thatguypizzle

[korereapers]

I collaborated with the amazing @laxi0v0 for a cute little event we made in the scriddler server. This is Laxi's art about the fic I wrote, and HONESTLY HONESTLY i couldn't have asked for a better and more supportive partner. Her art is way better than I would ever dream on writing and honestly, Laxi, I'm so glad it was you bc we vibe a lot about our tastes w this ship.

The fic will be on ao3 later, but here, for you guys, before anyone else:

Jonathan takes a sip out his mug, nicely decorated with a pumpkin, the recipe of the pumpkin spice coffee perfected by him for decades. It’s warm, it tastes like fall, and it’s the start of what Jonathan considers to be the best time of the year.

It started like a small tradition for him, when he finally left home and started studying to become the psychologist he wanted to be. Halloween was to be celebrated, especially for freaks like him, abhorrent creatures that made great-granny’s skin crawl. He was proud of that, in a way. It was his moment, it still is, after all of these years, because he is still a freak, he belongs to this weather and these colors more than he belongs anywhere else. He belongs between ocher leaves and the smell of fog, the rain starting to fall over Gotham, only to leave when it’s summer again. The start of his kingdom, of the time he rules over.

Or it would be, if Edward wasn’t so adamant about going to freaking Starbucks.

He doesn’t get it, not really. A malnourished child from Georgia, surrounded by overworked kids that serve them with the most forced smile when Edward asks, yet again, for the infamous Pumpkin Spice Latte. With ice. Oatmeal milk. Whipped cream.

Jonathan wants to die.

“How is this even supposed to be spooky?”

Edward rolls his eyes, green contact lenses barely moving, as if they were starting to get glued to his irises. Which should be a bad sign, but Jonathan is, yet again, not his boyfriend’s keeper.

“Not everything has to be spooky when this time arrives, Jonathan.”

He kind of dislikes it, when he calls him by his full name. He calls him Jon when they are alone, when they are intimate, when their bodies or their hearts are entwined. He doesn’t like when he calls him Jonathan, because that means that Edward thinks he is being too bitter, complaining too much, a complete prick.

It’s not that he dislikes the stupid PSL, either, but it feels like desecrating one of his oldest traditions, and he feels as if he were betraying himself.

“Don’t you like my recipe, then? Do you dislike it so much we have to come here every single week?”

The cashier smiles at them awkwardly as Edward pays for their order, tipping the young lady generously.

“Do you have to take everything personally? I started getting here when I finally had my own money to spend. Is it that hard to just enjoy it, when I want to share it with you?”

Oh. A tradition. Jonathan distractedly drinks from his thematic glass, but says nothing.

They are really different, Edward and himself. To Edward, spending time and money like this… is almost a love language. It’s a lifestyle that he works hard to keep, having dinner in expensive places, getting coffee every time he can. Sharing it with him, because Jonathan is important to him.

Jonathan may be unable to feel fear, and his brain may be as damaged as Edward’s heart, but guilt still crawls its way into his psyche. It still makes him feel uneasy, because he cares, because he understands the feeling, because he wants to share his recipe with Edward because of the exact same reason.

He touches Edward’s hand when they sit, an apology he doesn’t utter but that can be felt in his irradiated orange eyes.

“I like it when you share time and nourishment with me.”

Edward’s expression softens, a glint of blue under the bright green contact lenses.

“Wow, when did you get emotionally aware?” his mouth says instead, and for a moment, Jonathan understands the Bat and his compulsion to punch him in the mouth.

“I’m a psychologist, Edward.”

“... right,” he mutters, his voice cheeky, still clearly a little mad, his thoughts loud. Jonathan loves that about him, his expression when he is deep in thought, when he is trying to understand something. A puzzle, a new riddle in their lives. “That recipe of yours is really important to you, too, if I’m guessing correctly.”

Jonathan nods, his eyes still on Edward’s, who seems to be feeling a little bit too shy to look at him, knowing that they are having an emotionally vulnerable moment.

“It is. I made it myself and… I want to share it with you.”

Edward does smile a little at that, his voice softer when he speaks.

“Let me try it later. I want to give it the thought and recognition it deserves.”

Jonathan’s thumb caresses Edward’s hand, his smile contagious. Like a well concocted virus.

“I would love to.”

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Edward is pretty sure that he is (very unluckily, by the way) dating the man with the poorest taste in the world. Jonathan seems to think that he is hilarious, dressed in his usual costume, even the needles oozing toxin as he sits quietly on the couch.

There is a thing about him that Edward has always loved: how he becomes a different person when the mask is on.

They used to talk about it, back in the day, when they used to share a room in the Asylum. Jonathan felt naked without his mask, his expression dull and almost tense, devoid of what made him himself. Edward, at least, has managed to make those expressions change, the real Jon emerging from behind whatever aloof façade he tries to put on to protect himself, to pretend he is a regular human being and not the freak that makes his heart melt.

He must surely be smiling behind the mask, then. Edward can almost feel him vibrating in excitement, like a small child, and in a way, he kind of is. A reclaimed childhood, the enjoyment of a joy he wasn’t allowed to feel. He can understand that.

Still, the poorest fucking choice of a Halloween costume.

“Really, Jon? The most original idea, I have to say.”

Jonathan looks at him, and he can feel his piercing eyes even behind the mask, the expression of a predator, so dangerous it makes his face flush a little. Birds of a feather, both of them. The Scarecrow sighs, deeply, the sound distorted behind the mask. It’s creepy, he has to admit, which is probably… kind of the point.

“Like you’re one to talk, Herlock Sholmes.”

Edward gasps, indignant. His Poirot costume is nothing to be laughed at.

“Excuse me?!”

He can almost feel the smile behind the mask, because Edward knows him, he knows Jonathan is an avid reader, he knows the difference between Agatha Christie and Arthur Conan Doyle, for fuck's sake. He is doing this on purpose, to rile him up. He always is.

Edward's mind goes somewhere else, somewhere private. Somewhere where he is indeed riled up, and Jonathan touches his cheek, looking up at his face from behind the mask, Edward sitting on his lap, while long, dangerous hands go up his thigh, eyes hungry-

The doorbell rings. Edward goes back to reality, Jonathan's eyes on him as he moves towards the entrance, the tips of his ears surely blushing.

When he opens the door, he has to look down, because damn, kids sure look tinier these days. He cannot remember to be this short, this innocent, this…

Happy.

He feels Jonathan's chin on his shoulder, almost jumping in place because the man is silent like a ghost, no matter how eager he is to take part in the holiday.

One of the kids is wearing a Batman costume, and Edward tries his hardest not to roll his eyes, with better or worse success. Another kid is dressed as Harley Quinn, what makes him wonder if these parents are in need of any kind of psychological help. The youngest, a child dressed as Wonder Woman, looks at them with badly hidden mischief, and Edward feels tempted to just close the door.

"Trick or treat!" They ask in unison, and before Edward can answer, Jonathan drops a bag in front of them, full of who knows what, but the kids don't ask.

Such blissful ignorance.

"Thank you Mister Holmes! Mister Scarecrow!" The girl dressed up as Batman says, and the one dressed as Wonder Woman purses her lips in disgust.

"Poirot's moustache isn't like that. You're a fake."

The kid dressed as Harley Quinn laughs in response, taking the bag of candy and running away with Wonder Woman. The one dressed as Batman follows who Edward believes to be her sisters, and he blissfully thanks that they don't have any children.

"Please tell me the bag is full of drugs."

Jonathan chuckles a little, his arms around Edward's waist.

"Hershey's," is everything he says, his sudden lack of malice and evil intent a headache for Edward.

"Oh, Jon. Are you going soft on me?"

Jonathan's smile can be felt in the air, a predator, a killer awaiting their next victim.

"Me? Oh, darlin'..." he whispers against Edward's ear, his distorted voice making him shudder in anticipation. "Never."

[fatherrussia-69]

Editor T here.

Only four things left before the major upload is complete. I recommend you all freshen up on the fics before we post them.

We should be done by the end of July, if not earlier. We apologize for taking too long to post anything.

The past few months have been hard on Father R, and although school has ended for me and Henchman A, Father R is dealing with some financial issues. It should be settled soon, but in the meantime, we'd like to sincerely thank every last one of you for your patience:

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You are an amazing artist Ace, and once again, we are really happy to have you on board.

[cvtm3vpn0w]

I tried purging for the first time! (Also laxies)

I ate more than a thousand calories today (it was the last day of my counseling job and there were so many ppl watching me eat) but I can’t deal with that so I puked it after lunch. It was a weird feeling. It didn’t hurt at all. Just mild discomfort from actually putting my hands down my throat. It was all watery and there and almost no solid stuff. It was also clear and low odor. Idk if this is normal do pls tell me if it’s weird or how to get more solid stuff up. After dinner I still wasn’t satisfied with myself so I took some of the liquid saline laxatives I bought a few days ago. I’ve been thinking of trying this for a while but the cherry flavor was so cloying it made me feel like I was getting more cals than I’d be losing :/ if anyone has experience with this stuff I’d love some advice! How much weight do you lose with purging? Is it more with laxatives? How quick does it really take for your teeth to get bad with purging? I’m rlly new to the Mia side of this lol

[mirthlxss]

a love letter/list to you, your writing and chapter eight.

the palpable atmosphere that price brings to lilith is fantastic, it shows how pivotal he is to her even in the stages of them settling into a routine.

the subtle hints throughout the chapters of a ghost x soap potential relationship is beyond the port of call, i was kicking my feet when you described how ghost immediately went to go and stop lily from tickling soap, i get the feeling he's overtly jealous but using his excuses of not trusting lily to shield it.

the pacing. the. pacing. beautifully timed and executed, many a slowburn in my life have absolutely crushed any sense of character or spacial awareness within the plot due to the lengthy debate of (insert any dilemma). you combine everything so well, have good reason for the give and take that creates this flow, it actually draws me in so much that i get a little sad ive finished the chapter.

the new aesthetic! fucking love it.

'the incredible sulk'!!! FUCKING LOVE IT. the tickles of humour in this is amazing, its just right. i want to be lily's friend so badly. also 'gaz-laxy bar', how tf do you come up with this shit. i can literally see and hear Kyle saying that. again, the 'private no-pants' like the banter is just right. chefs kiss.

your descriptions. so well done, beautiful. that's all ill say because anything else will not do them justice.

OKAY SORRY THIS IS SO LONG but lastly. the most recent chapter, chapter eight. oh my god. tell me if this is reaching?? but price letting himself entertain the idea of new household appliances/cleaning equipment, then dismissing it because there's no real life for him outside of work. then the intermission of lily falling asleep against him and suddenly all he can think about his mops and hoovers. oh my fucking god you are genius, this is so well done and so sweet. he wants a life with her subconsciously>>> I JUST KNOW IT.

˃̵ᴗ˂̵ this is an anon because i am new to your blog and actually a little shy about my gushing but hopefully will work up the courage to expose myself later ahh.

im kicking my feet now! i swear i don't bite (very often) please dm if you feel comfortable!! this is so lovely there's really no need to be shy, always looking for new friends to gush over john with.

moreover, you little angel, thank you for devoting so much time into mulling over my writing, its messages like this that actually keep me writing. you mean the world to me so thank you thank you!

and ehehehe ur so right about the mops n' hoovers.

[superstxrsworld]

LAXIS REDESIGN:

!!Laxina is no longer a hazbin hotel oc!!

(Call of Duty oc!!)

Laxina Is confident and brave, she is a strong girl who works for just her team.

6'1 feet tall.

She is 29 almost 30 years old, and enlisted in the army back when she was 17. She wears a black mask to hide her face, with a light green tee shirt and dark green shorts with maroon thigh-highs and maroon shoes. On her missions she will be seen wearing a tight, long sleeve black shirt under her gear and bullet-proof vest, as well as some black/gray military camo pants with black boots.

She has this thick German accent with a slight roll to her r's. She is born in Germany and currently lives in the UK to serve in the S.A.S. She has great experience with gun and knifes and will not hesitate to take anyone out. She always speaks in a stern tone unless speaking to her teammates. She loves her teammates like her own blood and would go as far as killing herself or someone for them. She always loves to clean her teammates rooms and cooking for them as long as she has the right motivation. She isn't really easy as to trust someone as soon as they meet her.

She is a tough girl who is surprisingly very strong and hard to knock down. She has a very light shade of, pink, soft lips and probably uses chapstick everyday. She likes to watch horror movies and other movies with her team. Without the mask she has a scar going from the bottom of her right eye to the top of her upper lip.

She also has another scar going from her coller-bone down to the bottom of her ribcage, something that seems to be scratches on her hips but the scratches look to as if they scratched extremely deep before they healed. She also has some sort of experience with axes and machetes. She likes to tease people and flirt with them in German to watch the confusion spray on their faces'. She was a big daredevil back in the teenage days, run from cops, graffiti, and all the other stuff kids did back in the day.

She has many scars on her leg area, a few healed gunshot wounds and the rest are cuts and scratches from crawling in the thorned bushes and woods, she has muscle, alot, but not to much. And she has this tattoo on her back that says something in German, she says in English it means "Happiness is the highest form of death." She usually is seen with her teammates Ghost, König, or Keegan. She loves mint chocolate chip ice cream and usually will send one of them out to get it for her and sometimes pays them back. Her and könig like to speak to each other in German infount of everyone just to confuse them.

(She also sleeps with stuffed animals, but you didn't hear it from me, Price told you.)

***Creater here, ummm I plan on adding more soon, if you have any ideas, please, let me know, I beg***

***Word count: 2,740***

[emptylittlebug]

July 22, 2024

I fell asleep hella early last night. I slept weird and now my whole body hurts. Hopefully this goes back to normal soon.

I had such a good time camping this weekend.

Edit:

Idk what the fuck is wrong with me lately… I need to be better. I need to be more active. I need to just NOT EAT! 😭 why is it so hard to Not do something?! I mean, I know it’s survival… but fuck… it’s a choice too… and I keep fucking it up.

Sorry for the language… :(

I’m ordering laxies. I know I swore to not use them anymore but…

At least I’m still under maintenance though?

*how to stop eating and stop spending money?* l

Editt:

Should I focus on eating more protein? Doesn’t protein keep you fuller for longer or something like that?

I don’t know that it’ll help because I seem to hardly ever actually Feel hungry. I just eat when everyone else does.

I remember one of my first diets I ever did with my mom back in high school. I was 14-15. It was 800 cals a day MAX BUT protein cals didn’t count. We would multiply the protein grams by 4 and subtract that from the total cals of the food. I have no idea why. But that’s was near the beginning of my ed and I remember it so clearly. We were tracking all macros, not just cals and protein but I clearly remember subtracting the protein cals and also having to get a certain number of net carbs too. I wish I could remember the diet we used! All I remember is “Dr G Diet”. My mom was getting HCG injections during it but I wasn’t. She got it from a weight loss clinic. I don’t remember her losing weight on it now that I think about it… but she may have. I definitely did lose weight. I doubt I ever hit the macro goals since I was in my ed during that time. Gahhh I wish I still had those journals.

I keep seeing how “anorexics love to cook for other people” and that is absolutely NOT me. I do enjoy cooking… but if I’m not eating it I do not want to be in the kitchen at all. Y’all have some super powers or something lmao

Edittt:

I ordered some earbuds. I really want some AirPods. I can’t justify the cost though. Anyway, I ordered some $10 earbuds. I’m going to be able to watch YouTube or listen to music on the elliptical! I’ve been wanting to order some for a while now, and I finally did.

I didn’t do any exercise today. I didn’t get many steps either. Today was a bad day all around. Hopefully tomorrow will be better!

I need to do fasts again. Idgaf if it kills metabolism… I have 157lbs to lose and fasting seems to be the only way I can lose it. Eating under maintenance is only keeping me maintaining which makes no sense.

I need to find a good exercise too. I want to start running… but my massive thighs rub together and get raw so that’s not an option until I lose some thigh fat. Walking will have to do if I can stand the heat out there. I miss having a gym membership. But even if I got one I couldn’t go because I have no one to watch my kids…

I was looking at before and after pics of loose skin removal surgery earlier today. That was some motivation for sure!

[viilpstick]

╰┈➤ 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞: The master of my fate had to deal with destiny in the hard way, maybe deep down, he knows she'll never leave him. Even if she now fades from view, thoughts will torment, calm, hurt him... Everything that he may had done to her. Wasting in the place he meant to be, waiting by an open door. He fooled himself, she walked right in, and now be with him, for evermore.

𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒂𝒄𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒔: Fellow Honest, Gidel, Lacy Darling, Twisted Wonderland oc

𝒘𝒂𝒓𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒔: Oc x canon

𝒈𝒆𝒏𝒓𝒆: Angst

𝒂/𝒏: They are really angsty, i love them for it. + I don't know if you wanted to be tagged buutt @midnightmah07

Part 1. | Part. 2

Well, the last thing he can't say is that he didn't had it all coming. Raging against it all, fooling, manipulating. What a stupid thought. At the end, Fellow got what he wanted, her away from him, and a dream come true, whenever he wished upon a star.

That was what he needed, right? What he desired... Except that, it was not. None of this was.

After getting Lacy into prison, his conscience has never been worse. Melancholy moments were quieter than a mouse, only loud enough to hear his own thoughts.

He watched the park's firework from his office, Gidel was taking care of the costumers awhile Fellow just sat there. As the manager of that place, he couldn't be happier, started everything in his 20's, it was a good deal, yet, the emptiness of his life without her was brighter as days in the sun.

Why did he made her leave? Why did he let her leave? Why did he wanted her to leave?

He just slid noncommittally, like always, that's how he did with his job and Lacy. The most important things he could ever own, but, that's what he gets for being a sly bastard, like she would call him.

"My, how foolish." For someone who is called Honest John, he is clearly dishonoring his own last name.

Wasting in this lonely office, waiting for one day an open door where he sees her smile again. For a crowded place, he sure was always isolated with his spirit of lies.

The sounds of fireworks fade away, as Fellow rested his chin on his arm. It quickly turns into a pouring rain outside.

His body spoon to turn to the window.

Fellow is a selfish man, for believing she could ever forgive him, can you truly believe such foolish idea? Well, Fellow can. Even scam after scam, he doesn't seem to understand how to not push people away.

The feeling of unworthy to anything genuine it was simply an actual thought, even his own amusement park gets anxious at the thought that people only are smiling by his creation… Surely, not fully. Fellow only is where he is now because…

Because of her.

Bad or good ending he got what he wanted.

Fellow simply learned the truth, too late. Maybe, he will never shake away the pain, within closing his eyes and she still there. Lacy was capable of stealing his heart, and get no punishment for that. Although, she did get punished, thanks to his young past self, she went to prison.

Laxy was a puppet to him, string by string being pulled down, up and left. The mischief he builded up led into a break up, something that shouldn’t be so painful, after all, she was nothing more than a piece for his game. Right?

But, oh, how wrong and deeply misunderstanding he had that time.

Fellow closes the window, once hearing the knock on the door. His head turned to Gidel, who simply stands on the door.

Eyes winded in shock, which made Fellow wonder out loud. “What is it, Gidel?”

He made his head do a simple sign for the older man to accompany him.

They reach the front door, where Gidel stays behind awaiting for Fellow to open.

Once he do, his own eyes can’t believe the sight of the silhouette in his front, the words caught on his throat, no smirk would hide his feelings for Lacy Darling, is in his front.

He clears his throat holding himself in the door frame, he was more than speechless, seeing her all wet from the rain, hugging herself for a sightly warmth. He thought of this scene happening, but, the other way around.

“I need your help.”

DO NOT COPY, TRANSLATE OR REPOST IN OTHER MEDIA MY WORK viilpstick © copyright 2023

[claitea]

i really, truly thought we were getting gala alberius there for a second. i'll go get the clown makeup now.

[mxdotpng]

cleo gets euden into knitting/crotcheting and from that they accidentally get half of the people staying at the halidom into it too

[browniefox]

Brownie’s thoughts on Pokémon Legends Arceus

Admittedly, this is just what I’ve thought of while waiting for/on a train, but I just recently beat the final boss of the post game content, so I figure nows as good a time as any to give my opinion, if anyone cares. We have The Good, The Bad, and The Pokemon.

The Good

I’ve always enjoyed Pokémon games that break the mold - which is to say, I really enjoyed Mystery Dungeon and Ranger. I know Legends doesn't break the mold in the same way, but it's still a step out of the usual comfort zone of pokemon games, so that was extremely nice! I have to say, I absolutely adore and love just catching pokemon without fighting them. I was kind of worried it'd be a bit boring, but getting to sneak about, toss some oran berries out ther, and then throw your pokeballs, always feels very satisfying when you manage to catch an Alpha without doing any damage to it.

I like that 'bosses' weren't just 'battle the pokemon' - in fact, technically that part wasn't necessarily for quelling the Nobles! I do think that the tabbles themselves could've used a bit of variation, but over all I enjoyed them. I even died a couple times! And a little challenge is always nice :)

I thought all of the characters were a lot of fun, even if I do question some of the design choices (cough*Irida's Clothes*cough). I also found the arguments of 'space vs time' extremely annoying, but this is the good! And I thought the various relationships between the different wardens was good! Each one felt distinctive. I also really liked how many of the wardens were like 'i mean, maybe the frenzies is from Sinnoh :/ isn't more power good?' I wish the plot point was maybe covered in a bit more detail, but the fact it was there at all was a treat!

I thought a lot of the scenery was nice - especially the night sky! It was maye a little repetitive - as was BotW - but it is distinct enough landmarks that you can eventually get a feel for the terrain of an area.

The pokedex is great, I love all the things you need to do to fill it out. I dont' think I've completed a single entry fully yet.

The Bad

They had a reduced number of pokemon in this game - and this isn't the argument you think it is! I have no problem with a good having less pokemon in it! But I do kind of wish that when they have less pokemon, they'd take the time to give the pokemon new models. I know it's probably askign a lot, but like, across the last like five games the pokemon all look the same and it makes me miss sprites all the more.

On to bigger gripes!

The ending of the main tory feels very rushed and weird. I feel like you should've been able to join like one of the clans or the ginkgo guild or something. Like, have more choices, and those choices effecting the game more. I also feel like it swas 99% cutscenes or dialogue, which isn't as fun. And being outcast seems like it should've lasted a bit longer to feel more impactful.

I'm fine with the game not being open world, but the way it tells you you've hit an edge isn't great. More than anything, it's most annoying in the alabaster icelands. I can't say they designed this are last, but it definitely feels like it considering how boring it (and mount coronet tbh) feel compared to the other areas. Alabaster Icelands is particualry aggregious because the out of bounds aren't just the edges of the map, but the top of tall mountains - when you have a pokemon that can climb and one can fly. They couldn't have modeled the top of those? Even if they held nothing? It breaks flow so sharply I hate it.

The tutorial was grueling to endure. You spend hours with Rei telling you what to do and where to go. I feel like the game should've let you explore more in the beginning, and then you could ask Rei if you needed help or something.

The textures on the fields are kind of laxy and the repeating in some cutscenes is so glaringly obvious. Or like, the emblems on clothes are really low resolution? For some reason? Just all pixelated and ugly.

I like how many outfit options there are, and cutomization, but of course I wish there were more. i just like clothes and hair cuts :) (also not really my place, but as far as I'm aware there's only one textured hair design and it's braids? That's probably 'normal' for customization but I noticed it and it kind of bugged me)

The Pokemon

What does that mean? Uh just that I'll say whatever I want about pokemon from the game here lol. I've seen designs for like ancient pokemon that fans drew before this, and seeing what they went with was a bit of a let down. Not to say I don't like them, bt it was kind of ':/ I've seen better'. Like the fan renditions of Hisui Arcanine slapped. Also while Sneasler has grown on me a bit, I do think it could've been better. I also think it's weird how many Unova pokemon there were? Mostly because like, I'm pretty sure in pokemon canon Unova is - like America and Japan - on the other side of the world, so what are these pokemon doing here?

I wish you could walk with them, or some form of like petting them. I do like how much their sizes could vary tho! Some of it is kind of ridiculous - seeing an alpha sneasel, for instance, and you immediately go 'oh okay yeah this isn't real'. Like, even in the fiction of pokemon, I love her but she looks so dumb that big. Alphas as a concept tho are very neat and cool!

To wrap up this section, I guess I'd say that I wish there were more pokemon, but that's no surprise, and I wish there were more variations, but again no surprise, I'm just insatiable.

(also i have this conspiracy theory that there was supposed to be a third wurmple evolution in this game the beauregard wurmple would turn into it)

Final Thoughts

Do I recommend this game? Yeah, I'd say I would, I really enjoyed it, but with the words 'well, pokemon games kind of cut corners' followed right after my recommendation. It's just athing with pokemon for a while now, where their games just feel kind of lacking or incomplete, like they needed another year or two. I'm sure anybody who's played a recent pokemon game gets me. I hope they make another game in this style, and I hope it's not a mainline game, but takes place in the past like this one. I love the untapped potential of exploring the same regions but from a new perspective and different point in history. It adds a lot ot it and I can't wait to see where they go with it.

[butchfemmebatcat]

tag 10 people you want to get to know better. ty @kenstewdivorce sorry i’m doing it while high :(

Relationship status: no bitches :(

Favorite color: teal? idk i like shades of blue and green

Favorite foods: spam musubi i love you suchi i love u rice i love u

Song stuck in head: dilemma by Nelly + Kelly Rowland ^-^

Last thing i googled: peter falk eyes i know that sounds lik really faggy but i wantd to see if he has a laxy eye or not its a glass eye btw!

Current time: 11;25pm!

Dream trip: finland its saur pretty or maybe scotland i feel like i’d have fun there i would just bitch about the food or maybe to visit max and cheeese but i think i might do tht before the end of the year

Something I want: sonic chili cheese dog rice tonkotsu from akebono that jcash vinyl i wanted also the dolly parton one also that bad bunny purple/smoke color vinyl it was so sexy oh also little ceasar pretzel crust pizza come bacak babygirl i miss u

Tagging: @curseplacer @primalfears @mudkipper @andshecanproveitwasolidrighthook um isk who else @faghalforc @antanpilot @antideutschland @jester-mereel idk who else

[satsuha]

5, 8 & 23 for the artist questions!

5. favorite little detail in a drawing you did

oops using the h!laxi piece twice but this part of her design is so cute i loved including it.. also fsr the steam from this piece looks very. nice i like it

8. underrated drawing you did

I THINK IT WAS THIS ONE... i like the atmosphere of it a lot and im not very confident or good at drawing long flowy hair but i like how this one turned out

23. favorite pose youve drawn

its kinda more like composition? rather than pose but actually i figured out the pose for everyone rly quickly like it just melded together rly well once i sketched it out... i really like these kind of pieces that have like a group of chars filling up a canvas nicely(?) i dont know how to explain it but i wanted to try..

[koutaroulogy]

↳ 𝐇𝐀𝐈𝐊𝐘Ū! 𝐁𝐎𝐘𝐒 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐈𝐑 𝐀𝐄𝐒𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐒:

↳ OIKAWA TOORU: spacecore

"stargazer lillies, walks at the beach at two in the morning, promise rings, wishes under a falling star, vanilla chapstick, citrus-scented denim jackets, the milky way, starstruck eyes, looking for alien spaceships through bronze-rimmed telescopes, tender kisses, talking to the moon about you."

↳ SUGAWARA KOUSHI: light academia

"waking up to a lover's embrace, rose scented sheets, blueberry jam, sleepy kisses, vanilla latte art, matching acorn-patterned pajamas, worn out pair of vans, a dusty globe, the statue of venus, cupid, fluttering eyelashes, the thought of living like this for a long time."

↳ AKAASHI KEIJI and SHIRABU KENJIRO: dark academia

"museum visits, intertwining butter fingers and calloused hands together, singing in an abandoned cathedral, brown berets, initials plus initials carved into stone, russet colored carpets, the tale of orpheus and eurydice, vinyl records, edgar allan poe, hogwarts, loving someone so passionately that no words can describe how deeply you've fallen."

↳ KUROO TETSURO, TANAKA RYUŪNOSUKE, SUNA RINTARO, BOKUTO KOTARO and MIYA ATSUMU: grunge

yes, that's a lot because i can really see them in this aesthetic

"rough loving, tender care, kuromi, walking on the sidewalk hand in hand, chinese street fashion, starbucks, hot topic, ghost trend, tiktok dancing, lana del ray, matching beanies, neon signs, kissing in an empty tennis court, empty pizza boxes, having fun and living in the moment with that special someone."

↳ TENDO SATORI, MIYA OSAMU and TSUKISHIMA KEI: indiecore

"fried chicken, cherry blossom perfume, strawberry shortcake, dinosaur documentaries, pooh bear plush, lilac cardigans, chocolate popsicles, spotify playlist playing on random, onigiri and kimbap, seven-eleven runs at two in the morning, suncatchers glinting from the porch ceiling, listening to music, watching every moment in time pass with you."

↳ USHIJIMA, WAKATOSHI: bohemian/minimalist

"various plants and succulents, the tale of persephone, straddling legs, denim overalls, cowprints, dancing to jailhouse rock, green and earth colors, silly stickers stuck to the walls, volleyball reruns, meditating, early morning jogs, a german shepherd, quiet mornings, peaceful domestic living."

↳ SAWAMURA, DAICHI: vintage

"roman holiday, bucket hats, hawaiian button ups, peace signs, polaroid pictures hanging on fairylights, hands intertwined together, hipster vans, slow dancing in the dark, the naked gun movie marathons, hiking and being one with nature, cuddles in a laxy afternoon nap, being hopelessly devoted to you."

↳ KITA SHINSUKE: cottagecore:

"a picnic basket, anne of the green gables, audrey hepburn, fairy circles, a red-checkered blanket, meadow, clair de lune, ethereal, going up to the roof to watch the sun rise, making love on soft white sheets, phonograph playing nat king cole and elvis presley, forever stuck in this blissful reality with the one you love."

thank you so much for the 100 notes on the omega manager headcannons 🥺 this is for you <3

[zephyr-paladyn]

masculaxi character analysis/appreciation

it's been over a year since gala masculaxi's release and i'm still not over it

(heavy dragalia lost spoilers ahead)

(gala mascula does not exist btw) i just love how mascula and laxi are designed as two parts of a whole, basically one half of the same ideal/same person. you can't have one without the other. if you heavily favor one over the other i dont trust you... only half joking. when laxi went berserk and mascula had to save her by giving her his heart in their debut ch11, that was just... such a moment... it shows them at their most "separate" (laxi in berserk/annihilation mode, and mascula stopping at nothing to disengage combat.) which sets us up for their development as two hearts in one body. in masculaxi (flame blade)'s story, they're still at odds but they begin to learn to cooperate in the same body, and this is the beginning of their "convergence." in ch14 of the main story is when we see the beginnings of eden mode. when all the androids sacrifice themselves for euden and co to advance, mascula realizes it his empathetic heart that influenced them and led them to their painful deaths. he then shuts down his ego circuit out of guilt. when the team is in a tight spot, and only masculaxi can save the day (since their body is unaffected due to the miasma only affecting organic lifeforms,) laxi goes into their heart to search for mascula and plead him to help her. all this time, laxi had envied mascula's heart for being "more human," but realized that maestro had written the fear of death in all of the android's hearts, and as such, laxi understood the weight of their yearning for peace, with the act of their self-sacrifice for euden. (later we do learn with gala masculaxi that mascula had been influencing laxi more. here we see laxi's influence on mascula to urge him to fight.) laxi gets mascula out of the gay baby jail zone, releases her limiters, and activates annihilation mode hastily. mascula then guides her attacks to the correct targets, which is the first instance we see of mascula engaging in any sort of fighting. in this state of laxi's annihilation mode combined with mascula's guided assault, a new mode beyond annihilation mode becomes available to them: eden mode, when their hearts become one. this mode concentrates all the mana around them inside their body's mana kiln, and gives them even more power. mascula still dislikes fighting and does not want to do it as much, but has a newfound conviction and will not run away when he is needed. an interesting line here is mascula saying this: ▷It's as if he knew our hearts would one day become one. But how...?◁ indicating that from the start, they were truly two halves of a whole ideal. shortly after the release of ch14, we get the release of the flame dagger gala masculaxi unit, which contains eden mode in their gameplay, and expands upon the "two hearts acting as one" deal they have going on. laxi, mascula, and luca head to the ruins of maestro's lab in order to gain more clues on how eden mode works. laxi equips a new armament meant to accommodate eden mode (and demands praise of how good she looks, lol. also laxi is much more snarky in this story which is a treat. she's so funny. but also this shows mascula's emotional influence on her!!!!!) laxi learns of how eden mode works, and essentially it's a release of all limiters and rerouting all circuits to their internal mana kiln, but elimination protocol is activated automatically as well which does not make any distinction between friend and foe. it enhances laxi's combat ability, but mascula has to take care of elimination protocol since he has access and control of it. hence, in eden mode, laxi goes all out in attacking, while mascula controls the body's movements and targets. however this is only possible if their hearts act as one. the two are attacked by dyrenell forces and activate eden mode against them, but mascula temporarily loses the will to fight in the middle of the battle, destabilizing and deactivating eden mode. luca is captured and a villager shields them from an oncoming attack, believing in mascula's peaceful ideals. laxi engages tactical retreat and they escape. they engage in a plan to save luca but are attacked by imperials again. they try to go into eden mode but mascula once again disengages eden mode. mascula tells laxi of his regrets and frustrations that he keeps holding her back, but laxi tells him that she found herself synchronizing with him. with the villager (that mascula had saved before and in turn protected masculaxi earlier,) laxi found the value in mercy for enemies. by having laxi bend towards mascula's will, they're able to take on the imperials who chased after them with a truly synchronized eden mode. ▷Laxi, give me the strength to fight!◁ Granted. Now give me the kindness required to temper my actions. ▷Heh. Take all you need!◁ their system strain falls, and they're able to defeat the imperials. laxi, mascula, luca, and euden talk together after all is done. laxi takes interest in a cat, while mascula teaches her how to interact with it. Euden: Laxi and Mascula say the maestro who made them was a peace-loving man, but... Luca: No, I getcha. Why would some peacenik give something THIS much power? ch14 and their gala story really shows how the two embodied different sides of the same ideal -- "fighting for peace," and how they begin to converge upon that ideal. initially laxi only focused on "fighting" and mascula only focused on "peace," but A compassionate heart. ▷The courage to fight.◁ -Eden Mode, activate!- their character development after this is a bit wonky at times because it sets up for gala mascula who is really poorly written and doesn't necessarily align with the ideals established within ch14 and gala masculaxi, or even the development directly before it either. with ageless artifice and ch18 (when the team first enters the faerie kingdom and gets lost,) we get teasers of mascula with his own body. in ageless artifice, eirene steals mascula's body and intends to use it against masculaxi, but mascula takes control of his body and proclaims that his body isn't necessarily him, but what IS him is his resolve to fight for peace alongside his friends. (stays in line with gala masculaxi, right?) in ch18 we also see mascula having a "nightmare/illusion" in which he gains his body back but at the cost of laxi going berserk once more, showing that they truly cannot function at their "fullest ideal" without each other in the same body. laxi asks mascula if he wants his own body back, and mascula says he sometimes misses it but overall he wants to continue fighting with her the way they are. this is echoed in ch19, take this exchange for example: Mascula, I know you were thinking of your own body while lost in the mountain's illusions. You gave up your body to save me, and I owe you an apology for that. ▷Don't apologize—I wanted to do it. Plus, being with you makes me happy.◁ I want to see a peaceful world just as we are in this body now—together. ▷I feel the exact same way.◁ ▷No more hesitation. You and I are going to fight with Maestro as a team.◁ And together... ▷...we will bring peace.◁ reaffirming their ideals together and keeping in line with their development, right? mascula doesn't WANT his own body back. he wants to keep fighting with laxi, that's THE WHOLE POINT OF THEIR CHARACTERS. which does not make sense when we get the remote control BS IN THE SAME CHAPTER??? (teased from the ending of ageless artifice with chelle) and mascula has his own body again as a remote control system. now the portrayal in the main story wasn't AS bad but... the real problem comes to gala mascula as an adventurer with his stories and voice lines. this "mascula" proclaims of how much he loves/misses his body and how he "doesn't need laxi dragging him around anymore." like sure he sometimes feels being in laxi's body with her is bothersome but overall, at his heart, he wouldn't really say something like that??? mascula your voice lines are so contradictory to what just happened in the main story and what you said in ageless artifice what happened!!!!!!! his adventurer story lacks the cooperative laxi-mascula dynamic we knew and loved, and instead pushes mascula front and center to try to push him to do things himself. we didn't really need mascula getting his own body back anyways, but you COULD'VE AT LEAST written it so that they have more emphasis on cooperation with each other?? god im sorry i just. AUGH he's so OBVIOUSLY hastily pushed into their development arc and he loses his characterization. it's obvious gala mascula wasn't intended to be a thing in the initial plan for masculaxi... i am not forgiving every single one of you who sent in feedback for playable mascula. once again only half joking... maybe only a quarter joking. 1/8ths joking. radioactive decay graph joking. (also just a tiny nitpick: you can apparently run gala mascula and laxi/gala laxi on the same team. lore compliancy who? eden mode can't be activated while the remote control unit is active. but whatever) though another interesting plot point is brought up in his story though? maestro's origins, the writing of "seek peace" on mascula and laxi's bodies being in a language that only the sky city ark people would know.. with such an elaborate plan for such a complex android duo, and everything else mysterious about this man, just who is he? his master plan of masculaxi was really amazing to see come to fruition... maestro fought on the side of dyrenell, against dragons -- against elysium you could say. although ex machina seeks the destruction of terrestrial life because they "allied with the dragons" (a misconception,) on the contrary maybe maestro aimed to create an ultimate weapon for terrestrials to defend themselves against the dragons. however this weapon had to also understand the value of what it was fighting for -- learning for itself how to go about "fighting for peace." thus, the creation of the twins mascula and laxi; two halves of a whole. by having a compassionate and adaptable heart, they can change with the times, understand the people around them, and decide on their own what the best course of action is in various situations. i love love LOVE masculaxi and how they're written!! (for the most part.) two of my faves in the game and i love them and their characterization so much, i just wish more people could see the intricacies of their relationship and how they're literally like. 1/2 of the same thing. it's such a beautifully written dynamic and development, and i want others to appreciate it too.

a little bonus, in this character art, you can see the "star tetrahedron" shapes. in sacred geometry symbolism, the "star tetrahedron" is the sixth shape enclosed within "metatron's cube." these shapes, and this cube, are said to maintain the balance of the world itself and its flows/processes. as for the "star tetrahedron" itself, it represents duality: physical body and spiritual self; male and female; and heaven and earth. this ties into mascula and laxi's characters: mascula controlling the "mind" in eden mode while laxi focuses on the attacking "body;" and mascula and laxi being of different genders. as for "heaven" and "earth," this could represent maestro coming from the sky city ark, and masculaxi being technology intended to aid humans. alternatively for "heaven" and "earth," the fact that the star tetrahedron is enclosed within "metatron's cube" may be a pointer to metatron in-universe. the archangels all have white hair, a trait shared by masculaxi. additionally, sandalphon is somewhat mechanical/technological herself. masculaxi being man-made (of the earth,) versus their potential connection to the angels (of the heavens.)

[dragalialore]

Caged Desire & Emile

I don’t know about you guys, but I’m enjoying the HELL out of this event. Not because I’m a Persona fan (never played a single game), but because it addresses Emile and his biggest character flaw: cripplingly low self-esteem.

Let’s chat.

First off, anyone who follows my more shitposty blog (@incorrectdragalialost​) likely knows at this point that I have a soft spot for the sixth scion. I also have a habit of giving him quotes that play up his shitty nature. Emile, the black sheep of the royal family, seems to be a character that is universally despised both in and out of universe. And you know what? I agree! He’s a pretty shitty and terrible person, and I don’t think that Euden should be giving him so many chances. I don’t think he deserves them.

I DO, however, think he deserves a redemption arc, and I think it needs to start with him. Let me explain:

Emile is a very insecure character with cripplingly-low self esteem, and he’s desperate to be seen as equal to his larger-than-life older siblings, who all seem leagues ahead of him. That’s what it comes down to, really: he wants respect, and everywhere he turns he just finds people using him for his royal status or manipulating him towards failure. Hell, Chapter 11 had Chelle tricking him into turning on Laxi and Mascula, and it wasn’t even hard. All she had to do was tell him that they possessed an absurd amount of power. Emile, who feels powerless and useless on his own, jumps at any chance to get more powerful, and it bit him in the ass in the end.

Later, in 14′s interludes, we see Emile trying to garner a reputation the only way he knows how: through showy acts of bluster. Not only does it not work, we see another reason for Emile’s desperate attempts for respect: the common people don’t even know his name.

We can actually see the start of his hero worship in Memories of Youth, where he tries sparring with Leonidas but simply isn’t good enough, and then watches Leonidas and Valyx duke it out as rough equals.

We can ALSO see the start of his superiority complex in His Clever Brother, where Euden clearly idolizes his older brother. Emile basks in finally being relied on for something... and then, of course, Chapters 2 and 4 happen and Emile gets fucked both times. He earns it, sure. But at the end of Chapter 4, Euden says this:

That one line shows that Euden has a lot more insight than he’s let onto at this point. He knows Emile wants to be special. He knows Emile wants his own specialty. ALL of the other Alberian siblings are known for something: Leonidas has his valor, Phares his wisdom, Chelle her espionage, and Valyx his might. (Beren doesn’t count. Nobody knew he existed.) And now Euden gets recognized by these siblings that Emile has been trying so hard to catch up to and he doesn’t. And Zethia? Zethia’s the fucking Auspex! She has holy powers, she prays to the Goddess! Every SINGLE one of Emile’s siblings is better than him in some respect. As a younger sibling myself, I get it. It’s HARD to watch someone else get all this praise while you get nothing.

Now, here’s where Emile has all his siblings wrong: he thinks they all got their specialties effortlessly. That couldn’t be farther from the truth, and as an example, we can look at Euden’s journey thus far. He’s worked VERY hard to get to where he is now--and he has GUTS. It takes brass balls to declare yourself a new kingdom within another kingdom’s territory, not to mention defending and expanding his borders. He didn’t suddenly get that magic touch overnight; he grew his ranks and gathered his warriors, and he trains every day to get better. He has companions by his side to support him, and he supports them in turn.

Emile, though? Emile just... stops when it gets hard. He thinks that he should pick up something perfectly the first time, so if he’s bad at something? He gives up. Sort of in a gifted-child burnout kind of way, but without the gifted part. He doesn’t recognize the amount of hard work that goes into developing skills like that--he thinks they should be as inherent as his own dragonblood. He’s got it all wrong; nobody starts out as a prodigy. You decide you want to master something, and you work at it. And if you’ve grown up with a silver spoon all your life...

So yes. Emile? Terrible person. Treats his allies and enemies like trash. MASSIVE superiority-inferiority complex that feeds into itself and decreases his self-worth while increasing his ego at the same time. He needs a fucking wake-up call--what’s more, he needs someone he respects to tell him that he matters. I hope it happens sooner rather than later, because I’d love to see how his reformation arc goes. He shouldn’t be instantly forgiven, and he should fucking WORK for his respect. Even if Euden’s memories of the past are clouded by nostalgia, the guy has a knack for seeing the light in anybody’s heart, and I hope that he’s right on this count.

[elysiumwaits]

Area 51 Raid-Inspired AU Prompts

This is ridiculous, I’m ridiculous, have fun and please link me to any of these that you use, I’m begging.

"I thought we were going to Vegas but my stupid friends dragged me to the Area 51 Raid instead and I’m pretty mad about it, except you’re awfully attractive even with that tinfoil hat on and your sign says ‘Here for the Gay-liens’, so maybe this is going better than I thought” AU

“I showed up to the Area 51 Raid because I bought the plane tickets when I was drunk and they’re nonrefundable and I thought it would be fun, and ran into you and really hit it off because you thought my ‘Out of this Gay-laxy’ sign was funny. Now it turns out you’re actually an alien, and I’m kind of into that” AU

“I was on my way to the Area 51 Raid thinking it would be kinda fun, except I got abducted by actual aliens, and you’re the other human on the spaceship. Now we have to convince the aliens that we really don’t know anything about Area 51 and that these are just memes” AU

“I think my idiot drunk friend is lost in the desert because I can’t find him at the Raid, and I know I look ridiculous in this alien shirt and hat, but could you please give me a ride out there to find him so he doesn’t die because his parents/spouse/other friends will kill me, oh no you’re very attractive want to get coffee after we find him?” AU

“We went to the Area 51 Raid with our friends for funsies and then a bunch of aliens actually broke out of Area 51 and we’ve somehow managed to hide behind the same car/rock/building together even though we kind of have that ‘hate-attraction’ thing going on and I think we should take this time to talk about our issues” AU

“You came to the Area 51 Raid with a shirt that said ‘I need some space’ and I took that literally because I’m an actual alien, so here we are on my spaceship, would you like to see the stars and planets and stuff and maybe get space-married” AU

“I came to the Area 51 Raid and told a random attractive stranger that I’d love to see if like actual aliens existed and maybe there’s life in distant galaxies and that attractive stranger and I fell asleep in the back of a truck bed together looking at the stars, and then I woke up on a spaceship because the attractive stranger is actually an attractive alien and I’ve been space-napped but in a nice way where he/she/they just want to show me space stuff” AU