#the empire is not impressed

[kariachi]

Some quick au fic. In a world where the Osmosians got involved in the Ultimate Kevin Arc, Max finds himself in a pickle...

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The interrogation room was quiet, far too familiar and yet all but unrecognizable from Max’s seat. In chairs of their own, a pair of Inspectors sent by the Osmosian Empire, their faces impassive. The two had names, but he was in no mood to remember them, not when they had hustled him to his present seat with little fanfare and less warning. He’d had a bad feeling about their investigation as soon as they’d shown up with the team to collect Kevin. One blinked slowly at him.

“Magister Tennyson,” the Inspector said, “High Prince Plumber Mendevin of the Imperial Clan died in your presence, after- by your own admission- absorbing energy from an attack. Now, you’ve responded to Kevin Levin of the Imperial Clan experiencing an energy overload not by reaching out for assistance but by insisting that the child be killed. Would you care to explain the connection here to us?” After doing his best to match their calm expressions, Max’s mouth twisted into an offended snarl as their words sank in.

“Are you accusing me of murdering Devin,” he demanded. “He was one of my closest friends!”

“Not close enough for you to inform ryl mates when you found their missing chick,” the other said, fingers over their notes.

“And apparently even being courted by your children wasn’t enough to protect young Kevin.”

“Kevin was a threat to everyone around him,” Max said with a scowl, leaning forward in his seat. How could they not see that? Somebody had to handle him, and there was nobody better than his kids.

“One easily managed once experts were brought in,” the first Inspector said, “something you, as Magister, failed to order, or even to mention as a possibility, before jumping straight to killing him.” He knew why he was there, and it twisted sour and nasty in his gut. With deep breathes through his nose, Max forced himself back straight in his chair, almost lifting his chin in defiance before remembering how Osmosians viewed the display. His scowl didn’t go anywhere.

“And now you think, what, what I’m some anti-Osmosian bigot,” he almost growled. “Just going around killing them willy-nilly?” Still, their faces showed no more emotion than they had before, and Max felt a new hatred for Osmosians of rank.

“We think,” the second Inspector said, “that an Osmosian died with only your word on how, of a wound that could easily have been caused by any of the weapons you had at hand, after you and the only witness both say ru absorbed energy. Then, after multiple interactions with a missing chick failed to report his discovery to anyone whatsoever. Now, that same chick has experienced an energy overload with your response being that he has to be killed. In fact-” They skimmed their fingers over their notes again, hitting the translation they were looking for. “-you stated your preference would be to kill him ‘as if he was a diseased animal’.” He didn’t regret it. He had turned to the people he trusted most to do the best they could for the greater good, and there was nothing they could do to shame him. But damned if he would have preferred they at least glare at him while they tried.

“You can see how the Emperor-” Fuck them and fuck their emperor, bitch probably didn’t even have a report yet. “-would think such things worth investigating.”

“Your Emperor,” Max said, “is barking up the wrong tree. I’m not the one who murdered Devin, I’m glad Kevin’s better and getting help-” He could have sworn he saw the second Inspector’s jaw clench, just for a heartbeat, and refused to believe it was his imagination. “-and I’ve done nothing short of what was the best option at the time.”

There was no emotion in the way they blinked, but he’d have sworn it was unimpressed. Max felt a tremor coming under his ribs as it sank in that this was a full-on investigation. By the Osmosian Empire. Not a quick check, not a talk from his higher ups or from the Galvans. His word wasn’t enough, wouldn’t be enough, to keep his name clean.

With another slow blink, the first Inspector curled their tail before their feet.

“Then you won’t mind explaining yourself…”

[acidpeaches]

so many joels! damn all these beans r so small!

[joifee]

for whatever comes next

pixl your finale made me so emotional i cannot explain it but damn empires 2 was such a nice series and pixls finale was like the cherry on top the castle is amazing jshfgfkf

[rubixcuby]

Goofy painting is done and turned in

[st4rvedbuck]

Nobody talks abt Unagami as much as i think they should its criminal. Especially the robot lovers of the Ninjago fandom where yall at???

[solar0313]

I’ve been playing dress to impress 😭

[faerunsbest]

okay but

Rolan wanting so badly to make love to his partner but hes incredibly bashful about other people being ware of his intentions, it just turns him off any time people know or accuse him of wanting it.

ACCUSE HIM

but they're not,they're just teasing. and he cant seem to get a moment alone with them and when they do have a moment, its too much. they kiss him and touch him and he gets overwhelmed. they're too forward with that desire of him and he cant quite handle it just yet.

but he still wants it, and when he thinks of them hes yearning so desperately, he realizes how long ts been since his partner has made any move to try with him and he panics. so finally he me make some way for them to be alone and instead of a move being made he sees them try to talk and just leans forward to kiss them, kiss them holding their face in his hands. terrified hes ruined them by being himself and just blurts that he wants to make love, he loves them. when he says it with those long dark lashes all wet. whose going to tell him no?

[quick-catton]

sometimes i look at these screenshots i took and i can actually physically feel my pupils dilating.

[pickastitch]

[theminecraftbee]

i am REALLY a big fan of the hermit empire being like... this tiny area where all these hermits are working at once. it’s like the beginning of the season but amplified even more. they’re all right on top of each other they keep on wandering by and just. saying hi. it’s great the vibes are so good

[empirearchives]

Semyon Mezhinsky as Napoleon Bonaparte in the Soviet film, Kutuzov, dir. Vladimir Petrov, 1944

It looks like the filmmakers either used face prosthetics or some sort of editing to make the actor look more like Napoleon. His nose, for example, was changed to look a lot more like Napoleon’s nose. I think it turned out really well and looks very accurate.

[loveyoualltothemoonandback]

played dti and tried to make life series inspired outfits!! (LimL!Scott and LL!Lizzie)!!

[joifee]

Overworked

jadhjadk fanart for @thedo0zysliders fanfic "explosions across lifetimes" because i am obsessed with it! i hope you like it more below... Managed to finish it before mcc pride so thats something!

I am just a very big fan of romances and fluff. Like big fan. Also love enemies to lovers and yeah this fic just hits alot of the things I like to read and write myself and ajhdjd i dont know i just really like it. The writing style is amazing as well, pleasant and easy to read for a non native speaker like me. Choose the chapter 5 scene of overworked fwhip waking up with jimmy cuddled to him and its just a sweet and soft scene and love it how in later chapters its kinda mirrored but the other way around. adorable cute give it a read when you like romance.

[endofbeginings]

this is sooooooooo important to me

[quadrantadvisor]

My TOH time travel au is like. The Collector never stopped the draining spell. Hunter escaped its influence by going to the Human Realm, but when they finally return, everyone else is gone. Goop Belos is at large, King never learned to get along with the Collector because he was busy grieving, The Boiling Isles are in chaos.

Some shit goes down, the group gets separated, and King ends up with Luz and Hunter. In a moment of final desperation, he connects with his dad, and they use their titan magic to send Hunter and Luz back in time, not in a predetermined time loop, like the time pools, but basically creating a new universe where they have the power to change things. It takes so much energy that to accomplish it, both titans have to give up their life force (a la Rise!TMNT movie).

Hunter and Luz are now a few months in the past. In their timeline, practically everyone they know died, and their little brother just gave his life to give them a second chance. They are traumatized and codependant and DESPERATE to stop the day of unity.

From everyone else's perspective, two masked criminals suddenly appeared in The Boiling Isles. They strike hard and fast, and no one knows what they look like or what they're trying to accomplish. They use stange magic no one's ever seen before, and the Emperor's Coven can't keep up with them.

One of their first criminal acts? Kidnapping the Golden Guard.

(They couldn't just leave him there.)

[yoroshiu]

Moments of Love in KH That Make Me Lose it Just a Little (Only Just a Little I'm so NORMAL About This I Promise) (In no particular order)

Player willing to act possessed by Darkness so they can sacrifice themselves because they KNEW Ephemer wouldn't attack them otherwise. To trap the rest of the Darknesses, they trapped themselves altogether until the end. THEY KNEW WHAT THIS WOULD MEAN FOR THEM.

RIKU DREAMEATER RIKU DREAMEATER RIKU DREAMEATER What do you mean that, EVEN WITHOUT KNOWING, this guy SENSED that Sora was in danger, DIVED into his dreams, and became HIS DREAMEATER, a being that PROTECTS SOMEONE from NIGHTMARES. And I must reiterate that Riku did NOT know until told.

So you're telling me that even though Xion was SUPPOSED to be completely wiped from people's memories, Axel/Lea's grief ran so deep that he still could vaguely recall her and shed tears at just the blurry sight of her. Roxas kinda makes sense since both he and Xion were inside Sora at this point (still hits me like a truck anyway), but something about this happening to Axel/Lea in KH3 makes me tear up a bit!!!

TERRA, through the SHEER WILLPOWER of wanting to protect his friends and make things right (+ Doom Slayer type rage), was able to leave a will that possessed his empty armor and beat THE CRAP out of Terra-Nort to the point of AMNESIA. Not only that, he was willing to destroy his own body if it meant if he could protect Aqua and Ven. Bro endured YEARS of being torn apart and spread to different people and places, but still was able to help others in those times of need (When Aqua fights Terra-nort (though you can defeat him without encountering the Terra thing), when Aqua was in the RoD, when the Guardians of Light were in Trouble, etc.))

And that's not even mentioning what Aqua and Ven did for the sake of the others in their trio. Aqua saving Terra and letting herself fall into the RoD, or Ven willing to completely shatter his heart for Terra and Aqua if it meant taking down Vanitas.

Riku Replica, even though he learned that his own existence and memories were farces, still cared for Naminé so genuinely that he fought to give her a body so she can go on living.

When everything went to crap and Sora and the others pretty much died, Kairi had managed to HOLD onto Sora so he could still remain in the world

Sora is so concerningly self-sacrifical that this guy can easily STAB himself AND break universal taboos that lead to him being wiped by the universe to save his loved ones (he should really stop doing that >.>)

Also Sora telling Roxas that he deserved to be his own person has me going FERAL, I am BITING and SCREAMING. The fact that through EVERYTHING, the reality of the existence of Nobodies hits him, and he takes away that Roxas is his OWN person (and this was right before Roxas dumped all his memories on him) and tells him as such word for word. I AM IN SHAMBLES.

And there's so many examples I could go on about! I've definitely missed a lot of big ones. I promise I'm normal about this series, I promise!!!!