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[entesi]

Yesterday was mine and Van’s six year wedding anniversary! I’m so incredibly lucky to have them ❤️ I am so blessed to have them as a part of my life and as my spouse and I’m always grateful for everything they do for me. They are a blessing in my life. I wish people could see them properly but maybe one day. System stuff can be hard but I’m so glad I have them. I love them so much! They make me so happy

Art by an old friend of ours, we aren’t in contact anymore but it’s still a super sweet art piece we treasure!

[nebulabasket]

My boyfriend left the gray area!

He's officially a Nebula Basket Party member now! 🎉🎉🎉

~ 🎹 Fresh Snow 🎹

Welcoming our newest member, 🔥 Inferno Wraith 🔥.

[enttesi]

Our friends @aquarius-system gave us an art program and I tried it out by drawing @come-back-vandarian ! I love the linework style so much and the shading options were so awesome! I haven’t posted to my art blog in a while so here it is, if you wanna check out my main it’s @entesi ! If you want you can suggest things for me to draw! I won’t do super in depth stuff until my commissions are open again but I’m happy for small ideas

[hypnosiacon-archived]

System brains seem to love having a theme, it's so strange. We have a bunch of immortals, the majority of whom are revival-immortals (ones that can die, but always come back in some manner). Maybe being a "mythic" or something like that might suit you better than deity - related to a/being a mythical creature?

I'm not mythic, no, I don't think so.

Yeah I used theriomythic in the past, but it still doesn't feels right (also the word itself gives not the right color-vibes.... do I have an synesthesia or not???) like uuuhhh Dovah were pretty much real, even if there they are not present here, and still they are "fictional". And the demon is... not exactly mythical it's like... a local legend or idk. And a bunch of my alterhuman identity is not related to myths in any way, I think.

I remember I used cryptid when I discovered my demon type, and it's still kind of the best way to explain my behavior in relation to this type. Servant doesn't feels right either, like Leviathan is not really a servant, not really a chosen one, but still is something important for a deity, that created him. I feel like there should be a word for something like this, I just... don't know, I feel like something red-orangy-dark-gray or something idk

[pride-of-storm]

v excited for new dnd character. they are a fighter with a -2 strength modifier!

[possessed-pack]

We love and support all systems.

Systems of all origins.

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Systems who make tulpas.

Systems who struggle.

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Systems who split.

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Systems who soulbond.

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Any other system that has ever existed.

We love and support all systems.

[bluemari23]

soul glow | choi seungcheol

summary: you attended your first concert, waiting a long time to see your ult group perform. unable to recognize a soul bond taking place, you leave early, leaving seungcheol to scramble to find you.

pairing: choi seungcheol x neurodivergent reader

genre: soulmates, soul bonds, idol au, angst

warnings: a cinderella moment indeed, mentions of overstimulation,

word count: 1.4k

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an: couldn't help myself. I had a dream of this and needed to write it out.

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The concert was your first, and you wouldn’t question if it was also to be your last. You were overwhelmed to say the least. You could practically feel your skin crawl as the colored lights flashed throughout the stadium. 

You had come with your best friend, wanting to see your ult group, Seventeen, while they were finally visiting a city even remotely close to you. You had both waited a long time for them to come, often writing your own prayers on social media with the hopes someone in management would see. 

And now, you’re not sure how you feel. 

“If you’re not feeling it, we can always leave early.” You friend yelled out to you over the music. You were in the front row of the bottom section, right behind the floor seats. You were to the side of the stage, but still had an amazing view of the boys as they performed. 

You loved your friend, how understanding they were, but you just shook your head. You didn’t pay all this money for you to leave early, and because you were overstimulated. You hated feeling like a burden and you knew how much your friend was also looking forward to the concert. You both had been waiting to experience the right of passage for every carat at a concert, the ten thousand aju nices that would happen at the end. 

To be fair, you might just be overstimulated by the lights surrounding the boys, particularly on your side of the stage. You couldn’t figure it out, given it was a bright golden glow and none of the colored lights going on in the stadium resembled that glow or even just the lights that lit up the stage. 

You tried to make the best of your opportunity and sung along to your favorite song once it played. Shadow held a special place in your heart and you loved the timber of the groups individual voices as they sang, particularly Mingyu and Scoups as they gave their best selves to the performance. 

Once the instrumental for To You began to play, Scoups tried his best to remember the choreo but he couldn’t help but to continue to move towards the left of the stage, something catching his eye as he turned to look at their fans. 

He couldn’t help but to falter in his steps, thankfully no one caught his mistake as he was quick to sing his lines. The bright glow of gold held his attention, more like the woman who the glow centered around. 

He could name numerous different soul bonds, from the Flower Halo to the more common Soul Mark, but never did he think he would be blessed with a Soul Glow as his bond. And never did he think he would find his soulmate during one of their concerts, where he can’t immediately move to greet his soulmate, bringing them into his embrace and holding them tight. 

He had even more vigor as he continued on with the concert, knowing that his soulmate was watching him and his brothers perform. Something that everyone seemed to notice, especially his band members. 

During one of the outfit changes, Joshua has come up to him and asked him if he was okay, and he couldn’t hold back. 

“My soulbond activated. She’s here, Shua.” He admitted, causing Joshua’s eyes to widen in shock, and for the excited shouts of his other members who had not so subtly been eavesdropping on their elder members. 

They all quickly dressed in their next set of clothes, and right before they had to go back on stage, Seungcheol has pointed you out to his fellow members and manager, who had been tasked to get a message across to his soulmate before the end of the concert, wanting to meet his soul glow. 

Despite trying their best, his members kept moving to the left of the stage, trying to get a good look at who would be their new best friend by the end of the night. Yeah, they would give you and their leader your space, but they were determined to be your friends, seeing as you would be stuck with their leader forever. 

This was something the crowd noticed as well, those on the floor moving to the left trying to get the boy’s attention and whatever way they could. It only happened for a couple of songs, but then the boys moved back to giving equal time to all sides of the stage. 

It was weird, and something you and your friend both acknowledged. 

“I wonder what happened?” You friend questioned aloud, causing you to hum your agreement. 

“Maybe something caught their eye?” Was your own reply, thinking that to be the most likely answer. 

Either way, the concert continued but not without difficulties. Mainly for you. 

You had tried your hardest, but despite that, you couldn’t help but to feel as though you had overdone your tolerance, the biting pain of your nails digging into your palm a sad reminder.

Loud noises had always been a problem for you; the pain in your head and the itching under your skin that had your scratching marks into your arm was always a reminder. You don’t know why, but too much stimulation always caused somewhat of a shutdown for you, where you couldn’t speak and your mind didn’t seem to want to focus on anything in particular. 

By the time the third Aju Nice had rolled around, you were past your limit and you friend could tell. 

“Hey, you know what, it’s okay. I can see why so many people get tired after the first round. My feet are aching and my cheeks hurt from smiling so much.” Your dear friend helped you out of the aisle and towards the stairs that would lead out to the lobby of the stadium. 

You tried to protest, but even those were weak as you followed behind your best friend. You were incredibly thankful for them and knew you would need to make up for leaving the concert early, even if they are adamant about leaving.

Vernon was the first to notice you leaving, following behind the woman who had been sitting to your right. He tried his best to signal to Seungcheol, but only managed to at the end of the third Aju Nice encore. 

“She’s leaving, Cheol.” Vernon tried to be discrete, which thankfully he managed. His words caught the attention of the others, who had all huddled together near one corner of the stage, watching a couple of their fans in costume dance. They all watched the two women make their way to the stairs and out of the main stadium area.

Cheol panicked, sitting down at the edge of the stage and gesturing for his manager, making him aware of the dilemma. He could only watch as his manager had grabbed some of their security with him and started backstage, trying to catch up to you. 

His heart was racing as he tried his best to focus and make sure the concert ended like every other one, doing his best for his fans. It was like he could feel you getting further away from him, could feel the distance festering in his soul. 

As he sang the last encore, he had come up with a number of ideas, ways to track you down if you did manage to get away from him tonight. 

Once the last note played and they started to leave the stage, Seungcheol walked until he was out of sight of his fans, the proceeded to run to his dressing room, where hopefully you would be waiting with his manager. 

Disappointment and defeat coated his veins as he opened the door, the emptiness in his soul prominent as the room was empty from what he could only imagine would be your inevitable warmth. 

“I’m sorry, Seungcheol, they were driving out of the parking lot by the time we managed to get into the lot. One of the security team did manage to get their license plate number so we have that written down.” His faithful manager spoke sincerely, not wanting to upset Seungcheol more than he probably already was. 

Everyone was throwing out suggestions, some of the members even going to action as they tried to see if they could access ticket information from the stadium itself. Seungcheol remained quiet though, determination flowing through him as he followed along with Mingyu, calling their company and the stadium head to see what they could do. 

One way or another, he would find his soul glow. 

[mothiepixie]

Something I'm curious about, do you have any head canons about soulbonding? If so, who would Motti have soulbonded with? 💜💙💚💛🧡❤️

Sorry for taking so long to answer! I hope you enjoy! I kinda got carried away ahaha

Soulbonding is an ancient and intimate affair and rarely practiced in modern day, but it is considered the highest form of trust and some would say it transcends usual bonds. Once soul bonded; the individuals can experience a merge of memories, feelings, etc. It can also extend or decrease one’s life to the corresponding partner who initiated the act, thus the individuals can live their life as long as their chosen partners. 

Although soulbonding is a form of strong magic, it can also be broken. However, the individual(s) will experience a sense of intense loss and an emptiness that may never be filled. The reason being is when the soulbond happens it creates an invisible “string" to the respective partners. If the “string” is broken the merge isn’t completely severed, and the missing specs will constantly call out to each other. It’s one of the reasons why it's not a common practice anymore as the few who have broken the bond cannot stand the feeling. 

If a partner were to pass away by unnatural means, the bonded individual(s) would also experience an intense sense of loss and most do not come back from that. Especially for monsters; their hope would drop to practically nothing and eventually the grief would cause them to dust. Most bonded individual(s) will age and pass away alongside each other. 

Soulbonding isn’t reserved for just romantic partners as many platonic individuals can bond. In ancient times it was a great way for members of armies/guilds/party members to better fight alongside each other, and if ever lost in battle the bond acts like a beacon. This was only done with close and trusted parties though. 

But as monsters were cast underground, and times became more modernized it wasn’t really necessary to continue that kind of practice. (Depending on the AU, monsters became pacifists or many lost trust in others to bond). The history behind soulbonding eventually died for humans as well once the monsters were no longer on the surface. 

Who would soulbond:

Boysen: However, this would be many years down the line and the thought of Motti aging and dying without him would definitely have him initiate the bond. (He would actually dust if Motti were to pass away, his HP just couldn’t bear the loss regardless bonded or not.)

Passive Nightmare: Even without soulbonding he is so deeply attached to Motti, and vice versa, that he could not even bear the thought of losing her. He is willing to let Motti initiate the act, but Motti would rather he do it so they could make up for all the tragedies they suffered. (I guess Motti would become immortal if that’s the case)

Farmer: A country man stands by his partner through and through, and given Motti’s life span being shorter than his, he would think about it for a good long while before having the discussion with her. Mainly it would be because he doesn’t want her to feel pressured into something like that and if she ever would want to leave, he’d like her to have that choice. But boy, he would be over the moon when she agrees.

Blue: This monster loves long and hard. He would not think twice about approaching the subject and offering it to Motti. There will be a discussion of who will initiate the act, but Blue would 100% be okay with either decision. 

Who would be apprehensive:

 Sans: While he would never let anyone know or show it, he is scared by the prospect that if he bonded with Motti and something were to happen to her; he knows he will dust instantaneously. He most likely will never approach the subject to her and would hope that no one ever mentions to Motti about it. 

Dream: He already has commitment issues and is already overwhelmed with his powers of empathy. It makes sense that soulbonding may even be a more exhausting and stressful experience. It took him years to accept that Motti’s feelings were genuine and not a by-product of his powers, so the thought of bonding to a degree could be more harmful to his psyche than good. 

Horror: He actually leans into being apprehensive to not even consider it, but he would be lying if he said the thought never occurred to him. Especially when he is in a good head space, he does fantasize what a nice domestic life would be like with Motti, but he would eventually convince himself that’s just a pipe dream. Although if Motti showed genuine interest/want, he just may be persuaded. 

Who would not:

Big Red: That’s far too intimate and scary, he already cannot handle his emotions as is and his trauma would make him scared to bond with Motti. He may just dust on the spot if something ever happened to her. 

Killer: It’s already hard for Motti to discern if his affection comes from a genuine place to begin with and even for Killer that may be a step he has never considered. 

Dust: He has experienced far too much trauma and his brother haunting him does not help in the slightest. He already knows what it is like to have someone’s feelings and influence hanging over his head and he would never want to subject Motti to his warped mind and soul. 

Ink: He doesn’t have a soul to bond with, but he may play with the idea by using physical strings if Motti were to bring it up. He doesn’t really understand the idea or appeal, but he likes the thought of crafting an idea. 

Nightmare: He doesn’t really have much of a soul to begin with, but even so Motti would not entertain the idea if she knows she’ll feel what he feels. (Him embodying all negative emotions and enjoying it is not a good time in Motti’s eyes)

[darkstaria]

Since you mentioned in you previous ask that there isn't multiple copy of MC soul animal? Do the boys sometimes steal Soul Animal MC from the current soulmate and run? Or does it waddle/skips/wanders to their next soulmate?

Which makes me wonder how fish soul animal work? Does it float? Magical sphere of water? Or does it always magically have a bowl of water (which i know isn't good for fish)?

Haha I love how you're thinking!~

Yep! That's absolutely happened. A limitation of Reader's perspective is that they never know what's going on with their soul form. I won't detail it too much since it's either getting revealed later or in an extra. But yes, certain Batfam members occasionally do keep Reader to themselves for a while. For shame!

Generally soul animals with multiple soulbonds visit and leave their soulmates depending on how they feel about their soulmate. So Damian and Tim's animals don't visit their human selves too much, Jason's soul animal tends to not visit Bruce, and so on. If there's a substantial amount of hatred, the soul animal might not visit the hated person at all. As for how they visit, it's magic. They just appear within a certain radius of their soulmate.

Reader hasn't interacted with any of the Batfam (until recently), so their feelings on the subject are rather muddled. The Batfam tend to get rather balanced visits to all of them from Reader. They have some extra feelings for Jason though, which has affected their own soul animal behaviours.

Thinking about it, if Reader became too wary of Tim after meeting him in person, and it showed in their soul animal's behaviour to him, that'd be rather revealing, huh? Uh oh..

Oh, and as for marine animals. Since soul animals are always a little magic, they essentially fly around without the need of water. No fish bowl required! It'd be rather depressing to have your soulmate's soul animal constantly flopping about.

[hornyfor-redacted-onmain]

Ready Or Not

Pieces of My Heart - Chapter 3 Stray Kids OT8 x reader, Soulmate AU

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The fourth puzzle piece snapped in time with Jisung’s yell. He looked at the four of you with wide eyes, then to the two at his sides, and then back at you. And then he was pointing again.

“You’re my soulmate!?”

Hyunjin let out a gasp at the information, but Changbin just narrowed his eyes as he looked over the scene. “Felix too? And … Channie-hyung?”

Chan ran his hands through his hair, letting out a nervous laugh. “Yeah, me too.”

“Actually,” You tried to get yourself to sit up, but Felix didn’t seem keen to move and simply pulled you back down. You decided to just let it be. “I have 8 soulmates.”

You let the information sink in. Changbin blinked, pointing at himself in confusion, and Felix lifted his head to look you in the eyes for confirmation. At your little nod to both of them, Felix then looked back at Chan, whose face was baffled.

Hyunjin looked around the room in confusion, then at you, then back at the other members as they processed the information, and then he let out a gasp of understanding.

“Everyone?!”

You nodded again. Jisung let out a laugh of disbelief, suddenly jumping onto the bed next to you to pull you into a hug. You were squished up against him, Felix refusing to let you go, causing you to be in the middle of a Jilix sandwich.

“Hey! Share, share!”

Hyunjin threw himself on top of Felix, and both Changbin and Jeongin yelled at him to be careful. This caused Jisung to complain, pushing Hyunjin off, which started a wrestling match between them. Felix laughed, hugging you tighter.

“I don’t think I’ll ever get tired of this,” He told you.

“The hugging?”

“And the colors,” Felix exclaimed, looking around the room with wide eyes. “I didn’t know there were so many!”

Ah, Felix must have the black and white sight soulmark, that only allowed them to see colors when they met their soulmate. You couldn’t imagine living your entire life in black in white only to be bombarded with colors in an instant, on top of being confronted with the soulmate high. No wonder he had cried.

You caught Jeongin’s eye from where he now sat watching from the floor next to the bed. He looked happy, but a little unsure, tilting his head in question when he caught your gaze. You patted Felix’s arm, and he reluctantly let you go. You slid of the bed and allowed Jeongin to pull you into his lap, resting your head against his shoulder.

“I’m okay,” You reassured him, letting out a deep sigh. “Just a little overwhelmed.”

“More than just a little,” Chan corrected you, rubbing your back as he settled down next to Jeongin. “I can feel everything you know.”

You grimaced. “Oh.”

He must have an experience bond, being able to feel your own feelings as his own. You found yourself quickly thinking about the rollercoaster of emotions you had subjected him to in just the past hour, let alone your entire life. You would have apologized, but you knew he wouldn’t accept it.

“How, how do you know?” Changbin asked suddenly. He was still standing off to the side, looking unsure. “How do you know we all are your soulmates?”

“Red string” You explained, resting your hand against your chest.

A chorus of ‘ahhs’ resounded around the room.

“So, when did you realize–“ Chan seemed to trail off as he wondered how to phrase his words.

“We realized it when we got back to the hotel,” You explained. “I’m making an educated guess on Lee Know and Seungmin, but what are the odds that I’d have 8 soulmates all in the same city at the same time and only 6 of them would be Stray Kids?”

Hyunjin joined the four of you on the ground, leaning up against the bed. “So … I am your soulmate too?”

“I mean, I know you’re mine,” You offered, tilting your head. “Do you not know?”

“Hyunjin doesn’t have any signs or marks of a soulbond, so we weren’t sure,” Chris explained, pulling away from your hug. “We thought maybe when he met his soulmate, the bond would show up ...”

You hummed in understanding. “So you’re not sure.” Hyunjin looked down at his hands, so you reached out to squeeze his hands reassuringly. “Don’t worry, I am. Even if you don’t figure out what your bond is, you’re still my soulmate.”

You pulled away from him, but Hyunjin suddenly grabbed your arm back, flipping your hands over. Your palms were black, like you had run your hand along charcoal. When Hyunjin then flipped your hand back over, the very places he had touched were also smudged with the same dark color, and the rest of the room went quiet as they all leaned in to watch the smudges slowly start to fade.

Hyunjin gave you a beaming smile.

“Well, I guess that answers that question,” You muttered.

Five pieces.

“What is your name?” Changbin suddenly asked.

You flushed, realizing that between all the sudden events and realizations, you hadn’t had the chance to properly introduce yourself to any of them. You told them your name, but Changbin just shook his head.

“No, no. Full name.”

“She’s your soulmate, Binnie. Why would she lie about this?” Felix asks, looking offended on your behalf.

“No, it’s okay. I get it,” You reassured Felix, giving Changbin your full name.

While it wasn’t common, and extremely illegal, it wasn’t completely unheard of for people to fake being someone’s soulmate for a variety of reasons. Being celebrities, you were sure that worry was double for them. Your name would be enough to confirm to him your identity if he had your name or initials as a soulmark, so you expected him to be reassured, but his frown only seemed to grow.

Changbin crossed his arms. “So how do this work?”

“Hmm?”

“If we all your soulmate, what do we do?”

“He has a point. There’s 8 of us, only 1 of you,” Jisung pointed out, now sitting cross legged on the edge of the bed. “I mean, we share a lot with each other, but we can’t exactly share you all the time.”

“What if we want to go on date?” Hyunjin wondered. “We go together?”

You leaned back into Jeongin, letting his chin drop down onto your shoulder. “All relationships are hard. I guess we just have to figure it out, make sure to talk to each other, make sure everyone is happy.”

“I’m happy,” Jeongin whispered to you. “I love my members. I was worried, a soulmate … um. I didn’t want to have to choose. Stray Kids, Stay, soulmate. All very important for me. I … I couldn’t imagine a better group of people to share something as important as a soulmate with.”

Chan gratefully translated for you what Jeongin was unable to say in English. You felt your eyes welling up again, hugging him tightly in thanks.

“I’m glad too,” Felix murmured, leaning his head against Jisung’s shoulder.

“Me three,” Hyunjin piped up.

“Me four!” Jisung chirped.

Chan let out a laugh. “Ah, I’m glad that now I’m not the only one who has to deal with these kids.”

Changbin finally approached from his corner of the room, giving you a hesitant smile as he settled down next to Jeongin. “I am also happy, just not … I don’t want to lie. I am .. uh, disappointed? But …”

Hyunjin wrapped his arms around Changbin. “Ah, it’s okay Binnie. You’re allowed to be disappointed; I don’t think any of us were expecting this.”

“It’s going to take some getting used to. I think we all had expectations, but just because it’s a little different doesn’t mean that she’s not still your soulmate. Like she said, it’s going to take time, but we’ll figure it out. We always do,” Chan reassured.

You weren’t sure what they were saying, but you could understand the sentiment. You had Felix let you go so you could scoot closer to Changbin, reaching out to hold his hand.

“It’s going to be okay. This isn’t going to be easy, but we’re in this together. Don’t ever feel like you have to hide your feelings, okay?”

Changbin stared at you with his dark eyes, and then he pulled you in for a hug. Unlike the others, this hug was hesitant, softer, full of worries and apologies and unspoken words. You buried your face in his chest.

The puzzle was beginning to take its shape around you, the sixth piece joining the others.

Jisung suddenly said something in Korean, and the others all started to babble to each other. You weren’t sure what was being said, but it sounded like they were trying to give you two your space. When you pulled back from the hug, Changbin’s eyes were suspiciously wet, but he blinked the tears away and gave you a smile.

“I’m very lucky,” He whispered. “My soulmate is so kind. And pretty.”

You groaned, pressing your hands against your face to hide your smile. “Stop it, you’re going to make me blush.”

The others noticed your weakness and pounced, calling you cute and complimenting you until you were sure you were going to explode. Changbin laughed, and then pretended to protect you from the compliments by hiding you in his arms. He said something in Korean, and the others were quick to protest.

You were going to have to learn Korean, and quick.

There was a sudden ringing noise, and the others didn’t seem to pay it much attention as they continued to joke with each other and laugh. It was Chan who pulled out his phone to answer, trying to hush the others but failing.

“Hello?”

The person on the other side began to talk, and Chan’s eyes darted to meet yours. His smile grew. He replied back in Korean, and Felix turned to him with wide eyes.

“They’re on their way back already?”

The room grew silent as they realized who Chan was talking to, and you felt your butterflies erupt in your stomach. You were still riding the high from meeting so many of your soulmates, so you didn’t feel as anxious as you had the first time around. But you still wanted to make a first impression.

As Chan ended his call, you got to your feet, smoothing out your now wrinkled clothes. “Did you tell them anything?”

“Just that I had a surprise for them in Jeongin’s room.”

“Okay.” You took a deep breath.

“You okay?” It was Hyunjin who asked you this time, giving you a worried look.

You nodded. “Yeah, I am. Just a little nervous.”

“Don’t be,” Chan reassured you, giving your shoulder a squeeze. “You’ll be fine. They’re going to love you.”

“Any pointers?”

“Ah! Minnie has first words, like me!” Jisung told you.

And then he pulled up his shirt, presumably to show you the ‘Surprise?’ that was written in your handwriting on his right side, but all that you could focus on was the expanse of tan skin and slight abs that were now on display, your face betraying all your emotions even to those who couldn’t feel them.

Felix smirked. “Careful Hannie, we want her to be conscious when she meets Seungmin and Minho-Hyung.”

“Shut up!” You yelled in embarrassment.

Hyunjin and Jisung were cackling, Changbin and Jeongin giving you equally heated looks, and even Chan let out a little chuckle. You pouted, crossing your arms. When Jisung almost rolled off the bed from his laughter, causing Hyunjin to laugh even harder, you couldn’t keep in your own amusement, and you began to laugh along with them.

Chan shook his head with a smile “Jisung is right though. Seungmin has first words, so careful what you say to him.”

“Don’t you already know what I’m going to say to him?”

“Hmm, maybe.”

“Is it nice?”

“No hints!” Felix exclaimed.

“It’s sweet,” Chan reassured me, ignoring Felix’s yell of betrayal. “It took him months before he would even let us see it, but he reads those words every night before he goes to sleep.”

You smiled. “That’s good. What about Minho?”

“Hyung is like me,” Hyunjin told you, finally having caught his breath. His face was adorably flushed. “Unknown.”

“So, I won’t know until I meet him.”

“Yup.”

“Great.”

There was a knock on the door, Minho calling out to Chan, and everyone turned to look at you. You took another deep breath, and with a nod of reassurance to them, you went to let your last two soulmates in.

Two last puzzle pieces landed in your hands, and even though they weren’t in place yet, you could feel the building energy of the impending bond. You weren’t sure what to say, staring at the two waiting out in the hall who looked much more surprised to see you than you felt to be in their presence. None of you said anything for a few seconds.

Seungmin was the first to react.

“You must be Jeongin’s soulmate.”

Word traveled fast around Stray Kids. Considering that everyone knew to meet up in one room, and that Jeongin had only talked to Chan earlier, you were willing to bet that the original announcement of the Maknae meeting his soulmate had probably been relayed to a group chat of some sort.

It also meant that they weren’t aware of everything that had happened in the past half hour since then.

You gave him a tight smile, hesitant to say anything outright. Did you come out with what you wanted your first words to be? Chan mentioned something sweet, did you just blurt out every good thing you wanted to say to him? How long could you talk? How many of your words would actually end up on his skin?

You cringed at your own anxiety, unsurprised when a hand landed on your shoulder, and gave you a gentle squeeze.

“Hey guys.”

Chan introduced you to the last two members on your behalf, and Seungmin gave you a soft genuine smile. His bangs were falling into his eyes, but his hands were holding a shopping bag each, so he struggled to push it out of his eyes. It was soft, it was cute, it made your entire chest fill with love.

You forced yourself to look away before you tried to help.

Minho was completely silent.

His face was blank, his limbs loose at his sides, nothing to give away what he was thinking, or how he was feeling. To an outsider, he looked uninterested, maybe bored.

But his eyes refused to leave yours.

Except for the split second that he had eyed the hand on your shoulder, Minho had refused to look away from you since you had opened the door. Even when Chan pulled you to the side to let them pass, Seungmin gliding into the room with little more than a glance in your direction, Minho refused to look away. He stood motionless in the doorway.

“Lee Know-“ Chan started.

Minho seemed to snap out of his thoughts, his intense stare suddenly moving to the leader behind you. “Hyung.” He gave a nod in greeting, and without another word he walked past the two of you.

You and Chan shared a knowing look.

He knew.

You let Chan close the door as you hesitantly followed the dancer, unsure of his reaction. Was he upset? Disappointed? Or maybe he was unsure of the situation, maybe thinking he didn’t want to get in the middle of you supposed soulmate connection with ‘only’ Jeongin. Felix had cried at the thought of stealing his member’s soulmate. Was Minho the same?

The others were suspiciously quiet as the three of you walked out from the hallway, Minho immediately making his way over to the armchair in the corner of the room, dropping his shopping bags into Hyunjin’s lap as he passed. Seungmin was already perched on top of the bed next to Jisung, handing out snacks to the others from his own bag.

“Ah, I didn’t know if you would want anything, but I got some extra crackers if you want some,” Seungmin mused, holding out a packet of crackers towards you.

You accepted them with nothing more than a nod, remembering now that you had forgotten to get food from the café like you had been planning that morning. You had already planned on being on your way to your first tourist destination by now too, but it seemed all your plans for the day were officially derailed.

The others held their breaths, but Seungmin either didn’t notice your lack of words, or simply didn’t care. Instead, he continued to pull the last of the drinks out and hand them out. The others were staring at you two intensely, subtly apparently not their strong suit.

You glanced back at Minho, wondering how you were going to go about this reveal. Chan was sitting on the arm of the chair with him, whispering in his ear. When they noticed you watching, Minho’s blank face shifted, a smirk growing over his face.

He definitely knew.

You didn’t know exactly how much Chan had told him, the leader only giving you an encouraging smile, but you knew that at this point everyone in the room was an audience to a performance between you and Seungmin. Said singer had finished his job of distributing his haul and was now looking at you.

You slowly sat down next to him, staring intently at the crackers in your hands.

“Hey, Felix. Did you see this new video?” Jisung suddenly said, sliding off the bed and moving to the circle forming on the ground.

The others seemed to take the hint, talking amongst themselves, and pretending like they weren’t paying intense attention to you two. Seungmin tilted his head, an awkward smile on his face, passively watching the others without interacting. Jeongin glanced at you two, and he reached out momentarily to squeeze your hand.

Seungmin glanced at you.

You pulled away, pushing yourself higher up on the bed so you could cross your legs, inadvertently pushing yourself closer to Seungmin. The singer looked away for a second, and then leaned in with his gaze on a painting on the wall.

“Are you okay?”

You turned to him, wide eyed and panicked. You gave him a sharp nod.

“It’s just, you look a little nervous. I know it’s a lot … these guys, they’re a bit to get used to, but don’t let them scare you. They’re all really cool, especially Jeongin. He’s a good guy.”

You nodded, looking away. Minho and Chan were still watching you two, neither one of them hiding their amusement.

“You can talk to us, you know. Tell us if you’re feeling overwhelmed, let Jeongin know what’s on your mind. He’s got a lot of love, and he’s a great friend. You can trust him.”

You bit your lip to keep from blurting out ‘I know’, not wanting that to be your words towards him. Something sweet, something brief, something he’d think about every time he goes to sleep.

“If you don’t want to say anything, that’s fine. Take your time. But are you sure you’re okay?”

You finally turned to look at him, your faces only inches apart. Your mind froze.

“I-“ You blinked, and realizing you had technically just spoke to him, decided to just pull forward. “I’m really happy to finally meet you. You’re everything I’ve ever imagined.”

Felix, you would be told late, had mouthed the words along with you. The others immediately broke into cheers and your face burned with embarrassment, but you couldn’t bear to hide away from face because you would miss out on the look of pure amazement and shock that Seungmin sported.

“You … you’re my soulmate?”

“She all of our soulmate!” Changbin exclaimed.

“All?”

“I have 8 soulmates,” You explained, nodding towards the rest of the room. Seungmin looked at the others, his eyes furrowing. “Sorry you were the last to know. I didn’t know what to say, I wanted to make sure it was … sweet.”

“It is,” He muttered, still looking dazed.

“Good,” You whispered.

“Cute,” Jisung whispered, leaning in close to both of your faces.

Seungmin let out a groan, pushing Jisung’s face away. The others were all smiling like they were watching a rom com play out in front of them, Hyunjin even pressing his fists against his mouth to keep himself from making any noise. You rolled your eyes at them.

“Wait, what do you mean the last to know? How did Hyung figure it out?” Seungmin exclaimed, turning to Minho.

Changbin yelled something and Minho replied in Korean, Felix thankfully translating for you.

‘Body Glow’. He knew the moment you opened the door, your skin enveloped in a soft glow that only he would be able to see.

The others all started talking over themselves, and Felix didn’t even try to translate the sudden yelling and overlapping exclamations. Instead, he took the opportunity to pull you down onto the bed while burying his face into the crook of your shoulder like he had before, something you had a feeling would become common practice. Not wanting Seungmin to be left out, you grabbed his hand gently and pulled him down next to the two of you.

He squeezed your hand back.

There was an image forming in your head. Your head felt lightheaded from the amount of love you accepted, the world tilting from the soul bonds that were forming.

The bodies at your side, warm and comforting.

Changbin pushing Jeongin with a smile, the youngest pouting.

Jisung saying something that sounded like he was teasing them.

Hyunjin, laughing at the others, clapping his hands as he fell back.

Chan, smiling so hard that his eyes had closed, his body leaning completely on Minho

 And Minho, still staring at you with a smirk.

The pieces of the puzzle had finally completed your heart.

[asherthehimbo]

Listen to my music, listen to your heart

Bang Chan x male!reader [soulmate au]

Synopsis: When his soulbond turned out to revolve around music, Chan had not been surprised - practically his whole life had an aspect of music in it. Only problem is - his soulmate's music seems really, really sad. Ofcourse the occasional party song is in there, and hey, even some of his own songs are there. Yet he can't help but cry everytime he hears the beat in his mind flow softly, a voice - on the verge of/ or already crying - singing the saddest songs Chan had ever heard. It pains him greatly, but there is nothing he can do except search for his soulmate. Who would've thought that his soulmate -one who he could tell went through so much- would be his best friends bubbly older brother whom he used to have a crush on.

Status: slowly posting

The sun and its rays | The father and his kids | The extra's

Meme's | playlist |Soulbound explanation

Chapters:

one| prof. Taemin🤩

two | bubbles and boobie<3

three | new dad

four | Fifi🫶🏻

five | looky here

six | i just miss him

seven | Dt and lil Lee

eight | the cure to depression

nine | fake student yipeee

ten | Rachel stfu

eleven | dinner

twelve | okiii

thirteen | YOU DONT GET IT

fourteen | why?

fifteen | the sun is still a star

sixteen | LET THEM COOK🗣️

seventeen | not hehehe

eighteen | in Fifi we trust

nineteen | he doesn't fucking love you

twenty | Livvie :((

twenty one | Graduation era??

twenty two | It's only fair I gift you one in return

twenty three | epilogue

Taglist: [23/30][open]: @foxilsdenn @conwunder @heyogg @zzstar @xavi-in-kpopland @idkwhatto-namethis @glitchyaiko @kaisworlds @ashersdeadinside @kuuroomiii @kenaicantcommunicate @chansslvr @bee-the-loser @vivi0vivi @cb97s-laptop @victorbutnotreally @seongsangssbitch @jeonginplsholdmyhand @wolfbc97 @cigarettexburns @i-dont-know-me-either @f1ln4dr3cl16mv33 @leezanetheofficial

if your names in Orange/ bold it means Tumblr wont let me tag you

notes: due to a recent concern im specifying that the people used in this are CHARACTERS and should jot represent the original people in ANY way shape or form, especially Felix's family members thank you :) remember to respect idol and they're privacy

copyright | 2024 | @asherthehimbo

[ugh-yoongi]

hi!! i miss jin sm😭😭do u have any fic recs i could read in such a time?

hi nonnie! i also miss him very much, so i hope these fics can make you feel a lil better <3

most of these works contain mature themes/content. please heed tags and do not engage with any explicit work if you are a minor!

(also pls note i am doing this at work and we are slammed so there are a ton i've forgot. i'll come back and update this when i have a bit more time, but until then, please feel free to reblog with your own favorites!)

seokjin x reader

all you're giving me is friction by @hot-soop

last christmas by @xjoonchildx

meet me at the bar by @eoieopda

come sail away by @the-boy-meets-evil

distraction by @here2bbtstrash

taming of the bridezilla by @cinnaminsvga

play hard by @honeymoonjin

for you, anything by @gukyi

sugar by @wwilloww

aubade by @junghelioseok

on the ropes by @raplinesmoon

christmas warfare by @gimmethatagustd

i'm all yours by @sailoryooons

decent by @hamsterclaw

as always, member x member fics (aka me being namjin/yoonjin trash) under the cut!

member x member

beneath the moon by @yoongiphoria (namjin)

the restitution coefficient by @effortandmore (namjin)

these four walls (yoonjin)

look (yoonjin)

telepathy for virgins (2seok)

kkotkkoji (namjin)

beta tau sigma (namjin)

a calendar in one color (yoonjin)

salt water (namjin ft. jk)

concluding remarks (yoonjin)

breaking the soulbond (yoonjin)

somewhere you can meet me (yoonjin)

acts of service (yoonjin)

C:\PAIRINGS\YoonJin\Date_A.exe (yoonjin)

the rightish reasons (yoonjin)

local dumbass idiot helps sexy criminal and then writes sad bird poems instead of just saying Yes Seokjin I Like You Too (namjin)

easy (namjin)

and they were roommates (namjin)

a sociolinguistic analysis of epenthesis in academic convergence (namjin)

worldwide lonesome (yoonjin)

the vagabond (yoonjin)

a breach of protocol (namjin)

wish you were instead (jinmin)

everything moves on (namjin)

kim seokjin, professional miracle (yoonjin)

more walls (collected along the way) (namjin)

smile like you mean it (2seok)

bloom (jinkook)

bated breath (2seok)

cherub vice (jinkook)

imprints & magnitude (namjin)

we were written in the stars (jinmin)

two bros, chillin in the gay club (2seok)

i wouldn't know where to start (yoonjin)

inc. (yoonjin)

fake sugar (jinkook)

[anomalymon]

Addressing Anti-Endogenics in the Alterhuman Community

I keep seeing posts about being baffled by anti-endogenic alterhumans, but I haven't actually seen too many posts which address why being an anti-endogenic alterhuman doesn't make sense. Nor have I seen many which don't talk down to anti-endogenics or intentionally piss them off, which I think is counter-productive in this. I'm on an essay writing kick so I might as well.

This isn't to try to prove endogenic systems. There are already many who have done this. I'd recommend looking through Endogenic & Non-Traumagenic Plurality Resources by Guardians System. I don't agree with the use of sysmed, but for a link collection, it's very effective. Rather, this is to explain why there is an overlap and why some are concerned.

Because I feel this essay is important, I will be making a bulleted list first, and you can read further if you want the elaboration. I understand not everyone wants to read an over 1,500 word essay.

What is endogenic?: Endogenic for systems means being a system for a reason other than trauma - endogenic systems can still have trauma and dissociation, and the belief of cause can be literally anything including neurological, spirituality, or intentional creation. Many subcultures, some unrelated, exist under it.

System/Otherkin Historical Overlap: Plurality and kin have overlapped for over twenty years. Otherkin was used to mean nonhumans in systems, and fictive came from soulbonding which was/is a very fictionkin-dominant space.

Terminology: System is not DID only and has been used predominantly by endogenic systems since the early 90s. Most plural groups have historically shared terminology and the gatekeeping of such is very recent. This is concerningly close to paralleling what we're seeing with therianthropy gatekeeping.

Subjective Experiences: Trying to explain your subjective experiences to anti-endogenics and anti-kin are alike in being difficult and people not always being receptive to actual studies or arguments.

Similar Spirituality: Spiritual endogenic system origins are very similar to many spiritual alterhuman origins with the difference being level of separation and indiviudality between host/'type or different 'types.

Similar Experiences in Psych: Both alterhumans and endogenic systems have gaps in research and similarities with how we experience degradation from a psychological standpoint or being "insane". What is an endogenic system? This may be the most important thing to get out of the way - as I've noticed many people who are anti-endogenic don't actually know what endogenic means.

Endogenic just means a system that formed for a reason other than trauma. It doesn't say anything about having no trauma at all nor anything about dissociative experiences, and it can be anything from neurological, spiritual, intentionally created, or seemingly random odds. There are several subcultures under this umbrella - including some that don't even use endogenic or origin terminology, or ones that don't use system terminology.

Endogenic systems can have trauma later in life, they can also still have dissociative disorders from that trauma. Endogenic systems can still be diagnosed with DID.

It is a poor binary - but the reason it exists is most conversations surrounding systems have to do with trauma. Origin doesn't always matter when it comes to systems and that is a separate topic, however, it surrounds validation discussion and discourse.

The otherkin and plural communities have overlaped for over twenty years

For a long time there has been a huge overlap between otherkin and fictionkin with plurality in particular - at least for as long as both groups have been making websites and likely longer.

To highlight this the best, the overlap was to the point that "otherkin" was used for nonhuman system members in the past. Dark Personalities circa 2001 defined otherkin as "People in a multiple system who are not human. Often they are walk-ins, claiming to be older than the body in which they reside, and having physical traits very different from the body itself. Multiples are often hosts to otherkin." Source, Kinhost had an otherkin multiple FAQ since 2001 Source, and it even appeared in a list of DID terminology in 2013 Source.

On top of that, the term "fictive" originated within fictionkin-dominant soulbonding spaces. I'd recommend A Timeline of the Fictionkin Community by House of Chimeras for further reading on this.

The overlap exists in many ways in addition to what we have historically. What we deal with when it comes to certain types of discourse is simular, dealing with people against our subjective experiences has the same level of frustration, we have very similar spiritual beliefs in particular, and there are similarities with what we go through in the field of psychology.

Terminology out of the way: "but system is DID only!"

The simple answer is that it's not. I'd highly recommend reading A Brief History of the Use of "System" in Non-DID Spaces by LB-Lee on this subject, as they have been around for longer than my system has and this is a well-researched article. "System" is just a noun for a group of entities that exist in a body.

Terminology has historically been shared between both groups as they're needed. Fictive and headmate for example originated from endogenic groups while "host" seemingly cropped up multiple times independently - and terms like switching and fronting are needed because there isn't a better alternative. This didn't become an "issue" until about 2015 or so.

From a sociological standpoint however, something very similar has almost happened to the therianthropy and otherkin communities and arguably there is a similar problem already happening. There are those who claim that therian and otherkin are spiritual only and completely exclude and gatekeep psychological experiences - or cry someone with clinical lycanthropy using terms like shifting is appropriation. While they can normally be disproved, there are those who double down that this is spiritual-only. These communities are even developing their own binary - spiritual vs. psychological.

While this is a bit of a reverse to what happened with the plural community, that is a note of why these beliefs can be concerning within the alterhuman community. We are getting a bit too close for comfort to restricting and gatekeeping terminology based on a binary, and also teeter on the edge of expecting "proof" of an experience that's very hard to prove.

The nightmare of trying to explain your subjective experiences

As this is an essay for the alterhuman community, I am sure most of you reading this have encountered the scenario of trying to explain your subjective experience to some anti-kin or other group that is not having it. You can try to discuss your nonhuman experiences, cite historical and academic sources, insist with everything you have that what you're experiencing is real, but if someone is set in not believing you, it's ultimately a waste of time. The same thing applies here.

I could give you a long, detailed explanation about why we know we are a system. Many other systems would also be able to do the same thing - and many have tried. Ultimately it's up to you if you want to believe someone's subjective experiences or not - and if you don't believe it, it's up to you if you want to respect them or not.

To also claim that one is appropriating experiences is ridiculous. Are therianthropes appropriating from those with clinical lycanthropy, fictionkin appropriating from delusional misidentification, or otherlinkers appropriating from copinglinkers? There is a broad overlap and some shared terminology for convince over what can be subjectively a very similar experience - and you can't claim with certainty or in good faith that someone's experiences in and of themself are appropriating someone else.

Spiritually, you're likely very close to believing in endogenic systems

While not every otherkin, therian, or other identity inherently believes in spirituality, there is usually some coexistence or respect for others with beliefs different from you as spirituality can be a large element of the community. Most of these spiritual beliefs are already close to how spiritual endogenic systems might experience things.

Almost the exact same mechanisms which create spiritual alterhumanity is the same for spiritual systems. Various terms are already shared between spiritual alterhuman and spiritual system communities (and even non-spiritual system communities): walk-in for spiritual events and source vs. canon for fiction-based identities for example.

Additionally, several experiences are shared between these two groups. Existing in the astral plane or having experiences travelling through the astral for one. Communicating with spirits can also be a part of both - and that's where communities like soulbonding existed in tandum with fictionkin and even created the term fictive itself.

If someone believes in reincarnation and they can talk to and interact with their past selves - that is plural and can be considered an endogenic system. Same for if someone feels that their body at birth gave host to multiple souls. The difference between these experiences and polykin beliefs is just degree of individuality.

In the field of psychology, we are allies

Much of alterhumanity is arguably even less recognized by psychology. There are studies which showcase them of course, but there are also studies which showcase endogenic systems. Neither has many studies for similar reasons - we don't usually have a clinical need for help, and if we do, it can be extremely difficult to get it.

The potential for psych abuse or degradation in psychological settings exists for both of us - with how ridiculous it is to have abnormal other than human experiences, or how insane it is to be a system without fitting the DID model. The otherkin and therian communities in particular have a known saying along the lines of "If someone outside the community asks you for an interview: run" and it can be the same for endogenic systems.

Accusing others of faking their experiences only does harm to all of us. Giving our oppressors and ableists - in the sense of those who mock or degrade experiences for deeming them "insane" - an excuse to do so means they will take it and will use it to turn against others. If someone doesn't believe someone for something like being more than one entity in a physical body for any reason other than trauma, why should they believe you for identifying as nonhuman?

Conclusion

The endogenic and alterhuman communities are intertwined and respect of alterhumanity is in most of the steps the way to respecting all systems. The purpose of this essay is to get anti-endogenic alterhumans to reflect on their beliefs, and I hope that this was successful in doing that.

Others have made essays trying to argue for proof of their existence, and the sources are out there. I'd still implore you to get to know endogenic systems and remember that we are people and not just a discourse topic. Reflecting on our similarities in discourse, spirituality, ableism can help us move forward as communities.

[minecraftbookshelf]

Life Series Scarring Headcanons: Part 1

I'm going in alphabetical order by player handle, so this one is BDoubleo100, Bigbst4tz2, Ethoslab, and GoodTimesWithScar

The concept at hand is that during each game, every death leaves a scar, after the game, those are gone, replaced with scarring from their final death.

I did take some creative licence with the deaths, mostly in the sense of figuring out ways to handle Fall Damage in a slightly more RL based context, as well as figuring out approximately where final blows would fall based on the respective positioning of the players in question. (I did both a lot of video watching and also pointing at and posing myself figuring this out.)

Related to that Content Warning for general blunt but vague descriptions of varying injuries and ways to die, including but not limited to shattered bones and impaling.

Disclaimer that I did make all these diagrams in paint so they are hardly the pinnacle of artistic reference, but I think it gets the point across. Xs indicate arrow kills and i used the spray paint mode for fire/lava/explosion damage. All scars are color coded by series.

I forgot to mark it on the diagrams themselves, but light green is for scars left from the death of the Double Life soulbond partner. The soulmate who died second has phantom scars from their partners death, fainter and sometimes smaller, but still there.

Pink scars are the ones that, while not final deaths, had a significant impact on the story, the cubito, or both.

This project has also has shown some interesting patterns in how some of them tend to die.

On with the show!

BDubs

Third Life: Scar chased BDubs down and killed him with his sword before heading off with Grian to have Their Moment at the cactus ring. He turned around to fight Scar at the last minute, so the killing blow came from the front.

Last Life: BDubs was shot and killed by Grian as he fled after he betrayed the Red Pack and killed Lizzie so that Etho would give him a life.

Double Life: Pearl chased BDubs down and killed him (I believe with an axe) after Tilly died. Like in Third Life, he turned and fought at the last minute, so the killing blow came from the front.

Limited Life: Bdubs' final death was from a TNT Minecart dropped by Impulse, it landed slightly above and to the right of him, so that is where the damage is localized.

BigB

(You see what I mean about trends in the way that some of them tend to die?)

Third Life: BDubs shot him as BigB, the last surviving member of the Red Army, tried to escape from him and the Desert Duo. I placed that scar a bit lower than the others because BDubs is short.

Last Life: Cleo shot and killed him in a river. He was also poisoned from a potion she threw in the skirmish prior, so his health was very low. Reflecting that, my choice for that arrow was that it skimmed the side of his neck and he probably would have survived it had he been in better health at the time.

Double Life: Grian dropped a dripstone stalactite on Ren's head in Box, killing both Ren and BigB. His scar from this is a bit smaller and fainter than Ren's due to Ren being the one to actually receive the injury.

Limited Life: Smajor shot and killed him while he tried to escape through the woods. From what I can tell Scott came at him from the side, so I put the scar for that one reflecting it.

Etho

Believe it or not this is not the worst that it gets.

Third Life: Etho died to fire damage dealt by Impulse during the Battle of Dogwarts. I chose the location for it based of the direction the attack that initially caught him on fire came from.

Last Life: Joel killed Etho before dying himself when the later-game red lifers banded together to take out him and Grian. Etho struggled with his shield during that confrontation, which let Joel get enough hits in to kill him before being killed immediately after by Scott. I placed that injury as a glancing blow off the top rim of his shield.

Double Life: Etho and Joel died to a lava-trapped nether portal. The scars are from the lava flow. Etho died first, so his scars are a bit more prominent than Joel's.

Limited Life: Etho (like so, so many other people this season) died to fall damage. He was fighting the Mean Gills on the edge of the Bad Boy Manor and fell. The "camera angle" of the ground as he fell is pretty much how i decided where the impact probably was.

Scar

Third Life: I deviated a bit here because for everything else I really just went with "this was the final straw that broke the camels back" when picking scars, but I feel like the narrative and character significance of the Cactus Ring excuses the Death By A Thousand Cuts look. The heaviest concentration of scars from the ring are on his knuckles (from hitting), forearms (from blocking) and back and the side of his face (where he fell into the cacti).These are all small, relatively faint scars, there are just. A lot of them. EDIT: He's going to have some lasting explosion scars from the creeper Grian killed him with as soon as I have the opportunity to update the diagram.

Last Life: He was shot by Ren in a skirmish in the woods, that's genuinely all I have to say about that one, sorry. I decided it was a really good shot on Ren's part that got him right in the eye.

Double Life: So, sonic booms don't really...leave marks. They just liquidize your internal organs. I do think though that he and Grian probably have some faint mark approximating the center of their torsos. Because magic. And Lore.

Limited Life: Grian stabbed him in the back and then chased him down and killed him. The infamous "ultimate betrayal" because someone forgot that they were technically only barely endgame allies this season. Because Grian is incapable both of not killing Scar and not being dramatic about it.

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Part 2

(There are five posts in this series in total, each of them will have links to the first one, as well as the one preceding and the one coming after)

[exotrauma-vents]

incoming transmission . . .

this is a blog for survivors of exotrauma or introjects/alterhumans/otherkin who have memories of trauma which their body did not physically experience. i wanted a space where i could freely vent and begin to process my own exotrauma with other people who understand. having found no space like this, i decided to make my own blog.

anyone can vent here about any kind of exotrauma. you can also vent about what life is like for you as someone with exotrauma. i am a member of a system, but you don’t have to be plural in order to interact. sometimes otherkin, fictionkin, therians, and other alterhumans may have exotrauma, and they are welcome here too. please try to include potential triggers to your vents so i can add adequate trigger tags. but if you don’t i’ll do my best to add my own.

if it affects you, it affects you. i understand that exotrauma is not the same as physical trauma, and exotrauma can often be rooted in real-world trauma. but simply acknowledging this fact doesn’t mean that these memories and experiences don’t affect me. we with exotrauma deserve spaces where we can open up about our experiences in judgement-free environments.

i will post vents as they arrive in my inbox. if i start getting more asks, i will likely set up a queue in the future. the queue will post once or twice per day.

dni: if you can’t be respectful to introjects, therians, soulbonds, otherkin, or alterhumans, dni. if you think that people don’t deserve to talk about and heal from their exotrauma, dni. if you think that introjects (including factives, faitives, songtives, conceptives, octives, etc.) are cringe, dni.

[herbivorp]

Ok hear me out on this idea qsmp skephaloers I'm talking to you

I've had this fic idea for YEARS. like. actual years since the dsmp days and I'm obsessed

Ok so. I am in awe I havent really seen content of this idea at all but the TLDR is that one day the CCs wake up as their characters, on the island, eggs (which are baby dragons) and all And I don't just mean "woah omg the qsmp is real we're our characters" I mean like. Shock. Body Horror. Parental responsibilities put on these people they never expected to have, forms features and instincts they have to get used to. Phil, Quackity, Baghera, Jaiden? Hva eto get used to having feathers and other birdisms, but they have the easiest out of all the members who werent just mostly humanoid, Bad, Bagi, and Foolish for example? Have newly aqquired teeth claws strange anatomy and all sorts of other wackadoodle stuff O_o

This fic would be verrrrryyy skephalo centric, Skeppy is at his motel with Jr and eventually Puffy, that must have been a shocker lmao

I've actually sketched out a lot for this idea (specifically Bad's pov waking up and a bit of Skeppy's pov) hold on

blurgg as you can see very roug but hopefully it makes sense kinda ??? maybe ????

More ideas for this I rambled about:

I feel like bad and the other islanders would be working on stuff/trying to figure shit out while Puffy and Skeppy (and jr) were all trying to find if anyone else they knew was around Bad would claim he somehow "felt" Skeppy was somewhere (which is his demon soulbond he has with Skeppy, it's not just a normal feeling cough cough) and Skeppy would be convinced Bad HAD to be around also because Jr and Puffy were there, they were their characters, the fictional kid he had with Bad was with him so he just had to be Quackity and the other admins would ofc not be the gatekeeping overlords of the island and actively work to figure shit out, including using the train system and seeing if anyone else they knew was around I have an idea that they'd send people out from the island, (like maybe group members who havent met skeppy before) who find Skeppy/jr/puffy, and realize who they are Bad would have stayed on the island because of his protectiveness over the eggs (thanks demon instincts) and couldnt leave them, and they figured he'd be the best bet to keep them safe anyways, + he was losing hope that his "feeling" that skeppy was around was real and just delusion that is UNTIL the other islanders come back with a new few people ermmm shocked teary reunion when

Aaaaaand I actually sketches this out too woah (this is one I wanna clean up for SURE bc omg

ANYWAYSSS you gotta get on board with this one I'm sooo so normal abt it

aughh more ideas:

- the other islanders dont know what skeppy and bad's deal is LOL half of them think theyre boyfriends (and for drama purposes, in this they are not officially yet but by god are they obvious) - Bad semi flipping the FUDGE out because his demon features are a LOT to get used to and he has instincts he has to repress and just lots of silly stuff. like why is he so pissed Skeppy's taking food from somebody else? Why does he feel like Dapper and the other eggs need to stay close to him at all times/ride on his back? Instead of his regular nervous bbh sounds he makes inhuman garbles and growls which is new, not to menation the mountainload of other things like his anatomy and going from a warm to cold blooded creature LOL his eyesight is also different and he's sensitive to light - Skeppy and Bad have like. actual children now which is a huge fucking deal hello??? They gotta navigate and talk that shit out because jr is like a 5 year old and Dapper + the other eggs while still being the admins are baby dragons O_o They went through crazy changes as well, being a baby animal comes with having baby behavior despite their intelligence - Besides ALL THAT after being overjoyed with seeing eachother again, Skep and Bad have like a little argument over Bad refusing to see skeppy as frequently as he promised to which Bad is like "are u rlly worried about that right now look around you" ermmm a little beef there but they figure it out dw

- hmmm idea what if everyone realizes that the code entity is not an admin, and is a real thing tryuing to kill them maybe (?) omg maybe - Skeppy gets to meet all teh babies!!! I have a feeling he'd get along with the eggs great but also maybe have a small rivalry with a few of them?? lol in a silly way - Islanders find more about themselves and the things they can do yay! Like ppl with wings learn to fly, ppl learn their weapons, magic users start to learn magic and they all decided to learn asl for the eggs - lotssss of angst these motherfuckers are still so confused and miss their regular lives despite the incredible and odd situation theyre in - islanders are still confused on what skeppy and bad's deal is like. they have kids they live together and dont leave eachother's sides prettymuch and go to eachother for comfort primarily - Bad and Skeppy disregard remarks and questions about their relationship THIS IS THEM CENTRIC ALWAYS N FOREVER… - skephalo need to have "the talk", bad needs to face his insecurities and skeppy needs to face his sexuality crisis

silly dads with their silly kids (real) this sketch is kinda old but I wanna clean it up sometime maybe and it fits with this idea very much WRITERS HIII If someone with qsmp knowledge is interested in maybe collabing with me to bring this idea to life please do hmu

IM GOING TO EXPLODE SOMEONE PLEASE TELL ME U GET ME WITH THIS ONE aughh also I want to yap about this so bad

PLEASE ask any questions u have, my response box is open and you're welcome to in the comments to!! Or dms idc

AND TELL ME WHAT YOU THINK!! am I crazy or no

If you've read this far you are a real one anyways live laugh love skephalo