#tbh ive also shot a gun

[thatdeadaquarius]

Okay so-- i was reading some sagau posts and came across this one where the reader was an army vet and my brain just Did Its Thing--

So now I'm here to inflict this on to you--

Would guns be considered as catalysts. And would they only do Phys Damage.

Me reading this ask:

😶 😐 🤨 🧐 🧐 😰 🥲 😭😭😭 💀

STOP YOU'VE INFLICTED ME WITH PSYCHOLOGICAL DMG FROM THIS ASK 😭

(Also srry took so long to respond, when i didnt realize how short this was/was just sitting over here 😓)

^ For the sake of gun imagery being a lot/maybe staff might hate me for it,

we'll put this gay shit instead (i almost mispelled to "gay shot" lmao)

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Sun: Army Veteran Reader, Gender neutral Reader (you/they/them)

Orbit: SHORT Headcanons

Stars: everybody bc i think itd be funny

Comets & Meteors: Content Warnings: gun stuff, mild violence, mild cursing & Trigger Warnings: Gun fun everywhere

THIS ASK HAS ME GIGGLING TO MYSELF LIKE A MANIAC

You're out here having a whole gun they let you take for off-base

And u ofc have a license so u can conceal carry

(idk how non-american gun laws work, but tbh ours are so fucked idk how they work here either, just that an army guy i knew once could have his gun when he got back home)

And ofc ur just paranoid enough (more like it just makes u feel safe)

That when u get yoinked into a portal to a silly little brightly colored gacha game fantasy world, the gun comes with 💀

Id like to add in my silly little "ur in a video game, so video game rules" AU version of genshin so:

The only other gun (ish) wielder (Mika) has unlimited bolts

Sooo I'd think your gun would be the same jfc lol

NO BC YOUD SCARE THE ACTUAL SHIT OUT OF EVERYONE IN UR VICINITY IN A BATTLE

BC GUNSHOTS ARE A DIFFERENT TYPE OF LOUD

When u first stumble into abyss monsters/hostile creatures of the realm, u nearly scare off a Lawlachurl bc every shot's like thunder to these bitches😭

So not only the monsters but the vision holders think u fucking summoned lightning

OMG THE BULLETS ARE SO FAST THEYD PROBABLY NOT SEE IT

ESP BC DISTRACTED BY GUNSHOT LOUDNESS

SO U AIM THIS LITTLE BLACK CROSSBOW (???) AND THINGS JUST DIE (OR GET RIDDLED WITH HOLES) WITH NO CLEAR ARROW STICKING OUT

STOPP- you're becoming a witchy god or smth to all of Teyvat bc it just looks like hella high level magic atp to them LMAOOO

Rumors of you get out of hand and say u just point or snap ur fingers and things get wounded/just die on the spot 💀

Oh another difference between Teyvatians seeing ur gun vs. crossbow (what they know)

Is that guns are wayyyy more destructive

Like an arrow would get shot but it'd bounce off of things like rock or wood or metal, maybe dent a little depending on how close

But a bullet goes thru that shit so easy, and leaves a whole little explosion behind, once again depending on range

(I once saw a Mythbusters episode? of them proving bullets would definitely go thru car doors, like movies lied to u, this is why drive-bys acc work like for gangs)

Lmao, the image of you in like full armor with a Teyvat made automatic gun after showing it to blacksmiths

Makes u just more convincing as a god, esp bc military training

(Ppl like Gorou and Kokomi begging for military tactics/training ur world has done)

...

....Ok.

I'll address it.

But only so u dont think im stupid later.

Yes, the Fatui have guns.

No, this not the same as having a glock LMAO

End of story.

(Also, urs runs on bullets, whereas the Fatui rely on magic/delusions to power theirs, plus they dont seem as fast or destructive as urs, more "explosions aimed at you" than real bullets)

Which,,, u leave the managing of ppl copying ur gun to ppl like the Qixing or smth, but make sure to give them advice on good gun laws if teyvat accidentally revolutionizes bc of ur advanced gun that anybody can wield (non-vision users)

Thats the best ive got abt that

Oh, also enjoy being praised as a War god now.

:)

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... dammit i had smth i was gonna tell u guys-

Uh what tf was it, it was important

OH

Next post is the Eldritch God Oneshot! Look out for it :) !!

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Safe Travels Kid,

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[homochadensistm]

what are ur thoughts on the killing of shireen abu akleh? from what ive read it seems like the evidence (surrounding her killing, idk about the funeral?) was pretty conclusive and the IDF didn't do their due diligence in investigating and punishing those involved, but that honestly seems kind of out of character for the IDF (to do nothing at all, especially if the evidence was so obvious) so ive always felt weird abt it? i also never watched any videos of it bc i cannot handle seeing people get killed so idk if the video of her getting shot sheds more light on the situation or not

Not sure how u got that tbh. The IDF conducted an investigation into her death and offered to do so jointly with the PA and the US, because they wanted to see the type of bullet that hit her as that could help figuring out which gun it was fired from. The PA refused to hand over the bullet, which made them out to be pretty sus. In the end the IDF investigation concluded that she was most likely shot by an IDF soldier on accident (i.e., stray/ricocheting bullet) during the shootout between the army and the terrorists as she stood in the vicinity of the shootout. In my humble opinion, this could have been definitely proved by the bullet as ricocheting would have most likely left a mark on the bullet prior to hitting her, which is, again, in my HUMBLE opinion, why the PA didnt want to give up the bullet, cause its sexier to claim that she was shot on purpose/assassinated/whatever.

You cannot punish a soldier for something like this. She was not shot on purpose, she couldnt have even been targeted because she was not standing in-line of the shootout. She was killed by a stray bullet and incredibly bad luck. Like, the only reason why the IDF investigation concluded that it is more likely that the army shot her rather than the terrorists was because of where she was standing + the bullets only possible trajectory of getting to that spot. And to the aljazeera (of course) reports claiming she was assassinated by a SNIPER - the bullet they claimed was retrieved from her body and showcased in almost every article they ran (I wonder if its still there lmao) is not a sniper rifle bullet, so thats that.

[suethesocks]

Ascalon Redesigns!

Ive always bashed Ascalon alot (still do) but watching kuro's breakdowns i coudnt help but wonder about how cool it wouldve been if it was actually executed well

My main gripes with it is that it didnt look like technology, made no sense to look the way it does, and felt very poorly thought out overall like the lore for it was a complete afterthought

As you can see here (and in my george design) Ive made ascalon alot more technological-looking and like something azmuth would actually build

So whats the deal with this device? Ascalon is a weapon that uses the incomplete DNA of powerful beings (such as celestialsapiens) to harness their power and manifest it into a superpowerful suit of armor and weapon that, if used correctly, can be used to dissect and study the fabric of reality.

This way Ascalon contrasts alot more directly to the omnitrix, being both DNA devices of sorts. And both made for the purposes of knowledge, but one is alot more destructive and obviously made for offensive purposes than the other

I gave it those weird vertical circle thingies to sort of look like the star alignment we saw in the flashbacks with Zennith. Always found it weird how that never came up and the design didnt evoke it at all apart from simply.. being long?

The armor and weapon are based off of the user and what their mind sort of understands as "combat gear." This is why it looks like a knights armor for George and how it manifests into a sword (or rather one of those cartooonishly large claymores). I tried to give it white tubes and some green dots to evoke the omnitrix more. Also slapped on a cool big cape because every robot armor should have a cape tbh. I didnt intend for that at the time but this ended up being a motif throughout the designs, finding a way to incorprate cloth into them

Here we have a hypothetical design for azmuth if he were to wield it. For galvans i imagine they probably go into battle in giant mechs, so thats what his ascalon is. Gave ascalon that 1 zigzag that his staff in soto has, but tried to move away from the soto mechs design for this bc i never imagined that one was used for serious military combat

In the azmuth flashbacks we saw that he gave Ascalon to an incursean warrior which is what led to their homeworld's destruction. I think DJW later said that the warrior was not an Incursean but idc !!

I drew this in the same pose that the warrior had in the shot we saw him in. Gave him the classic incursean helmet as well as some more incursean-y elements to his armor. He has a normal sword that looks more like canon ascalon's than george's (i wish i could pretend it was because hes the technical original wielder of ascalon so he gets to have the design match the canon but no it was a coincidence)

We saw Vilgax wield Ascalon for a brief moment in the show so i had to! This ascalon was a very easy choice for me since i made up my mind ages before i even got the idea. Vilgax should never ever wield any sort of weapon, because hes simply strong enough on his own that he can pure muscle and brain his way out of any conflict. Brute force is his fortei, not becasue hes dumb but because he just doesnt need to do anything else. BUT if you were to give him a weapon, it shouldnt be a sword or a gun (both things UAF had lmao) it should be something like a hammer or a mace or gauntlets. Brute force sort of weapon

Vilgax is a already warlord so it was simple to work off of his canon OS design (the coolest one) and come up with an armor for him. I also took some inspirations from Eva Unit-02 for the helmet and the cape (specifically its debut where it was covered in cloth)

Of course, for ascalon i had to go with hammer. I mean his ship is called the Chimeran Hammer so you gotta! Also i think its the most fun visual with vilgax

Last but not least, the last person to wield ascalon in the show, Ben himself! I originally wasnt planning to do this, but then i got the idea of giving him these 2 designs to represent his change in mindset he has in the finale

In the beginning hes mostly influenced by how he saw george wield ascalon and stuff,and hes kinda losing it in the sauce a little. So he has an armor similar to that of goerge. Then as he remembers his friends and his humanity, he comes back down to earth (metaphorically?) and his armor itself shifts to represent this, being a mostly cartoonish armor based off ultra ben who i assume is like bens sona or something lol

The cloth is a menacing badass cape like George's, but then shifts into this sort of bubbly friendly skirt. His weapon also shifts from daggers wrapped around the omnitrix (representing using the omnitrix as a wepaon) to a shield wrapped around the omnitrix (representing using the omnitrix as a peacekeeping device)

These weapons dont actually interact with his omnitrix in anyway, theyre mostly just wrapped around it so he can still access it. The aliens would probably have george's armor but with slight changes to fit each alien better

Bonus!!

My own takes on Vilcubra and Dagax

Always really really really disliked both of these designs in the show, they felt like they went through zero drafts before the final design and they just kinda did whatever (which isnt far off from how the rest of this arc was handled lol)

I tried making vilcubra look more creepy and like his body was indeed transformed to be a servant, and also closer to how the lacubras actually look so i SLASHED off his toesies and took out his eyes and put them on his shoulders so they dont look like eyes (leaving room for the teeth to overtake the face) also gave him a tail

I think the idea behind having Dagax be a floating vilcubra head vilgax was because they thought a floating normal vilgax head would look goofy (theyre right) but i think they failed to realize that the floating vilcubra head is equally goofy even if indeed you give it red eyes. So i just tried to make my design be something of a mix between the actual Dagon and vilgax

I admit i ran into some trouble trying to do that as vilgax was the OG cthulu inspired design, so trying to mix him with other cthulu presented trouble. I tried to at least slant his eyes the same way they looked in OS and give him the OS yellow spots, as well as the 2 big tentacles he has in the back of his head in OS and OV

[wannaeatramyeon]

hellooo im kinda new to the lookism fandom but im really into it rn, and ive been trying to find some good x reader fics to read (and i mean multi chaptered fics because i lovee reading long fics) so could you recommend me some? it could be here on tumblr or from other reading platforms but im reaaaallly desperate to feed my delusions with those handsome boyss. thank you!

Hey Anon! Welcome to the fandom!!!

Uhhh... long multi-chapters? I feel like Lookism fandom specialises in one-shot crumbs tbh lol.

AO3 is always my go to, so have a dig. The best quality FF site currently.

I think there's some on Wattpad, but I never venture on there.

Off the top of my head, we have @lokislytherin - mostly Jay/Daniel (also on AO3 - they have probably the best set of usernames btw).

And also @lookismaddict for Rendezvous, if Gun x Reader smut is what you're into. It's very very explicit.

@simpingforlookism has a few that are just about multi-chapters but super creative AUs.

@k-dokja (GOAT but closed) have general one-shots that follow a storyline. Have a search for their masterlists.

Apart from that, I've put together a list of recs here, but mostly one shots. And desperately needs updating.

[orxnge-rxt]

My thoughts on Night of the Quinkan

🐱⍾⍽ okay first of all i dont rly mind the story at all, the characters are still rly endearing to me and theres still lots of entertaining moments

🐱⍾⍽ no idea how the six month time skip thing actually works tbh; I initially thought Ty and Shazza were both in the Dreamtime for six months but apparently thats not the case because, after they went through the wormhole but got separated by an incoming Quinkan, Shazza got back six months before Ty did ig?? they said he was gone for sixth months

🐱⍾⍽ i desperately wish Ridge got more screen time but i also understand that the game was rushed

🐱⍾⍽ i used to think Sly/Naomi was kinda cute but that was because i didnt realize they literally only met at the very end of the game right near the end of the final cutscene (which Ridge didnt even get to appear in???)

🐱⍾⍽ also apparently Naomi's 17 and Sly is 23 😬 no thx he can be her big brother figure instead (Ridgely is best ship)

🐱⍾⍽ the gameplay is pretty smooth overall, but its kinda disappointing how much time you spend in a Bunyip/the Gunyip/etc instead of just piloting Ty himself during the missions (the Crabmersible doesn't rly count since that replaces the role of the Fourbie), plus the added melee combat is just boring

🐱⍾⍽ they actually nerfed the health of the Quinkan enemies in a patch i think (or so ive heard) because of how long they took to kill , also you HAVE to melee them; you cant throw boomerangs to hurt them

🐱⍾⍽ speaking of the Quinkan they're pretty cool enemies; the Quinking was kinda boring tho

🐱⍾⍽ delighted we got to see more Sly and Shazza though (even if Shazza got kidnapped)

🐱⍾⍽ i HATE that they made the kart missions mandatory 😭 as much as i love the Redback Gang as characters i never enjoyed the kart missions in either this game or Bush Rescue at all

🐱⍾⍽ i actually never progressed beyond the first kart mission from them tbh :( i only know about the rest of the game through Youtube

🐱⍾⍽ ofc this means i didnt rly get to experiment w/ the new rang system all that much, but i think it's a rly neat idea! i wouldnt mind seeing that come back tbh

🐱⍾⍽ the ending was kinda silly even though i love the idea of Fluffy sacrificing herself to save Ty; but like... how did she get out of the restraints?? why didnt she just push Cass' laser gun out of the way so he'd miss the shot, or better yet push it so it only murks the Quinking?? how did she manage to, from her trajectory, push both Ty and the Quinking out of the way of the deadly ray gun?? WHY did she push the Quinking out of the way (she actually does that btw)??

🐱⍾⍽ anyway if Krome Studios remade Night of the Quinkan I'd be sooooo happy

🐱⍾⍽ I'd be even happier if they made a new 3D TY game-

[monkeybell]

-This is the walking dead so throughout my watch, there will be mentions of death, violence, blood, heavy topics, etc. Will do my best to post any potential triggers just in case and don’t plan on mentioning stuff I’m not comfortable with myself

TW//: Death(?)

Episode 1: it’s cursed seeing Rick look so young and clean. My favorite seasons are 3 and 4 so I’m used to him looking rougher and with a big beard. I’ve rewatched season 1-4 so many times. They are honestly my favorites and I tend to watch them when I’m having a hard time. But this time around, I’m finally gonna watch all of the seasons, watch ones I’ve never seen before and will write down as I do! So I hope you enjoy my rambles and stuff

It’s cool that the first walker we see is a variant one. Chilling it’s a kid who still recalls her teddy bear. Also love how the actor came back a couple seasons later! Love the theme song. It’s honestly a banger. Seeing Rick and Shane then and now is like that incredibles meme. Gets so much deeper and dark. Might as well admit now that I’m not that big on Shane tbh. He has his moments but dude was fucking nuts. Also Shane with hair > Bald Shane. Bald Shane looks cursed, just like Rick for me. I do love his actor though. Dude seems like a genuine guy and I love watching that one panel him and Norman do where Norman plays around with the microphone

Holy shit. Those spikes meant to pop the tires made their car flip multiple times? Is that what is supposed to happen? Well Rick, unfortunately I think Shane is gonna have to tell Lori now. I can’t remember if they ever say how long Rick was still asleep for after shit went down. Miracle he potentially went a while without an IV and oxygen. Damn the water still working too? I honestly would’ve just stayed in the room lmao. I mean I would’ve died still but hey, the hospital beds can be pretty comfortable. Ah yes, the iconic message. “Don’t dead. Open inside.” Guess we should open it! /j

Ew they got long and crusty finger nails. Nasty. Rick is me when I emerge from my bedroom at 2pm. Dying from the light and confused as fuck. Imagine Rick was just hallucinating and he was walking around in public looking like that. Oh yeah it’s that biker walker. I remember reading their story was explained in something? Anyone know where I can watch those? The sad OST always gets me. Just hearing it makes you wanna cry, especially when you remember moments when it’s played later on

Here comes the kid with the shovel. Morgan let’s go! The man himself. Tempted to watch Fear just because he’s in it. Tried watching it in the past but for the life of me can’t get past the first few episodes. They are so long and boring

I love how even in the hardest of times, they can still laugh. God the variant walkers freak me the fuck out. Their mom trying to unlock the door. Ngl, if it was the end of the world, I would take my Pokémon cards and plushies. And I would loot through stores looking for more cards lmao. And also things people wouldn’t think to use as weapons. Just imagine if you will, a nerf gun. Add something sharp into the foam bullets, shoot and there you go. Something when I’m having a bad day, I just imagine Daryl using one and I feel better pfft. If someone writes one of the characters or an OC using one, a thousands respects

I love how we see people at the quarry that just vanish and are never seen again. And I think one of them had a baby too? That’s dark when you think about it. Either the writers forgot or the baby canonically died. Smol Carl. Aw Horsie. Sad how horses always seem to get screwed over in shows like this. Not to mention Attack on Titan

That shot of Atlanta with all the cars abandoned goes so hard. God that huge hoard. Freaky shit. That scene of Rick struggling after shooting in the tank is pretty similar to that one breaking bad gif meme.

And that’s episode one! Since it’s longer, I only did it for today. See y’all Thursday!

[m0ther-of-p3arl]

hi i finished tma season 1

IM GONNA THROW UP NONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONO

WHY HER WHY SASHA WHY MSUT THEY DO THIS WHY MY WIFE WHY WHY N OOOOOOO

THAT IS NOT MY SASHA THAT IS NOT MY WIFE WHAT THE FUCK GET OUT GET OUT GET OUT!!!!!! SHE DIDNT EVEN EAT ANY NOTEBOOKS MAN WHY SHED GET GRAHAM'D!!!! IM GONNA CRY THATS NOT HER THATS NOT HER THATS NOT HER WHAT THE HELL "yes." YOU ARE NOT MY BELOVED GET OUT

THAT FUCKING TABLE ISTG I HATE IT I HATE IT IM GONNA HIT IT WITH TWELVE BILLION METAL PIPES WHY DIDNT JON BREAK IT YOUUU FUUUUUUCKKKK THIS IS NOT A COINCIDENCE NO WAY THAT TABLE ISNT RELATED TO WHATEVER THIS REPLACEINATOR IS. IS IT THE SAME CREATURE THAT SKEDADDLED INTO GRAHAMS FLAT????? WHY DOES NO ONE SEE ANYTHING WRONG W SASHA THAT IS SO OBLIVIOUSLY NOT HER

the worms the worms the worms ... worm wife ..... the screamerrrrrrrrrrr the wormerrrrrrrrrrr

tim is so silly i love him tbh. my man (presumably) took off his pants in the middle of a wormpocalypse. thanks buddy. he should be high on co2 more often."statement of joe spooky... regarding mysterious happenings..." silly guy silly guy (the horrors) "im fine though. except for the holes. and the pain. and the blood. and the nightmares. couldve been worse though, eh?" u need 12 diff types of therapy now buddy

MARTIN is quite silly too i like him a lot ... erm i think he might actually be a ghost Jon was onto something (silly). jons still such a hater STOPPP HES JUST OUT HERE VIBING... HE SOUNDED SO SAD AND SCARED :( i want to hug him please "im sorry i left you" .. i know what you are

why was Gertrudes body just There btw. what the fuck. shes just been there??? man imagine ur running from The Worms and then BOOM random dead body of the old Archivist HELLO?? AND SHE WAS SHOT??? NO SPOOKY SCARIES ?? JUST GOOD OL GUNS??

i looked it up. the missing cases. have sashas voice. and the homophobic vase statement. im going actually going to be sick. wdym "Evelyn Hewett as Not!Sasha" GOODBYE I HATE EVERYTHING

they all sound so tiiired :[

SORRY TO RANT IN YOUR INBOX BTW IM JUST. NEED TO SCREAM. GOING INSANE

AND SORRY FOR ALL THE CAPS IIIIIMM

I NEED TO BE LOBOTOMIZED RIGHT NOW WHYYYY

AAAAAAH I DO NOT HAVE TIME TO RESPOND TO UR RANT IN EVERY POINT IN ITS ENTIRETY BUT REST ASURED IVE READ THE WHOLE THING AND IM

FUCKKK YESSSSSSSSSS

i knew you'd like tma. i fucking KNEW it. and it only gets worse from here hehehehhe so watch out >:3 and THEN u have to listen to protocol.... fuck yes.........

YOURE CATCHING ON TO SO MUCH OF THE LORE STuFF THO GOOD JOB U UNDERSTAND IT SO MUBH BETTER THAN I DID MY FIRST LISTEN LOL

yea sasha.... oof....... bro got graham'd as u said :3

tim.... auauuaauua a fandom favorite. ofc. the lovely. i have so much to say aobut tim and what a [insert adjectvie that i cant say cos spoilers] character he is but i CANT cos again SPOILERS........

martin is so lovely. i love that man. gorgeous ass lovely human. honestly one of the best characters (but jon's my fave im a jon girlie)

THE HOMOPHOBIC VASE LMAO yes. also. have u heard the jurgen leitner rant?? id save it til after u finish s2 but it is definitely something that every tma fan should memorize.

jurgen leitner?! stupid idiot motherufkcing jurgen leitner god damn fool book collecting dust eating rat old bastard shithead idiot avatar of teh whore, biggest clown in the circus laughed out of town, cowboy motherfucker jurgen leitner (etc etc. this goes on for about 4 paragraphs.)

I RELALY APPRECIATE U RANTING IN MY INBOX. BECAUSE U STARTED LISTENINT TO TMA COS OF ME. ITS LIKE MY HARD WORK IS ALL PAYING OFF. IVE INDOCTRINATED U INTO THIS STUPID FUCKING PODCAST.

dw it destroys everyone. makes everyone go insane. i had the Exact Same Reactions on my second listen ;-; it's a podcast and a half tbh. fucking amazing.

[thesherrinfordfacility]

The people expecting the Derringer thing to come back and be relevant are the funniest people to me bc if you knew anything about Derringers you'd know that they probably SPECIFICALLY picked that one for Aziraphale because Derringers are absolutely useless. No one with an ounce of common sense would own one, because you'd have to be standing RIGHT in front of your target to have any chance of actually hitting it. And even then you only get like. Two shots. They just look cool to have and can be easily concealed.

Short disclaimer that I've never used a gun in my life, I just know how physics work, I've listened to my grandfather talk about them, and I learned about them in class when we covered Lincoln's assassination. Because the only way Booth was able to actually do any damage with the Derringer was by standing literally directly behind him.

hi anon!!!✨ okay ive stewed on this a while, and let's get into it. ultimately - no, i have no idea how the Derringer thing will play into s3, either!!! i have some knowledge of firearms, but tbh my mental Derringer file doesn't go beyond what you've already said.

now, neil did say in an ask that he imagines that aziraphale picked up a hollow book at an estate sale and found something to put in it (ie a gun, bc of course, why not), or accidentally bought the gun inside the book already, and later got the license to legitimise it. the line that is more intriguing for me however, is "...in case i get into a scrape". this could support that aziraphale either kept the gun for protection, or bought the gun for protection. either way, a deliberate decision was made to keep it when - let's face it - he doesn't bloody need it.

the thing that's bugging me is that i cant think of, nor find, a single literary reference to a book safe/hollowed book for a gun in literature that would predate 1941 - someone may know of one, come shout at me! - that aziraphale would take inspiration from. crowley even says, "you read too many books!" so, if he did come across a hollowed book, why would his mind jump to filling it with a gun? based on this, i think it's more likely he probably accidentally bought the whole thing as a set, and just resolved to keep it and get a license.

aziraphale has so many opportunities to crack out the gun if he truly needed it; the novel mentions the shady people that kept turning up to try forcing him to sell the bookshop, then you have the lockdown video that mentions the burglars (tho, personally i don't fully hold the video as canon... but i know some do), then presumably glozier and harmony came into the bookshop to recruit aziraphale... of course, all instances where the gun was arguably not warranted, but regardless, it literally isn't - he doesn't need a gun to protect himself. ✨it's the aesthetic✨ but actually, isn't it arguably more crowley's aesthetic than his?

another question for me is which book it could be; aziraphale (pointedly?) doesn't say which one. the trope, from what i can recall of other recent literary/screen examples, sometimes will use the bible - it's particularly droll because characters will comedically refer to it as protection, and aha, there's a gun inside! it's used in much the same way that someone will get shot, especially any clergymen, in a film and the reason they survive is because the round is caught embedded in a tiny, concealed bible, or its buried in a crucifix necklace, etc.

so essentially, at the end of all that rambling, im personally no clearer. one thing we do know is that muriel is now custodian of the bookshop, and may likely find it buried away somewhere. it could be very comedic that they might bring a gun to a... miracle? fight, and it basically be utterly useless, but funny for the "you need a license for that!" or similar line. but that's hardly a chekhov's gun of any meaning, right? someone came up with, somewhere, a very funny hc that aziraphale might swap out the BOL with the book containing the gun, which also has potential to be very funny, but im not sure that the BOL is in fact a book.

tldr: i have no idea on where the gun thing could go. anyone else have any ideas?✨

[catboyrome]

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hiiii tyyyy 💖💖💖💖💖💖

1. How did you first get into K-Pop?

back then i was into anime so i was looking for jpop music but found a filipino bg instead??? and someone compared them to suju so i listened to sorry sorry and that was it (ashamed sujus my first kpop group)

4. Have you ever tried to learn any K-Pop dance routines? If so, which ones?

i havent lolll i dont dance; closest ive done is workouts inspired by kpop choreo

6. What’s your favorite K-Pop music video, and why?

umm i like a lot of them but i used to watch one shot/skydive (bap) and back (infinite) bc the narratives were fun lol i was there to watch kpop boys w guns i guess + also TVXQ’s spellbound the choreo??? the (p much) one take????????? im missing smthg tho ik it :(

8. What’s your favorite K-Pop fashion trend?

tbh i havent been paying attention to kpop fashion 💀💀💀💀 not enough to have a favorite trend but ummm i like the long clumped lashes and blush thing they have going on w the makeup lol

10. What’s your favorite K-Pop choreography, and why?

i rly like SHINee’s choreos particularly sherlock, INFINITE’s back/last romeo/be mine, EXO’s history/monster, BAP’s honeymoon + one shot, TVXQ’s spellbound (girllllllll) and like all of kai’s solo choreo esp peachesssss 💕 i mean these are all pretty self explanatory lol the choreo’s are just rly good theyre interesting + the synchronization was rly good for most of these i used to just watch the dance practices sometimes

K-Pop Ask Game 💗

[lunatic-fandom-space]

I wanted to talk about this small thing I noticed about Ciel (in the manga) and its about the spider thread motiv metaphor thingy

Ive had some trouble really putting this into words, so I'll just describe the moment I noticed this. When I was reading the manga for the first time and I got to the point in the Green Witch arc where Ciel holds a gun to Sieglindes head and tells her that she can chose if she wants to get shot and not deal with the difficult realities of the 'outside world' or if she wants to live, I thought "oh. Huh. this is a lot like the moment where Ciel made his contract with Sebastian"

And then afterwards I thought a bit more about it and how Ciel is effectively presenting other people with this 'spider's thread', this opportunity to escape and heal from trauma and stuff in their past, in the same way he was. And yeah, there are obviously ulterior motives I dont think Ciel is doing that out of the kindness of his heart and I think he's very selfish and doing it for selfish reasons, but he's still doing it yknow. Idk I just think its interesting to compare Ciel and Sebastian like that and how this contract has probably really affected the way he thinks about life and second chances and whatnot

This isnt really related bc its about season 2 and I wanna do my best to keep the anime and manga as like, seperate timelines, but I honestly feel that Ciel would genuinely be quite happy as a demon (atleast for a while until Immortality Fatique sets in or qhatever we wanna call that). I know that people have a lot of different opinions on season 2 and the ending in particular and I dont really know how I feel about it either tbh, but I do think Ciel becoming a demon makes sense just from a standpoint of like, his characterization. At least, in the manga. See this where we get into differences between the manga and the anime, because in the anime they got rid of most of that and pretty much all that remains is Ciels monologue to Soma and that whole chracter arc and thats it. And I do think thats a shame and a huge missed opportunity, especially considering season 2 has all the spider symbolism with Claude and Alois and you could really do some interesting stuff there

But anyway, back to the manga. I feel like the way they're going to expand on this theme/motiv after the introduction of the other Ciel is by making a point about like, actually dealing with trauma vs living in ignorance yknow what I mean. Because the way our Ciel describes it is like, he was offered this thread but then he had to choose to grasp it and also pull himself upwards again with his own strength, whereas with the real Ciel its more like someone caught him with a net and pulled him out of his terrible situation with the real Ciel not being granted a choice or agency in the matter. And like, the real Ciel doesnt really react to anything its like his traumatic experience had no effect on his whatsoever and he truly is more like a doll than a real human being who needs to deal with his past

Also, if we wanna talk about agency regarding the two Ciels we can also talk about the chess metaphors. Our Ciel will often posit himself as both the chess player, someone who is in complete control of his pieces but otherwise removed from them, and as the king, who is not only a piece on the board like everyone else but who is in need of constant protection from everyone while also having the power to end the entire game. Its an intersting dichotomy and I think you could do some intersting stuff with that if you tried to deconstruct that a little. Our Ciel could say that hes the player while the real Ciel is just a piece on the board without agency but then maybe you could make a point about our Ciel was living as someone else for three years and most of his decisions were informed by that so its almost like he had no agency either. Idk just some stuff I was thinking about

[creacherkeeper]

happy sleepover saturday luka!!! all even numbers for the dnd asks go tf off bestie!!! (maxwell for character q's) :)))

omg thank u my boy

(dm)

2. What is your NPC creation like?

i mostly create npcs to fill a needed role in the story, decide on some basic traits that fits or contradicts that roll, and then they flesh themselves out from there. my npcs tend to get a mind of their own very quickly so i have to do very little work

4. What's your favorite part of DMing?

creating characters or lore or scenes to Target Players i just love knowing whats going to drive them insane and then doing that on purpose as much as possible

6. Plot or character focused?

as a dm, very plot focused tbh. but i like to, as much as i can, create my plot around the pcs and players. lost has become more character driven because of choices the players have made and scenes they want to run

8. Do you prefer world or character creation?

for lost, ive actually been enjoying both fairly equally? im usually such a character bitch but making the world FOR the players & pcs and coming up with lore that will be interesting to them and tailoring it all to a wild west setting has been really fun and interesting. and my players have already started making secondary characters to explore and flesh out the world more so i guess its working!!!

(player)

10. How do you come up with characters?

i am VERY mechanics driven when it comes to pcs. i usually come up with class/subclass/multiclass first, then as i build the sheet try to figure out what kind of person they are based on the mechanical choices im making. personality and backstory usually come from that, but sometimes i do start with a basic concept or theme. i knew erley was a cowboy paladin, bo was going to be a ranger at a national park, and maxwell was an adhd mad scientist. but for example i decided that my new short shot character solare is very [redacted] because he has a +20 in [redacted]

12. What's your favorite part of playing DND?

when the other players are all really invested in the story and each others characters. like yeah we made all this up and we care so much!!! fuck yes!!! love getting emo about our little guys

14. Do you like to player characters with family?

i do!!!! i did notice a trend in my main game pcs of Only Children With MessyTM Relationships With Their Parents and we simply. arent going to examine that <3

16. Do you have any archetypes you tend to play?

not really? ive played a freakish amount of pcs at this point so they tend to be all over the place. i do love a Sad Boi tho <3

18. Do you prep for sessions?

daydreaming :))))) but thats it

(for maxwell)

20. Is your character religious?

he is!!!! he's a follower of burnlow, the god of fire, lightning, creation, and destruction. he truly does believe himself to be gods specialist little boy <3 im still trying to decide how/why he became a cleric though, waiting for my dm to help me flesh that out :) (i also decided the erley curse CANNOT continue so i gave max a +13 to religion)

22. How do they feel about the rest of the party?

he hasn't met them yet! but i do imagine it's going to be like "hello i am your new annoying gay best friend and you are Stuck with me as i have imprinted on you like a baby duck". maxwell doesnt really. have boundaries. he might have to work on those <3

24. If they were the god of anything, what would they be the god of?

self-expression

26. What kind of music would they like?

tbh prob like heavy metal and screamo. he would love welcome to the jungle by guns n roses

28. What would they do if they were betrayed?

smash everything with his big hammer <3 bonk

30. What are their thoughts on justice? (highly specific now)

that bad people get whats coming to them and most people are bad people which is why the world is so fucked up and violent

32. If they were on GBBO, what kind of contestant would they be?

would burn literally everything he baked either on purpose bc he claims it tastes better that way or because he was talking to the hosts or other contestants and forgot to set a timer. he would be kicked out very early but would be a meme-ified fan favorite

34. What would their thoughts on the fall of Rome be?

that empires deserve to fall and things would be better if everyone just kept each other in check

[ravioip]

been playing the new oregon trail game for switch, right, and my first group was

pants, a missionary who had the hedonistic and kind(?) traits

off, an adventurer who had the funny and kind traits.

lucky, a farmer who had the neat trait, and i dont rember what his other one was..

and moist, a banker who had the funny trait, though i cant remember what else.

pants was named first, and then we decided the parties theme was just silly goofy, and therefore got pants off lucky and moist.

pants was good at healing and wayfinding, off was good at haggling and hunting, although she kept getting run over by the wagon, lucky was decent at shooting, good at carpentry, but he kept accidentally getting shot because he put the gun away wrong. moist was great at haggling too, but she kept contracting dysentery and then giving it to everyone else.

at one point moist actually left the party because she was super depressed and i didnt have anything to help with morale, and then like 10 seconds later. at the next fort, she shows up like "haha that was funny joke, right? i sure scared you guys- haha- pleasetakemebackitsuckedbeingalone" (Plain Text: please take me back it sucked being alone.) so i let her back into the party.

i ended up making it to oregon with all my party members alive, thankfully.

ive started a new journey, this time the california trail.

this time we have

Honkers the musican, i dont remember her traits

(brother) Boobas the missionary, he's hedonistic as well but i dont remember what else

Tiddies the physician, he has the brilliant trait i think? i dont remember tbh.

and Melons the farmer.

theres a boob theme here if you couldnt tell. i only just started with this group so i dont know their traits super well yet, however-

so far we've gotten a bunch of gold, gotten scammed out of 20 bullets by an asshole, took an unlucky golden nugget from an old prospector (which mightve genuinely been unlucky because Honkers immediately got run over by the wagon twice in a row. broke her foot, i used like three medicine to heal her fully, and then she broke her arm immediately after.), we also spent All of our money at the start to fully stock our wagon and honestly i think it was a smart move? we havent really had to worry too much about anytbing because i had so much meds and toolkits and clothes packed that we were fine.

all in all im having a great time lmao.

[nibeul]

For the weapons asks thing I have this one oc who I cannot choose a weapon for they’re this clone kid who escaped order 66 with another older clone and they’ve both been on Utapau for like 2 years now

Anyways uh I imagine them to have like a relatively big gun tho they are like… 4’’8 tall so it should be big compared to their size lmao. Should be pretty transportable since they ride around a lot. Also I have no clue if that even exists but maybe something native from Utapau would be cool? Anyways I hope this isn’t too much to ask haha sorry if it is

IVE GOT YOU FOR BIG AND PORTABLE

THIS BABY, also known as the MWC-35c “Staccato Lightning” is a heavy repeating canon which is powered by K-grade conductor cells (high high grade stuff) and then cooled by the R717 tank on the back. R717 is used for low-medium temperature refrigeration since it’s uhhhhhhh something something refrigerant grade ammonia. Which means it’s super toxic (and also clear)!! But when contained it’s good for cooling, which allows for the MWC’s high rate of fire without overheating, otherwise the K-grade cells would probably cause the blaster to explode.

The blaster’s got two modes (singular shot and then standard rapid fire, I think the singular shot is like.. condensed power where power pools around the barrel before being released, I can’t remember if we saw it in action tbh) and a capacity for 30,000 something rounds. Also it has an electroscope for tracking targets which is how Baze hit all the stormtroopers in such rapid succession on Jedha. One downside is that it’s probably ridiculously expensive but hey, if you can swipe a couple of credits, it’s worth the cost

Oh yeah also it’s 20+ KG but I carried that on my back daily as a kiddo so I’m sure the dude will be fine psshhhh

[inexplicifics]

Figured I saw how you liked peeps putting their own flair into your universe so thought id actually sit down and join in, because ive had Thoughts about my own self insert in your universe already so why not share! Anyway heres a bullet list about them, Purnella of the Crane School!

first off gen. trivia—

-Was fifteen and fresh from their trials when Ciri was brought to Kaer Morhen

-Was one of the late comers to join the Warlord, since word is slow coming when you’re at sea without a sorcerer or xenovox

-Has a sketchbook filled with ink sketches of all the various creatures theyve come to know in their experience, and they use these illustrations to narrow down what a victim has seen because You have No Idea how little ‘It looked like a giant snake with pointy teeth and white eyes!’ narrows it down when it comes to sea creatures. They use the ribbon their best friend gave them as a bookmark in it.

-All cranes love gadgets. This is common knowledge. But the amount of different and unique devices Purnella uses is insane even by their standards— harpoon gun, crossbow with a grappling hook shot, pistol rounds that explode into a net when fired to easily take down and entangle targets without wounding them, and their favorite— a little wrist mounted hooking/trolley device that lets them navigate ship rigging like a zipline.

(this is just part one btw;;)

(ok heres part two)

now further plot slash backstory because im incredibly hyper-focused on character plots

-Early childhood was spent in an orphanage after being dropped off there as an infant, matron was never certain but most assumed they were born under a black sun

-Matron was always very strict when it came to chores, telling them if they dont make themselves useful , shell turn them out on the streets alone. Was probably never truly serious, but Purnella assumed she was and internalized the idea that ‘If I make myself useful, I get to stay with my friends/my school/the crew/etc’

-As a result they overworked themselves to the point of exhaustion for years, until they actually got sat down by Triss for it when the sorcerers joined them in the keep.

-Had a best friend named Shiloh, a elven girl who also lived in the orphanage (this is literally just my oc from dragon age inquisition, ive put a version of her and cole(a canon character from da:i) into quite a few diff medias because im unhealthily attached to them both. purnella is already my self insert im being self indulgent already so why not) who gifted her a little lilac ribbon the day they left after being ‘adopted’. Shiloh calls them Purnie. Shiloh also once taught them how to fold paper into shapes that look like various animals. no this isnt a joke about paper cranes what are you saying—

-Was ‘adopted’ by a noble who fancied himself a scientist and wanted to discover what makes the children of the black sun dangerous, as well as figure out if theres any distinct sign that someone was born under the black sun in general

-As a result, even before becoming a witcher they were covered in scars from multiple experiments. the main one being scars from a procedure more similar to a vivisection or autopsy than an actual surgery(they were ‘lucky’ enough that the bastard was rich enough to have proper medicine because he damn well wasnt properly trained)

-His manse laid on a seaside cliff, and when he had a Specially Important Visitor interested in his ‘findings’, Purnella was able to free themselves from their cell and launch themselves through a window, over the cliff, and into the sea

- cough cough it was stregobor the visitor was stregobor

-Purnella woke up on a ship, where theyd been pulled aboard after the crew had noticed something floating in the sea water

-This boat had a crane witcher on it, resulting in Purnella eventually being taken ‘under his wing’ as a trainee.

-Shiloh eventually shows up at Kaer Morhen to entreaty the White Wolf to help her avenge her friend, who never ended up visiting her again after being adopted by a man who has gone on to experiment and murder Several More children of the black sun since then

-Tbh Purnellas mostly just happy to see Shiloh and learn that she remembered them, and should probably be worried about the situation but is mostly just! rlly happy!!

—also side note shiloh had No Idea their friend purnie was actually Alive! and There!! so shes extremely happy. also she grew up to become someone with an encyclopedic knowledge of veterinarian medicine and animal trivia, so she ends up staying at the keep as their trusty vet along with her boyfriend cole who isnt actually human, hes a garkain, but hes shy and kind and helpful and doesnt hurt anyone and im Refusing to separate Shiloh and Cole in Any Universe i put them in, and so there

is this all an excuse to have them hunt down and go to war with/murder stregobor? yes because fuck him— and i cannot stress this enough— in the face with a chainsaw covered in pissed off hornets.

anyway im a big fan and keep coming back to this series for more so i hope you liked this slash wasnt annoyed by the ramblings;; have a good day!

Purnella sounds like a delight! I am extremely pleased to know you're having such fun in my sandbox.

(I couldn't figure in how to copy over the picrew but Purnella looks great!)

[doomguybi]

mmmmmmmmmmmmm yeah its take silly videos Super Serious time

id like to preface this by saying i do not watch bdubs and get all my information about him from tumblr posts xoxox

so! ruler of everything by tally hall. slaps, go listen right now BUT it works Really Well for bdubs imo. firstly, the clock!!!! ohhhh the clock.

“ Do you hear the clock stop when you reach the end? No, you know it must be never ending, comprehend if you can But when you try to pretend to understand”

makes me think about his death, his clock stopping, his eternal rest. but not quite! not never ending, not for him and not for anyone else, not until that final death, last man standing. ghosts, right? never ending, not even when he does. and you can try to understand!!! you can pretend you know that presence in the corner of your eye is gonna be you soon, but it just. doesnt really sink in. not until theres an arrow in your back.

“ I've been you, I know you, your facade is a scam You know you're making me cry, this is the way that I am”

from what ive seen, bdubs is really good at pretending he doesnt care. he kills tango without a second thought, he doesnt hesitate in trying to convince etho to walk off an edge. he never pushes him, though. he was the boogyman for quite some time iirc, with etho there the whole time!!!! but he holds back until he can go for grian. (tbh this also reminds me a LOT of scar, either with bdubs saying the first line or scar. i think scar first, bc he knows what its like to be red with a green partner. he knows the lines you dont cross and the ones you do. hes been you, he knows you.)

“ Juno was mad, he knew he'd been had So he shot at the sun with a gun Shot at the sun with a gun Shot at his wily one only friend”

OH MAN. OHHHHHH MAN. while he didnt go for etho (who really was his only friend, despite BEST) it just works SO WELL. could probably work better with tango, but im here to talk about a good song idc about “canon” or whatever the fuck. anyway i just think it would be great if bdubs thought etho tricked him into dying. come on, doesnt it make more sense to let the reds duke it out instead of having to give up one of the few lives left on the whole server? so... he follows him. really easy when (mostly) no one can see you. maybe a short trip down magical mountain? a misfired arrow, perhaps? dont think about how if hes dead you could be together again. dont think about how he holds your clock. dont think about the other ghosts, waiting. always waiting. its never ending.

[goldentournesol]

📺 for @reidingdays 

today we’re doing nameless, faceless S5x1!! i had actually watched this ep recently bc of a fic i was writing, this is such a good ep, anyway, reactions under the read more!

- okay already the recap has me hooked as if i haven’t seen it already lmao!

-i just wanna say i think hotch was the perfect choice for the writers (for him to get the first big unsub storyline, if that makes sense)

-man i love it when morgan gets aggressive and sassy, “why’d they call us to come a crime scene”

-also i’ve always been curious, did mgg hurt his knee while shooting this episode or before it, because during the beginning it was bent just fine, if he’d gotten hurt before it, i’d imagine he wouldn’t be able to bend his knee like that

-aww emily’s the first one asking about hotch (my hotchniss heart🥺)

-i think this unsub story was written really well, the fact that he murders a different person every day he doesn’t get to his goal really gives me the chills

-lmao of course morgan makes it to the kid’s room before the kid replies to his father on the phone

-why in the hell would the kid go to school and put everyone in danger, this is giving me major gen z vibes

-ewww crowded hallways

-the hairtie!!! on his wrist!!! 

-garcia going “you know for a smart boy you sure do ask a lot of DUMB questions” is SENDING ME

-BAU having a secret lockdown of a school is badassss

-i’m sorry if morgan spoke to me that way and told me to trust him i would be PUTTY

-oh my goshhh emily going to hotch’s apartment!!! how convenient is it that the door’s open lol!

-she’s so calm talking to garcia and reid i would be so stressed tbh

-unrelated but mgg’s voice sounds so exhausted and he’s been sitting since the beginning of the episode, i’m sure he’d already hurt his knee

-awww garcia calling all the hospitals to see if hotch has been admitted has me melting

-foyet dropping hotch off at the hospitals screams new kind of psychopath

-ughh this is so conflicting! on one hand the father has the right to be upset that the dr’s not even gonna operate on him but on the other the dr knows best, the kid’s technically braindead

-HOTCH!! i can’t believe he was stabbed nine times?? what an odd number

-PLEASE MY HOTCHNISS HEART

-SPENCER’S STUNT DOUBLE I CANNOT STOP LAUGHING ever since someone pointed it out on tiktok it’s all i can think about when i see that scene

-lmao not mgg laying on the floor with his knee bent that way!! someone tell this man he’s injured irl!!!

- reid prioritizing the unsub’s life to his own knee

-oh my goshhh hotch just woke up, i can’t belive this happened to him damn

-THE ADDRESS BOOK!! my heart strings i cannottt i know where this is going

-NOOO THE PICTURE OF HALEY AND JACK IN THE CREDENTIALS

-MY MAN HOTCH DIDN’T EVEN FLINCH AT THE SIGHT OF FOYET oop--he didn’t even blink when he shot the wall, (did no one in the building hear the gun shot?)

-hotch really said IT’S ON SIGHT!

-the scariest thing about foyet is him knowing exactly where to stab without hurting himself (or others)

-emily’s the only one to stay back! that’s gotta mean something! cbs were cowards

-again, swat is in full gear and the BAU is only in bulletproof vests

-I LIKED HALEY NO ONE CAN CHANGE MY MIND the worry that flashes across her features?? you can’t tell me she didn’t love aaron

-AWWW JACK!! “they let me turn on the sirens!” HOW PRECIOUS OMG

-”how do you feel?” HE GOT STABBED 9 TIMES HALEY HOW DO YOU THINK HE FEELS

-haley being upset she’s going into WITSEC, likee???

-”how am i supposed to keep him safe if there’s no one i know to help me?” THAT LINE BROKE ME

-awwww jack being barely tall enough to be visible over the hospital door thingie he’s so tinyyyy!

-PLEASE I LOVE HOTCH AS A FATHER

-”are you okay?” 🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺

-OH MY GOD THE CASE WITH THE FATHER AS A SURGEON IS A PARALELL TO HOTCH AND JACK!! IVE NEVER NOTICED BEFORE

-”what’s jack gonna remember about me in 10 years?” THAT YOU’RE A SUPERHERO

-GOT THE CHILLS, even though i know what’s gonna happen it still gives me the chills, that’s amazing writing people. one of the best first episodes of a season if you ask me