#.here is my contribution for the night

[sansloii]

random fact 728: mikah fucks up English and French so bad when they're exhausted. because French is their first language, that's the language they think in for the most part. when they're running on negative sleep, it kinda just shuts off their willingness to... be coherent in a language everyone understands so even if they start off in English, it's probably a one or two word response before they give up. but at the same time, they're so used to speaking English now that their mouth and the way they speak will kinda.... stick with English way of speaking and pronouncing thing. so what comes out is this fluent but very... awkward string of words in French that doesn't sound quite right if they heard themself talk but to them, it accomplishes exactly what it needs to ( which is nothing but... you know )

bonus points: they get so huffy and hissy when, reasonably, the person who they are talking to has difficulty understanding them or just... can't at all. they've chewed out Evan ( who knows French but it's more conversational than actually fluent ) when they've had to repeat something to him more than once in this state. even though it's their fault.

[feroluce]

So I spoke somewhat about my thoughts on Emanator Sampo here, but I never really thought of it from a design point of view or what kind of powers he would have until just recently. But I actually kind of love leaning into it from a "stage hand" perspective?

Because like. Aha's body in THEIR official art is completely black, giving attention to all the fun brightly colored things around THEM. And that's so fitting for Sampo! He usually prefers to be a side character. He likes to act from the shadows. His is a much more subtle hand.

So I wonder if as an Emanator, a lot of his clothes are actually very dark? Not necessarily plain, still extravagant and needlessly detailed in things like cut and quality with lots of different fabrics and textures and ornamentation, but dark. Or maybe even his skin itself becomes blackened further down his body; his hands in particular are dark, as a sort of sleight of hand reference.

The motif of a lot of straps wrapped around him like in his canon design is still present, but they're all loose and flowing off of him like paper streamers now instead of restraining him or holding him together. He is no longer contained! Or maybe they're still a bit more rigid/heavy, but just draped more like red stage curtains!

And this is like. Fully self-indulgent, but I love inhuman designs, and there's nothing in canon to say I can't do this, so screw it! Go for broke!! Maybe it's not visible to normal people, but Sampo having a second set of arms would be really cool, as further sleight of hand reference. One set is almost normal looking, but his hands are a bright, attention-drawing white, and the other is dark, set almost in the shadows of the first arms, to act less noticeably.

He also has something of a broken heart design to him in canon (the front of his black shirt with its jagged shape down the middle; his coat looks like a full heart shape in the back), and I actually like him keeping that element as an Emanator, because I think it suits him. Sampo says his taste in aesthetics and views on Elation involve human dignity,

and the story he helps create in Belobog involves the long and winding road of resistance and survival and eventual triumph in the face of some very adverse, oppressing odds. (I'm pretty sure I heard he once called Wildfire "artless" though, plus the man acts like he thinks Shame is some kind of dessert, so like ndkdjzjskkd) But the point being!!

I think Sampo is someone who can appreciate heartbreak and angst and tragedy in a story, because it makes the victory at the end all the sweeter. And this would be another thing he shares with Aha, because I think THEY did bless the Mourning Actors partly just to be a little shit, but also because Aha does recognize tragedy as part of THEIR Path, too, and you can see it in some of the game. So a broken heart motif can still suit him, and I like him having elements of both comedy and tragedy. Like his clothing having a happy sun/sad moon (like the moon in Aha's art) or him having both of the traditional comedy/tragedy masks in his design.

And as Emanator, Sampo can maybe play with the stage settings environment, too. Like lights sometimes behave strangely around him, appearing blindingly bright to someone or dramatically dark. Sampo wills it and suddenly there seems to be a metaphorical spotlight right where he wants everyone to look. And when he doesn't want to be noticed, his face seems to be cast in shadow, he seemingly just fades into the background, no one notices or recognizes him and he sneaks away easily. He can create smoke or fog literally out of thin air without his bombs now, too, the air will just suddenly thicken until his stage is obscured, and Sampo can set the scene as he pleases or disappear without a trace.

And in line with being a stage hand, Sampo can direct attention like no other. He was already extremely good at this as a normal mortal, and becoming an Emanator only took it up to 11, past human limits. Sampo points, and all present feel compelled to follow his fingertip. He looks away, and they all follow his gaze. He can even affect the mood of an audience; he can influence everyone to be calm and placid or he can whip them into a feverish frenzy. Sometimes a crowd will start to become unsettled, agitation stirring until it boils over, until it incites a full on violent mob.

And in the middle of all that chaos will stand one perfectly calm figure, face cast in shadow, until they quietly slip away out of sight.

[smallvictorianchildwhofoundwifi]

More Monoma death au stuff but it's a really minor detail and it's entirely Kendo and Monoma (not a scene, just talking about it)

Before everyone went off in their groups, Kendo approached Monoma and told him to be careful- since he was the only one not with any of his classmates and was a cornerstone of the plan which is a very stressful situation to be in.

Specifically, she said "come back to us okay" and held up a fist bump.

He reassured her that he would be with entirely pro-heros and that there was no reason to worry prez

She gives him an intense stare as she moves her fist a little closer to him for emphasis, "Monoma..."

He cuts off the banter and returns the serious stare before fist bumping her and leaning in, "I promise."

Cut to after Monoma has been revived and is reuniting with his classmates

Kendo and Monoma have a private moment late at night, because most of the time she's busy being the head-held-high class president so she didn't speak all her thoughts or cry all her tears when he came to the dorms

She starts to cry and can't hold it back, whispering "how are you alive, how did you come back"

All he says, "I made a promise"

[madisoncounty]

a (mostly) comprehensive breakdown of the wicked teaser trailer

[loadinghellsing]

an important question; "how/when does Anderson sleep?" an important answer;

however and whenever possible

(part 2)

[idk-bruh-20]

Irondad fic ideas #103

We have seen fics where Tony attends Peter's "Parents' Evening," sometimes surprising Peter, always embarrassing him a little and protecting him a lot

However, consider: students are not always required to join their parents at the first such event of the year, "Back to School Night"

This event is more for parents and guardians to get to the know the school, meet the teachers, and learn the kinds of things their kids will be expected to do in the upcoming year. Many kids send their parents to school with just a bell schedule and opt to stay home

Fic where May can't attend Peter's "Back to School Night." Peter's like, "Eh, whatever. It's not required so who cares."

But, May still kind of wants to know what's what at the school? And she doesn't want Peter's brand new teachers to get the wrong impression, like he doesn't have any adults willing to show up and represent him in the school community. So, she reaches out to a certain billionaire.

Completely unbeknownst to Peter, Tony Stark attends his "Back to School Night."

(He has Peter's bell schedule from FRIDAY. He has paperwork from May saying yes he can be there - very much in the style of Ron Swanson "I have a permit")

Teachers are flabbergasted. Other students' parents are in shock.

But, for the most part, Tony spends the night bemused. He saunters along like any other parent adult, searches around for Peter's various classes, sits in tiny, smelly desks. He collects lots of info for May

Peter learns about none of this until the next day. It turns out, not every student decided to stay home - at least a few got dragged to the school along with their parents.

And they took videos.

Bonus:

Additional Possibilities for Tony's Evening:

He meets Ned's parent(s) because they have so many classes together

Ned's parent(s) may or may not privately share with Tony how great they think he's been for Peter, how they can see the life back in his eyes

He asks the teachers probing questions about the difficulty of the material, accommodations for students, mental health support etc. that have some of the other parents silently cheering

He brags about Peter. A lot.

He may or may not graffiti on Howard Stark's mural face

Someone asks, since Peter's internship is apparently real, if their kid can have an internship too, and Tony responds, "<3 ^_^ no"

An encounter with Flash's father may or may not qualify according to Pepper as a Press Incident That Could Have Been Avoided

Is MJ one of the students accidentally present during this critical moment in Midtown's history? Who can say.

[cordiallyfuturedwight]

JIN Day 2022 1. - Favorite Era - Butter 🧈 (feat. <JIN @ Photobooth>)

[taylorswiftdebut]

something something seasons change but people don’t blah blah blah

[the-kipsabian]

[aria0fgold]

The recuperation days are over! Gonna be going back to my mom's house today :3 Ngl though it was preeetty nice living with my sister for 6 days! And also, the power of moving my body around and going outside is amazing... my skin feels so smooth even though my mom and sis has the same bodywash like whoooaaa... the power of being healthy...

[catfishofoldin99colours]

want to stay up and have Alone Time but I am physically shaking from exhaustion so. Sleep it is.

[kamishiro-rui-phoenixwonderland]

... when actually was the last time i had a proper conversation with my dad? that wasn't just a greeting?

we used to talk heaps when i was younger...

... it's probably not his fault. he- he has work, and me going to boarding school for a year probably aided in us drifting apart... yet, i'm really close with Mum still... how odd.

... no, i shouldn't be feeling sorry for myself. i am really fortunate. Yoisaki-san actually lost their mother- and Miyake-kun doesn't have either of his parents anymore. and quite a few of my friends who do have their parents- well, they don't act as such. compared to the likes of them... i'm...

... perfectly alright?

[xamaxenta]

Its so hard reminding myself its ok to take a day here and there to do absolutely nothing im so used to the concept of productivity that i feel guilty when im not doing something

But im trying to force myself to take one day every two or three weeks where i do nothing idk if it will help me at all or if itll make me feel bad or smth but i hear people doing stuff like this and im like whoa wish that could be me

[steelycunt]

good morning all. today i find myself filled with a thousand tiny stresses like pebbles clattering around in my shoes. and yet! i unlace my shoes and take them off and find them empty. another cruel deception and by my own mind no doubt

[goldensunset]

as an underclassman early morning classes and boring classes were what i detested and feared most of all. now it’s difficult classes and evening classes. my evening class last semester actively made me want to become the joker with how disruptive it was to my schedule. i sure would have never wanted to switch into a 9am yawnnnn history lecture class but at this point that sounds like a dream compared to all the tons of active work outside of class with every single professor trying to scare us to death on the first day. i would rather wake up early every day than suffer the hell that i’m currently slated for. last semester brutalized me so badly it’s not even funny i can’t do the same workload again yet worse i need a relative mental break. i do not have that dog in me. i will be going to my advisor screaming and crying tomorrow asking her to make some changes

[salsflore]

ummmm