#intrinsic effects

[knifedancer]

Love At First Sight - Silly Thoughts

Thinking about miraculous intrinsic effects and how that might impact Argos/Felix while writing 'Love At First Sight: Bonus'. How he would fan out his coat tails dramatically in front of his desired partner/mate…led to this giggle-inducing image in my head.

Young adults. Post Hawkmoth. Post Argos Redemption.

Main Story

Bonus, Sorta

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“What….is….happening?” Marinette’s bewildered whisper was nearly drowned out by the lively guitar music, her forehead creased in confusion and curiosity. Wayzz and Tikki floated over her left shoulder, the turtle kwami sporting the same mildly fascinated look an animal documentarist might have watching a rare species while the red bug kwami looked unimpressed and bored. All three pairs of eyes focused on the flashy display of blues, purples, and greens before them; augmented by the occasional trilling of a flute.

Wayzz cleared his throat and adopted a more serious expression before speaking softly. “Observe, the male of the species. It is said to be legend in some cultures that the flamboyant display is a divine sign of incoming monsoon.” He paused and all three tilted their heads as the tapping of feet increased, then reduced yet again.

Tikki snorted, “I wish a monsoon would come end this. Where’s Plagg when you need him?”

The turtle continued as if she had not spoken. “Their call is often described as haunting…” – another flute trill – “…if loud. Only the male has the beautiful plumage to display, which they can do for only short amounts of time—”

“Not short enough.” The bug snarked over Wayzz’s calm voice.

“Tikki!” came Marinette’s affronted whisper.

“…Their feathers are considered to ward off bad energies or provide luck and protection in certain cultures.”

All three blinked as the display before them expanded and grew to be more colorful.

“Good grief…” Tikki sighed in exasperation, bringing her small nub of a paw up to rub at her face.

“In the spring the male’s tail will come in fully, which they will fan it open and shake them, in an effort to attract a mate—”

“A WHAT?!” Marinette whisper screeched, her eyes bulging as her face reddened. She peeled her gaze from the deadpan kwami and back towards the man in front of her. Viewing the strange performance that he was exhibiting in a new light, she rested her chin behind interwoven fingers while deep in thought.

“The peacock wishes to charm and be selected as a mate, Grand Guardian,” Wayzz stated simply.

“Hmph, certainly new. When was the last time we had a male peafowl holder?” Tikki mused to her fellow kwami while her chosen deliberated silently.

“Oh goodness, not for a couple millennia. He was a Buddhist monk, if I recall correctly…took a vow of celibacy…” the turtle hummed softly, his eyes following the ostentatious movements.

The bug kwami patted the young woman’s cheek, gaining her attention. “It could be worse, Marinette. Remember when Chat Noir left dead mice on your balcony?”

The bluenette cringed, “Ugh, no, I had hoped to forget that phase forever.”

Tikki giggled, “Plagg wasn’t much better. When he decided to court me in the 13th century, he brought a large slice of Pont l’Eveque into the miracle box.” Marinette looked horrified. “Took it at least a century to air that out. The miraculous temple was very displeased.” Both kwami shuddered at the memory.

With a loud bang, all three jumped and returned their attention back to the dancing young man before them. “Pyrotechnics?! Okay, that’s it!” Marinette got up and stormed over to the boombox, cutting the music and leaving a breathless Argos stumbling to a stop.

“Wha…”

“I like you too. Pick me up for dinner at 20:00, nothing too fancy,” the bluenette called out over her shoulder as she walked away.

“Wait! You didn’t let me finish!” The blond protested tiredly, panting from the exertion.

The young woman paused with one foot hooked on the fire escape ladder, looking at him fondly. “It was a lovely dance, Felix.  I especially liked when you shook your—ahem, 20:00. Don’t be late.” With that, she disappeared over the side of the roof and back towards her open apartment window.

“BUT I TOOK FLAMENCO LESSONS FOR EIGHT WEEKS FOR THIS!”

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The original story that this silly thought came from, Love At First Sight, can be found on AO3

[kittykatninja321]

not gonna lie jayroy can be kinda fun when you don’t have a bitch in your ear complaining about it

[moiraimyths]

Before we call anon rude because let’s see it from their perspective, imagine getting an entire feast to eat. That can be pretty hard to start with so much that’s going on, but if they start with one thing they know they’ll like (aka one character they like) that can be the start for them leaping to other characters to finish the story and the bigger story. I struggle the same way to start book series if I don’t have at least one character that drives me to read it, it’s all about what can be the hook to push them through. Sounds like the anon is neurodivergent (just a guess) so they might genuinely not see it as rude and see it as a solution to even play the game to start with.

Btw absolutely adore the game, the complex and rich characters making them all so unique is amazing. The art is so pleasing to the eyes I love it!! I’m waiting for it all to get out at once so I don’t get too impatient. Shae however interests me the most, which routes will have the most lore for them? Will there be routes that give more lore in general based on decisions you make or do they all share the same amount? (I mean general lore not just Shae lore)

Apologies; we are not trying to accuse any asker of being rude! We are simply explaining our perspective as the developers / are trying to broadly encourage folks to dip their toes into other areas of the story outside of the main route(s) they're interested in, especially considering some routes will be made available sooner than others, and these other routes will likely contain additional scenes/lore of everyone's fave(s) regardless! We want to give each main cast member an equal amount of love (and lore) regardless of their overall popularity, so our goal is not to tut-tut anyone for having strong preferences for one character over the others, but rather to explain that you may be surprised by how much *more* you learn about your preferred characters in the other routes. That's all!

For Shae... Well, they were a foot soldier for one of the worst periods of the War. Lore wise, any other story that touches on the War will likely have content relevant to them and their experiences. ^^

[wonder-worker]

"Alice Perrers was perceived by her contemporaries to be an uncrowned queen and through an analysis of her activities it is clear she was able to utilise the practical benefits of queenship for her own ends. However, by taking on the mantle of queenship Alice fundamentally corrupted the sovereignty and kingship of Edward III. First, by her aggressively political behaviour she became the threat at the heart of the power structure that the gendered constructions of queenship were supposed to remove from a consort. Second, by taking on the practical aspects of queenship she inherently undermined the ideological role of queenship, both by the simple fact that she was a mistress and not a queen, and even more so because of her behaviour. The problems Alice caused and how she was perceived were amplified in contrast to the [...] demeanour of Philippa, who was widely respected and much loved by the people. Just as queens in their exalted position were ‘lightning rods’ for ideas about women and female power, so was Alice because of her proximity to the king."

-Laura Tompkins, The uncrowned queen: Alice Perrers, Edward III and political crisis in fourteenth-century England, 1360-1377 (Thesis, University of St Andrews, 2013)

"Alice's expansion of her power through the office of queenship was problematic for a number of reasons. First, while the queen’s power was legitimised by her marriage to the king and her coronation, Alice’s power was not formalised in this way and consequently would have been regarded as illegitimate. Second, she was not the right type of woman to share in the king’s dignity. She was not noble, she was not chaste and she was not virtuous. Instead, she was a low-born London widow and a businesswoman. Consequently, we find Alice being discussed in the language and stereotypes of queenship, but in a rather negative light. For example, while queens are routinely described as noble, beautiful and virtuous regardless of what they actually looked like, Walsingham is quick to emphasise that Alice was of low birth, and that, almost implied as a consequence, she ‘was not attractive or beautiful’. While we do not know what Alice looked like it seems unlikely that Edward III would have taken and kept her as a mistress for so long if she had been physically repellent. Third, and most significantly, not only was Alice an inappropriate mistress exercising illegitimate power, but she also broke all of the gendered rules that queenship was constructed around, inverting the ideal form of queenship to her advantage."

[thatdesklamp]

My fav thing about writing IW is that my writing has matured at the same time as the characters.

So if there’s something really awkward or weird in the earlier story it’s purely because the characters are kids and ha ha not at all because I wasn’t very good at writing. But don’t worry! It gets far more sophisticated as the characters grow up and that is intentional! (the author started the fic two years ago and has improved substantially over that time)

[waywardsalt]

anyways. my very first attempt at malenia

[unopenablebox]

people are really on one about midwestern politeness like what the fuck are you guys talking about. personally i grew up in a city and don't make eye contact on the subway, regular-like. not sure what you think happens in illinois

[paper-ish]

modern greek myth fans are so exhausting because tell me why the comment sections of epic the musical songs are filled with people insisting odysseus (who held "bride prizes" or sex slaves like the rest of the heroes) never actually cheated on penelope because those evil magic women compelled him? calypso sure but circe? i have to laugh my guys odysseus didn't give a fuck about fidelity of all things. this was thousands of years ago these men were terrible monsters and to engage with the text or even adaptations of it you have to both accept their moral framework was very different and condemnable, not try and whitewash the terrible things they did to make it more palatable for yourself. im not saying it's #problematic to find these characters or stories compelling or engage with them (i am an epic the musical enjoyer myself) but man the fandomification of the terrible men of myth and legend is insane

[tarantula-hawk-wasp]

What do you mean other people didn’t spend their entire life intently preparing themselves to be in leadership positions

[foldingfittedsheets]

Man. Season 3 of His Dark Materials is letting me down in a big way.

[knifedancer]

Falling In Autumn - Silly Thoughts

If you have not, please check out the original story! (Felinette)

I enjoy the concept that the Miraculous rub off certain traits (like wanting to hibernate, sensitivity to cold/sound, purring, etcetera) from the fandom but never see it implied that Hawkmoth/Shadowmoth gets it. Why?

Humor me for a second. Imagine it: winter time.

Gabriel getting grumpy because he’s far too tired to get any work done – as the villain of Paris or as a designer. He takes more trips to warmer climates, claiming them as business expenses. Every time he gets some inspiration, he ends up drawing some version of a poncho or snuggie; ends up throwing his tablet in frustration. His magical suit gets those fluffy bits, like the thorax and legs on a Venezuelan Poodle Moth or Rosy Maple Moth… In my mind he looks more like a fluffed-up pimp with his cane and Gabriel hates it.

Noroo (secretly a snarky little sh!t like Plagg), all innocent, is like: “That’s what you subconsciously want, master.”

Plus his lair is WAY too cold for him or the akuma butterflies:

“Nathalie! Get me a dozen space heaters! [long pause] What do you mean we don’t have an electrical outlet down here?! How is the observatory shade powered then?! [pause] Then what do I pay you for?!”

[zvaigzdelasas]

A natural consequence of china's long 改革开放(reform/opening) is that, particularly as China starts to become competitive to the imperial core, a naive pro-labor position within the imperial core does tend naturally towards anti China even absent a world where anti Chinese racism already exists

[lesbianjudasiscariot]

okay like

[ghostzzy]

honestly i lump my neurodivergence and my EDS into the same category in my mind wrt my personal life narrative about my disability. they're holding hands. they're often indistinguishable.

[bonivers]

i always struggle 2 answer the question “how do u find the motivation to continue pursuing More education” bc i don’t have any secret tips. i just want it That Bad. but also. spite is a very compelling motivator 👍

[nomairuins]

future for scientist, bound for cadaver, and monster for both of them? 🤔

future: What's the worst possible future for your OC? Are they taking steps to avoid that outcome? Are they even aware it's a possibility?

SO unfortunately for scientist i think the worst outcome for her is. achieving immortality FJNFJFN despite that being the one thing shes working towards yk. i think deepdown she knows this but shes still pursuing it bc shes basically in denial abt it... i think her being immortal would rly enhance some of her worst traits. like she already feels disconnected/dofferent/isolated from other people (which is partially why shes pursuing immortality in the first place) but if she got it it would just be. soooo much worse. i truly believe if she did become immortal shed fuck off to like. the most isolated place on earth and shed never talk to another person ever again. Which she might think is a good thing but it absolutely would not be

bound: Has your OC ever been imprisoned or captured? What happened? How did they get out? Did the experience leave any scars?

soo this one is difficult bc cadavers backstory im changing my mind on it majorly atm... previously i did have him being arrested and held in prison for a while and then being broken out/recaptured by scientist but im not sure if i still want all that .. the like. nature of his ... Whole thing has changed a lot since i originally came up with her so im not sure if that still works. like it Could but idk... so this one is a bit of a weird question to answer atm bc i havent fully decided yet... i suppose depending on how much control you view cadaver as having you could say like. living with scientist is imprisonment but i do think if cadaver actually wanted to get out it probably could. SO idk... also scars r also being reconsidered in my mind bc previously i had him Getting scars but now im not sure if that actually makes sense with the healing thing... but the issue is one of the main reasons i made him is bc i think autopsy scars r cool 😭😭😭 so i dont know...

monster: Is your OC monstrous in any way? Is there something that makes them monstrous? Are they aware of their own monstrosity? Do they accept it or reject it?

scientist: YAY so i think scientist has always felt inherently other. but i think meeting cadaver RLY changed her for the worst like. she literally regularly murders another person. and yeah he gets better but you dont just like... even if its not permanent you cant just become ok with killing someone without being a little bit off. yk. i think physically shes human (unless i decide that she Does take on the whole possession thing. constant flipflopping in connorland) but i think mentally she goes from being like. kind of a misanthropic loner to being like. she basically simultaneously views cadaver as an ideal that shes jealous of (bc he has the one thing she wants, and bc she feels a sort of connection w it bc they have like.. similar but different motivations. yk...). and if the only person youve ever felt any sort of similarity to is a corpse possessed by ambiguous force i dont think youre like . you know ...

cadaver: so this is soo fun bc ive actually been considering having cadaver a bit more monstrous like. physically. bc obviously shes not human anymore BUT i think itd be fun if the possession had some physical effects on him... currently he just has the extreme healing/resurrection abilities but id imagine hed probably have some sort of enhanced strength as well. and i just love when possession has a physical component... but yes. EMOTIONALLY i think cadaver is weirdly in denial abt being a monster. like. i think she views the original part of her the one that died as like. the monstrous one. it feels more human now that its possessed bc prior to her death she was like. Somewhat similar to scientist in that she was very isolated but it was less of a choice if this makes sense. like scientist consciously isolates herself from ppl bc she just Assumes that they arent like. sorry im turning this into being about scientist again DJFNJF cadaver go lay at the bottom of the pool or something im busy. but yk she has that like. a view of herself thats seperate from other people/from humanity so she just doesnt bother talking to other people bc she assumes they would never understand. yk. so it is A choice to isolate from ppl (altho she also like..does not have social skills at all. as a result of this choice. so yk...) but w cadaver cadaver was alllways desperate for connection but in a like. rather than searching for One specific like. Unattainable kind of connection he wanted anything. and thats why she was so enthusiastic abt the connection bc it meant there would always be like. Someone. yk. and obv post connection shes a lot more like. confident and Able to make friends despite being physically more disconnected from humanity if this makes sense. so yes. i think cadaver is Literally more monstrous than scientist but i dont think thats how he feels abt himself at all.

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