#you just need to know they're all here pffft

[crepes-suzette-373]

I was told the little changes/additions put in the anime made the VS siblings' scenes when they come in to help Sanji escape so much better, so I went to look at it (because I don't normally watch the anime).

Oh yes, yes it did.

The light streaks they make seriously just make me think of Powerpuff Girls. Oh good Lord, self, no, stop getting dumb ideas.

I also find it so funny that they added the above additional bit where they had to Black Bug a bomb out of the sky, because then when Ichiji kabooms Oven with Sparking Valkyrie, he had to come flying back down to do it like a classic superhero saving civilian scene.

In the manga since he was right behind Sanji, he just turned around and didn't have to do any dramatic swoops.

He doesn't make additional comments, but I always maintain that Ichiji's "silent stares" speaks more than words, pffft.

Yonji's rescue part is exactly as-is in manga, so they just had him make sarcastic comments at the end.

I dunno, Toei, it doesn't suit him to be saying this LOL. Like, from the manga, I just don't get the feel like Yonji would go out of his way to say tsundere things like this if Ichiji or Niji doesn't start first.

Anyway. They also had that split second where you can see Niji flying in and grab Sanji mid-air right before the bomb explodes.

Like, they could've just shown a big explosion and then show Niji flying while carrying Sanji unscathed in the next frame, but they actually put that bit in where he goes NyOooOM:

I don't know why this just seems so funny to me.

Maybe because in the manga because of the panelling, it looked more like Niji managed to pull Sanji out of there before the bomb hits. Here, the way it's timed and animated made it look like the bomb actually had hit, it just hit Niji on his Germa cloak and didn't do anything anyway.

Niji's part needs to be heard, because it's in the tone of how he talks:

Because it already looks and sounds like a typical sibling bickering. You know.

"Didn't ask you to help". "We'll help even if you don't ask. Dumbass".

(come on, you can just tell that struck out part is the unsaid part XD)

And this:

It looks like a fond(er) farewell (compared to the manga anyway, where this last bit doesn't happen).

Like, with Reiju it's not really a big difference, because she cares and it was never a question. It's the boys that's funny, because they're all dumb. Every single last one of them.

[genshingorlsrevengeance]

Going along with the Nikke train, because clearly ass. And because I like Exia.

Anyway, may I request Neon with an S/O who is just as trigger-happy as her? Two overly excitable people with weaponry makes me feel happy.

(Bonus points for S/O bringing a smol gun but it is almost the strongest thing in existence.)

(GoV: NIKKE) Neon's S/O being gun-crazed like her

Sounds like you need a Noisy Cricket. ...Does anyone even know what I'm referencing, or am I showing my age again?

Finally, Neon had someone who saw the light of overwhelming firepower!

It's no wonder to Counters why Neon fell in love with S/O, the moment they brought their own small armory, she had heart eyes upon first sight.

Much of Neon and S/O's free time consisted of going to the Firing Range to test out what kind of weapons and ammo could create the most devastating boom!

(Neon) "HAHAHAAAAA! YES! LOOK AT THE BULLETS TEAR THROUGH THE TARGET!"

(S/O) "RECOIL INJURIES, WHAT RECOIL INJURIES?! HAHA-"

Everyone watched in mild amusement and horror at S/O's arm getting brutally beaten as they tested out Neon's gun since she wanted to share her love for stronger guns.

Forgetting that S/O was human, and couldn't tank the recoil like a Nikke could.

(Anis) "...Commander, why did you think we needed to add a second Neon to the team?"

(Commander) sigh "Don't ask me, ask HQ..."

But what had piqued Neon's interest above all was S/O's weapon of choice for operations.

When the squad went to the surface, all of Counters carried their rifles, and even the Commander had a pistol for desperate measures.

Meanwhile, S/O had something even smaller than a pistol. It looked like a child's toy.

The squad paused as Neon made a noise that caught their attention, the other three watching their conversation from a distance.

Neon eyed S/O's "gun", one eye peering closely at it, making her scoff.

(Neon) "What the heck is that thing!? It looks so puny!"

(Anis) "That's what she sai-"

(Commander) "Anis, please."

(S/O) "What? It's my weapon!"

(Neon) "Weapon?! That can't even be called a pistol, your finger barely fits in!"

(Anis) "PFFFT-"

(Rapi) "Anis."

(Neon) "Come on, you're a believer of firepower like I am! What's that gun going to do, make laser noises until our enemies die of embarrassment?!"

(S/O) "It's not the size that matters, Neon!-"

(Anis) "OW! OH COME ON, THEY'RE MAKING IT TOO EASY-!"

(Neon) "It absolutely does! What caliber does that gun even fit, nerf darts?!"

(S/O) "...What's a nerf dart?"

(Neon) "Not sure, think it's some kind of old earth toy, but my point still stands!"

(S/O) "When we fight something, you'll see how valuable it is!"

(Neon) "Fine, prove me wrong!"

When combat finally broke out, S/O was the first one to take a shot.

With a single pull of their trigger, they were sent flying back as the shot vaporized an entire enemy patrol in a massive explosion.

(Neon) "WHA...HOW?! YOU NEED TO LET ME USE THAT!"

S/O poked their head out of the rubble, seemingly unharmed.

(S/O) "No way, you were mocking it earlier!"

(Rapi) "Sir, that more than likely alerted everything to our presence. We need to move-"

(Neon) "With a gun like that, we can take care of everything out here! Master, please give me authorization to-'

(Commander) "No. And S/O, you don't pull your weapon out until things get hairy, understood?"

The couple looked extremely disappointed.

(S/O & Neon) "Aaaawwww!"

(Anis) "I mean, they kinda have a point, Commander. That gun might as well be the world's smallest artillery cannon."

(Commander) "...Just how do you reload that thing?"

(S/O) "Honestly? I never needed to. It doesn't really run out, and I've been using this thing for a while-"

(Neon) "WHAT?! OH NOW YOU HAVE TO LET ME USE IT!"

[002yb]

jason and roy have a longstanding guys being dudes thing where they text each other pics of their gnarly bruises and not too serious wounds so that the other can be like “woah, i can see the tread pattern of the boot just from the bruise!” because these things are cool and gross in the way that dudes find irresistible and here is a guy who will valorize it without all the you should have been better undertone or smothering worry and it escalates until one day when jay gets a fingernail ripped off and his first thought after all the danger and blood is ha! this beats roy’s thing from last week and like they are somewhat aware that its kinda abnormal but their text convos are a safe space free from shame or judgement so its all good until someone gets a glimpse of pure gore followed by a winky face emoji when jason goes to open his phone

Just gonna casually bring this around to something more dickjayroy, because of course I would. All the above, but:

Dick and Roy running a mission together and, while successful, isn't without casualty. It's nothing they won't survive, but they're a little fucked up. Dick more so, but he's a scrapper. He'll survive the wait for first aid while Roy takes some sick and sleazy mirror pics for his boy Jaybird. It's all good.

Dick might be a little concussed and bleeding on Roy's couch, but Roy can't not share the road burn that stretches up his arm and shoulder.

Roy hearing Dick call for him from down the hall. Just a thoughtful check-in of, 'You okay?' Like Dick in his current state of wooziness and pain has the wherewithal to come help Roy if needed. The thought is sweet.

The fact that Dick would find the resolve to help Roy even as Dick is s t r u g g l i n g is mildly horrifying though, so.

Some cute banter as Roy sends his message off, calling out to Dick that he's good but also for validation that Roy looked cool while he was skidding across asphalt earlier. He was, right?

Pffft, Dick trying to be playful/teasing when he agrees, but he's so fucked up that it comes out sounding more genuine than anything and Roy is ;U; as he settles in to take care of his friend. Helping Dick out of the top of his costume only to pause because - wow.

Just Dick lacking all self-awareness. He's hurt. He's tired. He's got someone he trusts looking after him, so. Dick just slouches on the couch, head tipped over the back of it. Boneless. Dazed. Chest and abs a beautiful sight - all toned muscles heaving with shallow breaths, and like. Dick being hot is nothing Roy blinks an eye at, nah. It's the ugly, weeping wound in his side that does. Blood stained and irritated and already showing signs of bruising crawling up his ribs.

Of course the camera comes out. Of course Roy sneaks off a picture to Jason (it only shows Dick's wounded torso, even if Dick's scowl is handsome and deserves to be seen by more people than Roy lol).

Anyway, Dick joking about if Roy got his good side. To which Roy snickers because Dick is all good sides; but yeah, for sure.

Then Roy proceeds to actually tend to Dick's injury. Cleaning, stitching, distracting. Dick being a model patient, disturbingly still although he's sweating through all the pain. Seemingly ignoring Roy, only he'd never. Because whenever Roy stops talking Dick opens his eyes to look at him until Roy starts talking again.

Just Dick finding comfort in the sound of his friend's voice ahhhhhhhhhh. ;A;

In which a Roy and Jason ask becomes entirely Dick and Roy omg. This happens every time but in my defense they're perfect, so.

While Roy's hands are all bloody from patching Dick up, a reply comes through on Roy's phone. Roy telling Dick to check it for him.

Which leads to a little coy game of, 'what's your password?' and 'hah! like you don't know,' and 'if it's not my birthday idk if i'll recover,' and 'bull. what's your password?' 'the day we met ;)' which it isn't, Roy would discover later. Which would lead to lots of laughs and play fighting and it'd be cute af.

Anyway, Dick checking the message and seeing that the picture Roy took of him went to Jason, of all people. Jason - who has no idea who he's looking at.

Letting Dick read the texts is top tier distraction plan, on Roy's part. Also, it ends up being funny.

Just Jason being genuinely confused because he doesn't know about all of Roy's missions and stuff. So he's just like, 'hot damn.' 'i know that's not you who's mr.man?' and extra stuff about the actual injury with Jason trying to figure out what happened and being all thirsty because he'd take a bite fr

And it makes Dick laugh and ow, but it's so dumb

Dick taking the cheekiest photo with Roy that shows how he's stitching Dick up and tbh? Roy thinks it's criminal the sort of devastation Dick can cause when Dick tries. In that same vein, he's just as devastating when he doesn't try. That's neither here nor there though.

Roy cackling as they send off the photo and watching through titters at the ensuing silence, the indication that Jason is texting before he disappears before coming back again and going away.

Something something with Roy and Jason being fascinated by injury and gore. Meanwhile, Dick is all there for the emotional damage and injury through flustered feels. He's w/e about a bleeding wound, but blood rushing to Jason's cheeks in a blush? That's what Dick would want a picture of.

Commence Roy and Dick having their own text conversation that is entirely photos of just that LOL.

Roy's just living his best life and he deserves it.

[cool-person-yey]

YOU KNOW THE DRILL TMAGP NOTES 23!!!

• that title is not concerning. not at all pffft not at all.

• ik it was written by harlan so im hyped

• * ominous music * my beloved

• * office noises * hehe

• hello sam my beloved

• hello lena my dear

• oh the response department!!

• Sam why do you keep doing that cmonnn

• " I just want to know how deep the rabbit hole goes" yeah yeah yeah sure

• oh! chester

• heyy forum thread again

• oh hey nice I guess

• peace right? please tell me they're not saying piece

• oh they are aren't they

• voice is more human!

• you have to be sneaky huh

• oh relationship problem yippee

• so very much alive.

• aquariums are very cool though I agree

• I hope that's an emoji and not :) bcuz if :) ever appears it better be read as two dots parentheses

• oh I relate so hard

• the trans experience right here

• wait who's he

• sorry gamers the auditory isn't processing today

• hahaha wdym is it safe

• oh no I dont think it's going to go well

• it bled a lot hmm that does not seen good

• secret?

• oh that's. that's ominously sweet?

• I'm sorry what???

• you're not?? feeling it??

• oh no

• OH NO

• I mean it does sound cool but oh my

• EYES MENTION

• keep your name,,,

• this is. so trans codded. or is it just my trans ass seeing it everywhere

• the surname being Newman is fucking hilarious

• hi why suddenly everybody commented

• haha sorry what

• oh no not the locked thread again

• who dat

• opening the transcripts

• Celia and Sam!

• he rly called Jon a basic bitch

• try searching for martin k blackwood next

• elsewhere??

• BASIRA??? HELEN???

• we got the whole gang now we just need Melanie???

• hey Gwen

• no you're not <3

• oh no

• hey Alice

• yeah you're totally fine Gwen definitely

• the moments I've dropped my mug wasn't fun

• freak in the sheets Alice mug is not canon then

• she's really dropping everything

• yes of course hide your actual feelings behind jokes haha

• HOW MANY EYES??? TAPE RECORDER??? FUCK OFF

• NO

• OH FUCK ME

see y'all next Thursday if I don't die

[moonspirit]

Late night thoughts here.

Just wanted to share them with someone.

Armin and Annie 1000% had some kind of “signal” to sneak away while on official business for some much needed alone time.

The funny this is they think they are discreet but really everyone knows and has already placed their bets accordingly.

Hello Ce! Hope you've been well :3!

But pffft. That's TOTALLY something they'd do HAHAHAHAHA. So much for possessing all that combined brainpower and sneakiness; they're so obvious that its embarrassing. His excuse is probably something like he needs some fresh air while Annie's is something savage like she needs to pee, and they leave the very busy and serious area at separate times, one after the other, thinking they're being soooo good at this whole thing.

The others then proceed to bet money on where they're sneaking off to.

"The ice-cream stall behind this building, I'm sure of it," Connie says.

"No, that's where they went yesterday," Pieck shakes her head. "I'm certain they're going to the beach tonight"

"Or..." Reiner says slowly, looking haunted and traumatized. "It could be the storage closet, like last week..."

Jean snorts, taking a sip of wine. "They won't repeat that same mistake twice, believe me."

"Are you suuuure about that?" Pieck smirks at him. "You haven't forgotten what happened in that country we were in last month, have you?"

Now Jean too, looks haunted. "Oh... yeah... that..."

Meanwhile Aruani giggling while on a walk down the street, swinging their arms wildly. "We got away! And nobody knows!"

[baenyth]

Bethany's Bizarre Miraculous Reviews Episode 4-2: Lies

I just hope Kagami's OOC for her reasons with breaking up with Adrien.

Aaaand Marinette's gone back to simping for Adrien. The last episode really was just to kill off Lukanette.

Hm. This and the last episode are proving that the patrol stuff isn't just something fanfic writers made up. Also Chat's being a somewhat good boy about this whole thing!

Also I don't think Adrien is perfect, he has trouble doing anything to stop Chloe or Lila (but then again, I don't think anyone did anything against Chloe before Alya showed up,) and as Chat he keeps on going after Ladybug even though she doesn't love him. Rude. And he's had, like, two temper tantrums (though that might be an exaggeration, he was just grouchy throughout the whole thing,) over Ladybug rejecting him. He does need to apologize for at least the stuff he did as Chat,

Blud's really bored today without someone to bounce off of. I think there needs to be a new permanent holder unaffiliated with both Ladybug and Chat so he's not completely alone.

Pffft he's drinking at the bar

They're really trying to make Chloe and Sabrina's relationship look one-sided and worse, aren't they? Also did Sabrina's VA change or am I making that up?

It's her!

And Adrien's really trying out being in a relationship with Kagami!

pfft Gabriel and Tomoe saying the same things about scheduling and being controlling about their kids

The mischevious! And Kagami's such a great artist too! And fast!

Kagami, Adrien doesn't know who he is. He was sculpted by his parents into this hyper-talented multilingual model. And also maybe actor? Also you were pretty silly in previous episodes.

Such a cute relationship. Adrien should've just told Kagami that Mr. Pigeon was there, though.

I must say, I do like it when the same stuff is shown through the perspective of different characters. Although I'm pretty sure they're just reusing animation here.

All you have to do is say "Is that Mr. Pigeon? Is that a Lollipop monster? Is that an Akuma? Go and hide. I'll call someone for help." That's it. You incompetent teen who probably hadn't had the idea cross his mind.

Oh god that hurt. This relationship fell apart because of a lack of communication. All Adrien had to do was a little more communication. Explain that he does love her. Except he's still in love with someone that doesn't love him. Goddamnit. They really did kill off Adrigami for the love square.

I'm going to go listen to Mario Freaks Orchesta. It makes me feel better.

[hello-nichya-here]

Pffft in what fucking way radical feminism is about apologizing abuse?? xD

Hun if you have no what you're talking about just don't talk about it, don't embarrass yourself

Glad you asked!

First we have this very thing that you're doing right now, which is shutting down anyone who mentions that radfems can be abusers. Major red flag whenever someone's first reaction to hearing "Someone in your group has been abusive" is to immediately get all defensive and say "NO ONE HERE WOULD EVER!"

Secondly, we have the very thing that made me point out that radfems are abusive as hell. I pointed out that a stupid radfem was insisting that I was being abused because I like kinky stuff, and then had the nerve to go "You deserve to be beaten until you get brain damage." Saying that some people just "deserve" to be mistreated is abuse apologism 101.

And since we're talking about people who "deserve" abuse according to radfems, let's look at the list of women you guys have thrown under the bus:

1 - Women who have been abused by other women. After all, "rape is a male crime" according to you guys.

2 - Women of color. You guys always get hella defensive whenever a non-white woman points out that radfems are often racist as fuck, and pull stuff like basing their list of "how to spot a tranny" on racist shit like literal nazi propaganda posters to help people "spot jews." And let's not forget the large overlap between plenty of radfem groups and white supremacy groups. Oh, sorry, forgot we're not supposed to mention all that so we won't "devide the comunity."

3 - Bisexuals who experienced abuse by a male partner, since we "choose" to associate with men despite having the oppornuity to date just women, like lesbians do (What? That sounds just like incels who are mad women only go to "jerks" instead of "nice guys" like themselves? Impossible! That would mean radfems feel entitled to sex and believe women DON'T get to say no!)

4 - Lesbians that are not "gold star lesbians", aka who have had sex with men at some point. After all, they're inferior since they didn't have stuff figured out right away, or had no choice but to stay in the closet for years and years due to where they live, or, ya know, were raped. Too bad for them, they were touched by man, therefore they're icky.

5 - Asexuals, because you guys will just hate one ANYONE apparently, even someone who just says "I don't really wanna fuck anyone".

6 - Trans women. After all, you guys literally admited that you made up the whole "predatory trans in the bathroom" myth just to have an excuse to hate on them. And let's not forget this also led to shit like radfems trying to spy on other women in the bathroom to "make sure they're really women." After all, trying to see someone naked without their consent is totally what normal, not at all creepy people do.

7 - Kinky women! After all, we are brainwashed by the patriarchy, and need you guys to step in and save us from ourselves, because YOU know what makes US comfortable or not. It's for our own good really. It totally isn't just slut shaming with some pseudo-feminist terms thrown in the middle.

8 - Sex workers. Once again, they need to be saved from themselves - and that rescue includes ignoring them when they say "your way of helping us in dehumanizing, robs us of our agency, and often ends with us being thrown in prison." And lets not forget that some of the anti sex-work laws you guys swear exist to protect victims of human trafficking who were forced into prostitution often end with said victims thrown in prison anyway because surprise surprise, demonizing people for harmless shit makes a target no matter what.

9 - Any woman who doesn't like that you bitches are constantly associating with the alt-right - including the most violently misogynistic members of the bunch - just to get more political allies. Does it ever cross your mind that if THE biggest women-hating scumbags around think you are "one of the good ones" that shows you totally fucking failed to "rebel against the patriarchy"?

And there's also the group that you guys refuse the acknowledge the most! Men who were abused by women. After all, that doesn't work in your fantasy world where men always hold all the power in every situation, and women are always powerless. No way things could be more complicated, even with misogyny still sadly being a thing, no, no. It has to be an Us VS Them.

So, no acknowledging all the times young boys get sexually assault and are mocked for "complaining that they got laid", even when they're minors and their abusers were grown adults. No acknowledging that while women are more likely to be victims to domestic violence, people often refuse to understand that men can also victims of intimate partner violence - even if said partner is a woman. We can talk about abusive fathers, but not abusive mothers. We can talk about how abusive males tend to become cops, but not about how abusive women tend to become nurses.

And, once again, not ever, ever, ever pointing out that radfems are ALWAYS going on about how some people (in this case men) DESERVE to abused. After all, that will totally make it "fair" after all the shit women endured, since THIS is the way to deal with society's problems: you make sure they hurt as many people as possible instead of just your group.

So yeah, you guys are abuse apologists. You always have been. Now either become a decent person or die mad about it, bitch.

[invisiblegarters]

23.5 Episode 7

Looks like Sun and Ongsa are entering the mutual awkwardness stage of their relationship. We love to see it. Now it's not just Ongsa being an epic dork and I love that for the both of them.

Okay but I also love Sun flirting and knowing just how cute Ongsa finds her. Both are good.

Pffft oh Charoen. She wants to look at Sun. In that way I guess it's bad feng shui.

Okay Tin lbr here. Ongsa as a cheerleader? I love her and she's way prettier than she thinks, but she also has the coordination of a newborn fawn.

I swear to god if she becomes a cheerleader and thus loses the glasses to do it I will scream. Let the girl keep her glasses!

Sun the flirt is hilarious I love her.

HA oh please Aylin don't play. You know you like it when Luna is around.

Sun is really working herself up towards the top of my list right now she's hilarious. Honestly I love all these girls, they're just great.

They're taking it slow dammit! Which hopefully means that they'll be making out before the ep is over.

Thank you Alpha. Ongsa needed that smack.

Ooh a wild Sun appears. And she's jealous, isn't she? That is adorable. I bet the only two who don't know and didn't expect this are Ton and Ongsa, lol.

Annoying mosquito! DYING.

Then again maybe he does. But I don't think so. Although I think he might be clueing in the longer we go on. Poor little himbo discovering gay people are everywhere.

This show was brought to you by Loreal!

I'm just loving this theme of liking people for wo they are and not for who they could or should be. And I think that Ongsa especially tends to forget that Sun fell for her over Insta. That said, I'm glad no one but Ongsa is pretending she isn't gorgeous.

KISS KISS KISS

OH don't you fucking fake me out with this show I will fight you.

DAMMIT SHOW we're fighting now. We are in a fight.

Let the lesbians kiss come on it's episode 7 there'd be at least one in a BL by now. I know we're going for cutesy here but they can still kiss dammit.

Ongsa: looks pretty much the same as always

Everyone: You're so pretty today!!

Okay show. Well at least she seems to be keeping her glasses.

Lol Sun is gonna murder Ton.

They are gonna set up a TonGharoen thing aren't they? Sigh. Boo I was hoping she'd hook up with Alpha. Gay all the way down baby.

"I don't think Sun likes my new look."

Ongsa. Girl.

You know what I will take my AylinLuna crumbs. I hope to see more of them next ep.

And there go the glasses. I really hope they don't stay gone though I will cry. Real tears.

She does look absolutely lovely though. Not that she isn't gorgeous anyway but you know what I mean. The outfit suits her.

Jealous!Sun is great. More, I say.

I love how everyone is just enjoying the hell out of poor Sun's misery.

Oh ha. Okay Ton is definitely in on this. He totally just got shooed over to interrupt. I would take back the jokes about how dumb he is, but I don't wanna.

Well okay, then. I'm not thinking Ongsa will mind in the least.

Okay damn Sun is on a roll here. Go girl! Get your girlfriend and get her now.

Does this mean I'm gonna get my kiss?

Aw Sun's poor friends. Last to know.

"My plan" he says. His plan my entire ass. We all know that was all Alpha and Luna. But this is why I think that I can't dislike the dude even though the self-obsessed character type usually puts me off a bit. He doesn't have a mean bone in his giant body.

OOOOH next week we're getting more AylinLuna and some crumbs for the teachers too???

I LOVE THIS SHOW.

[russellsblvd]

F1 Tag Game! Tag some people you'd like to get to know better!

tagged by @presdestigatto (on my main, but i'll do it here since it's more f1-centered) merciii<3

Who is your favorite driver? Charles, but the papaya boys are a close second

Do you have other favorite drivers? From the current grid, except papaya, Yuki and Max and if retired drivers are counted then seb, jenson and kimi

Who is your least favorite driver? aaaa i don't really have a least fav driver they're all slay, maybe nikita mazepin

Do you pull for drivers or do you like teams as well? tbh, both equally, been a tifosa since nando drove for ferrari so im pretty loyal like that, but obv if my fav switched teams i'd root for them too

If you like teams, what teams do you pull for? ferrari (i'm not boring i promise) and mclaren

How long have you been into F1? pffft it's been a long time i can't even recall, but yea it's been a long long time, cause i've been here since the twink generation (seb, jenson, mark, etc)

What got you into F1?: My mom was always into motorsport, around say, schumacher's time? so the world of f1's never been alien to me, but a while back i read the dirty air series by lauren asher and that got me into it deeper

Do you enjoy fanfic/RPF? I'm going to be v honest, i was never much fond of rpfs for some reason, but well idk what changed bec currently i'm writing one myself- (and i've read a few bangers too!)

How do you view new fans? new fans, old fans, all the same to me

Are your friends and family into F1 as well? so like i said, my mom doesn't watch the races avidly anymore but i keep her updated so that's that:) plus i got two of friends into f1 (assertively haha) and now they lovelovelove it!

If you could take over as team principal for any team , who would it be and why? idk what context this is meant to be in, so i'll just say merc, bec god knows toto needs a break rn lmao

Are you open to talking to other fans/making friends? Absofuckinglutely. this is the one sport that means world to me, so obv finding moots who're also into f1 is something i look forward too (although i barely have any atm)

aaaaa idk who to tag bec im seriously in a dire need of moots, so if you see this, dont shy away from reblogging!

for now: @flibbertigibbetting @thinkingaboutfilm11

[pokespe-rainbow]

Tales of Arcadia, Rise of the Titans: Canon Rewritting and Worldbuilding

Okay, lets start this burning the original concept of what we know about the Arcane Order in a gigantic phyre and spreading the ashes in the void of the space and then replace it with something i like

(None of what I writte next it's fully Canon, just me messing with the story and "upgrading it")

It's said by Blinky, and most of the fandom, that the Titans created the Universe.. Pffft, yeeaah right, like that happened. You want to tell me 3 gigantic jaegers made of ice, fire and forest created all the life in the Universe of Tales of Arcadia, and then proceed to that omnipotent beasts to be defeated (after some importat deaths) by a bunch of teenagers and boomers? Lol nope, i'm scratching that

Lets going to pretend that's a error commited during a great part of the human history, that is beliving the Earth is the center of the Universe, when Krel stated and mocked at the idea saying that the Earth is pretty far away from the center of the Universe, just he doesnt say that im the movie for being in a serious situation

So the Titans only could reset the planet Earth by they reaching the primal heartstone, good enough

Now let's pretend the Titans arent just elemental jaegers and actual sentinent beings, or in that case, gods, like Seklos and Gaylen are stated

Aja mentioned that in Akiridion-5 they have no magic, makes me think that magic is something universal that could happen in some planets, but we really never see any alien, sorry, extraterrestian, casting magic, so, made me coming to the conclusion that, magic exist and is widely known, at least in Akiridion-5, and is something only a few planets manifest but is often enough to be known by the princess of Akiridion-5

So, magic isn't originary from Earth, or it is it?

Powerfull mages as Merlin or Douxie have staffs with a glowing stone that stores magic, ignoring the alien language symbols in Merlin staff, we'll get there, some kinds of stones hold the capacity to store magic, of the Universe itself or from a living being, just like the Heartstones, said magic was absorbed by Gunmar, not before it was destroyed by Morgana, but stills stores power enough, or the capacity to doing so, by the Titans of the Arcane Order

Now it's stated the Titans created the Universe, or the Earth because they don't give a shit about other planets or races in the Universe, they ultimatly want to destroy humanity and magic creatures

The question is.. Why? Why, if the Arcane Order created Earth, they want to destroy their own creation? Probably because main of the creatures in Earth are "violent" and they're probably dissapointed, but not here

There's only 3 Titans and 3 Genesis seals, that resemble each one of the Titans, but it's said the Genesis Seals contain the magic from the Universe, but it's actually only from the Earth

So, i stated, in that case, why did they need the Heartstone? Or more like the Primal Heartstone?

That's when I trow the Canon trough the window and let my imagination took control

The Arcane Order Titans don't created Earth, they put the conditions to the life on Earth exist, and being the mayor sorces of magic

I'm going to base the next part in Transformers Prime, and a little on the Akiridion-5 Lore

In the legend of Seklos and Gaylen, they crushed the stars and use that to create Akiridion-5, thing that i belive are exagerating. The power of crush the stars and still Gaylen core was ultimaletly destroyed by the forces combined of Aja and Krel's parents, so, or the Akiridion race core, or mostly royal cores, hold an enormus power at life cost, or Akiridion-5 history is exagerating their power and they helped to create the life in Akiridion-5 planet, just like the Titans

King and Queen of Akiridion-5 said that Gaylen was originated from Earth, and looking back, Gaylen holographic form looks pretty much like a troll, or one of the Arcane Orden members inhuman features

So maybe Earth and Akiridion-5 we're created by similar entities, and seeing the power that the Gaylen's core hold long after his death, probably mileniums or eons later, and Gaylen having a core after being said that he comes from Earth... Makes me think

Seklos and Gaylen are stated being born from Titans, but only Gaylen coming from Earth, i doubt the Arcane Orden created Gaylen... and then what? Let him run around in the Universe when they never considerated life outside from Earth? What if the Titans, not the Arcane Orden members, and Gaylen, we're created by the same being or coming from the same source?

The Titans have a predecesor that created the Earth, or most likely... Is the Earth's core (remember, this is a Canon Rewritting made out of my own imagination, just for entretainmet pruposes), more like, it's what remains from the Titan.

The Earth core is the Titans Predecesor Core that stayed dormant in Earth and after that in a process of eons, its formed a cover of rocks and dirt that it's the planet Earth, and the Heartstones around the world, that are said the sorce of life of trolls and other magic creatures, are pieces of the core that grow near the Earth surface and ultimatly gave life

At some point before the firsts bacterias were formed, 3 Titans we're given birth thaks to their predecesor death

Then started a cicle of reborn and death in which every few eons the Titans reseted Earth, one Titan each time, the Fire Titan being the one that caused the extintion of the dinosaurs, the Ice Titan the one that caused the ice age, and the Forest Titan the one that created the life in Earth as we know

In some point a 4th Titan was born, a lesser version of their predecesors, one that took the looks of some creaturs that inhabitated the planet. The Titans we're creatures that hold knowledge behing living beings comprehension, only existing for their original pruposes, the natural cicle of life on planet Earth. Gaylen was more sentinet that their predecesors, but born with a similar prupose on their existence, leave the Earth and traveled across the Universe, ultimatly meeting Seklos, another sentinet Titan like they, Seklos being a Titan born from the stars but having not known any other Titan like the Earth Trio. Gaylen being their... "Mentor" of sorts, teached Seklos of their duty of creators of life and it's cicle, creating Akiridion-5, based on their image, but instead or organic beings, they we're made of energy, what give them a longer lifespawn and more time for explore the knowledge of the Universe, in less time having reached a higher form of sapience that every Earth known creature, in the eyes of Gaylen, having reached the end of the cicle, and proposing to reset the planet. Seklos oposed that, but Gaylen was firm on his statement, happening the events of the legend of Seklos and Gaylen, Seklos destroying Gaylen's body at the cost of their life and core, with Gaylen's core being guarded by the royalty of Akiridion-5, until the events of the series and giving back Gaylen's core to the Earth

Meanwhile on Earth, mages, trolls and other magic creatures rise on Earth, developing some human to have great magic habilities beyond their time. One of them, being a middle aged Merlin Ambrosius, and probably other mages of which names in not going to bother with. They studied the stars, other species, the planet itself and found about the Titans, and get to the conclusion, the end or this cicle was close, so, using the knowledge of the stars (*wink wink*), it's probably they have develoment a magic anulator like in the future, more rustic and enough to not to kill the Titans, that was a near imposible mission, but to put them in a slumber that could last aged before another solution will come. The price to pay for the creation of the Genesis Seals? All the ancient wizards vital energy, only surviving Merlin to the process, and that's why Merlin looks like an old man despite reaching inmortality.

The Titans fall, but not with a last trick, they created 3 sapient demi-gods with the prupose of finishing off their jobs. That's why the Arcane Orden wants the Genesis Seals and Merlin have them

And this is the end of my version of the origin of the Titans, the Arcane Orden, Merlin, and Seklos and Gaylen, when i feel inspirated i writte more about this Rewritting of the Canon, starting of what the heck we're doing the wizards during all the Tales of Arcadia timeline

[drawthething]

Pretty basic, but I would love to just know your thoughts about Bob and Linda because they're one of my personal favorite TV couples and in my opinion ultimate couple goals. Do you have any favorite moments with them or about them, or possibly any headcanons with them and their relationship? I have so many favorite moments, but one of them is in "Eat, Spray, Linda" when a bakery owner says Linda was banned from the bakery for taking too many free samples and having "giant hands" and Bob gets upset for the owner insulting his wife and begins pelting him with the aforementioned free samples. Also one of my favorite moments is how they met, with Linda immediately being smitten with Bob's mustache and likening it to Tom Selleck.

Yaayy a Bob & Linda ask ❤️ this is too good thank you so much :]

I think it's pretty much mission impossible to not ship Boblin 🤠 Whacky, eccentric, fun and loving :D Enjoying each other's company, supporting one another, valuing their partner's differences and needs. Everything they do they're ride or die together. They too have their fair share of disagreement and flawed moments. They're not perfect and that's what makes them perfect :D (am i making any sense here?) Not to mention the hilarious mega over the top competitiveness pffft

Alright alright, let's get into my fav boblin moments aka what you actually asked me about pffft (your mentioned ones are so good)

• Ultimate favourite moment? Lindapendent Woman. Bob doesn't care that Linda has her own job but misses having her around and it's too sweet! The whole scene is perfecta - them yelling and apologizing across the store, running to hug each other and an almost kiss interrupted by a damn shrimp? Chef's kiss 🤌

• That one time they try to find out whose snoring interrupt their sleep. Another petty pointless competition, what's not to love eh :D? Them listening to the records of their own body noises just kills me (haha, they're old) The last scene is so amusingly cute though: "I guess you're my white noise. My disgusting white noise"

• Them listing what they love about each other in Romancing the Beef. What they listed ain't anything over the top but the little things? Things that only when you've spent years together will you be able to think of? It's perfect :]

• Bob Actually! Gotta love how Bob always tries the hardest to make Valentine's day special for Linda even if it means hip hop dancing in the middle of the street pffft

• This one is pretty underrated i think. The ending of Hamburger Dinner Theater? Bob isn't at all into the idea and shows distaste towards it the entire time. Then he sees Linda giving up on it during the last play and decides to make the last efforts to support his wife (like how she've supported him). It fails anyway but you know, like many Belcher-style failures, in the end they'd always (or learn to) have each other's back

Now for some fun bonus eh? (nope nope I'm not done yet)

• Bob chuckling at Linda's antics

• "Ugh, carry me to bed" - "Ugh, carry me to bed"

• "Get your finger out of my face!" - "Stuff it up your crackerjacks!" *Aggressively belly pushing each other*

• "Spice rack! SPICE RACK!" - "No, spiceps! SPICEPS!"

• "Now lift me up like in The Notebook" - "... I can't :'/"

• Them tripping out on weed cookies together. Which is, yeah :D

[sneakyfox55]

what i wouldn't GIVE to meet Kan Gao face to face, just to tell him how much i adore every single one of his games; and obviously--if you know me by now lol--i'd specifically mention Impostor Factory out of them.

i've seen people say it's the weakest, and it makes sense they would say that because To The Moon and Finding Paradise were so ahead of their time when they came out, practically novelties in their own right. and i love them to death too, don't get me wrong!! but i think that as a creator when you put your heart and soul into something, and people have expectations of you, and then your latest art goes out into the world. you tried something a bit different and new this time, and it's more of an experiment than the last two but it's still yours, and you still worked to get it out there, and whether you're proud of it at that point or not yet, you want to share it with everyone else.

and then it gets compared to your other, "better" works.

i think that can be so crushing. and yeah, constructive criticism is great, but sometimes it really hurts? when you work so hard and so long to create something new and different, and basically just get told by critics it's good, but not as good as your past works. and maybe they don't outright say it but you can tell what they're actually saying: do something just a bit better next time. regardless of the story you wanted to tell, the experience you wanted to show this time around.

i think part of why i love it so much in the first place, is BECAUSE of that, because it's like. the underdog of the bunch, if that makes any sense?? because it didn't go QUITE the way people wanted it to, because it diverged expectations. people say IF isn't as good solely because of that, i think--and that makes me incredibly sad lol. like, the amount of sadness it brings me that this game isn't recognized for its brilliance like the other two are, simply because the characters aren't the same and the layout doesn't match the other two as much. it just. really gets to me sometimes. because this game is absolutely gorgeous all on its own; but maybe it's just me??

i think of the lines in Finding Paradise, the quote referencing A Bird Story (because A Bird Story in of itself was kind of bashed in a similar vein to IF):

"...But everyone goes into things with their own context, y'know. Maybe it's only fair that they didn't care much for it. Maybe the bird was something different to you than it was to them."

and i feel like this, THIS ENTIRE LINE perfectly encapsulates how i feel about it jhgdjhdsgdhjsgjh. because that's an amazing point! everyone goes into things with their own context, having been through their own experiences. and it's completely fair for one person to not quite enjoy something as much as another person might.

but as for me, this game has genuinely meant the world to me since i first heard about its production and ever since it came out in 2021, i just kinda fell in love with it since the beginning lmboo. i was SO fecking excited when we heard news about it, and when we got bits and pieces of the soundtrack and sneak peeks and THEN when it finally came out! and i wasn't disappointed in the least when i played it, even if it diverged from my own expectations too!!! (also it might be the intense creep/mystery factor mixed with the bittersweet vibe, i'm kind of a sucker for both. ALSO also!!! Lynri kind of, means something to me on a very personal level PFFFT,,,)

i could talk about this game for hours and i STILL wouldn't get across how much it, personally speaks to me as a narrative and experience?? the entire story is something i just, relate to a lot. i think it builds on the previous games' ideas and concepts SO well too, and i've been wanting to make fanart and fanfiction for it but part of what stalls me is, the lack of it from others PFFFFFFT i'm, i need to step up my game like seriously--

i'm not here to convince anyone that Impostor Factory is a PERFECT game, as much as fangirl me wants to say it is kjdfgdjfgdhjghj. i just wish i could tell Kan Gao itself how this game has affected me, cheesy as it sounds. i wish i could specifically TELL him how much i loved this game, how much it personally means to me, even if (from what i've seen) it might not mean the same to everyone else. because it really does mean the world to me, it really might JUST be me, but it instantly became my favorite in the series when i played it. idk jhgdjhsdgjsh i just. wish i could really let him know. cause even if i don't know him and honestly he'd probably be thinking "who is this stranger and why is she so weird about my game", i think that as a creator, as an artist, to hear that just someone was touched so much by your work, that it meant the entire world even just to one person in the entire world, is exactly the difference you wanted to make when you sent it out there.

ALSO IT'S 42% OFF ON STEAM RIGHT NOW UNTIL THE 27TH OF THIS MONTH, IT'S ONLY JUST SHORT OF 6 DOLLARS, HOW CAN YOU GET A BETTER DEAL THAN THAT???????????? IF YOU'RE INTERESTED AT ALL I HIGHLY RECOMMEND YOU PLAY IT OR AT LEAST CHECK IT OUT THROUGH OTHER MEANS >:DDDDDD

[aprillikesthings]

OKAY time to do more She-Ra rewatch woooooo

I mean to get started on this hours ago pffft okay at least two episodes tonight and THEN an edible (if I watch it while high I'm not going to remember a damn thing, okay)

s1 ep5!

(At this rate I am never going to finish. On weeknights I have to watch anything in the living room, where other people are, but I can't find my wired headphones, and my laptop is an old macbook that hasn't been able to find anything on bluetooth in YEARS. I need to look harder for my damn wired headphones!!)

I keep thinking someone super-nerdy has to have made a proper map of Etheria

Oh, they did! Of course they did. There's multiple fan maps out there, actually. Nice.

[EDIT: also her dad's retired? Like, okay. I get that the reason they say it that way is literally "he's not DEAD but he's not important to the plot" but like, that implies that he also no longer gives a single fuck about his kingdom or the fate of his people. Or his own daughter. Also retired where. Is there a retirement home for former Princesses]

ALSO as I was digging through old posts of Nate's on twitter I found out that when people get his published autobio comic signed (I've read it, but on Kindle) they've often taped over or crossed out his old name on the cover, and he thought it was sweet--though it doesn't bother him to see his old name.

But Netflix should still fix it. 😤

Every time someone pointed out something they needed, the music stopped and then started over--that was a nice touch lol

I feel bad for skipping the intro every time but I have to admit I do not enjoy the song much. There's nothing *wrong* with it, it's just not my thing at ALL.

Blobby creature on the left looks like a Pokemon doing a sexy dance, help

UHHHHHHHH

like I know that thing is its ...nose? mouth? and it drinks from the bottle with it right after this shot but THAT LOOKS LIKE A DILDO OKAY, like one of those smallish smooth silicone ones for people new to pegging

Too hard to capture without video but Glimmer's POV literally pans up on someone with a sexy hourglass figure and she makes a little noise, ahaha

I struggle with Sea Hawk. As a character he's great. But from my POV as a viewer he is in fact kind of annoying sometimes

"Just because Sea is in your name doesn't tell us anything about your actual qualifications" this whole scene is just lampshading the dumb names She-Ra is saddled with because of the original series in the 1980's being made to sell toys.

"It's the ship that made the Kessel run in less than twelve parsecs!"

I know everyone knows that Bow and Glimmer are both bisexual but still

they're both such himbos sometimes lolol

"Last week, on She-Ra--"

I love the way they introduced Scorpia.

also how did she make it to Force Captain when she's so kind and goofy

(while going through my own old spop posts I kept mentioning that I knew Scorpia would eventually change sides, but it still took WAY longer than I would've expected given what she's like)

Catra's hatred of water (and the way she consistently reacts to Scorpia just picking her up for hugs) is great, I love it when they lean into Catra being a cat

"What are you some kinda furry" no I am a furry ally, there's a difference

...no comment

Also I get that there's all the jokes about shanties but his song actually sounds like an homage to Gaston's song in Beauty and the Beast

The way Catra's voice goes up in pitch here is hilarious.

I know this becomes a whole Thing that Adora can read it and almost nobody else can, but just noting that Mermista's palace's walls have First Ones writing all over them

So Mermista's dad was part of the Princess Alliance? I wonder if "Princess" is just the gender-neutral word on Etheria?

Voice-acting Mermista must've been so much fun. I feel like she was inspired by Daria.

This reference ages me, doesn't it lol

See, I keep forgetting stuff. But I did watch these episodes in like 2019.

If the characters were allowed to curse, Mermista would've said something like "what the fuck??"

I remember watching a thing where a few SU voice actors were talking about recording "efforts," which these little kinds of sounds for when the character is doing something physically difficult.

The problem of course, is that I'm rewatching this show so I can write a fic with explicit sex in it, and so my brain is like "heheheh are these also her sex noises"

(I'm going to headcanon that and you can't stop me)

do they ever address where he's from I forget

I...immortal? I mean obviously we know they *can* die because otherwise their world would be literally overrun by princesses (plus, y'know, the thing later) but wait how did I miss that

ALSO I can't get a good screenshot but Kyle is playing a ball-and-cup game in EVERY SCENE HE'S IN

eheheheheheheh

wait hold on

Here's a post of Daci and doing that two different times

Also it's not far off from the ASL for lesbian, which is part of why me and Daci did it

I am reminded of this post.

Like, is she insulting Adora or attempting to flirt?

(yes.)

A bunch of fics have mentioned all the scars Adora has from Catra fighting her, and this is the first time we see that during the show; but I can't help wondering if Adora didn't already have faint scars somewhere from when they played as kids? (I know she gets much worse ones later.) It's not like a childhood in the Horde is idyllic or gentle and I doubt they were discouraged from fighting/rough-housing, and I can easily imaging a child!Catra not being good at knowing how hard she was scratching someone.

EHEHEHEHEHEH

Okay, so Catra taunts her and literally injures her, and THEN Adora is able to fix the gate?

Is she motivated by spite or the adrenaline rush/complicated emotions around seeing (and being manhandled by) Catra?

(yes)

this shot is deeply hilarious

Also yayyy Mermista has joined the Alliance

Also also I had to edit this post bc it turns out you can only have thirty images per post, whoops!

One day it will take me less than two hours to make one of these posts >_<

Catra is still convinced (or pretending to be convinced) at this point that Adora's defection is temporary, huh.

[baenyth]

Bethany's Bizarre Miraculous Reviews Episode 4-19: Simpleman

This one's going to be fun. I can tell.

So far, it is! Marinette hiding the Miracle Box and suggesting that they draw only to find pictures of Adrien but that doesn't work and then more kids come along,

Oh god that fic was wrong. But are the teens telling their parents about this?

Also it's so good to see the kids with friends their age. Fun fact: I didn't have that. I didn't even have cousins my age on my father's side. Well, second cousins that one time...

So does Chris have his personality here or?

Kwami abuse

Kids and one movie. My one movie was Monsters Incorporated.

This is a Pepe-Silvia-ass chart.

The Chocolate Convention

Fei Wu mentioned

Wow, Grandpa's doing a better job than I thought!

You should probably explain it to him in term of older tech. A computer can be seen as a typewriter with a color TV screen, and a laptop is just a portable compressed computer. I have no idea how to describe the touchpad, though. Or the mouse. Wait, the mouse is like a puppet!

pffft Roland got the same confusion as everyone else on Tumblr that didn't immediately get into Miraculous (not me. I'm built different.)

Wait, does he not know about Ladybug and Chat Noir? He was akumatized once! Or did he not know what was going on then? Is he that much of a shut-in?

VHS, baby!

That's more than just complicated! That's just manipulative!

I feel like in my hypothetical "I get isekai'd as a fully-passing woman into Miraculous Paris and become Marinette's adoptive older sister" thing Grandpa Rolland would either love or hate me.

Grandpa's not handling the chaos well

This is one of the best akumas in the show.

Blud did not think things through

Yippee!!!!!

They're okay!

I was right. This is one of the best akumas in the show!

Don't complain, kids. Vanilla's a good flavor!

They should at least get more candy than that. All the candy in the world.

Alternatively, just get Chat Noir to cataclysm the paddle. That's extra simple!

At this point the universe itself is preventing Marinette from confessing to Adrien. This universe lacks Phineas and Ferb and desperately needs it.

Grandpa Rolland would love The Brave Little Toaster. Honestly it would be cool if he showed the kids older films like Willy Wonka and stuff like that.

Oh! I almost forgot! I had an idea for a rewrite of this episode. Basically instead of Rolland getting akumatized, a different akuma shows up that's far too hard for Ladybug, Chat Noir, and any aids they bring along. Grandpa Rolland takes matters into his own hands, dons a superhero suit that's literally just the same as his Simpleman fit but not as blue, and beats the stuffing out of the akuma. Ladybug and Chat Noir are baffled but just glad that it's over. Also the amount of kids Grandpa Rolland ends up looking after is inexplicably increased to Manon and all of the little siblings in Marinette's class. Ivan's little sister mentioned in the one card game. Rose's four gremlin little brothers I headcanon she has. Juleka's half-sibling twins from her father Gregory Steel. Nathaniel's first cousins once-removed but to make things simpler (ha!) he just calls them his nephew and niece. Audrey had a second affair and now there's a blond five-year-old in Paris. Jalil is there for some reason.

[starprincessval]

Petals of a Lily Pt. 7

The next morning, Kaitlyn stands in front of the two men holding the wagon wheel to the spoke. Lily watches a butterfly nearby.

K: You sure about this?

M: Yeah, just give it a few firm whacks. Not to hard.

Kaitlyn swings her warhammer letting momentum do most of the work. After a few minutes they're back on the road. The cart jostles after every rotation of the newly patched wheel. Kaitlyn looks annoyed. Lily is still trying to draw, but is wildly shaken everytime the cart jostles.

K: This is gonna be unbearable. We might just wait for another cart.

L: It’s not so bad.

K: Kid, you’re practically leaving the floor each time.

L: I’m okay.

K: The next town isn’t too far, we’ll change carts there. Should only be a few hours. We’ll pick up some more fruit there, too.

Lily rolls over to Kaitlyn and pulls a smashed flower from her dress. It’s a pretty blue and violet color.

L: I picked this for you while you were fixing the wagon.

Kaitlyn smiles as she takes it.

K: Thanks, kid, it’s beautiful.

Lily puts it in Kaitlyns hair and goes back to drawing. The jostling of the cart no longer seems to bother Kaitlyn.

K: I wish we had time to stay in this next town for a bit. There’s a lot I could show you here. It’s the site of one of the oldest cities in the area. There are ruins all around it in every direction for miles.

L: What are ruins?

K: Ruins are remains of old buildings and structures. Like if someone's house was destroyed, what’s left would be ruins.

L: So it’s surrounded by broken houses?

K: Pffft… Kind of. Houses, aqueducts, towers, among other things. But they were built a long time ago. Longer than anyone can remember.

L: Even you?

K: Kid, I’m only thirty two. I haven’t been around that long, all things considered.

L: How old are ruins?

K: I told you, kid. They were built so long ago no one knows. Thousands of thousands of years old.

L: Are there other things people don’t know?

K: Tons, kid, tons. You could fill libraries with the things people don’t know. Many are trying to do just that.

L: I want to know everything.

K: You can’t even read, kid, let’s start there.

L: Okay. You’ll teach me to read?

K: Eventually. It may be a while, though.

L: It’s okay, I can wait. Thanks, mom.

K: Sure thing, Lily.

Sundown. Lily and Kaitlyn trek through the brush. Kaitlyn is in her armor, and has her shield and warhammer on her back.

K: Another town, another request. This is getting out of hand.

L: Why didn’t you turn them down?

K: It’s good money, it’s good for our reputation, and it’s good to help people.

L: So doing requests is good?

K: Usually, but it depends on the request. You know what a ghost is, kid?

L: Yeah, it’s like a scary dead person.

K: Sort of. Ghosts are manifestations of strong emotions for deceased loved ones, but they usually only manifest in areas with a high concentration of positive or negative energy. These ruins have been abandoned for so long, there shouldn’t be that kind of energy here.

L: How should I fight the ghost?

K: You shouldn’t. You’re going to wait for me outside. My spiritual energy will keep me safe. I just need to cleanse whatever is giving off the energy.

L:But-

K: Lily, wait for me outside. I’ll be fine.

L:... Okay.

K: Thank you, Lily. We’re here.

The brush opens up into a clearing. The remains of a stone wall encircle the clearing, its white color shining in the day's last sunlight. Two tall columns stand among four ruined ones in the center of the clearing, where a staircase descends into the earth.

K: Alright, they said they saw it here. As soon as the sun goes down, I’ll enter to find whatever’s causing this. I’ll put a ward around you before I go. If you see the ghost, call for me, it won’t be able to see or hear you, okay?

L: Okay.

K: Here, eat a fruit.

The sun’s light has faded and night has overcome the world. Kaitlyn finishes muttering and removes her hand from Lilies shoulder.

K: Alright, that will last an hour. I should be back by then. Wait here and call me if you see the ghost.

L: Okay.

Kaitlyn descends the stairs into the earth. She pulls the torch off her bag and lights it with the flint and steel hanging from her belt. The corridor at the bottom is narrow and shallow, almost requiring Kaitlyn to duck to travel through. She reaches a crossroads in the corridor. She rubs the torch against the wall, leaving a black soot mark, then heads left. Further down the corridor are several rooms. Kaitlyn carefully searches each one, but finds nothing. She heads back to the crossroads and makes another left. She travels a few hundred feet, before a collapse in the tunnel prevents her from going further. She heads back toward the crossroads. As she’s walking her foot steps on something soft. She looks down to see a child's stuffed toy. It appears to be a cow, and is in rough shape. Kaitlyn examines it for a minute. After determining it is clear, she stuffs it in her pack and continues walking. She turns left again at the crossroads and reaches another set of rooms. She searches each one, but finds nothing. She begins to pace and think aloud to herself.

K: There’s nothing here that would cause a ghost to manifest. But those towns people weren’t lying. Which means they were mistaken. They didn’t see a ghost, so what did they see? Details. Spectral, white, beautiful, sad, frightening… Pfft… If I didn't know any better, that sounds like…

Kaitlyns face becomes confused, then changes to shock. She runs down the corridor toward the exit.

Lily sits outside waiting for Kaitlyn, who left only a few minutes ago. She looks up at the moon which seems bigger than usual tonight.

A: Hello.

Lily turns suddenly, surprised she was snuck up on. Before her stands a tall slender figure with pale white skin and elongated limbs. It is twice Kaitlyn’s height, covered in frills which look like a dress and pair of wings, and its face resembles a porcelain mask with no eyes. It emits a faint glow. It eyelessly stares at Lily and speaks again without moving its mouth.

A: Hello.

L: MO- Wait. Are you a ghost?

A slight ringing occurs in Lily’s ears before the being answers.

A: Ghost… No… I am… Fairy… No… Princess…

L: I knew it! You’re so pretty.

The ringing happens again in Lily's ears.

A: Pretty… Beautiful… Yes… Do you want?... Pretty?

L: Do I want to be pretty? Not really. I like how I look.

A: What do you want?...

L: Just to keep mom safe I guess.

The ringing returns to Lily's ears.

A: Mom… Kaitlyn… Keep Kaitlyn safe?

L: Yeah mom’s name is Kaitlyn. What’s your name?

Ringing.

A: Name… Identity… My name is…—---------

A pleasant feeling like the sound of people singing and the smell of flowers overcomes Lily. Somehow she understands this is the being's name.

A: You want… Keep Kaitlyn safe?

L: Yeah.

The being walks over and touches Lily’s head. A pleasant feeling overcomes Lily. She’s not sure where she is anymore, but there are flowers and ducks everywhere. She sits down in the grass and smiles.

Kaitlyn bolts up the staircase to see the being holding Lily in its arms. Lily seems to be in a trance. The being begins to glow brighter.

K: Wait! You can’t take her!

The glow stops and the being turns to look at Kaitlyn.

K: You can’t take her.

Ringing.

A: We had… Bargain… No… Deal…

K: Did you explain it to her? She didn’t understand what she was saying.

A: No… Deal was made… She will leave with me…

K: But she couldn’t make that deal. Her life isn’t her own. It’s mine.

Ringing

A: Life debt… I understand…

K: That’s right. She’s mine. You can’t take her from me.

The being holds out Lily to Kaitlyn who takes her in her arms.

A: What do you want?

K: Nothing.

Ringing

A: False… What do you want?

K: There’s nothing I want more than her.

Ringing

A: False… What do you want?

K: I cannot trade her.

Ringing

A: I understand…

K: Why are you here? You need to leave.

A: Cannot… Lost…

K: You’re lost?

Ringing

A: No… Lost… Daughter… No… Lily…

The being points to Lily in Kaitlyn’s arms.

K: You lost someone important to you?

A: Yes…

K: If I help you find them, will you leave?

A: Yes…

Kaitlyn sets down Lily and starts to mutter under her breath. When she finishes, the world turns black and white. The being exudes color so brightly Kaitlyn has to cover her eyes. Footprints and small spots of color dot the area. Kaitlyn begins following them. She follows them for nearly a half an hour all around the ruins and the surrounding brush, but doesn’t get anywhere. Finally she removes her pack and sits against a column to rest. As she relaxes, she notices a faint glow of color coming from her pack. She opens it to see the stuffed cow emitting faint strands of color. She pulls it out.

K: Is this it?

A: Yes… My… Lily…

K: Lily is different than this. Lily is a person.

Ringing

A: I understand… Gift from… My Lily…

K: Someone special gave this to you?

A: Yes…

The being takes the stuffed cow from Kaitlyn. It places a hand on Kaitlyns head and Kaitlyn is filled with a pleasant feeling. Her legs buckle and she falls to the ground. The being starts to glow and a beam of light appears around it. A sound like a shrill screaming fills the air. Then the being and light are gone. The air still glitters where it stood a moment ago. Kaitlyn puts her pack back on and picks up Lily.

K: Hells, kid, you’re so special, even the angels want you.

The next morning, Lily and Kaitlyn sit at an inn table. Kaitlyn has a plate with two eggs and two sausage links on it and a cup of ale in front of her. Lily has a large pancake and a goblet of honeyed mead. She picks at it lazily.

K: You gotta eat it kid.

L: It doesn’t taste good…

K: It does, it’s just that’s the trouble with encountering angels. Everything else seems bland by comparison. It’ll wear off by tomorrow.

L: She told me she was a princess…

K: That’s because you didn’t know a better word for it. I call them angels, some people call them ayakashi, some people call them aliens, there are a dozen names for them. They’re mostly harmless, but sometimes people get spirited away by them. They like to make deals, but they don’t always understand our etiquette.

L: What’s etiquette?

K: Like rules for interacting with other people.

Lily tears pieces off the pancake and eats them, occasionally dipping them in the mead.

K: Two more days and we’ll reach the capital, if there are no more distractions.

L : And then we’ll go to our house?

K: Yeah. Then our life in the capital begins. We’ll take jobs from the guild, we can visit the markets, eat at the nice restaurants and taverns. But, like I said, the work will be harder and more dangerous, but the pay will let us live comfortably between jobs.

Lily smiles and begins to eat faster.

K: See, it’s wearing off already.

[solivagant-muse]

I'm just going to quietly shuffle in here and say that I need to get caught up on stuff with Odile but she's very adorable and I wanted to know which of your AUs with her is your favorite?

Thank you, glad you find my baby cute! 🥺

And don't worry about the Odile lore, I myself have to work on it still, her og story isn't set in stone yet. Just having fun with the AU's atm to grasp her character and practice my writing!

Also, feel free to shuffle in here as much as you like!

Oh boy... this is a tough one.

I have put quite some content of the HoW Au, but believe it or not, I didn't expect to get so attached to it as I did! (My other slasher Iris was meant to be the one to interact with the brothers before I fleshed her own story out.)

It was also partially because of all the great writers, theorists and artist of the HoW community and their works! On top of that, I have managed to express and explore so much with her in that setting and with the brothers, how she fits in the mix too and how she relates to all of them, was really surprised too how her current self is really similar to a young Bo.

HoW Odile is the closest to Canon Odile between all the AU's so I'll have a bias for this. They're just a twisted little family trying to find the comfort they never truly got as kids.

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However, this AU idea started because I wanted to see her interacting with Martin (1977) at first! I see them as kindred spirits in a way, and in this AU Odile had more of a "normalish" life and is much more talkative and weird in an unnerving yet pitiful way. Their relationship would be really fun to see, both with awkward and funny moments but also those moments filled with angst and mutual understanding of the monsters that the two are.

A vampire and a ghoul together against the world.

I wanted to explore the romance aspects of that AU too to practice my skills in that department pffft.

So... short answer, HoW is my favorite one with Martin being close. I haven't been able to draw much about it because like I said, HoW has got me in a chokehold atm.