#two more and we're done uuuugh

[blenselche]

wanted to get this up before midnight but w/e :S

Penelope: you're not gonna like this but one've the only places we haven't searched is the no-go zone...

Betty: mrrrr

Penelope: You good? Betts?

Betty: sh. We are being watched.

(the no-go zone is the heart of the forest, some people haven't seen an accurate map of Ooo so I thought I'd clarify.)

“… should we apologize?”

“Hm?”

“She’s gonna remember this from both ends,” he grunts as Finn elbows him with a tired chortle, “you thought my identity crisis was bad.”

“Shut up, you’re so obnoxious.” Finn shakes his chin between his fingers playfully, then shrieks as freezing cold spray hits him— Fern turning the shower back on and cackling in his face. "Aw- aw man, come on! Fern!"

Fern's smug chuckling dies down as he hugs his double tightly, nuzzling into the skin behind his ear and grinning. Finn slaps him rapidly in the side until he shuts the water off. "Love you, too."

She jerks awake, blinking sweat from her eyes as her breath heaves quickly between her fangs and she holds her flesh hand to her chest, feeling her heart flutter and palpitate under her sternum. Her eyes water lightly, and she curls in on herself as she slowly wraps her arms around her knees, picking at the long scales of her elbows as shudders wrack over her spine. The hum of the generator hooked up to the hand-me-down trailer kicks on, and she nearly jumps out of her own skin.

Penelope rests her face in her hands and sighs as her emotions jumble up confusingly. The flashes of her past lives are becoming more consistent the closer she gets to the heart of the forest, though she’s unaware why.

Betty’s ear flicks in her sleep from her spot on the floor, exhausted from a day’s work of pulling their home. Her technicolor stripes light up and pulse in a gentle rhythm, making soft light reflect off of the aluminum walls. Penny smiles gently as she sweeps her gaze over her incarnation-hopping companion.

She creeps from between the sheets as quietly as possible and throws on her great-greater-gwampa’s cloak, the one she'd given to him, the one she'd knitted to make living outside bearable- because being around herself was too hard. She shakes her head clear as she rubs the aged worsted wool between her fingers before venturing outside and shivering against the chill of the night air. Her bionic hand lands on the porch railing and runs along the banister nostalgically, anticipating centuries old claw marks, sword cuts and imperfections as they hit her palm. She slumps down to sit on the steps and tips her face back to watch the moon, thinking of Lun, and of the man she met on its surface. Her glossy eyes dimly light her own nose and cheeks between long blinks.

“Crisis is putting it lightly,” she gasps tightly from the heat in her throat, coughing out a tiny, hoarse laugh as she hugs herself. “I forgive you.”

excerpt from "From December to September and Other Timely Pressures"

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#5

uuuugh they continue doing frankenstein wrong

victor has TWO brothers to choose from and they make up a random new one

(not to mention that he's assembling the creature in an actual lab with an assistant and not alone and slowly losing his mind in his student dorm, but ... seriously. it's a travesty that no adaptation made use of the fact that he's a sleep-deprived teenager when he creates life)

at least they name papa frankenstein his actual name, but also, making him a villain in victor's story??? when his death was the last straw that held victor's sanity together after the deaths of william justine henry and elizabeth???

and victor, for all his faults, was never down for murder until he lost literally everything and began seeing hunting down the creature as his duty (and also a reason not to throw himself off a cliff). there's a reason he robbed graves for bodyparts, and didn't take them fresh.

like, graverobbing and 'it's for science!!!' aside, he does have strong morals. he fucks up because he's a coward, yes, but also because the morals he has were not intended for the extreme situations like the one he found himself in.

the thing is, he's less of a mad scientist and more of a sleep-deprived twenty-something who had grand ideas and now his world is falling apart in front of his eyes. he's grasping desperately for straws and trying (sometimes failing, sometimes suceeding) to be a good person in it all

133 notes - Posted February 14, 2022

#4

okay but how about this

a soulmate au where you have your soulmate's knowledge and experience at your disposal, but only in flashes

specifically, a darklina soulmate au

and it's a treasure trove of comedic situations

ana kuya: *teaches the orphans about the creation of the fold*

bby!alina: BITCH that's not how it happened

ana kuya: what

bby!alina: what

alexei: wow we're getting transferred again, i wonder what's up with that

alina: *rattles off ravka's entire strategy for the upcoming season*

alexei: how the fuck do you know that

alina, who doesn't even remember what she'd just said: uhhhhh ...

fjerdan soldier: *in fjerdan* fuck you ravkan bitch

alina: *also in fjerdan, and running for her life, over her shoulder* fuck you too fjerdan bastard

later, mal: since when do you speak fjerdan?

alina: since when do i what now

alexei, in the mess hall: saints i am so done with this slop, i wish i was grisha

alina, who hopefully actually got something to eat this time: literally why, all they eat is herring

some rando: fucking grisha and their fucking magic

alina: ummmmmm it's not magic, it's science

bonus:

aleksander, to ivan: why do i know so much about drawing maps, what is GOING ON

167 notes - Posted January 29, 2022

#3

183 notes - Posted January 23, 2022

#2

me: i am normal about klaus and caroline

also me, screaming internally on the tram: in s3 ep 21, caroline calmed when klaus told her it was just him and that she was safe, which means that somewhere between her birthday and their talk at the decade dance, niklaus mikaelson, the original hybrid, the big bad wolf, the scourge of the supernatural world etc., etc. became somebody who is safe to caroline elizabeth forbes. in this essay, i will---

228 notes - Posted June 8, 2022

My #1 post of 2022

villains who are so desperate to be loved yet have no idea how to act or react when someone does love them ...

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[crystalelemental]

Continuing from yesterday's regional attempts, we're on to Galar. Fun fact, I wanted to do Kanto, but having looked at Kanto...guys, I don't know if I'm able to do Kanto. I know the rats exist, but outside of those, Kanto might be the worst region right now. I cannot believe what I'm about to say, but...more Kanto stuff may be justifiable. So long as it's not Red. Ideally not Blue either. I know he's popular and should hit 6 alts, but he's one of the Big Two for genwunners and I want them to be unhappy.

Vs. Sidney Sidney is Flying weak, and at first I was like damn, there's no one with good Flying damage. Before remembering Leon. Who, until Summer Liza, was the best Flying-type DPS. So yeah, good game, Sidney. I looked at his tips, because I couldn't figure out why he felt so difficult, and it turns out it's because he has damage reduction if he's not trapped or something? Neat. Anyway, here's Anni Raihan. H!Allister probably seems like an unusual choice, but my reasoning was that Allister immediately caps crit, and can boost special attack each time he attacks, complementing Leon effectively. It worked out overall.

Vs. Glacia Neo Champion Hop is only 1/5 on my account. I know, but listen, I didn't have enough to 3/5 all of them, and Hop/Zapdos was the least favorite. That said, his DPS is still stupid good. Easily pulls off denials, okay-ish sync, but he did need to dodge a side Blizzard to avoid death.

Vs. Phoebe Neo Champion Marnie. I could've brought nothing and won. Instead, I brought Melony, who can sleep chain center and provide an EX buff that just lets Marnie explode the sides. Lodge Gloria is here to support Marnie. Not in battle, just like emotional support.

Vs. Drake I legitimately tried with Winter Nessa, but being only 2/5 and generally poor on sync meant she could not get it done. Instead, we off-type with 4/5 Gloria, who is able to set up early sync on the foe to just explode their souls from their bodies. This was a lot harder than it seemed, mostly because of Earthquake spam post-sync being really threatening to Gloria.

Vs. Steven UUUUGH. Okay, I know she's not EX, but Nessa kinda sucks, huh? I initially tried with Gordie, expecting speed drops to help, but it's really not doing much. So I went with SC Sonia. "But the gauges..." Yeah it was really bad. Thankfully, Twofer exists, and NC Bede is able to generate plenty of free actions, so it wasn't too awful? Really the main problem was getting Nessa to quad queue to finish off Steven, since she would guaranteed die to any sync, which is staggering because isn't Dreadnaw supposed to be decently bulky on the physical end? But I guess not, since it died. Every time.

Overall Impressions Galar isn't too bad, but is very hard carried by its Master Fairs and Sonia. Without these traits, it would be a very rough time. Yes, even in the P!Marnie/Gloria one, where Hop wouldn't generate enough defense to really keep them alive. Galar has exceptionally strong pairs, and then pairs that feel like ass.

The bigger issue with Galar, as far as I can see it, is lack of cohesion. A lot of regions feel like their tools go together well, and are achieving some sort of synergy? Galar doesn't. Like, offensively, a lot of them are powerhouses with poor gauge management. By support, they all do crit, but either Atk/crit, or just crit with some bulk and a gimmick of varying utility. Very little directly supports other tools. NC Marnie doesn't really have anyone but NC Hop to debuff special defense in the region. Leon really doesn't have a good sp atk/crit buffing ally to assist his self-setup. Dojo Gloria is like the only glue holding Nessa together.

I think the major problem here really is that so much of the region is limited. There just aren't a ton of options to work with in Galar, and a lot of it feels disconnected. Even their Lodge units don't really offer a ton of variety. I dunno, man. Galar just feels weird. It's not as painful as Alola was, but it's awkward.