#(plus also again. I have limited mobility just like him!!)

[tatoasting]

As a disabled Taurus dating a Scorpio, I'm finding reading homestuck to be a bit troubling.

[factual-fantasy]

Heya Factual! Hope things are going as good as they can on your end! Sorry it's been a bit since my last Ask, I got sick AGAIN and have been out of commission for a while now. But at last I have returned! Sorry to see your still having some technical troubles- really hoping you can figure it all out!

Also, I wanted to thank you! While I was sick, inspired by your art, I decided to give Sky a try on mobile (just got a new phone), and while I'm still super early in the game, it seems really cool! I'm not sure how linear the game is, but I figured I'd ask, as a veteran, do you have any advice or pointers for a beginner? Anything of interest I should check out or invest in? (Oh, and also, sorry about the color swap disappointments, sounds like a real bummer!)

And lastly, unrelated, I really liked the Pomni and Gummigoo art you did a few days back! I really like both of them together, and would love to see more of their story later down the road! Though I was wondering, you mentioned Max and Chad both stuck around in your AU too! Any cool redesign or story ideas for those two? Do they stick with Gummigoo, or have they branched out over time into the other friend groups?

(Color swap disappointment post) (Pomni and Gummigoo post)

Hello! Oof, sorry to hear that you got sick again <:(( But I'm glad you seem to be feeling better! As for my tech issues I have gotten a new chord for my tablet and have downloaded a fresh FireAlpaca. So far none of the screen glitches have come back and FireAlpaca is working perfectly! :))

Also thank you! :DD I'm glad you liked it!! :}} And while Chad's ref sheet is done, Max's is still in the sketch stage. I just haven't gotten around to finishing him <:/

Now their friend groups.. I was thinking that not many circus goers really vibe with NPCs all that much. So the number of people who they can make genuine friendships with is limited.. that being said I think Chad and Max would find a solid friendships with Gangle and maybe Zibble and uhhh... Ms. Wiggles..? Maybe? :0

Gangle has a soft spot for NPCs thanks to Bella and respects them more than others. So out of the 3 I think their friendships would be strongest with her.

Now sky.. ohhh boy prepare for a wall of text <XDD (Note there is a little spoiler for something in Golden Wasteland!)

Alrighty, so when I got this ask I sat down and made a list of every little nugget of sky advice I could possibly think of. Until eventually I took a step back and realized that a lot of it wasn't really solid advice or pointers <XDD so I cut the list down into somethings that I either wish a veteran would have taught me when I was a moth. Or things I found out too late and missed out on something or anything like that. Plus some advice I've tired really hard to beat into other moths heads for their own good but they never understand me in game <XDD

First off. Seasons, reoccurring events and non reoccurring events. Its important to know the difference between the three for this advice.

Seasons are limited-time themed events that come with the option of purchasing an Season Pass, which allows players to access extra Cosmetics and Expressions during the Season in exchange for an in-game purchase.👇👇👇

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Special Events (also called Holiday Events). These are limited-time events introducing new cosmetics themed around real-life celebrations. Most Special Events recur annually. Some of these events take place in the Secret Area, accessible from the Vault of Knowledge. They are separate from, but may overlap with, Seasonal Events and Double Currency Events.👇👇👇

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Non-recurring Events (or Short Events). These events are special or unannounced events that do not repeat or return due to their special characteristics. This list also includes events that have not been confirmed to return nor have a history of recurrence.👇👇👇

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Alrighty, got that all processed? I hope so <XD Now onto my advice.

1: Collaborative in app purchase items (items you need to buy with real money) will never return. Let me explain.

In sky there is a reoccurring event made by sky called days of fortune. (Its basically a Chinese new year event) Its going on right now actually! :0 This event has come back once a year every year. And the cosmetics that you need to purchase with real money have come back every time too.

However, the Cinnamoroll collaborative event? That event and all of the items it brought with it will not reoccur.

You have to be careful and check every event and make sure its one that will return. If its a collab season like Cinnamoroll and you don't buy the items? They will vanish and you wont have the chance to buy them ever again :( I learned my lesson the hard way when I didn't buy the fox plush and the yellow scarf from season of the little prince years and years ago. 😔 Up to this point the little prince's in app purchase items have not returned since.

This goes for collaborative seasons as well. Season of the little prince, season of aurora and season of moomin, etc, will not have their in app purchase items return. Be careful to know which is which during the event/season so you don't regret anything!

Another note about non returning items: While individual spirits that you can relive the memories of, can return as traveling spirits once every 2 weeks.. any items that the guide of that season offers will be unavailable after the season ends. 👇👇👇

Also speaking of traveling spirits, here's some advice I had to figure out myself. As someone who has every single traveling spirit in the game? As long as you have 200 candles, 40 hearts and 20 ascended candles? You will be able to afford all the cosmetics from ANY traveling spirit that shows up. If you keep a nice candle run schedule this wont be too hard to keep up with!

Also note about traveling spirits. They can take a looong time to return. When I first started playing I bought out half the items a traveling spirit offered before he left. I knew he would come back so I wasn't upset. But it took 2 REAL LIFE YEARS. 2 WHOLE YEARS for him to FINALLY come back. So this is why I advise you be really careful with the 200🕯️,40💝 and 20🧨. It would suck a lot if a spirit showed up that you really liked!.. Only for you to not afford it and have to wait a year or two to see it again <XDD

Now currency. Sky tries to make out that ascended candles are the most valuable currency. This is a load of bologna. By far the most valuable and sought after currency is hearts. You can go and get ascended candles by yourself all you want. But hearts have to be given to you by other players in one way or another. Which makes them EXTREMELY hard to get for some people. My advice is to hoard those things like your life depends on it. Try to have a stock pile of at least 30 to prepare for any temporary and expensive items that may come your way. Don't go and blow them all on the home spirits like I did <XDD

Now candle runs.. a lot of players will tell you you have to do a candle run through the ENTIRE GAME to keep up with sky's bonkers prices. Which is sometimes true... However, I have recently discovered this candle run route on YouTube that has helped me loads! I modified it a little and don't do the turtle thing, but if you're worried about runs that take hours this could be very useful to you! About a week or soo of keeping up with it and I'm almost at 400 candles! :)))

Another thing I want to advise is the whole ultimate reward thing in the home constellations. (Random google images)

The game will tell you that if you ascend all the spirits in a realm constatation, that it'll unlock the "ultimate reward". Which is that question mark in the middle. Typically this means you just gotta buy every single item from every single spirit in that constellation and the reward will be unlocked.

THAT IS NOT THE CASE HERE!! You do NOT have to buy the VERY EXPENSIVE tier 2 capes that some spirits offer. Just everything else. So repeat you buy everything the spirits offer, but you DO NOT have to buy the super expensive tier 2 capes in order to unlock the ultimate reward. Save your hearts, you're welcome! XDD

Now the Golden Wasteland advice. As a veteran I NEED to teach you HOW to burn down this plant in wasteland.

This plant is in the last area before the temple in wasteland. Not to be confused with the GIANT PLANT that's in the area infested with Krill. This is the smaller one after it. And there has been DOZENS UPON DOZENS of times a moth has come by to help me burn it down and not known how to do it. I've sat there for 20 minutes each time trying DESPERATLY to communicate what order to burn the plant down but they never get it. So I shall teach you!

Hopefully that little comic got my point across! XD

Another word of advice is to check out nastymold on YouTube! She is a very sweet and soft spoken YouTuber that plays the beta version of sky. She gets all the updates early and makes short videos explaining everything you need to know about any events or seasons. If you're ever confused about anything or are afraid you may miss out on something in an event, just check out her channel! No doubt she's already covered it and explained it for you so you don't miss nothing!

Now my last word of advice for you is this. Take the game slow. Really soak up your moth days and take your time playing it.

Many veteran players are heartbroken that they let another veteran drag them through their moth days and didn't really get to explore or experience anything naturally for themselves. And other veterans just miss their moth days in general. When the game felt huge and there was so much to explore and so many things to save and grind for.

I don't think I'm like that personally, I'm way more relaxed as a veteran knowing I understand how the game works and I'm not missing out on anything. But I can understand missing those moth days feeling like a kid running around and seeing all the beautiful things for the first time.

So just take things nice and slow. Soak up the game at a nice pace. if there's an event that you'd like to partake in but don't understand it just watch nastymold. She always has a sweet little video that tells you all you need to know without really dampening your moth experience. You can only be a moth once.

Well that's all the actually practical advice I had on my list. I hope you find some use in this wall of text XDD thanks for reading and see you in the skies! 💞🕊️

[thefandomlesbian]

So no pressure at all not to answer if you don’t want to. Just if you do know…

*could* House still have his leg amputated? Would it help?

Initial disclaimer: I am not a doctor and I don't claim to be, any misconceptions are my own!

So we know that amputation was originally on the table in 1999/2000 when House initially had his infarction and then brought back into the limelight in 2011 when he committed bathtub butchery. But outside of those two acute incidents, could he have an amputation in the interim?

It's sort of a multipronged question because amputations, particularly above knee amputations (AKA) are pretty involved, risky surgeries. There's a lot of significant vasculature in the thigh that can be difficult to control. The femur in the thigh is the strongest bone in the human body, breaking a healthy adult femur is the equivalent of cracking concrete. Contrary to what House says when he claims surgeons are going to err on the side of "caution" and take his leg to protect themselves from complications, there are a lot of risks involved in taking a ~70 lb limb from the body. Patients after an AKA are 4x more likely to suffer a cardiac event. It's not just about preserving function if at all possible (though that is a concern). AKA is lower risk than, say, allowing a necrotic muscle to continue to rot inside the body, but if a healthy person with a mobility device walks into a surgeon's office and says, "I would like to have my leg amputated because of chronic pain," many surgeons are resoundingly going to say no.

That is especially complicated by House having had an infarction, a blood clot. Muscular infarctions are rare and almost exclusively happen in diabetics, so for House to have had one as a nondiabetic man in his late 30s/early 40s, he probably has something unusual going on in his blood to cause atypical clotting factors. He should be taking bloodthinners to prevent another infarction from occurring. By definition, that makes him a higher risk patient for any surgeon--he comes off the bloodthinners for surgery, putting him at risk for another infarction, or he doesn't and he's now at risk for hemorrhage.

Add to the equation that House is American in the world run by insurance--no insurance company is going to approve an amputation in a guy who's walking with a cane. Some would probably try to slide it by as a cosmetic/elective surgery to escape any financial responsibility, so he'd be looking at around $50,000 out the gate for surgery alone.

But the question will it help? is one that... really can't be answered. Again, contrary to what the canon displays, phantom limb pain is seldom easily fixed and can become chronic, plus the physiology is extremely poorly understood, so it's much more difficult to treat than standard acute or chronic pain. There's a pretty good chance that, with time and healing after amputation, House would have a fairly normal, pain-free existence, given he'll always be disabled and he'll face the struggles of using a prosthetic/walker/crutches/whatever mobility aid he chooses. There's also a chance that he could continue to live in chronic pain, now less treatable, while healing a surgical incision and learning how to walk again. It could fall either way. (And potential complications, ie a second infarction, cardiac event, no limitations, there's a lot to work with.)

All of that said--this is just in terms of my experience and limited knowledge. I think amputee!House is something that should be explored more often in fandom, from all sides of the equation (1999, 2011, favorable outcomes, unfavorable outcomes). It's worth mentioning that within the scope of the House MD universe, House does believe that he would be a happier person in less pain if he had had his leg amputated.

In terms of fanworks, anything goes! (I mean I literally wrote a soliloquy on how/why Wilson's cancer is considered terminal while simultaneously writing my WilsonLives!AU, so it's safe to say we should all be comfortable hurling realism in the toilet for the sake of Fix It FanFiction.) There are no rules, medicine as we know it doesn't exist, you can do Whatever You Want for the sake of the narrative.

[scarabjewels]

The Greatest Film Adaptation of The Odyssey by Homer is The Odyssey (1997)

I Will Not Accept Any Other, Seriously.

One of the best memories I have with watching movies is me and my dad watching this movie over and over. Actually, I watched it a lot, and he was loving enough to be there. Other than that, it was one of my best introductions to the lore of ancient mythologies and ancient classical literature. I have no idea if I had said this in one of my essays, but I am very much in love with classical stories , I mean ANCIENT. That's also why I still dream of playing the God of War series, even when I can not play Mobile Legends to save my life.

Now, this movie is perfection to me. I had just watched it again because of a subject in my college course, also because the song "Suffering" of Epic: The Musical had been blasting in playlist. I really love this movie for a good amount of reasons that I will be listing down below.

To those who love ancient mythology stories, I encourage you to watch this version of The Odyssey of Homer.

For these reasons:

The Authentic Feel

I think a lot of us were cringing at the fact how blockbuster heavy the "Gods of Egypts" was. I know I was. I don't even remember the plot, I just remember how cgi just dominated that movie. Just animate it, it would have probably been more watchable without that kind of visual assault. It's way too jarring.

High budget was this TV miniseries and they made it WORTHWHILE.

With the 1997 teleplay "The Odyssey," it felt so authentic. Just starting with introducing culture, I have no idea if it was truly authentic to real life, but IT FELT LIKE IT. The soldiers chanting before going to war, Odysseus' maid's way of praying, the clothes looking worn out, the custom of having music played, and Penelope making olive oil or wine(?). It feels like an actual culture being introduced to us. No one explains anything. They just show it like a way of life.

That is how a lot of blockbuster movies differentiate from indie films or television movies. Blockbuster relies on explaining things to you and uses visuals and sounds to give impact to stimulate you to watch it more. Why do you think it's always in theatres? Why drama is more dramatic or action is more action in those kinds of movies. In teleplays, they don't have that kind of budget, so a lot of the times they rely on what they have, which is what I think they did in The Odyssey.

Remember, this is a made for tv miniseries. Despite its high budget ($32 million), they really had to make this worthwhile for whatever they had and whatever they could do. In the making of the Odyssey, I learned that they had a sort of time quota and TONS OF CREW AND CAST. Those people had to fly places with so many people. A lot were literally sick, and they were working over time. I truly think they made something so good out of it. Props to the whole cast and crew for working that hard.

The buildings, shacks, and other structures look like actual ancient things because they probably were, or they were made to look like it. The ships were my favorite, it was small yes, I understand that it would have been bigger and even more ships to really fit the tale and history, but again, they were on a budget that went to special effects, flights (the crew plus cast was 100+) and it was 1997, the technology available to them were probably limited. Also they built that boat, no way are they going to build such a grandiose army boat when people built those for who knows how long JUST BACK IN THE DAY. No way.

The Odyssey just looks so very authentic. It felt wondrous and also quaint. The Cyclops was believable, as well as his home. I applaud the work they did with special effects, practical and cgi. Most worked well, but some lacked, yet I still love it.

Also, is the beggar look of Odysseus? I am so glad they really made him look like an actual old man, with prosthetics and matching worn-out clothes. Beautiful attention to detail and trying so hard to really make it look authentic as possible.

The FABRIC. Excuse me, the linens, the ship's sail was weaved FOR SURE (and they had to tear it for the later scenes, I can just imagine how hurt the props department would have felt), honestly the weaved tapestries were bomb (this is how authenticity really hit home for me, actual crafting like how people did before), by the way if you are wondering why I am praising this specific thing, that's because these natural fabrics are EXPENSIVE, hand crafted stuff like these are HARD WORK AND SUPER EXPENSIVE (for good reason), and outsourcing these for a movie? The industry that doesn't give crap about nuances like these unless they were actually creative and served a purpose? Konchalovsky and his team did that.

The Cast was RIGHT (MOST, including the side characters and background actors too)

The cast was WELL DIVERSE. Now, here is the thing that I need everyone to know about diversity. It's not just casting people of different race and color, also ETHNICITY. That cast was a mix of American, Italian, Greek, and English.

I KNOW WHAT YOU ARE THINKING, and I will explain.

Why was Vanessa Williams the only black person to be casted there? Because of a number of reasons, I will not be tackling today, but I do know that the Goddess Calypso was suppose to look ageless, and it is a noticeable trait in melanin rich skin colored people, (not everyone, I know that because in any race, not everyone ages gracefully, I am Filipino, rumored to look young, I have been told I look mature for my ages, been told I look 27 and I am fucking 22 so yeah). She had the right look for an adaptation of Calypso, a sea goddess in an island. Casting a person who looks ageless and has the aura of royalty and ancientness, you are going to cast anyone who had that perfect look, no matter the RACE.

Just look at the casting for Circe: Bernadette Peters, AMERICAN. Why was she casted as Circe? Probably because they were looking for a seductive feel who looks ageless. Bernadette looks ageless, fine lines and all.

Armand Assante? You kidding me? He looks like he was meant to be casted as any ancient royalty, and Odysseus was just so perfect for him. The King of Ithaca, the witty trickster. That's basically describing Armand.

And my favorite casting of this movie (irregardless of race, I just hate that people nit pick with that kind of thing, especially with older movies), Isabella Rosellini as Athena. I was so in love with her as a kid, SHE LOOKS LIKE WHAT IMAGINE ATHENA WOULD. Vanessa Williams as Calypso blew me away in the movie yes, and so did Isabella. Her accent (she's Italian), her EYES, her wise aura. She is GODDESS, PERIODT.

Now, let met also praise the side and background characters, the kings and their beards. Those beards are perfect, and I want to say, I was introduced to the appeal of good beards in this movie. They look what you would expect people of that time would, and with a beard like that, they better BE KINGS. Those beards were groomed to perfection. The maid of Anticlea (the mother of Odysseus) and Anticlea herself (the actress is Greek) unknowingly carried the authenticity of this film, as well as the soldiers, the other maids, the citizens and even the shepherd who raised Thelemachus in Odysseus' absence played a role in that too. They made me feel Ithaca was a beautiful kingdom rich with culture. Oh how can I forget the casting of Penelope, Greta Scacchi. That woman played Penelope well, a wife missing her husband, a queen who also participates in the daily life of making olive oil or wine, a wonderful and sensitive mother and daughter in law, I understood how Odysseus would long for her in his 10 year journey.

The acting was TOP TIER for me, Armand especially. He blew me away with every scene. My favourite was when he got home. He sat down, slowly sobbed and took in the reality that he was finally in Ithaca as he ate the cheese and wine of his home, his kingdom. You just knew how grateful and just how homesick he was, that he wasnt just missing Penelope and his son, it was his HOME as a WHOLE. Another favourite was when he and Penelope reunite, but him as a beggar. He gawked at her, his eyes just screaming "I love you". He loves her so much, even after Circe and Calypso who are literal goddesses (haha no I do not condone cheating either, this is a story after all and well, he is a man lost at sea for years), she was the only one he could think about and the only one who could take his breathe away.

I Appreciate The Comical Errors and Comedy

Unpopular opinion, I love the funny parts of the movies. Look, mythological or even just epic stories aren't always that serious, okay? The reason why these stories exist because they do have a seriousness to them, but it also included light hearted moments. Shakespeare made Romeo and Juliet a tragic drama, and the comical thing in it was the love of Romeo and Juliet, how absurd and crazy it was that it led to killings exiles. The Epic of Gilgamesh is, in fact, a serious epic, but the ending was comical, as Gilgamesh's pursuit of immortality failed after a long and gruelling journey. In the making of the Odyssey video, Isabella comments how the tale is serious but also comical. The Odyssey achieved that, where at times it can be serious and times just comical.

That's where a lot of mythological adaptations just fail imo. It takes itself way too seriously, of course, that still depends on what the story is too. This is the Odyssey after all, where it was meant to have a lot of comical errors as well as seriousness. If this was the Illiad , adapted in full, it might work JUST on the comedic stuff and not the seriousness of it.

Directors and writers have to remember that these stories are also introducing more than just a story, it's also introducing another society, with a culture, a way of living and that it has jokes too. The God of War Ragnarok succeeded in that and it's a video game. Details people, details.

The Usage of the Shots (The closer shots,the Zooms and the wide ones)

TV movies and dramas can really suck with their use of shots, particularly how close and how far it is. I like how close the shots were here, actually. Yes, I have seen TV shows and movies where they either get too "creative" or are just not trying at all. They use wide shots for specific ones, like the scenes at sea. Closer shots made it feel like I was there, like a ghost just watching what was happening.

The Tale Was Cut But Was Done Justice

I know creative freedom is done here a lot, cutting the tale shorter like leaving out some of important stories and connecting it differently, it's there. It's pretty okay by me, it's an ADAPTATION after all. The essence was much more important and they did that very well.

I especially appreciate that even when they did cut spme of the stories, they made an effort to connect loose ends so that it would still look like a full tale. Adaptations are supposed to be like that.

Conclusion: Watch it.

What makes a hero's journey isn't all glory. It deals with sacrifice, hindrance, learning, wisdom, and cruelty. It took Odysseus 20 years to go home, with the journey of losing men at war, at sea, challenges by goddesses, gods, errors, choices, beings and the challenges of his own ego and humanity. This Hallmark made for tv miniseries gave me that essence of an actual epic. It was sad, happy, comedic, complicated, and worthwhile.

Yes, I love this movie so much but this post is meant to introduce another post I am going to make in the future, which is an in depth review of the original Odyssey tale.

Also because I would also love to introduce many more beautiful, forgotten films that are worth watching.

This movie miniseries is made for TV, got an award at the Emmy's. Yet, suprisingly, it is underrated.

I think you can tell just from my previous essays that I like underrated or cult following movies, whether it be popular or not. Now, I will be continuing that, along with more stuff I really am interested in, like mythological stories, video games (I still don't play those), therapy, musicals and more.

Do watch the movie if you are interested, it is available in YouTube and Archive.org, it has two parts.

[queengiuliettafirstlady]

🧡 𝗗𝗜𝗙𝗙𝗘𝗥𝗘𝗡𝗧 𝗨𝗡𝗜𝗩𝗘𝗥𝗦𝗘, 𝗦𝗔𝗠𝗘 𝗟𝗢𝗩𝗘 2 - AN ALTERNATIVE UNIVERSE (AU)-THEMED OTOME CONTENT CREATION CHALLENGE

For the second time, @xxsycamore and I are bringing to you a week-long exploration of the trope Alternative Universe! (link to last year’s challenge here)

→ GENERAL RULES

Works of all forms are welcome! Fanarts, fanfics, headcanons, etc.

Limited to otome fandoms - mobile otome games such as: IkeSeries (Ikemen Vampire, Ikemen Prince, Ikemen Villains, Ikemen Sengoku, Ikemen Revolution, Ikemen Genjiden); Tears of Themis; Obey me!; Mr Love: Queen’s Choice; Light and Night; Voltage games; Mystic Messenger and others, as well as console otomes.

This challenge takes place between June 19th and June 25th, 2023. The deadline for posting your works is July 15th (until midnight, UTC+2).

Instead of making the masterlist after the deadline, @xxsycamore who is in charge of it will try to create the post in advance and update it regularly during the challenge. Don’t hesitate to contact us if your work was done within the deadline but wasn’t featured in the masterlist. Or, if you prefer not to be featured on the masterlist instead!

When posting your works, use the tag #different universe same love ccc - you can as well tag @xxsycamore and @queengiuliettafirstlady in your posts! It will help us find your work easier!

Posting to other sites is allowed - as long as you mention the challenge and its creators.

Reblogs are appreciated!

→ CONTENT RULES

This challenge features a list of 14 AU prompts, two for each day, plus 7 dialogue prompts which you can match to your liking, if you want to. You’re free to create a work based on whichever AU you like more for that day. You can also create works for both AU prompts, and you can also mix the two prompts into one work! Whatever suits your preferences :) You can create more than one work for the same prompt, too!

You can find the lists of prompts on the banner above, as well at the bottom of this post.

Under the cut, you will also find a short explanation of each AU prompt, just in case there is anything unclear about them.

Any additional rules are up to the content creators. You are free to choose the rating(make sure to mark your NSFW works accordingly, and if you’re minor, make sure not to interact with such!), and also the genre (the challenge’s main focus is romantic love, but it is not obligatory for your work to be of such genre), all characters and ships included are up to you (OCs, character x MC, character x character, etc.)

You’re free to take requests from your audience using these prompt lists, again please make sure to mention the challenge and its creators.

You’re absolutely free to post your works for this challenge after its deadline, July 15th - but please note that they won’t be featured in the masterlist!

The final and most important rule is to have fun and not pressure yourself about full completion of the challenge. Do only as many works as you wish! :)

Here is a free-to-use banner/header for the challenge!:

If you have any additional questions, we’ll be happy to help. There is no such thing as a stupid question, so don’t hesitate to get in contact with us! We wish you happy creating!

→ THE LISTS

Day 1 - June 19th- Bodyguard AU | Mafia AU

Day 2 - June 20th- Angels and Demons AU | Pirate/Mermaid AU

Day 3 - June 21st- Social Media AU |Coffee/Flower shop AU

Day 4 - June 22nd- Celebrity AU | Bookstore AU

Day 5 - June 23rd - Forbidden love AU | Soulmates AU

Day 6 - June 24th- Office AU | Circus/Magic AU

Day 7 - June 25th- FREE DAY (an AU of your choice!)

Dialogue prompts:

“Him? Are you kidding me? He’s not even my type!”

“We didn’t even exchange numbers! I’m such a fool.”

“We should have never met.”

“Ah, it’s you again! Do you come here often?”

“I’ll be waiting at our spot. Make sure no one sees you.”

“Promise me we will always have each other.”

“Maybe we’ll meet again someday.”

Under the cut you’ll find a short explanation of each AU:

Bodyguard AU - character A is appointed to protect character B

Mafia AU - an extension of Mobster AU, with a mafia setting - typically involves rivalry and enemies-to-lovers tropes

Angels and Demons AU - typically depicts the forbidden love between character A who is an angel and character B who is a demon. You can also write about Fallen angels/Ascended demons.

Pirate/Mermaid AU - an AU that features merfolk characters or pirates - or both!

Social Media AU - an AU where the characters meet on social media and begin their friendship/relationship online.

Coffee/Flower shop AU - typically resolves around a small business that character A either owns or works at, and their loyal customer, character B; but they can also be both customers, or coworkers.

Celebrity AU - placing your character(s) in a setting where they’re famous. Other characters could be their fans; working with them, meeting them by chance…

Bookstore AU - similar to Coffee/Flower shop AU.

Forbidden love AU - a setting where the characters are forbidden from being together for whatever reason.

Soulmates AU - a setting where everyone has One True Love and the ways of finding it varies depending on the creator. An example of a popular Soulmate AU is “Your soulmate’s name is written on you”.

Office AU - a setting where the characters work together in an office.

Circus/Magic AU - a setting where the characters either work in the circus or are magic users - the latter involves anything fantasy-related, basically.

FREE DAY - The last day of this challenge is for you to choose your own prompt! It can perfectly well overlap with an already existing prompt. Maybe your favorite Alternative Universe wasn’t in the list above? This is your chance to include your idea in the list :)

ONCE AGAIN, HAPPY CREATING! WE CAN’T WAIT TO SEE YOUR CREATIONS 🧡

[yourladystar]

Star's Engage Catalogue Day 34 (part 5)

I feel that it's only right to showcase the final team that will be joining me.

And I have to split it into 2 posts because Tumblr has a 10-picture limit.

Don't really think I have to explain why Alear has been a strong fighter. You see those stats and you see why I had Marth stick with him, those two are a perfect fit.

But I wanna talk about how shocked I am by Alear's character. He's genuinely up there with Corrin and Shez as one of the best avatars this series has done. His story is engaging, he's a joy to watch in anything he does or says, his voice acting is immaculate, he's so God flippin adorable! I'll definitely talk more about him another time, but he managed to become one of my favorite characters in all of Fire Emblem, something I never expected to happen playing this game!

Again, don't think I need to explain why a dancer is good. And while Corrin worked with him for a while, Byleth is a better option, especially with the stats he gives.

And Seadall surprised me with his character. His alluring nature and way of speaking, his wisdom and experience from his past, the struggles he deals with from his lifestyle, and the way he can inspire others even when he doesn't believe in himself. I don't know how some of y'all can say he's boring, this sh*t is lovely.

Also he's pretty as hell, but I think you can see that.

Rosado has been a reliable fighter who can just about any enemy I have him face. Good stats, weapon variety and flyer mobility make him extremely versatile. Leif has been the best fit for him, since his stat boosts and skills work best for how Rosado functions in battle.

His character is also wonderful. A perfect evolution of Forrest and wonderful rep for trans, genderfluid, crossdresser's, and gender questioning people in a time where they really need positive representation. Plus he's spunky and sassy while also being caring and supportive.

Amber is a weirdly good example of hard-hitting but fragile. His low speed and res make him susceptible to one-hit kills, but the enemy can't do that if he doesn't kill them in one hit first. Eirika also works weirdly well for him, as the twins' skills suit whatever I need him to do that turn.

But I can overlook all of that for his character. I love this doof! He's so dumb and goofy but filled with so much positivity and cheerfulness it's hard not to smile at his antics. Even when he royally f*cks something up, you can't help but smile and go, "Youre doing amazing, sweetie."

Alcryst might just be the strongest member of my team and Lyn really helped to bring out his true potential. Her skills perfectly suit his play style and ensure that any he fights will not survive, whether it'd be death by crit, death by Luna, or Alacrity stopping the opponent from even fighting back. And with me giving him avoidance skill, literally nothing can even touch him. It's honestly ridiculous how busted this unit is.

And don't get me started on how much I love this little skrunkly! He stole my love the second his first scene ended and it only got better with each scene he got. I just wanted this boy to have love and happiness and seeing him get that from everyone in his life- his brother, his retainers, his friends, his boyfriend- they all just make me smile.

Alfred has a rocky middle, but he really picked up. Once I started utilizing the resources I got and realized that he got swords after being promoted, Alfred really came into his own and started being a powerhouse. Sigurd has been his Emblem since the start. No one else can really utilize his movement the same way Alfred does.

Alfred also shocked me with his character. I already liked him enough for the goofy and entertaining meathead he was, but the second I unlocked his A-support with Céline, everything I perceived about him changed! He went from being just a fun and silly presence to one of the most tragic yet hopeful characters in this. Someone who, even knowing they have little time left, refuses to give up and continues to strive forward to protect everything and everyone he cares. Someone who doesn't ask for your pity and will always be put you first.

I couldn't have picked a better person to give the Pact Ring to.

Alflear for life, baby!

Zelkov is a unit that started off good and continued to be good throughout the entire game. I've never been in a position where it felt like bringing him along was an inconvenience, even when there was no chest for him to unlock. Hell, for the longest time, he didn't even need an Emblem to assist him, but when I did decide to give him one, the Three Houses lords for him like a glove.

And God, I love listening to him talk! I had no idea what to expect out of him during the lead-up to Engage, but I am so happy with what I got. An enigmatic and mysterious yet sweet, caring, and helpful man who seems like an autistic coded goat on the surface but is just using his many hobbies to avoid dealing with the trauma of his childhood- that is right up my alley!

I'll do the second half in the next post.

[all-or-nothing-baby]

8 GET KNOW ME BETTER/CATCH UP WITH ME QUESTIONS

tagged by @greyhavenisback. thanks love! <3

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RELATIONSHIP STATUS: currently single and honestly mostly very content with that, i just. miss kissing. bc kissing is nice. so, kind mutuals, kiss-o-gram for cassidy when? lol.

FAVOURITE COLOUR: petrol/gasoline tones. or the less ostentatious answer of purples and blues and greens.

SONG STUCK IN MY HEAD: justin timberlake's cry me a river bc me and my fourteen-year-old put it on about an hour ago bc he was trying to argue that bringing sexy back is a better song (it's not and i will take zero criticism). i'm not usually a fan of JT's music—he's better at acting imo—but that tune is just *chef's kiss* and a proper classic early 2000s BOP!

LAST SONG I LISTENED TO: just watched some of the brilliant twin peaks: a limited event series (2017) as i'm currently nearing the end of a rewatch of the entire run (og s1+s2, the FWWM film, and The Return). it was ep2 and the song that's performed as the credits roll is shadow by chromatics, so. that.

THREE FAVOURITE FOODS: i could never! plus most of my faves i can't eat anymore because of my evil MCAS. but three faves today? 1. gruyère cheese on sourdough toast with lashings of worcestershire sauce (which i ate for lunch earlier today) 2. fry's turkish delight which i used to think tasted like perfume when i was a nipper but love now. i had one the other day for the first time in ages and i want MORE. 3. spicy phở, nom nom. although i now have to make my own bastardized version bc there are soooooo many vegetables i can no longer eat, grr. still good tho!

LAST THING I GOOGLED: 182 centimeters in inches bc my brain seems to live in the 1970s, pre-metrication, even tho i was born in 1980. i think its maybe bc it's what my folx used? and even tho i was taught metric in school it just never stuck, ha. anyway, the reason is i'm looking for a second-hand sofa bed on ebay and i live in a basement flat so correct dimensions are A Big Thing.

DREAM TRIP: anywhere not-warm with mountains and forests. maybe rural germany or romania? i just want to breathe in the mist and lay down in the damp earth until moss and lichen begin to grow over me tbh. think castle lecter in lithuania, where hannibal grew up... tbh, my chronic illnesses and now shitty mobility means i prolly won't actually get to go abroad ever again *sobs* BUT i believe one can and should always dream :)

ANYTHING YOU WANT RIGHT NOW: i'll take a body that works properly pls! i'm going for a meal and then to a peaky blinders ballet (!) tomorrow eve and instead of feeling pure excitement for it, i'm mostly anxious tbh which, bleugh. also, i'd like to hang out at home with my best mate bc i was too ill for us to catch up over christmastime, meaning i've not seen him in over a year as we live at opposite ends of the country :( but he's hopefully coming to stay with us at easter, so yay.

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tagging, play or nay: @shealynn88 @sharkfish @novemberhush @jmeelee @petrichoravellichor @rauko-is-a-free-elf @witchsickness @demonlandline @slytherkins @stevewhoreington @raisesomehale @halinski @eusuntgratie @wulfnerd @harrgrove @jimmypricegf @thisgirlsays22 @catboynecromancy @deklo @grey-sides @lovebillyhargrove @deedoop @suometar @ltleflrt @sailorsally @mjulmjul and anybody else who wants to have a pop pls just consider yourself tagged!

[pegasusknightsonly]

APOTHEOSIS run post mortem

it's not exactly easy with The Big Three but it does trivialise most of the non-boss enemies. obviously i appreciated this but i can see why things get silly

if i do it again (and I'm not sure I will; planning and training is an absurd time commitment) I'm dumping at least one of my combat pairs in favour of two more staffbots

i got lucky on invincisorc's miracle rolls but i did miss a few dual strikes and that REALLY hurts

luna+ is scary but vantage+ is the scariest. but that's why we have longbows

the mire dark fliers were the most annoying thing on the map. just baiting them into range ate up like 3 turns

overall pair analysis:

Chrom/sumia: (sniper / sage)

honestly really good. the only gen one pair i brought and Sumia was so useful as a luna nuker in sage / utility staffbot. Chrom didn't have room for limit breaker so his combat looked a lot shakier than the other units who got to initiate. but honestly you can't ever go wrong with longbows

sumia!lucina/gregor!laurent: (sniper / berserker)

Lucina got a LOT more out of having a berserker supporting her than I thought she would. Laurent was an absolute beast and his dual strikes did so much damage. Lucina had enough speed to double some of the fastest and scariest enemies which was incredible

henry!owain/donnel!kjelle: (berserker / wyvern lord)

i ummed and ahh'd about having Kjelle be an avotank for Anna and ending up giving her half the kit that would've made that work. she still was great and i got so much usage from her wyvern lord mobility. owain took a last minute (relatively speaking) reclass into berserker which ended up being great for him. a few vengeance powered hits meant that i could get three kills for them in one turn. i think they did the most killing just because they had the mobility for it lol. maybe next time I'll have Kjelle do staff utility / anna tanking with a hard support

lonqu!brady/anna!morgan: (sage / dark flier)

so this is like. peak Brady. best he can hope for best he can do. still kind of mediocre. morgan did the second most mob killing after Kjelle again because her mobility as a dark flier was just superb but i don't think this was anywhere near the top performing Morgans. glad i had her in dark flier though

gaius!noire/virion!yarne: (assassin / berserker)

a really high performing pair but i couldn't really find that many things for them to do. Noire in assassin was so fast she took out one of Anna's thronies on enemy phase after losing a terrifying 72 HP which was fun. if I'd had fewer combat units i think they could've shined but they got lost in the pack a bit

stahl!severa/Frederick!gerome: (paladin / warrior)

my biggest whiff. Severa was in paladin because i hadn't decided on an Anna management strategy and wanted options, and it was that or like.. general if i wanted lancefaire in play. plus Noire was running bowfaire assassin and I was already fielding three snipers and three sages so having another pavise-locked unit kind of made sense to me but if i hadn't bothered bringing them i don't think i would've noticed. i forgot fred!gerome is awful for APOTHEOSIS and he really did nothing, the best he could manage was stacking breaker skills because of course cherche gives him FIGHTER and not BARBARIAN so he was stuck behind Severa in warrior picking and choosing when he felt like dual striking. i don't think Severa wanted a hard support partner; she'd probably have been a lot happier with Owain for a galepair. paladin mobility was also ass and having to rescue chain Severa twice just to get her in range of something wasn't worth it

Chrom!Cynthia/libra!Inigo: (sniper / sage)

look. i play favourites. I'm not ashamed of that. pigtailed punisher is always going to be my number one baby and my perfect forever girl. of course baby gets special treatment. but even trying to put aside my rose tinted love bonus i don't think she missed a single aether proc and she saw a LOT of scary combat. inigo did what he could with vengeance to give them extra mobility but Cynthia was just great AND she didn't benefit from berserker pair up bonuses like Lucina did!!!! BABY NUMBER ONE. FOREVER

seriously i should've benched Severa

i think. if i do it again. i might have lonqu!severa as an Anna killer in wyvern lord working with. Henry!owain or Stahl!Owain or something because mobility and versatility are going to matter to her a lot more than uh a tonne of defence. lmao

and tbh i wasn't so impressed with lonqu Brady that i will ever do it again. yeah lonqu is a great dad but oof. Brady.

[freyayuki]

Dissidia Final Fantasy: Opera Omnia Setzer Gabbiani Banners

The Dimensions' End: Transcendence Final Tier and the Dimensions' End: Transcendence Reprise events just started in the Dissidia Final Fantasy: Opera Omnia (DFFOO) mobile game. These events came with multiple banners.

Dimensions’ End: Transcendence Final Tier Banner 1

The Dimensions’ End: Transcendence Final Tier banner 1 features the following chars and their weapons:

Kain Highwind from Final Fantasy IV - Force only

Setzer Gabbiani from Final Fantasy VI (#ad) - 15cp, 35cp, Ex, LD, Force or FR, and Burst or BT

Guy or Gus from Final Fantasy II - 15cp, 35cp, Ex, and LD

King from Final Fantasy Type-0 - 15cp, 35cp, Ex, and LD

Have everything on this banner except for Setzer’s FR and BT.

Dimensions' End: Transcendence Final Tier Banner 2

The Dimensions' End: Transcendence Final Tier banner 2 features the following chars and their weapons:

Kain Highwind from Final Fantasy IV - 15cp, 35cp, Ex, LD, FR, and BT

Setzer Gabbiani from Final Fantasy VI - Force only

Aphmau from Final Fantasy XI - 15cp, 35cp, Ex, and LD

Alisaie Leveilleur from Final Fantasy XIV - 15cp, 35cp, Ex, and LD

Have everything on this banner except for Setzer's FR.

There are also banners for Cloud Strife from Final Fantasy VII, Squall Leonhart from Final Fantasy VIII, Lightning or Claire Farron from Final Fantasy XIII, and Edgar Roni Figaro from Final Fantasy VI, but I’ll have to talk about that in another post because apparently Tumblr’s new post editor has a limit of 30 pics per post. Not sure if there’s a way to go back to the old post editor.

Thoughts about Setzer Gabbiani from Final Fantasy VI

Was planning to pull for Setzer to make it easier to clear the Dimensions' End: Transcendence Final Tier or Tier 16 Shinryu (level 300) quest.

Plus, I do like him well enough, and he's already partially built, so I thought I might as well go ahead and fully complete him. Besides, he is a pretty good support slash buffer.

And lately, we've been having events where chars get locked out once you use them on a single stage, or where you can only use chars that are of a certain Crystal Color and/or weapon type so it's good to have as many fully built chars as possible.

Currently, have Setzer's 15cp, 35cp, Ex, and LD fully MLB. He has his High Armor and it's been Realized to 0/3. He has his Bloom Stone as well as triple Artifacts and triple RF Spheres.

All of his Summon Boards as well as the Char Boards for his 15cp, 35cp, Ex, and LD have been completed. He doesn't have any of his Force Enhancements.

Dimensions' End: Transcendence Final Tier Banner 2 Free First Multi-Draw Results

My free first multi-draw on the Dimensions' End: Transcendence Final Tier banner 2 gave me 2 dupes of Aphmau's 15cp and 1 dupe of Alisaie's 35cp.

Dimensions' End: Transcendence Final Tier Banner 1 Free First Multi-Draw Results

My free first multi-draw on the Dimensions' End: Transcendence Final Tier banner 1 gave me dupes of Setzer's 15cp and Ex.

Dimensions' End: Transcendence Final Tier Banner 1 Free Multi-Draw Tickets Results

Have 3 multi-draw tickets that can be used on either of the Dimensions' End: Transcendence Final Tier banners. Decided to use all 3 of these tickets on banner 1.

The 1st ticket gave me a Force orb.

Was really hoping to get Setzer's FR already but unfortunately, ended up with a due of Kain's FR instead. Also got a dupe of Setzer's 35cp.

The 2nd ticket gave me dupes of Guy's LD and 15cp.

The 3rd ticket gave me dupes of Guy's 15cp, 35cp, and LD. Welp, what's with all the Guy weapon dupes?

Dimensions' End: Transcendence Final Tier Banner 1 Multi-Draws Results

Currently, have 1264360 gems on hand. Here are the results of my multi-draws on the Dimensions' End: Transcendence Final Tier baner 1:

1/11 - Guy's Ex

My second multi-draw gave me a Force orb. Once again, was hoping for Setzer's FR to show up already.

Thankfully, that was exactly what happened this time. Yup, that's right, just got my very first copy of Setzer's FR.

Hell, yes! Super pleased to see this. Now I just need his BT then I can be done with this banner.

Aside from Setzer's FR, this pull also gave me dupes of Setzer's 15cp, King's 35cp, and 2 copies of Guy's LD.

1/11 - dupe of King's 15cp

2/11 - dupes of Guy's 35cp and Setzer's FR

2/11 - dupes of King's Ex and Setzer's 15cp

2/11 - dupes of King's 35cp and Setzer's 35cp

I thought I was all set to get trash again on my next multi-draw, and it did seem that way since a lot of bronze and silver weapons showed up followed by yet another dupe of Setzer's 15cp.

But after that, to my surprise, the animation suddenly changed and then Setzer's Burst weapon was showing up.

Hell, yes! Super pleased to see this. So glad I didn't have to pity Setzer's BT. And now that I have both his FR and BT, I can be done with this banner.

Down to 1229360 gems and currently have 220 G Tokens for this banner.

Went to the Dimensions’ End: Transcendence Final Tier banner 1 G Token Exchange shop.

Was trying to decide if I should get 2 Book of Ruin's Mysteries (used to Realize Ex weapons to Ex+ 0/3) for 100 G Tokens each or get 4 High Power Stones (used to limit break Force weapons) for 200 G Tokens when I noticed that the image of King's LD weapon doesn't have a check mark.

I thought this was because I haven't fully MLB'd my copy of this weapon yet but when I went to check my King and his weapons, found out that I don't have even a single copy of his LD. LOL.

It's been a really long time since I last used King since he's horribly outdated by now. Don't even have him fully built with all his Boards and such so I guess it's not surprising that I totally forgot that I don't have all of his weapons yet. Heck, pretty sure that I only Purpled his Ex because I wanted the Sphere it gives.

Anyway, it costs 200 G Tokens to exchange for 1 copy of King's LD. Still don't have any plans to use King anytime soon since he's still outdated, and he doesn't even have his own Force and Burst weapons yet.

But I thought that I might as well get his LD weapon now that I have the chance to do so.

Setzer Gabbiani from Final Fantasy VI

After getting Setzer's Force and Burst weapons, completed his Force Enhancements. Spent the High Power Stones needed to fully MLB his FR then completed his Force Board and Force Echoes.

Spent the Book and 3 Ingots needed to Green his Burst weapon or get it to BT+ 3/3.

Spent the 3 Ingots needed to Blue his High Armor.

Also equipped him with 3 real Spheres.

Now my Setzer is fully built and completed. Looking forward to trying him out on some endgame content.

Conclusion

So, what about you? Did you pull on either of the Dimensions’ End: Transcendence Final Tier banners? What do you think about Setzer, Kain, and all the other chars featured on these banners? Feel free to share your thoughts and opinions by leaving a comment below or by reblogging or replying to this post.

Notes:

screenshots are from my Dissidia Final Fantasy: Opera Omnia game account

[thessalian]

Thess vs Next Fest, Pt 6

Yes, I know, more demos, it’s a thing.

Scene Investigators: It’s not bad, but it is frustrating, especially in demo. It’s a Kickstarter-funded crime scene investigation simulator of sorts, so it mostly involves poking around and looking at things. It plays like one of those paper-and-pen logic puzzle games except that you have to dig the clues out of the surroundings yourself. Also it’s very brown. So kinda, but meh.

Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened: We’re on crime scene investigation again, sort of. It’s got more of an adventurous feel to it, mostly because you’ve got a third person perspective and a character to pilot around. Unfortunately, it’s also a little tricky in terms of its UI. Got stuck fairly early on when I could not entirely figure out what the hell I was missing in terms of getting past a guard. Please give me a way to actually use an item, pity’s sake. Still, once it’s out, there’ll be a walkthrough somewhere to help, plus probably an easier tutorial stage rather than dumping me in the middle of the game, so it’s a pretty solid maybe.

Urban Strife: Turn-based zombie survival game. I mean, interesting concept in an XCOM kind of way, but the graphics are ugly as hell, the controls are clunky, and at the end of the day, I’m just not that interested. They tried, whoever made this. There was even a sort of character customisation screen. But let’s just say that it looked like a cheap knock-off mobile game. Nope. If I want something turn-based (and I do; I like that kind of thing), I’ll hopefully find something else. Not that I require top-of-the-line graphics for everything. In fact, I like simplistic graphics for some things. However, there are limits.

WitchSpring R: This one’s not bad. Very, very Japanese in the kawaii sort of sense - turn-based combat a la Final Fantasy, not always particularly well balanced but kind of fun so long as you keep your health and mana-granting items stocked. Some of the getting around places is a little annoying (I stopped when having to get past a bunch of pirahna but I probably should have been riding rather than attempting to run), but hey, still cute. It can stay. Not very high up on the old list, but it can stay.

I think I’m pretty much done with demos for the time being. At least partly because tomorrow’s the start of a fairly busy weekend - Friday’s the actual birthday and will involve sushi and little TLOVM watch party; Saturday and Sunday are both D&D days. Thus I might not have the time to indulge in demos from that point. Especially if I use some of tomorrow to actually try making some hard candy. I was going to earlier this week but there was pain and then there was chat-with-stepfather stress and today I just slept for most of the day (sometimes fibro fatigue just hits, I guess?) so there wasn’t really time.

Also, as a video game-related aside, Greg Ellis, who apparently voiced some of the minor characters in Hogwarts Legacy, tweeted some support for JK Rowling in general and the game in particular and honestly I’m not surprised. He’s a decent voice actor but a shitty human being, and while I think Cullen’s story is basically done at this point ... well, if for some reason they do bring him back, EA’s distancing themselves from Ellis basically means that Cullen will have a different voice actor. Worked for Anders; why not? Also, had not heard about the domestic violence arrest, so that’s going to make it even harder to separate person from character enough to finish my Meep!Herald Cullenmance playthrough. I hate it when people who play characters I like turn out to be shitheads.

[primofate]

The Ruthless Prince (Part 16.2) Scaramouche x fem!reader [Genshin Royal AU] MDNI

Minors do not interact! 

But don’t worry, the full post isn’t here anyway. As I’ve said before, Chapter 16.2 is kind of like an extra chapter. You can skip it and it won’t change much in your experience of the story. This is for those who would really like to know what exactly happened and how exactly reader and Scaramouche spent the night. 

For this reason, I decided to put this chapter up on ko-fi instead. 

Now before you maul me. Like I said, it’s an extra chapter. Read it or not it doesn’t change a thing, plus it’s soft smut. Also, I’m aiming to get chapter 17 out today or tomorrow, most likely tomorrow so please spare me the hate and tears hahahha and yes of course that’ll be posted on tumblr.

The main chapters of The Ruthless Prince will still be on tumblr. If you can, I do appreciate it if you leave comments or replies on this post once you’ve read 16.2

Anyway, here are some tidbits, snippets and information about it:

Word Count: 5.4k (yes it’s quite a long soft smut)

Warnings: penetration, implications of masturbation, no protection and I don't support the pull out method but we are supposed to be in olden times, so I don't think condoms exist yet? but no, reader doesn't get pregnant in the story, not because of this session at least haha, first time: a lot of experimenting going on, fairly slow paced and soft in my opinion, female and male receiving and giving oral, fem!reader, I think that's it.

Snippet 1:

And it's your turn to feel that bit of pride in you, to know that you had made him feel good. "K-Keep going..." Scaramouche's voice stutters but you obey and start on a steady pace on his cock, your hand pumping up and down, parts of him disappearing as your hand slides and squeezes at him. "Shiiiiiit--"

Snippet 2:

"...You're embarrassingly wet," he gives you a sadistic grin, and you see exactly a Scaramouche that you're familiar with. Earlier he had been a bit unsure and shy, possibly even cautious but now that he's warmed up, he looked as if he knew exactly what he wanted and he wasn't going to be nice to you about it.

"Shut up..." You mumble, feeling your cheeks heat up. You're painfully aware of how wet you've gotten. It started from the kissing, intensified when he played with your breasts and just tripled in warmth when you started sucking him off. Something about his moans and groans just did it for you.

Snippet 3:

"R-Relax, Y/N," It was so damn tight. He kisses your neck in an attempt to get you to ease up, feathers kisses along your jaw and again lands on your lips for a passionate kiss. It soothes your mind a little and gradually he feels himself press into the pucker of your lower lips, his tip enters with difficulty and you instinctively wrap your arms around his shoulders with a whimper.

Link to the FULL finished chapter on buymeacoffee:

https://www.buymeacoffee.com/lenaprimofate/e/77127

Note: Because I’m only recently exploring buymeacoffee, I can’t guarantee that I can help you if you have any problems with payments, but they do accept credit cards and what not. Also, there is no time limit on the posts, that means once you support, you have a lifetime access to them (from what I know at least, please correct me if I’m wrong.)

MASTERLIST

https://primofate.tumblr.com/post/653296890583154688/masterlist-for-mobile-version-main-links

[delta-two-two]

I've been requested for some of my Krueger hcs by @cerosin-bis so I'm gonna go ahead and share 'em! (I'm on mobile rn so apologies in advance if the formatting is weird)

-firstly, is 100% not right in the head. idk why but a combination of his appearance and backstory make it seem like he's just. not all there. plus, yk. escaping two murder charges

-Krueger's a master manipulator to the point he can (and has) fabricated personalities and attitudes to fit his needs, wants, or goals.

-he's infuriatingly charismatic without trying to be, its how he gets away with everything (and also being a slippery bastard in the first place)

-likes to get under peoples' skin, learn what makes them tick, and push them beyond their limits just to see the outcome (for funsies). has definitely incurred the ire of many people this way, but the ones who resist/deny him the satisfaction are the ones he ends up respecting usually (after he makes them break ofc)

-in the same vein, he likes to play mind games and enjoys a challenge when people resist him, but absolutely does not like losing and will find a way to break you first before you break him

-loves attention good or bad but will absolutely dip as soon as he's had his fill of it and good luck trying to find him again unless he wants you to

-but still tends to keep to himself for the most part unless he thinks someone is deserving of his attention or if they've earned his respect (usually reserved for allies he trusts) that being said, if he doesn't like you, you will know. if he does like you, you'll know as well. expect him to be more annoying and snarky, he'll just start loitering in your space more, especially if he sees it annoys you

-will not actively seek someone out unless he wants something from them whatever it may be.

-definitely had SOMETHING with Golem (i mean come on you can't tell me they didn't when they have similar finishing move quips; Golem's 'hush now' and Krueger's 'silent now'. I like to think Krueger started it and golem picked it up. plus I mean Krueger's actually almost too friendly while Golem is like. trying to keep him at arm's length eg. Krueger calling Golem "bruder" and asking him stuff and Golem scoffing at Krueger at being called "bruder" and being like "you don't care what I think" etc.)

and I think that's all I have for now :)

[grailfinders]

Fate and Phantasms #281: Voyager

Yep, Quirinus was already done last anniversary, so we're hopping on down the line to the darling of Culdopoly, Voyager! Our dear boyager is an unusual servant, so it's no surprise they're an unusual build as well. First and foremost he's a Battle Smith Artificer to summon various parts of the Voyager craft, along with some moon buggies and rockets for mobility. Aside from a marvel of modern technology Voyager also channels our hopes and dreams into a brighter future in space, making him a Twilight Domain Cleric. Yes, we can pretend those airplanes in the night sky are shooting stars.

Check out his build breakdown below the cut, or his character sheet over here!

Next up: I'mma motherfucking T-Rex!

Race and Background

Voyager would be a warforged, but Mordenkainen is a coward and didn't give them the same variable size option he gave a lot of other races. That means for now we're stuck with Custom Lineage if we want a weird little boy who is both weird and little. As a custom lineage you get +2 Constitution, and you can pick between medium and small size; if you can't tell by the bolding we're going with the latter. You're also Observant, giving you the ability to read lips, +1 Intelligence, and a +5 bonus to passive perception and investigation checks. You look at things, that's like, 99% of your job. That and handing out humanity's mixtape. You also get some Darkvision to help see into the void of space. Only 60' now, but we'll get a stronger telescope soon.

Voyager is just about as much of a Far Traveler as possible, giving him Insight and Perception proficiency.

Ability Scores

Fitting the fact that you were made not born, we're using the point buy system here. Set your Intelligence and Wisdom to 15. You only know a couple subjects, but you're very good at those. Also, seeing is, again, 99% of your job, and you don't get scared easy by anything that isn't a snake. Your Dexterity is at 14- you literally float so your footsteps are silent, plus you're decent with a rapier if your second ascension is anything to go by. This means your Constitution is only a 10, though I don't feel like dumping it if you're going to survive in deep space. That means Strength and Charisma are at 8. You're adorable, but you're not exactly present in a conversation. Also you're a literal child, and floating around means you can't get good leverage.

Class Levels

1. Artificer 1: If we're gonna play a space station you've got to be smart enough to build yourself, so we're starting in artificer for proficiency in Constitution and Intelligence saves as well as Arcana to know about magitech and Investigation to search for signs of life in the universe.

Check out your Magical Tinkering to add tiny magical effects to tiny nonmagical items. You can make a flashlight, a tape recorder, a whoopee cushion... it's one of those "get creative" deals.

You also learn Spells which you cast and prepare using your Intelligence. Dancing Lights lets you make a little starlight for your friends and their dumb human eyes, while Message is a short-range walky-talky. It doesn't work over super long ranges, but it's good enough for now. You can also use Expeditious Retreat to put your boosters on so you can dash as a bonus action, and use Jump and Feather Fall to increase your vertical mobility. We can't fly yet, but Feather Fall's still good to keep in mind, given some limitations we hit later on.

2. Artificer 2: second level artificers can infuse items, turning regular stuff into magic items your party will forget about in five minutes! Sending Stones let you cast Sending once a day. kinda spoilin future spells, but it helps you feel the time delay of being a spaceship more, so that's cool. enhanced arcane focus and enhanced defense add 1 to spell attacks n AC of armor, respectively. Astronaut gear is like, leather armor at best. stock up while you can. also, a bag of holding is just pretty nice to have. keep your souvenirs safe. you get four options rn, but you can only have two up at a time!

3. Artificer 3: at third level you get your robobuddy when you become a Battle Smith artificer! you're battle ready, so you can use martial weapons, and your magic weapons can use your intelligence instead of dexterity or strength! you also build a steel defender, a medium sized robot that you can command using your bonus action! you can even ride on it, since you're small. boom, moon buggy, done!

on top of all that, you can make the right tool for the job over a short rest, creating any one toolkit you want! you also get subclass spells that are always prepared- Heroism helps inspire your other party members, giving them temporary hp and keeping them from getting frightened. shield is another layer of protection for your space suit, giving you +5 AC for the round and blocking any magic missiles coming in!

4. Cleric 1: Bouncing over to cleric makes you part of the Twilight group right away. You're sparkly, I'm sure you'll fit right in. You get proficiency in heavy armor in case your DM rules that's what a space suit is, and you get two more features as well! Your Eyes of Night give you a whopping 300' of darkvision, and you can share that boon with Wisdom modifier friends for an hour a day, or by burning spell slots after the first time. You also have a Vigilant Blessing to hand out, giving one creature advantage on their next initiative roll. Some would say getting the paladin to go first would be impossible, but you make the impossible come true! Or make it more likely.

You also learn a second Spell list using your Wisdom to cast and prepare them! Check the PHB to see how many spell slots you have, both spell lists use those slots, also artificers are half casters.

For cantrips, use Guidance to lead people to the stars, and Light for more dumb-human-eye helping. You also get Spare the Dying, since you're so unaccustomed to death it kinda stays away from you. Nzambi does, at least. You also get another set of subclass spells, and Faerie Fire lets you shoot a nebula around people making them glowy and giving other people advantage to hit them for the duration. You can also use Sleep to knock people out if they have low HP, but that's not really something you do. I think. we've only read the first volume. Also check out Bless for a long-term guidance, detect magic to look with those special eyes, and sanctuary so you can stand in the middle of action scenes without going splat. (it forces a charisma save on creatures trying to hit you, if they fail they have to hit someone else instead. you can't attack while this is happening, but that's why you've got a robot.)

5. Cleric 2: second level clerics can channel divinity once a short rest in one of two flavors. turn undead is the standard, and keeps the zombies away. twilight sanctuary is the spicy variety, giving you a 30' radius of space for a minute. whenever a creature ends its turn in space, you can give it temporary hp or end effects charming /frightening it. space is so cool it can distract you from alllll your worries! or its so terrifyingly large nothing else matters compared to it. either/or.

6. Cleric 3: third level clerics know second level spells- Moonbeam is a good first pick for your radar beam attack, and it does extra damage to werewolves! you can also see invisibility to check out pictures of black holes. no not like that, gross. he's a kid!

If you're out of divinity you can use calm emotions to shut down charming instead, or enhance ability to make more things possible! also, if you want that big star Voyager rides around on, check out spiritual weapon. it uses your bonus action too so you can't use your buggy and star at the same time, but you also can't do that in-game so it works!

7. Artificer 4: fourth level artificers get our first ability score improvement, so let's become resilient to round out our wisdom score and become proficient with wisdom saves. you're pretty good at seeing through people's bull, so illusions shouldn't work that much on you.

8. Artificer 5: Fifth level artificers get an extra attack each action, and you can also cast second level spells like branding smite and warding bond. neither are really in character, but they're there! if you want to move around even more, kinetic jaunt speeds you up and keeps you from provoking opportunity attacks while levitate lets you kindasorta float around. you still need to push yourself around, but we'll work on it.

9. Artificer 6: at sixth level of artificer we work on it with two more infusions, and you can keep one more up at a time. make that armor resistant armor to protect yourself from the cold of space, or just cold in general! we also get the boots of elvenkind to lighten our footsteps til people'd swear we're floating, making your steps silent and giving you advantage on stealth checks.

You also have Tool Expertise, giving you double proficiency with any tool check you're proficient with. you're a fish out of water most of the time, but when you're in your element you're very, very good.

10 Artificer 7: Seventh level artificers can use Flashes of Genius intelligence times a day to add your intelligence modifier to something someone's doing near you, for when not even advantage is enough of a guarantee.

11 Cleric 4: Fourth level clerics get an ASI of their own, so you can bump up your Intelligence for another stronger flash per day. You can also cast Mending now to patch up your ship as you travel. like half of the Apollo missions would be dead in the water if the astronauts weren't really good at jerry-rigging. honestly surprised Voyager is still working after all this time, tbh.

12 Cleric 5: Fifth level clerics can Destroy Undead when they turn undead if said undead are CR 1/2 or lower. You also get third level spells like Aura of Vitality and Leomund's Tiny Hut. For more flavorful spells, you can become a Beacon of Hope, giving nearby creatures advantage on wisdom and death saves, as well as guaranteeing maximum healing from any source. We're mostly picking that one for the name, but damn if it isn't cool. Another good spell is Fast Friends, letting you charm a nearby humanoid if they fail their wisdom save so they'll do stuff for you like become your master. Just because we dumped charisma earlier doesn't mean Voyager is not a cute kid. I mean look at how we all pushed through Culdopoly just because he asked?

Finally, we can pick up Sending full time, letting us send short messages anywhere on the plane, and they can respond back. If you're on another plane (which space probably is) there's a 5% chance of failure, but it's just about the only way to reliably communicate with ground control at this point.

13 Cleric 6: Sixth level clerics can channel divinity twice a short rest for more space, and even better you can use Steps of Night to finally achieve proper liftoff. While in dim light or darkness, you can use your bonus action to gain a flying speed for a minute, and you can do this Proficiency times a day. Thankfully you don't lose that speed in light since your attacks are quite the light show, but I doubt you'll have problem finding darkness in space. It's like finding Darkness in Konosuba, it's not hard.

14. Cleric 7: Seventh level caster, fourth level spells. Aura of Life and Greater Invisibility are neat, but we're here for Freedom of Movement to voyage where you please and Death Ward for that thing you do in the climax of Fate Requiem. Y'all know what I'm referencing here, I don't even need to be specific about it. It gives yourself or an ally guts for 8 hours, so if you'd drop to 0 HP you drop to 1 instead.

15. Cleric 8: Eighth level clerics get another ASI, so bump up your wisdom for more spells and more helpful nightvision goggles. Destroy Undead hits creatures CR 1 or lower, and you can add a Divine Strike to a weapon attack once a turn, adding radiant damage to the attack. That rapier you're wielding in your second ascension is pretty sparkly, and now so is every weapon you wield.

16. Cleric 9: Ninth level clerics get fifth level spells. Mislead is interesting, but Circle of Power is a great way to help your party change the world. It gives you and friendly creatures within 30' of you advantage on saves against spells, plus if making that save causes you to take half damage, they take no damage on a success instead. It's almost evasion, but only if you're good at saves.

We can also use Legend Lore to be a small cryptic child, Scrying to set up our telescope, and Flame Strike for a higher-level radar dish beam. It's been a while since we had a new offensive spell, and it's important you stay on top of that.

17. Cleric 10: Tenth level clerics get Divine Intervention, giving you a 1/10 chance of calling god up directly for help. If you succeed, your DM gives you just about whatever you need to solve a problem, and you can't use this again for a week because of communication delay. If you fail, you only have to wait a long rest.

18. Cleric 11: Eleventh level clerics have a stronger destroy undead, and they get sixth level spells. The only one I'm interested in is Heroes' Feast. It gives your friends more hp, advantage on wisdom saves, and immunity to being frightened.

19. Cleric 12: Use this last ASI to max out your Intelligence. Artificers love intelligence.

20. Cleric 13: We stuck around cleric this long for one reason: Plane Shift is a seventh level spell. Now you can literally lead your party into space, this is what the build's been building up to.

Pros and Cons

Pros:

Voyager does not stick around in one place for long, and this build makes sure you can do just that. You can fly and ignore shackles, and even if you get tied down your robot buddy can carry you to safety.

Speaking of buddies, you're great at helping them out, especially with skill checks. You can give them advantage on checks and saves, plus an additional 1d4, plus an additional +5. That's a W + everyone asked + no ratio + good take.

Even when you're not helping other people out you're still plenty smart on your own, with high intelligence and wisdom scores, bonuses to perception and investigation, (plus all that stuff from #2 can be used on you too), and you have legend lore, a spell which scales based on your existing knowledge, which you have a lot. Your DM better have an overarching plot, is all I'm saying.

Cons:

You don't have a magic weapon. Usually I wouldn't bring this up since you have other options for magical damage, but battle smiths like having magic weapons, and it's especially egregious in a class all about making magic shit. It takes your melee fighting from a +8 to hit up to a +12 to hit, which is a lot in D&D.

Despite taking the artificer subclass all about melee fighting, you're way too squishy to be a frontline fighter full time. You have barely over 100 HP, and if your astronaut suit is leather your AC isn't great either.

Cleric and Artificer are both classes that hit their biggest stride at level 20, and while mixing the two still has good moments it's hard to beat never dying with a +6 to all saves or guaranteed god help once a week.

[aawesomepenguin]

SONIC RANGERS, EVERYTHING WE KNOW ABOUT IT, LINK FOR ALL SOURCES AT THE END

Ok, the time has come. I spent my entire day doing some searches on the 4chan website, picking and trying to find every nugget of information I could find that I was 100% sure it was connected to Sonic Rangers.

I’ll get this right out of the gate: I’m 95% sure the next main Sonic game will be open world, and what will follow is all my evidence towards it. It’ll be uncharted territory for the Sonic franchise, and we’ll need to see how it pays off.

Also, spoilers for Sonic Rangers, but kind of broad ones, so in my opinion, your experience wouldn’t be ruined if you read all of this. But if you’re one of those that want to go 100% blind, then I think the time to jump off this ship is now.

Here we go.

As it turns out, as I did some digging of my own, and thanks to other observant people, I can confirm that the “Sonic Rangers” name has been circulating on the Internet way, WAY before the accidental leak revealed on May 27th. I will show an entire timeline of these discoveries, and how they connect.

But okay, before we dive in, a general vision of Sonic Rangers: the game will take a brand new approach with the character, placing Sonic in an open world for him to explore. Where through his speed, he’ll do platforming challenges, do puzzles, fight against badniks, etc. When fighting against enemies, the player gains XP, that can be used to give Sonic different abilities. Spread through this world are bosses, where after you defeat them, Sonic obtains orbs, and when enough of them are gathered, Sonic can enter Special Stages, that are structured like a Sonic Generations/Sonic Unleashed boost level. When you complete them, you get a Chaos Emerald.

Ok, now let’s go to the 4chan leaks. From what I can tell, SEGA has been inviting different test groups to testplay their next main Sonic game, under a strict NDA. After it, SEGA collects feedback from the testers. I can’t exactly pinpoint when SEGA began to do these tests, but if I had to guess, it has been around as early as March 2020.

1st Occurrence

In July 2020, another fake leak claiming to be the 30th anniversary game showed up on 4chan, but then, as an answer to it, a person that has really played a test version of the next main Sonic game called the fake leaker out. The person that has put their hands on the next main Sonic game had the following to say:

“I playtested the game back in march and played it for an hour. There were no levels just an overworld. You’re full of s***.”

In another post, the person that got their hands on the testing version of the next main Sonic game, had the following to say:

“It was called Sonic Rangers when I played it.”

1st Occurrence analysis

I believe that the person that played the test version of Sonic Rangers has erroneously interpreted the open world as an overworld, which makes sense. Sonic Rangers name gets dropped for the first time.

2nd Occurrence

In August of 2020, another person that played a test version of Sonic Rangers, stated the following about the next title on the Sonic series:

“It’s not an adventure remake. I playtested it. They ARE working on something, but if they take feedback me and the other panelists gave them, SEGA might change quite a bit from what I ended up playing.

Open World

Set on a gloomy, grassy, uninhabited island dotted with ruins.

Big BOTW influence, little korok-like puzzles scattered everywhere.

Robot/alien bosses scattered throughout the island, defeat them and you get a Chaos Emerald.

Get all Chaos Emeralds and you gain entrance to the final boss area, a foggy forest you couldn’t enter before.

No major characters appeared aside from Sonic.

No story, just dumped in.

Turn Super Sonic to fight the boss, he’s a giant colossus-like entity that you climb, hit his weak points.

These could all be changed because I played a couple of months ago and there still hasn’t been any reveal, so I assume they might be reworking a lot.”

2nd Occurrence analysis

As you can see, in this version, some of the elements that were talked about in the most famous leak aren’t present, some missing elements were added later, but the basic was already present and in place. Sonic can travel through an open world, doing puzzles, defeating badniks and fighting against bosses, to then fight against a final boss as Super Sonic. 

The most interesting thing is how the person that leaked these details claimed that they played it “a couple of months ago”, meaning that this version could take place after the build shown in the first occurrence. Some things have changed since then.

Another cool thing that I wanted to point out was that this build uses placeholder from previous Sonic games. During the final boss, the theme for the first boss fight against Infinite from Sonic Forces is used.

3rd Occurrence

In January of 2021, another anonymous 4chan user talked about Sonic rangers, once again mentioning the name “Sonic Rangers.” As their version is pretty edgy, and negative because Sonic Negativism gets clicks, I’m going to present it in a unbiased manner, and be direct to the point on what they said.

Sonic Rangers, around the end of 2020, was presented once more to a select group of people, two demos were shown. The first one allows exploration of the open world under a time limit of twenty minutes, and another demo that has an apparent Final Boss battle.

Open world is filled with small enemies, puzzles, and platforming challenges.

Completing puzzles, challenges and defeating badniks gives XP to the player as a reward, that can be used to unlock abilities for Sonic.

Among the abilities that Sonic can unlock, there is the “spincycle”, where after pressing the Y button, Sonic begins to create a line behind him, and if the player creates a circle-ish shape around the enemy or a group of enemies, Sonic attacks all the enemies that were “marked” within the spincycle line.

Homing Attack that can target multiple enemies at once, from Sonic Lost World, is back.

There are lots of bosses spread through the open world, when they are defeated, Sonic gets some “orbs”.

If the player gets enough orbs, he can access the “Cyberspace”, essentially this game’s special stage.

The cyberspace levels are like the boost levels in Sonic Generations.

When beating a cyberspace level within a certain amount of time, the player obtains a Chaos Emerald.

New voice clips for Roger Craig Smith were used.

Some new music was made for this build.

In regards to the demo where the player faces the final boss:

After reuniting all the Chaos Emeralds, Sonic can go through a dense fog that the player couldn’t access before in the open world.

A Giant Tree Robot is the apparent final boss.

Fly as Super Sonic using the spincycle and other abilities that were unlocked throughout the game to help defeat the final boss.

Can’t take damage, on a timer of rings. A Ghost girl refills the player’s ring count multiple times.

Demo ended after defeating the boss.

3rd Occurrence analysis

As you can see, this version polished even further the concepts that were talked about in the second occurrence. Instead of getting Chaos Emeralds after defeating a boss, Sonic gains orbs, where after this Sonic has to go after EVEN more bosses to get more orbs. With these orbs, the player can access a Special Stage, named Cyberspace, where you’ll be able to play a more traditional like Sonic game, to get the Chaos Emeralds.

This certainly helps the game longer, which is a plus for me. We’ll probably have seven boost levels, with them being treated like a Special Stage. They also added a XP system, and the main gimmick of this game, the spincycle, was shown in the trailer for Sonic Central.

Sonic will keep building up abilities, which is something I believe the player will be able to use them as different strategies on how to beat different types of bosses.

4th Occurrence

Sonic Central takes place, with a trailer for a new Sonic game at the end. Sonic is running through a forest, and then he begins to glow blue, creating a pixel effect, with a line following him. Sonic then runs in a circle with this new ability that makes him glow blue, and then exits screen.

4th Occurrence analysis

With the context we’ve piled up from previous occurrences, you can put some pieces together. Sonic is clearly activating a spincycle, the main gimmick for this new game, just like how it was said in the January 2021 leak. And just like how the leaker said, Sonic formed a circle-ish shape with this ability in the teaser trailer. Sonic creates a blue energy, creating a line behind him, allowing him to make patterns with it, maybe creating a shape that could surround his enemies?

5th Occurrence

Dataminers and modders are able to get their hands on the 4K trailer for the new Sonic game, finding out that the name of the game is, Sonic Rangers.

5th Occurrence analysis

It perfectly fits with what was stated previously in 4chan threads, specifically, the one from July 2020 and the one from January 2021. Helping give the 4Chan leaks even more credit.

6th Occurrence

SEGA, while sending out press kits to news websites, ends up slipping out the name for their next main Sonic game, Sonic Rangers.

"Announcing new console experiences, Sonic Colors: Ultimate and Sonic Rangers, further details on Netflix's Sonic Prime, mobile news, musical events and much more!"

-SEGA

It was an accident, and SEGA stated they sent an erroneous version, and when pressed about the Sonic Rangers name, it didn’t dwell into it any further.

6th Occurrence analysis

Coming straight from SEGA’s mouth, the name for the next main Sonic game is gonna be Sonic Rangers. This fits a lot with the rumours that came from 4chan from July 2020 and January 2021, making it EVEN MORE likely that the next main Sonic game is gonna be an open world game.

Conclusion

And that’s where we’re at now in terms of Sonic Rangers news. In my opinion, I’m 95% certain that these leaks are legit. Keep in mind that after the Sonic Rangers name came to light, 1001 other rumours were created, but these I have my doubts, since they now have a sturdy base, they can make up more stuff to go along with it.

My opinion: I’m particularly excited for this next main game. Sonic Rangers deals with uncharted territory for the Sonic series, and I feel like it could be very fun. But of course, I’m a guy that’s mostly chill and cool with most Sonic media out there, so form your own opinions.

Anyway...

HYPE FOR SONIC RANGERS!

Source 1, Source 2, Source 3, Source 4, Source 5 and Source 6.

[gffa]

I haven’t been playing a lot of Genshin Impact lately because I tried really hard to get Itto and couldn’t, so I was grumpy at the game for that, because my big goal right now is building a second main DPS unit so I can tackle the Spiral Abyss better.

None of the characters I have are really my style, like Yanfei is very useful but I still only have her at C3 and not great artifacts and she’s limited in how far she can go against the worst of the game.  I love Ayaka’s design, but I don’t really like the feel of her playstyle.  Zhongli is my shieldbot.  Childe is mostly a bow-user and bows are impossible on mobile.  Etc. I made an attempt at Shenhe because, well, I was at 65+ pity and I liked her character design, might as well, right?  I didn’t try super hard, I haven’t been playing enough to even use up my resin every day (I’m tired of hunting crystalflies, but I also don’t want to just use original resin, it takes so loooooong), I haven’t been doing the storyline quests, I’ve been barely eking out the events, etc. I wanted my unga bunga smashy Itto, dammit.  ):  But, well, hell, I’ll keep trying for Ganyu.  Yeah, she’s a bow user, but her AOE is nuts and I’d enjoy having her just because I love her character.  Plus, I REALLY want C4 Yanfei from this banner, she starts doing shields then! I think I had to go to something like 75 pity (ugghhhh) but then I got my 5*!

HEY!!!  :D  Not the 5* I was hoping for, but I have been wanting Diluc for ages! Claymore users are my jam and he basically just hits things real good, okay, cool! I’m a little excited about playing the game again!  A reason to keep farming those Crimson Witch artifacts! Well, I ascend him a handful of times, so now I have two wishes on the standard banner.  Might as well. First one, 3*, yeah, whatever, at least I’m making pity, I’ll get one more into pity and then I’ll--

ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME? I GET DILUC FOR THE FIRST TIME ON THE GANYU BANNER, THEN TWO WISHES LATER ON THE STANDARD BANNER, I GET HIM AGAIN? ARE YOU SERIOUS? YES, THIS GAME IS SERIOUS:

Oh my god, I mean, I’ll absolutely take it (even though I also really want Jean, sniffles) because C1 is good for him, but what even IS this game sometimes!

[villainsandvictimsalliance]

if you share fluffy/comforting hcs i will be your bestfriend

Come here, we need some soft content after all the angst happening with the League:

Kurogiri likes bees and he turns into a beekeeper. He buys a house some time away from the city, where he can be at peace.

Mr. Compress let's Toga decorate his prosthesis with stickers. They clean it after certain time so she can decorate it all over again.

Spinner teaches Tomura how to drive every Friday in an empty parking lot. The kids from class 1-A take turns going with them and they record the whole thing. People is really into that, specially when they get Bakugo screaming at both of them for being terrible at driving. After every session, Tomura buys them ice-cream and they sit around while he asks what have they been doing at UA.

Dabi goes with Natsuo when he decides to get his first tattoo. Actually, they end up getting matching tattoos as a promise to never get apart again. Shoto wants one two but Fuyumi is making him wait until he's 21 years old.

Eri once sees Toga smiling and she goes to hug her, telling her that crying is okay too. Everyone goes deadly quiet as Toga suddenly cries a little, hugging Eri back. The girl who can't smile is smiling and the girl who can't cry is crying. And they're doing it because they're happy.

Dabi and Shoto take turns mocking Bakugo while Shigaraki and Deku take turns defending him. Which is really funny because them you have Toga and Uraraka pointing out which team is winning.

Bakugo gets to punch everyone at least once. At least people stop him before he goes against Toga and Uraraka. That'd be a hell of a fight.

The girls at class 1a and class 1b adore Toga and they always invite her when they're going out. Tomura drives her to the place and gives her money to buy ice-cream.

Speaking of which: have you ever thought about Kirishima punching Dabi and Shigaraki just once for kidnapping Bakugo and then going "okay, and now let's hug".

Spinner is like a big brother for the whole class 1b. They are always calling him for advice and help. Once they all decided to cosplay him for Halloween and he almost cried.

Hatsume gets all excited when Compress asks her if she can do a prosthesis for him. He let's the kids at UA create him support tech that he tests. He finds it pretty funny.

Eri tests her power on Dabi every few moths to keep his body from going worst. He messes her hair every time, pointing out how cool is her horn. She reminds him a lot of Tomura and that makes him a little nostalgic.

They find pics of Tomura as a kid by pure luck. He's with his sister and his mother and his grandparents, his father taking the photo. They also find the photo of Nana with Kotaro. Tomura let's All Might keep that one.

When Tomura first meets Momo it hits him how much she reminds him of Hana. He's ashamed at first but eventually he tells the class about his sister. The girls are nicer to him after that and so are the boys.

Rei invites Toga and Tomura for dinner every few weeks. Toga and Shoto are somehow friends, because they can rant about Deku and not understanding people. Since the first meeting, Natsuo became sort of friends with Tomura because they are the same age.

Natsuo invites Tomura to sport games and to the cinema sometimes and Fuyumi worries, but after some time she realizes Dabi is right. Tomura is not a danger to Natsuo.

Spinner joins them after a while. They are not like a crazy trio ranting about sports and movies. Spinner even finds a way to take Natsuo to the gym with him and now they train together.

Tomura and Dabi sometimes disappear together at night. They're on the roof, watching the stars. Those nights when they're feeling raw and violent, they prefer to go with Kurogiri and stay there for some time. Those days are hard, specially because it's easy to miss the friends that did not make it out alive, but they have each other and they hold tight together.

Mr. Compress helps the following years with the cultural festival. Everything is colorful and dramatic and lovely. He is like the special guest. Kurogiri visits the city those days.

Inko finds herself protecting Tomura more than once, mothering him about his scratching and scars. He's constantly eating with the Midoriyas.

Toga and Monoma become besties and no one knows who that happened. She spents a lot of time around class 1b. She also teaches Shinso how to become invisible. Present Mic gets kinda nervous but Aizawa finds it interesting. Well, that kid stabbed him once, she's good. Shinso can learn a bunch from her.

Kurogiri starts helping Fuyumi with teaching kids somehow too. He's really patient and kids adore to play around with his misty form. Fuyumi finds him reliable and responsible. Who would guess they'd find comfort in each other.

Tensei, Iida's brother, gets help from Natsuo with his therapy. Iida and Deku get Melissa Shield to help him with new tech support. He finds a way to work as a minor hero again, and he trains a lot with Compress, both of them trying to regain more mobility.

The best day of Tomura's life is when Stain recognizes he was right. Also? Iida and Tomura bonding over hating Stain? Think about the possibilities.

Tomura teaches Uraraka how to win money online playing games. She's AMAZING at that. Dabi and Shoto secretly gives her a lot of money on her streams. Dabi because he can waste Enji's money and Shoto for the same reason, plus she's her friend.

Tsuyu and Spinner bonding over the stress of their friends being morons. Also they enjoy each other's company a lot.

Dabi and Denki and Cami speaking in memes and only Present Mic is able to translate.

Tomura and Uraraka bonding over not being able to touch things with all their fingers.

Dabi and Sero doing pranks with Sero's tape.

Dabi is definitely a bad influence for class 1a. And even a wrost influence for class 1b.

Tomura is not better but at least he teaches them important stuff.

Dabi will deny to his death that he likes those kids. Tomura teases him constantly.

Toga has a secret account to post stuff about Tomura and Dabi and how they are secretly in love. Class 1a and class 1b join. Soon they're losing their shit all the time around them and they both are angry because they don't know what's happening.

And then class 1b makes it a competition because they ship Spinner and Shigaraki better. It is a naive game, Tomura can't be mad because it's really chaotic, but he asks them eventually to tone it down because they're crossing some limits.

Dabi and Spinner are clueless.

Kurogiri says he ships Tomura with happiness when they ask him.

Then proceeds to say he adores Spinner.

Shoto gets insulted in behalf of his brother and he gets Compress to say he prefers Shigaraki with Dabi.

When they officially asks Shigaraki, he send the meme of "Both? Both. Both is good". Next day Vlad King and Aizawa has to endlessly ask them to stop laughing in class. Specially when Tomura walks in wirh the biggest smirk ever.

AND THIS IS GOING TOO FAR. OMG. SORRY FOR WRITING SO MUCH. I GOT EXCITED.