I spent..SO LONG on this. I’m putting a weird amount of effort into this au.
Small lil summary of the au since it has been awhile. Takes place waaaayy after the Kraang invasion. The earths healed and is reborn. Everyone’s alive again but not how they were. No memories of their past lives. No recollection of the war. They’re all separate yet someone still together.
Oooo, what about how The Bad Batch would react to catching you singing to yourself? I feel like that would be cute.
(The Bad Batch) He Catches You Singing
Author's Note: In celebration of season 2 starting, here we go! I'm sooooo excited!!!! No worries, though! There are no spoilers here!
Hunter: He was seated in his chair, eyes scrunched shut as he mulled over the most recent mission. It was a habit. He thought about everything that went right, everything that went wrong, and everything that went downright ugly.
The Bad Batch made a quick getaway, thanks to Tech’s rather chaotic but skilled piloting. Things were quieting down aboard the Marauder as it flew through hyperspace.
Hunter let out a sigh, leaning farther back in his seat.
A small sound caught his attention. The way it rose and fell in a pleasant, rhythmic way was unmistakably a song. Hunter held his breath and focused. It was you.
You were singing a song to yourself as you moseyed down the hall.
It was such a simple thing, but the small act of joy brought a smile to his face. He rested his head against the back of the chair and just listened, the lines of his features smoothing out as the tension began to leave him.
If there was an opportune moment later, he’d ask about it and chuckle at your sheepish reaction.
Wrecker: He rounded a corner aboard the Marauder, hearing the barely-audible sound grow louder as he entered the space where you were doing routine tasks and singing to yourself. You were so in the zone that you didn’t notice his approach.
It wasn’t often that Wrecker’s presence went unnoticed, so he took advantage of the moment to just hang back. A soft lopsided grin adorned his face as he admired the way you swayed back and forth, just enjoying a second in your own little world.
So cute, he thought.
Then, after he had the precious moment of appreciation, he couldn’t help but join in. He waited for the right moment when you hit the chorus and burst into the room with a huge smile. Was he singing off-key? A little. Did either of you care? Not one bit.
Tech: “Vital functions of the ship seem to be operating suitably,” he said aloud to himself. His nose was buried in a data pad as he walked down the exit ramp. Just in time, too. It was only a matter of letting Hunter know so he could assemble the team and get them onboard.
His boots landed on grass, and Tech turned every which way in hopes of spotting the sergeant, or any of his teammates for that matter. He felt a rush of familiarity at the sight of you waiting patiently a little ways away from the ship. A breeze swept through, carrying your voice to his ears. Tech adjusted his goggles while he listened, the corner of his lips turning up in a soft smile only reserved for you. Eventually, you turned around to see him standing there, and you suddenly felt embarrassed.
“Yikes…Hi.”
“Hi,” he chuckled.
Echo: Singing? At this hour? Echo couldn’t understand how you could be so cheerful, but he’d be lying if he said it didn’t lift his mood even a tiny bit first thing in the morning. He even held back his usual grumbles and complaints to whoever was listening, just so he could hear you from down the hall a little clearer.
Before long, he was smiling. You had that effect on him, he noticed. He’d find himself smiling at the strangest of times, and it always felt weird. It felt like ages since the days he’d smile for no reason.
He followed the sound of your voice, pausing at the entryway to observe you putting on a concert for yourself. You’d pause every few minutes or so to sip your caf before resuming the tune. It was very endearing to see you so content. When you finally noticed him standing there, you clamped your mouth shut, giving him an apologetic look.
“Sorry, Echo. Am I bothering you?”
He shifted his stance, folding his arms. “Not at all.” Humor crept into his tone. “Please, don’t stop on my account. ”
Crosshair: When he first heard your voice through the wall, he just about rolled his eyes, but not out of disdain. You and your unbridled joy. It was actually quite endearing, even if the way you expressed it was very different from how he would. It fascinated him.
He lingered in the hall a while longer, enveloped in shadow, as you began singing a different tune entirely. It was softer, slower. Crosshair didn’t realize just how intently he was listening until you rounded the corner and nearly bumped into him.
“Oh, Crosshair,” you said in surprise.
He knew that you were still nervous around him. Seeing you all flustered, he couldn’t resist having a little fun with it.
“What were you doing?”
“Nothing. Just- nothing.”
He smirked before thinking twice. You’d just started to warm up to him, and he realized just how much he wanted that to continue. So, he wiped the infuriating smirk and flickered his eyes down to meet yours.
Howdy, bud!
I'm trying to put together a vague outline of the series for me to work off of for my re-write, is there anything important I missed? Or just something like a plot-line or note from an episode that doesn't make sense?
Season One
Graduation Battle-Bration (Merlok fake out death, rip)
Jestro ("Jes") joins Monstrox ("Mon")
Uses Nexo Powers for the first time even tho Aaron calls his hovershield a "Nexo" shield before the powers were introduced-?
Established lava monsters
Mon and Jes collect some of the "Books of Evil"
Season One Finale
Knights get separated, Aaron escaped and gets them out
Mon tries to take over Knighton, but doesn't get past the front gates
Season Two
Mon and Jes find the other Books of Evil
Somehow not immediately snapping into awareness when they get woken up by a rogue "Rooster of Wakening" means the knights are "lazy" – Local teacher threatens to un-knight the Kingdom's only protectors, even more local knights forget only a King can do that
Ep.2.4 Tighty Knighties first appearance (thank you, pink-gladioli)
Season Two Finale
Mon tries to possess Clay, it doesn't work
Jes gets redeemed – Local Jester finds out he's good at stand-up even though it's been previously established that his stand-up routine is, and I quote Aaron, "brutal"
Merlok dies again, f in the chat
Season Three
The knights all got different jobs cos now there's no more evil even though there wasn't any evil before when they initially became knights
Jes gets corrupted again, yikes (Mon's a cloud now, hate it when that happens)
Established stone monsters
Collecting the Forbidden Powers
Enter Ruina Stoneheart in maybe Heart of Stone, idk, she does that "OoOoOo, I'm a spooky lady" thing with Clay
Queen "Heart of the Kingdom" Halbert gets queen-napped; Clay gets petrified, whoops
Season Three Finale
The "Cloud of Monstrox"
Aaron almost dies, I don't remember what was up with Clay (might've still been stone but like- "Fallen Hero" stone)
Season Four
Mon and Jes collect more powers
Clay's stone-hormones making him a lil cray cray, Ruina cont. her "OoOo"ing
Clay almost kills Jes, whoops
Season Four Finale
The "Stone Colossus"
Clay frees himself cos–even though he swore he would help–Merlok did literally nothing
Fucks up his arm in the process, learns to control technology with 0 training
Robin turns a library into a rocket and develops a high-key crack (energy drink) addiction
Hi there! First of all, I love this! I'm super excited! I can't wait to see how it goes!
I've just got a question which is will you be allowing ai generated images and text? I ask not because I think that you do/will, but because I don't see it explicitly stated anywhere, and I recently had an experience where ai wasn't mentioned explicitly in the rules, and it turns out it was allowed, so I'm just hoping to ease my anxiety around that a bit.
Anyway, again, super excited! Maybe I'll move my tuc reread up a little in my list :)
Oooo yikes! We definitely should have addressed that, so we’ll add it to the FAQ asap.
AI generated content will NOT be allowed. It goes against the spirit of the event as a human-generated creative collection.
I would 100% rather have a zine full of work that is at a beginner level than have advanced stolen work made by a computer.
(this is in fact for the spotify game i just thought id get extra silly with this one:33)
still got a long ways to go on this one but its safe to say my animation skills are in fact improving
(youll never figure out what theyre saying>:3)
yikes yeah def gonna tone down liz's hair movement that is wack
did not give my girl enough frames
also sorry if ive been like gone a lot recently, got a good ol case of christmas season depression (more depresso than usual that is) so uh motivation has been a solid zero for the past little bit
oooo how would Castin react to the Baroness(or Celica) having a younger sibling (like a child) back at home in the costal empire? Like I imagine them going back to the house in which Celica (or the Baroness) grew up in to visit her sibling (who I assume hasn't talked or seen their older sister in years).
imagine if the siblings weren't actually that close growing up due to their upbringing and circumstances (the younger sibling hiding behind a maid as their older sister tries to approach them😭😭😭😭)
A conundrum!
Ok, ok, first question - if the Baroness does have a younger kid sibling, what created the distance between them? Was it due to the Baroness being Heir Apparent back in the past and, thus, was given a strict education and upbringing while as a spare, her sibling had more time to run around and make friends? Perhaps while she was heavily scrutinised and under guards, her little sibling could breathe a little easier.
If that's the case, then I can understand the envy that the Baroness might harbour and how the siblings might not understand why they can never approach her. That's so sad T.T
I can definitely see them having an awkward relationship even until adulthood. Upon her marriage to Castin and moving across the seas to live with Castin, this now poses a dilemma: Her title would pass on to their little sibling because she's too far away to do her duties, and thus, the spare would now be the new Baron/Baroness. That's gonna sting after all the achievements she accomplished. Especially if Castin suggest it so. I can imagine the Baroness being bitter towards her sibling, yikes!