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Literally not a single soul asked for more information about my idea for a Florence + the Machine jukebox musical of Shakespeare’s Othello (because, well, why would they?) but I have a lot of time on my hands so buckle up because you’re getting more information

(If you want to be able to better picture my mad rambling, I'd recommend playing the songs so you know what parts I'm referring to)

Opening number: 100 Years (from High As Hope)

We open on an almost empty stage with Desdemona slowly stepping into the spotlight as she sings the first few lines (I believe in you and in/our hearts we know the truth/And I believe in love and the/darker it gets the more I do); if we want to get super specific she’s wearing a white dress that’s a similar shape to the one Florence wears on the album art because just yes yes yes and also angel imagery for the win and ALSO over the course of the production her dress becomes pale pink or grey and then very gradually gets darker but in fact the nightdress she wears when she dies is back to white again. She does not bleed, people, she is the only character that dies without bleeding (!!!!!!!) and I will never shut up about that. Anyway, she sings up to the repetition of “and never, and never turn to night” with orchestral accompaniment and then when the “Then it’s just too much” line hits and the beat comes in things change. More lights come on and the chorus (wearing all black) move slowly into the stage; they’re tap dancing, creating the beat/ rhythm of the song. As they’re moving in Desdemona seems to show some level of fear towards them, constantly switching focus to see them approaching her on all sides; they represent the inescapability of her being the tragic hero. Notable: Desdemona is performing ballet and maybe some lyrical but I’m kind of imagining her en pointe for a lot of this; the chorus is performing tap. At natural breaks in the music and rhythm the tap dancers freeze in place for Desdemona to dance whilst she sings the next lines. On the second rendition of “then it’s just too much” vocal accompaniment to Desdemona’s melody begins and members of the chorus grab Desdemona’s shoulders and arms to pull her backwards, as she continues to sing she tries to break away from them and they follow her/she falls into other chorus members. They close in on her and she is completely covered until the rise in the music on the next rendition of “And then it’s just too much” when she reaches upwards and is lifted above the group, set down on the same line. The chorus continue to seemingly fight her through the next two lines. Then entrance of Othello comes on “I let him sleep, and as he does”. He does not sing yet. What we’re seeing here is more about Desdemona’s thoughts than it is actual events; Othello enters and takes Desdemona’s hand to briefly dance together, including him lowering her almost to the floor and then snatching her back to her feet again on “my heart bends and breaks so many, many times”. They stand opposite each other for “And is born again with each sunrise” and Desdemona reaches to touch his cheek. Othello catches her hand in the air and holds it so she walks with him as he begins to exit (he is walking backwards) and he sings the repeat of the line, but as they approach the wing he turns and exits alone, abandoning Desdemona on stage to be taken hold of by the chorus again in the following instrumental. For the final verse the chorus join Desdemona in singing but she is still the only main character on stage

Othello and Desdemona Duet: I’m Not Calling You A Liar (I should mention I’m not listing these in any particular order and also I do not have a copy of Othello with me rn to double check that I've got order right so I won't be trying just in case I get mixed up)

Gonna be so honest I feel like if you know the song then this one is self-explanatory, but I would also really love a quiet, sad, short reprise of it in the last scene with Desdemona on the bed reaching up to cup Othello's cheek and whispering "And I love you so much/I'm gonna let you kill me" before she dies

Emilia and Iago Duet: Back In Town

Iago and Emilia are alone on stage. The song begins after the exit of Desdemona at stage left and Emilia, who followed her almost to the wings, is subsequently standing alone at down or centre stage left and does not immediately know that Iago is standing somewhere behind her upstage right. Emilia steps slowly away from where she was been watching Desdemona leave and slowly starts to approach the audience as the music begins, and sings the first two lines believing she is still alone - Never really been alive before/I always lived in my head. Iago steps forward from the shadows and sings the next two lines (And sometimes it was easier/Hungover and half dead) taking Emilia by surprise, as though he is simply stating fact to her and she is forced to nod along and accept them . At this point Iago takes over the song and from now on sings most of it as a solo. He approaches Emilia across the stage and takes hold of her - notably by the wrist, not by the hand, to pull her in as he sings “I’m back in town why don’t we go out?” and on “spin” of the next line twirls her across the stage and straight into him so she falls against his chest and he is holding her up. The choreography continues in a relatively similar fashion as the song goes on; it is a slow dance, they are constantly close together, it is not entirely believable that Emilia wants to be there. To a casual eye it may appear that they are simply dancing together, but when you actually watch them you can see that her movements are always half a beat behind his, and always in the direction that he moves her. He never lets go of her for long, and in the brief moments of freedom that she catches she tries to move away as though it is part of the dance, as though she thinks she can hide her true intent beneath fluid motions that mimic his own, but every time he notices and forces her back. This is both a metaphor for their entire relationship and foreshadowing of her death. By the time he’s sing “And if you get spat on that’s just your big city baptism, you’re the star of the show” it is plainly evident that he is trying to convince her to do something for him. On this line Emilia finds herself with her back pressed against Iago’s chest as they both face out to the audience, his hand raised as though showing her a name is glowing lights, and she follows the movement of his hand with her head and with awe, eagerness, and the slightest edge of terror in her eyes. From here, as the lines continue, Iago turns and dips her slowly towards the floor. Emilia’s leg extends and he reaches his free arm to force her raised foot into pointe/demipointe; she is not committed to this dance, but he will force her to be. On the final lines Iago lifts her back to standing and pulls her close to him, moving her hands so she is clasping them together and he is clasping hers to his chest. He lifts her chin with his fingers so she is forced to look up at him as he sings “‘cause it’s always the same”. Still holding her chin, he looks out to the audience when he sings “I came for the pleasure but I stayed,” and it is Emilia who sings the echo “Yes, I stayed,” not at first looking at the audience but directly up to where his hand is now retracting from where he moved her to. She slowly turns her face towards the audience as they harmonise together for the final words: For the pain. On the final, low beats of the music Iago paces away and Emilia stumbles as she realises that he truly was the only thing holding her up. He exits stage right and Emilia sinks to her knees, watching him - a direct reflection of her watching Desdemona leave just three or four minutes ago on the other side.

Emilia Song 1: What Kind of Man

This will immediately follow on from the one above, thus beginning with Emilia knelt on the stage alone somewhere near centrestage right, looking out into the wings. She will sing the very opening lines exactly where she is, I envision only a very brief pause between these songs, and then slowly begin to stand and brush herself off so that she is ready to start walking towards centrestage by the time she is singing “I’d already had a sip, so I reasoned I was drunk enough to deal with it”. She sings alone at first; the stage is dark but for a spotlight on her, the orchestral accompaniment is relatively low to add emphasis to quite how complete her loneliness is in this moment - she is not safe, she does not know what to do, and the one person she can usually confide in and trust (Desdemona) is not only not here but also the very subject of the terrifying questions Emilia must now grapple with. On the higher background notes surrounding the line “and with one kiss” Emilia raises her hands and thrusts them towards her chest as though there is a blade between them, as though these hands belong to someone other than herself. She is both foreshadowing her own death with this movement, in the very pattern that her husband will commit it, and also presenting the image of her very first kiss with Iago being the thing that sealed her fate rather than anything within the content of the play: Emilia was doomed from the start, perhaps arguably doomed by the narrative, because her marriage is not one that she would have ever been able to survive. On that note I would really like to emphasise the youth of these characters so I would probably change “a fire of devotion that lasted 20 years” to “the fire of devotion that’s lasted all these years” so that we don’t get confused and tangled in the numbers of it. On this line (You inspired the fire of devotion/That’s lasted all these years) Emilia looks towards the wing where Iago exited with longing in her expression, but as she turns away her face hardens and her voice gains new vigour for the disgust and outrage with which she spits “What kind of man loves like this?”. And now we get the beat dropppppp. The music swells and gets louder; the lighting change is remarkable - lines spotlights running up and down stage, overlapping each other in places, and through them we can see the chorus moving into place. The slow, balletic movements of Emilia that have been the remnants of the control Iago instilled in her during Back In Town are abandoned completely in favour Contemporary as she paces backwards and the lights settle to illuminate the entire stage. The chorus are two lines of people all in black and Emilia, dressed in either red or grey I haven’t quite decided yet (maybe she is in grey and Bianca is in red??), is at the centre of the front line. The take up various positions with arms raised at strange angles and on the low notes of the background music turn their wrists until the beat hits - when they stamp their feet and snap their wrists into position. (Pls note I am not looking a score of anything I’m just listening to spotify so I might be badly screwing up musical terminology/details but I’m hoping you can gather which parts I mean) All participate in this until the lyrics begin. The “oohs” are sung by the chorus. When the lyrics begin Emilia steps forward to sing them, maintaining the same energy, and the chorus continue the same choreography until the repetition of “What kind of man” begins. As the repetition of these lines begins Emilia paces backwards and the two lines of chorus morph into a crowd that semi-circle close around her back. They grab Emilia on each beat, releasing her in between, and pull her in different directions as she sings (+the chorus are providing vocal accompaniment).At first it doesn’t particularly appear that she’s fighting them but as we exit the chorus to approach “You’re a holy fool all coloured blue” she does; she throws herself forwards on this line and the chorus are forced to relinquish her. She spreads her arms and the chorus are thrown backwards

Damn I just reached text block maximum whoops

The chorus are thrown backwards and spiral out to create a larger curve. Two chorus members take hold of Emilia’s arms to lift her and carry her a short distance upstage as she sings, raising and lowering her within the confines of the line “You do such damage how do you manage?” At the end of which Emilia is briefly lost in the crowd before she appears trying to force her way between two chorus members who are creating a wall in front of her, reaching out towards the audience as she sings “trynna crawl in back for more”. She gives in at the end of this line and sways sidewards as though fainting, caught by chorus members and lowered to her knees as she sings the repetition of the “and with one kiss” refrain. This time she remains on her knees for the first “What kind of man loves like this?” and then bound to her feet and continues to dance for the following. The chorus sing the following lines as Emilia dances I don’t have super specific moves in mind for this but continuing the same energy and the same style, I want everything about this to both vastly contrast and deeply reflect who she was in the previous song. Emilia begins to sing again for “But I can’t beat you/Cause I’m still with you” and the following verse, for which the chorus continue to provide vocal accompaniment. The chorus join her again when the What Kind Of Man chorus begins again. The dance and choreography continue in a similar fashion until the very last line; the chorus exit in a whirlwind and leave Emilia alone on stage as the music dies down to sing much quieter “What kind of man?” She has fallen still, her hands clutched closer to her stomach as though she is already holding the wound that will kill her

Ensemble song with Othello and other solos (maybe even to close act 1??): Howl

Starts with the stage empty except for Othello. The chorus slowly move in, all wearing flowy white costumes. The dance is one of slow, consistent movements during the intro music but on the accented notes they make sharper hand or leg motions before continues the same smooth line much slower as the music relaxes. Othello is mostly still during this but he does pace slowly into centre stage. Desdemona also slowly walks in during the intro, having returned to a long white dress instead of the pink or grey or something like that that she'll have been wearing in her previous scene. She moves very much like the chorus do, whilst Othello moves just as he usually does. Othello takes Desdemona's hands and pulls her in to dance with him as he sings the opening lines "If you could only see the beast you've made of me/I held it in but now it seems you've set it running free". It is very much that Othello is controlling the dance and Desdeoma is following him, an eerie parallel to Iago and Emilia during Back In Town. He spins her beneath his arm on the lines "Screaming in the dark/I howl when we're apart" and she leans back with her weight on one demi-pointe and in the arm he has around her, the othr leg extended. Othello sings "Drag my teeth across your chest to taste your beating heart" and leans into her, his other arm wrapping around her so the audience can barely see her. Desdemona drops into him and to her knees, now facing the audience kneeling directly in front of Othello, who takes tight hold of her shoulders and leans down towards her ear as he sings "my fingers claw your skin/try to tear my way in/you are the moon that breaks at night for which I have to howl". For most of this the chorus have been in pairs mimicking a similar dance to Othello and Desdemona, but now they have turned and are watching them, moving slowly closer. When Othello repeats the last two lines his voice is more desperate, clinging to Desdemona whilst she stares blankly out at the audience, barely seeming to notice his presence. On the rising repeat of "howl" the chorus closes in around them and pull the pair in opposite directions. Othello and the entire ensemble sing the word "howl" together. The following two lines are a repeat of this word, during which the dance becomes more rhythmic and Othello and Desdemona are moved to face each other on opposite sides of the stage. Though the chorus still appear to be attempting to separate them, they sing to each other across a gap that has formed down centrestage and are fighting to reach other. They exchange lines of the next verse as follows:

Desdemona: There's no holding back

Othello: I'm making to attack

Desdemona: My blood is singing with your voice

Othello: I want to pour it out

Desdemona: The Saints can't help me now, the ropes have been unbound

Othello: I hunt for you with bloodied feet across the hallowed ground

During this exchange they break free and meet in centre stage, taking up a dramatic dance that is mostly in hold. However, Desdemona pulls away from hold on her "The Saints can't help me now" line, and Othello draws her back in on his. Desdemona steps forwards, as though telling the audience, when she sings "like some child possessed, the beast howls in my veins". Othello grabs her by the shoulders and pulls her in, leaning over her almost as though he would go to kiss her neck as he sings "I want to find you, tear out all your tenderness". Desdemona throws herself free as both of them sing the repeated "howl" lines, joined again by the chorus, but this time Desdemona's voice can distinctly be heard differently from the rest because she is not singing from any kind of power or passion but from genuine terror. By the end of this chorus Othello and Desdemon are in an almost violent dance together, half in hold and half out, big sweeping arm movements and I'm imagining that Desdemona's skirt would unpin to fan out and show a gorgeous wide black or dark red skirt that would properly like swish around whilst they were dancing and stuff (does that make sense???). They continue to dance without singing whilst the chorus, who are back in their pairs and dancing faster, more intense dances than before but none quite to the extent of the main couple, sing "Be careful of the curse that falls on young lovers/Starts so soft and sweet and/turns them to hunters". I'm imagining that the chorus' skirts could also unpin in the same way so either Desdemona's would turn black and all of theirs would turn red or vice versa, but I want to kind of see some variety in the chorus outfits maybe (??) instead of them all being identical so I might have to put a bit of thought into that. Anyway the point is that after this line we get a big rhythmic chorus dancing moment and it looks super cool, they're singing the low "hunters" "howl into your heart" repetitions and moving their swishy skirts and dancing and then they part to show Othello and Desdemona again and Desdemona is now dressed in a super dramatic dress that is entirely the colour that was hidden inside her skirt and the skirt of this new dress is insane and Othello all but carries her to the front centre stage and he is all over her as he sings "the fabric of your flesh, pure as a wedding dress/Until I wrap myself inside your arms I cannot rest/The Saints can't help me now" and everything kinda continues in a similar style with some gorgeous choreography. I'm kind of imagining there being a table on stage by the end because I want Othello to lift Desdemona onto it and her to lay down on it, don't ask me how the table got there I don't know, but this happens with the massive dramatic flowing over the sides of the table and onto the ground whilst the chorus sings "A man who's pure of heart and says his prayers by night/May still become a wolf when the autumn moon is bright" and I'm picturing that they would sing these lines like they were a Church choir gathered around Othello and Desdemona, and they continue to sing the closing lines of the song as Desdemona stands up and Othello climbs onto to the table after her. He unpins the skirt and the fabric all falls away (removed from the stage by chorus members) like a waterfall so that he and Desdemona (who will be wearing trousers/leggings/a leoptard) beneath the skirt) can dance together on the table top whilst the chorus continue to sing, moving away from the choir-imagery and back to the earlier style. This continues right up until the very last line ("I hunt for you with bloodied feet across the hallowed ground") where Othello drops to his knees and clasps his arms around Desdemona's legs on the word "ground" and the curtain falls.

I am wondering if this would work for the act 1 closer????? But I'm not 100% sure where the interval would be

Emilia Song 2: Which Witch

If this isn't Emilia questioning herself for "betraying" Desdemona and whether or not she should give Iago the handkerchief then I don't know what is. I don't have loads to say about this one but the most potent lyrics for it in my opinion are these ones:

And it's my whole heart/deemed and delivered a crime/I'm on trial

Who's a heretic now/ am I making sense?

I'm miles away/He's on mind/I'm getting tired of crawling all the way

I'm not beaten by this yet/You can't tell me to regret/Been in the dark since the day we met/Fire help me to forget

And it's my whole heart/while tried and tested, it's mine

And it's my whole heart/burned but not buried this time

We'd have all of these lines (ie most of the song) whilst she's weighing up what she ought to do and she'd feeling really strong but then there's a small musical interlude where Iago comes on stage without her expecting him to, they speak briefly and she hands the handkerchief over; he walks away as she tries to ask him what he intends to do with it, chasing after him until he physically shoves her off and keeps walking. Emilia falls to the ground and as the music sweels again she sings the closing lines "Chained and shackles, oh/I'll unravel, oh/It's a pity, oh" [she gets to her feet] "Never to return/But I never learn/It's a pity, oh" and then repeats it with particular emphasis on the transition from "Never to return" to "Say I won't return". By the time she finishes the final rendition of "it's a pity, oh" the orchestra has almost completely died out and she wanders alone offstage humming the final few notes to herself

I could keep going...

Maybe I will at some point but I'm tired now

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The bringer of the Sandstorm. Do not get on her bad Side, otherwise you will have to sweep the Floor(from all the Sand).

Mawile - "Schkrinkel"

He is cute and knows it, he constantly demands to be pet otherwise he will nibble on you with his small Mouth. But don't worry he might bite you with his Big Maw too.(positive)

Gliscor - "Fledex"

Tried to teach him Flight. didn't work. He's well versed in Literature and Art but because he can't talk he just hangs upside down on the Ceiling. i like his Pincers :3

3v3 Team: "Lightning Polygon Team Star"

Porygon2 - "Bit"

It likes to digitize itself and lives in my Computer, i don't mind since it never corrupts anything. Also i won't evolve it, i am not giving a sweet little thing weird Data from another Dimension.

Vikavolt - "Don"

i honestly think that she is evil. But since she listens to my Commands i don't have to fear for my Life, but sometimes when i hear her flying around... those Wings are the sound of Death. She is larger than a typical Specimen of her Species, the Alolans called her a Totem.

Toxapex - "Quäli"

He is so sweet, i like him a lot and even though his poisonous Stings hurt a lot and for a long Time, i can't be mad at him, he is just trying to hug me. i think it's mostly on me when he attacks me, since i disturbed him in his Aquarium.

//HUGE BITCH ALERT. do not attempt Contact unless comfortable with being Called a Shithead.

mild rules.

if you don't want to be yelled at you have to write in an overly friendly tone, hype up Val's achievements or write something like "genuinely curious". Expect a rude answer otherwise.

Val is not an evil Villain, don't treat her like one. treat Val like a rude Person who just took your Bus Seat.

Pelipper Mail:open

Magic Anons: off(unless you think that your idea is like really good but i will probably delete anyway)

Musharna Mail: open

[maevesque-moved]

don't chase the rabbit. (about maeve)

maeve comes from a line of top deepspace hunters. her mother having been captain jenna's closest team member and dear friend.

she lost her mother and younger brother during the chronorift catastrophe at age 7. her mother died trying to protect them; her father blames her for her incompetence, reminding her that she couldn't protect her younger brother who was weaker than her.

her father is one of the largest stakeholders and sponsors for unicorn, and has close ties to ever.

her father viewed her evol to be useless and weak, resulting in him sending her to ever to be experimented on (to enhance her), eventually having her heart fused with an aether core. she has no recollections of these events.

josephine takes in maeve and caleb. (she had met him when she would be taken in for experiments. always reintroducing herself every time she sees him. like it's the first time all over again)

her father returns after being away for some time, taking maeve back from josephine's care. she meets caleb again when she goes to pilot school in skyhaven, and would frequently get together to visit josephine on weekends they're both free.

since young, pressure had been placed on maeve; the thought of risking her family's reputation haunted her from days on end. a 10ft demon constantly hovering over her. she would train over and over again, day in and day out, she was no exception and she certainly would not be spared by these expectations.

her induction into unicorn wasn't a welcoming either. rumors began circling around with assumptions of how she even got a position in the alpha team, especially when people found out that her mother was very close to captain jenna and she had personally picked maeve once the list was revealed, only becoming worse when finding out the largest stakeholder and sponsor was her father. she had to beat the nepo baby allegations.

while it took some time, she eventually gained the trust and respect of her colleagues when she had proven that family connections and histories meant nothing without the knowledge and skills required to become a deepspace hunter.

maeve became a deepspace hunter of the alpha team at age 23, at 25 she now oversees majority of missions and takes in new recruits under her wing.

maeve's main verse closely follows sylus's route.

maeve's second verse closely follows caleb's route.

maeve's evol in main verse and second verse is resonance.

maeve's evol writing with other MCs who have the resonance evol is telekinesis.

[openshanklygates]

Like Father, Like Son

Whumpril April 2024 April 5th, 2024 RECKLESS William Regal TW: Drew Gulak Main Verse

There was a pride in seeing his son doing so well within the company of his choice. That was, after all, why William Regal had chosen to make his return to said company. Despite the pride he took in his Combat Club, they were not his children. There was a different sort of pride when it came to ones progeny, after all. It was also, in turn, why he was so worried about the sort of company his son was keeping. Particularly, William Regal was concerned with Drew Gulak.

Most would find that laughable, he was well aware of that. Drew was extremely unassuming, just one look at his history in 205 Live proved that. The PowerPoint Presentation era of Mr. Gulak was not indicative of who Drew Gulak was as a competitor. No, this era of Mr. Gulak was the true Drew Gulak. He was strong, sharp-minded. As evident with the rest of the CatchPoint Gym, Drew knew how to get what he wanted through violence and careful planning. Regal recognized the man Drew Gulak was because he was that sort of man.

It was why he knew that his son was making the wrong choice in letting the man dictate his career.

Maybe it was reckless, showing up to the locker room the Catchpoint boys used. With some careful prodding at Ava Raine, the woman who had taken over for his old position as general manager, Regal had even been allowed inside of the room. He had taken a spot in a chair in the corner, patient as possible. The door opened and, as predictable as ever, Drew was the first of the team to arrive. If there was any surprise that Regal was waiting for him, the Philly native did not show it. He crossed to the bench, placing his bags down. "Mr. Regal. I've been expecting you."

Was that a smirk Regal detected in his voice?

"Expecting me, Mr. Gulak?" Regal raised an amused eyebrow, a chuckle in his throat, "For whatever reason would you be expecting me?"

"Yes sir," Drew removed his ring jacket from his bag, not turning to look at the other man as he spoke, "ever since I started mentoring your son. Though, I have to say, I've been a lot more respectful to yours than you've been to mine."

Now that was an interesting statement.

"Your son, Mr. Gulak?" Regal questioned, standing and crossing to the locker, "As far as I know, you were unmarried and without children."

"There's lots of ways to have kids. Adoption is one of them, sunshine."

Sunshine. The mere thought of the man brough a soft smile to Regal's face. There was only one man that Drew could be referring to. "So. Young Master Wheeler is your progeny?"

"Since I took him under my wing, I've viewed that boy as my own son," Drew finally turned to look at Regal, an anger in his eyes, "And you routinely beat him bloody. You routinely beat him into submission."

"So that is why you have the interest in my Charles, then?" Regal questioned, "I assure you, he is made of far stronger stuff than you believe."

Drew shook his head, "No, no. You misunderstand my intentions, your lordship. I don't plan on harming him like you did my Wheeler. I plan on making him greater than you ever were."

[prey-of-your-dreams]

₍ᐢ. .ᐢ₎

hi !!! this is my prey domtop/auto-zoo sideblog where i write about being a hare/bunny, roleplay and fuck predators, people, other hares and bunnies, whoever's willing ! no trigger tagging, possible dark themes, so please be careful !!!

i'm a hare/rabbit, please treat me as such !!! [Flemish Giant rabbit and arctic hare to be precise :3]

dms & asks are open, send me ideas to write with, rp with me, or even just talk, i <3 making friends !!! For clarity's sake, I'd like to state I don't really actually jerk off bc it's really fucking hard for me to cum, I'm not asexual, just having trouble. Please don't ask for mutual jerk off sessions, rp and swapping nudes/lewds are cool though <3 alts: @taxidermy-of-your-god [main] @i-wont-tell-mom [incest sb] @slick-temptation [k9/auto-zoo sb]

Info: .𖥔 ݁ ˖ 18 .𖥔 ݁ ˖ it/its + any neopronouns you wanna apply .𖥔 ݁ ˖ he/him/she/her allowed only with my explicit permission [kink] .𖥔 ݁ ˖ no they/them at all, i will ignore you and possibly block .𖥔 ݁ ˖ mostly looking for erotic roleplay !!! hmu !!! .𖥔 ݁ ˖ angel, mimic[god], sphinx, borzoi, selkie, hare .𖥔 ݁ ˖ entirely inhuman, don't refer to me as a person/people .𖥔 ݁ ˖ pansexual + poly + aromantic [i do date*] .𖥔 ݁ ˖ obsessive, possessive, jealous, but with self control .𖥔 ݁ ˖ switch/verse, lean towards service domtop .𖥔 ݁ ˖ you can top me if you beat me in a fight .𖥔 ݁ ˖ and you can dom me if you break me

Soft Limits: [you can put out your idea, but i might decline] ☐ longterm/permanent chastity in any way [shortterm is fine] ☐ xenophilia/raceplay towards others from me Hard Limits: ☒ actual non-consenting parties in any shape or form [cnc is fine, beings who are able to voice their consent including animals/kids/littles like myself are fine.]

kink list below cut, it doesn't have everything ever, but anything outside of my limits is very welcome. I'm willing to try new things a few times <3 also, no judgement for the stuff in my soft limits, just not for me <3

Kinks: [in no particular order including the marked ones] [some might be missing, will add as I go] [the ones with crosshairs [ ⌖ ] will be the main ones on this blog] ♡ dom breaking ⌖ ♡ fighting ⌖ ♡ auto-zoo/zoophilia ⌖ ♡ size difference ⌖ ♡ rapeplay [esp mutual non-con and unexpected non-con] ⌖ ♡ role reversal ⌖ ♡ taxidermy [taxidermydreams] ♡ wings ♡ object insertion ♡ monsterfucking ♡ plushies [being one, fucking them, tf, anything related to them] ♡ gore/blood ♡ snuff ♡ bimbo/himbo-ification ♡ incest/fauxcest ♡ necrophilia ♡ auto-pedo ♡ shota/loli-dom ♡ objectophilia [guns, older computers, server rooms, a lot more] ♡ gunplay ♡ probably more, i'll add when i remember i'm willing to try anything not in my hard limits at least a few times [just to make sure it's not just a new thing scaring me], so please don't be scared to bring it up for rp or for writing :3 [though you maybe have to teach me what it is/give me time to research] also, feel free to just send a few kinks you want me to write with, or a specific scenario for me to write with, or whatever !!! i love writing, i just sometimes have nothing in my little brain :']

[seabxund]

munday writing detail meme!

repost, don't reblog. feel free to edit/add your own parts!

Name: Rowanberry, Rowan, Vinny Age range: under 18 | between 18 and 25 | 25 and older Pronouns: they/he and sometimes it/its Random fact about me: I was a vtu/ber for a short period, and I am currently an aspiring conte/nt cr/eator in general. I'm planning a series on yo/utube called " I played/read/watched __ so you don't have to " with two versions with one to help people with ADHD/etc to easier consume information on a media.

When it comes to planning threads: I like to wing it completely | I like to plan the start of the thread | I like to plan several key points in the thread | I like to plan every reply | It depends - in the way that i like to plan some beats depending on if we talk about it or not, but i do love to just see where we take each other a lot of the time. i am always down for very specifically planned stories though, especially ships and AUs Pre-established relationships between muses: I enjoy them | I like them occasionally but mostly prefer to play the relationship out | I don't do pre-established relationships When it comes to replies, I like to: Keep mine short (1-2 paragraphs) | Keep mine to medium length | Keep my replies long (10+ paragraphs) | It depends - I do a lot of one-liner funny things for quick activity, but that doesn't mean I'll be upset if someone decides to make it serious, or extends the length. I try my hardest to match length if I can, but I do tend to stay in the 3-6 paragraph range most of the time. I generally try to reply in: 1 day | 3 days | A week | Within a month | More than a month - this is mostly because of the nature of one, a multimuse, but also the fact that i am the most active during my work shifts.

I like getting asks for memes I reblogged a long time ago: Yes | No | Depends ( depends on the meme ) I like getting random IC asks from my mutuals: Yes | No | Depends I like getting tagged in unplanned starters from my mutuals: Yes | No | Depends I like getting getting OOC asks from my mutuals to plan our threads: Yes | No | Depends ( yes, but also please don't be afraid to DM me ) I like getting getting OOC asks from my mutuals just to chat about things not related to RP: Yes | No | Depends

I enjoy writing: I like romance, familial interaction, action, hurt/comfort, introduction threads, crossovers, everyday interactions, fights, mysteries, all sorts of things!! I don't enjoy writing: I'm also going to put fights here, because it really depends on the mun and our writing synergy. I also don't think that writing out NSFT/NSFW is necessary, but I will indulge if I'm comfortable with the mun. My favorite tropes are: Mostly relationship tropes, though not romantic/qp exclusive ones. Give me people who would die for each other, give me the two touch starved people yearning for comfort, give me rivals, and oscillating relationships. I also really like family dynamics, and enemies. PLEASE give me the Antagonist and Protagonist who cant function without each other. GOD - Opinion on shipping (for a specific character or in general): Shipping doesn't just have to be romance. I really want to do more threads of interactions and relationships that may be more like how I experience my own attraction as a aroaceflux/quoiromantic person. But I am a sucker for a good ship that has good chemistry. PLEASE please please come to me with your queerplatonic and romantic ship ideas. [ grabby hands ] I get inspired to write by doing this: When it comes to Canons, it's usually through indulging in the source material ( game/manga/anime/etc ), but for OCs it tends to be the sort of " what would __ do in X situation" talks with friends or writing drabbles like I do with Rubel. One of my favorite threads/drabbles/etc: This actually goes to a drabble I wrote on my main MuMu @/lxmitlxss for my Hughes Is Alive Verse/AU for how Acedia felt dying. A writing partner (or partners!) I've enjoyed writing with: @/patetpluvia, @/flamesignite, @/pareidolah / @/fingerfiend A mutual I want to write with but haven't yet: @/seaoftheworst, @/scarlxtleaves, @/moenxs

Tagged by: taken directly from @littlememebox

Tagging: anyone who wants to do it!

[batfsm]

Dare

Summary: Bart completes a dare.

Letting a grin slide onto his face, Bart braced himself.

A beat, two beats, three beats went by and then Bart was off.

A song played in his ears as Bart zoomed through the Titans Tower and then into a Zeta and onto the Watchtower.

Beaming into the Watchtower, Impulse flew into the main meeting room and to the Flash.

Grinning, Impulse dropped his burden onto his grandfather’s lap as the song went into the second verse. “One Ma for ya.”

The woman in Flash’s lap rolled her eyes. “Turn the song off. You proved that you can get me into places I’m not supposed to be. Now can you get me out of here without getting in trouble?”

Barry tight his grip on the woman as he answered for Bart. “You aren’t getting in trouble. Especially since I told Bart to bring you to me. Though I meant later on when I’m back on Earth but now is good.”

“Wait, you told him to bring me to you? Did you tell him to go through the Tower first?” His companion tilted her head, reddish blond hair escaping her scarf.

Barry fixed the scarf as he answered. “That was all your son. Where are your brothers? I thought you were supposed to have one of them with you at all times.”

“Red dared me to go through the Tower, saying we caught before getting to the Zeta and I took the dare. He and Signal said they meet us here. They just had to grab Wing, Orphan, and Robin first.” Impulse piped up before his mother could.

“Red owes Impulse at least two favors now,” The woman smirked as she stood, “Nightwing and Hood owe me two dates each since they agreed with Red that we get caught. Though Starfire let us go at the last minute so she’s coming along on the dates.”

“You would have taken her along anyways.” Flash 2 chuckled as he ran up and hugged his sister.

“If Starfire is going along, can we come?”Signal asked as he joined the hug.

“We’ll make two family dates but the other two are regular dates, deal?” Their sister asked, resigned to her fate.

“We’ll see.” Orphan announced.

Barry laughed at his daughter’s expression. “Good luck on having your partners to yourself sweetheart. I told you it bite you in the ass.”

She just groaned in answer.

[pico-digital-studios]

Into, Above and Beyond! Cast: Mr. Needlemouse

Replaces: Spider-Ham Made by: @mcgamejolter

“Am I a hedgehog or a rabbit? Who knows?! I just call myself Needle the Rabbit-Hog!”

Is he a hedgehog? Or perhaps a rabbit? I mean, who really knows? What I can say about Mr. Needlemouse here is that he inhabits a cartoon world of his own, sporting cartoonish physics even outside his land.

His usual routine is a mix of enjoying chilli dogs (the loss of one he had the burden of being his canon event) and fighting the villainous Dr. Beeman (think Robotnik's classic bee outfit, but also including bee's wings on his back), each time of which emerges victorious for the plucky hedgerabbit. Oh, yeah. He also faces foes like The Killer Six, Chomper Shark, Bomb-Bastic, Loonatic Hunter, and the Ferocious Fly.

After one of his tangles with Dr. Beeman, though, a portal appeared which dragged the rabbithog into the OMT dimension, where he met OMT!Tails and the members of the Blur Gang thus far at that point. From there, this guy's the one to serve as the comic relief for when things start to get a bit rough.

As such, he serves as the fifth major member of the Blur Gang starting from One More Hero. He does express several jerk-like qualities, and is like that just for the heck of it, but still pulls through for his true companions.

He even comes to rescue EX!Alice from harm and gives Surge a good beating, though due to the limits on his toon powers, he can absolutely humiliate his opponents, but if he wasn't limited, any attacks from him to a villain would prove fatal. Due to this, an anvil to the head just went and near-harmlessly buried half of Surge's body underground.

Before it was time for him to head back to his dimension at the end of One More Hero during the final fight, Mr. Needlemouse lent OMT!Tails his signature hammer to make use of, and due to its hyperspace properties, he could always fit it in his pocket (or equivalent of). He made a grand exit by proclaiming "That's all, folks!", leaving CR!Sonic a bit confused, citing "Wait, can he legally quote that?".

Though he doesn't actively partake in More than One Universe's events, he does return for Into the Sonic-verse and Many More Heroes (the AU's version of Across the Spider-Verse), with the Blur Gang fully formed in time for this new batch of chaos.

Even then, he remains the main guy for comedy around this AU, and nothin' can change that! Prior to Many More Heroes, he also had a good laugh making an absolute fool out of Errorverse Eggman and his SSSSS Squad, being an absolutely-hilarious prick about it and causing them trouble just for the heck of it. It's to the point that the three dumbots were mainly assigned to catch Mr. NM whilst Metal and Sage paid more attention to EV!Sonic and Nitro. NM still has a good heart under all his troublemaking, of course. Don't worry.

That's also where he's technically a foil for AOSTH!Sonic, the original cartoon iteration of the blue blur; whilst they're both cartoons, AOSTH!Sonic is firmly heroic, whilst Mr. NM is a straight-up prick to a lot of people. The two initially got along marvelously due to being toons, though AOSTH!Sonic began losing his trust in the rabbit-hog when discovering his jerk act, especially when Mr. NM shrugged off the former recalling his angst and sarcastically remarking that it's a miracle he's even got a friend to be with.

That said, though, there is one thing Mr. NM is not heartless enough to cross; the point of harming someone mentally. Attacking a cartoon for giggles is one thing, but the heart is a whole other thing. And when he discovered that EV-2019's Zane Chaos had been neglecting both his brothers in their worst states, he was not amused in the slightest.

"I've hurt a couple of folks before, but at least I hurt them in a funny way! You can attack a cartoon all you want, but the heart is a different story, man! And you've been breaking that a lotta times, it ain't even funny!"

And Mr. NM's reason for joining the Quill Society part-time?

"Am I a useless asset? Sure! Heroic qualities? None. But I'm loyal if you feed me, and I'll never leave you because... well, I need the food."

As one of the scene posts shows, in Many More Heroes, he made a small bet with Mini Sonic as to whether or not OMT!Tails would get back from his scuffle with Crimtake in one piece. Of course, he did, so the rabbit-hog owed the miniature hedgehog 100 rings.

Bet you're glad I didn't say he had a cannon event

If you have any questions about him, @mcgamejolter's the one to ask, since he did make the character.

[tollingreminiscentbells]

2, 4, 5, 17, 18 for the ask game!

Ooh, more of these! This one's fun.

2. A character POV I'm exploring Probably Lucifer? Since I've so far only written him in a few scenes in Transformed Utterly.

4. A story idea I haven't written yet One day I will write my Harrymort time travel fic, with Harry going back to the 1950s and getting tangled up with Borgin & Burkes-era Tom. Probably just a long one-shot, that one, when I do think of a plot. I also have a few more side stories in the All changed 'verse. Including one with wing preening!

5. First sentence of the fifth paragraph of an unpublished WIP A Momentary Radiance: As the requiem mass ends, Alastor collects his hat and steps out into the sunshine.

17. My writing and editing process I am a very linear writer. I throw together a loose outline (a few bullet points for the main story beats) and then I write it straight through in order. After I've written it, I go back to fill in anything that's missing and cut anything I don't need. Then I let it sit before going back through to do a clean-up pass. I do a lot of reading out loud and edit based on how the prose sounds, but most of my editing is really just deleting things.

18. Share a deleted sentence or paragraph I don't keep them. I like to live dangerously and, unless I'm very confident I have a future use for something, I just hit delete. If that ends up being a mistake? Oh well, I guess I'm doing something else.

[armafidelium]

her hands near tremble as they clutch upon themselves before her body , straining and pulling upon the skin in a fretful manner. she knows she wasn't late , for the tether of life still strung from his chest , it moved and reached out towards the aspect itself as if beckoning her to keep him retained to the mortal world. the scene around him was ignored by her , for she felt no reason to present herself in such a manner , only for the man who laid near slain amidst it all. bare feet pad her towards him , that tether curling around her outstretched hand , a cooing noise lifting from her lips as other reaches down to gently coax along his arm. there was still life , therefore she would not take one herself , yet it clung so loosely.

❛ awaken , warrior. ❜ her voice , though danced with a tremble of worry , held the baseline of the power that resided within. ❛ today is not your day. ❜ brilliant shades of blues and purples upon her wings curl in slight around her and the other , a near healing aspect it was to bring that tether back into the warrior. slowly it retreated within ones chest , and she merely sat upon the ground near his form in wait , violet shades filled with the concern that beat like fire through her chest. it was a warming sensation within her circle as life is breathed back into ones body , or at least , bringing forth a push to keep a hold upon it by ones self.

(aspect!morgana to main verse!)

NOT now. it was not his time. many relied on him as did his sister. he had been prepared to offer his life if need be but when faced with the possibility of death nearing the horizon it filled him with a bone-chilling fear. he was scared for the first time in a long, long time. the numbness he'd become accustomed to couldn't weaken the fear he felt. perhaps it was the strength of the fear or perhaps it was a sign of how close to the end he was. not even his sister's voice echoed in his mind. the only thing he could hear was his own breath and a faint ringing in his ears.

the silence was the most terrifying aspect. even with his inability to speak he had become accustomed to some presence of sound be it his sister's voice or the sound of the world around him. what he would give to hear alune's voice or even hold her this very instant. he didn't want that battle to be the last moments she had with him. he couldn't bear the thought of her in her solitude worried over him. beyond his own present condition he felt the greatest pain at the mere idea of her being forced to live with what had happened. it stung painfully like a hundred daggers pierced deep into the tender flesh of his heart and each wound deeper than the last.

but then . . . something warm was felt. there was suddenly a soothing sensation that seemed to fill his person. he felt at ease much in contrast to the overwhelmed fear he'd been filled with. there was something the pulled him to open his eyes, to seek out what this sensation came from.

vision initially blurred from tears he'd shed. one blink. two. in three the world was slowly coming into focus once more. his breathing shaken as he slowly tried to mentally regain his footing. he didn't dare stand quite yet, he was still aware of what he'd endured. rather, at a snail's pace, he glanced around as his gaze fixated on one he hadn't seen prior. her form felt not of this earth and one he couldn't help but glance at for a moment more.

hesitating momentarily he'd opened his mouth to speak but held back, uncertain if it would be garbled noise or cause more pain. rather his outstretched a hand, hesitating to touch this being yet wishing to ascertain if she was real.

@withinchains

[marinecorvid]

Going through victory road in bw2 rn (both delightful in its winding length and a slog all at once) and so the game’s not technically over plot wise, we’ve gotten past the main plasma part so the real story’s just about done and I’m trying to find ways to merge my hcs with it to make it more compelling…. Nate (who goes by his middle name of ailbhe) in my ‘verse (which is mostly based on my adoring following of a semi-nuzlocke comic someone was doing on deviantart and never finished… TT-TT) comes across as a very mild mannered young man, very friendly; very battle competent, very thorough. takes his losses with grace. (tbh isn't this a common characterization tho........ whatever)

I started out my playthrough w the vague notion that while Nate is, on paper, going on his pokemon journey because he’s good at battling and enjoys it, he has the primary objective of figuring out What The Hell Happened To Gwyn (Hilda), the cousin he very much looked up to; he's using the excuse of adventuring to retrace her footsteps, and the goal of becoming champion-class to be able to access otherwise restricted routes and resources. (I’m almost glad in a way bw2’s plot was so bare, gives me opportunity to Go Ham (Chiquita Dave) in the sandbox of canon). I’m… not sure if I still want to go by that angle tho. I think his mom and aunt (gwyn’s mom) were very shaken by gwyn going missing, understandably, and I’d think it’s the kind of thing that would make his mom very worried about him on his journey, to the point where she’s both very excited for him to get out there but terrified something like that would happen to him, so he’d promise to stay out of trouble and focus on battling, which should’ve been easy bc team plasma’s been officially disbanded for years…. but it’s a promise he can’t keep. tying into the trend of people projecting both truth and ideals onto him as a kyurem mirror, he also struggles in that gray area for a bit; to search for gwyn or not, and whether he wants to find her, or find out what happened to her (colress poses this particular dilemma when Nate talks about the two goals interchangeably).

Another reason I think why he does what he does and gets so involved in the plasma plot despite his own promises and the danger (Hugh’s subplot notwithstanding) is that he has an encounter with zekrom before gwyn goes missing, and while I don’t mean to write every object or creature of power as some vaguely eldritch subject, zekrom and reshiram existing as someone’s literal embodiments of the desire for ideals/truth makes their presence at least a little intense, especially if you haven’t had any exposure to that level of power before. anyways what happens is gwyn goes home after beating N and ghetsis and hangs there for a while after the craziness of bw, and at some point Nate and his mom come over to visit! and Nate is told hushedly and sternly not to go near the paddock behind the barn or whatever. and he says yes of course auntie But it’s entirely possible he forgets (or his curiosity gets the better of him) and he’s wandering around the farm property at nightfall and he wanders back to that paddock and it takes him a little bit to start to understand what he’s seeing. at first it looks like just a pile of black, which isn’t normal for the the paddocks, but then it starts moving, in shapes he doesn’t understand; but then they become wings, and a tail, and then a neck and a head and eyes like red embers are looking at him, seeing him, and as the blood is rushing in his ears and at some point every hair stood up on his body and he can taste the static on his tongue he understands who he’s looking at and why he wasn’t supposed to be back here. and then zekrom looks away and curls back up to resume its nap, bc Nate is so small compared to it both physically and in purpose, and even if he was enough to be regarded with anything beyond disdainful apathy he has sort of gwyn smell like her den mother, so that means they’re kin its human’s kin are extended the grace of neutrality, and as it resumes its sleep the electricity in the air fades but Nate’s still breathing like he run a mile and it’s still hard to hear the sound of the trees rustling, but then gwyn is there and her hand is on his shoulder and she’s guiding him back around the barn, and reality snaps back in to place at some point but he’s forever a changed man bc one does not simply have an encounter with one of the legendary dragons and feel unshaken by it (unless you’re like N, in which being able to understand pokemon makes the initial weirdness easier to handle; or not, in which case N is just that weird) (or like ghetsis, who’s got enough layers of delusion going on that it doesn’t bother him too too much)

But Yeah. It’s the kind of thing one stays up late thinking about, staring at the wall at 3 in the morning, feeling slightly disconnected from everything else. Kind of guy who seems normal on the surface but inside has something deeply wrong with him except not something wrong with him he's just had an encounter with a living god-spirit-thing that has changed him in some small but irrevocably important way that he can ignore 99% of the time but when that 1% hits.

anwyays still figuring stuff out just wanted to ramble for a bit. aces

[amitapaul]

1996 - U23

23/22

22/4/25

Think Not Upon My Flaws, Lord !

Imagine a convent run by Catholic Nuns in a Provincial North Indian town in the 1960s.

Imagine a serious classical music teacher in such a DC school discovering a serious talent and exceptionally sweet voice in a twelve year old in Class Seven.

Imagine the Founder’s Day cum Parents Day cum Annual Concert coming up with the ArchBishop of the Diocese as Chief Guest and the Director of School Education of the Provincial Government as the Guest of Honour

Imagine the Clockwork Precision of the time-honoured Program of the Annual Function

Item One : Welcome Song with Candles

Item Two : Welcome Dance by Nursery Toddlers dressed as Cherubs with gold wings

Item Three : A Patriotic Group Song

Item Four : The Annual School One Act Play play on an Edifying Subject in Five Scenes

Item Five : The Fishermen versus Farmers Folk Dance

Item Six : A Bharat Natyam Classical Dance Performance

Item Seven : Report by School Principal

Item Eight : Prize Distribution

Item Nine : Speech of Guest of Honour

Item Ten : Speech of Chief Guest

Item Eleven : Vote of Thanks by the School’s Head Teacher

Item Twelve : A Solo Hymn by the School’s Best Singer

Dispersal of Guests

Imagine three months of rehearsals

Imagine a huge gathering of 1000 people

Imagine the whole program conducted to perfection

Imagine the climax - the Solo Hymn Singing by the School’s Best Singer in an angelic voice so that everyone leaves feeling edified

Imagine dimmed lights, music teacher on harmonium, tabla master accompanying

Imagine a clear tender silvery voice tugging at your heart singing

“ Holy Lord, think thou not upon my flaws

But upon thy Name as a Redeemer

And redeem me, a fallible human, but thy own Child “

Imagine a thousand eyes misting

And at the second verse imagine that childish twelve year old voice breaking crashing out of control right there on the stage

Choking unable to utter a note

The harmonium and tabla playing on to give her time

A glass of water urgently brought on stage, some sips swallowed, open tears

Somehow in a cracked voice the hymn completed

Prabhuji Morey Avgun Chit Na Dharo

Dear my Lord , think not upon my flaws

Ab Ki Ber Mohey Paar Utaro

Somehow redeem me this one last time

Crowds dispersing shaking their heads

And a numb child frozen in terror rushing into her mother’s arms then sobbing uncontrollably

Dreams of a musical career forever shattered

note

Struck dumb in public that day, I never sang again

To this day, I can not sing a single

( ASA )

Note

History

The Hymn referred to in this story is a very sweet kirtan by the blind but musically gifted 16th Century Bhakti Saint and Poet of North India , Bhakt Surdas. Legend hath it that he sang this hymn spontaneously when he first met his Guru Shri Vallabhacharya. The great Guru saw the immense spiritual potential of Surdas and asked him to stop beating himself up and instead sing joyous kirtans of the lilas( playful mysteries ) of the Lord. His Guru then gave him the ‘Brahma Sambandh’ initiation of Pushti Marg and Surdas was immediately transported to the World of Krishna Lila or the Playful Mysteries of Lord Krishna especially as a baby and young child . From then on, Bhakt Surdas sang joyful kirtans of Krishna Lila all his life .

Bhakt Surdas is said to have written in excess of 125,000 kirtans! A small number of them survive to modern times and are regularly sung in havelis (temples) of Pushti Marg. His hymns are also included in the Guru Granth Sahib.

Lyrics

Lyrics in Hindi are given first and the translation in English follows.

Prabhu ji, morey avgun chitt na dharo !

Samdarsi hai naam tiharo, Chaho toh paar karo.

Ek loha pooja main raakhat, Ek ghar badhik paro,

Gunn Avgunn Paaras nahi parakhe, Kanchan karat kharo.

Ek nadiya ek naar kahaavat, mailo hi neer bharo,

Jab dou mili ik baran bhaye toh , Sursari naam paro

Ek Maya ek Brama kahavat, Sur Shyam jhagaro,

Ab ki ber mohe paar utaaro, nahi pan jaat taro.

Prabhu ji , more avgun chitt na dharo !

Holy Lord, I pray, think not upon my flaws !

You are praised for seeing everyone in an impartial light. Please, redeem me!

One piece of iron may be lying in a sacred shrine and another in the home of a butcher as his knife

‘Paras mani’ (the philosopher’s stone), does not care where the iron has been and what use it has been put to but transforms both to pure gold!

A river is full of clear water, and a drain is full of dirty water.

Yet, when they become one, they are revered as the sacred River Ganga.

Surdas ( the poet - saint ) wonders why there is a quarrel between ‘Maya’ ( the Illusory World ) and ‘Brahman’ ( The True Eternal Lord )

Please, he prays, keep me out of this quarrel, and in this birth or incarnation itself , redeem me (from the cycles of rebirth), or your promise of being a Redeemer will be broken.

Please God, ignore my flaws and grant me salvation inspite of my sins,

( for I am a fallible human being and you are the all- forgiving Redeemer . )

****

Day 22

#25USNaPoWriMo #amitasinfinity25napoasa

[idl3dr3ams]

shsksuxnehse eudbd

It took a few days of trying but Faulkner finally showed up in my dream

So did Carpenter

We just kind of ran into eachother on the road. Like I was on my own, Carpenter and Faulkner were doing their thing, and I just happened to run into them. Which I took to be a sign that I was on the right path

I had a LOT of knowledge that I shouldn't have had about them, and my dream explained that by making me a second prophet, while also having the podcast very much exist lol.

It was SO random how this all started too

At the beginning of the dream there was NOTHING Silt Verses related. It started out with my dad just getting me to clean up my room because we had a showing later than day.

But then to like... scare me (?) for whatever reason (maybe to inspire urgency and explain why we needed to sell the house) he showed me these houses nearby that had been partially destroyed in a sudden flood. There were various river angels still scuttling around the transformed wreckage, though any people and saints had been removed.

And what could I do but fall to my knees and praise The Trawlerman for this miracle

And it was just like randomly thrown in there that my grandmother Did Not Like This bc she used to belong to The Parish, and she was like deeply concerned about me apparently worshipping The Trawlerman.

And I've realized there was actually something silt verses in the beginning of dream, before all this

I was on stage, performing for a crowd. I think it was supposed to be back in my highschool but it was a WAY nicer stage lol. But, just as I finished and was walking backstage, I could hear something from the wings. Something that sounded a lot like the beating of wings, and a little bit like applause.

But then when I got back to my house everything changed and The Watcher was no longer relevant

So back to the main story

I take off. I decided that what I saw was a sign from The Trawlerman, so I took off in pursuit of miracles and began my travels along the river

Literally within a couple of hours I run into Faulkner in Marcel's Crossing. And he clocks me as another one of the faithful pretty much immediately, because I'm the only person who doesn't seem to fear or hate the river. So we talk while Carpenter is on the phone with Mason, and when she comes back Faulkner is all excited to have proved her wrong and found another worshipper of The Trawlerman. I'm a little in awe of her, as is only natural, but she's beyond skeptical.

Now I still have knowledge of the entire series in this dream. I KNOW how this story goes, and also receive extra prophetic visions about random non-canon moments. So I latched onto Faulkner, immediately. I make up a whole story, since I had distracted him from talking to the local fishermen, about being one of the last remaining worshippers in a nearby town, and how I was also looking into the missing boat. I relayed the whole story about it. Carpenter isn't happy to have two bright eyed, seemingly naive, young acolytes following her around and is a little put off by how attached to Faulkner I had become despite only having a conversation with him that lasted less than 5 minutes. But eventually she relents, and says I can join them for their investigation. The condition is that after we look into the boat, we go our seperate ways. (Which, spoiler alert, does not happen lmaoo)

While we're on the water, Faulkner and I talk in hushed voices the entire time, much to Carpenter's annoyance. We keep our voices down though so she can tune us out to do her whole internal monologue. And then Faulkner spots The Intrepid.

The entire way back to the motel, neither Faulkner nor I can contain our excitement. Carpenter is processing the whole thing in silence, while me and Faulkner are talking mayybee a bit too loudly about having witnessed a miracle. But there's nobody around to hear us, so it's ok.

I stop him before we get to the motel and ask Carpenter to go ahead

And then I do probably the stupidest thing I could have done, and I tell him that I know he's a prophet, and that I didn't find him by accident. I don't tell him EVERYTHING I know, obviously, but I give him just enough information that he'll believe The Trawlerman led me to him. And since I knew later on being his equal (possibly surpassing him) wouldn't bode well for my safety, I made it clear my only interest was to serve under him. Like any loyal servant I disdain the allure of power.

I knew what that would do to his ego. Didn't care. Carpenter was just going to have to deal with it.

So yeah I basically just spent the rest of the dream attached to Faulkner's side.

Carpenter was probably as close to calling the police on me as Faulkner was to calling them on Carpenter. Mason might have even recommended she do. She did not trust me. At all. And I guess that's fair enough. I showed up out of nowhere, latched onto Faulkner like a barnacle, and seemed to know more than I should about everything.

She should have ditched me. Honestly. But it's my dream so my subconscious gets to call the shots >:3

It didn't last long enough for us to make it to Bellweathers sadly, I'd have loved to see it. We didn't even make it to kidnapping Paige actually.

I did get to "accidentally" walk in on Faulkner in the back office of the motel though, which is a win

And for the record: the shrimp saint was exactly as disturbing as I'm sure everyone imagined it, maybe moreso. I held my nerve better than Faulkner, but his reaction was reasonable. I wouldn't fault him for it

I woke up not long after that

It was neat getting to speedrun being part of the first couple episodes

As nice as The Grand Aquifer was, it was fun getting to actually interact with Faulkner rather than having him just hidden away somewhere in the depths like the last time I had a dream within a specific Silt Verses location

I do hope one of these days my brain wil lock in and let me see Bellweathers though

[tylerboi]

BEHOLD!

A new Goji!

No, this is not his official new redesign, this is OFFICIALLY from a new Universe!

This is inspired by the Absolute DC universe, and his main inspiration is Batman of that universe

So, Welcome to the Omega-verse!

This is something I've wanted to do for a LONG time actually. To make a different university version of Goji. He ones in the past are no longer canon, that's when he was another Sans au character. But no more!

This version of Goji is way more grounded, brutal, and while not as god like from the original Goji, but still powerful enough to probably beat him in a fight. He's basically like the Ultimate version of him. Kinda like Ultimate Marvel

He doesn't have much powers like Goji, but he does have SOME powers. His furry cape can split into wings so he can fly.

He's way stronger than the original Goji. He's LITERALLY jacked up.

And he's WAAAY different. The Omega-verse will have a lot of differences, but here's the things you need to know;

1. Goji is a family man, he has a wife and two kids, a Girl and a Boy

2. Jackie is no longer a ghost that's connection to Goji's soul, but he's now a cyborg, saved by Goji and his wife and.... Klyntar?!

3. Klyntar is not an abusive father or conquerer, While he's still a harsh dad, he's not a terrible one at all. Goji's mom is still alive too. Klyntar is also basically a leader who has corrupt elites on his hand which he hates, this is where Goji is trying to stop

4. The Klyntarians are not a Intergalactic demigod like race, Their just a people from a different but still powerful and advanced world. They have powers too, but they also have more technology and abilities than actually God like power.

5. Joseph is officially called Filius in this universe, he's WAY younger too. He's actually around the newborn age to 2 years old, while he's still a child in the original universe, he was more of a toddler in the original.

6. Goji has a daughter, named Filia. She's the oldest child, around 7 to 9 years old, and she and her mother/ Goji's wife, Plorrla, are both Filius' protectors when Goji is not around.

There's probably more I'll add later on, but tell me what you think!