#his fanart makes him look so much cooler but in the show he just looks.. unfinished?

[scoliosisgoblin]

Which version of Rick is your fav?

it's so hard for me to choose tbh. HOWEVER, I'd say Evil Rick

then I'd say it's C-137 and Memory Rick

I love how pathetic™ Evil Rick really is tbh. love that he's being controlled by his Morty. can you guess who my favorite Morty is?

[kingcunny]

🦄 for the dance era targaryens

🦄 - Characters' physical appearance

dance era targs (roughly) oldest to youngest

rhaenys. tanned/olive skintone. takes more after jocelyn than aemon, but got aemons pale lilac eye color. not buff, but toned, swimmers build almost. when i read f&b for a sec i misinterpreted rhaenys “hair streaked with white” line as not referencing her age, but as poliosis.

and i think thats a really cool look for her so im keeping it :) if i can get a little anime with it, its reversed in laena and laenor. silver hair with black streaks.

daemon . more silver than gold. pale skin. pale purple eyes. looks just alyssa, big ears, crooked gap-tooth smile. but didnt get her curly hair or freckles. strong but also not built, lithe. for Some Reason having facial hair makes daemon want to die 🤔 so hes obsessive about staying clean shaven no matter where he is. notible then, that while he was hanging around harrenhal waiting for aemond to show up he hadnt shaved in weeks.

rhaenyra . takes more after viserys than aemma, but cooler coloring than him. silver>gold. rich purple eyes. wavy/curly hair. she also got alyssas silly ears and smile through viserys, as well as his sense of fashion. dresses in dramatized valyrian style, not at all historically accurate but looks sick as fuck. canon traits: fat, big nose, long braid, lots of jewelry.

aegon ii and helaena both take more after viserys, aemond and daeron after alicent.

aegon ii . flushed, bloated, alcoholic face. yall know that bit in the beginning of disco elysium when harry stumbles into the bathroom and starts groping his face talking about how much it sucks and how badly it hurts? aegon2s daily morning routine. sallow skin. gold>silver. tries to grow a mustache to look like viserys but he managed to dodge both viserys and ottos facial hair genes, ends up with a little pencil stache. canon trait?: fat

helaena . shorter. rounder face and softer features. pale purple eyes. freckles. crooked gap-toothed smile. wavy/curly hair. canon trait?: fat

aemond . tallest out of anyone here. skinny and lanky. not an ounce of muscle or fat on him. silver>gold. cooler skin tone. freckles?

daeron . i know the book says daeron had the valyrian look but i like thinking that he DIDNT. and thats why he got sent away to military school oldtown. hes kinda fucking with the greens whole “rhaenyra is a SLUT just LOOK at her children its obvious :/“ ive been picturing him with brown hair (from alicent) and purple eyes, but i saw this one fanart where he had the silver hair but green eyes and that looked really cool too. tan skin, freckles. shorter, but strong. curly hair.

baela and rhaena are fraternal twins, not identical. (baela wishes they were identical) they take more after laena than daemon. im kinda thinking about having one of them inherit laenas reverse poliosis, but im not such which. i do think it should be only one of them though.

baela . black/mixed. stockier build. i like the idea of her having short box braids, with the beaded ends. or short twists, especially in this half up style. feels very baela. likes to wear pants+dress like a man. light green/mint jewelry for moondancer, but otherwise doesnt really like to dress up. crooked smile.

rhaena . black/mixed. long goddess/butterfly locs. hair usually done up. always a bunch of jewelry and accessories in her hair. soft flowing fabrics, pastel colors. pink for mo(u)rning, maybe she also wears green for moondancer. lots of jewelry.

jacaerys . out of all of rhaenyras children, including aegon3 and vis2, jace is the one that looks the most like her. little brown haired boy version of nyra. has the valyrian nose if not the colors. wavy hair, not as curly as luke+joffs. darker skin. tall but bad posture so he looks shorter than he is. purpleish brown eye color. able to gain the most muscle.

aegon iii . very skinny. pale, sallow skin, deep set eyes, dark eye bags. straight, lank, hair. cutting scars on his chest. silver>gold but barely even silver, more white. also got alyssas gap toothed smile, but he never smiles so you wouldnt know it. essentially looks like a living ghost. canon traits?: purple eyes so dark they look black.

viserys ii . gold>silver. tan skin. freckles? curly hair. chubby and shorter.

if anyones not mentioned here its either because they died as a child and i dont have any strong opinions about their appearance or i forgor

[jynxheartlake]

My (Mostly OOC) headcanons for the Serpentine [Part 4]

Part 1

Part 2

Part 3

the very very very VERY long overdue part on Skales!!!

Hates it when people underestimate him or make him seem incompetent  

 Is often sassy around people of higher authority to him. 

Is just sassy in general 

Disliked children a lot until he got a son himself. 

During the time that Garmadon had control over the serpentine, Skales would sometimes hypnotise the other generals when they didn't notice and make them compliment him to boost his ego.  

Has anger issues 

If Ninjago wasn't a kids show he would swear so much. (he technically has once in canon) 

Is often teased for his flinching 

Even though he bickered and fought a lot with Pythor, he still deeply respected him. 

Flinches a lot as a trauma response 

Despite not showing it, deep down he grieved when Pythor was "killed" by the great devourer. He also admired Pythor far more than he let on 

(Partially by my friend) He would listen to jazz music (Ya like Jazz) 

Is the youngest amongst the other serpentine generals 

Bisexual but he himself doesn't know the term for it. 

When he's angry at himself he'll sometimes pinch parts of his body 

Tells himself and other's he's an individualist person who doesn't depend on others, but he actually craves others' company 

Even though he felt his tail made him look much cooler when he turned general, he struggled a lot to adjust to the body. 

Is very competitive 

Used to have a stutter as a kid.  

Loves wearing extra-fancy clothes 

My friend claims he would strut on accident

Has a fear of spiders

Melodramatic asf

no fanart this time sryy </3

[calmthefuckdownalright]

Dimensions AU

Okay I know is should be writing but I'm about to go to a big city for a Convention pretty soon and I will have plenty of spare time to write then.

So hear me out,

Technoblade is a piglin. He's violent and very heated. Nether. Obviously.

Tommy is Tommy and the closest to resembling Phil and in the Origins SMP he is literally his apprentice. Overworld.

Wilbur is often depicted as being a holder of a vocal power in many supervillain au's earning him the name Siren. What's a Siren? And underwater creature known for luring its victims to their death using their voice.

Well now you might be like "Well Vik that'd be overworked too right?"

Hahaha yes of course for this dynamic to work Qilbur must be from elsewhere. In the Minecraft community there's always talk of the Aether, a new dimension that people have been BEGGING Mojang to put into the game and now recently they want the Deep dark portal to be used for it.

So, I know very little of the Aether because I have no money to buy mods and I only have a gaming console and not a PC. (I use a laptop to write not the same thing).

What I do know about the Aether is its very much like the End in a way in terms of building style. Floating over an abyss and very dangerous.

"Well Vik why don't you just make Wil from the End-"

BECAUSE THIS IS COOLER AND IT FITS BETTER.

Everything I've seen of the Aether is a kind of blue tint to it. Ghostbur our beloved is still Wilbur and blue is a central part of his being. In Tommyinnit's Clinic for Supervillains, Siren is dressed in blues and blacks. Wilbur bleeds blue (in some headcannons) and in the QSMP Wilbur is often drawn as having a blue scarf as a tribute to his past (idk if that's Ghostbur/Dream SMP or just the UK but that's how I see it).

And for some reason I now associate Wilbur with the Aether and let's be honest, Aether just SOUNDS cool and who is cooler than our MIA of Minecraft streamer himself? This might be a difference of opinion but it all links up now.

Technoblade is from the Nether and Phil found him in a raided Bastion.

Tommy is his biological son gifted to him by Kristen (Kristin I can't find a clear answer how to spell her name (MUMZA))

And Phil found Wilbur during his adventures through the dimensions.

If you want to get technical with it, Phil found Wilbur first after he completed all he wanted in his life in the Overworld and decided to try his hand at the Deep Dark where he killed the Warden and unlocked the portal to the Aether.

After that he took Wilbur to the Nether to pick out cool stuff to put in his room where they found Techno and Wilbur proceeded to find a friend in him and Phil just adopts him as well.

Techno and Wilbur grow up as brothers and Mumza finally visits with a surprise. Tommy with his weird little wings and abrasive attitude.

To round it all out, Philza is originally from the End. Specifically I think he was a friend of the dragon and lived in an End City structure that kind of just merged with itself until it basically became an End Castle. He met Mumza when he accidentally got caught in the void and she helped him up.

-Classic love story insert here-

Anyways, someone comes along and kills the dragon which ends up in Phil getting angry and killing them but in the process he is knocked into the now open portal to the overworld and he can't get back. So instead he builds himself a home and conquers all that he can before going and looking for his way back to Mumza.

Bam how's that sound? I saw a piece of fanart on Pinterest that showed the little versions of our Brother Trio and I can't find it again so now I'm upset and just wrote it down instead.

[icejinlov3r]

Frieza/Frost Drabble #2

I wasn’t able to update EwB today, and I most likely won’t tomorrow either. So here’s a little Drabble to make up for it. (Also I’m curious, is NSFW writing not allowed on Tumblr, or is it just drawings/fanart? Cause I might try doing NSFW drabbles if you guys are interested)

_________

“Frost, darling, are you almost ready? We’re going to be late.” Frieza called outside their washroom, briefly glancing at a nearby digital clock. He and his lover would be meeting Cooler and Geliaden for a double date, but if they took too long, they’d miss the reservation.

“Uh, sorry. I-I um….I’m almost ready.” Frost replied. In truth, he’d been ready for five minutes now - he was just gathering the courage to step out.

The emperor raised a brow, recognizing the nervous tone in his partner’s voice. “Frost? Are you feeling alright?”

“Yeah! Yeah, I’m fine! I’m fine….” Though Frost couldn’t help frowning as he looked back at the mirror. He had worn an outfit Geliaden had designed for him, something Frost usually felt too shy to wear. He wasn’t use to wearing “feminine” clothing. It certainly looked nice….but he couldn’t help thinking he didn’t look good in it.

“Are you sure, darling? You don’t sound fine.”

“I….*sigh* I shouldn’t have worn this. This outfit was a mistake….” Frost replied sadly. Soon recognizing the issue, Frieza gave a small smile, stepping closer to the door. “My dear, I’m sure you look as lovely as you always do. Please, why don’t you step out and show me?”

“I dunno….I-I look stupid….”

“You could never look “stupid”, Frost. You will always me beautiful to me. Come now….allow me to see my enchanting partner~” The soft purr in Frieza’s voice succeeded in making Frost’s heart flutter, making him unconsciously smile. It gave him enough confidence to finally take a deep breath before opening the door to the washroom.

The moment Frieza spotted Frost his eyes widened, an unexpected blush dusting his cheeks.

(Yes, I’m putting in an old drawing instead of describing it in a whole paragraph)

Frost was blushing brightly as the emperor continued to stare, shyly glancing away. “Well….what do you think?” He murmured in a quiet voice. Frieza stared a few moments longer before a wide smile spread across his face.

“Stunning. You look absolutely stunning.” He stated with no hesitation. The blue ice-jin blinked in surprise, his blush becoming more intense. “Really? You think so…?”

“I don’t think - I know,” Frieza stated, stepping closer to rest his hands on Frost’s waist, “so much so, I don’t believe I can resist kissing you here and now.” And he did, happily leaning forward and connecting their lips in a loving kiss.

Frost smiled against Frieza’s lips, slowly lifting his arms to wrap around the emperor’s neck. He would never get enough of his wonderful affection, soaking it up like a sponge.

Neither of them wanted to pull away, but eventually Frost broke the kiss with a smirk. “Aren’t we going to be late?” He asked teasingly. Frieza merely shrugged. “Perhaps we can stand to be a few minutes late….”

He leaned in for another kiss, but Frost pecked his cheek before grabbing his hand. “Come on now, let’s be going”. He insisted. Frieza whined in protest, but allowed his partner to lead him out of the bedroom and towards the docking bay to reach their transport ship.

[pokerninja2]

It's been a hot minute since I showed off more Mario Spikers here, I've been really focused on other kinds of fanart the past month or so. Not to worry though, the project is far from dead, and today I added a new character: Funky Kong!

This was a fun character to bring to life, and his personality is a huge part of why. The posing, the smile, even the longhorn sign he's making are all what makes him such a pleasure to draw. And you can only imagine how much cooler this game would be with all his wacky voice lines!

Anyway, Funky Kong's love of surfing is very much represented here: he rides on his surfboard the ENTIRE time! I figure this would make him a really unique character, and he uses his surfboard a lot in the Tropical Freeze port, so it fits. At first I was gonna say him floating with it was just something original I came up with... except I remembered he floats around in DKC2. lol

His new outfit is also striking, as he's not wearing the tank top and pants he's best known for. I actually based it on real-life surfing outfits! I thought it'd make him stand out a lot more; while everyone has protective gear and even weapons, Funky's just chillin' like he's ready for a day at the beach. If he's a surfer, he probably dresses like one.

His attacks are kind of workshopped, but I do think they fit him well. He'd definitely wow the crowd with cool tricks and poses on his surfboard, whether in or out of the water. And the Banana Wave was something new I came up with, but it definitely would be a thing in the DK series. Maybe in a Funky Kong-centric adventure? (wait that's technically Tropical Freeze... a second Funky Kong-centric adventure?)

I love how Funky came out overall. I tried doing something more dynamic with the posing, and I think it came out great! I'm not super good at foreshortening, but I think it makes for a great pose than how he would look if he were just, standing on the board. The dark red looks really good on him too.

That's all I have to say about Funky! Other than the fact that I'd really like to wear his sunglasses. They're so cool

[wutheringmights]

I have read....

CORRUPTION ARC BABBBYYYY YOOOOOOOO SPIRIT LETS GOOOOOOO

I have never been more giddy to see a fight scene then that. My goodness I am vibrating. (I don't think you'd get this reference but I was watching Wilbur's stream of the dsmp when the corruption arc went down and to see another character I love doing the same cause me great joy and the art tingles in me lolol)

Four is precious and him guarding warriors is just :)))

-alright too much of comfort where's my angst. xD ah yes, epic escape. Warriors is just a body at this point with too much pain. Poor man lost his glorious locks but didn't get the good looks of Rapunzel after. sad day. Wait until he hears about the sexyman poll xDDD

Ah so everyone is split. I know it will not happen this way, but gosh would I laugh so hard if it did. Image the four of them just coming to the fairy and they see just Time, Twilight, and Legend waiting. and of course they ask about the others and they just sigh. TIme the only one who knew where to go was their guide, Twilight was fine as a wolf, Legend has too many items and was was fine, but the others... Wild was with legend but found something cooler to look at and got lost. Hyrule they looked away once and dispeared into the shadows. and Wind is somewhere causing chaos as the small gremlin he is and not getting caught because he's sneaky xD and they evenually find them and Wild walks in with his epic cap going for dark vader vids and Wind just pops in and shows all the stuff he has stolen from the camps and towns because he was bored and even though he was told not to go near the towns he was feeling reckless and the sheika tried to follow but then lost him again. and Hyrule they just find wondering about enjoying nature and completely not aware of time.

Will that happen, nope, will that idea live in my head and make me laugh? yes.

But I really liked the chapter over all and am SO interested in Warriors and Spirits dynamic. (I have already drawn my sketches because I have IDEAS. So many ideas and songs again and why must you curse me with inspiration my goodness... to be fair at least all this drawing is getting me better at digital art because I'm still a numb and trash lol)

"keeping the fanart economy afloat" AAAA the weigh of the responsibly of fanart weighs so heavyyyy xD /jkjkjkjkjkj

Hope you had a good day mate and happy halloween ^^

When people ultimately say that ctb is too angst-y, I will point to you who said there should be less comfort lol

Thanks! I'm glad you liked this chapter! Warriors and Spirit's dynamic is fun and challenging to write, so I'm glad you're enjoying it.

And you are an absolute beast when it comes to keeping that fanart economy afloat. I do not deserve you, and I'm so amazed that you find a muse in ctb. I am not worthy of it. 💛

Also, I have to point out the hilarity of Four and Warriors fighting for their lives out there while the rest of the Chain are just having fun little jaunt on their way to Faron lol

[apompkwrites]

Could i request if its open if not ignore this!! Its an au where we/reader are the real absy prince/princess any gender i just want the reaction of the characters (venti , xiao , albedo , diluc) btwI love your writing

reader impact || abyssal ruler

series masterlist characters: albedo, diluc, venti, xiao genre: fluff?? not angst but like contains: uhhh traitor!(name), you're part of the abyss now :) summary: as genshin impact comes to a close, players find out the true identity of the leader of the abyss. and their face is... oddly familiar. notes: haha cool abyss leader time :D

our streamers have reached the endgame. their travelers have once again reunited with their missing twin and are now ready to bring them home. or so they thought. as they take their twin's hand, their sibling whirls around to face the figure at the top of the staircase, staring down at them with contempt.

"m-master!" they cry out, trying to rip their hand out of their twin's grasp.

and as the traveler looks up, their eyes trail up a familiar person's body. eyes wide with disbelief, the "master" at the top of the stairs simply stares back at them, opening their mouth to (hopefully) offer an explanation.

albedo -

"ah, traveler. it appears the day i lose control is upon us."

i say this in every one but like

fanart?

he's made plenty of fanart for corrupted (name), practically enough to fill a museum (adding onto the other (name) fanart museums he can make).

"i was created to be a weapon, not for the abyss, but for teyvat."

traitor au (name)? sign him up please.

he loves the idea of you, not being corrupted to destroy mondstadt, but to do it of your own volition.

"hm? you wish to save me? i would love to see you try."

please let him just grovel at your feet.

you're so cool and he loves you so very much.

he'll follow you as you bring upon chaos and destruction to teyvat just please let him be at your side for eternity.

oh, wait... he's streaming.

right.

um.

ahem.

anyway.

this part of the quest will last a good five-ten minutes?

he's on it for at least two hours.

not that his chat is complaining or anything.

diluc -

"it would seem that my faux alliance with mondstadt has come to an end."

you?!

the person who was fighting against the abyss order??

you were the one in charge of it all??

he's very confused.

but also...

how did you get cooler???

"my sibling? of course they don't know anything. and father wouldn't have known either."

he really wants to know how you got from webtoon (name) to abyss leader (name).

pleas explain.

he's very invested in your story.

don't tell anyone but he's based a drink on your abyss leader concept <3

"give my regards to the acting grandmaster, won't you?"

not gonna lie, he's very close to wanting to join you.

does his chat judge him?

no, not really.

venti -

"oh? it's good to see you again, traveler! how was your journey?"

AHSDHAD WHAT?!?!?!

WHAT HAPPENED TO YOU?!?!

WHY ARE YOU MAKING HIM LOVE YOU EVEN MORE?!

...

he is now shaking in his seat.

his chat thinks he's dying for a good minute.

he's fine though!

just freaking out over... just you in general.

"yep, i knew all about your sibling! you didn't think i'd tell you and give away my greatest asset, did you?"

and he's shaking again.

his chat just accepts his trembling at this point.

he really wants to see this look become an outfit in-game.

pleas mihoyo let him indulge and give you your abyss leader outfit.

he will commission someone to draw it.

and then he'll hang it up in his room.

expect the next music stream to be based on you turning on the city you created.

and the next stream being you betraying your old friend.

and the next stream being you in the abyss order.

and pretty much the next few music streams only being about you as the abyss leader.

xiao -

"we meet again."

how should he feel about this meeting?

on one hand, he's slightly uncomfortable just because he's grown used to your more protective side.

but now he's on the receiving end of the wrath you show to others.

on the other hand...

c-

cool.

he's pretty overwhelmed, ngl.

"morax? why should i stay loyal to that sorry excuse of a god?"

OH

OKAY

UM

he's kinda surprised???

like you used to be so close with morax.

(even if you didn't show it).

and that was all an act?!?!

"my loyalty? it was never to them. not after what they did to... my god."

has

has your whole backstory been a lie????

he will actually stop playing and look up your backstory.

because he thought he had it memorized to where morax saved you.

he will actually fall apart at the realization that mihoyo lied about your backstory.

and he had to find out by watching your betrayal :((

[anarmel]

six of crows gang my beloved

what is fanart without me complaining about a thing i like

as a person who read SoC duology a long time ago, my SoC only related thoughts

-did they make Jesper gay and not bi?do not support that decision. that scene in a stable was kinda unnecessary (but i’m not a big fan of those kinda scenes in general) and felt like they just wanted something gay in this season and sort of a nod that they didn’t forget Jesper’s attraction to men but in process of that forgot that he’s bi. i think he should’ve had flirtatious interactions with everyone(he flirty).especially that we know that his main love interest is a man and his light crush on Kaz he should’ve flirted with a woman in this season. and i know that bi people are not obligated to date several people of all gender spectrum to know or like affirm that they’re bi but that’s in real life and SaB is a piece of media that communicates through visuals and limited dialogue and not a book where you have access to mention it in characters thoughts soo....yeah....not invisible bi representation where?and Nina is taken with her romance with Matthias already

-Nina(my beloved) and Matthias...yeah that’s the start of their story

-i liked “more soft” Kaz he felt less like an archetype of a character that he is(a traumatised bad boy who doesn’t care for anything or anyone but will eventually be “fixed” by love for a girl). book version of him works because we have his inner thoughts and machinations if he was on screen like he was in a book it just wouldn’t work as well he needs to emote and show a little bit of feelings that he experiences to work in a given medium and to not be a brick character on screen

-and Inej, my girl, my beloved . i don’t think she would sass tante Heleen while still being under a contract. i don’t understand why they took out her having panic attacks near the menagerie, and she refused Jesper’s backup(girlboss of her to do that but not being alone in that place is beneficial for mental stability !buddy system!). maybe because she is in that situation where she is still under indenture and she didn’t feel real relief and still is to take her first breath as a free person so she doesn’t feel constant fear of being robed of her freedom by the same place again? idk maaan...maybe i’m wrong but that’s jus how i feel. she is the strongest character in the series but that doesn’t mean she should be “strong” in every situation she is still a human who was treated so terribly by so many people and the menagerie represents it. ooof. in a book her strengths and weaknesses were established so well. i appreciated her fangirling for Alina though and that they didn’t brake her character in that way.her beliefs are still intact and she is apprehensive about kidnapping a saint. nice. love her

as a viewer of Shadow and Bone content without a book base but with basic knowledge of the universe and characters:

-(speaking as a slavic person in predominantly slavic society) didn’t like Zoya’s racist comment towards Alina like at all. like she is asian herself different part bur still. and i felt like her problem with Alina wasn’t race related then why throw that in? if my rival was poc i wouldn’t throw a slur at them and go a racist rout because that will not who i am(and i’m not that lazy at insulting/j) and it’s not even a part of my problem with them, i would go for something more personal and connected to the root of the problem to be a full bitter bitch. like Zoya feels useless and like she’s being replaced (right?) she could’ve commented how useless Alina is, how she can’t be strong by herself without help of darkling to reflect her own insecurities on Alina? why drag race into that problem? why? i know they had asian writers working on the script and in my opinion they did a good job at war era racist propaganda and how it ostracised Alina in society but making Zoya on a personal level a racist was kinda dumb. she’s a bitch but not a bigot

-i’m afraid of saying my thoughts on darkling/alina/mal situation because that part of the fandom really scares me. and that was not really my interest in this show

-not enough Genya(i really like her character)

as a person who was born in russia and will die in russia(not by choice) my russia related thoughts:

(i know that it’s only inspired and not based on imperial russia but i wanna nitpick and bitch about things)

-for imperial russia not lavish enough(yeah budget and stuff but it’s true) those bitches only knew how to burn gold on luxuries and wars

-Alina’s last name is Starkov. so in russian usually last names that end in -ov/-ova -ev/-eva are gendered her version is “male”. i don’t care for gendered stuff but in russian every word is that way. as a gender abolitionist i don’t care as a russian speaker kinda not right but eh. i(nb) go by my -ova last name because it flows with my name better like Alina Starkova i kinda like how it has an A at the beginning and on the end. Alina Starkov is still a cool name because fuck grammatically correct things

-i don’t understand why they decided to call uniforms kefta and not kaftan, kefta sounds more like kofta(casual shirt) and kaftan is a real thing and a nicer word in my opinion(and isn’t kefta a dish? but then again we have a dish named “herring under a fur coat”)

-do not understand the name of an episode “otkazat’sya” it means “to refuse” as in like a verb, kinda weird, “otkaz”(refusal) would suit more as a name because it’s a noun and less confusing and a cooler looking word. it just doesn’t work in russian and was kinda jarring to see it. and didn’t they call a food taster an “otkazat’sya” like huh??? he would be just a low ranked “pridvornyy”(courtier) or a “sluga”(servant) or if you want a fancier word it would be “mundschenk”(world of german origin used in imperial russia under Peter the First) but they were only for vine and drink tasting

-there is like three words in russian and pronunciation is funny. o to pronounce ц like ц and not like ts. there is no need to be soft

-and it’s so funny that magic users called Grisha it’s just a slavic name Grigori in short form. imagine a world where magic users are all called like Josh in all seriousness

-(did they have at least one russian speaking person to consult on language usage or pronunciations?they merged two books together couldn’t they change some words to more correct ones?)

-so mad that they killed of my main man Ivan he was THE russian representation of that show. such a single minded serious bitch. i connected to him so much (i love me some unimportant background characters) and that goth bitch(darkling) lives on. i only can be satisfied if one of those shadow monsters is Ivan(i only jest...unless?....)

general:

-found family is top tier, love triangles are in hell(not fun kind) but that’s my general hiccup with this franchise (it has so much potential but choses to focus heavily on romance, like romance is good and great and all that but friendship is magic)

-in conclusion i really liked the story as a separate being and it’s one of the better book to screen adaptations i’ve seen but it’s not without flaws

-i’m always critical of things that i love. it’s my passion to scrutinise and see flaws. i am but a miserable being

🖤only my personal opinions and feelings,hope you enjoyed my art despite my tirades🖤

[mimi-cee-hq]

A Wrong Guess - Tendou x Reader

Pairing: Tendou x f!reader

Summary: When Tendou sees you watching their practice, he makes a wrong guess and thinks you like Ushijima. But what he doesn't expect was for this timid girl to fall for him.

Genre: fluff!!!

Author's notes: I know for some people, it's physically impossible to tell that they are blushing. So whenever the reader is blushing, just pretend you're in the anime world where a blush is always visible no matter your skin colour. lolll.

Author's notes 2: I randomly wondered what it would look like if a timid girl liked Tendou because I like putting unconventional personality pairings together. So this was the result. :)

Words: 1,320

*****

“Hm? What are you looking at?”

“EEEEP!” You screamed, shivers running down your spines. You hesitated to look over your shoulder, but when you finally did, you saw Tendou’s large eyes expecting an answer from you. You looked down, fiddling with your fingers. You had been watching the boys' volleyball team, specifically Ushijima. You wanted to watch his spiking approach and form in secret, but now you were caught by Tendou.

Unfortunately, he figured out exactly whom you were watching. “Wakatoshi! I think Y/n wants to talk to you!” Tendou called out to him. But before you gave Ushijima a chance to walk to the gym doors where you stood, you ran away, not wanting to talk to the intimidating volleyball player.

“What's this, Y/n?" Tendou later asked that day. "Do you have a crush on Wakatoshi?” Sitting backwards in his chair and leaning onto your desk, he cocked his head in curiosity.

“I- I don’t,” you said, almost in a whisper.

“Then why were you stalking him?”

“I- I wasn’t stalking him!” you answered in a fluster. It must have looked that way to Tendou. “I was just - “ You stopped midway, wondering if Tendou would take it the wrong way. You didn't want him to think you were creepy.

Tendou did take your hesitation the wrong way, but not the way you expected. He was convinced you liked Ushijima and would try to get him to talk to you. He would even bring you to their team outings over the next few months.

One of those days included a typical Wednesday. Those were when both the boys' and girls' volleyball teams practiced in separate gyms. Tendou came just before practice ended and brought you to hang out with the boys.

“Now, now,” he told you and Ushijima, his arms around both of your shoulders. “Don’t be shy.” The three of you walked behind as the rest of the team went ahead into the convenience store. But what Tendou didn’t know was that over these months you had developed a crush on him.

You gave Ushijima a polite smile and he returned it with a nod. When he wasn’t looking, you took Tendou’s hand to stop him from continuing into the store.

“Hm?” Tendou tilted his head close to get a better look at your face. “Is there something wrong?”

“Umm…,” your voice stopped short of speaking your thoughts.

Tendou, noticing you were biting your lip, gave you a soft smile. “I’m listening,” he told you.

Your heart started to beat faster. You were reminded of how you fell for him. He was gentle with you and took the time to listen to you, knowing how shy you were. And here you were, with everyone else inside the convenience store, still hesitating while he was waiting for you.

“D- Do you want to watch me?” you stuttered.

“Eh?” Tendou blinked a few times.

“Volleyball,” you managed to spit out. “I want you to watch me play volleyball.”

*****

"Ehhh?" Tendou gently placed his hands on your shoulders from behind you. "So when exactly were you going to tell me that you were a middle blocker like me? Hmm?"

You felt Tendou's fingers dance on your shoulders. You blushed, hoping your teammates didn't notice. During the game, you heard Tendou's yelps and cheers - and of course his singing. He made one up on the spot just for you and you couldn't help but giggle during the practice game.

"I wanted to show you," you replied, playing with your fingers, not quite having the courage to look at him in the eye. "What did you think?"

"You're basically the ace, Y/n!" Tendou replied. "Ack! No offense!" He told the rest of your teammates while putting his hands up. (Your teammates waved off his comment because they wholeheartedly agreed with him.) "You might even be cooler than Wakatoshi," he said, his head over your shoulder. "Being a middle blocker is the best, isn't it?"

He slipped his arms around your neck. It was a habit of his that he developed these past few weeks. You placed a hand on his, stroking the back of his hand with your thumb. It was a natural gesture and he hugged you a little closer as your teammates continued to chat. One of them raised an eyebrow at you, noticing your blush.

"Gah!!!!" Tendou suddenly let go of you, raising his arms up in the air.

With your brows curled with concern, you asked, "What's wrong, Tendou?"

"Nothing!" he squeaked. "I - uh - just remembered something." You smiled at him, finding his dramatic gestures to be cute. His shoulders relaxed then gave you a grin that didn't quite reach his eyes. "Next time you should bring Wakatoshi, hm?"

Your stomach churned, forgetting he still thought you liked Ushijima. You stared at the floor as voices continued to mumble around you. Glancing up at Tendou, when he thought you weren't looking, you saw a conflicted smile on his face. You wondered what was troubling him to make him look like that.

*****

You slurped on your favorite cold café drink. Ushijima sat across from you, sipping on his coffee. You met him by chance while walking down the street when he offered to buy you something.

Your finger wiped the condensation off your cup, rubbing against your thumb and making your fingers moist. You suddenly jumped at hearing Ushijima's deep voice. Not paying attention the first time, you asked him to repeat what he said.

"Why haven't you told Tendou he guessed wrong?" he asked.

You gave a weak smile. "I don't know." The guilt started to gnaw at your stomach. He had misunderstood your feelings for so long. You didn't know how to tell him.

"He's outside," Ushijima pointed out. Peeking out of the café window, you saw a batch of red among the green bushes. You giggled at the sight, wondering if he knew his stealth skills weren't the best.

You approached Tendou without him noticing. Crouching beside him, you softly said, "Tendou."

"Gahhh!" he yelped, raising his hands up from being caught. "Eh?" he raised an eyebrow. "What are you doing here, Y/n? Aren't you supposed to be on a date with Wakatoshi?"

"It wasn't a date. And I left him."

"Why did you do that?" he said, his mouth gaping at you. "Weren't you having fun?"

You raised your eyes to look at his. Placing your palm on his hand, you told him, "No."

Tendou blinked for a moment, then his eyes grew when he noticed the warmth on his hand. "Hold on a moment," he said as he put a hand to his forehead. "It can't be me, right?"

You looked away, too shy to keep eye contact, but you gave him a definite nod so he wouldn't keep doubting himself. He finally guessed correctly. When you finally took a peak at him, you saw a sight you had never seen before. His face was covered in a pink that spread to the tips of his ears. The hand over his mouth also had a hint of red, and his eyes looked elsewhere, embarrassed at his current state. That look didn't help to ease your own blush.

"I guess it can't be helped, hm?" Tendou said after clearing his throat, trying to cover up what just happened in the last five minutes. Taking your hand, he told you, "I guess you're stuck with me now, princess."

You felt your hands shake from adrenaline. You couldn't tell if it was from the caffeine or from your new nickname. So you squeezed his hand a little harder to keep your hand still.

"Gah! I can't take it anymore!" Tendou suddenly wrapped his arms around you, somehow not letting go of your hand in the process. Resting his head on your shoulder as he hugged you from behind, he noted, "Ah! This is much better."

*****

I hope you liked it. Please check out my other writing if you liked this one.

Fun fact: I never even gave Tendou a thought before. Someone posted a tiktok here asking, "Which Haikyuu guy would do this?" One answer was Tendou, which made me go, "Oh, ohhh. That's cute."

Now I also want to see blushing Tendou fanart. lol.

General taglist: @dorkyama @the-black-birb @hqprotectionsquad @nagichi-boop @moonaaluna @muffins-puffins (let me know if you want to be added or removed through DM or an ask)

[downybirbs]

Totally just found you when I was on my scroll of Perospero, and I gotta know what you like about the candy man?

Mmmmm he’s a really entertaining character and I think he steals the show whenever he gets featured (the oppodcast made him really fun to listen to too lol)!

Perospero also has a lot of interesting aspects to his personality, like he’s very silly but also very competent, sadistic but we’re shown that he also cares for his siblings and is good with kids. He has a lot in his character that would easily make him popular, but bc he looks so much like a goofy one piece character he gets overlooked for more cooler/conventionally attractive characters like katakuri (plus any annoying traits become intolerable if you look weird). His place in the story leaves a lot of room for fun exploration, he’s the first son to an emperor, the eldest out of 80+ kids, implied history with other much more popular characters (like Marco, king and kaido etc). He’s like walking fanfic fodder, but it’s not capitalized on bc again, goofy design.

Though I LOVE his funny design, I think fandom would be a better place if people embraced characters that weren’t just pretty boys 😂 He’s very gnc !! I think when I realized that he shares a lot of physical traits with brulee is when I REALLY started to love him bc I completely love brulee, even well before I got back into one piece this year.

It helps that he has been pretty relevant in the anime/manga, so there has been new content of him to latch onto lol. I never been so caught up in a character before that I had to draw so much fanart, but I’m really leaning into it bc he caused me to break my year long drawing slump.

[filipinoizukuu]

I saw your post about the FA's translations, and I totally agree. Sometimes, when they do not translate accurately, is to make it sound better or cooler in English, but it just ends up taking away a lot from the context and characters. We know how one of the most affected character interpretations is Katsuki's, a main character, no less. And Izuku and Katsuki's relationship too, which is something super super wrong, considering is deeply intertwined with the main plot of the series, thus if someone misinterpreted their dynamic, this person would miss a bigass chunk of the message the story has.

Here is the panel you mentioned before btw

I remember when I read this, only 10 or 11 chapters into the manga (?), and I was like "...I'm...pretty sure this guy didn't say that" khshsjdhs

OK FIRST OF ALL LMAO HELLO MANG!! THANK YOU SO MUCH AND DW ABOUT IT I TOTALLY GET WHAT YOU MEAN !!

(this is your warning for a long post ahead!)

In any case, I still think you're very correct on this! Not to ramble a bit, but Horikoshi's particular talent in developing the plot of MHA is actually very very brilliant and there are a lot of blink-and-you'll-miss-it details that together, assemble the big picture of what MHA is.

Translations are such an integral part of being able to understand foreign media. MHA or otherwise. The simplest of details say a lot about a character and often times make or break a series because everyone knows that strong character dynamics are what carry even the shittiest of plots.

First and foremost, I want to clarify that because of the nature of fan translations and the fact that most of it is volunteer work/ written out of pure enjoyment of the manga--we shouldn't judge these fan translators too harshly (if at all) for interpreting it the way they want to. FA, as far as I can tell, is a fan-based group that works out of donations.

The first thing I wanna bring up is that when it comes to fandom and its works, there are two types: Curatorial and Transformative. Now, the transformative part is something that must be very familiar to a lot of you. Fanfiction, fanart, and most headcanons fall under Transformative Works (i.e. AO3) because they are all about transforming the canon world to fit each individual's personal preferences. Meta-analysis posts and Character Breakdowns are also classified under this.

Curatorial on the other hand are fandom interactions made with the explicit purpose of being as close to canon material as possible. This is working out the logic of quirks, for example, or memorizing as much canon content about your favorite villain as possible. These are more cold, hard undeniable facts that lend themselves to the DIRECT VISION the creator/author had while making this media. If you were to ask me my opinion on this, this would be the moment where I tell you that the Curatorial side of fandom is where fan translations should (for the most part) fall under.

What people need to know though is that oftentimes, fan translations do not.

Translating isn't and has never been a one-is-to-one process. There are hundreds of thousands of aspects in a language that make it so that it isn't perfectly translatable. Colloquialisms to sayings to dialects, to just plain-out words that don't have a proper English translation to them! Manga is made by and for a Japanese audience, so obviously in a lot of instances, there will be cultural nuances that will not be understood by anyone who hasn't immersed themselves in Japanese culture/language.

So what does this mean then for fan scanlations?

It means that a vast majority of translators teach themselves to only get the essence of the message. They take the dialogue as they understand it and translate it to something of their interpretation. When language and cultural barriers exist, translators do what they can in order to make it understandable to the general populace. This means making their own executive decisions on how they see a character speaking. In example, if they see Todoroki using very direct and impersonal Japanese--one translator might interpret it to mean that Shouto is stiff and overly formal, while another may see it as him being rude and aloof.

The problem is, translators are fans just like us.

Like with the image Mang posted above, the translator based the usage of curse words off of their understanding of Bakugou's character. The lack of foul language in the original Japanese might have made the translator think "Oh. There just aren't enough Japanese cusses for his character." And took that as an initiative to make Bakugou's lines more colorful and violent because this was working off of the image Bakugou had had at this point in canon.

But Codi! You may cry. Wasn't it proven multiple times that Bakugou prefers concise and short lines? They should've known better!

Yes. Maybe they should've known better. But tell me honestly in your first watch-through of MHA, did you perfectly understand Bakugou's character either? Did you catch the whole 'direct and no flowery language' aspect of his language when you first saw Season 2?

Most people don't. I only really understood this fact after I'd read multiple discussions of it and even double-checked the manga myself. These are the kinds of things that only become noticeable with a sharp eye and some time to scrutiny. But the fact of the matter is that when it comes to fan translations, the clout and recognition are always going to go to who can post the quickest.

Am I excusing erroneous translations? A bit, I guess. It's hard for us to go in and expect translators to catch all these errors before release when we ourselves only catch these errors like 4 months in with a hundred times more canon context than these scanlation groups did at the time of its release.

Still, there are plenty of harms that come with faulty translations.

When a translation is more divorced from the original's meaning than usual, it creates a dissonance between what is actually happening versus what the audience sees is happening. This looks like decently-written character arcs being overruled and rejected by most of the readers because of how 'jarring' and 'clumsy' it seems. By the time translators had caught on to the fact that Bakugou was more than just a ticking time bomb, we were already several steps into showing how significantly he cares for Deku.

The characters affected most by these translation errors are often those with the most subtle and well-written character arcs. A single mistake in how the source material is translated can make or break the international reception of a certain character to everyone who isn't invested enough in them to look deeper into the canon source.

It creates hiccups in plots. Things that seem out of character but really aren't. Going back to MHA in specific, the way that inaccurate translations hurt both the 'curatorial' and 'transformative' parts of the fandom is that people have begun to cite them as proof of the main cast's characterization.

Bakugou and Todoroki are undeniably some of the biggest examples of mistranslation injustices.

Katsuki, in a lot of people's minds, has yet to break out of the 'overly-aggressive rival' archetype box that people had been placing him in since Season 1. One of the most amazing aspects and biggest downfalls of Hori's writing was that at first, nearly every character fit into a very neat stereotype for Shonen Animes (Deku being the talking-no-jutsu sunshine MC, Uraraka being the overly bubbly main girl, Todoroki being the aloof and formal rival). He made the audience make assumptions about everyone's characters and then pulled the rug beneath our feet when he revealed deeper sides of them to play around within canon.

What made this part about Horikoshi's set-up so good though were the many clues we were given from the very beginning that these characters were more than what they acted like. Even from the very first chapters, for example, we learn that Katsuki (as much as he acts like a delinquent) dislikes smoking because it could get him in trouble.

That is just a single instance of MHA's use of dialogue to subtly divert our expectations of a character.

Another example is when they replaced 318's dialogue of the Second User saying that Katsuki "completes" Deku with him saying that Katsuki merely "bolsters" him. This presents a different situation, as that line was meant to reinforce the importance of those two's relationship as well as complete the character foils that MHA is partially centered around. By downplaying their developed connection, it becomes harder for the MHA manga scanlations to justify any future significance these two's words have on each other without mottling the pacing of the story.

AKA, it butchers the plot.

With every new volume, there are dozens and dozens more of these hints and bits scattered around! So many cues and subtle foreshadowing at the trajectory of everyone's character arcs--yet mistranslations or inaccurate scans make it so that we don't notice them. This is what I mean when I said that some character arcs are being done great injustices.

Until now, many people can't accept that Katsuki Bakugou cares for anyone other than himself (much less his rival and MC, Izuku Midoriya), nor can they accept that Todoroki would ever willingly work by Endeavor's side. The bottom-line then becomes that because of people missing heavy bits of characterization that become very plot-significant in the future.

When it comes to the point where people can no longer accept or fit their interpretation of the earlier manga events to what is happening in canon, the point of a translation fails completely because it has lead people to follow an entirely different story.

TL;DR - Fan scans are hard. Translating is hard. Don't get too mad at fan translations, but also maybe don't treat them as the catch-all for how characters truly operate. Thanks.

Side note: DO NOT harass FA for any of these things. FA is actually a pretty legit and okay source for scans (they've been operating since like 2014 ffs), but regardless of that they still don't deserve to get flack for their work. You can have any opinion or perspective of canon that you want, I don't care. These are just my two (more like two million tbh) cents on translations. I suggest reading takes from actual Japanese audiences tbh if you wanna know more about the source material of MHA. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[plagueislost]

love how the mcyt community has just. done away with gender roles in characters.

like, ill see fanart of techno is a dress, eyeliner, and long pink hair, and wont even think twice abt pronouns or gender identity. like, thats just techno. hes our little blood god boi. what do you mean he looks girly. ur wrong he looks manlier than you ever will. and i wont think twice seeing techno in a human form with long pink hair and platform boots, or seeing him as this big burly pig in a long and bulky cape and ill be like "yeah thats the same guy". ill see ghostbur in a flower crown, and be like, yeah thats my soft ghost boi youre doing great sweetie. or with captain puffy slaying the eggpire in some animatics ive seen, like yeah get em kick em in the balls we love you!

and when i show some of my fanart (most often of techno, he just transcends the roles) to family or friends who arent in the fandom, i have to correct them on pronouns and gender every time. its like culture shock but in fandom form. like, what? techno isnt this warrior boar man with surprisingly relatable ideals? hes not this man who has brought a country to its knees before him for you? hes just some character with long pink hair?

because in the end, i think this community has found a way to break apart certain roles, ideas, or predispositions that a lot of us have in our heads, and just do away with them all together. why have to stick to these fake rules when drawing techno with long pink hair and platform boots looks so much cooler? why make tommy's only character attribute be aggression, when making a more three-dimensional character who loves to sit on the bench listening to music with his best friend, braid flowers into his brother's hair, and name a moth clementine is so much more fun?

anyways sorry for the long post, i just really like being here sometimes.

[vampiremeerkat]

This is not a request just a question: Have you ever thought of doing art on the Disney version of hades & persephone? I know in the hercules show they never had her show up (and from what I read they were going to change her to being hades & demeter's daughter, and they were in a custody battle). I guess they had a hard time trying to work her in. Though I'm sure you could've made the story of the two work, evil guys & sweet gals is something you're good at writing.

I have not, I don't think I've ever drawn Hercules fanart. Maybe a few sketches attempting Meg back in early high school. Why make Persephone his daughter. There are multiple Greek characters argued to be his offspring, they could've gone with any of them. Though Hades wished to marry one of the incest children of his incestuously conceived brother, because triple incest is even cooler, I wouldn't deviate too much from Persephone's initial role as his love interest. I think their monogamous relationship, especially in contrast with how that whore Zeus lived his life, is the one element that drives people to put the two names together in the first place. But well, daughter or wife, scrapping Persephone was for the best. Hercules is about Hercules, not Hades and his family life. Anyway, you're probably not even asking me how I'd make it work in the original movie, rather as a stand-alone story. Not that you explicitly asked anything at all. I'd cut Persephone off from Zeus and his sister wife, and make her a mortal woman, one described to be flawless and pure of heart and mind. The kind of person any god would love to have as a sacrifice. Having that said, her soul is unknowingly sold to Hades by her father to save his deathly ill wife. While minding her own business, she's suddenly dragged into the underworld and told the news. Having learned from Meg, Hades no longer sees the benefit of keeping feeble, grieving humans around as servants and contemplates kicking her down the soul pit right away, but the differences between Persephone and Meg are quickly picked up on. Unlike Meg, Persephone hasn't given him one resentful look, and her silent defeatist mentality has him take pity on the foo'. And she's hypotizingly beautiful, that helps, why not. Anyway, Hades "cheers her up" by letting her be his replacement Meg, opposed to an immobilized spirit in a gooey lake, but he finds himself increasingly unwilling to give her chores -mainly those that are bound to humiliate her or risk her safety. She's too honest and not bold enough, you can't send her to swoon a giant centaur. The fact Hades even cares is the dilemma; he never had to contemplate whether something was inappropriate with the headstrong Meg, though he excuses his reluctance as not wanting the jobs to be half-assed. He feels charmed by Persephone's patience and tolerance for him, which is more than what anyone's ever graced him with. She shows understanding for his discontentedness and feels for the way he's being treated by humans and gods, since no one likes death, after all. One of her biggest compliments to him would be the fact how comedic and animated he is for a god of death, which would make the underworld a surprisingly fun place if he'd allow the dead to fade away whilst experiencing the same joy he brings her. Hades is perplexed to learn he brought her joy this entire time, since he was set on being her intimidating boss. Throughout the story, Hades still has his eyes on Hercules, who's claimed -and has continued to be- the one thing that prevents a successful future for him. The oracles give him a new, vague prediction that introduces the existence of a star, which has to keep on shining if he wants the guarantee he'll receive a gratifying life. Hades keeps his sights on the night time sky in order to protect this supposedly fragile star when it shows up. Meanwhile, Persephone's mother is looking for a way to find and save her daughter, which ironically worsens her health. She dies during her strenuous journey, and when her soul enters the underworld, Hades recognizes her and has to make the decision whether to spare this woman a second time, or to admit her time ran out months ago. While he's thinking it over, Persephone shows up, but doesn't make her presence known. Hades sends the soul back to the land of the living, and the spying Persephone becomes instantly smitten by him over it. She never tells him she watched him do this, though, and there isn't much else she says or does to express her changed feelings, since she was already being nice to him and doesn't know how to take the next step. As for the main conflict.. I guess it would be the other gods learning Hades has a human girl for a slave, since he proudly "shows her off" by having her wait for him outside the borders of whatever divine area he's visiting. Perhaps he mentions her as well, but then it was believed he was talking about a goddess. Hercules feels most offended and plans to save Persephone, and since Hades already has beef with him, sees no problem in trying to kill him for barging into his domain again. He sends everything he has Hercules' way, but he perseveres. When Hercules makes it clear to have come for Persephone, Hades calls him a womanizer, because yo, and contemplates using her as a bargaining chip/trap. This would involve killing Persephone in order to kill him. Hercules expresses willingness to take dangerous risks if it entails saving a life, making it appealing for Hades to go through with it, but he can't, because Persephone is his girl. Hercules sees his chance and beats him to a pulp, but Persephone intervenes and exclaims not to be in danger. He's a bit skeptical over her acceptance of the villain, but chooses to believe her and withdraws. Hades learns she's the prophesied star he needed to spare, or some sappy shait. As for the ending, it's made clear it's not healthy for mortal beings to live in the underworld, so she and Hades agree to do (mostly) scheduled visitations. He fires her from being his servant and she reunites with her mother and remorseful father. I'll give the original mythology a little twist; where Spring and Summer-like days are the moments she's staying with Hades, while colder days signal her return home, caused by Hades' stage 3 depression. Not that it matters much, I suppose, Hades should be able to visit her as well, but I imagine the man is busy.

[stillebesat]

White Lies (5/5)

Sanders Sides: Deceit, Virgil, Logan, Roman, Patton Sequel to Little Lies Blurb: Deceit has been stuck in his ‘role’ as Dilyn for almost a year now. It’s about time he changed that. Fic Type: Hurt/Comfort, Tiny!Sides Inspiration: From @yay-cats9‘s wonderful Fanart she did for Little Lies. <3 Again thank you for the artwork! I love it! Overall Fic Warnings: Deceit, Negative Self Talk, Panic/Anxiety Attacks, Manipulation talk, Kinda Imprisonment?

To Catch Up: Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 

“Falsehood.”

Dee jumped, heart stuttering as Logey’s voice came from the doorway somewhere behind Virgil. Instinctively he tried to shove away from him and vanish from sight, but with Vee’s arms protectively holding Dee in place, he couldn’t go anywhere.

Trapped. 

Nononononono NO! 

Dee made a small noise of protest, flinching as soft footsteps moved closer. 

It was one thing to be pathetic in front of Virgil, the former Dark Side. 

It was completely different to show Log--

“Kiddo…” Patton whispered from just behind Vee.

A third shadowy figure appeared, highlighted by the light coming from the doorway. “We wouldn’t hate you, Dil.” Roman said.

To show the others how much of a weakling he’d become. Dee’s breath caught in his throat as he ducked his head against Virgil’s chest, taking refuge from everyone in the only place he could when he couldn’t just sync out to get away from them because he was still a freaking powerless child! 

Some Gatekeeper.

You’re pathetic. 

He hadn’t even heard the french doors open! How long had they been standing there listening--listening to him being--being--pathet--WAIT. Dee tensed, heart taking off like a hummingbird’s wings in his chest. Had the others seen him silence Vee? Had they watched him struggle to release him from his hold? What if they thought Dee had been purposely holding him captive! A long con that they walked in on, not knowing that Deceit had been trying to free Virgil. That he hadn’t meant to silence him! That it was an accid--

They’re gonna hate you for this. 

You Betrayed their trust. 

You can’t just silence the Big Four.

Monster. 

“Dee.” Virgil’s voice seemed to come from the end of a long tunnel. “Dee.” He felt fingers moving through his hair again. “Stop. Don’t--” 

S-s-stop? Stop?! How could he?! HE was DECEIT! He was the BAD guy and the others now KNEW it. He whimpered, struggling to draw air to speak. “I-I-I--” He couldn’t get the words out. He couldn’t!

They’ll hate you. 

Something pressed against his back, rubbing small circles there. “Kiddo. Kiddo please. You’re okay. You need to breathe. Can you breathe for us?” 

B-breathe? How would that help them not hate him? Dee squeezed his eyes shut, his fingers twisting into the fabric of Virigl’s hoodie so they wouldn’t accidentally grab at the air.

Yah that would be just grand if you silence them.  

They’ll hate you.

No matter what.

They will.

You can’t stop being you. 

“It’s okay, Dil--ah Dee? Dee.” Roman said as warm fingers trailed down his bare cheek, brushing at the tears that lingered there. 

Dil.

Dee flinched.

They only like you because you’ve been Dilyn.

They’ll never like Deceit.

Virgil’s arms tightened around him as Roey’s fingers paused, feather light on him. “You’re okay, my young Prince.” He soothed. 

Not okay.

Never okay.

Pathetic Gatekeeper.

Can’t even function properly without freaking out. 

Yet Dee found himself leaning into Roman’s warm palm, his hands frozen in Virgil’s hoodie. “I-I-I-” 

“Deceit.” Logan said in his usual calm tones, using Dee’s title like it was the most natural thing in the world after a year of calling him Dilyn. He placed his fingers on his arm, gently tapping in an odd pattern repeating pattern of four, seven, then eight. “You are safe with us. You are not in any danger.”

Yet. 

“Just breathe for now. Don’t try and speak just yet.” Anxiety huffed, again running his fingers through Dee’s hair. “Trust me, I know how this works.” 

“We can wait, kiddo.”

“Until you are calmer.”

“Take your time, Dil--Dee.”

“You just need to breathe for us.” Patton said, continuing to rub his back. “Breathe.” 

Breathe. They just wanted him to breathe. Dee nodded, keeping his eyes shut as he shakily lifted one hand, disrupting Logan’s tapping on his arm, to grab onto Roman’s finger’s, clinging to them like a drowning man clinging to a fraying string.  Breathe. Okay… Okay…how?  

You forgot how to breathe? 

Some Gatekeeper.

Can’t even breathe properly.

“Sometimes it helps to focus on something else.” Virgil whispered, rocking him back and forth, continuing to hold him close with one arm, while the other hand played with his hair. “Like...I don’t know...can you--do you taste something?” 

Taste? How could tasting anything help him breathe?! What sort of stupid quest-- Dee swallowed, tongue flickering out to his lips and the salty flavor coating them as Logan placed a steadying hand on his leg, just resting it there. “T-t-tears” He managed to whisper. 

“Okay.” Vee squeezed him, giving a comforting pressure all around. “That’s...well the tears aren’t good, but it’s good you can taste them.“ He exhaled. “What about two things you smell?” 

Smell? Dee drew in a shaky breath through his nose. It was--it was...“La-La-Lav.” 

“Lavender? From my hoodie?”  

He nodded, breath hitching. “Mmmm.” He buried his face deeper into Virgil’s clothes. “Mint.” He mumbled.  

“Oh!” Patton gasped, pausing in rubbing Deceit’s back. “I get it.” He whispered

That made one of them, because Dee didn’t see how this was supposed to help. 

“It makes sense Virgil’s clothes would smell so as both scents help to calm those who are feeling anxious.” Logan said, fingers again returning to tapping their four, seven, eight pattern on his leg.

“What about three things you hear, my young Prince?” Roman asked. “Can you tell us that?”

It was who he didn’t want to hear currently. Dee hunched his shoulders. It was easier to admit his insecurities when it was just him and Vee, but facing- “Y-you Three.” He whispered. It wasn’t easy. Obviously. He grimaced. “Pat…Lo…Ro.” And Vee...but Roey had only wanted him to say three.

“And are we causing you stress, Deceit? Being here?” Logan asked.

All movement from the others ceased and Dee couldn’t help but flinch again, his hand clutching tighter to Roman’s to keep him from pulling away. From leaving.

Pathetic.

Some Gatekeeper.

“Ye--na--n--ye-na” He couldn’t get either word out. He didn’t want them here, seeing him like this, but he didn’t exactly want them to leave either. He swallowed, throat burning as he turned his head to rest his scaled cheek against Vee’s hoodie, keeping his eyes squeezed shut as he dropped his other hand to Logey’s cooler one, wishing he had another arm to make sure Pat couldn’t leave either. “S-s-stay?” 

If you had more of a spine you could easily MAKE them stay with you. Just silence them. Take control. 

But he didn’t want to do that! He didn’t want to ruin the--the friendships he’d built with the others over the past year. 

“Aww, DeeDee.” Patton cooed, returning to rubbing small circles on his back. 

Dee flushed, ducking his head back against Virgil’s chest to hide how red his face must be.

And getting redder.

His breath caught, eyes nearly opening before he caught himself as Roman gently lifted Dee’s hand, pressing his lips to the back of it. “Of course, my young Prince. We’ll stay as long as you need us to. I promise.” 

Truth. 

The tightness in Dee’s chest faded, allowing him to draw air deeper into his lungs. They were going to stay. The Big Four wouldn’t leave him. Not even--not even---after--si--silencing--

“Four things you feel, Dee.” Virgil said, again running his fingers through Deceit’s hair, holding him close.

That was easier. He felt...he felt….surrounded. But in a good way. Everyone was there...for him. Wanting to help. He tightened his grip on Logey and Roey. “Pat--my back. Lo--leg. Ro...hand. You--ho-holding me.” 

“And when you’re ready, Deceit.” Logan rested his other hand on top of Dee’s. “Tell us, what are five things you can see?”

See? Dee squirmed, biting his lip.

Seeing would require opening his eyes.

Seeing would mean he--he’d see their faces. 

And that---that--

Some Gatekeeper.

Can’t even face your fears. 

Dee gritted his teeth, pulling his hands back to his chest, digging his fingers into the cloak Virgil had made for him. He could face them. HE COULD! 

Roey had said they wouldn’t leave.

Vee proved that, sticking around even after he’d been silenced, holding onto him without being forced to provide comfort. 

Looking at them shouldn’t change that. 

Until they find out what you did to Virgil. 

Until they remember you’re a DARK side. 

“It’s okay, DeeDee.” Pat said, reassuringly. 

Ro again stroked his cheek with his thumb. “We’re here for you.”

Are they?

Roey had promised.

Promises can be broken.

You know that.

“Bu-but---” Dee swallowed, eyelids fluttering as he leaned into Roman’s palm. “I--I just si-silenced--” 

The stroking stopped. “Silenced?”

“You used your ability?” Logan asked, the faintest of tremors to his voice as his hand twitched on Dee’s knee. “Up here?” 

“Kiddo, that’s not poss--” 

“It is.” 

Dee jerked at Vee’s steady voice, pulling free from Roman’s hand as his eyes flashed open to stare at the stormcloud on Virgil’s jacket. How coul--could he speak so calmly about being silenced! Dee could remember all too clearly the terror that had flashed across Anxiety’s face when his hands had slapped to his mouth. How the Shadows had sprung up in defense--

“But...How do you know?” Logan asked. 

Virgil shifted under him, shrugging one shoulder. “Dee silenced me, right before you guys showed up. Hands to the mouth and everything.”  

Patton made a soft noise of distress. “Nooooo.”

Here comes the rejection.

The hatred.

No one cares for Deceit. 

Dee curled up tighter, hiding as much as his burning face as he could. “Mm. sorry.” He mumbled. He didn’t want to be--be that sort of Deceit. The Bad Guy. He just wanted to...be himself...whatever himself was now--he didn’t know anymore.

Virgil dropped his hand from Dee’s hair to his hands, squeezing them. “It was--” He exhaled. “A shock for both of us. I wasn’t expecting it--I don’t think Dee was either...we--well I handled it...badly.”

Badly? Dee shook his head, looking up at Virgil frowning at the dark shadows under his eyes. Sure being attacked by the shadows hadn’t been fun. But he had been the one to stop listening to Vee when he said to stop. He was the one who pushed to continue trying to make him sound more like his adult self. “No.” 

Virigl raised an eyebrow. “No?” 

He nodded, eyes flickering to the other three as they shifted closer to him so they could see his face. “No. Not just you--I was...I pushed, I was--was--b-bad.” His bottom lip trembled. He’d been so desperate to be his old self that he hadn’t considered the consequences of his actions, of what he was asking. “And you just help and help and help some more, not...hate me.” He pulled one hand free from its place under Virgil’s and raised it--only semi surprised that Anxiety didn’t flinch at his movement, to rest his hand on his cheek. “You handle it good.”

Virgil had remained the level-headed one, working to comfort him despite his own distress while Dee---He was the one who’d---well...had a meltdown. 

Like the useless child you are. 

Some Gatekeeper. 

“So...I can assume.” Logan said, tilting his head. “That from the context given...Dee’s state of panic we found him in was from the...this...silencing that took place?” He asked, his fingers moving to tap in the four, seven, eight pattern again. 

“A silencing that shouldn’t have happened.” Roman mused, his eyes darting between Dee and Vee. “I mean--we proved his powers didn’t work on us months ago, Specs. That they only work while he’s in the subconscious with the Others.” 

Virgil shifted, though his hold remained steady on Dee as he drew in a breath. “I could be wrong, but I think….it’s because I began thinking of him as Deceit instead of Dilyn after I found him out here dressed in his old clothes.”

Huh? Dee looked down at his outfit--well the one Vee had made for him. The one that made him feel like himself for the first time in a long time. But that--how could--a change of clothes gave him his ability to silence back? That hardly made any sens--

“Of course!” Logan abruptly leaned forward, intently studying Dee’s clothes. “I can--Why did we not consider!?” 

Roman frowned. “Consider, Specs? Care to clue the rest of us in?”

Logan sat back, clearing his throat as he adjusted his tie. “We’ve all been concerned that Deceit’s stayed small far longer than the rest of us ever have...and with this new info.” He adjusted his glasses, the lens flashing in the faint light. “His unchanging state may be our fault.”

Deceit blinked, twisting to see Logan. Come again? Their fault? The Big Four had done nothing but help him for the past year! Keeping him safe and protected and his little state secret from the Others in the subconscious.

Patton made a noise in the back of his throat, fiddling with the edge of his hoodie as his hand paused on Dee’s back. “Our fault?” 

“Just think of it.” Logan gestured to all of them. “What did Roman say when he set the parameters for Deceit’s role as Dilyn a year ago?” 

Ro straightened, gesturing vaguely around the balcony. “Well, I said that he’s just a child in the mindscape. That he doesn’t have any particular funct--” He jerked. “Great Odin’s Eyepatch!” Roman turned to Logan. He jabbed his finger in the air. “No function. That’s what you’re getting at. We made Deceit--”  

Logan nodded. “Exactly. If Dilyn’s ‘role’ is to be a child and that he has no function in the mindscape, then there is no reason for him to grow or return to normal. Hence why Deceit--has remained how he is.”

“We didn’t let him be himself.” Patton whispered, pulling his hand back to grab onto the sleeves of his cat sweater. “In trying to make our lives easier while he was with us--we refused to let Deceit be himself.”

Truth. 

Dee sat up in Virgil’s arms, eyes wide. The solution--it was--could it really be that simple? Had they really prevented him from growing the entire time by--by having him take on this role?! 

“Kinda my thoughts.” Virgil mumbled, fidgeting in place. “Hence why I--I gave him a version of his outfit back. To help him...feel more like Deceit.” 

Deceit will rise. 

“So to fix this--” Roman snapped his fingers, grinning wide. “We just need to start treating you like Deceit again.” 

Dee stiffened, breath catching his throat. “Just like before?” He asked, hating how his voice trembled.

Back to being the Bad Guy.

“NO.” Virgil wrapped his arms protectively around Dee as he shook his head. “I mean...Yes to you being Deceit again, Dee. But No to just like before. I mean...we can’t--we need to--”

“Accept him?” Patton asked, tilting his head, eyes shimmering in the faint light. “All of him. Like we did for you?”

“Exactly.” 

Was it really that easy? Dee looked between all of them. Were they really wanting him to be...Deceit? “But--” He ducked his head. “I’ll be...bad again.” 

“Falsehood.” Logan said, gently lifting Dee’s chin back up to meet his eyes. “Overall Thomas is a good person, which means that you are too….there is no need to return to exactly how things were before in order for you to function for Thomas.”

“It would be silly to act like nothing’s changed between us.” Patton said, bouncing in place. “I mean...DeeDee can make cookies with me just as easily as Dilio did, even when you’re back to being an adult! We can still be FamILY.”

Family. 

The word had his stomach fluttering as chills rushed down his spine. Family. 

It was strange how---how desperately Dee wanted that word to apply to him too. To be included. To be wanted. To be part of a group. Part of the Family.

“It’s just a matter of figuring out what you want, Dee.” Virgil said, the corner of his mouth twitching upwards. “You don’t have to be stagnant. I mean...I changed. You can too. Be whoever you want to be.”

“Of course. Which means to potentially help Deceit return to normal--” Logan took Dee’s hand, his own giving the slightest of tremors as he raised it to his mouth, maintaining eye contact as he did so. “When you are ready.” He said, a faint shimmer of fear flashing across his eyes as his breath ghosted over Dee’s finger tips. “You can silence me as per your duties as Self Preservation to keep Thomas safe, I will not hate you for doing so.”

Dee caught his breath, eyes going wide. He...he wouldn’t? Hate...him?

“Same here, Jekyll and Lied.” Roman said placing his hand over Logan’s, giving a seated bow to Dee. “Silence me as you will. I won’t hate you either for doing your job.”

“Me too!” Patton agreed with a tremulous smile, adding his hand to the others. 

“You already silenced me--but yah.” Virgil shrugged, placing his hand on top. “You can do it again, I guess.” 

Dee--Deceit lifted his blurry eyes from their hands, heart pounding in his chest hard enough he wouldn’t be surprised if it burst. “You’re...you’re sure?” He whispered.

It had been so long...so very long since he’d attempted to use his powers on them. Attempted to be...Deceit. He didn’t--want to hurt them. He didn’t even know if he could anymore...but the knowledge that they were willing to let him...meant a lot. 

They nodded, even Virgil tilted his head the barest of degrees.

“If we can be ourselves around you, Deceit.” Logan said. 

“Then there is no need for you to pretend any longer to be someone else for us.” Roman finished, giving him a wink. “We’ll work it out.”

“Cus that’s what FamILY does!” Patton said, tousling his hair. “Even though you look like a kid, we’ll do our best to treat you like an adult from here out. It will be our New Year’s Goal! Okay, DeeDee?” 

Deceit will rise. 

It wasn’t--wasn’t how he originally wanted to return--but this...this could work. To help him get back to normal. To be...Deceit again. 

Dee drew in a steadying breath, nodding. A new year. A new him. Hopefully working with the Big Four instead of against them.

“Five things I see.” He said softly, meeting everyone’s eyes as his small hand warmed in theirs. “Me with my Family.”

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Well, I was gonna wait till I finished the ref for his sister, but I ended up loving this design so much I thought it was worthy of its own post. Remember my first post to Tumblr? It was a set of design references for all the main characters of ADSOM; now I’m planning to expand the set since I hope to make art soon featuring more of the cast. Anyway, here’s Athos! Because a lot of thought went into this design and the Danes receive fairly little page time in the series, I thought I’d also take the opportunity to share some general headcanons and design notes for my version of Athos under the cut. Enjoy!

- The first piece of fanart I saw for the Danes happened to be @veldenmire ‘s portraits of them (they’re so cool guys, go check them out!), I’ve always imagined Athos with a scruffy beard. So he has one here. He never bothered shaving and ended up liking the look, as it makes him look older and- in his eyes- more regal.

- Athos has insanely fluffy hair. Like a samoyed’s level of fluffy. If you notice those lines drawn along the outer edges of it in some spots, that’s to show just how long it is. He is also one of the few ADSOM characters, along with Astrid and Maxim, that I don’t intend to have a set hairstyle for. It just kinda does its own thing, and Athos is fine with that as long as it doesn’t look awful. The style shown here is just the most common.

- One of my favorite things about the Danes is their black blood, since it has so many implications for their character designs that I honestly don’t think get referenced enough by the fandom. So, besides the fact that they bruise jet-black, both of the twins have darkened purple mouths, exactly like a black mamba. As well, Athos’ eyes go black when he casts spells- its the equivalent of having bloodshot eyes, just much cooler looking. 

- Athos has a tendency to squint. He needs glasses but has no idea, so his vision for things that are far away is fairly poor. Its incredibly frustrating for him- he knows something is wrong but doesn’t know specifically it’s his vision, so nothing ever really changes about it.

- He has many scars (you can’t survive White London without some), but the most prominent are the ones in his ears and the one on his chest. The ear-scars came from pendants he wore like earrings in order to match Astrid; they both got ripped out in battle. The one on his chest is from a knife fight he got into when he was younger. 

- As described on the ref, Athos is not a big guy. Poor nutrition in his youth stunted his growth even more than it did Astrid’s, leaving its mark in his height and his ribs, which are always visible (Holland also has this problem). Beyond that he’s reasonably muscular and a decent fighter, but his talent in fighting mostly comes in laying traps like runes or using his whip to wear down opponents. He wears armor in some manner almost constantly as a form of self-protection, which along with Holland tends to give him enough time to outlast any would-be attackers long enough to draw his whip or blade. Magic-wise, he struggles to create the bolts of lightning Astrid is capable of without an outside source of power, but he has a rune for every occasion and he has no qualms about using them.

- He has a crown but rarely wears it- he’s obviously one of the Dane twins and that tends to be enough to get people to back off.

- On to some personality traits! Athos is always doing something, be it art, science, or bloodshed. He may act calm, but he has more energy than Holland and Astrid combined, and it shows in just how busy he chooses to keep himself. He has a desperate desire to know things, especially in regards to the other Londons, so he reads a lot and forms experiments to try and understand magic; this drive is so strong that he is likely the most-well read person in Makt, especially since he has taken most of the books and research in the country to hoard in his rooms (which were formerly part of the palace library). If he’s not studying (or maiming, but that bit’s pretty self-explanatory), he can often be found using some form of creative outlet. Athos is also an excellent painter and he can play the piano better than many Arnesian performers; half of his excitement towards conquering the other Londons is based in the idea of better paints and an audience that he doesn’t have to spell into listening to him. Of course, he can always entertain himself with his kingly duties too- Makt never seems to run out of dissenters, and he is perfectly happy to get rid of them in order to protect the Danes’ hold on the throne. He’s the epitome of a Maktahn renaissance man; clever, creative, and ready to kill at a moment’s notice. Stay out of his sight and you’ll be fine, but catch his attention and you might just find yourself serving as his new work of art...