#(PARALLELS UWU

[sillyfudgemonkeys]

Kyoshi: Listen Aang, we have a lot in common. Aang: Kyoshi please, I'm afraid of this comparison. Kyoshi: We're both of Air Nomad descent. Aang: I don't believe you! Kyoshi: Deal with it cuz! Anyway, we're both also estranged from our parents. Aang: Fine, guess we're doing this. Kyoshi: We were both mentored/surrogate-ly raised by a male monk who knew our previous incarnation. Aang: That's kinda cool. Kyoshi: We both had to rush learning the elements in less than a year, and had to just wing it when it came to Avataring. Aang: Go on. Kyoshi: Our firebending master/companion is a descendent of our previous Avatar's firebending companion. Aang: Oh neat! *remembers it's Sozin*....kinda..... Kyoshi: We've both had to deal with our previous Avatar's companion going evil and harming us, the current Avatar. Kuruk: Kyoshi we've talked about this- Kyoshi: How could you not see he was evil, Kuruk?! Kuruk: Kyoshi he hadn't turned evil yet! Kyoshi: HE KILLED MY FATHER! Kuruk: I know and I'm sorry! Kyoshi, back to Aang: We've both had to deal with the world being an absolute fuck fest because of our previous incarnations actions! Kuruk: Hey! That's not my fault, I had to clean up Yangchen's mess. Yangchen: Gimme a break, I had to deal with the same bs because of Szeto! Kyoshi: I fucking hate Szeto. Kuruk: I know Kyoshi, we all do. Yangchen: Glad he's in the ground. Aang: I don't hate Szeto. Kyoshi: Aang, not so fast. Szeto's probs the reason the Fire Nation is like that to begin with. He probs gave Sozin all those crazy ideas. Aang: ..... D: Aang: ....I think I might hate Szeto.

[johannesburchard]

"At a lord's court the girl would never have been considered anything but common, he knew. She had a round peasant face, a pug nose, and slightly crooked teeth, and her eyes were too far apart. Jon had noticed all that the first time he'd seen her, when his dirk had been at her throat. Lately, though, he was noticing some other things. When she grinned, the crooked teeth didn't seem to matter. And maybe her eyes were too far apart, but they were a pretty blue-grey color, and lively as any eyes he knew. Sometimes she sang in a low husky voice that stirred him. And sometimes by the cookfire when she sat hugging her knees with the flames waking echoes in her red hair, and looked at him, just smiling . . . well, that stirred some things as well." - Jon II, ASOS

"She had fallen wildly in love with Ser Waymar, she remembered dimly, but that was a lifetime ago, when she was a stupid little girl." - Alayne I, AFFC

[witchqueenvisenya]

Finally watched Dune 1 and 2 and I wish everyone who ever compared Paul to Daenerys is ingested by a sandworm like people will see any bitch with semi good hair commanding people and think they're Dany. Literally just based on nothing but wanting to justify Game of Thrones the absolute mother of all bad adaptations.

[velvetwyrme]

Ever wondered what the fictional protagonists of Distilling Destiny might look like? Well, here's my interpretation ;>!!

If you don't know what Distilling Destiny is, I suggest you go read Flipping Fate- the fanfic I'm co-writing :>! It's a fake book that exists within the world of FF- written by the one and only Stretch! (or, in real life: @collegecomics18 ;D)

(Additional notes and thoughts under the cut!)

There's no "canon" design for these characters, but I thought it'd be fun to try come up with some concepts :>! I actually drew these months ago with a gap between finishing each, so they all look slightly different stylistically lol

First off! Each design is associated with a playing card suit; the Knight is associated with HEARTS (♥️) , the Soothsayer with DIAMONDS (♦️) , and the Bard with CLUBS (♣). Not only can this be seen in small details, but also in their overall poses/shapes!

The shapes also correlate very neatly into the idea that all the characters are from different kingdoms- I would have tried to differentiate each kingdom's clothing style a bit more buuuuut that's... a lot of work, and we only really see a couple characters from each kingdom, so I just stuck with making each character feel distinct.

One thing I also tried to go for was making all of them "faceless" in various ways, since the characters in Distilling Destiny are embodied by their roles in a way that effectively strips them of any further identity; during the book club, the DD!characters are referred to as they are in the book- they HAVE no names, and are only referred to by their titles. They are also meant to correlate to/reflect the characters of Flipping Fate in a not-very subtle way, on account of Stretch being the author (and... [REDACTED]).

The Knight's armour references a LOT of things. Obviously, OG Papyrus' battle body (even his little blue shorts ;>), but the red plume on his helmet is meant to call back to Undyne, and some of the golden bits (e.g on the back of his gauntlets) are not only "heart" shaped, but are also reminiscent of tridents and thus Asgore and the Royal Guard.

The Soothsayer's clothes are patterned with diamonds and coins- they are both a connection to the reader/MC, but also!!! In tarot the "matching" suite for diamonds would be coins/pentacles :]!! The Bard's pipe is a fantasy equivalent of his FF counterpart's bad habits, and his blue accents are meant to be a small nod toward his brother LOL.

Anyway, this is already long as heck so why not make it longer! So here are the sketches that I did back in….. SEPTEMBER 2022?? kjdhfkjsf

You can see the original sketch for the Bard is much smaller than the other two since I did it while I was at work LMAO (plus the initial idea for the Knight I had, which ended up getting changed.)

Thank you for reading! If you got all the way down here, you probably deserve a little treat ;)!

So!! I mentioned at the beginning that each of the characters correspond to a card suit... which of course, means there is a spade as well.

(The only reason he's not in this lineup is because I haven't finished drawing him yet kjhfjgkjgkjfhgdskjg,,)

[apatheticnatureiskey]

{DS! APOTROPAIC!: Vesper & Paralysis}

YIPPEE!! Apotropaic art! 😍

Simple Explanation:

A mirror is found in an old storage room of JR. It radiated a magical energy that needed to be determined as “bad” or “good” so they kept it. Little did they know people from a different world would finally have the chance to escape. They used all of the power they needed to crack the glass and free themselves. Black smoke erupted from the creases as the mirror world parallels spread panic across the multiverse. The gas causes intense paranoia, hallucinations, and nightmares. Bunkers got put in order, but some were not as lucky to get there in time. JR put itself on lockdown, but that wasn’t enough. The parallels surrounded them… even if they went into their bunker. The employees got killed one by one, leaving their variants of each other to torment them.

I haven’t decided the true ending but it’s a pretty funky horror au :/

INFO (bc I doubt I’ll make references 💀):

Character Name - Dream Von Licht

Nickname - Vesper/Ves

Role - Protagonist?

Sexuality - Pansexual

Pronouns - he/him

Height - 6’3”

Physical Description - Has bruised wrists because Paralysis keeps grabbing them. 🙄

Personality - Kind of intimidating and deadpan. Very tired and stressed. It seems like he's upset all the time, which he kind of is. Still has his formality, but it's less than before. More likely to lash out than usual. Looks out of it more than the others cause Paralysis actively torments more than the other Parallels..

Age - 225+

Weakness - his listed fears, the hallucinations, lack of sleep, the bond between him an Paralysis (also Gloom but Paralysis gets beat up more lmao),

Fear - Agoraphobia (fear of leaving the house), Proditiophobia (fear of betrayal), Emetophobia (fear of vomiting or seeing other vomit), Catoptrophobia (fear/dislike of mirrors)

Weapon - Light/Claymore Sword

Likes - anything happy cause this man needs help // his friends :) // Champion // Ani // beating up the Parallels // Flinch // kids (wholesome)

Passions & Talents - He can fly // Bilingual // good at tracking //

Dislikes - Paralysis (🔫) // Mirrors // Touching his wings // Karens (despite them being rare in this situation) // Orbit // All the Parallels

Other - He found the mirror in a storage room, it looked a bit odd so he looked into it. After a while of it just radiating magic that was hard to decipher… he didn't see his reflection, he saw a horrible world with a bad version of him. After that, he wanted to lock it away and study it to keep everyone safe. But unfortunately, the parallels broke out and he thought wasn't careful enough. A small crack doomed their world, and it was all “because of him.” The nightmare fuel gas spread and the parallels escaped. JR was put on lockdown and he feels really guilty.

-Him and Paralysis (the mirror world version of him), do not get along. After all, he gives him nightmares, terrible hallucinations, and doesn't respect his boundaries. They're relationship is quite toxic and is basically fueled by hatred (Ves) and sadistic tendencies (Para).

-This place is very negative so his radiance/magic is weaker than normal. He also gets a ton of headaches/migraines because of this. :,)

-Flinch and Champion are the most important to him because they always help him in times of need. He'd be in a much worse mental state without them.

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Character Name - Mirror! Dream

Nickname - Paralysis

Role - Villain

Sexuality - Pansexual

Pronouns - he/him

Height - 6’2” or 6’0 without heels

Physical Description - ugly

Personality - A terrible person, cruel to everyone… even the other Parallels. He doesn't not care about others' boundaries, he's manipulative, and the worst person ever. Yet the parallels listen to him because they have no choice.

Age - 125

Weakness - Light,

Fear - Photophobia (light), Atychiphobia (fear of failure)

Weapon - Sword (normie 🙄)

Likes - Manipulation // bad stuff I don't wanna write // basically he's the worst person ever // Bluebell // Ruin & Umber //

Passions & Talents - Being shitty // being an evil ‘ruler’ //

Dislikes - Dream/Vesper (🔪❤️) // Not being in Control //

Other - N/A

*rewriting his horrible backstory probably never 😍* (might make him have a decent motive)

[fromtheseventhhell]

It took her back to her childhood, to long grey days at Riverrun. She remembered the godswood, drooping branches heavy with moisture, and the sound of her brother’s laughter as he chased her through piles of damp leaves. She remembered making mud pies with Lysa, the weight of them, the mud slick and brown between her fingers. They had served them to Littlefinger, giggling, and he’d eaten so much mud he was sick for a week. How young they all had been. (Catelyn V, AGOT) None of which stopped Arya, of course. One day she came back grinning her horsey grin, her hair all tangled and her clothes covered in mud, clutching a raggedy bunch of purple and green flowers for Father. Sansa kept hoping he would tell Arya to behave herself and act like the highborn lady she was supposed to be, but he never did, he only hugged her and thanked her for the flowers. (Sansa I, AGOT)

--

“He did not know you,” Ser Rodrik said after, wondering. “He saw a pair of mud-spattered travelers by the side of the road, wet and tired. It would never occur to him to suspect that one of them was the daughter of his liege lord. I think we shall be safe enough at the inn, Ser Rodrik.” (Catelyn V, AGOT) “What were you doing to that cat, boy?” Myrcella asked again, sternly. To her brother she said, “He’s a ragged boy, isn’t he? Look at him.” She giggled. “A ragged dirty smelly boy,” Tommen agreed. They don’t know me, Arya realized. They don’t even know I’m a girl. Small wonder; she was barefoot and dirty, her hair tangled from the long run through the castle, clad in a jerkin ripped by cat claws and brown roughspun pants hacked off above her scabby knees. You don’t wear skirts and silks when you’re catching cats. (Arya III, AGOT)

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Her two older brothers had both died in infancy, so she had been son as well as daughter to Lord Hoster until Edmure was born. Then her mother had died and her father had told her that she must be the lady of Riverrun now, and she had done that too. And when Lord Hoster promised her to Brandon Stark, she had thanked him for making her such a splendid match. (Catelyn VI, ACOK) “And Arya, well…Ned’s visitors would oft mistake her for a stableboy if they rode into the yard unannounced. Arya was a trial, it must be said. Half a boy and half a wolf pup. Forbid her anything and it became her heart’s desire. She had Ned’s long face, and brown hair that always looked as though a bird had been nesting in it. I despaired of ever making a lady of her. She collected scabs as other girls collect dolls, and would say anything that came into her head. (Catelyn VII, ACOK)

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He had forgotten Catelyn, until the iron brazier came crashing into the back of his head. Helmed as he was, the blow did no lasting harm, but it sent him to his knees. “Brienne, with me,” Catelyn commanded. The girl was not slow to see the chance. A slash, and the green silk parted. They stepped out into darkness and the chill of dawn. Loud voices came from the other side of the pavilion. “This way,” Catelyn urged, “and slowly. We must not run, or they will ask why. Walk easy, as if nothing were amiss.” (Catelyn IV, ACOK) It was the scariest thing she’d ever done. She wanted to run and hide, but she made herself walk across the yard, slowly, putting one foot in front of the other as if she had all the time in the world and no reason to be afraid of anyone. She thought she could feel their eyes, like bugs crawling on her skin under her clothes. Arya never looked up. If she saw them watching, all her courage would desert her, she knew, and she would drop the bundle of clothes and run and cry like a baby, and then they would have her. She kept her gaze on the ground. By the time she reached the shadow of the royal sept on the far side of the yard, Arya was cold with sweat, but no one had raised the hue and cry. (Arya IV, AGOT)

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“I’m almost a man grown, and a king—your king, ser. And I don’t fear Jaime Lannister. I defeated him once, I’ll defeat him again if I must, only …” He pushed a fall of hair out of his eyes and gave a shake of the head. “I might have been able to trade the Kingslayer for Father, but …” “… but not for the girls?” Her voice was icy quiet. “Girls are not important enough, are they?” (Catelyn I, ACOK) That much was true, Arya knew. Knights were captured and ransomed all the time, and sometimes women were too. But what if Robb won’t pay their price? She wasn’t a famous knight, and kings were supposed to put the realm before their sisters. And her lady mother, what would she say? Would she still want her back, after all the things she’d done? Arya chewed her lip and wondered. (Arya IV, ASOS)

Some parallels between Arya and Catelyn that I noticed during my re-read. It's interesting to see not only how similar they are, but also see how many moments they have that directly mirror each other.

[paarthursass]

love playing dragon age inquisition and hearing an NPC in redcliffe ask his mother (after admitting he’s had dreams that make him think he might be a mage) if she would still love him if he were a mage.  in the game that tries to “both sides” the issue of mages vs templars. 

[onebigowlhouseobsession]

Thinking about Cassie and Compton again and the very beginnings of their friendship.

Compton, once he gets to Green Needle Gulch, has very recently been to jail and is not proud of that fact. He is afraid of being judged and hated for what he did, and, you know, I think about what that might have meant for these two. Ford brings back this guy who apparently had some "trouble with the law" and everyone has questions, everyone is curious, but no one asks. And despite that he still feels judged.

I think about how Cassie was one of the first ones to tell Compton that it's fine, and it doesn't really matter. She doesn't ignore the elephant in the room, silent about the topic until someone else brings it up. She tells him, outright, that it isn't important.

"I have a somewhat checkered past myself," She says, flippantly, and she does not judge him. "It's not like that," Compton says, anxious and in a rush, because he doesn't want her to get the wrong idea.

And Cassie looks at him and says, "that doesn't matter."

"What matters is who you are now," She tells him, confidently.

Thinking about the idea that Cassie is the one who teaches Compton about self-forgiveness, and that she is the one who shows him the importance of re-invention when it comes to identity. That no one is one thing. He isn't just one thing, and he doesn't have to feel ashamed forever.

He can improve. He can be the best version of himself, and that is what people will see.

I think she is one of the people who refuses to look down on him. She vibes with him at a time when Compton feels very, very vulnerable. And I think that's an essential pillar to the foundation of their friendship. There are others, but that's one of them.

Anyway, TL;DR: Funny joke "I was once a criminal" Cassie O'Pia doesn't bat an eye when Ford brings back this tiny, box shaped little guy who has been known to accidentally blow his lid-- and was recently in jail. Thusly, the beginning of a beautiful friendship.

[burnedstrawhat]

gifs and hair bob 🐇

[littlebittykittycommittee]

More "not explicit proof of Good Chara but damn it adds so much that to me it is":

The fucked up parallel of Chara in Asriel's body TRYING to kill the humans they hate but being held back by Asriel and in Pacifist ultimately changing for the better, trying to honor Asriel-as-himself's dying actions by helping a human navigate the Underground and even befriending them and finding hope again from Frisk's actions, helping them save the world

.... compared to Chara in Frisk's body being FORCED to kill the monsters they love because the player is forcing that on them and in Kill All ultimately turning into an indiscriminately murderous shell of themself, maxing out their LV to protect themself and taking Asriel-as-Flowey's wish to kill everyone and erase the world to heart

Which again like was it INTENDED?? Idk man, but it yields up a cool complex lil Chara and I love that. I want to pin a little medal on them and give them a hat. They're so fun if read as non malicious and full of potential for growth and change!! (like ALL these characters are, like have you SEEN them. they all change. SOME of them more than others *coughcough Asriel*) (but yeah the idea that the only thing Chara took from Asriel's death was that they hate him and monsters too now and they are unmoved by Pacifist and Kill All doesn't change them, just appeals to them because they like murder.... that means they don't change at all, ever, in their life or their death and they are instead the most static, boring, flat, shallow villain in Undertale lmao. C'monnnn.) (Let them be the dead kid who had a change of heart! Let them react and change in response to our actions in the game world as much as the other characters do!)

[sillyfudgemonkeys]

"Honorary Water Tribe member"

Kuruk: I think we should claim Kyoshi as an "Honorary Water Tribe" member. Kyoshi: What the fuck are you talking about? Korra: Yeah Kuruk, I don't really get it. Aang: Yeah if anyone is going to be one, it should be me! I'm at least married to someone from the Water Tribe! Heck, even Yangchen counts. Yangchen: You all keep my private life out of this! Kyoshi: Yangchen, quick, what do we do when we're hit with allegations?! Yangchen: Deny, deny, deny. Blame it on spirits! Kyoshi: No! We take accountability! Yangchen: You stay in your lane, I'll stay in mine. Kuruk, please elaborate. Kuruk: Thank you, Yangchen. As I was saying. I think Kyoshi should be labeled as a member of the tribe! Roku: I mean, as Avatar's we technically belong to all the nations- Kuruk: That's not what I mean! Kyoshi: Then what the hell do you mean????? Kuruk: What I mean is, Kyoshi you've inherited some key features from me, my wife, and Kavik. Kyoshi:............................. Yangchen:.............................. Korra, Aang, Roku: ???????? Kyoshi: Hey Yangchen..... Yangchen: ...... Kyoshi: He's talking about your boy, you want to stop him? Yangchen: My boy? I don't have a boy. Kavick? Who's he? I'm leaving. Leave me out of this. Kyoshi: Damn, denying that poor boy of an existence, the hell do I have in common with him? Kuruk: You're both the subbiest bottoms I've ever met. Kyoshi: ......................................... Kyoshi: Kuruk, what do you want to say to your wife? Kuruk: What- Kyoshi: Kuruk, tell me what you want to tell your wife. Because I will find Koh and relay the message, after I FUCKING RIP YOUR SPINE OUT THROUGH YOUR THROAT- Kuruk, pulls Kyoshi into a one arm bear hug: THAT'S MY GIRL! Look at that bloodlust! You got that from me! Kyoshi: ?????! Kuruk: You also got my amazing game too! Dripping with rizz and you don't even try! Like c'mon! Nyahitha even says we're basically twins! Kyoshi: Kuruk shut- Kuruk: And same taste in the ladies~! uwu Kyoshi: ........................................................ Korra: She's going to kill him. Kyoshi: I'm going to kill him. Kuruk: You also have my wife's face, so I think that qualifies too! Kyoshi: Get off of me. Kuruk: Korra, you also inherited Rangi's wishes for Kyoshi! A castle, guards, people love you! Korra: Heh, so that means they're my great-grandmas? Kuruk: Exactly! Korra: You know what? I kinda feel a kinship with her, esp with Kuvira and Chin. Damn, I didn't realize Kyoshi had so much in common with us. Kuruk: I know! From our looks, to our personality, or our vibe. She deserves to be part of our Tribe! Kyoshi: None of you are making any sense. Let go of me and go do whatever you want. I'm leaving! Yangchen! Wait up!

[pressradio]

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[henrysglock]

Actual image of me being so incredibly normal about people mischaracterizing Henry

He either gets conflated with Edward or reduced to uwu stabby stabby murder bf…He Is Neither Of These Things…

[voidfell]

FROM THE INBOX: "I made a nest for you. You can sleep in that, if you want." dio and cody! / @mutagn

"Oh-- thank you."

The fact that his first thought conjured the mental image of a literal nest definitely made it all the more obvious that Cody needed to sleep. Except, sleep was the last thing on his mind, and no amount of common sense was actually going to convince him to take a rest.

"In a minute, I just need to work this out."

[cheemken]

Knight I know I already asked this twice with the Villain Diantha AU and the Villain Champions AU, but cmon you gotta admit that dramatic reveals are great

So, Villain Iris meeting her normal self, or even all the champions. Gonna fuck em up to know that if they hadn’t been there for Iris when she was really feeling down, then she would’ve ended up like Villain Iris

God imagine Villain Iris telling them how she killed Ghetsis and brought Team Plamsa to victory, and how she killed each and everyone one of them except Lance and Diantha for trying to stop her reign over Unova

HHHHFFNBFDNNDNCDM YOUR HONOUR PLEASE THAT WOULD BREAK THEM

Fuck imagine how proud she is tho. Imagine how fucking proud she is of herself, and normal Iris is there terrified of her, almost calling out Haxorus. The other champions couldn't even fucking believe what villain Iris was saying cause there is no way, no fucking way could she kill someone. How could Iris, their sweet and caring Iris, ever harm anyone???

But that wasn't their Iris, no, ofc she wasn't. It's an Iris in another time, another universe, one where they have been so so fucking careless, one where they weren't there for her, one where they actually failed not as champions but as friends, as family. And god imagine that look in Iris' eyes, how her smile twisted in a manic grin, going in full detail just how she got Ghetsis killed, and no one even thanked her for it.

God just bcmdnd villain Iris telling normal Iris how she and Bianca are together, and that piqued Iris' interest bc holy shit, her crush actually liked her back! But like, the more villain Iris tells her abt her and Bianca, the more Iris believes that Bianca was just forced to love her, which isn't really false, as villain Iris did force her.

And just hckxbxmx

Yo Lance and Diantha tho chdmdn

God imagine them being so fucking terrified at what their daughter could've become. Villain Iris was a monster, heartless and cruel and could not give a single fuck if she kills anyone. Hellbent in believing on the concept of destiny, even going on how she was a god.

"but.. you're proud of me right? You're happy for me right?" Villain Iris asked them, voice wavering, "mom.. dad.. I'm.. I'm a hero now, right?"

You know it would break Diantha more tho,,, if she and Iris had a talk abt her being a hero too, how Dia said the same things Drasna said to her when she was younger, that she'll be a hero, a hero better than LucarioMan. And Diantha saying the same thing to Iris, that she'll be a hero too, a hero better than Unova's original heroes. Imagine if in the villain au they also had that talk NCKDDMDBDMD

OUGH FUCK THE VILLAIN AU IRIS AND DIANTHA PARALLELS MAN FUCK NCMDND

[kuroshika]

"abigail didn't deserve hannibal or will" ARGHHBARKBARKBARKBARKBARKBARKBARKBARKBARKBARKBARKBARKBARKBARKBARKBARKBARKBARKBARKBA