#he thinks robots are cool (does not elaborate)

[teaableu]

Cyborg boy

[aroaceleovaldez]

was thinking about next-gen kids and decided to doodle a couple. elaborated thoughts below:

Iphis is named with the same naming conventions that Sally used when naming Percy - primarily, mythological figure who had a good fate. Nice for Percy to honor his mom by naming his own kid the same way and Annabeth gets a fun nerdy mythology name. Also sending good vibes to their kid. Plus middle name directly in honor of Sally, of course.

Specific myth is Iphis and Ianthe, with the idea that a.) it's gender-neutral so works regardless of kid's gender and b.) not only does Iphis have a good fate, but arguably nothing bad happens to them ever and they get helped out by like three whole pantheons who show up in a literal parade and they live happily ever after. Percy and Annabeth are pushing for the BEST vibes possible.

(Also I am a very strong proponent of the "I don't think they'd name their kids after dead family/friends" so none of them have that)

Iphis of course inherited the Jackson family early grey hairs <3

Virginia is named after Juniper (cause Juniper is specifically implied to be Juniperus virginiana). She's probably been childhood bffs with Iphis since Iphis was born.

Chuck is Chuck. I gave him a Yankees jersey cause you know he's being raised as a sporty kid.

Do you ever think about how OP Frank and Hazel's kid would be. It's ridiculous. Quadruple legacy, including 2/3 of the Big Three. Frank by himself was already so OP the gods had to nerf him. Hazel came back from the dead and Frank kinda just said "nope" to dying that one time. Hazel presumably has every power that Nico has which is. A lot. Not to mention what Hazel has been shown to just be able to do on her own (including but not limited to SINKING AN ENTIRE SMALL ISLAND). Ares/Mars kids can functionally be completely invulnerable sometimes and also have some limited necromancy. Combo that with Hades/Pluto kids also being hard to kill and having necromancy as one of their main powers. Not to mention how Pluto geokinesis might combo with Chloris (goddess of spring) powers? And this kid is 100% being protected by both Nico (who is probably a deity by that point) and probably Pluto himself as well? Hello?

Anyways Hazel and Frank's kid is a total powerhouse. Possibly functionally immortal. Easily strongest demigod of her generation.

I like to think the latent Chloris legacy would crop up (probably in combo with Mars and Poseidon's plant aspects) and give them an accidental Persephone-type theme and that's fun. Frazel's goth daughter who takes after her grandmother (and uncle).

Figured since Frank is Canadian and Hazel is from Louisiana they'd go for a French name. The flower theme was not intentional on their part it just happened. Law of demigod naming conventions appears nonetheless.

I figure Leo might not have kids of his own but he probably still hangs around with Hazel and Frank so of course he's going to make their kid a cool thematic robot pet. He's probably her godfather or something.

Ronan is literally just some kid who showed up at the Chase Space who coincidentally was a legacy of Freyr and could shapeshift. Magnus and Alex obviously can't have kids cause they're dead, BUT some orphan with essentially a combo of their powers just shows up on their doorstep? Their kid now.

The ironic part is of course their shapeshifting powers just happen to be because they're distantly related to one of Annabeth's friends. Ronan finds himself suddenly gaining two parents and two cousins (Iphis and Lily) in rapid succession.

He only picks up Magnus' last name though cause Alex has 100% disowned her mortal parents.

He has a seal flipper cause shapeshifting and apparently "Ronan" means seal. I just wanted to draw those two showcasing their shapeshifting a lil bit.

Might try to doodle the other next-gen kid thoughts I had at some point but idk when. anyways yeah.

[tobyisave]

Trust & Insecurity in Kiibo & Miu's relationship

(In response to @strawberrysweater ! Thanks for opening this can of worms and sorry for this huge post lmaooo)

To preface this: I do love them together!! I just enjoy looking for the places they might clash at times if they were actually in a relationship... So this is about the things that keep them from fully understanding/trusting each other. And ofc this is just my interpretation!!

My short answer:

(1) Miu only thinks she is valuable as an inventor and sexual object, (2) Most people only care about Kiibo as a scientific novelty, and (3) they both have JUST enough evidence to convince themselves that this is also how they view each other. Even if deep down they're only playing these roles in an attempt to get closer to another human being.

On top of that, even though they're especially vulnerable with each other, I think there's still a lot of misunderstanding between them that would be difficult for them to reconcile. First because they have some genuine points of conflict, and second because they each have problems communicating and reading people (i.e. reality distorting levels of abandonment issues & obligatory robot autism coding, respectively)

Elaboration under the cut:

PART A - Insecurities

You can see (1) and (2) a bit in their other relationships:

Miu is of course hypersexual at all times, and she gives inventions to Shuichi (FTE) and her fantasy lover (love suite) because, as she confesses herself, inventing stuff is the only way she knows how to show affection for other people besides offering them her body.

Her inventions and hypersexuality are also the only explicit points of connection between her and Kokichi, arguably the only other character she is remotely close to besides Kiibo and Shuichi.

So given that most of her onscreen relationship with Kiibo is sexual or scientific (or both) in nature, it’s easy for her to go on believing these are the only things she has to offer. It’s a bit self-fulfilling of course because she’s arguable the one controlling the direction of their relationship in the first place, and at this point I’m not sure she believes there’s anything else to her.

[Shout out to @cloudysonder for helping develop this take :P]

I get the impression Kiibo has met a lot of people over his life who only want to talk about how cool it is that he’s a robot, even though that’s not a part of his identity he initially likes to bring up.

In his FTE with Shuichi, he goes straight into 'demonstrating my functions' mode as if it's the only way he knows how to talk to people

We see him treated in this fetishized way in-game too: with Kokichi chasing him to be “friends with a robot”; with Kaede’s FTE asking him invasive questions and touching his buttons without asking; and in postgame with Kazuichi basically assaulting him and trying to take him apart out of scientific curiosity --- all of these within just his first or second interactions with these people!

So it's a BIG thing for him to willingly let Miu sit there and take him apart, when he already spends so much time fending off virtual strangers who don't respect his bodily autonomy. And he's not used to people taking a genuine interest in him as a person so he’s hesitant to let himself believe Miu is any different, especially when her interest is so explicitly centered around his biology.

Plus as long as Kiibo is physically dependent on Miu, there's going to be a lot of room for insecurity to fester on BOTH sides:

"Does Kiibo really need me or does he just need my technical skills? Does he want to do these favors for me or does he feel like he has to?"

"Does Miu really care who I am or does she just want to gawk at my body like everyone else does? Does she care who I am or am I just the first boy(?) to give her the time of day? Does she want to help me or does she just know she’s the only one who can?"

This is the biggest hurdle IMO because it's a necessarily unbalanced relationship, and it will have to continue for the foreseeable future, no matter how they feel about each other.

PART B - Respect/communication

Another thing is that I don't think they fully respect each other — kind of for the same reason the rest of the group doesn’t respect them either

Miu might not consider Kiibo a person. We know Kiibo was worried about this; when asking Shuichi to use the electrohammer on him he explains, "The outcome will settle once and for all how Miu perceived me." This, and the fact she says robots aren’t people in trial, make me pretty confident that she has never looked him in the eye and said "I consider you a person."

I think she has a complex relationship with Kiibo’s personhood. On one hand if he’s a thing then it’s much easier for her to control him (esp given what we see of their relationship) and this soothes her anxious heart by ensuring that he can’t abandon her.

At the same time, if this is the case, then his coerced/artificial love isn’t worth as much as it would be if it came from an autonomous human person — to her insecure mind, it becomes Miu alone in her room playing boyfriend girlfriend with a doll, if that makes sense. 

To clarify, I’m not saying she BELIEVES he’s just an object, but it’s an idea that both comforts and torments her.

It's worth noting, too, that Miu doesn't always respect people's consent. This is especially risky when you factor in their mechanic-robot relationship (which already comes with a difficult power dynamic) and Kiibo’s naive/somewhat people-pleasing personality.

On Kiibo’s end: I think it’s safe to say he finds her rude/inappropriate at first (though I think it's really sweet that he uses the much more euphemistic description 'brash and spirited' after getting to know her). They also have some pretty stark moral differences --- Kiibo is distraught to learn that Miu wasn't above murdering their classmates, for example.

More importantly, I headcanon he has a lot of difficulty understanding her at all  – on an emotional level, yes, and and on a literal level he just straight up doesn’t understand many of the sentences she says either

K: “Most of that was unintelligible nonsense, but…” after Miu explains her “secret woman weapon." IMO his decision to phrase this as an insult helps mask the fact he's not familiar with all the lewd references she just made

He also has problems understanding emotions from the start, and Miu is DIFFICULT to track because she cycles through emotions so rapidly.

+ he might find it hard to extrapolate that many of the things she does are part of a facade. The crass egotistical miu who says he’s not a person is equally as real to him as the deeply insecure miu wants to believe he is a person (if not more real…)

PART C

Also these bullets from my personal doc I don't have the willpower to expand on atm:

They are both so prone to misinterpreting people unkindly

They’re also both so misled about how committed a relationship is supposed to be. Like I think Kiibo would consider a confession from literally anyone to be tantamount to a proposal (based on his love suite scene). And Miu wouldn’t be quite so fast but i do think it’d still be a huge deal for her because she falls very hard very easily (based on her FTE). Which is all very cute but being plunged into a big commitment like that can be crazy stressful, esp for two teens who have never dated before (imo) and have no frame of reference. [I was actually just going to post about this part lol]

PART D

All that said... I love them together and I DO think they could make it work without too much heartbreak. A lot of the things I describe as problems here could easily be taken as strengths.

e.g. Their misunderstanding of how relationships work ironically makes them more compatible, since they're both ready to go whole hog (if Kiibo determines that he actually likes her that is). Miu's rapidly fluctuating emotions are confusing, but on some level I think he'd admire how deeply and obviously she is able to feel things. And of course Miu as an inventor has a deep (almost objectum like??) respect for machines that helps Kiibo accept that he can be a robot and a person at the same time, and is probably the only one in the class who understands just how impressive he really is.

Thanks thanks THANKS for reading if you seriously read all that!! Mwah!!!!

I would love to hear anyone's takes on my takes too :P I haven't been rotating them in my head for too long yet so I'm still developing my interpretations...

[lopposting]

The major question of the story that we are now asking:

Why, exactly, does Carlo never "wake up"?

[long post]

[Spoilers ahead]

Well, simply put - Because he is dead.

OK, that seems like too obvious an answer, but I'll elaborate, and bear with me here. I want to recap some elements first so you know where I'm coming from, but I'm also trying not to completely explain everything because that's way too hard and would be too long.

[Currently, we don't understand everything about the story or its meaning. Because of some of the shrouded nature of the lore and narrative, it leaves much mystery. But from viewing these questions and the story from a thematic standpoint, something unexpected and really cool happened. I found that the story and the lore opened up in reverse.]

The easiest way to explain the plot (in my opinion):

It was my impression that Geppetto never “started” the puppet frenzy. The puppets were NEVER breaking the grand covenant, interpretably they are protecting humans by stopping the spread of the petrification disease, it’s just that everyone in the city was infected by that point. 

Now with the puppets killing everybody in a city where everyone was infected (ergo being the result of the disease) Simon can go around harvesting all that ergo and Geppetto presumably plays him by letting Simon collect the Ergo first, and then sending P to kill him. [again, these details may not be completely accurate, but bear with me here]

Why create P in the first place?

He's made in Carlo's image so to speak because Geppetto hopes that Carlo's spirit will awaken. This is also why P is never bound to the covenant (it seems that not being bound to robot laws makes puppet egos awaken faster, since awakened puppets can break the grand covenant). So that is the two functions of P, to destroy puppets for ergo to harvest and so Carlo's consciousness can restore. I was just guessing that the arm of god was enough to get Carlo to revive, and Carlo's mental spirit reviving would be helpful but not entirely necessary. But for reasons we don't understand, Carlo never does regain consciousness.

Geppetto bitterly tells us that we don't seem to have inherited Carlo's memories. There is no big moment where Pinocchio or Pino or P reawakens, fully, as Carlo. He isn’t treated by the story as him. During the course of the game, P struggles to forge his own identity, to become a real boy, despite starting as a copy of the original. It’s a very fitting parable for the genre identity of a soulslike.

However, there are other successful re-incarnations of people through puppets, namely Sophia at the end of the Rise ending. We ask, for consistency's sake, why are puppet-form Romeo and puppet-form Sophia assumed to have retained their original identities, but not Pino? This is just my personal interpretation of why Carlo just couldn't or doesn't wake up. It isn't really based any lore or deduction from story details, this is from more of a philosophical point of view. And it isn't just the luck of the draw.

I had some initial thoughts about Carlo's failure. Romeo was made with intention of continuing to fight against the disease, as it's told that he "made a deal with the devil". Sophia may have been a special case, as she is a listener (Arlecchino even refers to her as the goddess in the tower), she may have had an ergo identity so strong that her essential self could retain this process. But either way, the implication is that Pino may have been able to recover her not long after that final fight. Look at the nameless puppet. The state of Carlo's body is so poor, that more than not his body seems to have been replaced with puppet parts. I think the implication was that Geppetto had been replacing parts as they rotted away. Maybe he had simply been dead for too long. But again, this isn't exactly why I think he couldn't awaken.

Simon and Geppetto

Lies has two main antagonists, although one isn't completely revealed until the last section. Both Simon and Geppetto are the perpetrators of Krat's destruction, but for what seems like different reasons. Simon is trying to be reborn, and Geppetto is trying to revive his dead son, Carlo. Interpretably, they are both trying to become Gods. Simon by grasping the supernatural, cosmic power of one, and Geppetto by raising the dead. They have destroyed Krat in their attempt to become a god, or more succinctly put, attempting to become God, singular. Geppetto's goal is, in essence, the same as Simon's goal - Because bringing back the dead would make him God.

That's why it seemed all so confusing. Haven't Geppetto and the alchemists already raised the dead, as Pino does at the end of the Rise ending with Sophia? Sophia, Romeo, and Carlo were all afflicted with the disease. Their Ergo were all made into puppets, but there's a minor but important distinction here. Sophia is still alive in her condition and actively suffering, this is the reason why she asks us to end her life. It seems as though Romeo lost his friend to the disease, and then made a "deal with the devil" to continue fighting, this implies being made into the king of puppets. We collected Sophia's ergo while she was alive, which we then used to animate the puppet. So the three of them were afflicted with the petrification disease. Sophia perished, Romeo perished, but Carlo died.

Now if we see the sand memories section of the beach, the stalker's words start to gain some clarity. If Carlo died from an incurable disease that the stalker couldn't prevent, why is she too late? Perhaps the goal was never to "save" Carlo's life. She laments; That she was too late, NOT to "save" him, but for him to be able to be restored. The stalker seemed to understand that whatever procedure needed to be done would be useless past the point of death.

I have to admit that there was something that I thought could override my theory. It seems as though the alchemists already were able to bring back both Champion Victor and The Eldest of the BRB, and from the dead no less. We read from notes in the Grand Exhibition that Victor had caught the disease, died to the despair of his adoring fans, but then miraculously made a comeback somehow stronger than ever. But maybe - he had only appeared to be brought back from the dead to the public, as Victor sought the help of the alchemists. And when it comes to the Eldest in the coffin, I'm wondering if he was actually only mortally wounded, leading the brotherhood to consult with the alchemists. [The way he was carried out by his brothers too (shouldered on either side) isn't typically the way you would expect people would handle a dead person]

Mirroring Sophia, Romeo, and Pinocchio, who were made into puppets: There is Champion Victor, The Eldest, and Nameless Puppet. We can see the former three as Geppetto's method of "cheating" God (cheating Death), and the latter three as alchemists' method. Only "Carlo" has a form in either one - The Nameless Puppet and the player, P. The Nameless puppet appears to share a similar undead quality with Victor and The Eldest of the BRB (including the tubes). We know that the collected Ergo can animate puppets, They are puppeting around their own dead bodies.

I feel like the Nameless Puppet tells us in a poetic way that Carlo is gone. My thoughts on this are more abstract. Again, this isn't from a factual analysis, but more of from viewing the Nameless Puppet itself as a metaphor. The Nameless puppet has qualities similar to the other undead bosses, yet the game doesn't describe it like it does Victor and the Eldest. It's not a body. It is a puppet [Human on the outside, mechanical on the inside - the inverse of our protagonist]. And straight in the text, we are told this is "The Nameless Puppet". But we know who Carlo was. His name was Carlo. We split open its head, and there are only cold, mechanical parts, instead of what we in the modern world now regard as the very most essential self (the brain). Because there was nothing to recover, there is no one there. Carlo's spirit had long, long since departed the world.

We are also told through one of the game's narrative devices that the Nameless puppet was the first puppet fitted with the organ. Ostensibly, Carlo's body was being prepared for whatever procedure that needed to take place, but Carlo died before that could happen (perhaps thankfully), and Geppetto pushed forward with his plans anyway, perhaps past the point of no return.

There are two forms of revival and we represent one of them, as in, there was the puppet form of Carlo and the undead form of Carlo. Presumably, the undead form was incredibly destructive, and thus stored away; We are the second try for Carlo's rebirth, this time in the puppet form, but we cannot even wake up without the aid of Sophia.

Lies, God, and the Finality of Death

But doesn't Geppetto actually succeed in one of the endings? Simon fails to become a god, (well, presumably only because we kill him in the process of doing so) and then we confront Geppetto. If we hand over our heart, Geppetto actually does revive Carlo. We see the resurrected Carlo, but with one simple smile we realize this isn't the Carlo the game has been leading us to believe existed. This ending leaves us with distrust and unease rather than a sense of peace and resolution. Simon fails to become a god, and at the bad ending - even if he "wins" - the game makes us wonder if So does Geppetto. No matter what, Carlo could NEVER be truly, and in both senses of the word, honestly, be revived.

[Simon Manus - like Simon Magus, the biblical figure who tries to buy into the supernatural power of God. And Geppetto, of course alluding to the 1883 italian novel The Adventures of Pinocchio - a puppet master, a creator indeed, but of wooden imitations of life, and a poor imitation of God]

So, why I think Carlo could not wake up? Because whatever needed to happen could not be done after the actual point of death, and Sophia and Romeo's hearts were both transferred before they actually died. His spirit had long gone from this world. Krat has methods of eternal life, but these transfers happened while they were still alive. While the alchemists and Geppetto could certainly cheat death (as we maybe even would with modern day medicine), they could not defeat it. Carlo can no longer wake up, Carlo can never wake up again, because he is dead.

[guillotinesandroses]

Washed Ashore - Chapter 2; Ex-Colleagues

Platonic Sonic Boom x Ex-Villain!Reader.

Washed Ashore Masterlist

The sun flashes its gentle, yellow rays upon your form as you stroll through the beach. A cool ocean breeze keeps your mind fresh as the warm sand tickles your feet with each step. Two tropical birds sing and dance within the rich green leaves of a tree, concealed by flowers in full bloom. All in all, the day is shaping out to be absolutely beautiful. 

If only the entire walk to Sonic's house had not consisted of one girl bothering the life out of you. However, for the sake of keeping the situation civil, you are rendered incapable of responding like you want to, that being smacking the nuisance into next Tuesday. You do not have anything against her, but she could quit shoving her finger in your face every five seconds. 

"Who do you work for? The government? Aliens? The robot overlords?!" Sticks sticks her finger repeatedly onto your cheek.

You are about to roll your eyes for the sixth time during that walk before the finger slips into one of them. "Ow!" 

"Sticks, stop poking (Name)! It's impolite," Amy scolds. 

"Hey, chill, Knuckelina! I'm sure it was just an accident!" 

"I'm starting to regret becoming your sidekick," Amy mumbles. 

"Is it the name?" Knuckles asks, "it's gotta be the name, since I'm such an awesome boss. Don't worry, I can come up with something else! Like..." 

"Can't I just keep my own name?" 

"But that wouldn't be good for the brand!" 

"What brand?" 

"Wait, uh, what were we talking about again?" 

"We're here," you state. Like you hoped she would, Sticks quits bothering you but sends you an 'I'm watching you' gesture. You sigh as Amy knocks on the door. 

Sonic swings the door open with a yawn. You glance at him with a raised brow, it is unusal of him to be so low on energy. The reason for his exhaustion becomes evident when the resident self-proclaimed evil genius arises from the bathroom in his pink clothing. 

"Eggman?!" Knuckles raises his fists up. Sticks retreats with a hiss while Amy gets into a fighting stance. Sonic stands to the side, oddly unbothered by the situation. 

"Oh, hey gang! Didn't know you'd be visiting so early! I'm still in my evil pajamas! They've got a trapdoor on the back!" 

"Too much information already," you mutter. 

"What's he doing here?" Knuckles asks. 

"We have a truce. Tails is letting him stay here until his lair is rebuild," Sonic explains. 

"Ahem! Still waiting on that salmon eggs benedict!" Eggman calls out. 

"Coming, coming!" Tails hurries to serve the elaborate breakfast. 

"I asked for egg whites. These are yellows! See the yellow? I'm trying to watch my cholesterol! And this salmon is farm raised! What is this, prison?" 

"What kind of prison have you been to? Not a single one where I've been has ever served salmon." You cross your arms with envy. 

"It's all part of some evil plot, man! First he lures us into some terrible roommate ploy, but then wham! Out comes his fifty foot obliterator-bot and obliterates us all! We've gotta get out of here!" Sticks shakes Knuckles, who barely budges. 

"Guys, we have to help him," Amy says, "if we don't, we'll be no better than he is!" 

"Yeah! You'll be no better than I am!" Eggman yells and digs into his salmon eggs benedict, which he was complaining so loudly about before. 

"Think about how this is for him!" Amy approaches him. "Do you feel scared without a home? Do you feel alone? Are you eating your feelings?" 

"Somebody get her away from me." He recoils. 

Your head tilts. "Eh? How does not helping the guy who destroys the village on a weekly basis make us just as bad as the guy who, you know, destroys the village on a weekly basis?" 

"If anything, we'd be doing a huge favor to the villagers by throwing him to the streets! And to ourselves, since he'd be too busy rebuilding his lair to attack!" You sketch out the plan and swiftly and show it to the others, most of whom nod in thought. 

"(Name)! Heroes help people in need. Currently, Eggman needs a place to stay at. Kicking him out would be cruel," Amy scolds. 

"What? I'm just being practical!" 

"As much as I hate to agree with the scheming, diabolical government spy, (Name) is right! This is all just a ploy to get us to let our guards down! You can't trick me!" Sticks shouts. 

She then turns around to face a full-body mirror and screams. "The second dimension has stolen my image! Come! Help me get rid of this impostor!" 

Amy walks up to you, distracting you from the badger attempting to break the mirror. "Don't do it, Sticks! That's seven years of bad luck!" Tails yells from the background while Sonic tries to wrestle her away from the fragile glass, grumbling under his breath about how stupid the entire day has been. 

"Come on, give him a chance." Amy lays a hand on your shoulder. "Who knows? Maybe staying here will inspire him to redeem himself, just like you have!" 

"Yeah, I'll definitely start thinking about redemption," he draws the word out. In spite of his obvious sarcasm Amy looks at him with pride, and you send her a deadpan stare. 

"(Name) the Sword Wielder, right?" He turns his attention to you. "You used to be quite a big name in the old days. I am terribly sorry I didn't recognise you last week. Being a hero seems to have made you lose your presence." 

Your expression does not twitch at his words. "That's rich coming from a low-tier villain." 

"Low-tier?! Excuse me-" 

"The only reason I know you is because we share- used to share- a common enemy," you correct yourself, "of course I looked into potential allies back then- no matter how little assistance they could provide." 

Eggman stands up from the table. "Why, you- I'm going to-" 

"That's enough, you two!" Amy steps in between you and Eggman. "(Name), stop being rude. And Eggman, stop provoking (Name). Alright, now both of you apologise." 

"I wasn't being rude! I was being honest!" 

"And I'm just expressing my disappointment in the fact that (Name) would abandon the honorable occupation of villainy to hang out with you goons-" Eggman clears his throat. "I mean, I'm just asking, since you were so good at your job, why quit?" 

"Decided to change things up. I hardly see how that's any of your business." 

"There we go! See, now you're communicating your feelings to each other constructively! Isn't this the best? Now, for the apologies!" Amy exclaims. 

"Alright, I'll be the mature one and go first. I am sorry for judging your life decisions and saying you have no presence." Eggman apologises but mutters under his breath that he meant everything he said. 

"And (Name)?" 

Resisting the urge to roll your eyes, you respond, "...I am sorry for calling you low-tier." 

Amy interlaces her fingers together and fawns over the display of successful apologies and communication. With her distracted, you take the opportunity to take back your words. 

"He's mid at best," you mutter. Sonic snorts and bites back a laugh. The two of you share knowing grins before turning back to the conversation. 

"I still don't trust him! He's brought those robots of destruction with him too! He has them at all times! He cannot be trusted!" Sticks screeches. 

"Oh, please. The only damage those two bumbling idiots could cause is done on accident." Eggman speaks as the robots bump into each other repeatedly. "Trust me, I've tried to make them more effective. Never works." 

"Last night's storm wasn't even that bad. How do we even know his lair truly is destroyed?" You ask. 

"I know I'm the one who originally let him in, but if drinks one more of my energy drinks, I-" Sonic gets cut off by Tails, the owner of the house. 

"Guys, if Eggman needs to stay, he can stay. Who knows? Maybe he might not be so bad after all," Tails says. 

The gang looks expectantly at you, Sonic and Sticks. She lets out a hiss at the attention, Sonic groans out a 'fine' and you roll your eyes. 

"Whatever. Sure, let him stay," you grumble in defeat, "but don't be surprised when he attacks while you're at your lowest. Game recognises game; I know he's up to something!" You wave off the situation and step out of the hut. 

"(Name) may have given up the fight against the machine, but I won't! I never will!" Sticks hisses, "you will see! Soon enough he'll turn his ugly coat on you again!" 

Sticks runs out of the house. Eggman yells one last sentence from inside, "hey! I'll have you know, my coats are all VERY FASHIONABLE!" 

You and Sticks walk together for a couple of steps without saying a word. The atmosphere grows a bit tense as you try to sneak some glances at her to figure out whether it would d be good to say something or not. 

"Don't you look at me that way! This doesn't mean anything." Sticks stops walking and crosses her arms.

"Even though I'm glad you've got enough common sense to see through Eggman's half-baked lies, you are still nothing but a con artist! Nothing else!" Sticks points at you and speeds off into the woods. 

You sigh yet again as she runs away. From the very beginning of your attempt at redemption, you could always tell it would take the longest to earn her approval. However, you cannot take much offense to it, since she barely seems to even trust her friends. 

The following day, you follow Amy to go check up on Tails and Sonic. 

"Thanks for taking the time to play FP with me again this morning! But really, I'm going to be fine. As adorable as it is, you didn't need to escort me here," she says. 

"Yes, I know you can fight, I didn't doubt that. But it's always good to have backup in battles if possible in case something unpredictable happens," you reply. 

"Are you doubting Eggman again? Come on, let's give him a chance! You of all people should know how important second chances are!" 

"That applies only when there's a reason to believe he's willing to change! If he's just here because his lair is broken, that doesn't make him a good person! Just a bad guy on a leash!" 

"Oh, relax! I'm sure Sonic is going to attest that everything is fine and Eggman has been on his best behavior!" 

To her dismay, her optimistic assumptions are disproven the moment you two step into the house and sit on the couch to talk with Tails and Sonic. 

"That's it! I've had enough of Eggman! Lair or no lair, he's out of here!" Sonic shouts. 

"You can't just throw Eggman out! Sure, he might be a difficult roommate, but it's only because you guys have a communication problem!" 

"Communication problem? He whacked me with a pillow, hard! I'm dizzy, and I have serious short term memory loss!" Tails pauses. "And I have serious short term memory loss!" 

"Why don't we settle this with a roommate meeting?" 

You roll your eyes and lean back on the couch. At least you do not live there, so you will not need to actively take part in the meeting. You will be there only as a bodyguard in case of a fight breaking out. 

Soon enough, Amy manages to get Eggman to sit on the couch opposite to you, Sonic and Tails, while she herself sits in the middle as the mediator. 

"Now, Sonic, do you have something you'd like to share with Eggman?" She asks. 

"Yes, how do I say this delicately? You're a horrible roommate and no one in this house likes you." 

"Let's frame your statements with 'when you do this', it makes me feel 'this'." 

"When you live here... it makes me feel... angry." Sonic struggles with the new manner of speech for a moment before devolving back to the old reliable one. "Because you're a horrible roommate and no one in this house likes you." 

Eggman is quick to burst into crocodile tears. Sonic shares a look with Tails. 

"You're right! I am the worst roommate," Eggman wails dramatically, "I've never lived with other people before!" 

"What about us?" His yellow robot asks. 

"You don't count," Eggman snaps before continuing to sob. 

Amy turns around to face the other hedgehog. "Sonic, I think someone here could go for two spoonfuls of forgiveness, washed down with a tall glass of friendship. What do you think?" 

"I could go for several spoonfuls of a chocolate banana split, washed down with a tall glass of strawberry milkshake..." you mumble dreamily. 

Amy sends a glare your way. 

"Make that an orange smoothie and I'll totally agree with you," Sonic says. 

"Wanna go grab those later?" 

"You bet. I'm gonna need mountains worth of sweets to get the taste of this dumb situation out of my mouth." 

"What's the situation taste like?" 

"Sleepless nights and feathers. Bleh." Sonic coughs out a singular feather and you gag at the display. 

"Ahem." Amy clears her throat. "As I was trying to say before you two totally ruined my clever figure of speech, someone should go and apologise to Eggman. Right now!" 

"Ugh." Sonic groans, but turns towards the man anyway. "Eggman, if we give you a second chance, will promise to shape up?" 

"You bet!" 

Amy gasps in delight at the progress. "Roommate meeting group hug!" 

Your eyes widen and you jump over the couch, rushing to the door. "Nope."

"(Name), get back here!" Amy yells. 

"Try and make me!" You leave through the open door. 

"(NAME)! JOIN THE GROUP HUG!" 

"OVER MY DEAD BODY, AMY ROSE!" 

However the rest of the day went, you will never know. You spend the rest of it in blissful ignorance of the torment two of your friends are still likely facing, hanging out with Knuckles instead. 

"Now that I think of it, I haven't heard you say much of anything about the current Eggman situation," you remark, "what do you think? Are you with me and Sticks or do you think he can change?" 

"I think there's good in everyone!" Knuckles says enthusiastically while lifting weights. "Even that old lady who always blocks the grocery lines by using pennies to pay!" 

"Now that's devious."

"I know, right?" He drops the weights on the ground, shattering a nearby rock. "And I think- wait, uh..." 

Knuckles pauses and scratches his temple. "What were we talking about again?"

"I'm starting to think all those coconuts that fell on your head gave you brain damage."

"Oh, yeah? Could someone with brain damage do this?"

Knuckles proceeds to run and bash his head into a palm tree. The tree shakes as he rubs his forehead with a whine, only to be knocked out by an avalanche of coconuts, for the fifth time that month. You stroll up to him to see his eyes swirling in his head, but he is at least still breathing normally. 

"Only someone with brain damage would even consider doing that." You poke him with your shoe while he continues to tweak on the ground. 

It does not take long for Knuckles to wake up again, he is a rather durable guy after all. Sometime later, both of you go to your respective homes to sleep, but agree to go check up on Sonic and Tails together the following day. Sticks and Amy join the two of you once you cross paths, leading to you four all visiting Tails at the same time again. 

Knuckles strolls in through the hut's open door. "You're still hanging with Eggman? How many hours of sleep did you get?" 

"Zero," Sonic mumbles. 

"It's stage two of his evil plot, man! We are minutes away from him summoning his big obliterator-bot with its obliterator legs! And it's obliterator teeth!" 

"Sticks, stop being paranoid! Eggman's lived here for two days and he hasn't hatched a single evil scheme!" Amy walks up to Sticks. 

She gets cut off by a loud malicious cackle from outside. You glance at her with an expression that says 'I told you so'. "Two days isn't enough to make someone change, Amy." 

All six of you then rush outside, two of you slower than usual. 

"What's so funny?" Tails asks. 

"Remember how I said my island fortress was destroyed by a storm? I may have... fibbed." Eggman promenades dramatically past the row of heroes. Sonic's head droops, as he is on the verge of passing out. 

"You see, I kind of faked the destruction of my fortress as an excuse to live with you and tire you-" Eggman slaps Sonic awake. 

"Tire you to the point of exhaustion!" He finishes once he has made sure everyone listened. "So you'd be too tired to stop Obliteratorbot!" 

A large red robot emerges from behind trees, approaching menacingly and taking a fighting stance. 

"I knew it, he did have an obliterator-bot!" Sticks jumps up and down in front of Knuckles, grabs Amy's shoulders and shakes her. "Why doesn't anyone ever believe me? It's not like I'm paranoid!" 

Sticks then notices her shadow on the ground. "Stop following me!" 

"Enough! Obliteratorbot, destroy Sonic and his four friends!" 

"Four?" 

"Oh, yeah! Five! Ugh, quit recruiting new members! It gets so annoying to keep track of!" 

"Four... tress? Fortress. Destroy fortress. Destroying island fortress" The large robot misunderstands the task. Eggman desperately tries to undo the command, only for it to be further affirmed. Not only that, the robot plays rock music in the background. You barely hold in a cackle watching from the sidelines, and this time not even Amy scolds you. 

"Sonic, you have to help me!" 

"Why? It's your Obliteratorbot." 

"Because if you don't I'm truly stuck living with you until I build a new island fortress." 

"Let's roll," Sonic says in the most monotone voice you have ever heard from the hedgehog. 

Eggman rushes to his eggmobile while the heroes' group gathers into Tails's plane. He takes off from the ground smoothly enough but drifts off as the plane zipped across the blue ocean. 

"Tails? You doing alright over there?" Knuckles calls called out with no answer. 

You take a glance at him as you sat the the closest to him. He goes limp suddenly and the plane curves down towards the ocean.

"No!" Amy yells. 

"We're gonna crash!" Sticks screeches. 

Biting your lip, you jump up from your seat to grab the wheel. You pull a lever up as high as it can go and manage to narrowly avoid crashing into the bottom of the ocean. The plane gets a bit too vertical and you have to mess with the controls until it finally stabilizes. Even though you sweat the whole way to Eggman's island, the plane drives to a relatively smooth stop on the front of the tower. 

"Whew. Stuck the landing," you mutter to yourself. Leaning your head back, you take a moment to take a deep breath before exiting the plane. The rest of the gang slips out of the vehicle too. 

"Gotta stop 'em... but so... tired..." Tails mutters. 

"Maybe there's a clue on the ground... the soft... soft... bed-like... ground..." Sonic drifts to lay down on the pristine white ground, only for Sticks to rapidly kick him on the back the second he got comfortable. 

"What?! What's wrong? Are we under attack?" He jumps up. He then remembered what was going on and yawned. "Oh, yeah..." 

"Eggman, you built that thing, how do we take it down?" Knuckles asks. 

"By activating two kill-switches at the same time! They're inside the lair! There! And there!" He points at the two switches. 

"Oh, come on..." Sonic whines. "Alright. Amy, Knuckles, Sticks, (Name), distract that metal monstrosity. Tails and I are on the kill-switches. Eggman, you'll have to show us how to activate 'em." 

"Wait, should we really give the most important jobs to the only two in our group about to collapse at any given momen-" you speak up, but get cut off. 

"Pre-mission group hug?" Amy asks. You recoil several feet back and forget what point you were trying to make. 

"No." Sonic refuses and dashes off to complete his mission. 

"Well, lets get to it then." You shrug and pull out two swords from their holsters. The others ready themselves as well. Knuckles raises his fists, Sticks pulls out her boomerang and Amy brings out her hammer. 

The four of you walk up to the massive red metal pile, which is quick to turn its attention to you. Obliteratorbot slices off part of the roof and jumps down from the building in front of the group. 

"I knew you were coming," Sticks growls, "but you will never obliterate Sticks! Because Sticks is unoblitr- unolib- unobliterilly-" she gives up after several tries. 

"You can't kill me," she declares. 

But none of you even get though chance to actually fight. The switches get taken care of faster than anticipated. Sonic rushes in out of nowhere and grabs a fallen piece of metal, knocking the bot's head off while yelling something incomprehensible. 

"I got my swords out for nothing," you mutter. They slide neatly back into their holsters and retreat into the small pocket dimension you pulled them from with a snap of your fingers. 

The lair explodes, triggered by the chemicals from Obliteratorbot's fuel. Eggman falls to his knees with a dramatic scream. 

"Eh, sucks for him." You shrug and walk off with a satisfied smile. 

Sonic speeds next to you with a grin and throws you a fist-bump. "Well said, snookums!" 

Your smile twitches. "I should've waited before putting my swords away." 

"Hah, you couldn't have laid a scratch on me anyway!" 

"Oh, really? Let's test that theory out then-" 

"Guys, stop fighting and let's just get out of here!" Tails shouts from his plane. 

The ride home goes smoothly and as a reward for a job well done, you all decide to treat yourselves by taking a moment to chill at the beach. All of you sit in the warm sand watching the orange sunset, chatting on and off casually, until someone interrupts the lovely moment. 

"Hey, fellas! As you know, my fortress is now a smoking ruin! So, I was wondering, maybe, if I could stay with you guys for a little while, just until its built back?" Eggman asks while settling down onto a beach chair. 

Sonic is quick to grab both the doctor and his bags, taking them right back to his lair. You decide to lay back in the sand lazily while he zooms back and forth before returning for good. 

"Do you think he's going to get lonely being there, all on his own with no home to go to?" Amy wonders out loud. 

"Oh, for sure. You should go and offer your therapy services to him, he seemed to really appreciate how caring you were," Sonic responds. 

"Great idea! I'll go and keep him company!" Amy claps her hands together before heading to the island. Either she was fully oblivious to the sarcasm or ignored it on purpose out of spite. 

Sonic stretches and happily sits down in the sand next to you. "Yo, snookums, still up for getting smoothies later?" 

He uses the dumb nickname again, but unlucky for him, you decided to join him in this stupid game. 

"Oh, of course, honey muffin." 

He sends a glare your way. 

You respond with a smirk. "But, are you sure you don't want to enjoy this newfound peace and quiet for a little longer while it lasts?" 

Sonic takes moment to think about it, then places his arms behind his head and lays down in the sand as well, enjoying the final rays of the setting sun. "Hm, well, I guess it wouldn't hurt." 

[scatterpatter]

MM1 + MM2 Robot Master Genders(tm)

Ive wanted to infodump about my headcanons for genders for the mm1+2 (mostly 1 sowwy) for a while now and im FINALLY DOING IT

All purely my headcanons for my uh... au? Interp of Classic Megaman?? ... Scatterverse????? Idk whatever you wanna call it

So the first line designed by Light was always meant to be fairly gender-neutral. The "man" suffix wasn't intended to imply every bot was male, but rather was meant to be derived from human, and meant to embody the fact that the robot masters are meant to work alongside humans.

Though, as designs came along and the bots began interacting with the world around them, they found that things just sort of defaulted to more masculine presentations for the bots, and in most eyes they're all considered pretty male

As time went on though, the DLN were definitely way "looser" when it came to playing with gender than the DWN. They were very much encouraged by Dr. Light to explore their own identities and what things meant for them, and so there's a lot more fluidity in how the DLN present themselves

Cutman (he/him) doesn't really care about gender, but is chill with being called he/him or masculine terms. Doesn't really care to label his gender- MAYBE nonbinary if he HAD to choose a label but like he really doesn't care to label it

Gutsman (he/him) definitely the most "cis" of the bunch but also the biggest trans ally on the entire planet. Certified Transphobe Puncher(tm)

Iceman (he/they) Like Cut, doesn't really care for gender, but feels that demiboy is the closest label to how they feel about themself

Bombman (he/she) If there are "rules" for gender then she is determined to break every single one. Torn between id-ing as bigender or genderpunk... definitely leaning towards genderpunk

Fireman (he/him) Like Guts, also very "cis" but also supremely enthusiastic about being an ally. He specifically practiced using your pronouns extensively so he could surprise you with getting it right next time he sees you

Elecman (he/him) "Cis" but like. "If gender is a performance, I'm going for a Tony". Super gender non-conforming and loves playing with gender presentations. 100% does drag and loves it

Timeman (they/them) Agender. Thinks identifying with a binary gender is stupid because they are a machine that doesn't have a sex. Frustrated why Oil won't explain what they mean with his own gender identity

Oilman (he/they) "I'm nonbinary, but in a boy way." Will refuse to elaborate if you ask him what that means. Drives Time insane with this

The DWN are a lot more "rigid" on their genders. Created to be weapons and not companions, they see way less point in "playing" with gender. Gender is a social construct, and the DWN very much want to tear society down so like. Yeah. They don't understand gender let alone gender nonconformity. They're all very masculine in presentation and gender identity.

THAT being SAID I have 2 exceptions to this and their names are Quickman and Bubbleman

So Quickman (he/him) was originally built to be a female bot, but due to naming conventions giving all bots the -man suffix (see above), Quick's name was always Quickman. The only female bot of the line, Quick had trouble feeling "right" in his frame, especially when all of his linemates were much more male-presenting.

For reasons he couldn't explain at the time, Quick decided to "pretend" to be a male bot during the events of mm2, and like- Quick being treated like a boy by the Lights was an instant shot of gender euphoria through his circuits and there has been no going back since.

Very shortly post-mm2, Quick came out to the others about being a boy now and they were all shockingly cool about it. Because no one other than Wily and the mm2 bots knew, they were very secretive about it, very much a "we take this to our graves" response, and as a result Quick was actually super closeted as a trans man. Everyone else (even the other Wily bots) were under the impression that Quick was cis for the longest time

Later down the line, though, Bubbleman (they/them) starts playing around with gender, and eventually comes out to the mm2 bots about being nonbinary. Again, they're received well, but Bubble runs into a different problem than Quick.

The general public always thought Quick was a boy, so Quick had no problems being perceived as his gender. Bubble was always known as a boy before presenting as enby though, and isn't received as well as Quick in some public spaces. Bubble will even get bullied over being enby by some transphobes, which really destroys their self confidence

After having enough of this, Quick decides to start being a lot more open about his trans identity in public spaces, and is much more vocal about his own experiences. He absolutely doesn't do this because of the transphobes, no they can all eat shit. He does this to try and give Bubble more of a safe space to be around. If Quick can be publicly proud about his identity, maybe that can help his linemate feel more comfortable being themself too

As a result, Quick and Bubble actually end up being, like, super close, and it's sweet. and i love them. a lot.

[tawked]

Aliens #4, 1989, first published by Dark Horse, this version republished by Marvel.

Some food for thought for fans of David 8 / robotfuckers.

In the 1980s Alien comics, Newt (from the second movie) and an android soldier named Butler fall into a romantic relationship. This is loaded with drama for Newt. She is a thoroughly traumatized young woman with who's life has been destroyed by the a corporation essentially selling her family a lie (Hadley's Hope / LV426), and who now has an abundance of unprocessed medical trauma after being abused in a psychiatric facility for years. In this version, due to legal reasons, Ellen Ripley needed to be written out, so she simply isn't in Newt's life, and while this is not elaborated on (note: Alien 3 came out in 1992, this was all written in 1988-1989) the audience can obviously infer that this was not a cool separation from Hicks and Newt.

Ripley shows up later (incidentally, at the end of this specific storyline) but it's weird and tangled.

So, Butler - Butler and his squad are never informed that they're androids. When Butler begins his relationship with Newt, he does so under the belief that he is human. He only realizes that he isn't after being cut in half by an aylmao. Newt initially attempts to continue their relationship but existential dread seeps in as she comes to understand he is, in a sense, another lie sold to her by a corporation, and that as an artificial being with implanted memories and emotions, there is an element of unreality to his feelings for her.

When they sleep together in the literal sense, she is aware that he isn't really sleeping, he's just running a program that simulates sleep for the sake of passing as human, which to her is, in a way, a kind of natural deception on the part of Butler's creators. It's not that he's lying to her, he is the lie.

Now, David 8 is interesting because he is at all times fully aware that he is a robot and while he is probably the most advanced-looking android we've seen, with human mannerisms and Bladerunner Replicant-esque cognitive sophistication (that is, emotions and shit), he simply never has to operate under the illusion of being a human. This is also the case for Bishop and almost certainly Ash.

Butler is kind of a rare take on an android in that he's complex enough to deal with the reality of unreality, that is the concept of being an an artificial person with all of the existential horror that revelation implies, through the lens of a personal discovery.

And I think we should explore this dynamic more in horny robot fanfiction and art thank you

[ptr-sqloint]

also can i hear about your ocs and world building and take on angels because i love them

Thank you so much for asking :D! i have a LOT to say:

so!

angels in my world building : basically angels are an tools with a single specific purpose built into them, and not sentient in the same way people are.

That purpose can go from something simple and 'mundane' to more impressive / elaborate tasks. Some transmit information, some are there to protect people/places, some are basically the rules of the world/nature, some are cataclysms.

The form they take depends on the job they have, and there are a few angels that have a physical body.

there's no god in the sense of a guy or a higher will/power, but you could say that the machine that is all the angels together functioning as a system is a sort of god.

there's also different categorizations of angels depending on the scope and magnitude of their influence. kind of like the difference between the weather and climate.

in descending order of magnitude:

there's the laws, the phenomenons, the cataclysms, the guards, and the instances. a law would be gravity or light and and an instance is the kind of angel that would appear and relay a message.

now! there are also man-made angels. Sort of. to make an angel first you need a preexisting physical angel that you are going to deface and destroy in part to take the building parts of your own angel. While the rates of success are not very encouraging, it is possible to make something mostly functional. But watch out!

for example, radio as a means of communication would be a functioning man-made angel.

now for the rest of the world building:

the world is very slowly deteriorating just through sheer age and entropy

angels can't really die or be destroyed but they can be wounded gravely to the point of being unrecognizable , this is how you get fallen angels

some of that resulted in a form of magic: making an image of something makes it more likely for that thing to be true. The effect is basically negligible if you make , say, a painting; but it can be amplified by repetition ( so lots of duplicates of the same image ) and using certain materials for the images. the effect lasts as long as the image does.

i have three special little guys: Galahad, Camille, and Alice

Galahad is nobility and was brought up to be The Knight Of The Prophecy TM since he was very young and so is very learned about lore and magic and that sort of stuff. He's also trans but doesn't know it yet , and he's not actually The Knight(also doesn't know that). He wants very much to fulfill that role tho, and a lot of his conception of himself as well as his self esteem hinges on being able to play that role well. He has quite a short temper and gets easily frustrated.

(the Prophecy TM is something vague about someone doing something that would permanently halt the deterioration of the word. It's vague because it's One Very Old image with a massive amount of repetition all engraved at the same place so it's Very Much up to interpretation)

Camille is the actual Knight. He's also a trans guy. Him being The Knight means that he has a physical angel inside of him. In his body growing around his organs like a dendrogaster parasite (not a fun time for him) it talks to him and sometimes influences his actions/perception of the world. Camille thinks that sucks immensely and wants nothing more than to be rid of it and of his 'destiny'. Especially considering it's pushing him to do some bad stuff. Otherwise he's a pretty cool guy, a bit clumsy and incompetent at a lot of things, but he's sweet .and he works as a courier.

Lastly there's Alice , she is a robot who was constructed using the brain and nervous system of a criminal, that was then linked up and put in a machine made for fighting. After a while , it was deemed unusable because of various issues, and was decommissioned. The organic materials were disposed of and the machine left in a scrapyard. A while after ( like a few decades ) it was woken up without any memory of her previous life / time as a robot. Mostly. She gets brief impressions and scraps of her memory as time goes on. Basically It is a robot and/or the woman haunting it 👍

i wrote more stuff about her in the replies of this post

[thatonepikminperson]

Head cannons that I may or may not have (Pikmin 4 Ones)

Dumbest ideas ever here we go (Long post btw, using the read more so it's not too long for people just scroll tags)

Just to get the relationship head cannons out of the way, Dingo is homies with Bernard, Yonny and Russ are evil besties, and Shepherd and Collin are friends, anyway time for some unhinged head cannons

Collin drinks coffee right as it's done, even if it's boiling hot just because he doesn't have the time to wait for it to cool down. His taste buds hate him for this

Russ has set off the fire alarm on the S.S. Shepherd at least 8 times during the Rescue Corps Mission on PNF-404, mostly on accident

Bernard sucks balls at cooking and is banned from the small kitchen on the S.S. Shepherd. Idk why I feel this one, but man's has 100% burnt the water

Oatchi has ate money before, how much? Up to you to decide

Dingo doesn't understand the concept of knocking 80% of the time

Yonny reads smut in public without batting an eye. I'm not elaborating more on this one, he just does

Bernard has a playlist of over 600 songs just for when he's driving, which ranges from hard rock to vocaloid

Shepherd was an adventurous child, and climbed out of her window to get out of the house when she was grounded for fun

Bernard may or may not have accidentally gotten Dingo into vocaloid, and Dingo can never live this down

Sometimes, Collin just makes rice and an egg and calls it a "good meal."

Shepherd forces Collin to eat sometimes

Shepherd often goes to dog shelters and has to physically restraint herself from adopting every single dog there

Oatchi has tried to eat Shepherd's hand on several occasions, and has failed every single time

Dingo is really good at most sports, except for dodge ball because of that one rule where if the person catches the ball your out. Dingo hates that rule with a burning passion

Bernard says "oopsie doopsie" and "lol" out loud, unironically, all the time

Yonny has once tried to add a robot leg to Oatchi. Shepherd did not find this as fascinating as he did, unfortunately

Russ is Yonny's second victim when it comes to consuming his concoctions, but he's way more willing to do than Dingo and will sometimes give the concoction a review like he's at a five star restaurant.

Russ has electrocuted himself at least 18 times before, and he's also electrocuted Yonny twice

Collin has had to drag Yonny away from Dingo to stop the doctor from experimenting on the poor ranger

And finally (For now, If I think of more, I'll add more), despite everyone's differences, everyone on the crew is very protective of each other. You mess with one person, you mess with all six of them. (Technically all seven of them if you count Oatchi)

[alltheotherblogs]

My problem with the 3D Fallout's and their carry-weight mechanic.

I mean, the title basically says it all. Right? Let me elaborate for those who may not know. Fallout is an alternate history Atompunk universe where humanity discovered nuclear technology earlier and began investing into it much more heavily, which not only led to an entirely different first, second, and third world war, but basically made certain countries obsolete. The lack of the infamous Red Menace is a distinct thing in the universe of fallout. Instead, what takes it's place is China. The only Country whose industry is able to compete with ours. The early jets of this universe far exceed our own modern ones, they have robots, cyborg dogs, living computers, sentient coffee makers, and a bunch of sci-fi tech that could theoretically exist, and some of it is even drawn from real life! For instance, nuclear cars and plasma guns. Two things which, one was going to be made, the other may actually exist... But on the hush hush. It takes place in America after an all out nuclear war devastated all the worlds infrastructure. Basically the only people unaffected in Fallout are some miscellaneous groups way too far from civilization to be touched. I'm talking Canada, South America, I mean, Africa. lmao, africa would've dramatically cooled down in the Fallout Universe due to the nuclear war. I mean, the whole world would've. We'll get to my personal problem with the carryweight soon, but first, check out this fuck-ugly tank

This has been nicknamed the "Christless Patton" For a lot of reasons. If you know me, you know I LOVE Military history, Alternate history, and EVERYTHING to do with mankinds various armaments. It's basically made in this universe in place of our real life Patton 1, the M46.

I think it's easy to tell what the first problem is with the Christless Patton. The size. As you can tell by this image alone, the Christless is WAY too small to even be operational. The size alone makes this thing a stupid idiot tank designed and modeled by idiots. The twin guns are supposed to be nearly twice the size of the 90mm on the Patton, they are supposed to be 140 somethings? I don't recall and I don't care. But you can tell, like a lot of problems with fallout 4, the tanks are not correct. I mean, the Christless can't even do a full traverse of it's turret. That's right, that butt ugly twin barrel can't even look behind itself and it can barely rotate 45 degrees to the left or right. It's useless. I'll get to my actual problem now, lol.

Finally, the actual issue.

Carryweight in the 3d fallouts is handled with the strength modifier. This may seem like it's obvious for some and for those who are more experienced you are gonna realize it's really really dumb. "oh strength of course cause you have to be stronger to lift more" Yeah, that statement makes sense for about two seconds, in those two seconds you watch a guy put that weight back down. Endurance is the real stat which is required to carry things. Check it, so a strongman can lift 300 lbs with his arms, he then gets tired of lifting it and has to put that weight back down. That strongman weighs like 220lbs himself, and can't reach his middle back. (what a dork) meanwhile, the marine grunt, he's expected to regularly *carry* 150 lbs. How does he do this? Well, it's simple really. Endurance. This marine grunt weighs about as much as he's carrying on his person, 180 give or take, but he trained to displace this around his frame, and carry it long distances using his entire body to lift it. The strongman isn't doing that, and can't do that, those big muscles weigh more than the gear he's meant to carry and he'll tire out in the second round, the third round he's gonna get knocked out. This is why boxers aren't giant buff men, they are kind of schlubby dudes with a little bit of belly and big pectoral's & back muscles. That's what it really takes to win a fight. Back, chest, and legs. And the marines know that. Fallout apparently does not. Strength in fallout measures dozens of factors which make perfect sense. Meanwhile, Endurance measures your stamina, (action points) and health pool. Why is endurance not responsible for carryweight? I do not know. The fallout devs think strength is for carryweight. Strength is for melee damage, bursts of muscular power. You know, fast twitch and all that. If both played a factor I would be happy, it would make the most sense, but they don't, it's only strength. Which is dumb, really dumb. "Ohh you have to do stuff like that for game balance" let me show you how much Bethesda cares about game balance. Look up the Fallout New Vegas Wikipedia article for tweezers and tell me how much they WEIGH! That's right, the TWEEZERS WEIGH A FUCKING POUND. Various other items in the game have excessive weight such as empty tin cans also weighing a pound. Empty bottles, scrap metal, scrap electronics, stuff you or me could put in our pocket and the difference is measured in the length of a quark. Various other items have accurate weight! Stuff measured in the decimals, or stuff with no weight at all since you'd have to be carrying a whole lot to even notice it and by then you'd reach stack overflow and the game would crash. That's my problem with this game, not only do they make ammo have excessive weight, but they make crafting items have excessive weight. "Ohh game balance" WHAT DID I JUST TELL YOU ABOUT THE TWEEZERS???? DID WE NOT JUST GO OVER HOW CARRYWEIGHT WORKS IN REAL LIFE??? I Did construction, I did strongman training, I did cleaning work. I had to carry stuff. I'm good at carrying stuff. I'm not an expert, but I know strength played no factor. Yeah an anemic anorexic couldn't carry a pencil two feet but we're not talking about an anemic anorexic we're talking about the Courier, a guy who canonically has a similar kill count to Stalin. (I hope i can't get banned for saying that lmao) The courier is Thanatos, death incarnate, a man who delivers heaven or hell to those he deems it necessary. Couriers are awesome throughout all of history. So when designing this game, why did they fuck up this badly? I honestly have no idea. And for this reason, I always cheat. I never play Fallout 3, fallout new vegas, or fallout 4 fairly as intended. Cause, it was an oversight, it wasn't intended, nobody was communicating when these decisions were made otherwise someone would've said "hey why the fuck are these tweezers 1lb?" So I make my carryweight 400. cause that seems fucking fair.

[vlkodddlak]

i feel like the craziest person in the fandom cause i don't like gabV1el

i mean it's not that i dislike it, i think it's wonderful and i love to see all the gay fan art for it. i just personally don't see it as something that would even work out, especially from V1's side

it's not only because V1 is a robot, but i've always saw them as a non-sapient creature that doesn't really experience self-awareness. to me that's what made them a unique main character in the first place. they experience emotions and have their own thoughts cause the point of the gameplay is to literally do the sickest moves and do all sorts of cool tricks. like...you think a cold, unfeeling machine would care about what score it gets? it's obvious that V1 experiences SOMETHING, be it just the enjoyment of being able to kill their enemies in the most fun yet obnoxiously elaborate way possible

however, there's not one moment in the game (or outside of it, really) that gave me the reason to believe that V1 reacts to everything happening around it on a deeper level. y'know, kinda like a human would. so whenever you fight enemies like Minos, Gabriel, etc with all their fancy monologue, saying how much they despise you and stuff, i imagine that the whole time V1 is just standing there, patiently waiting for them to finish talking like "...ok. can i kill now"

all those personal feelings Gabriel has towards us, towards V1? imo, none of them are even comprehended by V1. it might be a stretch, but i would say that V1's sentience is closer to an animal's, like a cat's or something, than that of a human

V1 doesn't kill because it wants to, it isn't cruel. it just does what it needs to survive. they need blood. they are aware that some of the bosses they fight are full of rage directed towards them, V1 just doesn't understand why. it cannot comprehend it. that's why Gabriel's monologues hit me extra hard. he feels all these strong, overwhelming emotions towards this machine (eg his second fight with them) and yet, V1 feels...nothing towards Gabriel. V1 doesn't see him as anything important. he's just another being full of blood that V1 can feed upon, he's just tougher and more challenging than the rest (not like that's a problem to them, V1 probably gets a surge of dopamine from the challenge)

TLDR: i don't ship gabV1el because to me V1 is just a little stupid cat

[lucksea]

actually no u know what. out of mercy i will post my kind-of story bible for ultraman showtime........ as an apology for my inability to write things . heres my loose ideas for my beautiful world

Ultraman Showtime is a story following four young Ultras as they try to navigate through the turbulence of life and discover who they want to be.

Allegro is a clone created by Belial to be his successor. His experiment was deemed a failure and he was abandoned on a planet of monsters several thousand years ago. He was recently discovered by the inhabitants of M78, and is eager to meet new people after spending his whole life alone. He is gentle and sensitive, but his emotional outbursts tend to be literally explosive. His inability to use his energy powers properly is considered something like a disability.

Marize is an energetic Ultra who finds more fulfillment in combat than in science or healthcare, to the chagrin of her parents. She has the ability to expertly manipulate the energies of both the space and people around her, making her incredibly powerful. She has a very straightforward view of the world and often has trouble understanding people. Her passionate nature means she can be very short-tempered.

Lyle is a young scientist who is fascinated by monsters. He has a keen interest in biology and left the Land of Light to study the creatures who often come to Earth. He can come off as distant or uninterested, but he is far more attentive than he seems. That being said, he typically finds his work more interesting than other people, so he has no interest in proving himself to others.

Zero-Two is a machine from another universe, fashioned after the legendary Ultraman Zero. After a fierce battle across the multiverse, Zero-Two is the last of its kind, thought to have been destroyed. Allegro and friends discovered it drifting through space and repaired it, giving it a new life separate from its old code. This has left it with no purpose and no sense of self. It is trying to figure out what it means to be alive.

The story would probably follow an “event of the week” format, similar to most Ultraman media, with some storylines carrying through multiple arcs. I plan to make references to other media, as well as expand on some concepts in the original source that I enjoyed but felt weren’t elaborated on enough or could have been done differently. I’d like to explore the more domestic aspect of science fiction, beyond fighting space monsters, such as the implications of growing up in an alien environment, or having unrealistic expectations placed on you from birth. 

Ultraman is a world about humans and the ways they interact with the universe, taking the form of fantastical battles and their impacts on society. While I have great respect for that story, I’d like to take a look at the other side of things and explore what it must be like for the aliens. The Ultras are gigantic, incredible creatures, akin to angels or sometimes even gods- but they’re not either of those things. They’re people. What is it like for them, to be raised with this idea that they must protect the entire universe, and sometimes more than one? What must it be like for them to pretend to be something else?

My favorite parts of Ultraman are the ones exploring the ways people can help and harm each other in both innocuous and world-changing ways. I think there are ways that I can explore this idea further while using the idea of aliens as a lens to study it. I understand that many people who are like me, in that they are somehow “different from the norm”, dislike the idea of being compared to inhuman creatures, but I’ve always found it comforting. It’s kind of cool to me, since I’ve always liked aliens and monsters and robots. I wouldn’t mind being one of them. And Ultraman is a compassionate hero who fights for peace and love. I hope the comparison here isn’t too insulting for people. I think it would be incredible to be able to help people like Ultraman does, even though it’s pretty unrealistic.

“Showtime” doesn’t have any real significance as a name. I’m, um… bad with names. I drew the three Ultras saying “It’s showtime!” as they transformed, and that seemed good enough as a title, so I stuck with it. Their own names also don’t follow any kind of consistency. Allegro was originally going to have music-themed powers, and that didn’t end up happening, but I already liked his name for him, so I never changed it. Marize’s name came to me in my classic gambit of “make a sound out loud and then make a name out of it”; my only real idea for her was that her name could sound like two different names in English, because I thought it would be funny. One of my friends named Lyle because I couldn’t come up with anything for him. Zero-Two is the only one whose name I actually took time to think of- more specifically, her second name, Zenith. Because she’s a trans character, and names are often very important to us, I wanted her name to have actual relevance to her character and story. She originally names herself after Zero, who she was created in the image of, and eventually comes up with her own name which references her origins while also making a statement about her new self- that she has risen above her former purpose.

Allegro and his friends are roughly the same age as Zero, maybe slightly younger. I wanted them to be around 20 years old, similar to my age at the time of writing this. There are a lot of teenage coming of age stories, but I’d like to write one about what it’s like to be an adult without fully understanding what that means. Because of this, Marize and Lyle probably remember Zero’s battles with Belial, given that one of them led to the whole Land of Light freezing over. I haven’t decided if I want them to have already left by then, or if I want them to leave afterwards. It kind of depends on when Showtime takes place in the timeline, which I also haven’t determined. It definitely takes place sometime after Geed, but I don’t know enough about the Heisei/Reiwa shows to decide where exactly Showtime happens yet. The easiest answer would be “present day”, but that would mean the time is always changing, so it would be better for me to pick a specific time and then work backwards from there to figure out where everyone would be. Maybe I’ll put them in America during Arc? 

But I don’t know if I want Showtime to take place in America, which I obviously have more experience with than Japan, because while I feel like I would be much more confident exploring society in that way, it might not be very faithful. I don’t know if Ultraman ever really existed anywhere other than Japan in-universe (there are a few american adaptations, but they’re very rarely acknowledged, even as far as Ultraman goes), so I’m a bit worried as to how people might take it… but I also don’t want to look like an idiot trying to write a story in Japan, especially if I try to do research and end up getting it wrong anyways. It’s important to me that I do the story justice. 

I have a lot of images in my mind of the trio on Monster Planet, studying them, but I don’t know if that works consistently with what I want out of the story. I like the idea of it, but then the rest of it doesn’t really make much sense. Why would they go to Earth if they have something to do there? Then again, I’m not sure I have much reason for them to go to Earth in the first place. I got an idea in the shower, of the Group for Extraterrestrial Relations (GETR), being a sort of global group funded by the UN in nations that have had contact with aliens. I imagine it started in Japan, and then branched outward as monsters and aliens began to appear elsewhere. Perhaps the Land of Light has some kind of contact in GETR that allowed them to send Allegro, Marize and Lyle to Earth in order to learn more about humans, and defend their given station from threats in the process. I like the idea of them having jobs or school, learning about humans through hands-on experience. It was a fun part of the Ultraman series whenever the writers acknowledged that the Ultras playing as humans may not understand everything about human culture. Maybe the Ultras of the Land of Light, knowing how involved humans have become with their efforts for peace, want to learn more about them, so they plan to send a young warrior and a young researcher to Earth to study and learn more about them, as well as help protect them. 

While this plan is in motion, Zero discovers Allegro drifting around Monster Planet, and brings him back home. While the council deliberates on what to do with him, he, Marize and Lyle hit it off, and the council decides to send Allegro with them to Earth. He’s very new to the world, but many of the Ultra warriors learned important lessons while striving to protect humanity, and they seem to value learning via combat– as seen with Zero’s exile– so I think it makes sense that they would send him off with his new friends to learn about life on Earth. They may or may not know about his tendency to explode. I haven’t decided how I want to introduce that yet. And I don’t think it’s actually that frequent of an occurrence, either, despite my jokes about it. He only does it when in very high-stress situations, and he has trouble getting it to happen on command unless in that sort of situation. He can’t really delay it that well, but he can trigger it sooner if he’s in the right headspace. It is possible for Allegro to avoid exploding, but it’s very difficult for him once his timer starts, similar to how most Ultras are bound to run out of energy soon after their timer starts flashing. Learning how to calm himself down when he’s having panic attacks, and learning to avoid them in the first place, is part of how his character will develop. Also, I feel like trying to calm down when there’s a flashing beeping light on your chest reminding you that you’re panicking and need to stop panicking would make it way harder to actually stop.

Maybe Parse could be part of GETR, one of the alien consultants for making sure humans get along with the non-violent aliens who come to Earth. Perhaps a member of GETR is assigned to each of the ultras as a sort of chaperone-slash-buddy to make sure they’re getting on alright? I think the gang should find Zero-Two while they’re on Earth, so she wouldn’t get one, at least not right away. They’d find her pieces just sort of drifting by and go collect them, then realize she’s a robot and bring her to Parse to be repaired. (Or maybe Jean-Nine finds the pieces and brings them to Parse after Hikari sends him there? I haven’t decided yet.) Once she’s complete, or nearly, they realize what she is and debate whether to call someone back on the Land of Light. Marize thinks they should report it in, Allegro is worried they’ll destroy her again and thinks they should keep her a secret. Lyle states that they’re obligated to inform the other Ultras of a possible threat, but because Zero-Two seems more confused than dangerous, they could take responsibility for her and urge the other Ultras not to destroy her. I think Allegro would be very protective of Zero-Two because of his perception of her as a fellow clone, even though that’s not exactly what she is. This makes him a similar figure for her as to what Zero was to him, as the first person to show friendship and compassion to them [although Zero and Allegro’s relationship is much more distant, as they’ve only met once or twice and Allegro kind of idolizes him, whereas Zero-Two is adopted into the group properly.] [I should note that Allegro does not consider Zero-Two to be Zero. As far as he’s concerned, she is her own individual person from the very start, and she just happens to look similar to Zero, like how he vaguely resembles Belial.] [Very vaguely. He was originally supposed to look more like Belial did pre-corruption, but then I liked how his crest and fins kind of looked like a star, so I made them bigger. I also made his eyes more square-shaped rather than diamonds or circles, so really he doesn’t look much like Belial at all. I guess that’s part of why his experiment was a failure.]

After thinking about it for a minute, I think it actually doesn’t make much sense for Lyle to have a yellow timer, even though it looks better, so I’ll have to figure out why he has one, or else people might kill me for redesigning him again. Then again, I’m redesigning Marize after making her a reference because her design doesn’t look that good, so maybe I’ll just change Lyle’s anyway. Allegro having a yellow timer makes sense, because his timer has a different function, but I think Marize and Lyle should have the classic blue-to-red timers. Maybe I can make Lyle’s eyes blue to match? But most Ultras don’t actually have matching eyes and timers, so maybe I’ll leave them as-is. I’m so used to matching colors that the idea of having their eyes and timers be different colors is hard for me to stick with, even though that’s how it’s always worked. But I do like how Geed and Rising look, with the glowing blue eyes matching their timer, it looks much more streamlined to me…

There are so many things I want to capture with my stories. The circumstances of your creation are irrelevant but your actions will impact your future and they are informed by your past. You owe honesty to nobody but yourself. You must remember that you exist in other people’s lives. You can come and go but you will always leave echoes in your wake. People will remember you. Your memory is who you are. Kindness and compassion are more powerful than violence. Violence leaves wounds that can never be fully healed, on both the victim and the perpetrator. People will always hate you and people will always love you. You have to love people. You have to love yourself, too. Basically, you have to love. Everything, everywhere, all the time, you have to be in love. With the world. The way the air tastes. The sound of the trees, and the creek, and your cat, and your neighbor’s kid who likes to play with their dog in the yard across the street, and the people at the grocery store who remember you when you come by every week. Even when it’s too hot, or too cold, or too wet, even when you feel used or ignored or disrespected, even when it’s just fuckin’ hard, you have to remember how it feels to love. That’s the most important thing. Because it’s too easy to hate. It’s easy to get angry and lash out. We can’t always let ourselves do the things that are easy.

That’s something I like about Ultraman above everything else. It’s about love. Ultraman loves humans. And usually, he loves the monsters, too. He kills them when he has to, and when he doesn’t, he finds ways to help them, or he honors their deaths. Ultraman is a compassionate hero. I feel like that’s something that’s very important to remember, an important thing to have.

Ember’s Key is also about love, of course, although in a different way. I feel like my ideas for the spinoff are even looser than the main story. Ember is connected through Zenith, when they become friends by chance, and later Marize, who seems to be a magnet in my mind for people with differing opinions. I always find myself imagining her butting heads with people. Ember herself has changed a lot since my initial idea for her, and she’s still changing, so I haven’t tried to pin down any ideas yet. Originally, she was a drag queen, but I’m not sure if that’s still true. She was going to have something of an outward, self-acceptance vibe, which would help Zenith figure her stuff out and also impact Tregear, who got added to the story later. Tregear and Marize and Zenith have some kind of nebulous ties. And then Mad Astra got added even later, which made me start thinking about a sort of game Astra and Tregear are playing. Like narrators, kind of, or maybe just observers, watching the events of Showtime unfold and messing with the four main characters however they like. I think Astra would find Zenith fascinating (partially because I think it would be fun, since one of my planned beats for Zenith is her becoming something like Normal Astra’s protege for a while before achieving her final form, and partially just because the way I write Astra, he seems like the type of person to be interested). And of course I think Tregear would be happy to mess with Marize. She’s similar to him in just enough ways, and different from him in so many more, that I think he would feel some kind of need to make her fall into darkness. He doesn’t like the idea of watching someone like him succeed where he failed.

I feel pretty bad because Ember, despite being a key character, doesn’t really have anything going on for herself yet. I’ve made a woman who is a plot device… I’m sorry Ember… I’m still looking for something for you I promise… I have a few loose ideas, like her being banished from her homeworld for some hardcore thing like treason and murder. But I haven’t decided exactly what happened yet. Just that she got banished

there's a bit more information to be found on my milanote board, which i've strung together to keep track of things (although i've almost run out of space, and i don't want to pay the premium fee, so i guess eventually i'll have to find something else to use as well). it has some relationship charts, and other boards are nestled in, so you can double click on things to see more. MOST of the characters with boards have descriptions, but not all of them.... all of this is a work in progress

[afrognamedfizzarolli]

Helluva Boss Season 2 break down. Pt 2: Apology Tour!

I have a feeling this is how Apology Tour will start: Blitzø breaking down due to overwhelming self loathing. Possibly due to someone else going off on him. I believe the cake(? Some sort of food) depiction of him isn't real, but something he's picturing.

Honestly I don't have a damn clue how we got here, but it seems Stolas is performing at a Verosika show, them bonding over there shared heartbreak from Blitzø, made most obvious by the curtain behind them with "BLITZO SUCKS" spelled out in huge letters.

I also think its possible this is the first time we will see the Envy Ring. As the sky looks more purple here to me than in Lust. But i might be crazy.

My assumption is Blitzø crashes the show, why and how I am also not sure. I have a few theories but they aren't rooted in much. Presumably him and Verosika get into it, landing them both in jail. I think here we will see similar to in Oops him and Verosika fighting about their past, that leads to actually communicating, them both finally seeing the others side. They end up working together to escape.

Also want to point out that the window behind Verosika shows what might be a green sky. Which would be kinda strange for them to have traveled to a completely different ring. The neon light in the back of the cell seems to be more of Lust's aesthetic. So honestly who fucking knows what ring they are in anymore.

I think these take place after Blitzø and Verosika escape. Possibly them talking about his relationship with Stolas, and her pointing out the blatantly obvious to Blitzø that Stolas does love him.

I believe the close up shots of them do take place directly after one another, mostly because they are in the same outfits they are shown to be in in their respective clips with Verosika. I think again this is finally them communicating and understanding each other, and possibly here is where they officially become a couple.

I believe these shots of a fight sequence in the Lust Ring are going to be this episodes B plot. We get parts showing Millie, Loona, and Moxxie (and the cool mega man looking ass robot) but no Blitzø.

These clips are a little difficult for me placement wise. They would fit with my expected story line of this episode where Blitzø is remembering and regretting everyone he has hurt. Although I have a feeling they are actually from Mastermind, Ill elaborate on [my post for that episode]

I'm not completely sure where the shot of Millie with the broken glass fits, its been a really tricky one for me. I do not think it has anything to do with Blitzø, like how the line playing when it comes up alludes to. This episode is my best guess, but honestly it could fit a lot of places.

I want to include this background detail from Hells Belles that may have possibly been foreshadowing to this episode. The sign does say "Pride Tour" though, which AGAIN just fucks with what ring this damn episode takes place.

Again I am sorry for the shit photo quality, and possible bad grammar and spelling. I currently have the posts for the rest of the episodes nearly done so expect those in the next few hours ♡ I'd love to hear any other ideas or theories about the upcoming episodes, or anything I missed/got wrong!

Pt. 1: The Full Moon | Pt. 2 :Apology Tour | Pt. 3: Ghostfuckers | Pt. 4: Mastermind | Pt. 5: Sinsmas

[violetlunette]

The Ramshackle Un-Birthday Interview: If you could take any one person with you to a deserted island, who would it be?

Summary: Yuu answers who he would take to an island.

Notes: This is part of the Un-birthday interview for my Yuusona, who is Twisted from the Mad Doctor.

*Spoilers For Lost in a Book with Stich

If you could take any one person with you to a deserted island, who would it be?

At the question, Yuu blink thoughtfully and tilt his head back.

“Huh. You know, I had a dream that this exact scenario happened. And Batman, Floyd, Azul, Jack, Riddle, Ace, and Grim. And there was a blue koala there too.”

“Funny how that works, huh?” Ace grinned. “So, would you take one of us then?” Yuu’s face was robotic as he forced a laugh.

“Ha, ha, ha—no,” he said, far to brightly. “No, no, no no! Not at all.” Despite the large smile, he looked very, very annoyed. Evidently, the dream he had put him off to anyone in that particular group. However, he decided not to elaborate on the details.

“If I’m going to be on a deserted island with anyone, I’d want Silver.” All three slumped and sighed.

“Of course it is,” Ace muttered.

“Of course!” Yuu jumped the chair, posing as if he climbed a peak, his eyes sparkling. “Seeing Silver under the moonlight on a tropical beachfront with hibiscus in his hair and his hand in mine as he exploded the island and then each other...” He sighed dreamily.

He could see Silver under the hot sun turning the fair pale skin hot pink as it became layered with sweat. Sweat that would have to be washed off in the cool waters of the ocean where he glisten from the drops of water that was blessed enough to cool him. Then, when night came and they needed to seek shelter for the night--

“Just admit it,” Ace interrupted, his voice shattering the dream. “You just wanna have sex.”

“Mostly yes,” Yuu admitted without hesitation or shame.

“But tropical romance aside,” he continued. “Silver—unlike OTHER people—thinks before he acts and at least tries to fully assess the situation first before making a choice that endangers everyone.” His voice became curt as he spoke and he seemed to grow more and more annoyed as he went on. Evidently, this was a hot topic.

“He takes the lives of others seriously,” the lad finished. “That’s why I know I can trust him if I’m in that situation.” There wasn’t even a touch of doubt in his tone as he spoke of his love.

Ace made a rather odd expression while Deuce hummed thoughtfully.

“Well, Silver is trained in survival and is in good shape from all the training he does. Plus, he has a good head on his shoulders. So, he’d definitely not a bad choice.”

“If you don’t mind him falling asleep on you all the time,” Ace said with a shrug. “Personally, I think you just want a beach date with Silver.” Yuu jumped back down to sit.

“Yeah, you’re probably right,” he agreed. Grim made a “hmph” sound as he folded his arms.

“Yucky stuff aside, Silver isn’t a bad choice, as he’d make Yuu do whatever I wanted, so I pick him too!” he announced.

“Oh? You’d be there? What a mood killer,” Yuu grumbled as his romantic dreams were shifted to a babysitter’s nightmare.

~End~

A/N:

*Being on an island with Silver is also a sure way to get saved as Lilia would be there in a heartbeat.

*To be fair, I think Silver is one of the better choices. He’s versed on survival, can do manual labor and knows the value of teamwork. On top of that he’s strong and skilled enough to handle a number of threats. Plus, he’s not the type to careless choices that could endanger everyone. The downside is his sleep spells and naivety, but the latter wouldn’t be an issue on an abandoned island.

*Originally, Yuu was going to list why he wouldn't want the others but I decided no one would care. If you wanna know his issues, shoot me an ask or comment below.

[sketchehm]

red team

BBH is the leader of red team, and he's very much into the leader role. He makes sure everyone is as happy as possible, and is very into team cohesion and trust exercises. The whole team works well together, and is a little family. His main flaw is his weird obsession with the enemy leader, Skeepy.

No one really knows why they are both so obsessed with each other, especially since Skeppy's main way of showing affection is his “trolling”. They've both ended up in situations together, and while everyone sides eyes them and just tells them to kiss already. There really hasn't been too much development in that department. BBH loves his team, and while he’s always trying to one up the blues he’s always willing to listen and make sure his team is taken care of.

Sam was the main mechanic before Callahan came along and was just better at it. Sam instead of doing regular maintenance he does elaborate projects that look cool, but aren't really good for beating the other team. He's all around a nice guy and just wants people to see his wonderful mind. (Even if some of his projects are out there. Why would they need a prison when they're just trying to beat the blue team.) BBH uses this drive for crazy projects to troll Skeppy and he’s always so proud of Sam’s mind and wants to make sure he feels secure. Sam also has a small crush on the new blue that comes around. Whether it be because he kicks the shit out of all of them and he finds that pretty hot is his own buisness.

Ant is BBH's right hand man and is always willing to go along with plans. Even though he points out all the reasons the plans seem to be more about how to get back at Skeppy over actually trying to beat the team. Ant has immense respect for BBH, and while his plans seem to be a bit targeted, he's always willing to follow.

Velvet and Ant are in a relationship and started it after some sexual tension and disagreements about how the red base was ran. They have a very healthy relationship now and talk through issues. Even if velvet always teases him with innuendos, Velvet's always there to listen to him and make him laugh. While he does think Velvet could do more around base, at least he does the chores he's assigned. Getting him to do much else is like pulling teeth.

Velvet is a solider that got drafted and had no real choice in the matter. He finds this whole “war” with the blue team ridiculous, but might as well have fun with them. He also now met his boyfriend Ant even if he blindly listens to BBH's dumb tactics for getting back at Skeppy. Ant is loyal and listens to BBH to a fault, but Velvet knows it's from a place of respect from BBH. He might think BBH is a bit crazy, he's also one of the kindest people Velvet has ever met. So he gets it for Ant, but with him and Sam always going around making these dumb plans and machines to finally “beat the blues” he gets to just sit back and do one-liners. He'd much prefer to behind Ant anyway. He also sits around with Callahan, and listens to Blue team drama. He'd much rather a BBH run base than a Skeppy one even if he finds all the blue team pretty funny. He's perfectly content with the soap opera listening with Callahan than living it.

Callahan is a robot that BBH built when command sent them a package. His voice modulator never got fixed, and honestly he prefers it that way. He's just here to do the maintenance for this gaggle of morons, and he's at least entertained with the back and forth. While he finds most the humans around him to be weird and they can be smart… they use the smart parts for the weirdest inventions and plans. Having to hear Bad go on about how this trolling against Skeppy is going to work, and he'll finally beat him. (Velvet: BBH is finally going to beat skeppy off!)

Ant and Sam always come to him with blueprints and have him write down what could be improved or what changes need to be made for plans to run smoother. Velvet seems to be the only one who just sits back and watches the madness with him. He just tells Callahan not to say anything. Velvet definitely says that joke and it never gets old. He’d much rather be over here with the nice and crazy people compared to the drama filled blue side of the canyon. He figured they had A LOT of issues going on over there after hacking into the blue team communications. They’re definitely fun to listen to like a show, but he definitely wouldn't want to live it. Blue team problems.

I did a whole thing list for red team! I'm going to love to doing blue team's, it's gonna be a lot more complicated. Truly love my blue team, but they're all drama queens. (Except for patches because she's perfect)

THIS IS REALLY FUCKING GOOD.

I fucking love all the roles you put them all in omg!

Bad swears his trolling will work one day! He's got a lil chalkboard with tally marks on how many times he's won and how many times Skep- er- Blue team has won. Ant supports his every plan, it's all the confidence he needs!

Sam def doesn't have an issue with the new blue guy and would love lessons from him, or if the new guy wants to practice on him, that's good too! Actually Sam thinks he sees him taking a stroll surely a /sneak/ attack, where Sam will certainly not leave unscathed, is the best time course of action actually. Yes. He doesn't think about it later in the night. Nope.

Ant and Velvet being the only two people in the entire gultch who know how to communicate is amazing and no one will ever understand how they're so perfect for each other. (Ant: well we just talk to each other ya know? Velvet: Yea Ant is super into talking dirty guys.)

I'm love with Velvet and Callahan just witnessing the crazy everyone else experiences pfft (fucking dying at velvet's comment to bbh) Callahan wonders everyday why he's surrounded by idiots. At least his idiots are better off than the Blue idiots

I'm excited to see your blue team hehe :3c

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Wild King’s third episode dropped!

It’s just a single episode this time, which launches straight into the action.

Optimus is able to get the upper hand, linked with Lightlong, but while Captain Volca is Paralyzed & Can’t Move, Leafback Combines with Megatron to assist, giving the Autobots a double barrel dino blast attack.

This configuration is dubbed Flame Grass Megatron. I feel like Grassfire Megatron sounds better, but maybe that’s when Leafback is the dominant arm.

The episode ends with a massive explosion and the Decepticons happy thinking the Autobots got nuked but Megatron isn’t so sure…

During the battle, Lightlong elaborated a bit more on the ancient legend where a being will come from the sky and unite the elemental energy into a mighty combined form armed with a cool sword that will vanquish evil, with the giraffe confident Optimus is the one spoken of in legend.

Because we have an unaccounted for set of Earth Element Transformers, this might imply they become the sword. The leaked Frost Saber, if their name is to be taken literally does seem to imply other Energy Beasts can form weapons also.

Possibly as a resource work around, the Energy Beasts are never shown Transforming into Beast or Robot Mode, usually just masked with a flash after shouting TRANSFORM!

Instead the budget is reserved showing them Transforming from Beast Mode into a Combiner limb.

I feel like Netflix WFC and Cyberverse could’ve perhaps done this too, instead of implying most Transformers CAN’T Transform… (and apparently confirming that is the case in interviews and art books…).

The episode includes another toy segment narrated by Lightlong, where he shows kids how to Transform Megatron and his Kung Fu Dino Posse. Notably this is the only time Megatron has been in his Vehicle Mode so far, I just find that funny.

The next episode will see the Autobots meet Hydrophant, so presumably Optimus combines with him also. Does that mean the water/electric combo is dubbed Hydroelectric Optimus?