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Masterpost for my part in the Lake Kane 'verse, which I co-created with @omg-elledubs-things and @ramblingcompany

Androgynous - 1.5k - a prequel ficlet, podfic included, about Robin in a music store, and queer stuff.

Lake Kane - 25k - Now complete at 3 hours, the originally planned story about Steve, Eddie, And Robin getting jobs as firewatches over the summer Starcourt Should have opened. Structured mostly as ambient sound and conversations over radios (and flirting by way of cassettes).

Your Demons Let You Go - 1.5k- no podfic, just plain narrative ficlet coda to Lake Kane.

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Are you frustrated you can't leave second kudos on AO3? or third kudos? or whatever-who's-counting kudos?

Well, have I got the html for you!

Plop any of these in a comment (by copy&pasting the code) to make an author's day and show your appreciation!

Second kudos: <img src="https://i.ibb.co/tHMjbb6/second-kudos.png" alt="second kudos">

Third kudos: <img src="https://i.ibb.co/52bggQH/third-kudos.png" alt="third kudos">

nth kudos: <img src="https://i.ibb.co/6y7qGtC/nth-kudos.png" alt="nth kudos">

yet another kudos: <img src="https://i.ibb.co/wKtcj0s/yet-another-kudos.png" alt="yet another kudos">

It will look something like this (and will be transparent with white outline on dark backgrounds):

Feel free to spread and use these as much as you like! (and if you have ideas for other variations, let me know ✌️)

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What's my favorite pastime you ask? Absorbing the plot of a show I've never watched via fanfiction osmosis. You think I've watched that show? Wrong bitch.

I read a convoluted fanfic, looking up characters as I went and then binge read half of AO3 and determined the plot based on what stayed consistent.

I will join every fandom and not ever interact with the source material and nobody can stop me

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2024 zukka big bang interest poll

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Ok, Epic The Musical interpretation time. First off, if you havent seen it, go look it up, its a banger, we have 3 "chapters" out, a musical of oddyseus's journey starting from Troy(and killing Astyanax the baby) and all the way to back home, currently we are at "Poseidon says hi" with Ruthlessness. (Additional context, Polyphemus is Poseidon's son, and after he attacks them Odysseus and his men leave him blind and escape)

For a while I thought the "...finally time to say goodbye today you die unless of course you apologize..." line was Poseidon being dishonest. My initial impression was that Poseidon had already decided to kill them, but was giving Odysseus a chance to fuck up more. That apology isnt to see if he should go easy, it is to see if he gets more reasons to kill him by refusing to apologize.

Which is a very god thing to do. But in my recent listenings I noticed an alternative. Its that the "apology" is an unintentional insult.

The song "ruthlessness" is Poseidon lecturing and scolding Odysseus, "I gotta make you bleed, I need to see you drown, but before we go I need to make you learn how ruthlessness is mercy upon ourselves". And throughout the song he constantly scolds him about his naivete and kindness.

Cause you fight to save lives but wont kill and dont get the job done. I mean you totally could've avoided all this had you just killed my son. But noooo.

You are far too nice, Mercy has a price! (...) you reveal your name, then you let him live!

And when he asks for an apology he frames it as "for my son's pain, And all his cries".

Here, Odysseus does apologize, saying "we meant no harm, we only disarmed him, we didnt want to, we just wanted to escape".

On the surface, that is an apology, but in the context of the song, it is an insult. Because Poseidon wants Odysseus to apologize for Not Killing His Son. But Odysseus apologizes for hurting him. Essentially refuting the message of the song.

Which is why Poseidon's response is

The line between naivete and hopefullness is almost invisible. So close your hearr. The world is dark and- (Ruthlessness is mercy-) DIE.

At no point does he scold Odysseus for the act of hurting Polyphemus unless it is in the frame of "you shouldve finished the job".

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line up of all my character designs for EPIC bc I had some free time

Polyphemus and Scylla aren't here for the same reason as Zeus, they're too big to fit in nicely.

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When you fall in love with epic the musical again and all the sudden you're coordinating a 128k odyssey multivoice project 😅😂

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Eddie bringing his lil crew along to Steve’s poke-salon. Because everyone deserves a good pamper session, even if they’re gooey. Or bitey. Or likely to burst into song. (Eddie is sometimes all of these things at once)

@t-boyeddie brought the inspiration again and put together teams for all the stranger things characters over HERE. Check it out 💕 so fun!

And a shout-out to @inklessletter for chatting ideas and solidifying my need to do a little more with this au ✨

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👻 Nerdy Prudes Must Die! 👻

Some art from yesterday’s video; where, as per tradition, I made illustrations based on some spooky musical tracks! 🎶First up is this one inspired by Starkid’s new show!

[DO NOT EDIT OR REPOST TO OTHER SITES / ACCOUNTS]   ♻️reblogs are lovely tho!♻️

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Nerdy Prudes Must Die WIP

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Dirty Dudes Must Die

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starkid my old friend

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I am

OBSESSED

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idk what you guys are talking about. when i played portal glados only said nice things about me. she said i was the prettiest test subject and super nice and good at portals and she wanted to be my girlfriend. she said she was initially going to kill me but i won her heart. maybe she just doesn’t like you?

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we’re going to have to call smut ‘lemons’ again, aren’t we? 

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And of course I isolated all the sketches at the end of the transformers sneak peak, who do you think I am