#still trying to figure out if I can.. idk... make it into something I can get grades out of

[fag-zombot-sonic]

DELTARUNE CHAPTER 3 ENDING SPOILERS (also haven't gotten to chapter 4 myself so keep anything from there OUT of this post)

SO ARE WE GONNA TALK ABOUT GASTER IN CHAPTER 3?

SO YOU ALL KNOW WHAT HAPPENS. You beat Tenna, everything looks like its gonna end on a high note... and then we come to face The Roaring Knight Themselves. We lose and we chase them and a sudden Undyne into the bunker, but the door closes in front of us, etc.

Immediately after that, you get this screen:

I, like a fool, went immediately to "Keep Playing Chapter 3" especially after the last seconds before the credits, because, i figured it meant there was still stuff to do, but- eh, no... it takes you back to your last SAVE point in chapter 3, luckily, I saved AFTER Tenna's fight. (which also, damn... the throwback to "the light only you can see" right before the fight with the knight... its got to mean something.)

So I fought with the knight again, except while in my first attempt i tried to go pacifist, I decided to attack the knight, and survived for exactly ONE turn more than before (a total of three turns), but died again, figured the cutscene would play as normal... but No. The SOUL gets dragged upwards, and then... The voice from the Gonermaker sequence, what most of the fanbase agrees is Gaster... speaks to you.

The SOUL turned into its GAME OVER form (Sorta darkened and fuzzy) and the voice game me two choices

of course... i got curious and went back, it takes you right back to that last SAVE point. So I figured... I'd try to survive the Knight this time... and

Yeah i only got three turns in before they killed me. The voice came back though.

I tried to go back, and got my ass handed to me by the Knight again, but the voice didn't say anything, just the options, so... i moved forward, and now I'm making this post.

'Gaster' mentioning that we're missing something can't help but make me think on the Shadow Mantle (source of the screenshot):

So uh yeah, idk if anyone's seen this yet... but... yeah. I'm freaking out.

[calcifiedunderland]

Can I request Silver with the Lighthouse, Lifeboat, and Storm prompts? Reader is a weird little goth lighthouse worker and Silver just survived a massive ship wreck and needs to find a way to contact Malleus, Sebek and Lilia so he gets help from reader and they like. Idk get him towels and some tea and a phone or something.

It's not QUITE a romance cause they just met but there is a good foundation for a solid friendship there. They have a sass off once Silver gets comfortable enough to not be so polite. They just watch out for ships and try to keep each other awake through the night

💌Request received! Thank you for your message, your delivery is ready~

Silver, ft. Lighthouse, Lifeboat, & Storm

The lighthouse work suited you.

Not many were surprised when you decided to work at the lonely lighthouse on the rocky beach. You were strange, people whispered. You preferred dark clothes to the townpeople’s bright pastels, and didn’t seem to mind the doom-and-gloom of the abandoned lighthouse.

It wasn’t the lighthouse’s fault that it was on a rocky, scary-looking beach and had fallen into disrepair. A job was a job, and if this job allowed you to sit for hours overlooking the rolling sea while you could read, play music, and enjoy the salty breeze in solitude? Sign you up. You didn’t care if you were the town’s resident goth weirdo. All the cashier jobs at Hot Topic were taken.

It was a sleepy little job, and today was no exception. The sea was violent today too, you thought. Waves crashed on the rocks, and the sky was gray. As usual. This side of the island rarely had sunny weather.

Although ships never entered from this side of the island either.

You stood, going to the telescope on the balcony. You peered through it, gasping. There was a man clutching a piece of driftwood, drifting in and out of consciousness on the rough waves. Pieces of wood and cloth flashed through the water as a ship disintegrated in the sea before your eyes.

You thought fast. You typically worked alone in the lighthouse, and no one would come in time to help you. You were on your own. You dashed out of the lighthouse, shucking off your boots.

The man had washed up on the rocks, not moving. You grabbed a rowboat, and hurriedly rowed as close as you dared to the rocks. You staggered out of the boat, trying not to slip as you walked to him. You knelt over the man, moving his hair from his face and tapping his cheek. “Hey! Are you okay?!” He was asleep, so you pressed your hand to his heart. You felt a heartbeat. He’s alive.

You hauled him over your back, going back into the boat and the lighthouse as fast as you could without falling. At last, you laid him on the couch and slammed the door shut. You flicked on the furnace, and set to work peeling some of wet clothes from his person.

You moved him closer to the fireplace, gently stroking his (now dry) hair. He looks kind, you thought, but noble. You’d noticed he had a sword lashed to his belt too. It seemed to be of fae make, but he was human.

Well, you figured he’d want something to eat. You padded to the kitchen, taking off your jewelry. Soon, a delicious aroma wafted through the lighthouse floor.

Silver’s nose twitched at the scent. He was still groggy, but that smell was delicious. That can’t be Father’s cooking, can it? Suddenly he shot awake. This can’t be his cooking. At the sudden movement, you shrieked, nearly dropping the soup.

Silver was on his feet in fighting position, hand on his scabbard. His violet eyes were intense, although they did soften when they saw you. Sure, you looked so scary with your knitted black cardigan with white bats, holding a bowl of soup with pink flower oven mits.

“…please forgive me.” Silver sat quietly with the soup in his lap, spooning it quickly into his mouth while you glared at him. You looked like a disgruntled crow, he observed. The two of you introduced yourselves, making small talk. You slowly warmed up to him. Your alternative outfit made Silver smile. You looked just like Father in his off-hours.

The thought of Lilia made the amusement disappear. Suddenly, memories crashed back. The shipwreck. He had to contact Father, Sebek, and Lord Malleus!

“Hey, easy there,” you said worriedly. Silver shook his head, trying to shake off sleepiness, “Do you have a phone I can borrow? I must contact my father.” You nodded, looking at your phone. “Of course, one sec-“ you frowned when you saw you had no service.

“I’m sorry, but it looks like the storm jammed the signal. We’ll have to wait it out.” Silver’s heart dropped, and he sighed heavily. You bit your lip.

“It’ll be a little while. I can make some tea while we wait out the storm,” you said softly. “Want some chamomile? It will help you relax.” Silver shook his head quickly, feeling his eyes droop. “I’d prefer something caffeinated, if you have it.”

Soon, Silver sat next to you with a large mug of instant black coffee clenched in one hand, while you stirred your chamomile with two sugars and honey.

You poked his shoulder, “so.” Silver looked away from the pouring rain, brow furrowed, “…so?” You smiled, trying to ease him, “so where will you go when the rain lets up?”

Silver shut his eyes, before answering “I must get back to Briar Valley. My father and friends are waiting for me.” You watched him. Determination lit up his eyes. “They’re probably worried about you, but I also think they know how strong you are,” you said quietly.

Silver nodded, sipping his coffee. After a while, he whispered, “thank you.” A guy of few words, you thought.

”Besides,” you said, teasing him to cheer him up, “I’m sure whatever’s in your way, you’d just duel them and win.” You gestured to his sword, smiling when you saw his mouth quirk upward. “Nothing will get in my way. I must remain vigilant,” he said before downing the entire mug of coffee.

You gaped at him, “you want to stay up all night? Dude, that much caffeine can’t be good for you.” Silver still felt the pull of sleep, “n-no. I need more.” You nodded, scampering off to the kitchen to make another pot. “Alright Silver, it’s your all-nighter.”

You came back with the instant coffee. Silver glanced at it, asking sheepishly “could you make it a little stronger, please?” You blinked, “I… I did make it stronger.” Silver shook his head, fighting off sleepiness, “n-no… I need more…” you bit your lip before adding more scoops. Silver drank it quickly.

You glanced at the mug before deciding to make your own cup. You stayed up with him all night.

Slowly, the dawn came and the storm dissipated. Despite being marooned on who-knows-where, Silver wasn’t too concerned. Tomorrow would be a new day on the lighthouse. Only this time, the two of you would be in each other’s company.

I confess that I still do not understand how lighthouses do their lighthouse things. If any lighthouse workers are reading this, please forgive me orz

Anyway, thank you for your requesttt~~~ until next time, xoxo Calci~

[starhvney]

How do you think each of the myst men would react if they were gonna be told by their s/o that they were gonna be a dad? (The garroth oneshot of his reaction was so cute)

-🦔

also requested by @faythwasfound!

𝐄𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐅𝐎𝐑 𝐓𝐖𝐎

𝐅𝐄𝐀𝐓𝐔𝐑𝐈𝐍𝐆: aaron, blaze, daniel, dante, ein, garroth, gene, jeffory, laurance, rylan, travis, vylad, zane, & zenix

𝐓𝐀𝐆𝐒: fluff, domestic, established relationship, fem!reader

𝐀/𝐍: i wrote this in the hospital as my sister was actively in labor. thanks for the inspo, girl 😛 anyways sorry for the long absence guys but here's a lil something. hopefully none of the characters are too ooc? idk i was sleep deprived pls forgive

𝐌𝐀𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐋𝐈𝐒𝐓

He’s excited. Of course, he’s excited! You two are having a baby! But there’s a small part of him that fills with dread, and it’s not the idea of you being a mother—no, you’re going to be perfect. It’s the fact that he is going to be a father.

He doesn’t think he won’t love them enough. Hell, this baby is an extension of your and his combined love, how could he not? But he will never forget certain aspects of his father when he was growing up, and while he can never imagine making your kid feel that way, he is still his father’s son. What if he somehow begins to act like his father one day and lets the both of you down? What if, what if… what if?!

A deep, reassuring talk is all he needs, and that anxiousness fades away for his real excitement. He will do everything he can to be the best father he can be, and he’ll be damned if he’s anything less.

GARROTH, Zane, Gene, Aaron, Zenix, Ein (Daddy issues gang!)

Bro gets so excited, he lifts you in his arms and runs around the house like he just scored the winning point on the most intense sports game of his life. It takes you shrieking for him to stop when he realizes maybe he shouldn’t necessarily toss around the woman who is actively pregnant with his child, and he sheepishly and gently sets you down. 

Still, he practically vibrates in his seat as he talks to you about what this means for the two of you, any technicalities of money or difficulties ahead clearly his last thought. No, you two can figure that one out later. He wants to find out everything, now! Will the baby have your face? His eyes? Will they have his personality? Whatever the case, he’s gonna have a mini version of him and you running around and causing trouble! He’s stoked! 

Expect him to yap everyone’s ear off about your pregnancy, from the people you know to the poor cashier at the grocery store just trying to do their job.

BLAZE, Dante, Garroth

He’s so soft. Oh, so soft. You watch as his eyes gather with tears, his lips crumpling into a watery, grateful smile as his hands land on your stomach. You can’t even bring yourself to be worried about his emotional reaction, though, not when he shakily laughs as he leans forward to press kisses on your face, quiet whispers of thank yous in between. Don’t expect to go anywhere after giving him the news, because this sap is going to hold you in his arms and whisper how much he loves you and your baby until you’re absolutely sick of it.

His reaction honestly is the most calming, any anxieties you may have now quelled into just a future problem that you know you won’t have to solve alone. After all, knowing your child will have a father so full of love and care, what could you complain about?

JEFFORY, DANIEL, Rylan, Garroth

He is locked in. House? Already baby proofed. He’s ordering the best quality equipment, setting up a baby registry, and researching every new parent forum he can find, all within a few hours of you telling him. Bad habits? Consider them gone. Any lingering alcohol or cigarettes are thrown out, and the house is clean. Can’t be a bad influence on the baby, after all. 

Anything you need during the pregnancy, he’s either already one step ahead of you or rushing out the door to get whatever you want as soon as the words leave your lips. The older ladies around you awe at his dedication, teasing you about how jealous they were. He’s so perfect! They wish they could’ve had a husband so diligent when they were pregnant with their kids!

He merely shrugs it off, shaking his head. After all, it’s the least he can do for the love of his life, especially when you’re carrying the proof of your love.

LAURANCE, Gene, Zane, VYLAD, Aaron

thefatherofyourchild.exe has stopped working. He’s gone. The words, “I’m pregnant,” leave your lips as he stares down at the positive pregnancy test, but there’s not a thought on his face. Is he even breathing? No. No, he’s not. His lips are parted like a fish out of water, eyes wide and very far from holding any train of thought on this earth. Careful, he might start drooling soon.

After a few calls of his name and waving your hand worriedly in front of his face, he finally snaps back to you, a wheezed, “holy shit,” leaving his lips. He looks like he could possibly pass out, and you may have to shake his shoulders to get him to focus again.

This shock honestly doesn’t leave him; every reminder that you’re pregnant makes him freeze and stare in absolute awe and shock, and honestly, he'll keep doing it after the baby is born.

“Babe. I’m a father,” he whispers as he stares down at your newborn, a whole hour after their birth.

“...No shit?!”

ZENIX, Dante, Travis, Ein, Daniel

You think you’re surprising him. But oh, no. No no. He’s had this all planned out since the beginning. As soon as you tell him, he’s pulling out a whole notebook with baby names, nursery ideas, tips he’s heard from other parents and the internet, how to make your pregnancy the most comfortable, etc.

Now it’s your turn to be the surprised one as he yaps to you about how he’s already planned out a savings account for their college fund, future trips to take them on, and the kinds of things he wants to teach them about life. He’s wanted to have a family with you the very moment he realized he was in love with you, and now he can indulge in showing you every one of his notes and Pinterest boards without looking crazy. Cause, you know, it’s not like he was plotting on starting a family with you for years or something… (he was).

LAURANCE, Vylad, Jeffory, Ein

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[deoidesign]

Can you make a tutorial on how you world build and make ocs? I can't seem to make any people in my brain, but then when I try to come up with environments jobs, beliefs and little details to slowly come up with someone, I think: well I don't really know how people have influenced the world- it's a weird loop

To be honest, I don't think I can! Writing is an extremely personal process. The way I write is directly related to how I process things, what I find important in stories, years of my own analysis of my and other's writing, etc... The way you write will be unique to you, as well. But I can explain how I personally think of it.

The short answer:

Write. Write anything and everything, it's a tool to explore your ideas. Analyze your own writing, and write more. Then, as you discover which ideas you want to develop, write more to explore them more. You won't know what you want otherwise!

The long answer:

I think this kind of loop is common. It's easy to feel like everything needs to be done "at once," because our job as writers is to make elements logically fit with each other for our readers. But as you've discovered, developing multiple elements simultaneously isn't really possible, or at least is extremely difficult.

Personally, when I think of writing, I break it into three major elements; characters, world, and plot. As much as possible every scene explores one or more of these, and as much as possible these three things tie back into what I personally consider most important: theme.

Everything I do is in service of the themes I want to present. Without them my events feel aimless. It can take a while to discover them, but they're the core of my work. You will have to discover what you feel is the core of yours. Analyzing other media helps with this too.

Concepts in your brain exist in a state of infinite potential. But when you start writing you have to start making choices, which removes potential as you move forward... But you have to move forward anyways. If there's ideas you want to explore later, you can always explore them later.

What this ends up meaning, to answer your question, is that I don't think of my characters as "people in my brain" or my worlds as something people have influenced... Not at their core, at least. They are tools that I use to represent specific ideas. Obviously they're also my blorbos, but mostly they're serving a specific narrative purpose.

So above all else... Write. Write, and discover what you're writing about, and then start over and write with that in mind. Keep doing this. But you have to write!

[solar-nightengale]

18 or 36 + lampwick?

HIIIIIIIIII!!! First off: i'm so SO sorry for how late this one is I've been ruminating on it for the while DFCDSTJBHKDCTRL BUT!!!! I'M HERE AND PRESENTING THE RESULT FOR IT!!

spotify wrapped game: send me a number from 1-100, optionally with a ship or character, for a moodboard based on the song it corresponds to!

36. Make it All Right - The Offspring

[autisticlee]

sometimes people who struggle like to make jokes or find positives about their condition that causes them to struggle so they can escape the constant negative and struggle. sometimes autistic people will say things like "the 'tism" or use the "autism creature" or say their autism helped them have a *positive trait* to feel better about their struggles. because living your life only focusing on the struggles and negatives is depressing and makes it hard to want to live, even if those struggle take up 100% of your life and you can't actually escape them. sometimes any little seemingly positive thing can help a lot.

but there's so many other autistic people that hate when we do that and call it "reducing autism to a cute trendy thing" and say it takes away from *their* struggles and is bad and shouldn't be used. maybe *you* want to only focus on your struggles, but some people can't live in constant negative and need some positive or to find ways to make their condition more positive so they can feel better about living with their struggles. life is hard. I take anything I can get.

I cant get jobs. I can't make and keep friends. I can't get help and support for doing "normal" things so sometimes I go weeks without being able to shower and without eating more than a bowl of cereal a day. most times can't even do things I like. struggle to communicate. have meltdowns. i'll never be able to live independently. I struggle a lot. but instead of sitting here always depressed and having no motivation to live, i'd rather try to joke about "my 'tism is acting up again" when i'm struggling (just an example. don't think I ever actually used the 'tism thing but i saw others use it) or say "i'm just being a creature" when I need to stay in my dark room because everything is too much and I personally find it cute to be a little creature meant in a positive way. i'm not actually downplaying mine or anyone else's struggles. I still acknowledge them and that silly jokes dont make them go away. i'm not trying to be trendy. i'm not doing any of the things people say we do by making silly little jokes. i'm using the silly little jokes to convince myself life can be a little more than pointless, painful garbage all the time.

(continue in tags)

[zymstarz]

yeah sure that's how i'll [re]come out

[theghoulboysblog]

Also! I’m sorry! I should’ve put a trigger warning on that ask I just realized because although they found it funny, more so Ryan, it was borderline harassment in my opinion 😭

no, you’re good anon! 🫶

you didn’t really go into detail about the situation at all in your ask, just referenced it and said that you thought the situation was odd, so i do *believe* that it is fine without a tag! 🙏

i did, however, make sure to put a TW on my response to your ask just to be safe! (not because of what you said but because i went into depth a little more and i wanted to make sure it wasn’t possibly triggering to anyone!)

so don’t worry about it anon! it has been tagged accordingly and in a safe way! :) 💛

[orcelito]

Crochet Update

Last night vs right now. The current progress on the maybe-scarf. I might just run out of yarn before I reach actual scarf length, but I'm curious what the full length of one of these yarn balls is. Kinda just getting a feel for it & all.

I Also bought a little book that teaches some crochet basics, and spent some time going through some more stitch styles. The above scarf is made with single stitches, and the following...

The half-double stitch

The double stitch

The treble stitch

Fuck the treble. The process for doing it was so different from the others, I Hated it. Maybe my hands being tired also doesn't help, but I am Grrrr at this one. Final product was okay at least.

These 3 little bitches took me 2 hours to make. Ugh.

[watery-melon-baller]

whoooooos willing to go into the toh discord server and plop my silly little fandom survey in there because im too much of a pussy to do it myself <3

[stinkbeck]

nothing more relaxing than like acting out a play in my room alone

[bunnyb34r]

Context for the breakdown (this time) is that I'm at my fucking limit with people asking me to do things and have this idea that only I can fix it. Like between mom, my shithead coworker (even when he's not asking ME it still triggers that anger), and my fucking cat of all things, it just feels Neverending. I think the main issue is that my dad used up all my fucking patience growing up bc this man would not do shit for or by himself and just being asked so many times this week to just fix everyone's problems pushed me over the edge

I half jokingly told mom that I'd probably be the type of mom who just leaves their family in the middle of the night and never comes back. Like as horrible as that fucking sounds, I really don't think id be able to handle people relying on me to do everything for them. Like ffs try to do it yourself first! And it's like a fucking 1 year old 😭

But for real I think dad just using weaponized incompetence and just being so self centered really used up all my patience for this shit and I just hit my limit

[faetealights]

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[trans-soapberry]

I think the Kirby series deserves another anime, but I struggle to identify what exactly I'd want from a new adaptation. The original is what it is, y'know, I don't feel too strongly like it committed any egregious sins against the franchise. Dedede's characterization... I get the need for a Typical Villain and I don't think there were many good characters (then or now) to get for the mix of Comical and Reliable you need for a serialized show (the way Bowser, Eggman, or Team Rocket worked for their series). It's definitely sad to see him have such a wildly different character that weighs him down the way it does, but I can't think of an Easy Fix. And that doesn't even touch on the way Game Dream/Pupupuland and Anime Dream/Pupupuland differ in their setting, or the way any dub would have to find a way to Exist when people are gonna compare it to the 4Kids dub. Love it or hate it, it was Something, and any dub would have to choose if it wanted to take inspiration or go its own way (both with their own risks). And then you contend with the existence of the anime original characters.

Honestly, I'd probably say my ideal pick would be a Remake (I guess in the vein of Adventure/Nightmare in Dreamland or Return To Dreamland/Deluxe type of update?) Keep the basic characters and story roughly the same, probably tweak the setting so it's a bit more game like, and focus on something that feels similar but takes account of the general series progression and works with that (even if not everything in the game gets adapted, at least picking and choosing from what the games offer)

[gifti3]

....he kinda gives sasuke a little o(--(

[autosarcophagy-avaritia]

Well. I am alive. I guess. So theres that much.