#this has been eating away at my brain

[hwanghyunjinenthusiast]

Insecurity is a hell of a drug

[nommp]

saw a meme about the inevitable death of the planet via being swallowed by the sun and it made me have ThoughtsTM. like yes, yes, whether it’s the ever-onward march toward old age that comes with our mortality or the inescapable heat death of the universe, one way or another, we’re all going to die, and the hand pulling the strings behind everything’s death? that hand belongs to time. there’s a lot we dont know about time and the universe we live in, but based on the trends we’ve seen in our relatively short lifespans we can assume that time gets the best of everything, eventually.

but what if time could kill the universe a lot faster than we typically imagine?

thats very vague. specifically what i mean is, what we know about the space-time continuum is limited at best. we really don’t know what would happen if we were able to break it, or how delicate it actually is, or if it’s already been broken before. but it’s safe to assume that there is a chance the consequences could be devastating, and it is also possible that no one has managed to break it yet in the lifetime of the universe so far (given how young the universe is). and yes technically black holes “break” the space time continuum, sort of, but my anxiety is asking you to bear with me here.

so assuming that it is possible to do irreparable damage to the space time continuum, according to the law of truly large numbers (as there are not many useful numbers as large as the lifespan of a universe) there is at least a chance that (accidentally or through technological advances) someone in the universe could find a way to mess with the space time continuum, and then irreparably break it, before the universe dies via reaching thermal equilibrium.

and the chances of us being the most technologically advanced species in the universe are slim to nonexistent, so if it happens, there is a good chance that we won’t know about it until we’re experiencing the consequences.

which could mean the sudden unraveling of space-time as we know it. at any moment. completely outside of our control.

it could never happen. it could have already happened. it could happen today. and we have no idea what the consequences would be, but they could be on a universe-devastating scale. and we would never see it coming unless it happened at our hands.

yes it’s 1:44am and yes i’ve eaten far too many pringles in the past hour and yes i know i need to see a mental health professional but listen. im fucking terrified. the inevitable heat death of the universe? definitely won’t happen for an inconceivably large amount of time. the potential shattering of space-time because humankind or another species did a little fuck up? if it’s possible, then it could happen at any time. yes thats a very big if, but… maybe universe-scale catastrophes are more likely and closer to today than we might think.

[jukeboxindie]

Atton Rand. human garbage - pilot - pure pazaak. definitely not hopelessly in love with a jedi exile lol don't be ridiculous! a jedi? lmao not a chance

[plisuu]

when it’s someone you care about, you give them what they need

[playertwotails]

Okay so this has been circling around in my head for like two weeks like a fly hitting windows in a sun-room.

So I'm back on my Tails kitsune AU bullshit and I've also recently gotten into Cult of the Lamb so now they've mashed in my brain into a hodgepodged gloop.

And it's all going below the cut if you wanna read my brain worms cause it's long

***Trigger warning for like blood and cults and kidnapping and drugging. Just to give people a heads up (nothing too graphic or detailed but just in case and let me know if you think I missed anything I might need to warn people about)****

Little side note before jumping into this: do not tag as shipping, there is no shipping here it's all platonic and familial. If I see a ship tag I will block you.

Starting off it doesn't matter if Tails is actually a kitsune or not (I personally prefer that yes he is just for the post situation of the gang all being like "okay so what species is Tails actually???" )

I've just had this idea in my head where some cult somewhere is started and they worship kitsune's as godlike entities. They then catch wind of Tails in the news or rumors and their target is now locked.

So this cults leader gets the 'big brain but head actually empty' idea to kidnap Tails like any sane cult leader would.

Now these people somehow stumble ass backwards into kidnapping Tails and keeping him contained. And by keeping him contained they're basically drugging Tails just enough he's conscious but nonreactive. And they basically dress him up and drag him to their ceremonies as more of object than a kid. Tails is hating it and actually scared cause what the hell is wrong with these people let him go home.

Meanwhile Sonic and the gang are all freaking out cause "WHERE IS HE??!!!!" Cause lets be honest kidnapped by a cult was not on any of their bingo cards and at this point they don't know that's what happened, they only know Tails is gone and none of the usual suspects have him.

Rouge starts going through her contacts on the side looking for any crumb of information and gets a lead. And in typical Rouge fashion splits off on her own to look into it. She then comes across the cult and infiltrates their compound.

During her snooping though she overhears the leader of the cult and his subordinates talking about "living forever through the blood of their god's mortal form", sees a statue of a multi-tailed fox and all the red flags are immediately up for her. Internal panic button is smashed. 2 + 2 = fucked up situation.

She's already pressing the "get your asses here" button on her communicator and tears off as quickly but quietly as she can looking for Tails. When she finds him he's in a locked room just laying in bed, all dressed up in a white outfit. Which strange for her to see him just laying there since normally he'd be out and gone long time ago She sees what they've been giving him next to the bed and she's now double pissed off. (I like to think it's at least been over a week Tails has been missing, but if you wanna get really angsty make about 6 months, just as long as Sonic was locked up in Forces).

As gently but quickly as she can she bundles up Tails and carries him cause at this point he's got so much in his system he can't walk or talk, blinking is kinda his only form of communication at the moment. To which Rouge doesn't know what's worse, for Tails to have been asleep for the whole time unaware or to be awake for the whole time and know what's happening.

Tails on the other hand is just so happy to see her and scared that he starts crying. Which is just breaking Rouge's heart to witness as she starts to backtrack out of there with him, with him just silently crying nonstop in her arms.

Unfortunately only about halfway to the exit they discover Tails is gone and the place starts going into lock down with cultist swarming the halls of the place. And even though Rouge is an excellent fighter, she's in close quarters with a kid who can't walk so she's quickly overrun by cultist who tie her up and take Tails back.

The leader then using all of his one brain cell figures she's already signaled to the other's where they are and he knows it's only a matter of time before the fastest thing on the planet busts their door down looking for his little brother.

The leader announces to the group they're moving up the ceremony to now much to Rouge's horror and they drag her along too kicking and screaming cause they don't have time to drop her off in a cell or anything.

Everyone is now in this big ceremony/chapel room that has a big stone table covered in white flowers, that suspiciously is the perfect size for an 8 year old fox to lay down on. And the leader does just that laying Tails on the table.

Rouge is throwing an absolute fit and cursing everyone out cause no way in hell is she gonna let this happen, it's to the point multiple people are having to hold her down even with her tied up cause she's kicking up such a storm of rage.

Meanwhile, Tails is mentally absolutely freaking out in a panic and is terrified out of his mind, especially when the leader brings out a large ornate knife and starts chanting something.

As the leader is finishing up and reeling back his hand with the knife Sonic busts in and sees all of this. Immediately rushing to the table just as the cult leader goes for the downswing.

Sonic just barely catches the knife about an inch from Tails' chest grabbing on to the blade of it and cutting his hand which drips onto Tails.

Now Sonic finally has a moment to process all of this and what exactly is happening and for obvious reasons he is beyond pissed off. He's probably not far off from turning into dark Sonic or it's creeping around the edges of him. And just as he's about to send the cult leader to meet his maker he glances at Tails' face and that's the only reason he doesn't kill the leader right then and there. Cause Sonic thought Tails was asleep but now he notices not only is Tails somewhat awake but tears are streaming down his face.

So Sonic does the next best thing in this situation, knocks out the leader in less than a second and just pulls Tails into a hug off the table and starts just sobbing with Tails in his lap curled up on the floor. Cause the horror of what about happened and the relief Tails is okay and he found him in time hits Sonic all at once.

The rest of the cultists are still frozen cause for Sonic, Tails and the leader all that happened in less than a minute and the group is still catching their bearings of everything that just happened. Which is a good thing cause in that moment everyone else catches up and runs into this whole scene.

From their perspective though they just see Sonic sobbing over a limp Tails with blood on his chest (from Sonic's hand but they don't know that), a guy knocked out (or possibly dead??) next to them, a big stone table that suspiciously looks like an alter also next to them, Rouge who is still cursing up a storm tied up in the corner and held down by like 5 people, and a room full of people in matching robes that look like the guy up near Sonic and Tails.

The rest of the group now splits off with Amy and Knuckles running over to Sonic and Tails, Shadow going for the leader on the ground, Omega going to help Rouge, and the rest of their friends they had helping them splitting off to take care of the rest of the cultists.

From here everything gets resolved, cultists and leader locked up, Tails getting what ever drugs they were giving him out of his system and going home and everyone somewhat going back to their lives. Sonic however does not leave Tails' side for a while and hovers around him which for the first few weeks Tails appreciates cause if he's honest he doesn't want Sonic to be far from him either after everything and really doesn't want to be alone for long. Tails get constant nightmares about the situation and is snuggling with his big brother almost every night. Which is great for Sonic cause he's also getting terrible nightmares from the ordeal and feels better when he wakes up and Tails is right there.

It does get to the point though where after a bit of recovery and time healing the mental scars Tails has to convince Sonic that he can be go back to running around and exploring without Tails right next to him. It takes a lot of convincing and scheduling regular check-ins (like 5x more than they previously had) but Sonic and Tails slowly get somewhat back to their normal lives.

If you wanna get angsty though have it so Sonic is just a second too slow in saving Tails and the fallout from that. (couldn't be me though I'm a hurt/comfort girly at heart, give me the angst but everyone's okayish in the end)

[diwara]

Journey's end.

[tubbytarchia]

Also I need to say SOMETHING because I've been tormented by this for the past few days after having been made aware but yandere Pearl makes me so upset, imo it's such a disservice to her character!! That or other interpretations that just make her out to be evil. I understand the appeal of the trope and for AUs and stuff, ofc go wild!! But that is very much not what happened in DL canon and anyone who thinks that she's only interesting with the yandere trope attached is a fake fan!! Pearl was labelled crazy and of course she leaned into it, because what else does she do? Nobody wants her, everyone believes she's lost it, so she might as well!! At the very least it serves as some intimidation that Pearl CAN use to her advantage but did she ever want to? She's not crazy for Scott, not by any stretch of the imagination. She wanted some kind of approval, or acceptance. She didn't just want Scott to herself or whatever argument people try to make and she most certainly wasn't evil or cruel. Many times when people were getting up to mischief, Pearl didn't take large part if at all even if she was there. She often played along and, yeah, she played along, like most Lifers would, no? I can see how her behaviour could be observed as obsessive when she keeps trying to settle near Scott but, I don't even know how to articulate my thoughts other than to reinforce that that wasn't her obsessing over Scott. I suppose you could view Pearl as evil depending entirely on what you classify as evil in a death game where most everyone has to kill anyway, and where a lot of people commit arson and stuff (Joel killed some Jellies, loved to bully Jimmy, retaliated having the Relationship burnt down by burning every other establishment he could, is he also evil? What makes Pearl evil? Does she just get called that more because Joel is expected to be a menace by default?), but there is so much more nuance there than some form of "she flipped on a dime in session 1 and immediately became a crazy ex after a breakup". But you know what, that's what Scott wanted people to believe and if anyone in the fandom does then I have news for you

Also I'm not trying to say that playing a villain character is bad (Scott is such a villain though not at all a plainly visible one, and he's very compelling as a character) nor am I trying to make Pearl out to be some totally innocent sweetpea. Or maybe I am. #Pearl did literally nothing wrong to warrant this (but like, art of her being girlboss and stuff goes hard still, she OWNED the scene still when she embraced the label. She was mad cool, but it's not "being evil" that makes a character mad cool)

(PS don't take this too seriously, although I do heavily disagree with this interpretation personally, I'm not police and also I love all the Lifers including Scott dearly. Reminder that this is just about the characters they play and it's reasonable for viewers to believe his story foremost if they've only watched his POV and such, I think)

[jackienautism]

SEE THEYR EOKAY

[sapphicrow]

RE8 Lords (+dimi sisters) Opinion on crocs!

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Mother Miranda

The bird mommy herself. A true lady. Gothic aesthetic and all.

I think she would be an avid croc hater

I mean, she works in a lab, closed toe shoes. They’re not very practical for experimentation or any thing else

Plus her other outfit is goddess apparel or old hag.

I just can’t see her enjoying them whatsoever. They clash with her whole vibe.

If offered, Miri would most surely wrinkle her nose and scoff at the very notion.

“Ugh. Begone, mortal. The day you goad me into those atrocities of footwear is the day I surrender my subconscious to the megamycete,” Mother Miranda waves you off with a flick of a taloned hand.

Mia left a pair in the lab once and she tried them on. They remind her.

Salvatore Moreau

Fish man!

Moreau would be a huge fan.

Seriously, he lives in constant sogginess. A pair of shoes that can fit his deformed and damp feet would be welcome.

He pads around the reservoir in crocs all the fricking time

Over time, the sound of the rubber squelch becomes associated with his approach.

He would be gifted his first pair, but soon amass a bit of a collection- his favorites are the blue pair and the black one, but he’s also got green.

(In the church) *squish squish squish squosh squish* “hi, mother!” Moreau garbles. “Like ‘em?” He asks, gesturing to the tye dye crocs currently adorning the lower half of his slimy body.

He doesn’t wear them in public after Mother Miranda glared at them though

Heisenberg

Metal bending dilf

My guy isn’t the biggest fan of crocs, they just don’t work for him

The factory is difficult enough to manage in steel toed boots. Rubber slippers are not ideal.

I think he wears them solely to meetings to piss off Mirander (it works every time)

He was approached by his nieces with a pair of solid black crocs, and they were too insistent for him to deny them entirely.

Heisenberg thinks they’re fine, simply not his cup of tea though.

“Fuck!” The lord curses, his voice echoing against the metal walls of the factory for the fiftieth time. “Damn pieces of junk.” Heisenberg mutters after dropping a piece of scrap onto his croc bearing toes once more.

Alcina Dimitrescu

No.

Just no.

Absolutely not.

Lady Dimitrescu , the countess, the favorite of Mother Miranda, mother of three, would not be caught dead in such apparel.

It’s less that she has an issue with their design, and much more that she’s disgusted with the thought of looking so undignified.

She wouldn’t be threatening anyone when she whips her crocs into sports mode before unsheathing her mighty claws.

Alcina doesn’t mind them on others, but not her. She’s a noble lady and far above such peasantry.

Also they don’t make them in her shoe size.

“What…” she drawls, looking scornfully down at the maiden presenting her with such blatantly hideous shoes, “are those?”

Donna Beneviento

The dollmaker and illusionist ~

Donna is chill, I’d imagine she wouldn’t have too strong an opinion on crocs

She owns a pair in black and likes to wear them around her workshop

They’re quite comfy, and since she’s not always on her feet, they serve as very nice house slippers

She likes to pair them with fluffy socks to really get the full coziness effect

Besides, her skirt is long enough where they’re not really noticeable

A quiet melody sways within the air of Lady Beneviento’s workspace. Humming to herself as she worked and Angie looked over her shoulder. Dexterous hands wield pliers to work the last bit of wire into the joints of her newest creation. And as a finishing touch, a mini croc is slid onto this doll. A small smile quirks her lips beneath the veil.

“I want some!” Angie shrieks once she sets eyes on the crocs.

Bela Dimitrescu

The eldest of the flies, and the blondest

Bela follows in her mother’s footsteps on this one, she despises crocs.

She simply doesn’t see the appeal.

They’re rubber, they’re not particularly fashionable, and they clash with the lace of her dress.

Eyeing her sister up and down, Bela just scoffs judgmentally before walking away.

Daniela Dimitrescu

Our delulu queen <3

She is the biggest crocs person ever.

She absolutely loves them, much to her sister and Mother’s dismay.

Dani just thinks they’re the coolest thing ever

You don’t have to lace them, there’s different modes, and you can decorate them??? What more could you ask for!

She had a whole wardrobe. I think she had every color. Depending on the occasion, she mixes and matches.

Dani is also big on jibbitz.

“Look!” The ginger squeals excitedly as she swarms into a maid’s face. “It’s a fly!” Dani says with a delirious giggle, shoving the new charm into the frightened woman’s vision.

Cassandra Dimitrescu

The ravenette of the trio

Cassie likes crocs a normal amount

She doesn’t own her own pair of course, the only reason she ever wears them is to snatch them from Dani and make her mad

She also delights in how Bela and her mom glare down at her whenever she wears them

All in all, Cass doesn’t wear them as a fashion choice, she wears them for the drama

“Hehehe, you’re coming with me,” Cassandra whispers to herself as she steals Daniela’s prized flamingo print crocs from her room.

[todd-machine]

no bc the way their first interaction ever was Yang awkwardly complimenting Blake’s bow as a throwaway and their confession scene getting serious right as Yang genuinely compliments Blake’s cat ears. This has layers and I’m so normal about it

[gab1te]

you want to cover up your eyes

but they’re already shut so tight

[bastardenjoyer]

i've been seeing this trend about matching a character with a song and i need to contribute because this is literally arthur

self explanatory. talking about their past, then dutch's downfall. still, arthur remains by his side

this too. dutch's constant spiel about "money" especially.

are you hearing me out

[walmart-miku]

BSD reaper au

So, in this au grim reapers are created when someone dies in a terrible manner and having committed a sin. (Ex. Killing people) Being a reaper is kind of like serving a prison sentence, where after a set amount of years you can go to the afterlife and rest. (Sentances vary based on severity of sin)

Reapers do remember how they died and what they did that made them a reaper.

I'm centering this au around Yosano and Ranpo mostly and it's platonic (with side ranpoe maybe)

Yosano is a reaper and she does not remember how she became one. Her sentance is 300 years. She died when she was about 11 years old but has continued to age for some reason. She does not know what her actual age is but estimates it to be about 24-28 years old.

One day, while Yosano is out reaping souls and comforting the souls of the dead she runs into a mysterious kid named Ranpo who can, for some reason, see her.

Yosano and Ranpo team up together in order to solve the mystery of Yosano's death

Ranpo's got limited time. He's got some sort of medical condition that's been slowly eating away at him. In this au he's about 26 and has somehow managed to beat the odds against what doctors predicted. He seems to be getting weaker in recent years though.

Extra characters:

Dazai: He's also a reaper and has been serving his sentence for an undetermined amount of time. Cause of death was suicide, his sin is unknown but seems to have something to do with his death. Him and Yosano are work besties. Although he seems to know something about her death.

Akutagawa: A reaper, he's been serving since before Yosano became a reaper. His sentence is almost over. He does not know anything about what happened to Yosano but he is willing to help. For a price.

Kyouka: A young girl who recently became a reaper. Yosano actually found Kyouka after she died and when Kyouka became a reaper, Yosano became her mentor.

Mori: Lead grim reaper if you will. He's in charge of everything and decides who becomes a reaper. Very mysterious, seems to know more than he let's on.

Fukuzawa: Ranpo's adoptive father after his parents died in an accident when he was young. Fukuzawa is doing everything he can for Ranpo right now and fears that Ranpo might die soon which is why he's surprisingly lax with Ranpo and his shenanigans.

Poe: Ranpo's best friend and rival. Poe has, in fact, been in love with Ranpo for years and is willing to do anything for him. Poe quickly gets dragged into Ranpo and Yosano's investigation. Poe is also very rich and helps fund most of the investigation.

That's all I've got for now. Feel free to send me asks about this au. It will be living rent free in my head for a very long time.

[dawnthefluffyduck]

Drawing from class two weeks ago, prof was introducing us to photoshop because not everyone had used it before, so those of us that were already familiar with it were goofing off lol

Small update; I have recently been given courage to come out and say that this blog will be temporarily put on hold. I'm not falling behind in my studies per se, but they've become such a massive source of stress that I can't focus/don't have time to draw for myself lately. I can confidently say my mental health is the worst it's been since last year; guilt for not talking to people and for not being more active on here is eating me alive, so I think it's best if I take at least one of those pressures off of myself.

When I'm back I'll likely have some classwork to show off, and maybe if the stars align, some personal drawings too haha. Until then, I'll still be somewhat active on my alt (@dawntheduckrb) and might even post some doodles there, so feel free take a peeksies if you want :D (posts are all over the place there though, so don't follow if you don't want dash clutter lol)

Sorry for any worry I caused; see y'all in May :)

[dice-n-antlers]

Another rough fic concept that I don’t have the focus or mental fortitude to write. Honestly if any of y’all are inspired and want to actually flesh it out, be my guest, because I can’t wrangle my brain into doing it.

Post-game story where Astarion and Tav are on the hunt for a way to help him walk in the sun again.

They are on the trail of a possible solution. Maybe a MacGuffin item that will protect him or maybe a full-on cure for vampirism.

Astarion x Tav cross paths with a powerful vampire. Maybe this entity has the item/cure they are looking for or maybe this vampire is also seeking it.

They don’t have the rest of the party to help them so shit is gonna go sideways in the worst way possible.

There is a confrontation in a fortress or ruin by the sea. During the fight, everything that can go wrong does go wrong and worse.

Astarion gets pushed or blasted off the tower/battlements down into the dark water below, leaving Tav alone with the vampire.

Astarion survives. Barely. By the time he makes it to shore, clinging to unlife by a thread, dawn is fast approaching.

He’s a survivor. He has no choice but to seek shelter. Besides, he can’t help Tav if he’s a pile of ash.

Our favorite spawn spends a miserable day, unable to rest, full of self-loathing that he had to flee, horrified at the possible fate that he has left Tav to endure. Are they even still alive?

As soon as the orange eye of the sun dips back down below the horizon, Astarion leaves his makeshift shelter to find Tav.

He sneaks back into the fortress…

It’s easy. Too easy. Everything is eerily quiet.

In a courtyard, something catches in the corner of his eye: an area of freshly turned dirt.

As he looks dumbly at the person-sized patch, he realizes what he’s smelling. Dirt and blood. Tav’s blood.

They’re dead.

But amid the rising despair, another thought occurs to him. Would a vampire waste the opportunity to create a perfectly good spawn? He’s not sure which is worse; that Tav is dead or a spawn.

Astarion falls to his knees and begins clawing at the dirt. Nails be damned, Tav is down there.

It’s massively re-traumatizing for him. Instead of digging up out of his own grave, he is digging down into the grave of the first person he truly cares about, unsure of what state they will be in.

His nails are broken, hands bloodied, face smeared with dirt and sweat and tears when a hand bursts free from the dirt. Tav’s hand.

He pulls them free, coughing and retching up dirt. Tav is wild-eyed and terrified by what has been done to them and the changes they have felt in their body.

Astarion can see Tav’s eyes have gone red and shine with a dull glow. Their canines are pointed, skin no longer bright but with a greyish cast to it. The fresh wound on their neck no longer bleeds, but stares at him like an accusation.

There is stillness for a moment after the frantic scramble. A traumatized Tav clings to Astarion. Maybe he tries to comfort them. Maybe he’s frozen, trying to figure out what to do next. Maybe a horrific guilt is starting to eat a hole through him… they were here to help him after all.

But then…

Tav goes rigid in Astarion’s arms.

Tav jerks back out of Astarion’s grip and struggles to their feet. The red glow in their eyes has brightened and their face is a mask of confusion and fear as their body moves against their will.

They stumble past Astarion…

…and into the waiting arms of their new master.

This vampire is powerful, of course, and not alone. Perhaps they have other spawn or minions now stepping out of the shadows into the courtyard. Astarion is outnumbered and outgunned.

Does Astarion fight (and certainly die) or flee?

Perhaps this vampire looks down at this spawn-of-a-dead-master that they cannot control and decides killing him is too boring. They’re a sadistic bastard after all.

The vampire tells Astarion to run. Run and never look back.

They tell him that if they ever catch his scent again, they will make Tav greet the dawn.

So Astarion flees. Ever the survivor.

He abandons Tav to a cruel sire and a fate he knows all too well.

If you’re an asshole, you could end the story right there. But as much as I enjoy angst, I love happy endings more…

So a bloodied and shell-shocked Astarion turns up on Gale’s doorstep one night. They get the gang back together. You could skim over this or turn it into a multi-chapter found family bonanza about breaking Wyll and Karlach out of the hells and getting Lae’zel back from the astral plane.

The point is, the cavalry comes to save Tav for once.

You could end it any way you like… Maybe both Tav and Astarion are cured or maybe only one of them is. Perhaps there was no cure at all, their lead was a dead end, and Astarion and Tav both end up as masterless spawn, still on the hunt for a way to walk in the sun together. Tav has to learn how to deal with being a vampire and they both have to deal with this new trauma, but they are free and have each other.

[greenteaandtattoos]

I don't know, there's just something about Ludinus destructively stealing the essence of nature and Fearne being embraced by the essence of fire.

The consumption of life to make room for more life; that is what wildfires are. That's what the purpose of fire naturally is, to destroy what can make room for what's new.

It's like Fearne was meant to face Ludinus. He is like the Savalirwood; poisoned and unable to recover from the past, and Fearne is the wildfire that will burn the rot from the roots to give the future a chance to bloom anew.