#more alien play dates are in his future

[nightblackowlbat]

Their running theory is that Danny is a mimic/shapeshifting type alien that copies the limits, abilities, and appearance of other sapient lifeforms. This is what allowed Danny to pass as human so well over the years!

But then the portal opened and their poor boy was exposed to ghosts! His alien biology, starved of the kind of biodiversity his species must be used to, mistook the ghosts for sapient lifeforms and began to mimic them too.

They hope that introducing Danny to other aliens will give his mimic instincts a much healthier outlet. Danny is a living boy after all, it can’t be good for him to imitate ghosts.

Danny is adopted; Jack and Maddie just kinda found him one day and took him in.

Multiple years later, they notice he’s apparently started to develop powers without any clear cause (that they’re aware of).

And they remember about Superman’s backstory, and their brains connect the dots.

Clearly Danny must have been a lost alien kid, and his new powers are just that heritage finally kicking in!

So obviously as good parents they have to try to find other alien kids for him to connect with about his experiences!

[woneazy]

520 ：我爱你

sypnosis: 520 sounds like “我爱你” which means "I love you" in Chinese! As a result, lots of Chinese couples spend the 20th of May together. Heres how you and your boyfriends spend the day together and/or how they surprise you (⁠´⁠∩⁠｡⁠•⁠ ⁠ᵕ⁠ ⁠•⁠｡⁠∩⁠`⁠)

characters: kurona ranze, itoshi rin, itoshi sae, isagi yoichi, yukimiya kenyu, hiori yo, alexis ness

Kurona Ranze 🦈

♡ Kurona is Blue Lock's resident sharky sweetheart so I think it's best suited that you both go to an aquarium as a date - even if Great Whites shouldnt kept in them.

♡ He likes subtle affection so I imagine you both taking candid pictures of eachother enjoying the aquatic scenery.

♡ I also think before you left, if you have long hair, Kurona would braid it. He likes the idea of you both matching and sees it as a small sign of your love.

♡ After the date, you both go home and play with his hedgehog Pocari.

ITOSHI RIN 🙀

♡ After Rin's usualy gym routine, you find yourselves cozied on the couch with pillows and blankets. The curtains are drawn, the lights are off and theres a line up of horror movies queued up to binge, maybe a horror game or two if you guys get restless from the endless binge.

♡ Rin's taste in horror movies is the destructive, chilling type so he doesnt mind if you shift closer for comfort. Whether you're clinging to his arm with your head dug into his shoulder hiding or gently pressed against his side by the end of the night, Rins happy that you got to spend time together indulging in his interest.

♡ Another thing is that Rin gets more comfortable from this date day (?). He feels less alienated when you sit alongside him watching something people may find repulsive and appreciates your tolerance of him. He knows he isnt the easiest to get along with so the moments you share are all the more important to him.

♡ One of the highlights of the day is you and Rin going out to buy snacks and ingredients for meals to prepare for the movies. He thinks that actually spending time with you and getting to know what brands you like or trying something new together brings you closer together as well as cooking and putting together the meals between movies. He appreciates the monents you get to share and the tenderness of it all.

ITOSHI SAE 🌊

♡ Sae takes you to the coast so you guys can watch over the sea. It was an acitivity he'd done for a while since getting to Spain but he wanted to share it with you - something simple that grounded him. Bonus points since the view was beautiful so you'd fit right in. Beside him.

♡ I think Sae originally started looking over the sea since he missed his home of Kanagawa back in Japan but I also think the main reason why he chose to take you was because you'd started to feel like home as well. The experience was soothing and self-indulgent but he thinks it brings you closer since he feels most vulnerable and nostalgic.

♡ He wouldnt say it out loud but Sae can see you as part of his future. You'd already started feeling like home and his homesickness was alleviated around you. Sae thinks that he'd like you around, as part of his future.

♡ When you aren't looking he takes a picture of you against the sunset. It's quieter as the days ending and the warmth of the dusk hues hide the warmth on his own face. The loneliness at the end of the day suddenly feels like a cozy time just for the both of you.

ISAGI YOICHI 🍀

♡ You and Yoichi plan to explore the local food and drink scene. The both of you go cafe hopping and laugh at each others disgust and share over exaggerated "mmms" when finding new go-to orders.

♡ Isagi thinks its really cute if you accidentally get crumbs or a bit of your drink on your lip. He also thinks its charming when you drag him by the arm to another cafe across the street or when you struggle to locate a nearby cafe that recently got popular on social media.

♡ By the end of the day you both have a bunch of half eaten snacks so you have an impromptu picnic at the park just finishing off the food you brought. He prefers this time where its just the both of you, away from the prying eyes of the world. Where he's just yours.

♡ Before you leave the park, by some miracle, Isagi manages to find a four leaf clover. He hands it you while muttering something about you being a lucky charm for him. He's a bit quiet from the flustered feeling thats bubbling his chest but he would do it even if that feeling wanted to burst out of his chest.

YUKIMIYA KENYU 🌸

♡ Yukimiya shows up with a bouquet of flowers, dressed casually but elegant as usual. On top of that, the cologne he spritzed was different, a subtle floral scent lingered when he hugged you.

♡ The both of you go flower viewing to enjoy the view before the blossoms go out of season. Especially since he wants to make the most of the sight he has left - not just the fleeting world around him, but also the person whos a constant in his life - you.

♡ He definitely takes candida of you but he doesnt share them with you just yet. He places them all in a scrapbook the details all his feelings about the dates you go on. Yukimiya doesnt plan on giving it to you just yet, not until the book is filled anyway. If his sight outruns the book then he hopes you'll be there to finish it for him.

♡ As a model, Yukimiya also coordinated your outfits and made sure you felt like a princess all the way through the day. Endless comments on how beautiful you are and reminders that he's thankful he's yours.

HIORI YO 🎮

♡ Hiori loads up a minecraft world and gets to work. He decides to put in the effort and do everything from scratch in survival - he even has a little book that documented his thoughts the days leading up to 520 and what he built.

♡ On the minecraft world is a little house in your favourite colour. He made sure your beds were next to eachother and that there were hidden chests that had love notes in them as well as tamed wolves or cats for you to name and take care of.

♡ When he gives you access to the server, he gives you a guided tour of it, hinting towards the hidden chests as well encouraging you guys to sleep next to eachother when the days over. He later surprises you by showing up to your door with food and dessert.

♡ He finishes off the day by playing a 2 player game with you. You both rage a little but the night is fun nonetheless. Hiori isn't massively affectionate, but he thinks that doing things like this isnt so bad every once in a while - especially if the person he's spending time with is you.

ALEXIS NESS 🪄

♡ Ness is a believer in magic and is devoted without a doubt. He likes the time you spend together because that whimsical feeling of love to him is like magic itself. Thats why he suggests you both try to make 1000 paper cranes together in order to grant a wish.

♡ You guys sit there talking about anything and everything in the world. There was a show playing in the background, sometimes you guys would switch it up and play the Notebook but the TV was never having your full attention anyway. If you both get restless from sitting down for too long, Ness would turn on some music and slow dance with you. He likes it when you guys are close, just calmly connecting

♡ You guys dont make it to 1000 that day before falling asleep but even if you did, Ness would've given you the wish to you. He believes that your happiness will bring him a sense of satisfaction too. But if it were up to him, he'd wish that your future together is healthy, happy, and full of love and affection. In Ness' opinion, its a win-win situation.

♡ Although you dont finish making the 1000 cranes that day, whenever he has time, Ness will try to add a few to the collection so that you can someday get the wish you deserve.

[midnightshindig]

Cecil, Donald & Allen the Alien dating a daycare worker reader headcanons.

The reader takes care of super-powered toddlers, baby monsters, aliens. The reader is very maternal and caring and protective over her children.

Allen, Cecil, and Donald x Daycare worker!Reader

Loved this request! Sorry, it took me so long to get around to these ^^

hcs under the cut

Allen

Allen is a very fun uncle/older brother figure to the children he's around

He interacts with children by letting them dangle off his bicep, which enthralls pretty much every age group

He's durable as shit, so he's one of the only people some of your more gifted superpowered wards can play with without having to hold back

It's pretty heartwarming to see him get along with the kids so well, and they totally love him

He helps you with stuff like naptime and keeping them all in line

You couldn't ask for a better assistant <3

Cecil

He's a little disgusted by children

Not like he genuinely hates them or anything, he thinks they're important and the future of the world or whatever

HE just doesn't enjoy being around them very much

Mostly because he ISNT GOOD AT IT

But he respects the hell out of you for being so good at it

He loves working with you to match you up with superpowered children

It's an efficient system for both of you

He's endeared by your work stories, loves hearing about kids and their antics

"And then I tried to take him to the park, and he FLEW me there!! It was terrifying, he's the size of a fourth grader!" You laughed, sitting next to him in bed, winding down for the night

"That's unhinged. You're not hurt, are you?"

"No, I'm alright my love, he was very responsible :)"

He sighed, putting his hand over yours "I'm glad you had a good day with the kids."

"Me too... they really bring a sense of purpose to my life."

the air was still, and a quiet, loving moment passed between the two of you

Donald

He loves hearing all the entertaining stories about what you get up to at work

The kids you work with have seen him sparingly, mostly when he's bringing you lunch and/or the kids see him at the GDA

They call him 'Y/n's friend' and DO NOT know his actual name

He's just a silly little guy who loves kids despite his stoic nature

He knows the small things about every kid you sit for, who has what allergies, and what they want to be when they grow up

It's an efficient system sometimes, you watch over some superpowered children who want to be superheroes, and Donald helps them safely pursue that goal

Sometimes you come home stressed from work, working with superpowered children is difficult

And sometimes it gets to you

"Hey, love, how was work?" Donald asks, his normal monotonous voice filling your bedroom as you crashed onto the mattress face-first

"ughhhuffdsfisjdoicdsvfdguter I'm going to go gray...." you groaned, scooting up to bury your face in his chest

He petted the back of your hair "Oh... tell me about it."

And so you did

And he listened, offering you his ear and his advice when prompted for it

he made a good support system

[cipheress-to-k-pop]

yin & yang pt.5

Pairing: Ben Tennyson x Fem!Reader

Word Count: 2.6k words

Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4

Summary: You were an unlikely pair, everyone could see that. But what happens when you get a glimpse into a future where your differences were too much for you to bear?

A/N: Merry Christmas to everyone who celebrates! Happy Holidays <3

AA/N: Hella OOC. Once again I do not care. This part is shorter than the others and I just made it as random snippets from different episodes in Omniverse. For now I think I'm tapped out from this series but who knows maybe I'll watch another episode and want to write something

s1e3: A Jolt From the Past

Ben was not having a good day. Leave it to the universe to try and give a deep blow to his ego the second he thought things were looking up. He had expected to just go about his day, doing his job when all of a sudden, the universe decided to reward him with a new partner. Just when he was starting to get comfortable going solo.

It was only a couple of months after Gwen and Kevin had moved towns so they could be closer to Gwen's college that you had been made leader of a new task force. Details unknown to him because even though he's the wielder of the most powerful weapon in the universe, he wasn't cleared to know what his girlfriend would be up to.

Not knowing what the task force was about didn't sting nearly as much when he found out it was based on another planet, and you'd be living there indefinitely.

When you had left, Ben was in a funk for weeks, refusing to leave his bed, waiting for you to get off work so you could call him, only going through the memories of you he had; the jacket he had stolen from you, a rare framed picture of the two of you on his bedside table and more.

He had just gotten himself out of the house when 'Rook Blonko' suddenly appeared, whisking him out of trouble when he was about to embarrassingly get his ass handed to him.

And while his new partner was beginning to grow on him, Rook still found moments to drive Ben to wits end.

“It's why I'm looking forward to this. I'm anxious to see if Ben Tennyson lives up to the legends.”

“There are legends?" Ben was excited now.

“They can't all be true though, for instance, Alien X, that is just a myth, correct? And your relationship with Proctor (Y/N), that obviously must have been a result of some fan posting rumours on the extranet.”

Ben’s mouth dropped open in offense, he didn’t even know how to respond to that. Was this partner, who he has only barely gotten to like lately, seriously questioning his 3-year relationship with his future wife?

“Both of those things are true!”

Rook turned back with a small look of surprise before it dissolved and he chortled, “This is earth humour, you are being sarcastic, yes?”

“I’m not! Alien X is real, and I’ve been in a dating (Y/N) since we were sixteen!”

Rook took his irate tone in stride, shrugging like a complacent mother would humour her child, “Of course. I’m sure you’re in a relationship with the youngest ever proctor in the entire galaxy. You see, even I am capable of earth sarcasm.”

His jaw dropped even farther, "You're shitting me, right?"

"Well, if you're so insistent, why don't you show me some proof? As I understand, it is common for humans to take many pictures with their partner."

"I would if you hadn't thrown me into the canal!" He exclaimed, fishing his sopping wet phone from his soggy pocket and waving it in his face as water dripped down his wrist.

Rook didn't even blink, turning back so they could walk to the proto-truck, "Convenient."

Ben scowled, more annoyed than ever, trying to switch on his phone so he could try and show him any proof he had but it was in vain. His phone was completely damaged.

Ben stopped in his tracks staring at the now ruined phone with wide eyes. He hadn't backed anything up.

The candid snap he had taken of you while you unconsciously played with the necklace, he had given you as you sipped a smoothie. The text message where you said you loved him AND used a heart emoji. That picture of you asleep, your hair mussed, wearing only his T-shirt as you slept soundly against his chest!!!??

"Aw, man!"

*

Ben was lucky that he had a change of clothes at the Plumbers base. He should have known that when Rook said he wanted to stop by for a briefing, it wouldn't have been brief at all. He briefly considered ditching his partner and going home to take a much-needed nap. There really was something about water fights that tired him out more than usual.

He loitered around the mess area. All of the agents were currently on duty, so he had his feet kicked up on the table as he scrolled through his phone, absentmindedly liking Gwen's story of a picture of herself and commenting 'No one wants to see u dweebus, where's Zedd?'

"You look comfortable; almost like you're dating the proctor of this quadrant."

Ben's neck almost snapped in his shock, nearly falling to the floor in his effort to stand up. You were leaning against the frame of the door, an almost invisible smirk on your face and Ben’s stomach did a flip.

“(Y/N)! What are you doing home so soon?!” He exclaimed and bound over to you, to pull you into a tight hug.

“I asked for a week to spend with you, since I missed you so much.”

His heart jumped, "Really?”

“No.” His face fell, and you chuckled, gently tilting his chin up with a single finger as a tiny apology. He leaned into you like always and you let your eyes rake over him, tracing over every single line of his features before ending at his lips, leaning back when he attempted to kiss you.

“I just met with the Magistrata to give a brief on our progress. Due to the sensitive nature of the mission, we wanted to refrain disclosing any details over the comms." You explained, only feeling slight guilt at the sight of his sunken shoulders when you avoided his kiss again, "I did miss you, though. So, I’m on earth for two weeks before I’m deployed again.”

His face brightened, both at your confession and at the knowledge that you’d be in his arms for the next two weeks.

You chuckled again at the sight of his wide grin, “That happy?”

Ben nodded, finally capturing your lips in a sweet kiss that you intended to be short, very aware of where you both currently were. But when Ben’s hand cupped the back of your head so he could deepen the kiss, you found yourself winding your arms around his neck. It was times like this that you were reminded that Ben wasn’t the only one who was head over heels.

“Missed you.” He murmured against your lips, hand moving to gently frame your face as he coaxed your mouth open with his tongue.

“Ben, I have finished the mission repor—Oh my!”

You pulled away too slowly for your liking, but too quickly for Ben's liking, still keeping your hands on Ben’s shoulders, knowing that Ben hated whenever you parted too quickly as you tried to catch your breath.

Even as your subordinate stood at the door, averting his gaze out of respect but also still not being able to contain his shock, you still felt dizzy from the earth-shattering kiss you had just shared. It had clearly been far too long since you’d been together because while you were embarrassed that your subordinate had witnessed such a vulnerable moment of intimacy, a part of you couldn’t help but want to continue kissing him anyway.

However, you were technically currently off-duty, so you were free to kiss your boyfriend as you pleased. Technically, of course.

Still, you blinked away the stars in your eyes and stepped away from Ben, letting him hold your hand, “Blonko, it’s a pleasure to see you again.”

“You’ve met before?” Ben asked, pulling you closer by the hand and winding an arm around your waist. He sent a look to his partner that was extremely smug, but you couldn’t quite decipher why.

“I was on the selection committee to choose him. Given my experience with you, we figured it would be best for Magister Tennyson and I to be the ones to recruit your new partner.”

“A little heads up would’ve been nice.” Ben grumbled into your shoulder, now resting his head in the crook of your neck.

“You would’ve complained. It was necessary now that I’m leading the new task force. Besides, Rook is a great cadet; patient enough to deal with your temperament and dependable enough to put his foot down when you get carried away.” You explained, leaning into Ben as he began playing with your hair and interlocking your fingers with his that were on your waist.

Ben mumbled something negligible under his breath and you turned back to Rook who finally managed to compose the look of shock that almost seemed tattooed into his features.

"So, Agent Blonko, I heard from Magister Tennyson that there has been unusual activity in Bellwood. I know I'm off duty, but would you mind giving me a quick brief?"

Rook immediately took you up on your offer, eager to be recognized by proctor of this quadrant and the two of you conversed about the weird sightings that had happened as of late.

Ben didn't pay much attention to your conversation with Rook, already preoccupied with the way your thumb was running gentle circles over his knuckles. At first, he pulled you closer to prove to Rook that you were, in fact, in a relationship but he also was ecstatic that you were in his arms finally after missing you so much.

He wanted to keep showing you the affection he’d been holding back for so long, but Ben knew that if he kissed your neck right here, you’d slip out of his grasp—so he resisted the urge.

You heard his lips part and immediately responded, "Do not bite me or you're going to sleep on the couch for the next two weeks."

When you turned your head, sure enough, his teeth were inches away from your unmarred skin and he pouted, affronted, "It's not my fault you're giving him all your attention after we've been apart for 2 months!"

You rolled your eyes, casting a cautious glance at Rook before you were whispering, "Behave and you may bite me all you want back home."

Ben was all too happy to shut up and let you finish your conversation.

You certainly regretted making that promise two weeks later when the other agents in the taskforce asked what exactly you had done over your holiday to warrant marks all along your neck and collar.

***

s3e6: Frogs of War

You were outnumbered, outgunned; you knew that. The safety of the civilians was top priority and while their Freedom was priceless, saving their humanity meant nothing if the Earth was blown to smithereens.

Ben fighting against the Incurseans for longer could have taken down a couple more ships, but you knew it wouldn't take long for more to appear. Where was Paradox when you needed him?

A surrender really was the only option for the food of the humans and living organisms still remaining on the planet. You knew that. But the price of a peaceful surrender came at the forceful exile of the love of your life.

He wanted to fight. He wanted to go down fighting.

But fighting would only bring more destruction.

And while the thought of him living as a prisoner for the rest of his life tore you to shreds, you couldn't put his life above the countless citizens who needed you to protect their best interests.

"(Y/N)," He whispered helplessly, trying to convince you to take his side. You bit your lip, turning your eyes downward and his shoulders sank. This couldn't be the end; you didn't want him to leave with the sting of your betrayal.

You stepped forward, wary of Princess Attea that glared at you, waiting for the moment you stepped a hair out of line to kill you in your place. Heart beating wildly against your ribs, you moved toward Ben, coiling an arm around his shoulders and framing his face with your other hand before bringing him down to a passionate kiss.

Ben inhaled deeply, holding onto your waist in an iron grip, tilting his head to kiss you deeper. This was it; you were saying goodbye, the taste of apologies and pain on his lips. He didn't want to stop kissing you; he never wanted to stop kissing you. But ending the kiss meant goodbye, and he didn't want to say goodbye.

Kevin looked away uncomfortably at the sight of your tongue pushing past his lips.

You pulled away finally, lips wet but eyes dry. Ben didn't try to chase your lips like he usually did and that hurt more than you had expected it to, "I love you."

He nodded, mouth locked shut.

He was shackled shut in the escape pod and you watched with bated breath as the door shut in on him, catching a final glance through the foggy glass.

The sad smile you had meant to be reassuring had wobbled at the sight of his cheeky wink, trying hard to hide the upturn of the corner of your mouth.

*

His name was Bullfrag.

Only he could come up with something so imbecilic that it ended up creative. You had forced yourself not to laugh at the absurdity of it when he had introduced himself to you; appearing along with the other rebels in order to break you out of your holding cell.

You wanted him to embrace you, but he was hiding his identity for a reason, so you had to bite your tongue and meet his gaze through those stupid shades.

He knew that you knew, it was apparent in the tenderness of his touch, by the way he gently nudged you behind him, but the gestures had flown over Kevin's head, which made you question your time spent as team babysitter. Clearly, he hadn't been babysat enough. Personally, you blamed Ben for claiming all of your attention.

Once Magister Tennyson was rescued, he revealed his identity—a revelation that came as no surprise to either you or Gwen.

You didn't try to hide your relief when Ben transformed back. It might not have been obvious to many others, but it was apparent to him, judging by the immediately relaxing of your spine and your boyfriend, who knew you too well, pulled you into a hug before you could pretend like you weren't interested. Ben could feel every tense muscle in your body begin to ease once he had his arms circling your waist.

Your fingers immediately found the short hairs at the nape of his neck, heart reaching for him the second he sighed and surrendered to your hold. You exhaled, hiding a kiss to his shoulder by pressing your forehead to the fabric of his shirt.

"Are they gonna make out again? Because it was uncomfortable as fuck the first time"

Ben rolled his eyes, lifting his head from the nook of your neck, "That kiss saved my life!"

"Yeah, yeah, lover boy." Kevin drawled.

"No, seriously!" Ben argued, pulling out something from his pocket, "My amazing girlfriend passed a skeleton key in my mouth! It's how I was able to get out."

You gave him an unimpressed frown, he really should have been babysat more often in your early days, "Did you really think I would kiss him like that in front of his grandfather?"

"I mean, if you thought you were never gonna see him again?!"

You simply tutted at him, holding your hand out for the skeleton key, which he happily returned, not without a kiss to your hand and fingers, "I love you, too."

***

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[ckret2]

Why do you ship billford? i want to hear all ur handcanons and reasons hehehe

ALL of them? My friend I do not think you comprehend the magnitude of the task you have requested. I can tell you some of them.

Here's a post I already wrote listing why I like them, and here's a post about what Ford thinks about Bill, and I just made a post about what Bill thinks about Ford because I've had it typed up on discord for ages and decided it needs its own post.

So, some headcanons:

⭐️ While most people who ship it headcanon that they had a romantic relationship of some kind pre-betrayal, my default headcanon is that they DIDN'T have a relationship—mainly because I enjoy making Bill, specifically, miserable, and I like headcanoning that Ford violently lost interest in Bill at the EXACT moment Bill developed a sincere interest in Ford.

Meaning that Bill "LOOKS LIKE MR. BRAINIAC FINALLY GOT SMART" Cipher destroyed his own chances five seconds before going "no no wait I actually want to keep this one," and that's SO funny. I made a graph!

⭐️ From Lost Legends we know that Ford used to date a siren. In the original Greek mythology, sirens didn't woo sailors by singing prettily; sirens offered knowledge about distant and future events. Sailors wrecked their ship upon the sirens' shores and starved to death at their feet just to listen to them sing about the secrets of the universe.

What I'm saying is: Ford has a type.

⭐️ This is a mutual monsterfucker 4 monsterfucker relationship. They look at each other and go "wow you're such a weird-looking alien" and they're attracted to each other BECAUSE of that, not in spite of that. I don't want any of this "oh how could I be drawn to something so strange..." shame out of Ford, as far as I'm concerned his first crush was Mothra, a floating triangle is nothing.

⭐️ Consequently, this means that if you take an AU where Bill gets stuffed in a human body, rather than making things easier, it ironically means that any PHYSICAL attraction Ford had for Bill instantly evaporates. A humanized Bill could be the sexiest damn thing in the room and everyone else in the vicinity is going 🥵💦 but Ford's going 😐. If they hook up with Bill in a human body it's in spite of Bill's current appearance and it's because Ford knows that, underneath the body, Bill's still Bill. You could hand Ford a perfect Tumblr Sexyman supermodel and he'll be fantasizing about a three-tiered pyramid with more teeth than a shark.

⭐️ Bill WILL play Dungeons Dungeons & More Dungeons with Ford, voluntarily, for fun. However he always wants to DM and he's brutal.

⭐️ I think that the majority of the Henchmaniacs used to be like Ford: young, naive, USEFUL aliens that Bill was trying to manipulate into getting access to their universes, probably by trying to get THEM to build portals. None succeeded, but they got far enough along that either they chose to join Bill, they were forced to flee their dimension and join Bill—or, due to Bill, their home no longer existed, so they might as well join him. I think that every one of them was once his ✨favorite✨ person. I think he sealed the deal in winning their friendship & loyalty with a calculated, scripted display of vulnerability—the exact same one he tried to use on Ford: I liberated my constricting, flat world; I want to liberate yours...

He may have dated some of them, too, especially right after they joined. Because he wouldn't have recruited them unless he thought they were JUST ♥ LIKE ♥ HIM. They're special, they're important...

... and after a few years, Bill realizes they're not that much like him after all and loses interest, and they sink down into the rank-and-file with the rest of the Henchmaniacs. The Henchmaniacs are FULL of people who were once Bill's Favorite—his best friends, his confidants, his lovers—and most of them are desperate to catch his eye and be that important to him again. They gave everything they had to Bill only for Bill to get bored.

So when he shows off the human who enabled Weirdmageddon and invites him to join the gang, they know EXACTLY what they're looking at: Bill's newest favorite. They know how this goes, he'll be gaga over this earthling for the next 5 to 500 years and then Ford will be just another regular Henchmaniac. The fact that Ford doesn't seem eager to join is no problem. Ford isn't the only soon-to-be Henchmaniac whose world Bill ended; some of them had to be talked around into joining, too.

⭐️ I think that, if you took Bill with his canon personality, didn't give him any character development, and then made him GENUINELY fall in love with Ford, and had him SINCERELY try his hardest to be a good, loving, healthy partner... he would still be toxic as hell for Ford.

Part of what draws Bill to Ford is that he sees SO much of himself in Ford—some accurate, some just projection. (You who crave power and fame and fortune like I do; you who also hunger to be all-knowing; you who would also sacrifice your world and your family and everyone you know and love to get what you want; you with an ego the size of the moon, oh, you deserve an ego the size of a star.) And so he assumes that what Ford really wants is what BILL would want in Ford's shoes.

And if Bill was Ford, what he'd want is to REALLY be the man who changed the world. Bill thinks he's fulfilling all Ford's wildest dreams if he gives that to him. Naming Ford the orchestrator of Weirdmageddon is the most generous gift Bill could ever offer.

Even if Bill is Really Really Trying and accepts that okay Ford doesn't want his world invaded: his idea of showing Ford love will be pulling the strings to get Ford fame & fortune. Teach him secrets of the universe that he can publish in a dozen groundbreaking scientific papers, arrange meetings with politicians and celebrities, get him a Nobel, get him an Oscar-winning bio pic, get him a billion dollars, get him EVERYTHING Ford's ever imagined as a marker of success and then double it.

When Bill's manipulating Ford, he offers praise and approval in little drops periodically leaking from the faucet, to keep Ford thirsty for more. When Bill's LOVING Ford, he just breaks the fire hydrant and lets it flood the street.

But the thing is, that's not good for Ford. That'll never make him truly happy. Ford's only ever learned how to measure his success by external markers, but the more external markers he collects the more he'll feel like he hasn't Made It yet. It's even possible that knowing Bill's helped him get this far will make him feel like he hasn't really EARNED it. He could have the whole world handed to him and he'll feel just as dissatisfied as he was on the day he first summoned Bill.

And Bill, even if he's trying his HARDEST to do this right, wouldn't be able to understand why this isn't working. A trillion years old and the only way he knows how to show love (or to receive love) is by showering someone in praise and gifts and favors. If that doesn't work, he doesn't know what's left.

[zombyaru]

Okay, let's imagine for a moment that Buzz would accept Tank is gay.

Still, it's obvious that Tank wouldn't have complete freedom to choose his partner. Buzz wouldn't allow him to date an alien or someone who simply doesn't meet Buzz's standards. Then I got to thinking that premade might be an 'apt' boyfriend.

First you have to rule it out. Johnny, Dustin, Mercutio, Romeo and Puck would definitely NOT be.

Johnny for more than obvious reasons, Dustin is a delinquent, Mercutio and Romeo would be too 'rebellious' for Buzz and Puck…. Mmm, he's okay. But he's a fairy, and I doubt Buzz's hatred would be limited to just aliens…. (and maybe he looks too queer for Buzz… I'm just saying…).

So our only two candidates are: Tybalt and Dirk.

Okay, now the suffering begins, BE PREPARED.

Let's start with Tybalt. Truth be told, the two share quite a few things in common.

They wear ridiculous makeup.

They are the only ones of the new generation who take family rivalry TOO seriously.

They are most likely closeted gays.

They cling too tightly to their family values.

Both carry the trauma of having lost their parents. In Tank's case it was his mother and Tybalt was both.

From Buzz's perspective, Tybalt is a great choice. Just think about it, the Capps are much wealthier than the Grunts. Even if Tank becomes General, as we already saw with Buzz himself, that doesn't exactly mean they'll be wealthy. So what better than to secure your son's financial future and, why not, give him even more power? Wow, it even sounds like Buzz is a good father...

Both Tybalt and Tank (wow, they both start with T :0) are somewhat problematic. But it's clear that Tybalt knows how to behave decently in social events, so I think that for Buzz it won't be so much of a problem.

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Now let's move to Dirk.

The only thing I could tell they have in common is that they both lost their mother.

Well, he's not a money guy. Which would definitely bother Buzz a little bit. But Dirk is a pretty calm guy. He has good grades and, given being a sim of fortune, it's assumed that he has big ambitions in life.

Well, thanks for reading. Yes, this is where it ends.

If he had a choice, I bet he'd choose him. Because he doesn't want Tank to get in trouble or do inappropriate things (whatever Buzz deems "inappropriate"). He just doesn't want his to ruin his reputation and career.

Well, thanks for reading. Yes, this is where it ends.

At first I thought it would be longer but the truth is that I ran out of explanations when I was writing this.

Sorry if I said several idiocies, but I think it's pretty obvious that I don't play another neighborhood besides strangetown. So I have a very vague view of Tybalt and Dirk (especially Dirk).

Bye!!!! :3

[gunsandspaceships]

MCU Timeline. Spider-Man: Homecoming. Part 2

Part 1

F*ck up #4: More stupid mistakes with time frames. May plus two months is July. Peter has already been back to school for 5 weeks in this scene. It's not July, it's October (5 months later). Or let's ignore Peter's passport and CW and count backwards: early October minus two months is July/early August. Peter came home from school when he met Tony at his apartment, if you remember.

October 9, 2016 (Wednesday):

7:50 am - Peter arrives at Midtown High, where Ned tells him that he got a Lego Death Star set that they can build together. Peter tells him "yes, but not today", as he is going on a "Stark internship."

11:38 am - after Physics, Peter creates Web fluid 3.01 during Chemistry.

12:35 pm - lunchtime. Peter and Ned stare at Liz Allan.

1:15 pm - Academic Decathlon practice. Peter tells Mr. Harrington that he cannot participate and go to Washington because of his "internship". Flash takes his place on the team.

2:45 pm - end of classes. Peter finally goes to his "internship".

~3 pm - he buys gummy worms and a sandwich at Delmar's, leaves his clothes and backpack among the trash cans, puts on his high-tech suit, and goes to play Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man for the next few hours.

Note: the expiration date of the gummy worms is "03-16-18". These gummies have a shelf life of 548 days which means they were made on September 14, 2016.

Between 3 pm and 8 pm - Peter's backpack disappears along with the trash he left it among.

~7:30 pm - after finishing his patrol, Peter sends his report to Happy's voicemail while eating churros bought for him by an old lady he helped.

7:40 pm - a group of thugs in Avengers masks with alien-tech weapons rob an ATM below where he is sitting. He tries to stop them, but fails to prevent them from using their weapons, which results in the destruction of Delmar's Grocery across the street.

F*ck up #5: The sun was still above the horizon when the robbery began. When it ended minutes later, it was pitch dark.

8 pm - Happy supervises the packing in Avengers Tower. He takes the call when Peter calls him again. He tells Peter that Tony has sold the Tower and they are moving to the Compound upstate.

Note: let's remember that "next week" includes October 14-20.

The guy who tried to break into his own car is still "glued" to it by an old version of Peter's web, which dissolves after 6-7 hours (deleted scene, 6:45).

~8:30 pm - Peter crawls to his room as Ned witnesses. Peter makes him promise not to tell anyone that he is Spider-Man and sends him out.

9:30 pm - Peter and May have dinner at Prachya Thai. Peter tells May that he is tired because of his "internship". They see the breaking news about the robbery. The owner flirts with May.

October 10, 2016 (Thursday):

~7 am - on the way to school, as they pass the scene of yesterday's crime, Ned asks Peter questions about the spider that bit him.

8 am - 2:45 pm - he continues to torment Parker with questions about his alter ego until he blurts out that "Peter knows Spider-Man" in gym class, and Liz invites them to her party.

~9 pm - party at Liz's house.

Peter changes into his Spider-Man suit outside when he sees a strange explosion in the distance. He goes to investigate and finds Toomes' smugglers attempting to sell weapons to petty criminal Aaron Davis.

9:30 pm - Ned exposes Peter by calling him. Peter chases the smugglers' van until he is caught by the Vulture.

Note: Peter's phone says it's 9:30 pm.

And then we have this shot of Toomes' phone, which says it's 9:27 pm (going back in time), but also look at the month. Yeah, it's too blurry to tell for sure, but from what I know about how months are written, it can only be "March." Remember this f*ck up (#6), because we'll come back to it in the future.

Peter falls into a lake. Tony saves him by sending his remote-controlled suit.

~9:40 pm - Peter tells Tony about the Vulture and the smugglers. Tony shows him that the suit is empty and he is actually in India. Tony tells Peter to call Happy the next time he encounters that weapon, not to get into dangerous situations, just be the friendly neighborhood Spider-Man, and to start thinking about college.

Tony ends the call and leaves the Indian wedding he was attending for some mysterious reason.

~9:50 pm - on the way back, Peter stumbles upon a piece of alien tech that has fallen out of the van. Ned calls him to tell that he shouldn't go back to the party and that they'll see each other tomorrow.

Note: remember this frame too, because in Part 3 we will need it for another f*ck up.

Toomes and his smugglers return to their base. "Tinkerer" Mason informs him that he has completed the design of the high-altitude vacuum seal. Toomes kills Shocker #1, levels up Shocker #2, and sends him out to find the weapon they lost.

October 11, 2016 (Friday):

Between 8 am and 2:45 pm - Peter and Ned disconnect the alien power source from the weapon during a workshop class.

3 pm - Shocker #2 and another smuggler are searching for the weapon at Midtown High. Peter places a tracker on them.

Note: the days when the chess club meets - Monday, Wednesday and Friday.

4 pm - Night - Peter and Ned track down the smugglers at Parkers' apartment and discover that they have a lair in Maryland (not really). Peter decides to use his participation in the Academic Decathlon to check out the location.

When was the Decathlon?

The movie gives us two options (which is f*ck up #7):

September 14

October 13-15

What we know for sure: a) it happened over a weekend; b) it only took 2 days; c) the school year already started at least 5-6 weeks ago (Tony’s words), but no more (this is definitely no later than mid-October); d) the gummy worms Peter bought at Delmar's were made on September 14, 2016.

So here's the conclusion:

It can't be September. So it's October.

It couldn't have been exactly October 13-15 because it only took 2 days, not 3 (f*ck up #8).

But it was around these dates, because of the 5-6 weeks.

This way we get October 12-13 (Sa-Su in SMH's calendar).

October 12, 2016 (Saturday):

~12 pm - Peter rejoins the Decathlon team and they depart for DC.

Note: the drive from Queens to Washington, D.C. takes about 5 hours. Assuming dinner time is 6 pm and she needs an hour to attend the protest, the departure time is 12 pm.

3 pm - Happy receives a notification from the tracker in Peter's suit that Peter has left New York. Happy calls him.

5 pm - the bus arrives in DC.

~7 pm - Peter removes the tracker from his suit and asks Ned to disable the Training Wheels protocol.

~9 pm - Peter leaves for the mission, leaving the glowy thing with Ned. May is informed that he has left the hotel room.

The AI ​​in his suit activates, "thinking" that he has successfully completed the TW protocol. Peter gains access to the suit's full capabilities.

Note: in this shot, there is a timeline at the bottom of the HUD showing Saturday night.

~10 pm - he and the AI ​​find the smugglers lying in wait for a DoDC truck.

The Vulture robs the truck. Peter tries to stop him, but ends up knocked unconscious and locked in the back of the truck, which takes him to the DoDC vault.

October 13, 2016 (Sunday):

Early morning - while Peter waits for the doors to open, he names the AI ​​Karen and goes through the refresher course for his suit during the first 37 minutes of his stay there.

Karen informs him that the glowy thing Ned is carrying is a Chitauri explosive energy core.

Peter tries 246 code combinations to open the door until 247 is successful.

~8 am - Ned leaves his hotel room for the Decathlon final with the energy core in his backpack. Peter returns on passing cars.

~9 am - Academic Decathlon Finals. Midtown wins thanks to MJ.

~10 am - the team celebrates at the Washington Monument. They go inside for a tour when the irradiated core explodes in an elevator at the top of the Monument.

Peter arrives and saves everyone.

Toomes sees on the news that Spider-Man saved his daughter.

Night - the team returns to Queens.

Part 3

MCU Timeline: The Infinity Saga

[catherinelid]

Guess who's replaying Undertale again? I got a bit inspired and wrote a thing. Maybe I'll write something else in the nearest time. Or not.

The unknowable

It’s just another evening in Grillby's. The hot, stale air smells like a mixture of fried food, pine needles, and tobacco smoke. Regulars come here to do their regular business. They eat, they drink, they chat, shamelessly spreading rumors about each other, they play cards.

Among the latter is Sans, who succumbed to playing a game or two after much persuasion. However, it couldn't hide from the eyes of the players that he was a little distracted today, and seemed to find the far door more interesting than the game in front of him. It almost looked like he was waiting for someone, even though everyone knew for a fact he had no one who could come here for him. His brother Papyrus wouldn't cross Grillby's threshold even under threat of destroying his entire spaghetti collection.

All the more strange was this new behavior of Sans. His tablemates tried to find out teasingly several times if he'd found someone, but at those moments, Sans seemed to be his old self again. He laughed it off with such convincing indifference to the phenomenon of dating itself, that very soon everyone believed him and dropped the issue. But Sans made a mental note not to be so obvious in the future in order to avoid such situations.

Little did they know, Sans was really waiting for someone. Or something? In any case, it has been appearing in Grillby's for a long time now. It looked like a dark shadowy humanoid figure. To be honest, when Sans first saw it, he thought he had drunk something wrong. But the figure appeared the next time too, when Sans was as sober as a judge.

No one around paid the slightest attention to them and Sans came to the conclusion that he was the only one who could see them at all. That, or this mysterious ghost was more regular than Sans himself, which is very unlikely. Over time, it even began to seem that the shadow was coming for Sans specifically, although their behavior did not give it away in any way.

They always just sat by the window and looked across the room. Probably. It was difficult to understand where the eyes were looking, standing out against the general dark background of the figure, but Sans did not feel the gaze on himself.

At first, Sans was wary. Who knows what the intentions are of this weirdo? But it finally became clear that they posed no threat. They just... watched.

Curiosity got the better of him, and Sans began to visit the Grillby's more often, hoping to meet the mysterious figure there again and study them.

At first, Sans thought that they didn't appear very often, but it turned out that they come every day, just at a different time. He had to practically live at Grillby's to catch the mysterious visitor.

Over time, meeting the shadow became familiar, and Sans even began to feel something like sympathy and compassion for them. The figure looked so lonely amidst all this lively atmosphere. So… alien, despite the fact that they didn't look much different from the locals.

Sans wanted to approach them several times and ask if they needed anything, but before he could get up from his seat, the shadow immediately disappeared.

And the figure gave a sense of some kind of calmness. The longer Sans looked at it, the more he forgot his worries.

Before he knew it, Sans was looking forward to meeting this ghost, as if they were an old friend he'd never met. Or forgot. Or even knew in another life. With his theory of time anomalies, he wouldn't be surprised at such a possibility. Hm, an anomaly? Yes, perhaps it was quite a suitable name for them. In their presence, time did indeed sometimes drag on longer. For example, once it seemed that the fifteen-minute lunch break of the Royal Guard lasted for hours, but when it ended, it turned out that fifteen minutes had actually passed on the clock. And again, no one except Sans seemed to notice.

After a while, the figure began to approach. At first, they began to sit one table closer, then two, and so on until they were in front of Sans. Strangely enough, the closer they got, the worse they could be seen, and it was the harder to think, as if mind was going into a kind of trance.

When the anomaly began to set very close, Sans managed to ask one question, after answering which they disappeared.

Now, here was something that remained unchanged from the first day the anomaly appeared. Every time they left, Sans immediately completely forgot about them until the next morning. But even so, he could only remember about their existence, but not about what he asked and what they answered him, no matter how hard he tried…

“Aaand, you lost again, Sans!” – said Doggo, nudging Sans and lighting a fifth dog treat this evening – “Luck is clearly not on your side today. But hey, it's 'unlucky at cards, lucky in love', as they say.”

Love, huh? And indeed Sans had paradoxically grown fond of the anomaly in a way, even though he knew next to nothing about them.

As if hearing Sans' thoughts, a familiar figure entered Grillby's. Sans excused himself and took his usual seat.

Doggo was right about something. Sans was really lucky this time. The next morning, he was able to recall his brief conversation with the anomaly.

He asked ‘do i know you?’

And they said ‘yes’

Sans’ heart is filled with hope.

[silverpiwon]

How I see p1eces based on their piwon bias:

(I don’t actually see every person who like a specific member in any specific way. This is just for fun and showing some associations I have with p1eces. Also I didn’t talk about their skills because I think every p1ece is obsessed with the members abilities so there’s so need to talk about them)

☆ Theo stans - very funny (especially the Korean fans), super chill but secretely pining over him. Act like they’re not delulu but they are. They would be the people who try being mysterious and fail. They’re not the loudest in the fandom but are very stable (idk why but it made me thing of a pillar that keeps the fandom up). Might skew a bit older than other p1eces? The kind of people who have a job and taxes to pay.

☆ Keeho stans - funny and loud but can be a little annoying. Strongly opinionated but in a positive way where they’re not afraid to speak up and take up space. They might have a good eye for fashion and aesthetics. Don’t always want to date Keeho and see him as a bestie a lot of times. They help the fandom grow with their loudness and passion/engagement.

☆ Jiung stans - very dedicated and supportive. They don’t play about Jiung to the point where it’s a little too much sometimes. Most likely introverted. Possibly good at organising stuff if they have to. Can be a bit intense but rarely have reasons to be. Value authenticity even if the reality pushes others away and prefer it more than perfection.

☆ Intak stans - very passionate and the kind of people who go all in into something. I imagine Intak stans as the people who would giggle and kick their feet with their friends when he does anything cool or attractive. Maybe a little boy-crazy? They’re generally not too jealous and want to share their Intak joy with others.

☆ Soul stans - people who want to emulate his alien swag so badly. They don’t even get amused (or confused) by what he does because they simply understand him. Would move mountains if it meant keeping him happy but also would cry if you told them one mean word. Might be idealistic and the kind of people who look at the big picture.

☆ Jongseob stans - either adults who think he’s super smart and talented and cool and cute and he deserves everything good in this world, or teenagers who have their whole future planned with him. Very down to earth and full of true appreciation for him. Old pictures and videos of jongseob might make them cry. On a mission to let everybody know how talented he is.

[radioactive-metal]

as promised, I’d forgotten that Kal is fucking mental, and here are the parts that embody that, poorly retold in no particular order.

is raised from birth to be super good at fighting, and can win a 1v5(?) against other legion tanks, but nearly gets disemboweled by some random (non warbreed) refugee.

Lies to everyone about his family

gets the hots for a girl who until (respective to her time) a week ago didn’t even know aliens existed.

lives with his mom on the planet that got exploded until he for some reason didn’t die because he wasn’t on the planet? I never understood this one someone please explain.

Has some random voice in his head that keeps telling him to go on a mass homicide spree.

gets dragged around on a leash by the more interesting jones twin (the moral implications of this are unclear)

does the fake out of the century and tries to murder his dad, who is apparently built so different he survives a wound that should have paralyzed him.

Gets his soul put into a paper shredder

gets his souls put back together by said girl he has the hots for who he is also now dating

has his first kiss on a planet that has a minor fungus problem

Beats multiple highly trained armed warbreed single-handedly (how the fuck did he almost get disemboweled)

has an extremely homosexual moment with his commanding officer in a server room. Both of them are straight

Is so smitten with Aurora he starts having auditory hallucinations.

Touches a funny rock and goes on a 6 month trip.

Plays a string instrument.

attacks his squad mate because… well it’s a long story

goes to the future

Nearly spoils the birth of his niece to his sister and now brother in law while having dinner with said sister and brother in law and also his girlfriend and also his brother in laws sister and his brother in laws sister in laws boyfriend. Or something

dresses up as a pizza delivery boy (the moral implications of this are unclear)

scar next probably. Send in moments you want me to add if you have any.

[dreamsandcozygames]

My Favorite Time Loop Games

I've been playing a lot of games involving time loops lately, so I thought I'd recommend some of my favorites!

(The descriptions are from Steam.)

I Was A Teenage Exocolonist:

Spend your teenage years on an alien planet in this narrative RPG with card-based battles. Explore, grow up, and fall in love. The choices you make and skills you master over ten years will determine the course of your life and the survival of your colony.

The Choices You Make, Make You

Growing up in humanity’s first extrasolar space colony means navigating a new world full of wonder, danger, and beauty. Explore the wilderness, study, fall in love, discover strange creatures, and deal with the consequences of your actions. Your choices will directly affect the lives of your friends and the fate of the colony. What kind of world will you help make? Will you survive to enjoy it? Why do you remember doing this before?

Growing Up on an Alien Planet

You have your whole life ahead of you. Will you spend it studying in school, or diving into the intriguing flora and fauna of this new world? Will you introduce space-age technology, or live in harmony with nature? Will you battle massive beasts, or nurture future generations? Realized in brilliant watercolor, the world of Vertumna is yours to explore.

Your Pasts and Your Futures Matter

Everything you learn and experience will make you and your colony stronger. You will thrive and you will make mistakes. These formative moments - your memories, decisions, and friendships - become collectible cards you carry with you. Each season brings new obstacles on Vertumna. The battle cards you earn from your experiences give you new options for overcoming these challenges, whether that is navigating relationships, learning new skills, exploring the planet, or staying alive. Every decision counts, during this life and the next.

How Many Lives Will YOU Live?

The cosmos is full of incredible mysteries, and your ability to remember your past lives is one of them. There are dozens of different endings to your story. How many lives will it take to save both your colony and the planet? Are you ready to wake up again?

Features:

Use memories of past lives to explore 800+ story events.

Discover more than 250 battle cards as you grow up on an alien planet.

Play your best hand in challenge encounters to ace your math test or escape from a wild snapbladder.

Make friends, fight with your parents, go on dates, fall in love, and save the colony.

29 wildly different endings based on the choices you make each month.

Pick from 25 colony jobs, like goofing off as a depot clerk, or surveying the valley.

Grow into 15 skills, including bravery, toughness, organization, and empathy.

Get to know 10 dateable characters, including dog-boys, aliens, hot politicians and stone cold killers.

In Stars and Time:

Live with the ever-present burden of being trapped in a time loop only you can know about in this turn-based RPG. Create a better future for you and your friends. Find hope where there is none left. Pray to the stars and free yourself from time.

What would you do if you were forced to relive your failures over and over again?

In Stars and Time tells the story of Siffrin and their adventurer friends—a found family bound together by fate in order to end the tyrannical reign of an evil king. But as victory is just within the party’s grasp, a tragedy occurs, the clock resets, and they have to do it all again.

As Siffrin’s the only one who notices this loop, each new start wears away at his cheerful veneer, yet he keeps going in hopes he can end this temporal tragedy once and for all.

In Stars and Time is a time-looping RPG adventure. With each loop, Siffrin gains a new perspective on the world around them, opening up new solutions to puzzles and allowing them to make better choices in conversation. Equip memories as armor, pray to the Change God to improve your team’s capabilities each loop, and challenge deadly foes to Rock, Paper, Scissors as Siffrin seeks the truth.

Our Adventurers:

Siffrin (he/they): Stressed, depressed, and under duress. (Don’t worry about it. They’re doing fine.) The punmaster protagonist of our neverending tale.

Mirabelle (she/her): A caring and nervous housemaiden mysteriously blessed by the god she so ardently follows.

Isabeau (he/him): Defender with a heart of gold. Cares dearly for his people and his friends.

Odile (she/her): The mature and nonsensical researcher studying…something. (No, she will not tell you what it is.)

Bonnie (they/them): Wait a minute, who brought this kid along???

Features:

Save the world through the power of Rock, Paper, Scissors in strategic turn-based RPG combat encounters.

Ignore the limits of time and space to fix your past mistakes by repeating the same two days over and over again.

Equip the memories you have of your friends to make your party stronger in combat.

Watch the fate of this world unfold as you escape the twists and turns of this endless(???) loop.

Eat samossas with your friends!

Get heckled by a cheeky ethereal being of infinite starlight.

Pray to a god for good luck in your travels. You’re gonna need it.

Slay the Princess:

You're on a path in the woods, and at the end of that path is a cabin. And in the basement of that cabin is a Princess.

You're here to slay her. If you don't, it will be the end of the world.

She will do everything in her power to stop you. She'll charm, and she'll lie, and she'll promise you the world, and if you let her, she'll kill you a dozen times over. You can't let that happen. Don't forget, the fate of the world rests on your shoulders.

You're not going to listen to him, are you? We're supposed to save princesses, not slay them...

Features:

Fully voice-acted by the impeccable Jonathan Sims and Nichole Goodnight.

Hand-penciled art - every background and sprite is drawn traditionally with pencil and paper by Ignatz-winning graphic novelist Abby Howard.

A princess. She's very bad and you have to get rid of her for all our sakes.

No, the Princess isn't a “cosmic horror,” whatever that is supposed to mean. She's just an ordinary human Princess, and you can definitely slay her as long as you put your mind to it.

Don't even think about trying to romance her. It won't end well for you.

Hopefully you won't die. But if you do, you'll die a lot. Be careful and stay focused on the task at hand!

A branching narrative where what you say and what you believe determines both who you are and how the story unfolds. Though I wouldn’t recommend taking any paths outside of the one I lay before you.

A new roleplaying experience from the creators of Scarlet Hollow.

[brandoscomet]

relationship headcanons for future!steven x reader? :]

Of courseee!! Thank you for requesting <3

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Future! Steven X Reader Headcanons!

— He’s very sweet and attentive. He notices any slight shift in your mood and does his best to fix it any way he can.

— He’s big on physical touch and words of affirmation. His self-esteem isn’t the lowest on the planet, but he could definitely use some positive attention. Praises, long hugs, and naps together are definitely in order.

— Even though he won’t ask for it, he craves comfort. He’s so stressed about everything that he’ll come home and seek you out after a long day. He doesn’t want to bug you by asking, so he’ll probably just stand awkwardly nearby and wait for you to finish up whatever you’re doing. When you inevitably take the hint he’s trying to drop, he’s so relieved. He’s a simple guy—just take him to the couch or the bed and scratch his scalp with your nails in silence or softly tell him about your day. He totally melts and is asleep in minutes.

— He likes simple dates, like picnics or movie nights or painting together. He prefers to do things at your house (or the Crystal Gems’ HQ)

— He’s a good boyfriend, but he works himself to the bone (as we saw in SUF) and sometimes he needs a little help keeping himself together. Giving him gentle reminders to take care of himself, reminding him to give himself breaks from time to time, and being his shoulder to cry on are unavoidable. He just needs some support.

— When he ends up in a bad state, trying to talk him down, having him do breathing exercises, or just gently holding him usually do the trick.

— He is SO CHEESY. He’ll shoot you awkward pickup lines and make corny jokes CONSTANTLY.

— He’s also really into “cheesy” pet names. He calls you all the basics— babe/baby, sweetheart, honey, anything he can think of. He absolutely melts if you use them on him, too.

— Really loves just talking with you. He makes time to sit down and have long conversations with you every day no matter what. Your presence is so comforting to him and he loves hearing what you have to say.

— Arguments are rare, but they happen occasionally. He freaks out and gets really worried when they do happen, but he makes a huge effort to talk things out and mend everything between you two.

— He makes it a point to introduce you to his family (if you count Greg and the Crystal Gems as one) and make sure you all get along. Of course, you do, and it makes him over-the-moon happy. He’s so grateful that you embrace the fact that he’s literally half-alien rather than judging him for it. You end up spending a lot of time with the Gems (and Greg) naturally and they absolutely adore you.

— He’ll bring you along to Little Homeworld to help him teach if you want to. He’s relieved to have some weight off of his shoulders and he’s so down to have someone to teach the LH Gems things he might not know. Plus, he gets to spend more time with you. It’s a win all around.

— Eventually, he shows you around actual Homeworld and introduces you to Spinel and The Diamonds, which you can only really describe as his three giant aunts. It goes really well, though, and you two visit together frequently.

— Even though it becomes a regular thing, he can’t handle kissing at all. He gets SO FLUSTERED and has no idea what to do. He just kind of stands there lovestruck for a minute.

— He sings to you all the time. He’ll play the guitar and improvise a song on the spot just for you.

— You two take long walks on the beach regularly. It’s just something nice you two have turned into a sort of routine.

— He likes it if you teach him how your hobbies work. Teach him how to sew, or paint, or code, or write, or work out properly, or sculpt, or do hard math, or whatever else you like to do. He’ll start bringing you supplies for things if they’re something that requires them and he’ll do research on them too. If you’re interested, so is he.

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[bunny-jpeg]

Oops sorry I just sent the CoD ask about you and cottontail’s faves and forgot the most important thing lmao…

Hang in there… long distance is so hard. Maybe you wanna invest in a body pillow. I saw some hot CoD ones, but tell me why they’re $50+…

Soon y’all will be together and live the cottagecore (or whatever aesthetic you love) of your dreams! 💗

thank you lovely anon for the messages! both were well welcomed and i'll answer them both in the same post!

yeah, long distance can be a kick in the teeth. it's only going to be harder when he's even further away come june. so it's a lot of holding on. he said that if need support or resources for dealing with any emotional turmoil during the eight months overseas then he'll happily talk to whoever he needs to talk to so i can get that help - as he always tells me, i'm never alone in this. it mostly stings when he's busy on the field and all of my friends are out for the night so there isn't much to distract myself with. last time, i think i made kraft dinner and watched an avengers movie with my mom. i'm not resentful towards cottontail, it's not forever and he'll be home soon enough. i know that he's already thinking up of the perfect date to take me on when he comes home for a visit next month.

(more rambles under the cut)

the way i look at it, it's forcing me to really work on my writing and try to build a body of publishable works. i have a lot of free time, haha. i want him to come back and i've made greater strides towards being traditionally published and having a bit more money in my pocket so hopefully we can start really looking at the future together.

he's been suggesting that maybe in a couple of years we'll move outside of our province and settle down in army housing. i said as long as i have access to my medications (for my mental health and transition) then i'd happily go anywhere! but thankfully we're both not people to make decisions without really thinking it through! so, right now it's just get through deployment, i finish school and i start work on trying to get published. - after that we can discuss things like moving in and marriage. it's just laying down the seeds so we can water them later!!

funny enough, i do technically have a body pillow. i have one of those big ikea bears! before his departure, he took me to ikea and asked me to pick out 2-3 plushies that he'd buy for me. i got really flustered at the idea and i didn't want him to spend too much money on me. in the end i picked the bear and the alien. both are on my bed. and when i do miss cottontail, i put the hoodie he gave to me (i stole it) on the bear (named hugo) and snuggle it to death.

it's not the same, but it lessens the lonely feeling. last year it felt like in a blink of an eye it was july, now it feels like i'm slugging through the year since he left for training!!! hugo has been doing his service well - also been the protector of my nightmares while cottontail is unable to be there next to me.

Am I right to assume your fave CoD hunk is Ghost? Is cottontail into CoD too? And is his fave Ghost too?

i used to be really into soap, i actually have the captain/09 soap figure that i got for 5$ at a yard sale last summer. he still sits on my shelf quite proudly. i thought that ghost was like the default choice that everyone loved so i guess i wanted to be a silly, goofy guy and different. - and then cottontail just gave off a lot of ghost vibes. big guy, dry sarcasm, fairly monotone kind of voice - but not boring. big, bulky blond from the military who is cold to most, but is warm to one specific person (for cottontail i'm that person). i didn't hate ghost, but i've come back around, haha.

cottontail likes his war games - he likes putting them on and playing them on a low volume when he gets up earlier than me, which is often. i've never asked if he liked call of duty in particular, i do remember he likes halo. only because i told him how old i was when halo 4 came out, and he went "yeah i was nine." and i felt myself age rapidly. we've also played minecraft together and he has watched me play pokemon (which is my personal favourite series) and forced him to pick a favourite pokemon.

i'm certain that if he had a favourite member of 141, it might be captain price because of his leadership skills and the missions in game where you play as him would be more up his alley.

[slymewizard]

The “Adventure Time is a dnd game” is one of my favorite cartoon theories so heres some of my headcanons about it:

Finn, Jake, and Marceline are the only consistent players, PB is a dmpc, and bmo is also an npc but when Finn and Jake’s players’ little sibling wants to play they pull out his character sheet. Marceline is dating the DM which is why she was the only one to read the entire lore document and use it in her character.

Flame Princess and Huntress Wizard are also PCs played by the same person, who is also Finn’s players’ irl gf. She tried getting into it after her boyfriend convinced her that it would be fun, but didn’t really like it. But they already committed to a plot with FP and Finn being together so they made an agreement that Finn would take a moral nosedive to resolve it. Around a year she decided to try again with a new character that she liked playing much much more.

The game wrapped up when The DM and Marceline’s player had to go off to college. All the players got together for one last session fighting against an ancient evil being named GOLB that the dm pulled from her ass at the last second.

Distant Lands were continuations of the story set in the same universe. BMO was Finn’s player setting up a game for his little sister and one of his friends, Obsidian was a surprise oneshot by Finn and Jake’s players as a gift for Marceline and the DM (who played PB as a pc for this) when they came back from college for the summer. Wizard City was the DM setting up a game for her college friends. And Together Again was a game the DM tried to set up online for Finn and Jake’s players years later. Marceline’s player played the villain for this one.

Because Together Again actually worked out well, the DM decided that maybe they should pick up the game again online, even just for a few sessions, but wasn’t sure what to base it off of. Then one of the players brought up that time they drew their characters genderswapped and the Fionna and Cake campaign. Marceline’s player co-dmed. Huntress Wizard’s player decided to come back but she didn’t want to play the character she made and wanted to focus more on rping and less on combat, because thats what she really liked about the game. So the DM slid Simon’s character sheet across the table and she said “understood.” And she prepared to do the most heartwrenching roleplaying any player had ever seen.

Marceline’s player would also go on during college to start her own campaign with her friends about alien rock women and their little human brother.

Finn’s player starts a much shorter and less well remembered campaign about a team of space faring warriors with a half bug half cat as a pet.

Jake’s player starts a campaign set in the far far future where his favorite recurring npc is a morally challenged robot. (He also played a game before adventure time with the same DM with a pirate theme where he played an angry sea captain with an obsession with candy)

And BMO’s player many many years later would start a campaign about a magical robot girl and her pet alien cat dog thing.

[anteroom-of-death]

Teacher's Pet part 14

Synopsis: The Reader gets a potential glimpse into her future. She also makes an enemy.

A/n: yeaaayyyy. More fun. Fuckery world building. Thanks to all my readers. I should probably do a tag list instead of zapping ur inboxes. Uhhh....yeah. to my mutuals who have to deal with me and aren't attached to this, I am sorry. I love you and I would donate my organs to you.

Grades were posted. Most were good, nothing to really write home about. You did far better than you expecting. The self-doubt really was deep-rooted, wasn’t it?

Except one. That stupid alien gave you a near-perfect. Just one point shy of an absolutely perfect one-hundred percent.

So much for no favoritism…

You’d take it anyways. And not bring it up…

Work was slow but it was steady.

He even met you between shifts at your park.

You started feeling a tad insane without him. Did love feel like this? You admitted you had little experience with love. Just what you attempted to create in the past. And trashy books and television shows and movies and songs…

You needed him like you needed a cigarette and a stiff drink after a long day.

Bella Swan would be so proud of you, you degraded yourself in your mind.

“How is work going?” The Doctor asked with genuine shine of curiosity in his tone and face.

“The amount of professors in now…I have to dodge them! I do think the statistics professor I had two terms ago recognized me!” You spoke in a shocked, scared tone. You didn’t need that getting out. Could ruin your future plans.

“Oh no!” He chuckled, as he handed you a bit of sandwich.

“You aren’t forgettable.”

You skeptically glared over at him.

“Any who. How was your gig at the student union?”

“No one appreciated the irony of Pink Floyd.”

“And?”

“Everyone loves Doctor Disco!” He flourished then played air guitar.

You burst out laughing. With a quick roll of your eyes, you shook your head.

“You’re such a nerd.”

“I invented the concept!”

“Probably true!” You let yourself think of his time on Earth. Who knew what funk he has spread? You weren’t going to delve into it much more.

Yet.

One day, when you felt brave enough.

“I have to go to London for a while in two weeks. Just maintenance of the Black Archives…I need to streamline some stuff for making it easier for my next few regenerations. And update some things about a plan for proxy since another organization is down to a woman named Gwen and her husband and she’s thinking of retiring the entire engagement. Her…leader hasn’t returned to the planet in ages. I doubt he ever will. This planet has caused him too much pain. Which, ironic, since his ancestors came from here. Talk about mother wounds! Just upload all the databases for UNIT to deal with.”

“Inviting me?” You clarified.

“Yeah…I think it’ll take a week. Especially with the layers of bureaucracy that is in place these days.” He looked over, his hair caught in the wind. “Could you spare a week? No TARDIS, no time travel. Just hop to, hop out, the slow way around.”

You licked your top row of teeth and scraped it back into place.

“Sure?”

“Perfect. I’ll have them ready a room, a better room for us.”

“One with a window?”

“If they do have those.”

You nodded.

“It’s a date!”

“Fantastic.” He smiled but seemed to flash in his eyes some hidden response from just the one word…

You chewed your shared sandwich and sipped your can of Coke Zero. The weather was getting warmer and the sun was actually shining in one of those perfect, photo-ready days.

“The vitamin D feels good, doesn’t it?” You turned your head to face the sun. The heat felt too good on your skin. You let a little moan slip through your lips.

“Perhaps. I might need a sun crème soon.” He replied.

You snorted. He was bone pale, but you didn’t know how alien skin worked yet.

“Yeah, you are pretty pale.”

Your alarm went off and you had to go.

Final good-byes said and you stalked off.

You had to plan out your little London escape. If it was hard work for him, you wanted to kill time in comfort. Do some sightseeing. Nothing major. London had tons of viral cafés and pop-ups.

The time flew by…

And suddenly you were off and away in another fancy armored Range Rover with armed escorts.

He did do you a bit of justice and got you a room with a view. Just not a particularly stunning one…

He went off, rather rapidly if you did say so yourself, because something needed him to submit his DNA and he couldn’t have any radiant interference. Petronella needed to be with him to get her DNA analyzed or something. You were not going to try to comprehend.

Fine by you, you’d nose around. There were so many floor and he gave you some sort of weird blank paper he said would get you through anything you needed.

“It’s psychic paper!” He said, smile up to his ears.

“Looks like a piece of printer paper shoved into an old wallet to me.” You replied as you regarded the object.

Fine by you, you stuffed it in your jean’s pocket.

You found yourself on the first floor, and saw a door open. There was a sign posted on an easel. ‘Companions and Surviving Family Support Group’, it proclaimed.

You put two and two together. It was probably in reference to the man doing who-knows-what.

You weren’t a companion per say. The Doctor assured you as much.

Did you invade? Did you go look at your future? Or a potential future? It mentioned family members…

Your curiosity got the best of you. Like that damn cat!

You walked in, it was set up like a Narcotics Anonymous meeting. Coffee, sweet treats, chairs all in a circle.

There were already a crowd of people.

And your entrance wasn’t exactly planned.

You slid onto the chair that was closest to the door. An east exit if this was too much.

“Oh! A new face!” A woman with a lot of life etched into her face with a kind smile and a mop of white-shock hair, her lips as red as blood.

“Does, is…am I late?” Was the best you could choke out. You could feel your eyes start to bulge. You swallowed hard. All eyes were on you. You didn’t like it. You preferred anonymity.

The mistake was already clear in your mind.

“No, dove. Right on time! We’re still waiting on Ian! I’m Jo!” She scooted her chair closer to you.

You thrust your tongue out and bit it’s side.

“I’m (y/n).”

A short woman with a leather jacket and all the authoritarian air of something that placed your hairs on the back of your neck at attention glared at you and Jo. “Why don’t we save it all for introductions…”

You got up and grabbed a bottle of water and sat back down.

An ancient man wandered in and sat down.

“Oh! Ian, love! We got a new straggler!” Jo said to him and gave him a hug that seemed too strong for her aged body.

The bossy girl cleared her throat. “Now we can start.”

You hated her already. She clearly ran this group with an iron fist.

There was Jo, Ian, the bitch’s name was Yaz, Martha, a woman who called herself Ace, a married couple named Nyssa and Tegan, a grandmother and grandson duo named Graham and Ryan, a Mel, and some young man named Luke…

Quite a big group.

It came down to you, you introduced yourself. And were supposed to give some brief synopsis of your relationship with the Doctor.

You stared off into space.

“Yeah, he’s here…doing something. I don’t know. I’m his…girlfriend. He’s also a professor at my university.” You stared at your left palm and gauged the reaction. “Nothing major. I’ve got his promise that he’s not going to get me in the way of death.” You finished with a shrug. “He introduced me to his…ex recently. Some milf named Missy. Have you lot met her?”

Yaz’s eyes could have make entrails out of you…

“What? Did I not brush my teeth correctly?” You pointed that faux-question towards her.

“She told me she didn’t do relationships.” She spoke in a tiny voice eventually.

“Well, maybe I’m special.” You shot Yaz a shit-eating grin masked as an innocent smile.

“Oh! I heard the Master went female!” Jo broke up your brewing tiff. “He was such a softie towards me! I enjoyed our little battles.”

You laughed and covered up your palm.

The conversations went on. Mainly centered around Missy now. Apparently she was the prime minister and tortured Martha and her family. Also, body-snatched Nyssa’s father. And became a cat. She’d certainly done her fair share of damage. No wonder she was chained up in a basement in Bristol of all places.

That explained her feline nature.

“Which Doctor are you with?”

“I don’t know. Tall? Thin? Scottish? Severe face? Plays guitar? Wild grey hair. Dark roots, too handsome…yeah.” You didn’t know how many or what the Doctor looked like previously.

“Oh. So the one before Yaz and Graham and me!” Ryan piped up. “She mentioned being a grey-haired Scot right before we met her.”

“Oh, so he got his wish of being a chick next.” You affirmed.

“Wonder what happened to you!” Yaz said, venom starting to leak into her voice.

“Nothing I need to know about, okay?” You pressured back. Two could play this game.

She clearly had sour grapes over you getting chosen and not her.

More conversations broke out, more story-swapping. You started to feel beyond way out just out of your depths. You had to keep your calm. Especially in front of your new foe. Any weakness and you were going to be either throwing down with her or she’d do something unspeakable.

She was apparently a police officer, after all!

“So you’ve never gone on an adventure? To space? Not even back in time? Or forward?” Ace spoke incredulously.

“No, I’m not going to put my life at risk. I made him promise to not. He’s retired. He just needs to help UNIT and rehabilitate Missy.”

“She doesn’t stay good!” Yaz spit out. She then told her tale of him and how the only way to break free from him, the Doctor had to hand Missy over to the Nazis.

“Not my problem.” You said, after finally scraping your jaw off the floor.

“And wow, what the fuck happened between now and when? Handing over someone to the literal Nazis?” You shot up an errant hand and glared. “And hanging around cops. No offense. It’s like historical Jesus versus American Jesus.” You made the decision to bite your middle finger nail in a covert attempt to flip her off.

“Maybe you had something to do with it.” She accused.

“Oh, yeah. Blame me.” You said.

Others attempted civility between the two of you.

Martha seemed between two minds here.

“Just remember how powerful your emotions are!” Ian called out. “Especially how deeply the Doctor evokes them in us!”

It dawned on you, and you decided to take the highest of roads. “Yeah, were dealing with some alien. Like…damn. We really are out here getting….cut up over an alien. He’s our weird alien. But yeah.” He was your alien. And you were going to defend your man, but you didn’t want Yaz and her feelings to make you any less powerful. “His body count has got to be in the millions.” You used the term in a way to dig in that the Doctor picked you for the mainstream meaning and not Yaz. But it worked for companions too!

“Who knows how many of us he’s taken a shine to!” Suddenly you felt yourself heart plummet. You knew you weren’t special as part of a group, but you decided to soothe yourself with your marked differences. No magical abduction story. Just a normal, morally-grey student and teacher relationship. Only it was your luck to end up with the most ran-through alien.

And, it did suit you. You too were ‘ran-through’.

You wished he was free and you could get some comfort here…

You felt yourself return to normal, and decided to pass the ultimate catch.

“Sorry for getting heated. The past month or so since he’s revealed his double life to me, has been…shattering. I’ve only recently discovered that he was…you know, not some man I hang out with. I only recently started calling him Doctor. Not Professor Smith.”

The though of him not taking anyone else as a lover after you did fill you with a sense of pride. Whatever impact you had, that was a mark in your favor. Loyal to you…even if you were dead or broken-up or whatever your fate was to mess around with anyone else.

A permanent (y/n)-shaped hole no one could even get close enough to fill.

When he was done with his task you’d have to slap him and then suck him off.

Martha finally put in her two cents.

“Just don’t get hurt. The last time he was in love when I was with him…so bad. The ending was enough to destroy me.”

“Thank you.”

The conversation went back to normal. You really enjoyed Jo’s stories. Apparently he was a white-haired debonair sort for her. You were curious to see what that had looked like. You doubted it could compare to your particular Doctor, but it was probably very close.

You found yourself laughing and getting along with most. Except for Yaz. You both kept finding yourselves shooting daggers at each other.

You tried to rise above it.

However. You were only human…

You heard a sharp rap at the door and turned at the noise.

It was your Doctor.

“Sorry. I was going to the toilets. Heard some nice familiar voices. Smelt the coffee! I love a cup of coffee after genetic sequencing…Hello!”

There were nary a word as he strode over and made a cup, dumping about a dozen sugar packets in.

“I’ll let you all talk amongst yourselves. Oh, and (y/n), I have tickets to walk through the Chelsea Physic Garden at three. Will you join me? And Martha, I am so deeply sorry for all I’ve done to you. It’s weighed on my conscience since I was a young man in a bow-tie. Truly. From the bottoms of both my hearts. And, oh, faces I don’t know yet, catch your laters.” He shot a quick peace sign.

He breezed out with the same ease that he came in with…

You flushed hard and felt yourself wanting to kick your legs hard. The smile that crept up around your face was probably very goofy. You felt suddenly very giddy and lovesick. And embarrassed.

You swore you heard Yaz mutter something about “Daddy issues”.

You wanted to snap and fight her on the floor.

Jo and Ace heckled. “Oh, he’s back to being a groovy gentleman.” Jo said. “I recognize that red jacket!”

After a while, everyone seemed to wrap it up.

You received quite a few warnings about how passionate a relationship with the Doctor is, and how it would eventually run it’s course.

You didn’t know whether to heed it, or believe him. You were airing on the side of him. After all, he could have popped down here in his TARDIS, but he was following your regulations down to the letter. Changed behaviors, and for whatever reason, when you were long gone, and he was a she, the Doctor didn’t take Yaz up on her romantic offerings.

You felt ashamed of your ‘I can fix him’/’I am the only exception’ mindset. You were a rebel to the idea of monogamy usually. You also didn’t believe in true love. Not after all that you’d seen at work and even experienced in your personal life. However, the beating of your heart and the ache in your soul and the throb of your cunt interfered…

You felt like you were his favorite.

Maybe you were.

You were delusional enough, you decided.

With final hugs and you swore you’d get down and learn more about your shared alien, you’d exited to go and text him that you were out front, smoking.

“You know, maybe you died from lung cancer.” Yaz materialized, carrying some stuff to her car. “Or emphysema.”

You blew out a puff in her general direction.

“I don’t need a lecture. He’s already on my ass enough to get me to quit.” You played back.

“So, lady Doctor. What does she look like?” You asked. Curious. You tried a friendly route. “Still Scottish?” The two incarnations of Time Lords you had met had been. It was an honest question. You even tried a cordial laugh.

“No, definitely not Scottish.”

You nodded.

“She’s blonde and has the most amazing eyes! I took her to get her ears pierced. She’s the most incredible and infuriating person I’ve ever met.”

“Apparently that’s par for the course.” You agreed.

She gave you some agreement.

“Does she still play guitar?” You offered an opportunity to bond, girl to girl. You may have hated her, but a cop on your side may come in handy. One day. And you both were tied to each other now.

So…you had to act your age or whatever.

She was a little younger than you. You could remember being her age. Empathy.

“No, she can’t even carry a tune. She sings all the time.”

You had to let a small snort escape.

“He can sing really well.” You cupped a palm to your mouth. “It’s a bit annoying at times, you know. He frequently does during his lectures.”

“So…that hadn’t changed.” You could see the gears in her brain turning.

“Wait, he’s your professor?” She exclaimed.

“Not currently.” You shrugged, as his text saying that he was coming down popped up, absolved of guilt.

“That’s so wrong!”

“Honey, the Doctor abducts barely legal girls with a degree of regularity. I think a tame affair with a student who started uni later than most is the best-case scenario. You included.” You flicked a bit of ash off your cigarettes end. “No offense.”

“Yeah…” You clearly won.

He swanned into the little front garden at the entrance of UNIT. He changed to a hoodie and simple black blazer and a relaxed pair of checked trousers.

It made your heart skip a beat.

“Hey. I was thinking Italian for dinner. Or Thai. In the fifty-second century there’s a great collision of their flight colonies.”

You smacked your teeth together and let out the final puff of smoke.

“You’re the Doctor before my Doctor.” Yaz gazed up, a look of pre-mourning in her eyes.

“As my wife, River, would say, ‘Spoilers, sweetie.’ It’s nice to meet you early. I’ll try to wipe you from my memory to make it easier for my future self.” He gave Yaz’s shoulder a squeeze.

“Yeah, good luck. See you soon?” You called out as you let yourself be swept off your feet by your particular Doctor.

“Sure?” You heard her say.

A few blocks later and going on the Underground, you pulled him close by the lapels. You gave him a firm kiss and slapped his ass. It was a ‘thank-you’ in a small, simple way. You’d never end up, all things go as planned, like any of those perfect victims. Who knew, maybe you’d dump him. It was all open-ended.

You had your entire life ahead of you. More or less.

For now, it was just you, the Doctor, and a walk in a garden with a fabulous dinner date.

“What was that for?” He looked at you quizzically.

“You’ll never know…” You grinned immensely and a little psychotically. You felt your nose crinkle a bit.

“Oh?” He replied back, skeptical in tone.

It was a start.

“Yeah…” You breathed, inhaling this moment. Inhaling the scent of him, you felt sane, safe, stable and most importantly- in love and loved back.

The train pulled up.

A perfect start to a perfect week.

He snaked out the psychic paper and tapped it like it was an oyster card. You entered the platform and smiled up at him...

Yeah, life was beyond awesome.

[lizardsfromspace]

When thinking about how wide a net TTRPG games used to cast there's a few major examples. Like how there was a James Bond RPG in the 80s that was both extremely popular & mechanically unique (it could function with just one GM and one player as Bond or a Bond-like secret agent, and was designed to feel like a Bond movie), or the Dallas RPG that was a massive bomb that killed the company that made it but is conceptually funny (it was only the second licensed RPG ever! The first was Star Trek and the second was somehow the primetime soap opera Dallas)

But a while back I stumbled across the knowledge that there was a Tales from the Crypt RPG in the 90s. I was kind of fascinated with how that worked. It was for a system I'd never heard of called Masterbook

I did some reading on it and it seems like nobody liked Masterbook. At the time or now. One thread I read said it seemed ill-suited to Tales from the Crypt, but also it was "ill-suited for anything". I still don't know why. All I can see is that it somehow involved a deck of cards and the company soon ditched it for a new d6 system

So that thread says there's two ways to play it, one as a one-shot, and one as a campaign where your characters assume the bodies of different characters each setting. Which, they somehow managed to come up with the perfect mechanics for a Quantum Leap game for a Tales from the Crypt game. Except your physical stats change every time which makes them pointless (in a Quantum Leap game that wouldn't apply bc Sam actually wasn't leaping into someone's body, his body was made to look like the person he leapt into, who was transported to the future. This is shown in the episode where he can walk when he's leapt into someone without legs & the one where the guy he's leapt into escapes into the far-off cyberpunk future of four years after the episode was shot. Even though every part of that would make more sense if he was just mentally leaping into their body)

Anyway West End Games picked some weird ass titles to turn into RPGs under Masterbook. In addition to an original setting they did Indiana Jones (later converted to D6), Tank Girl, the horror novel series Necroscope, and? Species (1995)? Once upon a time a mediocre monster movie about a hot lady alien with a cool but poorly translated-to-screen HR Geiger design could get an RPG with a totally unique system nobody really liked, and now we can just get people hacking it into 5E, or possibly making an April Fool's Day joke game where advertising mascots date each other