#this little duchess is so badass

[pushing500]

Remember how Buckeye and Magic Man had a baby? Well, she's a toddler now. Very cute, very cute. Hopefully her little sister arrives soon and then the family will be nicely rounded out!

hehehe crosshatched

The Buckeye family is adorable, I'm glad that baby Bluegum arrived healthy. I'm not sure why it says her father is unknown, but it was definitely Magic Man. Buckeye's too asexual to have a baby with anyone else.

Now we only need to wait for Duchess to have her baby, and we can leave to get to the crashed ship! so I can finally get Anomaly and update to 1.5 for my mechanitor run

Well, would you look at that. Thank you for your excellent timing, Duchess.

Millie, Marty, and Mark Mossler. The three "M" siblings. Of course, we can't let the littlest Mossler get by without a suitably badass nickname, so he gets to be "Revenant" now.

Night Stalker doesn't look thrilled about being a middle child, but he gets what he gets. Next time, we'll have a colony tour of Loyalty's Meander and then try to make the last 12-and-a-bit-day journey to the crashed ship! I'm keeping my fingers crossed that it all goes well.

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[almostgenerallyalways]

tgm fic recs

@stcverogers tagged one of my fics in a rec list yesterday and i thought it was such a good idea, i wanted to share some of my own favs

in no particular order:

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hangman 

one time thing // kiss the sun (fight the fire) // love that’s a real long shot  He nods again like that’s exactly what he expected you to say. “I think you’re wrong. Doesn’t matter now though, does it?” i would rec anything by @callsignvalley but this is probably the series that got me most. i also love tailspin and its rooster follow up steady

california coast in your green eyes // i’ll carry my bags just until i can hold you again (2 different series) Bob’s older sister gets the news that his plane went down during a training drill, and shows up at the hospital at the same time as an arrogant pilot. //  Six months after they break up, Jake shows up at Julie’s Family thanksgiving. A second chance holiday romance with fake dating, family drama, and fall festivities. @theharddeck these fics, esp carry my bags, feel so so real and human to me, i love julie and the characterisation of jake feels so on point i also love her series out of the clear, blue sky as well as kinda might, sorta like, love you a little bit + its follow ups

i’ve been holdin’ out so long (4 part series) You can’t stand Hangman, but your dreams lately say otherwise. He notices. @steadfastconviction i adore Bluegrass and her sass

do not engage (series) You hate Hangman. Really, you do... Or so you like to think, until it begins to seem like that distaste might not be as strong as you’d prefer to believe. @clints-lucky-arrow the entire f&f universe is great but Duchess especially is a badass

afterburn (series) It had been clear from the moment you got inside a cockpit that you were going to be something special. You certainly weren’t the youngest Naval Aviator to be invited to TOPGUN, but you had been the youngest to graduate at number one in more than thirty years. Which is all the more reason why it was so tragic that you would never, ever, be able to fly again. @top-hhun is a master of setting a scene

the off-season (series) It was supposed to just be one summer. But somehow you found yourself living in your grandparent’s Maine vacation house indefinitely. It was quiet when the summer tourists left, but tolerable. That was, until your brother’s friend from college needed a place to crash and he somehow wound up staying in your guest bedroom. Also indefinitely. @ereardon just started this series but i’m so into this world (au) already

fuck (the universe) (series) You’re a Kazansky–Tom “Iceman” Kazinsky’s youngest daughter–and you’ve taken after your father and become a Naval aviator. You finished at the top of your class at Top Gun and have worked diligently and fruitlessly to get to where you are now: North Island. You don the call-sign Wisteria not only because the beauty of the flower but because of its lethal qualities. i mention @roosterbruiser below bc i read landslide first but holy fuck indeed

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rooster 

landslide (series) It’s been almost three years since the accident that took half of her, and Faye “Clover” Ledger seems fine, really. She loves her old house, she has a perpetually expanding vinyl collection, she’s got a job she likes on base, and she is only a short drive from the beach. She’s grounded--literally. @roosterbruiser landslide is one of those fics i have to read in little bits because it’s just too good. beautiful writing that just transports me (and i love faye, she may be the most developed fanfic oc i’ve ever read - and I love her taste in music)

baby let’s play house // pt 2  you got yourself in trouble. bradley has a bit of a savior complex. together, you come up with what could potentially be the worst idea in the longstanding and illustrious history of bad ideas. @seasonsbloom i just really love this fic, it shows all the quietest best parts of bradley

first impressions  at the induction day for the newest recruits of the Golden Warriors of VFA 87, rooster assumes you’re a civilian, instead of, you know, a member of his team? you see how far you can push it before he figures it out.  @ohcaptains‘s pilot in this fic is the badass bitch i wish i could be. as well as fucking funny.

like i can (series) After yet another bad date and tired of swiping on apps, the Dagger Squad steps in to help you out by setting you up on a series of blind dates. Much to Rooster’s dismay. @sometimesanalice perfect blend of cute, funny and heartmelting

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bob 

he’s so pretty (when he goes down on me) // pt 2  things between you and Bob are strictly business: he’s your backseater, and that’s all there is. @seasonsbloom‘s writing is so good it made me want to try writing fic myself

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hangman x rooster

we’re fools to make war In a Walmart at three am, between beef jerky and tortilla chips, with the lights flickering above them like it’s the fucking twilight zone, Bradley wants him more than he’s ever wanted anyone. or: it's a hundred degrees in texas. i can’t find a tumblr link for this but the writer is @baroness-elsa. this is 66k words and i read it in two days which probably says enough. holy shit.

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there are many many more (this fandom is FULL of talented writers, damn) but this already took me an hour so that’ll be part 2 haha

[dimension20npcofalltime]

2nd of December [NPC Advent Calendar

Spotlight On: Primsy Coldbottle

Campaign: A Crown of Candy

Who is she?

Duchess Primsy Coldbottle is the sovereign ruler of the Dairy Islands, though she is not a direct heir to House Cheddar. She's very well spoken for her age, as she tries to be as polite and proper as she can after being thrust into her position as Duchess. She can seem indecisive but exhibits a stubborn streak once her decision is made. Primsy is very kind, thoughtful, and is squeamish about overt violence and sexual situations, which is a stark contrast to the adventurish and rogue-ish nature of her fellow Dairy Islanders. Many think her weak and sheltered, especially given her young age, but after meeting the Candian House of Rocks, particularly the princesses, Primsy aims to be seen as a strong, independent woman who needs no man.

Why is she the NPC of All Time?

In a time when all of Calorum was out to get the House of Rocks, Primsy provided aid and allyship to them and in exchange they helped her out when her fiance turned against her. She was such a beloved NPC that the idea of her dying made Murph produce the most devastated little "oh noooo" which Lou announced was his new favourite Murph sound.

Primsy is probably genuinely one of my favourite NPCs and definitely my favourite from ACOC. Her friendship with Liam is so sweet and we love an asexual icon. Also just an unexpected badass legend. I get that Chungledown Bim holds a grip on this fandom but Primsy Coldbottle my beloved deseverd better and I wholeheartedly believe that had she not been up against him she would have gone much further than round one.

[pruneunfair]

Seducing the villains father is surprisingly not bad.

Most manhwa now follow the same plot of deconstructing the typical fantasy that is considered outdated. The FL is either a regressed empress/queen/Duchess or a isekaied woman from modern day Korea, the ML is first said to be a cruel man with a long history of death (the Duke of the north if you will), the ogfl is a green tea bitch who gets shit on for being the old school woman, and add a few devoted characters (usually maids) for taste, so for a book that is basically everything these manhwa try to deconstruct, it's an easier read

Dont get me wrong, it's far from perfect and the plot does absolutely drag on but it's so much easier to get behind since the protagonists aren't total douchebags all the time that your supposed to justify, the villain is competent and puts up a fight, and yes while most of the other characters like the maids or other nobles are just there for background support they aren't nearly as insufferable.

The FL Yerenica gives me more embarrassment than old videos of 5 year old me dancing to Taylor Swift but she still works for the most part and I think it's because she's a girl-failure in the good sense, where she's still an entertaining protagonist with her own misguided viewpoint ironically making her more flawed and relatable than the current mary sues

Here she straight up asks the guy who kidnapped her to marry her, and (un)surprisingly Erudian acts like most people would and turns her down (they do get together later and while I do not like the kidnapper-hostage relationship, it's tolerable i guess)

Honestly in any other media, Yerenica would be the green tea bitch who'd be torn to shreds by the fan base and be known as the resident trashta of Soleias story, probably why I could get behind her a little

Speaking of Soleia, For something so stereotypical they even manage to deliver a smart villain in the form of this badass. Great backstory, a twist that reveals she doesn't even love Erudian, and even a redemption. One of my complaints though is for a character that is described by all as a terrifying threat, she doesn't show up often

When she does, Soleia knows how to pull it off but alas, she's only needed when the plot calls for it

Erudian is.. well he's there, the basic scary love interest who has a soft spot for sweet ol Yerenica and doesn't want to marry Soleia, I don't really care about him but I don't dislike him either, pretty basic but I've seen worse ML. There are unfortunately translation issues where Yerenica calls him dad which is super uncomfortable but I've read versions where she just calls him "Dekalbs dad" so I'm gonna hope to God that whole father Schick was an error

seducing the villains father definitely has its problems and isn't for everyone but it's pretty decent for a quick turn your brain off romance.

[charnelhouse]

Just wanted to share that I saw a bmw w license plate “Duchess” & got me thinking what kind of car Red would drive.. a muscle car or I feel like she’s truck kind of girl? Like Ford truck lifted, bc she’s a badass, bigger the better..I mean Ghost is big too so I — I’ll stop right there 😂 skull on the interior, maybe ghost flames on the exterior. Her truck is her baby, Ghost would be jealous but at the same time he loves how she is a strong woman & the little touches she incorporates bc she’s obsessed with her man also he prob just wants to high key f**k her in it but to be fair that’s prob her goal as well.

HAHAHA

my background on Red is that she is low key extremely wealthy (family money) and none of them know

[grimallkine]

ೄྀ࿐ ˊˎ- Cheaya headcanons ⋆.ೃ࿔*:･

» Badass calculating mastermind × Badass reckless rebel

» " it's just a hookup " »»» pinning

» Bastard (C) + likes the bastard & mad about it (K)

» " I'll kill you! " " Not if i kill you first " couple

» SEXUAL TENSION

˚₊· ͟͟͞͞➳❥ Interactions/Dialogue *ੈ✩‧₊˚

» " We have a problem " " Gimme a sec I'm not drunk enough for this "

» " Are you always such an idiot or do you show off when I'm around " (K)

» " Wait you love me? Like do you love me like Venti loves wine or like how Thomas O'Malley loves the Duchess? " (C) " Remind me how tf did i fall in love with you... " (K)

» *in an argument* " Fuck you! " " Later, now listen here you little- " (works both ways)

» " Fuck you dumb bitch " (C) " Okay whenever ya want babe " (K)

» Childe describing Kaeya " Super massive honkety honkas absolutely stuffed milkies boom bop boppidy biddies willy wonka wazonkas big bouncy titties "

Kaeya describing Childe " He is the reason shampoo needs instructions. I have never met someone more stupid and attractive at the same time and i don't think i ever will "

» *at a restaurant* " Can't spell Menu without Me & U, so what's up baby " (C) " Please never flirt again " (K)

[direwolfrules]

3 Mandos and a Baby AU: The Aq Vetina Crisis Part 3

The second day of negotiations gets off to a brilliant start when someone in beskar’gam attempts to assassinate Senator Vald. 

Both the Jinata-Meerian delegation and the Mandalorian delegation go into lockdown. The Jinata reps are demanding the Mandos answer for this blatant attack by one of their own. The Mandalorians are trying to figure out if this was actually was one of their own. It’s chaos, and it’s up to the Republic team to make sense of that chaos.

Bail and Obi-Wan decide to take things on from the Jinata side, since Bail as a Core World Viceroy and Obi-Wan as the senior Jedi might make them feel this issue is being handled to their satisfaction. Padme, Anakin, and Ahsoka head off to the Mandalorians to figure things out from their end.

All Bail and Obi-Wan can determine from the security holos is the perpetrator was wearing Mandalorian armor painted in Death Watch colors, and that they’re obviously not practiced in using WESTARs or jetpacks. Obi-Wan pulls Bail to the side and shares his suspicion that the would-be assassin isn’t Mandalorian at all.

Meanwhile in the Mandalorian delegation’s apartments it’s a mess of data feeds, holocomms, and other nonsense as they try to figure out who this was. Anakin asks why they don’t just create a database of beskar’gam designs and is told Mandos change up their armor designs and paint so often it would wind up being fifty percent obsolete within a month.

Ursa points out how obviously uncomfortable with the WESTARs and the jetpack the dumbass is, and says they’re obviously not actual former Death Watch. Pre used to beat anyone who fell behind in either arms or jetpack training, like his father and brother before him did. Bo-Katan nods to confirm this and everyone else is just horrified because Pre keeps proving to be an even bigger asshole the more they hear about him.

Then Adonai’s ghost points something out to Korkie. The assassin is wearing outward facing thigh pieces as front facing pieces, and their chest plate is slightly loose. They’re not Mando’ade, just someone who got their hands on beskar trying to frame the Mandalorians.

Now the Mandos are pissed, because beskar is sacred. An aruetii wore their sacred manifestation of a Mandalorian’s soul in an attempt to frame them. And they did it badly.

They’re interrupted from their raging by a call from a very worried PR Minister Harik, who was enjoying some leave time in Coruscant’s Little Keldabe district. He warns them that someone leaked the holovid of the fake-mando assassin, and the Chancellor responded by locking down Little Keldabe. He’s only able to get a message out to them because the Corrie Guard feel they owe the Mandalorian government for all the brothers they’ve smuggled to freedom.

Things go from bad to worse when a couple of squads of assassins in Mandalorian armor attack both delegations at once. The Jinata-Meerian team manages to stay together and make it to the panic room but the Mandalorians get split up.

Anakin and Padme wind up with Duchess Satine, Senator Batin, Administrator Kadjn and Journeyman Halax, pinned down within a conference hall at the hotel. The fake mandos also brought a bunch of droids and Duchess Satine is working through some pent up aggression on those while the rest focus on the organic enemies.

Bo-Katan, Alrich, and Ursa are trying to get to the others and also keep little Din safe. Poor kid saw a droid and hasn’t stopped crying, which is alerting their enemies to their position. Further complicating things is their communications are jammed, meaning they only have guesses of where the others may be.

Ahsoka winds up with Korkie and the Cadet Squad in the tunnels running under the city. They all fight back to back and act all badass and stuff. Amis teaches her what Kandosii means after a particularly artful droid murder. As they fight their way through Ahsoka’s definitely hearing voices now, and they’re kinda helping her. They tell her when to duck left or right or when not to round a corner.

Eventually everyone manages to fight their way to the conference room and together they repel the attackers. They manage to take two of them alive and give them to Bo-Katan and Anakin to interrogate. When Padme asks why Lady Bo-Katan and not Lady Ursa or the Mand’alor himself, Korkie responds with “they made her kid cry” and honestly, valid (Padme only asked this because Bo-Katan’s the senior most military commander there and maybe she’d have other concerns like fortifying their position. Nah, Ursa’s got it covered).

The Jinata-Meerian delegation are watching this whole thing through the panic room security screens, which have audio for plot reasons. They watch as the helmets are removed from the two assassins still alive and Bo-Katan questions them. They don’t know anything, they’re just low level pirate grunts! They were given the armor by the higherups who got it from the guy who hired them. Honest!

Anyway, things resolve kinda peacefully after that. The whole experience has soured the Jinata government on keeping Aq Vetina, the place seems like too much work and too Mando now. And Mandos are crazy. They want payment in the shape of several million credits over a few years and priority on certain trade goods, but they’re still willing to sign. The Meerian government is satisfied with giving away Vanquo for a similar deal.

The Republic mediation team sends their report on what happened with a strong recommendation to end the lockdown in Little Keldabe. The Mandalorian government sends a strongly worded message as well.

Everything ends up good, the Mandalorians grow extra resentful of the Republic, and Ahsoka gets four new friends’ commcodes. Anakin makes his report to Palpatine, who sees this information as a special kind of useless and is also busy fuming about his failed attempt to get several annoyances killed at once.

[papermint-airplane]

Well well well, who are these fine looking werewolves?

They're my first werewolf pack, from my first werewolf save, that are now unfortunately all in the void thanks to my old computer hard drive dying a horrible death before I was able to back up my saves. 😭😭 These are the only pictures that survived thanks to me sending them to a friend on Discord. I had so many more but they're all gone now. If you take away nothing else from this post, take this: always remember to back up your saves!!!!

This is my old werewolf pack from last year. I have been grieving their loss this whole time and I'm just now able to talk about them without getting a pit in my stomach. It's wild how much losing your favorite save can affect you. Starting a new werewolf save has helped heal the pain though, so let's do a retrospective/post-mortem of my original pack.

Gia (center, seated): The pack leader, the alpha bitch, the legend. Gia was one of those Sims who thought she was a badass, feared by all, when really most people saw her as a nuisance. She liked to terrorize everyone she thought were "normies" in Moonlight Falls, including the established werewolves there. When she wasn't starting fights for no reason, she was tapping away at her typewriter. She wrote a series of werewolf-themed romances that sold...well, they sold. And she was lucky, too, because they were all horrible trash but she was so convinced of her literary genius, she kept churning them out even when the publisher begged her to stop. She definitely didn't need the money since she and her dog kept finding tiberium pretty much daily, but it was never about the money, man. It was about the art. Maybe you've heard of her highest earner -- Anytime, Anywerewolf -- though if you admit to it, it's a self-report on your taste level. You might wanna keep that quiet.

Duchess (center, seated, dog): Duchess was the goodest of the good girls, end of story. Gia found her as a puppy and raised her to be the scourge of furniture everywhere. I was so sad to learn that dogs and werewolves don't have any special interactions and can't even hunt together, but regardless, the bond between these two was less like the relationship between owner and dog and more like siblings. Therefore, despite being a different species, Duchess was an undeniable member of the pack.

Marilyn (back, far left): Oh Marilyn, a precious little cinnamon roll who never hurt anyone except bees. Well, no, that's not right. The bees hurt her, not the other way around. Marilyn was a Sim Finder app acquisition. At the time, I was just looking to fill out the pack and hadn't yet come up with my "rule" (in the loosest possible sense) about using only premades so I used the app to generate zero-faces with the traits I wanted, then I'd make them over in CAS. In retrospect, I could have saved a lot of time just making them in CAS to begin with but, hey shut up, get off my back. Anyway, Marilyn was our pack gardener, or she would have been if she had been the slightest bit interested doing anything other than following River around like a lovesick puppy. Part of her gardening duties also entailed beekeeping but she was...just...the freaking worst at it. Every time she even thought of approaching the hive, the bees attacked her. Ever seen a Sim get stung five times in a row? I have. It was Marilyn. The girl subsisted on Benadryl and false hope. Maybe that's why she almost never gardened. Another of her quirks was that she had the coward trait, yet it almost never manifested itself with anything other than Bonehilda. She didn't freak out when pack members transformed in front of her, she didn't freak out when she got bitten, she didn't freak out when it was the full moon, she literally only screamed and fainted when Bonehilda was out of her coffin. I think she was skele-phobic.

Noel (back, second from left): Some of you are squinting at the screen right now going, "hey wait, that Sim looks really familiar". That's because I didn't make him, our wonderful @happy-lemon did. Noel, in her game, was the husband of Kana, her second gen heir. She was kind enough to send him to me to let me play with him, which is honestly such a sacrifice, seeing as how we've been friends for a while and she knows what I'm like. Absolute saint, that woman. Anyway, Noel was just as much of a sweetheart as he was in her game, and he was one of my favorites. He was one of everyone's favorites, really. He was a generally nice guy who got along with everyone, even Gia. Most Sims, when they get the cursed bite get an instant ➖➖ with the werewolf that bit them, and Noel was no different, but he never let his dislike of Gia show. He still tried to be kind to her despite her being...her. Nobody disliked Noel. Nobody. His highest relationship in the pack, though, was with Duchess. He adored that dog. He was always playing with her, giving her belly rubs, talking to her. God it was so cute. Noel's official role was pack chef. This was not a popular decision. See, Noel is a vegetarian, even as a werewolf, and his pack mates were...very much not. Normally, it's not wise to serve tofu hot dogs to a pack of ravenous slavering semi-feral werewolves, but Noel got away with it because he's just that nice. He didn't even take it personally when the pack refused to eat his cooking and chowed down on raw steaks instead. Angel.

River (back, middle): River was another Sim created by a dear friend of mine, Caralline. River didn't really have an official pack designation. I think I tried to give him one but he rejected everything but "pack hot guy all the girls fawn over". So, yeah, that was his official role. He was there to charm all the ladies and inadvertently become a hub of drama. He didn't do anything maliciously, though, he was just too darn charming for his own good. As previously mentioned, Marilyn was obsessed with him. She was always following him around, talking to him and rolling wishes to interact with him. She was the first Sim to get the attraction pop-up for him but oh lord, she was not the last. For his part, he was friendly with her but he didn't seem to be as interested in her as she was in him. He had eyes for Gia, which, again is very strange considering the ➖➖ cursed bite thing. He and Noel seemed to rise above their programming in that regard. He thought she was attractive (he thought everyone was attractive, though) and kept rolling wishes to get to know her better. I think there may have been some autonomous flirts, there, too, which, if my computer hadn't died, could have lead to some interesting dynamics between him, Gia, and Marilyn. I truly wish I could have seen that triangle through. The fireworks would have been spectacular.

Bailey (back, second from right): We all know her, we all tolerate her, ladies and germs, it's Moonlight Falls' very own Bailey Swain! This save made me do a complete 180 on my previous stance on premades, I'll tell you what. Before, I never really paid them much attention, preferring to do my own thing, but now I'm looking at all of them with a new light. Why? Because Bailey is awful. She's just the fucking worst. Absolute moron. Smooth-brained idiot. Big dumb baby whose IQ matches her shoe size. I LOVE HER! God, what a fool. Ok, ok, I'll explain myself. Go look her up on the Wiki. Look at her traits. Does she have the coward trait? No. I'll save you the click, she does not. She starts as a teenager in the game because she's based on Bella Swan from Twilight and she has loner, clumsy, supernatural fan, and light sleeper. I aged her up, of course, and I forget what I gave her as a fifth trait, but it might have been something like bookworm or born saleswoman. Definitely. not. coward. Why am I stressing this so much? Because she screamed and fainted every time anyone transformed into a werewolf in front of her, even after she herself was transformed into a werewolf. Every. time. EVERY TIME!!! She was so stupid and I loved her with everything I had in me. She never knew what was going on ever. Her loner trait made her a great pick for pack alchemist and she turned out to be very talented at it. She maxed out her alchemy skill faster than any Sim I've ever seen. She was making the pack thousands with every batch she consigned. She was also the only one able to harvest honey from the bees without them attempting to murder her. You'd think that clumsy trait would mean she'd open up the hive and accidentally insult the queen or something, but no, they loved her. It really was just Marilyn they had some unexplained beef with.

Ephraim (back, far right): Poor Ephraim. He was the newest member, another Sim Finder Sim, and the one I never really got to know. Shortly after he joined (that's such a nice way of saying "cursed and kidnapped"), my hard drive died so he didn't have time to settle into a role. It's really a shame, because he had one of the most interesting dynamics with the other pack members. It wasn't that he didn't get along with everyone else, it was just that he seemed very wary of everyone. He hated Gia though. Like full-on "I want to see your flaming ghost" hate. He seemed to struggle with being turned into a werewolf, constantly rolling wishes to be cured as fast as I could delete them. It would have been so cool to see how he adapted to his curse, if he ever did.

And that's it. That's all that remains of my first werewolf pack. They'll always be legends in my eyes. I miss them.

Here's hoping that my new wolfpack can hold a candle to them. Connor certainly has big Gia energy, even though his traits are radically different from hers and make him even more unlikeable. Gia was just so convinced of her badassery that she didn't really care what other Sims thought of her. Connor just outright hates most people and things. I feel like it's important to have a Sim who is unaffected by the relationship hit they get when they curse other Sims to add to the pack. I didn't want to go full evil with him to the point where he would enjoy their misery, though. I think it's more interesting to start at rock bottom in a relationship and see if they can salvage it or if they just never get along. Plus, I just don't want my new pack to be an imitation of the first one. That would be boring and it would never measure up. I really do enjoy playing this way, though, and sometimes I wonder if coming up with a challenge based on my werewolf play would be fun for other people. It'd certainly be fun for me to see how others interpret the concept, but Idk. Official challenge rules are difficult for me to follow personally so the idea of coming up with a bunch of rules for others feels kinda...hypocritical? Idk if that's the right word but hopefully you know what I mean.

If you have read this far, let me know what you think! Not just about my old pack or my new pack, but about the challenge idea in general. If you had to come up with rules for something like this, what would you consider a good challenge that's still fun and not too restrictive? Would this be a good idea to develop? Would you be interested in playing a werewolf save with or without rules? And if you do start a werewolf pack of your own, please tag me. I freaking love werewolves and I would love to see more interpretations.

[mercy-mercie-mercymorn]

silly little high fantasy au for my urban fantasy witches :D

💕more brain rot under the cut💕

hayden: a silly quirky guy up to silly quirky exploits. she flirts with the Big City's duchess and plays the role of a dashing ne'er-do-well spectacularly. most people in the Big City don't know she's a witch---and she likes to keep it that way (she makes enemies). i gave her a high fantasy-ized outfit and slapped a cloak on top.

scarlet (in my notes i wrote "teehee, scarlet witch"): a witch in a normal town. she spends her time treating colds and hearing tall tales from the local kids. her closest confidant is cynthia, the only witch she can really relate to. most of her look is inspired by victorian era fashion, with a touch of howl for funsies.

cynthia: a vigilante of sorts. she's far more powerful than she seems, and not only is her boob window there for looks, it's also there to show her magically glowing heart (her FUCK OFF feature). no one knows how old she is, but she's far too nosy to become an ancient witch in a forest somewhere. mostly just copied how i normally draw her, with some neat earrings and a imposing silhouette added.

spica: is she human? is she not human? no one knows and she makes everyone uncomfortable. with a Traumatic Fantasy Backstory and a big ol spear, one thing's for sure: you should stay on her good side. she changed the most from her og design because teehee! i ran out of ideas <3 i just think it's funny to have an ominous lady with a thousand yard stare and a large weapon.

xiao-hong: the duchess is obviously not human, but she wants to keep the "witch" part of her identity on the DL. in many ways, she is the gay elsa that elsa could never be. and also with fire :) her and hayden smooch normally so i thought it would be cute to have them smooch but in a gay high fantasy way. she got a cool dress i saw on here and the wings like the ukranian lady from [beauty pagent i can't remember]. badass wings.

brigitte: she lives in a small village and she likes it that way. her best friend is her cat, leonardo. she is small, mean, and angry, and i love that for her tbh. she and xiao have a book club. for her she's obv more of a typical medieval farm girl, plus some cool face paint (that feels weird to call it, but it is that) inspired a bit by typical fantasy war paint and a bit by a pair of neat slavic gloves i saw on here.

scarlet recruited them all into a coven of sorts, where they gossip (scarlet and cynthia), flirt (hayden and xiao), and be threatening (spica and brigitte, bless her heart).

anyways. if you read all that ur a real one. their urban fantasy backstories are frankly more batshit than these ones, but that's because the ideas for most of em have been around since i was in middle school and i've just run with it. but that's a spiel for another time.

[queen-of-mandalore]

Em’s Star Wars Rewatch part 20:

The Clone Wars #18 - Mandalore (2x12, 2x13, 2x14)

2x12: The Mandalore Plot

I really love Satine. Whatever you think of her politics, she has principles and she sticks to them.

I live for the banter between Obi-Wan and Satine. Although they have very different opinions, there’s an obvious respect for the other. You can tell that there’s a fondness behind the insults and arguments.

‘We’ll have to stand and fight… or in your case just stand’ lmaooo. Trust Obi-Wan to bring the sass in life threatening situations

Mandalorians are just so cool.

2x13: Voyage of Temptation

Obi-Wan and Satine arguing - Anakin sipping his martini enjoying the show 😂

Anakin was such a little shit throughout this episode towards Obi-Wan.

‘I’ll handle this, you go find your girlfriend!’ ‘Yes… wait Anakin she isn’t my…!’

Good old R2. I love how much Anakin trusts him.

‘If you had said the word, I would have left the Jedi order’ 🥺🥺🥺

‘Who will strike me down and brand themselves a cold blooded killer?’ And then Anakin just straight up murders the guy and shrugs it off

‘I’m still not sure about the beard… It hides too much of your handsome face’ 🥹

2x14: Duchess of Mandalore

I love that Satine and Padme are friends. Powerful badass women support each other. I wish we got more interactions between them.

‘We’re friends aren’t we?’ ‘Yes we’re friends… and nothing more’ 🥺

You can really tell how much Obi-Wan cares about Satine and how worried he was about her.

When she called him ‘Obi’ 🥹

This episode really highlights the issues with the republic. The fact they were so ready to occupy a planet against the wishes of the people for their ‘safety’ - reminds me of many real world examples.

[cherchersketch]

The Monstrous Duke’s Adopted Daughter / The Monster Duchess and Adopted Princess

I will read 8734345 of these trash family revenge manhwas with the same 5 tropes because the ending is always so *chefs kiss* Also, for once the FL neither died or was isekai-ed. ~revolutionary~

Summary So the trash family has this real horrible tradition of sacrificing their second/silver-haired children for ~power~ but our precious bean manages to escape. She decides to propose a contract to the most powerful duchess duke to be their adopted daughter. Her new family is ~AMAZING~ and they all love her so much ;w;  Yes there is also an ML but he’s basically a little precious puppy knight paladin, and really more of a supporting character.

Tropes   - just throw this whole family away   - my family is obsessed with me   - cute baby doing cute baby things   - hints of a romance but PLOT is MORE IMPORTANT   - who run the world? GIRLS   - this is a totally FAKE and not at all real RELATIONSHIP family

FL - Leslie Sperado Leslie Shuya Salvator

- sweet summer child precious cinnamon roll - for once the ~power of darkness~ isn’t anything evil, just another *special power* - it’s so cute how her new family adores her so much since they’ve also always wanted a daughter 

Mama Bear - Azela Benkan Salvator

- T A L L - badass mama bear - holds the Salvatore family’s single brain cell

Rating: I enjoyed my time reading this Status (as of 23 July 2022)   Main storyline complete. The whole “Season 3″ is basically random side stories. A mix of prequel and sequel stuff, which is really fun to read :3

Same Same but Different     - The Siren: Becoming the Villain’s Family   - I was the Real One   - Into the Light, Once Again

full rec list  

[nevertheless-moving]

@missstar489 and @shadowaccio6181​

Maul and Bo-Katan fight. The darksaber goes flying off a cliff. Cody picks it up while in a running firefight like ‘damn it Obi-Wan AGAIN.’ By the time the pissed off wannabe Mand’alors get to the bottom of the hill, Cody is long gone and the trail is hopelessly confused.

The 212th is looking for their General, who’s imprisoned somewhere nearby, but instead Cody ends up stumbling upon Satine and a group of kidnapped children imprisoned by  [mumbles because this is an au and I still haven’t seen clone wars] Death Watch. 

Satine yells at Cody for killing her kidnappers, something Cody is vaguely used to and alright with after serving with Obi-Wan and his gradually deteriorating moral code and other Jedi’s somewhat stricter no-killing thing. Satine is carrying the kids so there’s not much time for him to even think about dead weight or hypocrisy because children. 

Cody turns a corner and kills some guards with the darksaber while Satine is coaxing another orphan out of a cell. She’s pissed when she finds the bodies but does not see that he’s using the darksaber and doesn’t have time to yell about gratuitous violence or moral high ground because children.

Satine: [crouched behind a crate and ripping her dress to make bandages/shoes for the children’s feet] “So is the ‘Grand Army’ equipping everyone with laser swords now?”  Cody: [in an inadvertently non-lethal stalemate, laying down superior suppressing fire at idiots in Beskar]“No, General Kenobi just can’t hold onto his kriffing weapon.” Satine: “Still? You know his old Master used to say—” Together: “—This Weapon Is Your Life!”  Cody (still firing occasionally): “...You must have some good stories about the General as a shiny, huh?” Satine (smiling): “Capture and incapacitate until we get out of here and I just may tell you some—give me a little more time and I might even be able to rummage up a holo or two of him with that force-forsaken haircut.” Cody: “Well I was planning on interrogating a few guards for our Jedi’s whereabouts anyway...”

A few key aspects of this encounter are caught on silent security holo:

Cody using the darksaber and looking badass

Satine smiling at Cody 

Cody and Satine saving children together

Satine placing a hand on Cody’s elbow 

Cody sparing Death Watch lives after said hand/elbow incident

Needless to say, by the time Obi-Wan is found, the holos have begun spreading amongst select disgruntled Death Watch members. 

By the time the 212th battalion and rescued prisoners manage to escape Death Watch territory, Satine and Cody are reluctantly but thoroughly charmed by one another (For very different reasons, they both remind the other of a younger Obi-Wan).

By the time Obi-Wan is able to stand upright, the three of them have fallen into easy banter over the polyerotic tender bandaging of wounds. 

By the time the GAR has to depart Mandalore, holofootage of the Duchess & new Mand’alor-contender’s escapades have just begun to leak to the public.

By the time Obi-Wan is coherent enough to realize that a) ‘that’s not my saber’ and b) ‘that’s the darksaber, why do you have the darksaber,’ the 212th is well outside of Mandalorian space and unlikely to return anytime soon. 

By the time they realize that Bo-Katan and Maul are chasing after Cody, Satine’s public approval (and the Death Watch defection rate) has skyrocketed to such an extent that she is seriously forced to grapple with the political advantages of marrying her ex’s dashing young boytoy who happens to be Marshall Commander of the Republic’s army and is also a clone of Jango Fett. 

By the time the Republic has to weigh the temptation of their highest profile clone trooper’s sudden claim to a semi-foreign throne against granting clones the most basic amount of sentient rights necessary to capitalize on said throne claim, Obi-Wan has gone through, like, five sexual and existential crises. 

[mafaldaknows]

I’m just now realizing that Timmy’s couture Haider Ackermann “sweatpants” are actually

TRACK PANTS!

No less than three fashion magazines have called them “sweatpants” in their headlines:

This does a disservice to Haider Ackermann’s clever design concept, an amalgamation of classic American street style, athleisure, and formal wear that references the lexicon of a tuxedo and gives it a uniquely “Timmy” spin.

So, sweatpants vs. track pants: What’s the difference?

Track pants have one or more stripes that run along the outer side of each pant leg. A single stripe is called a “tuxedo stripe” because it’s most often seen on tuxedo pants.

I think many of us missed the subtle, cheeky white satin tuxedo-stripe detail on Timmy’s track pants amid the blinding lights and flash photography on the Met Gala red carpet (which was actually beige). And so we assumed they were sweatpants.

But they’re not.

Twitter: timotheechalametupdate

It appears that Haider Ackermann used a strip of the same duchesse satin fabric of his cropped double breasted tuxedo jacket down each of Timmy’s pant legs. So they coordinate with the jacket.

Why is this significant?

📸: Vogue

When track pants are worn with a coordinating jacket, it’s called a tracksuit.

🤔

“...tracksuit tracksuit tracksuit tracksuit...”

xx

Just saying. 😜😏🙃🤫✨

[takerfoxx]

What Your Favorite Puella Magi Madoka Magica Ship Says About You

Inspired by DoubleCa5t's series, and since we're probably going to get an official video sooner or later, I'm putting my version out while I can.

Also, this is all in good fun, so don't take any teasing seriously.

...

MadoHomu (Madoka X Homura)

You are a firm believe in the inherent eroticism of this image.

You have episode ten memorized.

You have a very specific emotional reaction to “Time After Time” by Cyndi Lauper.

You have severe problems with The Rebellion Story, particularly in how it upended the optimistic note that the original series ended on and recontextualized Homura’s devotion to Madoka as something unhealthy and even toxic, but you still can’t bring yourself to reject the movie entirely, because at the end of the day, even you have to admit that damn, that dress.

The phrase, “X character did nothing wrong” pops up a lot in your internet discourse.

You ship CatraDora.

KyouSaya (Kyouko X Sayaka)

You’re always a sucker for how the dynamic of Enemies to Lovers shifts from antagonism to devotion without losing its obsessive intensity.

Your ideal date can best be summed up as Be Gay, Do Crimes…after which you have to call your responsible friend to come bail both of you out.

You know that important stuff happens after episode nine, but to be quite frank, at that point you were too emotionally traumatized to get invested and were only watching out of a feeling of obligation.

You were uncharacteristically smug after watching The Rebellion Story despite what disproportionately little screentime your ship received.

You also ship CatraDora.

MadoSaya (Madoka X Sayaka)

You don’t understand what all the fuss is about when it comes to Enemies to Lovers when there’s a perfectly good Friends to Lovers right there.

This is the same joke as the first part of MadoHomu, but with the Hot Topic switched out for a Footlocker.

You lost your mind on 4chan over Persephone’s Waltz on more than one occasion and for more than one reason (hey, ErinPtah!).

KyouMami (Kyouko X Mami)

You read A Different Story, and probably listened to that one audio drama.

You’re a firm believer in the inherent eroticism of exes that still long for one another.

You feel that a lot of the issues that both these characters struggle with stem from how messy their falling out was, and had Mami been more supportive and Kyouko not abandoned her after the death of Kyouko’s family, a whole lot of grief could have been avoided.

MamiSaya (Mami X Sayaka)

Your ideal date is getting sempai to notice you.

You have gotten into at least one altercation with Anticrack-Kun.

MadoMami (Madoka X Mami)

Your ideal date is getting kouhai to notice you.

You’re just here for some girls being friends, gals being pals.

MamiNagi (Mami X Nagisa)

You were already shipping Mami with the human form of Charlotte before The Rebellion Story came out, and even afterward you’re still unwilling to let go despite how uncomfortable it makes you now, to the point where “Aged Up Characters” is a regular tag in your ao3 searches.

Either that, or…

HomuMami (Homura X Mami)

You’re a firm believer in the inherent eroticism of passive-aggressiveness.

You were tilting your head in a particular manner during that scene where Mami ties up Homura, and feel that how it ended was a real missed opportunity.

You had to pause The Rebellion Story for about five minutes after the gunfight, and after you continued you shouted, “Goddamn it, Sayaka!” out loud.

HomuSaya (Homura X Sayaka)

This is the same joke as the first part of MadoHomu, but with the Sanrio switched out for a Footlocker.

Your favorite ao3 tag is “Hatesex.”

KyouHomu (Kyouko X Homura)

You know what's better than one edgy badass girl with a tragic past? Two edgy badass girls with a tragic past.

You felt that both these characters spent too much energy pursuing someone that just weren't into them as they were, and would better off settling with someone on more equal footing.

You are a firm believer in the inherent eroticism of game recognizing game.

You really wish that they reached that ramen shop in the movie.

KyouMado (Kyouko X Madoka)

Your favorite highschool relationship dynamic is edgy delinquent/ray of sunshine.

You are a firm believer in the inherent eroticism of “gap moe.”

HitoSuke (Hitomi X Kyousuke)

You feel that these two characters get way too much hate, and everything that happened wasn’t their fault. Like, come on, guys. How could they have known that their teenaged relationship drama would be exploited by a race of emotionless alien groomers?

Your main priority is keeping things canon…and you don’t have a whole lot else to work with.

HitoSaya (Hitomi X Sayaka)

You feel that the most effective way of resolving a love triangle is eliminating the heterosexual options.

You feel that when Hitomi declared, “Girls can’t love girls!”, Sayaka’s reaction ought to have been, “Challenged accepted.”

SayaSuke (Sayaka X Kyousuke)

You just want good things for Sayaka, but only in a first four episodes kind of way.

You are heterosexual.

SayaHitoSuke (Sayaka X Hitomi X Kyousuke)

You feel that the best way of resolving a love triangle is by connecting the bottom two axis.

You are heterosexual. Or possibly bisexual. Well, regardless, you are really horny.

HomuHito (Homura X Hitomi)

You’ve played the portable game.

MadoHito (Madoka X Hitomi)

You are constantly frustrated at how little attention this ship receives. After all, weren’t they friends too? But instead people seem to be more focused on shipping characters that don’t even like each other or never even interact in the show, and at this point you’re just glad that I acknowledged it in this silly meme post.

MamiHito (Mami X Hitomi)

You want to be a wealthy, unmarried Victorian duchess who is noted by history for your incredibly close relationship with your lovely companion who lives with you, does everything with you, up to and including sharing a bed, and after both of your deaths scholars will make note of what great friends you must have been.

KyouHito (Kyouko X Hitomi)

You were going out of your way to piss off Anticrack-kun. And really, who wouldn’t?

KyouSuke (Kyouko X Kyousuke)

You were going out of your way to piss off everybody, and I salute your courage.

HomuJun (Homura X Junko)

You are really into Pixar moms.

Also, obligatory…

KazuJun (Kazuko X Junko)

This is the same joke as the second part of MadoMami, but you’re also really into Pixar moms.

MadoKyu (Madoka X Kyubey)

I can’t say for certain whether or not you’re a monsterfucker, but you certainly enjoy the chaos that the very implication of this ship creates.

PolyMegucas (Madoka X Sayaka X Homura X Kyouko X Mami)

You don’t understand why there has to be so much drama between all these different pairings. All the girls are wonderful in their own ways, and they would be so much happier if they just stopped fighting, formed a loving and mutually supportive team dynamic as was seen in the first part of the movie, and possibly smooched one another.

Also, you are extremely horny.

[terrificblanket]

PUPPET HISTORY S4 PREDICTIONS

Spoilers?? Maybe?? Super late I know there’s already been an episode released.

Just from my own research and using the professor’s pinboard

:readmore:

Emus - been there, done that.

Mansa - means sultan/emperor. Could possibly be the story of Sundiata Keita, who was the first Mandika King (who accepted the title of Mansa). I love some non-European history, so I would love them to cover this story!!

Pox! I’m assuming small pox?? This is pretty broad, so I don’t have a specific guess of a story.

Jose Rizal was pretty much confirmed in the trailer - IM PUMPED!!

Olga - going out on a limb here and hoping for The Grand Duchess, the eldest of Nicholas III. Could also be her aunt, the daughter of Nicholas II, cause she was a badass who survived a lot. I’m definitely biased here cause I love the Russian revolution, but I’d love to see it in puppet history.

Loudon - this is the one I am THE MOST EXCITED ABOUT! I’m also very confident in my guess here. The Loudon possessions took place in the 1600s and basically a bunch of nuns were possessed. It’s a crazy story and right up Shane’s alley, so I can definitely see it happening. Also fits with the little Satan puppet seen in the poster.

As I said, I’m in no way an expert, just having some fun. No matter what, this season is actually going to be amazing.

[mermaidsirennikita]

If you’re still up for some more rankings, can you rank Sarah MacLean’s heroines?

Sure!

Penelope Marbury, A Rogue By Any Other Name. I just kind of love that she's a bit quiet and not necessarily nerdy but resigned to spinsterhood, and she goes on this journey of self discovery and gives as good as she gets with Bourne. I kind of love a genteel lady who's lowkey a badass, it's a thing for me.

Grace Condry, Daring and the Duke. Grace is just such a badass. A madam, a fighter, a woman who truly has a man on his knees for her literally and figuratively. She's also like, full of pain? Grace has a lot of traits you often see in heroes, which I love.

Seraphina Bevingstoke, Day of the Duchess. Again, I love a wounded heroine, and Seraphine is probably the most wounded of MacLean's heroines? She has a very tender heart but has forced it to harden to protect herself, and I love that.

Pippa Marbury, One Good Earl Deserves a Lover. Pippa is so cute! She's intellectual and curious and precocious and kind of blunt, and I enjoy the way she continuously bowls Cross over. Such a great heroine.

Callie Hartwell, Nine Rules to Break When Romancing A Rake. I love Callie. I love that she's a bit insecure without being self-pitying, a wallflower without being a wilting flower. She's such great fat rep, she means a lot to me.

Juliana Fiori, Eleven Scandals to Start to Win a Duke's Heart. Oh Juliana! Such a classic spitfire heroine, driving Simon insane and turning him on at every moment. Her Italian-ness got a little.... much at points lmao, don't know if I QUITE!!! Believed it, but I love her.

Adelaide Frampton, Heartbreaker. What a fun heroine. Quiet without being meek, fading into the background without being boring. I love that she was a thief, and I kind of love that she was strong but a bit sexually submissive at times? Fabulous.

Lillian Hargrove, A Scot in the Dark. She had me at "posed nude for a painting and made a Huge Mistake". I loved her sexual boldness, and how relatively shameless she was.

Mara Lowe, No Good Duke Goes Unpunished. I love Mara! A lot of people hate Mara because she's actually a flawed and at times selfish heroine, but I don't know. That's why I enjoy her.

Hattie Sedley, Brazen and the Beast. Another classic archetype--the heroine who wants to get out there and experience the world YESTERDAY. Hattie was so much fun, and she holds a special place as one of the only HR heroines who's like, actually portrayed by a plus size model, lol.

Sophie Talbot, The Rogue Not Taken. Sophie is a very good heroine, and I know she's popular, but to me she is a type that MacLean does often and I think other heroines do it better.

Georgiana, Never Judge a Lady by Her Cover. I love that Georgiana got her happy ending! I also enjoy her having like, triple lives as a sexpot and a club owner and a single mom. What a multi-tasker.

13. Sesily Talbot, Bombshell. Realizing I probably forgot to categorize Caleb when ranking the heroes.... Well, he was ranked lower lol. Sesily is a fun heroine, but I can't say that I necessarily am super into the SEXILY thing she had going on. I have nothing against it, but I didn't connect with it in the book.

Felicity Faircloth, Wicked and the Wallflower. Nice, but didn't make a huge impression on me.

Isabel Townsend, Ten Ways to be Adored When Landing A Lord. See above.