#(dang it's been a while since I've drawn him)

[mewkwota]

Dad's side of the family is quite the handful (to Lan's pinchable face), but you need to make time to visit them every so often. Yes, that line consists of nearly all their robot uncles and aunties. Good luck, Lan.

[uwukillmenowowo]

I was in my class, break time, playing CRK and "Love in Paradise" came up.

AT THE SAME I PULLED WIND ARCHER COOKIE AND I WAS LAUGHING SO FUCKING HARD THE TEACHER SCOLDED ME

Love in the Wind

[Yandere! Wind Archer Cookie x Human! Reader]

Notes:

Reader is female

Reader is a hardcore CRK player.

Buys all the limited packs, saves her gems for Super Epic+ cookies

Etc Etc Etc

But something went... wrong...

When Wind Archer first came out, you were the first to get him and his legendary costume.

You showed him much more love than you have any other cookie. Absolutely maxing him out until he had 1 Million combat power on his own. You got very lucky with the RNG.... Dang...

On the other hand... He loved it.

When he first came, he was already told how he was simply part of a game.

But after experiencing all your affection... He felt something in his code go wrong.

He started admiring you from beyond the screen, making sure his dialogue greeted you first.

Seeing you get all excited all over him flustered him beyond belief.

That's when things got bad.

The others cookies noticed Wind Archer acting out of place.

In turn the others starting acting out too, wanting to be a part of your team, wanting to be useful for their user.

Wind Archer did not like that... and decided to do something drastic

The Unthinkable happened... You were baking a cake when you couldn't find your phone. You looked around desperately since you needed to do your daily tasks. But that's when you heard a loud explosion. That's when you realized that you dropped your phone in the oven. the last thing you saw was your phone glitching all shades of green.

{Second POV}

~~~~~

Waking up slowly, you found yourself in an unfamiliar... yet familiar place. Sitting up, you were shocked to see yourself in clothes that you know all too well. After all, you designed it after Wind Archer Cookie's Legendary costume. "Morning Sleepyhead. You've been resting for a while."

You recognized the voice instantly. When you looked to where the voice came from, you saw the familiar green frosting. Stammering over your words, you stared at Wind Archer Cookie in shock, confusion, but most of all, amazement. "Are you... Real..?" You tilted your head. Wind Archer chuckled softly and sat beside you on the grass. "I swear I thought you were dead when you were laying in the soil."

You sweatdropped and rubbed the back of your neck. "Did you know you talk in your sleep?" Blushing in embarrassment, you chuckled and shook your head no. "Tell me though, who's [User]" In shock, you looked away. That was your username in Cookie Run Kingdom. Does hat mean that all the cookies you have are sentient..? "My... Player name..."

Wind Archer Cookie just smiled. "Anyways I've got all your could want here, all you can need here, just you and me my dear, my love for life!" You gasped at what Wind Archer said. "Wha- I-I'm not that" you blushed and looked away. Only for Wind Archer to suddenly be behind you and hug you tight. "I'm what you want here, I'm what you need dear, Just you and me my Love in Paradise! Now til' the end of time, From here on out you're mine. All mine~"

Flinching, you back up. "Yeah- No I can't stay here that's a fact- Are you sure this ain't a trap?" Wind Archer smirked and moved closer to you. "How cute of you to think, but last I checked, our codes are linked." You felt pale as you bit your lip. "Code?" "You're adorable~" Wind archer pat your head. "Our codes are connected due to your game crashing down on our heads but fear not cuz you're not dead. 'Cause I got all you could want here, all you could need dear, Under my spell, we're stuck in paradise. No one can come or go. My palace stays unknown-"

"No- No..." You look around in desperation to find a way to get out. "I don't belong here! There's something wrong here! I won't be drawn to Love in Paradise- not til the end of time there is no way-" Backing up on the bed, you were simply followed by Wind Archer.

"You're mine~! All mine~!"

I thought of this on the spot- I love this song and I--

WAHDBAWBDHLKHAWDNBJB

I may have made multiple mistakes but ehhhh.....

[ell-arts]

hey Ella if Pac man and Cylindria had kids what will their design be and their names?

just curious and I am also a Pac man x cylindria shipper as well and has been my favorite otp since I watched the show

Oooooo I love this question 👀

Dang, if only I had some designs drawn out to show... one day I will!

So, some context first; I've actually already envisioned their kids a long time ago and already had oc's for them. Three, to be exact. They were made several years ago and were only shared in some old friend groups. But since their designs are quite old, I'd like to give them a redesign before I reveal them publically.

So no art to show yet, sadly. But I can share a bit about their names and personalities 👀 They each have nicknames!

Zachary - Named after his grandfather, Zaccy is the firstborn and only son of Pac and Cyli. He is a Yellow One like his dad, but takes after his mom in being smart and witty - definitely to the point of being a smartass, as his sister would tell you. His main hobby is reading books and annoying his sisters, but he also enjoys playing a few rounds of pac-pong with his family. While he does enjoy poking fun at his sisters, he actually sees them as his best friends and would give his life to protect them. He goes by Zac most of the time, but sometimes he is also called Zaccy as a fond nickname - paying homage to when Pac was called Paccy as a child. Appearance: Yellow skin, black hair, pinkish purple eyes. Personality: A goofball and a walking encyclopedia in one package. Witty and sociable, with a bit of a competitive streak.

Ovaline - Pac and Cyli's eldest daughter, who mostly goes by Ova. Unlike her father and brother, and very atypical of Yellow Ones in general, Ova has never really had a big appetite. She loves animals and dreams of becoming a vet one day. She often buds heads with Zac and gets into fights with him, but they always have each other's backs. Ova inherited her grandmother's red hair, and has a tomboyish flare like her mother. Despite this, she is a total daddy's girl. Appearance: Yellow skin, red hair, pink eyes Personality: A bit stubborn and ambitious, but fiercely loyal and valiant. She is a team player through and through.

Sylvaniel - Nicknamed Sylvi, she is the youngest sister and the only one out of her siblings who is pink - in fact, she is the spitting image of her mother. Soft-spoken and introverted, Sylvi is often shy around new people, but turns into a warm and optimistic force once you spend time with her. She often takes the role of peacekeeper between her brother and sister's fighting (but don't be fooled; she's been pulled into their shenanigans on more than one occasion). She was named after a princess from Cyli's favourite book. Appearance: Pink skin, black hair, blue eyes Personality: Though she may be shy and quiet, she is incredibly humble and has an aptitude for cooking. A cinnamon roll with a big heart and a gentle spirit.

[annymation]

Taking advantage of the fact that you enjoy writing about AU (I love reading them)

I would ask you what you think a conversation between Star Asha and Star Aster would be like.

But I think they would rather spend it singing and dancing in the air

Dang ya'll really be here giving me scenarios I didn't even think of, Star!Asha and Aster two cutie sunshine children, their adorableness would be unmatched!

So let's see how that'd go!

Asha and Aster are both two stars in the sky, with one thing in common, they're both fascinated by earth.

Space may be infinitely huge, but news spread fast among the stars, and when they hear about one another, they both begin their search to find each other, find someone that thinks like them, someone that will listen to their endless ramblings about how amazing earth is.

Eventually, they do meet, Asha sees a small and young star just like her, floating around as he gazes down on the distant blue and green planet she's so fascinated by

(Imagine that their physical human forms are kinda ghostly drawn around their shiny star center, since they're in the sky and star's only take a human form when they come to earth)

"Umm excuse me..." Asha mumbles shyly "Are you... That star who has only been wished upon once?"

Aster didn't turn his gaze away from earth yet, but upon hearing that question they couldn't help but roll their eyes, thinking this is just another brighter star with nothing better to do than to make fun of him "... Yup, the one and only. It's not like all of us get to be bright and visible" he blurts out frustratingly while still looking down

Asha kinda understands where his tone is coming from, as she feels the same frustration "Yeah I know that feeling, my light is also very weak... And I too only got wished upon once"

That caught Aster's attention. He turns around to see her.

The two now face to face stop for a moment of surprise and awe, seeing how beautiful their "auras" are.

Asha continues, while approaching the other star slowly "I've been waiting for another one, any wish that could take me down there" Asha points to the planet bellow them "So I could see up close, all the things they build, the music they play, the flowers they plant..."

Aster shines brighter upon listening to her, she spoke like she could read his thoughts "Y-yeah! I always wanted to see the flowers too! And the rivers, the sea, all the animals-"

"THE ANIMALS! Yes! Oh what would I give to pet a sheep, they look so fluffy like the clouds!" Asha gushes over her dream, the star is blinking like she can't contain her own exccitment

"OH MY GALAXY, I KNOW RIGHT???" Aster is overjoyed, finally someone in this vast space that sees the beauty of the little things in that planet.

The two stars go on for hours on end, sharing all their passions and dreams of what they'd do one day when they got wished upon... But now that they've found each other, suddenly living in space isn't so boring anymore.

[professor-amaryllis]

[a gift arrives to amy's current doorstep! it seems to be a carefully wrapped box with an assortment of unovan sweets inside; buried deep within it are two bottles of mead; a very standard mead, and what seems to be one with a small kick of figy berry spice.

inside is a small, poorly drawn card of ren hugging amy.

"Happy Palentine's Day, Dad! Heehee, I couldn't pass up the chance to send ya this when I saw they had it in the lil Cafe I've been frequentin', and I managed to score ya a few bottles!

Blueberry Academy's been treatin' me real well--I don't think I got the chance to tell ya, they're lettin' me oversee a project about introducin' Orthworm into one of the Biomes and I'm so! Heckin'!! Excited!!! It's a small project right now, but I'm so determined to see this through and make sure these worms can thrive out here, and coexist with everything here too! It's givin' me a lot of good research too, and Blueberry offers no real shortage of experiences here on the daily.

Lulu's been doin' great, but you should really see Bouton now! The lil guy's comin' into his own so well! Coriander's been gettin' started on some work becomin' a physical therapy Pokemon, and I've never been more proud of her! Soba's been a delight--I don't think you've met him yet, I gotta introduce you to this guy, and I got a Huntail attached to me (long story) I'm considerin' raisin'; she's a sweetie, real lovebug, though I'm a lil worried about raisin' a whole new type of Pokemon for sure. Like I said, though; no shortages of experiences here! That's for dang sure!

I definitely gotta come visit again at some point! Especially since there'll be less harrowin' circumstances!!! If you ever happen to swing by Blueberry, please please please lemme know! But I wanted to you to know I'm doin' good, and I just gotta know how you're doin'! Tell me whenever ya get the chance, yeah?

Love you bunches, Ren 🪱"

Ah what a wonderful thing to receive, I absolutely adore this card it's going on my corkboard for sure!

Honestly I can't even say how proud I am of you! this is a huge project to be taken on, even if you say that it's a small think, take it from an ecologist, I know well the work and research it takes to introduce a new species to an established ecosystem- even an artificial one. Don't downplay your achievements, dear, they're something to be proud of. I can see already that you're going to have quite the promising career in whatever direction that this leads you.

You know that you're always welcome at the lab, and I would love to see you. I know it's been a long while but I am finally back in goldenrod, maybe i can take you to that cafe you like again when you have the time. :) I would love to sit down and hear about all of the updates with the team and these new members as well! As much as you may be nervous I have every confidence that you will be able to adapt to caring for this new team member if you do decide that's what would be best for both you and them. You've shown great adaptation to Bouton despite never raising a poison type before, and i know that you are more than capable of the work and research, though i'll always be here for support if you need it.

Love you always, - Dad

[junkyardheroes]

oh dang its been a while since i've drawn Brioche, huh? maybe i should give him a open button-up and rolled up sleeves. give him a way to holster those guns lol

[sdyuteiaok]

Dang, so close to turning around a 0-2 start in today's draft, but I idiotically didn't factor in his goblin saccing to damage my guy so that trample damage could be just enough for lethal from a adapted Oozewagg. The Oozewagg was vexing the whole match because it enabled trample on his huge Chrysalis, meaning I had to respect it throughout since he was representing a lot of damage if I couldn't put up enough toughness against those two, as well as fend off his other big guys. I had a ton of Spawns that could chump, so everything else seemed fine for blocking, since nothing else trampled, but I just totally disregarded the damage-trample interaction, and I even had the solution (I believe--I can't exactly recall the damage I could absorb from the Chrysalis with 4 damage tacked on). But I believe I coulda survived the turn to win the next turn, either by damage, since he sent the team with negligible blockers, or by topdecking one of many solutions. He had three cards in deck, and I had so many answers, including the BR dualland which woulda just milled him out, but also I had the bite that gains life, and something else, if I recall. Anyway, if I'd put my Psychic Frog on the Oozewag in addition to my 7/7 Eldrazi, I could lose my hand for an additional 5 toughness at least, on top of the Frog's 2, so that wouldn't have been a problem, and he had no hand, so there were no tricks to play around--everything was on board. I had my third Chrysalis in hand waiting to go, though I coulda discarded it to the Frog if necessary. So frustrating--the game was so much of a staring contest, while we kept adding to the board with reachers and even flyers, and my board was definitely favored, since for a while I was using my U vehicle to generate energy or tap his Chrysalis every other turn--he eventually had to use his protection spell to just kill it, which was crucial, and then he played a Sphinx to tap down both my huge, reaching Chrysalises. I do wonder if I coulda stood to skip a couple taps since he was not looking confident in attacking for a couple turns anyway, and that woulda drawn me to some more action. I also had the decision point of playing the 1G mill4-grab1-spawn1, but I was worried I'd mill one of my game-winners since they were all non-permanent spells I wouldn't be able to pick up, and then I would also get closer to decking myself. Man, maybe I gotta get 17 lands since it's now been a couple games where I've wanted to go back and review the tape. I was so bummed by the poor start, but the draft was a little wacky, anyway, starting with the Frog and eventually getting 3 Chrysalsis. But I could never draw any of these reliably early. They would have been dominating if I were able to chain them. And I also didn't have too many huge plays--I coulda used maybe one more gigantic thing to cast. Man. Definitely want to review the draft, though, which I discovered is still a free feature on Untapped, you just have to click the show-draft button rather than simply scroll down, as you used to be able to. Anyway, grateful to scrape out 4 wins, especially after the terrible start, but man, I'm pretty sure that at least 5 were possible--and that woulda been the crucial infinitivo, too. But at least we have enough for another draft tomorrow, with still plenty left for the battle passes. Just gotta hope nothing crucial's in the shop for a couple days, while we build back our gold count to at least 10k.

[sysig]

Hello there! Request for Ralsei carving a pumpkin?? 🎃

Day 29 - Flower!

[marcethegeek]

UPTURNING INK POTS PT.1

I got major inspo while reading Upturning Ink Pots, written by @wolfythewitch. I wanted to test myself with pen and just flipping of my toxic trait of second guessing my work, but pardon the messiness. It's been a while since I've drawn with just pen and there is like 5 pages.

Ey! EY! SPOILERS AHEAD! I WAS SKETCHING WHILE I READ! READ IT! https://archiveofourown.org/works/35507287/chapters/89455570?utf8=%E2%9C%93&selected_id=88511635&commit=Go

Got like, 6 pages, too. Dang.

If you're wondering (or can tell) that Phil's clothes look different, I kinda visualized him in his own cosplay, it had this more feudal look that related to the setting in my thoughts. So man's looks like this:

[beboped1]

Reaper Man

I'll admit up front that real life interfered with me reading this book. I left my copy in an airport, then picked it up on Kindle on my phone but I hate reading on my phone, then finished it a week later after getting a new hard copy. So there's a slight asterisk here, since that might have influenced my takeaways from the book.

Reaper Man

First Read: High School

Verdict then: I love this Death guy! I honestly barely remember any of the rest of it.

Verdict now: A very good book held back by a lack of thematic coherence, but dang the philosophy here is so good I almost don't care.

Reaper Man is the first book we get the "true" Death character - one wholly identifiable as the same person who we'll see in Soul Music, Hogfather, and in bits of so many other books to come. Color of Magic has really a wholly different character, Mort has an incoherent, poorly executed attempt, but here in Reaper Man we get the real thing. Death is so compelling in this that the Poons plot feels thin and simple by comparison.

There's really two books in one here - one about Windle Poons getting another chance to live, and one about Death becoming and unbecoming Bill Door. They aren't connected in any direct way, instead being interspersed to help improve the pacing of both stories. The primary weakness of this book is that there we don't get the conceit or thematic purity of Moving Pictures or Guards, Guards here - the two stories don't interact, and don't really reinforce each other either. They're connected by a theme of "making the most of the time we have", but the way they tackle that theme is so disconnected that they never gelled together for me.

The Windle Poons arc is decent, but isn't one of Pratchett's best. There's a resurgence of some old habits I didn't really like here, specifically around letting a funny and wacky idea get away from him and ending up with a bunch of scenes that don't add up to much of anything. The whole living mall sequence, while written well, and utterly hilarious in many places, doesn't end up feeling like it does anything for the book as a whole. To the contrary, the out-there wackiness of it clashed jarringly for me against the grounding of the Bill Door arc, especially in the respective climaxes. The side characters here really carry the show - Mrs. Cake, Schleppel, and Ludmilla are all wonderfully drawn, and the Dean getting possessed by the spirit of Sylvester Stallone is great. I did end up wishing that the undead group could have their own book though - it feels like Reg in particular got shortchanged.

The Bill Door arc, on the other hand, is among Pratchett's finest. Grounding the story in Mrs. Flitworth, the farm, and the town was a genius move - it took what could have been abstract or unmotivated and instead made it concrete and inevitable. Mrs. Flitworth really is the axis around which the whole arc turns, and she's just perfectly built by Pratchett to carry that load. She's the anti-existentalist, who resolutely pulls Death out of his crisis. No Camus or Sartre here - Renata is too busy getting on with living to bother.

I keep coming back to two scenes in my mind - Bill Door saving the little girl from the fire, and their final dance. The way those character moments are both necessary, and surprising. The way that Death - and the reader - come out of the experience with a new understanding, empathy, and pride in humanity. The way that Renata rejects all Death's gifts except to dance, to continue to live her life as she has chosen to do so for so many years. As he so often does, Pratchett takes a wacky premise and, in that inimitable way of his, slips some powerful life lessons right past your defenses.

To get a bit personal here, my first child was born right at the beginning of the pandemic. Between that and the pandemic, I've found myself mired on and off in intrusive thoughts about death and dying for the last couple years. Lots of rumination on what it's like to die and what's after, if anything. I'm glad that I got to reread this book in that context, because so much of what Bill Door struggles with resonated strongly with me. We only get so much time here, and we don't know how much time that is. We can try to extend it, but what's the point of extending it if we don't make the most of it? I'm writing this with tears in my eyes, thinking "yeah, of course. People give up their time for others all the time. It's what makes us human. It's a celebration." I'm not sure this comfort will make any sense to anyone else - but I am sure of my gratitude for Pratchett's words.

[sindumpster]

I haven't actually drawn him yet because rip i can't draw for the death of me dkdhdkdj- but yeah in my head he looks similar to your dragons prolly cuz i've followed you for so long? Lmao since like 2018? He's basically like a hybrid of Toni and Jake and it's hilarious-

Lol no worries or pressure. Though if you ever do I would love to see :>

Also dang you have been here a while. Guess you qualify for that senior discount //shot

Ngl that does sound hilarious tho, like I can only imagine how chaotic a meld of those two would be haha. Worst awful gluttonous delusional murder prettyboi I love it.

But forreal no shame in taking inspo, subconscious or not. If anything it makes me happy to see others being inspired and having fun. I love seeing what others create, esp if I’ve helped in any way.

[nb-n0v4]

okay i gotta know, whats the observer's Lore.. they look so cool i wanna know more abt them!!

oooh ok *rubs hands together*

this got surprisingly long so under a cut it goes!

So! Firstly, he is in fact for another dr who AU, which will surprise no one who's been on my blog longer than 5 minutes. Basically what he came from was, I've always been fascinated with the concept of like, eldritch and cosmic horror and specifically cosmic horrors attempting to blend in with humanity (or in this case human-adjacent beings lmao)

So that's what the Observer is! He's a cosmic being that, upon finding itself being hunted by the Time Lords, decided to hide itself right under their noses by weaving itself into and taking over the timeline of the Doctor with the reasoning that, with it's foresight as a near omnipotent entity, it knows that then they couldn't get rid of it without basically destabilizing the universe.

I always planned on having him be uncanny valley, since I really enjoy the trope of something trying just a little too hard to be human and coming off as vaguely horrifying because of it, and then I watched the mandala catalogue and then I really got ideas.

The Observer as I've drawn it now is one that has no need to hide from the Time Lords at present, since they've been locked away in their pocket dimension post time-war. I like to think that it was kinda slow in getting to the point of how he looks and stuff now, with it slowly becoming more obvious as the regenerations go on that something ain't quite right, as he starts to become more aware of his, I guess, second nature.

Cause the thing is he didn't truly awaken to what he was until he looked into the untempered schism, and even after that it took a while to fully comprehend what that meant, and honestly even now he hasn't fully grasped it. It's an interesting situation of being aware that he's cosmically and dimensionally much bigger than he seems but being too limited in some ways to fully experience it. Him attempting to fully comprehend the bigger more cosmic part of himself is difficult at best and downright impossible at worst.

It leads to a lot of funky moments of depersonalization/disassociation and he's got a bunch of piercings that I haven't drawn him with yet and like fidget rings and stuff to help with that, as well as some tats.

There are a lot of moments where it leaks through though, and I spent a lot of time wondering like, what are things that could be uncanny about him without it being super obvious yknow, and eventually I landed on a couple of things.

Firstly, and most noticeably, he got too many got dang teeth. If I ever bothered to count them it's supposed four extra on the top and bottom. He's also got no canines, but other than that his teeth are normal.

The second thing is that shadows tend to act weird around him. they group heavy around his eyes and sometimes his shadow seems to move by itself.

Third is that his face is totally symmetrical, and his measurements are like, too proportional. Like y'know how when you draw figures there are base rules for roughly what you could expect the width of the shoulders, length of the arms and legs, etc. to be? His are like, perfectly proportional. this is least likely to show up in my work cause I'm definitely not that good lmao

and finally, his pupils! They're always super dilated, and I actually have a reason for this one! I can't remember where I read it, I think it may have been on the wiki, but I remembered seeing that Time Lords basically can dilate/contract their pupils consciously, which like, wack. And the Observer doesn't rely to heavily on outside stimuli cause he's got the whole higher being thing going on and it kinda fucks with his sensory processing something awful on a good day. So he doesn't rely on input from his eyes to see much, instead relying on timelines and shit, which means he doesn't really keep track of his eyes/keeps em covered so, big-ass pupils.

no this isn't just an excuse to project my sensory processing onto a character what are you talking about haha

Anyway this got super fucking long but in terms of like, story lore, I may write some snippets but there's definitely a heavier pull towards sci-fi horror with this dude, with a decent amount of analogue horror just for funsies ❤️electronics from before the 30th century tend to go haywire around him, which is always fun. Y'know, incomprehensible messages that may or may not drive you to madness if you listen/look at them for too long flashing on glitching screens and leaking out of the nearby radio.

He does admittedly lean into this a little bit, since he does find it kinda funny to watch people get creeped out, but he usually dials it back before any real harm is done. Unless someone pisses him off. I have a whole scene rattling around in this old noggin of a kidnapped Rose and Jack, a very angry Observer, and a compound wide intercom that hey, the weird grabled noises in the background of him talking aren't getting louder . . . are they?

[purplerose244]

My thoughts on Seabound!!! 🌊🌊🌊 (3/4)

SPOILERS ALERT!!!

Yep yep yep, I'm liking this season a lot! 😍 Although I hope we'll get into a more frantic situation now, like with more battles and more bonding moments (Nya and Maya hopefully, but with Bentho too 🦈🦈🦈)! We got half a season to go, I'M READY!! 😎😎

Alright, here we go!

GENERAL THOUGHTS

I do like the season a lot, maybe MoM was a little more cohesive? Idk but it's not a big complain, I still love it so far 😍

Also maybe I would've liked more interactions between Nya and Maya about how they've been apart for so long, they had a chit chat but I would've loved even more. Maybe with Nya saying that it was fine and she grew up only to realize she is still hurt by that, even though it wasn't Maya's fault. I still like how they did it, I wished there was more that's it 🤷‍♀️

While I do make sense to Maya's behavior, that while it seems a little different from Hands of Time it had its logic in my opinion, maybe Ray feels a little weird? He seems less courageous than before, and it was established that he is a hothead like his son so that came off as unusual 🤔🤔

But I do love the fact that he's here and he's bonding with his son, for real, I've been waiting for this for so long so I'm happy nonetheless 🤩

Maybe I'm just easy to please and I take all I can get idk 😅

THE STORM AMULET

Oh, are we gonna address the wind element? It feels like we haven't really seen a Morro reference since Hands of Time, that would be cool! 😍 I mean, why even mentioning the wind then 😅😅

Well what do you know, they tracked them, who saw that coming?... me, I saw that coming... we all did probably 🤷‍♀️

Jay took upon himself making a quick recap on how Ninjago will be destroyed this time, thanks Bluebell 👌

Yep nyeheh electricity makes Nya go crazy for sure ❤💙 ... wait it wasn't a Jaya pun?

Jay wear your seatbelt please, you risk you life enough 😅😅 Pff lol "are we there yet" and they are actually there, biggest plot twist I've ever heard of 😂

LEGO HUG 💜💜💜

And with someone who might as well join the League of Jay apparently 💙

I liked The Island yet it was not as exciting as I hoped for, but now understand the meaning of it. The ninja helped the keepers and they are all allies. Without The Island the moment where Mammatus gives Nya the amulet wouldn't be as meaningful

Is it just me or Nya looked even more gorgeous during that moment?... just me huh? Okay then 😂💕

Wait that's a fake? Wait... UNCLE POWERS?!? OMG THAT I ACTUALLY DIDN'T SEE COMING 🤯

Here I thought he was just messing around, he always makes things harder 😅 Or maybe better? I mean, they kinda missed a bullet on this one...

BENTHO IS SO SWEET AND COOL OMG HE IS ALREADY OUR FRIEND 💙🦈💙🦈

Jay somehow had his own TV show in the past and yet he's got that horrible acting skills wth 😂😂😂

Kalmaar is a very cool villain, like, deeply evil. Not only he's calculated and merciless, he stops at nothing to get what he wants. And the people that get in the way? He wants them to suffer because they had dared to confront him 😳

And yes the voice does help a lot, I'm sorry I'll keep saying it until the season is over 😂 (or even beyond? Please cast Giles again LEGO 🥺🥺🥺)

Awww Nya no my poor girl 😢 Jay wanted to hug her to comfort her he is so sweet my SHIP ❤💙❤💙

MOM PEP TALK MOM PEP TALK!!! 🤩🤩🤩 How cool was it?

Like, this isn't even Maya asking Nya to believe in herself, this is her saying that she KNOWS her daughter can do anything when she puts her mind into it. FINALLY SHE SEES HOW AMAZING WATER GODDESS IS 💜💜💜

MORE LEGO TEARS OMG THIS SEASON IS FILLED WITH TEARS 😱 Which... kinda makes sense considering it's a water based season 😂

Nice one, and now? NOW WE GO BACK TO KAI COLE AND RAY YAS!!! ❤🖤❤🖤

RIDDLE OF THE SPHINX

That is... surprisingly Egypt theme like? It feels like a title coming from the Fire Chapter of season 11... well we got two fire elementals so 😍😍

SPARRING KAI AND RAY

I REPEAT SPARRING KAI AND RAY!!! SPARRING KAI AND RAY!!! ❤❤❤ Lol Ray got old, but how can someone blame him? He did touch death while aging in Hands of Time, I'm just happy he is alive 😂

Yep, master prankster Wu, that's what I love 👌👌 I always thought Wu had become a father figure for Kai at the beginning, so seeing Ray and Wu in the same picture feels very wholesome to me 😚

Ah, uncle Powers, I both love you and hate you so freaking much 😌😌 But you make cool slides nonetheless 😂

ARE YOU TRYING TO KILL ME WITH BEAUTIFUL SMITH INTERACTIONS??

BECAUSE I LIKE IT KEEP GOING 🤩

Oh no you guys are stranded on an island whatever are you going to do?? It's not like you had already before and managed to survive (Skybound) or you got stranded on a rock in a sea of sand filled with giant monsters (Fire Chapter) or you were on a freaking COMET in SPACE (Rebooted). Yeee, this is the worst yet 🙂

I'm starting to think these ninja are just a bunch of drama queens so no matter what happens, it's always hopeless 😂😂 I feel like I'm kinda right on this one honestly 😛

Whoa whoa WHOA WHO IS NYAD THIS SOUNDS VERY COOL???

Aww I like that, while Ray told his kids stories about dragons and how they traveled through the Underworld, Maya told them about Nya the first water master that could summon whales 💙❤💙❤

Pff imagine if it turned out Nya was the master of fire, carrying a very water based name? Lol

Maya: I would know if it was possible!

Nya: Yeah, like she knows that I can control a bit of ice because it's frozen water

Maya:...

Maya: YOU WHAT

I find both interesting and very annoying that this explorers club thinks so highly of themselves, to the point the deny to aid even the FREAKING SAVIORS OF THEIR FREAKING LAND 🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️

Misako got good reflexes after all, Kai was probably ready to melt this guy's face 😅

Oh, so a trial by Sphinx is a challenge? A mental one? A cultural one? A physical one? Idk but Misako is actually taking charge and that is cool I guess 🤷‍♀️

Okay this is kind of weird, how is Ray so afraid? Is it because there's fire?... did he... did he grow afraid of fire for some reason? Because it feels a bit off for now, but if there is a deeper meaning that could be interesting 🤔

Wait is that the riddle from Decoded? That's fire right?

IT IS FIRE 🔥🔥🔥

Lol at least in this one Kai wasn't completely ignored 😂 I know my flame babe isn't the most rational person, but I do like that it was an answer connected to his element where he used his head!

Ah Clutch, you really got no backbone 😅 And apparently you're the only explorer who doesn't, dang look at the others go! I'm having a bit more respect for them now 😚

LOOK AT SENSEI GO FINALLY!!! 😍😍 FIGHTING SCENES HECK YES!!!

Kalmaar: I'm your conquerer

Wu: so after skeletons, the serpentine, nindroids, the Stone Army, Chen's army, ghosts, oni, more snakes but on fire and people from a game, that makes you the tenth. Have a free cookie

Kalmaar:...

Wu: you're not special

Is this a little throwback to Possession too? Nya seems to always control better water when she doesn't actually think about it. When her feelings are free, so are her powers 🌊🌊🌊

Also this opens up more possibilities! Creatures connected with other elements might get summoned too! I would love something like that 😍😍

This was NEAT, or maybe I just missed Kai that much ❤ What's next??

PAPERGIRL

ANTONIAAAAAAAA!!!! MY GIRL IS BACK!!! All my girls are back in this season, I'm so happy 😍😍😍 And if she is here, sweet little Nelson has to be around and I cannot wait! Bring in the purple ninja! 💜

Owww Antonia's last day as a papergirl? Nooo why??

She's got a job at the... DAIRY DRAGON??? OMG OMG OMG IT'S THE ICE CREAM PLACE BRAGI TOLD US ABOUT ON TWITTER!!! 🤩🤩🤩 I remember the post, he was asking about names for the place and ice cream flavors. Now I can't wait to see what did he choose 🍦🍦🍦

UNAGAMI BABY HI HONEY!!! 🙋‍♀️ I hope he's doing great 😘😘

This is so cool honestly, Antonia got her own character arc going on! Living in a chaotic city like Ninjago City must be pretty dang exhausting 😅

Was... was that Dareth in the garbage can? Am I wrong? Poor brown ninja 😅🤎😅

SPINJITZU SWIRL, BANANAKHAN, ORANGE SERPENTINE, I'M DYING 😂😂😂

Their friendship is so wholesome, I'm so happy they are still together no matter what happens 💕

I thought Kalmaar wasn't much of a fighter but DANG he's got skills! Also the fact that he uses tentacles makes the fight very cool to watch! 😚😚

RAY RUNNING IN AFTER KAI GOT HURT HECK YES ❤❤❤

Well at least you tried Ray 😅

Ah, little cameo of the original Weekend Whip, always nice to hear it again... AND DO THE WEEKEND WHIP!!! 🌪🌪🌪

EVEN NELSON GOT CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT I'M SO PROUD 💜

I don't even know what is cooler, the kids being mad lads on their bikes, Kalmaar driving a TRUCK or Kai going full parkour on the buildings to follow them 🤯

I'm sorry... am I the only one that during the Kai and Kalmaar talk kinda thought of Jestro and Clay? I miss my boys from NK, they're even more at odds now 😭😭

KAI YOU ARE NOT ALLOWED TO DIE OR EVEN TRY TO DIE GET BACK HERE AT ONCE 😱😱

Kalmaar just loves to make everyone feel inferior, gotta be his hobby 😶

Oh good Kai is back

OH NOT GOOD KAI IS NOT BREATHING?!? FLAME BABE I TOLD YOU YOU'RE NOT ALLOWED TO DIE 😱😱😱

Antonia, Nelson, you guys are now my heroes. You saved my fave, I'll be forever in dept with you ❤❤❤ Am I being overdramatic? Most likely, but Kai is one of the few that didn't almost die or did die in a dramatic situation and he is also my absolute favorite character so that... kinda keeps my sanity in check in this show 🥴

I wonder... does he still not know how to swim? He saved Lloyd in Possession but I wonder if he was only trying to float on the surface... THAT'S TERRIFYING

This episode was so adorable, I love Antonia and Nelson so much 💜💕💜💕 It's nice to see what the other people of Ninjago do while everything goes mad 🤣

Wait hang on my Ninjajan is a little rusty

"Ninjago City. City that never sleeps" well if that ain't the truth 😂

MASTER OF THE SEA

Like Master of the Mountain? Wait are we going back to Shintaro?? VANYA?? ANOTHER BEST GIRL RETURNS??? 💛

Hey hey hey, we got a full Nyad backstory! I really like when they do these little drawn shots, they feel more like legends! And... the ending sounds terrifying? Like, they wouldn't let Nya sacrifice herself and die... again... right? 😱

Bentho: and the world was in balance, until now because of my brother

Lloyd: and the Overlord before of course

Bentho: the what now?

Lloyd: the evil one my grandpa the first Spinjitzu Master fought?

Bentho: YOUR WHAT NOW

Why do I like this offscreen "hiiiyaaa" that sensei Wu does before actually going into the scene? 😂😂

No matter if they come from the underground or the sea, these are all snake-like creature with the same intellect 😅 Kalmaar and Garmadon would have a lot to talk about, sea king dealing with his minions does remind me of Lord Garmadon in season 2 a lot 😂😂

KAI AND RAY FIGHTING TOGETHER KAI AND RAY FIGHTING TOGETHER ❤🔥❤🔥❤🔥❤🔥❤

OMG Kalmaar is such a brat and petty villain I love him so much 😂😂😂 Yes I didn't even mention his amazing voice!... AH DANG IT 😳😳

*Misako kicks Kalmaar and is actually useful* 🙆‍♀️🙆‍♀️🙆‍♀️

*Misako gets taken as hostage immediately after* 🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️

KAI LITERALLY JUST GOT SAVED FROM DROWNING WHY MUST YOU DO THIS TO HIM!!!... and Ray and Cole and Wu of course, I care okay 😅

OMG that face 🤣🤣🤣

That some meme material right there

Whoa Vincent that voice just got super up when the Unsinkable showed up, it kinda sounded like Jay's lol

NO NOT BENTHO!!! 😢😢😢

Kai: Nya talks to whales now? (I snorted so hard at this 😂😂)

HECK YES NYA GOT THE AMULET!! 😍😍😍 ... we got, like, four more episodes to go so something needs to happen in between... do I need to be scared? I feel like I need to be scared 😅

Jay starting a fire then blaming Kai?... this is so in character I got chills 😂😂

SHARK BOY IS STAYING TO THE MONASTERY THIS IS SO PRECIOUS!!! 🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩 I want all the shenanigans and we need to write fanfictions about more shenanigans and AAAAHHHHH 🦈🦈🦈

Bless these two fire idiots

They own my heart ❤🔥❤🔥 Also Vincent, this is supposed to be a fun little gag moment, your amazing voice acting is kinda distracting me 😭😭😭

ANOTHER LEGO HUG

YOU GUYS ARE SPOILING ME OVER HERE HECK YES 💙🌊💙🌊

Maya learned that her daughter is capable of everything, I love that. Nya simply understood that she doesn't have to give up when something gets difficult. She is AMAZING and can do anything she puts her mind into. She simply has to hold on until the end 💪💪💪

Omg Benthomaar playing billiard with the guys I already love this 😍😍

YES IT IS SHINTARO!!! THE UPPLY ARE HERE OMG!!! HI VANYA YOU LOOK AMAZING GIRL MISS YOU I HOPE YOU'RE DOING OKAY!!! 💛💛💛 ... I just really like Master of the Mountain okay 😅

I love how Vanya doesn't even question it. It comes from Cole and he said it needs to be protected? Done and done 👌

Wait what, did something fall?

IS THAT THE FAKE?!?!? WHAT HOW WHEN??? UNCLE POWERS??? OR KALMAAR DID SOMETHING??? SOMEONE??? I'M LEGIT CONFUSED AND EXCITED??? 🤯🤯🤯

Well dang, I didn't see that coming, now what Seabound? What do you have for me?

[shinwoo]

YES YES ONE HUNDRED PERCENT AGREEDDDD I COULD WRITE A WHOLE PAGE ESSAY OVER HOW AMAZING LUKE IS 🛐 AND YOU’RE RIGHT!! HIS EYES ARE GORGEOUS 🤧🤧 WHAT ARE YOUR FAVORITE THINGS ABOUT MARIUS, WHO I’M ASSUMING IS YOUR FAV HAHA <333

:00000000 NO PRESSURE OR ANYTHING BUT I SO WOULD READ THAT PAPER LIKE LSKDFJOWEIRSDFWEORSDKFJ (u might get luke to beat artem for that #2 spot ykwim???)

but omg i get to talk ab marius omg omg omg (utc) :3

dude the CHOKEHOLD this man has me in... LIKE okay ik people might be thinking that he's just one of those rich kids who've been spoiled and could do whatever they want and blah blah blah (literally i've never seen anyone say this ab him but i'm ngl i did think that he was a bit annoying when we first meet him in the main story alksdfjwoerkasdf) BUT he's like... imo he's such an easy person to like "talk to" (ik he isn't real and stuff but if he were i could totally see myself just being naturally drawn to him - he wouldn't have to try so hard to get my attention that's for sure LKDJSFOWESLDFER) and he's just the type of person ik i can be comfortable around and he has power which ik isn't supposed to be everything nor is it his "most attractive" quality but i've grown up w kdramas... my sense of romance has been heavily skewed HAHAHAHAHA, so i find it very "hot" ig when he's like "or what?" yk? in his personal story like that vibe he gives off when he's ready to use his power to intimidate others is just alskdfjweioraweaskdlfj (i will go touch grass now...) - but only if it's for valid reasons - like if he were being a show-off w his power then i would just be like :/ sir i think YOU need to be the one touching grass but whatever

he's also an art kid. need i say more?

THERE IS NOTHING HOTTER THAN ART KIDS (imo)

jk yes there is... and that's gamer kids but that's besides the point

...after further thought, art kids and gamer kids are tied in hotness

ANYWAYS

it's prob his money but his style is also very flattering for him like DANG SIR PLEASE HAVE MERCY ON MY EYES????

while we're on appearances:

he has black hair. and purple eyes. I REPEAT BLACK HAIR AND PURPLE EYES- IDK MAYBE IT'S JUST ME BUT BEFORE MARIUS I WOULD'VE NEVER THOUGHT FOR SOMEONE TO HAVE BLACK HAIR AND PURPLE EYES (maybe blue eyes since that's like a real thing but not PURPLE eyes)

YET IT LOOKS SO GOOD ON HIM?????? i wanna know, like did mhy just wake up one day (i think it's hoyoverse now asldkfjaweraskf) and was like let's make a character w black hair and purple eyes BC IF SO I AM SO GRATEFUL THAT THEY DID LKDFJWOEIWEKLSDF

also his voice is so soft for rosa it has me WEAKKKKKK LIKE SDFKLJWEOIRJOWEISDFKWOEJROEIW

he also likes to crack jokes - it's so FRIGGIN CUTE I'M JUST LIKE

i do the disappointed shake of my head while laughing a little bc HE IS SUCH A DORK (affectionately) AND SLDKFJWEOIRHWESDFWOESDLK

i listen to all his voice messages and other things RELIGIOUSLY

also his blushy face is so CUTE I WANT TO SQUISH HIS CHEEKS

ALSO HE HAS PIERCINGS WHICH IS ALSO SO HOT

god, i am so in love with this man, it's so embarrassing

p.s. idk if u have this card, but narrow road is the only ssr marius card i have right and sr+ (sr and up) cards get stories right? dudeeeeee i was just going through the story again and LKSDJFOWEIROWERKSDFJWEORIEHWDSOLFJEWROWEKLSDFj i've fallen in love all over again this is not okay ;-;

[tomb-bloom-noctem]

Just NEEDED to ask since I saw your post about attempt and the aftermath. Who is thePagansun ???👀👀👀 ALSO so excited for the update screeeeeeee. And that homophobic comment.... i- there's so much implied gaynesss in ducktales, why are they in the fandommmm?!

Good lord for real 😂 I don't wanna reply to that person but if I did, I would want to point out how the show already went and made him pretty gay, I just chose to make his relationship with Drake canon and give him a more specific label. And for heaven's sake I do have the Launchpad/Drake tagged in the tags! Their own fault for not checking the dang tags if they were gonna be such a hater. Also calling me boy and saying the "DOH" is after me, the fuck? 😂 Baffled by this.

So...ThePaganSun....ugh.

The best way I can describe that guy is...you know those people who are completely unable to be pleased like literally ever? You ever see that person in a fandom or anywhere where absolutely everything is just not good enough and when they tell you what is good enough, you're kinda confused as to where they got that idea that that's the perfection they seek? That's ThePaganSun.

I don't think everyone in the DT fandom has dealt with them, personally I have them blocked on Tumblr because ugh, I don't wanna deal with their extreme levels of criticism. But since I can't block people on Ao3, that doesn't help me there.

Well, TPS found my fic and surprisingly had a few nice things to say here and there but also has had plenty of criticism for me. Like most other DT things they criticize, it's mostly all based around Donald not being "badass" enough.

Some samples of comments left on TA&TA:

It's weird because I have been complicated by them but on other tumblr posts and occasionally I've seen on other fics, they absolutely tear it all to shreds for not being their exact definition of what they want. It has to be exhausting being this high strung all the damn time like dude, log off for a while. Get a job. A hobby. Something. Please.

I can't recall who said this or where on tumblr I saw it but there was a post one time that was like "as a creator there will be many different types of people drawn to your work. Some of those people will be impossible to please. It's your job as a creator to never prioritize those people." (Strong paraphrasing as I remember it here. If I find it I'll credit that user.)

So yeah I just kinda ignore absolutely everything that person says to me even if it's overall nice because 1, I really don't want to interact with this person ever. And 2, I also really don't want to give the appearance that "your perspective has value to me" in any way. Not all criticism is worth taking and frankly not all compliments are either. Not to act all high and mighty, I just think sometimes we need to know to not interact with some people.

Hopefully this user doesn't ever see this post since they're blocked but still. Not trying to be a hater, just having boundaries.

[salmonid-ink]

hi! i love your blog! here's a thought i've been cooking up for a while: the Ark Polaris is definitely old, and very probably related to Grizz, and likely related to Salmonids, as it's smack-dab in their territory. what if the prophecy's "seven rings" are the Ark's engines?

Thanks so much!

Definitely not a bad theory–

But the Ark Polaris only has three exhaust pipes, so that doesn’t quite work, unfortunately. Like I said, though! That is a pretty good theory, since smoke WOULD rise out of those. I feel like something’s there, so it’s something to think about, I should imagine. Thanks for bringing a new perspective! I’ll keep it in mind as I continue my research. 

I feel like the seven rings is some sort of natural event. I almost want to say it’s something that happens consistently, after a number of years like Halley’s comet, but we haven’t had any solid evidence in regards to this. Really, it’s very difficult telling what exactly those rings are, or how smoke rises from them. Are they volcanoes? The way the art is drawn, the rings almost look like they’re in the sky! Are they somehow an unnatural event? Has this happened before, and will it happen again…? The Salmonids seem to be effected by the world around them, such as the tide and lunar phases… Things like Glowflies send them into a frenzy, so it’s not a stretch to think that an event like the Seven Rings would have bizarre effects.

Come to think of it, the Seven Rings might not even be related to their migration, just a reaction to the strange natural event. I think I may have been mashing things together a little too much there, and getting events a little bit confused! I’m very, very sorry! I hope you all can forgive me for a bit of information confusion. I will remedy this and keep it in mind for the future. All the same, it’s another thing to think about!

You are right, though. The ruins are most definitely old; there’s a theory going around that the humans were trying to use the ship to escape earth to avoid whatever disaster wiped out nearly all land-dwelling life… But ultimately failed when the ship crashed for whatever reason. Even if it’s not, this location was inhabited by humans at one point, as shown by the English on the signs here and there.

Frankly, there has GOT to be a connection between Grizz and the Ruins. Considering how many things relate him to bears, and considering you can find THESE at the Ruins:

Very large, very distinct, and very fresh bear tracks, coupled with the bear warning signs… Who’s to say that Grizz isn’t a hyper intelligent bear of some kind, preserved much like Judd? Chances are pretty high that he’s as old as Judd, too. It’s possible that he caused trouble in the area, but I feel it’d be more apt to say that he helped out, and the signs were just. You know, a warning that there was a bear working there, and even though he’s intelligent, he’s still pretty dang dangerous. But that could be a bit of a reach. These tracks are pretty much the only solid evidence of Grizz being a bear that we have right now. 

Anyway, that’s a bit of a tangent for another day–there ARE clear connections between Grizz and the Ark Polaris, we just don’t know what exactly those are, yet. It seems like the Salmonids took a shining to the area however, or at the very least, it just so happens to be within their territory. 

Thanks so much for this question! You helped clear something up in my head, and made me remember something important, that being the Seven Rings isn’t necessarily related to the migration they make every 70 years. @w@;;