#this is a Straight Up Video Games Crossover

[misc-obeyme]

your post about the human au with beel as a farmer has me giggling and kicking my feet!! and now i can't stop imagining the brothers on their own little farm (writing this even though i know nothing about farming)

lucifer and satan mainly handle the finances, making sure they have the best equipment and techniques to produce good crops. the goats and sheep seem to take a liking to lucifer, especially the baby ones, who love chewing on his clothes. satan stays away from them bc they keep thinking his blond hair is food, choosing instead to coo over the farm cats

mammon and levi are the unofficial handlers and bully victims of the birds. mammon gets pecked by the chickens as he goes to collect their eggs, and he says one day, he'll cook them all up as revenge!! (everyone knows he's lying). levi spends more time with the ducks, where they quack at him on the farm and when he's fishing at the local ponds. (one time, a group of baby ducks imprinted on him and followed him home. it took forever for him to get them back to their mama)

asmo does a lot of advertising for the farm, with both his social media and charming personality at the farmers' market. he designs the cutest packaging and sews any holes that end up in his brothers' clothes with lovely little patches. his favorite animals on the farm (a couple piglets and bunnies) are marked with pink bows, but you could tell by how he squeals whenever he sees them

you already went over beel, but i imagine him still having his super strength and can easily carry adult sheep with ease. he also has gained a lot of (kissable) freckles from being in the sun all the time

belphie is a straight up cow whisperer, which may be caused by his habit of cuddling with the cows on their pasture to skip out on chores. but he's great at milking and can instantly tell if something's wrong with the cows, to the point that other farmers go to him in need of help. he's a lazybones hero!

aaaaaa the sillies - 🎠

Honestly, I'm surprised that little post of mine got so much attention lol! I was definitely thinking about it more in terms of what I think the boys would do if they were humans, rather than how it would be if they all worked on the same farm. But I saw a couple tags suggesting a Stardew Valley crossover, which could be all of them on the same farm or all of them with separate farms. I haven't played Stardew in a long time, but I am so obsessed with farming sims it's ridiculous. My favorite is Story of Seasons Trio of Towns, I've played it so many times and I still replay it from time to time because I loved it so much lol.

ANYWAY that's all to say that my farming experience comes almost entirely from video games. I took a class about plants and agriculture in high school, but otherwise it's all vibes and cozy gaming!

But I think you've nailed it with these. I keep seeing Satan falling asleep in a pile of hay, just completely covered in barn cats. Cute lil Asmo all decked out like a farmer but only for the aesthetic 'cause he's running that farmer's market booth like nobody's business. Cow whisperer Belphie, please I love it so much.

Also freckled, sun-kissed Beel... human!Beel would have so many freckles if he spent any time outside at all. I love this because I'm extremely freckled myself and it'd be really cute if MC had freckles to match his.

Though I actually hadn't even thought about MC's role in a human au. Since they're already human. Would it be reversed? MC is the demon in this scenario? Or just MC is their same human self but they meet the others in a different way? I think both options could be interesting. I was initially going with the idea of there being no magic and no realms though.

I was trying to think of what the characters would do with their lives based on their interests and Beel just screamed farmer to me. Like yeah he probably still works out a bunch, but he really loves food. So I thought it would be interesting to consider that as his primary motivation for wanting to become a farmer. He just wants to feed everybody.

Anyway, I love this, I'm thoroughly enjoying imagining the boys on their farm. Though Mammon threatening to cook the chickens is hilarious. Like I can just hear him saying that to a bunch of indifferent hens, too. It reminds me of a story my mom used to tell me about my great-grandmother getting so annoyed at my uncle's pet rooster for getting his beak tangled in her yarn that she straight up made soup out of him. I dunno how true that story is, but it's one my mom & her siblings have told me numerous times lol.

[suhnshinehaos]

⚘  growing pains

series synopsis : people say that you’ll experience three kinds of love in your lifetime. the first is an idealistic love, the kind that feels straight out of a fairy tale. the second is the hard love, the kind that will leave you with lessons about yourself and the love you want and need to experience. finally, the love you never see coming. this is the story of your three loves. pairing : svt 97 line x gn!reader genre/s : non-idol au, coming of age, angst, fluff, my attempts at humor

act three : the unexpected love

after years studying and working abroad, yn is finally back home to a new job and new faces. all they want now is to focus on nothing else but their career and one of their coworker’s friends, minghao, makes it all the more interesting. 

previous  ➤  interlude i next  ➤  act three, part one growing pains  ➤  masterlist

profiles : the endgame

scoups entertainment !

yn : you, the main lead. 

soonyoung : one of the most popular dancers/choreographers in the industry. yn’s university friend who referred them to the company. cycles through headers of his friends doing the horanghae.

seungcheol : ceo of scoups entertainment, one of the most formidable names in the industry. known to be very protective of the people he employs. soonyoung, jihoon, wonwoo, and jun have been in and believed in the company since the very beginning, so he takes their thoughts on matters very seriously. 

jihoon : producer and songwriter to the gods. everyone who’s anyone has gotten a song written and/or produced by him. 

wonwoo : rapper and producer, almost zero social media presence unless he’s replying to his friends’ tweets or streaming video games. 

jun : model turned actor that is now working his way into getting in the music industry as well. also a self-proclaimed cupid.

the unexpected love !

minghao : works in the biggest fashion, music, and lifestyle magazine in the country. paints in the little free time he has, takes his craft very seriously. a close friend of jun’s.   

catching up with...

maple drive !

hansol's discord kittens !

from reese, with love <3

last act.... i'd be lying if i said i wasn't a little bit emotional about all this ;-; thank you all for riding this emotional rollercoaster with me, i hope you're ready for the final stretch ! thank you sm for reading, hope you're all doing well and taking care <3

side note : i have been listening to the hadestown soundtrack on repeat and i can't help but imagine how great of an orpheus seokmin would be aaaaah >_< + for those reading my yy smau,,, slight treacherous crossover with the magazine hehe ;)

[chernobog13]

R.I.P. KEVIN CONROY - THE VOICE OF BATMAN

I was extremely saddened this morning to learn that Kevin Conroy, the man who  has been THE voice of Batman for thirty years, has passed away from cancer.

Conroy first won over audiences and comic book fans with his spot-on portrayal of Bruce Wayne and Batman in Batman: The Animated Series (1992).  This also the start of the DC Animated Universe.

He continued as Batman in the spin-off animated film, Batman: Mask of the Phantasm.  The film was loosely based on the comic book story Batman: Year Two, and is considered by many to be the best Batman film - live-action or animated - ever!

Conroy returned to voice Batman again when The New Batman Adventures (1997) premiered, which - even though it featured different character and production design, was a continuation of B:TAS.

In 1997 there was a three-part World’s Finest crossover between Superman: The Animated Series (1996) and The New Batman Adventures.  Conroy’s Batman met - and briefly fought - Tim Daly’s Superman, before both heroes teamed-up to take down the Joker and Luthor.  This crossover was later complied into the straight-to-video The Batman/Superman Movie: World’s Finest.

This was followed up by Batman Beyond (1999), where Conroy portrayed a much older Bruce Wayne who, very reluctantly, passes on the mantle of Batman to a young successor.

Following that, Conroy and Batman returned to the present day for Justice League (2001) and Justice League Unlimited (2004).

Along the way, Conroy voice Batman for additional, straight-to-video films, video and computer games, and would even record messages on answering machines (remember those?) for friends.

Conroy again returned to the role in the 2009 animated film Superman/Batman: Public Enemies.  Here he was reunited with actor Tim Daly, who returned for the first time as Superman (actor George Newbern voiced Superman in the two Justice League series).

The two men would reprise their roles a year later in the follow-up film Superman/Batman: Apocalypse (2010).

Skip ahead to 2016 and Conroy’s Batman appeared in Justice League Action, a fun-filled, action-packed series that took refused to take itself too seriously while telling great stories.  Conroy was the only original Justice League voice cast member who returned for this series.

The final time I encountered Conroy as Bruce Wayne was in the Arrowverse’s Crisis on Infinite Earths mega-crossover in 2019.   It was a surprising departure from his previous portrayals, as this Bruce Wayne was bitter, deranged, and more than a little homicidal.

It’s a shame to lose a man who has defined Batman, and entertained millions of people, for so long.  However, we are extremely lucky that he left such a large body of work for us to enjoy.

Rest in peace, Kevin Conroy.

[vkeimadgame]

My writing requests are open!

(more below!!)

Rules:

���� ~ I do not write smut. I am still a minor so I won't be writing straight up smut. Sure I'll write suggestive things but not straight up smut with all body parts and what not.

🖤 ~ Please specify what gender you want the reader to be! (Fem readers please note that I'm not too skilled for writing for a fem reader and I apologise deeply for that.) If a gender isn't specified I will make the reader Gender Neutral.

🖤 ~ None of that nasty proshipping, abuse or just horrible things in general.

What I will write:

🖤 ~ As mentioned before I won't be writing smut but I will write suggestive things sometimes for appropriate aged characters.

🖤 ~ Fluff

🖤 ~ Angst

🖤 ~ Anything that's comedy or just for shits and giggles (basically anything unserious)

🖤 ~ Romance & Platonic relationships

🖤 ~ Canon x Canon & Reader x Canon

What do I write for?

- Obey me (Both OG and NB but except for the undateables, anything with Luke will be strictly platonic.)

- Sdra2 (Super Danganronpa another 2)

- Danganronpa v3: Killing Harmony (not adding the other games and series as I'm not too confident with writing their characters)

- Roblox Flicker (Jesus christ it's been four years how am I still into this game?? If you are requesting this please tell me the character personalities you want me to use!)

- DRDT Danganronpa: Despair Time (No don't worry I'm crying alongside you all WHAT THE FUCK WAS THAT..)

Extras:

🖤 ~ Feel free to interact with me through the ask box about any of those games/media I've mentioned above! I'd love to chat about them!!

🖤 ~ If you know two or more of those games from above and want to see a crossover thing between two characters please let me know! I'd fucking love to write a crossover thing!!!

🖤 ~ Feel free to talk to me about any voice actors as well! And anything to do with Visual Kei, I love both.

Thank you for reading and happy requesting!!

(All images in this post were screenshots taken from the Lucid Dream music video by Dadaroma)

[paladin-of-nerd-fandom65]

Neato answers buddy! :D

1: What's one video game the duo would like to go into? (It must be a story game not like Minecraft or any multiplayer)

2: Let's say the starburst duo got sucked into resident evil 2 remake & had to go through the events ( Leon A, just them, & no powers) will they be able to beat it & escape?

3: What's the worst panic attack the duo ever gotten?

4: How would Jon, Chris, Kon & the super-twins cuddle together?

5: Between the super-sons, the super-twins, starburst duo, & timkon, who wins in a game of basketball? Rules: only hover a few inches above ground (if able to) first to 10 scores wins, & the group with the least amount of points get face covered up in make-up.

Aww thanks @pin-crusher2000 . these are always fun to answer XD

1) Hmmm…..Well I have been having in my mind for the longest time a sort of crossover between DC and of all things CoD Zombies so…..Maybe one night Chris and Jake find themselves awakening inside a denounce and hellish version of the infamous Alcatraz Island, crawling all over with not just the undead but also hellhounds all led by an equally demonic Warden and the Duo have their powers severely dampened. They don’t have to rely on firearms to protect themselves but the waves of undead charging at them are endless and there’s seemingly no escape. Thats when they get help from a certain voice of a girl who guides them on their little haunting adventure, explaining that ancient evil which brought these undead to life had sucked the Duo into this world to break a sort of cycle their reality was within to ensure their own dominance or reality.

The girl’s name is Samantha. She would tell Chris and Jake how all this really began

Basically The Starburst Duo in a combination of Mob of the Dead and Origins basically lol.

2) Oh definitely so. Their parents taught them very well on survival techniques for those types of scenarios where both the Dead and the Monstrous Rise and they’re left powerless. As such, them fighting alongside the lovable rookie cop that is Leon Kennedy in the world ravaged by the T Virus can seem right up their alley no matter how freaky the effects of said Virus can be like, and not just those Nemesis T Zombies

3) Chris: The one he got once a more complete picture of his memories as Lor Zod and all the harsh treatment he got from his birth father and after sending the General and his army back into the Phantom Zone, being surrounded by all those reporters and his super hearing picking up on all the sounds of suffering all over Metropolis, unable to reach his family and eventually the pressure getting so bad, he straight flew away from the sight as fast as he could and far away from everything as fast as he could. It was once he was far away enough at the other side of the globe that he managed to calm himself to an extent. It really took another whole week wandering the earth in secret and about another week and a half staying with the Graysons until Chris finally was able to approach the Kents once again.

Jake: Probably in the immediate months after he was discharged from Bludhaven General Hospital for his recovery from his fateful and haunting duel against Victor Zsasz, it’s easy to envision Jake getting increased anxiety with capers and cases involving kids like himself in grave danger or far worse. He might get the job done if it involves rescuing said kids but his mind has gone into full overdrive with panic and fear as those memories of finding those slain orphans and how cruel Zsasz was are surfacing. It usually takes his allies, friends and loved ones present to help calm him. Also of course, plenty of nightmares and bad dreams about that particular case are a lot frequent for him, especially on those first few months afterwards.

4) it’s a five person longways pile on either the living room couch or a king sized bed. Conner would be at the core with Chris to his immediate right side and Osul to his left. From there, Jon would be snoring happily next to Osul while Otho in turn is cuddled up next to Chris. Conner’s loud snoring is blissful ambiance for the younger siblings.

5) I would say it’s major tie between the Super Twins and the Starburst Duo, not simply for their power levels and ability to learn as they play. It’s moreso how well in tune those two teams really are with Chris and Jake complimenting each other’s strengths and weaknesses with both stern direction and experience. Thr Twins on the other hand have superb understanding of what the other of doing and how to follow suit given their years working side by side back on Warworld

[dontforgetoctober3rd]

He Is

(A timeskip Bridgerton/HOTDish fanfic)

Pairing: Aemond Targaryen X Philomena Finch (faceclaim for Philomena will be the amazing Taylor Richardson, who plays Bridget in The Gilded Age!)

Word Count: 2800ish

Cheesiness: Off the charts, cheesier than the state of Wisconsin

Summary: Just as her mother Philippa predicted: Philomena Finch is a writer.

But Philomena is disappointed that none of the men in real life live up to the fictional ones she reads and writes about. None of them until Aemond Targaryen, that is.

Author's Note: This fic is a somewhat convoluted, three-way crossover (kinda???) because it obviously has elements of the Bridgerton universe but also the HOTD/GOT universe, with mentions of the Skyrim video game lore! Basically, Philomena writes what we know in this world as Skyrim but in a book form and Aemond is the author of what we know as Game of Thrones in this fic. Get it? Alrighty. Also, yes, the fic title is yet another Ghost song big whoop I love them ok?!

Dividers: @cafekitsune

GIF Credits: In the gifs themselves, I used the gif search function

The first time Philomena Finch knew she didn’t fit in with The Ton of London high society was in boarding school at age 12, when the teacher asked each girl to come to the front of the class and share what their goals in life were.

“I want to start a charity for orphans,” came one of the replies.

“My goal is to throw the most glamorous balls anyone has ever seen!” another girl said.

“I will tutor respectable young ladies on how to speak French,” yet another said.

On and on the answers came, but they all had one thing in common: before telling what their goals were, they all prefaced their statements with “After I marry-”

Philomena knew she wasn’t going to marry then and she knew it still now, at age 19.  It's not that she didn’t want a husband, she just had always known that the type of man she desired to be with was not to be found outside the books she read or little stories she would write. The kind of husband she wanted had to be amazing and handsome and approve without question whatever she wanted to do in life.  The years had taught her she would not find him in the real world and she accepted as her fate that she was to remain unwed, as if it were a commonly given fact like any other.  Her parents’ and aunts’ marriages were simply lovely anomalies in the humdrum, rigid world of the english Ton.  The way of things would not change.

The sky was blue, grass was green, taxes were to be paid and Philomena Finch was destined to die alone.

That being the case, she preferred to fully throw herself into writing, which her parents wholeheartedly supported. 

 “The world is changing!” her father had informed her, contrary to what she herself believed. “Women hardly have a need for husbands like they did before and besides, how else could we survive the monotony of life without stories to read?.” 

Her mother agreed as well and for that Philomena was so grateful, as her own grandmother constantly moaned about having a spinster in the family and her well-meaning Aunt Prudence put the famous Violet Bridgerton to shame with the amount of gentlemen she sent her way at balls. 

It was relentless, so the minute Philomena would get home and dress for bed,  she went straight to her writing desk instead to create worlds she could escape to. Every time she sat to write she thanked her lucky stars that she had a mother and father who bought her all the quills, ink and paper she wanted.

 In fact, she was working on a story she hoped to publish soon but it was rather gruesome…and violent. Recent inspiration had hit her about two years ago after the country of Valyria had ceased its war with England and everyone had seen the new, foreign aristocracy trickling into London to break bread with new allies.  

Before the war, stories had floated around of beautiful white-haired men and women, but to see them in person?  Everyone in society clamored to be near them, to win their favor and possibly their love in some cases.  Philomena thought they were otherworldly. It was as if there existed a version of the Bridgertons that was fifty times as popular and a hundred times as good-looking.  Being near them felt practically magical. 

Certainly too magical for an ordinary, plain English girl like herself.  She knew this because only last season the one time Aunt Prudence had managed to snag a Valyrian Lord at a ball to bring to her, practically elbowing away other girls from him (a Daemon Targaryen, she remembered) the conversation had remained one sided.

  Lord Targaryen seemed incredibly disinterested and practically fled as he excused himself after hardly saying more than ten words the entire time.  “I must find my brother, pardon me.” Daemon had told her as he walked away. 

  The only type of men in reality that seemed to interest her…had zero interest in return. 

So Philomena dealt with her increasing feelings of inadequacy with writing, as always, and got to work.  A world of dragons and magic, of elves and warriors. Not at all what a typical lady would read, let alone write! 

The Elder Scrolls: Skyrim, she called it and she finally had about two thirds of the story written to show her parents before the new season got going. She had anticipated horror from them both, but they had been utterly enthralled by the story and wanted to know more. 

“Oh, please tell me Ulfric Stormcloak wins!! I need to know!” her father had begged.

Her mother was of a different opinion. “I do hope he gets executed by the Dragonborn! Preferably while Elisif The Fair watches! It's what he deserves after killing her husband! Hmph!”

Aunt Prudence was a fan of the character Maven Blackbriar, and positively preened when Philomena told her she had based the character off of her. “I do have a knack for finances and running my family well,” she had said with a smile at tea one day.

“Like no other, my love.” Uncle Harry was quick to put in. 

The most help had come from, surprisingly, her uptight grandmother Portia. She had dropped by for luncheon one day and insisted on seeing this story her daughters had been ‘blathering about’.

“I do wish you would concentrate on finding a husband instead of that scribbling…,” she had began, after receiving the hefty manuscript from Philomena in the parlor and having read through it for a few minutes. “-but if you must insist on continuing with it, then you might see about getting some assistance in trying to publish from your uncle Colin and Aunt Penelope, after their return from Germany.  No doubt they’ll go straight to the Viscount Bridgerton, who will then reach out to his contacts and ensure you have a chance at this little story of yours getting printed into an actual book. Maybe.”

Philomena was ecstatic.  Writing was her greatest passion, it was what brought her the most joy, and now there was a chance that hundreds (possibly thousands!) of people would read her work and feel that same joy. Who needed a husband?

The latest season started as the last few had: everyone shamelessly fighting to get a hold of a Valyrian lord or lady.  Or one of their lesser family members, but the objective remained the same for the Ton, which was to align themselves with a wealthy Valyrian family.

Philomena mostly avoided the season these days, as she was busy trying to publish her novel (which had turned into a several novel series, as her publisher had suggested because the story was so long).

A few weeks in, all of London high society received quite a shock: Daemon Targaryen had brought his nephew Aemond.  He was badly scarred on one side of his face, a patch covering the missing eye.  Rumor had it the Targaryens were  so rich, a sapphire was put in.  

What would have spelled doom for the prospects of a normal Englishman, however,  did nothing to cause Aemond to be seen as lesser by the Ton.  The loss of an eye didn’t deter daughters and their mamas in the least.  Aemond Targaryen was rich, beautiful and available.  

All were determined to secure the position of being his wife but that determination was soon snuffed out. 

 To the dismay of every marriage-minded mama, Daemon proclaimed to the queen herself that Aemond had already selected his future wife when she asked why he had brought his nephew along this time.  The surprises didn’t stop there, for soon after Prudence Dankworth and her husband arrived, Daemon and Aemond were witnessed by all approaching them and engaging in what seemed like a long and animated conversation. 

Lady Danbury gleefully suggested to Lady Kate Bridgerton that the gossip rags would soon be printing headlines about a very lucky match indeed, for no Valyrian had yet married anyone of English descent. 

Philomena could hardly believe it.  Aemond Targaryen was sitting across from her in the Finch  family parlor.

She had been in her father’s office minutes ago (which he had generously surrendered to her for the duration of however long it took to get Skyrim published) when she had heard a huge commotion near their front door and someone rapidly running (stomping, more like) to the office.

It had been Aunt Prudence, out of breath and slightly disheveled.  The maids didn’t even bother to try to announce her as they caught up and turned to leave just as quick. “Wash that ink off your hands and let down that bloody hair!” Aunt Prudence hissed. “And put on your best dress.  You are to have a special caller today!”

"In the evening?!" Philomena had said in disbelief. "The sun is about to set! I have candles already lit, for goodness' sake. Who calls at this hour?!"

"NEVER YOU MIND!" Prudence had all but shrieked. "Ready yourself!"

So Philomena had.  She was not really expecting anything to come of this visit but no sooner had she sat at the couch adjusting her hair than the maids were announcing the arrival of one Aemond Targaryen.  

Now here they both were.  Philomena’s parents were out but Aunt Prudence remained to chaperone. She tucked herself as far away as possible near a window with a large lamp lit nearby, pretending to read so as to try to give them some privacy.

  Courteous introductions were made, stiff small talk attempted.  Aunt Prudence made a show of loudly flipping pages to fill the silence, so that the young couple might feel like they were being thoroughly ignored and perhaps open up to each other more.

Philomena did not know what she was supposed to do.  

She felt clumsy and ugly next to Aemond, whose hair seemed to sparkle in the candlelight and whose face looked like it was carved by the most expert of artisans.  His magnificently sculpted jaw tempted her so, she struggled to keep her eyes from simply staring at it the entire time.  

Her own hair was slightly frizzy from having been rapidly combed, wisps of it escaping in front of her ears. It was a rusty, orange color.  Not the beautiful, brilliant red that her mother had.  Certainly nowhere near the gorgeous silver of Aemond’s hair.  How she longed to touch it! To smell it! God must be mocking her, because she had also heard he was an avid writer. Simply put, he was perfect for her.  Too perfect.

Desperate to take her mind off of gawking at him so that he wouldn’t think her a lunatic, she hurriedly offered him some biscuits, which he politely refused. 

“The last thing I wish to be is overzealous, but,” Aemond began. “My uncle has told me about you.  His contacts in publishing say that you are working on…quite a story.”

Philomena frantically looked to her Aunt, who quickly mimed what looked like…writing on paper? 

Show him your book!  What you have been working on! Show him Skyrim!

The scene in the parlor was quite comical.  

Aemond could clearly see Prudence Dankworth furiously miming to her niece and yet she continued with it as though he wasn’t present.  It almost made him laugh but he did not wish to ruin his chances.

Philomena Finch was not everything his uncle had said.  She was so much more.

She had the most alluring, fire-colored hair.  Her face was the perfect shape, with full cheeks and deep brown eyes.  Keeping his one functioning eye on her face was a monumental task, as he longed to slowly drag it over her seductive body. 

Best of all…he had clearly just caught her as she was working on her writing.  Aemond could still see a few spots of ink she hadn’t managed to wash off.  

Aemond let himself think for a moment, gazing at Philomena as she “communicated” with her aunt.  

Writing was his passion.  It soothed him and gave him strength, especially when he had lost his eye.  It was everything to him.  To find a woman who shared his dreams…it was too good to pass up. 

“With writing, you can create anything from nothing, like a god.” his Uncle Daemon had told him once, when he had spiraled into doubting himself again.  “It is your gift, nephew.  Don’t throw it away.  For anyone.  If your future wife truly loves you, she will love all of you.  Do not stop your writing.” 

So Aemond hadn’t.  

He had cultivated it and was on the cusp of publishing his first work, A Game of Thrones. A great deal of people had been disgusted with it…but an equal number had loved it, likening it to a Shakespearean work. His uncle had friends who worked in the book writing world and he told him there was a somewhat similarly violent story in England, also with dragons, about to be published.  It was written by a lady. 

Aemond had begged for a copy of at least a few chapters to read it.  Obtaining it wasn’t difficult for him, being already an author about to release his own book.  

He loved everything about the story. 

Everything the characters felt, he felt.  Really, the similarities stopped at the dragons.  

He longed to walk in the world of Skyrim. To see the babbling brooks of Whiterun.  To wander through caves, fighting his way against hordes of Falmer. Everytime he reread his copy of Philomena’s beginning chapters, he lost track of time.

To have created such a universe…if she could only feel a fraction of that passion for him, as a husband, he would be the happiest man alive.  He knew it. 

His heart was already hers.  It was just a matter of letting her know it. 

“Marry me.” Aemond said, coming out of his thoughts.  Zero hesitation.  Matter of factly. 

Philomena felt like her heart was sliding into her throat as her head snapped to look at him.  Aunt Prudence audibly gasped. 

“Marry me.” Aemond repeated. “We belong together.”

He would be miserable married to her, she just knew it.  If they married, she knew she would love him…how she could possibly love a man that wouldn’t love her back she didn’t know but that was what she felt.  

He would grow to eventually hate her and still she would love him, like a fool. He would try to change her and when she refused, loving him the entire time,  he would hate her.  And it would break her heart.  So that was not going to happen.  It could not happen, because she would not let it. “I don’t know you!” Philomena cried.

“We will get to know each other over the years.” Aemond said, taking her hand. She did not remove it but continued to protest.

“I detest going to balls.” 

“I do as well. I prefer to write.”

“My aunts are a lot to deal with.”

“As is my uncle Daemon.”

“My family is nowhere near as wealthy as yours.”

“No matter.  I stand to inherit more than enough money for the both of us.”

“Well, I often argue.  It’s not my intention but it happens a great deal.” Philomena persisted.

“Husbands and wives will argue.  It's the way of things.” he shrugged, still holding onto her hand.

“I often write very depraved scenes.  I have a few more horrid bits to add to Skyrim.” 

“Did you know incest is featured prominently as a storyline in my own book?”

Undeterred, Philomena barreled on, Aunt Prudence watching in shock from her corner.

“I do not want to have children right away.”

“We have various useful contraceptive methods I can get for you.”

“I often get up at night to write.”

“One cannot control when the muse calls upon you. It’s good to work when you get the inspiration for it.”

“I want to travel.”

“I want the same.  We can go wherever you like first.”

“If any of your family were to insult me, I will not just take it.”

“Understandable.  I love them with all my heart but family can be quite insufferable at times.”

Out of options, Philomena didn't care how pathetic she sounded when she said it but it had to be said. “I am not…as beautiful as you.”

“I do not know what to say to ...that.” Aemond said, rubbing her hand gently.  “Other than youre wrong.  So very wrong.”

Philomena was silent. For once, she did not have words, either on paper or to speak.  What Aemond asked next felt like a dream. Prudence had long since dropped all pretense of reading her book and was watching, jaw dropped.

“May I touch your hair?” he asked.

“I- we are not even betrothed!”

“Aren’t we?”

“Yes…? I suppose...?” she whispered, her own eyes boring into his one.

“Excellent! I’ve been dying to to touch your hair since my uncle told me the color. No one has such a color in Valyria.”

“Very well.” Philomena said with a smile.  “I am right, though.”

Aemond looked puzzled. “Right about what?”

“You are more beautiful than me!” 

He fiddled with her hair, blushing.  “Lies.”

“I would not lie to you!” 

“Arguing with me already?

Prudence Dankworth could contain herself no longer. 

Loudly declaring her congratulations, she ran to hug her niece while Aemond Targaryen finally burst out laughing.

[sibillascribbles08]

Jasonnie Masterpost

Making this because I realized how many of those gd ficlets I've written so I'll organize them a little bit. I won't pin this but I may reblog it to my tag now and then after updating it.

I straight up made a web chart for how all this crap connects but that makes me look insane so... (fics under each category are in chronological order)

Doomed Timeline (kraang apocalypse, canon in most timelines)

Regardless of What Happens

One Way or Another

VHHB timeline

Main Fic - The Knight and the Dragon

Just a totally platonic shoulder massage

Donnie begrudgingly asks his dad for date ideas

Donnie makes up an excuse for a bike ride

Donnie discusses a shrink ray idea

Turtle noises

Donnie tries to help Jase with Shit Brain time

Donnie finds out his boyfriend often kisses his cheek after waking up

Donnie says "I love you" for the first time

"You're the best of the... mediocre..."

Jase helps Donnie with Shit Brain time

Jase tries to help Donnie with his shed

Meet the dad saga: pt 1 pt 2 pt 3 pt 4 pt 5

Jase learns Donnie is afraid of lightning

Jason's dragon gets out of control

Donnie teaches Jase how to fly

Jase has to cut his hair thanks to boyfriend shenanigans

Donnie and Jase almost break up

Jase gets back from a business trip

Jase is self conscious about the proposal

Donnie stares wistfully

Jase thinks about where he was compared to where he is now

Holly is born

Holly bites Jase

Donnie makes a contraption

Jase takes Donnie out to stargaze

Dads take their daughter to the Hidden City

Bonus - Dual Dragons (crossover with there-wolf)

Not Part of the Plan (Marked with F!D (Future Donnie) or P!D (Present Donnie))

Donnie attempts to befriend Jase (F!D)

First kiss and confession (F!D)

Jase gets a nasty injury (F!D)

Wedding proposals over video games (F!D)

Valentine's Day with their daughter (F!D)

You Have to Let Him Go (F!D) (AO3 Link)

Not Part of the Plan (F!D) (P!D) (AO3 Link)

I'll Put the Knife In Your Hand (P!D) (AO3 Link)

ERR_FILE_NOT_FOUND (P!D) (AO3 Link)

Donnie tries to keep Jase from going on That mission (P!D)

Jase wants the truth Part 1 and Part 2 (P!D)

Bonus

Since it's touched upon in a handful of these fics, here's what happened to Jase during and after the kraang invasion

[animation-is-my-jam]

Hiii! I'm wondering what was the reason you ship tobecky? What moment did you feel that "oh yeah this is my otp!

Hello! Thank you for the ask!! (^.^)

Oh boy, okay then, strap yourselves. Call me Captain Tangent because I'm going to take too long getting to the point, but yippee!!

Alright, first is the context before the context. I watched Wordgirl during the original shorts that were between Maya and Miguel since I was a PBS kid (cable was inconsistent). During that time, I watched it up until season 4, when I dropped off in favor of other stuff. From that time, I do remember that I wasn't a Tobey x Wordgirl(Becky) fan. Instead, Tobey's crush on Wordgirl flew over my small head, and I was a Scoops and Becky truther because apparently, I recognized Becky's crush on Scoops more. (I didn't know what shipping was exactly. All I knew was that I liked to pair characters up in my head or be invested in romantic tension. EXs: Robin and Starfire in OG Teen Titans, Tiana and Naveen, ...Pleakley and Jumba...)

When about season 4 started, I didn't try to see what the show was up to until after the Miss Power special, where I curiously searched up Wordgirl on the family computer to see what happened. There then I found SuperstarWordgirl's art and amvs about Tobecky. Remember, I forgot about Tobey's crush, so I was just confused about why people wanted to see them smoochy kiss (I was like: "What?? Doesn't he dislike her? And she has the other boy??")

I was puzzled and embarrassed seeing shipping amvs, so I left it alone, only searching it up a bit on ff.net because I used it for mlp fics, and yup still was confused so I didn't hear of Wordgirl by then.

--Then, my mind broke in 2016. With animated movies like Zootopia and Finding Dory, I started to develop fixations beyond MLP and lurk into fandoms where I discovered Tumblr. (I was in the mlp fandom before, but I wasn't overtly active or multifandom yet, and was still a kid, so I was in very much danger and scarred for life to the point of my development but that's for another day--). Later that year, with the release of Sing, I really kicked into gears of wanting to make stuff/make friends with similar interests. Yada Yada, eventually over a year with being on Tumblr, I started to see posts about childhood nostalgia, and the PBS ones caught my eyes. Wordgirl was a big one, and superhero stories were getting interesting for me again, so I nodded and respected it. BUT THEN I SAW A POST SAYING THAT there was a canonical gay couple in Wordgirl, and I ran straight to the tag--look I was invested highly into gay shit so once I heard about it...in a PBS show? In my childhood show? I was like, OKAY, LET'S HEAR IT OUT.

And yes indeed, to whom that post was referring to...was TJ and Johnson... (What I didn't know, that was just when Liz confirmed stuff on tumblr for the last season like two years ago), BUT REGARDLESS, I GOT INVESTED BECAUSE GAY PPL REAL!! So yes, guys. You technically have Tjohnson to thank for getting me into the fandom and, yes, eventually to ship Tobecky.

Getting into the Wordgirl tag, I was very excited and comforted by all the art and tight-knit unity the fandom had. Headcanons, fan arts, and crossovers with stuff like other PBS shows or Captain Underpants, it really put me in a place of whimsy at the time. (remembered I was in places like the brony fandom, so by comparison, i was safe) and I was in the starting phases of high school too, so yep, seeing nostalgic wonderful art did my brain good. My fixation of animated movies waned, and I dipped deeply into Wordgirl, other cartoons, and video games. Because I was lurking in the Wordgirl tag, it wouldn't take long to see Tobecky again, along with other ships. Then it finally dawned on me after seeing clips posted that Tobey definitely had a crush on Wordgirl. And well...I'm a sucker for anything romance and especially since I missed that detail before so I went on YouTube for more clips. This was before the resurgences of ppl posting Wordgirl stuff, so I then went to deviantart for answers and got obsessed with this one artist on their Tobecky art. Like I didn't ship it yet, but I liked it. Eventually, after a few weeks on the Wordgirl tag, I kicked the bucket and watched the full show (I actually watched it through a tumblr masterpost link AHH THE MEMORIES) but regardless, after watching everything, yup....it became a hyper fixation. But what about Tobecky? So, I mentioned before that it wasn't until re-watching the four seasons again and seeing for the first time the other seasons that started to ship tobecky. Specifically, Have You Seen The Remote. I was already a bit intrigued since the first episode (because I like for one-sided infatuation relationships), but the whole thing with Tobey trying to say how much he and Wordgirl could get along and how they're similar in some ways...he was trying to convince her on their potential chemistry; but all he did was convince me lmao.

I liked their dynamic that wasn't just romantic, too, and i stewed on it for a bit and reached the conclusion like I did with Tjohnson. That yes....shipping time. I made it to the last Tobey episode, and it just confirmed deeply that out of any other woodview school character that I liked her best with Tobey (the note dude, the note was my roman empire, similar to the scene of TJ getting bashful over Johnson complementing him in what would Wordgirl do). I was critical of the ship itself, especially after catching up with it's fandom lore and it did kinda made feel a tad guilty, but at this point I've made peace that I can like this ship but also talk shit because of my love for it (you can be analytic guys it ain't gonna kill you, but also be respectful and don't bully others).

Becky is my favorite character, and Tobey is my favorite character to analyze, so match made in haven, I suppose. Plus, i liked my spin on them in a timeskip setting, and AHH-- (*Future AU happens*). The fics only made it worse by how Tobecky began to infest my brain. Shout out to Something Hidden. Yeah, also, as I mentioned, after finishing up Wordgirl, that's when I really started to break out of my shell in the fandom and express my ideas and care for Tjohnson and Tobecky. I have never been sane since...

[inbarfink]

Characters can change a lot depending on the context in which you view them, and one way it is really clear is with depictions of Phoenix Wright inside and outside of his main franchise and fandom. 

Because you see folks, mostly video game fans but also in official media crossover sometimes, look at Phoenix Wright primarily through the lens of ‘he is a Lawyer from a Lawyer game." And then, they, like, try and think about him as a regular lawyer? Who knows about law? And cares about procedure? Because within the larger context of Video Games, the fact that Phoenix is a Lawyer is his most defining characteristic.

But then you look at it from the context of his actual games, where being a Lawyer is a Normal Default Thing - and then compared to all the other lawyers Phoenix Wright is obviously some sort of weirdo wildcard who seems to knows nothing about the law outside of, like, ‘murder is bad’ and treats court like some sort of Shonen Hero Battle. 

And sometime this sort of stuff can cross over into just being straight-up OOC, but sometimes you just have to consider the context. Like, yeah, Phoenix comes off like a bit of a Ridiculous Human Being compared to other Lawyers but sometimes the 'in-fandom' depictions emphasizing how clueless he is can get too exaggeratedly OOC as well. I assume he does at least know more about the Law then, like, the Doomguy. So if you put him in a room of Other Video Game Protagonists, it is kinda plausible he'll come off somewhat as a Resonable Actual Lawyer Man - or at least be able to bluff himself into this niche for a while.

[perfectlysanexd]

An archive post for all of my Final Fantasy VII: Ever Crisis - The First SOLDIER videos. We're going through the whole game, for the love of Sephiroth! Whether you hate mobile games or just don't have the time to grind, you can skip it all here and just enjoy the story.

Or, if you prefer, you can go straight to the Youtube playlist here! The Youtube playlist for the seasonal and event videos is here. Also, posts with all the wallpapers from the game in 1920x1080 are linked at the bottom of this post. ⬇

Note: This game is broken up into soooo many tiny parts. Why, Square? I mean, it's easier to upload, but...it's convoluted. Also, why does the first episode have the same name as the main section title??

Chapter 01: Rhadore Archipelago Survey Main Section 01: Team Glenn's First Mission Episode 01: Team Glenn's First Mission Episode 02: SOLDIER P0 Class Episode 03: Ribbit Sub Section 01: The Sijad Expedition Episode 01: That Thing Episode 02: The Wrong Island Main Section 02: Danger on the La'paina Coast Episode 01: Guided by Stamp Main Section 03: Orchard of Repose Episode 01: The Boy on the Island Sub Section 02: Team Glenn's Decision Episode 01: As Leader Main Section 04: An Anomalous Orchard Episode 01: A Quiet Struggle

Chapter 02: Rosen's Duty Main Section 01: Orchard on the Front Lines Episode 01: A Proposal Too Good Main Section 02: The Rhadoran Lifeline Episode 01: A Chimney Dearer Than Life Itself Episode 02: The Proud Eye of Rhadore Sub Section 01: A Moment with the Boy Episode 01: Vessels of Honor Episode 02: Everlasting Smoke Episode 03: A Gourmet Meal Main Section 03: The Rhadoran Communications Line Episode 01: White Smoke and SOS Main Section 04: Padapili Sea Cave Episode 01: Padapili Sea Cave Main Section 05: The Radiori Coastline Episode 01: Faint Bonds

Chapter 03: An Unfamiliar, Hostile Island Main Section 01: Out at Sea Episode 01: Crossing the Ocean Main Section 02:The Main Island Episode 01: Blindsided Sub Section 01: To the Site Episode 01: An Important Job Episode 02: The Greatest Reward Episode 03: A Faraway Friend Main Section 03: Establishing a Base Episode 01: Team Glenn's Camp Main Section 04: The Mission Begins Episode 01: Candidate Site Search Episode 02: Securing the Area

Chapter 04: Attack of the Rhadoran Main Section 01: Ruins of Certain Death Episode 01: Doom Dodger Episode 02: Magnets Episode 03: The Pursuers Episode 04: A Way Out Episode 05: Help From Above Episode 06: Four SOLDIERs of Shinra

Chapter 05: A Hero's World Main Section 01: Comeback Episode 01: A New Leader, A New Day Main Section 02: The Hidden Truth Episode 01: A Deceptive Ploy Episode 02: Reasons Undisclosed Episode 03: The Origins of a Hero Main Section 03: A World Torn Episode 01: An Unprecedented Weapon of Destruction Episode 02: A Cyborg's Instincts Episode 03: Proof of Existence

Chapter 06: Memories of the Planet Main Section 01: Shinra Power Episode 01: Peace at Last Episode 02: Searching for the Hero Main Section 02: Searching for the Leader Episode 01: A Memorable Leader

Other Videos: The Secret Sweetheart Seasonal Event The Ever Crisis x Rebirth Crossover Event (Nibelheim) The Ever Crisis x Rebirth Crossover Event (A New Journey)

In-Game Wallpapers: Regular + Beach Seasonal + Event New as of March 7th, 2024 New as of March 24th, 2024 New as of April 30th, 2024 New as of June 3rd, 2024 New as of June 21st, 2024 New as of July 21st, 2024 New as of July 28th, 2024 New as of July 31st, 2024 New as of August 8th, 2024 New as of September 2nd, 2024 New as of September 12th, 2024

[rexila-rites]

Hello and welcome to my fic tumblr or whatever this is!

I currently have two major fics on the go:

Jailbreak

a fic based on the Clock 0ut series of animations and destined to go out of date as Sad works faster than me lol. Updates about once a month. IN PROGRESS again, no eta on chapters yet.

The unthinkable happened. Stanley was in the control room, the clock was in his hand and in a swift motion he brought it down-

And the Narrator woke up bound to a chair in a strange, glitching room. He was (for want of a better phrase) missing time, and the only way to get it back was to trust his former project with his mind.

Why the hell would he do that?

This Belongs In A Museum! (Main Series)

Aka Superthieves AU, Stanley and Narrator are more based on their Clock 0ut incarnations than TSP, however I ended up including a lot of TSP elements anyway like Curator my beloved. Updates whenever I have chapters for it, minimum once a month but often more. Heed the tags and author notes! VOLUME ONE COMPLETE! VOLUME 2 OUT NOW!

If you have super powers, why not don a mask and cause some trouble? Unfortunately, Stanley robbed the wrong museum, and now he's being put to work in the 'Special Acquisitions' department, stealing objects of great importance or power from private collectors and bringing them back to the safety and security of his new employer's museum. Narrator has been trying to quit this type of work for years now, and yet, here he is. He's here to support and train the reckless new agent, and good god he already needs a raise.

Also be sure to check out the unabridged Superthieves Series for side stories and missing scenes:

old ghosts - by caret

A missing scene that takes place after Chapter 8 (Kick the Bucket Part 3), some aftermath of Stanley's encounter with the bucket demon.

23 Times Stanley Was Stabbed (And One Time He Wasn't) - by me

meet me in our garden - by caret

takes place after Chapter 17 (And They Were Roommates), straight up pre-slash fluff of Narrator and Stanley getting the hang of sharing a living space. Includes art by calwasfound!

Liner Notes For The Same Old Songs - by me

Sometimes a song really speaks to you. Sometimes, they’re totally unrelated but are just fun and cathartic to sing. Sometimes, they’re vessels for painful memories. But just because a memory is painful, doesn’t mean you want to let it slide. Today's a very important day.

Or: Narrator dissociates in a Karaoke booth for 2 hours.

Related fics/crossovers/etc:

This Belongs In A Soulmate AU! - crossover fic by Gem_Alawas showing the Superthieves boys in the world of An Awful Game of Cat and Mouse!

Unofficial Superthieves Fanfiction

Fanfiction for an AU fanfiction based on an AU animation inspired by a re-release of a video game remake of a mod for Half-Life 2-

Yep!! Some of my cool talented friends wrote Superthieves fanfiction?? And i thought a collection might be easier for that!

[best-evangelion-girl]

all the characters in the best non human evangelion character competition so far:

angels from neon genesis evangelion:

Adam

Lilith

Sachiel (3rd angel)

Shamshel (4th angel)

Ramiel (5th angel)

Gaghiel (6th angel)

Israfel (7th angel)

Sandalphon (8th angel)

Matarael (9th angel)

Sahaquiel (10th angel)

Ireul (11th angel)

Leliel (12th angel)

Bardiel (13th angel)

Zeruel (14th angel)

Arael (15th angel)

Armisael (16th angel)

Kaworu Nagisa (technically not human, so he counts)

angels from the rebuilds that aren't just repeats of angels from nge:

unnamed third angel (giant scorpion dinosaur thing that Mari fights at the beginning of 2.0)

unnamed seventh angel (bipedal clock thing from 2.0)

unnamed eighth angel (rainbow winged thing from 2.0)

unnamed twelfth angel (freaky shape shifting thing sealed inside mark.06 in 3.0)

angels from other pieces of eva media:

insubstantial angel (from neon genesis evangelion: second impression video game for sega saturn)

diemay angel (fan made angel designed by Satou "Diemay" Daimei, a winner of a contest to have an original angel design be illustrated by Yoh Yoshinari)

shateiel and turel (conceptual angels from the neon genesis evangelion proposal)

iblis and barachiel (angels created for the game Neon Genesis Evangelion RPG: The NERV White Paper)

adovaquiel, azrael, atalibu, and zefon (angels created for another game, Neon Genesis Evangelion RPG: Decisive Battle in Tokyo-3)

non angel characters (robots and computers and more):

eva unit 00 (piloted by Rei) (technically also unit 00', when it changes to blue armor when it's repaired after remiels attack) [let me know if 00 and 00' should be separate characters]

eva unit 01 (piloted by Shinji)

eva unit 02 (piloted by Asuka)

eva unit 03 (piloted by Toji) (I'm classifying unit 03 as the entity before it's possessed, and bardiel as the corrupted entity)

eva unit 04 (not actually ever seen in nge, but was in some promotional material, and mentioned by name only in the anime)

mass production evas (eoe)

Evangelion Proto Type-00, Evangelion Test Type-01, Evangelion Production Model-02, Evangelion Production Model-03 (rebuilds) (basically the same, just with longer names and ever so slightly different designs)

Evangelion Provisional Unit-05 (piloted by Mari in 2.0)

Evangelion Production Model Custom Type-08 (piloted by Mari in 3.0) (there's also the upgraded versions in 3.0+1.0, the one at the beginning of the movie with the big ass gun attachments is apparently called Type-08beta, and the version seen at the climax that can fuse with other evas is apparently called Type-08gamma. I'm debating whether I should consider these different characters.)

Evangelion Mark.06 (piloted by Kaworu in 2.0, and seen fused to lilith in 3.0)

Evangelion Mark.09 (piloted by the Rei clone in 3.0)

Evangelion 13 (piloted by both Shinji and Kaworu in 3.0)

Unit 01 berserk mode (multiple episodes)

Unit 00 berserk mode (episodes 5 and 14)

Unit 02 beast mode (from the rebuilds. technically different from berserk, as the pilot is still in control)

Magi-1: Melchior

Magi-2: Balthasar

Magi-3: Casper

Pen Pen

send me asks and let me know what other characters I should add. the rules for this competition are pretty dumb and silly. for this competition, a character can be really any object at all, it doesn't necessarily have to be alive. the only real hard rule is that they can't be human. (they can still be part human or take the form of a human. the evas have human souls, and Kaworu appears as a human teenager, but both of those are different enough from actual humans)

I'm still debating if I should include the goofy spin off characters, like just straight up optimus prime from the transformers crossover, or godzilla from an Godzilla /Kamen rider / Evangelion themed ride in universal studios Japan

[mauesartetc]

Here's a comic strip I drew, featuring a crossover between two vampires from the video game Vampire: the masquerade-bloodlines, and professor Polidori from the cartoon "school for little vampires". I drew it for a comic strip contest. Can you criticize it from the perspective of comic strip formatting and art in general?

Cool! I whipped up some notes and will elaborate further on each panel.

Panel 1:

We have a decent angle for an establishing shot, but there's so little detail in the background that there's not much to establish. By the look of the booths, the vampires appear to be in a diner of some kind, but where are they in the diner? Is the booth located against the wall or against the windows? For that matter, is this table the only one in the diner? Where are the other tables? Where are the other customers? I'm not the biggest fan of drawing backgrounds either, but a bit more specificity and clarity would be nice. Also, if each panel had more detail, it would help if the gutters dividing them were thicker so they didn't just blend into each other.

I also noticed that the bottoms of the seats don't line up in perspective, and neither do the tops, making the left seat look way shorter than the right.

For the rest of my panel 1 notes, here's a visual explanation:

The long-haired vampire's attitude didn't appear to fit his words at all. His dialogue seemed to express boredom, but his pose and expression gave him a more alert, mischievous look. If we removed the speech bubble, viewers wouldn't be able to correctly guess what he was talking about. Thus, my version displays more visual clues that he's bored.

In addition, it can help to write out text before sketching a box around it, and sketching an ellipse around that box, making it big enough so the corners don't touch the edges. This ensures the text has enough space to "breathe" inside the bubble. Once these guidelines are established, it's easy to type comic text and create clean outlines on top of it.

The same principle applies for the speech bubble in the next panel.

Panel 2:

In the initial notes, I suggested using a different camera angle for this panel, and the above image is what I had in mind. The perspective the original Panel 2 uses is nearly identical to Panel 1, and I don't see the point of hiding the professor's face here. It'd make sense if the big reveal of his identity was the punchline at the end, but the punchline appears to be that the vampires finally found some entertainment in beating him up.

I kept the professor in the center of the frame since it visually draws attention to him, but he's much smaller than the vampires in this perspective, indicating that he's not much of a threat to them. I made the bubble outline jagged to make the implied volume of his voice "louder", and shortened his dialogue to omit the final three words. Panel 3's existence shows some time passing between what he says here and him getting beat up, so it doesn't make sense to abruptly cut off the end of that sentence. If you want to keep the dialogue as it is, you could cut out Panel 3 entirely. But if you want to keep that panel, let's take a look at it.

Panel 3:

This version of Panel 3 is still a straight-on view of the vampires sharing a smile, but because I drew the table outside the panel, they're more believably spaced apart. Their faces could only be as close as they were in the original if they leaned across the table.

Alternatively, you could go with a different perspective:

The characters' faces are still visually spaced close together, but the size difference caused by the perspective adds more visual interest, and we see that the table is still separating them.

Panel 4:

Not much to say about this one outside of the initial notes I took, so here's a refresher.

Hope that helps!

Important: New policy for art asks

[ginger-canary]

As in Orbit so on Earth, like the Stars are City Lights

Words: 2970

Chapters: 1/1

Fandom: Dimension 20 (Web Series), A Starstruck Odyssey, The Unsleeping City

Rating: Teen And Up Audiences

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Relationships: Pete Conlan | Pete the Plug & Sofia Lee, Sofia Lee/Margaret Encino, Sofia Lee & The Dream Team, Margaret Encino & Sundry Sidney, Pete Conlan | Pete the Plug/Maddie Park

Characters: Pete Conlan | Pete the Plug, Sofia Lee, Margaret Encino, Maddie Park, Sundry Sidney, Background & Cameo Characters

Additional Tags: Is it enemies to lovers if they just annoy each other first, crossover time, Vague Innuendos, Canon-typical violence (Sofia throws a punch)

Series: Part 1 of Like the Stars are City Lights

Summary: When the Wurst comes to NYC to get some tech updates with the help of Maddie, worlds come clashing together. It's a bit awkward, a bit weird, and Sofia's not down with this concept of holograms popping into rooms whenever they want to. Which Margaret finds hilarious.

For the @d20zinejam 2023, zine D20 rare-pair compilation zine! Follow the link to AO3 here, or enjoy the story under the cut!

Now while Pete had never even let Sofia meet 53\/3N , it didn’t take much for Sofia to admit technology had managed to evolve past her. That threshold was met when she arrived at Maddie’s place to hang out with her & Pete, and a hologram stared her in the face.

Sofia had just hung up her coat, kicking off her Louboutins and walked into the living room area of Maddie and Pete’s apartment when a full person seemed to appear out of nowhere. So she punched it- or rather- attempted to punch it. When her hand seemed to pass straight through it, she turned to Pete and asked, “why are video game enemies spawning in your livin’ room?!”

Pete, who’d just returned from the kitchen with a fresh pot of tea, began to laugh. “You just tried to punch Maddie’s friend, Margaret.”

She turned back to the figure that had stood up to her fists and watched as the woman crossed her arms and cocked an eyebrow. “Hello Maddie’s friend Margaret. I feel like I should say sorry but you did spawn into a room without warning and I do feel justified in my actions.” She took a step back to inspect the hologram a little more. Margaret seemed to sit in a large office chair, wearing a business suit and holding what seemed to be a mug labelled “daddy”.

Margaret shrugged and sipped from her mug. “I guess that’s fair. Hey Pete, I like your shirt.”

Pete looked down at his chest, finding one of his usual fishnet shirts. “Thanks.” He put down the large teapot he was still holding and gestured to Sofia. “This is my friend Sofie, by the way.”

Bewildered, Sofia moved to the couch. In thirty seconds she’d tried to fight Maddie’s friend, who was then revealed to be a hologram, who seemed utterly dismissive of her? Which felt at the very least a little insulting since Margaret herself was very pretty.

Pete noticed her silence. “Hey, are you okay?” He bumped his knee into hers.

She scratched her head. “I think technology just jumpscared me. Can I have some tea?”

As Pete poured two cups of tea, Margaret leaned forward and put her mug somewhere out of sight. “As much as I’m enjoying watching two buds just hang out in their living room, can either one of you get Maddie for me? I need a favour.”

Behind Margaret’s chair, a red haired woman with a laser eye and a gun hand appeared. “Miss Margaret, Barry’s been asking if- oh, who are your friends?”

Sofia pressed her hands to her eyes. “Hey, Pete? I think I’ve lost it. Whatever the fuck it was.” She lowered her hands and stood up, to see if it’d normalise the event a little bit. Instead, she watched both women eye her for a second before turning their attention to each other. Feeling the blood rush to her face, she took inventory of her outfit. Tight black jeans with ripped knees and a cropped leopard-print sweater that hugged her biceps. At least she had nothing to worry about in those terms.

“Hey Sid, can this wait? I need to have a quick chat with some friends first,” Margaret said as she wrapped an arm around Sid’s waist.

“Of course. You can just tell Riva when you’re done.” With a quick wave of her gun arm, Sid disappeared from sight.  

Sofia blinked twice and shook her head. “I’m goin’ to find Maddie before you do somethin’ weirder.”

~~~

The second time Margaret appeared, it was inside Sofia’s apartment during movie night. Esther firebolted the hologram, leaving a scorched hole in the wall through which Ricky’s axe flew. Pete jumped so bad he became a potted plant and Maddie laughed so hard she cried.

“You! What are you fuckin’ doing in my home?!”

Margaret looked bewildered, taking in the chaos she’d created. “Um. Maddie?”

“Yes?”

“I think maybe Sofia’s right and you should put a warning on my hologram.”

“Maybe?!” Sofia repeated. “You caused a hole to appear in my apartment!”

Esther and Ricky exchanged a sheepish look before starting the mending process. It was pure luck that her neighbours hadn’t been home.

Maddie promised Sofia that she’d put a warning on the hologram before retreating to Sof’s bedroom to discuss whatever Margaret had to talk about.

With a quiet poof, Pete returned to human form and groaned. “Why do I feel dry and sandy?”

“‘Cause your girlfriend’s friends with a maniac who loves to jumpscare us.” Sofia pulled Pete up from the couch and into the kitchen to get some water.

Later that night, as Sofia flopped onto her bed, she got a phone call from a weird number. She wasn’t planning on picking up but then the words “PLEASE PICK UP I’M TRYING TO BE NICE” appeared in her room.

Muttering a curse, Sofia picked up her phone. “Haven’t you done enough today? And also can you see me right now? How does this hologram thing work?”

Margaret laughed. “Alright, Sofie. No, I can’t see you right now. Would you like me to?”

Sofia mouthed a curse as she felt the blush rise to her cheeks again.

“As for how it works- long story short; it’s basically like a phone call without having to pick up. I could’ve just holo’d you but I felt that you may attempt to kill me again.”

Sitting up, Sofia replied, “just holo me.”

Within seconds the form of Margaret appeared in her bedroom, this time wearing a tight dark green skirt and a white button up. She sat crooked in her chair with her legs swung over one of the arms as she held a phone between her fingers. “Hi.”

Sofia raised her eyebrows. “To what do I owe this honour?” she deadpanned.

“I wanted to apologise.” She held her hands up in mock surrender. “Maddie and I have been friends for a while so usually I can manage to text her before I holo in. But lately we’ve been talking about some major upgrades to our ship that she could do, so it’s a little time sensitive.”

Sofia decided to leave the whole ship thing for later, she could just ask Maddie about that. “For how long have you been able to just appear in my apartment?”

“Maddie brought the device with her. It’s over there, near your PJs.” Margaret pointed between Sof’s rumpled sheets. “She left it here because I told her I wanted to apologise to you but I guess she forgot to give you a heads up.”

Sofia picked up the small black device, flipping it over in her hands. It had two obvious buttons, a red and a green one. She pressed the red one and Margaret disappeared, laughed, then pressed the green one.

Margaret reappeared looking a little ruffled. “Hey!”

“You deserved that and you fuckin’ know it.” Sofia grinned.

“That’s fair,” she sighed. “Anyway, I just wanted to say I’m sorry for ruining some of your nights. After Sunday I won’t be popping in unannounced anymore, I promise.”

“Sunday?”

“We’re coming in tomorrow for a few days so Maddie can help make those upgrades.”

Sofia leaned forward. “You’re going to be here tomorrow.” A plan was forming in her mind.

“Yes. Do you have any recommendations while we’re in NYC?”

“Just one. If you pop in unannounced in real life you are going to get punched.”

Margaret laughed. “Okay, feisty.” She glanced at something out of Sofia’s view. “I should let you go now, it’s getting late. You can add me to your contacts if you’d like.”

“Uhuh, I’ll call you if I ever need… a ship.” Sofia grabbed the holo remote. “I’m leaving this in my living room since you can pop in unannounced.”

“Why, got a booty call coming over?” She wiggled her eyebrows.

Sofia pulled her hair out of a ponytail and ran her hands through it. “No, the only piece of ass calling me this time of night is you.”

“I don’t hear you complaining about the view.” Margaret leaned forward, grinning.

“Alright babe, I’m leaving you in the living room,” Sofia said- though she couldn’t help watching the way Margaret’s shirt left a nice view. “If you need anything, you should probably call Maddie because I’m no tech guru.” She got up and walked the device to her living room.

“What time do you get up?”

“Don’t make me take out the battery.”

“Alright, fine.” Margaret leaned back. “Sweet dreams.”

“Yeah, yeah I’ll ask Pete. Goodnight.” Sofia pressed the red button and sighed as the room went dark. “I don’t even understand what I’m dealin’ with,” she muttered to herself.

~~~

As promised, the giant hot dog shaped ship docked early the next morning. Because it wasn’t a regular ship and actually a fucking spaceship they decided to land it in the yard of Sofia’s monastery. She had been involved in that decision, mainly because the backup idea was trying to cram it into Gramercy or landing it in central park. And Sofia was not going to let Em suffer like that.

The rest of her order looked mildly distressed as the Wurst landed and a collection of mismatched people came out. Sofia shook her head and returned to her office. She’d have to wait until all the hubbub was over to get her revenge.

When part of the ship’s crew had set out to explore NYC, Sofia left her office again. She’d taken the time to cast Pass Without Trace, and smiled to herself as she easily slipped into the ship. It didn’t take her long to find Margaret’s office, where the woman was sitting in her office chair going over some paperwork.

Sofia pulled the chair back. “Hello.”

Margaret jumped three feet into the air, yelling what Sof could only assume to be intergalactic curses as paper went flying everywhere. Breathing heavy, she turned her chair around and looked at Sofia with wide eyes. “Why the fuck would you do that?”

“Revenge, babe.” She grinned. “It’s what you deserved.”

Rubbing her chest, Margaret said, “I guess that was fair. Can you help me pick up these papers now?”

Together, they reorganised Marge’s hellscape of files and stacked it neatly on her desk.

Margaret eyed Sofia’s workout clothes with zero subtlety. The tight leopard print leggings and sleeveless top did exactly what Sof wanted it to. “You look different today.”

“That should be my line. I have to be honest, I didn’t think you owned sweats.” Sofia reached out and tugged on one of the strings of her hoodie. The basketball shorts were an interesting choice.

“I don’t have any calls today, nor do I have to go outside so why would I dress up?”

“For me.”

“For you?” Margaret sat up in her chair.

“Are you honestly going to try to convince me you didn’t think it’d be a little funny to try and surprise me?”

Margaret toyed with the hair tie around her wrist. “Okay, true. But I wasn’t going to do it in the morning, and I would’ve changed first.”

Sofia smiled. “Well, since you’re already dressed like this I think it’s time for you to be ambushed by my work.”

“What do you do exactly?” Marge looked around the room with concern, as if more Sofias could pop out any moment.

“I’m a monk.” Sofia pulled Margaret out of her chair and pushed her down the halls. “You are going to check out one of my classes.”

“Is it meditation?”

“Fuck, no.”

~~~

Margaret lay on the floor of the dojo, ignoring Sofia’s outstretched hand. “No, I've had enough of this. This is not an intermediate self defence class. This is a Sofia offence class for me.” She pulled up her hoodie to wipe the sweat off her face, too tired to enjoy the way Sofia’s focus slipped.

“I have to be honest, I thought you’d be better at this.” She tugged at the end of her ponytail.

“What part of tech girlie do you not understand? Battles are when I do my online banking.” Marge propped herself up on her elbows.

“Oh most of it, probably. I didn’t think your girl with the gun arm was doing all the lifting for you.”

“Sid?”

Sofia nodded.

“We live on a spaceship. My average movement is generally pretty limited.” She reached out and pulled herself up via Sofia’s arm. “While I appreciate you showing me your work-” she squeezed Sof’s bicep. “I can promise you that if you’d let me watch I would’ve been much more appreciative.”

“Alright, babe.” She rolled her eyes but didn’t pull away. “Let’s take a shower and I’ll make it up to you.”

“In the shower?”

Sofia punched Marge in the arm.

After her shower, Sofia reached into the back of her locker. She always kept one more upscale outfit at the monastery, in case they’d have visitors or investors. Margaret seemed like the kind of woman who’d appreciate her dressing up and as much as annoying her was fun, she’d only be there for a few days and Sofia was not about to let time go to waste. She pulled on the neat black trousers and red sleeveless top, adding her Louboutins as a finishing touch. Dressed for success, she set off towards the spaceship again.

Margaret looked a lot happier in her business casual suit, the workout clearly not sinking into her muscles yet. She was, however, not done complaining about it. “I’m going to need about 10 cups of coffee to bring my energy back up again,” she said as they walked through the streets of NYC.

“Ah, you’re one of those. Well I’ll buy you coffee, I can’t promise you 10 cups.” Sofia shot her a look as they rounded a corner. “Mostly because I think you’ll spontaneously explode.”

Marge followed Sofia into a small corner cafe as she replied, “nah. That’d be too embarrassing of a way to die.”

“How do you take your coffee?” Sof gestured to the blackboard up on the wall, where many different coffee and teas were written out in neat handwriting. On the right side it showed several cookies, cakes, as well as their allergy information.

“Matcha latte, please.”

“You allergic to anything?”

Margaret raised her eyebrows but replied no. “Not unless you have material not from Earth here.”

“I mean, we got you now.” Sofia gestured for her to find them a place to sit while she ordered.

After a moment of looking around, Marge decided on a booth against the back wall, where the walls were decorated with famous authors from the Harlem Renaissance. At least, that’s what the little labels said- Margaret didn’t know much about American history. But the picture of Nella Larssen was wonderful.

“Here you go.” Sofia slid Margaret’s matcha latte across the table, along with one of the cafe’s homemade chocolate chip cookies on a colourful plate. She sat down on the opposite side of the booth and smiled.

“Thanks.” Marge picked up her mug. “Hey, is this a date?”

Sofia opened her mouth then paused, something fluttering in her chest. “Why do you ask?”

“So I know how to behave.”

“Is what I’ve seen from you not date-behaviour?” Sofia laughed.

Margaret laughed, her cheeks turning pink. “I’m less of a butt when I know I have a shot.” She tilted her head and looked at Sofia from under her lashes.

Sofia leaned forward. “Yeah, you do.” She sipped her coffee before saying, “yes. Yes, it is a date, if you’re cool with that.”

“Good. Then let me start by saying that you are so beautiful.” She took Sofia’s free hand, intertwining their fingers.

Sofia coughed and sputtered, setting down her coffee before she could choke. Squeezing Margaret’s hand, she pretended that hadn’t thrown her off balance. “Thanks. I’ve never seen someone look both so professional and so mischievous in a suit.”

“There’s gotta be time for both.”

The two women spent the next couple of hours getting to know each other in a way only two people from completely different worlds could. Hopping from topic to topic, telling stories that no one else could possibly understand. After a while, Marge joined Sofia on her side of the booth, pressing her knee to Sof’s and playing with her black curls.

“So…” Sofia bit her lower lip. “Do you think y’all will come back to Earth sometime?” She tapped her fingers on Margaret’s forearm.

“Yes,” she replied without a second thought. “Yes, if I have anything to say about it.”

“Cool.” She took hold of Margaret’s collar, pulling her closer until she could feel her breath on her lips. “I don’t want to wait around.”

Margaret craned her neck trying to close the distance but Sofia pulled back slightly, grinning. “Now who’s making me wait, hm?” She whispered, her eyes on Sofia’s lips, placing her hands on Sofia’s thigh.

“What can I say, you’re cute when you want something.” She moved her hand to the back of Margaret’s neck and kissed her.

She pulled back for a moment, savouring the feeling of Sofia’s lips on hers. Then, grinning, she pushed Sofia against the back of the booth and kissed her again.

Sofia wasn’t sure how she’d ended up here, making out in the back of a booth with a woman from space, but she didn’t think it mattered. The people who understood her best were always those from similarly weird and wild worlds themself. And for her, that was Margaret. There was a form of simplicity in the connection- one where they could ask any questions they needed to and express any feelings they wanted to. So when Margaret asked her if she wanted to get out of there, she grinned and nodded.

Together, they set off for Sofia’s apartment.

[cloudninetonine]

Hiya Fluffy Cloud~! It’s been ages, and guess who is back!

Okay let me get straight to the point, recently I’ve been playing all the Smash Bros games as of late, and a little thought came to me…

How would the chain react to seeing the game of ultimate crossovers? I imagine that they might take interest in a few of these ‘Heroes’ from other universes that they (Mainly Time, Wind, Twilight, and as of recently Wild) supposedly ‘fight’. In the cutscenes in Brawl, it is hinted that most of this fighting is basically friendly sparing amongst heroes and their villains.

I imagine they aren't too happy seeing Ganondorf there but might scratch their heads to see Zelda/Sheik in the roster of fighters. 

The funny thing is, I remember working on a story for Smash before ultimately scrapping it, perhaps I should pick it up again by starting on the draft first...

-🍪 Anon

HI COOKIE GOOD TO HEAR FROM YOU AGAIN!!!

First of all, definitely pick it up again I'd love to see it!

Second, I remember discussing this idea! I remember someone mentioning that Link from smash bros was a separate Link so I think it would be funny for the Chain to see the Link be friendly with Ganondorf and they would probably all have an identity crisis

Player's just having the best fan girl of their life meeting other video game heroes (which they later found out they also guided, so it probs get a bit messy too OIFG)

[twilightknight17]

So opinions on P5x?

"But why, tho?"

I get it. I do. Money, obviously. But like, if you wanted to make money, you could have done a lot of other things. Even a lot of other mobile games.

But this thing... The implied scenario from the trailers contradicts so many things in the established canon. If they were going to do something non-canon just for fun, like the crossovers with other mobile games, they could have gone a better route. If they had offered up a game that was "create your character and go on Mementos missions with the Phantom Thieves", I would not be remotely as disgruntled with the concept.

But no, we've got a redheaded protag whose thief outfit looks like a Joker knockoff (which we already got with Sumi??), and a new animal mascot who can also turn into a vehicle?? Even though there's a specific cognitive reason why Mona can turn into a bus. There's no particular reason why the owl should be able to be a van, other than being the "Morgana" of the group. The other three kids... eh. I dunno. The two we don't have names for have nice thief gear, I guess. The other girl kinda just looks like Chie in Tomoe's outfit.

(And the owl's codename is "Cattle"? WHY?)

I like the persona designs, and god, I love the aquarium Velvet Room. But even the Velvet Room is fucking me up. Is that Igor, or is it Yald? Igor was locked in the isolation cell. It can't be him. This can't be post-canon, because Mementos is gone. Why would Yald give some other group of kids access to the nav? Why are the attendant's eyes the wrong color? Why is she named after one of the Pleiades (P2????) instead of a Frankenstein character?

(As Jade put it, did Nameless cheat on Belladonna? XDDD)

I guess I just don't understand why they did this thing, that seems like such a mess story-wise, rather than the multitude of other things they could have done that people would eat up.

Mobile game of Goro solving cases in the backstory?

Mobile game of the Shadow Ops hunting down Maruki to ask him how the hell he had an outer god in his head and didn't die?

Twitch simulator where you run Akane's livestream?

Royal sequel to parallel Scramble?

Just make Star Forneus or the Featherman video game???

Ports of P1 and P2? Put them all on Switch, do it do it do it do it.

Properly-translated version of Eternal Punishment?

Hell, straight-up remakes of the older games.

Or just like... work on P6.

Don't just give us P5 again but with a different group of kids that we don't care about. One of the bosses in the trailer just looks like Shadow Kamoshida, for fuck's sake. The same part-time jobs, the same minigames, it's just stupid. It's a waste of time, when they could be working on better things.

In conclusion, I don't want this. From what I've seen, most people don't want this. And apparently right now, there's no plans for it to even release outside of China, so we can just set it in the recycling bin and ignore it. And none of these people are showing up in Hours, so no one better ask. XDDDD

Well, maybe the aquarium. But the aquarium is cool. :'D