#AAAAAAA the brainworms the brainworms the brainworms

[stellar-collective]

Your thoughts on Matchstick Ollie? 👀

oh man ok. so imagine this. you’re some kid who loves the ocean who wants to do some good in the world and you hear about this job opening for Zoraxis Defense. they’re experimenting with shields and protection and they’re in an UNDERWATER LAB (!!!! how cool is that?!) and you think this is your big chance to make a difference! so you take the job and it’s weird. Zoraxis is a very strange company; the higher-ups use call signs instead of names, a lot of the scientists there feel a little rough around the edges, and the two project leads have a fascination with dangerous wildlife. but all you have to do is sit in your little storage room and be quick about getting people what they need, and when things get rough, you can just look out your window at the sea and remember that this is in service of a greater good and everything is fine.

then, they send you an assistant. and there’s something… off about them. something distinctly unhinged. they have a call sign instead of a name, like the project leads, and they clearly do not want to be helping you, so you try to more or less leave them alone. you’re still friendly and polite, though, because of course you are, but they react to your polite attempts at conversation with hostility. no, with fear. they’re scared of something, and it’s making them angry, and that makes you curious. so you keep chipping away, trying to coax them into friendship like they’re a feral dog who snaps at your hand when you hold it out. and you don’t really think it’s working until one day, one of the scientists plays a little too rough and you get hurt, and it’s not a big deal but they EXPLODE. and you’re thinking “huh, maybe we are friends after all” and then the experiments wrap up and you’re told to stay put and keep an eye on things until your replacement comes, and you’re fine with that (it’ll only be a couple days, after all!) but then they drag you into the tiny escape pod with them and pull you out.

and you ask them why in the world they did that. and they say “they were leaving you down there to die.” and then they tell you the truth about Zoraxis, and you believe them. you weren’t helping people. well, you were; you were helping people make weapons. and you didn’t even know it.

and you tell them that you want to quit, and they bark a laugh and say you can try but the last person who did got Zoraxis operatives sent after her to kill her. and they say “i don’t want to kill you, Ollie” and so you stay. they give you a new job, a desk one, just doing paperwork, and you hate it but what else can you do? you’re in too deep. you have to keep helping these bad people do bad things. and you can’t even look out the window and see the ocean anymore. and wow, that makes you a bad person too, doesn’t it? Matchstick is still around, and they scare you, but they scare you in a very different way from the rest of Zoraxis, and they take care of you. and they keep you company and you change their bandages and sometimes you ask what happened on their latest mission, and they’ll tell you what Zoraxis made them do, and you start to think you should stop asking but at least they’re talking to you. and you’re vaguely aware that they’re protecting you from the worst of it, and you’re not sure you deserve that.

and one day they walk in on you crying in your office and they tell you that Zoraxis personnel don’t cry, and you ask what to do instead, and they tell you to laugh. and they try to teach you to cackle like a villain, but you just can’t seem to get it but they think your pathetic attempts are funny so it’s fine. and one day, you finally get it, but by then it’s too late to show them and wow, you’re not just a bad person, you’re stupid for thinking you could do any good.

@wyvchard since u wanna be tagged

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

Little Apple fanart for you

YES!!! YES!!!! HER POWER AND INFLUENCE GROWS!!!!!!

[twentyfivemiceinatrenchcoat]

new anon here hehe 🫧

I was just reminded of the glorious creation that is merman Sugu and it has me feeling so many things 😩😩 (I'm physically unwell about it). I've just been thinking especially that if he comes to y/n from the sea, then his hair prolly dries with a lot of salt in it... he wouldn't have to worry about that while it's still wet or when he's underwater, just when visiting y/n on land. SOOOOOO imagine... the hair washing sessions where y/n uses their fave-scented shampoo and conditioner to do his GLORIOUS hair while he sits in their tub and splashes around happily 🛐🛐 they would always do it first thing when Sugu visits (whether staying in or going and exploring) bc he HATES the feel of salt drying into his hair and then flaking around the place, so the hair wash has become a comforting ritual for both of them~

🫧 ANON…… tysm for the mer!sugu crumbs 🫂🫂 THIS IS ACTUALLY SOOOO GENIUS WAIT. do i have your permission to maybe slip that hc into the fic if i have room for it….. the idea that his hair dries when he’s not underwater because of the salt is so clever!!!!

ANDDD THAT’D BE SO WHOLESOME 😭 i think he loves it when reader takes care of his hair. he’s very proud of it!!!! and him splashing around in the tub….. he’s sooooo cute…….. just waiting for you to pamper him like he deserves 😔😔 him AND his glorious hair.

[catnotfound]

I finished 3 books in a week and this is all my brain has to show for it.

THEY’RE CLOWNS. BOTH OF THEM. (😭)

[funsetsunset]

I have to draw Leon/Soma art now 🥲

[akaikali]

Crunchyroll tweeting about erzajane with Good Luck, Babe was not on my 2024 bingo card but I'm gonna take it as lesbian Mira confirmation bc lesbian ace Mira is my favorite thing ever.

I love poly erzajane and jerza but if that's not possible, I absolutely think the erzajane dynamic is "if it wasn't him, it would have been you" like aaaaaaa I love erzajane so muchhhh

I can't WAIT to show yall my brainworms about luvia tho I ADORE luvia with all my heart because it gives juvia such a good storyline

[trashsketch]

not to make a beautiful and thought-provoking game into fandom shit but LISTEN...

killugon slay the princess au

ANON THAT’D BE AMAZING!!! I can easily see gon and killua fitting the roles of the player character and the princess really well ahgbdjjdfj it gives me brainworms thinking about it. I feel like i cant share too many spoilers but aaaaaaa their dynamic would fit certain routes of the game super well!!!

[soppsop]

I didn't like the third so I didn't finish it but have uh little guys but in lobcorp cus idk brainworms🤲

YAYYYYYYYYY

THIS IS SO COOL WIAGSJD AAAAAAA THANK YOUUUU 🥺🥺🥺🥺

ouoghhh those drawings are so cooooool i love your art style so much..,,,

and the little guys are so cute look at them go 🥺 how did you even put them there this is the coolest thing ever.. this is the first time i hear about lobcorp i think im gonna get it and obsess over it now fbskbd

ahhhh thank you so much im gonna look at this forever now <3333 waaaah

[skyward-floored]

Welp the Barbie brainworms have taken over.

The Zelda Great Fairy AU is now going to have Barbie in Rapunzel vibes.

Aaaaaaa old Barbie movies are the BEST. The rapunzel one is so good, I loved how she could paint stuff.

I always especially liked the Barbie nutcracker myself :)

[pondslime]

hi hello its anon from earlier, i just saw your post about a CARLY FIC?? AND IM INTRIGUED???

OMG HELLO MY LOVE

and yes aaaaaaa!! the carly fic!!! it's been my beloved brainworm since november and I've yet to really iron it out SMH!! bc I've been plagued by bingbong simpleton. BUT I DO REALLY LOVE IT sdfjhfdjhjdsf

I made an entire playlist for it dsjhjdfshjsdf mento-eel-ness

I literally mocked up a post in my drafts to BULLY and HARASS myself into finishing it bc I NEED TO ASAP:

^BIG SMH!! but it's like......angst and fluff. exploring the effects of trauma. hurt/comfort, figuring out sexuality. wlw nonsense. carly's out in new york working her internship and goin through it. coffee shop??? romcom?? bullshit???? in NYC??? there are trips to central park and the museum of natural history??? mutual pining??? idk it's a. fic jsdhjdfshjsdfh

these are the ao3 tags FOR WHEN I EVENTUALLY PUBLISH THIS SHIT SJDFHJFDSH

I've posted a couple lil snippets of it here n there if u are so inclined! this one has nick and carly banter and a lil snippet of smut. this one is just a lil excerpt from a very str8 convo

💛here's an extra lil one under the cut:

The man she pictures isn’t who was in the hall last night. Whatever. It might as well have been him.

If she’s being haunted, she wouldn’t put it past this being her specter.

He glances down the hallway, thrumming with manic excitement. The grin on his face distorts his features, twisting his face into something unnatural. There’s something wrong with him and she didn’t see it before. Stupid. This is what he’d always looked like and he’d just been wearing the idea of another person before. He couldn’t keep it on for very long—not around her, at least.

Remember being thirteen?

Family reunion, house full of people. All of her fingers are intact and she’s painted her nails a bright, brilliant blue. Some aunt nudges her mother, smiling.

“She’s gonna drive the boys crazy.” That’s strange to hear at thirteen. It sounds like an insult, but it’s a compliment. A threat, but a good one. You want to make boys go insane, don’t you? That makes you special. Her aunt says those words and paints the target on her forehead with sparkly pink gloss.

He’d been watching them since they showed up at the campsite. Maybe even before that. She scrubs her memory of the diner trying to piece together the faces. Was he there then, bumming a cigarette off of Blake, leaning on the hood of his truck? His eyes on them even then, blowing smoke out in the parking lot. When did he block the road off? If they would’ve stayed in the diner, would that have changed anything?

Dalton with his stupid camcorder, watching her over the fire. He would’ve liked New York. His head snapped off his neck.

Wrong place, wrong time.

[alpha-leoniis]

guess who's here to make another gush post about parental f/os? haha, yours truly

yeisgsjsgrjcs I love 🖤 and 🤍 so much aaaaaaa. interesting how 🖤 is the one I usually have the most brainworms towards, but eh, they're both my parents and I love them jsbsks

but yeah, 🖤... 🖤 is always there for me msbsmssm. I like to imagine them giving great hugs and covering me with their coat when it gets cold and y'know, treating me nicely nsbajsbensm

but 🤍 is also very much loved by me, don't get me wrong. they're also there for me all the time and I love their jokes and all msbskaksbsmsk

so yeah, it's f/o family loving hours ksbskaksksb

[gogomeaty]

The movie gave me more skwisgaar and murderface brainworms, i made a post about it maybe is very like overreacting but idk aaaaaaa

[lordarsonizzzzt]

Malmo knocks on the door while Kathy is crying.

“Hey, buddies, can I come in..? The. Um. The vibe is off. Just wanna make sure you’re okay.”

Kathy sniffles softly.

“Not right now, doctor. Thank you, though.”

The worm in her was swallowing down sadness in gulping mouthfuls. Only one worm amongst billions, but her sorrow drowned it all out.

“Are you sure..? I could, um. Get you something. If you need.”

Kathy is quiet for a moment.

“Could you get me my water bottle? I left it on my desk.”

Malmo smiled, shifting awkwardly.

“I’ll leave it outside the door for you.”

“Thank you.”

And that they did, along with one of their emergency bags of beef jerky, which they kept in case the worms got too hungry.

She needed it more than them.

-Brainworms anon.

THIS IS SO SWEET JBIJH

The worm trying so hard to eat the sadness away but failing miserably and Malmo feeling bad aaaaaaa

[wazzappp]

first of all HOLY SHIT

second of all HOOOOOOOOOOOOLY SHITTTTTTTT

What a hell of an opening dude. Each sentence is like a punch to the face and DESCRIBING HER HAVING 'PHANTOM HANDS UNDERNEATH HIS SKIN'. AAAAAAA. JESUS FUCKING CHRIST. THATS SO JSKALS:FJKDSL:JFIEWOPKDSLNfjkdls;ajfkdlsa;f ohhhhhhhhhhh my god. Not even hand holding first daym okay

"Ro-obe" ajdklafkdls I forgot yeah she would totally be saying his name with an accent aghhhhh thats so AGGGHGHHHHHH

""Miss O'Toole," Ro-be grunted, gnarled hands clutching wild white hair." HES SO POLITE EVEN WHEN HES BEING POSSESSED GODDDDD

Grabbing him by the CURSED FUCKED UP HAND to convince him that NO she will NOT be THROWING HIM at the GIANT SUMO WRESTLER CREATURE ADFHGHGHKD

The way you described her trying to wrangle his curse is so good its SO GOOD and it perfectly fits what a slippery motherfucker Eli is. And the DIRECT transition into Robbie running Lisa off to safety thats SO good.

The way you adapted the change in his personality is PERFECT. He's still himself, just no filter and too tired to keep up with politeness and UNBEARABLY sincere rip Lisa that 'At your service' was a one hit KO. AND EXAMINING HIS NEW FUCKED UP HANDS ohhhhh how long do you think hes going to put off thinking about the full implications of this because I think its going to be a WHILE

HE BITE HE BITE BE BITE BE BITEEEEEEEE GET HIS ASSS and then immediately coughs up blood because he's not built for this jfdkalf AND THEN HE APOLOGIZES FOR IT??? OH MY GODDDDDDDDD

Youve got the brainworms going at like. A million miles a minute it looks like a caterpillar rave in here rn bro im LOSING IT

THEM but DANDADAN

[thetimecrystal]

hiii mica🖤🖤 happy shiraz lane sunday!! how's the hannes worms going, haven't heard from them in a while👀

well anyways. im just leaving these here for u😌 i still remember the day i decided to watch the video for mental slavery and. well. it went downhill from there :) still haven't recovered, nope :)

helloooo eda!! <3 happy shiraz lane sunday to you toooo!

the hannes brainworms were on christmas break but are now reinstated for work and wow- AAAAAAAA :) this is wonderful! perfectly fine! i feel... sooo normal about this. seriously. I Am Just Screaming Out Of Normalcy. yinkies. (maybe this is the look i should recreate since i haven't gotten around to doing the halloween 2018 one? /j)

and i have this one image that makes me want to scream, weep and cry. cat-dad hannes is everything to me 🥺

and the beanie with messy hair??? i love!!! 🥺

and this photo??? 🥺🥺 i have such a soft spot for hannes' and ana's friendship, and also skylar!!!! 🥺

maybe i am weeping a bit. maybe so.

but i am also sending you tonnes of love and hugs!!! <3 thank you for stopping by

[1986omega]

the implication that muramasa specifically has ubw shirou's body got me super pumped.  limited / zero over shirou that muramasa's appearence was ripped from was confirmed to be "The complete form of Shirou as a Magus" so its like, evident that shirou does eventually master unlimited blade works, and continues working towards becoming a hero of justice.

more under here there’s just gonna be more images so it’s gonna make the post huge:

i also find it really interesting thats shirou leans more into japanese styled attire as opposed to EMIYA who dressed more western before becoming a counter guardian:

it kind of mirrors kiritsugu, the kind old man that shirou knew was more often than not shown in yukata/traditional japanese garb while the cold killer that EMIYA came to resemble was constantly in black suits/western syled clothing.

there’s also this implication that shirou doesn’t need to strain himself nearly as much to achieve his goals as EMIYA did.  Each of those pictures are meant to represent shirou/EMIYA in their early/mid-twenties, and only EMIYA shows any evidence of side effects from his magecraft.  shirou has rin with him to support him and has developed enough self-respect to not just, blast away without any concern for himself (at least while rin is with him.)