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jsab-crisis · 2 years

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Time to finally rip the bandy-aid off...

Hi, I'm the creator of JSaB Crisis AU, the owner of this blog, the artist of this comic, and so on and so on. I haven't updated this comic in- I forgot when I stopped, to be honest, I haven't touched this comic in a long time or anything relating to this AU in particular.

I've had people ask and are rightfully concerned regarding when I'll post the next pages and if I'm actually still doing this fan comic series. So, here's my answer;

I don't plan on touching this comic anymore or even the AU itself, for multiple reasons;

Technical difficulties in production is one thing, I use mobile Medibang paint to draw this comic and at one point there was an update that became a massive roadblock to it. You see, I've put the entirety of Crisis AU in one cloud file, even the WIPs, and depended on that due to not wanting to fill my storage with junk.

Crisis AU started when I was using an old phone with limited storage hence why I used Cloud-- it also helped me transfer all the art since I use the same medibang account. (Got a new phone afterwards)

Now, the medibang update that messed me over was when they added a premium membership in which you can access other assets such as brushes, certain controls, and cloud storage. They put a cloud storage limit which messed up all my cloud files (mind you, I've been using Cloud files for nor just the comic but for everything, even on my laptop for personal art/other projects).

Because of that, this made the cloud file almost inaccessible unless I manually save each page to my storage which... was infuriating and a huge demotivator. Had to delete other cloud files to at least make space but because of how many pages there are, well, I just left it there.

Loss of interest is also a common thing when it comes to fan series. My JSaB hyperfixiation died down at one point as I leaned to other medias, making me focus more on other media with LOTS of interest AND motivation to work on something relating to that instead of the comic itself.

This is very common with other fan series to my knowledge, having seen lots of discontinued fan works when I was merely a DA user.

Of course, my interest towards JSaB had kicked in again. I still love that game and the community i was a part of for awhile, having met wonderful and talented people throughout the year(s) and still do.

However, this also comes to my third reason.

Doubt. I have started to grow a distaste towards Crisis AU due to the writing itself and how my art is constantly changing. As time goes on, so does one's creative ability and taste and let me tell you how many times I've grimaced as I looked upon my own script. My writing style and comic making has changed over the past year and comparing it to this, I'd say I prefer now than whatever this was.

The concept of JSaB in a slice of life and modernized world that attempts to tackle personal turmoil? It's nice but it's not something I'd make in a heartbeat. I knew my goal with this and what I wanted to do but now it doesn't spark that flame of interest anymore.

Crisis AU is, well, a Crisis. The irony in that, am I right?

Not saying it's entirely hopeless, no, feel like if anyone would take this concept and do it their own then I'm sure they'll be able to execute it well with their own passion. It's just not me, if that makes sense.

Crisis AU is somewhat decent, mediocre, messy, and abandoned. It's a genuine shame to see how things have changed as it isn't the only art project I've abandoned due to the lack of creative flame. I can sympathize to those who actually looked forward to this as I've been met with support by those who read the comic and yet I am unable to continue delivering the series to its fruition.

Hell, I couldn't even pass the introduction arc!

...so yeah, that's why. I haven't touched this comic in a while because I've lost interest and I think I'll be able to rewrite it as the concept is lost to me now.

Now, it might be time to ask the Golden question when it comes to change!

What now?

For start, I might just let this blog become an archive because deleting in entirely would be an insult. I don't downright hate it! Slap a "Discontinued" onto it along with context in the blogs description.

Next? Well, I have multiple plans but I'm also worried they'll meet the same fate as Crisis AU so I'll start with small things.

Rebrand on the Crisis JSaB Discord Server.

All invite links have been revoked to stop new members for entering as we're entering changes. It'll be rebranded as a small JSaB server, dedicated to all JSaB fans. Channels, categories, even rules will be changed for simplicity sake and to fit the new name. This will then be followed with reopened Mod applications.

Ask Box will still be answered !! That means:

Crisis AU characters will still answer Asks regarding the discontinued comic series.

...which would make it more of an ask blog, yes? Huh. Whatever works. Take it as compensation due to the discontinued comic series. Ask box will still be open and I'll be answering old asks that are still there. So, yeah, you can still interact with the characters and even ask regarding what the lore was all about. I (or, well, specifically the characters) won't be keeping secrets anymore, nope.

New... projects?

I have another JSaB AU I've been rewriting for a while now, more interested in that since it at least LEANS to the Canon story... kind of. I won't be jumping to making a new blog and starting a new comic ONLY to be discontinued after an unannounced hiatus followed by a similar long text post/apology. No, I don't wanna set myself up again.

So, I'm staring off with small snippets of comics that piece together in my art blog and maybe make a blog that acts as an ARCHIVE. Keep things organized and pretty. This will inly happen if I reach a certain amount of comics, yes.

It's something, makes me less overwhelmed with trying new things. I've been getting better at comic making and writing! This might be a new start.

And, of course, I wanted to say this to everyone;

Thank you for everything and I'm sorry for not delivering.

The amount of support I've received during the active production of this series was genuinely heart warming and boosted my confidence in comic making. I wouldn't want it any other way.

And I'm sorry for things having to come to a disappointing end, but I'll make up to that. I promise.

If I was given the ability to wish that I never started Crisis AU then I would refuse.

Because then I wouldn't have met such wonderful community. I wouldn't want to change anything about it.

Don't fret, friends! I'm still here! It's not over, buds.

We just keep moving forward.

#crisis au #just shapes and beats #zcart #Important #Announcement

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myechoecho · 4 months

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Rewatching W: Two Worlds

Ep 12. I forgot how good this episode was. Well, they are all good but this one I really enjoyed - the first time and this time. This episode is PACKED.

I love how the ring was the one physical thing that connects them from the first story. It's how she bumps into him, it's how he remembers her and now it's what he gabs when they are first back to the real world.

She apologizes, but he only smiles because he knows how hard she tried to keep. Just like how he knows why she is worried when he asks to see her father. But he's learned from the comic and will not make the same choice. Even disregarding that, like I said before the reveal is completely different this time so it's not quite as shocking or traumatizing.

It's heartbreaking when she asks him not to go. It's even more heartbreaking when she asks if he remembers and has to tell her no. He's doing just what he thinks the comic Cheol would feel (which I don't think is 100% the truth). Since she hadn't changed, he's going to see what her fatal charm is.

Here's the thing. I'm pretty sure Cheol was 95% decided about Yeon Joo. He was already drawn to her and she's saved him. Even though he calls him the other Cheol, and doesn't fully get why he was in such a state to shoot Sung Moo, he has to recognize the himself in the comic book Cheol. Since he recognizes himself, he would have to trust the comic version's feelings but he still needs to see it in person to confirm.

Small shout out to Soo Bong. The poor man is forever in a state of terror and panic but he is also always comes through for Yeon Joo and Cheol.

Even though he's calmer, it still distresses Cheol to see all the W files and research. You can see him take a moment to pull himself together.

We get the confrontation between Cheol and real culprit. I had forgotten he had fully awakened first AND that Sung Moo promised to make him the main character. I'm not entirely convinced the reason for Cheol's hand disappearing makes complete sense but that is minor. Interesting that real culprit says he just has to wait for him to disappear, but his whole purpose was to kill and torment Cheol. Not sure he realizes that means he could disappear once Cheol is gone.

I love, love how Cheol asks to go on date with Yeon Joo. He wants to know her better and like I said, confirm that last 5%. I forgot how cheeky and flirty he was when he asked to see her naked like in the comic. However, he was truly touched when he saw the comic moments of them in her room. Again, it shows how he was always real to her.

He's willing to go slow. They did everything backwards, which he gets why, but now he wants to be a normal couple. I adore that he asked permission first and would have been totally okay. But she says yes, and with the kiss everything clicked in place 100%. Possibly before that but you can really see he understands the other Cheol.

The idea that the comic is only a connector and their two worlds co-exist separately is great. The only people the Sung Moo can really control are the ones he created for the comic. Conversely, I wonder if there is a comic from Cheol's world that is based in Yeon Joo's.

He gives her his plan and rejects the Sung Moo's ending. The ending he has chosen is staying with Yeon Joo. He does not care what the readers think. That is his happy ending.

Honestly, his plan was really good. And he's so smart that he realizes he can summon himself to and from the comic world. He ties everything up there -real culprit arrested, him "dead", So Hui has a new purpose (though we know that is going to be false). I squeal at the fact he asks her to draw the ring that he lost. He wants that connection with her.

He comes back, and is oddly competitive with his comic self. He's determined to be better for Yeon Joon this time. I think he really hates how she was hurt.

They are all smiles at the end and I know that won't last because we are diving headfirst into pure pain and misery till the end.

#w two worlds #kdrama

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watmels · 1 year

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Shiratorizawa’s Spy (Reflection)

I made the first panels of my comic Shiratorizawa’s Spy in January 2022 on a whim, based on doodle requests from my Instagram Story. I didn’t think it would turn into a big project that would take over a year, but I’m glad it did! To finally wrap this all up, I wanted to organize my thoughts about my experience making the series.

🌞 Highlights ��━━━

Shiratorizawa’s Spy-noff + Shiratorizawa’s Spy-noff 2

It was incredible to see art and writing that others created based on the series. I was especially wowed at how several writers were able to capture what I wanted to convey. To see it written out... it’s unreal!

Comic style

I’m really thankful that I drew/colored the initial panels roughly, because this style let me work quickly. If it was full color / rendered... I probably would have burnt out.

Crowd-sourcing ideas

Many plot points and even the character Goshiki Toshiki came from my followers 🙌🏻

Reading comments

This was sooo motivating. Knowing that I made people laugh, or that people felt conflicted because of Oikawa... It made me happy that my work could touch people like that! 🥺

🌚 Lowlights ━━━━

Lack of Seijoh bonding

I totally understand how readers would feel that Oikawa should have stayed at Shiratorizawa in the end, because most of the comic illustrated his relationships there... I should have drawn more interactions between Oikawa and the Seijoh team to build a stronger sense of belonging. I really wish I had introduced Matsukawa and Hanamaki in the beginning. And I probably could have expanded on the Seijoh captain, but I was reluctant to make decisions about that guy...

Losing track of the timeline

I had a bit of a meltdown when I realized InterHigh was quickly approaching in the storyline.

Discovering again that Oikawa has an Android phone in canon

I forgot about this and gave him an iPhone. When I found out again, I was unwilling to change it midway... I don’t stress about this that much though haha

📝 Lessons about making comics ━━━━

Plan ahead

It’s fun to make spontaneous filler episodes, but it’s important to remember the timeline! After my meltdown, I carefully planned the rest of the story. I’m glad I had an outline of each part towards the end.

Comic boxes

I initially drew a new box for each panel. Later, I changed to duplicating & rotating the same box for most panels. This saved a lot of time.

Procreate stuff

My process for making the comic was to duplicate a previous file, keep a few things (series title, some boxes, my signature) and create the new part.

I wish I knew earlier to TURN OFF THE PROCESS RECORDING! As time went on, my files loaded so slowly... eventually I realized it’s because every file was bigger than the last, with ever-increasing video info 💀 thankfully you can purge the time-lapse recordings.

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I came to this conclusion before SS, but still wanted to mention it. I much prefer typing text over handwriting it when creating a comic. It saves time, it’s easier to edit, and it’s more legible for readers!

And... that’s it! Shiratorizawa’s Spy is my magnum opus...

✈️ Now some personal updates ━━━━

This year I’ve been making some life changes and want to make even bigger ones. So it works out well that I was able to end Shiratorizawa’s Spy at this time. Next week, I’ll be moving into a friend’s apartment for a few months.

After that, I really hope to move internationally to South Korea for... an unknown amount of time. I am thinking about quitting my job. I’m grateful for my opportunities and experiences thus far, but I feel lost as an adult... I don’t know what I want to do except that I want to try living in another country. I had an amazing vacation in Korea last year, so I think I’ll start there. I’m really anxious because I don’t speak the language though.

I have so much to learn about personal finance, fitness, beauty, growing as a person, etc. I still want to draw and post occasionally, because art is my first love and passion 💖 but not sure about the frequency.

👋🏻 Anyway ━━━━

Was reading Shiratorizawa’s Spy fun? Like, about as fun as buying a coffee from a shop or seeing a movie in a theatre? If so, I would really appreciate a tip on Ko-Fi. How else could a comic artist make money — maybe mostly drawing through Patreon...? 🤔

Thank you for following me through all this. I hope it was interesting!

#shiratorizawa's spy #reflection #personal

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xiadz · 8 months

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Long post, I found a comic book I wrote with friends like 25 years ago and I'm reading it and here are some thoughts lol

In 2nd grade myself and 2 other friends wrote a comic book called Robots Mission to Mars and I thought it was just lost to the ages, a memory where as I get older I'm unsure if I made it up or not. However 2 days ago deep in my grandmother's attic was a random folder that she found and it had 3 different comic books I made and a few drawings, and within it was Robots Mission to Mars. It's surprising cause 1) I was sure it was lost and 2) my grandmother kept NOTHING from my childhood, so it was a complete accident this managed to slip through the cracks. Half of the cover is ripped off but overall the important bits are there complete with elementary school drawings of robots and space ships.

The inside cover even has an advertisement for a future planned "The Star Rocket Robots".

It's obviously poorly written but I'm honestly surprised, we fully came up with a backstory of a spaceship crashing into a kids house, maiming him, or as I wrote, "his arms tore off and his knee down got tore off", and three robots (Musuci, Syber-X, and Gama) survived the crash, saving our hero Johnny by taking him into their underground lab (i mean technically it was underground since they crashed I guess) and the robots fixed him by turning him into a cyborg, they then named him J-7. J-7 then helps rebuild the space station and in the process learns to be a robot. "It had a lab with computers and all that science stuff". By page 4 we are introducing enemy robots with very clear motives, Deathmole, the main bad guy is creating the perfect spy robot, aptly named Spier so he can steal plans. There's a large fight with 3 other evil robots, but since they're robots, Deathmole just makes a stronger and bigger 2.0 version of them.

Anyways I'm just genuinely impressed that as 2nd graders we somehow managed to grasp the concept of semi coherent storytelling and literally the heroes journey, as crude as it may be. It's also ready to be sold to marvel because at one point their space ship blows up and one of the characters simply goes "Well what about our extra space ship Gama? 'Oh I forgot about that one' he responds" Aliens show up for no reason and are unexplained other than they're bad guys. So we're even ready for the MCU.

We even ended on a complete cliffhanger. The last page is just

"Now let the fun begin. Ok let's rock you guys! Computers. Check. Gama screen on. Check. J-7 desk. Check.

I think the desk is meant to be like.. a console lol.

I might scan this and upload it somewhere. Every once in a while I still talk to one of my friends that did the art for some of the robots and we talked about it a few years ago, he'd probably be so fucking stoked to see it. I also think it serves as a neat time capsule into my childhood brain.

In the folder I also have "Scotts Awesome Adventures", which is 2 pages of panel comics that was made by me. Then I also have Pumpkin Man made by the same few of us who made Robots, but I only have the cover for it sadly.

Honestly I think one day I'd like to revisit Robots Mission to Mars. Maybe I'll even finally make that offshoot of The Star Rocket Robots a few decades later, but I don't know if it can live up to the hype.

#personal

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wikagirl · 1 year

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ayooo girlie completely forgot to post her pics from comic con stuttgart. I slept over at my friends place from friday to saturday so we could get going extra early and this is what I woke up to

I got up and did my hair and makeup while my buddy snoozed for a lil longer

I went as random member of camp halfblood on day 1 and on day 2 i just couldn't be bothered and just went in casual. We drove up to stuttgart and picked up some homies, then drove to the con and got in, our first stop was at a crepe shop, those crepes kept us fueled for more than 8 hours

On day one our buddies were there as characters from Rainbow Six and we had an iron mouse with us, sadly our boys are really camera shy so heres a pic of iron mouse sitting by herself and eating a crepe

We spent our first day mostly just walking around taking pics with others and for others. You have no idea how many gorwn ass men came up to us going "OMG TACHANKA" and looking at our two tachanka cosplayers like they just found their long lost dads that went to get milk and never came home.

I sadly couldn't take as many pics on day 1 mainly bc I get anxious a lot in big crowds so my buddy and I hit our hotel pretty tired, but on day 2 we got to the con before our friends and thus I was able to go on a little spending spree and also take pics of all these cute mushrrom folks and nature witches

We also met up with a friend of mine back from school who was there with her own group, at that point I split up from my buddies who on day 2 were there as CoD characters, SCP soldiers and Maid Keqing from Genshin Impact. My adventure with my schoolfriend started out great, one of her wings from her toothless armor broke off and it took us about an hour to hunt down some hotglue for her, but the people at the hydro forge were there to save us and thus some more fooling around happened. Look at her slaying big time.

but sadly all good things must come to an end and so at around 4 pm we all gathered back up at our meeting spot to take some last cringy pics like the weebs and nerds we are

And took one final group picture

and thus headed home. Needless to say, I was starving once I got back, I only ate like one proper meal throughout the entire weekend and besides that I mainly ran on boba-tea and anxie-tea.

also now I have this thing

also for everyone that plans on going to comic con in stuttgart next year, here's some advice: DO NOT SIT ON THE FLOOR IN FRONT OF THE BIG DARK WALLS WITH THE HOLES IN IT THOSE ARE THE VENTILATION SYSTEM YOU WILL GET A COLD can't believe it took us several hours to figure that out.

Oh yeah I also came down with the rona a few days after which made me big angy but at least noone else in the group got sick and I had it out of my system within a week of aggressively overheating myself, inhaling steam to declog my nostrils and eating a ton of spicy chicken soup.

And now here's a list of the instagram accounts of my sweetboos so you can go and check out their stuff.

Ironmouse/Keqing: @suppymeggy

The hella cool toothless armor: @linahri

In our big group pic in the back row, the second scp soldier from the left: @max_.kraft

aaaaaaaand that's it the others never gave he their tags but go check out their stuff and don't be like me and bring extra water and eat food or bring your own if you're going.

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worlds-4th-best-dad · 1 year

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(The anon who wanted to infodump about old Bacchus lookalikes a few weeks ago) In the end I tried to send an ask, but genuinely don't know if it actually went through or not. Of course I forgot to save a backup anywhere so if it got lost on the way I'll probably never get around to rewriting it now orz

Oh, it's you! I am so sorry for not responding. We had midterm exams and I was preoccupied with studying.

Now, as for your previous ask. It did send, but the exams delayed my response to it. Thankfully, I am now not as busy to reply.

So, regarding Christof, he is mega messed up! I get not wanting a child to experience the cruelty of the world, but manufacturing their trauma so that they don't leave and even filming their whole life and using the profits to prolong the illusion is downright despicable.

As for Charles, he seems to be rather comical albeit incessant on gaining riches. Compared to Christof, he's much less messed up.

As for their meeting with Bacchus, I would think he would criticize Charles lack of quick thinking skills and greed and would, at first, be okay with wanting to shield a child from a cruel world, but would soon be mortified at how the plan devolved into what the film shows.

I mean, Bacchus is not that better. He orchestrated an entire survival game that ultimately caused Deus' life to drain more than if Deus were to just remain idle and governed the universe. Although, I would give him the benefit of the doubt that no mortal could expect a God to die and said God to be slowly drained of life with constant use of the god-given future foretelling powers.

Once again, sorry for the late reply and thank you for the explanation of the two men who looked eerily similar to Bacchus! 💖💖💖

#asks #mirai nikki #future diary #john bacchus #the truman show #christof #charles-ingvar jonsson #the jonsson gang

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taiblogcomics · 2 days

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Violence and Unrest

Hey there, deck limits. Well, I won't waste your time. Let's just get into it, coz the comic is sure gonna waste more of your time than I ever could~

Here's the cover:

Oh yeah, I forgot Jason Todd had that bit of white hair post-resurrection for a time. Guess what, it's probably because the artists of this comic forgot too. He hasn't had it any other time when he's been unmasked, including this issue. Does he dye it? And why does Jason wear a second mask under his mask? Is it for this reason? Does he expect his helmet to get shattered in battle? He should invest in a more durable material. Who's gonna recongise an unmasked Jason Todd anyway, he was a kid when he died. Anyway, this is a mildly interesting cover. I approve of punching Jason Todd.

All right, where were we? Duela Dent got murdered by the Monitors, who are cleaning up anomalies in the multiverse. Jason Todd and Donna Troy are investigating said death. Jimmy Olsen also was investigating this, but got sidetracked by getting superpowers and the death of New God Lightray. Holly Robinson is on the run and hiding out in this comic. Mary Marvel, down on her luck, is gifted Black Adam's superpowers. Karate Kid is being held by the JLA, and Pied Piper and Trickster are planning a crime. All this, and Amazons Attack! started up last issue!

We start up with that, in fact, with Jimmy Olsen actually name-dropping "Amazons Attack" (in the context of "the Amazons' attack on Washington", but it's bolded so you know what's up), worrying to Lois Lane if Clark will be fine covering it from the front lines. Lois says Jimmy doesn't have to worry about Clark, he's been in worse situations before. She then starts to inquire about the Lightray situation, but Jimmy gets a sudden message delivered. He decides it's something to look into, and takes off. Bye, Lois, thanks for the cameo!

Over in Gotham, Mary Marvel is posing dramatically as she adjusts to her new powers (and her new latex outfit). Having powers is so much better than not having powers! Why would Black Adam ever give these up?? I think he gave a succinct reason, but I guess you're too focused on your own problems. So, part of the reason she lost her powers was that the Rock of Eternity shattered, and she goes looking for the pieces. While flying around, she spots five pregnant women on a rooftop in pentagram formation around one such piece, singing "Killing Moon" by Echo and the Bunnymen. Yeah, even for Gotham City, that's a little weird!

Once again, the Rogues are out doin' a debauchery. Mirror Master is an absolute douchebag in this series, I've found. Like, I read a lot of Wally West's run of The Flash, and while he was kind of a dirtbag, I don't remember him being this bad. Here, they're at a high-end club (where they're the only patrons), and Mirror Master is chewing out their scantily-dressed waitress for bringing the wrong drink. Piper tells him to lay off her, and the two eventually get into a fistfight. It's broken up when Captain Cold shows up, freezes them, then says they have work to do. Well, how do you expect them to work when you've frozen them~?

Jimmy Olsen follows that mysterious tip he got to Suicide Slum, which is Metropolis' shithole district. Like, who even gives a building the number "666" otherwise? And who should live here but a shitty little goblin man named Sleez? Sleez is an obscure New Gods character, a former councel to Darkseid before getting banished to Earth. Like Lightray, he and Jimmy have previous acquaintence. Then suddenly someone bursts through the roof and blows a hole through Sleez. Like Lightray, he's now another dead New God. Holly Robinson, who happens to be loitering outside, also saves a homeless guy from the collapsing building. The comic bothered to tell us, so I might as well tell you, too.

All right, this is where shit gets gruesome. Just to show you what kind of comic this is, the ritual Mary Marvel interrupted? It summons a demon. A demon whose body is made of dead babies. He introduces himself as Pharyngula, the harvester of stillborn souls, and announces his intention to suck out both Mary Marvel's souls and the digested waste from her intestines. Like, dude, that's gross. The Binding of Isaac is looking at you and telling you you're overdoing it. Thankfully, Mary Marvel doesn't belabour the point and puts him down with a thrown car, then a bolt of lightning.

Over in Washington DC, Donna Troy and Jason Todd are finally bringing this back around to tying in to Amazons Attack!. Namely, they're hanging around the recently-decapitated Lincoln Memorial. Hey, I played that episode of Sam & Max! The pair of them discuss what's going on, and Jason reveals he figured out that the gunman was the Monitor after "doing some research". Donna replies that the Monitor is a good guy and it must've been the Anti-Monitor, but no, Jason confirms the look of the Monitor as the one he saw.

Okay, so, this is a little out there, but it's not entirely weird that Donna remembers the Monitor. She met another one of them during the One Year Later timeskip following Infinite Crisis. He also told her she was supposed to have died during the recent Crisis, but here she is. Still dunno how Jason found out about them. Multiversal anomalies aren't exactly the sort of thing I'd think you could look up on 2007 Google or your local library. But either way, this is what Jason figures they mean: the pair of them aren't supposed to be here, and the Monitors are gunning for them because of that.

While they're discussing it, the Monitors are, well, monitoring them, and they figure Jason's getting too clever for his own good. So they send down the blue-skinned goth lady from the cover. Her name is Forerunner, and this is fortunately her first appearance (as implied by the cover), so I don't have to discuss her backstory as well. As you might guess from someone with "runner" in the name, she has super speed, which she uses to quickly beat up Donna and Jason. Somehow Jason lasts longer against her than Donna, which doesn't make any sense. But either way, both of them are down and out at the end of the issue.

Well, this issue wasn't much. Terrible all around, really. You got the unnecessarily gross demon for Mary Marvel to fight, the weird continuity issues with Jason's monitor knowledge, Mirror Master still being terrible... And, like, I will put Sleez on our deaths counter (we're up to 3!), I'm not gonna weep for him or anything. Like, let's just say the guy lived up to his name. Good riddance, frankly. Also, if you think this issue was just hyping up Amazons Attack! and then not delivering, you're in for a sad awakening later on~

#comics #reviews #Countdown #Countdown to Final Crisis #Taiblog

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nyx-gathering · 2 years

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*busts through door with the conspiracy board* So i’m losing my mind right? Because I keep coming back to thinking about Takaya and what in christ’s name his characterization is supposed to be like.

I’m the kind of person who doesn’t really like to just do whatever I feel like with a canon character, i’m all about that media analysis, give me one of those multiple choice questions about “based on what this character has said, what do you think they feel about etc” I love it. And if I get the vibe a character is just poorly written or not very well thought out, I probably won’t rewrite them, I’ll just lose interest.

But I get this impression... they really thought about what takaya’s personality is... he’s just a very weird guy? Lmao, like what little we see of him is trying desperately to convey a specific, well rounded archetype of character that I don’t quite recognize but I can tell they have something in mind? But without the full picture he looks confusing.

This is what I mean-- Takaya is somehow both extremely passionate and a total nihilist. A poet that can reason out the beauty of life but hates it anyways. He’s described as being damaged by his experiments to the point of being drunk on indifference and almost carefree, like a goth hippy, but also he will lose his mind about being chosen and of importance as if he has a responsibility that causes him stress. He’s intelligent and cunning but also... just not trying that hard and spends most of his time not giving the main protagonist much thought.

Literally, I mean the novel takes place mid game and he is dealing with a problem utterly unrelated to any of the main characters, and he doesn’t even seem in a hurry to deal with them.

He’s visibly happy to have found another surviving strega child in the novel where he actively tells them generally innocent advice of just being happy with the simple life he has with the adopted mother who cares about them ( he assumes they’ll be dying soon, but still, he clearly understands the value of what they have and that’s odd?), and even consistently in the main game gives advice about death that is completely correct by the game’s own logic-- but then he’s ALSO... completely indifferent to the death of Chidori... possibly... because he believes in her freedom to choose that outcome based on the movie, but... isn’t simply indifferent to the end of the world, he actively fights to ensure it, he makes a point of that in the in-character AMA...

which might be tied to the religious side of him which is present in all depictions of him... and might explain the one thing he seems to actively care about which is being “chosen” to ensure the fall possibly ( do you notice they never directly say what they’re even chosen for I’m losing it-- )

and... then there’s the musical which puts more of an emphasis on a general dislike of the world, being fed up with it’s pointless pain and hardship... but that doesn’t necessarily contradict also having a hedonistic appreciation for short term happiness and wanting to live only for today, as he tells Jin... and family and friends might count as that to him.

And these sound like they might just be inconsistencies?? but they’re consistent inconsistencies across all his depictions just in different instances! And it just gives me this strong vibe that he has a motivation in mind, a specific philosophy to his character that all the different people writing him have been instructed on and just... aren’t telling us lmao?

I have written Takaya... for years now... and I think I still don’t quite know how to capture every aspect of his character at once sdfjklhsfd

#( sorry i'll draw eventually i swear i just #i lost..... the planning i had for the comic i forgot to save it and my computer reset for an update and i'm a dumbass-- )#Takaya #persona 3 #rambling

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hikari-kaitou · 3 years

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Capcom's Official AA Fanclub Surveys - DGS Edition

Many Western fans may be familiar with the Turnabout 4koma comics that get posted on the official AA fanclub site that Capcom runs, thanks to some lovely fans on tumblr and elsewhere who have shared their translations. What fewer people seem to know about is the character surveys.

Back in the old days, they used to hold a survey on Capcom's official AA fansite every few months where they'd write about the seasonal activities of a handful of characters and ask fans to vote for the funniest/most pleasant/strangest/etc answer.

They stopped doing them in like... 2016? 2017? The original text is lost for good as far as I can tell. Even the wayback machine couldn't help because the content was password locked and you can't get past the password wall while remaining in the archived version.

Fortunately, I saved some of my translations of them so I thought I’d share them.

Cut for length...

"February has begun, and the DGS cast is nearing the end of their journey aboard the RFS Alacrei. Which of them acted the most strangely?"

Ryuunosuke ~ Exhausted from his intensive study session, he decided to try some katana swinging practice as a change of pace and to combat his recent lack of exercise. But because he wasn't used to handling the katana, he swung it too hard and it went flying out of his hands and got stuck in the wall right next to Sherlock, who had just entered the room. Sherlock asked him, "aren't you supposed to be studying right now, Mr. Naruhodo?" and handcuffed him to his desk.

Susato- worked on developing a curriculum for Ryuunosuke. 'If we keep going at this pace, he won't be able to learn it all in time... It'll be hard on Naruhodo-sama, but we'll have to work hard through a couple of nights together.' With that thought, she created a harsh study schedule, and almost seemed to be looking forward to it for some reason.

Sherlock- Driven by excitement over the thought of returning to England after a long absence, he went up on deck to stare at the ocean. Being February, it was very cold out there and he ended up being chilled all the way to the tips of his fingers. He returned to the ship cabins and amused himself by putting his frozen hands on Ryuunosuke, who was stuck in his room studying.

Van Zieks- Upon hearing from Vortex that there was a Japanese exchange student coming to England to study law, he smashed a Lord's Bottle. He apparently also didn't care for the fact that that Japanese student wouldn't be alone, because he proceeded to shatter his chalice, too.

Hosonaga- in order to provide a respite from studying, he provided some hot chocolate. They enjoyed a pleasant tea time, marveling over how sweet and delicious the drink was until Sherlock piped up with some unnecessary trivia: 'Actually folks, chocolate has long been used in Europe as an aphrodisiac!' Everyone promptly spat it out."

"The long winter is nearly over and spring is on it's way, putting the DGS cast members in a celebratory mood. Who found the best way of enjoying spring?"

Ryuunosuke: the Yuumei University faculty members were holding a flower viewing event, and he joined the assistance committee. He exhausted himself keeping the blankets clean so the intense shower of flower petals wouldn't pile up too high on them, delivering sake and snacks, and mediating whatever pointless fights arose. To top it all off, for some reason his compensation was only a single piece of leftover candy. Talk about a sad result!

Susato- her father and the others living in his dormitory were holding the flower viewing event, so she got up early to prepare the bentos. But her father carelessly forgot to tell her that they wanted tea cakes, so she had to go around the house and neighborhood collecting sweets. For some reason, she ended up being able to gather caramels, biscuits, candy sticks, basically everything but tea cakes, for the tea ceremony.

Sherlock- he disguised himself as a beat officer and infiltrated Scotland Yard to have some fun. There was a real beat officer napping on his feet in the spring sunshine, and while observing him, Sherlock ended up falling asleep too. Detective Gregson gave them a good scolding when he found them, but then Sherlock revealed his true identity with a "hey, it's me, folks!" "What the blazes do you think you're doing?!" Gregson shouted, his rage growing even more, and Sherlock ended up making a run for it.

Van Zieks- went to the vineyard to oversee the production of the contents of his Lord's Bottle. As he viewed the still unopened grape blossom buds, he thought about how they would someday grow up to fill his Lord's Bottle, and ended up going around to look at each one. But the farm hands couldn't stop wondering whether the bottle itself or its owner's heel might come flying at them and were quite uneasy.

Asougi: exhausted himself running around since early morning helping with the professors' flower viewing event. When it was over, he took a break, sharing his reward candy stick [the name of the candy literally translates to 1,000 year candy] with Ryuunosuke, who had also been helping out.

"I wonder if the candy's effect is halved if you share it with someone."

"That still gives us 500 years."

They laughed and enjoyed looking at the flowers until dark. Then they parted ways with a handshake and a "see you later, best friend."

(This one was something about celebrating New Years. For some reason I didn't save the original question)

"Ryuunosuke ~ To celebrate New Years, he planned to pound mochi with everyone at the office. He somehow managed to get his hands on some mochi rice and he and Sherlock started pounding. Iris was having such fun watching them that she steamed a whole bunch more mochi rice so they could have some to share, and he and Sherlock spent the whole evening pounding mochi like crazy.

Asougi~ Because it's New Years, he went around to a bunch of shrines. When he drew his new year's fortune, he got a "horrible luck" result. "I'm not worried about it," he claimed, and headed up to the mountains early on New Years morning and work hard on a full training course of purification by water, meditation under a waterfall and wooden sword practice. It seems that he was working really hard to clear his mind of all earthly thoughts

Sherlock- Agreed to help Ryuunosuke pound mochi. As Ryuunosuke was flipping the mochi over, he carelessly dropped his badge into the bowl and Sherlock mixed it in without noticing, so they had to crack open both the hard and soft mochi to look for it. Fortunately they found it in the 4th one they checked, but apparently Sherlock got his hands and face covered in sticky white mochi in the process.

Susato- Wore a furisode and went with her father to do the first shrine visit of the year. The shrine was incredibly crowded and they had to wait in line for a long time, but she brought the Encyclopaedia of British Law and a copy of the Strand Magazine in her sleeves to secretly read as they waited so she actually ended up enjoying the wait.

Van Zieks- Ryuunosuke cheerfully gave him some mochi as a New Year’s (which at that time was celebrated at the same time as the Chinese New Year) gift, which he accepted confusedly, wondering “...Can the Japanese not even keep track of when the New Year is?” Because Ryuunosuke referred to it as a rice cake, he tried to eat it like a regular cake without softening it with heat first. It was so hard that he couldn’t imagine how it could possibly be food, and ended up misunderstanding the Japanese even more!

"Autumn has arrived, and the weather is starting to cool off, which means that everyone is becoming more active. Which character chose the most pleasant autumn activity to keep busy with?"

Iris was making bread but her hands are small and it’s difficult for her to knead the dough, so she asked for Ryuunosuke’s help. She wanted to make enough to hand out to Gina and all the other homeless children in the East End, so she made a massive amount and Ryuunosuke was stuck kneading this massive mountain of bread dough all day. Apparently he became such a expert at kneading that he could be a baker now.

Asougi was practicing with his sword, slicing autumn-colored ginko leaves as they fell from the tree. He cut so many leaves, though, that he ended up making a big mess on the ground, the number of fallen leaves now having increased, and it took him a long time to clean it all up.

Sherlock: Ryuunosuke told him that he was making anpan (bread filled with sweet red bean paste, the bane of my Asian-dwelling existance) and asked Sherlock to help by being in charge of getting the poppy seeds they’d need to sprinkle on top, so Sherlock went out and gathered a ton of poppy seeds. In fact, he got so many of them that no one knew what to do with them all cuz they had a huge amount of leftovers. Sherlock said, “Well, they’re only the size of poppy seeds! Surely you two can deal with them somehow! Ahahaha!” and Iris scolded him.

(I couldn’t capture it in English, but Sherlock’s line contained a pun, and a pretty stupid one at that, so that’s part of why he got scolded)

It’s grape harvesting season, so Van Zieks commutes to the winery regularly to direct the production of the contents for his “Lord’s Bottle.” He demands perfection in everything from the selection of the grapes to the way they’re squeezed, and the winery staff is terrified by the “grim reaper’s” gaze and heel swinging (i.e. the leg thing he does in court) so they grumble as they work.

"Hearing that there’s a holiday in the West called Halloween, the people involved with the court in Japan decided to try it out themselves. Naturally Halloween is a big deal in England as well. So, which member of the DGS cast had the best celebration?"

Team Ryuunosuke and Asougi- Asougi got Naruhodo up on his shoulders and they draped a white sheet over themselves to make a ghost costume. They went out like that, but Naruhodo had such exaggerated reactions to the fear of the people who saw them and to bumping his head on tree branches that they ended up losing their balance and falling on top of each other?!

Sherlock Holmes- went wearing a horse’s head mask. Iris used her skills to make it a fancy horse covered in stars, but the eye holes weren’t well made and he had to wander around blindly. Because of that he tripped hard over a pile of coal! He ended up getting so dirty that the stars on his costume were covered up!

Van Zieks- took inspiration from his nickname and dressed up as the grim reaper. He covered himself up with a skeleton mask and hood figuring no one would know it was him. Unfortunately he got angry when he saw Megundal (McGilded) pass by and started throwing bottles and glasses and ended up giving himself away.

"November has arrived, and autumn is nearing its end. However, the DGS cast is still keeping busy, even on their days off. Which character chose the most interesting way to spend their late autumn day?"

Ryuunosuke- Thinking that he’d better learn more about British culture if he was going to be a defense attorney in Britain, he went down to the East End with Gina for a little observation. However, because an Asian like him stood out so much, he got mobbed by the other children. On top of it all, his arm band got stolen from him and he had to send a replacement request to Yumei University on the other side of the ocean.

Asougi- He went for a meal at La Quantas. The customer at a nearby table got a persimmon for dessert and scarfed it down, saying “Mm! This is it! This sweetness makes it worthy of being called a treasure among foods!” Asougi tried to comment on this by saying, “The customer at that table sure is enjoying his pershim--gak!” but he may or may not have accidentally bitten his tongue in the process and been unable to finish his sentence.

Iris- She accepted Ryuunosuke’s request to learn more about British culture and prepared a bagpipe and kilt costume for him. “This outfit sure is breezy,” Ryuunosuke said shyly upon trying it on. With Ryuunosuke now dressed, he, Iris, and the others from their office headed over to Gregson’s place to get him to treat them to some fish and chips.

Sherlock- He accepted Ryuunosuke’s request to learn more about British culture and cooked up some European style curry for dinner. Thanks to the fact that his secret ingredient was a large amount of Chinese herbal medicine style spice, it caused some strange side effects and Ryuunosuke, who’d eaten it, ended up passing out and falling over.

“Another taxing trial for Ryuunosuke has finished and now it’s December. As the year draws to a close, which character acts the strangest?”

Ryuunosuke- he was recruited to help with snow removal around Yumei University and the courthouse and he enthusiastically began his task with the help of a large shovel. He got a little carried away, though, and ended up accidentally burying his umbrella, which he’d left propped up against the side of the building, in the snow he’d just finished shoveling. He had no choice but to share Asougi’s umbrella on the way home.

Asougi- On the way home, he nods silently to Ryuunosuke’s question of whether he’d finished his travel preparations and changes the subject: “...Come to think of it, it seems that tomorrow is celebrated in the West as God’s birthday.” “I’ve heard that they eat chicken as part of the traditional celebration. Wanna try it?” Ryuunosuke asks invitingly. Asougi is strongly opposed to that particular menu item, however, and they end up going out for their usual beef stew that night instead.

Susato- in addition to her year-end travel preparations, she also was busy with straightening up the book room in her home. She managed to get the law books in order when she suddenly stumbled upon some old issues of Strand Magazine! She hurried through the rest of her cleaning, then began flipping through the magazines she’d found, trying to decide which to take with her on her trip. She accidentally lost herself in her reading and didn’t realize it until it was already the middle of the night.

Sherlock- he was in the middle of a long ship voyage when Christmas night came. His mind on his partner in a far-off country, he made a toast alone on deck, when suddenly the crew began shooting off fireworks with a cry of “Merry Christmas!” Sherlock had to dart back and forth across the deck to prevent the fireworks from hitting him and setting off the explosive chemicals he carries with him.

Main series edition

#dai gyakuten saiban #tgaa #naruhodo ryuunosuke #asougi kazuma #mikotoba susato #dgs sherlock holmes #hosonaga satoru #barok van zieks #iris watson #gina lestrade #translations #official content #my translation #mikotoba yuujin #ryunosuke naruhodo #kazuma asogi #susato mikotoba #iris wilson

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mandakatame · 3 years

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arrhythmic

Short story inspired by this comic made by @kiidal

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It started a while ago. He never forgot his first.

“Nathalie. There is something I must tell you about my son.”

He had only gone down to the kitchen to fetch a glass of water for himself, his kwami already satiated with the rounds of camembert hidden around his room. But those words caught his ears, the light from his father’s office caught his eyes, and soon he had creeped silently closer, his socks making no noise on the marble. He stopped right at the closed door.

“What is it, sir?” The sound of pacing could be heard.

“Tell me, Nathalie, have you ever felt something off with Adrien? When you are Mayura, specifically?”

“No, sir. Should I have?”

There was a pregnant pause before a clatter was heard of objects hitting the cold marble.

“Sir, no, you don’t mean to tell me . . .”

There was fear, despair, concern, and ultimately disbelief in her voice before a light thud was heard as her knees gave out from under her.

“Felix took one of the Graham de Vanily rings when they visited. I don’t know which one is which.” More steps of leather shoes were heard. “You’re still running a fever. Once you’ve stabilized, you will feel for the amok in the ring I still have.”

“Please, sir, confirm for me.” Her voice was shaking. “Is Adrien . . .”

“Yes, he is what has been coined a sentimonster. If you recall the crash that took place over a year ago?”

“Y-yes, sir.”

“It seems Adrien was killed or at least fast approaching death. The driver’s was immediate. However, Emilie fared better. So she risked her own life to save Adrien’s. She activated the peacock miraculous and used it to bind her love to Adrien’s existence within the ring she wore and therefore prolonging his life. When Adrien woke up without any memory of the crash, that’s when I had you implement the measures to ensure Adrien was ignorant and that Emilie passed.”

“Are you ever going to tell him, sir?”

“One day. We’ve convinced him Emilie passed. How am I to explain that she is in a coma barely holding onto life under this house?” The voice held some grief.

His head was reeling. Nathalie was Mayura, That meant his father was Hawkmoth. He was also part sentimonster and his amok was in his mother’s wedding ring. He had died or almost did. There was a crash. His mother was still alive. He gathered whatever sanity he had left and quickly, but quietly returned to his room, the glass of water forgotten.

He took in the information and he nearly went crazy. He explained everything to Plagg. Even he couldn’t help Adrien through this panic attack. Plagg was trying to hug his partner, his best friend, to help calm him down, but it was for naught. Adrien kept shaking, gasping for air, his legs tucked to his chest and his arms. He could feel his heart beating and then it happened. A beat skipped, his heart shook, and the pain that followed had him vomiting a spot of bile before he lost consciousness.

---

He would get triggered by anything that reminded him of the devastating truth and its implications. He would get sweaty and slightly tremble. If it was really bad he could feel his heart beat so hard that it was hurting. It didn’t help that he would be nearly suffocating through the whole thing.

The second big serious panic attack had happened after the seventy second battle against Monsieur Pigeon. A battle he wasn’t needed for. The third came after Optigami, a seemingly important and dangerous battle that he wasn’t needed in and he was never debriefed about. The fourth came after the battle between Sentibubbleur. He had been sidelined and somehow a civilian, even though it was his friend Marinette, had known more about this plan than he did. The fifth after Larme Ultime, when he found out that Nino and Alya were Carapace and Rena Rouge respectively and that they both knew each other’s identities. The sixth came after his love had said, “I will never leave you, kitty.”

Because she had left him. He was not necessary. He didn’t know anything anymore. All he felt was pain. His heart would throb violently, his head would pound with doubt. Guilt for not revealing who his enemies are to her worsened his heartache. He didn’t want to lose his father, not so soon after he lost his mother. And Nathalie was becoming sick, just like his mother.

---

He was trapped by societal convention. There was a new akuma, a fairly destructive one. They apparently had a grudge against the Parisian government for destroying a small park for development. As revenge, they were granted a power that allowed them to eradicate government assets including public infrastructure. The school immediately went to the boiler room. A few people were missing. Most notably, Alya and Nino. Ladybug must have already given them their miraculous and were currently fighting the akuma without him.

Meanwhile he was in the boiler room unable to escape because his classmates and teachers would be too worried about him. But he was still Cat Noir. He might not have the agility or speed or strength that he had, but he still had the skill. And so while he was in the midst of a mild panic attack, he kicked a pipe from the railing free and stood in front of everybody, ready to defend them, even if it took his own life. It was pathetic anyways.

They could hear and feel the rumbles of the fight and as buildings and roads were destroyed. Adrien remained vigilant. His heart was fighting to break free from his chest, causing him so much pain. Cat Noir always joked about being able to be a good actor, but it was not unbased. He could smile through the pain, act brave through cowardice, and ooze confidence when all he wanted was to be alone.

There was a loud rumble from right above them. The sound of blasted concrete and asphalt, crumbling brick, and shrieks of bending metal resounded. Adrien was so focused on defending the entrance to the boiler room he didn’t register his name being called until it was too late. He briefly saw whoever took refuge in the boiler room squeeze themselves against the back wall as the ceiling above broke and started crumbling. Adrien tried to run, but the metal and concrete fell before him, he tripped and found himself impaled upon the weapon he chose to fight with. Then the ceiling collapsed on top of him.

He knew the adrenaline was the only thing numbing the excruciating pain he should be feeling with his diaphragm pierced through and the rest of his body being crushed under the rubble. He couldn’t move any of his limbs either. It wasn’t that he was physically confined, he couldn’t even feel any movement. However, he was lucky that his neck wasn’t also piled on with rubble and that his head managed to land in a pocket of air.

But that didn’t stop his heart from racing further which only increased the pain. The adrenaline was not releasing as much endorphins as needed to abate the torturous pain. His struggle to breathe only worsened from before as his chest was supporting some of the weight of the rubble and his diaphragm was heavily injured making each breath a shock to his system.

He was going to die painfully. He’s always had the thoughts. Hell, he’s died multiple times protecting his lady. But, now? Now, he was alone and in so much pain. He was trapped and so scared. He wanted his mom, he wanted someone. His heart was beating so hard. He vomited bile.

He saw the ladybugs go over his eyes and he could see the light of the fluorescent tubes. He felt most of the pain was abated. But it was too late. As he struggled to get up, his throbbing heart beat erratically and he felt weakness and acute pain wash over him. The last thing he saw before he lost consciousness was Mme Bustier running toward him.

---

“According to the woman who spoke with the EMTs, rubble seemed to fall on him. The ladybug cure should have reverted whatever damage he might’ve endured.”

“So then what’s the problem?”

“The patient seems to have suffered cardiac arrest after the fact. The woman called for paramedics and performed CPR after she found him not breathing. Medics were able to get his heart back to work. The abnormality is that the patient is only fifteen years old. We did an MRI, he doesn’t have any irregularities, but after we processed the blood work, it seems his residual cortisol levels indicate that it could have been induced by deadly levels of cortisol. The only question really is, is whether the deadly levels of cortisol are due to an abnormality in the brain, which we haven’t checked, yet, or some sort of psychological cause.”

“Do what’s needed. This is the son of Gabriel Agreste, after all.”

“Yes, Monsieur.”

---

Adrien woke up disoriented with his body aching, surrounded by white, and most of alone. He tried to move his body only to inflict some hurt in his arm, courtesy of the drip needle. He finally realized he was in a hospital, in one of the rooms where the patient was isolated.He could feel the thin covers of the mattress sheets rub against his body, his clothes having been replaced for a hospital gown. However, over it was a blanket he had seen a few times before. A pink and black comforter that belonged to none other than Marinette Dupain-Cheng. She had visited. She shouldn’t have. He wasn’t worthy. If he wasn’t worthy of his own partner, he wasn’t worthy of anyone.

He found the remote that adjusted his bed and set his bed so that he was more upright, practically sitting on the bed rather than laying on it. He didn’t touch the call button, though. There were plenty of patients who needed more help than he did. So he waited. But, being alone with his thoughts, nothing to distract him from the disturbing revelations sent his heart to quickly skyrocket. And soon enough a nurse and a doctor rushed in seeing him struggle to breathe.

He couldn’t make out the words of the voices as they quickly moved around him. He felt himself slowly relax though, his mind gaining an odd, hazed clarity. He could feel his heart calm and settle quietly, and his limbs became light and heavy at the same time. He could hear the voices now.

“Okay, he’s stabilized. Can you hear me, sweetie?”

Adrien turned the voice. The doctor was clearly of mixed race. She didn’t quite look East Asian, but neither european. If he didn’t know Marinette was half European and half East Asian, he would be thoroughly confused. Marinette, his close yet so distant friend. Vivid memories of her kindness washed over him as he gripped her blanket tighter. He had always thought of her as someone he could easily fall in love with. No, he wanted to. His relationship with Ladybug was deteriorating no matter how much she wanted to deny that fact. She was causing him so much pain, but he still loved her too much. His heart started to constrict.

“Adrien.”

It was still soothing, yet somehow firm, as if the call was to ground him. He turned again to look at her.

“Sorry, you reminded me of someone.”

“The one who gave you the blanket. I’m guessing she’s half asian as well?”

Adrien nodded.

“She cares a lot about you. She was fighting to see you and make sure you were okay. She eventually gave up and gave this blanket to us for you.”

Adrien looked away to his hands which were playing with the edge of said blanket, “What about my father?”

“Whom I assume is your teacher confided in us that whatever you’re experiencing could be due to home life, so we didn’t contact your father. We’ve run some tests and her reasons are not unfounded. Adrien, you seemed to have enough cortisol in your body to cause extreme physical trauma to your heart. You suffered from cardiac arrest. You don’t have to answer, but I must ask: do you think your home life could have something to do with your current condition?”

Adrien just gripped the blanket harder.

“Is it okay, if I take that as a yes?”

Adrien nodded.

“Don’t worry, Adrien. This is all off the record. All I want to do is help you, okay?”

The doctor suddenly took out her phone and read something on it, “It seems your father and his assistant will be arriving soon. It looks like nobody told them your true condition. They’ll be arriving soon. Do you want to see them?”

Adrien gave a reluctant nod.

“It’ll be okay, Adrien.”

The doctor stepped back and headed out the door, “I forgot to tell you. My name is Adrienne Liao.”

Adrien became bewildered before joining in on the chuckle that resounded behind the door.

---

The large hospital bill was explained away with Dr. Liao convincing the fashion mogul that only the utmost care should be given to such an esteemed patient. However, it took a resounding will for her to do so. She was deeply disturbed at two major facts about the interaction that took place in Adrien’s hospital room. The first fact was that M. Agreste did not personally show up at the hospital. She talked with the mogul through facetime on a tablet held by the assistant, Nathalie. The second fact was that Adrien behaved absolutely normally during the interaction. It was as if this was the expectation.

It was explained that Adrien was in a compromised position once the ladybug cure was done and had fallen down the stairs. The lie furthered that he was okay and tests made sure there were absolutely no complications to the boy and that medical records could be updated since he was here.

It was also unsettling that Adrien referred to his father as père, and that words were denoted in respectful terms similar to how you would a stranger. This wasn’t a healthy family dynamic. SHe noted that there was distance between father and son, and the father holding high expectations of the son, and little to no endearment from father to son. In fact, the father put some of the blame of the son’s condition on the son’s shoulders. The boy seemed overworked as well, gaining insight to the boy’s crowded schedule: various extracurriculars, modeling, plus school. Leaving little to no time for the son to spend time with any friends outside of school. And Adrien absorbed the lecture and kept obedience like a trained dog.

And there was more to it than this. After all, Adrien did imply that whatever was causing his condition was due to something that was going on at home. There were clear signs of psychological abuse and emotional abuse through the interactions between father and son. There was the ever clear mark that the both were unnaturally separate for being family as well as the controlling nature of the father over the son and the son’s acceptance. Dr. Liao also noted an aspect that confused her. She saw that there was fear in his eyes. Not fear of being punished, but fear of being physically hurt. Yet, there were no signs of physical abuse on his body. No bruises, scrapes, nor cuts could be found on his body. There were healed ones, ones that were small and due to living life, but, other than that, there were no injuries.

Eventually, they left, seeing no need for the overnight stay. She could try getting her hands on Prozac or Zoloft for the boy and somehow sneak it to him, but what Adrien really needed was a psychiatrist. Drugs were helpful, she couldn’t deny it, but what made Dr. Liao a good doctor was that she approached patients with a holistic method. And she knew that Adrien won’t be fixed with drugs.

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He took a sour pride with how good an actor he was, but nothing stopped the chatter around school. His heart had stopped in front of many of schoolmates. If Mme. Bustier wasn’t there, he surely would’ve died. Nobody talked to him straight about it. Everybody knew there had to be something direly wrong with you to suffer cardiac arrest at fifteen. Adrien hated the talk, but was glad enough nobody asked him about it straight to his face. He could see the concern on Nino’s, Alya’s, and Marinette’s faces. Of course, they would be concerned. But two of them had lied straight to his face and exposed the liar that his lady was. And the other was a great friend who kept this odd distance, whose behavior made him question his relationship with her multiple times, in a bad way. And Chloe exposed her true colors. All his other friends were more acquaintances in reality.

He acted all day, as if nothing had happened. He was lucky that there was no akuma. Was Hawkmoth granting him mercy? What a funny thought. But Hawkmoth is his father. Maybe because he was hurt due to an akuma, technically, his father needed to plan so that Adrien wouldn’t get hurt. Adrien never suffered physical blows from his father. His father might be cold, distant, and hold too high expectations of him, but he was never physical. The only time he was hurt by his father was when he was Cat Noir. His father doesn’t know who’s behind the mask.

He had hidden several panic attacks during the school day, mostly due to all the talk behind his back and the concern on his friends’ faces. He just wanted things to be normal. But, his father had other plans. The mogul had decided to go about the photoshoot in a different way. He would still wear the designer clothing, but he would be free to do whatever he liked. The photographer would take pictures of him as he walked around Paris or had interactions. Of course his bodyguard was to be present at all times, but not so close as to interfere with the shoot in any way. At least it was some freedom for Adrien, so he consented. Internally, at least. It was not a choice for him anyways.

Strangely enough, he never decided to call a friend and hang out with them, nor go to the bakery run by Marinette’s parents. No, he just walked aimlessly throughout Paris. In all his fifteen years of life, he’d only been to places for modeling shoots, and they were often iconic landmarks or studios. He got to see more of Paris as Chat Noir, but even then, he had a job to do. He never really got to explore. So that’s what he did.

He had dived into alleys and climbed up walls. Sometimes he perched on top of things he climbed like his other persona. He’d walked into shops and discovered their wares. He’d talk to employees and greet strangers on the street. He’d ran through playgrounds and jumped on and off the structures and performed tricks on the bars. He’d climbed trees, bought food, and more, but eventually it was getting dark. His schedule had been freed for the shoot, but now it was time to head back,

It wasn’t long before he heard the strumming of an electric guitar coming from ahead of him. He looked up to find the bridge over the Seine and the Liberty, the setting sun shadowing the ship with an orange glow. He diverted himself towards the strumming. Even if he didn’t know him that well, Adrien still considered him a friend. He still wondered why they broke up.

He walked across the gangway, stopping before setting foot on the actual vessel. He noticed Luka sitting at the hull of the ship.

“Luka! It’s Adrien.” Adrien tried calling over the music. It was fairly loud.

The strumming stopped and Luka got up out of the chair he was sitting in. “C’mon board, Adrien.”

Adrien stepped aboard. They dapped each other up before taking seats on one of the ottomans in front of the stage.

“Was there anything you wanted to talk about?.”

“Not really, just wanted to drop by and say ‘hi,’ so ‘hi,’” Adrien responded a little awkwardly.

“Well, ‘hi’ to you, too,” Luka chuckled.

“Actually there was something that I wanted to know,” Adrien started again, more serious this time, “How come you and Marinette broke up? You both seemed so happy together.”

Luka lost his jovial demeanor, “I love her so much. All I want is her happiness. But she’d be happier with someone else. There’s another guy. The way she talks about him. I get jealous, really jealous, but we can’t help who we love. She also said she had other responsibilities, secrets that she couldn’t share even to him, so she left me. We became friends again and I’ll always be there for her, especially whenever she tries to confess to him.”

“Whoever this guy is is really lucky to be loved by her.”

“What about you?”

“Kagami? Well, I also have responsibilities, you can say. I, too, have secrets. She caught me in a lie and thinks I’m in love with someone else. She’s not wrong, but now I want her to be wrong.” He ended with a defeated, bitter tone.

“What do you mean?” Luka had heard of Adrien having a crush on a girl, but after Wishmaker, he knew exactly who it was.

“I’d constantly flirt with her, I’ve confessed to her multiple times, but she never really takes me seriously. Lately, she’s been leaving me, lying to me, breaking promises that we kept even though I didn’t want to. She keeps hurting me, breaking me. I’m already broken. I’m already hurting. I just want it to stop!” Adrien was a mess of sobs and tears.

“Listen, Adrien, there’s something I need to tell you.” Adrien looked up at Luka, his eyes red, the tears not stopping. Luka couldn’t look at him. “I know . . . I know you’re Cat Noir.”

Adrien let out a sad chuckle.

“Don’t worry. I’ve kept it a secret. Not even Ladybug knows.”

Tears still ran down his face, dropping down his chin and some going into his mouth. “It’s okay. Maybe if she knows you know who I am, she’ll replace me. She doesn’t need me anymore. She has plenty of heroes to help her out now. She doesn’t trust me anymore, no matter how much she says she does. She’s left me behind in battles. Sometimes I don’t even know what’s going on, and I can’t help in the way anybody wants ‘cause nobody will tell me anything. Sometimes I wonder if I should just turn in my miraculous.”

“I . . . I . . . ,” Luka didn’t know what to say.

“And that’s not all,” Adrien became a little hysterical, “I’ve been keeping secrets from Ladybug, too. Major secrets. I know who Shadowmoth is! Can you believe that? My own father! Gabriel Agreste! And Mayura? My father’s assistant, Nathalie! Oh, and you know what else, my mother is somewhere, alive, in a coma, under my house, even though I thought she was dead this whole time. And you know why she’s in such a state? She used the peacock miraculous to keep me alive. I should’ve died, Luka! I did, die! And, now I’m part sentimonster, and I don’t know if my father is still in possession of the object the amok is in.”

All Luka saw was a broken, lost soul. A soul that didn’t deserve any of the bad things in his life. He was a good actor. It was not too long ago Luka saw Adrien last. He looked a bit tired, but he was all smiles and laughs even though his social experience was still quite low. Before he could stop himself, Luka found his arms around the boy. He was trembling and he could feel the tears soon soaking into his jacket and shirt. “Adrien, I’ll always be here. I’ll support you when no one else does. I’ll be by your side even if Ladybug isn’t.”

“Don’t say anything to her. I . . . I know what I have to do.”

“I’ll be here, anytime, it doesn’t matter. Just call me, I’ll come.”

“Thank you.”

Luka didn’t have time to properly react before he felt lips gently capture his before leaving then capturing them again. He closed his eyes and gently reciprocated. He knew what he was doing wasn’t exactly the healthiest for Adrien, but the boy deserved to indulge, to do what he wanted.

Soon enough they parted with Adrien looking up at Luka, guiltily. “I shouldn’t have done that. I’m sorry.”

Luka gave a small smile, “It’s okay, really. I was just surprised. Let’s maybe not kiss again, but if you ever need someone to hold you, or if you need a shoulder to cry on, or anything, I’m here. Okay?”

Adrien smiled and looked away, “Okay.”

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Thank you all for reading. Epilogue coming soon.

#miraculous #miraculous ladybug #miraculous lb #miraculous chat noir #ladybug #chat noir #adrien agreste #marinette dupain cheng #luka #lukadrien #angst #miraculous fanfic

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skeletoninthemelonland · 3 years

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Hey everybody!

I forgot to post this message before :P

I saw what's happening in the FNaF community right now, which is really serious (originally saw it on Twitter, certainly it was a bad idea). But I'm not bringing that up. I think we had enough of it, so don't ask me about it.

I wanted to clarify that I'm not leaving this Tumblr. Just got some personal trouble going on and had to take a looong long break. I don't know when, but I will probably start posting art very soon! (I have said this before? I can't remember...)

So, I won't take any longer here trying to make this announcement, but I've been planning too many ideas at this point. I want to show you what I have been doing lately, so here goes a big, BIG post. It's your decision to continue to read it. AAAAND I already apologize for any english mistakes.

You ready? Okay then, let's go!!!!

Back in 2019-2020, when I started getting into fnaf again, I started writing a story for a webcomic called "Familiar Trace". Something about a girl using the animatronic's plushies she finds while working in a horror attraction to get back in time to try to save the lost children, and in the end *boss music starts playing* Springtrap is her last enemy! But then I realized the story was too long and EXCESSIVELY DETAILED and I wasn't completely satisfied with it... So I wrote another one, a simple one, about children that, whenever they used the animatronics masks, could enter a minigame and help Mangle, Fredbear, Ballon Boy, Chica and RWQFSFASXC to save the lost children AND ONCE AGAIN!!! the idea got scrapped :')

I gave up on these comic projects because I saw I would not be able to keep up with them (I was really overwhelmed with school and with the pandemic at the time, ᵃⁿᵈ ᶦ ˢᵗᶦˡˡ ᵃᵐ ᵇᵗʷ) and other relevant factors.

And then, one mediocre night, I went to my room to play Ultimate Custom Night, added too many characters, panicked, got jumpscared by Springtrap and... wait a second.

Is this a train of ideas I hear? And it's going at full speed, about to struck me??? OH, OHOHOHO BOI IT IS

The next second I was thinking about every plot possible, and I saw so much potential in it that I couldn't stop myself from creating new ideas.

This is a project I like to call "UCN: Behind the Codes" and, originally, I was planning for it to be an animated series that I'll be posting on Youtube (which isn't a scrapped idea). The story isn't finished yet, but I can summarize what's about — Springtrap will be the main protagonist, and we will watch his journey inside Ultimate Custom Night, trying to escape the files into the real world. Yet, he still has to face many dangers, ally to the animatronics, and discover all that's hiding inside the game files in order to do that. Along with him, his best-ghost friend Tom and our beloved old crew, with Freddy, Chica, Bonnie, Foxy and so many others!

It's basically a "behind the scenes" alternate universe (which I think someone has already done at this point).

I'll be posting some art concepts any time soon. Feel free to ask any questions, I'll try to answer them without giving spoilers/unsteady ideas that may or may not be scrapped.

Also, thank you much to everyone that messaged me in my inbox asking if I was okay. You guys are really caring... You are amazing!!! 💞💞💕Thank you for your patience!

See you soon! Here, have some pizza~🍕💖

#big announcement #i am very excited for it btw #fnaf #HOPE YALL ARE OKAY TOO #!!!!!

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shades-of-stony · 3 years

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Heavy Angst (And Not-So-Heavy but Still Angsty) Stony Fanfics!

I’m absolutely love a good Tony whump and hurt story so prepare to see a lot of those here! Get your tissues ready!

Push by phoenixreal

Summary: Tony Stark was known for pissing people off, it was a given. Then, after the man everyone thought was nothing more than a selfish prick decided to nearly kill himself saving Manhattan from a nuclear bomb, even the most sure of Tony's bastard status had to rethink it. And then, his team who were sure they had him pegged, they were invited (ordered) to move into Stark Tower with him. To their surprise, they found he had furnished full floors for each of them, somehow knowing their tastes exactly, including a floor dedicated to the resident Asgardian who would only be there some of the time. Surprised, and please, they all wonder at the enigma that is their host. After a couple months, Pepper Potts stops coming around so much, and they realize that something has exchanged between them because they are rather professional to each other. Pepper still frets over Tony, but instead tells the others to keep an eye on him rather than doing it herself. They easily forget that Tony is, and always has been, simply a human civilian. Then things get strange when they find themselves locked down within Stark tower, and after a harrowing viewing of a mysterious video, they find their resident playboy is completely gone.

Note: Prepare to cry and be hurt! This fanfic dabbles with Tony’s insecurity, self-worth, and issues. Please heed the warnings!

The words you choose to say by masterlokisev159

Summary: After the SHRA, the events around Steve’s death and Tony discovering he deleted part of his brain, Tony finally decides he's done enough. With Osborn taken care of, Tony leaves the Avengers and decides to quit being Ironman effective immediately.

He tells himself it doesn't hurt when Steve agrees. Why should it? After everything he's done, the team's better off without him.

However before he can truly move on, there are things he needs to take care of, and it's not long before he realizes he's dangerously close to losing his company. He's desperate and willing to do anything to keep it together.

So when, after months of silence, Steve asks him to drop everything and come work for Shield, Tony finds he doesn't have a choice. He agrees, no matter how much he knows he shouldn't. His reputation isn't exactly the best after the SHRA and he's heard stories of what he'd done as Director. He's knows what he's done. He's knows he's responsible for what happened to Steve.

He just wishes someone had warned him first. He hadn't been prepared to deal with the consequences.

Note: A 1000/10 angst fanfic that made me weep at 3 am in the morning. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED. READ IT AND PREPARE TO CRY BUCKETS

Protocol SOTERIA by GoldenFinches

Summary: Friday's primary objective at all times is to protect one Anthony Edward Stark. And she will fulfill that objective no matter what it takes. Even if it means including certain people she thought she would never have to deal with again.

(Basically the Rogue Avengers get some sense knocked into them with the help of Friday and handful of videos.)

Note: A HIGHLY RECOMMENDED ANGSTY FANFIC. I CRIED SO MUCH READING THIS.

Straight to Voicemail by YouMakeMeDokiDoki

Summary: "I DID!" Tony screamed, cutting Steve off mid-sentence and whirling around to glare at him.

"I CALLED YOU! EVERY SINGLE ONE OF YOU!"

The one where no one answered their phone and things got out of hand.

Note: this will absolutely break you heart.

Sunshine and Luck by ImportedfromMunich2

Summary: Months after Siberia, Steve and the rest of the defectors are pardoned and allowed back onto the Avengers, with the help of Tony Stark. Now that they're back - nothing is the same as before. Tony is even avoiding Steve at all costs.

Then one night - Tony barges into Steve's bedroom while he sleeps, and they have spontaneous, passionate sex.

Only, the Tony Stark he just fucked isn't from this universe.

Now, Steve has to find a way to explain to Tony that he had sex with his counterpart from another dimension.

Note: A good Steve whump fic!

When You Mess With Him... by REM_It_Up

Summary: During an event with the Avengers, Tony is kidnapped by an unknown group of men right in front of the team. The group who took Tony taunt the Avengers by leaving small clues to Tony's whereabouts. When the kidnappers finally get in contact with the team, they are forced to watch Tony get tortured on camera.

The Avengers desperately search for their missing friend before they never see him again.

The kidnappers are smart and fast, they have everything figured out in order to get away with their plan...They just forgot one thing--

Colonel James Rhodes

Note: Now this is really heavy! Brace yourselves for a kidnapped and tortured tony! Also, protective honey bear aka Rhodey bonus here!

To Need is Not To Want by Brixon

Summary: All his life Tony has been used as a means to someone's end. Always someone's tool in a game. Carelessly thrown aside, once they had no longer use of him. He keeps it bottled up because, because he's Tony Stark. But he's always had this desire that one day someone would come who would stay because they wanted and needed him. He thought he had that with the Avengers, but after everything with the Accords and everyone leaving after Civil War that hope of having something of his to stay was gone.

Despite being burned constantly, Tony still has this wanting. So when Ryder, an old college friend, comes back into his life and actually seems to want to stay because he wants AND needs Tony, Tony is beyond thrilled. Because Ryder is staying. It doesn't matter if the bruises stay too.

But what happens when the Avengers return and Tony finds himself wondering once again exactly what he wants and what he needs.

Note: I’m sure, from the summary, you can tell that it’s a heartbreak here.

Hiding Things Is All Too Easy - Until It Isn't by audhds

Summary: Tony hasn't been the same since Bucky arrived at Stark Tower. That much is obvious. But Steve is overjoyed to have his best friend back and is somewhat oblivious to how Tony is withdrawing away from him. Because surely Tony is just overworked as usual. He must be quiet and jumpy because he is sleep deprived. And of course he has a few cuts and bruises on the visible parts of his skin - he fights and works for the Avengers as a living. It's part of the job description. Until it isn't.

Will Steve discover the physical and mental trauma that Tony is going through before it is too late?

Note: This is even heavier! Please read the tags carefully! Also, this has some serious Bucky bashing! If you are a Bucky fan but still interested in this, please prepare yourself.

No Trait As Much As This by KandiSheek

Summary: Tony gets hit with truth serum. It's a terrible time for everyone.

Note: A bit lighter than the others but still angst nonetheless. The added truth serum element makes this even more interesting!

Good For You by @orbingarrow

Summary: Steve doesn't understand why Tony dates people who abuse him. Tony doesn't understand why Steve cares.

The rest is bad choices, good choices, rehab, milkshakes, paintball, YouTube videos, couples therapy and learning to put the past in the past. Or: How Tony finds his happy ending.

Note: Another Tony-in-abusive-relationships fanfic!!

hold the things you wanna say by SailorChibi

Summary: Tony is still a consultant, and between SI, the team and SHIELD he's overworked and exhausted. That's okay.

He and Steve have been having sex for weeks but that's all it is, just sex, and Tony wants more but he'll never get it and that's okay. Really.

What's not okay is the fact that Howard Stark has somehow appeared in the future and is the same as always.

This is definitely going to fuck up his schedule.

Note: Anyone up for some Howard-travels-to-the-future fanfic?

Childhood is the Kingdom Where Nobody Dies by MemoryDragon

Summary: Seven-year-old Tony Stark wakes up on a Hydra base, lost, afraid, and alone. He has to overcome his fears before it's too late for the Avengers and Captain America.

Note: De-aged Tony just screams heavy angst and hurt!

Advanced Protocol by masterlokisev159

Summary: The Incursions are coming. The Illuminati have surrendered and everyone has come together to take one last stand.

Everyone except Tony. And Steve is tired of waiting. He wants answers.

There's something the Illuminati aren't telling him.

Note: If you don’t know what the Avalon is in Marvel, I recommend you search it up, or you could read this fic. You will be heartbroken with what you find.

Flower Child by itsallAvengers

Summary: The point was this, though:

In a hundred million universes, in a hundred million different lives, there would never be a single one of them in which Tony Stark deserved anyone like Steve Rogers. Ever.

So this? Nonsensical.

Note: Another fanfic that highlights child abuse and Tony’s insecurities!

What Pays All Debts by KandiSheek

Summary: No one is supposed to survive the date written on their skin. And yet Tony's numbers keep piling up.

Note: Angst + Death dates? You could probably foretell how much of a gut-wrench journey this is.

Falling Into You by sabrecmc

Summary: Tony and Steve end up as fuck buddies after the events of The Winter Soldier until Steve calls it off. When Loki's spell wipes all of Steve's memories since the last time Loki was in town, Tony decides it will be so much easier to just not tell Steve they had something of a relationship. Spoiler: It isn't.

Or, how Steve fell in love with Tony and forgot about it, and how Tony fell in love with Steve and realized it.

Note: There are just something about amnesia fanfics that makes it so goddamn heartbreaking.

Art Freaks and Comic Geeks by Coil

Summary: Tony Stark had made himself a phenomenally renowned writer. The world had fallen in love with the heroes that appeared in his novels; captivated by his vivid words of life and colour.

His next ambition was to publish a comic book series starring the much-beloved heroes of his novels. There was just one problem. Brilliant as Tony may have been with his words, his skills in the field of drawing were less than great. It didn’t help that he barely knew what his characters ought to look like in the first place.

Enter: Mister Steve Rogers – an up-and-coming artist/illustrator with the potential to be brilliant.

Their paths happen to cross at Comic-Con.

Note: this is a much lighter angsty fanfic but is still angsty. It is a Modern AU mixed with Artist!Steve and Writer!Tony.

Unwritten Endings by XtaticPearl

Summary: Tony takes the bullet meant for Captain America at the end of their war and through his death, brings together the team again. Only, he isn't really dead and when he comes back, the equations between the team-mates begin to alter and reform, writing a new story altogether.

Note: Of course, you can’t have an angst fanfic rec without a fake death fanfic!

WIP

Need Is Just A Word by masterlokisev159

Summary: A month has gone by since the war and Tony has never felt more alone. of course, with the unrest within the government, the disappearance of the Avengers and the obvious lack of Steve Rogers, it was only a matter of time before the UN finally flipped out and decided to act on the last available Avenger. Too bad they didn't realise a promise had been made by Captain America to be there when Iron man needed him.

Note: a gut-wrenching Post CA:CW fanfic where tony is suffering the consequences of the civil war.

Take me out tonight by masterlokisev159

Summary: When Steve gets invited to a formal party with the government, Fury tells him he can bring a plus one of his choosing. While listening quietly in the corner, Tony heaves a sigh of relief because the team could really do with some positive publicity and any of the Avengers are a good choice for Steve. Tony just wants Steve to be happy after all, even if he knows Steve's gonna pick Natasha. He knows Steve doesn't like him and he's aware there's never going to be anything more between them. They're barely even friends really.

So of course he's absolutely shocked when a gold filigree letter rests in his palms two days later. He's the worst person for this.

Why on earth did Steve choose him?

Note: AHHHHHHHH, INSECURE TONY IS JUST A FAVORITE. Also, confident!Steve that knows who he wants is just a whole new mood!

The Soul Stone's Sacrifice by masterlokisev159

The soul stone demands a sacrifice that Tony and Steve are not prepared for, but in the end, one life is sacrificed for the many. Steve lets Tony go for the last time and mourns a future they never had.

That is until Tony comes back.

Note: A scenario where Tony and Steve where the ones to go to Vormir.

#stony #stony fic #stony fic rec #steve and tony #steve and tony fic #stony au #stony angst #superhusbands #stony fics #stony fanfiction

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kaissauce · 3 years

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okay, phucker, do it

ok let's do this @rolli-zolli @ninikins

Horrortale: technically an alternate timeline instead of au. after a neutral run where undyne's queen the core malfunctions and food becomes scarce and people resort to eating humans because sans suggested it. Aliza is the protag. latest thing that happened in the ongoing comic was Aliza agreeing to go with Papyrus to solve his last puzzle. as for the appearance of sans he has a HUGE hole on his head and a red eye. he got the hole from undyne when she got his magic eye which was going to be used to power the core. sans didnt die tho and killed the guards holding him down and just took whatever eye was on the ground and used it as a replacement for his magic eye that's powering the core. i quote first words he said after putting the eye in his socket "who the fuck took my phone?". then the magic eye went apeshit and broke the core again. oh and also he made alphys braindead by quite literally scrambling her brain. yeah this au is rough sans hasn't really eaten anything since the core was destroyed since he decided not to eat any humans.

Dusttale: i think this was originally a korean au? basic rundown: too many genocide runs sans goes apeshit and tries to get his Lv up by killing monsters himself man went fuckin insane kills his brother blah blah blah edgy angsty au the ghost of papyrus haunts him n stuff. sans literally just looks the same except he has his hood on and sometimes artists draw him with papyrus's scarf. the cool artists draw him with his hood on and has the hood completely cover his face so u can only see his glowing pupils. although people call him dust sans he's actually named murder sans

Killer: so frickin similar to dusttale except sans goes apeshit because of the human being like "join me lmao". three different outcomes come from this. i think it was 1 sans joins human 2 sans joins human kills human later on 3 kills human or something. friends with color sans who is basically his impulse control. pretty sure his soul's fucked up and Color sans tries to make his soul un-fucked but Nightmare comes in and fucks up the progress. he has white shorts, his eye sockets are constantly pitch black and leaking tar or something also has a weird target thingy on his chest. OH YEAH ALSO HE HAS BEEF WITH UNDERSWAP SANS ALMOST FORGOT. basically swap sans tried to make killer good and then they had a fight, swap sans lost and was on the verge of dying thankfully swap papyrus was able to save him in time i think

Dreamtale: Dream isn't in the drawing but his brother, Nightmare is. Sooo he used to not look all goooy and have tentacles n stuff but then he ate a couple hundred apples and yeah. he's six years old apparently. Nightmare and Dream are supposed to be guardians of a tree that has 500 golden apples and 500 black n goopy apples. the golden aples are positive and the goop ones are negative. you're not supposed to eat either of them cus bad shit happens. Dream and Nightmare live in a village and for whatever reason they're all dicks to Nightmare because ooughh he's the guardian of negativity that's not baller. he also goes apeshit (do u see a pattern here) and eats a goopy apple n then becomes the goop man he is today. he fuckin eats 999 apples jesus christ. and the last one is eaten by Dream because if u eat all 1000 apples u become unstoppable and immortal. so that would be a bad thing if nightmare got the last one. wop wop wop these dude aren't sanses they only have the body of one if that makes sanse.

Error: manlet. he's literally an error and that's why he's like that. also he's technically not a sans now, the redesign for him was so that he could be in the creator's webcomic named Lucidia. Error sans, aka the destroyer of aus, finds aus to be mistakes so he tries to get rid of them. his process of doing this is simple: get the human soul to the void so that they can't reset, destroy the au. he primarily attacks using his strings which can wrap around one's soul and control them. he like some aus like outertale because of how open and empty it is. he likes to be alone and has haphephobia. if u touch him he'll glitch out and possibly crash. he crashes whenever gets overwhelmed. said crashing causes him to shut down and reboot and he's powerless while doing so. he's actually pretty easy to beat if you know how to push his buttons the right way. in the og ask error blog made by his creator Loverofpiggies he kidnaps Swap sans who tries to help Error become a better person. this ends horribly as error leaves Swap sans in the void who then becomes an error aswell due to being alone in the void too long. Error actually regrets doing that to swap sans

Aftertale: OK FUN FACT THE SANS OF THIS AU, WHO'S NICKNAMED "Geno" IS ERROR. aftertale is a comic made by LoverofPiggies it's been SOOOO long since i last read it so i cant really give a good summary. but anyways Geno is trapped in the loading screen with the human and will die if he leaves the loading screen. eventually from being in the loading screen for too long after the events of aftertale he becomes Error.

OOF WOWIE THERE'S SO MUCH TO GO

Underfresh: he's not even a sans either. "Fresh" is a parasite inhabiting a skeleton. his birthday is on 4/20 which is ironic cus he doesn't like drugs. he censors swears. he speaks 90's lingo and dresses like a neon sign. for some reason he has eyebrows and a gold tooth. the glasses he has can change text but normally defaults to "YOLO". he can't feel anything since he has no soul of his own and just latches onto the host's. instead he learns how to act from the people around him. not being able to feel actually bothers him a LOT

Echotale: Aka Gaster sans. uhhh this one was also a comic if i remember correctly. basically Frisk and G!Sans are the only ones in the au and they're trying to find the core to fix the fucked up timeline that they're in but the core keeps changing positions so that sucks.

Swapfell: originally made by Khhoppang who left social media. Started out as an Alphys x Undyne au so only those two were designed but Kh was planning to design more of the characters. before they could people had a field day with the idea of mashing two aus together and SO many people came up with their own designs for sans and papyrus. Khhoppang left social media because they got overwhelmed with all the art reposters and stuff, pretty sad. the appearance of the sans in that au is the purple one with a scythe (i dont think he has a scythe in the og design).

Swapfell Red: so basically this is the swapfell made by people that isn't Khhoppang. community made per se. Sans's appearance changes constantly because as said before many people made many different designs. typically he just looks like Swap sans but with red high heel boots and his color scheme fits underfell

Fellswap (gold): Au made by blackggggum. so swapfell is underswap turned fell, fell swap is underfell swapped it takes a bit to understand that. his appearance is somewhat similar to Swapfell red. He's kind to his friends but if ur his enemy he'll fucking deck you. he's blind in his left eye, the leader of the royal guard, and secretly into dressmaking. fun fact in this au Papyrus has autism

Xtale: uuuuhhhh so Cross is a complicated one. he's part of the royal guard along with papyrus. has beef with xgaster. responsible for the downfall of his au and then Underverse happens and Ink is all "oh cool someone to mess with" and they became friends for a bit then shit hit the fan

Underfell: OOOOO YES UNIRONICALLY ONE OF MY FAVORITES. So Underfell sans is actually a very powerful mf and constantly has his magic eye activated because he has so much magic. This au is also technically an alternate timeline where monsters "lost their humanity" as the creator put it. so basically trust in the underground is scarce. Sans and papyrus, contrary to many interpretations i fucking hate, are actually on good terms (and no sans doesn't call papyrus "boss" the creator said if he does he'd do it ironically and papyrus would hate it). Fun facts he pays Grillby in socks (grillby accepts the socks as payment and wears them), if u make grillby laugh he gives u a jacket that looks like his and it's heavily implied that sans made him laugh because their jackets are similar

Underswap: ah yes another classic that i love as well. originally made by PopcornPr1nce who fled social media because they hated how the majority fandom treated Underswap (Blueberry and Carrot were popular names for the fanon swap papyrus and sans). Swap sans is constantly infantilized by the community which sucks and i hate it so i draw my own very super cool version of him whom i kin because i am also very super cool.

Outertale: mainly an aesthetic au pretty sure there's no comic of it. basically, instead of underground they in space. outer sans dies in underverse after like minutes of screentime lmao

Epictale: a comic made by Yugogeer. the og comic was retconned and the creator loathes the original version and made a reboot that's much better. Sans actually dies very early in it because Yugo hates how Sans is almost always focused on in aus. also the creator hates how meme-y their sans has become (like him saying bruh every single sentence, using a rubber chicken as a weapon, cookies, etc.) he's friends with Cross but not in canon. He has a purple magic eye that makes him immortal and i think only epic gaster could remove it which is how sans was able to be killed when he fought gaster.

Temmietale: it's undertale but everyone is temmie, don't question it

Trainertale: it's undertale but it's Pokemon, don't question it

Dancetale: it's undertale but you dance instead of fight, don't

Mobtale/Mafiatale: im unsure if mobtale and mafiatale are separate or not but they are very similar. basically undertale but mafia it's self explanatory

Undertale: no clue which au is this one, nope not at all/j

Bittytale or whatever idk: so take sans, make him small. boom. never understood this au

THAT BASTARD INK: HOOO BOY SAVED THE WORST FOR LAST. FUCK THIS GUY/j. THIS DUDE. IS THE REASON IM STILL INTO UNDERTALE AUS. I LOVE EM SO MUCH. also technically not a sans. He comes from an unfinished au and ripped his own soul to escape said au and became an outcode. for so long he was just a soulless husk until someone drew him and he got splashed with paint which let him feel. soon he learned to keep the paint in vials so that he can be able to feel 24/7. And then he learned how to create things with a paintbrush and the paint and spent time alone drawing up his own world until a portal appeared and took him to the multiverse. now he encourages artists to keep creating aus. he's the protector of aus in the sense that he keeps other outcodes from disrupting the script of the au, so if it's pacifist and an outcode tries to kill people he'd stop them, if it's genocide and an outcode tried to help them he'd stop them. no matter what he wants the au to stay on script. fun fact the creator of ink and the creator of error never had them interact with each other in canon, that was all the fandom's doing. Contrary to popular belief he's not really considered "good" his alignment is officially "Chaotic neutral". I personally interpret him a lot more chaotic than in canon because it's fun but he's a pretty chill guy actually. he can just be a bit of an ass sometimes. According to the creator of Ink (who is Comyet) his interpretation in Underverse is not canon compliant. one of the biggest canon things that underverse contradicts is Ink deliberately not taking his vials. if he were to do that in canon he'd become a husk again which is the equivalent of him "dying". he was described as a walking corpse by Comyet, without the vials he can't function anymore. Like Error he's pretty easy to beat if you know his weaknesses. also he has fears of empty spaces and being alone

off topic kinda but i very much love how Error and Ink are opposites yet parallel even though they were completely written without the other in mind. Error believes getting rid of aus is getting rid of anomalies. Ink believes people interfering with aus are anomalies. Error loves emptiness, Ink hates emptiness. list goes on it's funky fresh.

also uhhh sanses missing from that drawing that i can name from the top of my head

Seraphim sans, Insans, Dusttrust, He who shall not be named because he's from an 18+ au, Swapswap (yes. that exists), Storyshift, Inverted Fate (very good au i suggest checking it out), Negatale, Oceantale, Template, Pale, Mafiafell, Farmtale

my phone is at 9% y'all are spared from me going on

#long post #ask #ninikins #rolli zolli

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Wait wait wait, Winter said WHAT?! IRONWOOD?? SACRIFICED NOTHING?? OKAY WHITE HAIRED SNAKE WITH A SWORD—

He LITERALLY SEARED OFF HIS ARM, GAVE UP HIS PUBLIC IMAGE BECAUSE HE KNEW PEOPLE WOULD HATE THE ACTIONS HE TOOK, AND LITERALLY WAS THE ONLY ONE WITH A DECENT ASS PLAN

He sacrificed EVERYTHING, even his OWN DAMN LIFE IN THE END, and he STILL FAILED TO SAVE ATLAS/MANTLE BECAUSE SOME SNOT-NOSED BRAT THOUGHT SHE COULD DO IT BETTER!

Fuck outta here with that! This man sacrificed SO MUCH, only to be turned into a comic book style villain who suddenly wanted to bomb Mantle even though the situation had changed and the staff wasn't really necessary at that point (I think).

He and Penny were thrown to the (beo)wolves these two volumes, completely scrapping their prior arcs and suddenly just... Why. Emerald's redemption arc made more sense.

Team RWBYJNRO literally saved maybe a few thousand people, not counting the ones who were thrown into the void when Cinder appeared, and left Atlas AND Mantle to DIE! NOW THE MOST TECHNOLOGICALLY ADVANCED NATION IN REMNANT IS GONE. THE ONLY STANDING MILITARY IS GONE.

Basically, there's gonna have to be some MAJOR ASS PULLS for our ""heroes"" to win. They've given Salem two relics and destroyed a whole kingdom FOR HER. Even her own crew couldn't do that! And they destroyed motherfucking ATLAS.

i always found that line really hilarious because ... what had winter given up? what had she sacrified? everything she'd "lost", she'd lost the moment she came into the army to escape an abusive household & she actually gained more in the atlas military. she gained a standing, a title, she gained personal power & influence to get what she wanted & this isn't a bad thing.

but she also didn't lose anything. weiss? lost her after the fight. fria? was always going to be lost, she was old & dying & had to pass on the powers. the maiden powers? if we follow the narrative the show is trying to give us, winter never deserved them. winter was bad, winter sided with a dictator. winter was part of the supposed systemic problem that is suddenly solved with the death of an individual. much like another system problem that got solved with the death of a certain redhead faunus.

all of this is also ignoring & whitewashing winter's own part in this. she is the one who abuses her power — threatening the guards for doing their jobs & demanding they release weiss immediately — as well as being the first one to suggest martial law. i love winter, & i love her because she isn't this perfect angel. winter is not the poor abused baby who came under the thumb of a dictator. she is a grown woman in her mid 20s who made decisions using her power & influence in the military because that's what she thought was right & what needed to happen.

this woobification of her is not only annoying, but it's downright sexist. that a female character can't be responsible for her own questionable decisions & it has to be because of the abusive influence of a man, when that has not existed at any point of their relationship in the story before that? it's insulting. the writers just conveniently forgot all of this when they wrote her to say that line to a man who had sacrificed his own body multiple times while she acted the blue blood of atlas more than anyone ever wants to admit. winter is the peak of aristocracy trying to "blend in" with the working class & it's accepted because she's also the girlboss archetype that's adored.

#rwby #winter schnee #james ironwood #owl.txt #answered #q

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(I didn’t finish my sentence lmfaoo. I meant I don’t hate the movies portrayal of D B and F’s relationship but I might’ve preferred it in the books ahaha sry my bad lol) yeah that’s kind of an issue with create movies of book, ppl just assume it’s the same cause it’s an adaptation. The books are a Lot too, so ppl might not even wanna bother cause they’re not easy to read vs watching an Adaption of them, so they’ll never know the og characters.

I only rewatch lotr recently after years of growing up with it and tbh I completely forgot that Gondor was a Thing, it rly is just kinda forgettable in the movies.

This is rly making me want to tackle the books lol. The differences are gonna be something to adjust to.

Apart from the Gondor dudes who would you say gets the biggest change? Or worse in your opinion

Oh no I do hate the dynamic of the steward family in the films jdahkjasd Honestly I think this portrayal of abusive parents being just ugly and easily identifiable as villains is somewhat regressive but No worries no worries.

ANd yeah... Gondor really is so forgettable in the films I-

BUT YEAH UM... I guess I can’t say everyone can I um, lets start talking and see how many we get through.

Merry and Pippin got an absolutely tragic reduction in the films. In the books they’re frodo’s friends long before the film, Merry is Frodo’s best friend, he loves Frodo so much he helps him move house and deals with his obnoxious family. Merry actually organises the whole trip, he figures out Frodo intends to leave on his own and secretly organises to go with him JUST because he’s his best friend. He’s like yo, you’ve got something scary you’ve got to do Frodo? Don’t know why you thought we’d let you do it on your own. Merry saves the whole quest by doing this! Frodo would have died before he even got out of the Shire if not for Merry.

Gimli’s portrayal, also a tragedy. Peter Jackson saw dwarf and immediately decided ‘comic relief’, despite the fact that Gimli is more polite than Aragorn or Legolas, is a poet and has one of the longest monologues about art and culture in the whole book. It guts me thinking about it.

Eowyn has a severe reduction in her feelings and character, her monologue is sanitised away from a much more bitter and angry condemnation of her people’s culture around women. We got a more patronising image of her relationship with Merry too.

FRODO, oh god Frodo I’m so sorry, Frodo was clever and masterful and adult and!! He was funny! And sarcastic, he was philosophical and cunning. Films tell you that Merry and Pippin were like thieves, NO Merry and Pippin were very upstanding young gentlemen and Farmer Maggot thought very highly of them both. FRODO is the criminal in this group who stole his mushrooms! Frodo asked questions and made plans and tried to figure things out by himself, he wasn’t this strange melancholic ring box to be ushered places. Frodo saved the world by TAKING the ring’s power on mount doom after planning how to do that and cursing gollum to essentially drop the ring into the mountain of fire LIKE. Frodo had agency! SAM TOO fsfdgsdfgs I skip frodo and sam’s scenes in the films but i love them in the books.

Aragorn and Gandalf are vastly different characters in the films in that they’re likable. And this is... better for Aragorn I think. Although I miss him being a little more snarky and self important and sharp, but it’s better than Aragorn’s likable which he thoroughly isn’t in the books in my opinion. I MEAN... he’s- he’s very complex in the books and there are likable moments amongst him snapping at people and talking about himself. But for Gandalf I think it was a thorough detriment. Which hurts, love Ian Mckellen, that’s my grandad, but Gandalf was like genuinely manipulative in the books and literally could not stand being wrong despite being wrong quite a lot. Constantly Gandalf will angrily and rudely snap at people who rightly critisise his choices (Boromir for one) and this is good because you don’t want an infallible morally irreproachable dad for this whole adventure. It’s much more interesting this way.

Eomer, miss him being a little more young and fiery and a little out of his depth but proud and confident even so. Like I know Karl Urban was exactly 27 in the films but he felt very world weary and kind of ‘I’ve had it’ when he’d only just become Third Marshall like barely a year ago. AND OF COURSE, this is compounded by the way Theodred’s death is portrayed like... askjdas like oops! Our 18 year old prince just died in this lil stream in this small lil battle huh weird- NO!! Theodred was 41!! And had died in a MASSIVE battle against Isengard! He was assassinated in fact, the whole point of the battle was to assassinate Theodred because he’d been so influential to maintaining Rohan’s stability despite all Grima and Saruman’s efforts. Eomer was a man who’d just lost a mentor, an adopted elder brother! Anyway...

Um... honourable mention for Hama... our dear doorward... miss you being relevant and telling Aragorn to fuck off babe. Farmer Maggot, miss you being relevant and like the literal best. Haldir, miss you NOT being relevant dwarfist bastard but I love to watch you die. Galadriel and Celeborn, not enough she pegs him energy, not enough of her being scary and unknowable, not enough of her laughing. Bilbo! I’m sorry they didn’t let you go back to the Lonely Mountain that’s miserable my guy.... Gollum’s alright... I think that’s everyone who exists in the films and books both.

So this still ended up as everyone :)

#chats #when I say I could complain about every scene in the films I could not be more serious #Anonymous #asks

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