#i was just an only child of the universe ( starter call )

[leschanceux]

starter call bc last night's what if post didn't count c:

[miidnighters]

I came back to RP in October of this year and I honestly have just been blown away by the community that's still here - I'm so lucky to have connected with this community of people who not only write excellent things with me, but put other excellent things on my dash for me to devour.

I just wanted to say a little thank you and shoutout for making re-entry so easy and enjoyable <3 I love you all and I cannot wait to have a million threads apiece with each of you because I'm so greedy and I'm just looking at you all with little grabby hands. I want to like every starter call you ever post and send in every meme but also. Don't want to be a lunatic you know.

@whileurmine

Writing with you makes me so happy! I really enjoy each of your characters and this interwoven storyline they all have together - how you can reference other characters and have them drop in and out and still be 'canon'. Love it.

@briillicnt / @grcveyacd

I love the dynamic we've created with Tristan and Hartley - I really enjoy writing with you and exploring all the little facets of their relationship. I can't wait to do more, especially exploring all the characters on your multi!

@exquisitexagony / @cursedvessels / @distantsongsofjoy

Sami has my whole heart and you know this. I love their characterisation and whichever of my characters they get paired with is absolutely chefs kiss because each pairing has such a unique dynamic that I love playing with. PLUS all the characters on your multi?? All of your characters are exquisite and I love them.

@wildskissed

What can I say about Eve - even before you were writing with me I was reading your other threads and thinking about how cool you were so the fact that we've crafted this relationship between Bella and Eve? It's amazing to me and I love exploring not only their relationship but also the wider universe.

@laidbear / @92328 / @svetlna

I have mentioned before but I'll say it again, each of your characters is so fascinating to me and I love them so much. I am always blown away by the depth and facets of your characters, and the way they interact with mine. Amazing - I could live in your blogs for the next 100 years and never get bored.

@cxldblxxded / @yxkanna

Another set of amazing, multifaceted characters. I think your development and wider thinking about your characters is so interesting and I love reading all of the extra tidbits because it makes all of your characters feel that much more real. Looking forward to hopefully more interactions with Cad & K.

@starlyht

Aaah honestly all of your characters are so good and I love that you think about them not only in a BG3 sense but also in a wider fantasy sense which makes them so fascinating to me. Also, the fact that you will occasionally use real dice rolls to decide what happens in-reply? Iconic.

@mystiika

I love you, I love your characters, I love all the things we've talked about for Flynn and Jamie, and the things we've started putting together for Isaac and Callisto. Writing with you is so fun and I can't wait to explore some of your other characters.

@lcvnderhazed

I am loving what we're starting to build between our girls. Your characters and your threads are so interesting to me - like, how do you come up with these concepts? I also love seeing all of the supplemental content you post like moodboards and other things - just the way you think about your characters? Amazing.

@soulmissed

August is my child now I'm sorry I don't make the rules. i think it's so interesting how you've managed to take a character that by virtue of being young would be undesirable to a lot of writers and make him so loveable. I can't wait to write more with him.

@fangmother

What a woman. What a concept. Such interesting (and well done) writing. I would kind of like to set up shop in your blog and never leave? Also, your goodnight posts about whatever way Rainer's fallen asleep/done herself in that day make my whole afternoon.

@freekzout

These characters are ridiculous and I say that with all the love in my heart. I love the concept of the dual-muse reply where both Ruth and Funke feature and I think that both of them individually are really well-crafted, interesting characters to read and write with. ETA: Aaah I didn't have time to get on my computer and fix this after my Moment this morning but Conrad should also be tagged here not down below 😳😳😳

@littledevilinside / @notladylikes

Okay so I know we only started writing recently but we went absolutely 0-100 with threads and I already love what we have going on with Isaac and Lorelei. Such a good, wholesome dynamic - Lorelei as a character is so interesting and I can't wait to dig a little deeper with her and the others on your multi.

Here are some people I don't write with (as much yet)/am still in the planning-plotting stages with/just plain admire and devour their threads/OC meta every time they're on my dash

@byanyan | @recitedemise | @kxllerblond / @multiimistakes | @ohshadow | @radicalrascals | @tewwor | @nightiingaled | @sorrowsick | @fuckedcowboy | @draconisa | @kurjaks | @hungryyheart | @penddraig | @praybird | @mvnces | @moonromantic

[necronatural]

Crossy, where can I read your Forgotten Stones AU?

You're not gonna believe this. I accidentally deleted my blog a while back so the specific post I used to link to on my vids got obliterated. Let me see how much I can recite from memory. Here are all the OCs

On one of Blue Diamond's planets, Pink Diamond was allowed to try out a Kindergarten. It went well, so she moved on to Earth while the process was supervised by a Peridot and her team of Feldspar, which are generic little starter kit gems that are impossible to fuck up and pad out personnel teams (Corals pad out Quartz crews.)

Then the apocalypse happened!

Rock-"eating" microbes has completely disrupted the function of gems, shattering every single gem on the planet, including the ones still in the Kindergarten. Feldspar is one of a generic gaggle of Feldspars, made the only survivor because in a fight to escape she accidentally took Peridot's place in an isolation chamber until the microbes stopped breaking down gems like that.

The planet was put under quarantine, and Feldspar had no choice but to spend the next few thousands of years figuring out a way to reverse the damage to repair shattered gems using what little Diamond Oil she has at her disposal.

Tiger's Eye and Rutile are her sole successes, and it's not perfect; they tend to glitch, and the more fusions happen, the worse the glitches get. In this AU, Rutiles don't fuse into anything, they're a type of equipment for other gems that have radar features and such, so while Rutile glitches too, she's the only one that doesn't cause problems during fusions.

Feldspar found Coral slightly deeper than most injections, allowing her to be the only survivor out of all the Kindergartens, but also making her malformed, so she has the mind of a child. Literally. She has almost no pre-programming and has to learn everything manually.

Without Homeworld roles or staff to help with certain tasks, Rutile has taken over the job of a Bismuth with construction, and Tiger's Eye has become Steve Irwin wrangling crocs and forcing Feldspar to learn to treat organic life in her spare time, which, in combination with Coral's lack of programming, inspires her to create Elkhorn and Tridacna.

Elkhorn Coral and Tridacna Pearl are Feldspar's test models for using more organic life to increase the amount of working Gems on the planet, but she has no idea they've emerged, or that the quarantine of the planet has allowed sapient life to develop. Elkhorn Coral lives in a fishing village and retrieved Tridacna when she emerged. So they are both just fishing several miles away.

The Movie video I did is actually a secondary AU, "what if they were all successfully picked up and Feldspar became a Diamond bootlicker only to realize Coral is considered Off Colour and got shattered for it, and her creations will no doubt soon follow".

It's not in the video, but Pink Pearl is one of the antagonists! In my head she has a villain song that's functionally like It's Over Isn't It (Reprise). Rutiles don't fuse into new gems so she fuses and unfuses with dozens of them to vastly improve her range and mobility and it's Circque Du Soleil in the reception room. I was so obsessed with her she was my blorbo supreme

While the whole of this setting was written in Season 4 i think?? (Not the movie AU that was a direct reaction to the complete series) Feldspar and Coral also have Steven Universe Future designs! Set in the movie universe. While previous designs make it distinct that they have no inherent allegiance to any diamond, there's no call to a diamond at all in their new designs.

They have been exiled back to their home planet to live a happy life of science with a thriving gem colony that protects the planet's organic life. In the years she spent in Homeworld Coral has improved her ability to collect data so she's spiritually a 14-year-old. When Steven comes to her for advice about his emotional instability she says "I exploded into light, remember? Anyway have you tried raising a child." And Steven says "the child is why you exploded." And Feldspar says "No comment."

[shawncantwrite]

I know you've been hurt in this walk of life. (let me find my shoes, I will walk with you.) - A Larissa Weems x Reader hurt/comfort fic.

A/N: purely self indulgent. as previously mentioned on the last episode of dragon ball z, my partner of two years broke up with me. On top of that, I've been relapsing because I'm oh so smart, but enough of the sob story, Have this fic I coughed up during my Depressive episode

This isn't proofread because, well, my proofreader dumped me 😭

TW: Self-depricating thoughts, Self-harm, implied child abuse, just the sads all around

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Your life was shit. Pure unadulterated shit. It feels like from the moment you were born the universe was out to get you, like every circumstance was a "fuck you" to the face. Nothing ever went right for you. For starters, your parents were the absolute worse. They were constantly breathing down your neck about your grades and about how you present yourself in public, gotta protect their image they would say. From a young age you had to act older than you ever should have had to. Then in highschool everything just came crashing down on you, fear of the future, dread from the past... you finding out you were an outcast was just the cherry on top; it was one thing for you to be your family burden, but now you're also a blood sucking monster! Just your luck.

Life was a sea you were drowning in constantly, you felt as if there wasn't a day where water wasn't in your lungs and your mind wasn't constantly belittling you. It was tiring, exhausting, whatever else is synonymous. You just want it to stop. You wanted to feel something other than your emptiness, your constant dread of a lack of purpose.

Maybe that's when it started.

The first time was an accident. You were working on a school project and was cutting up some cardboard for a model, unfortunately you're a clutz and you accidentally dropped your cutter. You winced and grabbed your wrist which was now bleeding. Oddly enough though... you didn't really mind. You'd blamed the vampirism then but.. then you found that the cuts on your wrist went from accidental to on purpose.It was a dumb idea now that you think about it, you realise that now, maybe not then. You wanted to feel something, anything. The stinging sensation of the blade piercing your flesh was intoxicating, it hurt, but it hurt so comfortably. You found solace in it, no matter how morally grey it seemed.

But now, several years later, standing in front of your bathroom sink and staring down at the very same flesh you've abused all theseyears you can't help but loathe the scars you made. It's entirely your fault, you think, but that doesn't make you hate it any less. You stare and stare, each scar a reminder of how miserable you were, how pathetic you were.

It was a reminder of what life was like before her.

Larissa was a breath of fresh air in your miserable life. If you walked around with a rain cloud above your head she was the one holding and offering you an umbrella. She made your life a little bit more tolerable simply by being in it. Ever since meeting Larissa, you've noticed you've made some good changes to yourself. One of them being that you were almost half a year clean from cutting yourself!

..Almost.

Your hands grip the edge of the sink tightly, fighting back tears as you stare at two fresh scars you made the night before. That familiar feeling of dread filled you again, blinding yourself from seeing reason. Relapse is normal, Larissa once said, but you refused to tell her, you didn't want to disappoint her.

Then again, nobodys more disappointed in you than you are.

You're so lost in your self-loathing that you fail to hear the front door to your apartment open, Larissa had a spare key, you felt it was only right for her to have one by your 7th monthasarry. She calls out for you from the living room, but you're too busy hating the person in the mirror to realise that.It's only too late when you realise. The door to the bathroom clicked open, your angel's voice filled with such worry over your silence. You're like a puppy around Larissa, the moment she's back in your vicinity you're like a dog missing it's owner and suddenly you're all over her. Not tonight, though. Tonight you were quiet. Tonight you were staring at yourself and your scars, hating yourself like you always do.

It's only then you look up to stare at her, she's quick to be by your side her hands rough, a testament to her hardwork, yet so soft and gentle when handling you. She grabs onto your wrist and notices the fresh scar from the night before, her beautiful oceanic eyes painted with deep worry.

She takes you to your bedroom and sits you down. She's talking, but it all feels like it's underwater to you, you felt like the world and everything around you wasn't real at the moment, with nothing but the ringing in your ears distracting you. You try to make out what she's saying but ultimately give up. She's cleaning your wound, you notice, she's taken a first aid kit and she's making sure your cut is properly disinfected. Her touch is so soft and caring, it almost makes you tear up and cry. You stare at her, her eyes fixated on her task. You take a moment to admire her, her beautiful blonde hair, the way her brows furrow and her nose scrunches when she's focused.. for a moment, you're lifted from the tide and you can see clearly; you see her. Your Larissa, Your love.

When you realise those blue eyes are staring back at you, that's when you notice you seem to have regained your grasp on reality, she's looking at you with such warmth yet such worry, you feel bad for burdening her, but you've never been a burden, not to her, no. She adores you. She wishes you could see that.

"Are you okay?" Her words finally register, you blink at her, unsure what to say. Are you okay? You don't know yourself, honestly. She can see the conflict going on in your mind and hums, as if understanding something, her hand hovers over your cheek, a silent question in her eyes. You press your cheek into her palm and nuzzle into it, your eyes closing at the warmth and familiarity of her touch. Her eyes soften at that, her thumb caressing your cheek.

"Do you want to talk about it?" You shake your head, finding yourself unable to speak. She nods in understanding and the two of you stay there for a while, a comfortable silence falling between the two of you.

Eventually, She moved you further onto the bed. Her heels were discarded somewhere across the room, her coat hanging against the headboard, you stare up at her as she situates you so that your head lay on your chest, the steady rise and fall of chest calming your nerves and anxiety that you didn't even realise was there.

Silence falls between you two again, but you don't mind at all. Her hand mindlessly draws shapes on your back with her fingers. You bury yourself in her embrace, her touch alone lifting away all your worries... well.. almost all of them. You felt the need to open up to her but you hesitate, that same old voice in the back of your head telling you not to bother her with your pathetic whines. But as you look up at her and you find her staring back at you with nothing but love and warmth.. you can't help but let the dam loose.

You lay there and open up about everything, how tired you've felt recently, how disgusting you feel especially when it comes to your scars. You want to cry, but you can't, so you just kept it all in until you couldn't anymore. As you rant, She listens to you intently, her eyes filled with nothing but understanding and care. When you end your small tangent, she brings your wrist up to her face and presses a kiss to it.

"Thank you for telling me," She whispers softly, her lips pressing against the skin of your wrist, you shiver at the contact, confused as to what she's doing. She continues to kiss your wrist.. no, your scars, you notice, and you watch in silence, your eyes curious yet filled with warmth.

She takes her time with each one, each kiss soft and meaningful. You could feel the pure love radiating off of her, it was overwhelming. It nearly made you cry, but what really did it were her next words."I know I can't do much to help you see yourself the way I see you." She mutters against your skin, her eyes reading into yours.

"But not once have I ever found you pathetic or disgusting, nor have I ever thought you were a burden." She pulls away from your wrist and caresses your cheek once again, her gaze filled with sincerity. You listen to her, clinging onto each word, the familiar feeling of warmth from her comfort already lifting the weigh on your shoulders.

"And most of all," She grabs your wrist with her free hand, her fingers gliding across the skin. "These scars... while the way they got there is.. unconventional. They're a testament to how resilient you are, how resilient you have been."

"I will never view them as disgusting, because despite everything, they still make up the person that you are, and I love you all the same. And I'll continue to do so, For as long as you'll have me."

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Tears sting your eyes, but not in a bad way, never in a bad way with Larissa. Your heart was swelling with such gratitude and love for the woman before you. You can't help but stammer like an idiot, your tears spilling down your cheek. It was an embarrassing sight, you're sure of it, but not to her, she wipes away every tear wordlessly, no judgement or mockery in her eyes. Just pure unfiltered love, love you never recieved growing up, love you needed all this time, love you deserved, love she offered.

As you fall asleep that night with her arms wrapped around you and the steady beating of her heart lulling you to sleep, you come to the conclusion that living isn't so bad, as long as you had your Larissa.

[maagicmushies]

I want to talk about Hashirama. Specifically his really weird abilities. This isn't gonna be a well structured thing like any of the analysis posts I've made, it will literally be insane rambling because a lot of things about this man fascinates and kinda confuses me. Like, for starters - his wood. If you don't know Naruto I am so jealous of you, but this has to be the most important and plot relevant wood in human history. A "Kekkei" """Genkai"""" where by mixing earth and water chakra, he can grow trees, plants and create golems and such out of wood. In a universe with gravity manipulation, magic eyes that can briefly see the future and whatever the tailed beast are, this doesn't sound too crazy, but wood release just does stuff that it doesn't sound like it should be able to do. Like, sapping the chakra of people it touches and passively reducing their will to fight. Hashirama in particular was able to just make a shit ton of it as well, producing the forest that would become the foundation for Konoha and making 100m tall buddhas for fun. But here's where a less discussed aspect of Wod Release's insanity comes up.

THIS IS THE ONLY NATURE RELEASE TO CREATE LIFE. Yes, the creation of life, the sage of six path's big thing that he needed Yin-Yang chakra to accomplish? Hashirama is just out here doing it for fun. Casually. The plants that he grew ended up outliving him. In my opinion there are 2 explanations for this. The first is that Kishimoto either doesn't know that plants are considered to be "alive" or considers their life to be fundamentally different from animal life. The second explanation is that wood release is at the very least incorporating Yang release. Everyone who performs wood release techniques are credited with being able to use yang release and while few techniques are credited as being explicitly yang release techniques, we do know that the purpose of yang release is to alter living matter and breathe life into empty vessels. I think this can explain a character like Yamato who normally fights by producing wooden beams, but when shit gets real serious, he can create trees just like Hashirama and Madara. Without their massive stores of chakra, it just doesn't make sense for him to do that if he really doesn't have to. That is pretty clearly the explanation that I like more.

Anyways, I'm still not moving on the wood because like. It's called a Kekkei Genkai when it very clearly is not? Wood Release has never been passed through blood. Hashirama has Wood Release and everyone else who has it is just a by product of leeching off of Hashirama. The problem here is that Hashirama is a reincarnate of Asura and Asura's reincarnates are born completely talentless, unable to inherit the abilities of their parents. That why Naruto doesn't naturally have Minato's speed and intellect or Kushina's chains. Therefore it doesn't really make sense for Hashirama to inherit this ability AND for it just die off with him. Sadly, we never see Hashirama use the ability as a child and we never see him realizing that he has it. He just whips it out one day against Madara with zero explanation. We can try to narrow things down, because there is one more natural user of Wood Release, that being the Ten Tails. We never see Kaguya herself manage to use Wood Release, only the Ten Tails while it is in it's mindless state and this sort of makes sense because when she is conscious, Kaguya never shows any of that rafflesia aspect in her design that the Ten Tails does. The Ten Tails is also said to lack any thought, any sense of malice, just being a gigantic mass of pure nature energy (Yknow... like a tree), which points to a link between Wood Release and Senjutsu. We know that Hashirama is a sage of some kind which raises the question of if he learned Wood Release on his journey to sagehood. It is pretty similar to the Ryuchi Cave technique of breathing life into inorganic material. Anyways, we will never get an concrete answer to this, I'm pretty sure. Also, there's definitely a link between the mild chakra suppression of Hashirama's Wood Release and the very aggressive chakra draining of the Ten Tails in its God Tree form. Oh and if you REALLY want to start stretching, one could link Wood Release and Shikotsumyaku or Kaguya's All Killing Ash Bones (I wish there was a better translation for this). They are both Kekkei Genkai which alter the way that the user's body's functions and instead of being conjured, the techniques tend to sprout out of the user's body.

There's even a tiny link in the way that all of Kimimaro's Shikotsumyaku techniques are named after flowers. Maybe Kaguya's Bone Techniques + the chakra fruit that turned her into the Ten Tails = Wood Release?

Since we we're talking about Hashirama's sage mode earlier, I want to bring up a cool theory (Credit to Doron's World on YT) about it that I really like and it's that Hashirama is a sun sage. The theory goes that the marking on his forehead paint allusion to the symbol used in ancient chinese writing to represent the sun and that the markings around his eye are instead allusions to the Eye of Ra.

This theory doesn't have much in the way of textual evidence and is mostly riding on logic and theming. Plants need the sun to survive and as the counterpart to Madara, who is all about the moon, Hashirama would be deeply reverent of the sun. But the reason why I really like this theory is how is compliments Naruto. While it's pretty easy to figure out the similarities that Sasuke and Madara have because they're literally related, Naruto and Hashirama is a bit more muddied. However, if Hashirama is really a sun sage, that links him to Naruto who has these sun symbols in his Nine Tails Chakra mode.

Karin also likes Naruto's chakra to the sun.

So, yeah in my mind it is just perfect if this same warmth also manifested in Hashirama, but since Asura's reincarnates can't really pass anything through each other, it manifested as his Sun sage mode and affinity with plants instead of Naruto's specific spin on Kurama's chakra. Oh right, speaking of Kurama and Naruto/Hashirama parallels, let's talk about the Torii Gate because after getting the Nine Tails Chakra Mode, Naruto just reveals that he can do this in order to seal Kurama again.

The new Torii seal is even represented on his body through the arch going over his chest in this form, pretty cool. This is another one of Hashirama's techniques, but it's never listed as a Wood Release thing. He can just do this somehow and presumably Naruto can as well. Kinda weird, right?

[ssa-ahotchner]

Closed Starter || @child-of-the-amis || Ashes and Dust

Aaron, Morgan, Reid, and Prentiss stood with the Dean of the University of Virginia and the head of the University Police Department. After the 4th fire had been set, originating from the kitchen of a women's dormitory room that killed two students, the BAU had been called in. The two students, in addition to the first victim during the first fire, caused the case to be reclassified from serial arsonist to serial murder. They stood in the middle of an empty hallway, classrooms on either side. "Do we close the school?" The Dean asked, pulling his glasses from his face in frustration and defeat. Prentiss shook her head, and Aaron spoke up. "Evacuating the school would mean the possibility of evacuating the Unsub as well. If you clear out the campus now, our chances of catching the arsonist become close to nothing." The Chief of Police snorted in disgust. "You think catching this man is worth the lives of more students?" "We're not saying that," Derek interjected, holding up a hand towards the Chief in an attempt to placate her. "If you evacuate now, we won't catch the Unsub. When you eventually reopen, he'll most likely start setting fires again. All closing the campus and dorms would do would put off your problem." Everyone around the circle grew quiet, thinking and silently sharing their frustration, when in the distance, a faint ringing could be heard. Reid was the first to notice, as he was closest to the door. His head snapped up, his brows furrowed as his eyes narrowed inquisitively. "Is that a fire alarm?" The young agent asked. The whole group looked in the same direction, and then the Dean said quickly, "The only building in that direction is the women's dorms." Aaron's mind quickly put two and two together- the women's dorms of the University of Virginia contained nearly two thousand female students... one of whom was Bailey. "Spread out," he said sharply. "Morgan, Prentiss, get into the building and start clearing floors as fast as you can with as many of the University cops you can round up. Reid, I want you to observe everyone who leaves the building but stays to watch. Use the profile to narrow down suspects, our Unsub may be one of them." He turned to the Dean and said quickly, "We'll need your help getting as many of the students out of the area as you can." The team took off running down the hall, blowing through the swinging doors into the outside air, already tainted by the smell of smoke. Aaron felt something other than the usual adrenaline rush as he ran toward the building, observing flames from several third-story windows: a knot forming in his stomach. Bailey was most likely inside her dorm room... which just happened to be on the third floor.

[leiasources]

a walk to remember sentence starters. (part one) a compilation of sentence starters from and inspired by a walk to remember (2002). feel free to adjust as necessary but do not add to the list. thank you!

‘ i'm sorry i haven't treated [ name ] the way i should have. they deserve more than that. ’

‘ it's like the wind… i can't see it but i feel it. i feel wonder and love and joy and beauty. it's the center of everything. ’

‘ when i lost them, i was afraid that my heart would never open again. ’

‘ well, my parents aren't home, if you want to come inside. ’

‘ i'm not going anywhere. please tell [ name ] that. ’

‘ maybe you inspire me. ’

‘ i'm not applying to college. ’

‘ i do not need a reason to be angry with god. ’

‘ [ name ], your behavior is sinful. ’

‘ that boy's dangerous, he's careless, he's the worst kind of bully. ’

‘ it's different with her, okay? she makes me want to be different. better. ’

‘ will you do something for me? will you marry me? ’

‘ do you want to buy some raffle tickets? we're trying to raise enough money so we can buy the school some new computers. ’

‘ i thought i saw something in you, something good… but i was very wrong. ’

‘ it's the quiet ones you got to watch out for. ’

‘ listen, [ name ], i was hoping we could run lines together. ’

‘ i came to say that i'm sorry. ’

‘ [ name ]'s asking me for help? okay, i'll pray for you. ’

‘ it's like she chose you, and you may not understand why, but i do. ’

‘ number one on my list is… getting out of [ place ]. ’

‘ why, you're [ name ]. you sit at lunch table seven, which isn't exactly the reject table but is definitely in self - exile territory. ’

‘ be back in an hour, alright? don't flake. ’

‘ hey… your mom called me. talk to me. ’

‘ okay, so you don't care about classes or graduating, but you like school because you're popular and you'll never be on top again? ’

‘ you are a child. ’

‘ you know i'm just messing with you, right? i'm going to be there opening night, front row, and you can count on it. ’

‘ sending a check once a month doesn't exactly make him my father. ’

‘ oh my god, look who's here. ’

‘ your acting didn't suck too bad. ’

‘ [ name ], i love you. ’

‘ what do you want, [ name ]? i've known you for years. you've never been the first one to come up and say hello. ’

‘ you couldn't pull this off if you had three months, man. ’

‘ it's time for you to start experiencing other things, start spending time with other kinds of people. ’

‘ don't even worry about it, okay? order whatever you want. ’

‘ she's the best person i've ever known. ’

‘ i don't think getting out is going to be a problem. it's more like figuring out what you're going to do when you get somewhere. ’

‘ i might kiss you. ’

‘ stop acting childish. ’

‘ [ name ]… i'm trying here, okay? ’

‘ the custodian thing kind of suits you. ’

‘ i thought we might get a bite after the show. ’

‘ i can't wait to see you in some stage makeup. that's going to be kind of cool. ’

‘ you can do anything. ’

‘ how do you know about that? you read about it in your precious book? ’

‘ i need help… with my lines. ’

‘ no, no, you know the real reason why you're scared? it's 'cause you want to be with me too. ’

‘ is this your idea of small talk or something? because if it is, your social skills need some work. ’

‘ i would tell you… but then i would have to kill you. ’

‘ i made you do too many things, i kept you out- ’

‘ are you sure you're okay? ’

‘ maybe… maybe i miss spending time with you. ’

‘ love? believe me, you don't want to go falling in love with someone like me. ’

‘ come on, [ name ], nothing's changed. it's over. ’

‘ so, would it kill you to try? ’

‘ are you scared? ’

‘ butterfly, rosebud, or star? ’

‘ your act only works on an audience. ’

‘ einstein said the more he studied the universe, the more he believed in a higher power. ’

‘ you've obviously never asked anybody for help before, right? ’

‘ okay, one foot here, one foot there… now, you're straddling the state line. you're in two places at once. ’

‘ listen.. thanks for letting me come over and run lines. ’

‘ you know i got three weeks to memorize this stuff? ’

‘ i'm so sorry. i really should have told you sooner. ’

[dessarious]

The Angel of Death Pt50

Inspired by this Story Starter by @someone-ev

*If you read on AO3, this chapter has already been posted, I just had log in issues here, which is why it’s so late.

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The next thing Marinette was conscious of was throwing up while Chloe held her hair and the Kwami hovered anxiously. She was in a bathroom at least, but that’s all she could process through the heaving. It didn’t help that her entire body felt like it was on fire. "What happened?" Her voice came out more as a croak and a cup of water appeared in her hand. She stared at it dubiously, wondering if it was worth the risk. "You used some of our powers without the Miraculous as a buffer. It’s a rare talent and you have to train for years if you don’t want the side effects. It would have been bad enough if you only did it once, but from what everyone said you used mine once, and Kaalki’s twice. Honestly, I’m surprised you’re still alive. Then again, the Kwami of Balance did decide to use you as their voice so you might be partially immune to the feedback." She just blinked at Plagg. The first part was straightforward enough, but she had no idea what the rest of it meant. "Kwami of Balance?" She was glad Chloe asked because she didn’t think she could open her mouth without something coming out. Tikki settled where Marinette could see her before answering. "Contrary to popular belief, Plagg and I were not the first Kwami. The Kwami of Balance existed long before and essentially created the rest of us. Unlike the rest of us, tying them to a Miraculous would have destroyed the universe itself. The Guardians aren’t even aware of their existence." "Fu seemed to know what a Keeper of Balance is, though. And I have no idea what the rest of it meant." Her words came out a little less raw and her stomach didn’t try anything funny so it was progress. "A Keeper of Balance is what the order calls people who have a direct connection to the Kwami of Balance, but they don’t know that. It’s a very rare occurrence, but they’ve learned better than to go against them. They see it almost as the universe speaking through a person, which isn’t completely inaccurate." Great, one more entity forcing her hand. "As for the other titles, Hand of Fate means your actions bring about other people’s fate. Defender of Gods is referring to you protecting us Kwami. Voice of Strings… that one is unique to you as far as I know, but I believe that once you reach your full potential and understanding, you’ll be able to use the strings that connect everything to predict events and shift things to bring the world more into balance. That ability is likely why the Kwami of Balance chose you to be their voice." Marinette could only stare at Tikki as she tried to process that. The only thought that would form properly was, ‘why me?’ It just felt like some grand cosmic joke. Let’s take one person, one child, and give them the responsibility to balance out the world and take care of a bunch of miniature gods. Oh, but before that, let’s completely destroy their life and put them through hell, just because. "The universe can go fuck itself." Tikki gave her a reprimanding look, but Plagg nodded sagely. "Where are we?" She didn’t recognize the bathroom now that she could take it in fully. "One of Gina’s safe houses. She thought it would be the best option, so Batman can’t find you. He’s still extremely pissed about what happened." She rolled her eyes at Chloe’s words. "He can go fuck himself, too." She closed her eyes and leaned her head back on the tub. With Talia dead, she should have finally been able to have a little peace, but now Bruce Wayne, his vigilante persona, and possibly the Justice League were going to be on her case. Wonderful. A cool washcloth appeared on her forehead. "Thanks Chloe." "I’m sorry." Marinette frowned and cracked an eye open. "For what?" "For not listening to you, and not taking this all as seriously as I should have. If I had, maybe we could have actually helped you so that you didn’t have to almost kill yourself." "Chloe, none of you were going to be prepared for dealing with the League, no matter how seriously you took things. I just wanted to keep you all alive. If anyone had listened to me, none of you would have been there in the first place. If there’s blame to place, it’s on Damian’s father for not leaving Paris as soon as we knew there was a credible threat. Or on Gina for putting her personal vendetta against Talia above all of your wellbeing." If she wanted so show up and piss off Batman and Talia, great. There was no reason to bring the others with her. "You four didn’t know any better, and the people who should have completely disregarded the consequences." "I’m still sorry. I promised to be a friend to you this time and I’m still terrible at it." Marinette felt her face scrunch in confusion. "I don’t see how the two correlate. You not taking something you don’t want to do seriously doesn’t really have anything to do with me. Not to mention you saw me kill Talia and worse, and you’re still here. That seems more relevant." She might be wrong, but she didn’t think so. As little as she understood the concept, they all seemed to place a premium on being in the same space at the same time. "We all understand why you did that. She was the one who killed your parents." Chloe’s reasoning just made her roll her eyes. Nothing in her life was that simple. "I killed Talia because she was a rabid dog that needed to be put down before she could do anymore damage. The fact that she’d injured me personally was simply a bonus. This is what I do Chloe." Everyone tried to separate what she did form who she was, even Gina to a point. It was frustrating. Yes she did what she had to, but they all assumed if she didn’t have to kill, she wouldn’t. It might even be true. The breakdown came because they all assumed ‘had to’ just meant had to for her survival. But it wasn’t really about her, it may never have been given what the Kwami were telling her. "I don’t expect you to understand it, or accept it, but I’m really not up to arguing with you right now." "Do you still want to be called Tris?" "What?" The question surprised her enough that she lifted her head, dropping the washcloth into her lap and bringing a wave of dizziness. "It just… it seemed like you reclaimed your birth name on that roof, so I was just wondering." Chloe was giving her a searching look. She didn’t respond right away, partly because of how fuzzy her head was, but mostly because she didn’t know. At least she didn’t until she realized she wasn’t thinking of herself in the third person anymore. For as long as she remembered she’d used her moniker to describe herself. That was going to take some getting used to. "I guess I did." She wasn’t certain what it meant though. She was going to have to continue going by The Angel of Death professionally, so her name didn’t really matter. "You can call me what you want." "I’d rather call you what you want." She couldn’t stop the frustrated sigh that left her. Instead, she just laid her head back on the tub and closed her eyes. "Who else is here?" There was a pause before Chloe answered. "Just the two of us, Gina, Fu, and Cass." Fewer people were certainly better, but she wasn’t certain Cass being there was a great idea. Cousin or not she had divided loyalties and even if she wasn’t feeding Batman information, he would be even more pissed off that she was here so it was one more reason for him to look for them. Hang on… "Do you know who Cass is?" Another pause. She cracked an eye to see Chloe giving her a concerned look. "I know she’s Black Bat, and I know she knows Gina outside of that." It was more than she expected. "Does she know about the others? Or you for that matter?" "Me yes, the others, not as far as I know. Given how observant she seems to be, I can’t discount it though. She has been here the whole time, even when Fu went to collect the rest of the Miraculous, so there’s a good chance she doesn’t know about the others." "How long have we been here?" That brought another concerned look. "Two days… you don’t remember anything?" Oh, that couldn’t be good. "What did I do?" "You were yelling a lot, and Gina and Cass had to hold you down a few times to keep you from… I’m not sure what. They said you were yelling in Arabic so they probably have a better idea of what you wanted to do. They kicked me out of the room once because of how badly you were struggling." Marinette looked at the Kwami. Tikki and Nooroo wouldn’t look her in the eye. "Plagg, what happened?" "It wasn’t your fault. It was like the pushback from when you fixed Dusuu’s Miraculous multiplied by a thousand." "What did I do?" "You were reliving your time with the League." Nooroo’s quiet voice still sounded loud in the silence. "A lot of what you said was just planning… or wishing for death." Great. She really hadn’t wanted Gina to have a better idea of what she went through. "And when they kicked Chloe out?" "I believe it was from your escape. They were worried they wouldn’t be able to keep you contained." That certainly made sense. She’d had to work her way through a lot of chaos. Everyone from both sides was trying to kill or capture her. Funnily enough Talia’s orders had been to kill and Deathstroke’s had been to capture. "Well, at least I understand why Cass is still here." They would have needed to take shifts to make sure she was contained at the very least. "Why did Gina let you stay?" It was beyond dangerous to let Chloe be anywhere near her in such a state. "You calmed down a little sometimes when I talked to you. Otherwise, it was mostly to distract Fu, since he seemed to rile you up more." Marinette let out a laugh that turned into a coughing fit. By the time it was over, she was curled up on the floor with her head in Chloe’s lap. She hurt, everywhere. "They had to get a little rough with you." "I’m sure more than a little. It takes a lot to keep me down." Ever since that first fight with Damian, she knew that her only hope for survival was to always get back up. "I’m tired. You should get the others in case I slip back into a delusional state." "The Kwami all say you’re safe now, unless you channel their powers again. It’s the only reason they left me alone with you in the first place." She wanted to argue, but her body felt heavy and she couldn’t remember what she wanted to argue about. "Just sleep. The Kwami can protect me if something happens."

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[giftedeath]

plotted starter for @ashesrebirthed

hands  are  curled  into  tight  angry  fists,  as  dawn  goes  on  and  on  about  how  exciting  it  is  that  cordelia’s  staying  longer  than  whatever  they  had  𝒊𝒏𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚  𝒂𝒈𝒓𝒆𝒆𝒅  𝒖𝒑𝒐𝒏.  come  to  think  of  it,  buffy’s  unsure  if  it  had  ever  been  said.  she  had  been  grateful,  immensely  so.  if  cordelia  being  there,  helping,  ensuring  dawn’s  safety  ...  meant  also  sharing  a  room  with  her,  sharing  the  scoobies  and  dawn  with  her  …  well  it  would  all  be  worth  it.  except,  now  with  time  passing,  stakes  so  high,  joyce  so  sick,  and  her  entire  being  practically  calcifying;  buffy  just  worried  her  patience  was  going  with  the  rest  of  it. 

it  just  takes  a  moment,  𝒇𝒐𝒓  𝒕𝒉𝒆  𝒋𝒆𝒂𝒍𝒐𝒖𝒔𝒚,  𝒃𝒊𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒏𝒆𝒔𝒔,  𝒂𝒏𝒅  𝒓𝒂𝒈𝒆  to  come  rearing  its  ugly  head.  a  combination  of  things  …  of  dawn  being  so  googly-eyed  over  the  other  woman,  but  it's  angel  too.  cordelia  left  angel  behind,  and  for  buffy  it  had  been  the  other  way  around.  she  had  loved  him  so  much,  and  he  had  still  left  her. 

so  she  found  herself  leaving  dawn’s  room  without  so  much  as  another  word;  makes  a  beeline  for  her  own  bedroom.  she  pauses  just  outside  the  door,  and  she  eavesdrops.  presses  her  ear  against  the  wood.  she  hears  cordelia  mutter  pleasantries,  using  angel’s  name.  suddenly,  buffy  felt  like  she  was  in  the  halls  of  sunnydale  high  once  again.  being  overlooked  …  worse,   𝒂𝒍𝒍  𝒆𝒚𝒆𝒔  𝒐𝒏  𝒕𝒉𝒆  𝒘𝒆𝒊𝒓𝒅  𝒈𝒊𝒓𝒍.

she  opens  the  door  only  when  it  sounds  like  the  call  has  ended.  whilst  in  the  room,  buffy’s  frown  is  evident  and  she  practically  slams  it  closed.  she  hardly  even  glances  at  cordelia  when  she  says,  ❛   i’d  appreciate  it  if  you  didn’t  spend  all  your  time  here  whispering  sweet  nothings  over  the  phone  to  my  ex-boyfriend.  ❜  there’s  a  bite  to  her  bark  and  the  words  are  pointed,  𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒂𝒍.  doesn’t  pretend  to  hide  the  bitter  nature  of  it  all.  ❛   in  fact,  why  are  you  even  here,  again  ?  just  trying  to  rub  it  in  my  face  that  you’re  all  vision-y  and  angel’s  best  friend  all  of  a  sudden  ?  …  i  thought  we  were  in  the  universe  of  supposedly  helpful  and  not  -  super  -  tacky  cordelia.  ❜  and  just  to  prove  how  petty  of  a  situation  it  is,  buffy  crosses  her  arms  over  her  chest  like  a  petulant  child.  head  too  clouded  with  past  grievances  to  recognize  what  was  really  going  on.  ❛   guess  they  were  wrong  about  that,  huh. ❜

[interact-if]

Day 7 of our Asian and Pacific Islander Heritage Month Featured Author Interviews, continuing with Neha!

Neha, author of Demurela.

DEMURELA is a dark fantasy interactive fiction. You, a former witch, now a night-hunter (people prefer to call you The Seeker) are seeking revenge for your dead lover, and your dead father, along with your siblings, from the millennial old eidolon who has been after the witches of your blood line for centuries.

Along the way, you find the lives at stake because of your journey. Will you protect them or let them fall as collateral damage? What makes you think you have the power of choice when you land in thr capital city of Demurela? The capital visited only by the most superior of the courts? The capital where The Undead Queen and The Lupine Leader dominate?

What will you choose to do when the rulers’ adopted child nears to be the collateral damage of your rage? Will you protect the little one while fulfilling your oath, or will you give into the feeling of the world being nothing but selfish?

Read more about Demurela here. Demo TBA. Tags: Dark fantasy.

[INTERVIEW TRANSCRIPT UNDER THE CUT!]

Q1. Hello! Could you tell us a little bit about to yourself and your project?

Well, for starters, I’m a uni student studying economics, a writer and sometimes a poet! And mostly a chaotic introvert somehow :D

Demurela is a story that deals with the rough parts of life where there are times people can’t find any hope. The story has an intense start which turns into a journey of healing after facing difficult losses. It deals with the five stages of grief, tagging along with ‘life has it’s own way’. During the journey, the protagonist meets people who can be trusted, and I couldn’t help myself to add a little found family trope in it J

Q2. What inspired your current project?

There wasn’t anything in particular that specifically inspired the project. The plot lore is very mildly inspired from my early teenage obsession like the vampire diaries, but mostly it’s inspired by my love for dark fantasies and anything even mildly related to supernatural stuff!

Q3. Do you pull from your own identity for inspiration? How has that been reflected in your work?

Partially. I really love to see so many IF projects having a universe where the world is not divided by races, sexuality or gender, and considering I’m still in the closet around my friends and family, it inspired me as well to create a world where people can express themselves as whoever they want to be. Other than that, the themes of the project are mostly inspired by all the kinds of pent up energy inside myself which I felt like expressing, and I found out that this project was it.

Q4. What are you most excited about your project?

Well writing it! For the most part :D but I’m pretty excited about finally putting out the characters I’ve spent years working on! Half of the characters in the story are the characters I made when I first started writing. They were badly written with near no details, but it’s been a while and I’ve turned them into something way better (as I like to believe) so I’m pretty curious to see how they’re recieved!

Q5. What has your experience writing an IF and with the IF community been like?

I’ve been with the IF community for almost three years now! There have been some ups and downs, but mostly I’ve seen many parts of the community grow! I get a little nervous talking to other authors (that’s just my introverted concious) but I’ve made some friends and met some amazing people along the way!

When I first started with the project, it got a tad bit difficult for me to catch up with the coding part of it, and honestly I’m still learning! It takes effort, but the testing results always remind me that it’s worth the patience I keep to continue learning! Sometimes it gets a little hectic to keep up with other stuff like studies and life in general along side coding, but I’ve started to get the hang of it! :D

Q6. What changes in the IF community would you like to see?

The community has grown impressively, but there’s always room for progress! Nothing much comes to my mind, other than more Asian – Indian specifically for myself – characters being represented!

Q7. What piece of advice would you give to fellow creators?

Well, I’ve only recently became a creator, so the only piece of advice I can give is to not feel obligated towards your project! There are times when you simply can’t afford to spend time on your side projects and that’s completely fine! You are not obliged to any kind of deadlines and even if you write just one page a month, it’s still completely okay because you’re doing this for yourself! Because you felt like this is a good way for you to express and improve yourself!

[leschanceux]

Starter call! ( aka new drafts cycle, same old me. )

- might be be a one-liner from a dialogue generator or a meme for speed

- if muse / fandom isn’t specified, will be randomly picked        

+ feel free to specify a verse or a meme if you’re really vibing idm      

+ multiple suggestions will be honoured because i have zero self-control

[torisave]

If Bella Goth Never Went Missing

I always loved the idea of an alternate universe where Bella Goth never went missing and always wondered how that would impact other households. In the end I made this save file simply called If Bella Goth Never Went Missing filled with my own imaginings of how some of the most iconic sims 2 families with many differences. Because Bella never went missing families have changed in big ways and small ways which I wont spoil here and let you explore for yourself.

This is not a base game only save file though don’t let that stop you from downloading the save file. The packs used were all expansions, all game packs except Journey to Batuu, Wedding stories, and Werewolves, all stuff packs except Luxury Party and My First Pet Stuff, and also NO kits were used.

I have edited every lot in every world except for the lots built by other simmers though I did clear out all houses without residents to make it more realistic. All families have been edited to include more packs into their outfits and over all just to make them look better. To go with the outfit changes I made sure all child sims looked good when they aged up. 

I also tried to give every family a good family tree but for some reason the game started deleting some of the dead sims so some trees might not be complete like the Crumplebottoms which had probably the biggest family tree. I added extra lore and relationships to families that previously didn’t have any.

In Willow Creek I renovated/rebuilt all the lots except for the Haunted house lot which I just loved too much. This Is where the Goths, Dreammers, and Brokes live.

In Oasis Springs all lots where renovated/rebuilt with the museum being replaced by a restaurant lot. This is where the Curious, Singles, Monty, Caliente, and Lotharios live.

Newcrest is completely built from all empty lots also there is a vegan restaurant and a lot perfect for homeless let’s play in this world. The rest of the Monty family and Crumplebottom families live here. Also there are two Agnes Crumplebottoms since Cottage Living has an Agnes so she’s just another Agnes in the family tree.

Magnolia Promenade has also been renovated now having a graveyard, cat café, and Italian restaurant. The cat café was the first lot I ever built and has a special place in my heart.

In Windenburg all lots got rebuilt/renovated there is a lot perfect for a homeless let’s play and a Restaurant which attracts vampires. The Capp and Pleasant families live here.

In San Myshuno all apartments have atleast 1 family living in them to make neighbors for your sims to live with. I have added a spa where the gym used to be and the arts center is now a museum but still can be used as an arts center. Also the old salt factory is now a community project lot. The Debateau, Alto, and the rest of the Capp family live here.

In Forgotten Hollow all lots have been rebuilt/renovated their is an abandoned starter lot perfect for renovating and Lore between the families has been added.

In Brindleton Bay the meuseum has been turned into a house and has a family living there. There is also a restaurant which is like a food stand more so than a restaurant. I have also built a abandoned hangout for the local teens and young adults.

In Del Sol Valley all lots have been renovated and the lounge now has an upstairs movie theater there is also a cute coffee shop instead of a park. Also I added more lore to the townies especially Judith because I like making my sims suffer. 

In Strangerville there is one starter lot that is a rundown Victorian but there is plenty of lore with the families along with plenty of creepy basements. The Smith, Grunt, Spector, and Beaker families live here.

In Sulani a spa has been added and I made some family drama to go around along with a secret mermaid family. The new families here were inspired by the Altos from the sims 3 isla paradiso.

In Glimmerbrook I made the bar more of like a community space with a secret spellcaster room and green house. I have also added the Cordial sisters, The good witch Phoebe, and the evil witch Frances. Also I gave the Charm family way more lore.

Britechester is now a completely university students only world by having no residential lots. All lots are renovated and currently there are two Sorority-frats for your sims to join or not. Also Angela and Lilith are teens in this save file so I edited their sims 4 versions making them Elderberries instead. They are now Brianna and Sherry Elderberry and will appear in the family tree as Rohans sisters.

In Evergreen Harbor I added a arts center and a Asian restaurant which doubles as a park. Also all apartments have a family living in one of the units in each building. I have also expanded the Tinker family to include the Tinkers from the sims 2.

In Mt. Komorebi no longer has vacation lots, you can change this but you’ll miss out on some cool storylines I’ve created. I tried not to touch any of the lots and only built a spa on the empty one. Although I did empty the starter homes for realism. The rest of the Capp family lives here also.

In Henford-on-Bagley I added an abandoned cottage and changed the rental lot to a residential. I also tried not to change the houses too much but I did have to renovate the mansion for the Summerdream family which are spellcasters for now.

In Moonwood Mill I emptied out the starter house and made it look more run down inside. Also I built a trailer park on the empty lot and added the trailer sims from the gallary. I also had them join the current wolf packs so they are filled out a bit more.

Here is the download link please enjoy the save file :)

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ai1nFMLJ07QaVWPloVBm6GVI5ZZPLRr3/view?usp=sharing

Here’s the link if you have the Werewolf’s pack :)

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1UvoN9QIQsiA4b-rgXI3xHJ9if2H4ZbGe/view?usp=sharing

High School Years Save

I added a fixer upper vet clinic in place of the stater home and I added in the Beckett family which has the football player from the high school years trailer. I had to move out the Prescott family and put the Beckett family in their house. I also built an old lookout tower where the empty lot used to be. I also built a new high school with every skill I could fit in along with making it easy to play in. The auditorium and all its lot types is included and I have play tested prom, career day, and graduation to make sure every thing is functional.

In this save I replaced the old cat cafe and turned it into a boba tea and thrift shop cat cafe. I also renovated the bathe de rill lot again, the Brindleton bay pawspitle, and turned the south square coffee into a boba tea spot.

Download for Highschool years is here:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1_t5z5mZtj0Znz7mWhME3CvTWzSWnwcCA/view?usp=drive_link

[slightly2optimistic]

Dr. Strange MOM SPOILERS

I’ll start off by saying I didn’t really like this movie, some of the stuff they did looked cool, but storytelling wise and plot/universe advancement wise, sucked.

For starters I think the Dr.strange the mcu has made is kind of boring, and instead of adding to his character by having him bond (not counting the child America) with other heroes, or elaborating on his grey morality at times, they just put concrete evil things infront of him so like, you don’t have to wonder about the morality of his decision. Like in the beginning of the movie they re-emphasis that “he made the only call” with thanos. But from an outsiders perspective people would have no idea how he came to that conclusion. Dr.strange isn’t a bad character in the mcu by any means, it just seems things happen around him instead of him taking an active roll.

And then there’s Wanda…I thought the plot twist at the start of the movie that she’s gonna be the villain, awful. This movie made it seem like the 2 most powerful magic users were gonna team up and (i thought go through the hell dimension or something) to fight an outside threat and expand on the mcu lore. Instead we got generic “Wanda bad and crazy” and they didn’t even show that decent, weather it be from the dark hold or her consuming grief. At the end of wandavision she went off with the dark hold to look for her boys, at the very least they could have shown her being corrupted by that in some way.

In comics her kids are taken by Mefisto and she goes to rescue them, making some morally dubious decisions along the way. I’ll admit it is in character both comics and movies for Wanda to be alittle off her rocker, and there should be consequences for west view. I thought a self imposed isolation on her part was good enough, especially since no other hero went and checked up on her after all the traumatic shit that happened. But I think this movie faults it’s self in a corporate way of maybe having to assume the viewer might not have watched wandavision, so instead of giving her the growth she experienced in the show, we see her go through the same out of control grief in the movie, but worse, and for not a very good reason. Cuz without acknowledging the unconventional origins of speed and wicken, they lessen Wanda’s character motivations in a significantly negative way. I don’t think Wanda failed to over come her grief and became evil by the dark hold, I think the writers failed her character and took and easy cop out instead of writing an emotionally in-depth self actualizing arc for her. Also like, why the hell wouldn’t this movie want to being speed and wicken into our universe, I wanna see them in the young avengers in the future, but that can’t happen if they don’t exist.

I digress. The Xavier cameo and Wong were my favorite parts of the movie. Wong deserves his own movie tbh. But like all those other ppl in the illuminati didn’t make alot of sense in the fight scene. Black blot was just super ick, way to downgrade the most powerful inhuman. Also if Wanda can take was is mouth by thinking, and know enough about Read Richards to pull him apart like taffy at a glance, then the other 2 Illuminati wouldn’t last 5 seconds, and the excessive gore was cool but was only made possible by the total mental deterioration on Wanda’s character. That whole scene was straight from a horror movie and they made Wanda the monster, which to me is a crutch and also doesn’t make sense why she’d be running after ppl when she can like, fly???

Also they introduced Xavier and Black Bolt but didn’t mention the X men or Inhumans. So this movie failed as a set to introduce those possible future charters, which is what I really wanted from the movie. Some hint or sign somewhere on how they’re going to fill the spots of all the now dead heros. Instead the only progression we got was the end credit scene, and I don’t think they deserve to do that. This whole movie should’ve been a set up for the hell/dark dimension if that’s where they were going next.

If they had advertised this solely as a Dr.strange movie I wouldn’t have a problem with it. Keep Wanda and the multiverse out of it. Let the dimension hopping be the surprise of the movie, spend more time exploring that. And because they made such a big deal out of the multiverse, I thought something big and world changing was gonna happen that would pay off and effect the universe later on. I thought when Wanda and Strange first squared off at the temple, something like the unstable spell in spider-man:no way home was gonna happen. Instead the movie was campy and relied on dimension hopping as a crutch of a plot devise. And they didn’t even expand on America that much since the dimension hoping just kinda made her a tag along, and there’s no current super hero group for her to be sent off to and become apart of.

This is all obviously just my opinion, but this movie left a disappointing impression on me.

[shiroi---kumo]

Inhuman Starters || Accepting

@zoragrace​ asked:

“you’re not human… are you?”

What a one this is... she reminds him of Pist but in a much less offensive manner. He can only assume if he’s reading her correct that she would be a being of mist and for a moment that alone makes his heart sing. Even if they are not of the same species. Even if she most likely cannot use the substance herself that means however that within the space of the universe - he is no longer truly alone.  That means there is a species that exists out in the corners of the universe - wherever she is from that is comprised on the same elemental side that he is when it comes to the god’s divide of the realms. 

He’s always found it curious how creatures of water and sky could be so closely related. This fact alone is enough to bring a true smile to the sky child’s lips as his mask floods back to greet her. 

“I am not.” He sounds at her question with a sparkle in his vision. “I am what is known as Misterican. I am a Sky Child, a child of the Mist.” He sounds holding his left hand up so it may hover just over his heart with a slight curve to his fingers. “My name is White Cloud, but say I have never seen someone of your species before. Forgive me if asking so is rude, but what are your people called and what may I call you?” 

[coupcrew]

#COUPCREW - an indie sci-fi multimuse featuring characters based on an original concept. Written by Marty (he/him, 25+, white, UK). Rules are available here, character roster & important notes under the cut. Please read my rules before following / interacting. Any memes I reblog are always being accepted.

MUTINY ON THE PROSPERO!

Freighter traitors murder loyal Gibson captain on routine cargo run. -- Captain Leckie Francisco was butchered by his freighter crew on a regular transport job to Ivis V last week, his body discovered some days later by Gibson Company security workers. Gibson Company ship, the Prospero, was stolen in the wake of this horrific attack and has yet to be relocated. Authorities have released the names of the workers responsible for this heinous crime and are requesting that anybody with information comes forward. Any worker who aids the authorities in recovering Company property will be rewarded appropriately.

Welcome aboard the Starhopper, the newly renamed and newly stolen freight starship currently barrelling across the galaxy as its crew attempts to escape Company security. Everything is completely fine!

Character Roster

Aurora - An android, recently jailbroken by one Zoie St Just and exhibiting all the signs of being a real, living guy. That is to say, it's very anxious and has discovered a love for twelve-sugar cups of tea. Named itself after a natural phenomenon because of a conversation the crew were having, was almost called Jellyfish instead. It serves as the ship medic.

Jessamyn 'Jessy' Arizona - Starhopper's communications specialist and unofficial artist. Would rather die than go back to Company territory, and hasn't been happier since the Starhopper crew outlawed themselves. The same day that the crew decided they were never going back, she began planning a mural that now covers every wall in the crew quarters. The Company can only reprimand you for defacing their property if you get caught!

Lowry Vestergaard - A stowaway, eldest child of the most powerful family in Vestergaard Company space. A pawn in her parents' schemes and a target for any and every rival in the galaxy, she saw her opportunity to escape when the Starhopper was loading supplies on Felicity Rec and stowed away on the ship. Never mind that she went willingly, her family call the Starhopper crew kidnappers, and now the crew can add Vestergaard security onto their list of worries.

Matías 'Mat' Izarra - Starhopper's pilot, and one of the most talented going. He would rather turn around and head back to Company territory and go back to a normal life, but he wouldn't do that to the rest of the crew. He's always wanted to see the universe but he'll be the first to admit he didn't mean it like this. But, hey, he's always been one to make the best of a bad situation.

Important Others - Kit Leung, the security specialist; Zoie St Just, the ship mechanic; Arjun of Borealis Station, the youngest member of the crew & subsequent jack of all trades; Terra Toab, the oldest member of the crew & deeply respected engineer; Odell, just Odell, the navigator; Vernon Shum, the freightmaster. Their former captain, Leckie Francisco, was a loyal employee of the Gibson Company, and also a deeply cruel man to his crew. Starhopper's AI, known as Prospero, used to be linked directly to Aurora and has a barely-restrained vendetta against the crew.

General Note: I do have some memory issues & this does impact my ability to run this blog. I may sometimes forget about drafts or plotting/starter calls or anything along those lines, so please feel free to give me a nudge if you think I might have forgotten about something! I won't be irritated by it at all and actually appreciate the reminder if it's been more than a week or so.

[wailshe-a]

@maegicks / starter call.

"you've seen darkness." she knows it's not the most upbeat thing to say, but looking at bellamy only solidifies the death she can sense around him. it might not even be a direct response to him personally, but lydia knows when someone is around people who have the reaper clinging to them like a lost child. brows furrow as she takes a step back. "i'm sorry, that was weird. i just had a strange feeling when i touched your hand, it's probably nothing." she forces a smile. try to be normal, lydia. this is why even after university nothing has changed. she looks at bellamy again, trying to work out in her mind what it is that has plagued him.