#silver isn't an exception to that

[socialmediasocrates]

the competing desires to make comprehensive posts about my idiot children and to just keep rambling into the void are strong ones lemme tell you

[egophiliac]

Silver is finally here...he just took the title for the most beautiful card in TWST's history...

me five years ago: wow I really hope we get to see dragon Malleus someday! that'll be so nice and wonderful. I bet he's a big silly! :)

twst: :)

GOD. it occurred to me literally three hours before the anniversary stream that they might've been saving the reveal for then to just explode us all at once. this timing was EXTREMELY deliberate. thank you Twst. I can't even focus on all the Blazing Jewel stuff because Silver wielding the physical manifestation of his Complicated Dad Issues is busy eating my entire brain. and -- oh what's that? he duos with Lilia? I'M RUINED THANK YOU ᕕ( ᐕ )ᕗ

this is your warning that I'm going to be the most annoying person on the planet come Monday morning, thank you everybody and goodniiiiiiight

[araneitela]

I will honestly punt fanon like a garden gnome into the ocean of their choosing, which is the only choice that I will give them at this point. And that's only because Kafka once said, "When you have a chance to make a choice, make one that you know you won't regret." So please choose your ocean wisely.

With Elio's presence growing with the end of 2.2 (is that his voice in the credits? It's got to be, right?) I just want to present a reminder to people: There is only one character that is ever referenced by the direct title of 'Destiny's Slave', and that is Elio. None of the other Stellaron Hunters have ever been referenced by this same title or descriptor. Using it for Kafka, Blade, Silver Wolf, Sam/Firefly is wrong. And no, this isn't even my opinion that I'm forcing onto people, it's literally canonically wrong. Hell, the easiest option to verify that I'm not pulling this out of the imaginary 'Sae probably wants this to be canon' pocket, please google 'HSR Destiny's Slave' and look what pops up. Hint: it's not the Stellaron Hunters' general wiki page. Beside that, let me also present you with the IPC wanted poster:

"...Blade, Silver Wolf, Sam... The four mentioned above, dead or alive; Do not hurt the Destiny's Slave, and do not let them lose their ability of independent thinking."

[true-blue-sonic]

I don't know how well it would actually work out, but I imagine that Silver and Espio bodyswaping would play out similarly to the Teen Titans episode where Raven and Starfire swapped body's and had no control of eachothers powers.

Silver can't stop going invisible and accidentally trigger all non skill based ninja powers while Espio can't even figure out how to use psychic powers to pick up a pebble, let alone throw a car.

I must readily admit I don't know what Teen Titans is about at all, apologies🍀 But I do think that Espio and Silver would need some time to get used to the other's powers, and certainly at first. On the one hand, Silver is used to flying everywhere and just making things float for convenience; this poor lad now has to deal with the mundaneness of needing to walk everywhere. But on the other hand, he's now fast as fuck cuz Espio is a speed type! And I like to think Espio has taught him some things about ninja weaponry, and he's going to face turning invisible every other second with uncaring grace aplenty, so I think he's got the longer end of the stick, haha!

Espio on the other hand... I can imagine psychokinesis is pretty difficult to fine-tune and get the hang of. I've always got the feeling Silver's had to practice for years to get the level of control that he has now. But luckily Espio is a quick learner and Silver is there to give him pointers, so he'll figure out the very basics after a little while. But I can imagine they both can't wait until this change is reversed and they're back in their own bodies again!

[antirepurp]

you know, they Could just say that silver has been lying when he talks about his world and the way he travels back to the past. they could still make a storyline about post-06 silver that dips into existential horror and does something interesting with him. they still have the opportunity to determine some rules for the way time-travel works and do so without looking directly at the player and spelling it out for them. like silver hasn't had significant appearances outside of forces and spin-offs after his debut and thus his exact position in the world is vague at best and highly up for interpretation. most doors are still open. they could still make him canonically interesting

[hotniatheron]

The thing is, everyone is already dead except for Silver.

[floralovebot]

Would death of a prince have hit harder if Arthur treated Garth like a son beforehand?

I mean? I guess? But the thing is,, Arthur did treat Garth like a son before, he just never called him a son. That's why it's so surprising for Garth! He didn't expect Arthur to do that! Especially with zero hesitation like my man did Not wait he immediately went for the kill.

While Arthur made some mistakes raising Garth, he wasn't like,, the worst dad ever. Death of a prince literally changed the trajectory of their relationship forever. Before that Arthur was pretty Chill. He was also raising Garth in the height of the silver age which is known for being a bit cuter and light-hearted (at least compared to now) and way before dc started making every series super gritty and man-angsty. So during that era, Arthur did treat Garth like a son! That's why it hits the way it does!!! That's why it's so surprising!!!!

ALSO Did You Know that the death of arthur jr was such a dark twist that some dc fans even consider it the Start of the bronze age!! now you do!!!!! but basically in the 70s, dc was starting to handle "darker" and more serious topics, and the death of a prince kind of marked arthur's descent into being an angsty, edgelord. before that, he was chill as fuck (most of the time). i think that's important to remember in this discussion of "how did arthur treat garth?" cause the very beginning of their relationship Was good and arthur Did treat garth like a son, even if he never vocalized it.

[rabbithaver]

please for the love of god if the post you are making does not include Silver at all DON'T TAG IT WITH 'SILVER THE HEDGEHOG' that's spam and fucking annoying

[megarywrites]

it's interesting to go back to the start of Seafoam and see Thala before she heads down the long, winding path of vengeance. Her personality at the start leans more towards her being a lover, not a fighter, and she only eventually becomes a fighter because she's a lover.

Because, where I'm at in Part I, she's sweet and she's grieving and she's scared. She's just trying to take care of the people she loves (namely her mother, but when she heads to the capitol in Part II and befriends the other Stoli and gets close to Solera they're included in that category, too). But, that being said, it's not like the anger that fuels her later on comes out of nowhere in her personality. There's like an underlying current of it that she occasionally taps into when the situation calls for it--which is when someone she loves is being hurt.

I guess, now that i'm thinking about it, she's already on the path to vengeance, she's just not aware of it yet.

[networkcables]

Adam has a broken key (not a big deal, it's happened before 😅) but i found out there was a version of his model that had silver keys! i thought a fun way to customize him might be to swap out some of his keys with the silver ones but i'm still not sure, i'm trying to concept out where some fun places to put them would be, what do you guys think (current Adam on the left)

[voxmilia]

me: i'm sure i won't love it as much as i love f.uture p.ast but let me at least look at h.eirs of f.ate

me: oh, i see, you can't bring any of your units to talk to their children, huh? okay, lame. but at least we can see the funky hair colors their moms give them, right?

me:

me: what do you mEAN THEY ALL HAVE THEIR DEFAULT HAIR COLORS

[sparrowsfallingfromthesky]

looking at the last few characters I've gotten really obsessed with is honestly fucking humiliating

[hauntingblue]

Happy memory flashbacks we are so over....

[wileycap]

Selected Correspondence of Fire Lord Zuko

As preserved by the Royal Archives

1.

My good hotman Zuko,

It's Aang! Sokka let me borrow Hawky. Please feed him before sending him back.

I'm writing to ask if it's okay for me to drop by. Except I'll probably be there by the time you get this, because Appa flies faster than Hawky. Still, it's polite to ask!

Write back (or don't.)

Hot regards

Your friend Aang

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Revered Avatar Aang

Hawky arrived two hours after you left. Never send me "hot regards" again. Like I keep telling you, language has changed in the past 100 years. It doesn't mean what you think. Future historians will think we were having an affair.

It's always okay to drop by. Hawky has been fed.

May your inner fire warm you (write that down somewhere)

Fire Lord Zuko

2.

Hi

need 3 fire benders (zappy) + few construction workers + a lot of copper

Delivr to harbor

sokka

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Honorable tribesman Sokka of the Southern Water Tribe, son of Chief Hakoda, Hero of the 100 Year War

No.

May your inner fire warm you

Fire Lord Zuko

-

Dear Jerk Lord of the Jerk Nation, Master Jerkbender and All-Around Jerk

quit being stingy and send me what i need. seriously. the fate of your nation is at stake. LOOK:

[drawing of two pickles, a stick figure and waves]

Hot regards

Sokka

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Sokka

Your drawing makes no sense. I'm writing a law which bans you from owning a messenger hawk.

I found you three volunteer firebenders who can lightningbend. They'll be there in a week with four carts of copper. If you need construction workers, beg Toph, don't bother me.

Feed Hawky better. He's malnourished, he keeps begging me for more food.

And don't do that.

Fire Lord Zuko

3.

Dear Honorless Usurper

My, how the time flies. It seems as if it was only yesterday that I was supposed to be crowned Fire Lord, and here we are, celebrating the first full year of your doomed reign. I salute you.

Know this: you won't know peace for long. I have entered into an alliance with Admiral Noboru. He is a true patriot and has kindly offered me three ships and 2000 men to retake the throne. He has also generously offered to serve as my consort, "despite my mental deficiency."

I am writing as a courtesy, as it is obvious that the throne will soon be mine. I might even let you live.

May Agni's light shine on you*

Azula

Fire Lord-in-exile

[* common benediction for the dead during Fire Lord Zuko's reign]

-

Dear Sister

Thank you for writing. I spoke with Noboru. I told him that I was allowing an Agni Kai and that you were on your way.

Noboru has fled the country. He gifted you his whole estate, see the enclosed list. He said to tell you he's sorry and not to come after him.

Please come visit any time. I hope your healing is going well.

May your inner fire warm you

Your brother Zuko

[enclosed: A list of assets including a home in the 5th Province, a vacation home on Ember Island, 20 acres of farmland, a substantial amount of gold and silver and assorted property]

4.

Zuko

this is the worst copper i've ever seen??? i want a refund. you're the worst copper merchant ever.

sokka

-

Sokka

You didn't even pay for the copper. I'm not giving you a refund. And I'm not a copper merchant. I didn't even buy it, somebody else did. What's wrong with it?

I can send you more if you need?

Fire Lord Zuko

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Sokka

I sent you two more carts of copper. This is the best copper we have, so if it's not good enough, you can get your own and stop mooching off of me.

Fire Lord Zuko

5.

[on a thin sheet of metal]

Sparky! Earth Rumble 8 is two weeks from now. I'm coming to pick you up in the morning two days before.

Check it out: I can write now. Katara helped me with the characters but I've got it now. Hawky isn't strong enough to carry these, but Katara's dad is letting me borrow Seabreeze.

It's TOPH.

-

Dear Lady Beifong

You can't just come pick me up! I'm the Fire Lord. Two weeks isn't enough time for me to arrange days off.

I'd like to come watch you knock some heads, but I can't. Sorry.

Feed Seabreeze. Seriously. What's wrong with you people? Every bird you send me is starving.

May your inner fire warm you

Fire Lord Zuko

-

[on a thin sheet of metal]

Sparky. Thanks for sending me a sheet of paper but my privy is stocked. I can guess what it says though: "I can't go I'm so busy and I'm too much of a wimp to clear my schedule"

I'm coming to pick you up. Tell your guards they can either get out of my way or get CRUSHED. It's gonna be fun.

It's TOPH.

-

A painting of Fire Lord Zuko, Lady Beifong, Master Katara, Avatar Aang, Suki of Kyoshi Island and Sokka of the Southern Water Tribe. Lady Beifong is sitting on the Fire Lord's shoulders, holding up a decorative belt and smiling widely.

[true-blue-sonic]

You know, because being a hedgehog from the future, I always wondered if Eggman sees Silver as a threat since silver only comes when things are dire. Do you think Eggman would try to use Silver to get info on the future or perhaps try to dispose of him first, so he doesn't warn sonic and co.

I have wondered that before as well: you would indeed say that Silver arriving means that Eggman was going to win, but now might not due to Silver's influence. But the way I think Eggman works regarding Sonic and co. is that Eggman just goes do whatever, be it Emerald-gathering, evil-monster-freeing, base-building, and so on, and only during those things or afterwards do Sonic and co. notice he's up to something again. They don't actively seem to chase each other down before they can do anything, so to say: Eggman goes do His Evil Stuff and only once he begins actively causing trouble do the heroes intervene. They don't try to stop him while he's just keeping to himself (even though he's 100% planning evil things in that time), and in the same vein, Eggman doesn't seem to actively try to bring harm to Sonic's friends. You'd say it's easy enough to find out where, say, Tails is currently hanging out and then just bomb the hell out of him to rob Sonic of his best friend and most helpful companion, but Eggman just... doesn't. I figure his reasoning is that it wouldn't be fun that way, or that it would be too easy a victory? Or he knows that harming any of Sonic's friends will bring upon him a vengeance no-one knew Sonic could contain...

As for Silver specifically, I do think he could be a thorn in Eggman's side specifically, because his presence indeed means that Eggman's chances of winning are greatly diminished now. But Eggman absolutely strikes me as the kind of person who still believes himself to be capable of coming out on top despite literal time travel at play to stop him, so I doubt he's too impressed with Silver and his actions. It's just a bit annoying that we don't have any stories with Silver in a central role again, so we can see if his first action is to go to Sonic and friends to warn them, or take the fight to Eggman. He does the former in the Forces prequel comics, so unless Eggman is somehow able to find out where Silver is to intercept him the moment Silv enters the past, it might not even possible to dispose of him before everyone is warned. But I do quite like the idea Eggman would capture Silver to make him tell all about what the ruined future is like, if only so he can gloat about it! Silver would be beyond peeved and angry, though that's not stopping Eggman. As it stands I doubt Eggman would either capture or kill Silver unless there's a clear reason for him to do so/they cross each other in battle for the latter, since he seems sure enough of himself to deem victory inevitable despite having the literal protector of the future try to put a stop to it. And I don't think Silver is itching for that to change anytime soon!

[deikshen]

Shen Qingqiu who, while Shang Qinghua is recovering from some random poisoning (that demon has already died at the hands of Mobei, don't worry), is forced to spend time with Mobei-jun.

At first it's tense. He arrives, a mandatory tea out of politeness. It's usually frozen. They don't have much to talk about or anything in common except their concern for Shang Qinghua.

Except they do have in common. At some point, perhaps, Shen Qingqiu mentions some rare beast, and Mobei-jun comments that he killed a couple of those. That leads to the first long conversation the two of you can have.

The next time, Mobei-jun brings back the beast's fangs. The two return to their conversation about monsters. Mobei-jun speaks little, concisely, but he talks about how to kill those beasts, the properties of their organs, the functioning of their poisons. Shen Qingqiu shares his bestiaries and provides additional information.

Then, even when Shang Qinghua improves, Shen Qingqiu usually takes advantage of the time when he has to stay in the northern palace with his husband to, well, expand his bestiary. Mobei-jun also seems to be passionate about flora that can kill, or anything huge and dangerous. Shen Qingqiu enjoys their conversations and learns to get more than just a few words out of Mobei-jun's sullen mouth.

Of course, he actually tells Shang Qinghua:

"When your husband isn't being monosyllabic, it's a good conversation" he says simply. "I didn't know he knew so much about flora, monsters and strange beasts. When I find a rare flower and can't remember its name, I'll ask Mobei, not you."

Shang Qinghua laughs a lot at that.

"Ah, I think that's because, well, you know, inspirations and all that..."

Shen Qingqiu looks at Shang Qinghua very curiously.

"Inspirations? You created your perfect husband from scratch. Who did you get your inspiration from, Airplane bro? Spill the tea, let's see the vicious tastes of this shameless author."

Shang Qinghua laughs a little foolishly.

"Well, you see, I had this classmate in college. A very rich guy" Shang Qinghua makes a funny face as he buries in the past. "He was cold and monosyllabic, even hostile to those who were rude, but hey, he could give you an infodumping of all the monsters in The Witcher without even doing research. I heard him do it once and, man, that guy was crazy" and Shang Qinghua continues talking while, as if by omen, Shen Qingqiu begins to feel a strange sensation of vertigo. "He was kind of cute, well, not exactly my fully type, he was very tall but lacked many muscles, but he had the biggest and prettiest resting bitch face I've ever seen on anyone even my king. He always wore all those fancy clothes that cost the same as my apartment rent, those silver accessories, rings, necklaces, bracelets... His hair was also kind of long, now that I think about it, and when he wore it down it was, god, a delight. I liked him a little. He was my college crush." and Shang Qinghua shrugs, laughing. His cheeks are red and Shen Qingqiu feels that his own ears are red, too. "Cucumber bro, it's actually a bit silly. I remember this boy's last name was also Shen."

That... That's the last straw.

"You-!" and Shen Qingqiu finds himself hitting him with the fan before he realizes it. "How-? What the hell!?"

"Ow, ow, OUCH, Cucumber bro!! What's going on?!"

Shen Qingqiu feels his face burning. His hands tremble over the fan. What the fuck!?

"... Bro?!"

"That classmate of yours" Shen Qingqiu hisses, just to confirm "His name was Shen Yuan?"

Shang Qinghua blinks, confused, recalling his thoughts. Suddenly, his entire face lights up with a wide smile.

"Oh, I forgot!! Yes, that was it!!" and his gaze becomes mischievous. "You met him, too?! He was a delicious little thing, honestly, a nice round butt, he... OUCH-"

"He was me" Shen Qingqiu hisses, opening his fan and hiding behind it. He wrinkles his nose in disgust. Of all the people in the world...!

Shang Qinghua gasps, looking like he was given some vital information. His face, contrary to what Shen Qingqiu expected, does not change into horror, but into mockery.

"Oh, bro" and starts laughing out loud "BRO"

"Damn fourth-rate author, what the hell is wrong with you!!!"

"Bro, BRO, I created a part of my husband based on you!! And you're married to my son self-inserted in a power fantasy!! It's like we're indirectly married!!"

"Fuck you!!"

"Ohh, how cute!! Do you want to jump to the honeymoon already?!"

"Get away!!"

Shen Qingqiu doesn't visit Shang Qinghua again for over a month. However, he does spend some time talking about monsters with Mobei-jun while his husband takes care of the demon court (in the time he would usually use to gossip and fool around with Shang Qinghua), it's just his thing.