#on a cosmic scale

[haveyoureadthisfanfic]

Summary: Borrowers au When Doc Brown realises there's something living in his lab, he thinks he has an unusually smart rat. To his amazement, he finds himself with a four-inch tall teenager on his hands - a teenager who is lost, and alone, and a long way away from home.

Author: @penny-anna

[snowangeldotmp3]

btw i feel like this shouldn't have to be said but the reason that agatha hates rio is because agatha didn't get to say goodbye to nicky. rio couldn't offer her any more time. and, in rio's mind, nicky going peacefully in his sleep (and even telling him to turn around and kiss agatha goodbye!!) is the one grace rio feels she can give agatha. nicky doesn't suffer. he doesn't fight. he just...goes. he goes on a walk with his mother and kisses his mama goodbye. but agatha doesn't get to say goodbye!!! she doesn't get those final moments with him!! she wakes up and he's already gone.

[omegasmileyface]

im so fucked up. theres a scene in The Restaurant at the End of the Universe (the sequel to hitchhikers guide) where zaphod is rummaging through the ruins of a long-destroyed city on a lifeless, abandoned planet, looking for a way off, and he stumbles upon the crumbling remains of a spaceport, and miraculously one of the crafts is still intact, and there's still a quiet hum of power going into it from a connected cable, and it's making a quiet noise. so he rigs up a makeshift stethoscope and listens, and there's a PA system saying something like "we are very sorry for the delay. we are currently waiting for a restocking on lemon-soaked towlettes, for your hygienic and culinary pleasure. in the meantime, we will be serving coffee and biscuits on the deck." and he finds the remains of the arrivals/deparetures board, translates the dates and does a little math, and discovers the delay has been 900 years. spooky, yeah? but he goes on the ship, hoping he can get it flying, and it's perfectly well-functioning and an android flight attendant comes out and tries to force him to sit in the seating area, continuing to apologize for the delay. and when he gets to the seating area, every seat has a person in it. long-haired, long-nailed, and completely silent, but very much alive. and another android comes out with a tray of coffee and cookies, and all of the people wake up and start screaming in agony as she gives them their snacks. zaphod is terrified, so he runs to the control deck and locks the door behind him, and he finds the autopilot computer, which repeatedly tells him to return to the seating area, and he eventually convinces it to talk to him. "have you seen the planet?" he says, or something to that general effect. "there's no civilization! you're not GETTING a lemon-soaked napkin shipment!" and the autopilot says "the most likely path to us receiving our shipment is to wait until another civilization develops on the planet and they can deliver it. so we have put the passengers in suspended animation, and we wake them up once a year for coffee." and then? and then zaphod's friend who he was looking for shows up and the plot carries on and they don't say another word about the ship (at least, as far as i know from my place a couple chapters later). thats it. some classic Space Horror Of Grand Proportions, a doctor who plot, a twilight zone plot, an scp article, an asimov short story— that, when a ship ran out of a luxury amenity and didn't get it fulfilled quickly, the autopilot ai decided that, regardless of plentiful fuel and safety, the ideal way to deal with the situation is to suspend the lives of all of the passengers, waking them up once a year, until a new civilization could evolve around them to produce napkins— and it takes up about two pages total before being put aside completely!

[misternibbs]

i'll see you on the moon

SORRY THIS TOOK SO LONG AAAA

art trade with @bluestarlett !!! fbfjfjjfjd seraph is SO PRETTY I AM SO HAPPY I ACTUALLY GOT TO DRAW HIM :D !!!!!! DHDNFJFJF this is . rendering wise it's kinda ass but yeah I drew him !! thanks for drawing my guy again this was really fun to do :3333

lineart :3

[sabellart]

i feel like i’m betraying a part of my being by becoming more obsessed with jayvik than (canon!) lesbians caitvi, but i swear they didn’t make them the most pure form of love embodied by two people in every universe, for all time, for me to not go crazy about them

[briscolae]

*closes laptop* wow what a great game my favourite bit was how it fundamentally changed me as a person forever

[blasteffect]

Yesterday's solar prominence and Earth for scale

Robert Schumann Photography

[werewolfetone]

Can't believe that if I want to learn a language I have to actually learn it & put effort into memorisation and continued use of the vocabulary rather than just waking up one day suddenly completely and permanently fluent. just unfair

[spacetimeaccordionfolder]

okay this is such a tiny niche thought but re: the "arthur was meant to be sacrificed to lillith" theory and specifically him being a parallel to addison. i've never known whether it was intended but i've always been very fond of the fact that Arthur Lester and Andrew Larson have the same initials, as like, another narrative nod to their connection.

...you know who else has the initials AL, though...

if you take into consideration the fact that andrew is an alias, a mask, it could also be considered a way to signal that the parallel arthur sees between them is mostly his own invention/projection and not necessarily an accurate representation of reality. BUT... addison. is not. an alias.

anyway idk i need to sleep but i just thought that was interesting maybe. lillith sacrifice arthur theory good yes.

oh I love this

I've also liked that Larson's fake name had the same initials as Arthur's. A.L. And Arthur sees Larson as a reflection of himself, two sides of the same coin, cut from the same cloth, two men who killed their daughters. Andrew being a fake name does nicely pair with it being a false reflection and mirror and parallel. Arthur at his lowest point sees someone the slightest bit similar to him and composed of everything he hates about himself and the world in one single body and views killing Larson as a way to give Addison(Faroe) justice, revenge against a figure similar to ones who have hurt him and held power over him, and a way to finally end the man he's wanted dead for ten years.

But its a fake name. A mask. Addison is not. Wallace Larson is nothing like Arthur. Addison...

It adds a little something to the "Lesters were going to sacrifice Arthur" theory. Trusting sweet little Addison, the last of her siblings, alone in an empty house with a father driven to the Order by grief and wants, who was sacrificed so Larson would live and have power. And the lillith sacrifice theory works well with the "another pair of devotees asking things beyond them to grant their wishes" or however Kayne phrased it and "She spares you, Artie. What kindness!" (Don't need the transcript for that). Religious overbearing parents, (possibly mentally unwell), a young trusting child (to me you were the sun), and a god asked to grant a wish. The difference is Lillith (and her issues with her dad) instead of I don't know Yog Sathoth or someone.

[kit-screams-into-the-future]

assorted doodles i had just lying around

[chimerafeathers]

actually i still have thoughts building on my interpretation of the timeline question from this timeline post

two main things. first, what Isabeau says about his Change

it's a metaphorical death, of course. Isabeau is still alive and did not literally, physically kill himself in order to Change. but even so, the person he "would" have been without that Change is "dead." he's still him, he's always been him, the kid he was is still in there but he's still Isabeau. there is only one timeline.

but, second, it's like. sometimes you remember a turning point in your life—an opportunity you took or didn't take. a coincidence that led to you meeting your best friend, or a choice that led to some of the darkest moments of your life, or a circumstance that you could have never controlled at all that, nevertheless, you can see how it shaped you as you are now, for better or for worse.

and maybe sometimes you are overwhelmed with something about how your life as it is now. and you find yourself mourning, deeply and sincerely, something that never existed. the death of that possibility, that "timeline" where you made a different choice, were born into a different family, had met a different person, had met the same person but at a different time.

would you be happier? would you still be "you"? would it be better if you weren't? would you be better?

there's no way to know. you are you, and have always been you. there is only one timeline.

...but for Loop...they make a choice, and their continuity is cut. they become the circumstances that change how the story plays out. they get to watch, from the outside, the "what if" scenario that would have led them to the happiness they sought.

it doesn't matter if the party or the world "literally" died and were rewritten in the wake of their wish. they are mourning something that never existed—a world where they are the one who is embraced and accepted without hesitation by a party who knows them. the party that could have given them that is dead, the version of themself that could have had that is dead, they are removed from the happy "what-if" even as it plays out before them. the grief and guilt are real even if the deaths are metaphorical.

there is only one timeline, but they can never again be THE Siffrin who loves their party instead of A Siffrin who changed beyond recognition. their choice destroyed something they can never get back. a party who loved them, and not their replacement. they're dead, they're gone, they're replaced with people who only know to turn that love towards someone else who wears their face.

but of course, of course the opportunity for reconnection still exists. no matter what details change, no matter if the party from the Prologue and the party from ISAT are the same exact people or some rewritten version of them, the fundamental cores of them prevail. and they are predisposed towards loving each other. their happiness is still within reach—it will just look different than they had thought.

[bigfan1811]

An example of what I’m talking about:

[aelirus]

they put the least physical guy within good-arms-reach of the guy who'd attack him

[librarycard]

I hate to be the one to say it i really do but you would feel less like shit if you were getting laid

[arkos404]

fanart for the personality swap au, the lawful joke au, by @chaosaliien

love makes you blind fr, prism bailed immediatedly afterwards, here some of the other fits he tried before tho (yes scrabby reacted the same way to all of them)

,,,,,also tagging @flaint and @rateater2000 bc they said they were looking forward to it 👉👈 sorry it took this long lol, some of the refs below

[twin-wxngs]

Do you ever feel like a Misfit?

Have you ever felt like you didn't belong? Perhaps there were times that although you were part of things, you weren't really there. You felt...out of place. It felt.. lonely. Slowly you became used to it, but eventually you drifted away from it all..

You had become a dropout.. and yet, there are still hands for you. People who share that same feeling despite having different stories. They join in hand.. though they aren't accepted anywhere else.. don't they at least have each other. After all, they could do whatever they pleased.

You're the dropouts right? Or in this case.. would your strange behavior, demeanor, and look..make you a MISFIT? If you feel that way.. feel free to join in on the fun.

And NOW! Introducing...

THE MISFIT CRITTERS! Starting with..

Skye Venturous

Gender: NB (They/Them)

Species: Gryphon

Pendant: Double Dice

Profession: Stuntman/Daredevil

Scent: Pineapple Kiwi

Life isn't fun just sitting around and waiting for things to happen! You need excitement, even if it does put you in danger. Skye knows all about that, and it's this attitude that got them shunned out by their peers. How much longer until they fly too close to the sun?

Ivory Crescent

Gender: Female (She/Her)

Species: Moon Rabbit

Pendant: Blue Moon

Profession: Free Runner/Traceur

Scent: Marshmallow

Even though one is born different from their peers, they can always be helpful in some way, right? That's exactly what Ivory believes in. Despite that, she stays energetic and cheerful, always trying to find something to do, even if it comes off as being a bit too insistent.

Anton Antibody

Gender: NB (They/Them)

Species: Fire Ant

Pendant: Medical Shield

Profession: Doctor

Scent: Hot Cinnamon

Strength is valued among most, if not all peers. But to Anton, strength is meaningless when it makes you worse off than it already has. Unlike the rest of their colony, they preferred to heal, and even though they aren't with them anymore, they can be the big (little) helper for others.

Melody Scales "King of Songs"

Gender: Male (He/Him)

Species: King Cobra

Pendant: Treble Clef

Profession: Musician

Scent: Blue Raspberry

As big and menacing they seem to be, there's only one thing that can always be bigger; their heart, and love for music. Melody has always wanted to share that with others, but always finds it a little difficult when they're too busy running away! Won't you come and listen? He won't bite!

Juno Faron

Gender: Genderfluid

Species: Peacock

Pendant: Rose

Profession: Actor/Model

Scent: Blackberry

The star of the show is here! You wouldn't think that given the fact they normally wouldn't have that, according to their fans. But he does! And she keeps her friends a secret from all who know about him. After all, they can't trust anyone else other than who they choose.

Ana Von Regale

Gender: Female (She/Her)

Species: Strawberry Cow

Pendant: Whisk

Profession: Baker

Scent: Strawberry

You'd think with a name like that, Ana would be from a rich family. And you're right! But look at her, she's humble and friendly, wanting to share her latest creation with you? How can someone who sounds like a spoiled brat be so down to earth?

Cosmic Circinus

Gender: Male (He/Him)

Species: Cat

Pendant: Quasar

Profession: Astrologist

Scent: Plum

Beyond even the moon lies the stars...and in those stars lie endless possibilities. But what are the chances that a feline would descend from the night sky? Cosmic brings a mysterious air to the Misfit Critters, often helping when they need, but keeping himself a little closed off about his personal life.

Quillen Bolt

Gender: Male (He/Him)

Species: Field Mouse

Pendant: Ink Bottle

Profession: Archer/Writer

Scent: Mint Chocolate

Are you ready for an adventure? By the time we're done, Quill will already have it written. A writer with seemingly no fear of the unknown, leader Misfit Critters. He simply wishes for he and his friends to not only find comfort in each other, but to have fun while doing so. Oh, and did I mention he's a great shot too?

{And you've reached the end. This has been a long passion project for almost long as I've been in the PPT fandom! And soon, you'll be seeing more of these 8 goobers! VERY soon in fact! And we can't wait to show you when it arrives.}

{Juno and Cosmic belong to, and art done by @lucin-kun !}