#ALSO check out that link about the mini-project

[when-all-is-lost]

Bill Cipher thinks he needs to bring Euclydia back in order to heal and become a better version of himself. Bill Cipher thinks he needs to rekindle a relationship with Stanford Pines in order to be happy, to truly want and feel wanted by someone.

Bill Cipher is wrong, but he won't accept that answer by choice.

So. By force it is, then.

If he'll hold on to everything he refuses to lose with a grip so tight that it bruises and scars anyone and anything trapped in his grasp, then everything he is holding on to will be wrenched from his hands and rendered irreversibly irretrievable.

When All Is Lost (WAIL for short) is a Gravity Falls AU/Sequel exploring what exactly it would take to change Bill Cipher for the better - and what exactly made him who he is in the first place.

Some features!

>An angsty Bill backstory based around some of the darker parts of Flatland lore

>Deeper, more sentimental reasons for Bill to build the portal and start Weirdmageddon

>Visitation sessions between Ford and Bill in the Theraprism starting 14 years after the events of Gravity Falls

>Messy, half one-sided BillFord

>The complex dilemma of discovering you do still care about someone who badly hurt you, made worse by seeing that someone making some active steps toward change

>The cognitive dissonance of hating someone and missing what you used to have with them

>Eventual "human" Bill (Read: Bill stuck possessing a random human body that is of questionable origin) learning to survive in Gravity Falls over 30 years after the events of canon despite losing everything he ever cared about

>A healing process that is more like a silly straw than... idk... a regular straw? It's. It's not linear, that's for sure.

>And so much more...

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Welcome to the official blog of the When All Is Lost AU! Thanks for stopping by to check it out! I'll be using this blog to of course post links when I update the fic with new chapters, but there will also be even more neat Bonus Content™!

Bonus Content™ on this blog might include but is certainly not limited to:

>Art of characters or scenes from the AU

>One-shot fics of scenes that are part of the AU but may not be part of the main storyline (such as scenes from after the portal incident while Bill was still trying to force Ford to re-open the portal, and/or future meetings between Ford and Jheselbraum - including Jheselbraum explaining her history with Bill)

>Deeper dives into some of the headcanons that inspired this AU

>Updates to the companion fic that I'll eventually be working on - excerpts from Journal 3B (Ford's secret journal where he documented some of him and Bill's more 'romantic' encounters from before the portal incident)

>A mini fic about Bill's biological parents

>Occasional opportunities for in-character Q&As, and of course, just regular ol' answers from the author for any questions you might have about the AU!

[marlynnofmany]

Singing the Return

(A followup to Singing the Approach)

Our ship touched down like usual, with the captain in the cockpit along with a pilot (it was Kavlae’s shift), talking to the locals about where to park. In a slight departure from usual, this landing pad wasn’t anywhere near the ground. It was on top of a cactus-tree-thing that thankfully (very thankfully) didn’t sway in the wind.

I waited in the cargo bay with Zhee. He was a little twitchy, flicking his antenna and shuffling his legs and generally not holding still. I wasn’t about to say anything about it, but I suspected Zhee wasn’t a fan of heights.

Luckily for him, the landing pad was broad enough that he didn’t need to get close to the edge. Unluckily for him, Captain Sunlight had suggested that he be part of the delivery crew today because he’d been there when we met the clients before, and they would be expecting him.

With the amount he was flexing his pinchers, you’d think he was the one the clients had offered to give a tour of their skyscraper cactus city.

As the bay door started to open, Zhee asked me, “Did you check if that belt has a full charge?”

“Yes I did,” I told him, pushing the button on my gravity belt to display a full line of power lights. “And Mimi even looked it over for loose wires or whatever. I’m all set.”

“Good,” Zhee said, angling his torso so that his front half was higher — the Mesmer equivalent of standing up straight. I was continually amused by how much praying mantises resembled centaurs, and how much this particular alien species resembled Earth bugs. This wasn’t the time to bring it up, though.

The door was open all the way now, and there was Captain Sunlight, come to lead the way out. I could see a cluster of many-limbed locals waiting outside in the bright sun. The landing surface looked like it was made of red rocks mined nearby. Hopefully they were stable on top of this cactus-tree. The captain waved us forward: Zhee with the crates on a hoversled and me singing my best approximation of the local greeting song.

I’d practiced it on the way here. It was high-pitched but slow, like a songbird in slow motion. Or, more accurately, like a songbird trying to sing like a whale. This particular culture interacted regularly with their ground-bound evolutionary cousins, who wouldn’t have made it past the first climbing spike on these cactus towers.

The Tree-grabber in front stepped forward, chirping a reply song, then switching to the more recognizable trade language. “Greetings! We are delighted to smell you.” He waved his mousy ears happily, all four arms folded in front of him.

“And we you,” replied Captain Sunlight, whose people actually said that kind of greeting themselves. Her yellow scales were extra bright in this sun. “Would you like to inspect the merchandise?”

They would. Zhee did his part by prying open the crates with his mighty mantis arms — I don’t know why the supplier of these fruits insisted on packaging them this way, but it was good we had him along — and the Tree-grabbers all made a big deal of sniffing the fruits. The antigrav belts in the other crate got sniffed too, though thankfully they didn’t stink.

I could smell the fruits from where I was standing; that sour smell made my eyes water even at a distance. But no one was paying attention to me, busy as they were with signing for the delivery on the tablet that Captain Sunlight held out. Zhee put the lids back on. I wiped my eyes and admired the view. It was a nice scenic desert scrubland out there, with only the other cactus-trees in the way. I could see the entire sprawling city where the Ground-grabbers lived, and just barely make out the buildings on the distant Air-grabber mesa.

“Are you still interested in a tour?” someone asked.

I turned back and smiled without baring teeth. “Yes please!”

The lead Tree-grabber was returning the tablet to Captain Sunlight while the others moved the crates onto their own low-tech wheeled cart. Behind them, a hatch slid open in the red stones of the landing pad. Zhee towed the hoversled back toward our ship as soon as it was empty.

Captain Sunlight looked up at me. “Travel with care,” she said, which was a polite way of urging me not to trip and fall off the cactus.

“I will,” I told her. “And I have my phone if anything comes up.” That covered a lot of ground. We’d already discussed keeping an eye out for possible delivery needs: offworld items that I might tactfully suggest to the locals. They wouldn’t have thought to ask about the antigrav belts if the subject hadn’t come up in conversation the last time we were here.

“Then kindly follow me to the handpath,” said the many-limbed monkey-mouse. Dang, what was his name? I thought. He had a name. It translated as just a sound. Chirp, right, that’s what it was. I knew that. Totally professional over here. I kindly followed Chirp in the direction of the handpath.

Which was over the edge, because of course it was. Metal handrails like the kind I usually saw at swimming pools waited next to the steps. Chirp led the way.

I set the gravity belt to “catch me if I suddenly plunge downward,” and followed.

I like climbing, right? Big fan. I was all over the playground as a kid, and I never really stopped. It’s particularly fun when I get to be “the one who can reach things high up,” or otherwise be appreciated for climbing a tree or a spaceship or what have you. Occasionally I’ll meet someone else who enjoys being above the ground. Most species seem to prefer being on a safe, level surface.

Not these guys. Wow. I was glad that Captain Sunlight had insisted on the gravity belt, because this was intense. The entire city street system were basically ladders on the outside of skyscrapers.

“This handpath is designed with elders and the occasional visitor in mind,” Chirp called up to me. “Artificial steps and platforms placed regularly.” When I looked down, I saw that he was indeed standing on a platform already, which even had a railing around it. There were more ladders on either side, and other platforms that could be reached with the help of metal handholds.

“That’s very considerate,” I said. Other cactus-trees were close enough that I could watch the agile citizens scurry along the surfaces, using only the natural cactus spikes and small branches. Wild. “Do you have any handpaths inside?” I managed to make it sound casual as I stepped down onto the platform with a perfectly normal heart rate. There was a door here that I hadn’t seen from above.

“There are some,” he said. “Mostly for emergencies.”

I had to laugh. “That’s the opposite of where I’m from.”

“Really?” He perked up in curiosity. “How so?”

“We have tall buildings like this that we made,” I said with a wave toward the towering plants. “Nothing on Earth grows this big, but we can build it. And we do all our travel between levels inside, except for emergency escape ladders on the outside.”

“Fascinating!” Chirp said. “I suppose if you make the whole things yourselves, you can make sure the inside is strong enough to support as many rooms as you need.”

“Yeah, definitely,” I agreed, laying a palm against the smooth cactus wall. “These are pretty soft at the core, huh?”

“Oh yes, that’s why the rooms are kept strictly to the outer layer,” Chirp said. “Come in; let me show you.”

He opened the door and I got ready to duck, since it was just under human height, then a rapid succession of shadows passed over us.

Chirp made an irritated click. “Air-grabbers, come to get in the way again!”

I looked, curious to see what they actually looked like. Both the Tree-grabbers and the Ground-grabbers had complained about them last time.

They looked a lot like I expected: bats with skinny arms held close while they flew. Everybody seemed to have six limbs on this planet.

And varying opinions about personal space. The Air-grabbers fluttered around the cactus towers, inspecting anything that caught their interest. They circled people carrying groceries. They poked their heads into open doors, only to get shooed back out. They arrowed in on the spaceship parked above. And they flew past me repeatedly, almost enough of them to run into each other. High-pitched voices floated on the breeze, but none of them addressed us directly.

“Inside,” Chirp said, opening the door. I followed him in. He shut it firmly, leaving the squeaking cloud of bats outside.

The ceiling was a bit low here, but at least this was a proper civilized room, not something carved directly from the wet cactus innards. Multiple desks, counters, and couches made it look like an info center, or some other kind of “just arrived from above” hub. I wondered if there was a lot of travel between cactus cities here. Several locals waited in line.

Then someone else rushed in after us, complaining in her own chittering language, and she pulled up short when she saw the tall alien bent over by the door.

“Hello,” I said.

“My greetings,” she said, edging sideways. “Pardon.” With a quick arm gesture that was probably polite — one to her chest and three outward — she hurried off to stand in line. Everyone else was staring.

I’ve been stared at plenty in my time, so this was only a little awkward. I waved. Small windows that I hadn’t noticed in the walls flickered with passing shadows.

Chirp said, “I apologize for the Air-grabbers. They hardly make a visit pleasant.”

“Is there any way to ask them nicely to leave?” I asked. “I assume you’re tried discussing it with their leaders?”

“Many times.” Chirp looked tired. “They don’t care. As far as they’re concerned, the air is their territory, and it’s our poor luck that we have to breathe it.”

“How rude,” I murmured, not wanting to cast judgement on an alien culture. But my present audience more than agreed.

“Yes, they are very rude,” Chirp said, working up to a proper rant. “Shouting at them does no good, since they just find it funny. Bad weather will make them leave, but that’s a problem for us too, and hardly something we can conjure up on a whim. Though they did seem to dislike the sound of the wind through the observatory when half the windows were left open; that we could probably do on purpose. Not very helpful here, though.”

“What kind of sound was it?” I asked, half an idea forming.

“A very high shriek,” he told me. “Almost too high to hear. The wind did some strange things with those windows.”

“I wonder if you could ward them off with noise,” I said.

“Maybe,” he said, not sounding terribly optimistic. “Like I said, yelling doesn’t help, and that’s loud too.”

Somebody else scrambled through the door, complaining. This guy didn’t even see me, just slamming the door and hurrying forward like he was ready to have words with whoever was in charge here. Maybe he was. More shadows passed over the windows.

“Can I try something?” I asked. “A quick loud noise? I’ll do it outside.”

He looked curious at that. “Go ahead. Just make sure not to startle anyone on the handpaths nearby.”

“Of course,” I said. Then I turned my back on the staring eyes, opened the door, and stepped out to where I could stand up to my full height.

No Tree-grabbers nearby. Perfect. I put two fingers in my mouth and let loose with the most ear-piercing whistle I could muster.

Startled bats changed course in midair, flapping and diving to get away, a cloud of chattering alarm and confusion. Judging by the shadows, some of the ones from above had lifted off as well.

I watched for a moment to see that they kept their distance, then I ducked back inside.

“That seemed to work,” I told Chirp.

Chirp was rubbing his ear. “I’m not surprised. Very loud. How well did it work?”

I waved him outside to take a look for himself. He perked up when he saw how far the Air-grabbers had moved back. “That’s the best result I’ve seen yet! I’m sure some of it might be from the surprise of it all, but even so.”

“You said the wind shriek was almost too high to hear,” I said. “Do you think the Air-grabbers can hear sounds that you can’t quite pick up?” Their ears were bigger, but what did I know?

“Now that,” Chirp said decisively, “Is an idea worth pursuing.”

“So there’s this animal on my planet called a dog,” I said. “And a certain kind of whistle that only they can hear…”

By the time my tour was over, I had a representative of the city very interested in having us deliver some offworld noise-makers that might help them keep the peace.

(The rest of the tour was nice; they had some impressive architecture inside those cactuses, and everyone greeted me politely. I didn’t fall off the side once.)

When I climbed back up the ladder to the landing pad, taking care not to focus on the long drop behind me, I was surprised to find a handful of Air-grabbers perched there in conversation with the captain.

Chirp made a disapproving grunt, but said nothing as we walked over.

“Ah, welcome back!” Captain Sunlight said to me. “It looks like our next visit will involve a delivery of fruit to the other above-ground city in these parts.”

The Air-grabber in front smiled with sharp teeth. “Ours is the best.”

“As you say,” Captain Sunlight agreed politely.

“We will need the items delivered directly to an entrance,” said the Air-grabber. “Not to the high ground. Is that something you can do?”

Chirp muttered something that sounded like “Knew it.”

“I’m sure we can manage that,” Captain Sunlight said. “Our ship has some very stable thrusters, and talented pilots. And, failing that—” She looked at me. “Someone experienced with antigrav belts and high places.”

I chuckled and turned off the safety. “That you do.”

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There's an exciting mini-project coming out next week! Details here!

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These are the ongoing backstory adventures of the main character from this book.

Shared early on Patreon! There’s even a free tier to get them on the same day as the rest of the world.

The sequel novel is in progress (and will include characters from these stories. I hadn’t thought all of them up when I wrote the first book, but they’re too much fun to leave out of the second).

[mylittleponyoh]

Desk Mess CC Kit by MylittleponyOh

Hi Simmers !

Today is the big day ! The REVEAAAAL of my secret project. Because yes I've been working days on this 15 objects kit !

A little lore about the Desk Mess CC Kit : Maybe you know it, maybe you don't I AM FRENCH. And I play The Sims since... I am 11 or 12 yo. When I discovered the great world of custom contents, I was awestruck. So, I started downloading a loooooot of them. Never thinking one day I would make my own. Then in Covid 2020 I tried Blender. And a new world opened to me. It was hard. But I am very stubborn. I failed a lot. But I kept trying. So the first time I successfully added MY OWN CC into MY GAME and it worked I thought, OK THIS IS IT. I WANT TO LEARN MORE. You are going to ask yourself, why is she telling this. Why being French has something to do with this CC Kit, and I'll tell you why. As a Sims 4 addict, I watch a lot of content about Sims 4. And I have a favorite French Youtuber I follow since 2019 @kapands ! I loved her content so much, I followed her on Twitch. And I loved even more the community there. I was so happy to add my contribution to the 2024 secret Advent Calendar the community is gifting her. Following her all these years, I knew custom content was taking a great place in her way of playing The Sims 4. So I challenged myself (really afraid to fail) to create a CC Kit centred around one of her character : Bella. (2nd gen of the Into The Forest Challenge).

🔗Kapands Into The Forest Legacy Challenge 1st Episode

I wanted to thank Kapands, because she has created this awesome community I am proud to be a part of. Because she is kind and real. Because she adresses important subjects of life into her game. And also because she works so freaking much !!!!

What you need to know before downloading :

The following objects are Base Game Compatible

Bella's Comfy Chair, Bella's Desk, Bella's Rug, Bella's Cable Management Plugs 1/2/3, Bella's Cable Management Power Strip, Bella's Sticky Notes Block, Bella's Wall Planner, Bella's Wall Notes, Bella's Mug, Bella's PeachPad, Bella's Mini Maple Tree.

The following objects Request a specific EP

Bella's Diary (Parenthood), Bella's Pen Pot (Backyard Stuff)

T.O.U

Recolors are allowed, but do not include my mesh.

All recolors must include credit and link to my original mesh.

Do not reupload and claim as your own (i'll know it).

Do not reupload behind any paywall.

Download here (the all collection in one click)

Download here (pick & choose)

Join me on Patreon ( it's free !)

Click here to check out all my previous custom content !

✨ If you have any trouble with any of my cc, please reach out to me !

✨ Special thanks @syboubou for the help with the Bella Mug and helping the modders in general ! You are wonderful !

[multidimensionbb]

New Mini Event: The Great MCYT WIP Purge

Hello everyone! Luna here! I had an idea for a new mini event, and this time, it's all about the WIPs!

We all know fanartists/writers of all stripes habitually struggle to finish WIP(Works In Progress)s. I know I certainly do. After one too many stressful nights where I agonized over projects I'd forever left unfinished, I came to a solution: AN EVENT!

This event is all about finishing the WIPs! They can be any length, any medium, any MCYT corner--anything! There are no word limits, no finish levels, no nothing--all that matters is that you finish it to your comfort level so it stops haunting you at night (or maybe that's just me, who knows).

If you're a perfect angel who doesn't have any WIPs (lucky you) or you want to help someone else beat their demonic art block with a stick, you can sign up to be a part of the hype squad! Each participant will be assigned a member of the hype squad based on their interests (which will be determined similarly to a big bang, because I apparently love torturing myself with spreadsheets). The hype squad will help the participants with brainstorming and advice when they need it, because making stuff is always more fun with a designated partner in crime!

You can be a hype squad member and a participant if you'd like, just make sure you have enough energy to do both, okay? No burnout! You may also sign up with a pre-selected hype squad and save me a bit of a headache, if you already have a friend you'd like to run with.

If any of this sounds interesting to you, fill out the interest check linked below to help me out! It'll be open until the 15 of August, so you've got two weeks to decide! I hope you guys find this event as helpful as I do. We can do this together :^D

[ghoulangerlee]

2025 GHOST FANDOM MINI BANG 

As the holidays close and the year finishes out, it's now time to begin our long form winter project that should see us through to the spring!

Click Here for the form! 

Contact me via email @ ghostminibang2025@gmail.com  Tumblr @ ghoulangerlee

Starting now, all posts regarding the mini bang will be tagged #ghost minibang 2025

To keep this from clogging dashes, please click read more for more information and details (including dates and specifications for the works)!

A few things:  

You’ll notice on this form that it’s pretty basic, generic—this is gathering information for both writers and artists! Once I have this information, I’ll export it to an excel spreadsheet and from there, anyone who signed up as a writer will receive an email by no later than 6 JANUARY 2025 

In that email, I’ll ask for a basic breakdown of the fic that you’re writing, including a brief summary, pairing, rating and 3 key points you’ll want to touch on during that fic.  

Once you sign up, you are free to start on this fic—however that may be, with an outline or just outright writing it.  

Artists, on 13 JANUARY 2025 you’ll receive a link to a sign-up sheet with the information I’ve collected from the writers, there will be NO names included with this information, so you’ll be picking based on the summary, pairing, rating and key points.    

Once picking has closed, you’ll receive an email with you and your partner included, this will be a brief introduction email giving you a way to contact your partner. From there it is up to you to make contact with the person you’re working with. If you haven’t heard from your partner in 10 days, please contact me and I’ll reach out to them for you.  

There will be a couple of check ins on 15 FEBRUARY 2025 and 10 MARCH 2025 these are just to gauge where you are and if you’re needing an extension! Be truthful and don’t let this bog you down, I’m here for you!  

Once we reach the end of the writing/art period, you’ll receive another email with posting dates! Depending on how many people sign up, we may spread this over the span of a few weeks! You’ll pick a day from the ones listed and in agreement with your partner, you’ll post your works! As long as it’s during your timezone of the day you chose, that’s all that matters!  

There’s an AO3 collection for this! But feel free to also post and share on tumblr! Comments and reblogs will be doled out for everyone!  

You’ll notice on the signup sheet that there’s an option for Pinch Hitter (Artist)/Pinch Hitter (Writer), please only select that if you are comfortable pitching in if an Artist or Writer drops out and leaves someone without a partner! This means you will most likely write more than one fic or create multiple pieces!  

A few more details:  

Writers: Your fic must be at the minimum 5k but you can always write more!  

Artists: There must be at least 2 accompanying pieces of art for the fic you’ve chosen! This can include things like banners, scene breaks, traditional art, digital art, manips, mood boards, etc!   

GENERAL RULES AND FAQ 

This event is 18+, and as such, you must have your age in your bio somewhere, whether it be an exact one or an age range.  

We are all adults here and we’re here to have fun in our little fandom. If something happens and you need mediation, please reach out to me either by email, tumblr DM or discord.  

Do not under any circumstance knowingly engage with content you do not like; this includes purposefully picking a fic idea you do not like specifically to spread hate about the creator. If you are found doing this, you will be kicked from the mini bang. This also extends to bullying in public spaces i.e discord or tumblr.  

Beta reading is not required for this event, but feel free to have someone read over it if you’d like! Your artist (if they have time), a friend you usually ask to beta read your work. Unless there’s a need, I don’t think there’ll be any beta reader signups for this one, but if anyone would like to be put on a list of people to reach out to if a writer needs someone to look their fic over, then let me know!  

Have fun! If at any point in time you feel like you’re running out of time/you’re not going to finish by the deadline, then reach out to me and we’ll set up an extension! This isn’t a college essay; there’s no penalty for posting past the due date.  

I’d rather extend this for half the year than ever make someone feel like they’re being rushed to complete something for a hobby! 

Other than that, I think I’ve covered all the bases, but please feel free to reach out with any questions! I can’t wait to see what you guys create with us!  

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Misa Explains 1: Spintronics in a nutshell

A series of posts where I will explain bits and pieces of physics I have gathered throughout the my foray into this wonderful science. Warning, these will be long.

Highly inspired by @chemblrish and @minmin-vs-physics 's posts on their fields, check out their posts (linked on this post in various places!)

Wait what even is going on?

Okay, first of all, why are we even talking about spintronics, whatever that means? Now, we live in an age where we need devices, right? Phones, TVs, laptops, name it. All digital devices come under electronics, which is a cluster of what we call "logic devices" (verrry loosely speaking) with various functions, made with expert circuitry to create our sophisticated "smart" devices. Whew. That's a lot of words. But what does it mean? It means that the very device you're using to view this post is made up of very tiny mini devices, which are made to utilize electrical signals (current, flow of electrons) to make it store information, read information, or perform logic tasks ("AND", "OR" "NOT" and the rest. Let me know if you want me to explain those, but this is not the point of the post so I'm letting them hang in the air for now).

We store digital information in the form of 'bits' (I swear all of this is relevant, please be patient) which is a computer's language of storing and using information. If you've watched any show involving hacking, you'll see stacks after stacks of "1"s and "0"s on their high contrast screens in that radioactive green font (general older sister advice: don't use high contrast it hurts your eyes), these are bits and the basis on which logic devices work. Each combination of 1s and 0s makes a different information, which is the backbone of computing. Now, how these devices make 1s and 0s is again a whole course on electronics, so I will skip over it to just preface that they exist and that's how we make digital devices.

All these years, we have used semiconductors, which allow moderate amount of current flow from them (in contrast to conductors, which allow free flow of electrons, and insulators, which do not allow flow of electrons) to make transistors, which are currently the building blocks of circuit-making devices.

[here's a picture containing ICs (the bug-like looking thing covered in wires) which have tiny transistors inside them, and the LEDs, on which the lit ones are "1"s and unlit ones are "0"s. This was my project for one of my courses!]

In electronics, a very famous law called Moore's Law, states that for increase in tech and development, the amount of transistors in integrated circuits (IC) doubles every two years. This moves proportionally with the increase in use of semiconductors, because transistors are made using them.

Every device maker's main goal is to make a device faster, smoother, and more functional. Which means, more transistors, better semiconductors. Moreover, the smaller space occupied by the ICs, the better. But obviously there's a limit to how much we can decrease the size of the transistors. One is the technical issue of creating such a small object, which will require highly precise instruments which we are not in possession of/ not feasible in the long run. The second issue is the working. "Will a semiconductor keep it's properties when they layer is so small?" is a valid question to ask when we go further down in scale. In simple words: in the long run, improving semiconductors for transistors will be difficult. Moore's law plateaus, and the number of transistors doesn't double with two years. What now? We can't just stop developing better computing devices, not just smart devices, astronomy, medicine and other scientific areas also require reliable, stable and fast computing devices.

Which means we desperately need new materials (and techniques) for logic and memory devices.

Hold on, when's spintronics going to start?

Okay background information done. Now we move onto spins and why we use it. We know that atoms are made of protons, electrons and neutrons. Out of these, electrons "revolve" in "orbits" around the nucleus, which holds the protons and neutrons. I put "revolve" and "orbits" in quotes because essentially it's a cloud of probabilities and we have no clue what path it truly takes. Electrons reside in what are called 'orbitals', which are balloon-like spaces which have a high probability of the electrons being present in (@/chemblrish explains orbitals better here).

Now along with the "revolution", electrons also considered to have a "spin". We don't really know if it "spins" the way Bayblades do, but regardless, they have an angular momentum, which is classically something rotating objects possess (@/mimin-vs-physics goes more in depth on quantum mechanical fun stuff) Either way, we don't know why it has angular momentum, but we know it does (at least I have no idea if we've figured it out??). And in true human fashion, we see anything new and think "now how can I utilize this for my benefit?"

Years and years of research later, we figured out something interesting. The angular momentum which the electron spins contain, and the angular momentum of electrons in "orbits" can interact! This interaction is called Spin-Orbit Coupling (SOC) and it causes a bunch of other fascinating phenomena in quantum mechanics. One of which, is that it if we supply electricity into a metal plane, we can align the electrons and their spins in such a way that it causes a stream of current (remember: current is essentially a flow of electrons in one direction) with aligned spins to move into a different layer perpendicularly.

Okay but what does all of this have to do anything with Spintronics?

We're finally at the part where we can discuss what Spintronics is! We can use our now generated spin current to make electronic devices (hence, spintronics!). So, how do we make these tiny devices?

What we first take is a heavy metal (these are metallic elements/alloys with high atomic numbers, which have a lot of free electrons to use) and make a very thin film of it. (The procedure of making thin films is very interesting, and I will make the next post on it!) We can now pass a stream of current/electricity* parallel to the surface of the thin film, which will give us a stream of spin-aligned electrons bouncing to move into an upper layer.

For the upper layer, we add a thin layer of a ferromagnet. A ferromagnet is a type of material which readily aligns its spin on one direction when under a magnetic field (contrary to this are paramagnets which weakly align their spins, and diamagnets which weakly align their spins opposite to the applied field).

Now remember the electrons with their spin aligned which wanted to move into the upper layer? Yeah once they are given an upper layer to move into, they flow into the layer, bringing their aligned spins with them. This spin can now affect the ferromagnet's spin, and align it in either the direction of the applied electric field ( the one applied on the heavy metal layer. I'm marking it as * for you to check which electric field I mean) or directly opposite to the direction of the electric field. This alignment can be measured. The value doesn't matter, only the direction. Is it parallel to the electric field or anti-parallel? "Up" or "down"? "Left" or "right"? Or, in terms of electronics, "1" or "0".

And look! We now have a way to make a tiny device which can display values of "1" or "0"! We used an analog signal (electricity) to create a digital output (1s and 0s)! That is electronics! But because it uses spins, it is called Spintronics.

Because we use Spin-Orbit Coupling, these devices are extremely precise and fast. And the layers of heavy metal/ferromagnet will be in the ranges of nanometers (10^-9 m), so they are also extremely small. We can also choose materials with properties we like (high melting/boiling point, low reactivity) to create devices which can work in extreme conditions (high heat, pressure, reactive areas).

And here we have it! We've made spintronic devices!

End of post disclaimer: I am a Bachelors student and I will have mistakes. I also tend to exaggerate. So if I have made a mistake in this post, please inform me nicely in the comments or tags!

[creepsterdreams]

"Lullaby" Kuras x pregnant!gn!MC mini series

Link to part 2!

Part 3

Summary: After coming to Eridia to hopefully find a way to rid of your curse and hide your pregnancy, you meet a very sassy doctor who’s set on protecting you and your unborn child

Content warnings:  Leander being protective, mentions of vomiting, MC having weird ass cravings, a smidge of violence , MC being kinda horny for Kuras

Word count: 2.2k

MC is almost two months into pregnancy here, so the baby bump is now impossible to hide 

Author’s note: Here MC already met Ais, Vere, and Mhin, I apologize but I didn’t feel like writing separate introductions T^T also this chapter is kinda uneventful 

After getting settled at the Wet Wick and wondering about Eridia for some time, you were able to meet some other colorful faces, courtesy of Leander having everyone sit at the bar and drink what you can only guess is one of his concoctions. 

You had Vere who was honestly terrifying to interact with, everytime you looked at him it was hard to tell if his stare was of curiosity or hunger. 

Then there was Ais who’s Vere’s friend with benefits, he was nice to say, but with his kindness also came his sass and snark, which was not good on your rising mood swings. 

And finally there was Mhin, a close “friend” of Kuras who often took jobs from Leander hunting Soulless. Out of everyone they seemed like the one who didn’t want to be there the most, but a part of you was assuming they were only tolerant to you because Kuras is. 

But although they did all seem somewhat okay, your biggest concern was would they be safe with your secret. Upon meeting them, it took almost begging to convince Leander not to say anything, not wanting to draw too much attention to yourself. But then again, you had a feeling in the back of your mind that they already knew, whether it was due to the excessive bagginess of your clothes or really good guessing. 

Vere knew almost immediately, allowing you to believe that you somehow escaped his heightened senses only to smirk and utter “Goodnight, both of you.” Upon his exit. 

You truly cannot hide anything from him. 

But other than that entire charade, you were…okay. 

Rarely have you ever experienced genuine peace in your life. Always running around completing heists or planning the next one. This was a foreign feeling to you and it felt odd to say the least. 

Which leads you to your current position, sitting on the table in Kuras’s clinic as he rests his hands on your bare stomach, assumingly checking on your fetus. 

At first you were admittedly a bit awkward to strip your shirt off in front of him, even if he had already seen you naked before, but now that you were actually awake to witness it, the embarrassment of the situation had finally set in. 

After a while, Kuras removed his hands from your stomach, his eyes opening before he walked towards another table and grabbed a clipboard to write some things down. For the majority of the check up his eyes were closed, and his hands projected an odd warmth onto you, and although you didn’t know exactly what he was doing, you assumed this was just a strange method of sensing for the baby. 

But Kuras suddenly speaking up quickly pulled you out of your thoughts. “Everything appears to be fine, I haven’t found anything that’s worth worrying for.” His back is still turned to you as he carries on. “Although I can recommend that you do try and rest more, I know you are aware that putting stress on the body is dangerous for both of you.”

You shrug your shoulders and lean back more as you softly rest a bandaged hand on your middle. “I can’t make any promises, I am trying to get rid of this…thing” Your voice unconsciously trails off at the end, looking down at the floor below you as you listen to his humming, taking in your response. 

“Then you will simply have to find a way to balance the two.” He finishes writing and sets down the clipboard before stepping forward once more, grabbing something before turning back to you and coming towards the table. And once you were able to see his front again, what you realized he was holding came to your surprise. 

“A stuffed bear? What’s that for?” You ask with genuine curiosity. He reacts by softly chuckling and taking your hand, placing the stuffed animal in your grasp before stepping back. 

“Mhin brought it here. Said that at least with it the child could have some joy despite the circumstances.” 

You automatically raised an eyebrow, questions floating throughout your mind, all wondering almost the same thing. Mainly why did Mhin of all people give it to you, from what little information you have on them, it seemed like they hated people all together. Also, where did they get it from? This bear is oddly nice looking considering you’ve always seen Mhin in the alleyways of Lowtown or at the Wet Wick. 

But the biggest question should be, how did they even figure out you were pregnant?

“Are you sure it was Mhin and not some shapeshifter?” You said while glancing between him and the bear, voice dripping with sarcasm. 

Kuras chuckles at your words, covering his mouth to hide a light smile. “Well if it was I doubt that a shapeshifter would be kind enough to bring you a stuffed animal.” 

Well he is right about that. 

You take a long look at the bear again, before slowly reaching your hand up and grabbing it, taking a moment to softly rub its fur, smiling at the feeling. You then put the bear in your bag, deciding to keep it with you until you return to the wet wick. After closing it back up, you turn back to Kuras. 

“So, how did Mhin know I’m….you know.” 

Kuras reacts with a slightly raised brow. “They are quite skilled at reading others' body language. They must’ve noticed you constantly trying to hide your stomach.”

You were honestly starting to reconsider your stealth skills if already four people were able to find out your “little” secret without ever telling them. 

After Kuras was done talking, you sighed and leaned back again, mind drifting off to wondering what you can eat once leaving the clinic. Everything honestly sounded really good. Maybe you can convince Leander that pickles and chocolate dip are amazing together so he’ll bring you some. 

“MC?” Kuras’s concerned tone suddenly rang through your ears, bringing you back down to earth. “Are you okay?”

“I’m fine, I was just thinking about some stuff.” You say awkwardly as you gather your things. “I’m gonna head back now, I’m sure you have thousands of other patients to take care of.” 

Kuras sends you a gentle smile, reaching to place his hand on your shoulder. “You're always welcome here, you're my most interesting patient for a reason.”  

This makes you smile as well, taking in the attention he’s giving you. And for a moment, you can feel yourself wanting more of it, and you wouldn’t mind receiving a different kind of attention if he was the one giving it. 

But before your mind can drift off, you quickly shake your head, deciding to focus your mind on leaving instead, making your way to the busy road and blending in with the never-ending crowd.

Gods, I just met the man I can’t already be thinking about him that way!

You clutch the ends of your shirt tightly, guilt beginning to set in wondering what Kuras would think of you lusting after him despite only knowing each other for a few weeks. 

Eventually you catch sight of the Wet Wick, watching as patrons walk in and out of the stone building, some obviously drunk out of their minds. Walking closer, you suddenly hear the sound of what seemed to be fighting from the alleyway. 

Upon reaching it, you're met with what appeared to be Ais fighting some tough looking guys that were at the bar. You watch as Ais lands a punch against once, blood spilling from his knows as he passes out automatically. But just as Ais whips around to handle the other three, they all scramble away, obviously underestimating his brute strength. This result only made him groan and roll back his neck, irritated that they weren’t willing to put up a fight. 

But your staring must’ve caught his attention, because by the time you're no longer zoned out, he’s right in front of you, grinning at your dazed expression. 

“See something you like sparrow?” 

You stumble a bit for a moment, jumping at the rasp in his voice that’s probably from fighting. “What are you doing out here? Did you start something there again?”

His grin widens even more, giving you the answer right away. “So what if I did?” 

You only roll your eyes in response, not wanting to give into his antics today. But before you could walk away, he suddenly leaned down towards your stomach, becoming eye level with it. “How’s that bun in the oven?”

Your eyes go big, quickly covering your stomach and turning away from him. “How did…how did you find out?!”

Ais puts his hands up, backing away from you, showing that he is innocent in the situation. “I mean…did you seriously expect to hide that from me for too long? You think too little of me sparrow.”

Hearing that, you put your guard down, acknowledging that he was right. The farther you got as the trimesters went on, the more obvious the symptoms became. Your growing stomach being the biggest one. You uncover your middle, instead choosing to rest them directly underneath it. 

“They're fine, nothing to worry about. Kuras is just on me about taking it easy.”

This gives Ais the chance to come close again, leaning down once more. He pokes a finger at your stomach, wagging it tauntingly. “You be good for [preferred parent’s name] in there. Can’t have them any more grouchy than they already are.”

This causes you to gasp dramatically, punching Ais softly on the shoulder which makes him snicker at your actions. He stands up back to his full height, crossing his arms as he playfully stares you down, but before you could come up with a bold response, Leander suddenly bust through the door, surprising the both of you. His eyes switch between you and Ais, obviously wondering what you two were doing out here together.

Alone at that.

But then his expression returns back to his normal, welcoming smile. “Heyy MC, I was wondering when you would come back, I got the barkeep to save you some leftovers if you're hungry.”

Your eyes automatically begin to sparkle upon hearing the word “leftovers”. Leftovers means food, leftovers means you don’t have to worry about finding something to eat yourself. 

You quickly thank him and rush past him to get to the bar, racing to thank the barkeep and grab whatever you could possibly get your hands on. Leander laughs at your antics before turning back to Ais, his smile not dropping, but wavering a bit. 

Ais only gives him the middle finger, his grin only turning mischievous, which makes Leander scowl before all but slamming the door on him. 

After returning to the bar, Leander is greeted with you eating some meat and vegetables with haste, with a pint of water on the side to the plate, and a smaller plate with a pastry on the other side, obviously for dessert. The sight alone is enough for Leander to smile again, shaking his head. 

“Cute” He thinks to himself.

He walks over, sitting down on the stool next to you while taking a chance to glance over the crowd scattered across the area. “Sooo…what were you doing with Ais?”

You pause eating, a hot piece of meat resting on the fork you were holding now inches away from your mouth. You put it down before picking up your water and taking some heavy sips and wiping your mouth. “I saw him fighting some guys out back, I thought he was screwed since he was outnumbered but the other ones ran away. Then we ended up just..talking a bit.”

Leander hums in acknowledgement, taking in your words as you go back to scarfing down your food. Once he comes back from his thoughts he then puts a hand on your arm. “Hey hey slow down, I don't want you getting sick later and vomiting all over the floor again.” 

Hearing that, you pause again before resuming eating, this time, going at a slower pace. Leander smiles once more, knowing that you listened to him, but after signaling to the barkeep that he wanted a drink, he returned back to you.

“Listen, be careful around him. I know he doesn’t seem dangerous, but the last thing I want is for you to become one of his…pets, alright? Just don’t go too close to the seaspring.”

You back at him with a conflicted expression, and after swallowing what was left of your food you spoke up. “I can handle myself. I’ll be okay Leander.”

He nods in response, keeping his hand resting on your arm before sliding it up to your shoulder. “I just want to make sure you're okay. That you both are okay in fact. Just trust me, okay?” He finally removes his hand from you after this, turning around fully and leaning back against the bars counters while sipping on his drink. 

You stare at him for a few more seconds, processing what he had said. Ais wouldn’t possibly do anything to hurt you and the baby, right?

And as you ponder on it for some time while starting to take soft bites from your pastry, your mind eventually begins wondering right back to the doctor you had seen only some time ago. 

I wonder what Kuras is up to?

Author’s note: At first when Ais flipped off Leander I wanted to make him mouth “fuck you” in response but that felt a little out of character at the time so I changed it to just him looking disgusted lol.

Also, I’m so sorry this took so long to post, I was having trouble coming up with what I wanted to do for this so I left it alone for a bit, hope you all enjoy!

[writingtraumaforever]

Uncontrolled Chaos: Chapter 18

Notes: More Rouge than anything in this one. But a girl's gotta do what a girl's gotta do!

Summary: Rouge gathers intel while Sonic and Shadow... "meditate".

I also wrote two mini-prequels about the AU Sonadow couple in this series if you want to check those out:

•Something I’m Made For

•The 30th (New!)

Chapter Select!

Link to my AO3!

Start:

Rouge walks through GUN’s halls on full alert. While she may work for the organization, she doesn’t trust them. Honestly, working for them has only made her learn to not trust them even more over the years. They do good work, yes. But she’s well aware that they’ll go to whatever lengths possible to make sure said work is done.

Especially when it comes to Shadow..

Hell. They’ve gone to tumultuous lengths from the very beginning of Shadow’s story. Most would call building a top secret space station to create an ultimate power for eternal life and then gunning down innocent people when the project took a dark turn not exactly.. humane. 

But GUN has come a long ways since that, of course. And Rouge knows that’s a lot thanks to Shadow’s own work in the organization.. he became the change he wanted to see in it, and GUN has never been more in debt to him because of it.

But she’s also aware that if they got the chance to have a second Ultimate Lifeform all to themselves to use or potentially experiment on??

They’d take it. In a heartbeat.

They can’t know about this new Shadow.

Walking down the corridor towards the elevator, Rouge doesn’t sense any eyes on her more than usual. This doesn’t make her let her guard down, though. She knows better. 

They likely are keeping this hush hush until they know more, having enough evidence to have suspicions based on what they heard in Shadow’s bugged medical room. 

Riding the elevator to the medical wing, Rouge keeps her composure and doesn’t seem off or guilty. She’s a professional spy, after all. And a thief. Both of which’s specialties she’ll be using currently.

The elevator dings, and she walks onto the floor. There’s doctors aiding injured agents, a few scientists here and there running blood samples down to the labs. She can always spot Shadow’s from afar. It’s colored differently than human or Mobian blood.. more violet than red much like that of Black Doom..

Rounding the corner, Rouge finds the front desk of the medical wing and approaches the nurse sitting there with a smirk, “Heya doc. Got a minute?”

The nurse’s gaze lifts to the bat, an immediate nod of respect to one of their finer and more well-known agents— the first Mobian one among them, “Agent Rouge. Of course. What can I help you with??”

“I’m gonna need the medical files on Shadow from his injuries on his last op. He’s still feeling kinda down, and I figure knowing all I can will help get him feeling better.”

“Well, if Agent Shadow is feeling ill still, he should come back here immediately to be checked over.”

Well that won’t do.

“That’s what I told him,” Rouge shrugs as if it just can’t be helped, “But you know him. He’s stubborn. I’d say he has mule in him if not for the fact I’ve seen his DNA results for myself.”

The nurse chuckles at this, nodding in agreement, “He is certainly not the easiest patient to care for.”

“Tell me about it. I’ll be happy when he’s at his full strength again, and I don’t have to worry about his sorry ass,” she smirks with a wink, leaning against the desk with her cheek on her hand and elbow on the surface, “So help a girl out and get me those files, huh?? Should be accessible with me being his emergency contact and all.”

“Alright then,” the nurse nods with a smile, typing into the computer only for a beeping sound to occur and the smile fade into a frown.

“..That’s odd.”

Typing again. Another beep.

“It says his files are under lockdown.”

Rouge frowns at this, brows furrowing with her arms crossing over her chest now.

Well that can’t be good.

“Lockdown?? What on earth for??”

“Not sure,” the nurse shrugs, looking to Rouge with an apologetic frown, “It’s probably just protocol. They may be working on the records system or something. It’ll probably be available again tomorrow or so. I can email it to you when it opens back up??” 

“That’ll be just peachy, hun, thanks,” Rouge smiles with another wink, blowing the nurse a kiss before waltzing right on down the hall towards the elevator again.

If his records are on lockdown, they’re more than certainly onto Shadow not being Shadow.

Turning the corner, she finds herself having to halt her steps and take a quick step back in order not to run into someone.

“Hey, watch it—“ 

She pauses upon seeing who it is.

Commander Tower.

“Agent Rouge,” her superior addresses with a nod to her, “You seem to be in a hurry.”

“Yeah well I’m a busy girl, Commander,” she shrugs nonchalantly, offering him an unbothered smirk with a hand resting on her hip, “Got an extra grumpy hedgehog waiting for me back home.”

“Ah yes. Agent Shadow. How is he doing since he was discharged this morning??”

“Just fine, really. Still moody. Still needy. As all men are,” she rolls her eyes with a chuckle, “Sent me here looking for his files. You know how he likes to have copies for himself. The little OCD rat..”

“Yes, he is quite organized with his personal records and operation history.”

“I like to think of it as sentimental,” Rouge replies casually, “But come to find out, his records are under lock and key right now.” She eyes him at that, quirking a brow to read any signs of reaction to her words, “Any reason why??”

Commander Tower frowns down at her a long moment, face trained and emotionless as they have a stare-down as if trying to wait for the other to crack.

Neither do.

“System reboot. All records are under lock for now while the system is being worked on,” he informs, though Rouge isn’t convinced in the slightest, “It should be up again by tomorrow.”

“Hm,” the bat hums, eyes skeptical still as she mutters, “Good to know..”

“Yes,” the Commander agrees, “Though, if Agent Shadow isn’t feeling like.. himself.”

There it is.

“…Perhaps he should talk to one of our doctors here..?”

“He’s feeling a lot better,” Rouge replies, her eyes narrowing at the commander, “Just needs rest.”

“Right. We’ll give him our best wishes from here at GUN,” the commander offers, his smile not reaching his eyes in the slightest, “And remind him we’re here if he needs the aid..”

“Will do,” she replies with a sarcastic sort of salute before he walks around him, “Later, Commander.”

She feels his eyes watching the back of her head as she steps into the elevator to leave.

She leaves the building, making sure security cameras see her fly away…

Only to head to her place for a bit of gear and a better plan.

Said plan being to break into Commander Tower’s office and get the files for herself.

Using her knowledge of the building’s security layout to her advantage, she knows what vent lead where and which ones aren’t monitored by cameras— but she’s sure to bring her gadget that blocks the signal to the cameras and freezes them for a small amount of time. About 5 minutes. That’s all she’ll need anyway.

With expert stealth, she makes her way through the vents into the Commander’s Office, making sure he’s gone on his lunch break before carefully crawling through the wall and immediately moving to his desk.

Taking her lipstick out, she reapplies some with a little smirk before pulling the secret cap off of it to reveal a USB of sorts. Plugging it into the computer, the passcode is immediately entered in on its own and unlocked. 

“Too easy..,” she preens proudly, going to work to find what she needs.

It takes her no time since Commander Tower already had all of Shadow’s files pulled up, seemingly having been looking over them himself.

She purses her lips at this, eyes narrowing as she transports the files onto her USB along with the details of the operation her own Shadow had been on when the chaos incident happened.

She hears footsteps, eyes widening as she watches the bar slowly slide along the screen.

97%..

“Come on, come on..”

The knob turns..

99%..

Commander Tower enters the his office, looking extremely perturbed, “What the hell is this???”

Rouge’s eyes are wide, staring at the commander through the vent grate.

“I specifically said no ketchup on my burger!”

Rouge breathes a small sigh of relief, looking at the usb in her hands with a smirk before making her way back out.

•••

Shadow sits quietly on the floor of Tails’ living room, his legs criss-crossed and palms resting on his knees with his eyes shut. Meditating. Gathering himself.

He was the cause of this, supposedly. His abuse of chaos control had gotten him sent to an entirely different dimension. Even after all this time, he still was learning new things about himself and what lengths his power could reach.

He tried not to blame himself for this, though.. He knows damn well his boyfriend would’ve wanted him to do what he had. To fight to stay alive, even if it meant resorting to using a fake chaos emerald to escape.

Sonic once used a fake chaos emerald as a means of escape, and he didn’t blow a hole in the fabric of time and space. So what made this time so different??

‘Because it was me that did it,’ is the thought that immediately comes to mind. Sonic is the pure and untouched Ultimate Lifeform, the natural answer to the universe’s problems.

Shadow?? Shadow was a rip-off version built by a mad scientist and demonic alien in space. He was destructive and unpredictable. Nothing ever worked out for him. Ever.

He sighs to himself at his pessimism, practically feeling his Sonic thump him in the back of the head with a ‘don’t be such a downer, dude!’ He can’t help but smile lightly at the thought..

He misses him.. So much. “Whatcha doin’??” 

Speakin�� of the blue devil.. Here comes his alternate.

“Meditating.”

“Sounds boring,” Sonic shrugs, closing the front door behind him. He had gone out for a late night run. He didn’t go too far, though, staying within earshot of the house in case something happened with Shadow.

“It calms me,” Shadow breathes, his ear twitching slightly at the sound of the front door shutting, sensing Sonic’s footsteps entering the living room.

“You stressed or somethin’??” Sonic asks dumbly, moving to the couch to grab the remote for the television.

Shadow huffs a bit annoyed when the tv’s commentary adds to the distractions of his meditating, “Why would I be stressed?? It’s not as though I could’ve possibly caused the instant destruction of this world and my own as we know it.”

“Drama queen,” Sonic smirks, rolling his eyes at Shadow as he rests his elbow on the armrest of the couch and his cheek in his palm, beginning to flip through the channels.

Shadow’s eyes open and narrow at the hedgehog, “Maybe you should be taking this more seriously.” Sonic snorts, “Can’t really do anything until we have more intel and our friends here. And I don’t do well with the ‘sitting around and waiting in distress’ thing. I like distractions.” Shadow’s own eyes roll at this. He knows this about Sonic. He doesn’t deal with his emotions, he runs from them until he has no choice but to face them. Some things never change, he supposes.

“Of course. How silly of me to think you could actually sit still long enough to meditate, let alone shut your mouth long enough,” Shadow remarks with no real malice, a playful glint in his eye. Challenging.

His intentions prove successful when Sonic’s left ear turns his direction and he eyes Shadow out of the corner of his eye..

Then the tv is switched off.

“Alright. I’ll bite. I bet I can out-meditate you.” “That’s not–” Shadow sighs and shakes his head in submission, “Whatever. Sure. Com’ere.”

Sonic nods and hops back up from the couch, tossing the remote on the cushion before moving to stand in front of Shadow.

“Sit.”

Sonic sits on the floor obediently, mirroring Shadow’s own posture and position.There’s a shit-eating grin on his face that Shadow knows all too well. One that’s cocky and full of trouble.

“Okay, now what?” “Close your eyes,” Shadow instructs, watching this new Sonic do as he’s told and shut his eyes before Shadow shuts his own as well.

“Breathe in…,” Shadow takes a deep, audible breath so Sonic can hear and follow his lead, “Then out..,” he breathes it out. Sonic does the same.

“Repeat.”

In. Out.

In. Out.

In–

“I feel dizzy,” Sonic giggles, Shadow opening his eyes to see the hero swaying a bit where he sits with his eyes still shut.

Shadow can’t help the small chuckle that escapes him at this, shaking his head at the hedgehog, “Don’t breathe so heavy that you make yourself pass out, idiot.” “I was just doin’ what you said! Is this like– a way to get high without drugs or somethin’??” “No,” Shadow groans, “Just– you’re suppose to shut your mouth, remember??”

“Oh, right! Sorry,” he clamps his lips together, Shadow quirking a brow as he watches him.

“Mm mm mmm?” Sonic hums through closed lips, Shadow’s smile only growing as he holds back another amused giggle at the poor fool’s attempt to speak with his mouth still shut. “What??” “I said ‘is this right?’”” “Let’s just do something else,” Shadow gives in, already moving to push himself to stand up.

“Fine by me! Though- gotta say. You’re not very good at this whole meditation thing, Shads. You didn’t last very long at staying still at all.”

Shadow just glowers at Sonic’s annoying little grin, offering him a hand regardless to help him stand back up.

“You’re such a little–”

The door opens suddenly, both heads turning to see Rouge waltzing in and holding a tube of lipstick proudly in the air, “Got it!”

They both stare at the tube of lipstick, Shadow skeptical and Sonic confused. “...Oh, this is gonna be one of those slumber parties,” Sonic nods with wide eyes, shifting a hand to his own hip to sassily say, “Thanks Rouge, but that’s not really my color.”

Shadow and Rouge just roll their eyes with a groan.

[theamityelf]

My Danganronpa AU Masterlist

Because I realized I need some organization on my blog, lol.

First, my actual fanfiction is mostly on AO3; these will be just Tumblr stuff. Feel free to send an ask about any of these!

AU's are listed in alphabetical order, and the bullet points for each AU are in the order I think would be most coherent for anyone unfamiliar with the AU. I had to limit the amount of posts I included as bullet points, because this post really tested the hyperlink limit at first, lol. In the future, I might make separate masterlists for some of the longer, more detailed AU's in this post, so I can just link the masterlists here. That'll give me room for more links, lol.

Also, check out my Danganronpa analysis tag for posts I've made or reblogged that I just think are interesting from a meta perspective.

If you enjoy something I've posted, please leave a reply/comment. It encourages me to write more.

Crossover AU's (DR Characters placed in Other Fictional Universe)- has its own masterlist

Plot/Premise AU's

Aikido Makoto AU (someone teaches Makoto aikido)- full tag

Both Classes Despair AU- full tag

Premise

Makoto and Class 77

Bowtie Polycule AU (Naegamigiri/Kamukomaegi)- full tag

Living arrangements

Assassination attempts

Food shenanigans

Changeling AU (Human Nagito, Faerie Kokichi)- full tag

Chiaki Vampire AU- full tag

Class 79 AU (where V3 cast is class 79)- full tag

Celeste and Angie

Junko and Angie

Makoto and Shuichi (+Naehara book club- full tag)

Upperclassman Taka

Gentle Parenting AU (Makoto gentle parenting Remnants)- full tag

Hinaegi School AU- has its own masterlist

Hope's Peak Debate Club AU- full tag

Premise/Polyamory web

Kyoko and Makoto

Hope's Peak Deradicalization Class AU- full tag

Premise (Nagito and Angie)

Immortals AU- full tag

Kaede in THH AU- full tag

Kamuegi Hope Tutor AU- full tag

Premise

Kamukuras AU (other characters undergo Kamukura Project)- has its own masterlist

Komaeda Chaperone AU- full tag

Premise

Nagito and Monokuma

Misc Nagito Moments in Chapters 1-3

Komaegi-ish in Chapter 2

Komaegi in Chapters 3-4

Komaeda Intern AU- full tag

Premise

Sick Day (+bonus)

Komaegi UDG AU- full tag

Premise

Nagito, Makoto, and Yuta adventure

Caretaker Nagito

Offshoot: Successor Makoto arc- full tag

Komahinaegi School AU- has its own masterlist

Makoto in Other Killing Games AU's- has its own masterlist

Memory Kidnapping AU (Yandere Kamukura)- full tag

Premise

Realization

Aftermath: keeping memory ; losing memory

Mini Classmate AU's (doll-sized DR characters cared for by normal-sized DR characters)- has its own masterlist

Naejunko Breakup Komaegi AU- full tag

Premise

Patron Celeste AU (Celeste/Angie)- full tag

Premise

Celeste pining part 1, part 2

Separate Izuru AU- full tag

Premise

Shuichi in THH AU- full tag

Soniakanedam Apartment AU- full tag

Soulmate AU- full tag

Variety list

Makoto and Junko (+bonus)

Makoto and the whole class

Survivors Killing Game AU- full tag

Premise

Naehinahara

Hajime prioritizing lives

THH Survivors Pantheon AU (THH survivors worshiped)- full tag

Ultimate Makoto AU (where Makoto is Ultimate something)- full tag

Brainstorm

Multiship brainstorm

Undead AU (lucksters care for infected class)- has its own masterlist

Vampire AU- full tag

Premise

Blood rationing

Hope blood vs. Despair blood

How it happened and why it's this bad

THH Survivors locked away

Kamukomaegi feeding time

Vampire Makoto arc- full tag

Werewolf Makoto AU- full tag

Werewolf Pandemic AU- full tag

Wings AU- full tag

Crossover AU's (Characters from Other Fictional Universe placed in Danganronpa)

Disney Descendants Danganronpa AU- full tag

Ultimates List

Masterminds

Riordanverse (PJO/HOO/TKC) Danganronpa AU- full tag

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I hope you enjoy, and I hope this masterlist is useful! (At the very least, it's useful to me, lol.)

[kaiowut99]

ARC-V “Dub-Uncut” Series Masterpost - A Lance99 Project

Ladies and gentlemen! (And all in between!)

Thought to get a little masterpost going for this [mini?-]project and compile stuff as more ground gets broken on this, lol. As mentioned in my release of episode 1, this is a project that's been on the backburner for a while as I worked on other things (and dealt with a drive failure in '22 that made me have to restart)--the original catalyst being an attempted Dub/JP OST edit years back with episode 10 [being a fave of mine] that I got up to the eyecatch with prior to stuff like UltimateVocalRemover providing much cleaner vocal isolation--and after working on/off on it for a while, I dipped into it more over the past few months to finally get it polished and finished up.

If you were around for my little 5D's "dub-uncut" mini-project working off the erroneously-uploaded-without-music episodes uploaded to the official Spanish YGO YouTube channel a few years back (and if you weren't, do feel free to check it out!), the concept here is pretty much the same: I find that there's some potential in the 4K/KCM dubs, but overall it's usually hampered by the dub's music [which especially hurts for ARC-V given the solid Japanese score by Kotaro Nakagawa], some writing/voice-direction choices, and other little oddities/cuts; the goal is to re-score the dub with the Japanese soundtrack, while also modifying the dialogue in spots to be closer to the Japanese dialogue while editing it to the Japanese footage (using either dialogue from other episodes or Duel Links/Cross Duel voicelines as needed)--oh, and also fixing "Zuzu" back "Yuzu" bc why. There may be some scenes where I'll have to use the Japanese audio with subs if 4K cut something and I couldn't quite work enough editing magic to make something work, but we'll cross that bridge when we get there. And I'm hoping to do a fair amount of episodes, but would love to work on the whole series if able.

Along with the more accurately-paced dialogue, I’ve also translated the OP/EN (using the singable translations I've worked on for the lyrics), the title cards, and previews (where I also threw in the corresponding lines to the Japanese preview from the next episode, if able) to give this an actual “What if they actually did this uncut” feel, along with some visual translation edits to that effect as feasible. I also commissioned voiceover artist mattsindt over on Fiverr to provide narration for the pre-OP prologues used throughout ARC-V that weren't dubbed, and I love how they all came out. I'll be going into more of the specifics with each episode’s own release post, as I did with episode 1's, so check out the tag here to see what I’ve done with them! If you’re curious about how things look/sound as I edit everything, check out the work-in-progress videos and posts I’ve done here.

Footage-wise, I chose to work off the raw DVD video I've had for years (encodes for episodes 1-4 provided by GX_ST), largely because they have touchups done to the art/animation after the episodes' airings on TV that aren't used in the CR/Amazon TV masters that make up the 1080p downloads available. (I do think the dub itself works off the DVD masters overall, and I may see if it's feasible to try and splice that footage as needed with the 1080p downloads, since the DVD masters are unfortunately not at their total best for a show that aired in HD... pls save us Discotek].) (That said, I might shift to those in mid-Synchro since that's about as far as the saved DVD footage I have goes, so... we'll see, lol.)

I'll also be posting these over for download over on NeoArkCradle (where I also share my GX subbing work), with both a) the more hardsubbed video using the translated OP/EN and visual translations and b) dual-audio .mkv files using Crunchyroll's subs as edited by me for the JP audio (funny how I said years back I wouldn't sub ARC-V since CR took the wheel on it, but with the revisions I made/will make to be more faithful, I guess I am in some way lol), along with "Signs/Lyrics" subs for the dubbed and Japanese audio, which may also contain dub corrections as needed depending on how later episodes go.

Anywho, the show must go on, so check these out below! And always check this original post as episodes are added or in case any of the links break! Note that season breaks are denoted like this; arc breaks are in italics.

Current Update (11/27/24): Project launch! Episode 1 is now live below.

Pre-Maiami Championship Arc

A Trail of Light -- The Pendulum Summon (Swing Into Action)

[techramonic]

WHAT is the lore of smartschoolboy9 i'm curious now

I will make an in-depth deepdive of this soon but to sum it up into an informal consumable hunk of lore, basically:

smartschoolboy9 is one of the many instagram accounts used by a man named David Alter, a middle-aged man in the 50's age range residing in London. He has other accounts such as stephanieschoolie, truthsticks, and many others.

From how I see it, he treats these accounts like his alter-egos, writing as if he is the child or parent themself by talking about mundane things like their school-life, interests, and others. He builds up on these characters and even creates extensive descriptions and narratives for them. This effort extends to him branching out some sort of community ir a world of his own, where he lets these characters interact by commenting on posts of his accounts.

All of these accounts had three common themes: children, uniforms, and high-heeled mini boots.

In his truthsticks account, his content mostly consisted of him calling out supposed child predators that were pretending to be children. This was eerily aligned with his behavior because he did the exact same thing despite numerously calling out other accounts that were allegedly also made by himself.

People speculate that this is either to gain trust from innocent parents/children coming across his feeds or that he's projecting because he is quite literally very self-aware of his harmful and dangerous thoughts, desires, and behavior that he guiltily is self-indulgent of.

His smartschoolboy9 account sticks out the most because it's actually him dressing up as a schoolboy. Unlike the other accounts where he uses ai to grotesquely mimic children, he dresses up as one. This can confirm that he does have some sort of fetishes directly linked to children or being a child. While some people speculate that this may be an ageplay fetish, he has other posts that may allude to something more sinister.

This is one of the more tame photos I I found on reddit, you can check more for yourself if you wish to see more of his content—however, this is all I'll show because I might get termed. Despite the content being blurred, it's still uncomfortable to look at because of the graphic nature.

He started using ai to create these images of children often propped up in suggestive and poses, some having child-like faces cropped unto adult bodies. He tends to sexualize these children who are his "alter-egos", often in weird forms of poetry that he posts online (i.e. one of his alter-egos was a little girl who liked writing poetry and she wrote a poem containing innuendos and a description of her uniform and vaguely her... underwear)

He also has this very odd connection to uniforms. He would post on numerous occations regarding how uniforms are valuable for prestige and all kinds of reasons on why kids should wear it instead of casualwear. His interests in this are so extensive that he has even published some papers on local news regarding how much he believes that uniforms should be implemented in British educational institutions.

It's hearsay but some people on reddit have mentioned that he had been doing this since the 90's and had been under the radar since. There are some who said he has been jailed once for stalking a girl when he was younger but there's no solid evidence of him having a prison record.

No one knows whether he had already committed a grave act to satiate his unusual fantasies or thoughts. The police have been actively trying to find him and gather clues, however the case still remains open until today. No one really knows where he is at the moment but he is seen as a potential threat or being a child predator.

He also would go to parks and take pictures of unsuspecting children. There was also a video where he was chasing a child (the child seemed like he was laughing, I'm unsure however because most of the video was covered by emojis and thick texts but there was some cheap audio and small crevices where hou could see what was going on) and no one knows the context.

He had also shared morbid interests on child sacrifice and cannibalism on one of his accounts. While this may just be something to add layer to his character or alter-ego, it's not really a strech since he's already prone to self-projection–it might as well be true.

He's a very weird yet interesting rabbit hole to dig up. He was obscure before rising to recognition recently and more unfortunately, it's on tiktok. It would've been better if it was somewhere like on reddit but tiktok is the worst place to make these criminals famous using braindead content.

Personally, I don't like the sensationalization they actively perform on his case because they don't realize how this behavior just makes it more difficult to investigate because they're providing him more attention which can either be good (if used correctly in navigating his location and whereabouts, his history, etc.) or bad (they praise him even if satirical, which enables his behavior—or criticizes him which sends him into a worse mental spiral)

I really think they need to mentally evaluate him once they find him because he clearly has issues and illnesses that he copes with in a very harmful manner to not just him but also others.

He's a very weird yet interesting rabbit hole to dig up. He was obscure before rising to recognition recently and more unfortunately, it's on tiktok. It would've been better if it was somewhere like on reddit but tiktok is the worst place to make these criminals famous, especially with these no-brainer consumerist content.

Nexpo and Nick Crowley made great videos talking about his case if you wanna know more!

[wanderingokali]

Wandering Okali Blog

Welcome :) this blog is about Okali, a cute fantasy world with many magical creatures and cool colorful landscapes. You can expect art and lore posts, updates about the various projects taking place in this universe, and some more miscellaneous posts.

Projects:

Wandering Okali, the main project that started it all, a visual novel about exploring the world in search of knowledge. Currently 3 chapters out.

Aquariums of Okali, an aquarium touchpool mini-game with fantasy creatures.

Commissions:

Like what you see? Want some art tailor-made for you? Feel free to check out my commission information! You can dm here or on discord regarding those.

Navigation:

#okali and #wanderingokali are the general tags relating to everything to do with the world, lore, and game. #WO Game Update is the semi-regular development updates #Graphi's studies is the tag for personal art studies I do to get better and better!

If you want to get notified when there is an important announcement, you can join the discord! (also please never hesitate to come yell at me in dms if the link dies)

You can tip me on ko-fi!

[mediacircuspod]

Alright let’s talk about this Kickstarter! Entertainment Echoes is about shows that ended 5+ years ago. If the fandom is old we’re trying to make merch for it! Our first set includes merch and Enamel Pin Designs for Teen Wolf, House MD, Merlin, X-Files and MORE.

You can see some of the designs here, but I also want to talk about our stretch goals and our freebies.

The first stretch goal is this Gravity falls mini pin set! The star is definitely baby bill, but I adore all of them.

Next we have our Teen Wolf Mini Pins! We love good filler pins for our wolf boards, so this one was so fun to draw up.

The last stretch goal I have planned are these text pins!!! We love quotable moments from our favorite tv shows!!!!

Next let’s talk about our freebies!!! They include a sticker pack, a baby bill keychain from gravity falls, and one of these lovely magnetic bookmarks if we hit the goals!!!

This is truly one of my passion projects as an artist and I’m super happy with how these designs turned out, please help me make them a thing by sharing this post and checking out my Kickstarter at the link above. If you like older media and enamel pins, we’ll also probably get along, so message me any questions you have, and I’ll do my best to answer! Thanks so much everyone!!! LETS FREAKING GOOO!!!!

[wemissyoupyo]

I have a question!

I really wanna get into Nebulamancers but I don’t know where to start, any ideas?

No idea how most people get into it despite nothing really ever coming out as I just kind of got interested with it due to reading what was planned in the outdated wiki as well as looking at the character designs that were saved in various sites before this Archive was made, but if my pinned introduction post wasn't already clear enough, here's what I reccomend: Read my pinned introduction post which has all the information in one place, once you're done reading everything, click on the links starting with the "Projects" section to learn about what was planned, and you might get hooked up reading what Pyohato had in store, and if you wanna see what interesting lore was planned, look in the "Characters" section which links to a document of all the character pages, some of them has intriguing art that could get you interested with bits of planned lore, but do note some of these are either left vague/left for interpretations to avoid spoilers for things which unfortunately never got released or are just gags/non-canon jokes which should also be noted on the other sections I am about to mention excluding the "Couples" and "Glossary" sections. And if you want more lore whether its confirmed or non-canon, go to the "Mini-comics"/"Couples"/"Glossary" sections, and then you can go ahead and check everything else (you might find more character arts that I could not fit in any of the pages in the "Characters" section"). This is the best advice I can give. I don't really know what's canon or not unless specified from the info I copied and transferred to these posts so don't really try to ask me about it as I am only a fan of his works

[arwainian]

The F@tT Fic Marathon: Catching up finally.

🎉I have officially read the full Friends at the Table AO3 tag!🎉

My very silly quest has reached its technical end point after EXACTLY 10 months of intensive reading! It has been sometimes grueling, often delightful, and led to me developing intense opinions in directions i never thought possible to myself. But I have done it, and I am extremely pleased with myself.

To get some housekeeping out the way, I usually give recs upon a writeup, but since there were only three fics left for me to read i'm just gonna shout them out generally.

Fics 1981-1983

check out i'm too scared to say half of the things i do (when i picture you) by waltztangocache for partizan era Kal'mera Broun fantasizing about Valence and trying to keep from letting that slip through their telepathic bond

and if you like Christmas fic, fangirl_squee has got you covered with Fero "not liking Christmas" but being roped into it anyway, and the Bluff City Masks crew hunting down some Christmas mini-miracles

and like, if you're looking for something to read, remember every single writeup has come with at least one personal recommendation. it's all under the tag #fatt fic marathon (also a caveat that these recommendations come from my personal tastes, i might not have mentioned a fic during the marathon that's a favorite of yours and i hope you continue to deeply enjoy what you love even when it might not have hit where I would have liked)

if you would like to take a look at the massive spreadsheet I used to keep track of which fics I was set to read together, as well as other info like what season it was for, and word count, here is a link to it!

What next?

First of all, I'm gonna spend a good long time reading other things. I've accumulated a great big To-Be-Read pile of pleasure reading consisting of both real-ass books and other fanfic that have been put at a lower priority while I powered through this project. I have had fun, but it is high time for a Break to read and do other stuff for a bit. (*glances nervously at my unstarted secsam project*)

If you happen to like my thoughts about what I'm reading, this past year I tried to keep track with reading log posts. They got stripped down to the basics over the course of the year and Finals Season sorta took it out of me so there's nothing for the past couple weeks BUT. i like reading a lot and i like talking about it a lot. so that's all tagged as #cal reading log if you want to keep up with me and my reading

and, what shall happen to these writeups! I'm not interested in continuing these in perpetuity, but I may give a final send off one when the tag hits 2000 (i'm still deciding). otherwise, this is likely the end of them. I might still shout out inidivudual cool fics that get published as I read them, but that's just like, good fandom practice to spread around cool fanworks tbh, rather than this weird thing I've done. nonetheless, i hope y'all had fun watching this journey

and a final thank you to all of the lovely authors who have made fanfic writing their hobby and have chosen to share what they write with others. Thank you! it is extremely obvious that I could not have done this if they never put pen to page or fingertip to keyboard and did the dang thing in the first place. you've made some cool stuff and i like reading it.

Happy New Year Everyone!

[gatheredfates]

I had meant to do up a post about this for ages but, unfortunately, work got in the way. However, I am very excited to announce with the Tumblr community changes that SEAFLOOR can now be freely joined! You do not need to message me or find an invite link; you should be able to join purely through the community. 🦑

For those unfamiliar with SEAFLOOR, the community primarily houses:

A permanent link to the Compendium.

Updates around my single-word question drive and character question drive (or any other project I take on).

Any content created from the drives including gposes, fic and art, whether reblogged or submitted by myself or members.

Other member submitted content, including the aforementioned drive work should they wish to promote it. It does not have to be connected to any of my projects—I want to see it.

Resource gathering including, but not limited to; prompts, commissions, how-to guides, tools, etc. Anything that doesn't quite fit in the Compendium but is worth boosting (though posts that fit will also be reblogged there, too!)

Event, character profiles, looking for content/rp/free companies and more. Anything and everything to do with networking in xiv.

Anything that isn't covered here but you think is in line with the spirit of the community and what I'm trying to foster.

There are some rules to joining the community but nothing major, just check out the pinned post before you join. ✨

We're also affiliated with the following other communities that you should join if you're interested!

⭐ Final Fantasy XIV 🐋 FFXIV Roleplay 📸 FFXIV Photographers

Right now members are posting their FFXIVWrite work so, if you're interested in getting you work seen/engage in a mini hype squad, why not check us out?