#lmao infodump post

[corneille-moisie]

i was tagged by @im-sometimes-sparkles to spell my url with song titles and did not want to reblog the long reblog chain (you can reblog this one or make your own, either's fine by me :) )

candis - sukekiyo

obscure - dir en grey (cw for gore and other gross stuff, just in case)

rink - blam honey

nas ne dagoniat - tatu (not gonna get us works too :D)

energize me - after forever

inner universe - hora

l'horloge - chanton l'amour

last hallucination - schwarz stein

even in death - evanescence

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maze - velvet eden

ophelia - kaya

if i could turn back time - cher

senzafine - lacuna coil

iidk - vidoll

edema ruh - nightwish

im tagging @moonjaehwa, @ans-main, @technicontrastron, @kurumeki, @jade-curtiss because im curious but you're under no obligation to actually do it lol :3

eta : no need to link everything, im just extra like that ^^

and if you were not tagged and wanna do it, go ahead, do it !! (tag me though, i wanna see 👀 !!)

[thetwilightroadtonightfall]

one of the funniest facts about Daybreak Town to me is that its most famous landmark is a big ass clocktower. But you can’t tell the time by looking at it

[fycoren]

the autistic rizz

[myebix]

HAPPY LATE BIRTHDAY TO MY SPECIAL LITTLE GUY ‼️

[mommyclaws]

Random but im drawing rn so it's on the brain. In my rewrites/Aus, (specifically my Tiger mentors Firepaw one) I've always liked to have Rusty join Thunderclan three moons earlier. He's just a bit too small to really start training so the spare time is used for development and characterization of more minor characters, relationships, and just generally make things a bit more interesting.

Likeee. Longpaw is old enough to be a warrior at this point, but Darkstripe is strict and keeps failing him on his all his assessments. So when Rusty is about to be apprenticed, he gets pissed about not getting his ceremony and it's the main reason he picks a fight with him, ultimately loosing and being stuck as an appretice even longer. So early Longpaw/tail is like this highschool bully character who's forced to sit at the lunch table with the protagonist and his friends lmao.

I also want Rusty is be absolutely spoiled by the queens/perma queens at the time. Most kits are really eager to get out of the nursery, but since he was sepreated from his mother when he was adopted by his twolegs, he's like.... woaw free moms... and it's basically his favorite place in camp. Frostfur, Brindleface, and Speckletail, absolutely adore him. Especially Goldenflower. I think they just rlly click and she's the one who looks after him most. Bc...... man I just Iove Goldenflower and too much of her story goes unsaid.

If Firepaw is close to her, it could be used as an opportunity for a bit more insight into Tiger/Golden's relationship. (Firepaw could have been been the REASON they got together. Tiger is mentoring him, so he and Goldenflower interact often and start a relationship...] Swiftpaw's death would be more impactful. Fireheart's relationship with Bramble and Tawny would be more complex and maybe even familial on some level.

I also like the idea of if Redtail was initially going to mentor Firepaw..... so we're a bit more attached to him before his death and some foreshadowing because it's pretty clear that he and Tigerclaw have history and don't get along...

[nelyoslegalteam]

please tell me about your dnd campaign, stranger

hi hi hi hi hi hi hi do you have any idea how happy i am to get this ask. you have activated my trap card this is going to be SO long i am sorry in advance but The People Need To Know About My D&D Campaign.

so we’re playing in Adventures in Middle Earth, which is. supposedly a Tolkienverse-specific 5e mod but frankly it’s robust enough to fully count as its own system if you ask me. like it has its own guidebooks, character sheets, premade adventures, and features mechanics that 5e just straight up doesn’t have. it’s like if 5e were actually good. anyway. may i present to you:

｡･:*:･ﾟ★,｡･:*:･ﾟ☆ The Mirkwood Campaign ｡･:*:･ﾟ★,｡･:*:･ﾟ☆

so what, exactly, happened in the intervening years between the events of the Hobbit and LOTR? we did, BAYBEEEEEE!!

we are:

Murdoc, a hobbitish warden (adventures in middle earth’s version of a bard), played by yours truly!! raised in the shire and eventually moved out to the middle of mirkwood by an eccentric uncle who idolizes bilbo baggins, murdoc is the heir apparent to the brandybuck family inn. unfortunately for murdoc, he has developed extremely nasty prophetic dreams and is now burdened with the ability to see the future! a skill that has definitely left him with a very normal relationship to his new day job of Being An Adventurer!! i am unhinged and have uh. Talked About Him A LOT If You Care To Read This, but he is full of murderous rage and also tea and loves his friends very much. he also, more recently, surrendered himself as bait to the great werewolf plaguing mirkwood, trusting completely that his friends would come and save him. he was right. they did. and he lost his right hand in the process. :)

Ríros, an elven warrior (aime version of a fighter), played by @jaz-the-bard. tall, buff, sunshiny, and an absolute himbo. ALSO loves his friends VERY much and this is KEY. unfortunately for ríros, he is a redhead, and that does cause problems in a world where maedhros feänorion once existed. (stranger, i am so sorry if you are not one of my silmarillion regulars and did not know what you were getting into by asking me, a silmarillion blog, to tell you about my d&d campaign, and now have no idea who or what the fuck i am talking about). ríros is notably not maedhros though! he isn't even noldorin!! maedhros is a ghost who lives in his sword (and who is also played by jaz)! and who also maybe kind of accidentally possessed him one time, if you wanna read this here for a better explanation of ríros mostly but also all of the above.

The Bearer, a human slayer (aime barbarian), played by @thymo-leonta. grumpy old man. unwilling father to all these young and stupid adventurers he’s been stuck with. are they all adults? yeah sure. they’re still Children. we are making him go grey. also full of murderous rage. looks like he's running from his perfectly normal, happy, loving family. is actually acutely aware of the fact that he has been doomed to die. killed the werewolf that took murdoc's hand. as a consequence, became the werewolf that took murdoc's hand. has two dogs, both named Dog <3

Déorwyn, a human wanderer (aime ranger), played by @shadowkat2000. resident party Horse Girl. a fellow sufferer of The Bad Prophetic Dreams^TM. because this is not quite unfortunate enough for her, déorwyn Hears Dead People. apparently our GM gives her extra secret bonus ghosts that the rest of us do not hear or know about! this being the source of her foresight makes her pretty distinct from murdoc, despite them both seemingly suffering from the same thing, in ways that i have LOTS of emotions about. her horse is named windrider and Their Bond Is Unbreakable uwu

and @potatoobsessed999, our obligatorily Extremely Ominous GM!

(we are also occasionally joined by Ioreth, a human treasure hunter (aime rogue), whose player is unfortunately not on tumblr. a founding member of the party, has earned the epithet The Feral, mostly loves to hang out in the woods by herself, look for shiny things, and cause chaos. as a beorning, she CAN astral-project herself as a bear. it rules. once got possessed by a ringwraith, probably holds the most compassion for characters who have been through similar out of any of us. is usually covered in mud.)

initially in the employ of radagast the brown, a tenure that did not last due to murdoc's insistence that saruman is evil (i mean. yeah lol.), we're a group of adventurers traveling mirkwood with the aim to defend it as sauron slowly gathers power. we are

very

successful at the Fighting And Killing Things part of this

we specialize in:

lugging unconscious bodies through the woods!

lugging DEAD bodies through the woods!

lugging EACH OTHER'S bodies through the woods!

lugging things through the woods in general!

setting things on fire (usually murdoc's fault)!

making fun of our enemies so bad they just give up!

INCLUDING the ringwraiths (shoutout to ríros)!

serving annoying politicians subpoenas!

murdering them like the one time it was totally justified we promise!

accidentally convincing the council of mirkwood that murdoc's inn is a small fiefdom!

being generally cursed (except for ríros) (he just looks that way)!

HIRE US to take care of whatever problems are happening in YOUR local cursed forest! wights? patricidal politicians? generally awful politicians? sauron? the same fucking werewolf again? it's definitely just tuesday to us!

you can count on

｡･:*:･ﾟ★,｡･:*:･ﾟ☆ the union of murdoc ｡･:*:･ﾟ★,｡･:*:･ﾟ☆

anyhow, jaz is absolutely wonderful and has written several fics of our party, including (but not limited to):

Cooking Contest for the Free Peoples, based on an in-game conversation about beating sauron at competitive cooking,

In Which There Are More Ghosts, which is not canon to game but is in fact Extremely Representative of the exact kind of nonsense we get up to (campaign's haunted),

A Stranger With a Friend's Face, a canon to game horror story of how ríros got slightly possessed, the party acquired maedhros, and neither murdoc nor déorwyn managed to explain the presence of the vengeful ghost residing in murdoc's scepter and bullying him in his dreams to any of the rest of the party right up until this very moment,

and this wonderful drabble from the horror arc in which we were isolated inside of a haunted longhouse. complete with party memes here.

there's more, and i am going to a.) pick on jaz to add them if they can find them, and b.) pick on my beloved friends in general to Please Help Me Infodump About our Game!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Top to Bottom, Left to Right: Murdoc, the Bearer, Déorwyn, Ríros, Ioreth]

[kinokoshoujoart]

for the person who asked what celia is saying here’s my attempt at translation in plaintext in case it didn’t show up before (image is from @kerbobbled’s scans of the jp AWL guidebook)

(rightmost panel) ‘Pipiria’: “Hi there! I’m the cute Pipiria! Today, I’m here to share some very special tips with you!

(shaving Daryl’s head) If you use clippers on the back of a person’s head, you can make their hair curl up!

(dancing with animals) If you bring the animals to the Blue Bar, their affection will increase immediately! Animals love alcohol, too!

(tending the crops…) Human feces is the best fertilizer for crops! Any crop will bear fruit in just one day!”

Mark: “I can’t allow you to spread misinformation!!”

READERS ADDED CONTEXT: huge twist

[high-metafive]

half tempted to make an smt based discord for no real reason other than meeting buddies and doing fan stuff etc etc. i wont do it but the thought... so tempting.....

[brendathedoodler]

Thinking about the Mr L hero au again.

During the battles with the Sammer Kingdom before the world was destroyed, Mr L is actually kinda enjoying himself. He very much believes he needs to prove himself (though this is partially from the programming to his personality, he was given the role of ‘bright new minion of Count Bleck who wants to impress him and prove his worth to the team’) and is eager to show off for the team with his rocket boosters and ray gun.

Anyway, Mr L manages to work together with Mario incredibly. They’re extremely in sync, just like they always are. It’s a little bit of Luigi shining through despite the mocking jeers Mr L gives to their enemies.

He’s having fun. He’s getting along with the team, even if he’s still a jerk.

Then the world is destroyed. It’s nothing but emptiness.

“This is what Count Bleck plans to do to all worlds,” Peach says.

Mr L doesn’t respond.

“Is this truly what you want?”

He glares at her. “I wanted my own world.”

“What is it that you want in your perfect world, then?”

Mr L realizes he doesn’t have an answer. He was never programmed to have one, only that he wanted this ‘perfect’ world desperately enough to destroy all others to get it. Since it wasn’t something he’d ever have, what his perfect world truly consisted of was never made for him. He doesn’t know how to answer.

The team continues forward through the emptiness. There’s nothing but a ruined pure heart at the end. Nobody is there to fight them for it.

It’s just emptiness.

Mr L begins to question things.

On the walk back to the door, Mr L is lagging behind. Mario takes notice and steps back with him.

“Are you alright?”

“Shut up.”

Mario does. They walk side by side. Mr L doesn’t make any indication that he doesn’t want Mario there.

Mr L opens his mouth to talk, then stops multiple times. He doesn’t know how to say what he wants. Mario is quiet, just as Mr L told him to be.

“I was thinking about my perfect world,” he says finally.

Mario feels afraid suddenly. What if this brainwashed version of his brother thinks of something worth betraying them for?

“It doesn’t make any sense, though! Why didn’t I have one before!?” Mr L exclaims, clearly frustrated. “Why would I go into this with just a vague idea! I’m a genius! You’ve seen my brobot! I don’t go into anything without a plan!”

Mario had seen the way Mr L rushes into battle and is sure that isn’t true, but he just nods along. He doesn’t want to stop him. It seems like Mr L is coming suspiciously close to realizing that his entire identity is a lie. Whatever comes from that realization, Mario wants to be there for him.

“But the strangest part isn’t that I didn’t have a clear plan. The real strangest part is that I don’t even really think of brobot much anymore,” Mr L admits. “Isn’t that fucked up? My own brother! He got destroyed and all of a sudden I stop thinking of him. It took me way too long to remember that my perfect world was supposed to include him.”

Mario doesn’t know what to say about that. He’s almost hopeful, though.

“But I guess you think you know why this is happening, don’t you?” It comes out as an accusation, but Mr L seems just the slightest bit unsure.

Mario’s heart aches for him. Poor Luigi, confused and lost in whatever Nastasia did to his head.

There’s a silence between them. Mario realizes it’s probably his turn to speak. “I’d like to think you built your brobot to replace something you didn’t know was missing.”

And Mr L scoffs. “Of course that’s what you think.

They fall into silence again. Mario doesn’t know how to respond. He knows what Luigi would like. Luigi wants assurance, he’d want to hear what Mario has to say. He’d want to know if Mario agrees with his idea.

But Mr L is avoiding admitting the conclusion he’s come to. Usually it’s Mario who sugarcoats things, and Luigi who is more blunt. Now they’re both dancing around the topic, but Mario can’t help but worry that trying to be clear about what he thinks will push Mr L away. Mr L hates being wrong, after all.

So he does the next thing Luigi would like: he gives him a hug.

“Whether you’re my brother or not, I’ll be here for you.”

Mr L goes rigid. Just as Mario is about to let go, he relaxes ever so slightly. He hesitates, slowly moving his arms around Mario to return the hug. He doesn’t quite make contact, but it’s the closest thing to physical affection he’s gotten from Mr L so far. He’s not pushing him away.

Mr L stares out at the empty expanse of nothingness, unsure of what to think. He should be pushing Mario away, but suddenly he’s never felt safer. He’s stuck between two conflicting feelings and he doesn’t know what to do.

Finally Mario pulls away. “Are you feeling alright?” he asks softly.

“Fuck off!” Mr L snaps, shaking himself out of the stupor and running ahead. Mario doesn’t chase, just continuing to follow at a normal stroll.

It hurts, but he knows he needs to give Mr L time to process this. He can’t imagine how difficult it would be to realize your entire life is a lie. He tries to ignore the pang of hurt, and just gives his brother some space.

Mr L won’t admit to being wrong, not out loud, but he admits to himself that maybe he had built brobot to replace a brother he couldn’t remember.

And maybe, just maybe, that brother is Mario.

[totentnz]

GOOD MORNING (now evening)

today i awoke and chose violence. i wanna talk a bit about the AU @bishicat and I have. ~inspired~ by the 5 songs, 3 outfits taggame!

EVERYBODY WANTS TO RULE THE WORLD

Welcome to your life There's no turning back Even while we sleep [...] We will find you It's my own design It's my own remorse Help me to decide Help me make the Most of freedom and of pleasure Nothing ever lasts forever Everybody wants to rule the world [...] There's a room where the light won't find you Holding hands while the walls come tumbling down When they do, I'll be right behind you I'm so glad we've almost made it So sad they had to fade it Everybody wants to rule the world [...] I can't stand this indecision Married with a lack of vision Everybody wants to rule the— Say that you'll never, never, never, never need it

name of the AU, basically it's about change, within oneself, within a friend group, within the world. and about accepting that change - or fighting against it. each member of the trio (or V³ as we like to call em) thinks their way of living is the right one. V(alerie) is hellbent on not backing down and staying right where she is V(incent) thinks getting away from the city and the people who hurt him is the best choice V(ivienne) wants more from life, money, fancy clothes and power

TOWNIE

There's a party and we're all going And we're all growing up Somebody's driving and he will be drinking And no one's going back 'Cause we've tried hungry and we've tried full and Nothing seems enough [...] I'm holding my breath with a baseball bat Though I don't know what I'm waiting for I am not gonna be what my daddy wants me to be

name of the pairing for V³ - the song is about growing up and changing. (AGAIN) bishi actually picked that one and i was on board right away, it was important to me that we pick a song we both like (the more rock-y feel of that song also helped lmao)

RYAN & DAVE

Ryan and Dave are rabble rousin', teenage cousins Difference is Dave has an off switch, and Ryan doesn't 20 years later now Dave behaves rank and file And Ryan's a burnt out adult, last gasp, wild child

guess what this one is about! CHANGE! (are you tired of it yet?) mostly it is about viv picking a different path than v though - one stayed exactly where she has always been while the other chose to change. ALSO in the music video they are DOGS and we love a dog motif

6:26 in the morning, didn't need alarm I couldn't sleep a wink, I'm betting my whole farm Left Dave's place at eight, just drove, didn't really talk I shook his hand and popped the door to make the walk Applied for admission at the detox shop Got to the door it said open, ten o'clock It's freezing out, no way that I can make it to ten Look back at my truck at my only real friend

some time ago we talked about viv helping v on her healing journey (girlie cannot catch a break from being a babysitter even after she got johnny a body LMAO) and even though v never ends up at rehab (maybe that will change) it still fits pretty well.

NEVER LET ME DOWN AGAIN

I'm taking a ride with my best friend I hope he never lets me down again He knows where he's taking me Taking me where I want to be I'm taking a ride with my best friend [...] We're flying high We're watching the world pass us by Never want to come down Never want to put my feet back down on the ground [...] See the stars, they're shining bright (never let me down) Everything's alright tonight (never let me down)

V³ had a pretty big fight at one point. viv was always going to leave for arasaka but v never understood or accepted it. they argued for hours and when vincent didn't chose her side, v stormed off to go on a weeklong bender. when she returned the flat was empty, both her siblings had left -and betrayed her. naturally, viv also felt betrayed by her childhood friend, all she asked for was support but instead she got called a traitor. i like to imagine this song plays on the radio one day after their reunion

THE KIDS AREN'T ALRIGHT

When we were young, the future was so bright The old neighborhood was so alive And every kid on the whole damn street Was gonna make it big and not be beat

Now the neighborhood's cracked and torn The kids are grown up, but their lives are worn How can one little street swallow so many lives?

TO ME this is THE streetkid song but it hits hard especially in this universe. as i mentioned before V³ thinks they picked the right path, they aren't gonna be beat (and honestly vincent is the only one who succeeded). viv had a good run but then she got kicked from the corp, lost her newest best friend, DIED and now has a whole other person stuck in her skull. v was stubborn, was homeless for a bit and is overall in a bad way (but then again, that's the only way she knows how to live so it's not as bad TO HER)

AS ABOVE, SO BELOW

THIS IS A BIG ONE SO BUCKLE IN FOLKS bishi and i had been talking about a personal quest for v and we ended up on this: one day they are driving somewhere while listening to the radio when a host teases a special treat! they have exclusive rights to the music of NC born and bred band Rotten! (yeah you guessed it! V's band) naturally this fills her with pure rage and viv knows this isn't going to end well (babysitting time!) v knows exactly who did this and is hellbent on rectifying this (there is more but yall are gonna have to wait for the day i decide to write it lmao) As Above, So Below is the name of the job! it is a song that v wrote but only she knows about it. while viv wasn't a band member she was there for it's founding and a few first concerts, she filmed a lot of it and even ran the merch stand a bit

I won't lie, it's quite temptin' Your handouts and your bones I won't lie, they're quite empty Your promises and your stones

If you sell, they'll buy Don't feel, just sign If you sell, they'll buy Don't think, stay blind

Give me the control Just sign on the dotted line Give me the control He whispered softly Give me the control You're crawling inside my mind Give me the control Don't you fight me?

As above, so below What you reap is what you sow What you give comes back three fold As above, so below

YES the song is about v not wanting to sign with a label and it is her final fuck you to the world of music. in reality that song is incredibly underproduced since by the time it was recorded the band had already broken up. v did ALL of it: singing, instruments, songwriting. editing magic made it come to life. depending on how it ends (yes there are multiple outcomes) viv will receive a shard with ALL of rotten's music, including THIS unreleased song and even some backstage footage from way back in the day when viv was still around.

See I've danced with the enemy We have secrets, no one knows Yeah, I've danced with my enemy I wore her skin and her clothes

honourable mention because this part is very viv coded

instead of outfits i present you! some soul crushing quotes! i hope you enjoy! :3c

[of-solitude-past-and-present]

YOUR WRITING>>>>>

I don't know how you came up with Naga Scaramouche but I've been brain rotting for days now 😩

Do you have any ideas how'd he'd react if someone goes out of their way to look for reader after they disappeared?

Especially if they mightve been a love interest at some point or the person clearly has feelings for them 👀

(referring to this)

A friend of mine actually came up with the idea for naga scara!! Together, we fleshed out the plot. It wasn't originally a fic, though, it was just a rp that got me brainrotting afterwards. I couldn't stop thinking about the whole concept until I finished writing Hidden in the Sands. The fic literally wouldn't leave me alone unless I was working on it LMAO

I'm going to take this as an excuse to talk a bit about the behind the scenes here (you have NO idea how much I've wanted to infodump about this fic)–originally, the reader was actually my friend's interpretation of Lumine and Sanad was originally my Alhaitham. I also played the part of Kuni himself. It was a bit awkward, actually, because Alhaitham and Kuni had to talk to each other a little bit and it felt like I was talking to myself.

I've changed the personalities of the reader and Sanad greatly, as you might have already guessed, since Sanad behaves nothing like Alhaitham; Sanad's more like one of those "prime examples" that Alhaitham talks about when he says, "Book learning alone is not enough to cultivate intelligence." Sanad is, intentionally, a very flawed but still reasonably likeable character. I want to talk about him too. Oh boy, looking back on this I sure did talk a lot about an OC I don't think anyone genuinely cares about.

I wanted to make him come off as normal, like an actual human person. He really is just a regular dude, he's just been kinda brainwashed by the Akademiya, as shown by the lines, "The Akademiya has declared them to be just baseless nonsense, so of course I don't think they actually exist." and "Desert dwellers tend to be... fearless." He's absorbed many commonly held beliefs (and biases) in the Akademiya, a textbook example of someone who's been taught what to think rather than how to think. I wanted him to be realistic. However, he's still funny, charming, and overall good-willed, even if he's spineless and very easily led.

I've greatly changed the fic from the original rp, and only the base premise (yandere!naga!scara and the whole "commissioned to find the culprit for some strange murders in the Hadramaveth") remains the same. It went through several versions at first. In fact, before I came up with Sanad, I was going to have Cyno replace Alhaitham! But ultimately, I realized Cyno was actually competent and I might have had to write a proper fight scene, which I did not want to do. You can still see a remnant of the first draft I chose to leave in (from when Cyno was the disposable companion) in the bad joke Sanad tells at the beginning of the story.

Using Sanad also had other benefits that I feel helped pull the fic together!! His cowardly nature gave reader a chance to endear themselves to Kunikuzushi, for refusing to abandon Sanad even after he (frankly, understandably) ran away. Even this early on, I had decided that whatever backstory naga Kuni might have had, it absolutely had to revolve around betrayal since canon Kuni's backstory is so deeply tied to it.

It's a really minor pet peeve of mine, and it doesn't bother me too much, but I usually don't really like it when the yandere starts to fixate on the object of their obsession for no reason than, like, "love at first sight" or "they simply caught my eye for some vague reason I cannot put into words." It's not bad, per se, and it's not even a solid rule of mine! I can think of several fics I love that don't give a solid reason, though the characters in those have such a dynamic that you still understand why one became so interested in the other to begin with... (I'm making this more complicated than it is, I think, but I'm beginning to think it's just I just don't care for it when the MC has the depth of a piece of paper.) Anyway, I'm getting derailed again, but I chose to give Kuni a reason to empathize with the reader in the form of Sanad and his "betrayal" because of this preference of mine.

However, and I think I've touched on this a bit in a previous post, this wasn't the only reason Kuni decided to spare them. In fact, even after he decided to leave you for last, he still thought he was going to come back to kill you. What really interested him was your insistence on saving Sanad even after what Kuni perceived as a betrayal. Why would you try to help someone who didn't even make an attempt to help you? It doesn't make sense. You're too soft, it's endearing.

Whether or not Sanad's actions are justified is debatable, though I personally understand them. He's never fought in his whole life. If you, the experienced monster-fighting adventurer couldn't do it, how could he? He doesn't even have a sword. It's certainly cowardly and rude to say the least, but given the circumstances, I think it's the choice most people would make in that situation. Of course, it's absolutely something Kunikuzushi could have (and did) twist into something completely different. I think I made it pretty obvious, but contrary to what Kuni said, Sanad had no such malicious thoughts when he left you there. Kuni is extremely jaded; his perception of the world has been mostly shaped by the betrayals he's experienced, and he's no different in this AU. As I said before, Sanad's not a terrible person, just terribly average. If he had survived, he absolutely would have had survivors' guilt.

Anyway!!! I'm not sorry about the infodump, thank you for giving me the slightest reason to tell you all about it. Here's what you actually asked for.

Kuni views most people as inconsequential, little more than helpless ants. He doesn't care about them in the slightest. If anything, they irritate him. So when someone shows up–an old friend, a crush, anyone–his first thought is to get rid of them if they venture too far in, and especially if they see him. Even if he doesn't know that they know you. If he lets them go, more will come. If he finds out they're looking for you, specifically... well, it doesn't really change his plans. He's going to kill them no matter what.

It does motivate him though, to be a bit crueler, to make it last a bit longer. What they are to you doesn't change the outcome, but it might sour his mood a bit more if they were anything more than friends or family. It's not likely that he'll leave them be long enough to find this out, though. Logically speaking, they're probably not going to tell a monster like him all about the friend/family/crush they're looking for in this desert, especially not when he's clearly unfriendly.

It's not totally impossible, though. This hypothetical person would have heard all about the strange attacks (as mentioned in the fic), so seeing a large half-snake person could make them realize that Kuni was most likely the cause for your disappearance (even though they'd assume it was murder and not kidnapping). Even so, I doubt they'd have a little chat over tea about who all Kuni has murdered recently.

Anyway, I digress. Assuming he figures it out somehow, whether or not he tells you about them depends on his mood and your behavior. Unfortunately for you, dealing with people irritates him. Especially when they're specifically looking to take what's his from him.

He'll come back covered in blood either way, but if he's in a bad mood, or you haven't been on your best behavior, he'll tell you all about what they looked like. He makes sure to mention that they were looking for you, and describe in detail everything he did to them.

"I'm going to leave his corpse out to rot in the sun," he hissed into your ear, pulling away to look you in the eye, "for the vultures and serpents to feast on. It serves him right. He was on a fool's errand; it's impossible to retrieve what's lost to the sands."

[syrupyyyart]

Its exciting to finally actually be working on Motley, but it's also astronomically frustrating because I wanna Get Into The Good Stuff so BAD

[zosonils]

i need to talk about sonic the hedgehog with someone i’m so insane. sonic mutuals wherever you may be hit me up if you want to trade infodumps

[sinestrosmind]

Hey hi I'm Tony, I'm 23, and welcome to my art blog!! This is a sideblog to @sinestroslight, though I don't really use my main blog as much as my art blog lmao

I've been on tumblr sinceeeeeee 2015 I think? So I'm a little old school with how I operate my blogs. I've also been in the RP Community for just as long so that's why my tags are all ✨fancy✨ lmaooo

Some things aren't linked because either I don't have the tag active yet or I don't have the page or post made yet

Permissions

[Created: 3:46 AM CDT Wednesday, April 6th, 2022] [Updated: 8:34 AM CDT Wednesday, March 13th, 2024] No one has any permission to repost my art to any site unless they have paid for the piece to be created. If you have commissioned me, you may use that piece I created for you however you like. You may repost it, edit it, trace it, do whatever you want with it because you paid for it. Just be sure to link my profile wherever you may post it.

If you have not paid for a piece to be created, you have no right and absolutely no permission to repost my work anywhere, with or without credit.

[03.13.24] If you would like to dub a work I've made, please ask before hand and ensure proper credit is linked on your post.

Link Directory

Main Pages/Links Ask box (Desktop) || Ask box (Mobile) || Main Blog || RP Hub Blog (Hiatus) || Commissions (Toyhouse) || Commissions (Tumblr)

Key Tags Art Tag (Desktop) Art Tag (Mobile) Rise of The TMNT (Desktop) Rise of the TMNT (Mobile) 2012 TMNT (Desktop) 2012 TMNT (Mobile)

Commissions, Art Trades, Requests, & Events

Commissions Commissions are usually open!! Check my commissions post on Toyhouse or Tumblr (mobile link) for more information! You can contact me here, on Toyhouse, or on my public discord, sinestrosmuses!

Requests Requests are a maybe. You can throw a request in my askbox but there's no guarantee I'll answer it.

Art Trades Trades are a probably! Feel free to shoot me an ask!

Events 100 follower milestone submit ur url to be put on a wheel spinerrrr and get an art thing!! runnin until I no longer am swamped lmao rent and bills are a bitch

Bases $10 Bases - Send me a DM here, on Toyhouse, or on my discord if you're interested in purchasing any that don't have a store post

Fandoms & Other Stuff

Fandoms Iron Man (MCU) Pokemon Green Lantern Sonic the Hedgehog Warrior Cats Ratchet & Clank TMNT (2012) TMNT (Rise of the TMNT) Super Mario

Beloved OCs Chief (Actually a sona but shhh) (Desktop Tag) (Mobile Tag) Flame Copps (Ironverse) (Desktop Tag) (Mobile Tag)

[glendover]

I just had a whole fucking rant to my mom about why mikey is allowed to be childish and scared, how he’s not turning in the Michael we know bc of Michael being there for mikey, how different the time iteration structures of different characters are (mikes = family, hunters = military, Tys = business) and how that affects their way in thinking and operating as a whole, why Edgar is cool and calculated and perhaps not the right partner for mikey (omg controversial??? actually this was all base around one fact but then my mom was like ‘could you live with someone like that for the rest of your life?’ and now I’m sitting here like 🧍🏼) and that I wish we could see the iteration structure of older/younger characters like Edgar, Matt and Ryan etc.

[fleshdyke]

Hey? You know that bird?? The one that is trans? The one on your blog, can you show me that bird again, or like pictures of examples of how birds change plumage and go from female to male? I cannot seem to find many pictures online :(

sure can!

image id: an eclectus parrot with a mostly green head, dappled with some red feathers, red feathers tipped with green on the neck, a half-plucked blue chest and abdomen, blue ventral wings, dark red wing feathers tipped with green, light eyes with wide dark pupils, and a black bill with the upper mandible streaked yellow and orange. there are some grey and white down feathers sticking out on her wings and chest from plucking. the other two images are pictures of the same bird, one a more zoomed out shot from a different angle, and one a close-up headshot. end id

the best pics of her i could find

image id: an eclectus parrot with a mostly red head, a green forehead and crown, a green chest dappled with blue, red patches underneath the wings, dark red wings with some green feathers, blue flight feathers, brown eyes, the upper mandible of the bill orange and yellow with a small streak of black, and a black lower bill mandible. end id

here’s another example of an eclectus parrot with marbled male/female plumage, his name’s atlas and he belongs to u/midgetcanadian iirc on reddit! this pic is from a long time ago actually, he’s gone fully green with regular male colouration and was dna tested to be male. he’s essentially the opposite case of the bird i work with, whereas she spent the first 15-odd years of her life with regular female colouration and started turning green after she bonded with an african grey we presumed to be male. that african grey has since passed away four-ish months ago, so we’ll see if his absence has any effect on her plumage.

image id: two eclectus parrots, one male and one female. the male is mostly vibrant green, with patches of red under his wings, blue flight feathers, dark eyes, an orange and yellow top bill mandible and black lower mandible. the female has a bright red head and neck and darker red wings with a blue chest and body, blue on the ventral side of the wings, light eyes, and a fully black bill. end id

this is an example of regular male/female colouration (apart from the few red feathers on the male’s neck). they’re very distinguishable, so much so that ornithologists thought they were different species for years.

switching to different sexes like this actually isn’t unheard of in birds. sometimes, when a hen’s ovaries stop working for whatever reason, she will start behaving more like a cock, and if the species is sexually dimorphic, begin to appear like one, too. bird sex is a lot more fluid than human sex is as they have a completely different chromosomal system (Z and W chromosomes as opposed to humans’ X and Y), and birds can actually control the sex of their chicks if need be. zebra finches, for example, will begin producing more females if the flock is having a difficult time, and kookaburras always tend to hatch a male before a female.

it’s actually not super rare for female birds to suddenly “become” males when their sex organs stop working. this is especially common in domestic chickens, ducks, peafowl, but that’s likely just because it’s a lot easier to monitor them and take notice of when it’s happening. but why do birds never seem to change from males to females? it’s because, like how a humans’ default sex is female, all birds’ default sex is male. so it’s not like a bird has never been born intersex and had characteristics of both sexes/changed appearance from male to female over time, it’s just a lot more rare, since when a female’s defining female trait (ovaries) stops working, sometimes their bodies then default to male and a hen chicken would grow large, ornamental tail feathers, grow larger combs, and begin crowing. when a bird’s ovaries stop working, they stop producing oestrogen, and so they take on more male traits as a default. sometimes they develop testes as well, and there’s even been a case of a previously female bird siring viable offspring as a male. some birds have even been found to be gynandromorphic, where their secondary sex characteristics (plumage, flesh/beak colouration, fat distribution, etc) are split male/female neatly down the middle of their bodies.

so does this mean that millie (the first eclectus) is trans? yes and no, but mostly no. in a human sense, millie would not be trans, primarily because birds have no sense of gender. obviously this doesn’t mean she’s “cis” either; she just is. to call her trans would be gross anthropomorphism, which is ideally to be avoided at all costs when it comes to real life animals. however, as long as you’re aware that sex is a very complicated matter and that she’s not truly trans in the human understanding of it, i don’t see an issue with casually referring to millie and any other female-male birds as trans! we don’t fully understand what’s going on with millie in regards to her ovaries/testes and hormones, because as much as universities and labs want to study her, we don’t want to stress her more than is strictly necessary, and since her partner died, we won’t be handing her off to some scientist anytime soon. all we know is that millie is somewhere between male and female, and it’s not the rarest thing in the world that she seems to be switching from female to male. but in the case of atlas, the second eclectus above, his case was likely just a result of confused hormones while he was young, as he’s got entirely normal male characteristics now, and he was very young (1-2 years i believe) while he was marbled like that.

so yeah, bird sex is a very interesting thing to study and i am very lucky to have such a great example of sex switching in birds right at my own aviary!

(just as a side note: millie is unusual for two reasons! one is her sex switch, and the other is the fact that she bonded with an african grey like she did. parrots are very social animals and most of them form bonds for life, most parrots being monogamous and forming strong emotional bonds with their partners, african greys included, but eclectuses are the only exception to this. they are the only parrot species that isn’t monogamous; a female will mate with many different males over their lives, and males can tend to many different females at once. females will stay in their nest hollows for at least six months straight of the year, depending entirely on her many mates to bring her food, and males will spend all day every day bringing food to various females. millie was a strange outlier for bonding so closely to her mate, but very unfortunately he passed away from undetected cancer a few months ago. millie has been living with a volunteer since then as to reduce stress. you can partially see her mate standing on the same perch as her off to the side of the second pic.)