#she has a stinger and shes not afraid to use it

[grimdochdraws]

BEHOLD . ultrakill angel oc

[multi-level-shipper]

This shit was a fucking acid trip, like most of the game.

Anyway, something that poked my brain was the Infirmary. For all this game's insanity, there were actually some decent roots planted for worldbuilding/ character development.

It seems like the reason the cast ended up in Queen Bouncelia's domain is because they're treating the player as if they have 6 stars in GTA. Seline is no exception to this rule, and that seems to be her motivation for coming down to the lower floor, as she watched us leave in Chapter 3.

Toadster noted in his "Archives" that she was already hiding when brought in, and crying in her shell. She may have been antagonized by a bigger enemy- likely Kittysaurus or Tama/Chamataki (turtle chameleon thing), and she may have gone past the kingdom's walls for sanctuary. (That's just a loose theory, though.)

In any case, at some point she was frightened enough to shut down completely.

This could be some kind of anxiety attack, though there's no way to "diagnose" Seline at this point. Also interesting that Seline felt too afraid to even continue moving around on the lower floors. I think this is meant to speak to just how dangerous the lower floors are- if the giant ass snail is afraid, you should be, too.

Next, Jumbo Josh. Toadster categorizes him as a "Green Gorilla", which in hindsight, weirdly makes a lot of sense.

Firstly, an adult silverback gorilla can bench up to 4,000 lbs (or at least, that's what google told me.) Not that we needed an explanation of why he was able to throw Stinger Flynn, but I can only assume that if we adjusted that number for his size...it probably checks out.

Second, the fact that he walks like a chiropractor's worst nightmare. It took me a second, but I FINALLY realized that his posture is meant to IMITATE A GORILLA. Like, look at this:

DEFINITELY EXPLAINS WHY HE WALKS LIKE A HORSE IN GARRY'S MOD.

And thirdly, Josh's love for vegetables is also a gorilla trait. 85% of a gorilla's diet is leafy greens, with the remaining percentage basically amounting to termites and larvae.

Not too much to say about the Fucked Up Birds, but still! Nice to see them finally displaying a flamingo behavior (AKA their sleeping posture) because they seemed to lean more heavily on ostrich behaviors in previous chapters.

Toadster mentions in his archive for "The Teacher" that she keeps repeating the phrase "I can't be late" over and over to herself after being subdued.

He also notes that the bowling pins "calmed her down," which may not entirely be the case. In Chapter 3, in Banbaleena's "Classroom", each object had an assigned role like Cool Kid and Popular Kid. The bowling pins were meant to be the Bullies.

So Banbaleena is likely stuck in a prison of her own self-doubts right about now, which is doubly sad when considering her insistence in Chapter 3 that she was actually trying to be a good teacher. Either someone placed this idea in her head that she needs to strictly adhere to all these rules, or it's a stress she placed upon herself trying to fulfill her identity as a teacher.

Stinger Flynn gets better as the story progresses. He seems to have an ego to the point where he sees himself as a savior that can't see the faults in his own plans. His initial "safest procedures" plan seemed so obvious to him, but it seems as if he measures success by efficiency rather than the cost of human lives. While he's smart, he's not immune to being wrong, though he has yet to learn this.

He also seems to suffer from some form of depression, or at least intense sadness, and we see this as he talks to Banban in the latest hallucination sequence. Makes sense- his intelligence would make him much more privy to all the horrible things happening around him. It seems as if his high intelligence comes at a high price.

Last note- This might just be a case of recycling animations/rigs, but I think it's cute that Banban shares nearly the same emo pose as Banbaleena.

[random-chaos-and-stuff]

I FINALLY finished her. This is Tiger, a Hivewing, and my third wings of fire OC! She was surprisingly hard to draw and get right.

The background isn’t my best work, but I tried.

As per usual, backstory, lore, abilities, and the no background version and the outline will be under the cut. There will also be the sheet I used for the generation method for her.

As a fierce, often bloodthirsty hivewing, Tiger served as a guard under Queen Wasp. She was high ranking, often working as Queen Wasp’s personal guard, or on dealing with more ‘problematic’ dragons. She was valued not only for her bloodthirsty attitude and wrist and tail stingers, but also for her strength and poised mannerisms. She would use her stingers vigorously and happily, and was not afraid of injury. Tiger hatched with a splatter of red scales around her mouth, making it hard to tell if it was blood or just her markings on her snout from a distance. Because of her high rank within the Hive, she would often wear jewelry, though not much, and nothing that got in the way of her job. She would occasionally wear bejeweled bands on her tail, and often a band on one of her horns, occasionally hanging things from the chain like hanging part, sometimes even bits from other dragons as both a ‘trophy’ from a job well done and a warning to other dragons. One piece of jewelry she rarely was seen without was her necklace, with what looks like the tooth or claw of a dragon, though she refuses to elaborate on where it came from. Some dragons think it was one of her own teeth, while others say it was from the first dragon she fought as a guard. Others say it was a barb she pulled, and now uses as a weapon. Nobody really knows though.

Less fleshed out personality than some of my others, and not much backstory, but I think it is good. She was around before the third arc, and I don’t think she would still be. Tiger has the wrist/ankle stingers and the tail stinger that some Hivewings have. Also, fun little headcanon based off some vaguely remembered scenes in the book, I headcanon that Hivewings can almost always, if not always, retract their stingers!

As promised, the no background version and the outline. The outline is sort of incomplete, so sorry about that.

And finally, as I said, the generation sheet. I didn’t come up with this, and credit to HoneyBeest, the creator of this generation method! It’s really fun and helpful, especially with art block.

And once more: please don’t steal her/ repost without credit! Reblogs are very much appreciated though. But as long as you credit me, feel free to use her! Writing, drawing, anything, just credit me as her original creator. I’m especially proud of this one because she was such a pain to draw correctly.

[jasper-the-menace]

Jasper's Barely-Hinged Discord Scorpion Rant

Alright, context, I started this rant because I was mad about how the tlincallis (of Dungeons and Dragons second and fifth edition) were designed and handled. I put my foot down at the point where they were reported to have eggs. No, I refuse to accept this.

PLEASE NOTE! While I will not be showing any actual images of real-life scorpions, there will be drawings of them and drawings of fantasy and sci-fi characters inspired by scorpions. Some of them are even weirder-looking than actual scorpions. Fellow arachnophobes, continue at your own risk.

We are also going to be talking about scorpion sex in the context of how they mate and launch babies out. This is my second Tumblr post on the subject and I'm afraid that this might become a repeating pattern. Everyone on Tumblr thinks I'm the scorpion person now.

With that said, have this barely-edited compilation of my feral Discord messages on the subject.

You can tell someone who doesn’t know a lot about scorpions wrote the lore for the tlincallis because there’s a heavy emphasis on egg-laying for their reproduction. Meanwhile, scorpions are one of the only arachnids that give live birth.

I’m not expecting WOTC writers to watch videos of scorpions molting or launching baby missiles over and over again, but I am expecting them to at least skim the Wikipedia article, ya know? I understand that I’m Scorpion Research Georg, but still.

Scorpions fuck weird. Both “sexes” have the same thing - an orfice known as the genital operculum (plural: genital opercula). In order to reproduce, the male will drop a sperm packet on the ground and “dance” with the female to lead her over it. If she’s game, she’ll squat and just kind of vacuum it up into her genital operculum. This is followed by what is called a “mating plug” to keep the sperm inside. The two scorpions will then split away from each other, because scorpions don’t believe in cuddles and aftercare.

Then we get to the actual birth. Or as I like to call it, the Fedex packages.

A scorpion will give birth to between 3 and 100 young, depending on the species - though notably, the size of the scorpion does not impact the number of babies they can have.

The babies are folded up very nicely inside of the mother, and when she gives birth to them, they launch out like little missiles into her waiting pedipalps and front legs, unfold, and then climb onto or are placed onto her back while their next sibling is launched. A mother scorpion is actually a super good parent, and the entire brood will attach to her with little suckers on their tarsi, because they can’t eat or sting yet.

Depending on the species, it will take between 5 and 25 days for them to undergo their first molt - in unison as a brood, taking between 6 and 8 hours - and reach the juvenile stage. Juveniles resemble small versions of the adults and can eat and sting, though they’re still soft and unpigmented. They’ll leave the mother’s back to explore in safety, but then scurry back to her if there’s danger around. Once their carapace hardens and gains color, they can start hunting on their own and will often leave their mother.

A scorpion will undergo an average of 6 molts to reach full adulthood, which, depending on the species, can take between 6 months and nearly 7 years. The average lifespan depends on the species, with some living up to 25 years.

Re: the biological terms I used, here’s a picture and explanation from the Wikipedia article:

1 = Cephalothorax or Prosoma; 2 = Preabdomen or Mesosoma; 3 = Tail or Metasoma; 4 = Claws or Pedipalps; 5 = Legs; 6 = Mouth parts or Chelicerae; 7 = Pincers or Chelae; 8 = Moveable claw or Tarsus; 9 = Fixed claw or Manus; 10 = Stinger or Aculeus; 11 = Telson (anus in previous joint); 12 = Opening of book lungs

Post-coitus cannibalism has never been reliably reported in scorpions.

Scorpions are also kinky fuckers but no one’s ready for that conversation.

So, I will give this much to WOTC writers regarding the tlincallis - most species of scorpions do actively hunt their prey. (Though there are several species that are just sit-and-wait predators.) They are also opportunistic hunters, eating primarily invertebrates but occasionally also going for things like lizards, snakes, and small mammals, though scorpions with larger claws will also go after earthworms and mollusks.

What I will not give them credit for is the method of hunting. A scorpion’s primary hunting tool is its claws. Only large and aggressive prey is given a sting - the method of death is still typically via claw, even in that case.

They also don’t chew. They rip off pieces of their prey and put those pieces in a pre-oral cavity, which uses digestive juices from the gut to start the digestion process. Once it’s liquid enough, it gets sucked right into the gut. Any indigestible matter is ejected at this stage.

They do have an anus separate from the genital operculum, and it runs up into the tail. Scorpions will eat a large amount of food in one meal, and when this is combined with their low metabolic rate and relatively inactive lifestyle, it means that they can survive for 6 to 12 months without starvation.

So no, Wizards Of The Coast, a band of scorpion people would NOT be migratory by compulsion, even if they were aggressive.

And yeah, scorpions are mainly found in deserts, but that’s so limiting. They’ve adapted to nearly every sort of biome and appear all across the world, except in Antartica. So you can literally put them anywhere.

The scorpion is found in Greek mythology (Artemis or Gaia sending it to kill Orion) along with in a page of the Anglo-Saxon Herbal.

Despite the scorpion’s usage in myths, stories, and weapons of war, very few of them are actually capable of killing a human (barring allergy). 25 species out of more than 2,500 have venom deadly to humans. Most of, if not all of these, belong to the family Buthidae, which is the largest family.

Now it’s time for “Jasper analyzes scorpions from different media”! I’ve already dragged the tlincalli for filth, so we’ll pivot to look at another WOTC media: Magic The Gathering.

Scorpions don’t get a lot of rep. At best, they appear as one-off cards. However. Thanks to vising two primarily-desert planes (Amonkhet and the Vorthos-panned Thunder Junction), we have some Guys.

We’ll start with the Scorpion God of Amonkhet. This guy did not used to look like this, but once Nicol Bolas got all up in everybody’s business, he twisted the Scorpion God, Locust God, and Scarab God into giant monstrosities and erased knowledge of their names, even from themselves, and then used them to “harvest” the mortals he had been cultivating to create an undead army. The Scorpion God killed the gods Rhonas, Oketra, and Kefnet, before finally being killed by Hazoret and a group of rebelling mortals.

He is notably the only one of the “twisted” gods to have been killed – the Locust and Scarab Gods both survived, as did Hazoret, and all three defended Amonkhet later from New Phyrexia getting all up in everyone’s business.

(Re: that third artwork, why is he kinda...)

Meanwhile, on Thunder Junction...

Oh, Thunder Junction. If not for the fact that no one in the design and writing department could agree on and work together to determine the right approach to Western tropes, you could have been interesting.

Having said that, the scorpion dragons? Not native to there. Instead, they’re from Gastal, a plane that was mentioned one (1) time back in the day. I’m willing to overlook some questions about these blokes for the sake of blaming the dragon half on everything I don’t think are scorpion-enough when it comes to these guys.

Now, for my third example... I’m going to preface this with the fact that LEGO’s Legends of Chima theme was a problematic mess in hindsight. I still love it with my entire soul, but it was a fucking nightmare.

But within that is the Scorpion Tribe, what is possibly my favorite current example of what you can do with scorpions in a (science-)fantasy setting.

The Scorpions were accidentally evolved with the magic MacGuffin of the series (Chi) thanks to some foolishness going on, and they were the antagonists of season two (or rather, wave two, as they were technically the latter half of season one and the beginning of season two). They’re led by a king, Scorm, and a general, Scolder. And yes, they all stick to the Sc- naming theme, with one exception from the online game.

So, how do you create an anthro Scorpion Lego figure? Like this, of course!

Now, something interesting to note is that because the Chi was not safely introduced to these guys, some of them didn’t “evolve” all the way and still have a scorpion lower body, like a weird centaur. Meet Scutter, posterchild for this, even though his brother Scrug speed-“evolved” to humanoid form.

Something interesting to note is just how flexible and catlike the tails of these Scorpions are. They can flick around and even hold things when curled up.

Another fun thing about Chima is that they don’t put my boys in the desert. Instead, they live in caves in a very hostile jungle. I’m so proud of them.

Analyzing the venom of these guys, though...

Scorpion God = full of god-killing venom

Akul = a "dark curse" that's basically fantasy tuberculosis

Scorpions from Chima = hypnosis mind-control agent that wears off fairly quickly

(Preface for this section: These were random additions that I sent a while later, with little connection to each other.)

Scorpion dads do tend to be deadbeats, but a scorpion mom figure? I would chew that right up.

Re: molting, it is a long, long process, even for something as small as a scorpion. So the bigger they are, the longer it's probably gonna take. It requires a lot of calorie-loading beforehand and can be predicted based on “air pockets” that appear at the sides of the exoskeleton, to give them wiggle room. Scorpions are soft for several days after molting and avoid eating anything until they harden back up.

And did I mention that scorpions glow under ultraviolet light?

So...yeah! Scorpions are so fucking cool, and this is just an overview! This isn't even getting into any particular species! There's just so much to explore in terms of scorpions in fantasy settings, so seeing them reduced to Desert Bad Guy over and over again annoys me.

Put these animals into some situations.

[lordtrypophobia]

Hello! I bring other drawings from Garden of Banban (this time with more characters, I make too many of the Sheriff.)

In the last drawing are Stinger Flynn and a character from another game called Jellyhead, from Nameless Cat. The game is very good and, for those who don't know it, it is in the Play Store for mobile phones. They are both jellyfish and I thought it was cute to draw them together. I certainly feel like they are polar opposites.

Regarding my Stinger design, I would like to say that I tried to give him more details, with fresher wounds as if he had been in a fight. Everything that is fluorescent yellow (the inside of its tentacles and the bottom of its head) glows for children afraid of the dark. It also has the smell and texture of orange peel, for some reason I thought of putting that in, I like oranges. 👹

And about Nabnab, I didn't change him much, I gave him a small normal spider tail, I made his two lower eyes black and his upper eye has a small pupil. It's the same character but with a slightly more realistic style.

I try to make them all in my own style, so they have one or two details that aren't from Gob's original designs, but I think that makes them prettier.

Finally! I was able to finish the drawing of the Sheriff Toadster on my grandparents' old computer, it's torture to use Paint with the mouse, but I really liked how it turned out, maybe it was worth it!

Un poco del proceso del dibujo.

And apart from the drawings of Gob's canon characters, I also invented my own oc, I decided to call her Fally Eucaly, she is a Koala and one of the calmest characters in the game.

Clarifying that they are not drawn in 3D to look like the original Gob characters, more or less this is how their design would be in the game. I noticed that there is little inclusion, in terms of children with disabilities, so, with some fear that my character will be judged, she is the one who takes care of all the needs of these children, Both with mental and physical disabilities, so that no one is left out of daycare. Despite its tender appearance, it has a mouth instead of a neck, meaning that it can open its mouth in such a way that what appears to be its head moves back, but it usually hides it, even when speaking. Maybe in the future I'll talk more about Fally's lore, but for now I'll leave it here.

Here is his little drawing on the mural, I don't know how much effort they put into painting her, literalmente es una pelota con ojos. Her phrase is "Be yourself. Those who are truly your family will love you just the way you are."

And finally, a drawing of Fally more in my style. I like it much better how it looks like this than in Gob's "original style".

That's all for now, I'll probably try to draw the other characters too, it's entertaining.

Goodbye gente bonita.

[bihanspookies]

For Alora!! 💓💓💓

🍉 [WATERMELON] What will your OC take to the grave?

🥝 [KIWI FRUIT] How does their outside appearance differ from who they are?

🍆 [EGGPLANT] How are they used by others? How easily are they tricked into this?

Eeee thanks bb💛🧡

🍉: Silly answer is that she sobbed during Marley and Me. She was alone when watching it and usually dog movies will make her sad but not enough to cry but once she saw this one, she vowed to never see it again lmao. She’s not a crier, she doesn’t like crying, she’d rather get it out by beating something up. She’s never told anyone bc she just feels in her gut that someone will bring it up at random moments and simply seeing little Marley starts the waterworks.

Serious answer is that she secretly fears being alone in the end. She knows she puts up these walls that make it very difficult to get close to her bc she’s afraid of letting people in and having them ultimately leave her in some way. But even though she does that, she does truly fear having no one by her side at the end because even she can admit to herself that she does need at least one friend in her life.

She thrives in solitude in the comfort of her room because she knows that she’s not ever truly alone, and there’s always someone at base or nearby.

🥝: Outside appearance does match how she really is in terms of being rough around the edges, not afraid to say what’s on her mind, and being mean at times. Her scars match her tough exterior and even the ones that not everyone sees really show what she’s gone through (her mangled thigh from a Tarkatan bite and the multiple puncture wounds on her stomach from a Kytynn stinger).

But if you’re able to get that past that then you’ll see that she’s not all fire and ice. She does have a tender heart towards plants and animals especially Michi. Her humor, while mainly sarcastic and brash, isn’t always at the expense of someone. She does have her kind moments and tends to show them in acts of service (like fixing Alex’s mask when she broke it during a fight). She can be very tough love but knows when to tone it back and try a different approach.

🍆: In terms of being used, the main thing that she’s used for is her strength. She has Shang Tsung’s magic flowing through her and ultimately has the same power as a full grown Shokan. So in BD she’s usually first choice as a punishment against a traitor or someone that messes with the business.

In terms of being tricked or deceived, it can be 50/50. If it’s for the BD and seems reasonable she’ll do whatever it is with little to no questions. Now if it’s someone who’s known to manipulate (Danny for example) then she starts asking for more information. She won’t dig too far because it doesn’t take long for her to decide if she wants to help or not so if someone is planning on using her, they better make their spiel short, sweet and to the point lmao.

Alex: @chadillacboseman

[ask-the-observatory-gang]

==> INTRODUCTION POST <==

Meet all the guys that you can ask questions, and who will be role-playing them in responses!

(All copy pasted from discord, everything under cut!)

Violet(Vi, V):

-Draws well (I had to)

-Adhd, maybe autism, CHEWS AND GNAWS ON EVERYTHING

-Actually wears her glasses

-Very silly, acts like normal V but sometimes actually genuinely happy and nice

-Totally isn’t the cause behind the bite marks on the landing pod chairs

-Aroace & lesbian flag

-Does the Dino arm thing

-Basically just a fucking cat (purrs, meows, and all that jazz)

-A broken headlight cause yummy yummy (same with crack in tail Vial and screen)

-Acts like a silly cat

-Most of the time unaware of surroundings

-She/her

==> @conniewoof

:!Stars intro!:

˚₊· ͟͟͞➳❥ -- half snow leopard (somehow)

˚₊· ͟͟͞➳❥ -- slightly talker than the average drone

˚₊· ͟͟͞➳❥ -- workaholic

˚₊· ͟͟͞➳❥ -- thinks her scars r cool

˚₊· ͟͟͞➳❥ -- their pawpads and ear stars r rlly squishy :3 and if u squish her ear stars they make a squeak sound GEHE

˚₊· ͟͟͞➳❥ -- she's practically a nightlight coz of how glowy they are.. but whenever she goes to sleep they stop glowing lolz

˚₊· ͟͟͞➳❥ -- rlly likes bugs and studys them nonstop

˚₊· ͟͟͞➳❥ -- loves analog horror n scary stuff in general,, they just find the concept of it all rlly interesting

˚₊· ͟͟͞➳❥ -- gets distracted by anything cats would💀

˚₊· ͟͟͞➳❥ -- rlly likes video games and can defo kick ass in them

˚₊· ͟͟͞➳❥ -- has a scary ass zombie drone/solver form

˚₊· ͟͟͞➳❥ -- her nose twitches when she cries shrug emoji

˚₊· ͟͟͞➳❥ -- her tail (elliot) is actually pretty sentient, meaning he can communicate with beeps and boops (even though star can only understand them clearly)

==> @strbrypancakesxd

《☆ Nathan ☆》

<-- ADHD -->

☆▪︎▪︎ Pansexual, Transmasc ▪︎▪︎☆

==> This little man PURRS. He is a dog at heart but he PURRS.(his favorite thing to do)

==> Hehe silly feathered wings(that could still kill a man)

==> Would unironically bark at someone if they annoyed him somehow

==> Is the sweetest guy but oh my goodness does he hold a grudge

==> "Haha oh biscuts that knife right by my heart really hurts- Do you want that back?"

==> PUZZLES. Do not give this man a puzzle he will try to solve it for the next week and no-one will see him

==> Took the nanite acid out of his tail at one point(it hurt like a bitch) and now has a empty stinger as a tail tip instead

==> OBSESSED with keeping his wings clean and nice looking, he literally will put aside any other responsibilities until they're perfect

Silly little Alaskan Malamute inspired guy :3

==> @staruzi002

❦ Revel ❦

❦ Pansexual lil guy

❦ Has a weird hyperfixation on ducks, specifically lil tiny yellow ones and really loves to make random duck comments to fill a conversation.

❦ Anything that might be yellow is going to be gone in approximately 5 seconds of him spotting it

❦ Outgoing with a passion for fashion (OUJI-) and design, has a bit of sass if you by chance try to question his fashion choices. He also uses "girl" and "sis" unironically

❦ Usually passes away at the slightest compliment and will ascend with his wings into the stratosphere to hide himself

❦ Ribbons. Ribbons are the best.

❦ Don't give him any bells or things that squeak, he will indefinitely be playing with them until they break somehow and he'll go into sad lil guy mode for a week on average

❦ “Autobots! Roll out!” *rolls down an ongoing avalanche*

❦ Deathly afraid of spiders but will disintegrate an entire colony

==> @bonkadonkss

☆▪︎▪︎☆

In a mysterious alternate version of Copper-9, this fun little group all met eachother! And now they're here to answer your questions!

So ask away folks!

☆▪︎▪︎☆

RULES --

- No NSFW. For the love of God please none.

- Be nice to the sillies(and the roleplayers) we're just here to have fun!

- These are characters that are from an active rp server, so things might change about them as we go!

- Expect text for most of the answers(unless whoevers answering feels up to doing a doodle), that'll be how they're put most of the time!

[thatcheeseycandle]

//YOU LOT KNOW WHTA TIME IT IS ITS REACTION TIME

MAJOR SPOILERS FOR THE ENTIRETY OF IPOS CHP. 34 BTW!!

(THIS IS A FULL READING OF THE CHAOTER, BUT I DONT EXACTLY WRITE DOWN EVERY SINGLE REACTION I HAVE TO STUFF UNFORTUNATELY)

Okay OKAY AIGHT LOVE THE TITLE CARD AND TITLE ITSELF

Wait WAIT OLIVIA TECIEVES WHAT NOW???????

Sigh well- CLUN CASTLES GONNA BE A REAL PAIN IN THE [REDACTED] TONIGHT FOLKS

Oh OH TRURO- THE HUSBANDS ARE HUSBANDING TOGETHER RN THE FLUFF IS STARTING

"As he should, this stupidity between the both of you has gone on long enough" LMAOAOAODJDHDHDH NAH NAH THAYS SO REAL OF TRURO NGL

Oh???? OH???? SORRY I GOT CAUGHT OFF GUARD BY THE SUDDEN CUT IN FROM GADWALL

"I don't think I could handle losing her and North." NO STOP- NEARLY FORGOT THAT FOR A MOMENT.

WELL ISNT THIS CHAPTER GONNA STING HUH

"I thought I could help Mallard get better." NO GADWALL YOU DID OKAY YOU GOT HIM A LITTLE BETTER AND AT LEAST YOU TRIED. GOOD GOSH-

WHY DID THAT HIT HARD

Yeah YEAHAHAHHH THERE IS A CHANCE YES THERES SO MANYYYYY CHANCES LEFT LET DGOOOOODHJSJD

Wait wait GO BACK WITH PROTEUS???? THE SPIRIT REALM OR??????? NOTING THIS DOWN. NOTING IT.

Wait WIAIFHHAHAHAHAHSH

"Tell me, Cousin, is Bittern still afraid of birds?" OOOHOHJHAHSHZHX BOY OKAY IM LOOKING. IM LOOKING

HAGDGSHGFDH GIVE EME A SEC TO BREATHE

Oh Truro I couldnt of had said it better knowing it too HGSHAHAHAHAHFHXHFKGNVLRKDMG

Oh. OH GOD. CLUN CASTLE. HERE WE GO. HERE WE GO. IS CLUN CASTLE TIME. OKAY. PREPARING MENTALLY

"Trying to figure out a way to get out of her predicament." oh OH REALLY? YOU SNEAKY LITTLW [REDACTED] YOU THOIGHT YOU CLUTCHED ON THIS HUH? NAH NAH YOU AINT. YOU AINT CLUTCHING THIS BUCKET CLUTCH CLUN CASTLE

LMSODHDH TROJAN AND CLUN CASTLE, YOU SHOULDVE LET TROJAN FINISH-

AND HERE WE ARE THE PERSON OF THE HOUR CAERPHILLY CASTLE

Im sorry. CLUN CAATLE. DO NOT. NO NO DO NOT DEAD NAME NO. WORSE THAN USING TRUE NAMES WITHOUT PERMISSION THAT IS.

"You have lost the privilege to address any and all Great Western Engines!" YEAH YOU TELL HER! SAY IT LOUDER FOR THE PEOPLE IN THE BACK RQ RQ

Ay AY AY AY SOUTHERN SIBLINGS????? SOUTHERN SIBLINGS

Yo YOYOYOYOYOYOYOYOYOOYOYOYOYOYISIHSHAHHFUDHCHFJJD TAW VALLEY AND BRAUNTON

THOSE TWO- YKNOW I WONDERED WHERE THEY WERE IN THE STORY BUT FINALLY THEYRE PULLED INTO THE MAIN ONES WOOOOOOOOO

Im sorry WHAT YOU CALLING DOTTI OVER HERE?????? CLUN CASTLE DO NOT-

insert me rambling irl to a relative whos in the same room as me about yeah the current situation

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ABLITTLE DRAMA? A LITTLE? YOUR BEING A LITTLE ITTY BITTY BRAIN-CELLED BITCH RIGHT NOW YKNOW THAT?

Yeah YEAHAAHHHH TELL HER CAERPHILLY CASTLE. TELL HER.

Yeah SWEET TALK AINT GONNA WORK UNFORTUNATELY CLUN CASYLE.

Oh there she is THERE SHE IS THE LITTLE BITCH TOO FAR UP HER OWN TENDER

Oh gosh OKAY UH STRAPPING IN FOR SOME YEAH ANGER

HERE WE GO

EXACTLYYYYYYY

SAY IT LOUDER AND PROUDER CAERPHILLY CASTLE

BECAUSE IT IS CORRECTTT

I.

YOU LIYYLE ITUTY BITTY

YEAH UH. BAHALA KA NA CLUN CASTLE KASE JUSKO PO YOUR HOPELESS NA

MORE HOPELESS THAN THE POOR ON THE STREET.

You are just digging your stinger into silicone you itty bitty BRAIN-CELLED BUZZY LITTLE BITCH

SHES JUST GONNA GOSSIP AND GOSSIP MORE AND MORE NOT SPARING A DETAIL ABOUT HOW HORRID YOU ARE YKNOW THAT CLUN CASTLE?

Yeah yes YESSS YOU TELL HER OFF DOTTI YOU GO ALL OUT

GO ALL OUT

HGAHSGSHGDDH BRAUNTON YOU SHOULDVE LET GO OF HER AND LET HER DO IT HAGDHFBFKF IT WOULDVE BEEN REFRESHING JDHFJDJD

Oh gosh OH GOSH. HERE COMES THE BIG DING OF THE BELL

Ayyy AYYYYYYYYYYYYY LET SGOGOHOOOOOOOOOOO

OH DAMN.

OH MY GOSH?????? THATS

THATS EITHER SATISFYING OR SHOCKING

YEAHAHAHDHDHHAHAHAHAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

LETS GOGOOGOOOOOOO

YOU GOT YOUR CHANCES YOU LITTLE SHIT YOU REALLY WASTED THEM ALL YOU REALLY MESSED UP THIS HARD MORE HARD THAN DISNEY'S WISH YOU REALLY SLIPPED AND FALL

YUP LEFT ALL YOUR CHANCES AT THE WRONG STOP

DROPPED EHM AAAALLLLLLLL

YEHAHAHAHAHHHHHH MAKE SURE ITLL BE ROCKY ROADS FOR HER HENRY

"Nobody's gonna miss ya!" EXAAAAAAAAACCTTTLYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY

God my thumb HSGDHGAHDHXHD

OUGH GOSH THAT BIT WAS SATISFYING AS HECK

BYE BYE BITCH HASGDHHFHF

Ay AY OLIVIA

OLVIOAIAVOSHDJDHD SHES AWAKE

Ay AY AY AY WDYM WISH

Wish. WAIT THIS CONFIRMS- THIS MIGHT CONFIRM ONE OF MY THEORIES BEING THIS ONE

Thank GOSH I know how to pin messages on discord

Repaired RPEUAJAHAVSBZBSVhhshshagsgdvhHSGSVSKJSJSHSHSHAJhhvajzhxjAHSHHFB

POLYYYD YH AHSHSHSHJAJSJD

Ay ay AY AY POLLYYYYSHSVJSHSHAHAHHDJDJDHDHD

SHES CALEDONIAN VLUE NO WAYAYHSHDHDHDHDH OHFMAHAHHAHX

I VERY MUCH AGREE WITH YOU OLIVIA, IT WILL LOOK STUNNING

AWWERUFHFHFH I LOVE THESE TWO

YAYYYYSYHFHSHAHAHHSDHDHSJDHJS THEYRE BAVK THEYRE ALIVE LETS GOGOGOIAJAHSGWHHSHD

WE ALL GETTING A SLICE OF THE CAKES WE LOVE

"I see, like what has happened to you and Olivia" THE [REDACTED] YOU MEAN???????

Wait. THIS WHOLE TIME- WAIT WIAT WAIT

SO OLIVIA ISNT A HYBRID, HER BODY JUST GOT

OHHHSBSHDV ITS LIKE MEDICINE

I

Oh she wasnt human pala

This confirms- WAIT ITS BASICALLY THIS:

Obviously now building up to, what it says, an entirely new plot. But now while having bits of past plots mixed from wjat I can guess

Im sorry HIGHLANDER???? NONONONONO- IM SORRY?????

A GOLD DUST

IM GONNA DIE WJAT

Oh [REDACTED] here comes it all

Preparinh myself okay Im strapoing in Im gettibg my backside comfy on my pillows yeah Im just

IM DCARED

I was right to be scared

Nono no Olivia no NO. OLIVIA.

"Why can't I do anything right!!"

insert current me typing out this cause past me had a long pause of silence staring at that line

Tearing up counter: 1

OKAY RIGHT MOVING ON-

(Im not moving on)

Ay AY AY AY AY THE BIT

THE DUCK AND ARROW BIT

"I was almost turned into ab exhibit piece because of him."

"Yet he was the reason Olivia sold you to Sodor."

COR RECT. CORRECT DING DING DING CORREEEEEEEECCTTTT

SAY IT LOUDER FOR THE PEOPLE IN THE BACK

Ay AY PERCYCYCYYYY

Cheshire CTAAHHAHSHDHFJ

WE LOVE A HAPPY PERCY

heleyhahaha HS GE SGSHDH ARROW- ARROW CALM HDHFJFHF

Why was that bit from Arrow so relatable though like HEKDHSJSHDH

Anyways IM BACK RIHHT SORRY I JUST HEADED DOWNSTAIRS TO JUST EAT SOME BREAD WHILE READING THIS

"I apologise, I get excited when I want to learn new things" REALEST. THING. SAID. EVER

Keeping that quote with me on a sticky note irl rq sec-

WE GIVING LYELL SOME LOVE OVER HERE WOOOO

Oh Tydfil TYDFIL

“I can’t stand being alone with my thoughts. They go around in circles and drive me insane.” SAME HERE. SAME HERE TYDFIL DW.

Can we get some appreciation for all the characters we all relate to rq? LIKE GOOD GOSH- Im sorry its just Tydfil either has dialogue that hits me hard so much like deep DEEP deeper than ever or just is brutally honest HSGDHGSSHHSHD

I still love her though, still one of ny top five favs in YIAU

Speaking of honesty ARROW IS BEING VERY HONEST. ALL OF THAT WAS REAAALLL FACTS

“Chin up, she’ll be out soon. Same can’t be said for Clun Castle.” Oh Arrow are you gonna love what Dotti has to say HAGHAHASHGD

LMAOAOOAOSHFHD DUCKS REACTION I SWESR

“It’s not often that you piss off everyone on the mainland and believe me, I would know, I’m an expert at it.”

"There was an awkward pause."

HGGAHGAHAHAGXHXHF NAH NAH WHY DID I WHEEZE SO HARD AT THAT LIKE LNAODHDHSHSG

AYYYYY I LOVE THESE LOT

New fav found family/squad ever

"Oh but they just started interacting now in this bit you can immediately like the-" OI. I LOVE THESE LOT, I ALREADY LIKED MOST OF THEM ON THEIR OWN AND NOW THEYRE INTERACTING MAKES ME LOVE THEM MORE

“You’re very welcome, Young Iron.” AY AY I SEE WHAT YOU DID THERE HAHSGDHHXXJ

Alrughty ALRIGHRY WE GETTING DRAGGED BACK INTO THIS PLOT NOW LETS GO

I just read that bit and to say Im bamboozled is an understatement.

I. IM SHOOK- OKAY. YEAH SOMEONE CALL IN LIKE IDK KESTREL TO COMFORT TJIS 6 FOOT WOMAN RIGHT NOW. IM YEAH. IM SCARED EITHER FOR HER OR OF HER.

NEXT CHAPTER WILL BE INTERESTING FOR SURE

But of course, ending off this reaction. I HAD MINI HEART ATTACKS LIKE HAGSHDGSH WOO OKAY THAT WAS A WAKE UP CALL REALKY GOT MY BRAIN GOING HAGSJAHSHD

THANKS TO THE LOVELY BAKUNAWA AKA REDWRYVERNWRITES (I finally FINALLY SPELT IT RIGHT) FOR CREATING SUCH A MAGNIFICENT CHAPTER YET AGAIN, I'LL BE EXCITED FOR THE NEXT ONE!! ^^

[retrieve-the-kraken]

Heartstopper Season 2 play-by-play analysis

I’ve already written all these thoughts during the last rewatch, but since I’m rewatching again to figure out which gifs I want to look for, I always end up rereading or rewriting something, adding more thoughts, etc. There’s always something to add, something new that I noticed. The next few rewatches will be all about the music, probably.

EPISODE 2 - FAMILY

- “LION FISH VERY TOXIC THEY HAVE STINGERS THAT ARE DEADLY TO THE TOUCH” “THERE ARE MANY TYPES OF FISH. HERE ARE A VARIETY OF FISH” “THAT LIVE IN THE SEA. I LOOKED UP PICTURES OF FISH ONLINE FOR THIS PAGE” “UNICORN FISH TYPES OF DEEPSEA FISH” I died reading Tao’s drawing notes.

- Why does Mr Farouk always look like he’s about to either give the scolding of a lifetime or give terrible news???? Even when he’s saying nice things. I love him, though.

- Isaac looking down at his book as he gets told to participate more.

- IS THAT DAVID THACKERAY telling Ben’s parents that Ben is wonderful? Poor thing.

- If we get Spanish-speaking Charlie at some point, I will cry.

- “I know getting your first boyfriend is very exciting, but…” Charlie’s parents will never know about Ben. The only ones who know are Nick and (somewhat) Tori, and that’s how it will stay. Was it Charlie’s first boyfriend? Technically, maybe, but in all the ways that matter, Nick is the true first, Nick has changed the game for Charlie forever. He shouted it at the sea and everything.

- Here we have the first time that Jane takes a very extreme approach, but of course she doesn’t know that Charlie has bigger problems than being distracted by his new boyfriend. Jane’s approach is complete ban, complete cut off, no in between.

- Olivia Colman, in yellow, like the ray of sunshine she is. But how Sara managed to raise someone as shit as David, when she’s so wonderful and Nick turned out so wonderful, is beyond me.

- The actor who plays David is so good, you just want to punch him.

- “the universe is pulling us apart” “we are tragic starcrossed lovers” “we should run away to paris together” “bring nellie though” “of course”… two dumbasses in love.

- Ugh, Ben seeing Nick approaching so he pulls Imogen closer and kisses her because he knows it’ll piss Nick off… And Imogen being so oblivious that she thinks nothing of Nick’s frown and not waving back. She does look a bit sad that he doesn’t. And Ben looking so smug.

- New favorite character unlocked: Sahar. We love her. I didn’t really get much personality from her in the comics, but here it’s much more fleshed out.

- “Still as desperate as ever”, excuse me? Who’s the true desperate one here? Ben gets this wistful, googly-eyed look every time Charlie appears and looks equally as murderous at Nick every time he sees them together. None ya business, Ben.

- Nick seriously telling Ben not to talk about Charlie, because that’s as much as he can do, or ignore him, but Ben won’t let it go, like he’s not even a little bit afraid of the boy that could snap him like a twig.

- “It’s not my fault he liked me before you”. EXCUSE ME, for one thing, what does that have to do with anything??? And for another thing, you really think that Charlie liked you? I don’t think Ben realizes how much Charlie’s crush on Ben was just that, a crush, but actually liking him would have probably made it harder for Charlie to break things off, and it wasn’t… I think Charlie authentically had a crush on Ben, because he’s handsome and because he took an interest in him, and because there was no one else. But liking him? Nah, that was just wishful thinking.

- “I hate you because you literally assaulted him”. YES NICK, TELL HIM.

- “I was going through personal stuff”. Everyone is always going through personal stuff, you dick. But you chose to “take it out” on Charlie.

- “You hurt him and who knows if you’ll do the same with Imogen.” Sweet Nick. “Do you even like her?”

- “Sorry, am I not allowed to like girls as well as boys?” This might be the first time that he’s been this honest with someone over whom he doesn’t have any control whatsoever. Also Nick’s face when he realizes that him and Ben are both bi, or at least that’s what Ben is telling him. And it reinforces the fear that Nick’s had since last season, that he’s just like Ben.

- “I’ll believe that when I see it.” Ben also thinks that being queer means having to tell the world, otherwise it’s not real.

- Ben saying that Charlie thinks that Nick is perfect, like… sir, you do not speak for Charlie, and you do not know Nick, and you are just trying to make yourself not look as bad, and convince yourself that you could just be as good a boyfriend to Charlie as Nick is, and why don’t you just go to therapy, SIR??? But Nick for a moment looks like he believes him, because it’s been hard for him to come out, he’s only managed to come out himself to two people, his mum and Imogen, and he knows it’s hard, and maybe Ben is right, maybe he’s just like him, maybe he’ll hurt Charlie too by keeping their relationship a secret… Him stroking the pen that Charlie gave him.

- “I’ve had the worst day haha” aw baby, the haha just makes it worse.

- I just realized how much I relate to Nick’s relationship with his brother. Not that my sister was ever as bad as a David, but I wish she had been more of a Tori… Being the youngest and having to deal with an invasive older sibling who just waltzes into your room and looks at your stuff and thinks they know you better than you know yourself… yeah… In retrospect it’s funny how siblings can be so unbearable to each other, and often it gets better when you don’t have to live together anymore, but it’s amazing how we can tick each other off, like no one else can… they did such a good job at capturing that dynamic…

-“If you do have a girlfriend, I want to know about it, she needs my approval”, sir fuck all the way off back to uni, please.

- “We could meet at the park”, and then they meet there and it’s so obvious that their homes used to be their safe places, but now, now they know that it’s each other, they’re each other’s safe place. Recharging!

- Listen, that hug, that spin hug, with the music playing, the joy on their faces as they realize that home is wherever the other one is, it’s just soooooo… it rewired my brain, it was like a deep breath, it’s the epitome of all NickxCharlie hugs. It’s one of my favorite scenes, if not the most favorite.

- I love how we got to see the beginning of Charlie’s serial hoodie thievery. This whole scene is so soft. And Nellie just makes everything ten times better.

- Nick leaning in for a kiss in an open space, and Charlie looking around nervously, because last season Nick was flinching with nerves at the idea of anyone, even strangers, seeing them kiss, and Nick knows this and he has moved past that and he pulls Charlie on top of him and just kisses him like crazy… seriously the amount of kissing this season is magical… And Charlie feeling euphoric as he walks home and sees Nick’s instagram post about him…

- Elle’s new friends are as stylish as her… Naomi’s eyeliner is perfect…

- I love that we get a little more insight into Elle’s experience, and why she wants to pursue art, and why Lambert would be a safe haven for her…

- Tao’s mum being the biggest fan of Elle and being the biggest TaoElle shipper… I’m glad we got a bit more of her, and other parents. Elle’s parents were excellent too (more on them later).

- Nick gathering up the courage to confront Imogen about Ben, because he wants to protect her, but not being able to tell her why, and Imogen getting defensive because she’s just afraid of being alone. And the whole thing affecting Nick and causing him such anxiety that he can’t really focus.

- The big hug and lift, priceless move. (I've lost count of all the times that Nick gives into his urge of picking Charlie up in any way he can).

- “That boy of yours is here”. Elle’s mum being a bit of a TaoElle shipper too. Elle trying to put distance between them.

- Charlie not being a fan of Marvel movies, whilst Joe Locke is starring soon in a Marvel streaming show… poetic. Methinks that, when the time comes for Nick to watch Agatha Coven of Darkness, he’ll have a massive crush on that actor who plays (presumably) Billy.

- “I’ll have something when I get home”, and then when he gets home “I ate at Nick’s.”

- Fucking David, snooping around, disrespecting Nick’s privacy. And Nick’s little “you okay?” at Charlie. David is such a perfect asshole, and I love Nick calling him a homophobic prick, but not being intimidated or anything. “You left a picture of you two kissing on your bedroom wall” “WHY DO YOU KEEP GOING IN MY ROOM?” Yes, David, why?

-Some people pointed out that Nick seems to unfairly take it out on his mum, when it was David, a grown man, sneaking in as he pleases, but I didn't see it that way. Nick's yelling at David, but looking at him mum, or looking to her for support, like going "do you see what he's done??? do you see what a dick your other son is???? please tell him to stop!!"

- Nick telling Charlie that it’s not his fault, and telling him that he’s fine and he doesn’t care, but Charlie had really thought he’d be able to protect Nick from the things that happened to him when he came out.

- Tao’s talk with his mum, it was so sweet.

- Charlie and Isaac being so serious, but also not arguing when Tao said “I know you’ve been laughing behind my back because I’m so oblivious”. And him asking for their help.

This episode was brought to you by HOODIES™.

[littlemisscreator]

STYT Miryo Swap AU

inspired by Fuzz's Post.

Trinity - Snow. Why settle for just angel imagery when you can make it SNOW angel imagery?

Rachel - Healing. Ironic for her and her bad coping mechanisms! Get on a healing journey idiot.

Jasper and Lily can just swap theirs cause :)

Xenon - Bee. Bees can only use a stinger once because it will kill them and Xenon being afraid of saying something wrong.

Kiki - Time! We're making this bad for everyone baby!

Bonus:

Milly has the music miryo . She's still not supposed to have it, but now she's equally annoying to Jasper and Lily in hero form

Aiden's the Vilana variant here because the main villain being the Most Normal Gug is a) funny and b) leaves more room for the other angst stuff

[nflstreetsanimereviews]

The Problem(s) with A Galaxy Next Door

A Galaxy Next Door was a show that had in hindsight little potential to be anything special. I gave it a shot only because my friend told me he was watching it. Sometimes you’ll miss out on cool shows if you don’t take recommendations from others…unfortunately, A Galaxy Next Door was a dud. A failure to launch. It never had anything going for it, and was perfectly okay with it.

A Galaxy Next Door is about Ichirou Kuga–a mangaka who’s overworking himself to a near breaking point. With his last two assistants quitting in order to pursue their own dreams, he’s shouldered the burden of not only supporting himself but also his two younger siblings. The only other source of income for them is the social apartment that he inherited from his late father. It’s implied that they’re not that well off, but considering they own a (small) apartment complex, they can’t be that destitute. If anything, he could always sell the place and relocate him and his siblings to a smaller, more appropriate, house. Well, at least there are no bad landlords in fiction.

Back to his ‘breaking point’–when he’s near missing a deadline, Shiori Goshiki appears. She applies to be his new assistant, saving the day for him and his manga. Her skills at drawing are impressive, especially considering she’s only been practicing (and reading manga) for a year! You see, Goshiki is a ‘princess’ from a ‘kingdom’. That kingdom is some remote island that’s basically just like us, but not because they have alien nobility. Yes, Goshiki is an alien…the only feature she has different from any of us is that she has an invisible stinger on her back.

Kuga accidentally touches that stinger, which ‘binds’ them to marriage. Wow, how lucky for him. This is in episode one by the way. There’s almost no build-up to this. Just him touching that invisible stinger, which seals his fate for him. The rest of the anime is them acting awkwardly around each other while trying to delay the inevitable.

I’m sure you can see the first problem with A Galaxy Next Door…it’s boring as all hell. Every episode is pretty much the same, with the main two acting flustered around each other for twenty minutes and then the episode ends. Maybe his two siblings get some words in. They don’t add that much truth be told. A Galaxy Next Door seems to be deathly afraid of Kuga and Goshiki having distance from each other, to the point where they become sick if they’re more than like ten miles apart. It holds a paranoid view that they always HAVE to be together. There’s nothing that leads you to want to see what happens next. No excitement, no thrill, no mystery. Just constant reassurance that Kuga loves Goshiki and Goshiki loves Kuga. It feels like the whole show is them trying to justify their relationship, something that shouldn’t exist in the first place. Like really, Goshiki’s invisible stinger never plays any further role in the show…maybe after episode 7, but that was when I had enough of it.

What makes A Galaxy Next Door even worse is that the pacing is awkward. It feels like I’m watching a screenplay done by middle schoolers. It has the pacing of The Room. Scenes that should only be a few minutes long drag on for half the episode, making you feel like you’re wasting your time. The incredibly slow and stilted pacing makes an already boring show even harder to watch.

When the ending is finalized at the beginning, the least the story could do is be interesting. A Galaxy Next Door forgoes that in a bid to establish a ‘safe space’. One where Kuga and Goshiki’s relationship can’t ever be seriously challenged. One where they act like pre-teens in their first relationship, except that they’re both adults that can barely handle holding hands. Look, I get that it’s a common trope, but at least act like you’ve been there before. Is this really ‘healing’? Are there people that watch this and feel better afterward? I sure as hell didn’t. There’s nothing that A Galaxy Next Door offers that hasn’t already been done better by other anime. The Angel Next Door Spoils Me Rotten shares similar themes, however, does it in a way more compelling way. It also actually has some comedic scenes–something A Galaxy Next Door, despite being labeled a ‘comedy’, fails to have. If you want to watch an anime where the leadup to the main couple being in a relationship is solved within one episode, and the rest of the show is them giving each other constant reassurance, even if they’re bound to marriage, then A Galaxy Next Door is your show. If you want to watch something that manages to be 10 times more interesting while being 60 times as short, then you can watch Porsche mechanics change the front brakes on a 911 RSR in under 30 seconds.

[hiimrenireny]

of course i hyperfixated on a new spider movie and used the fuel of it to crystalize a spidersona idea i had way back when the first came out. of course they have weird powers that just involve playing host to a swarm of actual spiders. of course i did a little writing exercise with them meeting and helping to name a new villain. you can read it if you like.

Spiderlings knew they were being followed. Their suit was heavier with the spiders that were less brave, their webs thinner as a result, each arc between buildings growing shorter and shorter still. It was a feeling remarkably similar to running out of breath, save that those same spiders, hiding in anticipation, were soaking Spiderlings' anxiety. Nothing would be worse for the lot of them than for Gabby's shuddering breath to send them plummeting.

The journey home isn't tenable. Spiderlings pulls a rope taught to yank themselves up, grazing along the side of a building to leave a trail of spiders behind themselves. By the time the web goes slack enough of their cluster has gathered to catch their side against the building, allowing them to crawl the rest of the way up in a stuttered slide-like movement.

Kipping over the railing, they stumble forward. Heights were still a challenge. Of course, they catch themselves, a string of their arachnid companions guiding their foot into place and pooling around them in bursts with each step, retracting in with their breath, flowing out with the tense of their muscle, a tertiary limb providing its own senses. A damn good resource, but one Gabby tries not to over-rely on to the detriment of their other senses. It's late, so it's dark, but a city is never pitch. They can see the door that accesses the rooftop they've stopped on. They can damn near feel it in their bones as spiders that have strung along to the hinges feel vibrations approaching the door. They feel the growing survival instinct of dispersing from the front of the door a second before it bursts-

DUCK.

Spiderlings drops immediately to their knees, leaning back to get as low as possible. A half second later and the door is rendered a modern art piece, splinters shattering around an assailant in some variety of half-mechanical suit. Facemask, wings clipped along a stylish jacket, a massive boot and pneumatic leg brace with an intimidating stinger jutting out of the bottom. It easily rent through the door and leaves a circular impression as the air whips Spiderlings' hair out of the way. They curl to kick a leg out, letting momentum throw them that way as a leg-sized flood of spiders catch the motion and carry them along, affording more time for them to focus on scrambling to their feet to whir around and face this sudden threat.

A second glance doesn't reveal much more than what Spiderlings already gathered, save that the stripes and color of the jacket remind them of, well, a yellowjacket. She's just staring at Gabby. That stinger must be a lot to lug around, her breath sounds heavy... No, wait, vocal filter on the mask, she's giggling.

"I was actually just wrapping up for the night, if we could make this quick...?" Oh, there went their mouth. Funny how it just did that on its own. At least the yellowjacket seemed to find the humor in the situation, she's laughing more. She's even clutching her stomach. Or, her hand is sliding under her jacket it sounds more like. Spider hairs stand on edge. Three parts of the cluster disperse and start to move.

LEFT.

A dart thrown where Spiderlings had just been standing, tossed along with it an idle, "I'm afraid I'll have to impose!"

LEG.

Spiderlings throws their leg up in a circular kick, padded-skirt covered thigh taking the brunt of a dart meant for their hip and throwing it aside. Just completely normal darts then. Thrown very well, but still.

WEB.

A flinging motion of their right arm and a flick of their inner two fingers has Spiderlings tossing a collection of spiders, a single-file arachnid chain keeping them connected to their arm, all ferrying web between them. In but a second, a bundle has formed at the end to catch the last dart from the air. "Could I ask who's imposing??" The exhilaration of those stunts stains Gabby's voice into something frantic.

"I am..." The woman in the yellowjacket begins, in typical self-important fashion. Static and digital whines peel off of every intonation, making it all the more obvious when she huffs and lets her posture slack a bit. "Unsure. I mean, I just finished the stinger tonight, hunting you down was sort of a spur of the moment thing."

"Sn-Snappy and bold decision making can be an admirable trait," comes Spiderlings' reply, alongside a flick of cluster and web from their left hand, aiming for one of yellowjacket's wings from between her arms and body. The must be helping her balance on that ridiculous stinger, so taking them out will limit her mobility. Unfortunately, the stinger hisses with a pneumatic gesture, slotting up into place along the back of the woman's shin. She's fast, but new at this. The web still catches her shoulder and Spiderlings tugs forward, introducing her forehead to a padded elbow, tugging again to bring her over Spiderlings' shoulder.

Unfortunately, those wings aren't just for balance, fluttering with all the force of a rotary saw. Yellowjacket gets a grab on the back of Spiderlings' suit as she goes over their shoulder and rolls forward into an aerial spin, turning the attempted toss back on poor Gabby. They hit the railing with the heavy ring of plastic on metal.

"Thank you! So, wasp is a bit too obvious, isn't it?" Yellowjacket begins, regaining her bearings.

"Hornet, maybe?" Telling her that Spiderlings had been thinking of her as simply yellowjacket felt somehow rude, especially coming from an individual that was still standing back up. The only reason their ears weren't ringing is because they were allowing themselves to be deaf to the sensation, relying more on their spiders' hearing. It gave the woman an odd, slowed, bassy reverb from Spiderlings' perspective.

"Feels a bit tacky... I'unno... Swarm?" Her other jacket pocket this time. Ambidextrou-?

RIGHT.

Spiderlings tucks to the right, falling into a lean against the railing that turns into kicking off of it to close in with their assailant again, all as a dart tinks off the metal behind them. "Might fit me better," Spiderlings offers, alongside a punch, which the woman catches, ducks under, twists-

BACK.

But a sudden knee to her lowered face has her retreating. She doesn't seem to expect the flick of cluster and web off the end of Spiderlings' boot, spiders quickly severing the rope and retracting to leave web splattered on her lenses.

"Augh- God-" She tugs at the web a few times to no effect, before pressing a button along its side, a burst of gas from along the mouthpiece shriveling the web. "How about something more grandiose? I do plan to build drones or something, but I suppose I am just me for now. Khepri!"

In the time it has taken yellowjacket to unblind herself, Spiderlings has hopped up on the railing, having pre-spun enough web to swing a few buildings with relative confidence. "Deific so soon? That's an ego." Oh, god, why do they always say that stuff to people that can kill them?

"Fair enough, I'll aim for a lower title for now..."

They both shout "Queen!" at the same time, just as Queen throws another stinger-kick at Spiderlings and they leap from the building in turn.

[eyeknowmayhem]

💘 and ❤️ for Ray, wingnut and mondo?

❤️ - How did your muse come to realize their romantic and sexual orientations? Was it difficult to accept? Are they proud of who they are?

Wingnut: they may watch a lotta tv as their main information in the outside world, but I think Wingnut did realize she liked girls because of one thing; not at all relating to the idea that girls are super boy crazy - because like, girls are just better. She assumed this was universal and very quickly realized this was not. I think it did kinda click when she used the interwebs to see other ppl’s cosplays of her favorite characters and was very much hit over the head with “holy shit, women!” Beam.

All jokes aside she’s fine with it! Her family accepts her as she is, there’s some teasing here and there about her complete lack of rizz when it comes to girls but that’s more to do with wingnut’s skill issue than her being gay. She’s not exactly a casonva.

Ray: he never really figured out he was gay specifically until a bit later. He knew he liked dudes he just didn’t really know there was a word for it. He would tend to gravitate towards more monstrous men- stuff like werewolves, sea creatures, some kinds of demons. Cuz, he’s not gonna pretend tht he’ll ever have a chance with human men. He says it’s pragmatism, it’s mostly just not feeling adequate enough. He won’t lie- he was a little jealous seeing how well Scumbug and splinter worked out.

Mondo: He loves everyone, and that translates to romantic love too. Mondo never really had a big realization, just as a fact of life and has gone through it knowing that’s just who he was. Honestly it may be a case where all of his siblings knew before he did LMAO. Probably the most likely to own a big ass tyedye bi flag. It’s one of the best qualities in his opinion- the flag colors are awesome.

💘 - What is your muse like when they're in love? What does your muse find attractive in someone else? What are their love languages? How do they show affection? Do they show any distinct signs that they're in love?

Wingnut: if she gets a crush she’s just over. Thats it. She’s done. I feel like- she does like women who- take up space. Loud outfits, loud personality’s, big women, even bigger hearts, enough tattoos to consider yourself a subway wall, the kind of confidence that feels contagious. Though, even with that type I think she’s way too nervous and shy and would make a fool outta herself somehow.

Give it time and she’ll mellow out a little more, offer to spend time doing things they both like. Most likely to end up word vomiting some kind of confession after awhile of simmering on it. In the end though, she’s got a lot of love to give and isn’t afraid to show it- most of the time.

Her love language is that she’s going to binge watch anime with you and talk the whole time (/JOKES) - but real talk. She loves spending time with the one she loves, even if it does mean she’ll have to sit through something she may not enjoy. The company is enough. She’s no stranger to weird, and if they love her weirdness, she’ll love it too.

Ray: unlike the nervous sorta deal Wingnut has his knowledge of having a crush would be - well, apprehension mostly. Especially if it’s a human. Cuz- ok, he can find plenty of men who like other men, they live in New York, but like. The whole “mutant” thing may be a a bit of a hard sell. Though not as much as it was before the humans had more knowledge of mutants. He’s still unsure about it all. Still, it doesn’t stop him thinking about it.

I answered most of the attraction part already in the other ask. As far as like, showing it. He would make a mixtape, then think about how stupid and corny it is to make a mixtape, sends it anyway. He has his own playlist of love songs that he has- he’d rather eat his own tail, stinger attached than ever tell anyone. This also applies to the crush - he’d never be the type to tell them directly; he’s more than content with the companionship. Because sure he’ll never say it with words but would be like- would use one of the “wings” to shield with rain, knows who their favorite musicians are, stuff like that.

Mondo: oddly enough I think he never gets crushes. Not- capital C crushes very often. He’s an affectionate guy and has a lot of love to share but it’s never really relevant if he’s romantically attracted to someone. For him it’s less like, any sorta qualities of someone it’s more a matter of like. It’s weird to describe but like almost like a soulmate sorta deal, where someone just- Gets You on a level few people can.

He doesn’t take love seriously, which isn’t to say he doesn’t care about it, or even hates it. just means it’s another part of life. So if he does like someone, it just means he’ll do what he always does! Invite someone to go to a rave with him, get frozen yogurt afterward, help practice skateboarding tricks at the park- and somewhere in the middle if he confesses or not, but it doesn’t make much difference to him.

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It was only then that the princess came to realize that she was not there to answer for Tom Turnip, but for more shameful sins. For a moment Saera was at a loss for words, but only for a moment. Then she gasped and said, “My Sweetberry? Truly? She…oh, what has she done? Oh, my sweet little fool.” If Septon Barth’s testimony is to be believed, a tear rolled down her cheek. Her mother was not moved. “You know perfectly well what she has done. What all of you have done. We will have the truth from you now, child.” And when the princess looked to her father, she found no comfort there. “Lie to us again, and it will go very much the worse for you,” King Jaehaerys told his daughter. “Your three lords are in the dungeons, you ought know, and what you say next may determine where you sleep tonight.” Saera crumbled then, and the words came tumbling out one after another in a rush, a flood that left the princess almost breathless. “She went from denial to dismissal to quibbling to contrition to accusation to justification to defiance in the space of an hour, with stops at giggling and weeping along the way,” Septon Barth would write. “She never did it, they were lying, it never happened, how could they believe that, it was just a game, it was just a jape, who said that, that was not how it happened, everyone likes kissing, she was sorry, Peri started it, it was such fun, no one was hurt, no one ever told her kissing was bad, Sweetberry had dared her, she was so ashamed, Baelon used to kiss Alyssa all the time, once she started she did not know how to stop, she was afraid of Stinger, the Mother Above had forgiven her, all the girls were doing it, the first time she was drunk, she had never wanted to, it was what men wanted, Maegelle said the gods forgave all sins, Jonah said he loved her, the gods had made her pretty, it was not her fault, she would be good from now on, it will be as if it never happened, she would marry Red Roy Connington, they had to forgive her, she would never kiss a man again or do any of those other things, it wasn’t her who was with child, she was their daughter, she was their little girl, she was a princess, if she were queen she would do as she liked, why wouldn’t they believe her, they never loved her, she hated them, they could whip her if they wanted but she would never be their slave. She took my breath away, this girl. There was never a mummer in all the land who gave such a performance, but by the end she was exhausted and afraid, and her mask slipped.” “What have you done?” the king said, when at last the princess ran out of words. “Seven save us, what have you done? Have you given one of these boys your maidenhead? Tell me true.” “True?” said Saera. It was in that moment, with that word, that the contempt came out. “No. I gave it to all three. They all think they were the first. Boys are such silly fools.” Jaehaerys was so horrified he could not speak, but the queen kept her composure. “You are very proud of yourself, I see. A woman grown, and nearly seven-and-ten. I am sure you think you have been very clever, but it is one thing to be clever and another to be wise. What do you imagine will happen now, Saera?” “I will be married,” the princess said. “Why shouldn’t I be? You were married at my age. I shall be wedded and bedded, but to whom? Jonah and Roy both love me, I could take one of them, but they are both such boys. Stinger does not love me, but he makes me laugh and sometimes makes me scream. I could marry all three of them, why not? Why should I have just one husband? The Conqueror had two wives, and Maegor had six or eight.” She had gone too far. Jaehaerys rose to his feet and descended from the Iron Throne, his face a mask of rage. “You would compare yourself to Maegor? Is that who you aspire to be?” His Grace had heard enough. “Take her back to her bedchamber,” he told his guards, “and keep her there until I send for her again.” When the princess heard his words, she rushed toward him, crying, “Father, Father!” but Jaehaerys turned his back on her, and Gyles Morrigen caught her by the arm and wrenched her away. She would not go of her own accord, so the guards were forced to drag her from the hall, wailing and sobbing and calling for her father.

Fire and Blood, by George R.R. Martin, pg 320-322

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I've been thinking about Captain Carter....

And how the "What If...?" story would affect the events of Agent Carter. We don't know when Steve was taken by Hydra.

So, I guess Steve would take Peggy's place as agent of SSR (Agent Rogers. Hmm. Not sure how I feel about that, actually). Instead of sexism, he'll have to deal with being viewed as too weak and sickly to carry out missions, so he'll have to prove that he's not, especially to Jack. Now, since they don't have a codebreaker, they'll have to figure out another way to get them to Belarus. Steve saves Jack's life, and wins his respect. Jack admits to Steve that he committed a war crime and covered it up.

He'd be friends with Angie and stick up for her, of course.

Dottie would laugh and scoff at him and wouldn't view him as a threat. She would also try to seduce him.

He'd definitely be friends with Daniel, though I'm not sure if he'd become suspicious of him.

He'd also be friends with Jarvis and Howard and work hard to clear Howard's name. He would also be furious that he has a vial of Peggy's blood. At the end of the first season, he would actually travel to London and dump the vial off the London bridge and say "Good bye, my best girl."

As for the second season, Jack and Steve would become closer friends. Vernon would still manipulate Jack and want Steve out of the way. Jack runs a full background check and.... Steve is the very definition of a boy scout. Also has no family, so no "I have your wife" situation, either.

Definitely be friends with Wilkes.

Steve would definitely see through Vernon's manipulations and talk Jack down from his overly ambitious state. Steve would also be Dottie's "date" at that Congressional party, and he would have let that pretty blonde woman distract Jack (and Jack would totally get a date!), and he would have tracked down Dottie and be caught red-handed by Jack, who would take Dottie down (breaking his hand in the process. "Hey, if you had done that, you probably would have shattered your entire arm, anyway.")

Steve probably would have been triggered by that zero matter portal, since Peggy disappeared through another portal.

Jack would meet up with the pretty blonde woman and she would agree to go to New York with him.

Now...the stinger: Steve is on the phone with Jack at Howard's mansion. Steve tells Jack he's taking his vacation days. They hung up, and then some Hydra goons jump him from behind and kidnap him.

Of course Jack and Daniel spend the next several years trying to find him (and Bucky helps). When Daniel suspects Hydra in 1955, someone claiming to be Steve Rogers sends him a note and tells him to meet him at a pool. It was a trap set by Hydra.

I'm not sure about the 1953 video at the Smithsonian. I guess either Howard, Dum Dum, or Bucky would be talking about Captain Carter.

If Steve was taken by Hydra BEFORE the events of Agent Carter...

Bucky would take Peggy's place. (Agent Barnes... You know, I think there was an Agent Barnes in the TV show 24. He was kidnapped by the Chinese and we never saw him again. Anyway...)

Bucky would be riddled with guilt and grief that he couldn't save Steve, who he thought died, but was really taken by Hydra.

He was afraid to make new friends, 'cause what if he loses them, too? He does help Jarvis clear Howard's name, but keeps him at arms-length. He also saves Jack on that Belarus mission, and Jack tells him about Tsuken Island.

He becomes friends with Angie and sticks up for her.

He talks Howard out of using Peggy's blood, and Howard pours it out into the river.

He slowly pulls out of his survivor's guilt and grief and becomes friends with Howard, Jarvis, Daniel, and Jack.

Like with Steve, Bucky is the definition of "boy scout", so they have nothing on him. He does have family, though. Vernon considers holding them hostage, but Jack talks him out of it.

Bucky talks Jack out of his overly ambitious state.

Bucky had all the panic attacks when Daniel volunteered to close down the portal.

They all lived happily ever after.

BUT WAIT!

The Stinger takes place in 1955. Bucky gets news of Daniel's death.

"Oh dear God, this cannot be happening again!"

....Or, Agent Carter/Rogers/Barnes wouldn't even exist in the first place.

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A Shadowy Mist Chapter 9 (Transformers Animated story)

Pairing: Prowl x Oc

Summary: The Autobots have to fight their way out of the grasp of two decepticons.

Location: BurgerBot in Detroit, Michigan on earth.

Shadow Mist looked in terror at the fact that a cybertronian can transform into an organic. "How is this possible? I mean, Sari is a good excuse, but this one is different." She said as she stared at Arachnia. "Oh, give the mad scientist a reward for stating the obvious." The spider bot said sarcastically. "Excuse me, I'm not a mad scientist!!" Shadow Mist yelled, "Then explain ninjaboy being online?" Arachnia asked. Bumblebee quickly made a move on Arachnia by zapping her with his stingers knocking her down. "I'm not risking getting poisoned again!" He said. Shadow Mist transformed into her vehicle mode. "I'll get Meagan outta here. You two deal with the cons." She said as Meagan gets on. "Go get Optimus and the others. We might need backup." Prowl said as Shadow Mist sped off. But Black Arachnia recovered and followed her, "Scrap." He muttered as he fought off against LockDown, Bumblebee joined in to help.

Meanwhile

"Optimus, we got a problem!" Shadow Mist said in a panic. 'What's the situation?' Optimus asked through her comlink. "Black Arachnia and LockDown had us by surprise. We need backup!!" She yelled, 'Go find a safe place and stay there. We'll deal with them.' He said as. Shadow Mist saw an abandoned warehouse and hid there. Meagan got off as Shadow Mist transformed into her bot form. "We'll be safe here." She said until they saw 4 red eyes staring at them. "Spoke too soon." Meagan said.

Back at BurgerBot

Bumblebee and Prowl kept fighting against LockDown until the other Autobots arrived. "I see LockDown, but where's Black Arachnia?" Optimus asked. "She probably followed Shadow Mist!" Bumblebee said, Prowl then went into vehicle mode and drove off, "Prowl, where you going?!" Ratchet yelled, Prowl stopped. "To rescue Shadow Mist." He said as he left.

Back at the warehouse

Black Arachnia has Meagan and Shadow Mist cornered with their swords out. Black Arachnia smiled devilishly, "You know Shadow Mist, I wonder how ninjaboy would feel if I gave you an extra dose of venom with no antidote?" She asked in an evil laugh. Then, the sound of screeching tires was heard as Prowl attacked Arachnia from behind, knocking her unconscious. "Prowl!" Shadow Mist said as she ran to hug him. "Are you hurt?" He asked. "No, but I am going to have nightmares." She answered. As they turned back, they saw that Arachnia was gone. "That girl was nasty." Meagan said. "It might not be the last we'll see of her, though." Prowl said, "or of LockDown." Bumblebee said as he came up to them. "He retreated as soon as we got the upper hand." He said.

Later at the Autobot Hideout

Shadow Mist was in her room looking through her notes again. She's glad that they are still here. Then an annoying voice spoke, "Hey Creepbot." Bumblebee said. Shadow Mist sighed. "When are you going to stop calling me that?" She asked. "When you stop being in the dark." He said, "Reading your notes on your computer?" He asked. "Yeah, but I don't think you'll be interested." She said. "How about we take a break?" Bumblebee asked, "After being attacked by decepticons today, I should really go for a round of my favorite earth video games." He said. "Oh right, waisting my time on an earth battle simulation does sound relaxing. For you." She said, going back to her notes. "Aw c'mon, Shadow Mist, it'll be fun." He said, but he got afraid when she glared at him. "Ok, you do you." He said, running off past Prowl. Who sighed and entered into Shadow Mist's room. She turned around thinking it was the young bot. "Bumblebee!!" She yelled but saw it was Prowl. "Oh, sorry, I thought you were someone annoying." She said, "You should thank Bumblebee for suggesting that you take a break. It's not good for the optics to be on a computer in the dark." He said. "Well, a video game isn't something I would be interested in." She said as she turned to her notes but sighed. "Maybe some downtime should do me good." She said, Prowl smiled as she got up and went outside of her room. But they still didn't confess their feelings for one another just yet.

To be continued...