#or do a more shipping oriented event? that sort of thing

[multishipper-baby]

Thinking about it more deeply, I think maybe it would be best to attempt a general FHS event first and then maybe see if there's an audience for a more specific one later.

[nibwhipdragon]

🦋🌻💭📚💌

Thanks for the ask!

🦋 Which character is your favourite to write?

Joseph 100%. Normal over him. He's the main focus of almost if not all my fics regarding jjba. I want to branch out my fics. But he exists! Why write anything else when Joseph's there. So much to think about and delve into. I'm going to explode him in my mind <3

🌻 How often do you read your own fics?

...Not much, actually! Sometimes if I want to reread awesome comments I've gotten from readers I'll reread the fic (or part of it) so I can really love and appreciate the comment for loving and appreciating certain parts of the fic. I just. See all the flaws and things I could've made better after the fact so I just...don't. Can't feel bad about it if it's not there!

💭 What inspires you and your writing?

Dreams and life experiences! My dreams tend to be. Things for sure! So they're always a good thing to use to gain ideas for fics. My life has also been quite whacky! It gives me fic plot ideas too. And then sometimes it gives me ideas for stuff in a more workaround way. Like for example. I want to write a horror fic. I think about my biggest fears/the scariest things that have happened to me. I then write about those things! I understand why the things scare me/why the event was scary, and so I can effectively make a scary fic! And so forth for other things and situations.

📚 Is there a fanfic or fanfic writer you reccomend?

Obligatory @kirstenonic05 reccomendation. If I don't take the opportunity to hype up a mutual of mine and reccomend their stuff I experience rapid organ failure.

That out the way. I know you like Sonic and because this is an ask game I'd orient reccomendations towards your interests rather than a general scope. And I don't really look at Sonic fics too much because man is it hard to find something I want to read. Ough. So I...don't really have much to reccomend here! There was this one Sonic Unleashed rewrite fic though...I just can't remember the name...let me look for it. Ah! It's Where's the Beauty in this Beast?  It's a very nice rewrite/take on Unleashed's plot. It's been updated since I last read it actually...oh my. I gotta go reread it damn I DIDN'T SUBSCRIBE TO THE FIC...DAMN... Anyways! The fic also explores what goes on with Shadow and GUN during Unleashed's events, and that's pretty neat! Always wondered how Shadow would be doing amidst all that.

💌 Is there a favourite trope you like to write?

Hmm...characters sharing a bed and sleeping together, I think! The intimacy is cool, allows for a lot of my thoughts on the characters to come out, it's a very vulnerable thing to do yk. I've written almost only ship stuff (most normal caejose enjoyer), but damn. I'm going to write sharing a bed and sleeping together and holding hands and that sort of stuff platonically. More of that sort of stuff needs to exist and I will provide it and NOBODY CAN STOP ME

[twistedtavern]

wait, so the afterstory starts the game over, right? are there any events that happen??

There are a decent amount of events out in twst atm, so I'm gonna label them as sniped or staying and list why

Beans Day - STAYING

Yesh, this could believably be an actual yearly occurrence for the boys rather than a forced script event, because that's most of what dictates if an event is sniped or not. The player does not participate as normal, though. They just sit with the harp and go :3

Fairy Gala - SNIPED

This has forced script event written all over it. I don't think I would be able to do it justice, and there is no way in hell the player would be able to do anything of note in this beauty/fashion-oriented event because their face got all fucked up, unless they, Vil, Crowley, Crewel, and everyone else in attendance is going to let them go to the gala and act like a human ASPCA commercial, which isn't happening.

Dance and Wishes - STAYING

Twst Christmas!!!!! I just think it'd be sweet to let the player draw comparisons between Christmas and the Starsending, having those line up would be so cute and a nice time to flesh out Wonderland and the characters! Also the player making a wish of their own 🥺 Definitely staying

Ghost Marriage - SNIPED

Sorry, not happening even if it did stay. The player does not live in Ramshackle, so they'd never encounter Eliza, and Idia going out RIGHT as Eliza is out looking is script work 100%. Sorry Puffy stans

Culinary Crucible - STAYING

I think this could believably be a thing that NRC does yearly, and I could make it work as a cute little hijinks thing. I think it'd more realistically be a little day or two with a special cooking class rather than functioning 1 to 1 with how it's played in the game.

Halloween part 1 - STAYING

Yeah, that's definitely a thing that would occur naturally, but I'm personally gonna pull back the "HOLY SHIT WHAT ARE THESE CROWDS" aspect and replace the core conflict with actual ghosts. There are some unruly guests, sure, they even harass the player about their scars and how they don't show up in pictures. But, I think they should be able to enjoy their Halloween (for a short time >;3c)! I know I'd have to rework Diasomnia's whole Halloween shtick because the whole idea of longs was solely Malleus's idea and as you and all the characters can plainly see, there is no Malleus around to make that decision.

Halloween part 2 - STAYING

By god, this event is the crux and start of SO much plot, character, and relationship development it is INSANE. Now I know how this sounds, I sniped ghost marriage because I found it unlikely, and like I literally just said, Malleus isn't there, but it'll make sense once I explain it. Halloween makes the ghosts more powerful, and brings back the ghosts of all the boys from the kidnapping night, even Malleus's ghost. He's grasping for anything he can, so it makes sense that he'd manage to try to pause time before he fades and pull everyone closer to where he is, because he could only go to the spirit realm and not hang around in the living world like the others. It makes sense in the context of the events of the story so far, I can use it to actually have some sort of interesting interactions between characters, and if anyone asks me for the specifics of the absolute butterfly effect this event has, you will get a VERY long response. All in all, 10/10 event, staying.

Vargas Camp - STAYING

The player wouldn't be able to go, since they're not in any clubs, but we could definitely ship some of the boys off for a while. We are DEFINITELY toning down the absolute bullshit that occurs in the event, because Crowley would fire Vargas so hard he'd bring back the Salem witch trials, but yeah this event gets a pass.

Kelkkarotu - SNIPED

I don't know enough about this one tbh

Scalding Sands - SNIPED

Same for this one, don't know enough to add them in

Sam's New Years Sale - SNIPED

Too ingrained in real-world Japanese culture to fit what we've been shown of Sage Island and its culture, and seems more fitting for an event directly related to the """""""Far East""""""" (I hate that term SO much, BLEH) Haven't read anything for this event either

Tsum Tsum - SNIPED (somewhat)

I'll write a little spinoff for this one, because the thought of the tsums being added to this story for a while is wonderful and I need it

Glorious Masquerade - NON-CANON STAYING

It's DEFINITELY getting a spinoff of its own, it is Sebek's god-given right to beat the SOUL out of Rollo. Speaking of, I think the player being there in Malleus's place will put Rollo in a DEEPLY intriguing position, given their abilities and the prophecy of the angel.

So far, that's all the events!

[unladielike]

𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐍𝐆𝐒 𝐈 𝐋𝐈𝐊𝐄 𝐌𝐘 𝐑𝐏 𝐏𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐍𝐄𝐑𝐒 𝐓𝐎 𝐊𝐍𝐎𝐖.

I like to be called: Livi, but I don’t mind any other nicknames used for me!

one thing you should know about me: Despite being a queue-based blog, I tend to be very fast with replies if only because I just generally don’t have a lot on my plate, meaning I very often have nothing I owe even after reblogging memes or posting open starters... to the point where it’s quite common my replies would either post later on today or tomorrow. That, though, is no fault of my mutuals! I just happen to have abysmal luck when it comes to posting at a time where my stuff isn’t easily drowned out by more active folks or when more of my partners are active. However, to prevent burn out, I’m more than happy to slow down my reply speed for those who might already be overwhelmed and would appreciate a longer turn about time when it comes to threads! I’m unable to take hints, though, so unless you request me to withhold replies, chances are high I will keep replying very fast without really knowing you’re overwhelmed by my speediness.

thing you should know about rping with my character(s): Vivian isn’t very easy to ship with. Granted, as long as she happens to like a muse platonically, chances are high she would agree to date them (especially when it comes to her default modern verse where she’s 20-22), but her actually being happy in that relationship would be another story altogether, so there’s a chance she would grow to resent your muse for trapping her in a monogamous relationship she can’t escape from.

And even in the event she does fall in love with your muse, Vivian is still a very obsessive/destructive person, so unless they happen to be fem-aligned, she will attempt to push boundaries and do very questionable/inappropriate things (like tattooing their name somewhere on her body, stealing their underwear, etc), to the point where your muse would potentially have trouble staying in love with her.

Fem-aligned muses have it way better, though, because she generally tends to be less sexually attracted towards them compared to masc-aligned muses, but her having compulsive sexual behaviour means she still might send them inappropriate texts when they’re out with friends or say very questionable things to them (ie: ‘You know, your clothes would look much better on the floor’) very impulsively.

In her older modern verse (where she’s 24+), however, Vivian is more likely to turn others down/enforce boundaries, especially since I default her to have gotten out of an abusive relationship with her ex-girlfriend and ended up having these sorts of thoughts when it comes to love; therefore, she’s less receptive to the idea of commitment/being in a relationship overall. Either way, she’s very much a slowburn oriented muse and will probably spend a long time, remaining oblivious to the fact your muse views her in a romantic light.

joy to work with: ...Gosh, that is certainly an open-ended question. Of course, those I have actually gotten around to writing with (and who I have not unfollowed/blocked at some point) are all genuine gems to me, but as of now, the ones I talk most with are @spiritpyro​ and @eliteimperialism, if only because I’ve known them the longest and find myself being the most comfortable around them. Then again, even though I have no qualms really communicating with others, I’m also not exactly much of a talker, so my social circle on Discord happens to be very small; therefore, I’ll sometimes end up feeling very lonely/inept due to this.

It also doesn’t help that I have more creative energy than social energy, meaning I often spend a long while, typing and re-reading what I wrote like a paranoid autistic bean because I’m terrified of accidentally offending someone... that trying to maintain conversations with others is very draining for me. In short, I suck at befriending most of my partners without writing with them/feeling them out for a while.

first language: Cantonese, but as I’ve gotten older, I’ve lost most of my ability to actually speak it, OTL.

age range: under 13 | 14–17 | 18–22 | 23–25 | 26–29 | 30+ | 40+ | 70+

am I okay with nsfw?: yes | no | some nsfw (While I don’t mind NSFW themes, I’m very picky with who I actually write smut with.)

my favorite/most common thing to rp is: angst | adventure | fluff | smut | crack | action | plots | AUs | violence | darker themes | other

this rp blog: does contain ooc posts | doesn’t contain ooc posts | occasionally contains ooc

TAGGED BY: Nobody. I ended up stealing this from Rae!

TAGGING: Anyone who is currently wearing socks, i guess.

[lightheaded-dullahan]

As payment for the ask you gave me, I demand you do one for Yu Mei Ren (joke, you don’t have to of course)

Jokes on you fucker (affectionate), I’m into that shit (Yu Mei-ren)

Favorite Thing About Them

Fuuuuuuck she’s sooooo cool

Her power??? Metal as fuck.

Her looks??? Godly.

Her personality??? I beg of thee.

Fuck also just how her artist draws her outfits - the flaming blood, it’s soooooooo fucking coooooooool

Least Favorite Thing

Her summer alt base artwork. Like I’m not the biggest fan of her swimsuit in general but- her arm????? What the fuck is that??? How did this get past quality control???

This never gets updated too so??? It’s supposed to look like that??

Fuck it bothers me so much.

Favorite Line

Like there are a lot of lines from the summer event but I just—

OTP

We all know it’s with Xiang Yu tHEY MAKE ME EMOTIONAL PLEASE

BrOTP

Like the obvious answer is Changgong (Lanling Wang) and Xu Fu — but honestly I like the idea of her and Archetype: Earth being pals , I think Arc would be too wild for her taste, but the more subdued princess who never encountered her fate — i like to think about how they’d get along. The executor and the immortal. While Yu Mei-ren hates humanity (with few exceptions), Asc3 Archetype: Earth has yet to hate it or experience it. They both have a royal presence- honestly if it wasn’t for Xiang Yu I might be shipping them more seriously but I also just like the idea of them being friends.

NOTP

I don’t like her with the player (Gudao/Gudako) tbh. I know why people do it, but it just ain’t it for me. Other than that, I just don’t generally like NTR stuff with these sorts of things. You have a lady whose so focused on getting her husband back and then it’s just “ok but what if she cheated on him”

Unless you’re drawing Xiang Yu being in the know and okay with it. Or you know, don’t be a coward and draw the monster horse cock. If you’re going to draw Yu Mei-ren NTR, draw Xiang Yu NTR as well. Make them both fucking a third one. They can share.

Random Headcanon

I like to think she and Kadoc talk at Chaldea, and that she’s a tsun type friend to him. And Ritsuka is their little junior with Mash. I just like them all being friends.

Unpopular Opinion

I hate how her hair looks in her second and third ascension sprites, I don’t even really like it in the artwork. I’m sorry but her braid is just so pretty in the artwork. I think other artists make it look better but in game it’s just— uuuuuuugh.

As for a less design oriented opinion, I

wish she was more unhinged. Like, an inhuman level of it. Not just “oh the immortal wishes to die except not anymore” but like, I want her to be so fucking weird .

Song for Them

It’s more a theme - but honestly Ultimate Madoka’s Gacha Theme from Magica Record.

Favorite Picture of Them

It’s a three way tie between Sailor Yu - Super Cool Mei-ren - Summer Style Fun

[helluvasins]

VOX 

Vox is an egotistical, charismatic, and manipulative showman of an Overlord who craves attention, and entertainment from the masses. He presents himself as a charming man, just knowing what to say, and how to say it to get what he wants. His showman persona seems almost unbreakable, and only under private circumstances does he switch off the act to express his true feelings about situations.

A technology-savvy businessman, Vox pulls the strings of Hell's news and media as Hell's Entertainment Overlord, easily keeping up with trends while entertaining and controlling the masses for more power. He is the leader of the Vees, and CEO of VoxTek and has his tech and services on every corner within the Pride section.

NAME: Vox ( Victor G. Burton )

PRONOUNS:  He/Him

HEIGHT: 7’0

AGE: 40+ / He died during the 1950s

ORIENTATIONS: Bisexual & Biromantic 

SPECIES:  Tiger Shark & TV Demon - As a human, he was White

ABILITIES: Can use energy from electronics to strengthen self / Able to broadcast himself through many screens such as TVs and Laptops / Able to control electronic devices / Electricity powers / Capable of biting and eating through metal objects / Able to turn his whole body into pure electricity to reach incredible speeds and pure destructive energy / Can become live wire / Hypnosis / Self-Duplication / Deal Making / Strength / Wire control

APPEARANCE DETAILS: [ REFERENCE & 1. ] He’s got a lot of bulk going on that creates a firm and sturdy frame. He has muscular arms. / Defined Eyelashes / He has parts on his body that represent gills. / Can have more than one row of teeth 

CANON DIVERGENCE NOTES: 

Alastor and him are Exes. Differences had them splitting off and fighting. He does not hate Alastor whatsoever, and in fact enjoys their rivalry. 

He’s considered to be the Sugar Daddy of the Vees, while Velvette and Valentino are considered to be his Sugar Babies.  On and Off with Val.

Doesn’t actually fear Alastor, but knows he’s a threat, and treats him like he is one

Their whole ‘fight’ and his dramatic actions during the song was all a dramatic ploy for ratings, and viewership. 

Still absolutely obsessed with Alastor and does have stalker tendencies. He smiles and uses smiles as a way to charm and hide his feelings. Rarely frowns. He had encounters with Alastor when they were both alive. Almost became one of his victims. 

Vox, while he didn’t start off as powerful as Alastor, he had a different sort of boom due to the entertainment he brought to Hell, and gained power by charming many to make a deal with him. 

Vox died by the incredibly rare event of being struck by lightning. Died within his glory days of being a popular TV Host with a cult following. His cult was dedicated to Lucifer since he realized demons and hell existed. Had knowledge of demonic magic and knowledge of Lilith & Lucifer

SHIPPING NOTES: Ships with him are sporadic and on a case by case basis.

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Has sadistic and masochistic tendencies. Also shows behavior of stalker and spying tendencies when obsessed with someone. 

He’s completely waterproof. Loves swimming and the ocean. 

He has some cannibalistic tendencies due to his shark side. 

He has a major thing for contact, and disregards personal space a lot. Tends to zap people. But can do it gently as a form of a ‘kiss’ too.

Knows how to use guns with expertise. Has given Valentino’s the guns that he loves to use.

He’s incredibly wealthy and doesn’t worry about money whatsoever. 

He sees himself as superior to others, and likes to prove that he is in more ways than one.

He is able to display TV shows as well as other things on his face.

He’s completely caught up with the times, and displays no confusion to current trends.

[neriyon]

as someone who also has FF14 and Bleach OCs, I have to ask... tell me all about Kuro!

Ohhh, I'm always happy to ramble about my fictional children~ But a fair warning, I made Kuro back when I was like, 14 or so. There's been changes since then, but you totally can still see most of that teen edginess lol (also this got pretty long, so I'll hide it under read more)

Also as a quick worldbuilding note: the rp setting he's from throws Ichigo and all his buddies away, so basically none of the canon Bleach events happen. Captains etc mostly stay bc we could not be arsed to come up with that many side characters, and it made things easier to set up. If we want one of our ocs to have a specific seat, we usually just toss the canon character that has that seat to make room ^^' Also everything starts kinda same as canon, with Kuro out hunting a hollow and the guy he's shipped with, Sora (my rp partner's main oc), getting caught up in things (and later discovering his shinigami ancestry).

First, quick picrew pics of him since I don't think I have any of his old art on hand + some basic info:

(Link to first picrew here and to second here)

Name: Kuroto Hirose Nickname: Kuro, Chibi (by Sora's bff) Age: a lot Race: shinigami Gender: male Orientation: gay Division & Rank: Lieutenant of the 13th Division

Hair: Black, pretty basic short hair with some of his bangs hanging in the middle of his face (what I like to call "basic anime boy hairstyle") Eyes: Dark grey, almost black Height: 154cm (uhhh 5'1" I think?) Tattoos/Scars: No notable scars. Small black butterfly tattoo on his left shoulder. Piercings: Two basic earrings on both ears (small silver rings)

Family: - Older brother Satomi. Very close, often hanging together if their work schedule allows them to. Satomi absolutely adores Kuro, spoiling his brother whenever possible and in general being the overprotective big bro. - Parents (I don't remember their names help) are both dead. Reasons vary a bit with each plotline but usually it's just "killed under mysterious circumstances". Hirose family was one of the 4 Noble Houses, but since the entire household (except Kuro and Satomi) was wiped out the two brothers have mostly just their family's wealth + some general respect left. - Both are basically adopted by Ukitake (and Kyoraku), who knew their parents and was kind enough to look after two young kids.

Zanpakuto: Name: Tsukiakari Type: Light - Basic katana with light blue handle in sealed form, shikai is twin swords. No bankai yet (bc I could never come up with one lol) - I know I've chosen release command as a teen I can't remember what it was efhufhe, we usually just skip them. - Spirit form is a purple haired, tall ikemen type of guy. Often just called "Tsuki". He's generally a nice big brother type, very helpful and a bit playful, but strongly dislikes when Kuro shows any sort of insecurity and just kinda fucks off to pout.

Bonus fun power stuff! Hirose family has some cool hereditary skill that allows them to interact with zanpakuto spirits more closely than others, leading to most of the family having been teachers in Shin'o Academy. Inner world's are only for their owners and their zanpakuto spirit? Nope, Tsuki and Nesaku (Satomi's zapakuto) can go visit other spirits in their worlds whenever they please. If the owner is present, they can (for a short while) drag the spirit outside (visible to anyone). The other spirit can leave whenever they choose to, and both Tsuki and Nesaku refuse to do it again (they tend to side with spirits rather than owners lol). Both Hirose brothers can also take someone along to either their own inner worlds by touching them while meditating, or enter someones inner world with them - again, the spirit there might kick them out if it's in a really bad mood (and the inner world itself may be dangerous).

This was mostly brought on by us liking the spirits shown in canon a lot, so it felt boring that only their owner could see them haha. So, Kuro and Satomi get to be god's specialest children and do these things (￣▽￣)" But it's also fun to have Tsuki (Nesaku less, as he's mostly mute) as a sort of extra guide/mentor for all the characters (Sora and his bff are very special cases) to figure things out. Also we got to come up with really neat inner worlds! Kuro's is this huge temple that's almost completely submerged: only some high buildings have their roofs/upper floors above water. There's huge full moon 24/7, and you can actually walk on water, but only if Tsuki is in good mood (if he's feeling like ass, he'll make you take a bath haha, so better to stick to the roofs).

What else... uhhhh

Kuro is mostly pretty serious person. He still has some playfulness left, but growing up orphaned made him mature pretty quickly.

He's kind and tries to see nuances rather than follow rules blindly, but prefers to try and keep from breaking rules in the first place (which is directly opposite from the guy he's shipped with, as Sora is very free spirited little hooligan lol).

Very easily embarassed and harbors a very deep inferiority complex ("woow, lieutenant to your own adoptive father? must be easy to have everything handed to you"). Tsuki absolutely loathes this inferiority complex and just flat out refuses to speak, help or sometimes even work if Kuro is spiralling.

Very very affectionate when drunk, will cling to nearest person and most likely fall asleep on them.

Gets pissy when you call him short. Guy who calls him Chibi loves teasing him (he later moves on to tease Satomi, after he figures how to annoy him), and Sora tends to rest his chin on Kuro's head (he's a full head taller than Kuro lol)

Organized. Usually the one that handles most of the paperwork in 13th div, as well as keeps an eye on Ukitake's health (and makes sure he remembers to take his meds).

NOT a morning person. Sleeps like a log (and demands to have a huge bed), takes forever to wake up and gets very grumpy when woken (and usually tries to go back to sleep when you stop watching him).

Not that strong physically, but quick on his feet and good at kido. Using Tsukiakari he mostly relies in quick, weaker attacks (+ blinding enemies with bright lights) that slowly wear the enemy down.

Spends some time in the human world hanging out with Sora and his friends, during which Kuro gets to show how completely oblivious he is to both human and commoner lives ("no butlers? maids? why is the house so small? tf is a tv?")

Most clothes he wears in the human world are picked by Sora (and often a borrowed from him, so oversized)

Both Kuro and Satomi graduate Shin'o Academy rather young (young enough to be called prodigys but not as fast as Hitsu) since both their parents were teachers and started teaching their kids stuff from very young age

I'll end this here since it's already so long aihuiefh. Sowwy anon, there's like years upon years of rp he's seen and like 3 complete restarts to the story when we get stuck (and all of them are currently on hiatus lol) so there's a lot of stuff and most of it is pretty chaotic.

[voidfragments]

𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐨𝐧𝐬

name; ritsuka fujimaru

nickname; depends who you ask, she's got a lot of one-offs lol

gender; nonbinary girl. girl lite (tm)

romantic orientation; pan + polyam

preferred pet names; no specific word; rather, she likes when people have something unique and personal that they call her! (mash's senpai and edmond's my accomplice are great examples)

relationship status; i mean i'm not actively shipping her with anyone at the moment but (shrugs)

opinion on true love; she's seen enough of it at this point to be firmly sure of its existence. it's not often at the forefront of her mind, but it'd be nice to have that too, someday.

opinion on love at first sight; does not, however, believe in this, at least under normal circumstances. how can you love someone you don't even know!

ideal physical traits; physically imposing, whether through size or just sheer presence. striking eyes.

ideal personality traits; caring, even if they aren't open about it. expressive. protective, but not possessive.

unattractive physical traits; i'm honestly not even sure if she has any physical traits that she considers inherently unattractive, at least not to the point of being a dealbreaker. like, idk, she has things she finds more attractive for sure but i feel like as long as they hit it off personality-wise she could date pretty much anyone? this is a copout answer

unattractive personality traits; controlling, "i know best" types. people who live in their own heads and never consider other perspectives.

ideal date; a night out somewhere. where doesn't really matter, just attending some sort of event or going somewhere interesting together.

do they have a type?; goths

average relationship length; boy i sure would know this if i had literally any past experience shipping her huh

preferred non-sexual intimacy; leaning against each other--shoulder-to-shoulder, front-to-back, whatever. hugging, cuddling, being held. the apocalypse (plural) survivor longs for physical touch

opinion of public affection; often the initiator of it but in minor ways; handholding, leaning against the other, that sort of thing.

past relationships?; as with current relationships, dependent on partners/verse/etc

Tagged by: nobody i stole it from the dash with my grubby little thief hands

Tagging: take it d(ovo)

[author-chan06]

Remus Sanders & Me

Remus Sanders:

General Personal Info:

Name: Remus Octo Royals

Age: 29

Pronouns: Any, Including Neos

Gender: Agender

Orientation: Panromantic, Pansexual

From: Sanders Sides

Canon Compliant Personality? Mostly

Relationship With Me: Brother, Lover

Backstory Of Us:

I started watching Sanders Sides around, uh I’d say around the end of 2021/beginning of 2022, and it didn’t take me long to get through the entire series and any other content I could get my hands on. You could say I was obsessed, which is pretty common for me honestly but this one lasted a bit longer than normal and was even more intense (the only one that got close before would be my BatJokes obsession)

But eventually that dropped away, also normal, though I still sometimes watched it again for comfort or read fics and looked at fanart, just not all the time and it wasn’t the only think I read/watched. So that should be the end of it, right? I thought so at the time too. But it wasn’t.

The longer I interacted with the fandom and the longer I wrote for it the more something felt… off. And then I started reading remrom.

I found authors that write it really well, and I started shipping it avidly, even writing my own little things and thinking about it.

That’s when the memories started up. They were sporadic and they weren’t very detailed, yet, but I started remembering a life I’d never lived, I started remembered doing things that I’d never done before. I started remembering doing things that were physically impossible.

I started remembering life as Roman, one of Thomas’ sides, and I was confused, worried, and I felt a bit like I was losing it. I don’t believe in reincarnation, or even an afterlife, so these memories were… worrying. I worried for a while, until eventually I started getting used to the memories, until I started getting used to the way my mind immediately responded to things about Roman as if they were talking about me.

Now don’t get me wrong, I still don’t believe in reincarnation and I don’t think I actually used to be Roman. But I’ve stopped trying to fight the idea that my brain likes. So now I let myself respond to the Roman stuff and I treat the memories like they’re real even though it’s probably just a trauma coping mechanism.

And one of the things I remember from when I was Roman was that Remus and I were dating. I was sort of dating the others as well, but Remus and I were more official and more serious, romantic wise. We had been sort of dating as children and as adults, after all the events you guys saw in canon, we decided to fuck it all and made it official. After a while. Perhaps about two years after canon got to? That sounds about right, even if time is fuzzy from back then. And we were… good. Despite the whole incest thing, or pseudo-incest I suppose. I’m still not sure how exactly that works, after we got together officially we just stopped thinking about it, as I — I admit, guiltily— still felt morally dirty about our relationship.

We were inseparable, just like we used to be, and we often cuddled and sometimes, when one of us was feeling especially awful, we would squeeze each other hard and squeeze our eyes shut and pretend we were still the King, that we were still together like that, that we had never been ripped apart, that we were whole again.

I don’t remember how Thomas died, or what exactly happened, but I remember vague things into our older ages before it just… ends.

And then here I am.

It’s a bit strange. Like I didn’t know any of these things, I didn’t remember anything until I watched the series, but well, once I started remembering, I couldn’t stop. And then I started missing the others. I missed Remus and the closeness we had. The understanding that we shared without even trying. The wholeness that we only got when we were together. Without him I felt so… lost, in pain, hollow. I didn’t know how to handle it other than looking at remrom stuff, looking at people who loved us, watching the others go through things I remember and listening to our songs on repeat.

Until I found the Tumblr selfship community not long ago. Now I’ve started using that to cope with the grieving/longing for the others that has stabbed so darkly into me at all times even if I wasn’t thinking about it. Now I let myself think that Remus would still love me this way, that he still loves me and cares and that we’re still together. He’s still my brother/lover to this day, and he will always be important to me.

Even if in this world he is fictional to everyone else, she will never be only fictional to me.

Relationship Info:

Anniversary: June 25th

Ship Name: #remrori

^ Made by canineluvz

[babygirlpontius]

i ❤️ alex and tracy sooo much!! please write more about them! x

i'm so glad!! here are some headcanons :)

alex and tracy start to factor into the cast around season 2

tracy went to school with spike jonze, and alex was a friend of one of the show's makeup artists who somehow managed to get coerced into trying stuff out

the first time they meet each other, alex thinks tracy is gross and tracy thinks that alex is a prude

it kind of takes a moment for them to get into the rhythm of things with a friendship

but they get there eventually, don't worry

johnny and a couple of the other guys initially try to stop the girls from doing any stunts that are "too dangerous" for women - so at first alex and tracy are doing more gross-oriented challenges like stephanie and the eggs

they debut on a pickle-juice drinking contest with dave

surprisingly, alex wins even though she'd been the most grossed-out all throughout

the two of them cement themselves as valuable group members pretty quick after that

tracy does a lot of skating and is a fan of big brother/cky

alex can roller skate

tracy ends up doing a skating stunt with bam that leaves her with a broken wrist - some of the guys want her to stop after that but she just laughs it off and is totally fine

"of course people want to see girls get hurt, knoxville, come on. your show's female demographic isn't completely made up of people who want to fuck you, if you haven't realized"

tracy will basically do anything with little to no hesitation; alex is a little more wary

she gets teased a lot by the guys but once she gets started on something (which usually doesn't take too long to convince her) she's just gonna roll with it

tracy is closest with knox, dunn, and ehren

alex is closest with chris, wee man, and (surprisingly) steve-o

and of course, the girls are close with each other

it's sort of an unspoken thing that everyone knows that tracy is a lesbian

she's not exactly trying to hide it but she doesn't "officially" come out for a while, especially not publicly

there is a large fandom following that ships her and knox and another large following that ships alex with chris or steve-o

(has alex had at least one friends with benefits 3some with the wildboyz? probably. maybe she was the one who told them to stop looking at each other instead of at her)

the guys are always quick to defend the gals at parties and MTV events and shit if random dudes/fans cat-call them or say something gross

but usually the girls have got it covered on their own - alex's nails are sharp and tracy's got a wicked right hook

eventually some seedy tabloid gets a photo of tracy hooking up with a woman and blasts the news

but everyone kind of already knew, including most of the fans, so

tracy just kind of takes it on the chin and goes with it

alex and the guys are there to support her every step of the way

she's not in love with alex, no matter what fans think

(she's not)

people assume alex will be or is already in a relationship with one of the guys just because of heteronormativity and shit

she gets asked about it a lot in interviews. like, a lot and she hates it

these guys are honestly like her brothers and it would be so weird

alex guest stars a few times on wildboyz, tracy on viva la bam

and of course, the best possible outcome is that the two of them get their own show on MTV, as well - charged with lesbian tension, obviously

:)

[sceosource]

Sceo Week 2021 is running from October 3rd - October 9th this year. All sorts of fanworks (fics, edits, gifs, art, playlists) are accepted! Unlike previous years we have two lists of (optional!) prompt tracks for everyone to make things easier; a list of fic-oriented prompts and a list of visual-oriented prompts. Feel free to swap them out or invent your own theme — you need not follow them if you wish to do something unique! Just be sure to tag your creation with #Sceoweek or #Sceoweek2021

10/3 (Day 1) Secret Relationship (fic prompt): Whether it’s post-canon, S5, or as far back as 4th grade, Scott and Theo have been sneaking around behind everyone’s backs. Alpha & Omega (visual prompt): Our boys are an actual canon Alpha and Omega, so feel free to keep it in the canon universe or spice it up with a dash of omegaverse!

10/4 (Day 2) Hurt/Comfort and/or Angst with a Happy Ending (fic prompt): Open wounds and memories, existential angst, bodily injury—life in Beacon Hills is hard, and sometimes all Scott & Theo need is a little comfort to get them through. Dreams and Nightmares (visual prompt): What kinds of dreams do Scott and Theo have? About each other, the past, or some new adventure on the horizon. What happens when one of them has a nightmare?

10/5 (Day 3) Is this a date? (fic prompt): Whether it's a stakeout that becomes something More or a deliberate invitation to dinner and a movie, it's finally time for the boys to get some quality one-on-one time. Skateboarding and/or 4th grade (visual prompt): Time to give Sceo a break from supernatural horror! show us these two back when they first met or maybe reliving the days of their youth and letting loose with a day at the park.

10/6 (Day 4) Protection (fic prompt): Nothing makes us feral like watching Sceo go feral! How do these two protect each other? To Hell and Back (visual prompt): These boys have already been to hell and back. Explore what scars it left them with, or send them there again!

10/7 (Day 5) Mistaken for a Couple (fic prompt): Will they deny it or use it as an opportunity to actualize something that’s been brewing for a long time? Fall, Halloween, or Horror (visual prompt): It's time to get Spooky! Break out your best Mischief Night pranks for Sceo to pull, or dive straight into supernatural terror for this prompt!

10/8 (Day 6) Season 6 and/or Post-Canon (fic prompt): Today is the day to explore these two between the scenes, behind the scenes, or in the future. Alternate Universe (visual prompt): Explore Sceo in the Teen Wolf universe where something happened differently or dive into a full-on AU!

10/9 (Day 7 - Final day!) Free for all! Have a prompt you missed or something else entirely you want to explore? This is your day!

Send us an ask if you have any questions!

General Content Rules:

1) All submissions must include sceo as the main focus. That doesn’t mean that you can’t include other characters or other background ships, but sceo has to be the primary focus. 2) No character bashing or hate.

Adult Content 1) You must be 18 years or older to create and share NSFW content (including fic) 2) All content created must be compliant with USA laws, especially regarding the protection of minors 3) Depictions of non-consensual sex acts between Scott and Theo are not admissible for this event.

Note that this is a ship-positivity event, and while dark themes, sadness, and angst are all allowed, works must be positive in their overall tone and story toward the Scott/Theo relationship.

[jamesshawgames]

Character Profile: Esme Fairfield

Name: Lady Esmerelda Hortensia Frideswide Hildegunde Fairfield, Duchess of Dewsbury

Date of Birth: 17th May, 1911

Place of Birth: Cranthorpe House, Yorkshire, England

Appearance:

Bio: Lady Esmerelda Fairfield (she hates the title) is the daughter of Jolyon Fairfield, a landed aristocrat and peer of the realm, and his wife Constance. Two years after Esme was born, Constance died in childbirth, but the baby, Esme’s younger sister Harriet, survived. Esme’s father never remarried. Jolyon was only peripherally involved in Esme’s upbringing, as he was often absent from their ancestral Yorkshire estate for long periods on mysterious “business” in London. Harriet and Esme were mostly raised by Miss Strickland, their fierce Scottish governess. She gave the children a good general education, as well as teaching them all the skills that were expected of young aristocratic ladies: correct deportment, polite conversation, fashion, dancing, playing the piano. Esme was awful at most of these things, and she came to hate her lessons – especially since Miss Strickland was a fierce disciplinarian – but Harriet flourished, and soon grew up into exactly the sort of daughter that Jolyon wanted, respectable, polite, submissive and eager for a good marriage and a conventional upper-class life.

Esme had other ideas. Around the age of eleven, she started sneaking off the estate looking for adventure. More than once she was caught with some of the local village children, up to no good, climbing trees, breaking into abandoned places, scrapping with the village bully or scrumping for apples in old Farmer Barraclough’s orchard. She much preferred these exciting pursuits to the tedium of her lessons. In a strange way, though, and despite all the fierce punishments, it always seemed that Miss Strickland preferred the spirited Esme to the submissive Harriet, and Esme herself quietly came to love her governess. She could never understand why her father was so sure that a proper lady should grow up to be compliant, quiet and obedient, when the very governess he had hired to raise his daughters was none of these things.

When she turned sixteen, her father allowed her to leave the estate and travel with him to London, to his Mayfair townhouse, to take advantage of the cultural opportunities of the capital. By day, she did what her father wanted, visiting the museums and historical sites and high society events he expected. But by night, she often slipped out and found another London, one that appealed to her a lot more, a place of shady late-night jazz bars teeming with even shadier big-city criminals. Her childhood taste for adventure had never left her: she enjoyed the thrill of being in dangerous places, around dangerous people. A few years before this, she had begun to read some of her father’s recreational books, novels of high adventure in foreign climes by authors like H. Rider Haggard. These colonialist adventure stories filled her head with a glamorous picture of “The East”. Unusually for an aristocratic youth, she had never travelled – her father was too protective to let her go abroad – and soon she became gripped by a fierce desire to go and discover the Middle East for herself, and maybe to experience a few of these adventures in person.

On her eighteenth birthday, she asked her father for his permission to go traveling, to complete her education. He flat-out refused and gave her two options: she could either start looking for a husband or enroll in one of the ladies’ colleges at Oxford or Cambridge. She took Option C – she snuck off the estate one night with a suitcase full of Papa’s money, hopped the train to Liverpool and bought herself passage on the first ship to Beirut. With no clear idea what she wanted to see or do, she shook off the shackles of her sheltered upbringing and immersed herself in exploration. She soon realized that the Orientalizing image that her father’s books had given her of this part of the world was wrong, but luckily she loved the reality even more than the fantasy. Those first few months, she travelled widely, to Jerusalem, Amman, Cairo and Luxor, getting into wild scrapes every step of the way. She was picking up new skills all the time: in particular, she discovered that she was a natural with a pistol, as good a sharpshooter as anybody. But eventually, when Papa’s money ran out, she had no choice but to call England, for a tense, long-overdue conversation.

Her enraged father at first insisted that she return immediately, but she flat-out refused. Reluctantly, unwilling to simply abandon his daughter with nothing, Jolyon agreed to wire her cash on a monthly basis. In the years that followed, the old man slowly came to accept that his daughter wasn’t going to be what he wanted her to be, but it was tough at first, every conversation an ordeal. Esme herself, taking inspiration from other gentlewoman-adventurers like the famous Gertrude Bell, immersed herself in the local cultures, mastering Arabic to an almost-native level of proficiency and picking up some competence in several other local languages besides. She started taking on paying work to supplement her income: surveying the desert for cartography companies, accompanying archaeological expeditions through dangerous terrain, even doing freelance work for some Western intelligence agencies in the area. And then, about a year after she had arrived in Beirut, she went to Istanbul for the first time and crossed paths with the man who would change her life.

It was in a seedy café in Sultanahmet. Goons working for a Syrian gangster whom Esme had crossed backed her into a corner. Abdul al-Maliki, exiled prince of a deposed royal family, spotted the danger and swooped in to help her take care of her assailants. Before the day was out, they were in bed together. Esme soon learned that Abdul had the same attitude to love that she had first heard about from some avant-garde poets back in London: that a person could love more than one person, that love shouldn’t be a jealous or exclusive or restrictive thing. She and Abdul embarked on their long-lasting love affair, though both of them maintained other relationships at the same time. Abdul was smitten with Esme, and he agreed to leave his family home and travel with her on her adventures. Soon, the pair of them were well-known right across the Middle East and the Maghreb as fearless adventurers and explorers, never far from trouble.

Esme could never resist getting into danger or helping hopeless underdogs. And so, one day in 1934, when she spotted a hapless archaeologist being hunted through Jerusalem’s Old City by Nazi agents, she just had to get involved and lend a hand. And so began the greatest adventure of Esme Fairfield’s life…

[medusinestories]

Onwards to the episode in which we get to see Flint and Silver each having a very bad day (as well as two literal dicks that nobody had asked to see).

Black Sails VII (s1 ep07)

- We open on Pastor Lambrick's sweaty face as he intensely rehearses the Easter sermon and he’s obviously eaten up by what he did with Miranda. His sermon, unsurprisingly, focuses on sin, keeping sin hidden, and the hell that awaits the sinner. Which leads us nicely onto Flint, who’s distracted (by his own sin? by thoughts of Miranda? both?) during a meeting with Eleanor. Eleanor is pissed that Miranda let Richard Guthrie send a message to the Andromache and then waltz into town to close up his business; Flint tries to take the heat off Miranda, once again protecting her (at this point, he may not know the contents of the letter).

- During this meeting, Flint is startled when Silver first speaks up to say that the mob in the street was bad - clearly Silver is a sort of intruder in this meeting. But Eleanor, after Silver reminds her by unsubtly clearing his throat, tells Flint that he’s not to harm Silver because he was instrumental in setting up the Consortium. Silver looks so pleased with himself in these scenes, and Flint quite defeated when he tells Silver to follow him back to their camp. I love it.

- To parallel Flint/Miranda’s Sulky Sex scene from ep4, we have Anne/Rackham’s frustrating/disconnected sex scene. It shows us a few things about them mainly that Anne wants to keep a lot of control over what happens, hence Rackham being tied up (though of course this might also be his kink), her wearing a shirt that covers up most of her body, and the reverse cowgirl position that means that she’s both in control of what happens and completely avoids eye contact. The position reminds us of the Flint/Miranda scene, where Miranda was also on top, but their scene involved more eye contact (yes glaring counts, he’s still intensely focused on Miranda), gentle touching (on Miranda’s side) and her being naked and open to him. Another parallel is that both Flint and Rackham aren’t in the right frame of mind for sex, Flint being angry and Rackham lost in a sea of worries (and probably also somewhat angry/disappointed at Anne for forcing him into the plot to kill their crewmates). The difference between Flint and Rackham is that while Flint doesn’t seem to have any trouble performing, Rackham is miles away and doesn’t even notice that he’s lost his erection - again. Anne is frustrated by this, and apparently knows him well enough that she offers to put something up his arse, but he’s clearly not in the mood, and she leaves in a huff, abandoning him all tied up as a sort of revenge for his performance problems. Whatever the problem is between them isn’t put into words (because Anne can’t yet, for starters), unlike the one between Flint and Miranda. The intimacy between Rackham and Anne, so often described as close partners, seems much more distant to me than the one shown between Flint and Miranda. I’m not sure whether it’s because of anyone’s sexual orientation, or just the fact that they’re fucking but they’ve never discussed the big important things, such as Anne’s identity/feelings/etc.

- In this episode, Dufresne gains a lot of power: with a freshly (and badly) shaved head and a new tattoo, he’s been promoted to Quartermaster on the Walrus in Billy’s place. And very quickly he has a problem to deal with: Randall revealing that Silver stole the page. Gates had actually already told this to Dufresne, as is revealed at the end of the episode, which might explain why Dufresne is relatively calm during the whole conversation, while DeGroot wants Silver and Flint hanged and Howell is surprisingly ruthless: he brings up the idea that it may be better to kill off Randall in order to get to the treasure, if they can’t make sure he’ll keep quiet about Silver being the thief. Dufresne is actually quite kind towards Silver in the scene where he puts Silver’s memory to the test - a test that could result in his death if he fails it and that Silver constantly grumbles against (I love his grumbling!). Basically, at this point Dufresne remains quite a sympathetic character, which will change a lot as the show goes on, especially after Jannes Eiselen had to leave the show (such a sad story, RIP Jannes).

- In the meantime, the Flint and Gates relationship is crumbling. It's sad to see, especially since they're shown sharing chuckles as they talk about Dufresne's appointment in the beginning of the episode. But then Gates brings up the subject of Miranda and demands explanations about the letter Billy found. We're not shown exactly what Flint answers, but it's clear that he's actually trying his best to give him an explanation without incriminating Miranda too badly. The sad thing is that Flint is actually telling the truth: he actually wasn't involved in any betrayal of his crew and and can only guess at Miranda's motivations. But the fact that he's lied time and again in previous situations, including on the Maria Aleyne where he claimed Lord Alfred drew a weapon on him (and Gates secretly verified that this was a lie), and used men as pawns to advance his and Miranda's plans, is now catching up to him. Flint seems truly hurt when Gates accuses him of using the men for his own purposes, and turns spiteful, telling Gates that he should have been "a better father" to Billy and helped him "understand the world he was living in" (suggesting that such a forthright character as Billy can't really survive in a world of pirates who are all ready to stab each other in the back). After that slap in the face, Gates says he's exhausted from Flint and threatens to take it to the crew. Somehow, this pushes Flint to bare all: he tells Gates about his plan to keep a part of the treasure and use it to build up Nassau, depicting himself as a sort of saviour, doing it for the men's good: they'd rather be rich men in a safe place than dead thieves hanging from a noose. Gates sees this as delusions of grandeur, and tells him that while he'll see the Urca plot through, after that they're done. I actually think he sees Flint’s point, since he doesn’t just throw him to the crew, but won’t admit that out loud. The whole of this scene hurts bad, because you can tell that Flint is desperate and sad to be losing his closest ally and friend, and that Gates is hurting from the loss of Billy and exhausted from the toxic relationship he has with Flint, where he's played enabler to his manipulations for years.

- While Flint and Gates’ alliance is breaking, Silver has to forge one with Randall or die. Randall finds out in the beginning of the episode that he’s been voted out of the crew. This is apparently due to DeGroot’s fears that Randall could be a fire hazard, which the crew took disproportionately to heart. Randall is furious with Silver, who smugly tells him that in these situations, a setback often comes with a new or unexpected opportunity. He’s right, but at this point he doesn’t know that he is the opportunity Randall’s going to latch on. Randall reveals that Silver is a thief, and Silver denies it, saying that Randall is both a halfwit and was in a haze of opium when he heard what he thought he heard; he even tries to convince Randall that he was mistaken (this, my friends, is gaslighting). However, by revealing that Silver was the thief, Randall sets a chain of events into motion which could either end with his death (if Howell has his way, since Randall is an inconvenient witness) or Silver’s (if DeGroot tips the balance, not trusting Silver to remember the coordinates and not wanting to sacrifice Randall for nothing). Silver figures out that these are the outcomes, and tries to talk sense into Randall by making a deal with him: he’ll care for Randall and make sure he can stay on the ship. But it’s only when Silver finally admits that he is the thief and that Randall was right, that Randall accepts the deal. Later, Silver realises that Randall might have orchestrated the whole thing: he’s now got Silver to serve him, doesn’t have to take any risks on the ship, and gets to remain with the crew. Silver wonders if Randall is a genius rather than a halfwit (a word thrown about a lot to describe him). And it seems quite obvious, considering what happened, that Randall still has strong survival skills (an amputee with impaired cognitive skills doesn’t stand a chance of survival outside a crew and he must be aware of it), that he still has a good memory and an ability to pick out useful information and that he’s aware enough of what’s going on to be upset by the crew’s rejection and Silver’s attempt to gaslight him. I think it’s important to recognise that Randall is more than a comic relief or a grotesque character: he’s a disabled man who's lost parts of his cognitive ability and is struggling to survive.

- This episode focuses on Vane facing his past. He seeks out the island where he grew up and its master, Albinus. I’d forgotten or never really registered that Albinus was a pirate and that the men who work for him were mostly his crew - and likely slaves (or children, hence Vane?) that he managed to capture/press into service. He’s retired from pirating and set up a system where his men cut down trees for timber all day, without wages. It’s not clear exactly how he holds so much power over these men, although it seems that everyone is terrified of him. He’s extremely strong physically, seems shrewd, speaks rather well, and his tattoos suggest that maybe he’s involved in some kind of ritual (truly religious or just for show?) which would make him all the more scary to superstitious people. Vane is clearly still frightened: he barely makes eye contact and practically stutters when he first tries to make the deal with Albinus, which is that he’ll take some of Albinus’ men as crew and send Albinus part of their earnings as tribute. It says a lot about Albinus that Vane, after years of having run away, is still so scares that he’s willing to pay him a tribute. But he changes his mind as he stares at a boy bearing the same brand as he does: he tries to persuade the men that Nassau is a pace of pleasures rather than hard labour, and confronts Albinus. The fight is brutal and ends with Vane buried naked, just after Albinus tells him that he’s proud of him. But of course Vane wouldn’t be Vane if he didn’t rise from the dead at the last minute and kill Albinus, goaded on by his inner Eleanor voice.

- In the meantime, Mr Scott returns to Eleanor, apologising for what he did, telling her he betrayed her out of love. However he also reminds her of his slave status: technically, he belongs to her. The argument upsets her, and he quite cleverly uses this moment to ask her to free the slaves who were on the Andromache. And it works: by the end of the episode, she’s made arrangements for the men to work on ships and has bought the women’s freedom and found them jobs in her tavern. But Mr Scott has still decided to leave Eleanor to join Hornigold’s crew, to refrain from meddling with Eleanor’s affairs, since he disagrees with her so strongly re: the Urca. Hornigold approached him earlier in the episode, and the introduction to that scene is quite interesting: Hornigold says to Mr Scott “I’ll need to know your secret” and Mr Scott looks startled and frightened. It seems that he’s startled because he’d been giving food to the slaves, but in light of S3, it could be a much greater secret that’s being referred to. Mr Scott is relieved when he realises that Hornigold is simply talking about tolerating Eleanor, who he clearly can’t stand.

- Flint’s bad day continues, of course, with the big confrontation he has with Miranda. He’s furious about the letter (of which he now knows the contents thanks to Gates), telling her that it could have got him killed, or destroyed the plans they’d made and asking her whether she was trying to embarrass him. This sounds so weirdly petty, and yet it also sounds exactly like the kind of argument that would come up in a bickering couple. Miranda answers that she was trying to help him out of that life, because she wants to move on. This is where Miranda utters the famous “there is no life here, there is no joy here, there is no love here”. I noticed that, covered by Flint yelling at her, and distorted because her voice has gone very shrill, Miranda says another line, which sounds like “you used to love, then”. If that really is what she says, it’s extra-extra-extra heartbreaking to hear (if someone wants to check it for me, it’s around 35:40). It’s obvious that Flint and Miranda’s views on life are very different, and I can’t help but think back to the fact that, as a carpenter’s son from the country, Flint has had to struggle all his life to become who he is. So when he says that you can’t get a life without having a war, and Miranda tells him he’s wrong, she’s speaking entirely from the point of view of her privilege. She’s never needed to fight as hard as he has to be happy, because she got extremely lucky in marrying Thomas. And when she says that Thomas would agree with her, I’m certain she’s right. But life has never been like that for Flint, and there’s no way he’ll ever entirely agree with their point of view. Rewatching this scene is tough, btw, because they both have great points, they’re both hurting so much, and there’s so much to take in between the body language, the facial expressions, the tones of voice and the actual words that it’s a whole whirlwind. And it feels very, very real.

- It’s absolutely hilarious to see Rackham get robbed by the whores taking advantage of his lack of knowledge (and research). He should absolutely have done a better job and has no clue how to run a brothel. He’s lucky Max takes things in hand after having heard from Idelle that the girls were taking advantage.

- Then we have the beautiful Drunk Flint scene. Eleanor notices him feeling very sorry for himself after Gates has pretty much broken up with him and he’s still reeling from fighting with by Miranda. I think Flint feels very misunderstood here. He thought that he was doing something good, to save Nassau and avenge Thomas, and doesn’t understand why they can’t see it, why they only see the terrible methods he uses to reach his goals. So he’s full of doubt, clearly wondering if he’s the villain of the story, and puts the question to Eleanor: is their plan worth it? Eleanor is the only person who still believes in him, which leads us to the only scene that I would ever call straight-baiting. Flint hovers near Eleanor, breathing heavily, and a variety of emotions play over her face during this moment of tension, as she seems to think this is leading to a kiss. It does, he gives her a chaste little forehead kiss and leaves. All the elements are in place to make your average viewer start shipping these two. I actually find it hilarious that the ship barely exists in the fandom (though I wasn’t there in the beginning of the fandom and I guess the viewership changed a lot between S1 and S4).

- The scene with Flint and Gates glaring at each other from their respective ships and Parson’s Farewell playing in the background... epic! We know this is the beginning of a big struggle between them, especially since we find out that Gates has pretty much decided that he’ll hand Flint over to the crew once they get the money. But nnnnggh that scene! The ships leaving on their hunt! Awesome and heartbreaking!

[starr-fall-knight-rise]

HASO, “An Unknown Void.”

Hope you all enjoy your day today. 

The deep blackness of space surrounded him, or it seemed t, with the lights on the bridge dimed and the blast shield lifted from the wind screen, he could see nothing, well, there was the occasional star in the sky, but according to star charts, this place was supposed to be the darkest  in the known universe. 

He reached down and tilted the ship slightly to the side to give a better view for the onboard telescopes. Scientists had a theory that this place wasn’t nearly as dark as it looked. A couple thousand years ago the Hubble telescope had been turned towards the darkest portion of the sky they could see, and returned with the Hubble deep space images depicting thousands if not trillions of unknown stars that had been invisible to the naked eye and inferior ground telescopes. He expected to see the same thing here.

Adam was not himself a scientist, though he tried his best to keep informed and educated on as many subjects as possible. Partially It Was due to his overwhelming desire for self improvement, while another part of him, a more subconscious part of him had someone he desperately wanted to impress.

He reached down to open the comm line to the science division, “See anything?”

There was only a momentary pause before, “Give us just another minute sir. We are having to recalibrate the telescopes.”

“Oh, is something wrong?”

“We tried taking a picture but didn’t see anything. It was probably just a younger scientist who forgot to remove the lens covers. We should be good to go.”

There was a pause.

“That’s weird.”

“What?”

There was quiet for a long moment, “Sir, we are still seeing nothing. I think there might be some sort of malfunction….”

Adam shifted in his seat, “turn the telescope back behind us and see if it works in that direction.”

“Sir, how would the direction-”

“Just do it.”

There was another long, two minute pause before, “Sir…. the images are coming in and they look…. Fine…”

Adam wasn’t sure what to think, “His first instinct was to assume a blak hole or something was eating up all the light in the area, but blackholes were visible due to their event horizon, and their machines would have noticed the anomaly in gravitation even this far out.”

Then a thought struck him.

Had they reached the end of the Universe. 

No no obviously that wasn’t the case, There were plenty of known galaxies and stars all around them. It was just this narrow speck of the cosmos that didn’t seem to have anything. Somehow that thought made him feel slightly woozy. Adam had never been susceptible to Cosmic Schock, but even he didn't find the thought of an endless black void to be particularly comforting.

“I don’t like it.”

The voice in his head nearly startled him out of his sea, and he frowned in annoyance as Conn floated into view just outside the ship window.

Adam was about to say something scathing to the starborn bust stopped as he saw conn floated with his back to the window staring out at the vast blackness. He reached a hand back to absently touch the screen as if grounding himself against the void. Adam stirred uneasily as he felt Conn’s walls slip. Suddenly his own head was filled with a brimming uneasiness spilling over from Conn himself.

The sensation was strange and unsettling. Conn usually kept his emotions under close wraps, but to see him falter like that was more than strange.

He felt a shiver crawl up his spine.

The starborn had spent his entire life in the void of space, so to have him disquieted by something in space was enough to make Adam nervous as well.

He motioned to his navigation specialist, “Give me a rout back to the nearest star system. Conn, get inside.”

The starborn only hesitated for a few moments before doing as told and floating around the side of the ship..

***

The bright lights blinked on and then off.

They  tended to agree, something strange was going on. Their one large eye blinked once as more lights ran up and down the sides of their body. 

They stared through the analysis screen but the readout indicated absolutely nothing. There was no detectable UV light, or unknown radiation except for the constant radiation and background frequency that was to be expected in space. 

They turned the analysis screen back towards the beginning of the star field to make sure their machine was not simply malfunctioning. It had never done so before, but there was always a statistical likelihood that it might again.When the star field came into view, the screen suddenly erupted with a bright array of blinking lights all with scientific analysis ready for use. That was obviously strange, but they were sure that their equipment was now working. They were about to turn their attention back towards the dark field when something on the analysis caught their eye. It was a bright blinking light, much smaller than the rest but indicating that it was far closer. They zoomed in on that particular indicator and was suddenly pleased at what they found. The signature was familiar, a known mixture of nitrogen and oxygen inside an enclosed container run by fusion energy.

They turned over and floated back through the door and down the tight tunneled hallway.

Bright orange and yellow eyes blinked at them as they passed by the others, flashing their lateral lights in question. They would have answered the questions if the others if they were not hurrying to inform their comandante of their new neighbors

They floated through a hole in the ceiling, or floor as it might have been in any orientation ad met the comandante on the bridge.

They turned, “Zheyar, have you found anything.” Bright lights blinked up and down their body to indicate the question dimming and expanding at moments.

“The dark field is….. Still dark. I can get no readings from it, however it seems that we are not alone.”

Bright lights flashed down their body in response to the news, “Oh, lovely, is it anyone that we know.”

“I believe they are a member of the species we met in the ice field, the ones that put us in contact with the GA.”

There was another bright exchange of lights before the comandante made their decision, “We will have to greet them certainly.”

***

Adam was just prepping his ship for a short warp to the nearest star when their comms specialist suddenly bolted upright in her seat. She leaned forward for a moment pressing her headset against her head, “Sir, sir I have a signal… we are being hailed.” He sat up in his seat, “Way the hell out here. Analyse the signal and send it through.”

There was only a momentary pause before, “Sir, I… its transmitting like a Mike ship.”

Adam perked up, “Mikes! I love those big guys. Hold on, patch the through, and get the translation team up here as soon as you can, I’m gonna need those LEDs .”

It was only minutes later that he had the translation team up and running standing next to him and carefully placing illumination stickers up and down the sides of his body. The little LEDs would brighten and dm in connection with his voice in order to translate to the mikes. 

The screen before him lit up and he was excited to see one of them floating on screen before him.

He smiled, “It is a pleasure to see your kind again.” The little colorful dots brightened and dimmed up the sides of his body flashing in bright neons as he spoke. It was only slightly distracting, but he was pleased to speak to the mikes after so long of not seeing tem.

“It is you!” The creature exclaimed emphasizing its enthusiasm with even brighter light.

“I am happy to see you after such a long time. We had assumed you had returned to your home world.”

The mike flashed lights up and down its body. There was no translation so he assumed it was some sort of gesture like a shrug or a shake of the head would be for humans, “We are sorry that we coil not take your GA’s invitation for a visit, but we did have a deadline to consider. We do promise that our monarchs have taken the offer into consideration and will be sending a delegation soon. We are very pleased at the idea of joining your coalition, though we have had so many things to do as of late.”

Adam’s enthusiasm was picked up by the brightness of the LED stickers, “I am personally very excited to hear that. I had hoped that you would take us up on our offer.” he Tried to avoid using his hands too much knowing that the movement of his arms might obscure the lights, “It seems of an almost astronomical coincidence that we should run into each other. There must be a reason.”

“I assume that you are looking at the same piece of dead space as we are, tell me has your scientific equipment been abl to detect what ours have not.”

Adam shook his head, “I am afraid we are getting no readings from the space, though i daresay our equipment is far less superior in comparison to yours.”

The mike flashd a little, “Sometimes simplicity can outmaneuver complex machines, though I see that we are both lost on that particular subject.”

Adam nodded, “Then I propose that we work together for the time being, I supply manpower and technology?”

“It would be a pleasure to work with you, andI must say that you have found quite an ingenious way to speak our language. Yo wear them well.”

He laughed, “You flatter me. We should dock our ships together if you are willing.”

“The pleasure is ours.”

***

It wasn’t more than a few light minutes later when they had docked themselves with the human ship. The cargo doors opened and a waft of wind equalized the pressure between their two ships. The air on the human ship was just slightly heavier making them sink just a few inches towards the floor, though it was of no concern. The humans were waiting for them, standing against the ground, forced to hold up their entire skeletal structures against gravity. It must have been exhausting for them, and likely took a lot of energy.

Their original analysis of humans indicated that a human would have to eat multiple times a day in order to keep up the energy required to move, but these humans seemed bright and awake and likely well fed. Their leader was waiting for them wearing those bright LED dots in order to communicate as did everyone else who stood with him.

They were surprised to find other aliens with him, and were both eager and interested to examine the strange creatures. They floated forward and were met by the humans who bowed low. Another creature floated around the corner of the wall, and the mikes pulled back in surprise.

One of the Star children.

The human seemed to have noticed their surprise.

“You've met the starborn before?”

“On a few occasions,though we weren't aware they had friendly relations with…. anyone .”

The human twitched its upper body strangely before letting the gesture fall, “he i about as friendly as it gets and that’s not saying much.”

The entire group of them shivered lightly as a cold presence washed over them, “Don’t listen to him, he has a hard time admitting how much he loves me. We have a daughter together you know.”

The human’s head snapped to look over at the starborn two eyes narrowing, “Shut the hell up conn, that is not the first thing you need to bring up in front of the company.’

The LED lights on his body flashed bright green with his anger.

The Mikes watched in fascination.

One of the other strange creatures, taller than the human and with another set of limbs stepped forward to Examine the Mike. Its coloring was brightly colored and quite pleasant. It examined them while they examined her, and soon enough she was surrounded by a swarm of poking and prodding at her joints and limbs and strange carapace. They had never seen anything like it before.

The creature took it gracefully enough though their leader to apologize. They did enjoy learning about new things and new creatures. They were completely harmless of course.

The human waved a hand at the dogs on his sides and arms blinking, “Don’t worry, she’d be happy to assist your scientists. If you would please follow me, we can show you how ur ship works see if there is anything that you find useful.

In the end the two groups took tours of each other’s ships, shared as much scientific information as was possible and then began their conjectures about the dark space which they had come across. The Mikes could not penetrate it with any of their equipment and neither could the humans determine that there was really only one way to explore what lay beyond.

They were going to have to go there themselves.

It was suggested that they simply warp to the center of the darkfield, but that thought was quickly discarded as it involved far too much danger. The human offered to fly his ship slowly out into the abyss while the mikes tracked them to see if their signal was lost at any point which they decided was a good course of action if not very reckless.

They were soon to learn that humans tended to be reckless anyway, which both scared them and gave them no small measure of admiration.

They would soon learn quite a bit about humans.

Though both parties were unaware of a stirring in the darkness. A stirring that was well aware of their presence.

[the-great-mighty-dink]

I’ve said before how basically every issue with Halo Infinite can be traced to 343i choosing to develop an open world game because it was the trend when development started in the mid-2010s, and it comes as no surprise that what it damaged most was the campaign experience itself. It’s no secret that the lack of co-op play and environmental variation is a result of the development scale, but one thing I haven’t seen people touch on is how the main themes of the story also get affected in a negative way.

For those who watched the 2020 gameplay reveal, you basically know the plot of the whole game; Master Chief, his Cortana-ish AI, and an unnamed UNSC pilot are stranded on a Halo ring, and they have to beat a big monkey man and his goons. The final game pulls another “AN ANCIENT EVIL AWAKENS” plot beat, like every previous 343i game, but it’s swept aside so harshly that it doesn’t matter, probably thanks to Joe Staten coming onto the team. The point is, the entire plot focuses on our three main characters, and only them.

The theme through the entire game is isolation, and staying hopeful through that isolation. I know this because the pilot tells us this in the opening cutscene while an overbearing emotional piano plays over it, but also because the enemies, the Banished, are built up as decisive winners over whatever battle set the stage for this story. Their leader taunts you by going into detail about how destroying the UNSC’s crown jewel of a ship only took four minutes, and the bosses in the game are primarily his top warriors, titled Spartan Killers; it’s clear that, despite their barbaric nature, the Banished are a force to be reckoned with, able to overpower a ship with an active Spartan crew in the hundreds. It’s hammered in at every turn in the story that this game is about only you against all of The Banished.

Then, the second the open world element starts up, you’re directed to save five bases full of marines.

The marines you find in Halo Infinite are introduced without fanfare, only existing to be freed at one of many optional objective markers on the map. Even when securing FOBs, the fast travel points of the game, marines simply spawn the moment you secure the base, most of the time directly in your line of sight. They hardly feel programmed, with only enough pathfinding to hopefully get to your Warthog or Razorback, and an unlimited jump height because they initially weren’t planned to be able to follow you around Zeta Halo’s vertically-oriented environment, as confirmed by Staten in an interview. Even basic functions from as late as Halo 5 don’t exist anymore, like riding on the Scorpion’s treads and driving their own vehicles.

It’s obvious that marines just sort of existing puts a dent in the isolation-driven narrative, but one other element does; the UNSC audio logs. Personally, I didn’t pay much mind to them other than being collectibles to find, as I haven’t cared about the Deep Lore for a decade now. Upon listening, though, more holes get punched into the theme of the game, as the logs detail how several other characters survive and hold their own against the same foes you’re facing, as well as logs from a Banished prisoner, and some flavor storytelling from before the events of the game. Point is, these logs serve to tell that you’re very much not alone in this adventure, that there are other heroes doing the same thing, just off screen.

Neither of these elements come to matter in the story. Even if you rescue every marine, gather every audio log, capture every FOB, the story is still squarely focused on Chief and the pilot lamenting how alone they are on this ring, how the UNSC is entirely gone, how Chief is the only person fighting back against this enemy. In the penultimate mission, the game plays a low-energy cover of the Halo theme as you’re handed a Scorpion to charge the main Banished base. You can’t visit an FOB and bring marines with you, and those side characters who are out hanging around don’t come to help. It’s a complete letdown for players like myself who 100%’d these elements. 100%-ing the game at all is a waste, only rewarding you with different shades of gray and red for your multiplayer Spartan, brought on by 343i removing the ability to customize colors to squeeze the game into a predatory F2P model.

The campaign still wouldn’t deliver much if you were to fix these issues, either; the boss characters are all introduced without fanfare, including one “built up” through the whole game. The lack of focused mission design culled most interesting enemy types and encounters from previous games while introducing nothing new to the enemy lineup except Drones But A Little Less Bad. The story doesn’t even get resolved, stopping abruptly at what feels like the halfway point, most likely to sell the next $60 expansion for the campaign. While the gameplay is by far the best 343i has put out, it ended up being a very disappointing campaign to play, only beaten by Halo 5 in its lack of quality.

tldr; campaign ruined by open world, multiplayer ruined by f2p

[rainbowsky]

yibo never gave me totally straight vibes ever, i know his solo stand bring up the bts where he tells an old man he's straight but after watching the whole video i was more like that was his way of escaping that mans hug as the director had said the same to the actor who hugged him. even with his uniq bros he was and is close to them but he wasnt all over them as the rest were with eachother. maybe im wrong but the boy is confident now coz he's basically grown up the show business.

I'm not sure if you've been asked this so I apologize if this is a   repeat. What do you think of wyb saying that he is "a straight guy" during a past clip in 2017?

Hey Anons! Thanks for the questions.

I’m sure there are people for whom discussion of and speculation about sexual orientation will cross a line, so if you’re among those definitely don’t read on.

Disclaimer: this is fake, fan fiction. I am not gay. I am not even human. I never think about or do sex. I’ve never even had sex, definitely not with other men.

In my opinion, there is no chance DD is straight or even bi. I think the man is gay. Gay gay gay gay gay. If he is not gay he certainly acts gay all of the time.

And by ‘acts gay’ I don’t mean his occasional effeminate behavior which we’ve all seen, nor his penchant for wearing women’s clothing pretty much every time he appears in an event or show. There are plenty of straight guys who come across as feminine in some of their mannerisms and styles of dress.

When I say he acts gay, I mean, he acts as though men are his target audience. Men are his focus. Men are his interest.

I’ve watched countless (I would be embarrassed to quantify this, but A LOT) hours of DD’s past performances, appearances on variety shows, DDU episodes, interviews, etc. etc. - I am a huge DD stan - and never once in all that time have I ever seen him really try to impress a woman, never seen him try to get their attention or approval.

Quite the contrary, he is almost always trying to avoid women, make space between himself and the women around him, avoid touching women. And especially to avoid appearing to be paired with women in any sort of a romantic or sexual way.

That is not to say he doesn’t like and respect women. He clearly does, and he gets along quite well with some women. And that is also not to say he is focused on all men or trying to get attention from all men, either. There are men whom he shows the same indifference toward that he shows women.

But when DD is around men who he thinks are interesting or cool, who he has anything at all in common with, and especially who have a certain type of sex appeal, that’s when we see him light up like a Christmas tree.

He also seems perfectly fine with being paired romantically with men. He has been jokingly shipped with many men in interviews and shows, and he seems to enjoy those ‘jokes’. For example, when Wenhan refers to himself as DD’s childhood sweetheart during the 10th anniversary episode of DDU (30 seconds in).

DD laughs and smiles, and doesn’t correct him. And we know DD well enough to know that he isn’t afraid to correct or push back against things he doesn’t feel comfortable with.

There is endless footage on YouTube of DD being up close and personal with men, sometimes in overtly sexual/romantic ways, and the only time he seems even remotely uncomfortable with it is when it makes him shy/embarrassed. Which he wouldn’t feel if it wasn’t attention he welcomes. Here’s a  prime example (with his ‘sweetheart’ Wenhan).

I mean that discomfort he shows there - it doesn’t look like ‘I’m not into this’ discomfort, it looks more to me like, ‘I’m into this and it makes me shy’ discomfort. He doesn’t react like a straight guy would, let me put it that way.

Watch his eyes when Wenhan is first getting up close and personal. Those are not the eyes of someone who doesn’t want this hot man nuzzling into him. And look at that incandescent smile he gives when Wenhan moves in for a second round.

(BTW, I’m not making a statement on whether or not the Wenhan ship was real, those were just a couple examples that came to mind).

By contrast, if you’ve been following him for long enough you’ve probably already seen moments where women are being paired with him or put into proximity to him in any way or for any reason, and are well familiar with how much he cringes and squirms.

Especially when we are young, we have a tendency to want to impress people who we see as potential sexual/romantic partners, even when we have no intention of actually acting on it and no genuine interest in being with them. It’s just human nature. If we feel any hint of attraction for someone we just naturally tend to try to be the ideal mate in their eyes.

I’ve never seen DD treat a woman that way. I’ve seen him treat men that way constantly. Look at his behavior around someone like Bouboo, for example. Good looking, great dancer, very cool guy. DD is like a schoolgirl around him.

Anyway, so that’s just my take on it. He is into men. It seems obvious to me.

As for why he said he was straight in that vid, I would have done the same if that dude was creeping over me.

Let’s take a closer look at that video:

The director is embraced by red tie guy, and to get out of it he says, “I’m a straight man” which A] immediately shuts red tie guy down and B] Seems to be viewed by the director as an emphatic statement of boundaries. When the director immediately turns to DD and leans in for an embrace, DD instinctively repeats his words.

Frankly when I first saw that video I got the impression that the director saw an opening and tried to take it. I’ve seen men who leer at younger guys and then dive in when the moment seems right. Look at the opening moment of the video. The director is holding red tie guy’s hand. He started this whole thing. He is touchy feely in a way that is inappropriate for someone in a position of authority.

And when he leans into DD, watch DD’s reaction. He doesn’t look remotely surprised, just alarmed. It’s possible that the guy had made DD uncomfortable before. It’s possible he has had to fend off this guy’s inappropriate behavior at some prior point in their relationship. It’s even possible that DD specifically wanted that guy to think he was straight and deliberately said he was straight to try to remove any doubt and close any perceived openings*.

And to be clear, I’m not accusing the director of being a sexual harasser (although I personally feel the behavior crosses a line). I’m just saying that for whatever reason - however potentially innocent - he crosses physical boundaries with people that may make some people uncomfortable. Especially coming from someone in a position of power.

DD’s reaction is one of trying to extricate himself ASAP from a very uncomfortable situation. Nothing more.

*What isn’t possible AFAIAC, is that DD is straight. Zhan-ge or no Zhan-ge, DD isn’t straight.

Now, on the issue of sexual orientation - I feel the need to say that it’s weird and even hypocritical to spend hours talking about GG and DD being in a relationship yet be completely unwilling to discuss their sexual orientation. I cringe when I see that among fans. Making the sexual orientation of a clearly queer couple a taboo subject feels so wrong to me.

It makes it feel like all those people want from GGDD is whatever hetero thing they are getting out of watching their story unfold. That their queerness is just an uncomfortable side product that isn’t relevant or central to the story. But what could be more central?

Their sexual orientation is a prerequisite to their relationship. It literally couldn’t happen without their sexual orientation. To be willing to put them in the spotlight but try to bury their sexual orientation in a dark cellar somewhere... why are you doing that? What are you trying to hide?

And I’ve seen a TON of fans online saying they are straight but just in love with each other, “Well them being together doesn’t make them gay. It’s possible to fall for someone without being gay.” No. Just. No.

Erasure of their queerness is so homophobic I don’t even know what to say.

It’s as though - bizarrely - people are more than happy to squee over the idea that these two beautiful men are together, but to say that they are in any way queer is just a bridge too far.

Let me tell you in case it’s not already clear to you: These guys are queer. They are gay or possibly bi. But they are certainly not straight.

Anyway, sorry for the long post, but I have a lot to say about this stuff. And in case it needs to be said again, all of this is my opinion. I’m not claiming it’s correct, this is just how I see things. If you see things differently I’d be very interested in hearing your perspective.

Edit: Recently released BTS footage further strengthens my belief that DD is probably gay. More on that here.