#my brain is such a mess if you want tell

[amazingdeadfish]

What do you think Shadowpuppet would be like playing the other one? (mayor playing Macaque and Macaque playing mayor) I personally think they would do a terrible job

Could you... could you draw the mayor with a little devil's tail?

Dear oh dear, what have you done anon.

Prepare for the longest rant on my blog.

I actually do somewhat have an AU of this. If any of you recall or remember, I drew this for LMKTOBER/LMKHALLOWEEN:

Now that I look at this, I know for a fact that I could have definitely drawn it a little better XDDD. But feelings regarding that aside, this 'swap' drawing is essentially depicting what I think Macaque and Mayor would have looked like if they indeed swapped roles and nothing else. And there is a lot I have to say regarding these guys:

(For the sake of this rant, canon Macaque and Mayor will be referred to as OG!Macaque and OG!Mayor. Swap!Macaque and Swap!Mayor will be referred to as simply Macaque and Chief.)

Macaque, Lady Bone Demon's Right Hand Monkey.

Because everything except the roles have changed, Macaque doesn't know Monkey King.

On the other hand, Macaque will know LBD, and the reasons why are up to your interpretation but I think the idea of his ability to hear the future will be part of the reason. Because LBD can 'apparently' canonically see the future.

Regardless, Macaque will somehow see reason to serve LBD and her ambition to cleanse the world of filth. He's not insanely obsessed with LBD but, he does have some sort of devotion and love for her (think of Macaque and Wukong in LMK canon, back in the past before the relationship fallout). Macaque is essentially, LBD's warrior.

For the more silly side of things, Macaque will always dedicate himself to a role to play in an era. Such as, the alleged 'Mayor' when he gives MK the skeleton key. He thinks he's smart for the ploy he made to give the key but, MK is just a dumbass.

(Beta design. It will probably change if I actually develop this AU a little more. I love the way I drew those pants tho-)

That aside, Macaque might have feelings that counter LBD's ambitions, but he is loyal. He will fight tooth and nail to defend his lady's honor, especially when the gang interrogate him in the season three finale (to whom he was brought by yours truly, the Chief).

Speaking of which...

The Chief

The situation regarding this guy is a little more complicated because this guy's personality in LMK canon revolves around LBD. So the only logical thing to do is make the Chief's personality revolve around Sun Wukong.

The main idea is that these two were probably allies at some point. If we were to take on board the theory that OG!Mayor was a celestial at some point, then perhaps Wukong and the Chief had made some sort of deal during Havoc in Heaven. The two might have attempted to take down the Jade Emperor with the brotherhood. Because the Chief might have very well been one of the generals in Heaven's Army... Or, having some sort of a similar position.

Either that, or the Chief was a fallen celestial turned into a demon. Just like Azure Lion. And basically the Chief had some beef with heaven and decided to join Wukong's attempt to overthrow the Jade Emperor. Take your pick on which idea you like better.

Anyways, it would be a funny way to 'sort of' tie in the Chief's maniacal side by making him some sort of Monkey King fanboy. The guy was obsessed with the Monkey King regarding all the power he had and all the legends about him. The Chief didn't want to be the Monkey King per say, he just wanted to be by his side. Does that make sense?

Anyways when the revolution fails because Wukong submitted to the Jade Emperor, the Chief is definitely thoroughly pissed along with the rest of the brotherhood.

You can imagine how the argument under the mountain would have gone down. But I think a lot of it would have been the Chief practically degrading Wukong. Talking about how Wukong 'used to be such a high and mighty figure that used to be feared. But now he has been reduced to submission, and how they do not recognise the king anymore', blah blah blah.

Moving on: Chief, still low-key a Wukong fanboy, would essentially spend his life trying to draw out that horrible violent part of Wukong out again. Because that is the part of Wukong that the Chief adores. The Chief hates the fact that Wukong went on a journey to the west with Tripitaka. The Chief hates how much Wukong has 'changed' and 'become better' and he wants the old Wukong back. Wukong himself on the other hand? Is completely done with this guy and wants nothing to do with him anymore.

So what happens? The Monkey King and the Chief get into a fight during JTTW. And guess what? The same thing that happened to OG!Macaque happens to the Chief. EDIT: Thinking about the fight a little more, it probably would have ended with Chief begging for Monkey King to kill him. While on the brink of death, the Chief would probably be spewing out things like "KILL ME, KILL ME AND SHOW THE WORLD WHO YOU REALLY ARE WUKONG! SHOW THE WORLD YOU CANT EVER BE REDEEMED, SHOW THE WORLD THE MONSTER YOU ARE, YOU CANT CHANGE WUKONG, YOU CANT YOU CAN'T-" and they probably also spew out something like "You are my purpose Wukong, I dedicated my life to you and that's never going to change until you run me through. You can do whatever you want with me as long as I am dead by the end of it". And when Wukong actually finally goes through with it, the Chief's final words would probably something as morbid as "never change, Wukong, never change". Anyways, this will basically tie into the fact that Chief will represent the 'bad and uncontrollable side' to Wukong as per Macaque's symbolism in the OG!JTTW story.

And then the whole LBD thing happened. The Chief is revived, and is forever in debt to LBD.

And now... Their feelings regarding this are going to be absurdly complicated. There's probably a lot going on but the very surface level of it is probably that the Chief doesn't like the idea of being in debt, and they don't like the idea of the world being cleansed, but they respect the fact that the deal was fair and square. And this is the only thing that will be different from LMK canon, because as a result of this thinking, the Chief actually keeps the skeleton key that he is given by LBD. For safe keeping, until Macaque comes to collect it to give to MK.

The thing with the Chief manipulating MK into being his student would probably be his way of trying to make Wukong angry.

Anyways, there is so much more I could talk about but I really don't want to make this post too long. And also... I don't actually know if I can make sense of the thoughts running around in my brain. But I have some trivia and doodles I have to get out of my system:

Mayor, instead of having some sort of smoke monster guy, I think it would be cool if it was actually some sort of giant skeleton hound/dog. Or maybe... His hulk/behemoth form???

(I googled drawings of skeleton dogs and I drew this on my first try. It can be better, I know)

The shadowpuppet relationship will be as strained as it would be with OG!Shadowpuppet. But it would work out. Somehow. It is just as complicated and as toxic as OG!Shadowpuppet would be.

Also: Chief and Wukong in a nutshell:

Chief will always forever be obsessed with Wukong in the most toxic ways possible.

And here is Macaque and LBD's relationship:

A silly idea would be that instead of a shadowplay in LMK canon, Chief could actually lure the gang to a haunted house of some sorts. Or better yet, the Chief takes up the role of some sort of fortune teller (again, vaguely tying in the idea that LBD can see the future). With a crystal ball and everything, which he uses to suck up Mei, Pigsy, and Tang.

How the first Shadowpuppet kidnapping scene would go down:

And also the second kidnapping scene:

Thank you for coming to my ted talk. Here is your drawing of Mayor with a demonic tail:

[the-kipsabian]

a quick hot guide for people that struggle commenting on fics aka things authors love to hear and youre just over thinking it and its actually really simple to leave comments on stuff!!

key smash/emoji spam/reaction image/etc (it conveys emotions way more than you might think)

drop a line you really liked

say how much you love a ship/character and how happy you are that theres content about them

ALL CAPS ANYTHING

"i liked/loved/enjoyed/whatever it!" its better to say the most basic thing than saying nothing tbh; writers appreciate hearing anything over nothing 💜

"thank you for writing this" its short, sweet, and very powerful

think what kind of feedback you'd personally like to receive on a piece of art you made. try to translate that want into comments you leave for other people too

you dont have to be critical or constructive or anything, even if the author asks for that stuff in their notes. they'll get it from someone else, you just do you

i feel like people make leaving comments too hard on themselves, so really just make it simple. if you really dont come up with anything, just say thank you. youre there reading for some reason, tell the author what it is. fic comments dont need to be book analysis essays (tho those are. incredibly appreciated as well if you want to write one!!), writers publishing their works for free online appreciate any kind of feedback regardless if you consider it good or well written. a comment is a comment

bottom line is, leave comments on fics and other written works. its whats keeping this game alive

[hooved]

just remembered that i've discussed, genuinely and in-depth, the possibility of barclay/quark (quarclay, if you will), and how horribly that'd go

[that-was-anticlimactic]

one of the worst feelings ever is wanting to write but your hands hurt too much or the words just don’t want to work so you just sit there staring at a half finished doc with tears in your eyes bc you want to write and you need to write but everything is telling you that you can’t

[kavehater]

AAAH I have a mutual who’s 18 and he sorta kinda is flirting with this one guy who is a minor as a joke of course ( to which a concerned anon said that it’s weird ) but I can’t help but flashback to er*s

[sailforvalinor]

…well, turns out changing to a Jo pfp is fitting in more ways than one.

[nuclearanomaly]

5 – Barbarous

wc. 832 | Bloodborne AU | Hanami (mentioned) belongs to @blackestnight​

As the group traverses the Hunter’s Dream the discoveries made within the Research Hall take their toll on Aymeric.

“Ninira, may I have a word?”

Aymeric had hung back, still standing in the hall that led to the elevator. The eerie green lamps that hung for the walls nearby barely illuminated him, his face still cast in shadow. 

“Of course.” She turned, robes swishing. Behind her Estinien turned also, as if to follow after her.

“Privately.” He punctuated the word with a tone that implied he was not going to be arguing on the matter. 

But argue Estinien would so she turned back to him, waving a hand to shoo him towards the elevator. “You and Hanami can scout ahead, and send the elevator back down. Aymeric and I will be along when we’re done.”

He sniffed, but traipsed off to follow Hanami into the small box of an elevator, sliding the cage doors shut as Hanami punched the button to take them to the next floor.  

Once they were out of sight Ninira turned, making her way back to Aymeric who still lingered in the shadows of the hall. “What is it you wished to speak abou–”

She was cut off as he rounded on her, hands grabbing her by the front of the robes, slamming her roughly against the wall. Fascinating, she thought absently as she let him manhandle her. He wasn’t usually the one to lose his temper in such a way. 

“Did you know?” He snarled, “Did you know about this?”

“Yes.”

His grip tightened, lifting her so that the tips of her boots barely scraped the tiled floor. 

“And no.”

“Speak plainly, Ninira.”

“The details I did not know, these discoveries are just as new to me as they are to you. However the Church is not unaware of its past. These experiments are the foundation for the elevation of our kind. In order to make any progress we must have started somewhere.”

“This isn’t progress!” He pushed her higher up the wall, she could feel his knuckles pressed roughly into her clavicle as he lifted her. “This is inhumane! Barbaric!”

She tilted her head slightly, “and butchering the corpses of the innocent in the street isn’t?”

With his head so close to hers she could make out the way his pupils had narrowed to slits. They seemed to blaze despite the low light. Ninira studied them from behind her mask. It turned out the man who often seemed the most unaffected by the scourge had his own form of beast-hood dwelling just below the surface. Yes, perhaps his clench teeth did seem a little sharper as he hissed out a reply.

“At least their deaths were swift!”

“Believe what you wish. Just remember what order’s robes you wear.” She gave one of the sleeves of his executioner garb a lazy pluck. When he still didn’t release her she sighed. “I ask what you would have me do, Aymeric?” His grip only tightened, slamming her roughly against the wall once more. 

“Tell me why I shouldn’t kill you where you stand. How dare you keep this secret.” 

His nostrils flared, his bloodlust was palpable and she simply smiled. 

“You may try and kill me, if it would make you feel better. But if you choose to do so I warn you I will not hold back.” She looked away, towards what shelves of the Research Hall were visible from their shaded corner. “Yes I have some answers but not them all, not yet. The real answers still lie waiting and I will have them.” 

“And what will you do with them?” he hissed. 

Finally a good question. “I haven’t decided.” She answered honestly. “If it is a reassurance I am more interested in the facts of this story. The when’s and why’s. Less so the how’s. I suspect that regardless of the outcome I will have no desire to recreate this.” She gestures towards the Hall proper. “Allow me to find these truths, and if you find my choices at the end of this journey are still wanting, well…” She gave his arm a reassuring pat, “the offer to try and kill me will still stand.”

He stared at her in silence, breathing heavily before lowering his gaze, his grip slacking. The heels of Ninira’s boots clicking on the tiles as she stood of her own accord once more. She adjusted her collar, righting it where Aymeric had twisted his fists into the folds of the fabric. 

“Ready to continue on?” She asked, unphased, as if Aymeric had not been on the verge of strangling her meer seconds before. He nodded solemnly. 

“Ninira.” 

She turned once more.

“I apologize… that was uncalled for. I know you are not responsible for the actions that occurred here… I simply…”

She gave his arm another reassuring pat. “Your anger was justified Aymeric, I hold no grudges for your outburst.” She made her way towards the elevator, long since sent back by their companions. “The others will be starting to wonder what’s keeping us, best not to keep them waiting.”

[six-of-cringe]

I'm actually gonna make the post this time. Before this accursed show comes out in 3 weeks time I'm going to lay out every single reason why people calling Wylan a ruthless killer or insane bitch or homicidal or some other weird fandom worship of violence drives me up the damn wall. The draft has marinated too long. It will be Complete and it's the bad takes that the mere glimpse of the show is bringing out that fuel me. This is a Promise

[britneyshakespeare]

throughout the series of drake and josh it pretty consistently implies that josh nichols is a christian (josh peck is jewish) and in the finale of the series helen (played by yvette nicole brown, not jewish[?]) is portrayed as a practicing jew

[vanyafresita]

WWGRRRAAAAAAAHHHHHHH <- it wants to buy a secondhand book that is on sale, but it already has several books to-read right there in its bookshelf

[izzy-b-hands]

Also. URL change not bc I suddenly hate Ed or any of the other characters (not at all, and I'm still hoping the best for all of them in s3), but I figured someone else might like my old URL even more, so I decided to see what izzy related ones might still be available and wound up here (the b is for basilica lol)

Now this and the side blog have Izzy related URLS and I do love that for me

[catkin-morgs-kookaburralover]

indefinite hiatus from tumblr [where 'indefinite' does not mean 'forever', merely 'a week? two weeks? a month? who even knows at this point']

still be available for DMs for a bit at least, but I'll not be checking my notifications or dash. tag me if you want me to see something in ??? time :)

love y'all

[deepspaceclawstation]

It's been roughly a month (or maybe a few months?) since I've been in a depressive mood and life has lost all shine. I can't decide if this is because of the August-end events, festive season, seasonal depression, increased workload, or a mix of all of these. I'm going to go touch grass for a while and try for some vacation time in December, so I'll not be here here for a while. Sorry if I left any conversations hanging I'll catch up later!

(The tags get weird. Fair warning)

[orcelito]

Honestly hate how hard it is to start writing again when you've gone too long without it. Like for fuck's sake man Why's shit gotta be like this

[willosword]

kind of obsessed with cloud and sephiroth having similar Cool and Brooding™ mannerisms

[maddy-ferguson]

so do you believe henry is gay and there’s actually an evil version of him called edward that’s behind everything

i've been thinking henry was gay for like a year now so yeah i think it's likely. as for the henry/edward stuff well. you know me. i can't say i've read a single post about it in full. but i don't think it's impossible or crazy it's not like you can say nooo they would never save a reveal for a big bad that we weren't expecting...but i actually literally don't know anything about it