#maybe ill add them later hehe

[insert-witty-drawings-here]

Its been a while, so i decided to draw a memory card of Leo and his dad Nicky!!

[oletus-manors-log]

hello fellow idv writer, welcome to the shithole that is ashes of memory /lh

anyways in the title screen as well Alice is turning around [as China server accidentally leaked a 3rd image where she's facing the player]! We don't know what this means but, like orpheus, we're taking this as a symbol of her looking back, looking back into her past to embrace her future.

I'm also taking this as Ashes of Memory part 2 99% likely coming soon 👀

Ooh, hello fellow IDV writer! 👋 Also yeah haha Ashes of Memory has me in a chokehold rn.

And ohhh— man I'm already excited for it coming soon! I just got back and if we have to wait for 3 years for the next lore drop? 😩 Hell no LMAO we don't need another episode of Orpheus lore not being dropped until years later LMAOOOO

Speaking of Alice, she's had my interest for a while and the way she's basically the grown up ver. of LG has me 👀✨ in potential lore (would also love to ask her on a platonic date like madame please tell me the shit you discovered, I'd love to know what you found out)

If we don't get to see more of her bond and the match she'll be on with the others, I'll throw hands WWWWW

[flowerinyourcare]

Reminiscence of the Unfinished Wine - Chapter 5

🍷 September seasonal permanent event; banner characters Shylock, Murr, Bradley; 2022/09/11 - 2022/09/19 JST 🍷

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(Location: Bacchus' vineyards, daytime)

Bacchus: …Why even bother looking at this?

Bacchus: Ironic, isn't it? We've been praying year in and year out for a bountiful harvest.

Shylock: Are you certain about this?

Shylock: You're letting go of everything you've nurtured, everything you've accomplished.

Bacchus: …Shylock.

Bacchus: It's fine. I don't need it anymore. Just leave me alone.

Shylock: …Is that so. I understand.

Shylock: Then, if you're sure, then I wish to claim this vineyard in my name.

Bacchus: …Huh?

Shylock: I so dearly anticipate receiving your wines every year.

Shylock: But if that is no longer possible, I would like to have control over your fields; that way, when you wish to make wine again, your vineyards will be in excellent condition for you to resume use.

Shylock: Now, if you'll excuse me. I have some preparations to attend to.

Bacchus: Hey, Shylock…!

(Location: Bacchus's wine cellar)

When Shylock returned, he surprised us all with his declaration.

Bradley: A game?

Murr: Us against Shylock?

Shylock: Yes. I challenge you both to a game for the Bacchus vineyards.

Murr: Motion dismissed! The vineyard is already ours.

Shylock: Objection. If Bacchus threw away the rights to the vineyards, I have as much a right to pick them up as you do, do I not?

Bradley: Big words from someone who's bargin' in late. Well, no harm in hearin' ya out, I guess.

Instead of thanking him, Shylock smiled thinly.

Shylock: Oz. I have one small favor to ask, if I may…

Shylock leaned close to Oz and whispered in his ear. Then, Oz cast his spell.

Oz: <<Vox Nox>>.

Immediately, many bottles of wine appear in front of them.

Akira: Ah?!

Rutile: Tons of wine…!

The wines were all different. The shapes of the bottles are all varied, and the style of the labels all give different atmospheres. Each one was elegant, but somewhat old-fashioned as well.

Peering at the bottles, Murr piped up.

Murr: This must be Shylock's collection!

Nero: Seriously?

Faust: I've only heard rumors…

The older wizards all seemed awestruck.

Apparently, Shylock's collection is legendary among older wizards for the rarities he has amassed over the years.

Shylock opened his mouth leisurely, well aware that his wines were attracting attention.

Shylock: Now, let me explain the game I proposed.

Shylock: At the harvest festival in town, you two will sell the Calamity-influenced wine. I will sell wines from the collection you see before you.

Shylock: Whoever sells the most bottles of wine will be crowned the victor.

Shylock: …What do you think? You're both men who enjoy playing the odds, aren't you?

Shylock smiles, tilting his head with a provocative look.

Bradley and Murr both smiled equally fearlessly, their eyes twinkling and alight.

Murr: Alright! It's a deal!

Bradley: Don't come cryin' to us when ya get stomped, though.

Subsequently, Murr and Bradley declared a strategy meeting and left.

Faust: I'm not sure if it's appropriate, a game like this.

Akira: It seems that Shylock's wine collection is really valuable…

Shylock: You're right, each wine in my collection is very valuable. But the wines Bacchus creates are of equal importance to me.

Shylock: If it's to preserve and return my old friend's vineyards, I will fight and sacrifice whatever I must.

Akira: Shylock…

Arthur: Shylock. Please, let us help you in this competition.

Arthur: If this is something that our friend Shylock truly values, it's valuable to us as well.

Rutile: I agree with Prince Arthur. Let us work with you to protect the fields.

Rutile: Let's all pitch in to get Mr. Bacchus's vineyards back!

Shylock: …Are you sure?

Akira: Of course. Please let me help you. Will you all lend a hand as well?

The Eastern wizards and Oz all nodded.

Oz: If it is what the Sage wishes.

Faust: I may not be much help, though.

Shylock: Thank you all from the bottom of my heart. Your presence alone reassures me. Our opponent is the leader of an infamous band of thieves, after all.

Nero: That guy is crazy smart in these kinda battles. But he still ain't a mind reader, and we got a shot if we play our cards right. Let's give 'em hell.

Rutile: Mr. Nero, you seem to know a lot about him. It's like you've known him for a long time…

Nero: Ah, not really, I've just heard rumors along those lines, or somethin'...

Akira: A-ah, well, let's not waste any more time and start preparing for the competition.

Shylock: Yes, I agree. Let us begin with a discussion about how to run a storefront.

And so, we began our preparations for the festival in earnest.

(Location: Wine town plaza, daytime)

Before we knew it, the day of the harvest festival arrived.

The small town was packed with tourists who had come for the wine.

Murr: It's this year's most desirable wine! One sip and you'll go to heaven! Or maybe you'll drown in it and go to hell!

Murr: Come one, come all! You'll regret it forever if you don't buy it! We have tastings, too!

Tourist: What's all this crowd for? Is this wine that good? The bottles don't seem to have labels…

Tourist: It's the best wine I've ever had! It just has a bit of an unusual name - "Calamity Wine"!

Tourist: "Calamity Wine"?

Murr: A special, exceptional wine, born from the influence of the Great Calamity itself! There's nothing else like it in the world!

Tourist: This one…? Mmmm… Ah! It truly is excellent!

Tourist: I've never tasted anything like it.

Bradley and Murr had removed Mr. Bacchus' label from the bottles, and began marketing it as "Calamity Wine".

It seemed to be a strategy to attract attention using the fact that it was affected by the Great Calamity as a thrilling sales pitch.

Bradley: In any other country, folks would steer clear of it, but I know this Western crowd can't resist curiosity and stimulation. They ain't gonna pass up a drink named after the Great Calamity. 

Akira: A-ah, I see how it is…

Still, some people were hesitant.

Tourist: If it's "Calamity Wine", that means it was made with some kind of calamitous influence, right? Wouldn't that make it dangerous to drink?

Murr: Maybe! It could be super dangerous! What if you drink it and grapes start growing out of your body? Or all your blood turns into wine?

Murr: Doesn't the mere thought of it make your heart race with excitement? What a treat to be terrified and tipsy at the same time!

Tourist: Huh, is that right…!? Okay, I'll have a drink! Give me a bottle!

Murr: It never fails!!

Murr used his skillful storytelling to win the hearts of one customer after another, sparking their interest and sometimes even provoking them, resulting in a steady influx of sales. 

Bradley, on the other hand, sat at the storefront and drank his Calamity Wine without saying a word to a single customer.

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Chapter 1 - Chapter 2 - Chapter 3 - Chapter 4 - Chapter 5 - Chapter 6 - Chapter 7 - Chapter 8 - Chapter 9 - Chapter 10

[thedeadthree]

​🥀🐦‍⬛💀⚰️🌫️ <3

(possible?) balduring the gates spoilers!!!!!

*glares*

[lesboygamzee]

ACT ONE - PART ONE

in reading homestuck again im going to try my best to analyse it to my fullest potential ; while i definitely like to enjoy homestuck Casually i think that doesnt necessarily mean i need to abandon fullblown analysis . i can acknowledge Hard Canon and The Implications in the same way i can acknowledge silly stuff + how im usually going to write characters . something something you have to know the rules to break them . thisll be half rambling half ( poor ) attempts at analysis and a bit of me going Hehe joke funny also i will use the characterses canon names and pronouns for simplicity + i feel its most suited . the exception is tavros because i have tried to not she/her tavros before and it was difficult and Painful i would never do that to her ... anyway .

[…] My intent was always to make the start date a very significant number in the story, recurring frequently. Consequently, I decided to make him thirteen years old, thus making the story about four thirteen-year-old kids. There are more references to this number than can be mentioned casually, some of which are serendipitous. Playing cards, which have a good deal of relevance later, are comprised of four suits of thirteen cards each, for instance.

(page 1 author commentary)

i wont point out every case of 413 occurring but i will point out cases i find particularly interesting or fun :o) the suit of cards thing isnt something i picked up on at first but thats interesting to know ! on page two john is incorrectly named ' zoosmell pooplord ' . zoosmell being a reference to an older comic ( series of comics ? ) of hussies . i read it to see if theres anything of value i can find in there ; even in the silliest and least plot driven media you can find some sort of significance to an authors later work . maybe an idea , a character archetype , or just the plot structure . zoosmells holds no value at all and is stupid though so

im not sure if i talk about it much but i do really like how each main characterses room is in homestuck . not only are they typically really good at getting across a characters basic interests but early on with the beta kids they really sold the whole ' webcomic pretending to be a game ( that is actually a game pretending to be a webcomic ) ' thing . the simplicity of it all , the items of interest scattered around in sometimes nonsensical places , even shit like how the walls are drawn just gives the impression of a guy who you can walk around and play as . and you can ! eventually .

Your name is JOHN. As was previously mentioned it is your BIRTHDAY. A number of CAKES are scattered about your room. You have a variety of INTERESTS. You have a passion for REALLY TERRIBLE MOVIES. You like to program computers but you are NOT VERY GOOD AT IT. You have a fondness for PARANORMAL LORE, and are an aspiring AMATEUR MAGICIAN. You also like to play GAMES sometimes. What will you do?

(page 4) time for analysing interests . while characterses interests definitely dont mean NOTHING in the greater scheme of things theyre probably not as important as most other shit . i find them fun to look into , though :o3

really terrible movies - i need to actually watch these , and i plan to ! im not much of a movie guy unfortunately . i dont think theyll be the end all be all of john analysis but i doubt theyll hold NO value . apparently theyre quite shit but i willing watch the big bang theory so i think ill be fine programming computers - john is the ' player character ' in a story that is currently quite programming-joke-heavy . the fact that hes kind of dogshit at it adds to this . guy doesnt know what hes doing yet and neither do you ! simple enough . paranormal lore - johns interest in ghosts is relatively significant but id consider it more ' iconic ' . the guy likes ghostbusters , his tshirt is a knockoff slimer , etc. i think all of the kids have one of these . it doesnt matter much in the greater scheme of things but i think its cool to see what interest a character is sort of built off of even if it gets overshadowed by other shit quickly ameteur magician - im a little lost on this one honestly . it can kind of go hand in hand with pranks i guess ? maybe theres something worth looking into with regards to characters and their relationship with magic . john seems to specifically focus on magic tricks which is opposed to roses interest in Real Fucking Magic . probably not though thats stupid

on page six is a rare appearence of the cursor . its a remnant from the homestuck beta where every panel was going to be a flash panel . it was ditched for good reason

its also one of the most blatant parts of the video game feel of early homestuck . thats a reader input interacting with a fictional world ! thats all there really is to say on it though i just thought it was neat

biggest plot twist in fucking history

You stow the SMOKE PELLETS on one of your CAPTCHALOGUE CARDS in your SYLLADEX.

(page 9)

i love sylladexes . johns is obviously based off a stack data structure . john rose and dave all have data structure inspsired moduses which i appreciate but i kind of like the silly ones that come into play later on too !!! like all of jades . unfortunate that they get dropped almost entirely eventually :o(

i should give characters that dont get one them . theyre pretty awesome i think

John: Examine Problem Sleuth Poster.

PROBLEM SLEUTH MENTION !!!!!!!!!!!

John: Read note on drawer. This note is rich with the aromas of FATHERLY AFTERSHAVES AND COLOGNES.

(page 12)

i made a seperate post awhile back on how dadbert is a sort of symbol of masculinity of fatherhood of manhood etc etc and more specifically how this interacts with reading jeggbert as transfem or otherwise Not A Dude . i still think that holds some decent value

In any case, you now feel like you have gathered enough things to get down to business and do some really important stuff. The next thing you do will probably be exceptionally meaningful. John: Squawk like an imbecile and shit on your desk.

(page 15)

snrk . anyway , since it reminded me : regarding analysis that strongly take timelines into consideration when i look at a lot of homestuck character analysis i see a lot of people try and make a point of ' oh the homestuck characters dont actually HAVE these specific character traits because in ANOTHER TIMELINE they did so and so ' and while i get that , timelines are interesting as a concept and its fun to think about , it doesnt exactly have a place in character analysis . homestuck is ultimately a story and the characters are less like people and moreso tools to tell that story . this is simple shit i am well aware i am not acting like what i am saying is revolutionary but it does lead to people losing the plot a little ( literally lol ) but like .. character a doing something instead of character b or character c sparing character d or whatever blah blah blah . did these all happen ? yeah sure probably . hell you can explore that in an au and ill probably go ' woah , cool ! ' because again its fun to think about . but it doesnt matter .. homestuck tells a story and while it focuses on multiple timelines . just because john took a shit on his desk in one timeline doesnt mean i need to be factoring in ' probably took a shit on his desk at least once ' to how i write him as a character . he would not fucking do that because he does not do that in homestuck . go and write your shit-on-desk-taker!john au but it has no place in canon analysis and you dont really need to think about it all that much

typheus is a wind god etc etc basic observation . i would really like to read more on the denizens and what gods theyre inspired by but the sources i find are really long and hard to parse .. ill have to look at other peopleses analysis if i want to understand anything i will be honest

on page 25 is the first pesterlog to appear in homestuck , between john and some loser nobody cares about . in a post i unfortunately dont have the link to , said loser is compared to a sort of tutorial character for early homestuck , similarly to johns status as the player character . obviously as homestuck goes on more characters become ' playable ' , as in you see the story through their perspective . but its a pretty neat observation for the early comic !

TG: but who cares about this lets stop talking about it TG: did you get the beta yet EB: no. EB: did you? TG: man i got two copies already [...] TG: why dont you go check your mail maybe its there now EB: alright.

(page 26)

^ classic tutorial conversation . go do your objective !!! your first quest !!!!

[...] The red flippy-lever thing means you have new mail. And that means the beta might be here!

(page 28)

FACT CHECK : this is false === SHITTY ASCII 'BANNER' THAT OF WE ARE DONE HERE ===

anyway it is day two of me working on twenty eight fucking pages and it just hit midnight which means i am going to play miitopia . this is likely going to be one of the shorter posts but i hope i get less rambly as i go on so i can read more than an average of fourteen pages a day jesus fucking christ . Anyway

[auromelt]

since all four are played by idols, who among fujio tsukasa ryo and kohei do you think can sing and who can’t

oh i like this question 👁️ i’ve thought about it before, when the four of them released that ost (which btw is gunning for my soty on spotify wrapped). the actors are all such great singers it makes me feel a bit crazy that we’ll probably never get another song from them together 😒 but anyways onto the question! and i’m gonna add a little bit of karaoke headcanon because i’m mentally ill and i can’t stop thinking about it now.

can sing: ryo, tsukasa

can’t sing: fujio

will not ever sing unless for ryo: kohei

all four actors sing very well btw, so this next part purely refers to the characters. just a disclaimer. i spent some time on godforsaken nct stan twt the ppl there are literally insane.

headcanons

let’s imagine them in a karaoke setting. somehow all four of them ended up in a room together and no fights have erupted. here they’re just friends and not enemies where one side tried to kidnap and murder the other.

this will be a bit shippy because well… hehe :3 if you don’t wanna see that just stop reading at the part about the bill

fujio’s the first to grab the mic and he sqwaks into it. his lack of talent is absolutely incredible. tsukasa’s ears actually bleed a little.

like if anyone’s watched kaguya-sama love is war, it’s like shirogane trying to sing. he simply shouldn’t.

i imagine like… an akb song playing or something. or maybe like yoasobi and LiSA. but whoever it is, fujio is ruining the prestige of their musical careers by singing their songs.

but he’s having so much fun that nobody actually has the heart to stop him and he thinks he sounds great.

“nobody” until kohei snaps and grabs the mic and shoves it into ryo’s hands instead, instead of telling fujio he literally sucks, he just accuses him of hogging the mic and says it’s ryo’s turn

fujio pulls out the second mic and is like great suzaki lets duet 🤩 and tsukasa’s like erm no. and snatches the mic away and tsukasa and ryo do a duet which actually sounds pretty great

fujio: “you guys are just okay i guess :/” amagai: “you’re literally delusional”

anyways back to tsukasa and ryo, they sound incredible alone and together, it’s literally like listening to a live concert. fujio’s always known tsukasa can sing so he’s not surprised but this is all of their first times hearing ryo sing and who knew he possessed pipes like that. kohei might have to nepo him into a singing career at the end of the session

one song later and ryo’s trying to pass kohei the mic and kohei's like hell no. he already had no plans to sing but going after tsukasa and ryo is basically like trying to kill his own pride. he urges ryo to go ahead and tells him he liked hearing ryo sing, which makes ryo blush and tsukasa roll his eyes.

after a few songs, since they’re fair, they let fujio back on the mic before he can start sulking over it. back to torture. kohei walks out for “air” but really he’s just sick of hearing fujio’s voice

meanwhile, ryo seems to be the only person to not realise fujio can’t sing and he enjoys singing with fujio so they do a duet with the two microphones they were provided and fujio is delighted. he decides ryo has to be his karaoke buddy from now on because he’s “finally found someone who appreciates his talent and real music”

kohei ends up with the bill even though he didn’t even sing once and tsukasa and fujio leave immediately like peace out have fun settling that

szam part :3 (separated bc i feel nice today. don’t get used to it. szam are soulmates in my head.)

first, whether they’re dating or not is completely up to u, but there are definitely feelings involved 🙏

since fujio and tsukasa dipped, kohei and ryo are alone now and kohei’s like goddamn they’re finally gone and he drags ryo back to the room and extends their session another 45 minutes and tosses the mic to ryo like okay sing for me

kohei picks out all the songs from the machine that he wants ryo to sing for him and ryo does without a complaint, happy that kohei likes his voice, even if he’s a little shy with kohei’s gaze fixated on him while he sings and there are no more other people to lessen the intensity of the atmosphere

kohei makes sure ryo drinks enough water so his throat doesn’t shrivel up from all the singing and he kinda feels like a manager of a top idol which is not a pleasant feeling because in what world would he ever have to take orders from anyone? but it’s ryo so he just finds it kinda cute instead.

when the final song comes on, it’s a duet and ryo hesitates a little before offering kohei the other mic and looking at him with pleading eyes and kohei cant say no to those eyes or ryo’s hopeful expression. he takes the mic and joins ryo for the duet

kohei’s voice is mid. he’s not awful like fujio but he’s not good like ryo and tsukasa it’s just extremely mid. but because ryo is a bum loser who is in love with him, kohei sounds amazing to him and they finish the duet together with ryo beaming at him and kohei just smiling back, both fond and exasperated.

did i ever mention that kohei is like completely incapable of denying ryo anything in the auromelt cinematic universe? because he can’t

kohei makes ryo promise he’ll go with kohei to a studio he plans to rent and record some songs so kohei can add them to his playlist and he Would offer to make ryo an industry plant in the music industry as well but he doesn’t because he can’t imagine ryo getting fans and him having to share ryo’s attention

anyways big tl;dr ryo is unexpectedly the best singer of the four followed closely by tsukasa and then there’s a wall and then it’s kohei and then there’s 6 more walls and behind them is fujio. on that note, fujio and ryo are now karaoke buddies who go every 3 weeks or so. kohei always joins them just to listen to ryo, but he only sings when no one else but ryo is around.

[penguin--person]

silly question but: does wolf alík look any different from a regular wolf? when she's fully transformed, is there anything that sets her apart, or does she just look like an average, straight up wolf?

ty for asking this actually!!! i think about this a bunch, like, what human traits alík keeps, if she can bark/howl, if a pack of wolves would accept her, etc !!! ill talk about this under cut bc its like . idk? im not sure if this is body horror ? like its not just her being a wolf , its her being a messed up wolf .. uncanny wolf up ahead!! + some blood but not that much.. also warning ur getting a much longer answer than you were probs asking for lol

so i made a little image getting into details about her mutation just now, But i do first want to show off this art that my friend blazy (@/mothssmeat - go check his art out its super swag!!!) made of her for artfight last year !! He Gets Her he gets her wolfness he gets it

check out the speedpaint !! blazy's sooo niceys for drawing such an awesome alík art ... its So good . do you see how her nose is turning into one of a wolf? but so painfully ?? so slowly that its just !! how shes tearing up, blood around her ?? god . like God. oh my goddd . and her fur !! how its growing in patches around her body, starting like wild from her head, her eyebrows combined, just like !! its growing around like mold and i find that really cool .. hehe sorry just had to fangirl about this art ofher . i dont get the chance oftne . anyway. in a more professional manner: god sorry i cant yet . oh my fucking goddd . oh my GOD !!!! just look at that . what is that thing!!! dear god!!! ok. im normal now (lying ).

look at her hands and feet. human joints should not be like that, and wolf paws do not look like that. her claws.. god just look at them. blazys art explains alíks messed up wolf situation far better than i ever could. her ears, too, are just... god, look at them!! i have to move on from this art or ill just keep saying "look at it!!" but, well. Look at it.

some of my own alík wolf art:) the first one is when shes fully transformed, but also the first ever art i did of her like that, so take it with a grain of salt, but still take it. the second is her like... in her metamorphisis era - my internet connection is kinda MEAN and EVIL right now so i can't add them rn .. ill either rb with them later or edit them into the post. for now i just put links to the images :( sorry! plus the mentioned image from before. now Onto serious business

something that alík always has, no matter form, is her human eyes - but they're not really human! their colouration is one of a wolf's, and her eyesight is also almost as good as that of one. this is messed up when she's in full wolf mode, because its really.. just, weird. can you imagine looking at a dog with human eyes? a cat? a cow? no!! because its weird!!!! shes a FREAK!! (affectionate)

another weirdo thing about her face is her teeth. hes got canine teeth, no doubt about it, but i do think she has a bit more teeth than she should have.. maybe three more... ? two more? i think the amount of teeth is not equivalent with neither the amount humans should have nor the amount wolves should have.. like 38 or smth. this doesn't change in her transformation, but her jaw and gums do! it hurts! Ouchies! it also shifts her teeth around.. tbh i wouldnt be surprised if she lost a tooth or two transforming sometime.

as you may have noticed, alík has most of her fur on her head! this is because of hair! she has a big ol' tuft of fur on her head when she's in wolf mode and it makes her look silly. depending on how far along in transition they are, their fur is like... its in blotches over their body. a tuft here, a tuft there, no fur at all someplace else... her spine gets covered in fur first. bc its like !! hair to tail:)

her limbs are weird, too. her arms are more humanoid than her legs - my friend mikey @/monstertsunami shows this wonderfully in his art of alík and their gf idk who she is i heard shes some kind of loser? ermmm what the freak🔥

oh wow it let me add an image that time Awesome!!! anyway, you can see how her feet are pretty pawsome, huh?? shes got pawpads - is that what its called for wolves? i cant find info :( - and her joints are more.. like, look at how she's standing! her ankles! everybody say thank you mikey... !!! this stays in her wolf form, in a way

in the 'mentioned image' from before, you can see - ifyou can read my handwriting lol - that there's text around her feet/paws (peets...) that says 'human hands - fucked up paws'. in the linked image 'first one' , you can see her fucked up wolf hands more clearly! thats something that ive kept. i think she could grab you, even as a wolf. she keeps her thumbs. even if they dont work as well. this makes running as a wolf difficult for her, because her fingers are very much in the way !! herr back feet are more wolf-like in her wolf mode, even twisting her hips to work better !! opposite goes for her hands, though - her arms, like.. theyre not good for wolves ! her elbow is forced into a shitty position, her shoulders are.. bad...

and, as mentioned, her nose is fucked up. the smell of blood is an intimate friend of hers 💥it like.. god, her face goes through So Much. her skull gets absolutely , like ... goddd shes definetely broken bones transforming before... her nose is like, stretched out ? idk how to explain it .. its like if you used the 'free transform' tool on it

in short, id say theres a few main things that set alík apart from a regular wolf:

human eyes

human hands (sometimes covered in fur)

teeth

body isn't always fully covered in fur (its not easy for his body to bust out ten thousand fur strands all over his body, ya know? needs resources for that to happen)

movement (can't run as well, vocal cords arent probs in the best state after her neck fucking... look at it)

smell. she smells weird. oyou dont care about that but wolves would i think

then there's like, little basic anatomy stuff, like she will Never have the proper body of a wolf . maybe if she was like, for a year as a wolf, or two, or maybe even fine her body would be like Ok were wolf now . and her bones would settle ... but this is a question of years and time she does not have. her lifespan is also all kinds of fucked up. if she wasnt being experimented on evey day of her life ever, she'd probs live until her 40s? maybe late 40s if she had a HEALTHY LIFESTYLE filled with JOY and WHIMSY!!!! but i think now she'll die like, in her pafl au, i dont think she'll make it to 35.. sad! ouppy gone

also im working on an alík thing .. + the other two .. but also alík

CANINE GIRL coming to YOUR THEATRES in SOON!!!! hehe... im not making a song thats like too much for me. i can only make music that soundgs good to me idk how to make music that others would find tolerable .. my blessing .. teehee .. ill make alík like, a page, like the tptm girls have .. nina and nastya too:) nastyas mockup page is done.. but im not showing!!! you get a sneakpeak of the text tho . ty for the ask ❤️im surprised its letting me add images now . wifis been weird all day .. u also get to see a wip of her display sona

idk what her name would be . superlative girl ? unrivalled ? irrelevant ? victorious ? precious ? vote in the comments down below!!!Ninas will be some shit like. unknown girl. apathy girl. etc ... i havent gotten to alíks display sona yet but you KNOW shes ouppy!!!!

okieee‼️‼️‼️thats it . hope ur ok with me sharing the tptm stuff .... ❤️❤️💥💥💥ty again for the ask !!!

[ask-alphabetboyluvr]

People might have asked you what’s your most fave bd chapter. What is your least favourite one maybe in terms of the story itself or the writing process?

ooo i love this Q!!

so it's actually 51!!! or the writing process for it at least!

i do this thing sometimes where i spend like 96730538 hours writing and am like :D okay :D that's done :D like my brain is such jelly, and upload the chapters without going through them properly (me with throttle 37 a couple days ago lol).

there'll be a feeling of discontentment within me that wont rest, and so ill take it down a day or so later, add another 3k and realise that it was totally unfinished and not ready to be published -- but by that point my invested readers will have already read it and know then plot :( it always makes me feel so embarrassed haha, my least favourite feeling.

anyway, 51 was SUCH an important chapter, and it hit all the plot points it needed to, but the first iteration of the chapter felt rushed and not... good? i guess?

it just didn't hit the mark in the way I wished it would and I could really tell that readers shared my thoughts about it (even if they were too kind to say it!), and so yeah, I just hated that feeling.

so that's the process. i love the chapter now!! fixed it up nicely hehe

in terms of the plot? the one where they fought about hayun in his bedroom :(

[alexandros-deathwood]

The Sword Spell

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Somewhere during year 5 after chapter 6

Merula: So you are telling me that YOU can cast spells wandless BEFORE ME!? I would be mad if I wasn't so impressed.

Alexandros: Oh no, I haven't learned that quite yet.

Merula: But I saw you use a transfiguration spell without your wand!

Adam: She's talking about the sword spell, yeah we cast that one without our wand, Malcolm can too.

Merula: How!? Transfiguration magic is the hardest to perform wandless?

Alexandros: Well we can only cast THAT spell wandlessly.

Adam: Mom wanted to make sure that if anything happened to us, we would not be defenseless.

Alexandros: So she made us practice it over and over-

Adam: until we could preform it without a wand without any ill effects.

Malcom walks in on them and joins the conversation.

Malcolm: Mom gave us precise directions during our training and made sure we never strove away from it. She is hard on us, but she loves us. She doesn't want us to BE like her.

The brothers in unison: She wants us to be better.

Merula is deeply touched by the conversation they just had. Though she doesn't wanna say it to them, she reflects upon their and her own family dynamic. How their mother's love represents and instance where her weakness made them stronger.

Though Merula doesn't know the full extent of it, their mother's fear of losing her family aspired her to push her children to be strong enough to stand on their own. So if Sophia Deathwood shared the same fate of her parents, leaving her children alone to defend themselves. She knows that they will survive.

But Merula doesn't need to know the full extent to understand the message. That perhaps...love doesn't make you weak. That maybe love can make you and those you love stronger.

Adam: Hehe he Remember that time Malcolm casted the spell incorrectly and conjured a dozen fish!

Malcolm: HOW COULD I NOT? I slapped a dummy with a fish hahaahah!

Merula: bblah hahaha that's hilarious!

Merula: By the way Ravenclaw could you~

Malcolm: ABSOLUTELY NOT!

Merula: I didn't even-

Malcolm: I don't fucking need to listen to know that YOU are trying to trick and deceive us. That you want my brother to teach you the spell so you can stab him in the back later.

Adam: Like how you did with the Devil's Snare!

Malcolm: HE STILL HAS SCARS ON HIS NECK AND BACK!

Malcolm: I know that you were his date to the festival and all, but we are NOT friends. And I will not allow you to be able to hurt my family. You have done nothing to show that you are not a threat.

Alexandros: <She is letting down her pride.>

Malcolm: <what's that?>

Alexandros: <You know for a fact that she is the most stubborn when it comes to pride. Never being able to admit when they are wrong or weak.>

Malcolm: <Yes and what about that? She didn't admit she was wrong for what she did. She didn't even apologize!>

Merula: They are just staring at each other. ... They are using legilimency aren't they?

Adam: Yep

Merula: Fuck.

Adam: HAHa you can't add your thoughts to try and persuade them.

Merula: Out of all of them how are you the most annoying?!

Adam: I am a Hufflepuff :)

Alexandros: <But she didn't stop you from telling her she was in the wrong when she could have hexed you.>

Malcolm: <Doing the bare minimum is not reason to reward her. I am still against helping her.>

Adam: <I'm down for making her work for it. Plus it can be pretty funny. Giving her an impossibly hard task.>

Malcolm: <Thank you once again for being funny.>

Adam: <It is my specialty.>

Alexandros: <Trust me if she does anything bad I make her pay for it.>

Merula: Look forget it, I should not have even asked I will get out of your weird sibling business. Just forget I said anything.

Malcolm: Great now that that's settled-

Alexandros: Malcoooolm...

Adam: Don't say anything stupid.

Alexandros: I'll teach you the wand version of the spell, if .... You help me study for potions.

Merula ponders the proposal for some time.

Merula: So you will allow me to learn a new spell if I help you by showing you why you are wrong and I am better?

Alexandros: That's not exactly what I -

Adam: HA!!

Merula: You got yourself a deal Deathwood!!!

Adam: He said something stupid.

[escaping-thereality-world-blog]

Good Morning(:

It is 7:30am and I'm wide awake again even after try to stay asleep. I really tried. but its whatever. My grandparents on my dads side are coming over to my place today to take me grocery shopping because I still can't drive, and they have been begging to help me with whatever I need. I love them so so much. They are the absolute best in the world. So im happy that I was able to find something they can help with, that isn't too crazy to ask for help with.

They are getting up there in age, and they have both been through countless surgeries themselves. So it feels wrong to ask them for help when I know they need help just as much as I do. but this is something simple and I know they are going to feel so happy to help.

Im currently jamming to a Rihanna Playlist right now, and might I add, it is GIVING the vibes I wanted it to give hehe.

I just want to have a good day today. So badly, I also fell back into biker boy tiktok this morning. I scrolled for hours and I am so not mad about it. I am however upset with myself that I haven't been reading book 4 from my series, I know I said I was going too, but I got distracted (My ADHD yesterday was crazy lol) and I just never picked up the book. But hopefully today I will.

Maybe today I can also make myself a decent lunch instead of eating a frozen pizza or ramen noodles lmao. I am so sick of eating shitty foods. I want fresh fruits, and homemade pastas, meals. Just better fresh foods and not frozen cheap cop out meals.

I wish I had a toaster ughhh a peanut butter toast and a banana sounds like a fire ass breakfast right now, with some like, iced coffee or fresh made juice?? Are you kidding?? Sign me the fuck up for that asap. I do need to make a new batch of juice soon, that is another hobby I picked up, however, it's an expensive one. which sucks because juicing is so fun and its such a good way to get all your fruits and veggies for the day in your diet!

What should I make for dinner tonight? Maybe some chicken Alfredo? with some spicy garlic roasted broccoli? that sounds fucking gasss. Maybe ill see if my roomies would eat that, because I would so be down for that hehe.

OMG I cannot forget cat food for my kitty!! She ran out of the stuff she likes the other day and all I have left Is either wet food, or this one brand she is apparently too good for because she won't touch it. she would rather go hungry lmao. and I cannot keep giving her wet food because she just shits everywhere and it fucking smells so terrible. and im just not dealing with that again. so I cannot forget cat food.

okay I've gone back to rambling so, ill be done for now but you know damn well ill be back to ramble some more later(:

[introdemodev]

demo update demo update

or, update about the demo.

about the game

total length of the demo is about an hour, maybe an hour and a half if you read and play through everything. 2 hours if you read as slow as possible. it was supposed to be 4 hours but then I thought....."hey. the player won't be able to transfer their save to the full game". that means diya and darcys mini game won't be in the demo anymore. awwwww. you'll still get to play clyde’s minigames though (he has two in the demo).

ive mentioned this before, but there are two endings for this game but there’s many many many ways to get there. aside from choices, theres three paths you can take: you can take the darcy path, diya path, or the ??? path. the third one is not in the demo but will be in the final game.

(ok breaking my no more sharing screenshot rule but after today there will be no more unless I've shared them before lol)

so....if there is a diya and darcy minigame, does that mean there’s a ??? minigame too? yes, and it’s very cute.

art

the art and animation is done!!! for real this time, it's done. woooo!!!! thats...if you don't count sprites. hehe. :^) there are three sprites i want to edit and be done with for good: wren, diya and darcy. I finalized wren’s design a while ago so their old design is still in the game. as for diya and darcy, i just want to make small lil changes. so nothing to redraw, except for wren’s head.

look at them. that’s not wren. where are their horns?????? why is their hair brown??? no.

there's also some other things I want to do too, like change the layout for clydes pop quiz minigame. but thats only if I have time because 1) it’s extra art to make. 2) it’s not that necessary. I really want this demo out before June, or, preferably, before the end of April, and then have the full game release in fall/winter. if God wills it.

not to spoil anything (im spoiling something) but clyde gives you another pop quiz later in the full game, so it’s something i want to add eventually.

writing

after working on this game for a very long time now, ill say that writing took the most amount of my time, and also learning how to write script. the latter has gotten a lot easier esp because renpy is easy to learn and there’s a ton of guides online for it too. 

im proofreading the script a thousand times + making sure i didnt leave any plot holes. like, i’ll think i corrected all grammar errors then i’ll find something like this ten mins ago.

oh and ig this shouldve went under the game section but im writing this as i go. anyways. i also gotta play the game a million times to make sure everything works and is functional. so far, so good, i havent run into any bugs. but, i also havent played through EVERY possible choice yet.

sound and other stuff

okay. so. my original plan was to have id’s soundtrack composed of music in the public domain or free to use. for the demo, i’m still debating on doing this, or, just having the game be silent aside from ambience and sound effects. for the full game, i do plan on commissioning an original soundtrack when i’m nearing completion.

and uhhhhhhhhhh what else what else....idk, i had more to say here but i dont remember lol. i just been playing around with more renpy tutorials, especially for imagemaps and functions and stuff like that.

aaaaand that’s about it! this is just stuff off the top of my head. if i remember anything else ill bring it up later. i wanted to talk more about the actual story and characters but then i risk spoiling everything. there’s only so much you can say about a visual game ya know.

and again, thanks for being patient!! im really excited to get this game out. :D

[stitch1830]

What's the scariest thing that happened to baby lin, and later baby sujin? [For an example, one of them catching pneumonia when they are still very young infants or them falling off an elevated surface] I am very bored so you will probably see many asks about mama!toph and lin and sujin, so I hope you do not mind 😊

Hi Anon, thank you for the ask, and your patience! Feel free to send as many asks as you want whenever! I answer all my questions, some just take longer than others, hehe. I may not be the fastest answerer, but I love seeing all the questions and headcanons and comments that you all send me :) Anyway! This is a great question, so let’s go! :D

I think with Lin, she had various scary moments when she was a baby. Especially since she’s Toph’s first, some things scared Toph more than others, and she probably went to Katara a lot and asked “is this okay? Should I be nervous?” Things like Lin bumping her head or being quiet for too long or eating something off the floor were things that likely weren’t serious, but Toph thought that they could be haha!

But, I do think Lin had her fair share of actual scary moments, leaving Toph a nervous wreck as she waited for Katara or another healer to tell her how her baby is. I think some of those major events would be stuff that you mentioned! A high fever that Lin just couldn’t shake, perhaps falling from her high-chair onto the earthy floor, or maybe even an animal bit her. In the more instantaneous events like falling or getting an animal bite, Toph immediately ran to the nearest healer to get it checked out and was skeptical of the “okay” verdict until she spoke with another healer and Katara. With a high fever situation, she’d go to Katara and ask for her advice, and when Katara is like “I think we should take her to the infirmary” Toph definitely freaks out. What’s going on with her baby girl? Is she gonna be okay? Could this have been prevented? Her mind goes through all the questions and she’s miserable and she refuses to sleep until they’re back at home and Lin is safe and healthy.

With Suyin, I usually HC that she was a more sick-prone baby than Lin, so perhaps she had a handful of fevers, ear infections, and whatnot as a baby. So Toph learns after the first couple how to manage them and when it’s time to go into the infirmary for additional assistance. But, if Su is prone to catching illnesses, that would be an interesting scenario if she got something more severe and wasn’t sure how to handle it, plus she had to take care of Lin while they waited. I’m not entirely sure what specific disease would be scary but manageable, but pneumonia would certainly fit the bill lol. Seizures and whooping cough are also ones that would definitely be scary. And in any serious illness scenario, Toph would likely react the same way she did when Lin was really sick, but this time, she’d keep it rather bottled up around Lin. She doesn’t want her oldest getting scared or thinks that Lin can’t see her cry or something along those lines, so she fights the urge to flip out on people, but until Suyin is okay and she’s safe at home, Toph doesn’t sleep, and she feels like she can finally breathe when they’re back at home, safe.

Suyin also seems like a fussy/wiggly baby, so I can see a couple of trips to the clinic to check her head for lingering bumps and bruises from falls haha! Thankfully though, none are very serious, and nothing really compares to the overnight hospital stays where Toph doesn’t know what’s wrong with her baby girl.

Okay! I think that covers the question and my thoughts around it, would love to hear yours as well if you have anything to add! Thank you again for the ask, and I hope you have a nice day!

……

Send me asks about ATLA, or anything, really! :D

[kaz3313]

might get murdered for this but do u have any date hcs?? like ideal ones for them, its super far fetched for both characters but it would be funny LKSFJDDSF (or noncon ones but yknow, ill probably /will/ get killed for that)

Hehe, I love date hcs don’t worry~ (this includes hcs for dates as well as what they do while dating)

*”I hate you” (later) “Want to have lunch together?”

* Hungry Naib = a cranky Naib, so Jack (graciously) brings him food. He’s also trying to cook for him, But Naib half the time is like “You cook so bland!! Add more spices!! Or hell make something sweet!! … Do you want help?”

*Jack still takes matches very seriously… but he’ll flirt with Naib while chasing him :) Naib gets mildly annoyed by this, because as he’s running he has no time to think of words back.

* Despite Jack seemingly to be the more “foreword” of the two, often Naib has to come to him and not the other way around. This leads to a lot of letters back and forth from the mansions (ty Wick for being a good boyo) Because he hates going over to the mansion

* “Head to Moonlight for date” “Rollercoaster?” “…rollercoaster”

* Whenever they can they take showers/baths together. Often without much more then a say then knocking on the door

*Jack sings to Naib~ It’s quite soothing. He tries not to fall asleep to it, because he wishes to listen more, but it’s so alluring.

*Naib tries to teach Jack to dance… goes exactly how you expect it. Which is Jack falling over

*Jack actually can’t take off the blades on his hand (personal hc, just for the manor) this leads to him being in slightly awkward situations where it will get caught on something (usually knitted blankets)

*They will sleep together, But it has to be the Hunter mansion (bigger beds). Again, Naib hates going over, but he will reluctantly.

* Date Night also includes patching up your partner after a match <3 Maybe, yes Jack did slice Naib and then Naib hit him with a pallet. All’s fair in Love and War (and the mansion).

* “.. does it sting?” “YEAH YOU HIT ME WITH YOUR BLADE FINGERS WHAT DO YOU THINK??” “…” “…it ain’t too bad… Uhh how’s your head?” “Hmmm, well you didn’t crack my skull open, I had Mary check, but it sure feels like it” “Don’t chase me next time~” “Don’t be so fun to chase~”

*Jack carrying Naib around during friendly duos and just… not putting him down. Unless it’s to push him out the gate because the other hunter is getting tired

*No one expected them to be together, Especially because Naib would often discuss his hatred for Jack when just starting off in the mansion. How things change~

*Jack gifts Naib one of his paintings, and also wishes for Naib to be a model. Naib hardly complies, but Jack will paint from memory instead

[As for the other hcs,,, On a different post, and might take me a bit longer. But I’ll make something~]

[yanbub]

multiple announcements coming through !

okok first of all, im back 😋. as in ill be fully active again like usual xdxd.

i know i didn't seem like i was on a semi-hiatus but shhh i had to take care of things and i had to fix my mental stability too.

i'm really sorry that i didn't reply to my inbox while i was gone !! i was very unmotivated to reply during the whole break even tho i rbed some ask games LOL. ill reply to them later so your wait won't be that long anymore !

thank you all 4 ur patience and efforts 💞

pls read the other announcements utc! its all important and i just cut it so that it wont clog up other's dashboards.

second of all, the blog will go a heavy revamp session! please don't mind the spam posting, it'll just be me organizing my blog all over again.

the revamp will include the following:

a new tagging system

(finally) an official post for my blog rules, writing rules, etc. i know i have a carrd for that but im tired of editing it every now and then

a clean up! ill be deleting some old posts such as my shitposts and some other miscellaneous things i want out of this blog. and sadly, this includes the requests that was left in my inbox. sorry that you didn't get your request done ^^'

i think thats p much it? again dont mind the spam posting you'll see when this is in progress!

asks will be answered AFTER this revamp session is done.

third, a new character for the character list! thoma is added now. as for gorou, well, that's still dependable since i haven't grasped his personality yet with the little interaction we got from the archon quests. ill try writing for him but only on specific and self indulgent ideas.

not that important but new theme hehe. ive had this theme on pc for a while now but i wanted to change it on mobile once im back from the break. anyways stan remi ayasaki for clear skin yalls

to explain further about me deleting requests in my inbox, as you saw during my break i only posted self indulgent content.

i don't really wanna open requests for a while since i have so many self indulgent ideas that i wanna focus on. the ideas that you sent in were honestly great but im sorry that i won't be able to write it :((

though there might be times that i won't be writing because deadass i post content almost everyday, i need a break too 🧍‍♀️.

HOWEVER! if you're willing to send in some brainrot at my inbox, ill be more than glad to whip up a small blurb/ficlet for you! or maybe ill add more onto that brainrot, who knows really.

YEAH THAT'S ALL IT FEELS GREAT TO BE BACK HOLY SHIT HWK2HKDHDJDJDJCJC

anyways if you reached this part of the post, congrats! you're probs the only one who bothered to read all the important announcements.

ill be off to revamp the blog now and istg ill finally answer asks after that 😭 i missed interacting w yall but i swear my motivation said no <//3

bye bye now, ty for reading <33

[nameless-shrimp]

Okay but- Cinderella Chuuya. I am absolutely about to rewrite the entire fairytale to fit this. Cause I am trash like that LOL

SAD ENDING I'm sorry, I didn't mean to make it sad, it just happened ;-;

Spelling and grammar mistakes

Chuuya had everything. A loving mother and father, all the pets he could ever want. Really, he didn't want for anything. However, he was never meant to keep these things. His father passed away young, and despite Chuuya's age, he stepped up to help his mother. The handsome young redhead worked any job he could and helped his mother in every he was able. And as the years passed his mother remarried. He didn't like his new step-father. The man didn't treat the redhead well. Not to mention his new twin step-brothers where not kind at all. All the manors that his father had taught him, clearly hadn't been taught to the twins. Still, they where respectable enough to his mother, so he no room to say anything.

And then it happened. Chuuya's mother fell ill and passed away. His step-family hardly did anything. The work on the up keep of the house was left to Chuuya. It was his family's house after all. the redhead would not see it fall into disarray. his step-father and brothers barely worked either. Seemingly everything was left to Chuuya. From cooking, to bringing money in, to cleaning. He had already needed to move to the attic. Still, Chuuya remembered what his parents taught him and was polite to step-family.

"Oh, who are you?" A young lady in red dress asked Chuuya. It was currently the weekend. The red haired blue eyed young man took time to himself away from the house on the rare free weekends he had.

"I am no of great importance, M'Lady. Why I ask your name?" Chuuya said with a polite bow.

"The same could be said of me then, good sir. What brings you to this flower garden?"

"My mother. She had been found of flowers and so my father grew a garden for her. With them both gone, up keep of it had been near impossible. Yet the this garden is always in best condition. So I come here."

"Ah, yes. My father has been gone some years now. My mother currently unwell. Though, I'm just hear to relax. The beauty of all the flowers always amaze me."

"Do you know the language of flowers of?"

"I do not." It was clear young lady intended to day more, but the sound of horses in the background made her turn to leave. "It seems I don't have much time to stay and talk. I do hope we meet again, good sir."

"Fare well, M'Lady."

Chuuya would see the young lady again. A few times. Never for long. But they both greatly enjoyed the others company. And then roughly a month later they met once more. At a ball the royal family is throwing. There he discovered that the young lady he met that day is Princess Y/N. He was stunned to say the least. But even there time at the ball was cut short. he could only stay until midnight.

Chuuya was unable to met Princess Y/N after that. No matter how many times Chuuya went to the hidden garden, the Princess didn't show. The flowers that grew there changed though. The flowers that grew there now meant, "I'm sorry", "Forgive me", "I miss you", "I love you."

oh my gosh, sky. this was so nice to read. i loved every bit of it. it pains me to think of chuuya in pain, always consistently doing all the work—as expected from the story of cinderella, but aw, i love the fact that he encountered the princess that night. the image of him being stunned makes me smile. if you write this, i truly hope that there shall be a happy ending between him and the princess. this warms my heart; he's capable of happy endings.

may i add onto this with my own drabble...

A disordered mess he was. Dirty dishes laid out in the sink as he swears underneath his breath; skin scrapped from the consistent run of water underneath his pruned fingers. Chuuya shakes his head. Scrunching his nose, he heaves out a sigh. Rumors went on about a royal ball, and despite encountering the princess, he imagines a moment with her. Bright dress curved around her figure; gleaming smile painted on her joyous expression. If a life was meant to be filled with a happy ending, Chuuya's life was not that, though threw his rag to the side. Blue eyes staring out the window. Light reflecting a new world that was more fascinating rather than the indoors of his dark and creaky home. Maybe he was capable of finding a true happy ending; only for Chuuya, himself.

i haven't written anything in a week so this was needed, hehe. thank you for sharing your beautiful works as always, sky! this brought a beautiful smile to my face. i love reading more about chuuya and brainrotting with you, as always and forever will. 💖🥰

[ferret-not-microwave]

Les Amis Modern AU: What They Wish Others Believed About Them (Part 4)

[I kind of wrote this in response to some general trends in characterising the Amis. There are some stereotypes which I'm not quite comfortable with.]

[So much delay. Sorry.]

Joly:

• Really, really wishes that people don't laugh at him for his anxiety issues. He is truly terrified of getting infected with some disease or the other, and even more terrified of spreading it to Joly and Chetta. It doesn't help that he is one of the most sincere students of the lot, and spends a lot of time reading medical journals, which feed into his panic. He feels safe wearing masks, using rubbing alcohol (or wearing gloves), and having a bag full of basic first aid supplies, and gets embarrassed if anyone judges him for it. Also, he doesn't like it if "concerned" people ask him whether he had a past history of debilitating disease or something, he doesn't want to discuss it at all, okay? -_-

• When Joly fusses about illness in the Musain, it is him letting his guard down. He has to actively rein in his anxiety to function in the hospital, and gets super exhausted from hiding it. His tells in the hospital are are wide eyes behind his protective goggles and a compulsive toying with the wristband of his gloves. He's one of the most courageous individuals ever because of what he faces on a regular basis. He hopes that he might get some reassurance from the Amis to stop his spiralling thoughts, and he mostly gets it.

• Joly definitely has a wild side, and is more than his anxious, serious self. If there's one who can one-up Courf's cheesy pick-up lines, it is Joly. With a eyebrow quirk that leaves everyone giggly and blushing. If there's one who can set a Karaoke stage on fire (not literally, that would be R), it's Joly. If there's one who can down shots to match Bahorel, it's Joly. The one who is the most eager to go skinny dipping? Joly. The one who is, oddly, the most eager to break a pinata? Joly. Joly is more than a "quiet science nerd who checks his tongue in the mirror all the time".

• Joly and Ferre INSIST that they do not talk about random medical trivia all the time. Honestly, their shared interests involve Jane Austen and massive amounts of gossip with tea, along with Doctor Who, Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett. MASSIVE AMOUNTS OF TEA, IN EVERY SENSE OF THE WORD.

• There are days he wants to tackle people like an angry Pikachu. But real life is tough, and not everyone has the privilege of confronting people. But he really, really can do without people casting aspersions on his poly relationship with Bossuet and 'Chetta ALL THE TIME. He has been confronted as an "opportunist" in Pride walks, faced with people's pitying look to Bossuet or 'Chetta as though he is stringing them both along or "sharing" 'Chetta with Bossuet, cheered on and slapped on the back by straight cismen for "knowing how to have fun", and once directly asked if he's the one who will marry 'Chetta. He goes into panic often, and for the longest time thought himself a really awful person.

• Beware a Joly in a farmer's market. Not because of haggling, but because some people ALWAYS assume that he's amazing at math while he actually fumbles at the cash counter. Similarly, he hates it if people crack shady jokes about him being a Marie Kondo around him (just because he likes neatness AND MARIE KONDO THANK YOU VERY MUCH). And no, he doesn't like rice all the time.

• Please give back the Tupperwares. Unlike popular opinion, Joly won't chase you down for his Tupperware like some do, and isn't particularly possessive about them. That doesn't mean that he can replace misplaced Tupperwares for all eternity, please. ;_; (Same goes for the beeswax food wraps and dino bandages, c'mon peeps don't help yourself to them indiscriminately ;_;).

• Apart from his baggy sweatshirt and dinosaur pajamas aesthetic, he also has a dress shirt and pleated pants collection that would probably leave Jay Gatsby jealous AF.

Bossuet:

• Is really self-conscious about his receding hairline. He had taken to shaving his head to make it look cool, because he's really uncomfortable with weird jokes about his age and baldness. Shaving heads is pretty high-maintenance at times, and he's slowly opening up to let the hair grow back on the sides of the head for the heck of it. He used to have a large collection of hats too, which he still uses occasionally, but now it is just a fashion accessory, not a way to hide. He likes scarves as well.

• He used to flinch and swallow his discomfort when people would touch his scalp without permission, now he firmly brushes off their hands with a light scowl.

• Similarly, he hates it when people actively try to compare him to Joly. He hates being considered less successful, a "third wheel" to Joly and 'Chetta and someone who can be taken less seriously. This doesn't mean he is jealous or angry with Joly at all though.

• He feels really, really angry when Joly sometimes breaks down in front of him and 'Chetta when confronted with comments on their relationship. He can and will stonewall anyone who hurts either of them.

• Bossuet understands Joly's anxiety because he faces anxiety as well. He often gets nightmares of his "bad luck" turning batshit Final-Destination-esque and resulting in horrible accidents to Joly, 'Chetta amd the rest of the Amis. He knows the "bad luck" jokes are good humouring, but it wears him down a lot in exam/interview/work meeting weeks and leaves him third and fourth guessing himself. He had also entered a bout of depression because the "bad luck" jokes had convinced himself that he can't progress in life because what's the use. It took a lot of work and, oddly, a super niche article from the Amis blog detailing research on how some societies actively ostracize people for being "unlucky" and how it is linked to major societal oppression, to help him.

• Bossuet loves having a heart of gold. Sometimes some people tell him not to be so nice ("what if that person has cheated you off money with a sob story?"). He refuses, because he cherishes being nice and knows his limits. He sometimes worries if he's being stupid, like when the great "attendance-by-proxy" disaster happens. But Marius' broad and grateful smile, "hi, how are you doing?" texts every morning, and monthly batch of AMAZING chocolate cookies makes it worth it.

• Bossuet's accidents do lead to some happy accidents. He stumbled on a whole new recipe of gooey brownies by accident. An amazing combination of dark chocolate and red chilli peppers (maybe not so weird in retrospect)? By accident. He fell upon Courfe's sandcastle once, but it resulted in a rare hermit crab crawling out. Courfe gave a treat at the new brunch place he was saving up for, because apparently that hermit crab had made Ferre all starry-eyed and happier than he had been in weeks. And as for the rest pf the accidents? Nothing that duct tape , 'Chetta, Joly and occasionally Feuilly can't help with. In all, his accidents are always smallish, and never monumental.

• Bossuet can put 'Chetta and Ferre to shame with his eyebrow raising (at least occasionally? Hehe?). He does that a lot when people ask him if he has put water on fire or has fallen into wells. "Like bruh? I don't go anywhere close to wells, I love sidewalks and what's with everyone asking me about the kitchen being on fire?" He also does that a lot to piners (R, Ep, Courfe, 'Parnasse).

• Bossuet is one of Enj's closest friends in Law School (apart from Courfe), because Law classes and shared optional papers. Duh. They often have long discussions which are super pleasant, fluffy, yet sensible because of his really sensitive optimism. Bossuet's unorthodox insights make their way into Enj's notes for ABC meetings, and he credits him always. Similarly Enj bails him out with attendance issues. Bossuet often calmly advices him about R. Since Joly has a similar relationship with Ferre, Bossuet and Joly sometimes help Enj and Ferre sort out lingering grievances between them, or plain hear them out. Enj and Bossuet have Froyo days.

Musichetta:

• Loves, loves, LOVES books. Has no idea why people think nerds come in a kind of stereotype only ("I don't look like you", she complains to Joly and Ferre one day, "but I can defeat you two in a Jane Austen quiz WTF!" They agree emphatically, and Ferre adds "and maybe Jehan too. Maybe".). She is a massive sucker for Comic-Cons and hates men who try to prove otherwise. -_- She loves libraries as much as she loves bars.

• Has no idea why people think she's super bitchy or about to eat them up. Many people plain run when she so much as looks at them while doing a shift as a barista in the Musain. Or ask for "the nicer barista" (Cosette?). When she breathes a sigh of relief when someone treats her nice, she also braces herself for self-righteous "saviours". "Are you sure you are doing okay with those men?" "They are using you!". If she poured milk all over a client's trousers because of such a comment not-so-accidentally, no one needs to know. ;)

• Sometimes, she feels drained out. Having to support both her partners anxiety can leave her down too. They are amazing people, who love her a lot, and know that she needs her recharge time. Often Bossuet takes over in caring for Joly and vice-versa. 'Chetta has a small arrangement with Courfe on those days. If he has free time, the two of them go for an amazing, super relaxing spa session. Bahorel is back-up spa partner. The two of them know not to ask questions, but let her unwind her thoughts and air them out.

• 'Chetta joined Les Amis L'ABC much later. One of her pet peeves were when Joly or Bossuet would go to protests which could easily turn violent because of right wing trolls and the police swarming the city. Specifically, when they went without more than a word or two to her. She would get worried sick, particularly if they couldn't pick up the phone within half an hour of the protest ending, and would cry alone because she didn't want to come off as needy and one of those people who do not support their cause.

• She finally broke down before them after Bossuet had a small concussion. They were really shamefaced at having not thought about her feelings, and their apologies ran for hours. While Joly promised to regularly give her updates, Bossuet asked her to join the ABC if she is comfortable with it. It took time for her to accept that she was being in the group because of the cause and not because she wanted to helicopter-mom Joly and Bossuet, but when the next protest happened, she realised that she was in a place she always wanted to be in.

• The Amis thought that she was a member anyway. She would holler at

• 'Chetta hates it when people think that it's Joly or Bossuet who end up lavishing gifts on her all the time. True, they do, but she does it too. She's a sucker for thoughtful gift giving, and she spoils the Amis A LOT OF TIMES. She can scour the Earth for ideal gifts for her boys, and she often takes care of a stray bill or two, as much as she humanely can. She doesn't play a one-upping battle of gifts though, she just loves a lot.

• She is really self conscious about her small hands and tiny feet. Which seem to her too small in comparison with the rest of her body. Sometimes she used to wear really fluffy mittens in winter to hide how small her hands her. Not so much now. :)

•She confided to Jehan that she didn't like people romanticizing her small hands and feet because she thought they were putting unrealistic standards of the "frail beauty" on her when she was anything but. She said this after she heard R chortle about how Joly had introduced her as having tiny hands and feet. The discussion ended in her gaping and then crying out of laughter because (according to Jehan) apparently Joly was really drunk when he first talked to the Amis about her, and had also said something like "she has fortune-teller eyes, yannow! Ask Bossuet! And her dimples! Marius, you booby, you pool noodle, I know how you feel like when you met Cosette!"

Apparently Bahorel had replied with "you need new pants" and then started laughing like no tomorrow. Bossuet, not so drunk (because he was late to the party), had taken the sensible route and shown the Amis the picture the three of them took after their first date.

• Seriously, she knows zilch about tarot cards or natal charts.