#super excited to see where all this goes!!

[l0stfoster]

As a Marcia x Two-Bit shipper, their entire relationship in Cursed Tulsa seems interesting. Do you have more information on it?

Just as Timewing got super excited about Darry, Novva got really excited about Mar-bit so I let her take the lead on this one.

Let it be known that Mar-bit itself isn’t set in stone to be canon, since we like to leave some of the stuff open for interpretation, but people are free to read into their relationship however they like; hence Novva’s explanation about them!! Like last time, Novva's bullet point for each section is the first one, and any comments of mine are the second bullet. The rest is below the cut >:)

How the relationship starts.

- Pretty obviously, it actually doesn’t even begin right off the bat. They really do start off as friends who kinda kiss in private. For a while, it was likely just a relationship that they would so subtly stare at each other respectfully but because of Social Norms, the whole Cursed thing, and Marcia’s reputation, they both essentially thought of each other as something they love but cannot have. (This is arguably the first time Marcia has had a relationship like this, where she cannot even enter a relationship with him without permanently damaging her reputation as a Soc.) When they do get together, it is likely months after the events of the book and when Two-Bit’s finally given the chance and beginning to digest and recover from the trauma he received at his jumping. Since Johnny’s got his mobility aids by now, the prosthetic is likely in the works, and Paul’s making up with Darry, gives Two the perfect opportunity to heal himself mentally and try to see if he can trust Marcia like how he once did. - Novva's spot on. Two doesn't even trust being around Marcia for the first few months post-jumping, but over time she finds a way to rebuild that bridge between them and they begin to bond again. He's still on edge, and freaks out anytime she touches his wings (whether accidental or purposeful), but he knows she's not trying to be malicious. My rough estimate is it's probably 5 or 6 months post-jumping that they give their relationship a chance; as it gives Two time to heal but also would give Marcia the chance to decide if she's willing to risk her reputation if word ever got out.

The cracks in the relationship.

- For instance; Two-Bit is terrified of being hurt again even though he knows Marcia wouldn’t hurt him like how her friends did. The jumping was an experience that traumatized him to the point of not even trusting his own mother for a while, and his mother wasn’t even there! How could he even trust his girlfriend, who was there and witnessed it all first-hand? Another crack is Marcia’s willingness. She fought tooth and nail for his trust and everything else and definitely wasn’t taking other’s bullshit. It uneased Two-Bit at first, seeing someone he thought was soft and innocent, full-on just beating up one of the many Socs who mutilated his wing and tortured him. He knows she means well, but isn’t it still scary to see it? - Yyyyeah Two was definitely super closed off and defensive for a long while, even when he watched her step up to his defense. Trust is a difficult thing to gain, and although she does get it back, he knows better than to give a soc that much leeway for a good while. The irrational part of his brain can't help but wonder if that attitude she holds against the socs who jumped him could be turned onto him as well; if that makes sense.

The relationship as a whole.

- They are very good for each other. They have a very similar sense of humor, regularly joke with each other, all that shit. (Someone referred to them as Brains ((Marcia)) and Brawn ((Two)) and definitely got punched though) Two-Bit is an affectionate person by nature and instinct, and Marcia just goes with the flow and will accept nearly everything given to her. - Novva's pretty spot on. The only thing I can say is that I doubt Two would care for the Brains and Brawn joke, it's probably Marcia upset on his behalf and he's just there like an unbothered king

The first time preening.

- It definitely comes as a surprise to Marcia. She knew the importance of preening for Harpy from Evie (they’re besties and I will fight you if you say they aren’t) but even then Evie doesn’t know much. Anyway, it was fully a surprise when the two were just cuddling and he asked. Mind you, at this point in time, Marcia had avoided so much as to brush a hand on the wings out of fear of him getting scared or even attacking her. It took about 20 or so minutes for Two-Bit to even so much as get used to Marcia’s touch, a touch he’d been terrified of at first. There were multiple times he flinched and she’d stop entirely. If you can’t tell yet I think about them a lot. And I also have more. #sedatemeplease It takes even LONGER to show PDA. Both of them love affection but are scared shitless of being jumped by someone over it. That doesn’t mean they won’t absolutely cuddle and softly kiss the shit out of the other if given the chance. No, they aren’t that couple that makes out in class but there's been a few instances where it got close to that /silly - I don't have much to comment on lmao, Two definitely had to be the one to propose preening compared to Marcia's offering, but he was definitely so on edge when he asked. Honestly, I can imagine they had 2 or 3 failed attempts to preen (where Two asked, they tried, and he got too freaked out to continue) but they did eventually figure it out <3. I think that Two was likely less anxious about PDA than Marcia since his nature as a flock creature makes him pretty clingy and a big affection fan, but he restrained more for the sake of her reputation.

The feather necklace.

- As stated before and in my doodles of it, the feather that Marcia was gifted is in fact, woven into the necklace itself (destroying the feather = destroying the entire necklace itself) It’s got some shiny parts in it, small beads or and other parts of jewelry that was taken actually from the little trinkets that Two’s given Marcia on her windowsill. Marcia did not break her own jewelry, her mother wouldn’t let her. Marcia was hesitant to wear it in public at first, that new but terrifying fear of having this taken away from her very much showing. She did keep it on her person though, it kept Two-Bit happy even if she wasn’t sure if it was safe to wear it yet. It was never safe to wear it in lmao. - I have nothing to add this is on the dot too LMAO.

MARCIA’S FIRST JUMPING!

- Taking this from Foster’s post, but Two was seriously pissed off and also scared shitless for her. While she was on a walk, for a while he would fly behind her and would swoop down to pick her up if he saw ANY Soc car slow down near her. Eventually, she was able to take walks without his dive-bombing, but she was forced to take a weapon in case things got out of hand. And he absolutely got other Harpies involved. Angela Shepard herself might not like Marcia all that much due to her being a Soc, but she was absolutely hell-bent on torturing Bev for weeks. Bev’s tires were slashed, and she got jumped for the first time and had it arguably worse, but the message was delivered either way. Evie also definitely took part in intimidating Bev in the jumping. - Nothing to add, the girls look out for each other <3 As they should.

[strayslost]

okay so i've been busy af since i'm on holiday with family atm. the bsd chapter as expected did give me the muse to write again!! but finding the TIME is another issue altogether... i come back home at the end of this week so fingers crossed i'm able to write by that time!

but anyway, new chapter thoughts again but more detailed this time ayyyy. i loved it so much tbh. sigma finally learning he can trust dazai and having that actually proved to him now through dazai risking his life for him is like... the best... my sigzai heart is so happy ;w; but also it's clearly leading up to something with sigma, some kind of key moment for him in the future, and i'm not sure what it is, but i am SUPER excited!!

i saw some of you pointing out that this selflessness really isn't surprising coming from dazai & that it's not the first time he's acted this way which i do agree with!! and i think i wasn't giving him enough credit in my last post on the chapter, so i would like to. formally apologize to dazai for that. ashfsdkjhkjSHFD

but really, i've been on team "dazai genuinely wants to protect sigma with even above his own life" for a while, so it's not so much that it surprised me to see this from him, but... it was just really nice to have it confirmed so explicitly, i guess?? i second guess myself on my reading of dazai a lot, and most of the more selfless moments i remember from him are in the light novels rather than the main manga, (though i suspect i'm forgetting some key manga moments here so feel free to remind me!) so it was just really nice to see some of that shown in the manga as well. i love him sm for real. help me

as for chuuya, i was really hoping for chuuya to save dazai and i still am tbh, but i also read the theory that this is sigma's entrance exam and the deciding factor is gonna be whether he goes back for dazai or tries to escape on his own - and i REALLY like that too!! so i don't mind who saves him, as long as both sigma and chuuya at some point get their key moments. i can be patient. i swear..................

dazai might escape on his own of course, that wouldn't surprise me either. this is more just what i hope for than what i actually expect.

anyway tldr is CHAPTER GOOD AND SIGZAI IS SO REAL!! AS IT SHOULD BE!!

[fear-no-mort]

thinkign about how alone and unloved morty was for all his life and rick was the first time anyobdy ever put such an amount of intense attention and dependency onto him . and rick had a whole new family and losing them made him stop seeing the value in other people as a whole and morty was the one and first thing that woke him up

[biomic]

HUH???? cannonborg was making deals with the yakuza?!

im honestly impressed with how the plot is unfolding this arc, starting to tie loose threads together and calling back to the show's earliest episodes. as straightforward as boonboomger is, they seem to have really mapped a lot of this out from the beginning, or at least done a good job at making you think they did

[bitter-goodbyes]

Oh yeah btw I finished Wuthering Heights yesterday!!!! I started The Hobbit earlier today!!!!

[stampiearts]

New operation overgrow designs

I'm still working on the first chapter, but im happy to say the world building is near complete. I just need to uh... *stares at the 10 page google doc of purely world building* ....organize it... UHHHH Y/N DESIGN COMING SOON WOO

[dredshirtroberts]

oh shit y'all.

i've done gotten invested in Gurren Lagann. we're like 19 episodes deep in this paint and i have been emotionally compromised by the silly mechs.

believe in the me.

[heatwa-ves]

talking about my ideas for the part 3 rewrite I will never actually do

[thanatoseyes]

My fiance is building a garden. Right now she's got tomatoes, basil, and cilantro. We're branching out and getting lavender and rosemary this weekend!!

[pleasantmsp]

Let’s talk about Otohan’s Echo Knight abilities and how she was so easily able to absolutely wreck Keyleth with them. 

For context, I played an Echo Knight in a campaign for a while so I have an understanding of the subclass and it’s abilities. However, I have not watched all the episodes from campaign three so there is a probability that Matt has mentioned something about Otohan’s abilities/equipment that I don’t know about. I will be using my understanding of the subclass to make assumptions about the extra abilities Matt is giving Otohan. Let’s begin!

1. Typically, Echo Knights can only have one echo at a time. At level 18 however, you do get access to 2 echoes at once but Otohan obviously has more. I believe she ended up summoning 4 echoes last night. 

2. As an Echo Knight, when you take the Attack action, you can choose to make an attack as yourself OR through your echo. It seemed last night that Matt made an attack for each echo as well as Otohan, giving her a multitude of extra attacks that a normal Echo Knight would not normally have. 

3. Otohan ended up using her Action Surge to get another Attack action against Keyleth, bringing her out of her elemental form and taking her health down significantly according to what Matt said. Usually this would mean that you would get another attack either from yourself or your echo. Depending on what level fighter you are you could have 1 attack if you’re low level, 2 if you’re mid, 3 if you’re high, or 4 if you’re level 20. But as discussed in the previous point, Otohan AND all of her echoes get attacks during the Attack action. 

So TLDR: Otohan’s backpack gives her abilities even beyond the normal Echo Knight, including extra echoes who get their own attacks, which makes her incredibly powerful. 

[honnelander]

Martial arts anon again: Congratulations on finishing part 3 of "Go Fish"! Very curious to see how it turns out. You have, in fact, inspired me to make my own sideblog, and it is largely thanks to your own writing that I thought I'd dip my toes in the water of writing fanfiction again (apparently it's been... years since I've done anything of it, but in my defense, I have also been writing an Actual Novel for a couple of them). If you want updates on Blue Pearl without having to refresh Ao3 all the time, I'll be announcing new chapters here: [https://www.tumblr.com/blog/legend-of-the-blue-pearl]

Again, thank you so much for the inspiration! Best of luck in your writing endeavors, honnelander! Do remember to rest! <3

thank you so much! 😜 I’m so happy with the way part 3 came out, so thank you!

I just read your first chapter and it’s SO FREAKING good! I love the way that you write 🥹 it’s all so seamless and Sanji is just 😮‍💨 *chef’s kiss* his little flirting is just so him 😩

I just followed them your side blog and I look forward to your updates! 🫶🏼

[delightfuldevin]

Wait wait wait wait

If plants existed on the planet since the beginning, would that mean all sapient plant creatures have as well???

Fauna started on the Moon, and though I still haven’t figured out how the evolution happened, there are most definitely certain creatures that are more plant than animal. Those must have evolved separately, right? From the plants that already existed on the planet. That would probably include sapient mushroom creatures like Toads and Goombas too, right? Though irl mushrooms are more closely related to animals than plants, so maybe not.

This is probably one of my biggest questions for this evolution project. How did plants gain sapience? And how closely related are the many plant creatures on the Mushroom Planet?

[bcneheaded]

*screams loudly into an empty paper towel roll*

[whatsagirltoblogabout]

5.13 - banger finale.

[nomaishuttle]

u guys cant judge me for anything i say after the first two sentences of this post are we clear. ok good. So ive been watching spn famously and there was one episode where theyre like you know. doing spn things.but supermassive black hole came on in the background and me and hal (im watching with hal obv) both shot up it was awesome

[firstdegreefangirl]

Ask Me For a Scene!

New ask game!

Tell me what scene you want to see, and I'll write you the picture of what it looks like! No dialogue, no plot, think like the zoomed-out snapshot at the end of a sitcom episode while the voiceover plays.

I'll list a few examples, but truly, come up with whatever you want. Half the fun for me is seeing what y'all suggest!

Buddie family dinner

Chenford + morning + driving

Transplant breakroom

Literally anything, tell me what you want to see. Throw in tone indicators, weather, locations, characters, anything is fair game!