#solar eclipses kick ass

[missd476]

This was a commission from another site involving Mario and Geno sharing a Triple Move with Vivian. I call it Fiery Eclipse. It deals massive damage and gives enemies a burn status effect.

[queen-of-deans-booty]

Will Always Catch You

Pairing: Sam Winchester x Female!Reader

Word Count: ~1.1k

Warnings: fluff

Summary: Sam invites you to go running one day, and now you have a gym membership with him. You might be a badass huntress but you’re quite clumsy. That’s okay, Sam will always be there to catch you if you fall.

Square Filled: Sun eclipse for @spnclassicbingo (deleted bingo)

Author’s Note: any and all comments are greatly appreciated <3

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Body aches. Sweat drips from your forehead. Blood cakes your skin and clothes. The hunt really kicked your ass but it seems like Sam and Dean are fine. Yes, they’re just as bloody as you are but they’re not covered in sweat and panting. They’ve been doing this a lot longer than you have so they’ve built up the strength for it, but you’ve always thought you were just as strong as them.

“Let’s not do that again,” you pant. “Next time, you two are on your own. How are you two not panting right now? That hunt kicked my ass.”

“You just need to build up some endurance,” Sam says.

“Okay, Sam, let me just go get some,” you roll your eyes.

“How about I help train you?” Dean pushes past both of you to get first dibs on the shower. “You can join me on my run tomorrow.”

What could go wrong? You really don’t feel like running but you’d get to be with Sam and that sounds like a fun time.

“Okay, sure, why not?”

Apparently, your body doesn’t agree with you wanting to run so early in the morning. The aches turned to a dulling sensation, making you not want to get out of bed. Sam walks into your room to see you still snuggled up in bed. He looks at his watch and walks over to your side. He sits down on the side of the bed and moves your hair away from your eyes.

“Y/N, get up. It’s time to go running.” You moan tiredly and try to move away from him, but he doesn’t let you. “I let you sleep in an hour after I usually go running. Come on. It’s going to be good for you.”

You open your eyes and Sam smiles down at you. How does he look this good at six in the morning?

“Fine, I’m up.”

“Good. Ten minutes. Get dressed. I’ll have coffee waiting for you.”

With that, Sam leaves your room. You take five minutes to wake your break up and the other five minutes to rush through getting dressed and brushing your teeth. Sam already has a cup waiting for you when you get to the kitchen, and you take it gratefully.

The first part of the run isn’t so bad but it’s dark as shit outside. It’s summer time so you’re not sure why the sun isn’t shining at six.

“Why is it so dark outside?”

“Solar eclipse.”

Ten minutes into the run, Sam got the upper hand and started increasing his pace while you were lagging behind. By the time thirty minutes pass, he’s well ahead of you and you’re panting hard. Running isn’t how you like to work out but maybe you should start. It’ll be good for your heart and build up muscles you don’t have now. That still doesn’t stop you from almost tripping three times. Luckily, Sam was always by your side to catch you.

“Come on, Y/N, you can do this. Just a little more,” Sam encourages.

You reach the top of the hill and trip over a small rock, and Sam is there to catch you.

“Sorry,” you mumble.

“It’s okay. That’s why I’m here. You’re very clumsy.”

“Shut up,” you giggle breathlessly. “I can still kill a vampire like it’s nothing.”

“I know,” Sam smiles.

The run back isn’t so bad since it’s all downhill. Sam looks like he just got out of a shower. He’s barely sweating and he’s not red in the face.

“I don’t know how you do it,” you say.

“Don’t you feel better already?”

“Sure, when I can catch my breath.” You arch your back to stretch out the muscles. “Maybe this might be better in a gym where the ground isn’t so rocky.”

Sam looks at you in thought. The gears turn in his head before nodding. “I can work with that.”

You’re not sure what he means by that until next week comes. There is a gym a few miles from the Bunker, and he got you two memberships. There’s a gym inside the bunker but it’s not as nearly as good as the one inside the gym. For one, the Men of Letters weren't hunters, so there was no need to keep a functional gym other than the occasional weights. The Men of Letters in the 50s would much rather drink whiskey and play poker than work out.

Again, Sam is there to wake you up at the ass-crack of dawn, but this time, you’re more enthused to go. With a treadmill, you can choose the speed in which to run, so you won’t have to feel like you’re lagging behind. With Sam under the fluorescents of the gym, you’re able to appreciate him in all of his glory. Gym shorts that show off his muscly calves and a thin tank that does nothing to hide the monsters he calls his biceps.

Damn, he looks like a delicious snack.

“We should seriously talk about upgrading our gym at the Bunker.”

“Yeah, it’d be nice to use some of these weights.”

“Okay, you go do that and I’ll run.”

Sam doesn’t hesitate. “I’ll run with you.”

“You just said you wanted to use the weights.”

“It’s fine. I love running.”

“Sam, what’s going on?”

“Nothing. I love running. Come on.”

“Okay,” you say slowly.

You turn your treadmill on and set it at a low speed to start off, but then you remember that you need to refill your water. Without turning off your machine, you walk over to the water jugs and refill your cup. You tighten the lid and make your way back to your treadmill. Without thinking, you step onto the running treadmill and almost faceplant onto the rubber. Sam jumps into action and grabs your waist as he slams his hand onto the red STOP button.

“Shit, I forgot I started it already,” you gasp.

Sam’s arm tightens around your waist and it’s now that you realize how close you are to him.

“That’s why?”

“That’s why what?”

“That’s why I wanted to run next to you so I could catch you if you fell.” You scoff but he doesn’t pull away. He leans in closer, so close that you think he might be able to hear how fast your heart is beating. “I will always catch you if you fall.”

You’re not sure why you say what you say next. Maybe it’s because you’re in the moment or maybe you really want to know the answer to it.

“What if I end up falling for you?”

Sam smiles and leans in to brush your lips with his. Just a whisper away and so delicate, you’re not even sure if he did it or not.

“I don’t think you’re ready for that conversation right now. Don’t worry, we’ll have it over dinner. Run safely.”

Sam pulls completely away from you and leaves your side to do some weights. How can you run now when all you can think about is the possibility of Sam?

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[pinkydee10]

What if Rusty wasn’t under a veil of hate? What if instead of kidnapping Ruin, Rusty stuck around? What if Afton manipulated him into helping him? What if while getting on everyone’s good side, Rusty was sabotaging them?

What if Rusty didn’t realize what exactly he was doing until it was too late?

Ruin: Monty?

Rusty: Ec-Eclipse!

Ruin: Monty, what’s going on?

Eclipse: WHAT THE HELL IS HE DOING HERE?!

Flare: Charging weapons.

Afton: *chuckles* Go ahead, it won’t do you any good. My plan is already well on the way to completion.

Ballora: That’s impossible! Ruin and Eclipse would’ve detected something well before now!

Afton: Oh they would’ve, if it wasn’t for my friend here. *places hand on Rusty’s shoulder*

Ruin: Monty. What is he talking about?

Rusty:…

Afton: Oh to think you were the biggest threat to me, but one little distraction and some tampering and you’re nothing.

Ruin:…Distraction?

Rusty: I…I didn’t realize-

Rose: Oh like hell you didn’t! You were right there when we were all talking about what he did!

Ballora: How could you work with Afton?!

Rusty: I didn’t have a choice!

Monica: Didn’t have a- You saw how hard your boyfriend was working to track him and his little posse down! Meanwhile you knew where they were all along!

Eclipse: I knew we couldn’t trust you! I should’ve shot you the second you walked in here!

Ruin: *steps towards him*

Eclipse: Ruin?

Rusty: Eclipse-

Ruin: You…you lied to me?

Rusty: N-No, I didn’t-

Ruin: You told me you were scouring through every dimension, looking for me.

Rusty: I was! I mean, technically I was-

Ruin: You let me believe you had survived. You made me feel horrible for abandoning you for so long.

Rusty: I didn’t mean to, I-

Ruin: You told me you loved me.

Rusty: I do! Babe please! Don’t- Don’t look at me like that!

Ruin: I want the truth Montgomery! Have you or have you not been working with Afton this entire time?!

Rusty:…

Ruin: ANSWER ME!

Rusty:…yes

Ruin:…you used me.

Rusty: No!

Ruin: All those dates, all those nights we spent together, all that time we spent in each other’s arms, all those touches, all those kisses, was just a distraction?

Rusty: It wasn’t! I swear they meant something!

Ruin: All that time…It was all just a ploy?! How could you lie to me?!

Rusty: I didn’t mean to! I swear I didn’t want to!

Afton: Oh don’t be like that. You could’ve stopped at any time, but you didn’t. Did you?

Rusty: You threatened me!

Ruin: And you thought I wouldn’t have helped you?! I DESTROYED FIVE THOUSAND DIMENSIONS FOR YOU!

Rusty: Eclipse, babe, please listen-

Flare: Step back or I will be forced to attack.

Monica: I’d listen if I were you pal.

Ruin: *starts laughing*

Ballora: Ruru?

Ruin: *laugh slowly turns manic* It’s all the same!

Eclipse: Ruin.

Ruin: Every time I open myself up, I get attacked! I expected it when Nexus didn’t trust me and tortured me for months, I expected it when Solar said he couldn’t trust me, I expected it when the Sun and Moon couldn’t get the hint I needed help, I even expected it when Lefty and Captain tried to use me as an excuse to kick Puppet out. I expected it from all of them but you?!

Rusty: Please, look at me. *walks towards him* I-I didn’t want to! I didn’t know! I’m sorry-

Ruin: GET! The hell! Away from me!

Rusty: Babe-

Ruin: I don’t ever want to see your slimy, broken, vile, back stabbing face ever again, you…you…FREAK!

Rusty: !

Eclipse: Ruin! *grabs his shoulder* Enough.

Ruin: *breaks down into tears*

Ballora: Oh Ruru…*hugs him*

Ruin: *sobs into her arms*

Rusty:…

Eclipse: You heard him. Get out.

Rusty: I-

Rose: Do we need to undo all the hard work Ruin did to fix your pathetic ass?! Get the fuck out!

Afton: Well, I think that’s enough for now. Come, Montgomery. We have preparations to make.

Rusty:…*never takes his eyes of Ruin* I’m so sorry…

Afton: *teleports them away*

[kuwdora]

Saturday Morning Vid Recs - Space and Robots

@tafkarfanfic asked me for vid recs that are similar to the following vids:

Data’s Dream by GayleF (Gayle) and TasheryS which premiered at Escapade in 1994 - made on a VCR!! - and was remastered by morgandawn in 2004. Definitely check out the Fanlore page about Data’s Dream. Star Trek + multi-source.

Starships by bironic. Multi-source. The history of Starships on Fanlore.

These two vids are iconic. Please check them out and learn about their history from the Fanlore page, it's a great look at some vidding history and culture. Amazing vids, do love. As for some recs. I love this kind of prompt. More vids like [this vid] is so much fun. I dug deep into my vid rec archives and brain and bookmarks. I’ve also crowdsourced some recs from the vidding discord. Thank you to @rukbat3, @sandalwoodbox, @fairestcat, @monkeyswithjetpacks, @grammarwoman for the reccing help! And everyone else I might have forgotten.

From Land to Sky - and kicking ass while you're there!

Landsailor by @singlecrow/raven. Multi-source. Swades (We, The People); Master and Commander; 3 Idiots; The Dish; The West Wing; Parks and Recreation; Flight of the Phoenix; NASA archive footage; Apollo 13. ❤️ We're gonna need a bigger boat. Come O’ Eclipse by melodytree. Tenchi: The Samurai Astronomer. Calendar-making! Math puzzles! Astronomy! Politics! Eclipses! Oh my! Galaxyrise by starlady. Multi-source. Apollo 13 (1995), Interstellar (2014), Gravity (2013), Europa Report (2013), Contact (1997), The Martian (2015). This vid is full of so much wonder! The sky calls to us/If we do not destroy ourselves/We will one day venture to the stars. Going through space with the world by bironic. Space Exploration RPF. ❤️❤️❤️ From "day in the life of an astronaut" videos to international stardom; or, Chris Hadfield and his adorable mustache. Monsters of the Cosmos by CherryIce. Thor/MCU. Jane Foster/Science.Cherry’s editing is goddamn incredible. In the last century, black holes have gone from being mathematical curiosities to real objects in the cosmos. This is a vid about Jane Foster and her one true love, Science. Also, Thor is there. Toxic by JinkyO. The Planets (TV - 2019). Humanity/The Solar System. This vid is so fucking brilliant and makes me cackle in love and awe so much. It's dangerous, I'm loving it. Sci-Fi Friday in a Blender by Luminosity. Multi-source. Farscape, Battlestar Galactica and Doctor Who. So much happening in this vid. This is among one of the earliest vids I remember watching and became obsessed with back in the day. Supernova Girl by @usuallyhats. Multifandom. Doctor Who, Star Wars, Babylon 5, Steven Universe, Andromeda, Farscape, Battlestar Galactica, Firefly, Mass Effect, Stargate. So many wonderful brilliant amazing EXCELLENT supernova women and girls. Zoom, zoom, zoom. Space Girl by @aurumcalendula. Multi-source scifi. Inspired by Charmax’s Space Girl vid and Bironic’s The Greatest. This vid has a great selection of newer tv shows and films and it’s fun to play spot that character. But also this vid will grab you by the heart, too. Utterly brilliant, perfection. A must watch!! 'I've been as far in hyperspace as anybody can.' One Girl Revolution by bessyboo. Star Wars, original and prequel. Padme and Leia!! Seeing these two focused on in one Star Wars vid is an adventurous kickass ride. I'll be everything that I want to be. Space Girl by charmax. Multi-source scifi. One of the most beautiful epic space vids out there! I know I’ve recced this before and I’ll rec it again and again and again. My momma told me I should never watch Sci-fi but I did, I did, I did.

Robots! More than wires.

If a Machine by caramarie, Multi-source. Robot narrative focusing on machine origin, intelligence, and interaction with humanity. And Human fallibility. An incredibly rewarding watch and rewatch. This is the story of cables and copper wirings. Electric Avenue by @monkeyswithjetpacks. Multi-source robots! Nate’s multi-vids are always so fun, especially when it’s showcasing classic cinema and all these excellent serials. Electric Avenue has source from 1919 to 2015. His editing is always on fucking point. Don’t miss this vid. We’re gonna rock down to electric avenue. Everybody by @kuwdora. Star Trek, the Borg. This vid was actually inspired by the Backstreet Boys original music video. I still have the vivid memory of watching or rewatching the original music video in @ars-amatoria ’s kitchen. And then at some point realizing it is perfect for the Borg. Am I original, am I the only one? Fembots by Grammarwoman. Multi-source. Sexy sharp editing and fun use of all the sources. The intersection of women and technology: a spectrum of clones, AIs, gynoids, cyborgs, and other artificial creations. On by @rhoboat77. Star Trek: Picard. A Soji fanvid. Rho has the sharpest editing skills this side of the Internet and this Soji vid is so fucking badass and worth 100 rewatches. Can’t hold me down cuz you know I’m a fighter. Que Sera Sera by @ohvienna. Star Trek Voyager and Picard. Seven of Nine.Nobody vids their Seven of Nine love like @ohvienna. You gotta watch this if you love Seven. Whatever will be, will be…"

Journey through Space.

To Touch the Face of God by destina. Multi-source. The Right Stuff (1983, )The Dream Is Alive, From the Earth to the Moon (TV).This is one of the most beautiful moving vids you will EVER, and I mean EVER see. From Chuck Yeager, to the Mercury 7, and on to Apollo and the Space Shuttle Program (STS) - a very human history of the triumphs, joys, and tragedies of the USA's journey into space. Doctor Who on Holiday by sisabet. Farscape, Battlestar Galactica and Doctor Who. A mashup vid of Luminosity’s Sci-Fi Friday in a Blender. This vid inspired me so much. And I have 10 very intense ideas about how I would do my own remix of this vid if I were to make it right now. Fly Me To the Moon by thirdblindmouse. Multi-source. This vid has everything! Alien sex! Xenophilia! Zero-gravity sex! Mpreg!!! Because everyone knows this song is about space sex. Game Night in Space by garrideb. Multi-source. This vid!!!!! IS! SO! MUCH! FUN!! Game on! How are you going to spend those long nights on your starship? Play games, of course! Space poker, space chess, space Monopoly… this is a fanvid celebrating game night in space, set to Don't Stop Me Now by Queen. Starships (Monochromatic Remix) by @monkeyswithjetpacks. Multi-source. See the Fanlore page on the history of Starships (Monochromatic Remix). ALSO check out jetpack-monkey’s extensive notes and side-by-side comparison vid of the original vid and his vid!! He matched Starships shot-for-shot! Most brilliant work ever. The vid notes aren’t on the ao3 page so I HIGHLY recommend checking out the notes on his dreamwidth page! This vid is 10 million kinds of brilliant and technical prowess and perfection.

Vidshow Rec

Alien Invasion! - 30 vids curated and organized into a show by @tafadhali for VidUKon 2024. Featuring films and tv shows: Nope, Attack the Block, Pacific Rim, Venom, Doctor Who, Stargate Atlantis, Star Trek, Prey, Smallville, Rowswell, Supergirl, Arrival, Starship Troopers and more.

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#saturday morning vid recs

#kuwdora recs

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[goodolddumbbanana]

I think Taurus x Sun is a very funny ship. Cuz like if we look from canon, they are so indifferent with each other.

Like they do not even hate each other, nor have some passion hate-boner like back then with Moon and Eclipse (platonic, guys) but whenever they interact, it just...

"I think your existence and your magic plus teaching Nexus star power are annoying and I don't care about you and your feelings and I would gladly get rid of you if I have a chance because you are boring." Taurus Vs "I don't like the fact you threaten to kill us the first time you show up and bring tons of star lore craps on us later. Also, you are a piece of dust who I don't think will ever be useful at all on anyone like, all the crap you promised to fix keeps happening, again and again. If your ass gets kicked in one day, I will not be surprised and will laugh on your face if not because I'm too nice to do that." Sun.

Like, there is clearly some tension between them. They are like two colleagues who have nothing in common but have to share the same friend. They like Lunar and Nexus but at least Nexus tries to be brother with Lunar at some point before he snapped.

It's funny because Taurus has put up with Monty enough to lend him borrow the bullet, he has talked with Earth even though earth attacked him, he even forgiven and showed some respect to Lunar, who has betrayed them and studied with Rez at some point. He even comforted Moon, the one who made the star.

But Sun, he only used the star power one time and used it to teach Nexus to protect themselves. Taurus scolded him and rarely interacted with him. He even threatened Sun.

Like, not even Eclipse who kinda break the universe to bring Solar back have some kind of this treatment.

Taurus: I like all my below equally, except Sun. I don't care about him.

And the same goes with the Sun.

Like, Sun never said that out loud, but he also doesn't like Taurus. It is in his mannerisms, when he speaks Taurus name or when he interacts with him.

Sun: Ah yes, we had Gemini, Nebula and... Eh (*disappointed voice*) Taurus here.

Like, Sun just wants Taurus to leave, and whenever he mentioned that man, it gives me the feeling of a wife who doesn't want rambles about her useless good for nothing husband. Like he thinks Taurus is so powerful but everything he did was nothing merely enough to help them stop Rez from coming from their house, not enough to stop Nexus, not enough to help Jack or stopping Jack from coming to their house and insulting Dazzle...

They had shared nothing in common except the fact they are both wild cards, they both have people put them on pedestal (with Taurus and how he is so strong and if he is no longer strong, he will be useless; with Sun and how he is kind and if he no longer kind, he just another Eclipse, another Dark Sun) and they both alone.

They are loners. Taurus always works alone, and Sun always stays alone (even with Dazzle). Loneliness is their comfort, not their prison, and they grow prettily with that (looking at Dark Sun and how isolation works on him, he lives in a paradise)

Their power, invincible and chaotic, with great destruction tagging along. Taurus literally destroyed thousands of planets, and Sun's magic is strong enough to resist negative star power from Nexus, enough to steal Moon magic's pool and nuke it. And the ability to find and touch an anti -star without any damage?

And the way they speak towards their enemy, all shows they sympathise yet no mercy towards them. ( Though Taurus pretty much enjoys beating the crap out of them but when it comes to killing, both him and Sun know it is an inevitable decision)

I love when they are cutie pie with each other, but it is so fun to invest in a relationship that they both don't want to interact with each other yet have to do that so for the fact of people they care about.

It is funny and full of angst

[peachyfnaf]

gamers its like 11 in the morning and im being unwell over nexus again /pos

They are just a walking tragedy and I love it. They have been pushed and pulled in every which way since creation, a ticking time-bomb made for the narrative to string along with promises of being enough, like a pig being led by a carrot on a stick. They make me JKFHSDF RAHHHHH

From the moment since being made they had to fill Old Moon's shoes. Whether or not the other celestial's wanted them to do that didn't matter to them because that's what Nexus felt like they had to do. They had to live in Old Moon's shadow and walk along the path his much bigger footsteps treaded, even if he has no idea how. And he has to do all that while still being better then him, in almost every way.

And things were going well, for a while!!!

But then Solar died. His chosen Sun. (and Nexus' and Sun's relationship w one another is a wholeee other thing I could get into because I also need to study that like a bug under a microscope kfhdsffs). So, as any Moon does when they lose their Sun, he started spiraling.

And he wasn't going to ask for help- no other Moon he's seen asks for help. Why would he ask for help?? Besides, he doesn't want to burden the other's with his problems when they're obviously suffering from Solar's death, too. And ofc Dark Sun was prolly doing something at this time as well- the hallucinations conveniently starting when Nexus was starting to tip, Dark Sun putting those virus chip things in Eclipse's/Ruin's heads, Nexus being open and vulnerable whenever he went to visit Old Moon in his head for the first time, the perfect timing of Dark Sun being there to scoop up Nexus at his lowest moment, when he was alone and floating in space.

AND now what Nexus is doing now. How do I word what I wanna say about him... He is like a walking unhealthy coping mechanism. Ik a lot of people (me included) have said they can relate to Nexus in some way, and what is going on rn truly makes me think of a "What If" scenario, a "What If" of what if everyone who relates to him chose to cope in a much worse way instead. He is choosing to do the wrong thing because it makes him feel free. Because it brings him comfort, in a way where he doesn't have to feel remorse about what he's done and what he's going to do. He is, to be blunt, going apeshit.

AND I LOVE IT BECAUSE WHO HASN'T WANTED TO GO APESHIT IN THEIR LIFE BEFORE??? He is making the wrong choices. And I want him to be stopped from doing that. I want him to be saved. I don't care if it's Solar or Sun or Ruin or whoever else, I want him to be smacked in the face with being alone again after Dark Sun inevitably betrays/abandoned/leaves him, and I want his ass to be scooped up and dragged back into the family kicking and screaming. And I want apologies from all sides, because while Nexus fucked up, so did the celestial's in their own way. I want him to feel the hurt he caused by betraying the family. And I want the family to feel the hurt they caused by locking him in a cage and throwing him into space. I want them all to feel regret and remorse for things they've done and can never take back.

Oh and I want him to cry. points at nexus. wail, motherfucker /aff

[artistsmellslikeunemployment]

Things that natla did do:

- Katara stealing a water pouch from a merchant shop at night

- zuko draws!

- include pieces from the books and comics (mother of faces, Kyoshi‘s personality,

- „water the most promising seed“

- Katara standing by and smirking as Sokka flounders trying to impress Suki but her not buying any of it

- Katara never letting anyone talk over her once diplomacy fails

- Bumi‘s armpit hair

- Zuko talking about Lu Ten

- Azula learning to use a blue flame and failing

- what can I say, the actors make the show very enjoyable 🤷🏼‍♀️

- Kuruk refusing to take possession over Aang‘s body/ Avatar state

- overall I think they drew info from the books about the other eras

- the sound of Iroh‘s firebending reminding of a dragon‘s growl

- Avatar Roku making fun of Avatar Kyoshi

- Zuko basically enthusing about Kyoshi‘s strength only to then get his ass kicked by her

- Suki (and mom) gushing over seeing their role model Kyoshi in action

- random woman with broom and Zuko letting her hit him

- Aang running away at the end, after the battle. He might not have run from his responsibility but he ran from the consequences

- „have you seen my flying bison?“ which is way better because even less believable

- Katara being bold enough to train her waterbending in the abandoned fire navy ship around Wolf Cove

- emphasis on Sokka‘s inventory skills and by elongation his bad ice dodging skills

- Zuko deciding to stay with/ look for Iroh instead of chasing Aang twice

- Lu Ten‘s theme playing every time Zuko and Iroh confess their love for each other

- Omashu‘s part of the earth kingdom being India coded

- Zuko so specifically being triggered by the word „compassion“ but not „empathy/ emphatic“ because he actually does believe in kindness and much like Azula is still trapped in the pressure of having to represent all his father believes

- Zuko looking disgusted all the time

- 41st division bowing to their prince

- I had fun watching it and most of it makes sense tbh.

What I don’t get (logic mistakes):

- Mai being too openly anti fire nation by saying she wouldn’t ever come back if given the chance

- Iroh finding the Blue Spirit‘s mask in Zuko‘s pile of clothes but maybe that’s not even a negative.

- no talk about the meaning of the necklace

- Gyatso Living in the Spirit World (doesn’t Aang have enough guides with all his previous lives?);

- that assassination attempt on Ozai and Azula infiltrating the plan? Was this meant to show Ozai‘s cruelty and Azula‘s strategic thinking??

- what was Bumi‘s point exactly?

- Yue being a spirit fox. Why? It added nothing.

- „i bet you taste like chicken“ no opossum chicken. just chicken.

- Kyoshi being the narrator

- Aang being able to communicate with his past lives only by visiting their shrines and not in the right order (usually the avatar has to contact every avatar before him in the order of their lifetimes before he can get through to the next)

- Aang being shamed and gaslight by everyone

- confusion over what happened to the villagers as well as Katara and Solla by mixing Hei Bai‘s and Ko‘s stories as well as the Fog of Lost Souls and creating a new loophole into the spirit world when people stand too close to Aang while he meditates? Also, Ko‘s „Magic“ with individuality and his reason for stealing faces when showing emotion is lost.

- with all due love, what was Suki‘s mother for?

- Wan Shi Tong randomly sitting at some wayside

- Why wouldn’t normal people understand Wan Shi Tong? How are they planning for Team Avatar to find out about the solar eclipse if not through Wan Shi Tong‘s library later?

- Iroh suspecting Ozai behind the apparent assassination of Zuko so openly in front of Zhao

- Iroh justifying his war crimes with „I was a soldier“??

- Iroh „sacrificing“ himself in Omashu when the earth kingdom forces were looking for the firebender even though they both would’ve gone undetected otherwise

- Iroh killing Zhao

- does Momo carry the spirits‘ life now?

- the fire nation inventing a solar system model to predict Zosin‘s Comet and potentially the eclipse as well

[spaceacealex]

Trip report!!

For those that have been waiting, sorry! I got home and immediately had to go help with a family thing. But here it is!

First, was the obvious. We had to drop off the baby boy with my parents. He had a great time with the family and was very dirty, stinky, and sleepy when we got back.

So where were we? We went to see the eclipse! As many of you know, My wife proposed to me under totality in the 2017 solar eclipse. So she surprised me with time off to travel to this last one on 4/8!

We flew to Nashville, TN and rented a car so I could scratch my road trip itch. We visited her family in KY, then went up to Cairo, IL for the event.

THIS is the public library in Cairo. It's an absolutely darling building, built originally to be a library and still proudly serving that purpose. The gals who were manning the counter were sweet, knowledgeable, and so welcoming. They had goodie bags with moon pies and starbursts and collected the eclipse glasses when we were done with them so they could be sterilized and sent down to Mexico for the next eclipse. So lovely to talk with and they welcomed us to spend the eclipse on their lawn with some local families. So we did!

We had a little picnic, chatted with some of the families, and got to watch totality in a tiny little town with so much character I still smile just thinking about it.

Hopefully you don't expect us to have top tier eclipse photography lol, but these are great for us! I got to kiss my wife under totality and it was hella romantic.

Then I got to drive more....then Kara got to drive because there were a ton of accidents and the three hour drive back to Nashville took more than six hours. So uh, my motion-sick self was struggling with the stop and go traffic.

But when we got there, we had a great night and then day walking around Eastside Nashville and pointing out the arcades I was going to take Kara to that evening.

That didn't quite happen.

Because the first stop we made in the arcade crawl is where we stayed all night.

No Quarter, the pinball arcade I now have a hat for because it's so friggin cool. We got to do many cool things there. 1)They had excellent drinks and in true Oregonian fashion I got to try the local cider and judge it. (it was good!) 2) I kicked Kara's ass at pinball. Very important. 3) I got MY ass kicked at pinball by literally every other person in the building. Also very important. Because 4) I got to play in a pinball tournament hosted by Belles and Chimes, specifically for women and non binary folks!

How did I, notorious nerves-haver and not a multiplayer pinball player join this?

5) I got to meet Quinn Hills. You know, @quinnhills ? Yeah. I'm still so giggly about it.

Hi. This pic is me, many drinks in, just absolutely giddy getting to meet (and hug!!) one of my favorite artists.

She's so sweet, so kind, and asked if I wanted to join the tournament.

Remember: do what beautiful women ask of you.

I am still kicking myself because I dropped the cliche, "your music has helped me through some really hard stuff." I mean, its absolutely true!! But I had told myself I was gonna be more eloquent than that. Oh well. I would blame the cider, but I was super excited and nervous before that, so I think I'm just a little goofy.

Kara also was happy to meet the woman who's music I had been blaring for that whole six plus hour car ride back to Nashville, and she's agreed to play pinball with me at our home bar! Major win!

We stayed until one in the morning, Kara ordered pizza to the hotel, and we had safe flights back home the rest of the day.

It was such a fun trip and I'm still losing my mind at all the little bits of it.

When I stream next (soon) I'm sure you'll hear about all this again. Along with my breakdown of eclipse conspiracies I've spent far too much time analyzing. <3

[boiledprawn99]

Radahn and Miquellas' Vow

This is a bit disjointed and unorganised but I just need to get this thought out.

I’m gonna have a hot take but maybe Radahn did agree to the Vow on his own free will and was always okay with it. So Miquella sees Radahn as a kid, and admires him, and then Miquella is chosen as an Empyrean, and starts his plan. They both promise each other that if this Vow were to happen, Miquella would do something for Radahn, and Radahn would become his consort when the younger ascends to Godhood.

I think it’s plausible Radahn started to lose admiration for the Golden Order (his idol was kicked out of the lands after all, and his father divorced his mother and left her heart broken so he could marry into the Golden Order, and Radahn is all about being loyal!!) and began to think about challenging it. In the opening cutscene you see Morgott and Radahn fighting. I think Radahn really tried becoming Elden Lord, but obviously didn’t succeed. Then Radahn goes to Miquella and agrees on the Vow. 

I think his wish for Miquella may have been to kill Radahn in an honourable way, in combat. I’m assuming he’d know about the Land of Shadow, and Miquella’s plan to get to the Gate of Divinity, and that Radahn would have to die so his soul could be brought back there. See: Secret rite scroll:

Few can decipher the scroll, which describes the secret rite of the divine gateway said to be found at the tower enshrouded by shadow.

"A lord will usher in a god's return,and the lord's soul will require a vessel."

Idk the technicalities! But yeah. So Radahn and Miquella fight, but Malenia fights for Miquella as she is his blade and would be willing to do that for him. They fight, but Malenia is losing, and is determined to see that Vow go through. So in a last effort to defeat Radahn, she unleashes her scarlet rot. But it still doesn’t work. So the vow is left unfulfilled. At this time, Miquella had already cocooned himself and been taken away by Mohg to receive his accursed blood and be able to go to the Realm of Shadow. He’s in the realm of shadow, doing his thing, abandoning his everything. But is unable to complete the rite and his plan with Radahn’s soul not there with him. Until we inadvertently fix it for him and now Miquella’s followers think we’re on his side but we are just trying to fix the Elden Ring lol. 

OR: I’m just stupid, and actually, Malenia beat up Radahn because he betrayed the Vow, for whatever reason, and would force him into being Miquella’s consort anyway. Miquella really wanted his ass. So he decides to do what the secret rite scroll says and has this as a backup plan because the Vow didn’t work. Radahn’s soul is taken to the Realm of Shadow, Mohg’s corpse is used to house Radahn’s soul, and the big lad himself is remade in Miquella’s image. 

In this scenario, the Vow could’ve been to make the solar eclipse and resurrect Godwyn? There’s a big fuss in Castle Sol about the eclipse needing to be done for Miquella, and I’m assuming it’s to give Godwyn a proper death. and Radahn couldn’t fulfil this part of the Vow because he decided to hold back the stars. 

So when he’s revived, it’s himself before he became the Starscourge, because that’s who Miquella made the vow with.

IDFK !!!!!!! Both versions make sense to me! This started because I thought about Radahn’s view of the Golden Order since Godfrey was kicked out, and his mother was heartbroken by Radagon, and Radahn is all about loyalty and stuff. So personally I like the first scenario I talk about. But that’s just me! I don’t want to say what is right and wrong. It’s just what I think. And that might change in the future too, who knows!

[weirdcoregal35]

RF Chaos :3

TW AHEAD!!!

RF Sakura: This came loose

RF Bloodmoon: What came loose?

RF Sakura: *holding up BM’s arm.* This.

RF Bloodmoon: AHHHH-

~~⭐️⭐️⭐️~~

Basically how they family found out about what Solar’s Moon did to him:

RF Moon: *recording, with sunglasses on.* Pranking the brother.

*later*

RF Solar: *pouring milk into a cereal bowl.*

RF Moon: *comes running at Solar with a fake chainsaw.* RAHHH!

RF Solar: AHH-*falls back, dropping the bowl.*

RF Moon: HAHA! Got you!!

RF Solar: *hyperventilating.* RF Moon: Solar…?

RF Ruin: OH MY GOD!!

RF Sun: What happened?!?

RF Moon: I-It’s a prank-

*later*

RF Moon: *recording.* For more exciting videos, please subscribe-

RF Sun: *in the background.* WHAT THE FUCK, MOON??

RF Ruin: *comforting Solar.*

RF Solar: *sobbing.*

RF Moon: I SWEAR it was a prank-

~~⭐️⭐️⭐️~~

RF Solar: You think im stupid?

RF Eclipse: *being held captive.* No.

RF Solar: Do I look STUPID to you??

RF Eclipse: *ends up laughing.* Oh my god…

~~⭐️⭐️⭐️~~

RF Eclipse: *just unlocked Solar’s door to his room.* There. I’m going to check in here. Use this while I’m gone. *Hands Lunar a kaleidoscope*

RF Lunar: What? A kaleidoscope? I’m not five-

*literally five seconds later.*

RF Lunar: *playing with the kaleidoscope.* Shapes and colors-

~~⭐️⭐️⭐️~~

When Nexus Came Back:

RF Solar: Hmm? “Nexus”? Oh, my Silly Nexusy! My pookie bear! Who BECAME EVIL AND TRIED TO KILL MY FAMILY!!

RF Nexus: …uh…

RF Sakura: Wait. DID YOU TWO-

RF Solar: Yep.

(Yes, CRK reference)

~~⭐️⭐️⭐️~~

RF Bloodmoon: Signs that you are not straight. Number one:

RF Sakura: You like, boyyyyyys-

RF Solar: NUH UH, NUH UH-

(he’s literally married to Ruin in my AU)

~~⭐️⭐️⭐️~~

RF Sakura: *eating Gold fish* The snack that smiles back!

RF Bloodmoon: *kicking boxes.* ASS CRACK!

RF Sakura: PFFFT, WHAT??

RF Bloomoon: *wheezing.*

~~⭐️⭐️⭐️~~

RF Solar: I’m done with self care. Time for other people’s harm~.

~~⭐️⭐️⭐️~~

RF Sakura: BM will literally eat anything!

RF Bloodmoon: No we don’t!

RF Solar: Really? *holds up a piece of something.* Eat this.

RF Bloodmoon: *automatically eats it.* What was it?

RF Solar: *holds up a sponge, with a piece ripped out of it.*

RF Bloodmoon: DONT FEED SOMEONE A SPONGE, SOLAR!!

RF Solar: You’re the one who ate it!!

RF Bloodmoon: BLEH!

RF Sakura: *laughing her ass off.*

~~⭐️⭐️⭐️~~

RF Solar: GODDAMNIT!

RF Earth: Solar, it’s okay! It was just a vase!

RF Solar: HOW TF DO YOU ALWAYS STAY SO CALM?! I MEAN-

RF Earth: Pot.

RF Solar: …Sorry, what-

RF Earth: Pot!!

RF Solar: …Noted.

~~⭐️⭐️⭐️~~

RF Foxy: I can still hear her voice…

RF Puppet (ghost): Gay, gay. Homosexual. Gay-

~~⭐️⭐️⭐️~~

RF Sakura: He’s definitely the best guy around!!

RF Eclipse: Yeah, sure. What about the people he murdered?

RF Sakura: What murdaaa??

~~⭐️⭐️⭐️~~

RF Solar: I can’t choose a favorite! I can’t choose a favorite!!

RF Sakura: Come on! It’s not hard!

RF Bloodmoon: Pick one of us!!

RF Solar: Okay, god I hope I don’t destroy anyone’s dreams. But my favorite assistant is…*insert drumroll.* BM!!

RF Sakura: WHAT?!?

RF Bloodmoon: WOOOOO! HAHAHAHAH!

RF Solar: Sakura, you’re still my buddy!!

RF Sakura: I don’t believe it, I don’t believe it, I DONT BELIEVE IT!!

RF Bloodmoon: *still celebrating.*

(Another CRK reference. Hehe)

~~⭐️⭐️⭐️~~

RF Sun: Do you think Solar’s been acting…weird lately?

RF Moon: Oh, definitely.

RF Solar: I can hear you two.

RF Moon: WHAT THE- RF Sun: WHERE ARE YOU?!

RF Solar: On the ceiling.

RF Sun: Why??

RF Solar: Why not?

RF Moon: Eh, fair.

RF Sun: MOON!

RF Moon: What? He has a fair point.

(THATS ALL FOR NOW!!)

[deafeningfanlight23]

PARTNERSHIP???? MOON???? DARK SUN????

You know what, I don't even want to know, I'm done with Moon and Tsams and---

OKAY I TROLLED Y'ALL I WANT TO KNOW SO I WATCHED THE EPISODE AND I'M JUST SPEECHLESS 😭

WHAT THE ACTUAL F*CK??? THEY NOW BUSINESS PARTNERS, BUDDIES, ALLIES??? MOON IS IN DARK SUN'S UNIVERSE, MOON IS JUST... IDK, NEXT BIG BOSS VILLAIN??? WHAT'S NEXT?? VEGETA AND JACK ARE BOYFRIENDS?? ECLIPSE MAKES OUT WITH THE WHACKING STICK??? 😭😭

AND BRO THE END WITH ECLIPSE JUST MADE MY JAW DROP?? IS HE ACTUALLY TRYING TO BRING SOLAR BACK?? I THOUGHT IT WAS JUST A BIG A$$ CAP BUT NO???? FOR REAL??? BRO ECLIPSE I LOVE YOU SO MUCH RIGHT NOW!! PLEASE MAKE IT FAST SO SOLAR CAN KICK MOON'S ASS SO MUCH THAT EVEN OLD MOON CAN FEEL IT 😭

And SUN IS JUST SUCH A POOR GUY HE DESERVES SO MANY HUGS AND ONE HUNDRED BLANKETS SO WE'LL BE ABLE TO WRAP HIM WITH THEM LIKE A BURRITO 😭 SUN NEEDS MORE THERAPY Y'ALL, WE THOUGHT HE IS MORE OR LESS OKAY BUT B*LLSHIT QWQ GET YOUR CREDIT CARDS EVERYONE, WE'LL PAY FOR HIM HIS SESSION >:D (Expect me, I'm broke as f*ck 😭 BUT HEY, I'LL PAY WITH plAtOnic lOvE ✨)

[quitealotofsodapop]

Monkey King: Hero is Back Au/Sequel details:

Old post of ideas and theories - made before I experienced the game.

May name the au and/or fic "Hero Rebound" as a ref to the ship nam eof Dasheng and his LEM.

Mixing some elements found in the video game as the added lore is cool af but a bit messy. Also the old man that raised Liuer deserves recognition.

Putting characters under Read More:

Major Characters:

Dasheng/Sun Wukong/"The Great Sage Equal to Heaven":

Going by the prequel concept poster; Was born/hatched looking like a coconut macaroon.

Secretly a herbalism/medical nerd. In the games he keeps a little guide of the medicinal plants and materials he finds.

Babysat a lot on Huaguo. In the english dub he even seems to default to asking if Liuer needs a babysitter.

Instincts take over a lot. Will pull the kids towards him and groom fur thats not even there.

Is tramatized by his experience in the Trigram Furnace.

Desperately wishes to find Erlang Shen so he can kick his ass.

Tries to play it cool; but Liuer's death actually tramatized him. He fears losing him again.

Don't touch Liuer or Silly Girl. Those are his babies now. He will kill you.

Zhanshi/Six Earred Macaque/Liu er Mihou/"Great Sage Informing Wind":

An oc/JTTW character variation; Was a member of the Brotherhood of Sages during her and Dasheng's youth. The LMK OC Picrew was used to create a rough image of her.

Sweetest ray of bustling sunshine compared to her gloomier mate. Will still kill any being that dares touch one of her subjects.

Severely injured during the Burning on Mount Huaguo - permanetly damaging her right eye and ears. Dasheng had assumed she'd died during the battle after he was tossed into the Furnace.

Honorary grandma to the little monkeys of Mount Huaguo. Helped raise many of them after the Burning while their parents foraged and worked the land.

Finds a weird Stone Egg that crashed down after the solar eclipse. Now everyone seems to want the dang thing. Realised what the egg truly was when she heard the flutters of a heartbeat from within.

First time Liuer accidentally called her "Mama", Zhanshi cried for two hours.

Pls do not touch the baby monkeys. She will bite. And crush.

Jiang Liuer/"Tripitaka"/Current Incarnation of Golden Cicada:

Died during the battle with Hundun - but Dasheng basically smashed down the doors of the Celestial Realm and begged the gods/bodhisattvas to bring his biy back.

Is bedbound and near comatose for 49 days as his body and soul heals.

Dasheng sacrificed his powers, freedom, and some of his dao/life energy for Liuer's revival. Liuer may or may not be part-stone monkey now.

Liuer doesn't know what happened to his parents. He assumed he was abandoned. His time in Diyu-Limbo clears this assumption up - learning that his parents died protecting him from mountain trolls/yao that wanted him for his delicious holy soul.

Can be a feral little guy at times. He was raised by a hermit after all.

Calls Fa Ming "granddad" in the english dub, so it's possible he just assumes Fa Ming is his granddad.

Is desperate for a mother figure.

Sha Ya Tou/"Silly Girl"/"A-nan":

A very cheerful baby despite her situation.

Is not 100% human.

Hundun specifically needed her for the ritual.

First word ends up being "Bima!" (horse) after someone mentioned "Bimawen".

Zhu Bajie/"Uncle Pigsy"/Marshal Canopy:

Lies that he's the reincarnated Pagoda King to scare demons. And because nobody outside of Heaven knows who Marshal Canopy is.

Gets real quiet when people bring up the story of Chang'e for some reason...

Amazing uncle figure. Notices that Liuer is sad during the movie's song sequence and uses his transformation ability to let the little guy experience flying.

Most of the time on the road he lets the kids use his stomach as a pillow.

Sha Wujing/"Sandy":

Another oc/JTTW character variation since no Sandy-equivalent appears in Hero is Back. Also made in the LMK OC Picrew.

She/they

Dresses very masculine but loves accessorising with flowers, shells, bones, pretty rock etcs.

Zhu Bajie shot her a wink and Sha Wujing had to politely explain that she wasn't interested in men in general. The two then bonded over their shared love for women.

Encounters the Seven Spider Sisters and... ohhh mama.

Sifu Fa Ming/"Grandpa":

Just some really cool old human dude.

Has a Diogenes-esque view of life, and does not care for monks and religious officials living in luxury. Self-exiled himself from his Vihara so that he could persue a simpler life.

Raised the baby he found (named "Little River Float/Jiang Liuer" cus thats what the baby was) with whatever he could find. Pretty much all alms he gained were used for food and clothes for his adopted grandchild. And from what the opening credits show, Fa Ming travelled with Liuer on his back through rain, snow, and shine.

Considers finding Liuer a blessing from the Buddha. Something he's somewhat correct on.

Was the first one to introduce Liuer to the legend of the Monkey King - as a cautionary tale to not be covetous. He did not anticipate Liuer thinking the monkey demon was the coolest person in all of Buddhist mythos. Fa Ming sighs, maybe that doll of his influenced that too.

His english va is James Hong, aka Mr Ping from Kung Fu Panda and he gives the best english performance imo. James Hong just be playing ancient chinese men who find and adopt a random baby they find.

Canglong/"The Dragon":

Isn't Ao Lie/Bai Longma... but is one of his dads. Canglong and Ao Run are a thing. Ganglong was once a regular rain dragon who saw that the newly-appointed King Ao Run of the "Western Sea" (in the mythos the older three called dibs on the actual seas around China) trying to build a canal from the Yellow River. Canglong called down a great rain to help make the in-land sea/lake that would become Qinghai Lake. The two dragon bonded over their effort and well... dragon pups occured.

I hc that the Western Sea kingdom is a lot more chill than it's empire-like brothers, so these guys are flying and swimming freely all around the place.

In the film the dragon and Dasheng just sorta team-up off screen. In the game they have Guanyin bring the boys straight to the Western Sea Palace (in the sky) to ask for a dragon assist. Canglong fought Hundun and the other three Perils before alongside "Shunwang" - a human with a sword. "Shunwang" is likely a reference to Emperor Shun of the "Three Soverigns and Five Emperors"-era of Chinese mythos (same era as Nuwa, Fuxi, and Shennong) and predecesor of Yu the Great; who ultimately tamed the waters with Ruyi Jingu Bang (Sun Wukong's future staff). Emperor Shun in mythos beat the stuffing out of the Four Perils - though not the same ones that include Hundun - rather Gonggong who broke the Heavenly Pillar.

Adding on to the lore from the HiB game: Canglong teamed up with humanity during the Great Flood to help curb the flood waters. Here he met Shunwang, who's goal was to kill the Four Perils and God that helped cause the Flood. Canglong thought that was cool af and got all the dragons involved to help. The Four Perils are sadly all concepts and you really can't 100% kill them, so they all ended up sealed away instead. By the time of Dasheng's release; Hundun (blind chaos) got out. Canglong was in the same area as the gang looking for Hundun to apprehend him - when Sun Wukong ran up to him with info on what Hundun had planned, Canglong agreed to help no questions asked.

As in game canon: Helps the gang return the stolen children. I hc through amazing sense of smell. Canglong doesn't hang around for long though, as Ao Run immediately flies over, worried out of his mind for his injured mate, and brings him home. Canglong and Ao Run do however have a cheeky white-scaled dragon pup that likes to pretend to be horse and is obsessed with the legendary Bimawen...

Hundun and the Great Perils:

A squad of four primordial concepts set loose when the destructive water god Gonggong destroyed the Heavenly Pillar. Their goal? Take out the newly-formed humanity.

Among them was (as taken from Chinese mythos):

‣Qiongqi/窮奇/"poor and strange": Deviousness. Said to devour the innocent/noble people, and serve evil ones. Said to either possess the body of a flying tiger or a carnivorous ox. Killed at the hands of Emperor Shun.

‣Taotie/餮/"greedy glutton": Gluttony. Said to have the head of a ding/bronze vessel that consumes all. Has the body of an ungulate, and the voice of a baby. Some believe it to be the reincarnated form of Chi You - the decapitated enemy of the Yellow Emperor.

‣ Taowu/檮杌/"stupid stump": Ignorance. Personifies the stubborness of man, and the refusal to learn. Resembles a sabre-toothed tiger.

‣ Hundun/混沌/"chaotic torrent: Chaos. Like chaos it's true form is blind and directionless. Mythology says that attempts were made to give it holes in which to see, breath, and eat, but it immediately died and reincarnated into "an evil creature".

Nuwa, alongside Shunwang and the dragons, and a bunch of other allies, kicked the Perils butts but couldn't 100% kill them. The compromise was exile/sealing them away indefinitely. Hundun in his original form was attemtped to be rehabitilated, but upon gaining sight and the ability to breathe - died and reincarnated into the human-reptilian avatar we see in the film.

"Hundun" is an extenstion of primordial chaos itself - a thing that isn't inherently evil and was born alongside Pangu when the World Egg hatched. The demon king however, has merely a chunk of the power held by his original life.

Hundun in his current form may have died... but the soul within has move on into something else. Child-like chaos cannot be contained.

[snowe-zolynn-rogers]

The Eclipses Show

Pairings: None

Word Count: 1,972 Words

Summary: Meetings and new names. Backup has to explain to Original what has happened since he went offline.

Warnings: Death (mentioned), Abuse (vaguely implied), Cursing, Abuse (mentioned), Controlled Shocks (mentioned), let me know if I should add anything else.

Chapter 3: I’m Still Standing

“Uh…” Original looked between the two. Both looked like him, which wasn’t anything different, really with daycare models. But they were also mainly orange, he could see it. Even though the one in black didn’t have rays. The other was orange and black purely.

Eclipse and this other Eclipse in black had mismatched parts with different colors. But that orange eye. Those were Eclipses. How? What? What had happened? How were there three of him?

“Let me guess. You’re Eclipse?” The fully orange and black one asked.

“Uh…yeah? Can someone please tell me where I am? Why is there three of me? What happened to Sun and Moon being here and Lunar? The tall girl with white like cloud-hair?” He asked.

“What the...” The rays retracted with thought on the one who was speaking to him.

“Oh my god.” The other realized faster. “You’re the original. The one before me.” The monochromed Eclipse told the orange one.

“Wait, he’s the original?”

“He has to be. He doesn’t know who Earth is. He doesn’t know what dimensional travel is. Moon made the portal after he died. He wouldn’t know about it.”

“That would make sense, actually.”

“I’m still here, you know. You can tell me whatever it is that I’m missing.” Eclipse huffed.

“I’m your backup. I activated in Blood Moon after Sun kicked you out because you ‘died’. You were the original. This is Solar, the Eclipse of this dimension that we’re in. Or…Solar is what he’s letting me call him because honestly three Eclipses is confusing.”

“Oh.” Eclipse sighed. He was in a different dimension from what he could gather and this other one was a backup of his that had activated after Sun expelled the Original.

“Whatever you three parasites do, just figure out names because I don’t wanna deal with this.” The Moon huffed, going back up to the balcony on his fly wire.

“Please don’t pay attention to Crescent, he’s actually a lot calmer today than normal.” Solar assured the both of them.

“I-Should we figure out names?” The backup asked.

“I mean, it wouldn’t be right for one of us to keep the name since it’s all three of our names. So maybe coming up with something different for ourselves would be better?” Original came closer, plucking balls off his rays and wincing at the damage to most of them that he had overlooked since the rays weren’t a vital component of his body.

“Well then, I’m keeping Solar. I like it.” Solar smiled, gesturing them to sit. This would probably be a while if the two had similar tracks of mind unlike Solar who had had a different life than them.

“I kinda like Asteroid but I really don’t like how the nickname is Ass.” Backup huffed.

“True.” Both thought for a bit, quieter as they tried to think.

“What about Phase and Umbra?” Solar suggested.

“What?” Both asked.

“Phase and Umbra. It would be something individual for you two. Nothing connected, being separate people instead of seen as one.” Solar explained.

“I really like that. I like Phase.” Backup agreed.

“I like Umbra.” Original smiled.

“Then we’ve agreed. We’re Solar, Phase, and Umbra.” Solar leaned back in his chair.

“Okay but what has changed since I just kinda-“ Umbra made a slitting throat motion. “I mean, I lost almost a year.” He sighed.

“All in all, you missed a lot of shit.” Solar told him.

“I was probably the majority of the shit.” Phase told him.

“Okay. Maybe start when I died?” Umbra asked.

“Well, after that, I activated on the thirteenth of November inside of Blood Moon. So they were living in the streets, killing people and all that, causing a bit of chaos for the daycare during November. November I think is when Moon made the dimension portal too but I don’t know exactly when. But it was early after your death and early into my activation.”

“Yeah, about there.” Solar confirmed.

“Yeah. And I was making a plan I was having the twins help me with. I…I admit now it was an awful idea, honestly. But I got Sun angry enough to break Moon’s computer because I wanted his kill code to take over. And it did. It was awful for them. It took over Moon and from what I understand, Monty went in to get Lunar out but wasn’t able to get Moon.”

“Then the fuckin shock of a century, the Kill Code gained sentience, claimed himself me and the twins’ father. So I went with the absolutely horrible idea of letting Kill Code free because the twins are trigger happy with controlled shocks.” Phase huffed.

“Jesus, how many shocks?” Umbra asked.

“It had to be like seven a day minimum. It was awful. My memory was scattered for a long time and simple tasks while being in control was difficult to do between aftershocks and them fighting for control.” Phase admitted.

“Jesus, I’m shocked you didn’t lose memories.” Solar realized it had indeed been a difficult time for Phase.

“I did. I know I did. I can feel the voids in my memory banks. I know things are missing, chunks of time from late-November to about mid-December are blanks, I honestly can’t remember anything from then.” Phase took a breath.

“Anyway. After KC took us three in as his kids, Moon made a deal with KC that they wouldn’t meddle in each other’s lives while they shared a body. And Lunar got a body from Monty. It was cute and tiny. He was precious. He had a tail and everything like a little cat.” Phase fondly smiled at the thought of Lunar.

“And KC put me into a computer. He literally grounded me.” Umbra couldn’t help but to snort a laugh at that. “Hey! Don’t laugh at me! I was confused. He didn’t want to give me a body because he knew I’d just leave, so he put my AI in a room. I was freaking room!” Phase whined.

“I’m sorry, that’s funny as hell.” Umbra cackled at the thought before calming down and taking a few breaths.

“He was a good dad. Sure he was a little manipulative and all but he was learning. He was taking care of the three of us. It was…I actually really liked having a dad. It was like he couldn’t just abandon me, he made me, I was his child. And I liked having that kind of person where they would care about me without just blaming me for everything.”

“Then…Then Blood Moon died.” Phase gave a shuddering breath. “Sun shot them with a laser, they died and Dad was inconsolable. And Sun went on a murderous rampage afterward. He wanted to hunt me down and kill me next and then KC. He wanted to erase us once and for all. Without even thinking about how it felt for us.” Phase’s eyes pricked with tears.

“I know they hurt me but they were my brothers still. Sure they were violent and a little unhinged but they weren’t monsters, they had limits and morals. They weren’t just monsters just because they were made to be killers. They had a family and people who cared about them. I cared about them. Dad cared about them. It hurt, it still does. I always thought they’d come running into the lab and tell me it was just a prank, that they wanted to see how we’d react. But they never did.”

“I didn’t make the best decision but…I wanted to defend myself. I knew Sun was coming for me. I just knew it. So I took over a robot I made with a vessel capability called Solar Flare. And Sun did. He tried to kill me. He ended up stabbing a magic sword through a computer modem because I convinced him I was in it. And I tried to get him away, I had him at sword point. And then he used magic to blow up the base.”

“I…I admit I went a bit off the rails after. I just left while he was getting magic help from Golden Freddy. The bunker had had Moon’s magic pooled under it and the explosion had just destroyed it. Moon was stuck in his head and I was still grieving my brothers and father. Because Moon was trying to get rid of KC while all this was happening.”

“Please don’t kill me for what I’m about to say, I know we both love him.” Phase looked to Umbra.

“I’m not going to kill you.” Umbra agreed.

“I used Lunar as a pawn to get the star. And, once I had it, I killed him anyway. I murdered him with it. At the same time, Moon erased his memory to separate from KC. And…And I just felt too numb to care. They gave KC a body eventually, I know they did. And Monty managed to remake Lunar”

“Most of the in-between is a blur. Almost all of it, actually. The star corrupted a lot of my memory banks and erased them when it got destroyed yesterday. I knew I was dying with that star in me. That it was hurting me. The last thing I remember before waking up again was that I was just trying to help them. I don’t remember with what and I don’t remember why.” Phase finished.

“That is…a lot.” Umbra sighed. “We have a dad. The Kill Code is our father?” Umbra asked.

“We did. Before we got the star. I think he might have just given up on me. I don’t think he really knew how to handle me once I was just numb. I don’t think he really cared once I was dangerous, I think he just…gave up. Because he knew I wouldn’t be saved or just talked to and he knew they wouldn’t and he couldn’t convince them to.” Phase sighed, wiping his eyes.

“So we had a father but he doesn’t want us anymore.” Umbra realized with a bit of sadness that he had a father but his father would likely want nothing to do with him. It was a bit crushing to say the least. KC sounded like he’d been as good of a father as a learning AI could be, though likely preferential to the twins, which how couldn’t he be with how similar the twins were to him?

“But he loved you.” Umbra wanted to confirm.

“He preferred the twins, but he was loving. He was kinder than others with me. He was strict, but he respected my boundaries and he didn’t try to force me to do things I wasn’t comfortable with. He didn’t ignore me even when he could. He was a lot better than others.” Phase confirmed.

“I wish I’d been there.” Umbra squeezed Phase’s hand and realized he’d been holding it the entire explanation. He wasn’t sure if it had been to comfort himself or to comfort Phase, but Phase squeezed his hand back anyway.

“I wish you had been. Having a dad was…good. It really helped. I had been really scattered with my memory at the time and he helped. Him being there helped. He had a habit when he was checking on me. I could faintly feel things when I was a lab. People touching certain things. It felt like someone holding me. Even, every time he checked on me, he’d pat the tube my AI was mainly in. It felt like he was patting me on the head.” Phase gave a little smile.

“I’m sorry for your loss, Phase. I didn’t realize how affected you were when Blood Moon died. I’m sorry I laughed at you when we first met.” Solar apologized.

“It’s okay. I don’t remember it. You have nothing to apologize for because I don’t remember that.” Phase assured Solar.

[goodolddumbbanana]

"Well normally the person will bring Sun back to his senses would be Moon, if they are family."

Moon I am sorry honey, but the last time, you literally dead to make Sun stopped. And the reason Sun stopped it is because he still loves you, not because he gains his senses.

From all over the world, if Sun went off deep ends, it is your fault just like how Eclipse is your problem, Moon.

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Btw, damn. Dark Sun has no mercy, huh.

(Dark Sun pretends to be Sun, comes up at the door, panting and his clothes look disheveled. He smiles nervously at Moon.

"Sorry, I'm late. I was... doing things."

Suddenly, there was a lousy noise outside. Lord Eclipse kicked the door open and barged in, his whole body tattered like just fought with raccoons.

"*HEH*HEH*HEH** HE PUSHES ME DOWN A FUCKING CLIFF!!!!!"

Sassy gay hands Dark Sun: "Pushing is such a strong word. I call it, to give you a little nudge."

"Oh I will give you a little nudge when I shove my foot up your ass"

Still trying to keep up with his act, pointing at tired and so done Moon: "Hey watch your fucking language in front of my brother."

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I know it from the start, servant Sun feels too knowledgeable for me. He stutters too much and keeps repeating things. It is not surprising it is not servant Sun, But Dark Sun.

Things started getting interesting. Seeing the conversation between Moon and Solar makes me wonder, if Solar tells Nexus about his old Moon, about him being dead yet?

Like how he so casually mentioned both his Sun and Moon dead, but I never saw Solar tell any of these stories with Nexus. Maybe off screen???

[artistnamedlg]

GARAGES SONGS ASSIGNED TO FANTASY HIGH CHARACTERS (AND SOME OTHER STUFF)

For context, the garages were a band who wrote songs based off a game called blaseball, mainly rock but not confined directly too it. I am assigning some of their songs to fantasy high characters for the very small subset of people who are interested a.k.a mainly me. Most of these are based off season 1 but there is influence from the others. 👍

FIG

-Pyschoacoustics: Very loud but also kinda team based! (The bigger the garage/ the better the sound/ we’re just so glad you came around)

- Vanessa tables, the cheesiest love song ever. I can totally imagine fig singing this.

- ALBUMS: either Underground (its heavy metal) or Short circuit (psychoacoustics esque, it’s so loud!!!)

- CHARACTERS THEY WOULD LOVE? Probably Betsy Trombone or Allison Abbot. Or Jaylen HotdogFingers. Big Garages Fan probably.

ADAINE

- so mediocre, it’s about not being good enough and being told your not good enough. Yeouch.

-Sidelined, same album same reason but this one ends happier cause people do believe in them :)

- the entire Kansas City breath mints team failed the bar exam,

- won’t strike out, it’s about a frog kicking ass. For everyone who doesn’t know blaseball google chorby short right now.

- ALBUMS: either unstable (the first two songs are from it) or, while not a album, The Mike Townsend Trilogy because she would one hundred percent understand the looked down on for not being good enough vibe.

- CHARACTERS THEYD LOVE? Mike Townsend, Chorby Short, maybe Sebastion Telephone cause underperforming sibling vibes. I can see her being a big Hawaii Fridays fan or more accurately Yellowstone Magics

KRISTEN

- And I mean all gods, the first line is “I need to email god because I have some issues”. Kristen would say that, 100%.

- solar eclipse, this one’s a little bit of everyone but it feels especially Kristen because of the direct callouts to god in it. She’d very much understand this one I think.

- ALBUMS weirdly enough, no clue. She would probably like the garages kill gods cause of the title and maybe pathetic/spineless cause repressed rage.

CHARACTERS THEYD LOVE? Most of the like goofy ones I think. She’d see pitching machine (a player who is an actual honest to god pitching machine) and start cheering. She would actually maybe enjoy the monitor who is a god but is also a pushover and eventually anticapitalist. Shed like Randall Marijuana if only cause he’s called “Randy weed” She’d also be a big Fridays person but I can see her being a Hellmouth Fan.

RIZ

- operation plasma (swing and a miss) it’s a song by the spies about how they want a spy to bring them stuff, riz core.

- beautiful day, I don’t know why I can very much see riz in this, half of it cause shit canonically hits the fan even harder after beautiful day.

- the unremarkable ballad of Derrick Krueger, I can’t explain this one but I think it does have slight riz vibes of like overlooked underdog at the beginning of season 1

- Albums, be my valentine cause some of the songs are very sweet and a decent amount are not even romantic in like partner partner way or percolate or lofi hip-hop brews to kill siesta/kill gods to.

- Players he’d love? Parker McMillan, he’d love the insane complexity of trying to piece them together and like interrogating their socials. He’d be a big Houston Spies fan as well, no surprise, but he’d also be a data witch or something similar on the side, just digging round in the code.

EDIT: he would also love one of my fav players, Evelton mcblase 2, a trans mad scientist who is evil and also occasionally a eel.

GORGUG

- heart full of love mouth full of blood, it’s a little romantic but also about killing to protect your friends

- Mike Townsend is back, I can see him vibing to this, especially with the goofy “I learned how to solo!!!” Part

- hurt people, it’s about desperately not wanting to hurt those around you but being unable to.

- Albums I don’t know! Maybe encore cause some of those are very hard hitting and he’d like that I think but also maybe lofi as well cause chill out vibes. Potentially Immaterial Shores which is a bunch of like sea shanty’s.

-Characters they’d like? Jaylen hotdogfingers as well, he’d understand the tradgedy. Also Theodore Duende. Definitely Nagomi McDaniel because she’s a buff as hell mother , maybe the dad versions of Lenny Marijuana. Generally the strong ones who have hearts of gold. He’d be a Dallas steaks fan (their joke is that they’re all dads or dad adjacent, they do cookouts)

FABIEN

- Top ten Tillman Henderson moments that actually happened, dude I cannot describe it but he would love Tillman, shitheel player who does the silliest shenanigans.

- Rise, I can’t really explain it but the extreme confidence mixed with the knowledge that Jaylen actually deeply regrets her revival and fame feels very Fabian.

- Betsy trombone (+ r - s version) I can’t explain it but specifically this version has Fabian feels.

- Albums. Uhhh maybe just straight up discipline, it’s super long but he’d like it I feel. Something shorter would be Caught in the Reverb I don’t know why but I think he’d like it a bit.

-Favorite Characters? Tillman Henderson, he’d love how much of a shitheel he is. I can see him also liking Nagomi McDaniel and Jessica Telephone. I can also seeing him being part of the Jaylen resurrection efforts and just supporting her girlbossing murder spree. He’d actually care if they’re good at the game, similarly he’d be a crabs fan since they’re pretty consistently good, if not the crabs then the hades tigers cause they’re sick as hell. I can also see him really really enjoying York silk because it’s a 12 year old with a gunblade who’s unironically super strong.

BAD KIDS IN GENERAL

- Well suck forever

- A horrible Mistake we will make again and again

Gilear (special edition!!)

-on fatherhood, im adding this just cause it reminds me of him. If you didn’t know people died in blaseball! That was a key thing! While figs alive this does give that vibe with how much she gets into.

[ayyy-imma-ninja]

Why don't the people who call for Eclipse's return on the show see that every time he comes back they only ruin the character more? I'm his fan, really, the best villain with a lot of potential. But ever since he was revived it was an up and down in the quality of his mere existence, it went down when he was with BloodMoon and Killcode, it went up a bit when he broke free using Solar Flare's body to get the star, and it just went on from there descent to the subsoil reaching the center of the earth in terms of quality. Eclipse is like The Simpsons or The Fairly OddParents, the longer he lives, after fulfilling his goal in the script, the more he ruins himself as a character. Because if the villain who always wanted to restart the world and kill his enemies reaches a point where he can't do it because otherwise the program ends, then the script has failed. And I totally blame the fans who harassed EC and Davis so much that they had to bring him back the first time. I hope he doesn't pass again.

The show has certain rules it has to abide by. One of them being you can't actually kill off the canon characters (Sun and Moon). And a lot of the show is more scripted than one would think.

Eclipse's rising and falling moments are intentional, I believe. It reveals a lot about his character and what he's thinking. It's to show how he essentially fucked himself over. How is he supposed to be all high and mighty after getting his ass kicked? And dying? That time with KC and the twins was him licking his wounds and re-strategizing.

As for fans harassing them to bring him back, I wasn't there for that. So my understanding is he was always going to come back at that time regardless of fan reactions.