#( i have more starters to write you )

[quietlyblooms]

hey hey hey!! my " gardeners " section of my pinned is in desperate need of tending to, so i'm softly resetting it. that said, tap the heart if you'd like to be mains, affiliates, or exclusives, and i'll scuttle into your messages to talk about it! this post does a wonderful job explaining what each term means, but for this blog specifically, just keep in mind...

if you'd like to be mains, we need to have a dynamic established between our muses. we can absolutely discuss a dynamic now if we haven't already and move forward with the intention to focus on that dynamic -- that's fine by me <3 but i want to start digging into plots and developing relationships, and that's much easier if i have a clear picture of who our muses are to each other.

affiliates are in a similar boat, but i feel that they require more communication and plotting. if we're affiliates, that means our muses play an active, " canon " role in each other's stories, be it their main or au verses. or maybe this means we're making verses for each other's lore. whatever way you spin it, being affiliates means i'm in your messages rambling like a madwoman with blocks of text sometimes -- be prepared!!

i dunno how i'll list them neatly yet, but i'm also using this opportunity to discuss exclusives. i think this will mainly apply to my romantic shipping partners, but i'm generally open to discussing your canon muse being the only version chiyo interacts with if we're vibing and/or have a well-established dynamic. shipping partners merely have to ask, but if we're newly talking/interacting, that'll require more discussion and development.

[taleswritten]

Again, going on a soft block spree soon. If we don't interact, now's your chance. Or if we've interacted before and you no longer interact, now's your chance. I'm really being picky this time around.

I'll give people until next Wednesday. that's a week, more than enough time to interact.

[personaiiisms]

Super secret teeny tiny starter call for Sojiro-

[truethes]

wrote a few things today ...

[lunaetis]

to those who have NOT A SINGLE IDEA who raika is and still let me throw her at your muses : i owe you my life, you guys are real MVPs.

[burningcheese-merchant]

Ok fuck it. Fuck it I need to rant. I'm disappointed to the high heavens. This just looks like X and Y again. It just looks like they finally bothered to get off their asses and make Pokémon Z like everyone begged for 10+ years ago and they're trying to relabel it as a Legends game. You know what the word "legend" means? It means OLD!!! It's a fantastical tale of days long past! PAST! NOT FUTURE! Why are we in the future!!! There are no legends about the damn future, only the past!!!

How cool would it have been if we were in the Pokémon equivalent of Napoleonic France? If the protagonist was from a lower-middle-class family (maybe even lower, a genuinely struggling protagonist would be interesting, especially within this time period), who set out with their Pokémon to earn money to help out, only to end up caught in the middle of a nationwide shitstorm? What if you ventured throughout the region, through the beaches and mountains and beautiful French/Kalosian countryside, all the way to Paris/Lumiose, where the societal rot is at its most obvious and damning? What if the "evil team" wasn't evil at first, just a band of revolutionaries with their hearts in the right place, seeking change and justice for the broke and starving public against the laziness and corruption of the self-absorbed elite? What if the villain was the king at first, because he and the other royals really are as awful as they're stated to be? What if there were (optional, because not everyone was against the French monarchy) side quests to help spread revolutionary propaganda or help the rebels earn money, gather resources, toughen up their Pokémon in preparation for future battles against the royals? Hell, what if there was a rival group of royalists who acted as the rebels' foil, whom you can also help and hinder as much or as little as you liked?

What if there was an honest-to-God violent coup where people and Pokémon stormed the royal palace and destroy everything in sight (and you could be there, battling guards or something)? What if the king was challenged to a battle and lost miserably, proving once and for all how weak and pathetic he is, and thus overthrown and exiled (can't execute him, this franchise is too cowardly to evolve past being milquetoast kiddie shit)? What if the rebel leader, with his dear Empoleon beside him, took his place and crowned himself emperor right then and there, to the overwhelming joy of his followers and sympathizers, dismay of his opponents, and whatever it is the player chooses to feel, because there should be a genuine undercurrent of historical, political and philosophical discussion about all of this throughout the story that encourages us to form our own thoughts and opinions about the situation?

Only for the rebel leader, the Napoleon figure, to turn out worse than the king ever was, and his close subordinates immediately going mad with their newfound power and practically destroying the country. Then they really ARE the evil team for real this time, because they became the tyrants they sought to destroy, and depending on the player's past actions, it might partially be their fault that they succeeded. Imagine the Pokémon equivalent of the fucking Reign of Terror. People and Pokémon being attacked, imprisoned, exiled (again, they're too chickenshit to kill people. Tens of thousands died during the REAL Reign of Terror). Imagine your new mission going from trying to flee Lumiose and go home (only to fail, because they won't let anyone leave outside of being formally exiled out of fear/paranoia about uncontrolled dissidents) to taking an active role against the new regime, battling police to bust innocents out of jail, reuniting families and friends torn apart by fear and force? Imagine a heated battle against the stand-in for Maximilien Robespierre to help put an end to the madness!!! What if you went to libraries and picked up newspapers and listened to the telegraph and discovered everything has been censored in some way? What if you went into houses and found depressed wives and mothers and sisters and daughters, and opened letters from the men in their families (and their Pokémon, too) who were conscripted into the Kalosian army because the Emperor is trying to wage wars against neighboring regions to fulfill territorial ambitions (which actually did happen, Napoleon's France was constantly at war, which majorly tanked the economy because all the men were sent off to die or be horrifically injured. Remember when they tried to invade Russia? Over half a million troops went, barely 1/6 of them came back)? The climax of the story + defeat of the Emperor in battle can be a nod to the Battle of Waterloo!!! The post-game can have the player looking for runaway rebels like how you hunted for the Sages in post-game Black and White! What if there was a limited time mystery gift event where you could win a ferry ticket to the island the former Emperor is imprisoned on, JUST LIKE THE ACTUAL NAPOLEON, and there was a final cutscene between you and him where you discuss everything that happened and he asserts that he did what he had to and he still believes that he was acting in Kalos's best interest!!! Because many of the revolutionaries really did think that way, they believed they were doing right by France!!! Even when they jailed and murdered thousands of innocent people!!!

But no, we don't get cool shit like that, we get AZ running a fucking inn for whatever reason and an "urban redevelopment plan" that's literally just "let the Pokémon trash half the city with zero repercussions or any consideration for the homes and businesses in the areas they overrun". What the fuck man

[homiines]

so erm … I gotta start somewhere so like this for a starter???

[impulsivemuses]

Since now I'm back and got a lot of muse, does anyone want a starter here? I got a couple drafts to do on here, but otherwise please lemme know if you guys want something from any of my muses~!

[grimowled]

;psa: it's always ok to start multiple things with me, regardless of how many threads we already have going on. never feel obligated to reply in a certain order, or reply at all to ongoing stuff if you are not feeling it at any moment!

[unladielike]

...So since reblogging asks hasn't really helped in instigating more interactions on my blog (because I guess people don't really enjoy continuing asks into threads anymore?), I'll be posting a brand new starter call! Anyways, you know the drill. Like this post for a starter and if you're a multimuse, please specify a muse. Oh, and alternatively, if there's a verse you specifically want to request from Vivian, do specify that too; otherwise, I will default to using a more modern, slice of life setting.

[oceanoecielo]

     closed starter for   ⟶   @feeblefortuity

   This sandwich place is a markedly less prestigious than Simon can afford, but he rather likes the simplicity of it.  He often finds himself bored of the showy places where the chefs and owners fail to realize how little they are actually worth.  He can tolerate quite a lot, but sometimes, someone on an ego trip can be a bit dull.

   He waits in line, rocking himself back and forth on his heels with his hands stuffed deep in his khaki pockets while he waits.  Nearby stands another man, looking tired and wearing the drab button-up shirt typical of middle-class office workers.

   Simon beams at him, intent on making some small talk while they wait.  He simply cannot tolerate going anywhere in complete silence.  “Hello!  What are getting, if you don’t mind my asking?  I’m partial to the prosciutto myself.”

[kariachi]

The Great Ben 10 Starter Polls- Julie Round I

And we're on to our next character this little series! #2 of 16, I'm calling it here, no more alterations to my list.

As with Kevin before and everyone after, first order of business is determining what regions Julie's starter selection will come from, with the top 4 options (with the last ones randomly generated from ties if need be) winning the day! And so-

[shadowedresolve]

Toshiro must have lost his mind.

He's thought that exact thing several times before, but it's never been as starkly obvious - or as utterly terrifying - to consider as it is right now. And yet somehow, despite the cold sweat he's broken into and the state of denial he can't seem to break out of, he clings to the thought like a lifeline, because the alternative possibility - that he is, in fact, completely sane after all - is even more terrifying to consider.

He wants to laugh to himself hysterically, and for a moment, he almost does just that - letting out a strange, high-pitched chuckle that honestly sounds rather desperate. But then he shakes his head and finally asks the question on his mind-

"You- what are you...!? There's no way you're human, right...?"

@tvstarkuma ( starter! )

[kens-puku]

Y'all are gonna think I'm so weird.

But I'm running with this idea I've had for a while for my mcl ocs. Well, other than the actual other mcl ocs I've made.

It's part lazy, part bizarre.

Clones.

Yep, clones.

My MCL NG oc is a clone of the original Puku, but different. I haven't figured out the details yet, but it's like what I did with Pukun, Puku's male clone. It has the idea of a type of clone theory idea of nature vs nurture. The DNA and nature of the puku clones is the same, but the nurture is always a bit different depending on circumstances. Puku "prime" is the parent of all the clones made, but Puku "prime" had a different parentage and upbringing than the clones. Not to mention, the events of each mcl game has different outcomes for clone Puku.

This Puku has -teal- hair and is a zoomer, I guess. Raised by Puku "prime" and has the existential grappling of dealing with being a clone in general.

There's... still a lot of ironing out to do. Like... Where does Kentin fit into all this? How should I incorporate the family given to Puku 2.0 in New Generation?

Why am I giving this plot to an MCL OC!??

lol

[hammertarot]

here's an uncapped starter call! give a like for a starter!)

[solarpunkani]

Saw your tags on that post about swamp milkweed about having trouble getting it started--you may already know this, but milkweed seeds need light to germinate! They only need a light dusting of soil on top of them (and putting them somewhere with a lot of light helps!); if you can't see the seed through the soil, it's buried a little too deep. They basically want to be laying flat on the surface of the soil rather than poked down into it, with just enough soil on top to help them retain moisture. Yes this does make it kind of annoying to manage moisture because you don't really want them drying out either (sorry 😭) but I hope this helps!! I mention it because this is the most common issue I see with people trying to grow milkweeds from seed. They also want 4 weeks of cold stratification (cool temperatures like in a fridge while also being in contact with moist soil; you can plant your seeds, pop the whole pot in a ziplock/cover it with cling wrap, and just refrigerate it for a few weeks) so don't forget to do that!

You know

it's really funny

because i like to call myself the self-proclaimed milkweed queen of tumblr (at least on my gardening blog but still)

And yet

I

constantly fucking forget about the light thing

IDK if that'll fix all my problems (the soil at my house is pretty sandy so I think that's the problem when it comes to transplanting at least) but regarding getting those little shits to germinate??? that might be the ticket

(one of the other problems I face sometimes is the seeds deciding to mold when they're in the fridge cold stratifying, i lost a good chunk of seeds to that last year but i don't see any signs of it happening yet this year so fingers crossed everyone)