#they take me a while to answer BUT <3

[atherix]

You and I are about to discover the depths of the tumblr askbox my dear. This is being written in a word doc because I want to know exactly how much screaming I did. I have the story open in another tab.

Dear reader please know I liveblogged my screaming in Atherix’s dms. In my defense they kept sending me screenshots that were HARMING me!

With that out of the way – AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH

SDLGAKDFHLADFH. DFALKHDFH. ERLKHSTHAEOTHGLKRF,ZFGALDFG!!!!!!

OKAY SO LIKE FIRST OF FUCKING ALL THE GREENHOUSE IS EVERYTHING TO ME AND IF WE DON’T GET TO SEE SCAR’S FINISHED GREENHOUSE I WILL RIOT WITH A PITCHFORK! A PITCHFORK ARE YOU HEARING ME! ‘Are you trying to bribe him into moving in here’ YES! YES! IT WOULD SOLVE SO MANY ISSUES! I DON’T CARE THAT IT WOULD ALSO MAKE ISSUES SHUT UP, MOVE OUT OF THE WAY, I NEED TO SOLVE THESE ISSUES SLDFHSKK!!!! GOD and the fact that Grian is acknowledging that they’d all prefer if Tubbo just stayed and didn’t go out and get himself into danger AFTER THE!! WHAT – 15 CHAPTERS OF TUBBO AND SCAR? IM MELTING OVER HERE OH MY GOD. AND GRIAN JUST WANTS TO NOT BE ALONE WHEN HE SLEEPS ALGKF MY BOY. MY LITTLE MAN. I AM SLAMMING MY FIST INTO THE TABLE

Oh boy oh boy oh boy oh boy and Cleo? And the whole Council? AND GETTING TO MEET XISUMA, MY OTHER MAN? AKLJASDKFJG AHHHHH yes. I deserve this. This is a treat for Me Specifically. But the BIRD and the fact that Mumbo has to officially Declare Himself and that Cleo wants to emet with him before he does that and THEYRE BRINGING BDUBS I AM FEELING THINGS!!!!! I AM IN MY EMOTIONS!!!!!! SHAKING THEM IN A MASON JAR THEY’RE MATES YOUR HONOR AND CLEO EVEN INVITED MUMBO TO BRING HIS MATE IM AHHHH I am IN my EMOTIONS. Also grian calling Mumbo ‘my lord’ and mumbo just going ‘Ah yes hm.’ HELLOOOOOOOOOO. BACK in my emotions I am. Smirking. At the wall. And I love Cleo so much. I continue to love Cleo. These are loving Cleo Hours. They respect that Mumbo has a Mate and a Territory and just lsdkgadfgkldafgldkfdgklkldfkgdflgkdfg feeling things I am.

ANDS THEN GRIAN CALLS THEM A FAMILY ASDLKGDAFKLG I AM FEELING THINGS AGAIN. He doesn’t wanna abandoned the greenhouse but he recognizes that this is important and then points out that scar should be there and oh my gooooooooooooood. The way the three of them interact with each other is everything to me thank yoooooou.

‘Something clicks, but he isn’t sure what.’ IM NOT SURE WHAT CLICKED EITHER GRIAN BUT SOMETHING SURE FUCKING CLICKED OH MY GOD.

AND THEN BLONDIE ARRIVES ON THE SCENE, THE THING IVE BEEN GOING FERAL OVER THIS ENTIRE TIME! AND YOU KNOW WHAT! IM STILL GOING FERAL OVER IT! God I HATE her but I LOVE her ya feel. She’s a FANTASTIC villain. Like listen I love me someone I can never forgive. You have given me that.

God GRIAN jumping in front of Mumbo and taking the brunt of the attack is MELTING my BRAIN they LOVE EACH OTHER YOUR HONOR!!!! And then you go back to like, the first story of this series and you’re like “Dhow did we get here” BUT GOD IM GLAD WE DID. God and he dropped his bow. God and he doesn’t have his dagger. DGLK Dammit. And Blondie calling Mumbos MATES a bloodbank hey maam have you considered some people just love their loved ones. And shes just. Playing w her food. Call Mumbo a fake vampire [FUCK YOU HES SO STRONG], licking her lips around grians blood. I am feeling things about this encounter.

FUCKING GET HER MUMBO!!! The way he uses his shadows is SO cool oh my god. Also Grian is a MESS I cannot imagine the whole of the backyard doesn’t reek of blood. The amount of blood he’s losing must be extensive. AND THEN SHE CAN TELEPORT???? OH SHIT

The ‘Vampire who is Enraged and Protective Becoming More and More Inhuman’ is by far and large one of my favorite vampire tropes, idk if you could tell given that everytime Mumbo goes feral so do I, but ldgakdfg I have been given a silver platter. AND SHES GOT GRIAN AAAAH The way you describe teleporting reminds me a lot of this dumb sci fi show I used to watch in the 2000s that I could not even NAME anymore but no one in the show liked teleporting because they felt ‘unreal’ for a bit after they came back.

ALSO ‘Did mumbo watch anna die like this’ YOU CANT FUICKING DO THAT OT ME ON A SUNDAY AFTERNOON????? EXCUSE ME???????? WE ARE GONNA HAVE A TALK, MY LITTLE HEART. AGH. CLUTCHING MY CHEST AND COLLAPSING But also holy SHIT it is a miracle Grian didn’t accidentally activate his glyph [unless. He did. And scar has been listening.] w his blood because I can’t imagine he isn’t just covered in his own blood at this point tbh.

THERE IT IS. THERE’S MY MUMBO GOING FERAL. MWAH MWAH MWAH. I LOVE HIM, LOOK AT HIM GO! HE DOESN’T CARE ABOUT HIS OWN HEALTH AND SAFETY ALL HE CARES ABOUT IS GETTING GRIAN AWAY FROM HER MWAAAAH. THE BIGGEST KISS.

I mean yeah. He got injured for his efforts. But LOOK at him GO. AND THEN GRIAN IS JUST LIKE ‘Yeah Im gonna fuck her up – oh shit wheres my dagger’ IS JUST THE ICING ON THE CAKE. HONEST TO GOD IT’S A MIRACLE THESE TWO ARENT DEAD. God and Grian is just SITTING there making BIRD noises because his MATE is DYING in his ARMS I am in a GLASS CASE OF EMOTIONS.

Leave it to Grian to say something to recklessly dumb as someone is dying in his arms btw. Oh my god. ‘what if she rips off my face’ WELL GRIAN HAVE YOU TRIED NOT STARING DEATH DOWN AND GRINNING AT IT OH MY GOD.

A ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR TUBBO EVERYONE. LOOK AT MY BOY GO! LOOK AT HIM GO! GOD! HES SO GOOD AND SMART AND AH! CLAY TABLETS W HOLY RUNES! And FINALLY grian thinks about the godling thing for longer than a 2 second dismissal HOLY FUCK I was really starting to worry something fried his brain. The pure Panic of this realization though because its not something that he wants but its something that he needs in the moment and sldfgkdfal.

God and this touching Grumbo moment of just. Grian letting Mumbo feed off him. Maybe one day Mumbo will get to feed off his mates in a time where he doesn’t absolutely devastatingly have to. But it’s touching nonetheless because Grian trusts Mumbo so much and he doing it – they’re both doing it- to protect TUBBO they aren’t even really thinking about their own safety at the moment just the safety of their son no I don’t care that they aren’t quite there yet shut up. And then grian Knows exactly why scar reacted the way he did and suddenly mumbo Understands why everyone’s freaking out about grians blood and they don’t even have a moment to PROCESS it because TUBBO IS IN DANGER-

God and Mumbo is so smart to rely on his shadows like that but I am very worried that Blondie heals so much faster than Mumbo does and I don’t have any theories yet aside from the fact that shes a born vampire and not a turned and that simply does not feel correct so I am DEEPLY worried about what it could possibly be but Tubbo running to them and HIDING behind them distracted me enough that I don’t even have any other Theories because AH TUBBO I LOVE YOU. And the fact that shes still stronger than Mumbo, which like duh mumbo is injured but. I am feeling things about Mumbo, the man who was strong enough to be a threatening menace laying prone on the floor and recovering from his wounds that like, Doc kept his distance, not being strong enough to keep blondie back even with godling blood in his veins is fglasdfgk.

AND THEN THERY’RE IN SCARS LIVING ROOM BECAUSE IT WAS THE ONLY SAFE PLACE MUMBO COULD THINK TO TAKE THEM AND MUMBO IS RECOVERING SOMEWHAT BUT GRIAN IS STILL BLEEDING PROFUSELY AND POOR TUBBO, WHO WASN’T EXACTLY EXPECTING A VAMPIRE FIGHT [Or at least it doesn’t seem like he was expecting one but oh shit oh shit blondies seen tubbo oh wait OH SHIT. ATHERIX. WAIT A MINUTE GET BACK HERE. EXCUSE ME BLONDIE HAS SEEN TUBBO I AM SHAKING YOU BY YOUR SHOULDERS OH NO I GET IT NOW. NO ONE ELSE IS GOING TO KNOW WHY IM FREAKING OUT BC ~SPOILERS~ BUT I GET IT NOW AND I AM SHAKING YOU LIKE A RAGDOLL

God and the fact that they don’t call Scar like right away after making him PROMISE he would CALL if he got in DANGER I am smacking them w a rolled up newspaper even though Grian is covered in blood I am. Smack. Smack Smack.

I NEED THE NEXT CHAPTER I AM FROTHING AT THE MOUTH

Also for those keeping up, here’s the page and word count for this in Microsoft Word:

This is so long I have my inbox opened in two windows on two different screens LMAO-

I sure as shit did and I'll KEEP doing it too, trust me once I get to a certain scene in the next chapter which dear readers I restarted bc I decided I didn't like the pov I chose hjkfsdjk I am showing you something that is going to SEND YOU-

Ahem. Anyway- HFCSJKCFKLSJLKFJLKFS BY THE WAY THIS MIGHT CONTAIN SPOILERS AND POTENTIAL SPOILERS SO READ AT YOUR OWN RISK-

I'D SAY GET THE PITCHFORK READY BUT I ASSURE YOU INSTEAD THAT YOU WILL GET TO SEE THE GREENHOUSE AND IT WILL BE GLORIOUS THIS VAMPIRE HAS TOO MUCH MONEY AND NOT ENOUGH SENSE ABOUT HIMSELF HIS MATES DESERVE THE BEST LEMME TELL YA. hjdaskjfdsjk WHAT ISSUES WOULD BE MADE HMHMM?? I SEE ONLY POSITIVES :)) hjkfdlkgfjkfdk YES they just want the boy to be safe and nearby <3 AND YEAH GRIAN DOESN'T WANNA SLEEP ALONE BUT EVERYTHING SHUTS DOWN AT NIGHT IN BOATEM SO HE CAN'T JUST CHANGE HIS SCHEDULE PLUS THAT WOULD MEAN SCAR BEING ALONE DURING THE DAY AND JUST HJSJKHFSJKDSKJF so many problems to sort out <3 <3

YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSS CLEO AND BDUBS AND XISUMA ARE COMING TO TOWN <3 Because Mumbo has to do Politics now hjkfsdjkfgdsjk YEAH bc the Council wants to keep an eye on Covens <3 THEY ARE MATES I LOVE THEM SO MUCH Cledubs my belOVED <3 Haha ngl out of all the Coven Lords Cleo probably has the biggest First Ring they deserve the best harem mates <3 But BDubs is their ride or die, their second in command, their First Mate and just <3 I love they hhhfdhj THE LORD'S MATES ARE basically on the same level as the Lord themself, first ring/inner circle and over everyone except the Lord themself and having say in how the Coven is run, their the Lord's partners in both love and leadership <3 It's hjfredjksdk to NOT invite Mumbo's mate(s) would be so RUDE <3 haha and yes smirk, smirk as Grian finds another way to wind Mumbo up HJKGFSJKFHSJK- Cleo has so much respect which is wicked considering they and Mumbo don't have the best track record but we shall be addressing that soon hmhmm <3

THEY A FAMILY and it's such a Big Thing for him to let himself think because I mean the last people he considered family. Well. <3 YEAH he's like "I'd LIKE to keep doing this it would be a nice surprise for Scar but on the other hand I think he might should maybe be involved so-" jkfdslkfdskj I love them so much. Mind you next chapter they're all gonna be forced to confront some Issues they need to sort out but <3 They're so good together I love them <3

HAHAHAHA :)) HMHMMM LET'S SEE Scar establishes that Boatem has lots of inherent magic, has been touched by the Pantheons of the Void and therefore boosts/strengthens magic from the Pantheons of the Void... like Death, the Pantheon over the Vampires.......... unlike Fae, which exists on another plane of existence and has therefore never touched Boatem.................... hm hm hmmmmm-

BLONDIIIEEEE let me tell you I fuckin' LOVE Blondie she's so fun to write she's so unhinged and dramatic and her dramatism and attitude towards life in general is her hubris and so often the reason she fucking LOSES because she's so STRONG if she was serious even ONE MORE SECOND LONGER than she always is they would all be DEAD like- like she. She is so strong and unhinged and has NO moral compass, NO redeeming qualities. Just. If she stopped talking for once she'd win. So I wonder how Mumbo, Grian, Scar & Co will win now that she's done talking. Hmm-

Grian, knowing Mumbo can heal magically: NOOOOO!!!! But yes how PROTECTIVE they are of each other I am just <3<3<3 They love each other so much I am just hjfjkdsk <3 SO MUCH has changed over the last ~150k words I am At A Loss at how we got here and I wrote the damn thing HJFSJJKDSJK Yep. He dropped his bow, lost his dagger and his sword is just sitting in his old bedroom, the one he stayed in before moving into Mumbo's room <3 I'm sure that's not gonna come back to bite him hjkfslkfdsjk EXACTLY SHE'S PLAYING WITH THEM YOU GET IT HJDAJKFSHJ the fact that she got a taste of Scar AND Grian's blood before Mumbo did just hjfsdjkfhjdsjk ALSO YEAH BLOODBANK Mumbo has never been so offended <3

I LOVE Mumbo's shadow magic and I love that I get to explore more of it now >:3 And yeah Grian is just. His arms are Ribbons hfjksdjfkgsdhk not really but you know what I mean. He has been Tenderized and Chomped kjJFHSKJ he is going off PURE ADRENALINE and magic cough AND YEAH TELEPORTATION IS HER UNIQUE MAGIC R I P </3

YES I fucking LOVE that trope, too. Like if you're gonna make inhuman characters, have fun with it. Go all out. Remind people they're not human >:D Admittedly the Transforming Into a Monstrous Form thing is probably exclusive to Born Vampires (because Turned Vampires were once human and retain their human form, while Born Vampires were never even human to begin with) BUT you can still show a vampire becoming Less Human in not-so-obvious/literal ways <3 And y'know, maybe they do get a LITTLE bit of that Monstrous Transformation thing going on, even if it's not as... dichotomic or blatant <3 I just can't imagine teleporting could ever be a pleasant feeling honestly <3 I have no idea what show you're talking about but that is WILD <3 Trippy and concerning which is lowkey what I was going for haha <3

HAHA I DID THAT AND I WALKED AWAY I DROPPED IT ON YOU WITH A :) AND WALKED AWAY HAHA- Haha well. :) Do we. Do we remember that, uhh, that Scar. Reworked Grian's glyph. And it might be a uhhhh certain unique special glyph. :) Grian's arms shredded and bleeding profusely..... Would be uhhhh kinda hard not to get blood on the back of his hand right?? Right??? So I wonder. If that is so. If that is so. What is happening... that Scar couldn't answer or come running to help. I mean- surely there was plenty of time during that fight for a teleportation glyph to be made :) Assuming of course. Of course. That Scar doesn't already have glyphs set up. So. So why. Hmm :)

HE JUST WANTS TO SAVE AND PROTECT GRIAN HIS MATE ONE OF THE LOVES OF HIS LIFE I AM HJJDSJHFDSJ yeah he got impaled by Vampire Claws and she twisted her claws, salt in the wound honestly, legit nearly gutted him. BUT HE TRIIEEDDDD-

Grian just instinctively reaching for his dagger just to remember it's gone and just JKFSHJKFSJKFSJK THE ONLY REASON THEY ARE NOT DEAD IS BECAUSE BLONDIE'S HUBRIS IS SO FUCKING BIG. Grian making distressed bird sounds is everything to me I am just he is so I love him so much hjfdsklfgdskj AND YOU KNOW. IN THE BACK OF HIS MIND. HE IS THINKING ABOUT THAT NIGHTMARE.

Grian's self preservation is not the best, this man fought gods and won he speaks without thinking and stares Death in the eye and says "I'm a god killer" and just HJFSJKSDJKSL GRIIAAANNNN-

YESSSS TUBBO TO THE RESCUE. Funny tho. Why is he visiting the manor...... and how did he get inside....... when Grian and Mumbo keep the doors locked and just shadow-walked out and in..... and Blondie just teleported...... hmhmm :3 HE IS SUCH A GOOD SMART BOY LOOK AT HIM GO HE IS SO BRAVE mind you he expected Blondie to die after being hit by the tablet BUT STILL- Grian REALLY doesn't want this he has been in denial for about 50k+ words now <3 But now he must acknowledge it because it is becoming Important. And now we get to have fun exploring it >:D

Grian, literally fuckin bleeding out: Trust me Mumbo I definitely won't die from this Mumbo, injured and dying and running on instinct: Seems legit And then somehow Grian manages to actually NOT DIE, miracle of miracles. Of course I wonder why this is hm? :) But fear thee not, for one day... one day the circumstances will be different and it will not be because he Needs To but because they Want To and it will be brilliant. Yes there will be biting/blood drinking for pleasure no I don't take criticism it's a VAMPIRE FIC what did you EXPECT- YES PROTECT TUBBO. Even if they didn't adore the kid, him being Scar's kid- their mate's kid- means he's basically theirs too so <3 Well as far as Mumbo's "Coven=Family" instinct that he's dealing with for the first time ever is concerned lmao. And ofc Grian has Flock Mentality so- YES them Understanding now, Grian doesn't need Scar to explain and Mumbo now sees why every Vampire who has ever gotten a taste of Grian's blood ever has stopped in their tracks cuz HOOOOO BOY that is some Unawakened Magic there- AND YEAH NO TIME TO EVEN SIT AND THINK ABOUT IT JUST. GOTTA FIGHT.

Haha if you look closely you'll see Mumbo and Blondie do very different things after Blondie is injured and Mumbo drinks Grian's blood... Don't worry there's no grand conspiracy <3 BUT YES TUBBO HIDING because he knows they'll protect him <3 JKJSJKFSJKSDK YEAH Mumbo is so strong and she just. She just claws right through his magic shadows. THE SHADOWS THAT CRUSHED HER SISTER MIGHT I ADD. SO UH. YEAH. Take that how you will-

IT WAS THE ONLY OTHER SAFE PLACE MUMBO COULD THINK OF I AM <3 Hahaha Tubbo Tubbo... <3 NOW he's gotta help get them (mainly Grian) healed up and just <3 AND HAHAHAHAHAHHAJGFSHJDJKASA YOU SEE IT. THE VISION. THE FUTURE THAT NO ONE BUT YOU KNOWS >:D YOU GET IT NOW and I am ABSOLUTELY DELIGHTED AHAHAHAHAHA <3 Now here's the question.... in Blondie's enraged and inhuman state, did she recognize the magic he used? |D Did she put together, in the seconds between getting attacked and attacking, just who he is hmmm? |D

HYPOCRITES IN LOVE HAHA but the question is, will Scar have a RIGHT to be pissed about them not calling? :) Frankly knowing what I know and that no one else does, I think Tubbo's the only one with the right to be angry <3 I think, you know, that maybe he deserves to go off on all their overprotective asses about how they need to learn to be more open and vulnerable with each other and be able to ask for help when they need it or you know trust each other to be able to handle things and not try to choose for each other what is and isn't okay for them to do/face and. And. You know. :) Hmhmm

THE NEXT CHAPTER IS COMING SLOWLY BUT AS YOU KNOW I HAVE BEEN PLAYING SO MUCH MC SAVE ME

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[somegrumpynerd]

Aww 🥺💘 dadmare taking care of his sons overgrown hamsters is just the most adorable thing ever! And your Art is so very lovely too!! 🥰 thank you for such cuteness. 💕

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I'm pretty sure this is in reference to this (sorry it took so long to answer) and here's another doodle since you're so sweet and kind

Doesn't know how to be affectionate with a parental figure VS doesn't know how to be affectionate at all FIGHT

[mulders-too-large-shirt]

s2 episode 7 thoughts

hmm. hmm. that is the sound if me pondering what i just watched.

(i understand that this episode was an analysis into mulder's self-destructive behaviors when faced with overwhelming grief, but. that does not mean i enjoyed vampire hookup time)

well. we shall start from the top!

i read that it was an episode about vampires which i thought was a weird narrative choice because. hello. scully still gone??? but then i remembered that i too ignored the main quest in skyrim to hunt some vampires and that i had no place to judge

(granted, my main quest wasn't finding scully though. might have given that a bit more priority than saving the whole world. because she IS my whole world)

we open with a guy that looks like joe biden meeting with an attractive young woman. they're making out in a hot tub and we just know someone is gonna get slurped upon. and woe, it be upon us! double vampire attack.

back in DC, mulder gets his old office back! it's covered in plastic. he takes some of it off. he adjusts his calendar from may to november, so we see how much time he and scully had been assigned to other tasks, which also has me wondering how she managed to get a new house that quick.

(also, this calendar is... scantily clad women posing next to tools such as hammers and saws. was this allowed? was this acceptable? was it normal? were the 90's a lawless wasteland and mulder an irreparable freak?)

well. scully is an x file now, and he puts her glasses and id into an evidence bag and closes the filing cabinet which was sooooo evil. but he can't bring himself to put her necklace away. oh man. oh he's gotta have it in case he finds her. he has to hold her close. i'm Fine this is Fine.

so. he goes out to california to deal with the joe biden looking fellow being murdered. and he is not wanted on the crime scene. we know this because someone greets him by saying "nobody called the bureau" and he says "well, they should have" and lifts up the tape to let himself in. because one thing about him is that he's gonna let himself into a place he isn't wanted.

he sees the writing of a bible verse in blood on the wall and says something about their grasp of biblical knowledge being "feeble and literal" and i was like okayyy need to have a theological discussion with him

he then scares the other guy who originally wanted to kick him out by reciting a LARGE amount of facts related to similar cases and it's very much giving photographic memory. got me thinking, have we ever seen this man forget something? (directions don't count. they're confusing. but everything else sticks in that man's brain)

he just needs one thing: a phone book. which he uses to call a blood bank and ask about a new guy. who must be the vampire who did this!

so he rolls up to the blood bank and i'm over here struggling because i do Not Do Blood, and i knew at this point this was gonna be a tough watch, but i didn't anticipate the non-blood related reasons why this would be true

anyway he's sniffing around the blood bank and he hears some slurping and wouldn't you know, this dude is tearing into a bag of the red stuff like it's a capri sun. somehow he gets him into custody, where the dude refuses to talk because the lights are on, and mulder comes in with a lamp he put a red filter over, because he was prepared for vampire interrogation.

the vampire is going on about how what he did isn't murder because it's not like animals hunting prey is murder which is. not the greatest approach in terms of legal defense. mulder tells the guard that the guy is delusional and it's best to play along, and he believed this to be true... until he, quite literally, burned to a crisp in the sunlight. and died.

he's talking to the coroner and rattling off a bunch of vampire facts and says he didn't believe in vampires which is so funny to me because like. why is that where you draw the line, my friend. not at bigfoot and definitely not at aliens. but man. vampires are just too out there for spooky mulder. until now!

the coroner has a very funny line: "you are really upsetting me... on several levels" which seems to be the general effect fox mulder has on people. and also because i felt the same way about his dumbass actions during this episode.

coroner finds a stamp on the dead body's hand, which seems to come from a nightclub. so naturally our fbi agent ends up there.

you often see posts saying that "(insert character here) should be at the club". i fear that this is not the case for fox mulder, but it's possible that it's his suit and tie that are throwing me off. he just doesn't seem like he belongs there. i ask myself, where should he be instead? perhaps some sort of star wars convention would suit him better. a book signing with some author he likes. idk, an interior decorating festival. not here.

i shall use my verbatim words to walk you through the next scene:

"pause. he's talking to a woman who was looking into a compact without a mirror. so. vampire suspect. and now why are they getting so close together. and getting a drink. okay now they're leaving to a new spot together? AFTER she admits to vampirism"

(here she did some stuff that required me to look away from my screen due to my Weak Constitution. but also it would have felt necessary to look away anyway because it was getting... charged)

she tries to get him to... suck on her finger... but he won't do it because aids. which is fair. i think that's a smart move, actually. it's just that getting flirty with a vampire he knows was involved with a ton of killings was such a stupid move, i don't know why it's now the braincells start to kick in.

that kills the vibe, though, so she gets another guy to take his place and things escalate.

mulder pulls in at a restaurant called ra. nice! the sun god! and he is... through a window, witnessing some more slurping action. he seems to want to intervene and save this poor soul being feasted upon...

but the poor soul is no poor soul at all! he comes out and decks mulder, and delivers this line with stunning conviction: "i don't know who you are, freak, but we're two consenting adults" and with this, he is forced to flee.

and yeah. it made me laugh. my expectations for the genre were subverted. he signed up for that shit! what he did not sign up for, however, was the next part, where he was killed by the other vampires.

cut to investigating the crime scene. mulder has brought along a forensic dentist, which is a job i had no idea you could go into. he needs to see about those bites, which are very human.

next they go to vampire woman's house. it's a very nice place. mulder... opens her oven. and sees a loaf of bread in there. and i'm thinking, man, i hope this doesn't go where i think it's going. baked goods... ovens... i never want a vampire pregnancy arc. but he cracks open the loaf and something red spills out and somehow, this to him means that she is gone and isn't coming back. he can read the signs of the bread. so add that to his resume. what did the bread tell you, my liege?

he seems to have stayed in her house, however, because he's there when she's back, and says he knows she was using the bread as a charm to ward off evil. because apparently that's an eastern european thing, blood bread to warn off evil. sound off if any eastern europeans in the chat wanna confirm or deny.

anyway. he's IN this woman he thinks is a vampire's HOUSE? what the hell. mulder seriously i need you to stop and think. like you should have stopped and done some thinking a while ago. honestly i'm not mad i'm just disappointed. and he's like "i want to save you come with me before they kill you" ohhh big tough man needs to save her huh. make him feel good inside. huh. certainly no ulterior motive here...

she's monologing about her horrible childhood and how sweet blood tastes. um girl. don't lie to him like that. i have busted my lip open before that stuff does NOT taste sweet and dangerous. it's like a penny with rust that you found in a parking lot.

it seems her vampiric origin story, if to be believed, is that things simply got too kinky. which is a new take on the genre.

(it's also about being caught in an abusive relationship and the damage that inflicts, but it seems abusive boyfriend came into vampirism at his kinky parties and things escalated from there. which. well. it blew the eyebrows clean off my head, to be fair)

at this point we see that he is WEARING SCULLY'S NECKLACE? he says something like "it's from someone i lost" and she says that she "hopes he finds her"

i did not like the undertones here and certainly not the overtones. because i knew where this was going. he was shaving in her bathroom. and let me tell you something: there is only ever a shaving scene in media because the writer needs a way to get some blood out of someone's body and into the real world. and man. i knew it was coming.

but what i didn't see coming was her SHAVING HIM??? girl. i am uncomfy. and she does, of course, cut him, and then they kiss. aggressively. terribly aggressively. can anyone answer what was going on in a satisfactory manner?

but the gag is: the original vampire- who burnt to a crisp in the jail cell, and was the abusive ex she spoke of- HE'S WATCHING THEM THROUGH THE WINDOW!

he breaks in and taunts the vampire woman about how he had to "wait for her to finish" and i was like cool. thank you SO much for that mental image i'm super happy with it. i definitely don't feel like i need a shower. but then he's going on about how he can't be killed.

here, at the tail end of the episode, we learn the rules of vampirism in this world: a vampire cannot be killed by a non-vampire. and a non-vampire BECOMES a vampire by consuming the blood of a believer and also taking a life. it is only here we realize that this woman is not an actual vampire yet, she just appropriates their culture by drinking blood unnecessarily.

mulder's still sleeping in her bed and she's like "you need to leave" and she stabs the wall to make her evil ex think she's killing him. but when they go to break out, mulder ties him up quite handily and he gets in the car to escape with vampire woman. until ANOTHER vampire woman jumps on the hood of their car. and main vampire woman knocks her out for a bit by running into her with said car, which is super effective.

mulder's leaving the place in shambles, his shirt still unbuttoned, wandering down the side of the hill. back at the house, now that we know the vampire rules, main vampire woman says she can finally kill the evil vampire ex. and he's like how!! you haven't had the blood of a believer or taken a life. so. she licks the blood off her hands (unclear if it's hers or mulders tbh) and says she'll take her own life. and drops a match after pouring gasoline.

so. that brings that to an end. and shabby looking mulder sits on a hill as he learns all four in the house died.

the episode ends with him playing with scully's necklace. which i don't even sort of feel like unpacking right now but maybe another time.

probably not, though, because i just didn't like this episode. and yeah, a lot of it comes down to me not wanting to see mulder hook up with people who aren't scully. can you blame me? is it so wrong to have preferences in this world?

but also, narrative wise- do you honestly see the guy fucking off to cali while scully's still missing to deal with an unrelated problem instead of devoting every hour of his life to finding her, like we saw him do in the last episode? you expect me to think he just puts it off for a lil while? the guy who, just last episode, pulled his gun on the ski lift operator to get to the top where she might be a little faster, and then choked his one and only suspect out of fury? you're thinking this is the guy that's gonna go soak up some west coast rays?

and yeah, he was obviously not himself through the episode- very cold and analytical- but c'mon. we all want to bang a vampire. he's not special. i just personally wouldn't do that if my friend were gone. like how is that gonna help the situation. be so for real. time and place!

and also the whole only learning the rules of being a vampire about 5 minutes before they need it to be plot relevant. that annoyed me too.

overall, mulder, like i said, i'm not mad, just disappointed.

let me know what you thought on this episode- i try to not be a hater, but i also understand that hating in small doses can be good for the soul. if it's a widely beloathed episode i'll feel better in my judgement as i join a long tradition of haters who have come before me.

[meltedmush]

how long does it take you to draw your sketches/doodles? also do you have any tips to draw faster? 🙇‍♀️

I generally take 30 - 60 minutes a sketch,,,, but honestly really depends on how detailed it is.

Like a Chibi will be done in 20 - 25 minutes (Counting in the extra time I spend on minute details like a perfectionist 😭)

I for some reason really like spending egregious amounts of time on random objects too??? Unless it’s the in the background, I’ll spend 40 minutes refining it.

Random characters that are fully colored and rendered with take like 80 minutes.

The comics take usually take an hour or two per page. (If I decide to cross hatch it, my entire day will be gone with 4 pages… so I’ve been trying to find shortcuts. But not without sacrificing the quality for time lol)

I don’t think there’s any trick or magic to drawing faster. It’s really about weaponizing your artistic knowledge, and finding what’s comfortable or convenient for you!

There was a period of time where I would spend 11 or 12 hours on an illustration, and it wASS UGLYYYYY. (Some of these artworks are still available on my tumblr,,, but it’s SO LONG AGO, AND IT WAS MY 1ST OR 2ND YEAR GETTING INTO DIGITAL ART)

Overtime I learned what worked best for me, and practiced till I felt more comfortable with what I was drawing. Eventually I managed to shorten the time to 4 hours or less! Ambition was my biggest enemy but at the same time my biggest motivator. (And it still is LMFAO) 😭

EDIT (bit more to my way too long tangent): ALSO??? BRO DON’T BE AFRAID TO USE YOUR MESSY SKETCH AS LINEART OR DRAW ON TOP OF IT. I’VE DONE IT FOR YEARS NOW AND IT ADDS SUCH A GOOD EXTRA BIT OF TEXTURE,, AT THIS POINT I DON’T EVEN USE LINE-ART ANY MORE UNLESS IT’S A COMMISSION,, (IT’LL ADD LIKE AN 2-4 HOURS TO MY WORK)

[humbuns]

Here's a question, what's Xy's relationship with The Royals™️ like?

Assuming you mean the groupchat, it will be something like this:

I think Xy will get along with them (even in terms of horoscopes) but he probably will feel drained in some form

Their relationship with Barbs is based on a small comic idea I did long, long ago where he was actually the first one who passively threaten to kill Xy the minute he came to the Devildom and out of all of the threats he got, Xy believed him the most. But Barbatos is so interesting to Xy that he is willing to poke the fire and see if it bites back (Solomon and him are similar in that regard; massive crushes but so stupidly reckless and Barbatos hates it lmao)

With Dia, it is mixed; There's too much unpredictability around him for Xy's brain that he finds both amusing but distracting. However, they feel relatively safe around him so I can see them being besties (much to the dismay of Belphie)

If you meant like the Royal Court in the Devildom:

Xy is tragically written as law student in my notes lmao, so he will definitely find something to argue with them in some form (especially in antiquated rule that lasted this long and who carelessly regards humans) That's why I feel like he will get along with Dia's whole plan to fix things up!

[twentyfivemiceinatrenchcoat]

i’ve been soo horrifically busy and drained recently but i’m gonna try to take it at my own pace and queue up a bunch of stuff :’3 if you’ve tagged me in art or sent me an ask or commented on one of my fics just know it’s coming….!!! :’’3

[ask-mark-stuff]

if angels exist, what about demons?

Demons are very nice! If you want to fulfil your dreams of working your dream career, getting a new pet, or commit tax fraud; just sell your soul to a demon, and they'll make it come true! :)

[mixtapedoh]

starting an august receiptify chain ˗ˋˏ ♡ ˎˊ˗

i haven't heard anyone talking about kard's newest comeback but i think it's very clear that i enjoyed it immensely ♡♡♡.

tagging: @musicallisto, @permanentreverie, @eclliipsed, @scvrllet, @gobarbie, and anyone else who wants to do this!

[monards]

(why and how) The Heart of Naberius is Rhinedottir's plan to absolve herself 

( a slight crack theory brought to you, by yours truly !!!!! )

  I think that it’s sort of just a general fact that the amount of motives rhine could have to taking the heart of naberius are as plenty as there are theories on who and what paimon is ,,, but after a long and hard night of thinking (chugging three bottles of water and listening to the silver thread soundtrack) I came to the very indecisive conclusion that may or may not be using it for the purpose of absolving her sins.

   As far as we know (and can assume) ; the Heart of Naberius is some adjacent to a gnosis, mostly due to the idea of ‘hearts’ and it holding some inordinate amount of power –  whether that be because it IS a gnosis, or is some sort of primitive/alternate version for another level of power in celestia’s hierarchy is debatable, but it still stands that it more or less likely holds a similar purpose and power as the gnosis the archons have.   In the Fontaine archon quest; it is very much drilled into us that a gnosis has a WHOLE lot of meaning besides just being a communication gateway between both archon and celestia. We find out not only that, hey!! those are actually the third descenders’ corpse!! lolsies!!! – but also that they have SOME association with the sovereign’s power, whether that be on their own or through their respective god/archon. Since, by Neuvillette acquiring it after Focalor’s death, he - for the most part- properly gains back his abilities and powers as the Hydro Sovereign

 And obviously, that's all fine and dandy!!! Woohoo for gnosis lore!! But in the case of looking at Rhinedottir; that adds a WHOLE lot of weight onto her possible plan with the Heart of Naberius.

  Beginning at just the cataclysm, there’s a clear connection between Rhinedottir and ‘Dragons’; > Two of her most prevalent creations are both Durin & Elynas ; and a common thread between the two is their CONTINUOUS description of being ‘otherworldly’ or ‘disfigured’ in some manner   ^ This is incredibly important because it directly aligns with what would be expected of the Dragon Sovereign. They lived in a Teyvat which is noted to be much, much harsher and different from the modern-day; And so, that would imply that, evolutionary, they would’ve evolved to be built for far, far more rugged and tough landscape then what Teyvat is today– we even see this fact in comparing Apep to just Dvalin & Azdaha ; she’s notably larger, and far, far more intimidating and ‘otherworldly’ to put it simply.   ^ This is important because, quite evidently, both Elynas and Durin in no way appear to be ‘made’ for Teyvat. Both, when compared to other draconic-creatures, are out of place; Being excessive in size, notably different physical appearances (think difference between how Durin is described “black skeletal dragon with glowing red eyes. His wings have long veins running along the folds.” VS Dvalin who’s described as “that bejeweled, lovely dragon”) Both of their appearances directly align with the line of thinking you’d have with the sovereign; and even more, it’s clear from comparing just Apep & Elynas– Both have serpentine like forms, which are excessive in size, which can also harbour life in them. Which, I REALLY doubt is a coincidence .   ^ Plys, even more, Just their abilities alone clearly surpass some of the more powerful entities we’ve met. As is seen in Durin and Dvalin’s battle during the cataclysm; where Durin (to put it very very kindly) almost completely wiped the floor, and probably would have, if he hadn’t become aware of WHAT he was doing. This fact alone already establishes that all of the dragons Rhinedottir has created have in no way aligned with the standards of Teyvat as it is today, because even in fighting an archon and celestial dragon– these abilities are FAR excessive in strength and power. Meaning that, more or less likely; they were intended for survival in a far, far harsher environment– one akin to Teyvat prior to the primordial one.   ^ Also, although it’s a bit more crude of an idea; this can explain why subject two was not killed after being essentially fed to Durin ; as it can imply that there was some trait in his anatomy that fostered his growth while in dvalin’s belly, rather than digesting and ACTUALLY killing him. And the only known dragons, and notable creatures, to have that ability IS Apep; one of the Dragon Sovereign. > All of this would imply that, as of that point, there’d already been an attempt to resurrect/recreate the sovereign for one reason or another.  

  And, even more, by just looking at the real mythological Naberius himself, he “restores lost dignities and honors,” ; which aligns terribly well with the narrative of Rhinedottir attempting to restore her dignity and honor as a scientist, and someone who was clearly working to provide food and resources to the people of Khaneriah, by erasing her title as a ‘sinner’, let alone The Great Sinner 

// This is maybe where I go a little more off the rails by throwing Albedo into this mess. Everything beyond this point is babbling. 

Albedo’s involvement;

  We know that Albedo was, obviously, born after the cataclysm; and this isn’t all to consequential until you remember a certain Iudex who was brought into power 400~ years ago, meaning that, as of the point Albedo was created; Rhinedottir would’ve been be fully aware of Neuvillete’s existence ,, which implies a WHOLE lot of things.

   If the gnosis truly does hold the power of the dragon sovereign; this could explain Albedo’s purpose.       At that point in time; Rhinedottir would be formally aware that The Dragon Sovereign can, and are, as far as Neuvillette goes, reincarnated as humans. Meaning that she didn’t have to keep making dragon after dragon, to fulfill her goal; and instead, just had to make a human.   //  Just looking at them alone; both Neuvillete and Albedo hold PLENTY of similarities in their stories that can imply that, in some way, Albedo’s creation and story/fate may or may not take major inspiration from Neuvillette himself // Both feel as if, in some way, they’re ‘separate’ from the rest of humanity;   They’re both notoriously unfamiliar with a plenty of things, which if you squint a bit at; have the same base concept and ideas. They’re both actively learning to understand humanity through another person, too >  Neuvillette, through Furina and her continuous insistence, learns all about humanity; their sorrows, their ambitions, their sacrifice, etc… – and, it can very easily be assumed the one reason he’s not a total and complete recluse is DUE to her pushing and prodding for him to get out, and experience humanity as it is. > Albedo shares a similar point of learning through Klee,, with her acting as his line between his research, and the people of Mondstadt– and just as Furina does Neuvillete- she acts as his reason to connect and learn about humanity, as through her, he takes break from his continuous work and research in dragonspine, to come to Mondstadt!! (this probably isn’t a very good explanation of klee & albedo’s lore,, but one of my loveliest mutuals @haidengjiehas a ton of very very very amazing explanations on their blog that explains their relationship in a lot more depth and thought if you want to understand them more !!!!!!!!  )

  // They also both share a common theme of wanting to learn of, or acquiring some ‘truth’ – and even though this is a common plot device in most of the characters in genshin– i think it’s very important with these two especially; because, more often than not, this truth is derived from humanity itself; >   Neuvillete, prior to coming to Fontaine, was likely horribly similar to Apep in thought and perspective.   We even see so in his character stories, and lack of understanding around humanity as a whole; that he had no initial understanding of humans, or modern Teyvat, prior to being Iudex.   However, it’s established that as of after Fontaine's archon quest; he has officially learned what's essentially the ‘truth’ to him; that humans aren’t what he has made them out to be, all this time; that, instead, they’re dynamic. They experience both joy and sorrow, selfishness and sacrifice– and that above all, they’re not in any way the seemingly despicable entities he likely initially thought them to be for many, many years ( think his “He would never admit that he himself had become quite fascinated with the joys and sorrows of humanity.” line in his 5th character story) >   Albedo also shares this common thread of narrative !!!   Albedo, prior to becoming chief alchemist of the KOF, likely had little to no understanding of humans outside of Rhinedottir, which would imply it definitely wasn’t the.. best of opinions, if she was all he was going based off of.   But, in becoming Chief Alchemist; he was put into a position where he was now exposed to all sorts of people. He was exposed to warmth and love , ambition and determination, and the way many people cope with the adversities in their life.   ^ And, even though we haven’t seen him come to his ‘truth’ yet, we can very well anticipate that this truth is meant to be obtained through this exact manner as Neuvillete’s. In his 5th character story, we see him note "I hope this isn't just wishful thinking, but... when parents speak to their children about 'the meaning of this world'... surely they just mean the pursuit of a happy life?" which, given his very, very clear intelligence and better understanding of the world and humanity now; it’s cleary implied that he’s likely already surmised in some way that Rhinedottir had this intention in sending him out into the world (Thinking back to my Rhinedottir knowing she could never provide Albedo a real example of humanity post,) ; similarly to how Neuvillette  had– she wished for him to acquire this truth through understanding and experiencing humanity.

 Roping this all back into this purpose; this could very well entail that, similarly to how Neuvillette is to the Fontanians and their sins, Albedo’s purpose is to act as salvation for Rhinedottir, (or even khaneri’ah as a whole, if you wanna get REALLY into it)   The gnosis, after Neuvillete's acquisition of it, allowed for him to regain his authority; and forgive the ‘sins’ of the people of Fontaine. The event during which he forgives these sins, prior to what happens, is very, very much similarly referred to as whatever event albedo is to ‘lose control’ during.

  // Both of these events have inherently negative connotations. Obviously, the flooding of Fontaine was implied to result in the death of every single Fontanian; However, it ended up being the opposite– As, after Neuvillete finally realized ‘truth’ he chose to save them, rather than fulfill his original intent to not do anything to save them, which would’ve had them all killed (Think the fact he came to fontaine with a similar mindset as Apep towards  humanity and modern Teyvat.)   ^ As of now; whatever Albedo has been referring to has had VERY similar treatment. In almost every instance of Albedo mentioning it, he almost always implies it isn’t gonna end well; and by law of assumption, that leaves us thinking Mondstadt going bye-bye.   ^ The issue with this, though, is his acquisition of truth. He has, as of yet, not found out what ‘the truth of this world’ really is; mostly due to him not fully understanding where to begin with it. He has the idea, obviously; we see the budding of those thoughts in him thinking that maybe Rhinedottir really had just wanted him to live a happy life to achieve the truth– and, if that were the case- that would mean the exact mirroring of Neuvillete’s story; which could very well imply that whatever this event of him ‘losing control’ is, can be controlled and prevented in a roundabout way.

  ///   We can also very well assume that, similar to Neuvillette, in Albedo ‘losing control’ ; he’s bound to gain some abilities which would shoot his power scaling up. T >  This power is very likely going to come from the Heart of Naberius; as it’s a recurring theme in almost every one of rhine’s creations, that there power and entire being is derived from their heart (hence why they’re such important elements in their stories) and being as right now, out of all her “miraculous creations” , he has yet to gain a real and monumental demonstration of a physical heart ; and there’s no other painstakingly obvious source for this newfound power THEN the Heart of Naberius.   ^ Upon obtaining this power, he would be made to make the choice between fulfilling what he believes was his intent to gaining that power; or the opposite, and saving Mondstadt instead– which is more or less likely to be the case; which if you wanted to get symbolistic with it, could really show him obtaining a ‘heart’– as hearts are mostly commonly utilized to represent love and compassion.

//  >  And, if we’re still assuming that some portion of the dragon sovereign’s authority is held within the gnosis, and the Heart of Naberius IS a gnosis of some kind; this would then align him in under the same logic of how Neuvillete describes himself, “he is one strong enough to equal and rival "the human realm," and logic would dictate that he need not subscribe to this system known as "fate."” This explanation would also explain Mona’s lack of note on his constellation in her voiceline around him.   ^ The importance of Mona's voiceline is that it’s the EXACT same thing that happened in Fontaine. The Traveler & Paimon were at a point of understanding that Fontaine was destined to be destroyed, with everyone being bound to turning back into oceanids   ^ However, Nicole (and what we can assume is the rest of Hexenzirkel) are aware this is not the case. And although Nicole does not fully disclose it to us, she in no way insinuates that what we know is the full truth.  // This aligns with Mona’s reaction, as it shows her neither confirming or denying Albedo’s fate in discussing his constellation; she instead steers around the topic, and merely spends her voiceline about him talking about him as whole– not his constellation, or anything pertaining to it and his fate– only who he is. She would know we’re aware of what we believe is bound to happen to Albedo; because we’re REPEATEDLY established as being some of those closest to him, so it’s not as if she’s hiding it for his safety, or privacy – instead she’s vehemently avoiding the topic, implying she knows something we don't; and that she can’t tell us, as if we were to know– it’s very likely we could in some way throw off fate; Think how we, as a descender, have the power to change Teyvat’s fate. And in us knowing what is fated to happen, we could in some way act abnormally due to that knowledge, and change what was originally bound to happen– which would alter the course of destiny, which could very well then lead to all hell for Albedo.   // ^ this can also explain what we assume is her ignorance towards Rhinedottir.   In knowing Albedo’s fate is not what it really is, and stated to be– and is instead far, far better than it; she would be aware Rhinedottir does not have wholly bad intentions, and neither is a monster sending her son to slaughter, hence her not lambasting her at any point– and even indirectly saying she’d wish would’ve rather not had Barbeloth as her master, while discussing the way Albedo had turned out, while RAISED by Rhinedottir ; which very, very much implies she finds some good qualities in her, to warrant that opinion (Because, as much as Mona may not like Barbeloth; I’d doubt she’d prefer a supposed homicidal maniac who has fated literally every one of her children to death, had that been the case.)

     // Obviously; there’s also the point and situation that the gnosese themselves don’t hold the Sovereign's power; but even then, there’s a very clear way to escape that paradox of a problem.   If we follow the alternative theory that the archon/god in relation to a gnosis needs to be killed, resulting in the destruction of their ‘throne’ and release of the sovereign authority; then Rhinedottir’s obviously capable of making that happen.   We see VERY clearly that Rhinedottir has knowledge and ability that can kill god, as if Durin was able to do all that to Venti & Dvalin; it’s been over 500 years since she created him, and if there’s anything to be established about Rhinedottir– it’s that she’s HIGHLY ambitious. So it’s right of assumption that at some point over the past few centuries, she’s definitely acquired enough of the knowledge/ability and power required to create an entity, or strategy, to dispose of whatever god is directly connected to the heart of Naberius.   ^ This is even established by her following the Shade Of Life’s steps; She would, and does, clearly have the plan to gain some authority/power in equivalence to celestia, and it can be a possibility that she’s mirroring the Shade Of Life as her example to achieve such status. (Since shades are direct fragments of the primordial one; it can be assumed they’re some of the most powerful entities in Teyvat; which would explain why Rhinedottir would mirror one.)   ^ This would then explain her absence. Similarly to both Focalors and Neuvillette; Neuvillete functions just as he does with no idea of Focalors’ plan, and Focalors works behind the scenes to orchestrate everything so that it all plays out as she intends it. 

Does this imply Rhinedottir may or may not self sacrifice? Maybe. Can this also imply another Focalors & Furina parallel being established between Rhinedottir and a new “Miraculous Creation” she may have made over the past 400-ish years since albedo? Maybe. Does this also maybe-possibly mean that Rhinedottir smoked multiple pipes using the leaves of irminsul tree to obtain this absurd amount of knowledge? Perhaps. Am I gonna elaborate? Absolutely not bbecause oh my GOD are my fingers burning with how much i’ve had to type.

(big, big, BIG creds to @mchib for reading this and letting me know how insane i sounded. you are so lovely and i appreciate you very much. (can you guys tell what the verdict was.))

[candycryptids]

Well, now I have to pop in and ask YOU a question. Which is hard because looking over all your characters pages, I'm sobbing on the fucking floor... I love them all so much????

But! I'd really like to know what sparked Chuusday's interest in technology and how did she get so good with it?! ♡

N..nobodies ever asked that before 🫣💦 So I’ll hammer some of the details out for you RIGHT MEOW! A 2sday-Wednesday special :3

Actually we’re gonna cover a lot of ground I haven’t talked about openly before so settle in

Chuu’s fascination with Machines n the like started REAL early, early when she was small. She wanted to…. Disassemble things. Crates, shelves, alchemist tools of the trade, Mammets… carts… she wanted to lay it all out. See how it fit together. And then MAYBE put it all back together again. And she lived on an island, in a port town, with her mom (an actual Viera) who was continuously unwell and kept getting worse every time she got better and sick again, and the sunseeker chirurgeon who was trying to treat her condition, and his partner, another sunseeker who if I recall correctly, was an alchemist. So. The house she was staying in had no shortage of things a Viera with curious + grabbing destructive hands shouldn’t be grabbing.

It takes coaxing to get her to start putting stuff back together again all the time, and by that point at least she’d stopped trying to pry nails out of things (wooden objects were a pain, she found, to take apart, and piece back together, the wood sometimes was old and slightly rotted, the nails came out unkindly, the shapes were often simple.)… things with screws and bolts were… fun. Her dads (in her mind, they were her dads, but out loud, it was sir, and mister) kept trying to send her out on Missions (chores; your mom isn’t doing well, we don’t want you to have to keep hanging around the house while her every breath rattles and her every cough is harsh and wet. Chuu knew. She was 14. It wasn’t hard to figure out…) for, small stuff. Fetch quests; go pick up ingredients for dinner, or hunt down this one small herb on the cliff side above town for this tincture I’m trying to make to help alleviate the cough symptoms. I have enough for now but having more to replenish what I’m using isn’t bad.. low stakes, yknow.

And when her Mom finally passed from her illness the pair kept Chuu on (Chuu herself will not comment on the her mom and the dads’ relationship, but I CAN and I’ll tell you those fuckers were poly. They might never have slapped a label on it but the love was there. It didn’t start that way, but it certainly was that way by the end.)

This ended up wildly off track didnt it. (Let me get it back on track, and in so doing gracefully gloss over the chunk of history I’m unclear on 💖)

She gets REALLY good at what she’s doing when she signs on with the Garlean Empire. It wasn’t… a hard choice. There was nothing left tying her down where she had been by that point; they’d offered direction, room, board… and, well… her current skills were enough to get placed under Midas’ guidance.

And she found that. Magitek is incredibly interesting compared to whatever she’s had her hands on before and she loves it. Purpose. Drive. She learns how to build things that she’d never dreamed of before under Midas’ guidance. She helps refine designs for two legged heavy artillery a lone person can pilot. To deal with the enemy. She does not think about who the enemy is. The enemy is a problem, and the Machine, glorious, flawless, violent, is the answer.

And then they blow up Bozja. Midas with it. An entire city, wiped off the map. She finds that the numbers- subjects- on the sheet that they’d been running experiments on have faces. Haunted, tired faces, with dull eyes and drawn cheeks and small hands. Children. You can’t just quit, but Midas was gone. Cid was missing. Nero was a thorn in her side and she didn’t want to continue work under someone less competent, or pursue someone else’s dreams. So …. She went missing too. Crashed an airship into Thavnair and stripped the wreckage to the bones for coin. Went into temporary hiding in Kugane, then Ul’Dah, and finally fell in with the slightly sketchy free company she’s with now. She maintains their airships and submersibles and they don’t ask where she came from 💖

I think I got a lil lost in the reeds and I was supposed to go to sleep like 4 hours ago but I kept turning this question over in my mind like a rubrix cube despite my best efforts >v>; The Long And Short Is; she’s always wanted to know how stuff worked, and falling in with Garlemald for (cautiously estimating her time there at about 30+ years) helped her understanding grow in great leaps. Around the start of 2.0 she awakens the Echo (Thrice damned Migraine Creator) and doesn’t realize it’s use until her next encounter with Allagan tech (where she interfaces on a personal level and. It kicks her new obsession up. And… allagans did quite a bit of soul research… it is, somewhat, why there is a Tuesday.)

… 🫣 thank you for the question !!!!!!! I’m. Hopin this makes even a lick of sense, ahaha… some of the stuff I had partially cemented in my mind… I had to fix, after reading the actual lore and wiki -w•;; but not much.

[suffarustuffaru]

if i wrote a comprehensive analysis of reading into otto's character from a queer lens (with extensive text citations) would you read it bc ive thought way too much about this for the sake of my silly anime fanfiction okay. i know too much about this topic now and i gotta let the energy out <33

[khihi]

really though as a generally really quiet kind of person who struggles expressing themselves a lot of the time i relate to jan wayyy too much

[lonely-shine]

Pokemon Reborn MC ask game

I was looking for a Reborn ask game, but found nothing, so I thought I'd make my own! :D

What was their life like before going to Reborn? (were they a pokemon trainer already? Were they studying to be/working as something else?)

Why did they go specifically to Reborn for the league? (no league in their region? Interested in Reborn specifically for any reason?)

What's their starter and/or ace pokemon?

What's their usual pokemon team?

How many pokemons do they have? Is their PC full of them or do they keep it small? Do they train them all equally?

Are they interested in completing the pokedex?

If they were a gym leader or E4, what would their type(s), team, and field be? For the gym leader option, what kind of puzzle would they have in their gym?

How do they feel about their champion title?

What team and field would they use to defend their champion title? How would they decorate the champion room?

Which of the other characters do they like the most? Why?

Which of the other characters do they dislike the most? Why?

Was any battle (gym, E4, PULSE, etc.) particularly difficult for them?

Was any puzzle (gym, quest, victory road, etc.) particularly difficult for them?

Did they do the Reshiram or Zekrom route? Feel free to elaborate on how they felt about events relevant to that route.

Did they do the 'Anna smiles' route? If not, which of the criteria did/didn't they meet? Feel free to elaborate on why they acted like they did.

What would Cain have seen of them in the black hole? (aka: traumas, I'm asking about their traumas)

What would they monologue about if they were caught in an umbral? (aka: traumas once again, but filtered through their own words this time)

Speaking of umbrals, which character(s) were they the happiest to get back? Are there any that they wish didn't come back?

What's their favourite legendary?

What's their favourite post-game quest?

Any favourite place(s) in Reborn (including New Worlds)?

Any places they absolutely hate in Reborn (including New Worlds)?

If they were a pokemon, what type would they be? (there's a test in the game for this!)

Tell us something about them you wanted an excuse to share!

Now feel free to send your questions!~

[exoscreamsoda]

i know next season is supposed to be lestat focused (and im currently having a breakdown imagining him as a rockstar) but i would give ANYTHING to see a glimpse of how louis and armand were living in the current age before they invited their couple therapist. theres no way they figured out how to use the internet to its full potential. did rashid come over one day to set up their wifi and then ended up their little henchman. are their man snacks found on craigslist or something. armand said he didnt want daniel there so i can only imagine louis was annoying him 24/7 while he was trying to read on his kindle in peace 💀 the way louis is so adamant about getting this book made makes me think he was watching tv and one of those reality shows that covers old musicians came on and he saw lestat and started tweaking because no way did he think about old man dan's book out of no where

[sipsteainanxiety]

mha nation how yall doin