#though that's mostly his voice actor's fault

[rollingspicevee]

Do any of the beast's cookies have any kinks

MDNI!

Oh, absolutely! Here’s a few I’ve thought of them having

Shadow Milk:

• Edging and overstimulation. I feel those go hand in hand most of the time, but he definitely enjoys both

• I can see a bit of degradation? Mostly depends on his mood. If he’s in a jealous mood, like if he just took you back from an Ancient, especially Pure Vanilla Cookie, oh, he’s being degrading when he talks dirty to you. Angrily hissing in your ear like a snake throwing a fit, words like venom dripping from his fangs, even if it’s not necessarily your fault. It’s the insecurities-

• Oh, but if you’re a good lil mouse for him, he will offer praise and, if you’re lucky, gentle sex. Positive reinforcement! He wants you to keep behaving, after all~

• Roleplay! What, he’s an actor- you expected any less?

• He likes a little risk. He has more shame than Burning Spice, but not as much as Mystic Flour. He won’t fuck you in front of others unless he has a reason (such as to assert his claim over you in front of his minions or Truthless Recluse), but he likes the thought of fucking you around others, just out of sight. Perhaps behind the curtains before a show. Make sure to keep your voice down if you don’t wanna be caught~ He’ll have to punish whoever gets curious enough to check it out, after all~

• Biggest. Fucking. Tease. EVER! He is not above edging his darling in a semi public space and then denying you your orgasm for the sole purpose of enjoying himself as he watches you squirm, and no matter how much you ask, you’ll be teasingly denied until in a more private area. He could do it there if he wanted of course, but he loves the tension it creates and how much of a mess it leaves his darling lil mouse for him until you’re begging him to fuck you by the time you’re in private together. Be prepared to go all night, because he just can’t resist that adorable face you make when you beg~

• Bite him. I dare you.

Mystic Flour:

• I see her having a Mistress kink- I just do-

• Praise is not too uncommon with her. Though she may not be super vocal, she will tell you that you’re doing a good job and other words of praise every now and then. It’s so far off from her usual “everything is futile” and basically “just give up and give in” attitude that it almost gives you whiplash-

• I see sensory deprivation as one of her biggest kinks, so she often likes to blindfold her darling. Makes you much more reactive to her touch.

• I also see her liking a bit of bondage (she’s a rigger though, not a rope bunny, if there was any question). She especially likes to combine it with the sensory deprivation.

• Dommy mommy? Absolutely baiehchc

• Not a big risk taker, unlike the other two on this list. Nothing even remotely public. Ever. As for danger, she’s- iffy about it. She doesn’t mind a lil danger if you want that, but nothing major.

Burning Spice:

• Size kink. 100%. Have you seen that guy?! He’s HUGE! He towers over most, if not all, other cookies, including his fellow Beasts. He’s also built and strong. He loves how small his darling is in comparison to him, how snug you are in his arms, how tightly you squeeze his cock…

• Ngl, he’s probs the roughest of the five. He does occasionally have his gentle moments in the bedroom with you, but he’s rough more often than not and very rough on top of that

• Primal kink. He’s said before how much he loves the thrill of the chase! So be careful every time you decide to try and run from him. That’s when his predator instincts kick into high gear and, more likely than not, the thought of hunting you down will get his jam pumping in more ways than one. Good luck.

• He loves it when you fight him. When you’re feisty. When you’ve got a bit of bite to you. Just be careful not to rile him up too much if you wanna be able to move for the week.

• He’s been around a long time and can get bored very easily. He never gets bored of you, of course, but this does lead to some… interesting proposals from him. Unless it puts your life in danger, nothing is off the table for him to want to try at least once. That’s not to say he doesn’t like a little danger tho.

• Zero shame. Actually- negative shame. Will fuck you in front of the Spice Swarm if he’s in the mood for it.

I can’t really say much for Eternal Sugar or Silent Salt since we know so little about them so far. I can say I see Eternal Sugar enjoying somno tho-

All:

• Corruption Kink. That is all.

[e-vay]

The Shadora Horde - 2023!

Here are all the ShadowXAurora kids I've made (so far hahaha!). As I always mention, I'm always open to Shadora fankids that you guys make. I can never have too many Shadora babies. I made changes to the original 5 so they're now closer in age and I also balanced out their powers more. Some of them were a little OP originally but I think I've fixed it. I have super detailed descriptions of each character below the cut!

PIPER

Birthday: 11/12 (1st Born)

Role: Leader

Powers: Combustion, Weapon Summoning

Weaknesses: Disorder

Dream Voice Actor: Brittany Snow

Theme Song: “Smile” - Wolf Alice

Piper is the first born in the first litter of Aurora and Shadow and is the natural leader of the group. She is generally sweet and respectful but is very proud of her pedigree so can be a little judgemental at times. She is a perfectionist to a fault and will become easily aggravated if things don’t go her way. Though she can be cocky, she is overall a caring and loving person and is quick to help those in need. Piper has naturally wild bangs and a large patch of fluffy fur on her chest. These traits drive her crazy! She always has her bangs pinned down to the side and her chest fur covered up. In her teen years she takes up motorcycle riding and it helps loosen her up and embrace her more wild side. 

Piper is capable of harnessing the power of the Chaos Emeralds to perform Chaos Blast and Chaos Control. Without the need for Chaos Emeralds, Piper has combustion powers. Piper can incinerate objects with a snap of her fingers. She has excellent mastery and precision of this skill. She was given the task to train Cinder to control his combustion powers, but the two tend to get frustrated with each other since control comes so naturally to Piper and it’s incredibly foreign to Cinder.

Piper is naturally drawn to Amy’s hammer wielding abilities and grows up admiring it. Though she isn’t allowed to use the Piko Piko Hammer, Amy trains her in good hammer-form with the use of props. IF Mammy Amy ever decides to retire, she will bequeath her hammer to Piper. The hammer’s design will change based on Piper’s personality.

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ZANE

Birthday: 11/12 (2nd Born)

Powers: Super Speed

Weaknesses: Arachnophobia 

Dream Voice Actor: Robert Buckley

Theme Song: “We Are Young” - 3OH!3

Zane is the second born in the first litter of Aurora and Shadow. Zane is a daredevil and an extreme extrovert. He is most like his Pawpaw Sonic with his quick wit and high energy. He does not like emotional confrontations and will go out of his way to avoid uncomfortable situations. Even though he’s mostly easygoing, he butts heads with his dad a lot. 

Zane is a huge flirt and frequently develops intense crushes on people, but due to his short attention span, he’ll move on quickly (think Romeo with Rosaline). Zane is very fond of children and enjoys being the center of attention. Even though Piper is the leader of the group, the younger siblings tend to follow whatever Zane is doing. Lucky for Piper, he mostly listens to what she says.

Zane is capable of harnessing the power of the Chaos Emeralds to perform Chaos Control. Without the need for Chaos Emeralds, Zane has super speed. He wears special shoes that can transform based on his needs, but he prefers the motocross boot style when he’s not running.

For hobbies, Zane likes to do extreme stunts and attend/throw parties. He has dreams of being a DJ with his brother Nova. 

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NOVA

Birthday: 11/12 (3rd Born)

Powers: Plasma (Ionikinetic Combat)

Weaknesses: Laziness

Dream Voice Actor: Josh Keaton

Theme Song: “Weirdo” - K.Flay

Nova is the third born in the first litter of Aurora and Shadow. He is very peaceful in nature and would rather find roundabout ways to solve problems than coming to blows (though he attributes this to knowing he would cream his opponent due to this strong bloodline). He’s a bit of an oddball but he embraces his quirkiness instead of being concerned about how others think of him. He often comes off as aloof and is rather lazy.

Nova is capable of harnessing the power of the Chaos Emeralds to perform Chaos Control. Without the need for Chaos Emeralds, Nova has plasma/Ionikenetic powers. He can shoot radioactive plasma at his enemies which can burn or dissolve material on impact. Nova does not like using his powers because they are so destructive. 

Nova is very close with his brother Zane and will go along with his schemes, even if his heart’s not entirely in it. He is artistic and tends to live a very messy, disheveled lifestyle. He loves to collect things and can be considered a packrat. 

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ASTER

Birthday: 4/8 (4th born)

Powers: Telekinesis, Telepathy

Weaknesses: Codependency 

Dream Voice Actor: SungWon Cho [x]

Theme Song: “Despair and Traffic” - SOFT PLAY

Aster is the first born in the second litter of Aurora and Shadow. Though he seems rough on the surface, he’s actually the most academically intelligent of all his siblings. He is loud and passive aggressive but can appreciate the beauty in peace and quiet when he chooses. He is very theatrical and enjoys making a huge spectacle out of his battles, including saying poetic catchphrases and even coining the term “Prepare for the Blitz-Aster Disaster!” He is secretly a romantic at heart.

Aster is rarely seen without his sister Blitz. He is the brain to her brawn. Though he’s the more level-headed twin, Blitz’s dominant personality tends to direct their fighting strategies. He does not know how to be independent, which can be used against him.

Aster is capable of harnessing the power of the Chaos Emeralds to perform Chaos Control. Without the need for Chaos Emeralds, Aster shows early signs of telekinetic and telepathic abilities. He hasn’t mastered many techniques yet, but with some proper training it’s possible he could become a force to be reckoned with. If only Blitz would shut up for 5 minutes so he could concentrate!

Aster enjoys challenging mind games, like chess. 

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BLITZ

Birthday: 4/8 (5th born)

Powers: Energy Blasts (“Chaos Spear”)

Weaknesses: Codependency, Impulsivity

Dream Voice Actor: Jessica DiCicco [x] [x] OR Chloë Grace Moretz [x]

Theme Song: “God Complex (Mojo)” - poutyface

Blitz is the second born in the second litter of Aurora and Shadow. Blitz is brash and forward but can be a little spacey. She has a short attention span and is easily bored. She considers fighting as a form of playing. She is very proud of herself and her heritage and isn’t afraid to namedrop to get her way. 

Blitz is rarely seen without her brother Aster. She is the brawn to his brain. Blitz’s dominant personality tends to direct their fighting strategies despite her brother’s concerns. She is very theatrical and enjoys making a huge spectacle out of her battles, including saying poetic catchphrases and even coining the term “Prepare for the Blitz-Aster Disaster!” She is very codependent and hates doing anything without Aster.

Blitz is capable of harnessing the power of the Chaos Emeralds to perform Chaos Control. Without the need for Chaos Emeralds, Blitz has the natural ability to perform Chaos Spear which can dagger her enemies with energy.

Blitz loves fashion and is a huge trendsetter. She would love to be a fashion designer if world domination doesn’t work out (She’s just kidding – relax already!)

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Cinder

Birthday: 2/18 (6th born)

Powers: Combustion, Stellar Tantrum

Weaknesses: Migraines, Short Temper

Dream Voice Actor: Michael Daingerfield [x] [x]

Theme Song: “Tantrum” - Ashnikko

Cinder is the first born in the third litter of Aurora and Shadow. He has a very short temper and is incredibly impatient. He is the most like his father in that he is not very talkative and would rather be left alone than socialize with others. His outbursts of rage can often be used to his enemies’ advantage by being misdirected to his siblings and teammates. He is also terrified of himself, which makes him constantly on edge. 

Cinder is NOT capable of using Chaos Emeralds and instead has to rely on his natural abilities. Cinder has combustion powers, but unlike his sister Piper, his powers are based solely on his emotions so he has a very hard time commanding the direction and radius of his blasts. Piper was tasked with training Cinder to better manage his combustion powers, but the two tend to get frustrated with each other since control comes so naturally to Piper and it’s incredibly foreign to Cinder. When Cinder goes into a blinding rage, his fur and eyes change color and sparks of energy will fire off randomly around him. When in this form, he can perform a move called “Stellar Tantrum.” This move is highly destructive and will incinerate any and all objects nearby. He has absolutely no control over this power once it’s unleashed.

As a child, Cinder was more outgoing but still prone to crying outbursts. However, during one particular fight with his sister Diamond, he accidentally unleashed a Stellar Tantrum and severely burned her. Luckily Boon was able to use his healing powers to reverse it, but Cinder has never forgiven himself and has never been the same ever since. Cinder requested a special Inhibitor necklace be made to help dampen his powers, but it’s not very effective. It works more as a placebo than anything else. He keeps everyone at a distance whenever possible and thinks there’s something evil in him, despite his parents’ reassurances. 

Cinder doesn’t like to discuss his hobbies, but he actually loves baking and reading books.

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DIAMOND

Birthday: 2/18 (7th Born)

Role: Tank

Powers: Brute Strength

Weaknesses: Poor eyesight, Light sensitivity

Dream Voice Actor: Kimberly Brooks [x] [x] [x]

Theme Song: “Cleopatra” - Nova Twins

Diamond is the second born in the third litter of Aurora and Shadow. She has a sweet disposition and is very polite, even to her opponents. However, she can be a smart ass at times and is quick to make jokes. She is highly dedicated to physical training but outside of the gym she’s very easy-going. Diamond was born with Oculocutaneous albinism. Due to her albinism and nystagmus, she is sensitive to light and has very poor eyesight. As a baby and toddler, Diamond mostly clung to Aurora whenever outdoors as she could bend the light around Diamond and protect her from UV rays. As Diamond got older and grew more independent, Tails’ Workshop crafted a special brooch that acts as a light shield when activated. Diamond never leaves home without it.

Diamond is NOT capable of using Chaos Emeralds and instead has to rely on her natural abilities. She has incredible strength and is physically the strongest of all her relatives. 

As a child, she and her brother Cinder got into a fight where he accidentally unleashed a Stellar Tantrum and severely burned her. Luckily Boon was able to use his healing powers to reverse it. She has completely forgiven Cinder and has never held it against him, but he continues to be distant with her to this day.

She enjoys training in the Shadora Home Gym to better perfect her fighting skills and she is almost always found sporting earbuds so she can listen to her favorite punk rock and metal bands.

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Boon

Birthday: 2/18 (8th Born)

Role: Support

Powers: Healing, Mood-Boosting

Weaknesses: People-pleasing

Dream Voice Actor: Ben Schwartz [x] ← Please watch this whole interview, it will leave you grinning ear-to-ear the whole way through

Theme Song: “Smile” - Dami Im

Boon is the third born in the third litter of Aurora and Shadow. Boon is the embodiment of a ray of sunshine and has 10000% charisma. He genuinely loves everyone he meets and enjoys putting smiles on people’s faces. Boon is very silly and has a very childish sense of humor. He also has a lot of energy and has a habit of rambling without realizing it.

Boon is NOT capable of using Chaos Emeralds and instead has to rely on his natural abilities. He has incredible healing abilities and can heal the wounded, but it takes a lot of energy from him so can only do so much at a time. He cannot revive the dead. Boon also has a “mood-boosting” ability, where he can positively affect the emotions of others. This can only be done by making direct contact with someone and the effect only lasts temporarily. Boon’s powers positively affected Aurora’s pregnancy, making her third litter the easiest and stress free of all her pregnancies (Thank you, Boon!)

Boon wears special rocket boots so he can quickly fly to anyone in battle who needs assistance. His boots have a button on the heel to activate them, and he likes to click his heels together to turn them on. Though he never complains about his duties, Aurora often worries about Boon’s need to please others and reminds him that he can’t help others if he doesn’t help himself. Aurora and Boon are the most alike of all her children as both are prone to singing outbursts, goofy jokes and harmless pranks to make people laugh.

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All Shadora kids are mortal and did not inherit Shadow’s immortality. However, they do heal faster than the average Mobian.

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Want to get more of a feel for the Shadora kids? I've made a Spotify playlist dedicate to their theme songs, songs that make me think of them, or general music they would listen to. You can listen to it here, but be warned it contains explicit songs.

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A NOTE ABOUT SHADOW’S “AGE”

Shadow is immortal so therefore he doesn’t age. However it’s been long debated in my Shadora stories whether or not he will give up his immortality to live a normal life with his family. I have him in these drawings as still being immortal, especially because I like the angst and challenges that comes with (ex: how are your rebellious teenagers supposed to respect you when they are seemingly “older” than you?) but I haven’t actually decided when he will decide to be mortal. 

BUT if you ever draw me fanart or write me fanfics and you want to have become mortal at an earlier point in his life I’m totally cool with that! I’m flexible.

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A NOTE ABOUT AURORA’S AGE

Mobians don't seem to age the way humans do, and it's gotten all the more confusing since SEGA redacted everyone's ages. I put a rough estimate of what Aurora's age range would be around this time, but it's not exact. The important thing to note is that she'd be approaching "middle-age" by the time her children would be considered "adolescent."

[sadiecoocoo]

I’m realizing that I’ve been lowkey really critical of wakfu lately so I’m gonna list some things that I like about it

- how every character is fleshed out really well and given their own filler episodes (at least in the first two seasons)

- the villains are all insanely well written, none of them seem truly evil as we know how they became a villain and they have mostly all been very tragic

- percedal

- the writing for the Percedal family. They literally addressed that they were giving Elely a lot more attention than Flopin and put into place his own character arc, while this could be seen as them sidelining him even more, I think it’s better than him being there and being given very little attention

- the Percedal family is so loving. Eva and dally love all their children so much and are so insanely proud of them. They also invite others into their home so easily, I mean Goultard was never really apart of the family until season 4 and they invited him in so quickly

- Goultard. He’s mischievous and serious at the same time. Fights are a joke to him because he’s so powerful but he also never underestimates who he’s fighting. He’s also an awesome big brother to Elely, though I wish we saw him interact with the other kids too

- kamasu-tar jr he’s adorable in the first two seasons and is like a big lazy dog in all the others

- Amalia. She’s a bit of a brat at first but has some really amazing character development and is a girl’s girl all the way

-Yugo. I like him better in the first two seasons when he was so whimsical and more childlike. He was snarky and fun! But he’s really cool as an adult too and I love his design

- Nora. Beautiful butch idc if it’s not canon it is to me

- DRAGONS!!!! I was so insanely happy to see dragons for the first time in wakfu, every time there was a new one I’d go absolutely insane

- percedal

- Evangeline. Badass archer who’s an amazing mom and doesn’t really need a man but love her man anyway

- Tristeva. The best hetero couple in media you will not change my mind (though I do see it as bi for bi)

- the fact that they foreshadowed Qilby’s betrayal from the very beginning by mentioning in season one that Grougal could see the good or bad in someone’s soul and then making baby grougal immediately distrustful and hostile towards Qilby

- FILLER!!! This show does filler so well! It gives a character new development and makes them all seem like good friends

- how it can absolutely make me sob sometimes. I still tear up at dally’s death (the first one)

- dally’s cool new arm and the fact that Rubilax sacrificed his freedom and own private body so dally could live

- shushus, they’re such a fun concept

- percedal

- Elely. She’s so fun and I love her so much

- the fact that they don’t sideline the Percedal kids and give them their own character and arcs

- the way trauma was shown through the eliatropes goddess. I thought she would betray them at first and actually be behind the necroworld invasion, but she really was just scared and trying to escape and protect her children. She is flawed and beautiful

- the fact that so much lore is fleshed out, there’s so much about the different species and cities and everything in that world is so different!

- in the first two season they dedicated three episodes each for fantasy football

- how the food looks in the animation

- the wha it’ll switch between smooth animation and the kind of bouncy animation that it usually has

- the s1-2 dub voice actors (the new ones are good too but I’ll always love the old ones more cuz of nostalgia)

- THERES A VIDEO GAME FOR IT AND ITS FUN!!!

- percedal

I swear I love this show with all my heart and soul, but I have to recognize its faults too… and I’ll probably post about those a bunch, but I have so much more to love about it than complain about it

[antianakin]

Do you think Ahsoka may have been a bad influence on Luke? This was a thought came to my mine a while ago.

When they first met, Luke was trying to rebuild the Jedi Order, while Ahsoka still harbored resentment toward the Order. Could she have been the reason for Luke's coldness toward Grogu and his disillusionment with the Jedi Order during the sequels? She might have given him a warped retelling of what the Jedi Order was like. Perhaps she told him that Jedi are not supposed to show concern for younglings or Padawans. She may have also emphasized her belief that the Jedi were at fault for Anakin's fall and becoming Vader.

There are definitely more factors that led to Luke disillusionment but she had a roll in that and we didn't even notice.

To begin with, I don't think Luke was cold to Grogu at all. I think he was FIRM, perhaps, and HONEST about the choices available to him and the consequences of each choice, but that doesn't make him cold. It was a serious conversation and a serious choice that would define years of Grogu's life, so I think Luke treated it with the gravitas it needed. Luke's conversation with Grogu was, to me, not truly any colder than the Council's conversation with Anakin in TPM. He's speaking from much the same place. He's seeing that Grogu isn't committed to being a Jedi right now, that he reacts to seeing Din's ship, and so he makes the choices that Grogu has very clear. And those choices have ALWAYS BEEN THERE, it's not like Luke is forcing this choice on Grogu out of nowhere, or creating a situation where Grogu HAS to choose, because Grogu is making that choice every single day that he is with Luke, he made it on Gideon's cruiser when he first left and has made every day since. Luke brings it up again because he thinks Grogu might need some clarity and guidance about the paths available to him and what they will ask of him.

(The caveat I will give here is that the whole choice to have Grogu be upset with the Jedi way of life and leave it behind to be a Mando was done exclusively because they wanted to keep the show going and couldn't do it without him, rather than because they felt like it was the right choice for his character, so it feels rushed and shoehorned in for no real reason because, well, it WAS. The other thing that might be making it feel "cold" to you is the whole deepfake AI aspect of Luke in these scenes. The deepfaked face and AI voice weren't capable of giving the warmth that a real actor would've been more able to get across. You can see a few behind the scenes featurettes where Mark Hamill was doing some of the lines in costume and there's so much more emotion in his delivery than in the final product. So while it may not have been intended to come across as cold, I would be willing to accept that it still DID come across as cold because of the lack of emotion in the CGI performance.)

So, with that being said, I'll try to answer your actual question.

The short is: no. For one, I barely consider the Sequel trilogy and the Mandoverse part of my personal canon at this point, I don't see a lot of redeeming qualities in either of them, I don't think the characterization in them for the pre-established characters makes any sense and often directly contradicts what we know of them already, so I just ignore it. So, two, is that because of that opinion on the Sequels, I personally believe Sequels Luke is just... not Luke at all. This isn't how Luke would have ever reacted to ANYTHING, none of his actions and choices make any sense, and I don't personally believe that there is any headcanon that would ever make me believe that it makes sense.

The longer answer is that I just don't think that makes sense for Ahsoka, either, even though the Mandoverse version of her is particularly Jedi critical. HOWEVER, she is MOSTLY critical of the Jedi in the specific context of "training Sabine." She's not really ever critical of the Jedi when we see her with Grogu during The Mandalorian and is actually relatively warm towards him initially as a fellow Order 66/Purge survivor. And nothing she says to either Din or Luke in her appearance in TBOBF was critical of the Jedi, either. And if we move away from the Mandoverse, then none of her other depictions of her post Wrong Jedi show her being critical of the Jedi Order to OTHER PEOPLE. She's rude to OBI-WAN, she's a little short with Mace, but I don't recall her saying anything critical of the Jedi when speaking with Trace and Rafa or Bo-Katan, even when Trace and Rafa were talking about their bad experiences with the Jedi and their more negative opinions, I think Ahsoka actually DEFENDED them a little. And in Rebels, she's really warm towards Kanan and Ezra, has no issue being considered a Jedi along with them, and acknowledges that the Jedi had considered protecting Force Sensitive children to be their responsibility and happily agrees to take up that responsibility along with Kanan.

So you can make a really strong argument that Ahsoka's behavior in the Ahsoka show, her critical commentary about the Jedi, isn't super in character even for her. You can also make a fairly strong argument that this behavior only comes out in certain contexts, so even if it IS "in character," it wouldn't necessarily be something she'd say to LUKE.

If Luke asked her things like "What was it like, growing up as a Jedi?" or "Can you tell me what the other Jedi were like?" or anything along those lines, I think she'd actually give a pretty positive answer. I don't think she'd really feel the need for criticism here, nor would she even WANT to bring it up. I don't think that Luke himself or the questions he might ask of her would make those more negative feelings come forward. Of course, it's always possible if he manages to figure out that she left the Jedi that he could ask about that and that this could cause her to start having more negative feelings that impacted her answers to questions, but I think that IN GENERAL, she'd have nice things to say still. The Jedi were her family, they were GOOD PEOPLE, she loved growing up as a Jedi, she had so many friends that she loved, so many people she still mourns. I personally believe that the Ahsoka we saw in Rebels and even the Ahsoka we saw in The Mandalorian would choose to only remember the positive things when speaking to someone else about them. Her pain is hers and it doesn't even truly MATTER anymore.

But when training Sabine, she's faced with the question of what to KEEP from her own training and what she wants to discard. Her pain matters more now because it will impact what she chooses to pass on to a student who claims to want to be a Jedi. And of course there's always The Anakin Of It All bringing in even more complicated messy feelings, too. So I'd kind-of be willing to buy that, even if she usually only ever has kind things to say when speaking to other people, that the situation with Sabine would bring out her most critical opinions.

(Of course, I genuinely hate the Ahsoka show with the power of a thousand burning suns, I think that Jedi Sabine is one of the stupidest choices I have ever seen in a Star Wars show which is saying a LOT, and so I don't want ANY OF IT anywhere near my own canon, regardless of whether I can make it make sense with Ahsoka's characterization or not. I just don't like it, and I think every single character involved deserved far better than the absolute dumpster fire that was that show.)

Which still brings us back to the answer of: No. Luke's fucked up behavior in the Sequel trilogy cannot be blamed on Ahsoka, not even in a headcanon for me. This is one of those places where I refuse to try to headcanon away the issues and place the blame squarely on bad writing. This is too big of an issue to headcanon away and there's not enough redeeming quality in the stuff around it to try. It's a lot easier and more satisfying to me to just acknowledge that Luke is OOC as all get out in the Sequels and leave it at that. Both Luke AND Ahsoka deserve better than this headcanon.

[lore-grandma]

Review of the whole Dmc franchise. (So far for me)

Warnings: spoilers, talks of ships, character dynamics, criticisms of design, talks of past games, honesty just story complaints, Dmc 2 being mentioned. I have almost finished Dmc 4 full story. I have the lady/trish path and the Virgil path left. Also I will get to playing Dmc 5 soon but thats just a whole lotta things that don’t matter to y’all. Comparisons to bayonetta, I’m sorry but this franchise has changed my life for the worst.

I think the early games need some remakes. Because listen I adore the franchise, I’m a big bayonetta fan, so of course I was eventually going to have to play it eventually. But I think the story telling is like a gradient. The earlier it starts the less amount of story telling and the actual emotional impact of the story telling. NOW before you say anything about Dmc 2 being bad and its story is crap. I get it. I played the damn thing on both campaigns and was bored the whole way through. But I do think unfortunately Dmc 2 had more going on and had more attempts to try to have emotional moments. Trish was hardly in the first game so I hardly formed an emotional attachment to her.

I’m sure the reason why the earlier games have less story, is because of limited development time and console restrictions. But I just wish they were far better.

I think so far Dmc 4 is the best so far, I had so much fun with Nero’s grab attack. And listen I know that kyrie is kinda boring. But the way that Nero’s voice actor performed Nero’s lines, and the emotional impact of that, was enough for me to root for the both of them. Kyrie’s brother was probably pretty boring actually. Possibly because he was just there and didn’t add much. I still cared when he died but ehh.

I love Trish and lady’s design, lady’s in particular. I just don’t think the school girl like outfit really works for lady. Also I’m like on the first cutscene of Trish/lady’s path and wow these 2 the most sexual tension by far. I understand that straight relationships are slim pickings for any man in this series, but like guys Trish and lady are making out in the corner. Anyways Dante just gives off the vibe of the straight third wheel thats like ignored the whole time. And that’s so hilarious.

I do think Dmc 3 is good, it’s just old. So you know a revamp probably wouldn’t be THAT bad.

Fixed. Camera. Angles. God I hate how of all the things that Dmc could have GRIPPED there claws into from their grandpa resident evil, did it have so be fixed camera angles?

I don’t like multiple button dodging, it’s a thing I realized I was spoiled by when I started playing Dmc. Bayonetta spoiled me a little too much with dodging, like it’s to the point where I’m hoping for like witch time or something. Which is my fault, completely. But like I would appreciate some one button dodging.

I would actually like to know who Nero’s mom is, it doesn’t matter. But like it’d be cool to give an actual face to the mom. I do think Dante’s gameplay in the Nero route, is so unnecessary. I think it would’ve been better if it was a separate story/ Dante doing his own thing basically.

I want a prop of lady’s weapon tis all.

I actually think Dmc 4 has the best soundtrack (mostly because of the end credit scene with Nero and kyrie. Also kyrie’s singing, unfortunately I for some reason continue to hear moon river in the song though), I think the issue with Dmc so far is that it’s so obviously sounds like it comes from resident evil. And like I can’t dock too much from the games but like ehh.

That’s kinda all I have to say so far. I’m sure I’ll add more.

[bucketofbugz]

new TPOT episode!!! y'know what that means!!!!

LIVE BUGZ REACTION

under the cut of course. for spoilers.

(okay to be completely honest I'm not typing this as I'm watching the episode because. tumble down. but these are the screenshots I took while watching and my actual reactions to the scenes so it's the closest you can get to a live reaction without it actually being a live reaction)

bro is NOT happy right now. once again, so happy with added depth to Pen's character, especially since it's expanding on his initial reaction to being by himself in BFB 1.

joy and whimsy in the world

pain and torment in the world

already loving the humor in this episode idk what it is but I am digging it

also BOTTLE HOSTING??? inch resting. Was kinda excited to see the return of Donut hosting but I love Bottle so it's okay.

creatures

Bottle doesn't usually get to talk this much. Realizing I actually really love her voice. Or at least the way her lines are delivered. silly

THANK GOD PENCIL AND GOLF BALL ARE SAFE okay they're the only two I cared about the others can all die /j

"oh well! this team was kind of a trainwreck anyway" you were like half the cause for that

NO MORE LIMBS FOR YELLOWFACE!!!! hopefully Donut can get those arms back

his elimination was kinda horrifying though lol

Two..... buddy......

ONE IN THE WHITEBOARD HI ONE!!!! HIIII!!!!

Bottle is such a mess of a host but I genuinely kinda love it. can we keep this

Pen's trying so hard to revive his friendship with Snowball this is painful

SO THE FOURSE IS AN ENTIRELY DIFFERENT ENTITY???? okay

Bottle. You put PRICE TAG in an EATING CHALLENGE??? girlie they have eno mouth

why is the dialogue this episode so good I'm giggling so hard right now

new favorite character

"we can hear you!" "duh, I wasn't whispering" HAVE I MENTIONED HOW MUCH I LIKE THE DIALOGUE THIS EPISODE

idk if it's just how much I hyper-analyze line delivery (because of Voice Acting) but like. the way the voice actors are delivering some of these lines is. I love it. it's so wonderful.

Tree you constantly losing that token is not helping with all the people that kept saying you didn't deserve it

ONE!!!! HI ONE!!!! HIII!!!!

:C

Tree not prioritizing TV because he's. technically not LIVING. is. wow. I don't think I like that.

in-character for Tree that's definitely something he'd think but AUGHGHHSH it's only proving all the things the Mechanical Minds have been talking about. y'know how they say they don't feel appreciated by the non-mechanical objects.

"surrounded by cheaters"

okay well. Winner can canonically taste stuff they absorb, so I feel like that should still count as Eating? and I don't think what Black Hole is doing counts as cheating either. it's mostly Bottle's fault for putting him in the eating contest

Price Tag selling things is definitely cheating but also they don't have a mouth. they kinda gotta do whatever they can here

girlie NO that's gonna get SO STICKYYYY

Black Hole just wanting to support Liy </333333 god I wish people on this show understood how much he cares about everyone.

would probably help if he stopped accidentally killing people though.

the girls are fightinnggggg

When Fanny says she hates someone it's no big deal. she hates EVERYONE. nobody cares.

But BOOK? Someone who's spent her entire time in the game sitting back and letting people walk all over her? Someone who had ONE big conflict with someone that only ended up making that problem of hers WORSE? And especially someone who Pencil once saw as a FRIEND?? oh yeah that's gotta hurt.

hehe I love evil numbers

oh my god I'm only halfway through the epsiode

SIX!!!! SIX!!!! HIIII! oh my god six. six my beloved. six you are okay

FIANLY AN EXPLANATION TO THEM SEEING SIX IN ONE OF THE DOORS

me when

WHY WOULD YOU MAKE THEM EAT BUGS. LIVING. LIVING BUGS. you couldn't have at least killed them first????

loving the MUSIC HELLO???

what the heck is happening with Tree. bestie you good?

I <33 love <33 evil <33 numbers <33

One is literally that "are you tired of being nice" meme right now and I'm living for it.

YESSS YOU GO DONUT

HELLO?????????

again. loving the voice acting <33

One finally showing off how absolutely Awful she is. living for it. slay.

..

:C

sniff sniff,,,

WHAT IS IT WITH THE LIMB REMOVAL TODAY???

..Pencil mentioning Needle when talking about the people she cares about being gone/unavailable,,, I see you.

ough,,,,

BOING

also "busy with school" are children canon in bfdi

"okay, we haven't had any yet, but don't let this be our first" have I mentioned the writing of this episode yet. have I. I don't think I have. I love the writing of this episode

ooo

"Freesmart means nothing to me" OUGH,, OUCH,, OWIE,,,,,,,

"can I have them"

Golf Ball. what.

WHY DO YOU WANT THEM???

PAIN AND WHIMSY IN THE WORLD

I hope Pencil was listening. genuinely.

btw Pencil if you choose anyone to be friends with :3333 Golf Ball's right there :333333 please I need this

NOOOO TEAM 2 :((((( I love everyone on Team Two you can't do this to me,,,,

[omgwhatchloe]

lets talk about sean macguire, or more specifically, his none-existent recovery and how it affected him before his death.

so as we all know, sean is captured by bounty hunters after the blackwater ship robbery goes horribly wrong. it’s confirmed in a side mission that he was tortured for information, most likely because ike skelding and his crew wanted to be the ones to bring dutch in as well, but he specifically mentions how they burnt his feet and pulled his teeth.

lets start with the affect of them pulling his teeth: it doesn’t take a genius to know ike skeldings bounty hunters are not fully trained dentists with numbing cream and injects, nor did they actually care about any of the long-lasting damage they were doing to sean, since they assumed he’d be getting hung and wanted to have their fun with him. that was the whole point, to torture him because any teeth related pain, i think we can all agree, is the worst of the worst. afterwards, he is seen struggling to eat, i think at least multiple people online have said they have noticed how he will only have one or two bites, or even none at all, and pour away the mostly full stew. i haven’t bothered to focus on anyone else’s eating habits, if im being honest, but i think i really picked up on seans because of the fact hes trying to eat with missing and likely damaged teeth. as we know, no one in camp really bothers to ask him if he’s okay or pick up on this, but this is not surprising as after all they are just codes and scripts and no voice actor has the time to record their characters entire life.

next, the feet burning: the fact they burnt his feet implies to me and gives me the idea that he was hanging from his arms at some point in his time of being captured and they had pretty clear access to his feet (ew). in camp, i did actually notice him walking funny like he was drunk, then having completely sober dialogue while limping along. though of course this game is not without its faults and glitches, and dialogue getting messed up is, in my opinion, one of the most experienced ones throughout the entire game, so perhaps this was him being drunk and accidentally having sober dialogue. but im going to pretend its because they burnt his feet.

his none-existent recovery: i actually spoke about this on a different platform, and compared the recovery that arthur had to the one sean had, which they both deserved, and lets just say some people disagreed. according to them, a party is good enough! despite the fact, sean needs to heal, or at least get the chance to see a doctor, and a party is literally the opposite of healing time. he has just been kidnapped, certain he wasn’t going to make it, getting tortured, and mentally that’s going to fuck with you. but again, no one in camp really cares or notices and he doesn’t get to really actually recover from that. obviously sean was not upset about getting a party in the slightest, dont get me wrong, but for other users to claim that’s all he needs while we’re discussing it just seems a little weird to me. and something that has always upset me is the way he is immediately put back to work, that is what i mean when i say he does not get to recover properly, he is straight back on guard duty. and we all know guard duty involves being on your feet for hours, which is especially bad for poor sean who has just had his feet burnt. seriously, give my man a break (NEWSFLASH: A PARTY IS NOT A BREAK IN THIS SITUATION)

anyways, expect another post about his napping and sleeping habits because i honestly can’t wait to write about that (watch out hosea you’re gunna get slandered)

[the-pale-chancellor]

Have you watched the recording I sent @majeremorozova ? If so I’d love to hear your thoughts

Oh yes, I have.

I have.

And that's gonna be a long(fucking)read, beware everyone who dares to step further!

Disclaimer: Those are just my overall thoughts, I do not want to insult or humiliate any of the actors, directors or any other person with my words, though they may be harsh in some places. And that is totally my fault. So! With that out of the way!

Let me divide this thing into small parts.

1. Plot.

That's the biggest improvement here, literally. I could not thank Anton enough for actually making things understandable to a regular viewer, who didn't for example watch 4 different plays and read the books like I did. Scenes were moved between each other to make a comprehensible storyline. Though, at first I somewhat got confused with the pre-Conclave scene and the Nightmares suddenly being the second to play (which they weren't actually but at first it seemed so). They even added Paladine! (loving good old Fizban finally showing up, but sadly not Tas). Interesting way of singing Lord of Nothing along with Crysania and not Takhisis!

But there always will be things I don't like: first of all, just for the sake of Paladine, whAT IS HAPPENING IN THE ABYSS????? CABARET???? WITH TAKHISIS???? HALF-NAKED DANCERS???? That was supposed to be a serious, dark scene of Raistlin going nuts and not..whatever it was. Bruh. Lacked the emotional impact from the Cataclysm scene, it literally did nothing to achieve at least a sense of fear, meh. Also, for some reason I cringed from a JCSS reference before Battle for the Zaman Castle, Raistlin is not supposed to reperesent Jesus in any way, it just doesn't suit the character arc. Also Dalamar appearing in the most random places?? Where he was not supposed to be even in the book???? But oh well, characters are another problem here.

2. Characters

Oh boy. I am going to rant here alot, ain't I..We'll go with everyone here for getting at least some improvements.

-Tika. Absolute favourite, nothing can change my opinion here. New version of the tavern scene is precious and some other scenes like holding a baby in her hands. Adorable.

-Caramon. Nothing changed x2. Rostik just slays and may I notice the cameraman was mostly filming him lmao. Fighting scenes were both appealing and wonky in different places, but he made it through really well.

-New: the Nun and the Inquisitor. They were added specifically in the new version of the musical and I rather enjoyed seeing them honestly. Especially the latter. The Nun though..she doesn't integrate with the plot well, too much of a comic relief which I don't like.

-Takhisis. Apart from the abyss scene and her costume design which I'ma mention later, she wasn't bad. Neutral opinion, that's all she gonna get.

-One line for the two: The Kingpriest and Par-Salian. Both are just okay, again, without additional rant about the costumes yet. One thing is that I don't like how the actor for the first one (woops, I don't remember his name, shame on me) - his voice is too rude, too harsh and rough when he sings, he's supposed to be like the Abbot from Curse of Strahd, like the Saint Being himself, and he just roars. But that's just taste, I got used to Plamenev and Sydorenko singing some parts I suppose.

-And here we start a rant. Ladies, gents and other people - Dalamar Argent! Even though I don't mention him a lot in my posts, I fucking love this character, even my DnD PC kinda reminds of him. bUT. Both in the books and in the previous staged versions he still HOLDS his respect towards his shalafi, his master. In this one he just goes "yeah whatever this mf is gonna die" and what??? where's the rest of it at least???? he appears in the Abyss to notify about the scenes (why would they even make him do that???) and what? Ending where? Also, his whole vibe of a twink gothic vampire is not what he's supposed to feel like. But alas, bonus points for the cane and for looking gay. And he got some new scenes, I'd say I liked (e.g. him going against Raistlin and losing miserably).

-*breathes in* Crysania. Just Crysania. I had my share of doubts about her at all times, I've never liked her originally so no expectations were there. She has bread instead of her brains in the original media, bUT THEY SOMEHOW MADE HER EVEN MORE STUPID. HOW GUYS. JUST HOW. Wtf you mean she pretended to pray to do her own things insted??? She is a CLERIC. She prays furiously, she lays all her hopes on the gods, on Paladine. Her behaviour is utterly childish, her descisions are peak dumbass, and the only good about this version - her laughing madly by the end and the very Lord of Nothing she sings in a duet. The "I can fix him" woman cannot get fixed herself I suppose. Ehhh.

-Oh, we really got here? Yes, yes we did. Raistlin. Again, outside the costume and prop design. Why in the sweet hells he is THAT disabled??? It's the 4-6th books, he's nearly fully in full health, he doesn't need his staff to walk like this, he isn't supposed to whither and wipe the floor with himself - he literally becomes a god so how come he looks like this? And with the actor thing - this man doesn't suit him, nor does Rostislav. I understand that choosing actors might have been a big deal, but not them. Maxim was there, he could have played Raist and not Dalamar, yet they decided otherwise. I completely disliked this Raistlin, but that's just some opinion of mine, don't get angry. I "grew up" as a fan of Ruslan and then original Anton version, anyone else (maybe except for Egorov) just don't feel any right, especially with this kind of acting out a character. Woah, that was a long rant, teheee.

3. Costumes.

I am utterly horrified. Literally zero words. Raistlin without a wig and with a mop on his head (not talking about SpB vers, it got better there), sport-like costume with white print AND a suit??? In fantasy????? (yeah, I read the comms of Anton about it all being just a fable, not fantasy-like, but then you could've made everything modern!au?)(Raist in the suit lowkey looks like the 12th doctor, I couldn't help but imagine 12th singing the last bits instead of Raist himself). Horrible. Just horrible. Everyone has different styles of their costumes, half of the actors are literally wearing curtains (yes, Kingpriest, i am looking at you). Par-Salian somehow got the best one here, I like the mirror thingies on his shoulder pads.

The Abyss and Takhisis are something else entirely, I hate how this powerful character got turned into a..what, brothel hostess? Her original costume design was rejected, they didn't have time to make a new one so they literally bought pieces from WildBerries and paired them together! (joke's on u, the comment section even found the exact version of her coat and body part)(alright, I mean this one costume doesn't look that bad, no, it just..too open, too out of place, not for a Dragon Queen).

Please, return Dalamar his ears, I beg. If not his wig, then at least his eARS-

4. The last one. Production and the props.

As it was just the recording, I cannot truly get you the whole picture, so bear with what I noticed.

The sound went off on minute 20. Raist's mic started flopping so he had to get a hand one and then just the other one between the scenes. The sound team didn't do their work properly, besides I sometimes couldn't understand what the characters were singing or saying (luckily, when you know most of the arias, it's easier). The orchestra was a bit louder than the leads, but maybe it was because of the recording itself.

Props were either good or bad, no in-between. The moons everyone were laughing at, were rather good in my opinion, just not something one would get used to in a matter of seconds. They looked funny when moving and not flying in one place, because they bent into different sides like balloons. Also the staff broke down a few times.

well, i do hope this review is fine! thanks for reading!

[blinddreams24]

Hot Drinks

With Horror

Masterlist

Next

You sat between Horror and Dust with your arms resting over the back of the couch. Everyone but Nightmare was there as they watched a cheesy action movie. Cross sat on the bean bag on your right, occasionally throwing his hands in the air as he berated the actor’s form in battle. Killer, being Killer, kept playing devil’s advocate and driving Cross insane from the floor.

“Woooooow” Killer exaggerated, smirking at Cross’s exasperated expression. “You see that perfect form, Horror?” You held in your laughter at the look of pure mischief of Killer’s face.

Ignoring Cross’s offended gasp, Horror grunted assent at Killer. You started shaking slightly as you tried not to break the moment with your laughter. Dust shook so subtly that you almost missed it.

“No!” Cross snapped, jumping out of the bean bag. “That. Is. The. WORST. FORM. I HAVE EVER SEEN!!! HOW CAN YOU SAY THAT LOOKS GOOD????” He thrust his hands forward at the offending screen.

Your laughter finally forced its way out, startling an offended skele. Cross flushed slightly as he noticed everyone’s eyes on him. He glared at Killer.

Killer chuckled while propping his chin on his hands. “You’re looking at me like it’s my fault Y/N laughed at you.”

“IT IS!” Cross said, throwing his hands in the air.

“Girls, you’re both pretty.” You said, standing up as Dust shifted at the lack of weight on the couch. You turned back to Horror. “Mind if I grab a drink from the kitchen?”

Horror stared at you, processing. You waited patiently. Horror had a hard time voicing his thoughts. No one told you why but you figured it had to do with the gaping hole in the side of his head. Honestly though, with a wound like that, he really shouldn’t be alive let alone able to speak. But despite logic, Horror managed. You respected him for that. Whatever happened to him to get that scar, he pushed through and made it. He might be slower to talk than anyone else but stars he was light on his feet. You’ve been startled multiple times by him just appearing behind you.

“I… help.” Horror finally said. You nodded. He practically owned the kitchen. Whatever happened there was his business. Besides, he really seems to enjoy keeping everyone well nourished. He was also much quicker to speak while cooking for some reason.

You both left Dust with the commotion and entered the kitchen. You opened the fridge with Horror at your side. There were a few varieties of drinks but nothing gained you attention. Much to Horror’s confusion, you closed the fridge without grabbing anything. The calendar on the door caught your attention. It had a picture of some humans huddled together on a couch with steaming mugs in their hands. Following the idea you suddenly had at the sight, you walked into the pantry. Horror didn’t follow you, mostly confused as to why you didn’t grab what you came for when you had the chance. Your voice carried out of the pantry.

“Horror, do we have any cocoa powder?”

“. . . What?”

“Cocoa powder- Oh! Found some!”

A moment later, you came out of the pantry victorious. A box of cocoa powder packets in your hands as you passed an even more confused Horror. You set the box by the electric kettle and reach into the cabinet for a couple mugs, knowing Horror will want some if you’re having any.

“What…”

You heard Horror start behind you. You paused and turned to him, waiting for him to continue.

He worked through his words a moment longer. “Came for… drink?” You nodded at him which seemed to puzzle him more. He gestured at the box. “. . . Powder?”

You tipped your head at him. “Yeah. For hot chocolate.” You gently shook the mugs in your hands.

His brow bones scrunched together. “. . . Hot chocolate . . ?” He asked.

Something clicked in your head as you pieced together his reaction. “Have you not had hot chocolate before? The recipe is on the box.” You handed him the box.

He took it. “Didn’t get . . . good look.” He paused, reading the instructions. “Had to hide . . . from Cross.”

You snorted at that. “Yeah! He might literally inhale it!”

Horror chuckled at that, handing you the box. He pointed at a part of the recipe and you leaned in to see what it was. He was pointing at a single word.

“Marshmallows!! Oh my gosh, I forgot!” You started towards the pantry again. “Can’t have hot chocolate without marshmallows!”

Horror chuckled again as you moved past him.

By the time you came back with marshmallows, Horror had already made a cup and was gently stirring it with a spoon.

“So.” You said, opening the bag of mellows. “You haven’t had hot chocolate before? Like ever?”

He shook his head, tapping the spoon on the mug. His eye light didn’t leave the swirling drink as you handed him six marshmallows.

Horror watched them bob as he dropped them in before slowly sliding it across the counter to you. You shook your head and pushed it back.

“You made this one. And you haven’t had one before. So you get it. I can wait.” You assured him.

Normally, he’d take rejecting his gift harshly but he was too focused on the drink to mind. Horror stirred the drink again before taking a tentative sip. His eye dilated and suddenly he was pulling four more mugs from the cabinet, including Nightmare’s.

You laughed as he refilled the kettle and shooed you out of the kitchen mumbling that he’d get you your drink. You went back to the drama that was still happening in the living room even though the movie was paused.

“He left himself WIDE OPEN!!!”

“That’s your opinion, C.”

“NO, IT’S FACT!!!!”

You greeted Dust as you took your previous seat. He didn’t seem to hear you for a second before his eye lights lit up, looked at you, at the doorway, then back at you.

“Horror?” He asked quietly.

You smirked. “He’s making everyone drinks~” That caught Killer’s attention.

“Drinks, huh?” He asked raising his brows and leaning forward. “What kinda drinks?”

You grinned at him. “Non-alcoholic.”

Killer sighed and let his head fall to the ground. “That was one time.”

“One time too many if you ask me.” Cross said, crossing his arms.

“No one did, C.” Killer mumbled.

Cross froze and stared directly at the open doorway to that hallway.

“Y/N.”

“Hmm?” You looked up innocently.

“What exactly is Horror making?”

“Ohh~” You said playfully. “Something us humans enjoy in the winter~”

Killer looked up in time to see Cross sniffing the air. The scent hit him, too, widening his eyes. He pounced on Cross who yelped at the sudden attack.

“Wh- Killer!” Cross fought back. “Get off!”

“Not happening, Crossy! Horror made everyone some and I’m getting my fair share!!” Killer yelled as he tried to pin the guards arms and legs.

“But it’s CHOCOLATE!!!!” Cross growled, getting an arm loose.

“I don’t give a damn if it’s holy water and you’re dying! YOU. ARE. NOT. GETTING. MINE!!!”

Horror entered at that moment with his arms full of mugs. How he managed to carry them all without spilling, no one questioned anymore. Horror grinned at Cross’s whine as he turned to hand you and Dust your drinks. Dust peered at his suspiciously as you sipped yours. Wow, it was better than you remembered.

Killer started struggling. “Horror?” He pleaded.

Horror chuckled softly as he held one of the mugs in front of Cross’s face. The skeleton’s eye lights never left the steaming mug as he finally broke away from a panicked Killer. Horror moved the mug to the side and let Cross snatch it from him before handing Killer his. Killer calmed down but kept Cross in his line of sight just in case. Still chuckling, Horror gestured at Dust with Nightmare’s mug and left after Dust nodded acknowledgment.

You sipped on the hot drink slowly but watched as Cross didn’t hesitate to down his, eyeing Killer’s hungrily.

Killer’s sockets narrowed. “Nooooo.” He growled.

Cross seemed to deflate rather than pursue the chocolate at the moment as he started fishing the remaining marshmallows out of his mug. Killer moved to stand behind the couch, effectively using you and Dust as a blockade.

Horror came back soon after and playfully shoved Cross’s head as he passed.

“Hey!”

Horror smiled as he sat, turning to Y/N. You could tell he wanted to speak so you gave him your full attention even as Dust started the movie back up. “. . . Was good . . . drink.” He said. “Thanks for . . . sharing.”

You smiled back. “Any time, Horror.”

You all then finished the movie while occasionally swatting Cross away from your drinks.

[life-love-geekculture]

Dark Winds 3x08: Unhinged Ramblings

Accurate Representation of Me When the Yellow Car Drove in to View:

Finally! Fucking finally!

My babies are together again! Now we just need a wedding episode & all will be right with the world!

For real though, this was Chee & Bern’s episode.

Let’s start with Bern because oh oh oh!

First, Ivan didn’t die! Yay! Not because I give two shits about his character (actor is great, he’s just been given an exceedingly boring type) but because his death would have drew a deeper divide between Jim & Bern. Especially if he died saving her like I thought he might.

I should never have doubted my girl though. And the feather!!!! Best planting & payoff of the whole season! Like, Joe may have made it, but that was Joe Jr. watching out for his adoptive sis. And the bookending of burying the cars! And Bunge doing exactly what he was bitching about everyone he’s murdered doing. Perfection. Pure perfection.

Even better is Bern accomplished what she set out to do and she did it proving crimes were being committed on the ranch. I’m not sure how I feel with the eleventh hour explanation trying to justify everything with the rancher’s dying wife. However, if ASG (the drug company he owns/works with) is slated to be thwarted big bad next season, it makes sense to put this info in now. Especially if they go the route I’m scared they might.

Which brings us to case number 2 & team train.

Someone please explain to me how Jim Chee can’t hit the broadside of a barn with a shotgun on stable ground, but put the man on a moving train and he’s suddenly a crackshot Dirty Harry!

…..it’s the suit isn’t it?

Goddamn it, it’s the suit! That is ridiculous! And also appropriate. He was a fed after all. But seriously…a shotgun at point blank range? I will never be over that ridiculousness.

Anyways, it was nice seeing the team out of uniform. Love how Gordon& Joe are just grandpappying in the most grandpappy outfits in the group. It is hilarious & endearing. And of course, Gordo is trying to keep Joe’s spirits up about Emma.

Speaking of which, I missed her this episode. Part of the tragedy with her & Joe is she can’t see how much he still loves her (which, I think is a mix of both their faults but mostly falls on Joe and his inability to communicate outside random info dumps) while we the audience are front and center witnesses to how much this man simps for his wife. Like Jim could take notes.

And, of course, Joe built her the damn fence! Love the addition of Henry helping and the clue that Joe’s mom had her own issues with being a cop’s wife (be interesting to explore that next season).

Anyway, a few more notes/predictions for next season:

Nice rounding moment with Joe & George at the end there. It felt cathartic especially with George voicing the core of what haunts both of them, “I blame me.”

I really hope we get more of Shorty next year. He’s the Guy to Jim’s Leaphorn. And just all the feelings with him suppressing wanting to hug his son and not wanting to in front of Jim. Also, that man is still a saint for dealing with a drunk Chee and Bern needs somebody to call and check on Jim next season if the pair get in a fight.

I have a bad gut feeling how Emma’s fate in the books is gonna play into her & Joe’s eventual reunion. Because we still, technically, have Spencer & ASG hanging as an unresolved plot thread and we know they were doing something on the reservation. I just worry the writers might try and draw some parallels between Joe & Spencer playing on them being in similar but different situations (which would be interesting considering where Joe is right now but also….no.)

I just want a fun mystery next year with Joe, Bern, & Chee all working together again.

[mamuscript]

Michael Sheen Could Do It

(My husband and) I like to play a game that I call  Michael Sheen Could Do It. It goes like this:

We’ll be talking about some piece of media we’ve just consumed, and if the subject of a perfect casting choice comes up, I’ll say, “You know who else would be great in that role?” He’ll ask, “Who?” And I’ll say, “Michael Sheen. Michael Sheen could do it.” And he’ll roll his eyes at me. 

It’s delightful (I’m sure he agrees with me on this).

There are exceptions. If there’s a role played so iconically by the actor who was originally cast that not even Michael Sheen could do a better job, then that usually guarantees that actor a spot in my S-tier ranking (Examples: Eddie Redmayne; Tom Hiddleston; the late, great Alan Rickman). Even with the S-tier actors, though - the elite in my book - I almost never believe that Michael Sheen couldn’t do a sublime job with the role, only that he couldn’t outperform the original actor.

Now, he mostly just tries to stump me. Here’s an example of a conversation we had last night (in which H = Hubba and W = Wifey): 

H: Michael Sheen couldn’t play Charles Xavier.

W: Are you kidding me? He can do the gravity, the solemnity, the sense of somehow being above and separate from all the rest of us. He could definitely play Charles Xavier.

H: Well, Michael Sheen couldn’t play Dumbledore.

W: What? Of course he could. He even twinkles in exactly the right way.

H: Yeah, but he doesn’t have the look.

W: There are entire makeup departments to solve for that.

H: He doesn’t have the voice, though.

W: Neither did Michael Gambon.

H: And Michael Gambon was a terrible Dumbledore.

W: Yes, but the voice doesn’t matter, it’s just one factor of the actor’s interpretation of the role. Book-Dumbledore wasn’t frail: he was spry and powerful and sharp. Final answer: Michael Sheen could 1,000% play Dumbledore. 

H: … Michael Sheen couldn’t play Khal Drogo.

W: … 

H: … 

W: … 

H: :D 

W: Okay fine, Michael Sheen couldn’t play Khal Drogo. But that isn’t his fault; the canonical aesthetic is too much of a stretch. But David Tennant could. And Michael Sheen could maybe play old, shrunken Khal Drogo.

H: Michael Sheen couldn’t play Benoit Blanc.

W: How dare you? How actually do you dare? Not only could Michael Sheen play Benoit Blanc, I would give up… *thinks* three quarters of a million human lives and… *thinks again* … the opportunity to ever eat Little Debbie’s snack cakes, ever again, for the chance to see Michael Sheen as Benoit Blanc. 

And so on.

So I’m thinking we’re going to start a podcast. We’ll call it Michael Sheen Could Do It, and mostly we’ll just discuss whatever media we’re consuming at the moment, but whenever the subject of casting comes up, we’ll have a lively discussion about whether Michael Sheen would be a superior replacement for any of the actors in it. (Spoiler alert: he would be.)

The rules are:

If I can make the argument that Michael Sheen would do a superior job to the actor who was cast in the role, I win.

If I cannot make a convincing argument to that effect, then he wins.

Unless I can argue that David Tennant would, in which case it’s a draw. 

[y1naho]

Looking At the Stars like we used to

09:12  Seven years ago, February, Shuji and Kashimura

You’re so annoying, Kashimura! 

Shuji scribbled on the piece of paper and expertly passed it to Kashimura, two desks diagonally in front. Kashimura glanced at the note and glared at Shuji—that bastard. Kashimura scrawled an angry sentence back.

I am NOT giving you the answer! You know how to solve that question anyway.

Kashimura scrunched up the note and threw it to Shuji. The paper flawlessly landed next to Shuji’s book.

Pft! Kashimura is so mean! I bet that’s why he’s still 150 cm tall!

LAY OF MY SIZE, YOU JACKASS! I’M FIFTEEN, I’M STILL GROWING!

Hobbit species. Replied Shuji simply. 

What an ass. Kashimura was about to write something (in all capitals) when he was suddenly called out by the teacher, looking sternly at him.

“Kashimura, what answer did you get to question three?” Asked the teacher, clearly knowing he had been passing notes with Shuji. The blackboard was full of expressions and equations Kashimura hadn’t noticed. Fuck.

“Fourteen to the power of seven.” Grumbled Kashimura, saying the first thing that came to his mind. The class erupted in snickers— attempts of trying not to laugh, but failing. How very annoying.

“Nowhere close.” Said the teacher, unimpressed. “If you are going to pass notes in my class, you need to know how to do your maths first. Now, will Shuji give us the answer?” The teacher peered at Kashimura’s “accomplice”.

“Negative six, sir.” Chirped Shuji happily. 

“Correct.” Said the teacher, but disappointed that he couldn’t tell Shuji off. 

Kashimura glared as Shuji smiled, all cocky. Why did Shuji even ask what the answer was when he knew it all along? 

***

“Hey, mackerel! It’s all your fault! Why did you even decide to pass me a note? It was a nice maths lesson too!” Kashimura continued to rant as Shuji poked his tongue out at him. It was 3:15, right after the final period of the day. Kashimura threw his satchel at Shuji’s head.

“Kashimura, you’re a psycho for liking Maths! And the teacher!” Shuji spoke lazily in his voice as if he didn’t even want to use his energy to talk with Kashimura.

“You son of a bitch.” Muttered Kashimura. Yes, he likes maths, mostly because he can irritate Shuji to entertain himself, but that always somehow gets reversed.

“Now, Kashimura, that’s not a nice thing to say!” Said Shuji, pouting his lips. He discreetly likes it when Kashimura swears, but it will be on his deathbed when he says it.

“Have I ever intended to be nice to you?” Said Kashumura icily, side-eyeing Shuji.

“Why are you talking to me then, chibi?” Teased Shuji, eyes wide with mockery.

“Stop. Calling. Me. A. Fucking. Chibi.” Growled Kashimura.

“I’m fourteen, I’m still growing~!” Mimicked Shuji sarcastically.

Kashimura didn’t speak, instead casting a glare. Whatever he says, Shuji always has a way of retorting.

“You going to that drama audition tomorrow? You know, the one Port Mafia is holding for six plays?” Asked Shuji, In an attempt to steer the conversation away. It was a bit stupid, considering the answer would be no. 

Kashimura is a Sheep actor, and the Sheep hates the Port Mafia productions. The Port Mafia Theatre Department has lots of successful productions, eight out of ten of their plays were recorded and released online. and even if you never saw their plays, you would have watched Port Mafia Products on TV. But the PMP was also known for hiring underage actors and involving sketchy deals. That was probably why The Sheep hated them. 

The Sheep was a small local company, consisting of little kids, it was almost like a drama workshop. Kashumura is a skilled actor, but Shuji personally thinks he is wasting talent in the Sheep. They usually do common plays in the town theatre, with storylines so dire they were funny. Chuuya was a Sheep actor, but still a tiny tot fifteen-year-old, so he had to go to school. Being in the Sheep made Chuuya quite popular at school, though. 

“Yeah.” Said Kashimura, surprised. “How did you know?”

Full work on Ao3:

[generouskittentidalwave]

OH BOY ASTRO BOY ELECTRIC BOOGALO HERE WE GO!

YOU THOUGHT I WAS GONNA MAKE ONE POST? NAH WE GOT A ROUND TWO AS I GOTTA SAY SOMETHING

I WANT TO MAKE THIS, LOUD AND CLEAR, TO PEOPLE OUTSIDE THE FANDOM

Many people actually DON'T dislike the 2003 Astro Boy dub

SHOCKING, I KNOW.

But seriously, from what I've seen 99% of fans love the dub just as much as they love the sub, including myself, with many of us growing up with the dub version and growing a strong attachment to it especially due to it being nostalgic for many of us. I hardly ever see many complaints about it, even on the very rare videos that compare the sub and dub 99% of it is just talking about the scene and Astro and only 1% at most complaining about it for their own reasons.

Because es it does have it's issues like cutting out scenes, mostly regarding Tobio's past, but that's no one's fault as although censorship wasn't as aggressive in the 2000's as it is now they still weren't comfortable displaying much of Tobio's past which, like it or not, is pretty valid as I don't think many of us kids wanted to see a 9 year old child get hit by a car head on and die instantly with none of it being off screen. The rest of the issues though are kind of just- eh? Like they are a problem but it's not too prominent except some line changes here and there and sometimes the dub voice lines not matching up with the expressions but nothing that really badly affects it as the points still get across all the same. AND SPEAKING OF THE VOICES, OH BOY GET READY FOR THIS

Yeah there is nothing bad about either, most fans don't really care and those who do most likely jumped on a band wagon. The only difference is that Astro's voice is a tad bit rougher in the dub but people need to realize EVERY SINGLE VOICE DUB MC CHILD CHARACTER *HAD THAT VOICE* BACK THEN, ASTRO FROM ASTRO BOY SOUNDS A BIT LIKE HOW ASH FROM POKEMON SOUNDED IN THE EARLY DAYS OF POKEMON AS WELL WITH ASH'S VOICE BEING A LOT MORE ROUGHER THAN ASTRO'S. Actually they felt so similar to the point I actually had to look up the voice actor upon rewatching it because I thought they were both voiced by the same person. It was just a 2000's dubbing thing back then that always led them to have that kind of voice, I don't know why they went with that but the shows were successful and I loved them so I guess it worked either way. The point is, almost no one here gets their pants in a twist about it and you shouldn't either, because, fun fact, IT DOESN'T *MATTER*, you wanna know why? Because it's still ASTRO. The changes never affected his character and I know that because upon growing up with the dub he was still the same innocent, lovable, caring robot we all know and I saw him as such the same way people saw him as in the sub. Because despite it's minor flaws it was still Astro with every action, words, and lessons that he took, spoke, and learned. SO WATCH WHAT YOU WANNA WATCH AND LIKE WHAT YOU WANNA LIKE, THE DUB IS GREAT AND SO IS THE SUB, EITHER WAY HE IS STILL ASTRO ALL THE SAME AND IT DOESN'T AFFECT HIS CHARCTER AT ALL. To leave you on an important lesson, don't jump on a bandwagon when introducing yourself to new shows that involve sub and dub and instead watch one and take a look at the other and form your own opinions on them, we are all chill and welcoming so there is no ripping eachother's faces off about it here, trust me this is not the My Hero Academia fandom, you are safe.

[countlessrealities]

A Heart for a Kiss || Accepting !

@mcltiples sent: 💔 for a interrupted kiss. { To Vox from Alastor ! }

It wasn't often that the two of them spent time together at the Hotel. It had happened before, but it was hardly a common occurrence. Usually, they either met somewhere in the City or, mostly, in Cannibal Town.

There had also been a couple of occasions when they had stayed at the V-Tower, but Vox preferred not thinking about it. Alastor made enough sharp comments each time they saw each other, he didn't need to linger on all the insults his fiancé had directed at pretty much every inch of his penthouse.

And yes, he was ready to admit that, in part, it was on him for choosing that old-timey prick as a romantic partner, as Velvette had put it. However, that didn't mean that Alastor couldn't avoid being a fucking asshole...at least once in a while.

In that moment, though, those thoughts couldn't have been furthest from the Media Demon's mind. All that mattered to him right now was the two of them in the preset, sitting in the hall and discussing how to bend Hell's public opinion to their aims.

In truth, the Radio Demon was doing most of the talking for once, while Vox sat next to him and stared, enchanted by his rival's body language. The smoothness of his movements, enjoying the suaveness of his voice, the wittiness of his words.

Lord, that guy was too attractive for his own sake, and Vox hated and loved it beyond words.

It made him want to rip the motherfucker apart, over and over, until he had wiped that grin off his face once and for all.

It made him want to lean in and hold him close enough to cause their damned souls to melt into each other.

The sound of a laugh, a heartfelt one, snapped him out of his thoughts. He had no idea of what had caused it, but he couldn't bring himself to care. Not when it caused sparks to tickle his circuits and his electric heart to pulse erratically.

Before he could realise what he was doing, his hand was already moving, reaching out to cup the Radio Demon's jaw. Those crimson eyes instantly locked on him and all Vox could think about was how dangerously gorgeous they were, how he wanted nothing more than to drown in them.

He had never been able to resist Alastor. Back in the golden days of their friendship, he had never tried, he had seen no reason to. They were a duo, partners, or so he had used to think. And after that, all his efforts to put distances between them, between himself and his shattered hopes, between his delusions and the truth of reality, had been vain. The sight of the other, hell, the mere mention of his name had always been enough to set him off.

How was he supposed to resist and why would he now that he was allowed to do almost everything he had always craved? They were together, in every sense of term. They were supposed to be close, in every possible way.

And so he leant in, slowly but steadily, so that the Radio Demon would have the time to guess what he was trying to do, a soft lovestruck look on his screen. Lord, he had been wanting to kiss that creepy, stupid smirk since when he had stepped inside the Hotel, and now he finally could...

Before he could finish that thought, the sound of voices coming from the nearby corridor, one of which was unmistakably Charlie's cheerful one, metaphorically jolted him back to the present and also literally out of his seat.

Vox stumbled on his feet, managing not to accidentally trip himself, and he clumsily pretended to fix his coat, while mentally cursing himself. He was a consummated actor and liar, for fuck's sake, he should have been able not to look like he had just been caught with his pants down. This was all Alastor's fault.

"This has been lovely, but regretfully I have a very demanding job and a full schedule, so I must take my leave now!" He rambled, taking a few steps back, hands still clinging to the lapels of his jacket. "To be continued, my dearest? Soon, I promise. You know that I can't stay away from that handsome face of yours."

And with that, he was gone in a zap of electricity, sucked away into the old TV. He knew that this would have earned him a whole round of mocking, but fuck that. He would cross that bridge when the time would have come. For now, he would just go and sulk in his office over the kiss he had failed to steal.

[jasperkdavis]

— BASICS

Name: Jasper Kingston Rovigatti Davis Age / D.O.B.: 35 / March 6th, 1989 Gender, Pronouns & Sexuality: Cis man, he/him, & bisexual Hometown: West Bronx, New York Affiliation: Civilian Job position: Writer for the City of Auris Podcast Education: High School Diploma Relationship status: Single Children: None Positive traits: Imaginative, Compassionate, Hardworking, Modest, Sensitive Negative traits: Timid, Naive, Melancholic, Insecure, Fearful

— BIOGRAPHY

TWs: bullying

Like most stories, Jasper’s life began with normalcy. Or that’s what he would like to believe of himself. Born to prominent one-percenters, Jasper never understood what love would look like in a home. His parent’s marriage was one of convenience, a melding of two families for political and monetary gain. He was born simply to be an heir, not to be a son. They were distant, his mother paying more attention to her collection of wine glasses and his father rarely home. It wasn’t that he wasn’t cared for, the money afforded his father to hire numerous nannies to make sure he was tended to. It was the life he knew, but it wasn’t satisfying.

Jasper had always been a meek person, never crying as a child and simply accepting what he was handed. Schooling as a young child was focused on getting the best of the best, primarily private schooling from age five to age thirteen. Eventually he knew he would be primed to take over the family business - managing the renowned high-end leather working business.

He made the switch from private to public school in high school, one of the only choices he fought for - simply to know other people. It was his first taste of the real world. It was also his first taste of what bullying could really be. He’d always been teased for his quiet nature, but in high school - his stutter had developed into more of a problem. Though he’d been through speech therapy, it didn’t help when he devolved into fits of anxiety - often talking too much, stammering, and getting stuck on certain sounds.

His nanny picked him up from school one afternoon after a particularly brutal day - one that had ended with him being beaten by classmates after school. He’d not said a word to them, simply allowing it to happen.

At home, he’d gone to his father for comfort only to be told that it was his own fault for not standing up for himself and not being a true Rovigatti man. This cycle never stopped. When he’d come home from school sporting a new black eye or smelling like actual garbage or soaking wet from the torture he endured - he was always berated for not doing something more.

He confided in the current nanny one night that he wanted to leave, that he didn’t want to be a Rovigatti anymore, through tears and hiccups. She saw the mistreatment of him and began to allow him to stay at her home, where she could care for him more like a mother might. He couldn’t stay forever, and he resolved to become emancipated as soon he was able - it took two years before it was finalized, finally leaving his family at age 16. Jasper Rovigatti was no longer, he chose the name of his nanny and moved in with her - Jasper Davis could finally be his own person.

He switched schools, and finally made his grades to be able to graduate - not with high honors, but enough to get him a job at a bookstore to help support himself and Ms. Davis and her wife.

College was never a dream of his, and with his new life in poverty - he didn’t even consider the idea of it. Instead, he resolved to do what he always wished he could: write. The first book he tried to get optioned for publishing was rejected over and over again, mostly because he didn’t have the right connections, the right hook, the right look. But he was determined. After all, there are now so many other avenues to get your stories out in the world.

Starting the podcast was a years long endeavor - the book had to be transformed into a script. He had to find voice actors willing to take minimal pay until they would get big (and he swore that they would, no matter how much it took from them.)

The first few teasers on YouTube and Spotify went under the radar, but the introductory one describing the actual setting of his dream work caught the attention of a few influencers on TikTok, and suddenly the City of Auris was starting to capture attention. The first episode went viral - though still not enough listeners to keep him afloat. They’ve been gaining an audience ever since, each episode bringing more and more in as the story thickens and the world expands.

When he saw the first fanart, he cried for two hours.

Now, he works diligently to write and produce the podcast as his only job, still living with Ms. Davis and her wife, the two women that he now affectionately calls his mothers. After all, Ms. Davis was the one who had truly raised him.

In the Rovigatti’s world, Jasper is unaware that his father is now in prison and his mother has accepted the help of an organization called The Syndicate.

— WANTED CONNECTIONS / PLOTS

CO-WORKERS; This would be anyone who works on the City of Auris podcast with him. Could be anything from audio engineers to voice actors to social media managers. It's still up and coming, but fairly popular!

FANS OF THE SHOW; Anyone who's been listening to City of Auris and wants to meet the brain behind it all. He might not be what they seem, but he keeps himself behind the scenes for a reason.

CLASSMATES; Either from private school or his stint in a public high school. He's still much the same person he's always been: quiet, anxious, stuttery. It grew worse in public school and those who knew him there would have either been witnesses to his bullying or perpetrators of it.

ROVIGATTI CONNECTION; These would be people who know of him through the Rovigattis or friends with them after his emancipation. Either way, there is no love lost between him and his birth parents so this would be a rather tense connection, as he doesn't trust it.

DAVIS CONNECTION; His mothers are the types of people to be very involved in the community. While Ms. Davis works as a nanny for the richest of the rich, her wife Ms. Martinez spends most of her time volunteering at homeless shelters and organizing mutual aid within their neighborhood. Whenever someone is in need, they always know to go to the Davis', who will provide a place to sleep and a warm meal. Jasper has met many people living with them for a few years, and is always happy to help those in need.

ROOMMATES (0/2); He lives in a two bedroom apartment with two other people. They've transformed the living room area into a studio where Jasper sleeps, and the small bedrooms are his roommates. They spend a lot of time revolving in and out of the space, but they don't spend a lot of time together or at home. The few times they do manage to meet and hang out, they're at his mothers' place for dinner and board games.

[thats-not-okie-dokie]

I turned myself into a puppet!

In other words, meet my puppetsona for Welcome Home. This is Oaksley, a shy and imaginitive nerd who writes novels for a living. He runs a library with shelves absolutely lined to the brim with books. Though, he has a hard time enforcing any due dates for late books because he hates confrontation and would rather jump off a cliff than have an argument with someone. He's the introverted type who likes to hide away in a good book and curl up by a fireplace. That's not to say he isn't a team player, because he can easily be dragged into things by the other neighbours. He's lenient to a fault and insecure about himself and his actions. He couldn't crack a joke on the spot to save his life, but he will absolutely infodump for hours if given the chance

As for his dynamics with the other neighbours, I have the full list:

Barnaby would be constantly making bad puns about poetry and book titles, and sometimes visits his library just to make jokes about the titles and covers, much to Oaksley's chagrin, since he does not have an inside voice. It disturbs anyone else who is quietly reading in there, but he can't build up the courage to kick Barnaby out, since he does occasionally say something he finds funny and checks out joke books in the end. Oaksley's tried riding on his unicycle once (because Barnaby kept egging him on until he relented) and crashed into one of the neighbour's houses. He hasn't tried since, and almost broke his nose because of that

Wally is a fellow artist, so they gravitate towards each other whenever either of them are low on inspiration. As seen above, Oaksley will read a part of his latest story out loud and Wally will paint what is described. Wally has tried to show Oaksley how to draw before, and he sometimes scribbles on his papers when he gets bored because of this. Wally's always excited to see these sketches. They have a mutual agreement to go and ask for help together if something is wrong or if either of them have a problem. Wally helps Oaksley feel less alone as an introvert and gently nudges him to advocate for himself. Wally is one of the few neighbours Oaksley actively goes and visits first instead of being approached by them instead.

Frank and him get along pretty well, and he's a frequent visitor at the library. Think of a favourite customer sort of deal. He's the non-fiction to Oaksley's fiction, and they get into friendly debates often, especially when Oaksley's reading him a manuscript of his stories. Frank points out every scientific inaccuracy and Oaksley justifies them, usually by explaining it away as magic or that it HAS to happen for the plot to move forward. Frank voluntarily helps him organise the library books when others mess the shelves up

Sally barges in to drag Oaksley into her plays sometimes, and he doesn't like it. He's a writer, not an actor, and she's constantly telling him to be more expressive and confident in his performances. He'd much rather stick to the sidelines and watch other neighbours perform. Sometimes, she'll steal his glasses, because she finds that he's more expressive without them. In reality, it just makes him freak out because he can barely see anything. She manages to reach the end of his slow temper the most often. They don't get along that well. On occasion, he does ask Sally for writing advice for character dialogue, since she can act out what's being said and they can guage if it sounds natural, and she makes suggestions for changes. Mostly, he tries to avoid her as much as possible in fear of being picked on

Julie is similar, but Oaksley tolerates her a LOT more. He's not big into physical activity and games, but her energy manages to get to him, and it makes him more outgoing and willing to try them. He loves when they settle down for board games or word scrambles. She's like the extroverted friend who carries Oaksley outside and gets him to go to places besides the library or quiet spots. She's the reason he managed to get to know every neighbour well, since she introduced him to everyone when he first got to the neighbourhood and left NO room for awkward avoidance or hesitation. They can be found together if Julie disappears for a while

Poppy treat him like a son. He always gets some of her freshly baked cookies, and he never manages to startle her because of his soft spoken voice and attitude. Though she can be very overprotective because of this, and he has to reassure her that he can do things on his own. He gets a lot of hats and scarves from her, often inspired by the stories he tells. They write and knit together by a fireplace in comfortable silence as music plays from a radio. He visits her whenever he needs to have a break, and Poppy's happy to oblige

Eddie is someone he doesn't get to see as much, since he's constantly running around, but he requests for more notebook paper from his post office whenever his stack runs out. It's a nightmare for Eddie at times when he's particularly inspired and in the zone. They are both very scared of bugs, so they can relate to each other a LOT whenever one of them startles or leaves a room because they noticed one crawling around somewhere nearby. I imagine that Oaksley used to work for Eddie as an assistant before he founded his library, so they know each other very well as co-workers

Howdy gives him a hard time when he comes around to his shop. Oaksley can't crack jokes in an instant like Barnaby can, and he always needs a few minutes to come up with one. They often fall flat, and Howdy just gives him what he's buying out of pity because Oaksley starts getting really flustered that he can't get it right. Howdy is quite intimidating to him. He talks fast, and he has a hard time comprehending everything that he says all at once. He'll blankly blink at Howdy after he says a big paragraph of words and stutters a response out. Howdy will often compare how he reacts to Wally, because he just stares, but he's very thankful that he's not an apple thief like the former