#it works more in my transformers like lore but idk how it would work when they’re just robots

[moonkit60633]

Boat

A local ferry is in love with the train that zooms by for 3 seconds everyday, more at 7

[sabrondabrainrot]

🌦️Dark Sun and 🔅Servant Sun

I tried my hand at designing Servant Sun and Dark Sun.

I'm getting more caught up on the lore!! Click underneath for art closeups and more Lore rants and AU idea! Plus, I have sketches and a comic WIP I've been working on.

😉

There will be rambly spoilers to where I am in the Lore.

For Dark Sun I was inspired a lot by the thumbnails, they give him red eyes a lot in the thumbnails and I like the smarmy red eyed look of the guy. Tried to capture his 'regal-holier then thou' attitude in his design. He's still Sun though, so I used OG Sun's palette (my first Sun design!) to reflect the fact they have the same beginnings. I don't trust anything he says but I know something has totally happened to his Moon (I'm really banking on the idea he ATE him/ ATE his intelligence chip) so he carries his Moon's bell and he also repurposed the star pattern of Moon to parade it around as like a symbol his Moon is at his heal. I don't know if I like his final look but I think it's because I gave him dramatically darker shading vs the other Suns.

Servant Sun! Here's my take on him. He's been suffering for over 10000+ years under Lord Eclipse abuse. We saw how he was being punished just because Lore Eclipse was bored! I feel really bad for this Sun, it was hard to draw a design for him. I think despite his servant title Lord Eclipse just keeps him around not only to keep himself sane but also a trophy/slave to show off to Moon and the others in the afterlife. I had this like monologue for SSun basically, "The sound of bells long ago stopped ringing for the daycare attendant turned servant but Lord Eclipse still can hear the sound of metallic chimes when the neurotic servant cleans thanks to his fanciful additions." (aka the chime of chains) He's also got an apron that's falling apart and SSun used random old fabric to patch it up (it wasn't random it was his old clothes). I was really inspired by Meagancandraw's design of Servant Sun!

Here's my AU sketches. I'm planning to clean these up and maybe color them? This is basically just the AU idea that I think Sun is going to somehow get reborn but be a being reborn from star power and negative star power? I don't know if it's possible? He becomes a mix of the two in my AU. I know some current spoilers and basically I know he may be immune to negative star energy? He can also hold Star Power uniquely and it 'taste good to him'. I will never let go of the fact he told Moon it taste nice like dried watermelon. His untrained magical outburst was also compared to be as powerful as Golden Freddy's. There's big theory he's going to die or be sacrificed but I have this idea what if he's essentially remade? idk just rambly thoughts. So yeah, he has a cool new look to go with his magical transformation.

BTW he is very sad cause he can't be near his family in this AU my brain cooked up. He's basically radiation incarnate now <3 His eyes are cracked because they're intensely pouring out Star/Negative Star power. Just a constant pull and push of power circulating in him.

this is the comic idea I have currently. I don't have a ton of motivation so any encouragement to finish this comic idea would be super appreciated! I'm not a comic-type artist so this is out of my comfort zone (I've made a few comics but usually they are pretty janky)

ON TO THE RAMBLES - spoilers BEWARE:

NEW MOON MY BOY PLS YOU ARE HIDING STUFF FROM YOUR FAMILY. BOY NO. HE IS GONNA USE RUIN TO BRING BACK SOLAR?

Blood Moon just took Ruin. Also Dark Sun repaired Ruin after Molten took him to die in the dead dimension?? BOY??? Also, Dark Sun did something to Eclipse??? Bro is plotting. I wish I could get a read on Dark Sun but I don't even know how much of the truth he's been sharing thus far. He has no reason to tell anyone the truth and so far he hasn't hurt anyone just stole a bunch of data from Moon and built a bunker to escape total dimension collapse...He's just a big wild card for me.

Then there's New Moon, He's just actually going crazy after meeting Old Moon. Sun can tell something is wrong with his brother!!! I hope he can help him but spoilers tells me otherwise. The family is trying! Earth heard out Eclipse and Eclipse is getting Earth proof that Moon is currently cray-cray. Lunar is kind of hanging near Sun and Earth because the creator is now actively trying to kidnap him. So much spicy drama.

I don't pay attention much to the Freddy side of the plot but he's also dying?? bro??? What about Francine? The missing mom/wife? Poor Francine's suffering, she needs her mom and dad! I like that Puppet is hanging around her grandchild more it is very sweet. Foxy also got his 'bestfriend' Puppet a house/condo. hmm-Mmmhmm. Definitely no romantic tensions there. Definitely not.

(side bar, I don't ship Kidscove but I do ship the Foxy and Puppet do they have a ship name? Also no hate to Kidscove I just think Foxy treats Sun like a kid a lot. I like the gooseworld Kidscove. Sun laid eggs, so wholesome.)

Lunar is just waiting for news on his trial and I am in suspense hoo boy...Then the stuff with FC being put in a new body and Frank is not happy about it. I def can tell there's big lead up to the astral bodies making a big move I just wonder what the move will be. I feel like now Lunar and FC are going to end up being more intwined then they might think.

Also I love Dazzle!!! AAAGH! She and Jack are so cute! I loved the ep Sun took Dazzle and Lunar to the store that was so sweet. Can't wait to see more of them! They're such a cute dynamic! I like seeing Lunar put his best foot forward to help Dazzle too.

I can tell Moon is slowly distancing himself from the others but it's like this odd thing where he's no longer obsessed with Solar being back per sei...but he's obsessed over how HE has to be the one to bring Solar back in his way because HE promised and he wants to be better then Old Moon and yeah...he's got a very warped perspective I feel like? But Molten and Ruin BOTH pointed out Moon is being possessed by something so I think he's definitely sick? Or something is keeping him from seeing the error of his way.

Rambles over :)

I do plan to draw Solar and Eclipse and Lord Eclipse next but I'm stuck on what I want to do for Solar's design :P I might make a poll in the future!

[thetoaddaddy]

Monster Prompt List

Helloooooo friends! Here I drop a list for this year for monster things. Starting off a little early to have enough time to write and embrace the fall mood without cramming it all into one very spooky month. Last year I think I think I kinda burnt out 😔 so extra time for us all this year for spooky (and horny if you so choose)!

Rules: Can be a starter or a drabble. I can send it to you however you want. An @ post, ask, send it to you on disco. You can send your preferences how ever you want. Reblog this, send me an ask, dm. Just pick a monster and a setting! My muse can be the monster or your muse can. Can be NSFW or not. Just be clear af about what you want.

If you want to opt out, totally fine! If you want to avoid being spammed with the list than block the tag #silvers monster list

Muse will be subjected to certain physical changes depending on monster.

Monster List:

Vampire: Pointy teeth, ashen/pale

Werewolf: Human form normal, usually wolf form is big and scary humanoid

Dragon: Usually has a human form with some dragon like aspects if so desired(wings and horns). Or can be totally human with the faint hint like oblong pupils and sharp teef

Incubus/Demon: smol horns and little tail when low level. Big scary horns and long whip like tail when higher level

Merperson/Siren/Oceanid: Dealers Choice if they got the fish tail or are more like the og, which are beautiful human formed nymphs who lure unsuspecting souls to the water

Kitsune: Fox sprites. Known for their mischievous nature and trickery. But they can also be contracted to corrupted souls as a guide/servant of sorts. Usually have fox ears and tail in human form.

Cryptid: idk make them spooky and weird. Mix them with an animal or two into a corrupted form

Oni: big scary ogre monster. One to three horned. Good for size difference stuff.

Dryad/Nymph: human like forest sprites that are tied to nature. Dryad more tied to a certain tree. They’re supposed to be drop dead irresistible and to harm their home would harm them

Fairy: up to you if ur thinking fun sized or not. Some fae/fairy lore has them usually as human like with some odd aura about them and have a trait of some sort. Like dream weaving or influencing the mind

Witch/Wizard: a person of magical abilities

Elf: the sexy kind not the keebler kind. With the long pointy ears and long beautiful lines in their designs.

Chimera of some kind: idk if muse has a second form or some kind of transformation incorporate something spooky or different to monsterfy it.

Free card: request a monster not on the list. So long as they can still communicate in some way.

Settings:

In universe

Modern

Feudal fantasy

Lab/Containment

Location inspired by said monster like European medieval fantasy or greek mythos

Other medias/Universes

Finally:

Yes you’re totally welcome to hmu where we can talk details if you’re unsure where to start. I’m a monster banger expert 😎

I left it pretty sfw on here just to not spam you a list of porny things but if you want more you know I’m down for more. Any kind of crazy fun thing that comes with monster boinking will be present so let’s hash it out however you want and make it happen baddy!

Just follow my blog rules. Thats the only condition. Go crazy otherwise.

No limited slots or a one and done. If you want a couple of different prompts that’s totally fine too. But to avoid congestion where you request a bunch at the same time and I can’t work down a list of people I would greatly appreciate if you wait until I post your first request before you ask for another. Ok love you.

[arikihalloween]

Welcome Home × Soul Eater AU ramble

I had announced it, I shall now share it !

Behold, WH SE AU

Context :

In the world of Soul Eater, there are people who can transform into weapons (called demonic weapons), a genetic trait coming from some witch experimenting on humans centuries before. To avoid having those "weapons" go out of control, Shinigami, a god of death, created a school called Shibusen, where those weapons could learn how to control their powers. There are also people who come to this school to partner with the weapons and wield them, those are called meisters.

In this AU, our colorful cast of Welcome Home characters are students at this school in their last few years of studies (18-23 years old) and decided to create a race to the top before their graduation. The goal ? Get their weapon partner to the "death scythe" level by getting as much evil souls as they can. Who will win ? Who knows 👀

Let's present our six duos !

Julie Joyful and Frank Frankly (butterfly net)

Barnaby b. Beagle and Wally Darling (big apple hammer)

Howdy Pillar and Poppy Partridge (scythe)

Sally Starlet and Lucero Starlley (guitar axe)

Suave Moonwatcher and Eddie Dear (shield, later on a giant pair of scissor)

Nyxie Moonwatcher and Calypso O Octave (musical saw/violin)

And of course we can't forget out dear silliest, Home as Shinigami !!

Full page :

Lucero and Calypso belong to @kokoiep

Ramble :

Okay so this AU is actually over a year old, I had old designs and dynamics I wasn't 100% happy with because this AU was co created

Idk how the other creator is doing, I haven't talked to them in a loooong while, so I decided to rebrand the AU a little

Now, I'll explain my choices and lore

For one, I believe in keeping the canon personalities. So, when deciding who's a weapon and who is a meister, I tried to go along how the characters would act and what alligns with their silly selves. The characters that ended up as weapons needed to be weapons, otherwise it doesn't fit their personality to come to Shibusen to become a meister (reminder, meister can choose to go to Shibusen, weapons are kinda obligated to)

For the clothing, I just had fun with the "school uniform" concept as given in the Soul Eater and Soul Eater Not manga series.

And for the pairing, I included a lot of ocs, ik, but I wanted the pairs to truly match in energy and personality, and also I love my and Koko's oc and it's my AU I do what I want !

Joking side, here are some more funfact on how they ended up there

Julie followed in her siblings footsteps

Barnaby came to partner with Wally, the two are childhood best friends

Sally and Howdy came for fame and opportunities that come with being a meister

Nyxie and Suave where raised in Shibusen for lore reasons 👀

Julie and Wally are dating !

Frank and Eddie are a bit more on and off, because Eddie is an anxious mess and Frank doesn't like competion

But at the same time, the shipping in this AU is "yes" because : Julie and Wally are a thing, but Julie is very close to Frank, who is on and off with Eddie, and Eddie is quite close to Howdy, and Sally likes to flirt with Eddie and Poppy, but Lucero has a crush on Sally, who might have a lil crush on Julie, but Nyxie has a crush on Lucero, and Barnaby and Wally are reaaallly close

Good luck, may the ships all sail at once like it's the Vendée Globe :D

Other funfacts

Nyxie and Suave are actually weapons too, Nyxie is a frying pan (because what else would she be) and Suave is undetermined. Both are very unstable and thus can't really be weapons full time, hence why they meister others

Everyone has part time jobs !

Nyxie and Suave work at a bar, Eddie works at the post office, Sally works at a theater, Lucero works with Caly at a music shop, Frank works at a library, Julie in a hairdresser salon, Poppy and Howdy work at a little retail shop, Wally and Barnaby work in a clothing store.

They all live in the same appartement complex, all neighbors and they visit eachother all the time ! Each pair live together too, platonically.

I think that's about all I can say

This AU is a lil special to me because I love Soul Eater and the lore and ik there is probably already some other SE Wh aus but I wanted to get this out anyway and see if people enjoy my silly rambling

I posted it on tiktok already and people ate this up lol, I'm kinda hoping they would too here as well ? We'll see.

[leia-doodles]

An unorganized rant about monster high, generation three,

This is mostly about character powers.

Monster high G1 has never had any solid or concrete lore. The main premise has always been, the fashionable teenage children of the universal monsters. It also includes a lot of superstition type characters, and characters from Greek mythology. From what I remember the parents didn't play a big role in generation ones main content. Maybe Dracula and Cleo's father the mummy. Monster high also established that there's pretty much an alternative universe where things are monster pun variants of the real world. Most characters are presumed to be immortal-ish, or they live very long lives. They don't get into how age works and they expect viewers to suspend their disbelief for alot of things. they use your base knowledge of these famous monsters, but they don't really expand on them that much. The stories are more dramatic and don't involve much much lore building. Since they established the monster world as a parody of the real world, it gives the ghouls more places to go, and they don't have to be tied to actual prominent locations present in the media they reference. (For instance deuce won't need to go to Hesperides or Greece and Frankie doesn't have to the Bavarian alps or something idk, does that make sense?😭 Draculaura doesn't need to visit Transylvania). The movies also showcase alot of different characters and locations. It makes the monster world feel more alive. What also helps is the illusion of other schools. I often see monster high as a public school, and things like the werewolf school, and vampire schools feel like private schools. I think it helps convey monster highs messaging of being unique. Good allegories for anti racism, anti homophobia, anti ablism. Since you see how the outside world looks compared MH.

Monster high Generation 3 is striving to have more lore and world/character building. Characters now have abilities that tie into their origins. Frankie stein has electric powers, and they can exchange their body parts for helpful tools. Clawdeen has super speed, strength, smell, and hearing. Draculaura has hypnosis (it's a vampire trait I believe), transformation into a bat, and she has literal magic spells. Almost every character has a new ability that links to their monster origins. I think this is a cool concept, I'm always down for a more monstrous approach, but for some characters it feels very gimmicky and not realistic for the setting. -lets take cleo- she is a mummy monster, and mummies often get some organs removed when they are getting mummified. Cleo has nearly all of her internal organs removed. And not only that, she keeps them on her 24/7. Typically mummies only have their stomach,lung, and liver taken out. And maybe their intestines. And they're put in jars and held within the tomb. Cleo keeps her organs on her 24/7 because she literally cannot live without them, which in my opinion defeats the purpose of her being an undead mummy. The organs are used as plot devices to cause conflict in some episodes. Oh no Cleos inner ear, conveniently rolls away so she loses balance and trips and falls and almost gets caught by humans!! Oh no Cleos heart needs to be given up for this special necklace! But she will be rendered emotionless 😫😫!! There's never really any advantage to her having all of her organs removed, even though she is proud of it. It's not something that I think adds to her character and I think she would be the same without it. (Maybe if it was a fun fact in the BG they could be cute, but for plot purposes it seems weak). Characters like heath, Abby and Lagoona now have elemental powers. Abby and Heath had them In G1, but it was more of a byproduct of their monster types. Not necessarily something they used super actively. Abby was a yeti first, before she was an ice element. Now I'm G3 I'm willing to argue that she's more of a snow man than she is a yeti. While she lives in the Himalayan mountains, she wears no fur or yeti looking attire. Her outfit consists of snow patterned pants and a snow T-shirt, matching her ice earrings and ice...sandals???? I would understand, shes an ice monster, so she doesn't get that affected by the cold temperatures. Therefore she doesn't need to wear big fur coats... But they don't explain it like that at all. Her mother still sports a white fur look while abby is more purplish. It's a tad nitpicky, but she just doesn't come across as a yeti to me. She's an ice element. Lagoona is the same way. Her looks have already convinced me that she's a sea creature, I don't think she needs to have water bending powers. Deuce also irks me with his powers. If you see his eyeballs, you will turn to stone. So he is supposed to be wearing sunglasses to cover up his eyes, except in this generation, his sunglasses are literally just tinted glasses. If that. You can see his eyes clearly. But they still treat his powers the same. So it's just silly to me but when characters are like "oh no his eyes are showing!!! Put his sunglasses on!!! And he puts them on, and you still see his eyes 😭. I have not the slightest clue as to why they designed them this way.

Since the characters now have fancy special powers, the writers often have to include them into every episode. So the episodes often feel bloated with unnecessary conflicts and shenanigans that don't further the plot in most cases. I feel like it takes away from the actual overarching story they are trying to tell. High stake events like clawdeen figuring out things about her mother, are often drowned out and fall flat because compared to every other episode it's nothing crazy. They just got done surviving an attack from a giant plant monster and the whole school almost being destroyed or something, clawdeen learning information about her mother is often pushed to the side. This made it hard to believe how serious her mothers disappearance was. This phenomenon happens with every character. One episode draculaura is freely using magic the next it's super high stakes about her being expelled, just to have the episode after that feature magic again with no remorse 😭. With the constant shenanigans, magic is the least of the schools worries at this point. They also have midterms, which is something to hone in on certain characters powers and abilities, but there’s no build up to midterms. It just happens one episode. I wish we got to see the characters struggle throughout the season, maybe clawdeen especially. If they have to have her human form, let her transformation be unstable for a few episodes, maybe the moon tailsmen doesn’t really enhance her powers unless used correctly, so she has to actually learn and adapt to these new werewolf powers. Instead she’s just the BEST werewolf and there’s no doubt she will win any battle. Her human form isn’t something that puts her at a disadvantage at all.

I believe Frankie is probably the most conveniently used character during the whole season. Frankie is pretty much cogsworth from fallout. They have just the right tool for the right time. I used to think Frankie having different people in their head was cool, but the more it’s used the more I’m like “doesn’t Frankie get tired of this?” Every episode Frankie is going to electric shock themselves or their friends, they’re going to need to tear themselves apart to save someone, they’re going to literally break apart at other points. It looks like it would get exhausting. If I remember correctly, G1 Frankie only really lost her hands and maybe a leg on specific occasions, but it wasn’t something she did willingly often. Sometimes she would remove her hands to help others. Also I don’t remember her having many electric shock moments, not ones that she wanted to happen anyways. You could make a shallow argument that in G1 her hands falling off and electricity issues were more of a (disability), where in G3 it’s an asset to Frankie’s character, one that I just can’t suspend my disbelief to be like “yeah they totally aren’t bothered by this 24/7”. In my opinion it would make more sense if Frankie was just a robot in this generation. They hardly feel like a franken monster anymore.

Draculaura and her infamous witch powers…it just feels like a strange writing decision in my opinion. I think they couldn’t think of some vampire powers, so she matches with everyone else, so they made her a witch so she can do spells. And I’ll assume they made it forbidden for maybe a sense of taboo, but it just doesn’t make sense at all. She practically does witchcraft out in the open multiple times, and no one ever cares. And her spells are never anything that I think are too spectacular, casual levitating spell when needed, convenient teleporting spell. It doesn’t add to her character at all. Maybe I have G1 brain rot, but I liked her forbidden romance in G1. It was simple and cute. And her character was such a sweetheart and a cutie pie. She doesn’t need enhanced vampire powers because her actual personality speaks for itself. In G3 draculaura is defined by everything around her, but what’s her actual personality without those things?

Overall I kind of miss the casual approach to the characters abilities in G1. I like the idea of them in G3, but the execution just doesn’t land in my opinion. The constant fight scenes drag the episodes, paired with the rushed heavy handed messaging and you have very little character development.

[obbystars]

“THE NAVIGATOR”

Transformers Prime OC

(This is a very long post. I tried my best to read up on lore so if there are any errors, you can tell me and I’ll try to see how I can modify it so it can be more accurate to lore! Or idk I forgot to edit something and there’s a small inconsistency.)

Original Predacon, sole survivor of The Cataclysm

“The Navigator” is the name they took upon joining the Decepticons as they had discarded their original name a long time ago. It made things slightly easier by the time nameless Cybertronians began to emerge, though they did have a temporary name to go by before the war. This decision was simply for their own survival, and they chose to leave their origins unknown and left for speculation.

They are never usually seen in the battlefield and almost always assumes their position on the Nemesis. If it does come to it, “The Navigator” will engage with the intention of ending the fight as quickly as possible. Sometimes their instincts get the better of them and they extend the fight to last longer than it needed to be, most likely “playing with their food.”

When the war first started, “The Navigator” had opted for a neutral stance and hoped to flee Cybertron. They were mostly caught in the crossfire, as any Cybertronian who didn’t choose a side did, and had to do what was necessary to survive. That alone prevented “The Navigator” from escaping Cybertron. They soon abandoned the idea of fleeing once they hear about Shockwave’s projects of cloning predacons and soon joined the Decepticons for that reason alone. Since the clones would be under the Decepticons’ command, then they’d be targeted by the Autobots. They figured this just might be the best they’re gonna get.

After Shockwave was presumed dead, they remained with the Decepticons with the idea that there was still a chance the project may continue.

(“The Navigator” knows about the predacons clones that were sent to Earth and patiently waited to reunite with their brethren. Of course, many things delayed their arrival to Earth, and they were alone once again.)

“The Navigator” was aboard the Nemesis during the Great Exodus and remained there for quite a while, especially after Megatron left the command to Starscream. Around this time was when they embraced the title of navigator as their name. The Nemesis’ path would be directed by “The Navigator”, targeting planets containing energon and soon Earth once the planet was in their sights.

Before the war

“The Navigator’s” life mostly consisted of them trying to adapt to the new life after The Cataclysm. With society ever changing for better or for worse, it always pushed them back to square one. Part of them just simply wanted to walk among the others. As a result, their alt-form remained unknown.

“The Navigator” had been working in the Hall of Records before the Quintessons arrived, only once they had finally gotten more used to their bipedal form. It wasn’t something they expected and it was definitely something they had to get used to, but they soon grew to be rather satisfied where they ended up. At some point, they were known to be the “Predacon Enthusiast” amongst a few they could call their friends.

Even though they’re rather welcomed, they almost never spoke to anyone and would “just be there” in the little circle that formed around them. They just kept to themself while the others held up a conversation amongst each other. Some talk they hear is rather interesting though, while others almost caught them off guard.

On most days, they find themself simply observing as time goes on. Just watching and listening to everything around them, hoping to catch onto something interesting. It doesn’t take long for them to catch wind of a certain gladiator in Kaon. Once they had time, they made an effort to take a look for themself. As much as they were rather intrigued with the gladiatorial fights, something about the silver gladiator stole their attention. That is why they continued to come back again and again and they soon find themself more drawn to the anti-caste movement.

Design inspirations

BEL’VETH (League of Legends)

CLOUDJUMPER (How to Train Your Dragon)

Beast form has two sets of wings that act as a cloak in their bipedal form. The cloak in said form is always seen covering 90% of their body. No one ever saw the cloak come off and see it as a sign that “The Navigator” isn’t taking the fight seriously and/or they are holding back. The cloak does slightly hinder their movement and force them to use their legs to fight most of the time. Though the cloak can also act as a shield.

EDIT: One pair of wings remains tucked away in their bipedal form while the other pair acts as the cloak. The cloak itself can’t really move as wings, but they can fold them further so that the “cloak is off.”

They are taller than Megatron as well as Predaking in both forms. “The Navigator” doesn’t often assume their beast form, especially while other Decepticons are around. Privacy in order to stretch their wings isn’t exactly an option as Soundwave makes it hard to even have the opportunity to do it. Their wings simply remain as a cloak.

Due to their height, sometimes they crouch or bend down to the height of the one they’re talking to. With mechs the height of Megatron, they only look down (slightlyyy crouching).

Voice claim

MARA SOV (Destiny)

“The Navigator” almost never raises their voice, no matter the situation. The tones they use, facial expressions, and surprisingly body language are rather clear. Their current mood is always shown through it.

They are a bit expressive with their hands as they often unveil one from under their cloak. Part of it was due to some interactions with certain Decepticons.

Relationships

Decepticons

“The Navigator” sees them as just a means to an end until they can ensure the survival of their own kind. Once all is said and done, their allegiance will be with their king. But if we were to be more specific for the individuals…

Megatron knows there is something more to “The Navigator,” but what that is, he doesn’t know. “The Navigator’s” silence and reserved nature is what makes him suspicious of them and sometimes questions their loyalty even though they have done all he demands. He can’t deny “The Navigator’s” strength though. Their performance on Cybertron proved enough to him to keep them around, and as time goes on, they continued to prove their worth to him. On the other hand, “The Navigator” often wonders how the gladiator they admired all those years ago turned into what he is now. They still hold some respect to him to an extent.

As for Starscream, he only sees them as an obstacle to his plans before and after he becomes leader of the Decepticons (only to lose that rank moments later). He knows “The Navigator” will not hesitate to call him out on anything and even rat him out much like Soundwave (energon yet to be harvested). More often than he would ever admit, however, they startle him whenever they suddenly appear around the corner or simply behind him. “The Navigator” finds it amusing and continues to do it for their own entertainment. Though upon seeing how he treated Predaking, the fun game turned into something they do out of spite. In general, “The Navigator” doesn’t respect Starscream, not even calling him “Lord Starscream” after Megatron’s “death.” They make their feelings about him rather clear, sometimes wondering if it’s worth the trouble to disobey his orders or refuse.

Soundwave and “The Navigator” both have nothing to say about each other, literally and figuratively. Soundwave doesn’t bother them, and neither do they unless they require a ground bridge from him. If they were to be in a room together, the silence will be loud. They do try to steer clear of Soundwave knowing the kind of role he plays and what he’s capable of.

As mentioned before, “The Navigator’s” motive to join the Decepticons was due to Shockwave’s project on the cloning of predacons. They claim to be a fan of his work once they heard about it, but it’s very much a guise. Other than that, they keep distance from him so that he may work.

Dreadwing was one of the only Decepticons “The Navigator” actually has a good amount of respect for. He was honorable and seemed to be what the Decepticons originally were, unlike most, and that’s what initially sparked their interest. It was that and the bond he had with his brother. The two didn’t exchange many words between one another, but “The Navigator” did want to make it clear that they do quite like him. The times where they had time to talk was a pleasant time.

“The Navigator” and Skyquake haven’t had much interaction during the war on Cybertron, but they have heard of each other. Considering they respect his split-spark twin, they have a feeling they might hold the same respect to him. Upon Dreadwing’s return, there was one instance where they ask him about Skyquake, simply wanting to know what he was like.

Like Starscream, Knock Out also gets startled whenever he sees them in the halls or suddenly appear behind him. He always questions how such a large bot can be so sneaky, especially if that bot is larger than Megatron. Still, he sometimes tries to strike up a conversation with them when he sees them but it’s often one sided. “The Navigator” tends to just stare at him and he takes that as a sign to stop. In reality, they just don’t know how to reply to half of the things he tries to talk to them about.

“The Navigator” is aware that Breakdown is interested in knowing more about them (likely due to Knock Out) and they decide to indulge him. They actually don’t mind him at all and finds him rather interesting. He doesn’t treat the vehicons as just cannon fodder which caught their attention the first time they noticed. They don’t care about the vehicons themselves, but for a moment, he changed their mind for a while. Unlike Knock Out, he can actually somewhat hold a conversation with them. Sometimes it is one sided for the same reason as Knock Out, but Breakdown seems to know they just have trouble finding the words.

Airachnid + Insecticons

They do not care for her or the Insecticons in the slightest. If anything, they are exactly what they perceive them to be. Just a bunch of bugs waiting to be squashed. “The Navigator” sees them as nothing but a minor bump in the road.

There was one moment where “The Navigator” and Airachnid had conflict where she demands “The Navigator’s” exile or even their extermination. A fight between Airachnid and “The Navigator” occurs, ending with Airachnid yielding. The cloak stayed on.

M.E.C.H.

“The Navigator” didn’t care about them until word reached that Breakdown got captured by them. While they didn’t mind Breakdown and enjoyed his company, they had no objections when Megatron said he was on his own as his capture was his own fault.

That was until their leader came to the Nemesis while inside Breakdown’s corpse. They didn’t share the same hatred towards CYLAS as Knock Out did, but seeing Breakdown’s body being controlled by a human disgusted them. The idea of it was revolting. They wanted to rip out CYLAS from the body to get a better look at him, and perhaps crush him in their servos.

After CYLAS was sent to deal with the Autobots’ humans, “The Navigator” brought up the idea to Megatron that Silas may intend to control others aboard the Nemesis, which he kept in mind. There was already enough infighting with the Decepticons, and the last thing he needs are his troops destroying each other because a human snuck inside disguising as a vehicon. Luckily, should CYLAS fail in the mission and Project Damocles be destroyed, he’ll belong to Knock Out. Project Damocles was the best thing he could offer, after all. In the end, Knock Out got what he wanted.

Autobots

Before the war, “The Navigator” does know Orion Pax due to their jobs in the Hall of Records. He did know them as the predacon enthusiast and that is how they officially meet. The discussion left a pretty good first impression as it allowed “The Navigator” to begin speaking more and participating in more discussions much like this one. The two would continue to meet time to time to discuss whatever was on each other’s minds, one of which concerning the caste system. Despite their close relationship, “The Navigator” never actually knew what happened with his meeting with the council alongside Megatron.

(In the Orion Pax episodes, Orion would actually refer to “The Navigator” as the name they once assumed before they were “The Navigator.” This would lead to a rather serious discussion with Megatron later.)

“The Navigator” has had little to no contact with the Autobots on Earth, but when they do, they attempt to negotiate first. Once it leads to conflict, which is all the time, they hold back on their strength. The cloak always stayed on, only ever unveiling one arm and firing a shot or two.

On Cybertron, however, they have killed plenty of Autobots under Megatron’s command. A good portion were “accidental,” while others were allowed to escape with serious injuries. Some likely died due to those injuries. As for the others, they were meant to die by their hand or they were the ones they killed while stuck in the crossfire before they joined the Decepticons.

In general, they know almost nothing about “The Navigator.” They only suspect they are not displaying their full power. “The Navigator” did engage in a fight against Optimus Prime on Earth once. As much as they welcomed the opportunity to fight him, they wished it didn’t have to be because of their affiliation. That fight alone made them aware of how strong “The Navigator” actually is.

As for the humans they guard, “The Navigator” actually kind of likes them even though they haven’t had many encounters with them. Sure they’re supposed to be enemies, but they can’t help but want to hold the kids in their hands whenever they see them. They think they’re adorable, especially Miko. They quite like her feisty nature.

Predaking

Before Predaking became aware of his abilities, “The Navigator” was a common friendly face to him. They didn’t like the way Starscream was treating him and would sometimes “steal” his job. Of course, not without startling him by sneaking up behind him.

To Predaking, something about them was oddly familiar. He would listen to “The Navigator” and sometimes follow them around the Nemesis. This earns them some odd looks until “The Navigator” manages to nudge him back to where he needs to be. Sometimes Predaking would allow them to lay on him until either of them had to go to work. Before recharging, “The Navigator” would tell him a few things they know of predacons and in turn, he’d learn something new about himself.

“The Navigator” can understand Predaking in his beast form. Predacons are capable of speech in said form, but Predaking seems to be unable to talk and often huffs, growls, and perhaps a roar. Regardless, “The Navigator” could still understand what he was trying to say.

“The Navigator” does eventually reveal their origins to Predaking after he transforms for the first time. They simply saw no other reason to hide it from him. “The Navigator” managed to convince Predaking to keep this knowledge to himself.

“The Navigator” assumes the role as his guide and trusted that he’ll lead the developing predacons once they emerge. They don’t see themself fit to rule over them as they see these predacons as the “next generation” even though they are still just clones of their old brothers and sisters. They see Predaking as the best and only candidate for the role. That, and they did know the original Predaking.

There is mutual respect between the two, although Predaking at first questioned their choices in the past to keep quiet about their identity especially with the fact they are an apex predator. There are a bit of mixed feelings when they tell him why, but ultimately, it’s not too different when he himself is loyal to Megatron.

“The Navigator” had once mentioned that Predaking shares the face of an old friend. Having no memory of that previous life, he questions who he was to them. Their only response to that question being, “Someone I once held dear.” Even if Predaking were to question further, “The Navigator” has no intention sharing who the original Predaking was as to not interfere with his own growth and to see just how much of the original Predaking remains.

This does not mean “The Navigator” and Predaking would eventually become Conjunx Endurae. “The Navigator’s” relationship with the original Predaking is left vague and is never brought up again, and “The Navigator” and Predaking’s relationship strictly remains that of a mentor and student.

Divider credits - @cafekitsune

[tryhardgwen]

omg my first platonic fic

this is a platonic showmaker & chovy (& faker) runeterra au with proplayers as league of legends champions (kindred). i used a lot of league of legends canonical lore and then spun it with my own ideas :]

idk how tumblr works again but i realize I can do a lot more long form messages here so I will probably use this blog to put my thought process about writing fics? i will put that below, but it has spoilers so if u wanna check it out probably read the fic first !!

named after the sleep token song:

i chose this song to name it after this not only because the obvious kindred relation with "the eyes of the wolf / the mouth of the lamb" but also because of the other lyrics!

"for so long I have waited / so long that I almost became / just a stoic statue fit for nobody" is very much the grey man coded.

"the vicious cycle was over the moment you smiled at me" would talk about the creation of the kindred, and lamb and wolf. they are each others escape.

"i know i know the way that it goes / you get what you give / you reap what you sow" well... kindred. they give death, and... ok imma stfu.

"and just like the rain / you cast the dust into nothing / and wash out the salt from my hands / so touch me again /i feel my shadow dissolving / will you cleanse me with pleasure?" i think speaks to the relationship between lamb and wolf again.

"nobody can say for certain / if maybe it's all just a game / when I open my eyes to the future / I can hear you say my name" is what I perceive to be the kindred and the grey man's relationship. :>

in the end notes i vaguely touch on the idea of the "LCK Mid" which I think is one of thee most interesting dynamics in lolesports. I've been wanting to write plat fics for a while to sort of explore. in my eyes the holy trinity of the lck mid would be faker, chovy, and showmaker. man I love them. also my grammarly keeps autocorrecting showmaker to shoemaker and its so annoying lmao.

but anyway they r SO INTERESTING! in this fic i tried to include a lot of parallels, from how showmaker as lamb knows more than chovy as wolf—because chovy hasn't won anything internationally unlike showmaker has. chovy's more hungry, because he hasn't won a world championship yet. not to mention their relationship with faker—each having a diff specialization and aspect of their gameplay. showmaker has said many times about how he doesn't want to be the next faker so i made him despise the grey man here. with faker as the grey man i again use the whole "alone at the top" trope because... oh my god I'm a sucker for that. he's got everything, but everyone hates him, and he is lonely. plus my ending + the cyclic nature of the world/of the esports... faker will always be there. it will always come back to him. there will be other midlaners, but its always faker at the end, or so it seems.

anyway! i had a lot of fun writing this fic. it was very challenging and out of my comfort zone because it was platonic and abt people I haven't written about before, and because its a lot more... abstract? it relies on parallelism and reading between the lines. idk. my brain is dumb. i am also dumb. i just vomit words on a google doc and pray for the best.

if anyone has more questions u can ask here on tumblr or on retrospring. please be nice bc again tumblr scares me. i am easily scared.

[baticeer]

BG3 asks: 2, 12, 40, 52, 61, & 104

2. What is their class (+ subclass) and why did you choose it?

Vennet is a wizard. In the actual game I played as Necromancy school, but I think for the lore she should probably have been Transmutation, since she's supposed to be an alchemist. I just didn't want to respec bc I love spamming undead summons lol and I thought I'd lose my spells learnt from scrolls (idk if that is actually how it works).

The original tabletop version of Vennet was a Pathfinder 1e character (for a campaign that never got past session 1 but she was still living in the back of my mind for years...) so she was an alchemist there and I chose wizard because it was the closest and is also my favorite 5e class to play.

12. How does your Tav feel about Us? Did they free them, maim them or leave them behind?

I love Us! Vennet freed it, out of curiosity more than anything because she was pretty disoriented waking up on the Nautiloid. I didn't know it was possible to find Us in act 2, so I never saw it again in my save, but I like to think that in my canon story Ven got Us as a pet and it helped her cope with her part-illithid transformation. And that postgame the Emperor takes Us home with him (he deserves it!)

40. Did your Tav agree to kill the Guardian or did they go talk to them instead?

After seeing Lae'zel almost get killed by the Zaith'isk and only being saved by the guardian's interference, Vennet thought it seemed obvious which one of those two should be listened to, and resisted tooth & nail to the idea of giving up the artifact to the githyanki! She definitely didn't try to stab her guardian when they met inside the Prism [thank god, bc you can't fuck emps if you do lmao] and mostly just. Yelled at him to stop being vague and asked a bunch of questions demanding explanations that he didn't want to give yet

52. What does your Tav think of Dame Aylin?

hmmm I think these are Vennet's takes on Aylin approximately in order of significance:

a powerful ally. glad we freed her and have her on our side. No strong personal attachment to her but we need all the help we can get

she's kind of A Lot with all of the going on about nobility and love and how great she is, sheesh

[sigh] have you seen those muscles though... if Isobel wasn't around... Would

61. How does your Tav feel about Baldur's Gate? Is it their home? Is it their first time in the city?

It's definitely not her home, she's from Menzoberranzan and not only is it her first time in the city but the BG3 plot is also her first time on the surface world for any length of time more than a day or two. She finds the Gate pretty overwhelming, it is more than 2x the size of Menzo (which is the biggest drow city on Faerun) and the ocean also generally makes her uneasy (it's Too Big! we don't have that underground!). She finds the surface world in general kinda... what's the opposite of claustrophobic? Everything is so big and bright and outdoors there is no cavern ceiling over your head, how do you cope!

Post-game, she doesn't ever live in Baldur's Gate permanently but spends a good amount of time there to visit friends and do Society of Brilliance business. She does have affection for the place due to her history there (she calls it her "second birthplace") and also because she loves the Emperor and ofc his city is very important to him.

Waterdeep is even bigger than Baldur's Gate but Vennet is a little more comfortable there because it's not as "rough" and there's more species diversity (the Gate is still pretty heavily human-dominant but most Waterdhavians won't look twice at a drow walking down the street). She still prefers to be in the Underdark and her and Gale alternate their time between living in his home in Waterdeep and her wizard tower in the Underdark.

... aaaaas for that last question, omg, I don't even wanna explain "who did your Tav romance" because it's so silly complicated and I think I've mostly explained it in previous posts before LMAO, but the TLDR of it for those who have not heard my yapping is-

started out romancing Astarion bc she found him attractive, they were very unsuited for each other and she just is not what he needs at all, they finally broke off their weird toxic situationship in act 3 after killing Cazador

Gale fell in love with her, she rejected him when he confessed in game because she was not In Love and was scared of commitment

she was fascinated with the Emperor and did sleep with him ingame but their relationship isn't quite romantic; after she eventually goes through ceremorphosis with his help, they'll have a weird Illithid Psychic Hivemind Bond(tm) lol... he's family, essentially

her true end romance is Gale, postgame after becoming a mind flayer she goes to visit him in Waterdeep and they begin a relationship, they have a lot to navigate btwn her difficulty with commitment and the general weird challenges of having a romance btwn human & illithid, but it all works out eventually and a few years down the line they'll ultimately get married; for more see My Upcoming Fanfic that I swear I am writing and will start posting Soon

[science-lings]

Intro to my Phoenix!Phoenix AU

One thing I love about 'Phoenix being an actual Phoenix' AU's is that everyone can kind of put their own spin on it, maybe he has feathers and can talk to birds or is immune to fire, but because making a humanoid character into a mythical reincarnating bird is already deviating from every type of lore out there, you can just do whatever you want with it, which is my favorite thing to do.

The most important part of my particular Phoenix AU is his blood. In this au, his blood is what bursts into flames when he dies or is jumpstarted by an outside source of fire. It glows like molten metal to heal wounds and can even be transferred to another host to give them a bit of a magical healing boost in extreme situations.

continue on if you want to see the full informative essay lmao

He can set his blood on fire to jumpstart his own rebirth to skip the whole 'dying' thing, but that comes with its own consequences. It leaves him extremely weak and feverish for days afterward. In this AU he did take Dahlia's poison pills, and he ate the necklace, though because he almost died too recently, he still gets scars from the glass and the subsequent surgeries, he just wasn't strong enough to heal completely. It's why he gets away from eagle river with just a cold, he caught some of the debris of the flaming bridge and that ultimately saved him during the impact. Or at least kept him from having to fully die.

The fire fueled by phoenix blood is an unnatural blue and gets so hot that it melts metal and sets things around it aflame really easily. It extinguishes itself once Phoenix is healed but leaves behind scorch marks (both anywhere it touched and on Phoenix's body) and the normal fire that spawns from it needs to be dealt with more normally. Being reborn won't completely burn his suit off, but will leave ashy black marks in the places he was injured. idk how to logic that one out, I just think he deserves the mercy of not having to wake up from dying to be naked on top of everything else.

Phoenix can change forms, but as he wants to keep his mythical status a bit of a secret, he rarely does so and isn't good enough at transforming to do it during more urgent situations. His fear of heights also makes him less inclined to go birdmode. It's only after his disbarment that he becomes more comfortable testing out his own abilities and even joins Trucy in her magic shows as a flaming bird assistant. When he wants to watch his junior partners' trials, he occasionally attends in birdmode and hangs out in the courthouse windows. Sometimes he will swoop down to defend his kids from Taka as he has a bit of a grudge against the bird. He appears like Mia in times when hope is lost to scream a little, because he is a bird. (Trucy and her bird dad art)

Physical indicators of his true nature can mostly be hidden by his clothes, he has patches of small iridescent black/blue/indigo feathers like soft scales on his forearms, shoulders, back, hips, and lower legs. His hair is not quite made up of feathers but kind of supplemented by more featherlike bits of hair that only become obvious when touching it. He still has plausible deniability about his weird hair. His nails are naturally matte black and his eyelashes are long and dark enough to be noticeable but not too unusual.

Pre-Trucy he's trying his best to hide this part of himself but he gets more relaxed about it during his disbarment. when before he would refuse to roll his sleeves up even on the hottest of days, he gets more open about it with her. By the time he gets reinstated, his secret is kind of out so he sees no reason to try so hard to hide it.

One thing I'm still mulling over is how his immortality works. Either he can be good at being able to revive himself before he fully dies which causes him to reincarnate/regenerate into a new baby form with no/few memories of his life before or he could die, but only fully reincarnate every hundred or so years. This is all to say that I want his previous form to be Ryuunosuke. There are just core pieces of his personality that continue on, like being gay for his best friend and becoming a lawyer for him, and also his weird hair and big puppy eyes.

Also with all the talk about blood, I think a spinoff AU with Edgeworth being a vampire would just be fun. But I don't know how phoenix blood would affect a vampire... like would it reverse the vampirism? Would it partially reverse it? would it reverse the undead part but keep some of the silly vampire features? I haven't decided yet but it sounds funky to consider.

now to figure out what to call it... maybe Blood of the Phoenix (BotP AU), idk I'm taking suggestions now lmao

[the-enby-bird]

Introducing the last bit of evidence in his crew's thesis that no cybertronian scientist is fully sane, it's Chaser!

He's one of the transformers ocs I've been rotating around, he works on the same crew of fools and fuckers as all the others (so far only Nyx has a drawn concept art but there's like 20 ocs in this stupid fucking ship) & he's the chief engineer and also chief of biting people when they fuck with his works in progress

More random infodumping & design notes beneath the cut!!

BACKSTORY/LORE:

His altmode is inspired by a fox; and he originates from Kaon, where he spent the first half of his life making custom weapons for gladiators, stopped from using his talents for anything that pays better by functionism and altmode-based discrimination. His true passion always lay in building ships, and he spent all his spare time designing blueprints for various cruisers, shuttles and combat vehicles. Come the start of the war, despite his interests aligning with those of the decepticons, he remained neutral, and eventually fled Kaon when things started getting really bad. In his attempts to find safety, he met Ghost and Nyx, a pair of mechs with overly soft sparks and a crumbling charity medical ship in desperate need of replacement. He offered to build them a new ship, if in return they'd get his ass off planet, and they agreed without hesitation, even offering him a place among their crew. Logically, were Chaser not so desperate, he would have questioned where precisely Ghost got the shanix to buy him the supplies for a whole new ship, but he had priorities: getting away from the war, where his talents were less likely to be used for mass destruction.

A while later, with the help of Ghost's crew and a couple freelance construction mechs, he finally got to achieve his dream of building his own ship, and ditching planet: with the added bonus of a fuck ton of friends and an incredibly pretty radio mech to flirt with.

He spent the rest of the war on that ship, aiding neutral folks (both cybertronian and organic) with repairs to fucked up stations and ships; as well as helping the medical crew of the Unity not die when dealing with decepticon patients. Also helping his captain annoy the shit out of their conjux.

He's conjuxed to another oc, Blaze, and spiritually amicas with the ship's CMO, Null. He also helps parent Blaze's cassettes, who are basically teenagers at this point but the chaos that Starseeker brings with him 24/7 requires at *least* 3 mechs for damage control.

So yeah! That's my semi-feral engineer oc :33 I promise I'm very normal actually

Also btw no oc of mine escapes the Horrors he does in fact have a mountain of angst attached to him it just isn't discussed here, I'll discuss it when I finally design Null (lies it's actually discussed in the design notes there's just also More angst in his future after he recovers from the past angst)

DESIGN NOTES:

Okay so idk what kind of autism possessed me to make me include this much symbolism in his design but:

his layered plating is intended to resemble the plates on an armadillo, indicating his tendency to hide from his problems. The same idea is the reason for his alt mode being a fox - it is an allusion to The Fox And The Hound (the book, not the fable) conveying how Chaser tends to run from his problems, instead of facing them head on.

Unrelated, his alt mode also ties in with his weapon of choice - a sniper rifle, which is similar to a fox's precise, calculated method of hunting. His choice of weapon shows his preference to keep enemies and struggles far away, and is often left fumbling when forced to confront his problems.

All this is to say, he is afraid of closeness: in Kaon, attachment could be deadly, and yet he still feels intense regret for running away, feeling like his cowardice left his few acquaintances to die. His entire life is tied to running, and cowardice, leading to more running as he tries to avoid the guilt that fleeing brings. He is fleeing his past (the hound!!!!), fleeing his fear, fleeing the mech he used to be, for he cannot accept that his anxiety is normal. His brave, chaotic, and powerful exterior is quickly offset by looking just a little closer, and seeing how he is not a predator, merely terrified prey.

How lucky that his conjux is a therapist.

Also the song I always think of when talking about him is The Paradox, so here have this: https://open.spotify.com/track/3dDh14gFFO8BhszSwhLNo3?si=AE-vSckVSvWK5M2HqQpR3g

[beepsparks]

Okay so I don’t trust myself enough to design accurate YDKJ humanizations and humanoid forms (more on that later) especially because I am VERY new and only own Party Pack 3 and have only gotten like 10 episodes into The Ride (I don’t mind spoilers) so advice for what I should include is appreciated! (especially after when I finished drawing Schmitty’s humanoid quip form then 20 minutes later found out he’s bald but I like the design I did too much to give it up so I’m just making the excuse it’s based on one of the quips, which it actually is)

As for why I’m doing full-humanizations and humanoid forms and how they work, click the read more

Okay so I like “humanizing” characters but usually they turn out somewhat inhuman in a way (blame my main fixations being OBJECT characters), but since I feel this is a SPECIAL case considering the lore of YDKJ and Jackbox, I’m gonna be doing both humanizations where they are just FULLY human and then humanoid forms based on specific Party Pack games (if it has an artstyle like quiplash, tmp, and Fakin It, it’s gonna be a humanoid design)

So for example, Schmitty will be fully human until Quiplash happens, in which he’ll suddenly be able to turn into a humanoid form that kind of looks like one of the quips, since he’s now MOSTLY known FOR hosting Quiplash in most cases he’s gonna stay in that form although he CAN turn back into his original human form I guess?? I hope I’m not confusing anybody with this, either way, he’s fully human until Quiplash releases in which now he can become a more humanoid form. (Also Schmitty can probably shapeshift into other quips considering that happens during gameplay if theres an odd amount of players, right?)

This is similar with Cookie where he’s also fully human until say, Fakin It releases (I know he hosts Fibbage but I don’t think it has an actual artstyle) and now he can become a humanoid form thats in the style of Fakin It (also im kinda set on giving him a black cloak as an item he can use to transform himself into the Faker) considering he’s mostly known for hosting things OTHER than Fakin It however, Cookie is gonna likely stay in human form most of the time.

For cases like Buzz and Guy (I think) where they don’t host any Party Pack games, they ONLY have human forms and are stuck with that.

As for hosts introduced in Party Packs and NOT YDKJ (such as Redacted), I’m kinda working on what I SHOULD do, should they ONLY have humanoid forms? (Since it would make sense with what im going for) But if I did that, Redacted wouldn’t have a human form and I REALLY wanna design a human form for him so should I give Redacted special treatment and let him have both forms and the rest have ONLY humanoid forms? Should every Party Pack host be able to become fully human and have humanoid forms? Idk.

Again, advice is absolutely appreciated! And I’m open to hear what people think of what im going for, lol

Oh yeah editing this in, im already done with Schmitty’s humanoid quip form and Buzz’s human form

[vaugarde]

i'd like to know more about how mega evolution works for your ocs, if you don't mind ^-^

you have activated my trap card............. prepare for Paragraphs

ALRIGHTY so to talk about my pmd ocs i gotta talk about the main verse and how it connects to the pmd universe. also this is a bit of spoilers for the starfall prequel but ehhhh its just the lore i dont think its a massive deal mentioning it lmao

SO. in starfall, the pmd and mainverse worlds are split timelines! the exact divergence happened when AZ fired the ultimate weapon. in the main series, the events were devastating still, but everyone was largely able to come back from it. in the pmd timeline, the humans could not. a good amount of humans were wiped out and over the next several centuries, pokemon became the dominant species on earth and humans dwindled out.

AZ of course fired the weapon for his Floette, swearing revenge on her murderers. He had taken several Pokemon that were separated from their owners during the war to power up the weapon, blinded by rage. One of those Pokemon was a Carbink. When he fired the weapon, the life energy drained from all of the Pokemon attached to the stones and was converted into the beam of light that devastated humanity.

But that Carbink survived, and with her survival came mutation caused by the energy scattering around her. She transformed into what people know today as Diancie. Since she was so close to the blast, she also became immortal.

The energy around them soon settled into multicolored dust. This would come to be known as emera dust. The dust could be gathered and formed into emeras, which usually broke apart soon after use and were used for simple stat boosts. Diancie soon realized she had the ability to take this dust and convert them into permanent stones, and she quickly gained a following creating stones for other Pokemon.

I'm still working out the timeline here- like why this wouldnt be relevant in the first three games because this only really concerns psmd. maybe its like a quieter thing at first with only a few teams using it? idk.

But anyways, by the time of PSMD, emeras are well known and accepted as a staple of exploration teams. Keep in mind, the origin of the emeras is not well known at all. Looplets have been developed to take advantage of them. Because of their efficiency, they pretty much replace stat boosting clothing entirely. Everything seemed all fine and dandy, success rates were at an all-time high!

But then mega evolution became common. When it first started, it had no name, but it was feared. Pokemon would be going through a dungeon, and they would create a strangely powerful emera that would boost a Pokemon's aura to extreme lengths, powering them up temporarily. For most Pokemon, it was an average stat boost, but for others... they would morph into a new form entirely, not unlike evolution. And soon after, those Pokemon would rampage, tearing the dungeon apart from within and attacking their own teammates. They became near incomprehensible in this form, but witnesses would report that they sounded like they were in pain.

This is because to make mega evolution work seamlessly without any of the harsh side effects, a human is needed to "ground" a mega evolved Pokemon. A mega evolved Pokemon gains an excessive amount of aura, which is why their body evolves to accommodate for it. But because it's not a natural form, the side effects can be physically painful, sending them into a rage, trying desperately to get their energy out.

When a human is bonded with a Pokemon well enough, they will get the ability to mega evolve that Pokemon, and the excess aura from mega evolution will be absorbed into the human through their keystone. A human's defensive aura towards Pokemon attacks make it so that taking on the energy is barely noticeable. This is why in the mainverse, only a select few individuals are able to mega evolve- there's a very tight leash kept on the practice for the safety of both trainers and Pokemon, and you have to prove yourself before taking it on.

But in the PMD universe, there are no humans. No one able to take on that excess aura, at least not painlessly. So there's no anchor and no safe way to mega evolve in this world. The Pokemon feel the full brunt of those side effects. They're feared in this world and seen as taboo.

So, sometime after the events of PSMD, the expedition society's leader Miriam (the psmd partner in my file) holds a meeting with guild societies around the globe to acknowledge the mega evolution problem. They vote to ban emeras and looplets from regular practice- any team caught with them will have their badges forfeited. This is a controversial choice, as many Pokemon believe that the looplet system worked, and it shouldn't have been thrown out without finding a way to make mega evolution work.

This is made more controversial by the fact that Miriam and Jay (PSMD hero) can actually pull off mega evolution together because of Jay's status as a former human- they have a human aura at their core, so once they honed their skills, Jay was able to act as Miriam's anchor. So they're visible proof that mega evolution CAN work in this world, perhaps. Regardless, the two give it up except for when they truly need it.

Many Pokemon went to Diancie to try and get her to make them looplets and emeras again anyways behind the expedition society's back- some even wanted mega stones to test out the rumors for themselves! Remembering the devastation from all those centuries ago, Diancie decided to hide away in an underground cave network, never to be seen again for quite some time.

TLDR, So at the time of the prequel, looplets and by extension mega evolution is outlawed. It's an extremely dangerous and taboo practice because there are no humans around to act as an anchor. Some Pokemon are unhappy with this and want to find a way to mega evolve safely.

[wulvert]

PAPERTEETH 54!! WOO!!!! U DID IT!!!!!!!🎉🎉🎉

HWDJQDQFQLD SCARLETS LORE DUMP,,,THNAK U I ENJOY HOW THE STRAW TECHNOLOGY VEIN OPERATION IS STILL UP 2 VIEWER INTERPRETATION (/POS)

ALSO THE KELLYFICATION OF AVERY AT THE END??? WAIDQKDQLXE NICE CHEEKS IDIOT THE BLOODLUST IS COMING. u werent lying she rly is just so on the ground lookign pathetic.

okok heres werewolf biology questions which are. MUCH simpler and sillier and wont make u have 2 explode ur brain:

-do werewolves have to stick to the diets of wolves due to their curse? like. becoming carnivorous even in human form and being unable 2 eat chocolate.

-can werewolves sense? smell? other non-human creatures like vampires in their murderous rampage forms?

-can a werewolf transformation triggered by something other than a full moon be stopped halfway or is it like. as soon as u begin to show signs its already too late

-werewolves get no cool benefits in human form but do they still exhibit like. traits? hairiness, pointier teeth, lupine eyes, ability 2 growl (i would get cursed if it meant i could growl in human form tbh), etc stuff like that

-do animals tend 2 be more averse to werewolves cause they can. sense the dog in them??? idk

-this one is like. a more? spoilery question? so toss this one out if u cant answer for secret reasons: are any other members of trisha's family werewolves? (this is actually specifically about her sister but i wanted 2 phrase it to where u wouldnt be forced 2 like. technically reveal the answer even if u chose not 2 answer. idk if it worked)

nd finally. a silly: what's everyones favorite foods!!! paperteeth nd triptrack!! um. before avery and scarlet became. incapable of eating regular foods of course. tex and terry are also robots incapable of eating but u can pretend theyr not for this one if u wanna

IT WAS CONTROVERSIAL BUT IDK HOW ELSE 2 SHOVE THE LORE IN THERE IM SORRY EVERYIONE

while werewolves dont rly keep many wolfuy traits when human I think thrs probably an inclination 2wards a wolfier diet! can def still enjoy a vegetable tho.

Id think so! I do appreciate werewolves having a rly good nose in human form in other series but for this i think itd make it far too easy for her to have figured out scarlet by now- so my werewolves get nerfed there but yeah she can probably tell while she's a wolf- but her memory afterwards isnt the best- & she stays in the basement after absorbing moonlight so she shouldnt be running into any vampires anyway and if she did I think she'd have trouble saying someones non human for certain after she's turned back.

yeah! if fish were to get rly upset about something and start turning- but then the thing making her upset was resolved, she'd be able to reverse things if she was calming down- if she still turned from residual upsetness she probably wouldnt be a wolf for very long but the issue is the process of turning is rly painful, so that in of itself is usually distressing enough to push someone over. I think before i said being scared or angry can turn them- its more so like any negative emotion.

trisha has yellow eyes but since i elected not to give paperteeth characters eye colours u cant tell but she does. other than that no but again they get a little fluffier when a bit emotional- which can be ok, anything past getting furry is the bad part. . fangs r cute but my werewolves in human form have normal teeth bc they get a new set of wolf teeth every time they transform then they get a new set of human ones when they turn back- it sucks for them but they dont rly have to worry abt going to the dentist cuz their teeth r always fresh and new. actually unless they need braces, bc the braces and their progress probably gets completely obliterated every month. damn, rip. nothin stopping from humans growling as is so sure werewolves can also growl but like. no better than a normal person.

animals think trisha is gross and generally werewolves as a whole- but agnes is brave

spoierlsers...

no they rnt! werewolfness isnt passed genetically & fishy was the only one bitten in the incident.

good questiom ok i think tex pizza hes a basic little robot i think he'd appreciate its hold-ability via the crust, i do think he'd be vegan if he could eat food, i think he'd feel weird abt absorbing meat- like human ppl are made of meat and that'd psych him out.. idk where it is but i have this drawing . i dont know where it is i posted it somewhere. anyway . um red cheesecake bc he's right abt everything. terry does have a mouth. btw so he can taste things like tex can so he can also theorize abt this- i dont think he'd care abt meat like tex does and he'd want to eat something in one bite, like. a cake raspberries on it which most people would not consider that a one bite scenario but he is a big boy and i think he could do it. toad likes butter penne with nothing else on it & i think tara would like a avocado tomato basil etc sandwich. shae eats protein powder for breakfast

avery when alive. probably showed up at mcdonalds at like 3 am asking for chicken nugget meal pls after work a lot, otherwise i think she had a sweet tooth and made her own tiramisu :) scarlet instant ramen with added stuff in it like egg & vegetables and stuff bc its both easy and nice so its favourable 4 its convenience, but thts bc she has to make it. hm outside of that probably deep fried pizza like drenched in chippy sauce. she would also show up at 3 am to mcdonalds. kelly's favourite food probably is chicken nuggets even outside of a lethargic its 3 am and i just killed a man context so there is that. and trisha a5 wagyu grill seared rare steak obviously. i think context 4 favourite food is important though bc avery wouldnt willingly go to mcdonalds in any other context, its probably like how i feel abt mcdonalds 99p burger when im drunk and cold and ashamed to be alive but with more adrenaline hangover than actual hangover hangover. anyway

fishs dad- hopes and dreams.

[moku-youbi]

Do you do ABO verse? or would that be something your interested in?

So, as a general rule I'm not a big fan of ABO. I find a lot of it really reductive. I don't wanna yuck other people's yum, but I also hate the way it perpetuates a binary and reinforces gender stereotypes that I'm not a fan of.

However, all that being said, I've come across some really great ABO fics that play with all that stuff in a really satisfying way. I tried my hand at one a million years ago, but never got very far in it sadly.

I guess part of the problem at least is that, when we're talking about queer men, it would make more sense for two Alphas or two Omegas to be in love, regardless of their secondary sexual characteristics. So generally, I think that's the route I'd like to explore.

With Klive, specifically, I've had a couple of thoughts, NGL. Primarily an Alpha/Alpha or Omega/Omega situation. But I also thought it could be really interesting to explore what might be the reasons a person presents as an Alpha or an Omega. You know, with such radically different pseudo-science explanations/lore floating around, how some suggest that the body undergoes an actual physical transformation at a certain age, and before then has the potential to be either, and therefore outside influences or stressors could impact which way it goes. While it might not be common, one of the factors could have to do with finding your soulmate before either of you have presented. In which case the dynamic you have might inform which of you presents as which.

So Klaus and Five are childhood sweethearts, and everyone just knows Five's going to turn out to be the alpha, and Klaus the omega, just based on their personalities and preferences and physical attributes. Except then Five disappears. Five still becomes an alpha in the apocalypse, but in his absence, I had this idea that maybe Klaus becomes an alpha, as a way of coping. That without Five, his body just wasn't willing to make itself vulnerable in yet another way. Then, Five comes back in his younger body, and is surprised and maybe a little disappointed that Klaus is an alpha too. Except then when he starts to go through the whole presenting a second time, his body responds to the fact that Klaus is his soulmate, so he presents as an omega.

I think it could be a lot of fun to explore the difference in experience from the first time around. How maybe he's uncertain or even upset about it at first, but eventually comes to find that actually? And how alpha/omega isn't this black and white thing, how many of the traits that are associated with one or the other don't actually have anything to do with the secondary sex. Five is still a crazy, feral little psycho if you threaten his family. Klaus is still all hippie, peace and love. But Klaus will fuck up anyone who hurts the people he loves, and Five gets to be soft and enjoy Klaus taking care of him.

IDK. I don't know if I'll ever get around to it, with the long list of fics I'm already actively working on or thinking about. I will say that Klaus in general gives me gender feels, and in my Danger Days AU he has both sets of parts, male and female. And while I often feel like Always the Opposite Gender fics don't work because of how people are socialised, I do think that the Umbrella kids present a unique opportunity, where the circumstances around their upbringing wouldn't have really changed, and the didn't spend enough time around people outside of the manor to get that socialisation, so AAG!Klaus or AAG!Five are also pretty plausible, and in particular I think it could be really fucking cool to see how AAG!Five might do in the real world, after living in the manor and then the apocalypse, and how being treated at all like she's lesser than or incapable might set her off on a murderous frenzy. Because she'd be the exact same Five we know, just different pronouns.

[arikihalloween]

Welcome Home × Soul Eater AU ramble

I had announced it, I shall now share it !

Behold, WH SE AU

Context :

In the world of Soul Eater, there are people who can transform into weapons (called demonic weapons), a genetic trait coming from some witch experimenting on humans centuries before. To avoid having those "weapons" go out of control, Shinigami, a god of death, created a school called Shibusen, where those weapons could learn how to control their powers. There are also people who come to this school to partner with the weapons and wield them, those are called meisters.

In this AU, our colorful cast of Welcome Home characters are students at this school in their last few years of studies (18-23 years old) and decided to create a race to the top before their graduation. The goal ? Get their weapon partner to the "death scythe" level by getting as much evil souls as they can. Who will win ? Who knows 👀

Let's present our six duos !

Julie Joyful and Frank Frankly (butterfly net)

Barnaby b. Beagle and Wally Darling (big apple hammer)

Howdy Pillar and Poppy Partridge (scythe)

Sally Starlet and Lucero Starlley (guitar axe)

Suave Moonwatcher and Eddie Dear (shield, later on a giant pair of scissor)

Nyxie Moonwatcher and Calypso O Octave (musical saw/violin)

And of course we can't forget out dear silliest, Home as Shinigami !!

Full page :

Lucero and Calypso belong to @kokoiep

Ramble :

Okay so this AU is actually over a year old, I had old designs and dynamics I wasn't 100% happy with because this AU was co created

Idk how the other creator is doing, I haven't talked to them in a loooong while, so I decided to rebrand the AU a little

Now, I'll explain my choices and lore

For one, I believe in keeping the canon personalities. So, when deciding who's a weapon and who is a meister, I tried to go along how the characters would act and what alligns with their silly selves. The characters that ended up as weapons needed to be weapons, otherwise it doesn't fit their personality to come to Shibusen to become a meister (reminder, meister can choose to go to Shibusen, weapons are kinda obligated to)

For the clothing, I just had fun with the "school uniform" concept as given in the Soul Eater and Soul Eater Not manga series.

And for the pairing, I included a lot of ocs, ik, but I wanted the pairs to truly match in energy and personality, and also I love my and Koko's oc and it's my AU I do what I want !

Joking side, here are some more funfact on how they ended up there

Julie followed in her siblings footsteps

Barnaby came to partner with Wally, the two are childhood best friends

Sally and Howdy came for fame and opportunities that come with being a meister

Nyxie and Suave where raised in Shibusen for lore reasons 👀

Julie and Wally are dating !

Frank and Eddie are a bit more on and off, because Eddie is an anxious mess and Frank doesn't like competion

But at the same time, the shipping in this AU is "yes" because : Julie and Wally are a thing, but Julie is very close to Frank, who is on and off with Eddie, and Eddie is quite close to Howdy, and Sally likes to flirt with Eddie and Poppy, but Lucero has a crush on Sally, who might have a lil crush on Julie, but Nyxie has a crush on Lucero, and Barnaby and Wally are reaaallly close

Good luck, may the ships all sail at once like it's the Vendée Globe :D

Other funfacts

Nyxie and Suave are actually weapons too, Nyxie is a frying pan (because what else would she be) and Suave is undetermined. Both are very unstable and thus can't really be weapons full time, hence why they meister others

Everyone has part time jobs !

Nyxie and Suave work at a bar, Eddie works at the post office, Sally works at a theater, Lucero works with Caly at a music shop, Frank works at a library, Julie in a hairdresser salon, Poppy and Howdy work at a little retail shop, Wally and Barnaby work in a clothing store.

They all live in the same appartement complex, all neighbors and they visit eachother all the time ! Each pair live together too, platonically.

I think that's about all I can say

This AU is a lil special to me because I love Soul Eater and the lore and ik there is probably already some other SE Wh aus but I wanted to get this out anyway and see if people enjoy my silly rambling

I posted it on tiktok already and people ate this up lol, I'm kinda hoping they would too here as well ? We'll see.

[your-local-uwu-artist]

Yoooo Marilou has a sword? :O

Also I saw something about waterproof hair and fabrics in that gijinka universe, which is really interesting! Are there any other little details like that, about the funky traits pokemon can have and how they affect the world?

(my inital response got too long and crashed my computer lol TAKE TWO)

SHE DOES! She's an oshawott so her sword is her scallchop :3 it looks and behaves mostly just like a normal non gijinka one does. is attached to her belly button and considered a part of her body. the suction to her belly button is strong enough that it can be attached through a thin layer of fabric: but ussually marilou will still have her clothes either modified to have a hole or have a special belt to attach it too. Her scallchop extends to a full length sword when she chooses! no one else including another oshawott can make it extend to sword mode.

the sword itself is based off of pirate swords and samurotts' sword thingie

THERES SO MUCH FUN FUNKY STUFF so much i'm working on some drawings of eevees evolved into every eeveelution as an excuse to infodump lol

heres some fun psmd gijinka au world building/lore facts!

-if marilou were to put on a normal collared shirt, the collar would transform into an upturned frilly one: bassically a pokemon 'pokemonness' (being very connected to not just nature but like the nature of the world) connects with the physical natural material in the clothes and can modify it slightly. never by a whole lot. but enough that theres a canon explanation

so yeah the universe has a species dress code basically

-species names function a bit like last names. most (but not everyone!) does have a 'real' name, and in smaller communities generally everyone will know and address others as such (with the exception of like, an elder figure, like a kid won't call the kind charizard across the street by her name she's 'ms charizard' ), but generally speaking it's rude to ask for someones name, or adress someone by such if they havn't told you you can. whats wacky is sometimes if someones adopted by another species they'll adopt an aspect of one of their adoptive parental figures names as a middle name. Marilou and Comet both do this! Marilou's full name is 'Marilouise Brazil Oshawott' Brazil as in the tree nut (Nuzleaf's name) and is 'Comet Costa' Bulbasaur' Costa like Carracosta

- humans (while considered exitnct technically can still exist in the psmd-gijinka verse) can't have 'unnatural' hair colors! within anime reason of course like a black haired humans hair can be actually a shade of blue but like, a human can't naturally have a bright colorful hair color: they can have any color eyes though!

-pokemon still come from eggs in the psmdgijinka-verse. And they still can only reproduce with pokemon from the same egg group and the species of the kid will ussually be that of the 'mother' theres a chance it can be the other parent's. though maybe some species may give live birth like how there are some reptiles etc in our world that do that, but i'm not sure yet. yeah I'm that one nerd that will go on about how theoretically how pikachu can be both a mammal and lay eggs

-most fairy types have particularly like idk the word cause usually 'fair' means pale but what I really mean is that when drawing a fairy type I'll make sure they're skin tone is more saturated than I'd usually choose has more noticeable blush and is closer to the red/pink then orange/yellow hue

-so the shades of color a pokemon can be varies a lot! however the shiny color of a pokemon does effect this. like take vaporeon for example, It's more common for a vaporeon's shades of blue to be teal then indigo sense indigo is closer to purple (vaporeons shiny color)

-while more rare type exclusionist/discrimination/not comparable to any real life bigotry so idk what to call it does exist: like they make grass type dominated towns where fire types aren't allowed and dark and ghost types are often stereotyped as mischievous and up to no good. like yeah sometimes they are but not to the extent that people act