#stars know i dont feel like a survivor

[c0smiclatt3]

DAN HENG: TELLTALE HEART.

☾₊ ⊹ TAGS: sfw, fake dating, friends to lovers, mentions and descriptions of blood, death/burial, and war, this could really just be its own fully blown fic idk what im doing here, this is definitely the start of ~something~ i just dont know what

wc: 2.2k

Dan Heng should have retaliated harder when Himeko had suggested this idea in the first place, but he made his stance very clear: he wasn’t cut out for this type of mission and it would likely end badly. But Himeko had only giggled from behind her teacup as she lifted it to her lips, the passing star systems twinkling mischievously behind her like the glimmer in her eye.

“Loosen up a little, Dan Heng,” she almost seemed to sing. “It would do you some good.”

“Surely you and Welt—“ But Himeko cut him off with an almost motherly tut. Dan Heng raked his mind for alternatives, but he worked with the data bank long enough to know this much: the Queen of this planet, a devotee of the fallen Idrila, had lived for a long, long time and had developed an almost perverse interest in the love affairs of humans to pass the eons. After all, what more ridiculous premise in the face of the endless onslaught of time and her immortality than some false promise of ‘forever’? Yes, human love was dramatic - and amusingly pointless. And the Queen revelled in it. Relished in it. Once upon a time the search for Beautiful Love was her devotion to her Aeon, a gift bestowed to her by Idrila themselves: to sustain herself with the heartbeats of her planet's people. For every heartbeat on the planet to resonate through her. The Beautiful Love, then, was something she too would know when she found it. But with the death of her God her mission was but an aimless pastime.

So Himeko and Welt, like two scheming parents, sent you and Dan Heng down to win her graces and grant you two access to the elusive secrets of her court. The goal was simple: put on a show. And make it good.

The two of you had been travelling alongside one another on the Express for a while, but as far as you both were concerned, nothing that would help this mission at all existed between you two. To be sure, you were friends, but that was about all there was to it. If anything, there was an almost brotherly feeling you got from Dan Heng, like a sibling eternally fussing over you or irritated by you or exasperated by you or all of the above all at once. You joined the Express crew before March. Dan Heng had already been there, and so you were his first companion closer to his age.

・・・・☆・・・・☆ ・・・・

When you joined the Express they picked you up from a war-torn planet, one of the only survivors and cowering in a corner of a ruin. Dan Heng remembers a fear in your wild eyes unlike anything he could comprehend. When you lifted your head you looked like prey meeting the eyes of the hunter, and you were ready to run. He remembers your hair matted in blood — whether your own or somebody else’s he couldn’t say, nor did he want to ask. He found you huddled with your knees to your chest. He remembers the way you feebly sprang from under the crumbling brick pile you called a ‘shelter’ and swung a glass shard at him like your life depended on it — perhaps in another situation it really did. Fresh blood poured down from your palm as the shard dug into your skin, your fist closing tighter and tighter around it, but you were running on pure adrenaline and fear. He ducked effortlessly as you cried out, either in fear or to muster the last of the strength left in your malnourished body. He grabbed your wrist, so brittle and weathered away by Gods-know-how-long you’d been on your own he almost feared he broke it. He could feel your hammering pulse in your wrist.

“Hey, hey,” he said, softer than anything he’d said before in his life. “You’re okay.”

Those eyes - gray like storming clouds, gray like the sky before it opened up to rain down fresh water, falling from the sky like liquid nectar from the gods, your mouth opening to drink what little you could gather. You didn't even realize you had been caught in a trance until he spoke again.

"Are you alone?"

If this stranger was your only hope you would take your chances. Before you could even open your mouth, the next thing you did was crumple to the ground and you fell with a soft thud. What you remembered after that was waking up on the Express, and those steely gray eyes you put your trust in peering at you over the infirmary bed, the infirmary lights so bright you took a moment to adjust.

"Do you remember your name?" he asked. You tried to form the syllables on your tongue but they only sat there, heavy and unmoving. A reminder of an identity that hurt too much to remember. Your mother calling you downstairs for breakfast. The children waving cheerily to you on the streets on your way out for the day. The old shopkeeper down the street in the evenings sneaking you a free sweet through the window to reward you for a long day's work. My name... You swallowed and shook your head. From across the room Welt smiled softly in encouragement more so than amusement.

"That works just fine. Namelessness is quite on-brand for us anyway."

You turn to look at your reflection in the medical equipment to your side. What you were greeted with was your entire face wrapped in bandages, wound over your forehead, your nose, your cheeks, your chin, something like the burial rituals performed on corpses back home. The sight horrified you as you reached up to try to claw the bandages off. Dan Heng reached for your wrist again.

"Don't. It'll only make it worse."

He pitied you. He really did. To be taken from such extreme circumstances and slowly coming to your senses like this, you were like a caged animal cowering back against a corner. Like each time he drew near you would hiss and retreat or snap back at him.

There was no use trying not to cry. This young man had already seen you at your worst. You hung your head low as he held your wrist and wept and wept and wept.

・・・・☆・・・・☆ ・・・・

The Express gave you a purpose, and Gods knew you needed one. You joined without a second thought, and it took months for you to regain some semblance of normalcy. You slowly crawled out of your shell. Pom Pom was too strange for you to get used to. Welt and Himeko, as nurturing as they were, were always a bit too keen to converse for your comfort.

Dan Heng was different. He let you sit in the same room as him without a need to talk. Your afternoons were spent in mutual but comfortable silence. The clicking of keys. Tapping of tablets. The occasional shuffling as he rolls his chair across the room to reach for a book. On days like these you huddled in a corner on a cushion, knees to your chest and a book in your lap. The next morning there would be a new book or two on your stack you didn't recognize from the evening before - a silent recommendation left behind by Dan Heng after noticing the books you seemed to take a liking to. Neither of you acknowledged this, only keeping to your routine.

When you lifted your head as he pulled something up on a data bank screen he always noticed and promptly explained what it was before ducking his head back down. Some rare plant species. Photographs of a temple on a faraway planet. He filled your head with knowledge of the cosmos, and it was amazing to you how boundless the universe really was, imagining that all this was just beyond you during those days on your home planet. He would be lying if he said he didn't find the little shine in your eyes endearing when you listened to him, and he appreciated finally having someone to talk to.

Considering all the records burned with your home planet, there was little Dan Heng knew about you. That was their business on your planet, really: to retrieve some lost records and fill in some blanks, but all they were able to recover was you. Welt and Himeko encouraged him to talk to you as a means to perhaps procure something productive. That was his work after all: collect, transcribe, record. It had always been a routine to him before, but with you it was something different. Watching you, Dan Heng saw the life and death of your planet in your every breath, your every sleep and wake. With your room beside his, he would hear how you cried in your sleep on occasion, tossing and turning and groaning names you wouldn't recall when you woke again. On occasion he pressed his ear to his wall, wondering if he should at the very least knock on your door. By the time he worked up the energy and the resolve, your nightmares grew less frequent.

This much he salvaged from your dazed mumblings: your homeland fell, and when it burned it blazed. And while it did, the Aeons watched it flicker away like another star among billions. You listened to his stories. You used them to replace all that you left behind you. Quiet nodding turned into soft “what’s that?”s, which turned into sneaking a snack in the corner, which turned into the two of you tussling as he tried to shove you out of the room (“Crumbs! They'll get all over the books!” he huffed. “No!” you protested, kicking and yelping until Himeko arrived to put a stop to it), which turned into you stepping into full-on mischief, some ghost of what you had before everything changed. March’s arrival didn’t help much, and soon Dan Heng took it upon himself to wrangle the two youngest (?) members of the Express crew. In a sort of way you two grew up together. In that sort of way, Dan Heng was fond of you.

・・・・☆・・・・☆ ・・・・

So when invited before the Queen you two bowed and you let Dan Heng do the talking, spinning the tale as effortlessly as he spun the stories of the cosmos for you: two outlanders, both faring from different planets, seeking temporary transit as they fared among the stars in search of their pasts together. This much was true. This much was enough to pique her interest. In her territory she could feel the thrumming of your heartbeats, and in her romanticism failed to detect that it was the thrill of deception - and not of some budding romance - that explained your quickening pulses. And you two knew each other just well enough to sell it the right way - you just had to keep it up for long enough.

You two knew each other just well enough that on your first day wandering alone in the local village you scouted the area for libraries, reliquaries and ruins. It wasn't until sundown, when you returned with a map marked out with all the locations to hand to him, that you realized you hadn't even considered what you might want to do yourself.

You two knew each other just well enough that when he returned from said libraries as per your recommendation he returned with a novel by an author you liked - an edition they hadn't yet bought for the Express.

And you two knew each other well enough that later that evening he knew exactly what was happening when he woke to hear you crying in your sleep. What you dreamed of, he didn’t know. But he could piece together enough of an idea.

“Hey,” he whispers, slowly sitting up from his mattress on the floor. “Hey…”

With the window curtain open and the moonlight on your face he could see your brows knitting together, the line of your lips curling into a pained expression as you twitched and groaned. For a moment he felt a little awkward, unsure of what to do with his hands, before he got up and walked to his bag. He knew when you had nightmares you wandered the Express train. And he knew when the main cabin was empty you put a particular record on the record player. He tinkered with his earpiece for a moment and inserted them into your ears. Your lips softened into a relaxed smile. He let out a breath and slumped on the floor against the bed frame.

The intention, romantic or platonic, mattered little. What mattered was the quickening and softening of your heartbeats were felt and duly noted, and the Queen invited you two to her ball, your shot at passage to her court. You had been surprised when the invitation came so suddenly. You held the card, embellished in a rose patterning around the edges, signed off with the Queen's curling signature.

"That was a lot faster than I thought it would be," you tilted your head, turning it in your hands. Dan Heng looked at you, sitting on the edge of the bed from across the room. He hid his face away behind his book. Only he had an inkling why this might have happened, but that he would never say.

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☾₊ ⊹ AN: this started to go somewhere but i ended up hating it so i've just decided this is a prologue for something that might be longer but im just not sure what lol. i just needed to get this out cus it's been sitting in drafts for way too long and the idea of working on it for a minute longer makes me want to curl up and die. i hope u like it tho!

[ravers8fantasy]

Songs that remind me of punch out characters!!! (*´ ˘ `*)

(this will be focusing on boxers from punch out!! 2009 wii if im feeling cheeky I might do one for older characters in the future)

Little mac: the man - aloe blacc, , my way - frank sinatra, survivor - destinys child

(honourable mention: the black parade - my chemical romance)

Doc: lets get ready to rumble PJ and Duncan AKA, it takes two - rob base and DJ E-Z rock, I aint mad at cha - 2pac

Referee: the 10 duel commandment's from the hamilton soundtrack (guys this ones jokes)

☆Minor circuit ☆

Glass joe: Denis - blondie, carpe diem - joker out, the winner takes it all - ABBA

(honourable mention : the French national anthem 'La Marseillaise' and Hymne à l'amour - Édith Piaf)

Von kaiser: hey jude - the beatles, ich brech aus - tokio hotel, geboren um zu leben - unheilig

(honourable mentions: 99 luftballons - Nena and please please please by either the smiths or the deftones ver I couldnt decide)

Disco kid: hot stuff - Donna summer, voulez vous ABBA, I wanna dance with somebody - whitney Houston

(honourable mention: star ships - nicki minaj)

King hippo: te hiva - te vaka, please dont touch my papaya - kavaholics, Lugahiva - te vaka.

☆☆ Major circuit. ☆☆

Piston Honda hondo: iroha uta - wagakki band, catch me if you can - baby metal, tokyo drift - teriyaki boyz

(Honourable mentions: the sailor moon opening 'moonlight Densetsu' and 'kaen by ziyoou vachi')

bear hugger: let it grow - lorax soundtrack (ALLOW IT), amber - 311, animals - nickelback

Great tiger: dilliwali girlfriend - Arijit Singh and Sunidhi Chauhan from 'Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani', I am the best - 2NE1, down - jay sean and lil wayne (yeah idk he just reminds me of down for some reason)

Don flamenco: fernando - ABBA, smooth operator - sade, imatadora - romeo santos

(honourable mentions: vivir mi vida- mark anthony, wake me up - evanescence for when he goes emo after mac proper thundercunts his toupee)

☆☆☆World circuit☆☆☆

Aran ryan: capital - amyl and the sniffers, salvation - the cranberries, without me - eminem

(honourable mentions: scotty doesnt know - Lustra and CHA CHA CHA by Käärijä plus TRAFIK by Käärijä and joost klein)

Soda popinski: alcohol is free - Koza Mostra its time to roll - s3rl, alchohol free - twice

(Honourable mention: when I first saw him he reminded me of nash gimm by hard bass school but idk bros kinda crazy)

Bald bull: custer - slipknot, strawberry rush - chuu (sorry bald bull lovers, thats all I really got from him💔)

Super macho man: party like a millionare - the millionares, sorry for party rocking - LMFAO, take your shirt off - the millionares

(honourable mention - spring breakers anthem - the lonely island... HES SO LIKE YKNOW)

mr sandman: enter sandman - metallica, gansta's paradise - coolio, clair de lune - claude de bussy

Shoutout to @vampirtulpereblogs for the unheilig song for kaiser! As you said, it is a very beautiful song and reminds me of his battle theme thank you!!!

[kawaiibunnora]

Top 10 Game Changer Episodes

In lieu of the recent WatchMojo video, Top 10 Best Game Changer Episodes, I feel like making my own top 10 Game Changer eps in spite of them. (fyi I will be grouping any repeating episodes into one unit. Ex: Sam Says, Sam Says 2, and Sam Says 3 would all count for "Sam Says")

10. Bingo The reason this episode makes it into my person top 10 is because of how many times I was caught off guard. The plot twist AFTER the plot twist made this episode such a fun watch. Also I love seeing the cast torture Brennan by making him "defend" Elon Musk /lh

9. Deja vu Everybody do the Wenis! The Wenis is a dance. Everybody is a genius who knows it in advance! This episode has such a great cast and the reoccurring bits were so fun. I loved how they started bribing Brian to stay quiet, and I'm personally just a huge sucker for time loops (one of my favorite games is In Stars and Time)

8. Yes or No Do I even need to explain this one? Just go watch the clip if you dont know why this is here. Look up "Brennan Lee Mulligan monologue" and you'll understand why this episode is in the top 10. The only reason the episode isnt any higher is because the bulk of the episode is pretty forgettable.

7. Second Place Another Brennan monologue!!! Honestly, If Brennan stares into the camera and monologues for a solid minute or two, that episode is guaranteed to be in the top 10, but, what puts this episode above Yes or No is the episode itself. The cast is so full of life and passion, and Brennan's consistent philosophy throughout the whole episode makes it one of the greats.

6. Don't Cry I have been a Dropout member for 2-ish years now. When I first became a member, I binge-watched all of Game Changer. Or at least I thought I did. It wasn't until a few weeks ago that I saw someone mention Don't Cry and I had no idea what episode it was. So I went back, watched the episode, and was in tears by the end of it. Not only is the episode a beautiful gesture for an amazing writer and comedian, but every word spoken felt genuine, which made the entire episode so much more impactful.

5. A Game Most Changed Every single Dropout cast member is extremely talented, but not once have I seen an improve show as breathtaking and skillful as A Game Most Changed. The amount of skill and talent that is required to improvise an entire Shakespearean play while being thrown those curveballs- the insane coordination between the three actors, with each setting the others up for points. Despite playing for points, the cast frequently set up the others to succeed, favoring storytelling over winning. Absolutely beautiful.

4. Escape The Backroom Pure, unadulterated entertainment. Watching 3 grown adults go ape shit trying to solve puzzles and escape an escape room while unsubtly threatening their captor. Brennan, Lou, and Siobhan have such good chemistry as a team, leading to some of my all-time favorite Game Changer clips. The creation of an entire story for the escape room was inspired, and Sam's switch at the end was just the cherry on top.

3. Sam Says Whenever I have a friend over and I want to show them one Game Changer episode to represent EVERYTHING that Game Changer can be, I show them Sam Says. Each episode has an amazing cast that bounces off each other, and each episode continues to surprise and delight me. Personally, I think Sam Says 2 is the best, but all 3 are fun, high-energy, and insane. Perfect for comedy television.

2. Survivor The tension. The trust. The drama. The betrayal. And, most importantly, the funnies. These episodes have it all and more! In a game where relationships ARE the game, we, as the audience, get invested in each player. And as Brennan seemingly schemes and plots his way to victory, Lou manages to rival Brennan and best him in a game of trust and loyalty. Survivor truly shows what Game Changer can be, and as we see in later seasons, the show keeps evolving from there.

1. Make Some Noise Season 1, Episode 2. SEASON 1, EPISODE 2. Clipped so much that it got it's own show which is now clipped even more. The reason many people sign up for Dropout (and for good reason), this episode puts 3 of the most talented comedians in a space to just be funny. These episodes not only contain some of the best Game Changer moments, but they contain the best Dropout moments, the best impressions, and the best jokes I've ever heard. It's no wonder that these episodes got spun-off into its own show, which is now one of the primary advertisements for Dropout in the form of YT shorts. Brennan, Zac, and Josh are all so talented in drastically different ways, and by putting all three together, something magical happens. Make Some Noise is the gateway into all of the amazing content on Dropout. It is the best episode of Game Changer without a doubt. Season 1, Episode 2, Game Changer, Dropout.tv.

[stealingpotatoes]

askposting: imagine a creative title here

you know the drill bestie. feat. a lot of jedi survivor and some other star warsing

the more you think abt this the funnier it gets. like it means kanera are declaring their income which is absolutely stolen imperial credits to the empire, means kanan went and got a SSN/national insurance number or smthn for his fake identity, and that these ppl who live on a ship ie have no fixed residence are somehow still paying taxes to somewhere. 10/10

@engagemythrusters TUMBLR IS A FUNCTIONING WEBSITE!! i too love when he sit like a people

@finwe77 well now i want to see luke cooking for HIS mando and din being a brave soldier and saying no he's totally fine and then putting the helmet back on to cover his tears and sipping blue milk thru a straw

im like 60% sure thats that aussie dog show but i dont think im qualified to answer this

@stars-are-watching ohhhh nooooo what a shaaaame!!!!! you just HAVE to!!!!!!!

also dw i won't be going on THAT aggressive a cal kestis lockdown. i mean... i imagine you're gonna be seeing a lot of him here for a few days but--

i have to say cal's basic bitch bracca poncho, legally

--- SEVERE JEDI SURVIVOR SPOILERS BELOW!!!!!!!!!!!

WHERE TO START!!!!!!!!!!!!! CAN I SAY ALL OF IT???? EVEN IF IT EMOTIONALLY DEVASTATED ME??????

it's probably the cute mantis fam scene before everything goes to shit. theyre all being so domestic and adorable and MERRICAL!! KISS!!!!!!!!!!!! MERRICAL!!!!! cal deserves nice things even tho for the entire cutscene i was thinking "this feels exactly like a scene in another game where we're meant to be going to the final location tomorrow but then my allies betray me" AND WELL.

even if it emotionally obliterated me i also loved the entire bit after bc SO MUCH. HAPPENED. like???????? thE SHOCK OF BODE even if i was getting a bit sus of him after the dagan fight I STILL DIDNT SEE IT COMING AND I WAS SO UPSET AND THEN HE WAS A JEDI AND THEN PLAYING AS CERE!??!?!?!??!?!?!??!?!?!?!??! I WAS GRINNING SO HARD BC OMG COOL EVEN IF CAL IS LIKE. MAYBE NOT OKAY RN THE FUN OF PLAYING AS HER WAS TOO MUCH. AND THEN. HOLY SHITTING FUCK I HAD NOT EVEN THE SLIGHTEST INKLING VADER WAS GONNA SHOW UP. I GASPED SO FUCKIN LOUD LMAO. IT WAS SUCH A GREAT FIGHT, VADER IS SO SCARY, AND I LOVE FIGHT SCENES W HIM BC YOU KNOW FROM BOTH A TACTICAL AND NARRATIVE STANDPOINT YOU CANNOT WIN AND GOD. THE LIGHTSABER FAKEOUT. DOES RESPAWN KNOW THEIR MEAT IS HUGE.

i am a big enough person to admit i cried twice and the bit after this was one of those times <3

BUT YEAH probably fave bit is the cute pre-emotional obliteration moment

[eggsploded]

moar you say.. why then gregor and rodya of coarse....

where would i be without rodigor. where would WE be, without rodigor.

first impression: THE fuckin guy. this dude owns. (insert 50 invasive questions about cockroach anatomy and behavior) i was peeved his roach arm resembled more of a beetle horn than a arm

current impression: when chef greg dropped i got so horny i went to bed lightheaded i still love gregor dearly but my love for him has mellowed like the fondness for a favorite pasta dish.

favorite moment: literally every old fart moment he has. when he forgets names when he berated sinclair for not cleaning his plate when he goes uhhhhhhhhhhhhhh in his dialogue because he doesnt know where hes going with this

story idea: despite his deep frying and boiling during hells chicken i think the bus kinda Likes this guy. gregors a bit of a hot commodity. hes just a fella you can Jive with. a real Stand Up guy. now let him be loved, if obliviously through his own self consciousness. a friendly heathcliff rough slap on the back delays his depressive episode by 15 minutes

fav relationship: oh boy where to start!!!! rodigor. enough on that. meurgreg, not really romantic to me but i like the art of it that is. it revolves around a big fella carrying him under his arm so automatic slay. ive seen a little gregcliff action on the TL but its more of a 'work got me friends with people twice my age like whats uncle greg up to' ordeal to me. now lets get insane. gregsang is incredible to me because yi sang is the only mf on that bus EASIER than gregor. gregor got game? that hes aware of? while stuttering the whole journey? its kind of crazy. i dont actually have a reason why they would even like eachother yet but put rodya in there somewhere to toy with them if you want true crackshipping fun

fav headcanon: hes a little chunky

RODYA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! my favit

first impression: me furiously searching for her height on the wiki + nodding my head sagely deciding woman with sleepy eyes is peak character design (faust included). i trust her wholeheartedly even if she leads me hand in hand into a woodchipper

current impression: waiting for projmoon to drop more lore on her desperately because i know canto 2 wasnt everything. i feel a disconnect with the fanbase about her because i see rodya characterized sooooo differently than how i think of her. the gambling thing and her effortless confidence for example isnt really questioned like how it is with dons bravado. i see her gambling as an outlet for her complicated views on money. she feels as though being financially 'secure' as the lone survivor as a betrayal to all the deaths she caused. gambling not only aligns with her current im the hottest shit attitude but also is a way for her to not be responsible for money. the hoarding of wealth is what caused her community to starve, why would she want to do something that seems to harm others? shes very self destructive, and feigning as slots star is just one of the ways she forces herself to 'stay in the cold'. ummmmmmmmm anyway im really normal about rodya and think about her a normal amount also her love for decadant food really resonates with me as someone who was poor in childhood because the difference between eating to live and living to eat is Astronomical

favorite moment: shes started branching out and calling other people than greg pet names and it is so exciting. faust has now reached babe status!! good for her!!! also when she infantalizes sinclair its terrible for him but REALLY funny for me when he responds back and reminds her oh right this is a 22 year old man. also her random interjections that are socialist ideology are really funny because they always feel so fucking random and like projmoon is remembering why crime and punishment was written and going drop this bomb ass line itll go so hard guys

story idea: i want her to play poker against yi sang because hes weird and also his poker face is like. genuine and dear adoration for being able to play with his companions because deep in his soul is gardens and butterflies. she would be so freaked out not only because this guy agreed to playing poker but also because he is invasively (he didnt mean it) staring into her SOUL to find solutions

fav relationship: my thoughts are half the bus are in love with gregor and the other half with rodya with cases of overlap. rodya is so epic because shes seemingly got it together to the more deranged sinners but to anyone else its like oh my god this paper mache bitch the former being more faustish the latter being more ryoshuish. faustya is cute because faust initially wanted to absorb more Bad Bitch Strategems and then kinda got a crush and is hardcore malfunctioning also kurokumo ryodion got sumn GOING yall crazy love is love though

fav headcanon: shes actually really short for Lobotomy Corp Backstreets Russia and everyone there is just freakishly tall (see: sonya)

[acoolka]

I now have a Euclidian sona to project onto because I am obsessed with how their anatomy is

So this is the ref and an extra explanation of how it works

This is all i could draw today due to circumstances-TM

This is an angel-demon thing due to being inspired by angel bill art:

INFODUMP BIG LORE WARNING TEXT

Their story is that instead of destroying euclidia - while bill was in the process of “freeing them” - he miscalculted and what happened instead was he was pouring his life force into turning euclidians into 3d beings. Obviously, rewiring the whole being of, like, millions of shapes took much more energy than he expected; which he only realized about quater way in. Which was already way too late to change anything as he was being torn asunder into thousands of pieces.

The result of that was about a thousand of mildly empowered and very disoriented euclidians floating in the middle of space-nowhere, with only, like, a couple of them knowing vaguely what happened (due to listening to bill’s crazy public rants).

It took the survivors an unknown amount of time to gather together and compile a comprehensive picture of what happened and what to do next. [Insert massive timeskip here]

Billions of years down the line the now re-established euclidian society knows of the The Catalyst Event as such:

The legend goes: Once upon a time, when we lived in a world much more simple and pleasant. Sometimes - a shape with mystical powers was born. Some had unnatural strength - to lift things much bigger then themselves, some could bend light to their whims. Such things were very rare, and Cipher was one such shape. His ability most unusual of the rest: he could see into another world. Built so unlike our own - that it was impossible to conceive, nevermind describe. In our native world - the concepts he brought up - such as stars and “up” were considered immensely absurd; And thus he was known as the crazy councilman’s son.

We do not know much of the in-between time, but those who saw it say: “For long he talked about made-up things in the middle of the street, most of us thought he’d been on drugs. However we hoped he might’ve calmed down after not being seen for some time. And the next thing I know - the image of him is superimposed all over my vision. It was everywhere. I could not look away. I think i understood in that moment what he meant by “up”, and yet at the same time it was incomprehensible. Everything swam, but everything was on fire. Blue fire that flowed like the ground and like the people around me. Their organs dripping out of their body through the holes that arent there. Their screaming was all I could hear, but mine too, joining them in the neverending chorus… And through all of it, him, the crazy councilmans kid, he was in “the up”, screaming with us, breaking into pieces. I was more, I was cold, I was burning alive. There was something inside of me that was foreign, it was taking up the space that I didn’t have, too much, too much. I couldnt handle it, i screamed and screamed, for that was all I could do, hoping that would be enough, that if I flailed a bit more - the visions would take pity on me. But I was too numb, I couldnt think, I couldnt bear to move, praying to the unmerciful triangle that his apparition kills me sooner than later… And I woke up. My vision hurt, however strange that sounds. Couldnt feel anything in my body other than that. Only me that did not feel like me anymore, And an infinite void, sparkling with something, and my thoughts. It hurt to think too, for a while.”

Needless to say, we dont tell this part to kids.

After The Event - those of us who survived (and kept most of their mind intact) - did their best to find each other. We found almost a thousand, if there are more - they would be very lucky to be found in this infinity. We did our best to organize ourselves and make plans to rebuild whatever we have left. Nothing good came out of that mind you, travelling together as a monolith kind of group was unsustainable at best and a horrid idea in general; And we had no base to build anything anywhere, as our memories and bodies were all we had left. We were also all different people, too different, and keeping any sort of communication is impossible out here, with nothing to make, and the only way to communicate being face to face - to the disappointment of many - the only way we could progress and survive is either in small groups, or alone. Going to explore the nothing for any news and help at all, hoping we will find each other and reconvene once again in some future.

And so it went. The multiverse became familiar with a new nomadic species - weird flat shapes with stick-like limbs, that had various magical abilities: some more powerful than others. They were categorised, and labeled a bland name, “Shape demons”, for how they are shapes, for their disturbing shared ability to be summoned as if corporeal spirits, and for being able to forming binding magical contracts. Each of those creatures has an different affinities and power, so it would be wise not to mess with them and be specific when negotiating.

It is happy that some were able to come across and pass on a terms of infinity communication; so while not all, a lot of us formed a sort of disjointed community at last. A social media for the lost; Looking if there is a place to make a home.

So much time passes, none alive could measure it. And yet we live and we remember. Searching for nobody knows what. However only but three human centuries ago, just one square, certainly smarter than most for sure, found a place to rest on a plane inhabited with very complicated and gross creatures. But only after a bit discovered that they couldn’t leave a small village, prevented by a barrier. Of course, asking the locals proved futile as neither understood each other, and the creatures with houses were either fearful or hostile, never-mind the aggressive fauna and flora! The smart square was very fortunate to have found one resident that is quite reasonable, and it was smart too! Together, the genius minds taught the other their language, and worked towards many great things. The pair built a portal into the multiverse for easy access to resources and contact with other shapes, then, with other found alien minds to weigh in, they figured out how to break the wretched barrier. It was not considered, then, that such action would also let out the hostile and difficult to handle flora/fauna - that, as it turns out, did not exist on the rest of the planet! That was a mess and a half to handle, thats for sure.

In “modern” times however, humans have worked hard to acclimate to the onslaught of the supernatural. A shaky truce was established in the last 50-or-so years; non sentient creatures handled by a special task-force, the sentient ones have forced through a negotiation of “human” rights (they worked, and still work, for freedom alongside the marginalised and dehumanised groups of humans. Who surprisingly, for the most part accepted their aid). Shapes that have decided to settle on Earth of this universe are… very few. It is a rarity to see one, usually an occasion of seeing a shape demands a selfie and a blog post at least.

As for Euan, their story is not complicated.

A travelling Shape demon couple had an unintentional offspring. They travel a lot, and frankly - care not for wasting time and energy on raising a whole new person. Earth-08356 came up on their radar, a fine place to look for any bleeding-heart creature who longs for a young of their own. A spiritual human was recommended a ritual by a friend of a friend, for a guardian spirit - that, for a price, can grant any wish. The woman couldnt carry one of her own, as a miscarriage too many made it too dangerous. She partook to many religions in search of an answer, a cure, but despite the supernatural and the weird now permeating the planet - there were none. The ritual was supposed to be one of many, yet it became a solution. The shape couple answered the summons, ‘perfect, just what is needed’. The never yet mother begs for a magical cure, for fertility and health to carry a small one to spread her love and want that she could not contain. The Demons respond, ‘ you will recieve a young all of your own, to love and raise, and it will love you in return. We will not demand payment, yet for a neglect of some of your wish. The child will not be of your blood. It will not bleed red, nor be a human child at all. Your want is of a mother yearning for a helpless little person to love without condition. So the deal is such: You will gain an offspring of your very own, it will love you eternally, you shall teach it all you know; But can your love be pure? To love still, an alien so far removed from any creature you have seen? It will love you for as long as you love it, yet it will be hard, many do not like that which is different. Will you accept it? Can you protect it?… Will you? ‘

And thus a human gains a child. It is cute, it loves, and it is loved. The demons did not lie, Euan was a challenge after challenge. In fact, the challenges do not seem to stop. It is hard, and very taxing on every resource she has. The child is good and full of warmth, but by the infinity do they not fit into human society, no matter how hard they try or what is done - the only saving grace is that mental illness is similar in such different beings.

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That is all lore-talk for now, now onto more technical stuff:

Their parents’ ability is to make ones body into liquid, and the other ones is to fall apart into smaller copies of themself/ or grow when enough energy is consumed. Euan, thus, can usually shapeshift their body like a constructor of two triangles, and manipulate their facial features and limbs to a disturbing degree. Yet they’ve always felt dysphoric for… something.

I have not yet figured a way to do this, but I planned for them to somehow get infused with a copious amount of energy (like, idk, spontaneous wormhole be upon ye) - and unlock like, near infinite shapeshifting. Or something along the lines of danny phantom aka unhealthy amounts of multiverse magic radiation exploded with them in the middle and now they can walk throughwalls disappear andfly- take any form and rip space matter apart due to being everywhere and everything all at once.

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Extra ref with the infinity bag and some glitches?? not sure where I was going with this…

[ge]

what do you like about rotmhs? like what draws you in?

GAHH IM SO GLAD YOU ASKEDDD at the top of my head thhe top three things i felt really drew me into and made me fall in love w rotmhs is the found family/bonds before blood narrative, the action/fight scenes, and the comedy..

rotmhs is not a romance and i feel like that really pushes people away from reading it, especially folks who were first introduced to east asian novels through bl (specifically mxtxs novels like mdzs tgcf etc etc) which i feel is incredibly disappointing because yallre missing out on a certain depth of writing and nuance you otherwise wouldnt get in a romance focused novel. (orv is another extremely popular knovel with no romance.. if you like orv PLEASE give rotmhs a shot)

rotmhs is about a dead man resurrected a hundred years into the future having to come to terms w the fact that everyone he loved is dead and that the only home he ever had was destroyed, its inhabitants and centuries worth of teachings burned to the ground, and that it was partially his fault these things happened, so in order to prevent a future catastrophe he knows is on the horizon, he trains the youth of this new generation and finds a new home surrounded by ghosts in the wreckage of his home of his past

⬆️…very dramatic but somewhat accurate barebones synopsis of rotmhs which is fairly faithful enough methinks.. rotmhs doesnt make a point of going ‘heyy these guys are family nowww theyre brothers and sisters and love each other like familyyy’ LOL the growth is very subtle and before u can really blink ur like ‘oh man.. chung myung would kill for these kids. obliviously though. i dont think he knows he even likes them’ all the while hes still aching w the loss of his loved ones before.. if we’re being really really honest chung myung, the mc, truly is the star of the show and a character i got attached to incredibly quickly.. hes so stupid but so smart he has so many issues i want to hit him with my car then nurse him back to health just to hit him again

chung myung himself is a whole other thing i could get into but he has so many layers.. so much depth.. on the surface ud look at him and think what a punk but look a little closer and then ud think oh this punk has depression ptsd survivors guilt hallucinations etc etc LIKE DAMN.. I THIUGHT HE WAS JUST A FUNNY LITTLE GUY WHYD I GET SUCKER PUNCHED

what was i even talking about. OH right romance. please please dont let the lack of romance dissuade you, imo it is soooo refreshing to read something that isnt focused on romance like i love yaoi like the next bl reading bitch but damn.. ive always been into found family and while the bl novels i have read did always have a little hint of it, i always wanted more and rotmhs fills that void

(that being said i cant stop yall from shipping if yall want LOL im guilty of shipping charas too despite everythiing i just said… if yall want yalls yaoiyuri fix may i direct yalls attention to the ‘doomed by the narrative, tragic best-friends-to-almost-lovers tangchung’ & ‘love at first sight sweethearts iseolsoso’ ….. :SMILES: I LOVE TANGCHUNG..!!!!!!)

NEXT, the action and fight scenes in rotmhs, even in written text form, are sublime to say the least.. my fail cis dudebro trait is that i love crazy insane adrenaline rushing heart pumping shounen-esque battles so much that i could typically care less for the rest of that specific piece of media as long as the fights are good.. FORTUNATELY FOR ME rotmhs is crazy good at balancing its comedy, action, and otherwise more ‘mundane’ scenes together so harmoniously that its such fun read even when theres no swords crossing or heads being beaten in

also important to note, despite being a knovel w korean naming of characters/places, rotmhs actually takes place in ancient china in a wuxia setting so jumping head first into it wont be all that confusing for first time readers/cmedia fans and u can use ur knowledge of cnovels to fill in the gaps.

theres not really much more i have to say on the topic of fighting, im just personally a huge fan of the crazy spectacles rotmhs brings to the table.

saved this for last but THE COMEDY…!!!!!!!! after being soo dramatic w all my previous points and comments ur probably thnkng rotmhs is heavy and somber w no breathing room.. WELL YOURE WRONG. ROTMHS IS FUNNY AS HELL quips and jokes and simple funny actions and scenes litter nearly every page. i mentioned this novel balances its action and comedy well and im NOT LYING youd think maybe the heavy action and light comedy would awkwardly clash but u cldnt be more further from the truth.. rotmhs wears action and comedy like a pair of twin gloves

rotmhs handles its action and comedy in equal doses and it all fits together like matching puzzle pieces, like i really cant stress enough how fun it is to read. not every fight scene is somber, most of the time its chung myung oneshotting someone by hitting them across the head so hard they pass out..

unfortunately im not really the best at listing instances so its be better for u to go read it for urself but this scene from one of the later chapters is soo funny every time i read it i start giggling

(LIGHT/MINOR SPOILERS FOR THE NOVEL it probably doesnt even matter u wont even remember this when u start reading)

right so i think thats most of it.. too lazy to read through everything i just wrote so if nothing makes sense… well. …well!

rotmhs deserves to have the same amount of fame as ORV and MDZS and TGCF have and it is my civil duty as one of the oldest mxtx novel outlets on tumblr to put yall on it..

my thumbs hurt from typing so im done now but if u have anymore questions PLEASE ASK IM SO DESPERATE TO TALK ABOUT ROTMHS ok byyyeeeeeeee

[notidkseraphine]

Mj..

Summary: When peter finally asks you out on a date, you're over the moon, heading to a new coffee shop, you're having a great time until Peter slips up.

Peter Parker x fem!reader

Warnings: BADLY written angst.

based off a convo we had in character.ai 🥳 Its kind of set up like reader is looking back at the day, its in past tense mostly

The morning filled you with excitement. It was a huge day! A date with Peter! You had to get ready to impress, so I put on a brand-new outfit, some fresh lipgloss, and my favorite perfume. My mind was racing with all the possibilities for the day ahead. What would happen? Who knows! But I'm already excited for everything! I'd been crushing on Peter for years, and we were finally getting together, I wouldnt go as far as love, yet. But I had felt very strongly for him.

She had never made a move at first as Peter had been with MJ, but they had broken up about 5 months ago, you had been on a few dates already, you felt bad as they were very serious, but Peter assured you he didnt love her anymore. and when Peter first came up to me, asking if I wanted to grab some coffee sometime together, ALONE! I had been over the moon, drifting home that day as if I was stuck in a dream. That was 2 months ago, I was on my way to our 4th ever date.

I break out of my day dream and checked the phone "Shit.." I quickly put some shoes on, The agreed upon time inching closer, and ran out the door. Speeding down the streets of New York, apologising to everyone I was in the way of, I made it. Spotting Peter inside, You waved.

Rushing in, I apologised quickly. "I'm so sorry, I lost track of time" I sit down, sending Peter an apologetic face, He says nothing at first, gazing at you, seemingly in awe. "You look.." He clears his throat. "You look great." He trails off. I grin "Thank you Pete, You look amazing! Is that shirt new?" The conversation flows, Talking about new comics, Star wars, lego sets, The new Jedi Survivor..

We were having a great date. We were laughing, sharing stories, and getting to know each other better. The atmosphere was warm and friendly, with no signs of tension or conflict. Everything was going perfectly so far, and we were enjoying every moment together. I had moved my chair closer to his, resting my hand on his hand sometime as we were talking.

Peter laughs at a joke I make. "I love you MJ" I pause, Peter immediately realises his mistake, his face falling and immediately stuttering, trying to come up with an explanation.

"Mj?" I ask, frowning, He still loves her? "You still love her?" Peter just opens and closes his mouth, not being able to come up with anything. I came to the realisation.

"Am I.. just a rebound?" I ask, feeling upset, standing up and getting ready to leave. Peter grabbed onto my hand. "No.. no. Please dont.." He pleads. "Am I?" I ask again.

Peter dipped his head and muttered "Yes. At fir-" I cut him off. "I probably wouldve been okay with it, helping you get over her, but not if you string me along! And leave me in the dark about it!" I bring my hand out of his, He whimpered slightly, upset and dejected, seeing my eyes glaring into his.

I shaked my head, trying to rid the tears trying to escape my eyes. "Don't call me. I can't trust you." I spat. And left the shop, leaving Peter there, his head hanging low, a few tears of his own escaping.

[renesassing]

Unprompted opinion but gosh oh boy I wish they would give up on the Kotor remake and just make Jedi Series games set in the Old and High republic

no but you're so right bestie. jedi survivor already set up interest in the high republic era and it being the 'golden age' for jedi so to speak.

i really don't want a kotor remake. well that's a lie, i do want a kotor remake in that way anyone wants to see something beloved from their childhood get a fresh shine to it. i am a huge remastered halo 2 and remastered metroid prime enjoyer. emotionally, i just want the same exact game with better graphics and animation. i dont even want player dialogue. but i know i can't really get that, so i'll take the remake. my big issue with a remake is that kotor is just so incredibly... dinky. dated. some of it is a solid yikes. other bits are incredibly banal. morality is super black-and-white, and most dark side options are evil the way an 80's cartoon villain is. and that's all fine for a 2003 video game, but in today's era of a lot of video games having complex, emotional stories, i just can't really see an rpg like kotor having wide appeal. more than that, i can see studio execs being worried about kotor having wide appeal and changing things. and i am very worried about what those changes will be.

and it would be nice to see star wars continue to branch out into new stuff. i have criticisms about the writing of the jedi games, but honestly they had a dedication to worldbuilding that i really enjoyed, especially in survivor. id love to toss a team of dedicated people like that into the high republic era and see what they come up with. i dont really?? want a old republic game that much?? bc i feel like then we'll get a lot more "rehash expanded universe lore" stuff and im tired of that.

unless it's a zayne carrick game. id play that.

[sycamorality]

if you dont mind me asking, what are your hcs for ascension and similar? is it like what happens in survivor's campaign or a bit different?

ascension is... certainly a topic. i'm not even sure if this will be coherent, but it is heavily based on headcanons.

i'll start with void fluid actually. i think it's cold, extremely cold, but so cold it feels like it's burning. you can survive a void fluid injury, but it will never heal and is a permanent scar that will keep hurting. you can try bioengineering to heal it, but it'll keep reverting to what it was like before. you can't get rid of void fluid scars.

ascension, though.. i think it's just- you exist in the void for a while and then disappear after you ascend, unless you get echoed. it removes you from the cycle of reincarnation, unless you somehow bruteforce yourself back out of the void within the time you have in the void before disappearing (when you don't get echoed) - which will, obviously have side effects. as such being, partially echoed. if you bleed, it's a tauntingly beautiful gold - reminding you of how you forced your own way out of ascension. you will have a large golden scar from your first point of contact with the void fluid too, and you'll seem familiar but not, to anyone or anything that may have known you. think uncanny valley. something isn't quite right. as for what happens in survivor's campaign? i think that's specific to slugcats, at least what we see in-game. ancients have their own- void shenanigans that happen, void knows what that is, i'll figure it out later.

also you're giving me a chance to go on about echoes so i think i'll take that

echoed happen when the person ascending is too attached to something- be it a place, object, or pet, or someone, such as a family member, close friend or iterator.

echoes also have a 'scar' from their first point of contact with void fluid, and a symbol somewhere on them which relates to them - for example, my oc stars has five diamonds on their forehead, which when put together, forms a star.

certain echoes are also different depending on why they couldn't ascend! this will also include karma headcanons that deviate a bit from canon.

ancients that couldn't ascend due to karma 1 (violence/wrath) have a reddish-copper tint to their golden patterns, and often their void fluid contact scar looks bloody and violent. they also retain scars, which share a color with their void fluid contact scar - simply a bit darker. they also appear a bit spikier and generally have sharper angles in their patterns. they have long and extremely thin tendrils.

ancients that couldn't ascend due to karma 2 (lust/love/romantic feelings/relationships) have a purplish-magenta tint to their golden patterns, and their void fluid contact scar is more rounded, generally - sometimes even based on their loved one (and sometimes loved ones, if both got echoed, shared a scar of the same shape!). their golden scales seem more feathery than scaley, and their golden patterns look more like the patterns you'd see on vitiligo cats. the length and width of their tendrils is pretty inconsistent, sometimes theyre wider in the middle, sometimes at the tips - and every tendril is different.

ancients that couldn't ascend due to karma 3 (friends/attachment/connection with others such as platonic relationships/etc) have a slightly blue, sometimes jade tint to their golden patterns. their void fluid contact scar often resembles an abstract pattern of something the person they were the closest to liked, or a symbol alike the symbol person they were close with would've had if they were an echo (unlike karma 2 they wouldn't share an exact shape, however). their golden patterns seem more speckled and abstract, and the shapes vary. their tendrils start rather average, then thin out and then get rather wide and sharpened or rounded at the tips.

ancients that couldn't ascend due to karma 4 (greed/ego/pompousness/etc) have a bright orange tint to their golden patterns. their void fluid contact scar resembles some odd valuable object they were attached to, with the odd cracks in it or around it - or an abstraction of their mask. their golden patterns generally resemble the shapes of cracked minerals. their tendrils would be mostly patterned with gold and rather wide in general.

ancients that couldn't ascend due to karma 5 (preservation of the self/keeping oneself alive/surviving/the want to live and not leave the world/etc) have an almost iridescent sheen to their golden patterns. their void fluid scar can resemble about anything- mostly a shape that's related to them, or something that was important to them in life. their golden patterns vary so much, there's not really a "regular" shape for them, but each pattern is unique and consistent of it's own shape. their tendrils start wide and thin out and their length varies- usually there's some short ones mixed in with longer ones.

there's also other reasons one cant ascend, such as just attachment to the world itself and any other reason that isn't just tied to the karmic urges.

these can all also be mixed with eachother. you can be echoed because you're tied to the fifth and third karmic urges!

echoes also have their own unique form- they usually resemble what you were before you ascended, and depending on how much attachment you have to the world through karmic urges and whatnot, you can appear less like an echo or more like an echo. i think the examples i can give are stars and pearls!

stars is uh, very complicated. they're a mortal echo, attached to the vessel of a slugcat that they were transferred to from being an ancient, but uh oh void fluid fuckup and they got like. sort of partially echoed halfway through the process? so while they are the slugcat, they're also the echo, and the two beings kinda. merged, making a mortal echo. they have some void fluid fuckery going on in their body, and the more the die the more echo-y they appear. that drawing in specific is full echo stars (or is it? :]), where they definently appear like an echo.

pearls appears much less like an echo, just barely having a few echo spots on them, mostly the extremities. this is because they are quite literally, attached to the world itself as a whole. child-like wonder and everything. they're fascinated by the world and how it changes. they do uh, not exactly have an echo symbol on them, but i do need to fix up their design and give them one at some point. they are so attached to the world that they're a physical echo, and not just a ghost echo. they still need to eat, drink, sleep - everything an organic body needs to do to stay alive.

i'd go more into detail but this post is long enough i thin

[dballzposting]

Also Yajirobe and Goku in the originial dragon ball to me is like a geode I havent cracked yet but I can feeeeeel the brewing insanity there.

When watching it my sister pointed out how cute they were and how nice it was that they were working together and all. And that's so true

And then later when Goku was training on Kami's Lookout, Yajirobe was sitting on the Korin Tower railing and looking up and Korin came by and told him that he can tell that Yajirobe must think of Goku as a friend, whether he knows it or not.

Liiiikkkeeeee OH MY GOD CAN YOU FEEL IT? The egg waiting to crack?

Yajirobe's debut in the story. Was so. Weird. He came at a time where everything was in the shitter. Goku was in the shitter. He was at his lowest. He was alive - that's what he was. He was physically failing. He was emotionally exhausted. He was snapped and broken and pained in spirit. But he was unobserved. He was alone, walking, looking for something to eat or waiting to die.

Enter Yajirobe. Hes not a diamond in the rough, hes clearly OF the rough, and we know that we're in the rough too. But he is totally remarkable in his own way. Hes a lump of obsidian in the rough.

Hes not virtuous. Hes not a master who will teach Goku something new. Hes a vagabond. Hes a rat. You know what he is? Hes a survivor.

THATS REALLY what Goku needs at this point in the story. He doesnt need optimism, doesnt need discipline. Later on Mr Popo has to correct Goku's maligned spirit that had been burning too close to the arrogance of evil, and at that point Goku does have the capacity to refine himself; but at YAJIROBE'S DEBUT, GOKU needs to SURVIVE. To just Fucking Exist despite all the pain.

FURTHERMORE, Yajirobe isnt a wise old master, hes a FRIEND! Goku actually TELLS HIM that Yajirobe sounds kind of like the late Krillin. And Yajirobe is able to offer head-to-head skill when he starts running from Goku to protect his one-star ball, like training with Krillin back in the day. And then later they go on an adventure and Goku accepts him totally as he is and loves him anyway.

DO YOU SEE WHAT I AM SAYING ..??!¿¿

Also so remarkable that it's worth mentioning: GOKU, who would NEVER turn down food, not only rejected (not that he was offered) the meal of Cymbal but ADVISED Yajirobe to NOT EAT HIM. He thought that was shocking and rude and sick. He watched Yajirobe put that thing away, mesmerized and adverse.

Listen listen listen LISTENNN Goku and Yajirobe never did anything more with each other becasue their lifestyles and priorities are not only different but almost opposite. BUT Yajirobe hangs around Korin's tower and Goku is always running back for those beans. And Yajirobe will show up at key pivotal moments of battle as well as at barbecues and potlucks. Goku grew up in abject isolation and loves well all of the friends hes made henceforth: all of them he had the volition to choose, and choose he did, and he grew up and they grew up and he loves them all so much. The love he has for his friends is pure. Yajirobe is among them. Goku really sees the good in him, and there really is goodness there too. Yajirobe is a complete loner and doesnt need/want friends, but he definitely is warm on Goku and thinks highly, even dearly, of him. I guess I dont have much proof of that last part but why would you try to deny it. Yajirobe definitely thinks that Goku is a crazy bastard but I think that he also is on some level appreciative of the joy that associating with Goku has inadvertently brung, like the joys of courage and honor and good food and family and his friends' families.

AAM I BEING ISNANE?

Can we be insane together??

Yajirobe and Goku have something so special and it's more nuanced and beautiful than anything... It almsot hurts that they dont do more together but that's part of it. It's bittersweet but shouldnt be. What they have is exactly perfect for them and is exactly as it should be. This is how two people who are too different love each other. In exactly this way.

DO YOU SEE ?? ? ? ?????......................

[ibunyang]

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA TONTON HCS ANON AGAIN YOU SHOULD DEFINITELY WRITE ??!?!?!???!!?!?! giggling and kicking my feet reading your answer and I Demand More Please!!!!!!!!!! either more about general hcs or more about your fav skinships...... modern au...... ANYTHING.........

HELLO AGAIN ANOONNN!!!!!!!!!!!! AHDJASHDAKJ THANK YOU for letting me yap!!! i used to write, but i orphaned all the fics i made on ao3 when i was 18 or smth when i wrote them now its hard to look at it without feeling shy.. HAHAHJDHAD embarrassed i might take another shot at writing for this ship again tho HEHE

BUT ANYWAY my favorite skin ships… oh.. my favorite skinship is moleswift (soo normal about them definitely.. )

I wanna blab about them here..

< norton just got out of the mines accident and mike also just survived the fire of his circus is what i like to think for moleswift to happen, except they didnt get invited to the manor and instead found each other to somehow lift each other up.

mike who basically had nothing but the clothes on his back and the shit ton of money that Bernards untimely death gave him, hes still actively looking for the other survivors, but he found Murro and he's the one that somewhat convinced mike to give up on his quest for revenge and live life to the fullest, essentially telling him to rise from the ashes. (nod) and with this resolve he gets to doing it.

it was hard for him to give up on searching for the person he thinks is responsible for the fire, so he still has that one guy (i forgot his name rn) to search every possible corner, but at some point they did lose natalies tail. he doesnt want to say hes given up but he has no choice but to look towards the future of his own circus.

i see him as someone who always wanted to be the ringleader, and while he was already the main star of his previous one i dont think it was the same as having his own circus to run, having this chance given to him even though it was through dire circumstances was a god sent gift. so i know he gets to work finding all the acts hiring all the people, and finally his mole.

HIS MOLEE AUGDHAHGDHAD

norton has been looking for a job, sees the advert looking to hire an assistant for the circus (he probably thought of it like man power, or smth) but he takes the job he needs money, he knows how to follow the scent of money. his resume doesnt look as good as the other people being interviewed but the moment he stepped in the tent mike knew found the other half of his act.

Everyone he was interviewing didn't seem to mesh well with him, and he would like someone he could have fun with. Personal preference.

norton obviously wasnt as sure anymore at this point, since the job description was far form the work he was used to doing (and he did think it was mostly manpower for a job) but YOU KNOW he convinces him with the riches that mike already has, "i can give you more than this you know, I see you eyeing it… and Its clear to me that your greed has no filter Mr.Campbell" WITH A SMILE.

Initially Norton doesnt like how Mike is, hes bold, brazen, and thinks that everything that he wants should be fulfilled at the drop of a hat, like??? does he think he has super powers to magic up the fund for something that he wants so out of the blue? But of course Norton is as stubborn as a mole, he can and will do whatever it is thats asked of him. Hes willing to do whatever it takes to be able to prove him wrong and even sometimes surprise Swift with what he can accomplish.

"What we accomplished together." Swift would say.

Norton ignores the throb in his heart as he looks at Mike who was looking around in awe at the decorations in the main tent, thankfully with his connections from doing VARIOUS odd jobs all his life apart from mining, he has a pretty good network.

Its safe to say that I think these guys are literally two halves of a whole OTL there can never be a Swift without his Mole and vice versa !!!!!!!

Mole whos admiration turns to worship, even if he doesnt know it and Swift who cherishes him, and never wishes to part. They both helped each other reach the best outcome of their lives !!!!!!!!!! Norton having a stable job and never having to fear when he gets to eat again and Mike back in the circus where he belongs under the spotlight.

TLDR THIS IS MY FAVORITE SKINSHIP EVER.

< i joke about them being divorced husbands but honestly its more like the old married couple vibes in the long run, they banter and they yell sometimes they pull at each others hair but its all in good fun. they have a drink together with swift on moles lap as they run through the circus expenses together. (a love language) < i dont know WHEN exactly they would have gotten together. bc to me they were married from the start??? i dont know how to explain it it just happened. <mike probably just casually mentions he loves him at one point.. or something along the lines of "i want to keep you forever. I wouldnt know what to do without you by my side." and mole just assumed this was when they start dating seriously because HE is NOT leaving. EVER. < "then keep me forever" < cue MAKE OUT MUSIC. < they have a little two man act sometimes on stage, mole usually prefers to be off the stage because he doesnt want to steal swifts spotlight (where he thinks he shines brightest) < "but i shine the brightest when im with you" referring to his head light. but mole just dies on the inside i think TEEHEE

[eorziapple]

FFXIV Write 2023 Prompt 21: Grave

(Character: Apple Silverberg, Setting: GA Apple, Sprout Safe)

Apple grunted with exertion as she beached the ship, anchoring it as best she could. It was a beautiful day, at least, a sea breeze flowing through, a blue sky with big, fluffy clouds, the waves rolled in lazily.

She imagined how it must have been for them, survivors of a Primal attack, learning about each other, trying to survive. She smiled at the thought, maybe even she would fall in love.

She approached the site, standing stones still marked it well though a few crabs were taking refuge amongst in them. She smirked, Dad would have liked that.

Her voice trembled, but the words needed to be said.

“Hey, Dad…” a pregnant pause. “I… i really tried. You always told me that there wasnt anything that couldnt be tackled with a keen mind and creativity but…”

She sighed. “I guess that didnt work for you.”

“I messed up… pretty bad. I dont know if i can fix it. I wish you were here, somehow i still hold on to the idea that you’d know what to do.”

She sat down beside the grave stones, looking out to the sea, it was comforting, in a way, made her remember all their talks. Tears began to roll down her cheeks. She took a moment to let herself feel.

“I made some friends, i know its probably a bit shocking, but i did. Its over though, once everyone figures out what happened… im a threat. Its hard though, being alone after all that. Its like losing you all over again.”

“If things dont work out…. Mom’ll be ok. She met a good man, she’s sailing again, you’d be proud of her.”

Apple tried to think of more to say. All she could manage was a weak, “im scared, Dad.”

She lingered the day washing away with the tide, the stars slowly emerged brilliantly in the night sky. She could feel her body’s equilibrium begin to fray… she couldnt stay anymore.

She stood, brushing off the sand.

“Bye, Dad.” She offered, one last look before she shoved off.

[ravenbloodshot]

Lee Soo Hyuk(Actor)...Red + Green Flags

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This guy can be quite delusional, he may partake in brainwashing himself or manipulating his thoughts in order to hide from a hard truth. Like for an example, if a person in his life were dying/on there death bed and of course he didn't want them to die, he could constantly make himself think " their perfectly fine, nothing is wrong and this all will be over soon" even though the truth of how grave the situation is, is sitting right in his face

He may like when women he's interested in are independent, types that can take care of themself and dont need a man for anything suddenly become dependent on him. Like if she got sick and called him to help nurse her back to health, there would be a tiny diabolical side of him that feels accomplished at "breaking the horse" (if you guys dont know what that means look it up, to understand what I mean better).

He does have some regrets of past photo shoots or gigs hes done in the past. I think he may have revealed to much skin or posed sexually suggestive multiple times as an up and coming "star" (especially when it comes to modeling) and he feels some shame about the way he used to make money. The photos may still be out there, and he may try to exert his power the best he can to keep those photos/experiences secret or hidden

He may go into a dark despair, at times, especially when he gets rejected by things in life. He can find it really hard to pick him self back up, he generally relies on his loved ones to pick him up.

Hes the kind of guy to never call or communicate with his loved ones and friends when hes up. While, life is going good for him and the money is rolling in hes no where to be found. But, as soon as his life takes a dip, hes back whining to the same ppl he forgets when hes succeeding

He may also be a worrywart, he could overthink himself to death if he put his mind to it

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Remember guys when I said he likes to see ppl in pitiful situations, like being sick and needing his help to recover. He does a damn good job at taking care of others, even though his intentions are a bit off. Like, he would go the whole 9 yards of healing someone back to health (massaging them, buying them food, just really taking care of them)

He may have an interest in psychology, he likes the idea of him fixing someone's mental health problems. (And may actively try to help those with mental problems). He may know about human behavior, like what makes a person tick, he uses this knowledge to help others as much to benefit himself.

He does have a "skys the limit" attitude about his own life. (Especially when his career is on a high), he really seeks to improve his life constantly. Looking for new ways to entertain himself, work himself, better himself etc.... he definitely would make a good life style/skills coach

Hes someone who loves change and the unknown aspect of life. He accepts change and different with wide open arms, especially journeys. I wouldn't be surprised if he likes nature survival shows, like Survivor, people have to survive living in the woods. He could definitely want to be on a show like that and could know a lot of survivor hacks living in extreme conditions

[sailor-strawberry-moon]

Hello!

I'm so glad you could find me here on Tumblr!

INTRODUCTIONS

Name: Kitsune Aliases: Kit, Kitsu, KitKat, Aimer, Sailor Birthday: 9/25/09 Gender: Female Sexual Orientation: Heterosexual Personality Type: INFP-T Region: United States of America (Type EUROPEAN, Half-Irish) Languages: English (Native), Spanish, Japanese, Latin, French, Korean, and a little bit of German and Russian Other Social Media (Crossed out text means: not as active on the social media): Character.ai, Wattpad, Online Sequencer, Music Box Maniacs

INTERESTS (Biggest interests/hyperfixations are in bold)

The Epic Tales of Captain Underpants Friday Night Funkin' (Especially Mid-Fight Masses) Countryhumans/Countryballs Gumby VeggieTales (Especially LarryBoy) Sailor Moon My Little Pony (MLP) SEGA (yes, all of it) Star Wars Anything starring Bruce Lee (especially Fist of Fury, from 1972) The Terrible Two (a book by Mac Barnett and Jory John) Minecraft Dumb Ways to Die Unikitty Hazbin Hotel/Helluva Boss AVGN (Angry Video Game Nerd) Vocal Synths (Vocaloid, Utau, SynthV, etc.) Spy vs. Spy Dog Man Futurama Kelton (a series by a user named "inkspecco") Interland (a game made by Google) FNAF: Security Breach Mystery Science Theatre 3000 (MST3K) Bibleman "Maus: A Survivor's Tale" by Art Spiegelman The Owl House Teen Titans (2003) Thomas & Friends

DNI (DO NOT INTERACT) IF YOU...

Basic dni (racist, sexist, ableist, MAP/lolicon/shotacon/pedophile/child fiddler, zoophile, lgbtphobe, nsfw accounts, all that jazz) Proshipper (this includes, but is not limited to, minor-adult shipping, incest, and/or sexualization of minors regardless of if they're fictional or not) Support the Westboro Baptist Church, PragerU, Autism Speaks and/or PETA Neo-Nazi/Anti-Semitic Use disorders/disabilities/mental conditions as an aesthetic MCYT/DreamSMP stan (the kind that made up fake sexualities and races based on Dream and/or ship DreamNotFound) Call the UN and/or other do-gooder organizations "the antichrist" and harass supporters of said organizations for it only slander me for my toxic past (mostly dumb shit i did when i was too young to be using the internet) Use the "fatherless" term as a way to describe people who are cringe Wish to spread negativity about my interests (especially TETOCU and VeggieTales)

THINGS I'M IFFY ON

K-Pop stans Go!Animators/Vyonders People who used to be friends with people i don't like but got away from said people People who were my friend for a while but left because i didn't make them comfortable anymore People who use "Jesus" as a slang word (I am, or at least am considered, half-Christian-half-Buddhist for context, and I was always told to not use Jesus's name as a slang word) People who preach religion too much to the point that it sounds like they're forcing the religion on others

OTHER STUFF

If I tell you my past at any point in time, it means I have a certain amount of trust in you

If you're gonna be my friend then please tell me what it is that makes me uncomfortable to be around before asking me if we should end the friendship

sometimes i dont know the best way to respond to things and sometimes when you talk to me i'll need you to include a tone tag since i cant immediately figure out your tone

I don't take art requests because one, I want to feel independent, and two, I don't want to accidentally butcher anyone's ideas in my own artstyle

I use curse words and I'm used to hearing curse words, so if you berate me for using curse words yet don't berate others for the same reason, consider yourself blocked

I'm a very curious girl so expect to see me reblog things that interest me

Before you send me an ask, I would like you to read this post about why I don't allow anonymous asks ===========================

Have fun on my profile and remember, A smile makes every day worthwhile!

[aircommndr]

Mun Vs. Muse

Similarities: dont hate me

Pride. Im sorry I am a prideful mofo and I have to keep in check otherwise i get myself into some pretty wack scenarios

Humor. I am creative with my witty comebacks which got me in a LOT of trouble growing up. I will let you know if i dont like you and ill be very vocal about it. were also both very sassy lol

we love ourselves some revenge if we deem it needed <3 def a fighter more than "lover". We also both have been involved in activism for a number of problems in our societies.

That "wont give up / wont give in" attitude. Im stuck currently at a job i absolutely HATE just because i wanna prove to my bosses that i AM capable and that I CAN do what any other manager can. I had 0 training for my position and the cards were stacked against me but guess whos still in their role a year later? This fool. I really do need to step down tho like plz i need a break LOL

On a similar note, admitting when I failed. Me and starscream are the WORST at that. We just. cant do it. nor can we admit when we're sinking / need help

Little shit syndrome. Im sorry but I can be an ass LOL. I have a very poor filter (which,, is partly due to my autism and poor skills at recognizing how to communicate with people) but i enjoy messing with people (playfully! unless i actually hate u but ye)

Similar vocal range! more so for g1 but certain other continuities. my voice is very neutral sounding, and im a bit scratchy/nasally! I also have a lot of vocal stims that are loud and noisy and often include screaming!

Delusions of Grandeur. Me and star both suffer from that and feel that there MUST be something important about us but also feel like we are inadequate. Kinda paradoxically

Me and Starscream both have Autism! As well as Psychosis! I struggle with hallucinations (both visual abd audible)

We are both prone to self sabotaging, as well as other poor coping skills we share

We both struggle with abandonment issues, and our major way of dealing with it is to cut ties / not make ties in the first place for fear of being hurt

Abuse survivors,, similar traumas

kinda off topic but i LOVE planes. Ive been flying on planes by myself since I was literally 4 years old ,, so planes are a comfort

we both struggle to accept help, affection, or kind words / praise without feeling like its a trap or something, and we just arent used to it. Touch is vvv iffy with us

....we got some similar kinks whoops

Differences:

I hate to disappoint all of you but I do not, in fact, turn into a jet (big sad)

Height difference. Hes a big ass bot, im barely 5'1

I am also not a robot (again sorry)

Not a war vet LMAO

im an asshole but not exactly on the same level as this fool

while i struggle with empathy sometimes due to mental disorders/trauma, i have way more than he tends to lol

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