#what if || alternate verse

[comixandco]

The four Sages were called back into the past by Terrako and they remember it happening

Tulin got to meet his hero, Revali, and decided to be just like him, adopting his idol’s brash personality and drive. He practises Revali’s Gale and eventually comes up with his own way to show off his mastery of wind, and when trouble hits his home he rushes to fix it on his own to prove how strong he has become and because, like Revali, he can’t stand idly by while he knows there’s still things he can do.

For Yunobo, when he goes back and meets his ancestor Daruk, he is a very timid and reactive Goron. He needs a push from others to come up with ideas and carry plans through, and when bad things happen to him his first instinct is to use his fire magic as a shield, to wait until the threat has passed by or somebody else has come to save him. But when he is sent back in time to Divine Beast vah Rudania, for the first time he has to be the one doing the saving. Daruk encourages Yunobo and is proud of him from the moment they meet, and it’s this support that gives Yunobo the confidence to help fight against Calamity Ganon, and to start YunoboCo when he gets home.

For Sidon, meeting his family from 100 years ago is bittersweet. He is proud that he was able to protect his sister, and it’s a comfort to know there is a version of him who will grow up alongside Mipha because of his bravery and fighting prowess. But as much joy as he got from seeing her, hugging her, and hearing her voice again, it just reminds him of how unfair her death was, of just how young she was when she died and how he is now older even though he’s the younger sibling. And at the end of the war, when he’s returned to their original time, he has to readjust to her absence all over again, and in light of that is it really a shock he’d have her statue moved further away from his home? And it also explains why he’s so desperate to protect Yona from the sludge.

Riju in AoC still a new ruler to her people, despite her accomplishments in BotW, she still feels guilty over the temporary loss of the Thunder Helm and isn’t sure if she can lead the Gerudo. She has a lot of confidence but is quick to falter when things go wrong. Urbosa treats Riju as a capable fighter despite her young age, and teaches her that she should never give up, to keep trying even when her resolve falters. There is always something you can do, even when it’s just stalling for time until help can arrive. Urbosa guides her in mastering the Thunderhelm, and possibly begins teaching her to summon lightning herself after Kohga attempts to steal it, and at the end of their time together Urbosa tells Riju she’s certain she’ll lead the Gerudo well. Riju treasured her time being mentored by Urbosa so much that she considers what Urbosa would do during the Upheaval in her diary in TotK.

I think the entire reason Tulin was added to the DLC was because the TotK team had already decided that Tulin was going to be the Sage of Wind, and that since the other sages were going to meet their Champions Tulin had to as well.

At some point in the years between Botw and TotK Teba, Tulin, Sidon, Yunobo, Riju and Patricia were summoned back in time by Terrako to aid the Champions during the Calamity, and even though those events took place in a parallel timeline and had no bearing on the world they returned to, the Sages’ personalities at the beginning of TotK are because of their experiences during the Calamity and the bonds they made with the Champions.

[pendragonsclotpole]

i’ve been seeing posts/videos on youtube about the next possible star trek movie and having it take place decades before the timeline of tos and like

do they not understand how feral i (and many other fans i assume) would become if we finally got an adaptation of star trek that gave us more spirk?

spirk was the pairing that launched a thousand ships! not to mention the amazing fanfics its spawned. sure exploring the playground of the star trek verse is beautiful, but as tos and aos have shown us, there are an infinite amount of realities out there where james t kirk wound up with a spock. hell kirk himself said it in the scene from aos that never was

“You once said being a starship captain was my first, best destiny… if that’s true, then yours is to be by my side. If there’s any true logic to the universe… we’ll end up on that bridge again someday.”

[jaskefer]

Obsessed with the idea of Extraordinary Things being a back and forth between Jaskier and Radovid, with Jaskier trying to draw him out in the first verse, and Radovid finally answering him in the second.

Cause like, with Radovid, Jaskier meets someone who he can't fully read properly. He knows there's something under the front of a drunken, bumbling prince, but he doesn't know him well enough yet to be certain as to what.

So, he tests the waters a bit. throws out a line to see if Radovid will take it—and he does. A little bit. But it's so interesting to me, because it doesn't just feel like Jaskier is trying to nail down Radovid's truth in this verse; it feels like he's injecting elements of his own mask into it, as well.

"Keep your words on ice, your gaze lights the fire. They say 'keep on playing nice,' but I have no desire. Why waste our words when lips were made for extraordinary things? It's not a want, it's a need, it is paying no heed to what others say to sing."

This is Jaskier's read of Radovid as he knows him so far: a man hiding more complex wants beneath the veneer of a drunken party boy. But it's also Jaskier admitting that he knows this about Radovid because he wears the exact same mask himself.

Much like how Jaskier and Ciri speak through Geralt and Yennefer in order to process their own feelings about them later in the season, Jaskier sings through himself in order to comprehend who Radovid is. Jaskier is using the performative persona he's crafted for himself in an attempt to coax Radovid out of his.

All of it leads into the main intention of this song: "The greatest songs are made up of unspoken words of love. Of them, I've had enough. with you, I am enough." I am tired of having to put up a front. I want to be understood. I think you understand me. Prove me right.

And Radovid sees what Jaskier is doing. He comments on Jaskier's ability to see people for who they are and not who they pretend to be. But there's still more he wants to understand. This still feels like a game, in a way.

It's only after Radovid sees the brutality of Dijkstra and Philippa up close, watches them orchestrate the assassination of the queen and threaten to incriminate him if he doesn't fall in line, that he then grasps the vulnerability in Jaskier's lyrics. Jaskier is also caught between multiple conflicting desires, that of his loyalty to Geralt/Yen/Ciri, and that of his work as the Sandpiper & how said work is backed by his continued commitment to Redanian Intelligence. That internal conflict and the desire to escape it is also highlighted in the song's first verse ("they say keep on playing nice, but i have no desire"). Only after all of this, when true fear begins to take over and the game stops being fun, does Radovid truly begin to truly understand Jaskier.

And so, he seeks him out. And he responds.

“Drop the sweet disguise, your heart’s beating too loud. The fairytales and little lies can’t drown out all the sound.” You were right. I do understand you. I know what you really want, because we're the same. You can’t hide it behind a façade of a song and a story and a persona.

“Take this heart and break this heart for extraordinary things.” I don't know what will become of this, or us. I still don't fully know if we can trust each other. But no one has ever seen me in the way that you have.

It's not a want, it's a need. With you, I am enough.

[peppermintfreak]

Listen. Let me cook. Basta could have Middle Eastern ancestry due to prominent numbers of muslim settlers in southern territory of Italy from the 8th to 13th century. Inkworld is more or less our world but stuck in some weird timeframe of the late Middle Ages/ entering early Renaissance mix up (possibly inspired by the illustrations in the silver book, which is a fairytale) which is when Arabs began making their presence known in Sicily and later elsewhere. Basta's parents could have assimilated or otherwise.

Fair hair and eyes are seemingly the standard in Inkworld (e.g: cosimo, the Piper, Brianna, Capricorn etcBattista's remark about their heroes, and Mo being such a big name despite his outlandishly 'dark as moleskin' hair) Being multiracial or at least different ethnicity is uncommon but not unheard of in Inkworld. Basta's the only one from Inkworld, along with the Prince, to have been tan/or dark-skinned and dark-haired enough to warrant a mention (even though that single tibit of a sentence confirming that was more of an emphasis on Basta's state in the cage). Huge shout-out to that one line in Inkheart where Basta gets so close to Meggie's face she sees her own reflection in his eyes that incited all of this.

[fluffypotatey]

Spider-people occasionally weirding each other out with their differences, specifically the little, inane things that are just sliiiiightly different than what their 'verse is "supposed" to be.

Miles: - Q, R, S, T, U, V, "double-v", X, Y, Z

Gwen, sweating: Wh-what did you say?

Honestly i highly doubt Gwen’s alphabet is any better lol

Spider Noir: *his Thursday is spelled Thorsdays*

Hobie/Spider Punk: *Scooby Doo is a detective not a dog*

Miles: *doesn't even have a Scooby Doo*

Gwen: *her Scooby Doo is a different dog design altogether*

Peter B. Parker: ….w h y

[calebs-hangout-corner]

Legend of Shadow High I love you so much but you have so many plotholes <3<3<3

[hermitshell]

Really really hope Xb just like. Waits a thousand years for e1 to turn into e2 and next episode he's just there on season 2 like hey guys :] and everyone is like how did you get here??? And he's like I've been here :]

[dismembered-narrator]

i knew val wasn't going to kill carson. but i really wanted to see that little man pop

[monkee-mobile]

micky wakes mike up at three am on some random wednesday in the 70s and mike finds him staring over him, face slightly lit by the window and absolutely wide-eyed. and then micky says “mike, you’re a weird girl.” and then immediately konks out snoring onto mike and mike thinks about this for YEARS. like what the fuck? and then one day in the 90s it hits him (maybe as he’s converting the monkeemobile into a low-riding hopping bird) that he is. a weird. girl.

[universestreasures]

@shacchou Sent:

❛  You don't ask for a lot. ❜ An observation accompanied by an imperturbable tone that betrayed no immediate emotion; baritone voice resounding through the cold surfaces that encompassed the woman's cell. Not unlike a statue, the priest stood before the iron bars; blue eyes fixed on her, and the Millennium Rod held tightly in his grasp. Since the incident that took place a few days before at the underground arena, he had given the order to his guards to not only move her to a new location unknown to anyone but him, but also to provide her with anything she might ask for or require; food, drink or clothing. And yet, not once had she requested for more than what little was given to her. (Kisara, from Priest Seto)

Following the incident, Kisara had went into yet another string of days where she did nothing but sleep. Her body was under a constant state of pain and discomfort, no doubt in part due to the years of struggle from being deprived of basic necessities. So, rest was often one of the only ways to restore her strength. However, after what she had learned from those of the Pharaoh's palace, there might be another reason for her frequent sleeping state other than because of her deprivation of food and drink.

She had been told she had a monster, otherwise referred to as a Ka, living deep inside her, one akin to a god. Of course, she was hesitant to believe such things. Kisara, despite her unique appearance, was not one to think of herself as noteworthy. She knew her limitations, knew of her fragility, and lived each day simply to survive. She had no purpose other than that...at least maybe until now.

If she harbored such a mighty beast, the 'white dragon' as Lord Seto described, could she potentially use it for the greater good? Despite not being from this land, the young woman was well aware of those like her who struggled daily. Even those who would curse her existence and stone her were in a similar position. They didn't want her to 'curse' them to more anguish than they already had.

But perhaps that 'curse' of hers that seemed to be around her since she was born could be reversed and instead turned into something good, something that can help people come out of the darkness and into the light. Though, there was an obvious hurdle with that. Kisara isn't aware of even how to summon her Ka, let alone control it and use it.

Could she be taught how to do that? Could Lord Seto teach her how to do that?

Her thought of the man who saved her is soon followed by his appearance on the other side of the bars, as if on queue. Kisara slowly stands from her bed, moving towards his direction. At his inquiry, she simply bows her head in respect before answering.

"You have already given me more than enough, Lord Seto." Her voice is soft but laced with no hint of dishonesty. "You are the reason I am still here today, after all. I am eternally grateful to you. Kindness like what you have shown me has been...a scarcity in my life. I only hope I can manage to repay you for it someday."

[eternityunicorn]

Art made by me! 🎉🎨🎉

[staticgcne]

@rradiio whispered a line !! send me a ✐ for a random sentence starter ( accepting! ) for alex ( 200 )

❛ You've seen them. They have mouths that twitch, && eyes that stare, && they babble && they mewl && they whimper. ❜

[ofyorkshire]

gosh, billie eilish's "hostage" is just one of those songs that feels like it's ripping out my heart. it plucks at something so visceral and desperate.

anyway, putting it here bc the song does remind me of bj a bit. idk in what context, but i think the song must be in his pov.

[fctedivided]

Something that would make Septine truly cringe, puns about blindness.

[starksvinyls]

Title: Lions and Tigers and A Whiny Little, Oh My! Rating: Teen+ Pairing: Peter Parker & Tony Stark Tags/Warnings: Non-Sexual Age Play, Alternate Universe - BDSM Summary: Peter doesn't want to leave the zoo. Notes: for @ageplay-may and the Sugar prompt for day 8: “whining”. also a part of the Little Spider verse set sometime after Tony becomes Peter's caregiver AO3 Link

“But Daaaddyyyyy, I wanna stay!” 

“Peter, I told you, we can’t. The zoo is closing, honey.” 

Tony was slowly losing patience. It was late in the afternoon, it was hot, and Peter hadn’t had his nap yet, which was very evident by his current attitude. Normally, Peter was fairly well behaved. There were a few mishaps here and there, but overall, Peter was the best little boy Tony could ask for. But if Peter was tired, hungry, and spent an afternoon in the sweltering summer sun, well, that all added up to one cranky boy. 

“Daddy, I wanna see the lion again.” Peter stomped his foot. 

Tony raised an eyebrow, a clear warning. They had a rule about stomping feet. Peter looked sheepish, but didn’t apologize. Tony sighed. 

“Honey, the zoo is closing. It’s not me making the rules here, bud.” He explained, again. “We can always come back, the zoo isn’t going anywhere, okay?” 

Peter whined again, sounding like a poor imitation of a whale call, consisting of several long vowel sounds, while flopping his arms at his sides. A few of the other caregivers passing by gave Tony sympathetic looks, others weren’t so nice, and he awkwardly smiled at them. The last thing he needed was for some tabloid to run a story about how Tony Stark was a terrible caregiver and couldn’t control his little. 

“Peter, c’mon, bud. I promise we can come back next weekend, okay?” Tony stepped closer to his little boy and held out his hand. “But right now it’s time to go home and have dinner. C’mon.” 

It took a pouting filled minute before Peter relented, no doubt because he was hungry, and took his Daddy’s hand.  

“Can we have pizza?” Peter asked as they made their way towards the exit. 

“You were acting naughty just now, Pete, I don’t know if we should get pizza.” 

“Noo, Daddy! I’m sorry!” Peter huddled closer to Tony and bit his bottom lip. “If I promise to be good the rest’a the night can we? Pleeeeaase?” 

Tony knew he shouldn’t give in. Give Peter and inch, and he’ll weasel a mile out of you. But aside from the whining when it was time to go, he had been very well behaved. He hadn’t ran off, and was polite to the zoo keepers and other visitors. Plus, once Peter had food in his tummy and some aloe on his pink nose, Tony knew he’d be much more well behaved, so he’d be able to keep his promise of being good. 

Pretending to think it over, making the appropriate hmm noises, Tony glanced over to see Peter looking at him expectantly, eyes wide and pleading. Tony couldn’t keep up the facade of a straight face anymore, and he cracked a smile. 

“Alright, pizza it is.” 

“Yay!”  

[daylighteclipsed]

If Data Sora’s still in the Data Realm of Light, does that mean he didn’t disappear at the end of the data version of KH3? Is there a Data Unreality?