#or hello puppets related ones if you have questions about my au

[sarilolla]

This is very convenient for me because I am also obsessed with Bugsnax /pos

Eyyyy, that’s nice, anon! I will probably post a bit about two ocs I have so far, both are in the journalist role and different aus, and considering how I have written my earlier work, you can imagine it’s quite self-indulgent (I am cringe, but I am free), if people are interested in knowing of course! I usually just lurk in a fandom before actually posting stuff (did the same with hello puppets and dreamworks trolls), but I might do a fanfic for this if I get the motivation to make something coherent ^^

I’m also very much up for people asking me about my opinion on characters and other parts of the game (will probably not do anything like writing requests for it yet, I have to get a feel for how to write the characters first)

Thank you for the ask ^^

[lenardslittlemeowmeow]

Hello again! This is a post for people who have read my recently published fic "To The Unfriendly Neighborhood"!

I promised, didn't I?

This is an art piece I did while writing the fic! Major spoilers for the fic underneath the read more! Please give it a read and then come back and check this out :D

Now that only people who have read the fic (or are willing to spoil themselves) are here…

I proudly present: Jewel!

Yep! She needed a different name during the concept and ideas process because half-Unfriendly Junebug was too long, so we (me and a friend) decided on Jewel! Because Jewel beetles look very similar to Junebugs and are closely related.

And this is her!

This is her normal everyday wear! Her hair is tipped bright green because she convinced Gordon to buy her hair dye. Her skirt is long because it helps to hide her legs without them getting tangled up (I wanted to show them off lol). She's supposed to be disproportionate by the way.

This is her jacket outfit. She wears it when she's having a bad day and needs more of a "shield" from the world. It doesn't quite fit perfectly because it's an old employee's jacket.

And now the fun part, details and extras about Jewel and the story!

Story details:

- The reason Norman and Lenard thought Jewel didn't actually meet Gordon is because they hadn't encountered him themselves and made assumptions.

- Pearl actually knew who Gordon was, but she didn't think he was coming back and thought Jewel was just being wishful and naive.

Jewel details:

- Absolutely despises Norman. Particularly the Norman who wasn't aware of Gordon's existence and was the first to tell her he wasn't real, even when he was. She's sorta indifferent and standoffish to the other Normans, but she's downright aggressive to the original.

- When it comes to the puppets, she gets along best with Lenard, since he helped her through her transformation and the whole ordeal afterwards. They're very close.

- Struggles with delusions and hallucinations, often Lenard and Gordon are the only ones who can help her out of them.

- Very protective of Gordon. Almost constantly by his side. On bad days she'll growl at anyone who gets too close to him. Can and should be likened to an overprotective attack dog.

- Will sometimes just. Pick Gordon up. Like when you hold a cat by the armpits. Carries him around like a teddy bear. (He learns not to fight it lol)

- This is made funnier by the fact that she's 6'3, and I HC Gordon as 5'2.

- Has chronic pain in her legs and missing eye.

- So many body insecurities. So many.

- Intrusive thoughts galore. Do you know how many times this girlie has vividly imagined tearing her friends apart? Hates it with a passion.

- She becomes pretty cynical, but she tries to see the best in others regardless.

- Picks up cursing from Gordon, gains quite the potty mouth. I HC that the puppets are literally incapable of cursing until they turn Unfriendly, and Jewel is just Unfriendly enough that she's not blocked from it.

- Pretending to be friendlier than she is is incredibly difficult, so sometimes she'll go deeper into the studio, find an abandoned room, and just tear it to fucking shreds. Goes absolutely apeshit. Sometimes she just needs to let it all out.

And with that, I am done! Please ask questions about her or this AU if you have any, I love her lots and would adore if someone else had an interest in her!

I'm sort of working on a post-TTUFN fic about that last point on Jewel, so stay tuned! No guarantees cause I'm burning myself out a little, but I should have a short one out sometime, at the least :3

See ya!

[aziraphalesbookkeeper]

Do you have any other tangled aus you would like to share with the class????

Oh Nonny I have a million and a half aus that roll around in my brain at all times

Uhhh I've already discussed the your name au, the summer camp au, and now the Beetlejuice au...let me think

Imaginary Friend AU - Before Zhan Tiri tried to manipulate Cass, she tried to possess Varian. As a child of the DK with a mark left by the Moonstone, he can see her, unlike most other individuals. To him, she's his imaginary friend who encourages him to touch the black rocks/gives dubious advice. She's the personified voice of his villainous side. To her, he's the perfect puppet--if only she can manipulate the kid into letting her possess him to finally get the sundrop. Basically, a rewrite of some important moments in the series but with that pesky lil demon being a voice in Var's ear.

Pushing Daisies Varigo AU - Moon!Varian has a small problem. He can raise the dead with just one touch. Hugo has an even bigger problem. He dies on a job by falling off a roof. Fortunately for Hugo, he lands on this guy who accidentally brings him back to life. Hugo gets the hell out of dodge before he can really question whatever magic bullshit just happened, while Varian panics because he's never brought a person back to life before. He has to find them before he tells someone about this power! Cue both of them chasing each other through the DK, then striking up a deal. Rumor has it that the Sundrop can bring people back to life, for good. Hugo wants his life back. Varian wants to see if his celestial opposite can take away these destructive powers. Var has never really left the DK castle before, so he needs Hugo's street smarts. Hugo is literally a dead man walking, and some part of him is bound to Varian because, hello, bodies gotta serve their necromancers. They make a deal to travel to Corona together, with one hitch: they can never, ever touch. Which can become a problem when you slowly start to fall in love.

I just have a lot of thoughts about the Moonstone lore involving necromancy okay

Brotherhood Reveal AU - My obligatory s1/s2 rewrite. When Quirin gets locked in the amber, Var tears up the house to find anything that'll help him break his dad out. He discovers Quirin's secret chest filled with DK stuff because hello, it was RIGHT THERE. One chat with Xavier reveals that his dad isn't actually Coronian, and he's been keeping more secrets than Varian thought. Cue him leaving to find this mysterious Moonstone to help him break out of the amber instead of having a villain arc.

On the road, he meets a woman named Adira, who is annoyingly persistent about traveling with Varian. With Adira, he works through his issues with Rapunzel and his guilt around what happened during QFAD. Then, they run into this other, much scarier guy named Hector, who freaks the fuck out when he sees Varian and Adira together. He tries to forbid them from going any further than his tree (which has some awesome ancient markings on it!) but Adira reminds Hector that, while seeking out the Moonstone is forbidden, technically, Varian isn't a DK outsider. Hector begrudgingly accepts this logic and joins them on their journey. Varian doesn't understand why these random adults keep insisting they need to travel with him.

They make it to the DK, and he convinces Edmund to let him do studies on the Moonstone. After a day or two, Rapunzel and her crew show up at the DK to seek out answers about the Moonstone. She and Varian have a heart-to-heart because by now he's had time to cool off and is more understanding of where she came from during QFAD. She's not expecting him to be so level-headed and is pleasantly surprised/apologizes for everything. Together the freckle sibs figure out the Moonstone/decay incantation and head back home to save Quirin. (Also??? Apparently Eugene is a prince and Varian is his cousin???? Edmund breaks out the family tree chart and Varian fanboys over being related to The Flynn Rider--)

It's honestly a crime that Varian didn't get to go to the Great Tree to see all those Demanitus markings. I'm literally so weak for the Brotherhood taking care of Varian without Varian knowing they're his family, and so much could have changed if Adira had taken five minutes to check in on her nephew post-QFAD. She was IN CORONA, she knew who Quirin was, and also she knew Varian??? Auntie, do better.

UHHHHHH there are probably others but that's all I can think of for now! 💖 ty for picking my brain!!

[inkykeiji]

Hi Clari!!! I hope you're doing well and had an amazing weekend! I'm sorry if you've already answered something like this before! 😊

I was having big thoughts about the twins, but then I couldn't remember if you'd mentioned the other Todoroki siblings existing in this AU!?!

You may have done and I just missed it, but if the other siblings already do, and if not, did exist in the AU, what would the twins relationship be like with them?

I can imagine Touya being the more approachable of the two, I feel he'd click quite well with Fuyumi perhaps? They both give me those sort of caregiver vibes 😅

Natsuo and Dabi I can imagine being close, not quite as close as in the Touya - Nii series, but I can still imagine Natsuo looking up to both his big brothers because they're so cool! (Dabi is just that smidge cooler to him though 😌)

Would Shoto still be Enji's perfect poster boy, or would Touya have taken that spot?

Would the twins be open to sharing the reader with Natsuo like Touya-Nii did in the Snowman and Me series? Or is it strictly something kept between the twins?

Do the Todoroki family know about the reader and the twins relationship? Do they approve?

There are just too many thoughts for my one track mind 😩😌

It'd be really interesting to know your take! --- The anon who dreamt about living with Dabi on a ranch 🐥

hello sweetpea!!!! oh you’re so lovely <33 thank you bb i hope you had a wonderful weekend as well!!! <3

BUT ANONNNN I AM SHOUTING HAHAHAHA oh my gosh okay first of all you and i have got to be on the same wavelength today bb hehehe because i haven’t mentioned their relationship with the other todoroki siblings much on my blog but i do have (and have had) their relationships with each mapped out in my notebook for months now and i was literally looking it over when you sent this in!! <33

AH SO MANY GOOD QUESTIONS LET’S GET INTO IT WEEEEEEE <3

so first i’m going to link you to this post (which kinda just delves into their relationship with each other but touches upon other relationships in the family) and this post (which discusses dabi’s reaction to yelling and touches upon his trauma related to enji; pls heed the tws!!) but to reiterate and all that:

twin!touya pretty much gets along with all of his siblings in some way. he’s the perfect model of an older brother. as i mentioned in the first post linked above, touya is just really good at playing the part. twin!dabi, on the other hand, barely gets along with anyone other than his twin. he’s extremely difficult to be around about 97% of the time.

natsuo definitely does think both of his older brothers are super super cool, and he follows them around like a puppy when they’ll let him, but he’s actually closer to twin!touya than he is to twin!dabi, simply because twin!dabi won’t let him get too close; dabi’s extreme trust issues get in the way. still, natsuo was the only one there for dabi when touya had been taken from him, and that forged quite a lasting and deep bond, even if it terrifies dabi to this day, even if dabi tries his very hardest to shove natsuo away because of it, even if it’s still extremely complex; a jumbled, tangled mess in his heart. but natsuo understands, and he’s nothing if not resilient, so he kinda just bounces back from it each and every time. but twin!touya has a special soft spot for natsuo, because natsuo was there to take care of his baby twin brother when he wasn’t, and to touya, that means the whole world to him <3 touya hopes that one day his twin will let his guard down enough to let natsuo into his heart, too.

fuyumi is incredibly suspicious of twin!touya. she’s smart as a whip, just like he is, and she can read him like a book and knows when he’s up to something; and he’s always up to something. all she wants is for her family to get along, for god’s sake, and she knows touya’s a threat to that, because he knows how ridiculously manipulative he is, and how he’s planning something against their father—fuyumi is the only of the todoroki siblings that actually has sympathy for their father. thus, even though touya has told her time and again not to worry about it, that everyone will be happy in the end, she knows ‘the end’ does not include their father in any way, shape, or form. still, with that being said, they get along quite well, and they’re constantly throwing teasing quips each other’s way <3 when it comes to twin!dabi, fuyumi’s heart positively breaks for him. he shoves her away, too, because he doesn’t know how to deal with her overwhelming love, but that does not deter her in the slightest. she was there, she witnessed what happened to him, she helped natsuo take care of him in every way she could; in fact, fuyumi took care of that entire family after her mother left. but she has such a soft spot for twin!dabi in her heart, a special type of unconditional love and sympathy for him, and she’ll always be there for him, no matter how many callous insults he spits her way. she views him akin to a terrified animal, and she understands why he lashes out, and sometimes—very rarely, but sometimes—he will let her take him into her arms and hold him, hug him, shush him. she was pretty much the mother he never had for those years when he was without his twin, even though she’s a little younger than he is. so there’s a very interesting, very complex bond there as well.

shouto loves both of his eldest brothers so much. twin!touya loves him back, thinks he’s an absolutely brilliant kid and such a kind, beautiful soul, but he can’t help but feel some resentment towards him; residual feelings that have been transferred from his twin to him. still, he tries to bury them, because he knows none of this is actually shouto’s fault, and that their father is the true villain here, the true one to blame. as i mentioned in the first post linked above, twin!dabi hates shouto with a fierce passion, because he feels betrayed for his twin, betrayed by the way their father so quickly found an (inferior, in his opinion) replacement for touya—to mold into the perfect puppet—and he himself feels a little slighted, too, angry and offended that their father didn’t even try to mold him in replacement of his twin and just went straight to the next ‘perfect’ child, because twin!dabi was too much work, he’s sure. shouto is terrified of dabi, but he looks up to touya with absolute stars in his eyes <3

rei feels incredibly guilty. she likes to pretend that she doesn’t know why she took only twin!touya when she really should’ve taken them both, and will regret for the rest of her life seperating the two of them for a few years. it was incredibly selfish of her, to snatch touya up only because she knew it would hurt her husband the most, and to leave twin!dabi and the rest of her children there with such a brute for a father. dabi hates her for it, and she doesn’t blame him. she hopes one day he can find it in his heart to forgive her for such a horrible mistake, but she knows it’s a slim possibility. she is very, very close to twin!touya though.

i have already touched upon their relationship with enji in the posts linked above, but basically twin!touya IS still enji’s favourite, and enji only latched onto shouto after rei took touya away (during the divorce). touya is still first in line for the family business, and shouto acts as more or less of a back-up, in case touya fails. he’s also easier to control, which is quite appealing to enji, too.

and then, as you can tell, the twins themselves have a very, very unhealthy codependency on each other; they can barely function without one another now <3

ANYWAY LOVELY, THOSE ARE THEIR RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE SIBLINGS + THEIR PARENTS!!! to answer your last few questions:

would the twins be open to sharing the reader with natsuo like touya-nii did in the snowman and me series? or is it strictly something kept between the twins? 

no, they absolutely would not share her with natsuo, this is something very special and sacred and kept strictly between them <3

do the todoroki family know about the reader and the twins relationship? do they approve? 

EHEHEHEHE this is something i’m really really looking forward to exploring in the future of the series!!! because the angst potential is totally insane hehe <3 the answer is, it’s extremely complicated. enji doesn’t approve at all. like, at ALL. he hates to think what the press would think, if this ever got out, and he knows dabi would be more than willing to leak it; anything to hurt his father, right? natsuo thinks it’s SO awesome and super hot, fuyumi thinks it’s quite cute how they share everything, but worries for the poor sweet reader since she knows how her brothers can be, and shouto can’t even think about it without blushing and getting super embarrassed; he isn’t really sure what he thinks yet, but he feels like it’s more their business than his own. rei is on the fence; she wants her boys to be happy, but is this really the best and healthiest way to do it? does she even have a say in it at all? is it really her place or her right to step up and say something? she isn’t sure.

i hope this answers all of your questions bb!!!! thank you so much for asking aaaah i LOVE talking about stuff like this and i am super super excited to explore it deeper within the series!!!! AH EHEHE I REMEMBER U AND UR DREAM <3333 aw such a cute lil chick emoji 🥺🥺 i hope you’re doing wonderful my friend and i wish you many more touya dreams in the future <3

[ayamari-no-goshi]

Eidolon 6 | (T)

ff.net | AO3

Fandom: Danny Phantom (DP)

Summary:  AU: What started off as the result of a simple act of rebellion ends up causing his life to spin out of control. How will young Danny cope with the results as well as a past that has a strange habit of coming back to haunt him.

Warnings: rated T for violence, mentions of death, kidnapping, and various other things

Parings: hints of Danny/Sam much later on

Notes: originally uploaded to Ff.net. Cross-posted to AO3 and tumblr

6. Phone Call

Winston was at a complete loss as to what to do. Though Danny was feeling better, he firmly denied anything strange happened before he started feeling ill. Worse, his friends had decided they were not going to leave for a while. After everything that had happened during the day, he really needed to talk to the boy. It was just he did not want company to hear… though, knowing Danny, he would probably tell his friends anyway.

His other problem involved trying to figure out just how much he should say. He knew he had to explain what happened to the boy's parents, it seemed to factor into both Masters' and Plasmius' involvement in the whole mess. But the other aspect, which held most of Plasmius' attention, was a touchy subject. Unfortunately, that would have to wait until a later time. Without Danny's acknowledgement, there was little that could be said.

He ran his hand through his hair while he continued to pace. Why did everything have to be so complicated?

A sound from the phone interrupted his contemplation. Irritated, he glared at the number and realized it was in his best interests to answer it. Blasted social services! They couldn't leave him alone for more than a few hours anymore. Though, in this case, he did deserve it. After taking a moment to calm himself, he answered the phone, expecting to hear the social worker from earlier in the day. Instead, he was shocked to discover the educated-sounding voice on the other end belonged to none other than the Vlad Masters.

"Hello! Is this Winston?" he asked with a strange, almost false, enthusiasm. "Splendid! I'm just calling to check in as I was informed earlier that you had to cancel a meeting with one of my representatives due to an emergency earlier today."

Winston's eyes narrowed as he listened. "Sorry about that. I tried explaining to the woman that I'd gladly reschedule as it was imperative that I checked in on the situation. It was just as much as a shock to me as to everyone else." He paused for a moment. "You know, I wasn't told that the meeting was with one of your people."

"What?" The voice on the phone had the nerve to sound shocked. "I could have sworn that you had been informed. I'll have to make note to talk to the office about that. Anyways, the meeting was supposed to go over the legal aspects of young Daniel's case."

"Legal aspects? What 'legal aspects'? The courts decided years ago that I had full legal permission to take care of him! You honestly want to remove him from the place he's called home for the last twelve years?"

"There's no need to get testy with me, now is there? Yes, you were given permission, but things have changed since then. That letter of yours was definitely written by the Fentons, but it's hardly a true legal document. So, I've decided to retry the case."

"I hope you realize if it was considered fine back then, it most likely will have the same result now."Although he tried to sound civil, Winston could hear the growl lurking beneath. Just from the way Masters was talking, it was clear there was something abnormal about his interest in Danny. Not only that, but it just did not make sense the problem of a couple missing documents would turn into a potential court case so quickly. It seemed like Masters was doing his best to puppeteer everything to a favorable situation, which was starting to sound worrisome.

"…I'm also going to remind you, even though you probably already know this," he continued, not caring if Masters had something else to say. "It is unlikely that the courts will want to remove Danny from a home where he's been well-taken care of. Not only that, all of the proper paperwork has been turned in showing I've adopted him legally, other than the couple forms that have disappeared. It will just be easier for all parties to have me continue to take care of him."

A somewhat dark laugh answered him. "Let's look at this piece by piece, shall we? Are you certain the boy's happy and healthy? Why, when I visited your house earlier today, he looked under the weather. Think of what the courts will think when he doesn't get better."

"And are you insinuating that he won't?" he demanded. Silence was the only answer he received, though he could almost sense the smirk forming on Masters' face. "And what do you mean visited? You're telling me that you were here, in person?"

"Oh yes. Though, I must say that Daniel was quite displeased to find me in your kitchen. He wasted no time in confronting me. Haven't you taught him not to talk to strangers?"

Winston could just feel his blood pressure rising to the boiling point. "Y-you…! HOW DARE YOU! DO YOU HONESTLY THINK THAT YOUR MONEY GIVES YOU THE RIGHT TO BARGE INTO OTHER PEOPLE'S HOMES?"

"Oh dear… It appears as if our conversation has turned a bit sour. Let's continue this on a different day, hmm?"

It took nearly all of his willpower to calm down to the point where he was sure that he was not going to yell again. "Fine… but let me ask you this first: what is your interest in Danny? I know that someone like you rarely involves himself in the personal lives of other, especially those we aren't in your social class. So, why?"

"Me? I'm simply trying to do what my two old friends requested of me before their deaths."

"Forgive me if I don't believe that. And, what makes you think they're dead? No evidence has ever been found. I'd think as a friend, you'd be hoping for the best until proven otherwise."

"Oh ho, more questions! And here I thought we were done." There was a pause before another strange laugh came across the phone. "But I'll indulge you one last time tonight. Though I'd love to be told that Maddie and Jack have been found, I know it's quite unlikely. It's been nearly thirteen years, and statistics have shown that the odds of a missing person surviving that long are so minute it's laughable." He then paused for a moment before speaking again. "Winston, as a… normally… reasonable man, so I implore you to think about this carefully. A court case will be messy and will probably drain you financially. Also, think about the boy's happiness. You're telling me that he wouldn't be happier in my care?"

"From what I've heard over the phone, you sound like you view Danny more as an object than an actual person, so I doubt it," Winston snorted. "Mr. Masters, until that court date, stay away from my house and my family. Now, if you excuse me, I have some things that I have to attend to." He then slammed the phone down and breathed.

It had taken all of his willpower to not start cursing at the man. If he didn't trust the man before, he certainly didn't now. There had been something that had been left unsaid in the conversation, even if they had danced around the topic. Masters had made it sound earlier that Danny would remain ill, but with how angry he had been at the time, he hadn't bothered to press the subject. Was it possible that he knew about Danny's 'condition'? And, could he have been the associate that Plasmius mentioned?

Well… whether he was or wasn't, he still needed to talk to Danny. Without wasting another minute, he started towards the boy's room.

xxxxx

"Tucker, asking him the same question over and over is not helping!" Sam warned the boy while eyeing the PDA in his hand. From Danny's vantage point, he wasn't entirely sure if she making sure it wasn't going to be thrown or if she was thinking about swiping it.

"But... he's gotta know something!" Tucker's voice was panicky. Since his scare earlier, he had been trying to find a rational explanation for what had happened, but his efforts were failing miserably. However, it wasn't because he wasn't asking the right questions, but rather, Danny honestly did not have the answers.

He sighed as he watched Sam threaten to destroy the PDA in what he assumed was the wrong was to calm someone down. What was going on? Although he didn't want to admit it, this was similar to what happened on Sunday, though he hadn't gotten stuck that time. The best thing that he could come up with is that it was some weird sickness that was causing it. He really didn't want to say anything to Winston, especially since this was only the second time that this had happened.

But, although falling through solid objects was definitely strange, it was not the first odd occurrence he had experienced recently. There was that frightening encounter the previous week with that thing... "Hey, guys..." he said quietly as he tried to put his thoughts in order, "Do you think this could be related to that strange thing that chased us?"

Tucker looked confused for a moment while Sam just narrowed her eyes. "You mean the thing that appeared in the cemetery? Why would you think that?" she asked, dubious.

"Why'd you have to go and bring that up?" Tucker nearly choked. "I've been trying to forget about it!"

Danny allowed himself to smile at Tucker's reaction in spite of his concerns. "Well... nothing really strange started until that happened. Also, do you remember that it said something somewhat odd before it vanished? I think it was something like, 'Enjoy it while it lasts'."

"I remember that..." Sam told him as she looked at him curiously. "It was almost like it was saying that you weren't going to be around for much longer." A frown appeared on her face as she thought about it for a moment. "So... do you think he knew about this?"

"Or maybe it made this happen..."

"Great, just great! That's just what I need to hear! You don't think that thing scared me enough when we first saw it? Now you're giving it super powers!"

Unsure what to say, he just watched as Tucker's fearful exclamation turned into a full-blown rant that somehow seemed to jump from the fear of the unknown entity to worry that his precious PDA would be damaged back to the fact that people shouldn't be able to get their leg stuck in the floor. Although he knew he should probably stop him, it was probably better if he got it all out now. It would definitely make it easier to talk to him, once he calmed down either by his own volition or by Sam's.

However, he wasn't stopped by either things. Instead, a loud shout, which was probably more comparable to an enraged snarl, took all of them by surprised. Danny looked towards his door in shock. Winston almost never raised his voice like that, but when he did, usually it was not a good thing. He only hoped that he was not going to end up on the receiving end later on.

"Uh... was that...?" Tucker asked worriedly. It was almost as if he was afraid to finish the question.

He nodded and listened for a moment. It sounded like his guardian was on the phone with someone. "He doesn't lose his temper too often," he told his friends before donning a wry smile. "But when he does, I'd rather be facing that weird thing again."

...

It was a little later when a knock on his door interrupted his conversation. "Danny? May I come in?" Winston's voice called from behind it. Although Danny really did not want to deal with his guardian at that moment, he knew that it would be dangerous to refuse, especially after the outburst earlier.

After telling him that he could, Winston came in, and it was very clear that he had a lot on his mind. The man looked so worn and stressed, that he seemed to have aged at least ten years in a single night. Hopefully, that was just a temporary thing.

"Danny... I know that this is probably not the best time, but..." Winston's tone suddenly changed from pleasant to accusing. "Where did find those?"

He was definitely confused by the question, until Winston gestured towards the letters that were now on his end table. With everything that happened, he had completely forgotten about them. "Oh, those. I had found them in your study when I came home... "

"He was the only one who went inside though!" Tucker piped before anyone else had a chance to say something. "What?" he asked after Sam gave him a strange look. "I'm trying to save him from getting in trouble."

Danny was surprised when he watched Winston's suspicious glare change into a more amused expression. "You definitely have found some good friends."

"Actually, they found me," Danny corrected. After all, it was them who decided to go look for supposed ghost in the cemetery. That thought just amused him. Who in their right mind thought that he was a ghost?

"Would you mind handing me those?" Winston after allowing himself to take a set at the end of the bed. After being giving the letters, he seemed unsure of what to say. "Did... did you take a look at these?"

"No... After I found them, we ended up being distracted by that Masters guy... Oh, that's right, I... uh... forgot to mention that to you..." Even he could hear the nervousness in his voice. Random people being in the house without permission was somewhat important.

"I know... He was the one who called earlier, and he decided to let that slip..." There was a momentary pause before Winston looked at him with a very serious expression. "These letters both have something to do with what happened to your parents and part of what's happening now. And, it's about time that you knew."

Wait, was Winston really about to tell him what he thought he was? He wasn't too sure what to say until Sam made a noise, making him jump. For a moment, he had forgotten that his friends were still in the room.

"Uh... do you want us to leave... since this is a delicate subject and all?" she asked. From her expression, he could tell that she really didn't want to leave just yet.

"It's alright... I know that no matter what, you'll end up hearing the story anyways." Winston replied with a bit of a grin. "How to start this off...? Danny, back before you were born, your parents were actually making quite a name for themselves as scientists and inventors, focusing mostly on the field of parapsychology, which is how I ended up initially meeting them."

"Parapsychology? You mean like research on stuff like ghosts and psychic abilities?" Sam asked. It was clear that her interest was clearly peaked.

Winston nodded. "The very same, though they tended to focus more on what they referred to as ghost hunting. Anyways, it appears that some of their research caused a bit of a problem for them. Someone by the name of Plasmius... started taking a negative interest in your family. It's a bit unclear why, but shortly after you were born, Plasmius decided to, for lack of a better word, attack your family."

"Your parents seemed to know he was coming... and called me shortly before that attack happened. But, I got there too late. By that time, the house was a mess and your parents were... just gone! It's not entirely clear what happened to them. I searched the house for some clue, but it was as if they vanished into thin air. Yet, somehow, I was able to find you, Danny. You were unhurt and tucked away in a laundry basket of all things."

"Where... do the letters fit in?" he asked, unsure how everything was related.

"I'm getting to that. Now, according to your parents' will, a friend of theirs was supposed to take care of you if anything ended up happening to them. However, about a month before the attack, I was sent a letter from them that asked if I would be willing to take care of you instead." Holding up the one letter, he frowned as he examined it. "It looks like someone's been reading this... Anyways, although it's not a proper document, the courts seemed to view it as an updated but unofficial will. It caused a lot of problems for your parents' friend who seemed almost desperate to get a hold of you."

"I'm a bit confused..." Tucker interrupted. "Why didn't Danny's parents want their friend to take care of him?"

"It's not entirely clear..." Winston told them rather slowly as if he wasn't sure how to phrase what he wanted to say. "But, from what I understand, they seemed to suspect him of somehow being in league with Plasmius. After the problem with the court was settled, I moved us away from your old hometown, hoping that it would bring an end to the trouble... I was wrong. It... it appears that he past is trying to repeat itself. The second letter you found was from Plasmius, saying that he knew where we are. I was so shaken up... I went out to see if I could find you, but I ran into it... him instead... On top of that, Vlad Masters has gotten himself involved again... He thinks that he can win this time... It's such a mess."

There was just silence as Winston finished up. It was very clear that he was deeply troubled by the whole even, and Danny was just as lost. There was just so much information to sift through and try to understand, but something was sitting a little off. "'win this time'?" he repeated. "Do you mean that the guy that was in our house today was the same person my parents didn't want to take care of me?"

"The very same. I don't know exactly why he's so dead set on this. It could be related to Plasmius, or it could be a completely different matter. I don't know." Winston sighed for a moment before he looked directly into his charges eyes, making him nervous for some reason. "All I do know is that Plasmius is very dangerous and has some sort of interest in you." He then stood up and moved towards the door. "Be careful. I don't want to find out that the next time you disappear is because of him."

[amediesrobloxblog]

LONG READ: Blue and Red Puppet AU: The Beauty and the Beast (JOKERP RELATED)

Hello everyone! Before we begin, I would like to mention this is JokeRP related! This involves my blog ( @shards-and-clouds​ ) and Florin’s blog ( @rescueteamrp ), which involves her au known as the Blue and Red Puppet AU. Check out her post on the Blue and Red Puppet AU for an understanding of her AU! However, since my AF3 AU was involved with her AU in JokeRP, she brought up a cursed line in a voice call regarding a recent (well, currently recent) fight between Shard and a HEAVILY corrupted Celesteal/Yawgate Puppet.

I went nuts with the AU.

Anyways, enjoy this cursed story!

Trigger Warnings: Manipulation, Forced Eating, (implied) Stockholm Syndrome

Yawgate, a puppet.

Shard, a Savior.

The two were duking it out in the first level of the troposphere, though redone for a battle. Yawgate’s body and outfit changed to have the signature blues and red stripes of Celesteal racing up his body, a sign he was not in control. Black cracks ran across him as well, indicating the corruption was alive and active. Shard was enraged, her hair white and her body showing the brilliant reds and blues of the stripes her Celesteal had given her. 

However, she refused to lay a hand on Yawgate. She could not bear to lay harm onto him. Why? 

She had viewed her Yawgate as a father figure and she was enraged when Celesteal took the hero’s Yawgate away. She thought she had lost her own father at that point.

But there was no time for such trivial thoughts. She needed to get through to him, but how? She attempted to get close to the puppet that was taunting her in Celesteal’s tone, though the voice was that of Yawgate’s. Reaching out to his head, surely the symbol-shattering that she saw hero Stratosfear do frequently would work.

But it did not.

She would be shocked by this, soon jumping back before the puppet could land a hit onto her.

“Wh..What..?” Shard stammered, staring at her hands. The puppet simply laughed, seeing Shard’s fear.

“Oh, did you think it would be that easy? For me to release a tool?” the puppet asked, though in a taunting manner. Shard would look up to the puppet, wide-eyed and in disbelief. “I would not do such a thing! After all, he always thought of himself as lesser and nothing more than a tool...”

Shard would soon become enraged once more, hating the term “tool” to describe an individual. Cracks would appear in her arms now but would spread into the reality around the two. The puppet would chuckle a bit, easily fixing the cracks in the reality with corruption.

“I really admire your willingness to.. Well... Interrupt my narrative... It’s certainly something I would want...”

“I only interrupt your narrative when you INVOLVE MY WORLD IN IT!”

Shard would try to charge at the puppet again, only to miss the puppet when it jumped above her. Time seemed to slow for Shard as she turned towards the puppet, preparing to strike her. Suddenly, Shard felt a sharp pain in her neck, causing her to gasp, seeing the puppet strike her with the side of their palm. She would tumble down, landing on her side. The puppet would land next to her, grinning, as the world went black.

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Jolting awake, Shard would sit upright and grip her neck. She would wince when her fingers brush up against a bruise where the puppet had hit her. She would pull her hand back, staring at it until noticing where she had awoken.

The room, though mostly colored in deep grays and blacks, had sparse blues and reds to accent the room itself. Most of the room was filled with ornate and detailed sculpture and decor, and the bed could easily fit four people, yet she was alone. The canopy bed was covered with a light cloth, filtering some of the light out from outside. Shard would remove the comforter off of her, taking in the scene around her. She was a prisoner, right? Why was she being treated like this..?

Shard would crawl over to the edge of the bed, moving the light cloth out of the way to step out. Almost immediately, she was met by two Cherubs, one carrying an ebony wooden tray with a plate of confectionaries, a bowl of assorted berries, tea with the kettle, and a small vase with a rose that was mixed with blue, red, and white. The other Cherub would force Shard to sit down, pinning the light cloth up so it would not dare fall while Shard was eating, while the one carrying the tray would set the tray down in Shard’s lap and force her to eat. 

Shard would resist at first but would give up trying to resist when the food entered her mouth. Wonderous flavors would take her by surprise, distracting her from the second Cherub currently brushing her short hair. The Cherubs would be chittering, though Shard would be overwhelmingly distracted by the food. She would only glance up to the Cherub forcibly feeding her when they mentioned her name.

“Shard, you will be meeting Celesteal in the Grand Library,” the Cherub spoke. Their voice was that of a young woman, likely Stormy. Shard would become lightly paler, swallowing what bits of food she had in her mouth at the time.

“We know how uncomfortable you are, but we have no control over our actions... He wants to see you personally, as far as we are aware,” the second Cherub would speak up, placing a six-pronged symbol into the back of her head, soon bringing out extensions to hopefully elongate her hair once again. Shard would be fearful since she would have to personally meet the mastermind behind this, but, oddly, was thankful he did not place her into a dungeon where she wouldn’t be able to see the light of day... or be turned into a puppet. 

The first Cherub would take the tray away, seeing as Shard had completed the meal. They would leave the rose and its vase behind, but Shard would soon realize that the first Cherub allowed two other Cherubs to enter. She would be pulled to her feet, soon forced behind a curtain to change into a different outfit. 

A dress. One with light airy colors, too, accented with gold. Shard hated the concept, but she didn’t exactly pack a bag for this situation. Reluctantly, she would slip on the dress, hanging her old clothes over the curtain which would be taken away by the two Cherubs, likely to be washed. Or Shard hoped. The cherub that was tending to her hair earlier, being another female, would slip behind the screen with Shard to help get the dress on.

Shard would soon look over to a mirror, seeing the outfit complete. The six-pronged star behind her head made it seem like she was wearing a crown of some kind, and the dress made her seem ethereal, perhaps divine. 

Despite her hated for dresses, she actually... Liked this one. Everything was seemingly made for her, down to the size of the dress itself and to the accents. She gently traced one out, which formed the shape of a fluffy cloud. The Cherub that was attending to her would walk up to Shard in the mirror, gently taking her hands.

“Despite this all being his doing, he made sure it was perfect for you...”

Shard would look down a bit, a bit of color appearing in her cheeks.

“..I still don’t know why he’s doing all this... I’m his prisoner, aren’t I?” Shard would question, looking to the Cherub. The cherub would sigh slightly.

“Perhaps he will explain everything in the Grand Library,” the Cherub would respond, much to Shard’s dismay. “But you simply look divine, Shard.”

Shard would murmur thanks, soon stepping out from the curtain. The Cherubs in the room would surround Shard, making sure every detail of her was correct. Shard would let them do their jobs since she might ultimately have to appease Celesteal to get out of here... 

‘Sure, he’s done terrible things, but... This feels oddly genuine...’ Shard would think, letting one of the Cherubs do just a bit of makeup on her cheeks. ‘It feels... It feels oddly like a warm hug from him. Just like the soft smile he had when I had freed Ploque...’

Shard would place a gentle hand on her forehead, trying to remove the thought. The Cherubs, now finished with their task, would back off as a Puppet appeared in the doorway. Ulipse, despite having the signature stripes and pale white skin of the Puppets, would have a calmer look to her eyes. Shard would look over to Ulipse, soon spotting the gentle look.

‘It’s that soft look again...’ 

“Hello, dear Shard. Are you ready to meet me in person?” the Ulipse Puppet would ask, causing Shard to become flustered slightly. Ulipse would hold out a hand, beckoning Shard to come closer. Mostly out of fear of what could happen if she resisted, she would walk to the Puppet, who would take her hand gently to lead her down the black hallways. 

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The Grand Library. It was certainly grand in scale, as Shard would soon feel quite small compared to how high the ceiling is above her. Celesteal would be next to a large cyan orb, depicting many of the worlds he still controls, staring intently into it. Ulipse would bow, soon leaving Shard and Celesteal alone, their task complete. 

Shard would watch Ulipse leave, now knowing she’s at the mercy of Celesteal...

Celesteal, who is completely corrupted, would still be wearing his signature outfit from 300 years prior, though tainted with black in some areas. He would turn to face the Savior, a soft smile appearing.

“Ah, dearest Shard... Lovely to see you here.”

Those lines would cause Shard to become flustered once more. Celesteal would chuckle, walking up to her, and gently taking her hands. Shard would look up to Celesteal, who would meet hers.

“I..”

“Wondering why I did not... End you? I had the perfect opportunity to let you sleep indefinitely... Well, Shard..” Celesteal paused, bringing up one of her hands to gently kiss it. “I would say that I was wrong about you. I had dismissed you as nothing more than just a side character, but once you revealed those brilliant stripes... I was stunned, to say the least.”

Shard would become flustered again, seeing not only his gentle gaze but his calm, non-insane tone in his voice. He was being genuine in front of her! 

“Be my Queen, Shard.”

These words would catch Shard off guard.

 “W-What?” she would stammer, not completely believing these words. Him? Wanting HER to be his Queen?! Nothing seemed to add up. And what of the puppets and her friends?! Celesteal would chuckle, seeing the fear and unwillingness in her eyes.

“Oh, don’t worry, my dear...”

“I’m not worried about you...”

“Then what are you worried about, Shard?”

Shard would look down but would look back up to Celesteal. She would take her hands out of his hands, keeping her hands close to her body.

“The others. The Points you’ve decided to strip free will from, the rescue team... My world! I don’t think I can ever your queen if they are not left alone!”

Shard would turn around, trying to keep her emotions inside of her. Celesteal’s smile would waver.

“Especially Yawgate...”

Celesteal would sigh, smiling once more.

“Oh, so it’s a deal you want? Well... I promise to free them all and to leave them all alone... If you become my Queen.”

Shard would widen her eyes but would look away when Celesteal walked up to her and held out his hand for her to take. She now had to decide what to do.

From the perspective of Shard, she knew all the horrid things this Celesteal had done: revive himself with corruption, puppet the points who had been unable to shatter their symbols, turn the second savior into Verfection with a ruined memory, hunt down the post-points, trick her into giving him a viewpoint into how Stratosfear can shatter symbols, abduct Iruelien for more corruption, abduct Yawgate and turn him into a puppet... And now abducting her. Yet, for some reason, treating her nicely since she is, by all logical means, Celesteal reborn proper. 

Truth be told, Shard wanted to deny this but knowing how she doesn’t want anyone to be harmed and that she has, so far, been treated like a Queen in her own right appealed to her. Her Savior self wanted to save them all, but everything pointed to not believe him. But, why would he have the friendliest tone towards her if it was not genuine? Shard would become flustered again. Maybe she can be a Savior of something more than a shattering reality...

All these thoughts ran through her mind. She feared what would happen if she denied him, being a far more capable reality-bender than her. She would turn to Celesteal, soon raising a hand to his, and gently placing it upon his.

Celesteal would smile, placing his thumb on top of hers, sealing the deal. Shard looks up to Celesteal, soon smiling with a faint blush dusting her cheeks now.

“My Sharp Queen, Shard.”

“My Radiant King, Celesteal.”

[official-rivertale-au]

Um, hi? I just found your blog through maxladcomics because I really liked Delta in their comics and was wondering what his backstory was?

Hello there and welcome!!

I’m so happy you’re here ^_^ I actually talked to Max about this ask and was so excited to see you followed me too! I would love to explain a bit- I DO have an on-going comic (even if it seems like I don’t upload anymore, I do-- just have to get my IRL life together first lol) that will help a bit with Delta- here

HOWEVER I would gladly say a few things. Not too much, mind you... I do also want you to delve into the comic- I work very hard on it you know ^_^ My style has changed quite a bit from the first comic (that I linked) to the more recent one- and my boys have taken on their own unique personalities instead of the usual typical Papyrus & Snas personalities... so I hope you enjoy that as well, and to see their character evolution!

So- lets begin with The twin’s father and mother:

Wingdin & Gael Gaster - Wingdin Gaster was the Royal Scientist and best friend of the young King Ashore (there are quite a few water-related pun names in my AU), he was cheerful, sweet, intelligent and an extremely excited Father-to-be. Gael Gaster was the Captain of the Royal Guard. Powerful, quick, great singer, and mother-to-be. Both were absolutely head over heals for one another, and very anxious to start their new family. Well... turns out Chara as a child found her way into the underground and went through it simply doing what an unsupervised, psychotic murder-child does... killing everything in sight. Well- Gael happened to be in the crosshairs... and with her last few ounces of strength left, drug herself in her heavy armor to Gaster’s lab- only to turn to dust in front of him and lead Chara to him. Seeing his soul mate perish before his sockets... well... it broke him. Something in him snapped and when Chara lunged to take him out too- he caught the attack and proceeded to kick her tiny human rump. Before he could murder Chara, the King- who was supposed to be his best friend (who was influenced by Queen Torrential) stopped Gaster, calling him horrible and evil for harming a child -THANKS QUEEN TORRENTIAL- and continued to reprimand Gaster while the Queen took Chara and left to care for her. King Ashore continued to say “how would Gael feel if she saw you harming a child” without ever knowing the child murdered Gael moments ago. Thus breaking Gaster further.

Gaster- after the Royalty left him in his empty lab... sobbing and breaking... sifted through Gael’s dust to uncover two tiny fading souls. (Sorry can’t say much more about this part or it’ll give it away! I will include it in the comic eventually though!)

Now lets kind of move away from then, and make it to now:

Gaster has lost his flippin’ mind. Turns out losing your soul mate directly in front of you and almost your children kinda messes a guy up. SO having lost himself entirely- he has blown up the mountain, destroying neighboring human towns within a 200 mile radius (thusly ridding any possibility of a FRISK character. Sorry not sorry), opening the underground up to the outside BUT not breaking the barrier (whoops! Still no escape guys) and is constantly hunting down his children (Delta and Blackberry). The reason for this is [redacted] and they need to find a way to defeat him so they can finally stop running. Delta is a strong capable monster, he wears his mothers guard armor, even though the “Royal Guard” were dissolved when the King and Queen were killed by Gaster in a fit of insanity and rage. So he really just wears it as a keepsake of his mother, even though they never knew her. The only way they can get help- is from someone who doesn’t have THEIR Universe’s code... because if they’re from Rivertale, they cannot be trusted. (Did I forget to mention Delta & Gael have Irish accents, Gaster is British & Blackberry has a sort of... New England accent which I discovered is actually just an Americanized butchered version of Irish? Yes? Well now I did’t ◕ ▽ ◕)

See, Gaster has this crazy formula known as “Determinaster” it is exactly what it sounds like- Determination and Gaster mixed. Determinaster- 2 parts Determination, which is harvested from the imprisoned Queen Chara (Gaster killed the King & Queen and enslaved Chara as a child and made her his Queen when she got older. Nothing weird- just a crazy monster with no corporeal vessel as King, and a human murderer kept as a prisoner for murdering his wife forced to take the title Queen for appearances) and 2 parts Gasters essence. LOOOTS of trial-and-error to make the perfect mixture (hence why Gaster’s COMPLETELY nuts and also minus 1 body).

What this mixture DOES is why the boys can’t trust anyone with their Universe’s code- it forces them to be temporary (or permanent if he desires) vessels for Gaster to possess. The way you know the monster is a potential vessel (or puppet) is from the “Gaster Marks” On their faces. One deep disfiguring gash up the right side of the face just above the right eye, and one deep disfiguring gash down the left side of the face just below the left eye. It’s constantly painful, and never heals. Gaster hunts monsters down and injects them with Determinaster to force them into servitude in his search to claim his sons so that he can [redacted]. It’s pretty wild, and also the reason why Delta and Blackberry CANNOT UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES TOUCH. Otherwise, it’s game over.

Anyway, so searching for someone from a different Universe to help them to defeat their father and finally bring peace to Rivertale- they will end up traveling through MANY AU’s that I decide I want to draw (some are very under developed, abandoned, aren’t appropriate, or only have one character designed. Also some have the whole ‘dead brother’ thing going and I try to avoid those too) before making their way to the OU (Original Universe) to seek the help of the monsters with the most ‘pure’ code. Their originals. ◕ ▽ ◕

So- I hope this helps give you a little insight! If it raises more questions, I’ll be happy to answer them to the best of my abilities- but I’m going to try and not give away TOO much. ^_^ 

[poppyknitt]

Coded Companionship: JCU AU introduction

Compassion: Introduction to the Android!Seán au “Coded Companionship”

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Chase Brody finished polishing one last plate of silky synthetic skin, and placed it in the last section of his new android’s forehead. He flipped the face mask resting on top of his head down, and picked up his blowtorch, using it to weld the final pieces together, and make the android look more like a solid, living organism than an android.

Once he finished, he stood up to his full height, pushing his mask back on top of his head, and smiled gleefully at the finished product. He’d been working on this project for almost a year now, and, well, he really only finished that fast because he’d been doing engineering and coding-related stuff since probably second or third grade.

He shook his head, clearing his mind, and turned, going over to the laptop he had hooked up to the android for coding. “Alright, lil’ bro… let’s give you a name…” He mumbled to himself, still grinning gleefully at the thought of having finally finished his project, “Hm… Maybe Jack, like the channel…? Mmm… Nah, too obvious… Oh! Wait! I know! I’ll call him Seán!”

He quickly inserted the coding for the name, uploading the finished codes to Seán’s hard drive, and turned him on, delighting at the sight of his new buddy’s eyes lighting up.

“Heya, little buddy! Welcome to the world!”

~~~~~

[Powering on…]

[Android system online.]

[Loading optical sensor input…]

[SEAN.exe online. Ready to receive input.]

A man around average height stood before him, a childishly giddy look on his face, “Heya, little buddy! Welcome to the world!”

He tilted his head curiously at him, and looked around the room, watching his HUD and observing the area in order to see the best course of action. Once he determined nothing was in the way or a threat to either his or this man’s survival, he stood up, and looked at him with a gentle smile on his face, as he extended his hand out to shake the other’s. “Hello. I don’t believe we have met yet. I am Seán, the android built with the purpose of being everyone’s friend!”

“Oh! Right, haha, I forgot about introductions! I’m Chase Brody, your creator!” He laughed nervously, gently shaking his hand, as though he feared he might break Seán’s metallic “skeleton” if he gave too much firmer a shake.

[Primary companion CHASE BRODY registered. Proceed with CLOSE FRIEND protocol.]

“That is alright, my friend, we all make mistakes!” A soft, kind look worked its way into his expression, as he closed his eyes and gave him a big, cheery smile.

[Minor programming deviation detected. Enabling free will module.]

“Now, is there anything I can do for you, Chase?”

Chase pauses, seeming to not have expected that question to enter his repertoire on its own. He hesitates for a moment, and then quietly asks, “… can… can I get a hug…?”

He smiled sympathetically, and pulled Chase into a warm hug, the kind you might expect to get from a sentient teddy bear whose entire existence was based on love (then again, that’s pretty much his programming. He was designed to be a kind, open, and compassionate friend to all.)

A few seconds passed, and Chase started shaking a bit, his breathing uneven, so Seán immediately loosened his hug. “Oh no! I’m sorry! I didn’t hurt you, did I?”

“… n…no… y-you’re good, bro… don’ worry, ‘s not… not your fault…” Chase’s voice shook and cracked here and there as he spoke, and Seán realized very quickly that he was crying, “I just…”

“Chase, are you alright? I am detecting tears, and… a flurry of emotions…”

“I’m fine… just… really needed that hug, I guess…” He laughed half-heartedly, pushing out of the hug, and wiping away his tears, “S-See? I’m just peachy!”

Seán smiled a sympathetically sad smile in response.

“I am glad to have been able to help then, my friend.”

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oh, oops, i made another android!ego au

@antis-loyal-puppet @tiny-septic-puppet @chaoticcrimsonrose @phoenix-wint3r @septic-dr-schneep @ihaveanunhealthyteaaddiction @insaneangel18-blog @startschantingpma

[mittensmorgul]

Hello. This might be a stupid one but; why didn't Michael showed himself to humanity? (Meaning mass revelation biblical style). He doesn't want an apocalyptic earth he already had that. So why take it by force? If he is not afraid of a god intervention, most of the people want peace not freedom and he is a bridge between 3 major monotheist beliefs.(did I missed something?) Thank you

Hi there! First of all, sorry this took so long to answer. And I’m gonna take a line here to apologize to everyone who’s asked me stuff that I haven’t replied to. Sometimes I just don’t know how to reply, sometimes I hold on to stuff to see it in my inbox (like nice things people say), and sometimes I save stuff for when I have the brain power to reply and then maybe never do actually come by that brain power… whoopsie… I am doing my best. :P

That said, let’s tackle Michael.

*waits for someone to take him out with a strong hit*

*still waiting*

Well fine. I’ll do this.

I think you may be misunderstanding exactly what Michael wants here. Michael doesn’t give a flying heck about people. If he wanted to be worshiped like a god, he probably could’ve had the whole planet on their knees in a matter of days, you know? Pull a Godstiel, but with a lot less murder and mayhem, perform a few miracles on international television, and bam. He could’ve had the whole population bowing to him.

But I reiterate, he does not care about PEOPLE.

I mean, we got the best look into Michael’s point of view in his conversation with Jack in 14.09:

Alternate Michael: Oh, but, Jack, we’re family. You know, in fact, we’re the only kin each other has left in this world.Jack: My uncle’s in the Cage. And you – you’re not family.Alternate Michael: Well, not literally, no. Our connection, our relation is more a matter of scale of power. Haven’t you learned yet? In this reality, monsters, humans, even angels – they are insects, atoms compared to us. But you [chuckles] – you’re just a child, a mere infant. For you, the past two years – the entirety of your existence – feel like eons. You don’t even know what time is. But you will. Real time, the time that makes mountains, that wipes out species. You’ll see it all with me.Jack: No.Alternate Michael: Year by year, century by century, and as your power returns and grows, we’ll only become more alike. Oh, I know. Your loyalty to Castiel, the Winchesters, the rest of humanity? It will fade. And so will the minor differences – angel armies versus monster armies, this Kansas City or that Kansas City, one world from another – they’ll fade, too. 

He doesn’t even consider other ANGELS as anything significant or noteworthy, you know? He’s essentially been driven demented by just having existed for so long, and watched so many other things rise and fall, evolve and go extinct. Everything else holds no real meaning to him. Things are born, things exist for a while, and then they disappear forever. Why bother forming any sort of attachment to anything?

It’s a horrific prospect, honestly. Jack is horrified by it. *WE* are supposed to be horrified by it.

Immortality… is not a gift… it’s a curse. And Michael proves that. He loves nothing but himself, because everything else will die.

His goal is not to amass a hoard of loving, devoted followers. His goal is to wreak as much havoc as possible in the process of reforming the world to whatever he thinks would be most interesting to him right now. We have no idea what that would look like, because I don’t even think Michael knows. He’s like a scientist just throwing random stuff into a vat to see what happens. Oh, that combination of things exploded! This other combination made poison gas! Moving on to the next thing… just leave those other experiments there smoldering in ruin. It just breaks up the boredom for him, and then he’s on to the next thing. Because nothing at all really matters to him.

So the question for Michael is… why not take it by force? He’d done it once with angels, and this go-around he’s decided to try the same thing with monsters. But they’re all monsters who are explicitly under his control via his grace making them essentially his puppets. They’re not even operating of their own free will, technically. They’re just extensions of Michael’s will at this point. He’s not looking to make them all into his devotees, or remaking the world for them to enjoy. Because again, they’re only temporary fixtures in the universe, from Michael’s perspective. He doesn’t care about them or what they want, despite that having been his question to everyone at the beginning of the season.

I suppose I should address that here, for the purposes of understanding how I’ve been looking at him. Yes, his question was “what do you want?” But he didn’t really care what anyone wanted, beyond attempting to discover which group (humans, demons, angels, monsters) was both honest about what they wanted, and simplistic in their desires. Because strangely enough, that’s what Michael needed in the group he chose for his army. He needed a group with simple goals that he could use for his own purposes.

Humans are too messy and complicated. Even ensnaring the entire population in a Divine Revelation sort of way wouldn’t guarantee complete submission, you know? Not to mention the fact that Michael and Lucifer both (and even Raphael) have never, ever, thought that humans deserved that place of love God had ordered the angels revere humanity with. I think Michael resents humanity just as much as Lucifer and Raphael ever did.

There just weren’t enough angels to make a functional army for him, and Heaven is in shambles. He’d already failed to eradicate humanity and wrest control of the world with a full angel army in his own universe, so he wasn’t even really interested in trying to recruit the few angels who are left here.

We know he approached demons, and talked to at least Kip from 14.01. But as we know of demons, they have their own wants. They’re conniving, cunning, and tricksy. I mean, look at Kip’s answer to Michael from 14.01:

Kip: You see, recently, I had a revelation. You know, somebody asked me what it was that I wanted. And I realized that after 600 years as a demon walking the planet, destroying, drinking, defiling – you know, the Three D’s – I didn’t know. So, I sat back, and I gave it a good think, and I realized exactly what I wanted.Castiel: And what is it?Kip: Everything.

So he wanted EVERYTHING? Well, funny enough, that’s kinda the opposite of what Michael wanted in an army, you know? Michael wanted mindless, ravenous soldiers he could control completely. Whose desires were uncomplicated enough that he wouldn’t have to care about keeping them content beyond the very basic.

That left him with monsters. And yes, not all monsters are mindless killing machines.

I mean, think of the vampires from Michael’s AU. They WERE reduced to animalistic eating machines, nearly starving to death because there just weren’t any more people to feed on, and they were beneath Michael’s notice, just like mosquitoes or mud. I mean, why would he care what they wanted?

Because what they wanted was to be able to feed without persecution. Also from 14.01:

Michael: Now, you – you know exactly what you want. You don’t pretend to want to help people… or save the world. Your want is pure and simple… and clean. And that’s why you are worth saving. That’s why we are going to work so well together. Because you – you just want to eat.

Not because Michael admired this quality, or thought it was “worth saving” in its own right, but because it made them useful to him for his purposes. He’s essentially using them to hoover up all the other intelligent life on the planet. What would happen, theoretically, when all the people were gone? When all their food dried up? Michael said he intended to have all the monsters turn all the humans in Kansas City. Well, what THEN? What would all those monsters eat once the entire population of the world were monsters?

It would be chaos, is what. It would likely provide a few years or even decades of entertainment for Michael to watch unfold before he’d have to find something else to amuse himself with. But again, he just does not care. Which makes him possibly the most dangerous villain the show has ever seen.

Even Amara cared about something, you know? Even the Leviathan intended to just take over the planet and create a never-ending perfect human food supply for themselves.

But this is even worse than Raphael restarting the Apocalypse out of ennui. Michael’s a nihilist. He doesn’t want to be loved or worshiped. He doesn’t want to convert the world to bow to him. He does not care.

[downwithwritersblock]

Hello! May I ask you, according to you, what are the most important things to know about your character/s? (not just the basics like hair colour and appereance, more like to get to know their personality and so - I like to get as far as possible, so in the end I know what ice cream the like...) I've discovered your blog just today and I love it - in 2019 I want to defeat my longterm writers block and I'm sure your advices will help me, thank you so much for being here ^.^

Hi there! Thank you so much! :) 

You sound a lot like me. I like to know my characters very extensively. Character creation is one of my favorite parts of writing! 

I spend an insane amount of time with my characters. I treat them like friends. I spend a lot of time getting to know them, and I like to get big stuff as well as small, insignificant stuff. and for some characters I know more then others. My main and major supporting characters all have huge files with their information sheets, pictures they relate too, some even have their own music playlists. 

I also write a lot of drabbles. If you don’t do this with your ocs, I highly recommend it. Write drabbles. Things that might not even connect to the plot of your story. Write from different point of views. Write a small adventure that focuses on some minor characters. Write a scene between supporting characters that happens between the lines of your story. Re-write a scene that is in your story, but from the view of a different character. Write memories. Write dreams. Write poetry from their point of view. Write fanficiton of your own characters. Im serious. Write mini one-shot aus. Do it.  It’s a wonderful way to get to know your characters. I do it all the time. It’s helped me grow so much with my characters. 

You don’t have to know every single thing about every last one of your characters. But for all your major players, I suggest knowing as much about them as you can. Get to know them as you would a person. Not just what they look like of course, but what they like and don’t like, what they act like, how they act in certain situations compared to others, etc. You want to make your characters feel as real as possible, because you want your readers to connect to them. You want your readers to feel for them. Know your characters well. If you don’t know your characters, if you look at them as just puppets with names, it will come through in your writing, and it will look like you have no idea what the hell you’re doing with them. You don’t have to know everything. You just have to know enough to know what kind of person they are. 

Some of the more intricate questions on my more extensive character sheets:

1. Whats your characters earliest memory? 

2. What is their favorite memory? 

3. What would they do if they were left alone for a weekend? 

4. If they get put in charge of providing dinner, what’s their go to? 

5. What’s their reaction to a stranger crying in front of them? 

6. What’s their least favorite sound?

7. What’s their plan if they won the lottery? 

8. If they could go anywhere in the world, where would they go? Who would they take with them? and what would they do there? 

9. If they could change one thing about their appearance, what would they change? 

10. If they could have a house built for them, like a completely personalized built from the ground up house, anywhere they wanted, and it would even come with their choice of furniture, the options are completely limitless, where would they put this dream house and what would it look like? 

Like I said, I am really into character work, But i know it’s not for everyone. You don’t need to do in-depth studies on every last one of your ocs and know every second of their lives from the second they are born. You just have to know them enough to be have a good, solid, and consistent judgement on how they will behave. 

If you guys are interested in me publishing my different character sheets or making frequent character work prompts here, please let me know. 

Anyway, I hope that helps, and I wish you luck with defeating your writers block!

[somniiari]

Days is my favorite Kingdom Hearts game but I haven’t played it in a while and I don’t think I ever watched the movie version all the way through! So I watched it and liveblogged it.

I basically have the Saix’s monologue in the beginning memorized

Axel has said “got it memorized” at least 6 times within the first 10 minutes of this movie

Hayner, Pence and Olette run past these literal cult members without even looking

7! 7 times Axel please!!

Quinton Flynn’s delivery seems pretty weird and flat now, which is weird cause I know he can do really well. maybe it was intentional, cause Axel hasn’t started developing a heart yet?

I forgot that my pronunciation of Xion is technically wrong

Footsteps in The Castle That Never Was sound so strange. like they’re walking on metal suction cups.

Axel: Wait did you want me dead? Saix: ... *walks away*

Ah yes Xion’s creepy hood thing that I thought was a glitch until later in the game

What was Organization XIII doing in the 10 years before a Keyblade weilder was available to them?? I’m sure they had plenty of scheming and experiments and mischief but 10 years worth?

THEY LEFT OUT THE BEST PART

THEY DIDNT ANIMATE IT

“ROXAS THAT’S A STICK” I NEEDED IT

“As long as we keep each other in our thoughts, we’ll never be apart!” yall forget each other

8 times

Axel is so bitter about/to Saix oh my god tone down your salt man

The Chamber of Repose and the Chamber of Waking. I don’t remember which is which but one houses Aqua’s armor and the other is Ven’s body, right? So one’s in TCTNW and the other is in Castle Oblivion.

It just clarified, Chamber of Waking is Ven, and in Oblivion

Can Saix and Axel’s objectives  really be a secret from Xemnas? Saix is norted after all, and even though he has most of a free will at the moment, he’s still possessed.

IT STARTED PLAYING THE OLYMPIUS COLISEUM MUSIC AND I HAD BAD FLASHBACKS

“[the memories of my past] have never done me any good” because they instilled loyalty to a norted jerk?

“i can deal with 7 days maybe” well just break my heart roxas why dontcha

Axel spends his rare days off sleeping #relatable 

9 times

“try not to bungle everything-” WHAT KIND OF WORD IS BUNGLE

ARE YOU GONNA ASK THEM NOT TO RUSTLE ANYONE’S JIMMIES TOO AXEL?

“you’ve changed” i can vividly remember Axel saying “i’m not the one who changed, you did” in response to that, but its not in the movie. maybe it was actually a journal entry?

“why are you dressed like one of us?” Xion, honey, your uniform is the most well known form of protection against dark corruption of the heart

Of course Organization XIII has no way of knowing that, bc they were deliberately lied to

This is the scene that made me hate Riku. Watching it again after i’ve fallen in love with him is quite the trip

“You’re the real sham!” “Fair enough” Riku bby no your self-hatred is showing

*Xion screams* BBY NO

“’Special?’ Isn’t that another way of saying I’m a mistake?” XION BBY NO but also #same

“According to Axel, girls are complicated and there are buttons to avoid pressing” ah yes, i forgot this part. don’t worry Roxas, she’s just upset because she’s a girl and girls are weird, she’s not having an existential crisis or anything! 

“Roxas ate alone after missions.” where’s Axel though??

the love conversation may have been a great thing to animate but that’s fine square, just tell us about it

And so Axel’s lies begin. He was just trying to give Roxas hope, I can’t wait to remember how this all got twisted and horrible.

Did we fight the Zipslasher in this time skip? I think we did. I hated the Zipslasher gdi

Axel bridal carrying Xion is what got me started shipping AkuXi. Don’t ship it anymore though, really. Maybe in AUs when they’re closer to the same age

Saix: “Did it break again?” Me: XION’S NOT AN IT

Roxas: “Xion’s not an it!” oh yeah thanks Rox

“does the past mean nothing to you” Saix you’re the one being an ass

10 times

omg please tell me he does it 13 or 14 times

Almost all the books in the Organization library look the same; plain white binding. y’know, cause aesthetic.

Flying in Neverland would have been a nice animation too but whatever

This is why you dont hang out in high places kids!

the scene with Axel and Xion in Castle Oblivion is one of my favorites

Story time: Axel’s explanation of the sunset helped me pass an earth science quiz, cause i was out sick when we learned about light but i was playing days while in bed

THE MINDSCREW DREAM

i still have no idea what it means!! or even who was having it!

Neither Xion nor Roxas knew Zexion that well, and that seemed like Riku’s memories, not Sora’s! so WHY

aw i was too angry as a child to realize that Riku was looking for a way to save them

what has Saix done that make you think he has any mercy Roxas

Xion, Axel probably wasn’t gonna fight you if you hadnt attacked him, the first chakram was a warning not to stab Roxas

“i’ll bring her somewhere safe” thats all you had to say Axel

So Xemnas did call him Sora. Way back when I thought he may have said Ventus.

now you screwed up Axel

DiZ is the worst

"i know you’re not just a puppet.” ;~;

11 times

“I saw a boy today who looked just like Roxas” i thought she meant Sora but Xigbar was spying so was it Ven? I mean it should be Sora but....

Also, Xigbar spying!

“nor become the person we see” not everyone sees Xion as anything though, not even at this point. What do you see, Xemnas?

just kidding i’m pretty sure its Ven

why wouldnt you want two Sora capable people?

like tbh if you spent your time balancing Xion and Roxas’s powers instead of pitting them against each other they would have both stayed in the Organization at least a little while longer

the older i get the more i relate to Xion, bc i too am afraid that i will wreck everything

“do you hate me for taking your friend away from you?” “nah. i guess i’m just sad.” ;~;

now i see why people ship RikuXi

i can dig it now that i love them both, still a little weird to me though, i gotta warm up to it

Riku is projecting, i never realized

“you have to do what’s best for everybody” cause so does he, even at the expense of his own life

and he doesn’t want to have to tell Xion that, but he does, and maybe he can do it to someday

that illusion would have been a nice thing to animate, especially since i forgot it happened holy crap

leave it to Axel to do his best to save the day

Give me Lea sadly turning in the WINNER stick in KH3

or even better, give me Lea cheerfully turning in the WINNER stick with Roxas, Xion and Isa at the end of KH3

Xion said it this time but i’m gonna count it, 12

im super mad about the fixation on memories making everything okay in the end because EVERYONE FORGETS AND I HURT

I KNOW ITS ON PURPOSE BUT PLEASE

what is Diz’s purpose, just to order these kids around? he’s a huge jerk, why do you listen to him

he’s telling you to murder people

i mean they need to die i guess but wouldn’t both of you feel better if you came to that conclusion yourselves instead of this asshole telling you you gotta

though they are both kids and i guess there’s a comfort in an adult getting a final say

still DiZ is bad news and i don’t like him mistreating all the young’ins

Axel’s dancing between the truth, trying to be gentle and trying not to care too much resulted in literally the worst explanation ever no wonder Roxas got pissed

Why was Riku just chilling outside Beast’s Castle and how did Xion end up in just the right place to portal in front of him

i don’t REMEMBER XALDIN’S VOICE BEING THAT ODD

also #rude Xemnas, Xion is a she!

good to know most of the Organization thought of her has a person though. or a Nobody at least. an equal.

Were there more than 2 Replicas? oooooh that could be a good plot twist

Xemnas was insistent on calling her an “it” but uses “she” again when giving Axel the task of getting her back, a dialogue inconsistency or a deliberate manipulation?

There’s an implication that Demyx and Xion talked a lot thats adorable

At least now we know why they were insistent on having 13 people even before they had 13 Nobodies

Axel walks away from conversations almost as much as Vax’ildan

Roxas: “Could it be that you knew for a long time, and never told me anything?” Axel: I walk away

I still don’t get why Riku transforms without the blindfold, and how “his eyes couldn’t lie” is a valid explanation

Riku was projecting, he thinks he has to die

13 maybe? Roxas said it, but also accusing Axel of not memorizing it

Axel told Xion the truth and she left. Axel kept the truth from Roxas and he left.

That sucks.

~cause i’m leaaaaaavin, never to come back again~

“you’re Kairi as Sora remembers her” come on you can’t tell her she became her own person before she dies?

Namine is being kind in general though

I ship it

“i know. i’m ready” ;~;

they’re solving the problem themselves and DiZ walks in pissed that they’re doing what he asked. Almost like a real parent!

MY FAV SCENE IN THE WHOLE GAME

THE VOICE ACTING

THE BODY LANGUAGE

YOU CAN HEAR MY HEART BEING RIPPED OUT

you can also almost hear Axel’s abandonment issues developing even further!

this day is just titled “Tears”. Accurate

I just realized Xion was trying to get Axel to kill her first

but he couldn’t do it

she got Roxas to do it instead

Memories of Xion going static and fading are the WORST

Roxas did break Riku’s arm or something

yes hello i look eerily like your boss now

I wonder if Axel/Lea ever looks back on his conversations with Roxas and notices a hole. An awkward silence where he and Roxas are just listening to nothing. Laughter after a beat of quiet. Looking at something that isn’t there.

literally why is everyone just okay with DiZ he’s a total jerk

in II DiZ acts like he figures out that Ansem is actually Riku. Here he doesn’t question that Riku is 2 heads taller and his voice is 2 octaves deeper.

The rooms in KH are so nice

Well there it is. the end.

WAIT

“Got it memorized” and close variations were said a total of 13 times in this movie

11 by Axel, once by Xion, and once by Roxas, as a denial.

I’m so mad