can bear to be near him for too long.

MAMMON

He starts out so thoughtful and appreciative. "Such a doting partner," everyone complimented.

The thing about being Mammon's is that eventually he'll come to the conclusion that you're his. Meaning that he no long has to fight his brothers and the other exchange students for your time and affection. When he comes home, you're already there waiting for him with open arms and a soft smile.

Obviously, Mammon isn't done finding treasure to hoard and he never will be, so he'll start becoming absent due to his sticky fingers that itch to grow the pile of gold and jewels that he's mentally added you to. The real consequence of this being that his lovely grimm doesn't just up and walk away so why would you?

After a while, you start to feel like just another ornament hanging on his wall or another coin jingling in his pocket that he loves to pull out to admire and show off but eventually puts it back in its rightful place in his pocket.

With him being absent so often, you're bound to find new ways to spend your time. Maybe studying with Satan, learning a new responsibility for the Student Council from Lucifer, going to a spa with Asmo, playing a new game with Levi, taking a nap on Beel's back with Belphie to provide more resistance.

No matter how you spend your time, if you aren't waiting where he left you when he gets back, he'll be deeply troubled. He's stolen enough priceless treasures and artifacts to know how protective you need to be to make sure your own are safe. His mind immediately equates you to his literal prizes, and while it's cute at first when he calls you his "gold" and "treasure," it becomes a lot more disheartening when he starts treating you exactly like that.

The sad aspect is that he truly has a struggle differentiating between love and his greed. His emotional intelligence is incredible... until it comes to himself.

LEVIATHAN

The avatar of envy himself is not accommodating in any sense of the word. As silly as his jealousy comes off while you're still friends, when he finally gets to officially date you, it becomes nothing less than all-consuming.

Even standing to grab a glass of water from the kitchen makes him envious. Is his Ruri-chan brand water with quotes from the original version of the anime on the inside of the cap not good enough?

It's even worse when you don't adamantly and immediately shut down anyone who requests your attention. If your time is spent with anyone else, even if it isn't your choice, it means spending at least 12 hours exclusively in his company comforting his nearly nonexistent ego. It's difficult to hold a grudge against him when he seems so lost without you too.

Before you, all he had were his fictional worlds that gave every inch of his mind to in order to avoid the voice in the back of his head that shouted insults and insisted he was nothing more than a waste of space. But the voice that you really need to worry about is the one that none of his brothers would dare to mention.

In the empty void of his chest – the same place where a human soul resides – is a presence that tempts Levi, telling him that everyone else are the unworthy ones. Everything that they have should be his. Your mind should be only his and anyone else who dares to even consider that they're deserving must be taught a lesson.

Even though you're never told of this second voice, you find out what envy really means eventually and it is a horrifying realization. It's when you find yourself perusing an old dusty tome that was hidden away in the House of Lamentation's library that you discover a detailed account of the beginning of Levi's career as the Grand Admiral of Hell's Navy.

It was brutally detailed. Your mouth runs dry at the descriptions of not only what he did, but what he ordered his soldiers to do. The conquering of new lands, smaller kingdoms, and... people. Then, there's photos... You can't stop flipping through the pages and with each flip, there's more and worse and –

Your DDD is vibrating in your pocket, jerking you from the compulsion to reveal more, because you were only halfway through this ridiculously sized book. Shakily, you check the notification, only to find the demon you were just reading about asking where you were and who you were with.

notes: first time posting my own work so please let me know how terrible it is, i'm prepared (lh). anyway it's been stuck in my head for a while how easily dating these characters could turn out to be an ex boyfriend horror story. i'm almost finished with the younger brothers and i think i'd like to do the side characters (plus maybe the new undateables) too. thanks for reading!

[whaleofatjme1920]

Heya! Thank you for this opportunity

My name's Rose (she/her, mh/creepypasta, romantic)

Hello, I trust you're doing well. Alongside this letter I've added a piece of artwork I've made for you and a small golden pendant of a dragon as offerings.

It's a bit hard to think of an opening line, so I'll go ahead and explain a bit about myself. I'm an artist, and currently studying to become a video game designer. It's a hobby as well as a passion of mine. I've even taken to hoarding pens, sketchbooks and expensive markers.

I'm known to be pretty serious and quiet when I first encounter someone. But when I warm up to them, I take the role of a listener and comforter when my friends need it. They can rely on me to get something done if they ask.

I have a deadpan sense of humor, and have a hard time asking for help when I need it. I'm kinda stubborn that way lmao I can also be very trusting and give the benefit of doubt to others until they prove otherwise.

My love language is words of affirmation and acts of service! I'm not the best with excessive amounts of physical touch (ie hugging) until I trust the person to get that close with me. I'm very accommodating if my partner or friends have boundaries, I won't push them on something if they're not ready and offer my support.

Phew, that was a lot to write. Hopefully this message finds you well!

[Disclaimer: The Red String of Fate event is a special event I'm running from August 12th, to whenever I feel it necessary to end - right now, I'm giving it to the first week of September! Check out rules HERE]

Yue Lao's always had a fondness for dragons. His fingers gently trace over the golden dragon pendant as he rests your letter on his lap. His lips are curled into a soft, knowing smile. His mind rumbles around for a match for you as he slowly stands and walks through his palace to a lovely, ornamental table. He places the dragon on top of it and hums in approval. He looks up at the light of the moon and clicks his tongue for his beloved cat.

She runs through the halls with a spool held in her mouth. This spool is something special, not used that often. Given to him as a gift from Xiwangmu, he notes that it has the faint smell of peaches. He ties the string to your soulmate first, an odd man by the name of "Tim Wright", someone he believes suits you the best. Yue Lao doesn't admit it, but he's a fan of opposites attract. However, the man you're being matched with is actually quite similar to you! He then moves over to your left pinky and ties it to you, his fingers flicking the string to cut it from the spool.

He takes the art work you've gifted him and places it in one of his halls, allowing any guests who visit to gaze upon it. He's always loved the things that are made from the hands of humans. He rests back in his room and watches as your eyes widen, a bright, thin red string materializing on your little finger. You look surprised, amazed that he's even bothered answered your prayer for someone to love. The man that's to hold your affections is just as bewildered, and he laughs softly as he watches the two of you tug and play around with the thread.

He's amused that he doesn't need to send his cat down, because the two of you are up, rushing to meet each other. It seems that Tim is going to make it meet you halfway, the moon high in the sky. You're driving like mad, mentally screaming as the string that tethers the two of you together glows and pulses with your racing heart.

You try to listen to music to calm yourself down, but it's all so romantic, and you wonder if the God has a sense of humor. Headlights are pulling up to an overlook. They're directly meeting you, and you can see spilling from their car window is a red string. You're gulping thickly. This is the person who's going to be your soulmate, the person handpicked from a God to be yours as much as you are theirs.

You park directly next to each other and slowly slide out of your cars, following it to the space in between the hoods. He smells of cigarettes, something earthy, and something calming all at once. You can see him in the moonlight as he rests against the hood of his car and pats the space for you to join him. The rest string illuminates the space between you. You feel a bit awkward as you cast your glance to the side to properly look at him and feel your heart flutter.

Without any words, his arm wraps around your shoulders, letting you rest your head against him.

[madtrender]

My MOGAI headcanons for Brook from the webcomic I'm The Grim Reaper because all the requests blogs were busy. Flags from left to right are: aroace, contreogender, muphridian, duragenderless, genderunique, aporagender, mogaihypic, cloudgender, rabbitgender, vulturehoarder, mortugender, lykh, corpsegender, bloodgender, zanggender, tentiagender, gendersanghe.

Definitions and reasoning under the cut!

Contreogender: A gender for someone who (generally speaking) believes society's attitude surrounding gender/gender roles is harmful and believes gender should not be so important. This belief leads them to not pay much attention to their own gender/only share their gender if absolutely necessary/only tell close friends about their gender. [Listen. Listen. Brook is over a century old. You think he gives a fuck about gender roles? At some point in time he probably had long hair, and there were probably a few people who assumed he was a woman, at which he probably realized that Gender Isn't Real.]

Muphridian: being man/masc-aligned, AGIN-aligned, and xeno-aligned. [Sums up his experience with gender pretty nicely. He doesn't really care about it, but he was born a man so he feels some connection to it, but his experience is beyond society's traditional understanding of gender.]

Duragenderless: when your gender is always partially agender. [As I said, Brook doesn't care that much about gender. In a way, this makes any gender he experiences sort of muted by his apathy. He perceives this as a small dose of genderlessness.]

Genderunique: a very personal, unique and interpretative gender that cannot be described using existing terminology. [Exactly what it says on the tin. Brook is so old and has been through so much that at this point they're probably the only person on Earth with their particular experience of gender. They sort of shrug it off when asked if they're a man or a woman, and says "I'm a reaper" or "I'm me".]

Aporagender: a strongly gendered feeling that is not male, female, or inbetween. [This kinda goes hand in hand with Brook's genderuniqueness. Not male, not female, something other and entirely separate. May or may not be related to the disconnect they feel from humanity as a whole.]

Mogaihypic: when your gender is affected by your hyperfixation on MOGAI. [Hear me out... what if Brook had ADHD? As anyone with ADHD will tell you, boredom is excruciating. It's even worse when you're immortal and have nothing but time on your hands. Brook hyperfixates on gender and hyperfixates on it hard, to the point that they hoard labels and probably run a (not very popular) MOGAI blog.]

Cloudgender: a gender which can’t be fully realized or seen clearly due to depersonalization/ derealization disorder. this gender is only for the use of neurodivergent people. [I headcanon Brook as having some sort of dissociative disorder due to trauma and the fact that she's over a century old, a timespan the human brain isn't really built to comprehend. Her dissociation makes it difficult to introspect and leaves gaps in her memory, which affects her view of herself and by extension, her gender.]

Rabbitgender: a subset of bungender for when one feels their connection to bunnies is not soft or cute, but rather feral, skittish, and territorial. [Need I explain? Brook feels a deep connection to rabbits because they're her demon, the thing she's spent decades caging and training and restraining, the thing she knows better than she knows herself. Of course she doesn't view them as anything resembling soft; how could she?]

Vulturehoarder: when you hoard AGIN and death-related genders. [Brook is dead. Xe's dead. It affects every part of xyr life; why not xyr gender? As this is pretty much the reasoning behind every gender after this, I won't be expanding further on those.]

Mortugender: a gender / gender addition that has strong ties to or relates to death in a deep way. The prefix mortu- is added to a gender when said gender becomes stronger in the presence or feeling of death. Coined with people with Cotard’s Syndrome in mind, but isn’t exclusive.  

Lykh: A xenogender characterized by supernatural vigor and a sense of disembodiment. Someone who identifies as a lykh might feel like their gender exists in spite of or apart from their earthly existence. Synesthetically, this gender feels undead, incorporeal and/or extradimensional, like a conspicuous absence. 

Corpsegender: A xenogender / kingender relating to one’s undeath. One’s gender perception is altered by the fact that they are undead, their gender might be muddled or weak but not necessarily. Some examples of “undead” can be zombies, vampires, ghosts, etc.

Bloodgender: A gender that is shrouded in confusion because of an overwhelming feeling of animalistic rage and feralness. This gender has a lot to do with frenzied confusion, anger, and visuals of gore and violence.

Zanggender: A gender based off or related to the "zannie" unnatural (Kovit in particular) from the book series Market of Monsters by Rebecca Schaeffer (or the Webtoon adaption 'Not Even Bones'), and/or a gender that draws energy from others' pain/violence. May or may not feel malevolent and/or related to blood. From the French word 'sang', meaning blood.

Tentiagender: A gender based off of or related to Nita's (main character of Market of Monsters by Rebecca Schaeffer) ability to control bodily functions, and/or a gender that feels made of many parts, each of which can be controlled through concentration, but is draining to control. From the Latin word 'potentia', meaning power/force.

Gendersanghe: a gender that feels thick, sometimes dangerous, iron-like, and related to blood. It can be connected to winter, darkness, and death.

I also headcanon xem as sepulcherine/ morguegender but I couldn't find a flag for that!

[wfmrish]

A Garden from Home

We were given an assignment to write a human-interest story. It could've been absolutely anything concerning anyone but I wanted to have a story I actually wanted to speak about. I racked my brain over this for at least a week before deciding on my topic, or rather, my subject. This is a story I find very personal to myself and so it was rather difficult to write it objectively from a non-biased point of view, but I've tried my best to do so. I hope I have done justice to the man who made plants his entire life. 

I see his nursery on my way to college every day and as a plant person, it was the first thing on my Bangalore places-to-visit bucket list when I first came here. I have a bad habit of hoarding plants that people around me have warned me against but I just can't help it. So, when I found out there was a nursery so close to where I'll be living, I was elated. I couldn't wait to fill my new room with plants. I ended up going there the weekend after my dad left, thinking I was fully settled in. I was all alone in a new city, with no friends and nobody familiar around. I needed the familiarity of plants to calm myself because I was getting overwhelmed by university life. My course was entirely new to me, so the subjects were also adding pressure onto me. I knew only the clean green air around numerous rows of plants could help me then. 

Ram Prasad had come to Bangalore around 18 years ago, with nothing but a dream of expanding his father’s small business of selling flowers in his village. He hadn't had a very extravagant upbringing, his father’s business being the only source of income in their family. He had attended school only till the sixth grade before dropping out to help out his father. He told me that's when his love for plants began. “Everything I've learnt about plants I've learnt from my father,” he told me when I asked him where his passion for all things green came from.  

Although it has been so long since he came to Bangalore, ram prasad still hesitates on calling this city his home. He confessed to me once that he misses his village back home because that's where his family is living. His wife died during the covid pandemic, so now his mother takes care of his two children. Taking care is probably not the right phrase since both his kids are adults pursuing higher education. His son is 19, and is doing BA in a community college in Uttar Pradesh itself. His daughter, 18, is currently doing BSc in math in the same college as her brother. Ram prasad admitted to me that I reminded him of his daughter which is why he always cheers up whenever I visit his nursery. He told me that he never forced his kids into taking up the same career he did and always encouraged them to complete their studies and grow up to do whatever they want.

One of the questions I asked him when I went to visit one weekend was how he was dealing with competition from big conglomerates like Ikea who sell plants at a higher price but still rack up profit simply because of their brand name. He laughed and told me that there's competition in every business, it's just how you end up dealing with it. Since his love for his plants is so immense, he doesn't mind the financial competition. He would rather sell his plants to people who are going to take good care of it than mass sell them to people who will let them die and wither because they can't take good care of it.