#it probably shows... u_u

[enniewritesathing]

Wait, I'm confused... so is this story you're doing now the one where John becomes a werewolf? Why are the people in scrubs torturing him? And why are they so insanely evil? Like, is it for money or science or something? Is it for like, a purpose? Or are they just werewolf racists or something?

Also what happened to The Werewolf, your old story from like 2018 where John becomes a werewolf in the bathroom? Is that a different thing from what John is remembering happened to him now?

Also are werewolves like, a genetic thing in this world? Or they're a trauma thing? Do the people in scrubs know or suspect John is a werewolf? Are they like... evil werewolf scientists or something? I don't understand what's going on at all and I've been following this story for years.

hey anon -- I'm glad you've asked a bunch of questions about this story and it's whole deal because I suspect that it's a lot to try and figure this out

I will preface it with I thought I was gonna be kind of a one and done with this arc in general but boy howdy it got out of hand. I know there's some plot holes and retcons. Bear (🐻) with me.

Why are the people in scrubs torturing him? And why are they so insanely evil? Like, is it for money or science or something? Is it for like, a purpose? Or are they just werewolf racists or something?

So! I made this well before the pack was announced and I was brainstorming this idea that John's a werewolf -- werewolves in my world are very rare in the modern age. They were plenty of them in the old days, but some events happened over centuries dwindled their numbers down to basically nothing (I haven't figured that out and/or if I'm gonna explore that). I've had it in my head that being a werewolf is either caused by a curse/bite from one that's capable of doing that) or it is genetic.

In John's (and Jacob's) case, it turned out to be both (but hereditary's more dominant). However! It's not always apparent -- it can be latent (in his mom's case) and it's still unclear what causes the trigger to be active. It's mentioned that the trigger seems to be varied and not always caused by a full moon -- it can be from an extreme negative emotion as well.

When John was 11, his werewolf side was awakened a little after his father died (and earlier, his brother) almost back to back. Noelle (his mom), didn't know what was happening to him when he came down with a serious/deadly fever. That was when it was discovered that he was a werewolf.

This is brought up in Part 8 in The Werewolf story (back in 2018) and the start of Part 2 in the same story.

As I said, werewolves are rare and the scientists were like 'hey, we don't have much data on that' (most of it outdated by a lot of years)' and so it was decided that John was going to be studied. However! When John -- keep in mind he was 11 at the time and he's just fucking. traumatized from the sudden deaths of his father and brother and he's scared -- was told that he was a werewolf, he was frightened at the potential of him being a monster, that he'll go mad one day and kill people. He's been though a lot.

Charles had an idea that while John was going to be studied, he disguised it with helping him finding ways to control The Werewolf... or maybe getting rid of him. Naturally, that is something you try and find out about when a thing is super rare. You wanna know how it ticks. Why it is, such and such.

He preyed on John's (and to a lesser extent, Noelle's) desire to be normal. That want of normalcy breeds desperation. And

As John gotten older, the techniques were becoming ineffective and they were starting to strain his body... and that's when the experiments started. For what it's worth, the torture stuff didn't start until John was 19-20ish.

Charles is a mad (prideful?) scientist on a serious power trip. He wants to fuck around (and he most certainly did); there's absolutely no morals involved (as we'll see). There may be something up with him and why the hell he's like that. Everyone else is more or less in it for the money in the sense that hey, we have a young, live werewolf, publish the findings and such, ???, profit. Just what kind of limits does a werewolf like John has?

The beginning of The Werewolf story, the one that starts in the bathroom, is when John was a teenager -- I just started out in a flashback before starting the story proper; that brief slip of control.

As for the trauma thing?

Well.

:)

I'll say this -- we're gonna hear The Werewolf's/Vin's side of it in a bit because he has Words for John.

[aroaceleovaldez]

chewing on big 3 kids being capable of absolutely devastating natural disasters and apocalypse-level outbursts of power.

Percy who creates hurricanes complete with lightning that pummel titans and flooding and whirlpools that can trap god-powered crocodile kaijus. Earthquakes that erupt volcanoes. Hazel who sunk an entire small island entirely on her own with her final breath, against giants and a primordial goddess of the earth.

If Nico dramatically wilts plants and cracks the ground when he's mildly stressed, and disintegrates enemies down to their skeletons with a single touch or rips their souls out of their still-living bodies, and can command armies of the undead, what happens if he tries to cause destruction? Even outside of total zombie apocalypse or insta-killing a crowd, he's shown enough geokinesis to absolutely be capable of the same destruction Percy and Hazel can manifest.

What about Jason? He can control the winds and storms. There's no way he can't create the most destructive tornadoes with casual effort that he can never justify using for the collateral damage they'd cause. With a single thought he can rip up a town and launch the remnants 50 miles out. (Jason in the center of a Dead Man Walking tornado, vortexes responding to his movements like an avatar...)

And what can anyone do to combat it? How can you fight the wind lifting everything you know and love into the sky, or floods sweeping you away, or the ground giving way beneath you? The Big 3 kids are scary because they are forces of nature, and their whims are the only thing preventing you from witnessing that at any given moment.

[clonerightsagenda]

I was saving this news for next week but this blog has been so relentlessly depressing that I am dropping it now: The small press I mentioned earlier accepted space archives (not its official name) for publication! I've got a meeting with the team this coming Friday, and assuming they don't ambush me with any wildly unacceptable contract terms, the original timeline I was given puts publication around October. My motivation to cling by my fingernails to my deteriorating life is seeing my book published so five people can purchase it, one being my mother.

[puffpawstries]

fighting for my life out here the brain rot is killing me send help please,,,,

[sillyfudgemonkeys]

Me: Do I finish the first Rangi animation I was working on, or start on the Rangi/Kyoshi mini video/animation I've been wanting to do? Hands: *opens new document* Me: New animation it is.

[twinkskeletons]

should i book an artist alley table i would only need 12 fob fans at the con to buy franklin pins to pay it off…

[letsmcfreackingloseit]

I JUST SAW MATPAT IN THEATERS AND IT WAS AWESOME AND I'M SO HAPPY

[darewolfcreates]

The doobles I did of nightlight in class :]

Violence and sadness undercut.

Most of these were drawn in class on days where I forgot to bring something to eat before class...

[croagunnnk]

i was playing dragons lair II at an arcade for like a solid hour or 2 before calling it quits thinking i was near the end of the game anyway.. just looked it up and i was only in stage 2 out of 8 😭

[kingofwaywardsouls]

I know everybody has their own taste in ships, and I'm not here to judge whatever the hell people ship.

I'll always find it a bit funny though how some people hate the Creek ship and think it's toxic.

Like granted they were manipulated into fighting each other in one of the much earlier seasons in like one episode, but aside from that... out of a great majority of the canon ships of SP, they actually have one of the most healthiest developed relationships.

I mean look at them

[amplexadversary]

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[sleepytoycollection]

Just some pictures of Corazon Marikit, showing off some of her details.

She actually has a layered top, and they are separate pieces. The layers of her skirt can't be worn as separates though. The webbing on her wings is embroidered fabric. Just lovely details.

I really hope Monster High will continue to give us new monster characters, whether it be in the Skullector line or G3. I think that's what I miss about G1, seeing all the new Monsters introduced. Not that I don't like G3's redesigns, or some of the movie themed dolls, but it's not the same.

It's a little lessened by Corazon not coming with a profile or diary, (I would have really have loved to learned about her! That's the main selling point of Monster High, these aren't just dolls, they're characters you can get attached to!) but if @peppapigvevo wants to come up with one for her, I will accept it as canon. u_u

I really do love this doll, and she's probably one of the best Skullectors so far.

[starryeyedstray]

connor visits detroit's newest botanical garden but it looks a little too familiar...

"The garden is indoors?" North asked as they arrived at their destination.

"Correct. Given Detroit's natural climate, it would be difficult to sustain a botanical garden year round. So they've opted to create the garden inside something akin to a greenhouse."

"Leave it to humans to put nature in a tiny box they can control," North murmured as she stared up at the building. "Why did Markus want us to come here again?"

"It's supposed to be help relieve stress."

North gave Connor a skeptical look. He shrugged in response. Nature offered calming effects on humans, but Connor had some doubts whether that would hold true for deviants.

North sighed, "I guess we shouldn't keep them waiting."

They stepped inside and were greeted with a small garden. A stone paved path snaked around a central pond. White and wooden bridges connected to a small island in the center with a rose trellis. An artificial blue sky almost indistinguishable from reality stretched above them.

It was the Zen Garden. Amanda's Zen Garden. Connor froze while his OS unhelpfully told him that his stress levels had spiked.

Why was this here? His eyes flickered around. No mission telling him to talk to Amanda. No Amanda. This was fine. It was not fine.

"This is actually really pretty," North said in awe as she looked up at the cherry blossom tree. "Can't believe we're inside. They made the sky looks so real."

Markus, Simon, and Josh appeared from the path at their left.

"Hey, glad you guys made it!" Markus smiled as North greeted him and Connor nodded in response.

The deviant leader pouted when he noticed Connor, but quickly recovered as he turned to North. "It's pretty, isn't it? We already walked through most of it since it's pretty small, but Josh and Simon can show you around. I have something to talk about with Connor privately first."

"Sure thing, Markus," North said before shooting a curious glance at Connor who still was rooted in place at the entrance. The trio went back up the path on the left.

Markus turned to Connor. "C'mon, Connor, let's take a walk."

Connor nodded again and stiffly followed him as they took the path to the right. "What did you need to speak with me about?" Connor asked to distract himself. He tried to keep himself calm. Keep his LED blue.

Apparently, he was doing an inadequate job because Markus' eyes flickered up to his LED before meeting his eyes. Connor didn't see a benefit in removing his LED before, but having everyone able to have a general idea of his current mental state at a glance felt a bit violating which made him reconsider his decision.

"Is something bothering you?" Markus asked.

It was very typical of Markus to ask him that despite being able to definitively discern that something was indeed bothering him. Connor looked away. He was tempted to lie, but he'd have to explain why his LED was yellow if something wasn't bothering him. He's never told anyone about Amanda before. Should he tell Markus?

His thoughts were ripped away from him as he noticed a white headstone inside a small clearing at the edge of the path.

No.

This wasn't the Zen Garden. It couldn't be here. It wouldn't make sense to see it here.

He didn't hear Markus call after him as he quickly walked ahead to crouch in front of the headstone.

sorry but this wip has been sitting in my drafts since december and i don't think i'll ever finish it bc it was just a vague phantasm of an idea. it was gonna just rot in there so decided to post the unfinished idea here since i haven't posted a fic in a bit. my apologies for it's half-baked condition u_u i'll probably post it on my ao3 if i ever develop it more but for now this is all i got

[livewire4reals]

Omggg!!! I love grojband!! Do you have any headcanons? Who's your favorite character? :3

HELLO FELLOW GROJBAND ENJOYER!!!! Thank you for the questions... I love every opportunity to yap about this show sjjsdjsbnsbcsn

I don't have too many headcanons but, I hope you enjoy..!

I like to think Kon is very artistically talented... That he designed the band logo... I know looking at his super hero outfit it wouldn't seem that way but shhhh he was on a time crunch and kept changing his ideas at the last second it's not his fault

I am so obsessed with the 'Riffins are demigods' thing. I wish to make Corey look more. non-human because of that.... only barely noticeable tho...like epic fangs... eyes glowing in the dark... taps chin. It leaves so much room for ideas. This isn't even a headcanon anymore I'm just crazy

Adding onto the last point I think both Trina and Corey would be eeeever so slightly off-putting in day to day life. Extra sensitive to sounds n stuff... I also get visions of Corey undercooking chicken and not getting salmonella like ever and the others are like huh that's weird but whatever. FORESHADOWING I TELL YOU.

As for favourite character... Thats a tough one... I know my profile is Laney-centric but I love all the characters... Though the reason the show stuck with me in the first place is because I was a hardcore Corney shipper as a kid... So I'll probably have to say Corey and Laney tied for first... I can't help it... they are stupid and infect my brain.

That being said I really like the way Trina is written as a villain. The way she talks is so endearing to me... And Mina's loyalty to Trina despite everything reminds me of my own experiences... I appreciate that Mina is very much ah. both a victim and an antagonist. And Nick Mallory is Nick Mallory, what's not to love?

Tldr; Laney and Corey are my favs.... by a HAIR. I love them all its too hard to pick.

How is a girl supposed to choose a fav in these conditions U_U. Thanks again for the question tho I'm very normal about this show I swear

[endivinity]

Hi! I'm the anon who asked you abt the TTRPG Deathclaws thing. I just wanted to thank you for the long and cohesive response and your take on the whole thing! I love worldbuilding and more specifically making animal variants and the reason i asked to begin with was because you inspired me a ton and i wanted to expand upon the ideas you have presented in your super cool blurbs--

But i think itd be better of me to try to respect your art and instead try to make something of my own instead of expanding on something of yours- even if my art of the things i have come up with will never be as visually amazing or indepth as yours. I really adore your art and creativity when it comes to creature designs- thank you for inspiring me.

Im sorry if you got any mean anons because of my ask.

Heya!! it's time to go on another tangent oh boy

I've also loved worldbuilding and creature design since I was a little kid who was notably bad at it due to being a child. I adored the trend for pokemon fusions and variants when they came through and I was doing them even before they were a huge trend - I filled out books of the things in high school! But not every artist or fanartist particularly starts on similar routes. Sometimes they don't have creative friends to essentially trebuchet their development into creature design early on.

It's not something I can pretend everyone has a penchant for and can just do on a whim - it takes a particularly malleable thought process to just decouple what is into what could be, and how far you can or even want to stretch that. But everyone has to start somewhere! I believe my journey of deathclaw designs started in 2016 as just a tiny scratch on the surface from 'what if they were different behaviourally' to 'what if they were different... visually' - when my only major inputs for design ideas were fallout 4/NV and skyrim, and it showed. Strong designs come from 'what is the purpose of it in this setting' and you reverse engineer traits shared by real or fantasy (and therefore a chain reaction of traits shared by real) animals - and you can only reverse engineer using what you know!

So - save the deathclaw variants as inspiration but also! Make a huge folder of things. Pad it out with a bunch of stuff. Build a visual library. See what other artists are doing with their concepts (this is probably also why monster hunter is so popular, because it has an ecological niche that makes it feel believable) and let that color the world you're trying to build. Let yourself go 'ok this artist did this. so what if I did something similar, with a different color scheme or scale type or animal part? what if it lived somewhere else, how would that affect it?' God knows the bethesda presentation of fallout is incredibly two dimensional and the worldbuilding needs all the help it can get

it's how you get insane premises for fics, AUs, and tabletop campaigns alike - by stepping off the beaten path and showing how much you understand the world when your concepts that fuck it up can still maintain a cohesive and believable presence in it. Though it's still a lot of effort to take any steps along this journey, which is why a lot of people don't like start u_u

So good luck, honestly, and keep being inspired by things!

(and don't worry, so far the anons have behaved themselves! mostly.)

[ouroborosorder]

As someone who only has knowledge of Girls Band Cry, I am 100% lost on why Nina would hate Bocchi and Estrogen Rockers u_u I can believe it but I don't know why.

Bocchi maybe, Nina might not like how spineless she seems. But the rest are a total mystery to me.

Yes okay as the foremost scholar on this allow me to elaborate on my findings. here is why Nina Iseri would hate each member of Kessoku Band

The most fundemental thing is that Nina Iseri, as a person, responds very poorly to kindness, and the only kind of people she can get along with are people who are willing to be outright assholes to her directly. She sees kindness as pity and politeness as insincere. this is critical to understanding why she'd hate very member of kessoku band.

Bocchi is extremely scared all the time, and falters repeatedly before pushing herself enough to overcome her fears. Nina is notoriously unforgiving for people who are scared the same way Nina herself is. They'd probably get along decently well until the exact moment Bocchi has a Bocchi moment, and then Nina screams at her until the show cuts away to bocchi turning into a cockroach or something in a nominee for the best animated segment of the year

Kita is an endless ball of infectious extroverted positivity, the exact sort of person that Nina hates deeply, because she immediately assumes Kita is like that out of insincerity when she actually is just like that.

Nijika is very kind and outgoing, and usually rather polite on first meeting. Nina Iseri, an absolute mess of a girl, would see this kindness and politeness as insincere and immediately hate her on first blush no matter what and probably won't be able to get over that first impression. Even then, I imagine that eventually Nina has a porcupine moment and Nijika tries to help by being kind and patient with her and that makes Nina fucking snap. this is a dynamic i thnk would make for great material

She'd get along with Ryo pretty well, but will always harbor a grudge over the time that she gave Ryo $20 and never got it back.