#Brief Mechanisms cameo

[draw-a-pie]

My favourite album

[acynicalsweetheart]

DOWN IN A HOLE

pairing: dad!jimmy x fem!reader x uncle!curly

word count: 2.4k

dead dove do not eat: 18+, daddy-daughter incest, pseudo-incest, mild dub-con, coercion, daddy kink, breeding kink, age gap, double penetration, anal, sex, implied/referenced rape, very brief jimcurly cameo

author's note: wow this sucks LMFAO. umm first attempt at writing jimmy… assholes r not my typical area of expertise so. take it with a grain of salt. feel like he has an uncharacteristically big mouth here LOL. did not mean to make it this long it was originally a drabble… read cws + any interaction/feedback appreciated as always!!

“Jim... isn’t she your daughter?”

Curly’s dumbfounded, jaw dropped to the floor, standing in the middle of the dank motel room not knowing where he should look to remain respectful—Jimmy or his own flesh and blood in a flimsy lingerie set. 

Not exactly what he had in mind when Jimmy said he had a gift for him. 

This is all too fucking wrong, Jimmy’s your dad, you’re one thin and translucent piece of underwear away from standing completely naked in front of both of them, he’s got his arm wrapped around your shoulder like he’s your pimp. He wants Curly to fuck you. 

It’s sick and twisted and morbid and Curly’s dick is hard. 

“Yeah, so?” Jimmy pinches your cheek and you flinch ever so slightly, put on your best forced smile. “Never once said no to taking daddy’s dick, did you, baby?” 

You shake your head. 

(It’s a blatant lie—Jimmy remembers the bloodfest on the sheets your first time, the way you screamed dad, no and dad, stop at the top of your lungs. The way your face contorted, ugly sobbing turning your eyes swollen and puffy like your cunt, his cock coated in all sorts of questionable fluids by the time he was done with you.)

“See? All good here, man.” He says, shaking you a little by the grip on your shoulder. 

“Jimmy, I...” Curly pinches the bridge of his nose, rubs his forehead like he’s trying to assess if this entire thing is a dream or not. Would help alleviate the guilty boner in his pants by a little if it were. 

He peeks at you through the cracks of his fingers. 

“Come on,” Jimmy’s scowl returns in a second, gesturing to your body. “You’re really gonna reject her when she’s right in front of you? Thought you were better than that, Curly.”

It’s so wrong—Curly’s known you almost as long as he’s known Jimmy. He’s watched you grow up, babysat you, let you crash at his place, showed up to every one of your graduations because Jimmy couldn’t. He hung out with you just last week, for God’s sake. 

Curly’s dick twitches like it’s trying to escape his pants and fuck you on its own. 

Jimmy shrugs, starts undoing your top and letting it drop to the floor. He gropes your tits and bile burns in the back of Curly’s throat like ethanol. “Well, if you don’t want a piece, then you’re free to watch. Shame you gotta break my girl’s heart like this.”

“Jim, I’m not trying to—“

Jimmy pinches your nipple mechanically and you whine, stand there and take it like it’s a daily occurrence. “She’s been asking for you, you know.”

Curly falters, his heart dropping straight down to his ass, “she has?” 

“Yeah, won’t shut up about Uncle Curly’s dick, how much she likes you,” Jimmy scoffs, “how she wants you to take her second virginity.” Second virginity? 

“Really?” He smooths his hair back, sheepishly playing with the curls at the nape of his neck like a schoolgirl. 

Jimmy whispers something to you, sends you off to where Curly’s standing with a tap on the ass. You reach out for his hand to place it on your breast and he cups it gently, sneaking glances at Jimmy from behind you in case he changes his mind.

You speak for the first time tonight, “Uncle Curly.”

“Sweetheart,” he lowers his voice, “are you sure you—“

The bottoms of your lingerie set fall to the floor silently, sheer fabric sticky with what is presumably your slick. Curly gawks like an idiot, cheeks flaming hot, eyes raking up your legs until they meet your pussy. 

He thinks he hears Jimmy snicker in the background. 

You keep your eyes on Curly as you saunter to the bed, getting on all fours and arching your back low, spreading yourself open for your dad and your proclaimed uncle to behold. 

“Uncle Curly...” he makes eye contact with your spread holes, your pussy drooling onto the sheets, leaking down your thighs. “It’s okay, I want this,” you say with the enthusiasm of a sex ring traffickee. 

Fuck it. 

He looks over at Jimmy, takes a deep breath and complies. 

Stupid ol’ Curly. Falling for each and every one of his lies like he falls for gambling scams, and Jimmy’s the broke one here. 

Jimmy’s been in all of your holes. There isn’t a single square inch of your body that doesn’t have his fingerprints burned into it. What can he say? Jimmy made you so he owns you, simple as that. Took your anal virginity approximately a week after he took your actual one. The look on your face is welcomely ingrained into his mind, looked like you were one second away from biting the dust. 

You could be his sister, his mother, a clerk at the store or a street whore for all he cares—Jimmy would fuck you all the same. 

Curly should be grateful that Jimmy’s offering him a sweet piece of meat, his meat. It’s not every day somebody, let alone the grandiose Curly, gets an opportunity to stick his dick in Jimmy’s daughter. 

(More so every three days, when he needs some cash for a pack of smokes he’ll pimp you out to whoever. They pay higher when you’re dressed in white and wearing pigtails. Sick fucks.)

He lets Curly play with your pussy until enough’s enough, shedding his clothes and maneuvering you on top of him. Front to front with Jimmy ‘cause he doesn’t want you giving Curly your puppy eyes and making him all sappy, start feeling bad for you. Invoke some sort of saviour complex. 

The only saving you need is Jimmy’s dick—daddy knows best. Daddy fucks you the best. 

He’s simply being a good friend to Curly.

You shower Jimmy’s face in kisses and he whips his dick out, grabbing the fat of your cheeks till it spills past his fingertips. Gives you a couple spanks for good measure, makes you moan. 

“Such a filthy little slut, aren’t you? So wet for dad,” Jimmy slaps his tip against your entrance, sticky noises echoing throughout the room. You tilt your head as your breath hitches, looking at Jimmy like he forgot something. He resists the urge to roll his eyes, “and Uncle Curly.” 

Who is still fully fucking clothed by the way.

Wagging your ass at Curly, you giggle and look back at him, very likely giving him fuck-me eyes. It works, ‘cause he seems to get the hint that he should undress. This is exactly why Jimmy needs you facing himself and nobody else. 

Jimmy’s dick is harder than a rock, it’s not gonna sit there and watch you and Uncle Curly like some miserable third-wheel. The drop of pre running down the length of his shaft is all he needs to force himself into your tight cunt with a single push of his hips. 

“Daddy...” You whine like it hurts and Jimmy grins, makes him feel nostalgic.

The mattress dips when Curly gets on the bed, big ass fucking horse thighs trapping you and Jimmy beneath him. Nevermind the horse thighs, Curly has a fucking horse cock. Yeah, this is the first and last time he’s ever catering to your whims. 

Jimmy keeps thrusting up into you like he’s got something to prove. 

Curly’s cock pokes and prods at your tighter hole, takes a good minute for him to begin sliding inside and you yelp like you’re being impaled. Curly can’t be that big, you’re just putting on a show like Jimmy told you to. 

“Mm,” your teeth sink into your bottom lip, so pretty Jimmy’s grateful Curly can’t see your face right now. 

“Shh, it’s okay, baby.” Please. Curly wishes you were his baby. 

He feels Curly’s dick moving against his inside of you and it’s all very unsexy, but Jimmy will be damned if he’s gonna empty his balls elsewhere. Men have needs. Sometimes those needs happen to come in the form of fucking one’s daughter and Jimmy is completely fine with that. 

“Oh my,” your eyes flutter shut, pressing back against him, faking it till you’re making it. “Uncle Curly, you’re so big...”

Fondly, Curly chuckles, “I guess I am.”

You’re really laying it on thick, Jimmy didn’t tell you to do that. 

“Dad’s bigger, baby. Can’t you feel it?” He shoves your face into his neck, stretching you open with his pistoning hips like it’s the first time all over again. Your squeals come out muffled, voice vibrating against his skin. 

The way his tip bumps your fleshy cervix with every trust should be enough proof. Curly’s pace is slow and soft, he’s not even all the way in yet. Or maybe Jimmy really is bigger. 

“C’mon, Curls,” Jimmy pants, voice almost a growl as he tightens his arms around your waist, pulling you impossibly closer to his dampening body. “No time to be a pussy, you’re in her ass.” 

“Not a pussy, just... starting out slow.” Curly says calmly, gentlemanly—to no avail ‘cause you’re already cockdrunk. 

“Fuck her harder.” It’s a dare, a challenge, or a simple suggestion. He’s giving pointers to a significantly more well-adjusted peer. Jimmy says and Curly does nonetheless, he wonders if Curly would backflip off a building if Jimmy told him to. 

Finally, Curly picks up his pace, fucking your ass the way it’s meant to be fucked. The sound of skin slapping echoes throughout the room and for a moment, Jimmy is okay with this entire thing. 

“My girl likes it rough, dontcha, baby?” Jimmy asks, drilling himself as deep as he can go into your pussy. All you do is moan and whine—nonstop ‘cause they won’t let you have a second of air. “Yeah, you do.”

“Daaaad!”

“Fuck, dirty girl,” Jimmy grunts into your hair, hand on the back of your head forcing your face deeper into his neck where you’re making a mess of spit and snot and tears. “You like dad’s cock that much, huh?”

He doesn’t ask about Curly’s cock, if Jimmy wants to know if you like Curly’s cock then Uncle Curly will have to ask you himself. Seems too preoccupied with holding back his moans, though. 

Your whines come out choppy, muffled by Jimmy’s neck, every jackhammer into your sloppy cunt and ass punching the wind right out of you.

“That’s right,” Jimmy makes eye contact with Curly, fucking you even harder to assert dominance, dick-to-dick and ball-to-ball with his best friend. Your walls clamp down around him, “so go on, cum on it. You know you wanna.”

You shake and thrash in his hold, legs twitching as you mumble incoherently. Jimmy feels your body go still, gushing bursts of squirt all over the place, soaking everyone and everything in sight—orgasm hitting you like a tsunami. 

He fucks you through it. 

You must’ve been squeezing real tight around Curly as well, ‘cause he falls on top of you and Jimmy, hands gripping the sheets next to Jimmy’s head like they’re the ones fucking. Curly’s mouth is hanging open, panting and moaning like a bitch in heat. A drop of his sweat lands on Jimmy. 

It’s disgusting how much he looks like a fucking playboy bunny, straight out of a raunchy magazine page. For a second, this intrusive image passes through Jimmy’s head—his dick buried to the hilt inside of Curly instead of you. 

He feels his balls tightening and he wants to kill himself right then and there. 

“Gonna take daddy’s cum?” 

“Such a good girl, sweetheart,” sunshine boy chimes in, like he’s been reading Dirty Talk 101 during the time they’ve been two-manning you, “take it, take both of our loads.” 

“Y’hear that? Gonna take Uncle Curly’s load deep in your ass, huh?” Jimmy keeps his noises down in his throat, struggling to not groan at the way you have a fucking death grip on his dick. “And daddy’s in your pussy?”

Yes, yes, yes—

Jimmy fucks you hard, rough, mean. He keeps going till he shoots his cum deep in your cunt, till he feels Curly stiffening up, following suit with his orgasm and a loud ass fucking moan while he’s at it. Grand exit. 

Curly presses a quick kiss to your head before pulling out of you with a sloppy pop! and flopping down next to you and Jimmy. 

Jimmy stays inside of you, feeling his own cum dripping down his length. You’re lying boneless on his chest, mascara ruined, staining your cheeks—face the perfect aftermath of a good, thorough fucking. 

You and Curly gaze at each other lovingly, reaching out your hands to intertwine your fingers like Jimmy isn’t right there. He’d cuck Curly here and now if his nicotine addiction wasn’t wearing him out. 

You all stay like that for a while, panting and wondering what you’re supposed to make of this. 

You’re out like a light, naked and alone in bed with two thick, white creampies dripping out of your holes, soaking the sheets. 

They step outside, Curly shuts the door carefully and Jimmy lights a cigarette, shoe against the wall as he leans on it. 

Curly’s hands are shoved in his denim pockets, curls still damp and sweaty as his head hangs low. He tilts his head back then, watches Jimmy smoke for a minute.

“So,” Curly breaks the silence between them, speaking over the chirps of the cicadas in the night. “That was... uh...”

Is he going to acknowledge the fact that they fucked Jimmy’s daughter or the subtly homoerotic undertones of it? 

“Don’t talk,” he blows a cloud of smoke straight into Curly’s face when he opens his mouth, makes Curly stifle a cough and Jimmy a chuckle. “Gonna need some money to get out of town for a while.” It’s part true and partly ‘cause Jimmy let him have a go at you. 

“Yeah.” Curly rubs his chin thoughtfully, reaching for his wallet and plucking out a few bills, “yeah, of course.”

Jimmy grabs the cash, crumpling them with his sweaty hands as he walks off. He cranes his neck to salute Curly goodbye, gets a nod back and that’s that. 

Trucker cap on and pick-up engine revving, he takes off. To where? Jimmy doesn’t know. Away. Crawl out of one hole and into another. You’re Curly’s responsibility for the moment. Checked in on his behalf.

Jimmy knows Curly won’t tell. 

[st4rbwrry]

 𝒜𝒯𝒯𝒜𝒞𝒦 𝒪𝒩 𝒯𝐼𝒯𝒜𝒩.

✧｡˚ 𝓔𝓡𝓔𝓝 𝓨𝓔𝓐𝓖𝓔𝓡. ✧｡˚

౨ৎ sugar.

5.1k. fem!reader, country!eren + bluecollar!, housewife!reader, established relationship, domesticity, ovulation, oral ꒰ f + m. ꒱, kreaming + squirting, rough sex, nasty talk ofc, unprotected, daddy kink, spanking, pet names ꒰ sweetie, baby, mama ꒱, praise, hair pulling, check ins + aftercare, choking, breath + sensitivity + salvia play

౨ৎ dangerously in love.

16.8k. fem!reader, lowercase intended, farmer!eren + bluecollar!eren, domesticity, established relationship, talks of religion, small mention of abuse and alcoholism, forbidden love, sneaking around, age difference + time skip, lotssss of arguments, oral sex ꒰ f + m ꒱, quiet sex (they try ;3), fingering, spanking, lots of kisses, eren’s rlly affectionate, foreplay, rough sex, size difference, spitting in mouth vv briefly, sub/dom dynamic, lots of dirty talk, multiple orgasms + overstim.

౨ৎ feel something.

3.1k. fem!reader, lowercase intended, body betrayal, submissive eren + whimpers a lot, established consent aka cnc, dry humping, pain kink, eren’s pathetic fr, oral ꒰ m + f ꒱, handjob, love bites, choking, ‘daddy’ said once, creampie, rennie’s embarrassed :(

౨ৎ why don’t you love me?

14.4k. fem reader, lowercase intended, best friends to enemies to lovers + locked in a closet, angst, lots of kissing omgie, lotss of fingering, kreamer!, conflicted feelings, oral [ f + m ], praiseeee, spanking to a t, onyankopon cameo + small fight, toxicity, multiple orgasms, rennie gets jealous, miscommunication + arguments, car sex, use of the 'n' word, small daddy kink usage, self pleasure, biting kink, eren's kinda mean, dom / sub dynamic from both, college au, both are needy, relationship establishment, pet name usage [ baby, mamas ].

౨ৎ driftin’ n’ kissin’.

8.7k fem!reader, lowercase intended, girly girl reader, friends who rlly like each other, smoking, drifting, fluffy scenes, eren is super soft for reader, dirty talk, unprotected sex, car festivities, kissing, neck biting, bits of roughness, choking, ass hits, cunnilingus, daddy kink, pet names ex. ꒰ baby, pretty, luv. ꒱ , praise, sub/dom, thicq!reader, goofy loving cutesy shit.

౨ৎ sapiosexual.

fem!reader, stoner!eren, jealous!eren, face fucking [ 69 ], oral [ f received ], cervix kissing, slapping [ titties, face, ass ], hair pulling, finger sucking, overstimulation, degrading, praising, spit play, reader creams, brief daddy kink, eren is feral af, aftercare for us softies.

౨ৎ sticky.

fem!reader, black coded, self pleasure, eren gives us a massage w oil, blowjob, dj on the clit, unedited, kissing, praise, pet names dnt feel like listing, vulgar language, teasing, mention of cycle, dry humping, titty sucking, neck kisses.

౨ৎ all mine.

fem!reader, nsfw audios + vids, black coded, lowercase intended, headcannons, degradation, praise, dirty talk, impact play, pet names, p in v.

౨ৎ smitten.

nsfw, pwp, lowercase intended, fem!reader, she/her pronouns, black coded, girly girl reader, mechanic!eren, bondage, established relationship, riding, switch!reader, switch!eren, eren’s sensitive, chubby!reader, readers needy, male oral, finger sucking, eren is fussy, unprotected penetrative sex, creampie, kissing, mutual praise, voice kink, vulgar language, edging, pet names ex. [ mamas. baby. princess. daddy. ]

౨ৎ luv this shit.

fem!reader, eren’s pent up from working out, asmr sexting, submissive reader, impact play [ face smack, spanking ] public arousal, indecent behavior, mating press, f!oral, fingering, profanity, established relationship, lots of making out, unprotected sex, eren’s aggressive, floor sex, riding, creampie, artist!reader, pet names, reader has black features,

౨ৎ yours.

pwp, virgin!reader, dry humping but not rlly, more like a pussay job fr, minor foot fetish, eren has a big ;) , lots & lots of nasty talk since eren can’t shut up, praise kink, mating press, kissing, pussy slaps, eren is 6’6 bc that’s how tall he is in every fic i write for him, size difference, a sprinkle of humiliation kink, pet names, teasing.

౨ৎ pizza boy.

fem!reader, lowercase intended, pizzaboy!eren, standing missionary, cum eating, unprotected sex, brief oral ꒰ m & f received ꒱, teasing, thigh kissing, hair pulling, eren dents a wall lmao, praising, pet names ꒰ sweet girl, baby, pretty ꒱, black coded.

౨ৎ sketch.

body obsession, praise, teasing, fingering, oral, cheating, breath play, dacryphilia, overstimulation, edging, angst, impact play.

౨ৎ sketch remastered.

fem!reader, artist!eren, eren has ocd, body appraisal, unhealthy obsession, teasing, fingering, oral ꒰ f received ꒱ , cheating, dacryphilia, edging, overstimulation, impact play ꒰ spanking ꒱ , asphyxiation, eren talks to himself like joe from you, black coded so black features, minor toy use, mating press, unprotected sex, angst, brief mention of s*icide.

౨ৎ dirty.

mechanic!eren, headcannon format, fem!reader, throat fucking, oral [ f received ], switch eren, praise kink, rough play [ yanking, spanking, choking, etc ] , dacryphilia, cum eating, facial, dumbification, unedited, black coded.

౨ৎ shortcake.

fem!reader, baker!eren, fluff, cute lil food fight, eren’s a house husband, soft sex, oral [ f received ], tiny bits of spanking, black coded, pleasure!dom, domestic eren.

౨ৎ sour.

fem!reader, hc format, baseball player!eren, eren loves a throat to f*ck before a game, filming, degradation, face slapping, manhandling, use of butt plug, feral reader who just loves her husband, black coded.

౨ৎ titan!eren.

fem!reader, eren tongue fucks you with his titan tongue. <3

౨ৎ any last words?

shinigami!eren, dark content, mentions of murder, death note use, size kink, body worship, god complex!reader, brat taming, titty sucking, foreplay, vaguely inspired by death note.

౨ৎ don’t pull out.

fem!reader, babytrapping, ovulation sex, creampie, riding, aggression, manhandling, drabble, clothed sex kinda, black coded.

౨ৎ constant bullshit.

angst, quiet sex, broken relationship, eren’s really in love with reader, impact play, oral [ m.received ], floor sex, unprotected sex, fem!reader.

౨ৎ don’t be mean.

fem!reader, sneaky sex, oral, quickie, dirty talk, impact play, choking, black coded.

౨ৎ crush.

facetime sex, sex toy(s), vulgar language, explicit sexual content, dom eren, mild daddy kink, black coded.

౨ৎ emo boyfriends. ft. sasuke uchiha.

fem!reader, two obsessive boyfriends, polyamory, jealousy, threesome, public play, oral ꒰ f & mxm ꒱, power dynamic . . . mostly eren, domesticity, spoiled reader in terms of getting plowed lmao, use of a collar & leash, body worship, use’s reader like a toy, sort of bimbo reader?, dubcon!, overstim, clit spanks, degradation, pet names, slight humiliation?, breeding, this is kind of self indulgent, black coded.

 ✧｡˚ 𝓡𝓔𝓘𝓝𝓔𝓡 𝓑𝓡𝓐𝓤𝓝. ✧｡˚

౨ৎ spread ‘em.

fem!reader, construction worker!reiner, headcannon/drabble, reiner does his chores *wink wonk*, public sex, bimbo reader, breeding, pregnancy talk, size difference, thick reader, toy! (butt plug), jealousy/possessiveness, use of ‘daddy’ like once, reiner has a southern accent in my head idc.

౨ৎ stripper!reiner.

reiner’s a stripper who fucks you at your birthday party tbh that’s it lmao.

౨ৎ tennessee whiskey.

drabble, fluff, drinking, country music, reiner’s lovesick, readers infatuated, slow dancing, making out, going back to reiner’s after to bang. this is nothing special just a random thought.

౨ৎ football!reiner.

a thirst about football reiner.

 ✧｡˚ 𝓐𝓡𝓜𝓘𝓝 𝓐𝓡𝓛𝓔𝓡𝓣. ✧｡˚

౨ৎ kiss me till i’m blue.

1.4k. fem!reader, lowercase intended, established relationship, sub / dom, profanity, pet names, unprotected penetrative sex, we’re in luvvv, outside indecency, love bites, praise, kinda shy reader, smoking, kreampie.

౨ৎ so anxious.

lowercase intended, she/her pronouns, chubby fem!reader, mirror sex kinda, handjob, sub!armin, armin has a kink for your voice, ice play?, praising, reader talks armin through his orgasm, minors aren't welcomed!

✧｡˚ 𝓙𝓔𝓐𝓝 𝓚𝓘𝓡𝓢𝓣𝓔𝓘𝓝. ✧｡˚

౨ৎ under the influence.

fem!reader, officer!jean, lowercase intended, black coded, hot sweaty car sex, public indecency, oral ꒰ m received ꒱, jean’s rough bc he is, mild degradation, jean’s your ex, reader rides jean, impact play, jean’s a titty sucker srry i don’t make the rules.

౨ৎ take you down.

fem!reader, boxer!jean, reader gets her punani ate bc jean looks good af working out all sweaty and shit, black coded, jean’s super cocky, a thirst honestly.

౨ৎ play with me.

fem!reader, lowercase intended, sneaky sex, praise, voyeur, reader friendzone’s eren bc she’s infatuated with jean, jean steals you?, dry humping, mating press, oral.

✧｡˚ 𝓛𝓔𝓥𝓘 𝓐𝓒𝓚𝓔𝓡𝓜𝓐𝓝. ✧｡˚

౨ৎ birthday boy.

fem!reader, little bit of vanilla, sensual as shit, saliva play, minor case of submissive levi, titty sucking, teasing, black coded.

✧｡˚ 𝓟𝓞𝓡𝓒𝓞 𝓖𝓐𝓛𝓛𝓘𝓐𝓡𝓓. ✧｡˚

౨ৎ provide.

fem!reader, public sex, football au, college students, cunninglingus, quickie, dubcon, choking, black coded, dirty talk, feral n’ frustrated porco.

౨ৎ porco the pussy feaster.

title is self explanatory.

✧｡˚ 𝓨𝓜𝓘𝓡. ✧｡˚

౨ৎ lost in london.

girl x girl, strapon use, cunninglingus, fingering, dumbification, french kissing, guitar player!ymir, pillow princess!reader.

[yaffles-world]

Nightswimming

Viktor and his partner decide to go out for a swim.

WARNINGS/TAGS: fluff, mostly non sexual nudity but there is some cheeky brief sexual content, arcane Viktor but blitzcrank makes a cameo cos I said so, no use of Y/N, reader is wearing a dress but is called a good boy otherwise gender is not discussed, spoiler free. MINORS DNI

The wind was softly blowing, and the moon was bright and basked the area in soft white light. It was quiet, away from just about everything. Blitzcrank being the only remotely intelligent life for a fair distance, just in case there was trouble. Most of the animals that would be around were tucked into bed.

That was of course excluding Viktor, sitting carefully on the edge of a fallen tree. His shoulders were hunched over and his cheeks and ears were dusted pink. He was hyper focused on a point in the distance, as I slowly worked my hands over his back brace. I undid the clasps and worked on disconnecting it.

“Are you okay?”

Viktor's amber eyes flicked to mine and then back to his chosen spot in the distance. “Ah. Yes… I feel… naked?”

“Well, that's fair enough. You basically are.” I ran my hands across his back, trailing down the ridges of his spine. He shivered and his cheeks turned a darker shade of red. I gently hold his cheek to redirect his gaze. “If you aren't okay, tell me. If you want to do this another way, we'll figure it out.”

He sighed. “Practically, yes, there are alternatives to doing it this way. If I just want to… see if being in the water alleviates the pain. There's plenty of ways. But I don't want to do that. I want to do this… It's… Beautiful.” His gaze wandered off again and I detached his back brace, putting it beside me on the blanket. I moved down to his leg brace.

“I… It's been… I don't even know if I've ever been somewhere like this. With Zaun, well everything's… polluted and Piltover is so focused on steel and mechanical beauty. Which, there is certainly a sort of beauty to it, yes, but it's different to this. I've never see this many stars…”

I gently placed his leg brace beside his back brace on a clean blanket. I ran my hands down to the only piece of clothing left on him, his underwear, but he held my hands.

“Now, hold on there lubov. That doesn't seem fair.” He reached forward and hitched my dress over my knees and guiding me to kneel down so he could pull it up over my head. There was an initial shock of cold. Viktor pulled me in close and gave affectionate head scratches. “Oh, you are such a good boy for me, not even wearing underwear.”

I shrugged, trying to push down the heat building inside of me. “I just wanted it to be easier.”

He smiled smugly. It faltered when I pulled down his underwear abruptly, revealing a cock at half mast. He shivered again.

“Let's not get distracted here, my love. Are you okay if I carry you?”

“Ah, um, thank you, but that's really not necessary.”

“That's not what I asked you.”

“Well, ah… you certainly don't have to solnyshko but… yes I'm okay with it.”

I scooped him into my arms and pressed his body against mine. He was never particularly warm but his skin was soft and his hair was fluffy and brushing against my face. We walked into the water. It was warmer than expected given the cold night but it was certainly crisp. I slowly lowered him into the water, despite his protestations expressed through squeaking noises.

“It's cold!”

“Ah come on, this? You'd think you'd never been in water before.” I held him close. The water was about waist deep and his arms were wrapped tightly around my back, pressing himself into me with his head in the crook of my neck.

“Solnyshko, really, do you think I've spent my whole life not having a shower?” He pushed himself deeper into me somehow, now close to being fully buried.

“You know I don't mean that…” His ears tinted red. “Wait, Vik, have you never been swimming before?” I cursed myself. Of course he hasn't. Zaun waterways aren't known for being clean after all and who would have taught him? Especially with his body in the condition that it's almost always been in. “I'm so sorry, I didn't even consider that as a possibility. Are you okay? We really don't have to do this.”

He nodded, smushing his nose against my neck. “I trust you. I know you've got me.” I could feel his lips pull into a smile.

“Okay. Okay. No pressure at all.” I laugh breathily and he returns the laughter. “How do you feel?”

“Good. It helps, a bit.”

“Do you think you can detach from me?”

Viktor squeezed tighter with a strength I didn't know he had, but then he slowly detangled himself. He shivered slightly, then stood a bit straighter. He smiled a crooked smile.

“Okay. First step, I'm going to teach you how to float.”

Viktor nodded.

“The goal here is to stay flat and above the water. There should be no parts of your body sinking below the surface, or all of you is going to sink. Generally it's a good idea to focus on the stomach area and keep that above, and then the feet and the head. The head will naturally want to stay above though so the focus is more on the lower body. I'm going to help you. Are you ready?”

Viktor nodded and I put my hand underneath his back and under his knees, tipping him upwards to the sky. I kept one hand under his back and one under his thighs to keep him above water.

“Okay. You got it? Focus on keeping the air in your stomach. That's the point that's going to keep you afloat. And then don't let your feet fall under.”

Viktor hummed in affirmation. I pulled my hands out from under him, not without leaving a quick parting squeeze. Viktor remained steady above the water.

“Very good.”

Viktor whined softly, barely audible if not for the near silence of where we were. I stifled a laugh as his cheeks went bright red.

“Sorry, solnyshko.”

“Oh, no, don't be sorry for doing so good for me.” I scratched his hair. “Focus, my love.” I moved slowly down to his cock sticking up out of the water. “Now this is just too tempting to resist.” I gently lick the tip before going down. Viktor inhales sharply, before steadying his breathing.

“Solnyshko…” he breathes shakily. I hum, before moving back to be beside him.

“You truly impress me Viktor. You're doing so well. But, again… let's not get distracted. However tempting you are.”

I kick up my feet and float next to him holding his hand. His breathing slowly returns to being steady.

“Thank you for taking me out here.”

“Of course.”

We lay there for a while holding hands and looking up at the stars. The trees outline the sky, framing it with their dark, sprawling leaves reaching outwards.

“It's beautiful.”

“And so are you.”

[axolistic]

ANOTHER AU BABY: BIOTEC

I mainly made this AU in order to rationalize the universe where my fic takes place since with the release of the most recent episode of AvA it stopped being canon compliant.

Here's a brief summary of it:

In this AU, instead of building the rocket, Victim pulled a TCO and used the internet to escape. He landed on stick city and formed Rocket Corp (idk what to do with the name)

Mitsi does exist and might make some sort of cameo in the future (during flashbacks ofc). My interpretation of Agent will probably also stay the same, and yes, he is friends with Mitsi too.

Mitsi also has a company, though I don't have the details completely polished, I have some things in mind. Mitsi's business focuses on biology and chemistry (too improve the stick people's lives in general, from the village); while Rocket Corp has a more mechanical approach and focuses on weapons.

Victim DOES connect TCO with Alan, when researching the Showdown. Though the whole 'interrogation' thing was Smith's idea.

Last but not least, Victim's personality, views and goals WILL be different from canon, seeing that he doesn't have a support system in this scenario.

(copied directly from my fic)

More Notes:

Agent used to work for Mitsi and was very close with her, after she died, he decided to work with Victim since they shared a same goal (capturing TCO) and also because his source of income was disrupted.

Agent was the one that convinced Victim to be more rash with his interrogation of TCO. Victim did not care, mostly because he thought that it would also be more efficient and keep Agent satisfied.

Victim does not have a personal problem with TCO, its simply the fact that he works with Alan (according to what information he has available)

In contrast to canon Victim (who I assume has more experience with social interaction etc.) This AU's Victim is more awkward around other sticks.

Due to his lack of a support system, he is more prone to anger and dismissing other feelings, as well as extreme touch-starvation. He might have some problems opening up to people, etc.

[arleniansdoodles]

We need your review on the Sifu episode from Secret Level, Queen! 🤲

I'd be happy to share my thoughts! I never thought I'd be asked for a review XD And I apologize in advance, this turned out longer than I expected!

Quick note, I watched the Sifu episode the day it came out, in the half-hour I had to eat breakfast before heading off to the office lmaoo I figured, it can't be more than nineteen minutes (which is the longest runtime for those episodes, I think), or even fifteen, so I was certain I could cram it in XD And I did it! hahaa

To start with the positives, I absolutely loved the episode!! I'll admit I'm kinda biased since I love Sifu in general, and I was eager to watch Secret Level because of that episode alone loll The art style was gorgeous; I know a lot of people have said already that it looks Arcane-esque, and I do agree! But I think that's just because they dialed the game's style up to eleven and made it more detailed. And having the episode set in the Club really adds to the style with all the neon colour palettes and dramatic lighting!

The music was also beautiful and I loved what I believe is the MC's theme (which plays out in full during the end credits), and also the remix of the game's main theme during the episode's climax! It really had that note of vengeance in it, like when you're on the vengeance path in-game and the Wuguan's theme has that darker base-like element; in contrast, when on the Wude path, the Wuguan's theme is softer, more ethereal.

Story spoilers below!

I really enjoyed the addition of Li, the dumpling seller! She had that sassy old lady vibe, and I think showing MC with her added a touch of personality and humanity to him. Like, even during his revenge quest, he still took the time to hang out with Li for five days while waiting for his targets, eating dumplings and playing Chinese chess with her hahaa And it was really sweet to see him be watched over, in a way! You could really tell that Li cared about him :''')

I found the change in MC's backstory an interesting touch, and I think it works pretty well for what the team wanted to show (especially in 7-10 mins). All the bosses appear to be consolidated into Sean, or at least he's the main bad guy while everyone else is off doing their own thing - Jinfeng's tower is in the opening shot, so I assume she's still a CEO up there; Yang had a brief cameo in the flashback sequence, and I don't know if he was just used as a regular grunt there, but in any case, the big baddie is Sean in this story. And that's totally fine to me because I love Sean! lmaoo (and I thought his model in the episode was very handsome, even more than the game model XD And on that note, MC is very handsome too, even as he gets older!)

Continuing with the story, I loved how the theme of "was it worth it?" tied into the end with Li, and the contrast of her having a peaceful life making dumplings comparing to MC using his life up to get vengeance. I liked that there wasn't a definite answer at the end, though it does kinda lean into MC regretting it imo. But it's definitely up for interpretation! And it tugged at my heartstrings when Li realized the old man was actually MC from his chopsticks habit hahaa

I don't have any negatives per se, but stuff I would've liked to see XD Right off the bat, I wish the episode was way longer lmaoo I'd love an animated series of Sifu that goes through all five levels! I do think the team did a good job of showing the revival mechanic with the time they had; having the red void be a training ground of sorts is a great idea imo and it was cool to see MC practicing the same situation repeatedly! Reminds me of all those playthroughs I watched where the gamers had to repeat the levels and boss fights to improve XD

Speaking of mechanics, the Kung-Fu aspect didn't really come through imo? Maybe there wasn't enough time to show off a bit of pak mei, but it felt more like regular brawling than martial arts. I would've liked to see more of the game's signature finishers, if they couldn't display much else of pak mei.

I'm not too bothered that we didn't get to see the final fight with Sean; I can see that it was more important to the team to show the episode's main theme/message rather than the combat. And it also works as an advertisement to get people to play the game loll Go create your own boss fight with Sean! XDD

Those are all the thoughts I have so far! I loved the episode and wish we had more of it :'''D Feel free to share your thoughts of the episode, if you like! And thanks for sending me the ask! <333

[jakesuit0]

Memory of a Memory Review

Finn and Jake rush to help Marceline at the calling of a wizard. It’s sweet that Finn and Jake run faster when they find out it’s their friend in peril. Finn and Jake show a lot of care for Marcy in this one. We’re at the point where they view Marceline as one of the most important people in their lives. This is really the last episode where Finn and Jake’s relationship with Marceline feels ever-evolving, this is basically the status quo of their dynamic for the rest of the series. The “wizard” knowing to turn to Finn and Jake, implies that Ash has done his research on the current state of Marcy’s life, and has probably been spying on her. Claiming he’s her spirit animal is absurd but funny. It’s an obvious hint that he’s lying, but it’s easy to believe that it could be true in this weird world.

Ash claims he can’t be the one to help Marcy because he has no arms. It’s a funny excuse that works to add more suspicion. Finn and Jake enter Marceline’s memories to erase a sleeping spell. It’s an exciting premise on the face of it, given we still know almost nothing of her backstory. We start at an early point in Marceline’s life, and move mostly in chronological order throughout. We see a destroyed city, our first brief look at the world five or so years after the mushroom bomb dropped. It also serves as confirmation that Marceline lived through the apocalypse. She looks two or three years older than in the “Simon & Marcy” flashbacks, but maybe two years younger then when Simon abandons her. Her age, and possession of Hambo, places it between “Simon & Marcy” and the second flashback in “Everything Stays”. So, where the fuck is Simon? She’s running around all by herself. There’s a couple possible hand waves. Simon could be behind a tree taking a shit. He was at a period of his life where he had less control over the crown, so maybe he flew off on a crown-induced escapade, or purposefully distanced himself when he knew he was going to have an episode. He could also be searching for ways to summon Hunson Abadeer. It’s not exactly canon-shattering, but it's definitely a bit of a continuity error. The crew had some idea that there’s a deeper connection between Ice King and Marceline, as evidenced by hints in “Holly Jolly Secrets” and “Marceline’s Closet” this season, but this scene is clearly a result of them not really having the Simon and Marcy backstory planned yet. The most striking disconnect is little Marcy calling Hambo her “only friend”. In “Betty”, Marceline instead refers to Simon as her only friend during that period of her life. Marceline sews Hambo’s button eye back on, like Simon how sews a button back on Marcy’s overalls in “Simon Petrikov”. Simon must have taught her how to sew in the interceding years. She tells Hambo she’s hurting him because she loves him. This might be a coping mechanism she picked up on from Elise and/or Simon.

Finn and Jake pass by Marceline picking her nose, showing for the first time how gross she can be while by herself. Next we get to see the infamous fry eating incident, and they even got Martin Olson back for this short cameo. Marcy looks a few years older than in “Marcy & Hunson’s” flashback. I don’t think Marcy was with Hunson this whole time, it wouldn’t make sense for them to be on Earth together for a few years. This must have been one of Hunson’s infrequent awkward visits, possibly the first time they saw each other since their reunion in the previously mentioned episode. She may have even gotten the bass axe during this visit. It’s cool seeing Adventure Time already building on its pre established backstory, and they continue this trend in the next memory. Ash helps Marcy move into the treehouse, referencing “Evicted!”.

Next, probably a couple years later, we see Marceline clearly feeling checked out of her relationship. Ash comes home, revealing he sold Hambo to a witch (Maja) to get a new wand. Marceline dumps Ash, and Olivia Olson’s voice acting here is incredible, especially the “it’s over you psycho!”. Marceline dated Ash during a time when her self-esteem was at its lowest, feeling like a monster that didn’t deserve any better. Ash was probably a rebound after her relationship with Bubblegum, probably starting a relationship with him within a few decades of her breakup with PB. Ash and Marceline’s relationship is very uncomfortable to watch. The “Mar Mar” pet name makes me queasy. Ash still somehow manages to have one funny line, saying he didn’t ruin “all” of her life to defend himself. The episode just gives us tiny glimpses into a few parts of Marceline’s life. Later episodes make this up, but it would have been nice to get just another couple memories in this one. It’s funny in hindsight how we skip over all the biggest parts of Marceline’s past (Elise, Simon, the vampires, PB). If this was a later season episode, Simon and Bonnie definitely would have made appearances. 

Finn and Jake jump into the memory core, which has an unbelievably cool design, with white silhouettes over the black background. Each of the memory balls has a corresponding symbol, and I’ll do my best guess to analyze the meaning behind many of them:

-A portal to the Nightosphere: a memory involving Hunson, possibly the events of “It Came From the Nightosphere” -A roll of yarn: the first memory Finn and Jake entered of Marceline sewing Hambo

-A weight: working out after her break up with PB or Ash

-Marceline’s high heels from “Evicted!” and “Henchman”

-A tree: the memory of Marceline moving into the treehouse

-A wolf: her dog Schwabl 

-A snowman: Simon and the ice crown

-The shovel and/or grave: the death of Elise

-A hand: no idea, maybe meeting the tribe of humans in “Everything Stays”?

Finn and Jake return to the physical world, and Ash reveals he had Finn and Jake erase the memory of their breakup. Her memories of moving on from the breakup must have been altered by this too. Ash intends on bringing her back to his place. This is basically just a metaphor for date rape drugging and has to be the most traumatic thing Marceline has experienced in the present timeline of the series. Another sign of abuse is Ash’s negging, with the “that’s a relief” to Marcy saying she’s going to freshen up. 

Jake tracks Ash and Marcy down with his rarely used super-scent. Jake bashing the shed to get Ash’s attention, only to find it's the house of a defenseless goblin, is the funniest joke of the episode. Finn runs in to tell Marceline the truth. Marcy says that Ash doesn’t like her hanging out with “mere mortals”. In addition to showcasing another red flag, controlling who she sees, it provides more context to the time of their relationship. It’s the second Marceline episode in a row where bad people from her past are shown to reinforce Marcy’s past ambivalence to the lives of mortals. She was probably part of the ghost gang from “Heat Signature” shortly before or after her breakup with Ash, more company that reinforced her low self-esteem. 

Finn brings Marceline into his own memories, set inside his childhood home with Joshua and Margaret. We can see Jermaine in one of the pictures. There’s other dogs too, presumably from Joshua and Margaret’s extended family (maybe the grandmother mentioned in “Ignition Point” is one of them). Marceline sees baby Finn perform the “Buff Baby” dance. It’s second only to “Bacon Pancakes” in terms of viral sensation. It’s funny and cute, but a bit overrated. It also shows how young Finn was when he became obsessed with fighting evil. Finn looks a few years older than the flashback in “Memories of Boom Boom Mountain”, but a couple years younger than in “BMO”. Finn showing Marceline his memory of seeing her memory is such a clever solution, foreshadowed by the cleverly named title of the episode. She immediately seems to believe Finn, even before seeing the memory. This shows the trust she’s gained for Finn over the series, and that she has always known that Ash is a terrible person capable of evil. She has a muted reaction to this, but you can tell she is hurt inside. 

They really go all the way with portraying Ash as a stereotypical misogynist, with him literally telling her to get back into the kitchen. He’s a loser who can’t even make his own sandwich. Marceline and Finn beat up Ash, which is a justified response to attempted sexual assault. He’s one of the most sociopathic characters in the series, and the most despised character among the fans. He has his own hatedom. He’s fun to hate, but he’s a good character that provided a great foil to Marceline while showing the reality of how some men behave towards women. Jake stomping him with a giant foot is a perfect ending. The episode follows the route of “It Came From the Nightosphere” in using Marceline as a way to explore trauma more specific to the experience of a young woman or teenage girl. It’s also really nice to get some good Marceline drama that’s not tied to Princess Bubblegum or a parental figure for once. 

Grade: A

[theultrablog]

Starting now: PULP STORYTIME!

I’ve been running one of the best games of my life over the last few years. I’ve been writing them up over at SA, but that site is gated and I wanted to share those stories with a larger audience. I’m gonna be posting some tales of pulp adventure from my table, weekly. Enjoy!

The Park-North Snipe Hunt!

“You don’t have a piece,” laughed the gangster, “and now you won’t see your 14th birthday.” “Bang,” said Devika, pointing a finger gun. Kulfi obliged from a block away. The mook wouldn’t see the sunrise. In this game, we play a collection of pulp gentlemen thieves, grabbing & nabbing in 1930s New York. And an errant detail changed the course of the entire session. The session started with us trying to steal the Doomsday Clock, a pastiche of the Antikythera mechanism. Someone beat us to the punch, forcing us to investigate…which led us to the local Syndicate. While looting a safe in a mafia speakeasy, I decided to forge a note, taking credit, signed “the Gray Gargoyle”. Who’s that? Well, it’s a costumed adventurer who smashes crime, especially art crime! Total ass-pull, but it fit the setting. We didn’t think much more about it, until our adventures led us to an upstate airfield, where mafiosos were trying to smuggle the Clock out of the country. I spent a fate point to declare that they were already being stopped… by the Gray Gargoyle! Yes, he dove off the air control tower and with his Gliding Cape, intercepted the plane! We rescued him from airfield security, but we had a plan. Since we were gentlemen, it wouldn’t make sense to just kill the guy and take the artifact. After all, that’s not thievery, that’s mugging. So we engineered a plan where we gathered the mob boss who was after the artifact, killed him with a sniper rifle, and escaped in the confusion. Unfortunately, the Gargoyle didn’t take the bait and get himself killed in the fracas, instead watching our escape from the valet stand.

Running the circus from the monkey cage!

The campaign continues, with a rotating GM. This week and last, we were joined by Evelyn St. Cloud, insecure Circus Aerialist*. This week was a flashback featuring her and mystic orphan Devika Velyapur, trying to pull some scams at the Hagenbeck–Wallace circus. And while we prevented an accident, saved the circus and altered history, most notable were three things: —Evelyn only agreeing to help prevent a train crash because of Devika goading her, targeting her aspect “Anything you can do…”. —In order to chase the villain, we convinced the circus strongman to bend the frames of two penny farthings together to create an ersatz duo bicycle. —We discovered the villain of the adventure, Mabel Smith Douglass, was someone we met last week. And since this was a flashback, that limited our options. Highwire-walker Evie jumped onto the plane. But while she couldn’t open the door, all she could do was force a landing. And without a suitable escape route, there was no way to convince airport officials that the villain had stolen property. So after some fisticuffs, we swore revenge on someone who died at the end of last session. *There was a brief cameo by Smuggler ‘Typhoon’ Mike McGinty, but he had to leave after the first hour. He discovered a tiger sleeping on his boat and used his connections to try and sell it to a buyer in Canada.

For reference, Devika, Lord Simon, and Javid, our initial trio:

[frankenwolf1564]

Siyang Culture SY-03 Getsuei and Yukikaze: A promising pint-sized pair

The Trainbots are one of those sets of characters that were locked in obscurity for a long, LONG time. For nearly 40 years, most of them had their only toys be the original G1 molds, and those were only released in Japan, having not been brought over to the west along with much the rest of Diaclone. Shouki got a Takara exclusive in 2014, a repaint of Classics Astrotrain, aaand that’s it. Mix in the brief, intermittent cameo and you’re left with very little for a very cool Autobot combiner. Thankfully, that was rectified starting in 2022. They not only got new figures, but they were used to debut a brand-new line and got to be the first official Masterpiece combiner, matching their status as the first combiner period. It… took a bit to get the whole thing out, but the release of team leader Shouki was also followed by an effort from third party company Moon Studios very shortly after, providing a much bigger take on the titular titan in a much smaller time frame. Now, while those are both fine sets, the MPG figures are really expensive, especially for what are essentially CHUG scale figures, and MS Radiatron is BIG. With no official Generations offering in sight and a general lack of a middle ground for the Trainbots, what’s a collector to do? Enter into the ring Siyang Culture, bringing us a legends scale take!

*Quick side notes, my Getsuei did not come with his hip skirts, and the parts have not arrived in time for this review, and I will not be covering anything for the combined mode, as I’ll be saving all of that for when everything’s out.

Released as a two-pack, SY-03 brings us Getsuei and Yukikaze, dubbed Night Walking and Snowfield, respectively, and what fine form they find us in! Both bots are very cleanly sculpted, with designs that, while styled after their Headmasters appearances, avoid the slavish accuracy of their MPG counterparts. The paint is by and large cleanly applied, but I had some small paint smudges on the front of Getsuei’s train mode, and applications are generally sparser across both robot modes. Their faces in particular are very pristinely done, though Getsuei’s eyes are a bit harder to read under the brim of his helmet vs Yukikaze’s visor. Their plastic feels nice! Apparently Siyang Culture have a less-than-stellar record with their previous releases, but these guys feel good in hand. It’s slightly on the softer side, not DX9 Mini or Magic Square soft but far from NewAge hard. They land somewhere in the middle.

The engineering and articulation on both figures are nearly identical, save for the backpacks, as they’re pretty much carbon copies of each other, so whatever I say here applies to both of them unless explicitly stated otherwise. Despite them being so mechanically similar, all of their sculpting is different. The only parts that are the same are internal bits such as ball joints and the combiner connectors in the legs. Also their hands… I imagine Suiken and Seizan will be much the same, especially since their alt modes are even more alike. Not every combiner team gets to be Devastator with how unique their components are.

Getsuei and Yukikaze are a rather articulate pair! Their heads are on ball joints that let them look all the way up alongside the usual side to side, their shoulders are on ball joints, they have bicep swivels, double jointed elbows, and wrist swivels. They have waist swivels, ball jointed hips, thigh swivels, a 90° bend at the knees, and an almost 90° ankle tilt. Their hip skirts move out of the way to let their legs move all the way forward, but they can only go so far back due to the general chunk they possess. The arms run into a similar problem, with their shoulder panels bumping into their backpacks, though it’s more of an issue for Yukikaze. They’re not terribly bulky, but there’s almost always some degree of backpack with the Trainbots. Just how they look.

Their transformations are neat! Would’ve been nice if they, I don’t know, came with instructions, but it is still a fine time despite that. There is a QR code on the side of the box, which leads to a video guide on how to transform them, but that should only be an additional resource, not the main method of letting your customer know how your toy works. DX9 Mini did the same thing with their Chromedome (and I assume their Doubledealer) but it is no more welcome here. Complaints of how that information is delivered to you aside, the actual process of getting them into train mode is solid! It’s intuitive and clever enough to be engaging while still being simple enough to not become frustrating at this scale, and it contains almost no hints of the eventual combined mode, though it is easier to hide on the legs… There are a few spots where you don’t have quite as much room as you’d probably like to get something out, but it’s not terrible. Start by flipping up all the hip skirts, folding the crotch piece down, rotating the hips 180° and then pegging the legs together. Then flip the chest panel down, tuck the head away into the chest, and then bring the arms up over the chest. The shoulder panels will rotate to the side, the hands fold away into the arms and then the arms tuck down over where the head stores, then you can unfurl the backpack and bring it over where the shoulders now sit. After that it’s a matter of bringing the butt flap down and tabbing it into the legs, then bringing the leg panels forward to bridge the gap.

The end result is a lovely little train mode! They both clean up very nicely (as long as you have all the parts…), and this is where that paint gets to shine! Most of it is still bare plastic, but all of the windows are precisely picked out. They’re succinct little renditions of their real-world counterparts that are well detailed, though the feet are left in place. Nothing the original toys didn’t do, and at this scale it’s hard to be too bothered. Their weapons are stored at the front, inside what will become the backpack. There’s no way to link them up, however. As far as I can tell they don’t have any connectors to link them up into a full train. One of the later releases might come with additional parts to let them connect but I wouldn’t put money on it. That said their wheels are an equal width apart, so they can fit on the same track together. I don’t know what size track they might fit, if any, but if there is one, they can ride it together. My only real complaints are a few things for getting them back to robot mode. The leg panels need you to flex them more than I’d like, and the heads are a bit annoying to get out, with no notch on the hinge that holds them for you to get a fingernail in and no room to grab them outright.

As a whole, I have nothing but nice things to say about Siyang Culture’s first pair of Trainbots and can highly recommend them. Any gripes I have should not be enough to dissuade you from picking them up yourself. They’re a fun duo and certainly make for a promising start. They’re expressive, cleverly engineered, and look excellent all around. There’s no wasted space, with some solid construction and decently dense plastic making for a good in-hand feel. While it’s nice to have a substantially more accessible set of Trainbots, they’re still worthwhile outside of that! They stand on their own past being a good middle ground between cost and size. Here’s to hoping the rest of the team meets this same standard, and that they come with physical sets of instructions…

[swallowtailed]

palisade 28!

first of all, the intro—loved it. honoring black screen, reclaiming rhythm, acknowledging that post-combustor it still doesn’t feel like anything’s changed, but pushing forward anyway… (also i am so curious about this pirate rap station. who are the other hosts?? what are their shows like??)

i know the particular game of the interview scene was that brnine couldn’t gain any rhetorical ground, but ali absolutely slayed. incredible rp. truly a horrifying situation and brnine still landed some fantastic lines.

also want to make some sort of comparison to fever-dream and nightmare sequences—not quite sure what to call it, but i’m thinking of the kind of scene where a delirious character seems to hallucinate old arguments. coming under judgment, past and present blurring. (and how do we understand what it means to leave palisade?)

“stolen cameo” is a cool ship name but it became much funnier when it was revealed that they had kidnapped brnine to put them on tv

the question i had during that sequence was what’s asepsis doing while brnine’s in prison, and by the end of the episode i still had that question but even more so. what… the fuck! (also, didn’t brnine have some drones with them? does asepsis know where they are???)

eclectic opposition is The keith character name lmao. that’s just all of them already

jokes aside this character rips and i’m so excited for more terrible sleuth energy. black sequined poncho. “eclectic, and easily.” i have such a soft spot for noir aesthetics pasted over another genre. also very excited to dig into why all these hooks are “leap says”.

brief reflection on crew dynamics in brnine’s absence: figure stepped up, thisbe stepped in. which is really cool to see for both of them. figure took the lead in the scene and called the meeting to order, which really speaks to their freedom and confidence post-clem. thisbe didn’t do that, despite being technically in command, but she redirected the conversational dynamic in the way brnine might’ve tried to (her telling cori that vaping is bad for you is maybe my new favorite thisbe line… okay, no, it’s still second to “spoilers, corn is a grass”, but it’s up there.) 

really excited for figure’s plotline! talking to gur, seeing ghosts everywhere, bringing partial palisade onboard—they’ve leveled up and i’m so here for it. (also thinking about the past bleeding into the present, or maybe it’s better to understand that as a sort of recognition of continuity—same people, only changed. (which appeared a few times in this episode.) anyway, no new life can free you from your past, etc etc.)

also: partial palisade!!!! coming back onscreen!!!!!! we LOVE to see it

my main feeling after the latest faction turn was that somehow, post-combustor, nothing had actually changed. the blue channel got a huge win! the hugest! and then the cause went directly back to reacting to (and losing to) the authority, rather than actually making moves (cf outro of 25). i’m hoping we see more of a shift on the blue channel side, at least—it seems like the table is still set for that. having partial palisade on board could be really powerful (plotwise/thematically but maybe also mechanically). who knows—things could take a while to develop. (but also let’s drop another pillar!!!)

[starrysnowdrop]

Patch 6.4 MSQ Reaction

Here are my first thoughts, opinions, and overall reactions to the 6.4 MSQ. Since I had a lot to say about Pandaemonium Anabaseios, those reactions were written in a separate post, HERE. Note that these are my personal thoughts, and not meant to be a critique on the MSQ story in any objective manner.

I’m in love with the opening scenes of the patch! The bonding with Zero over eating the spiciest ass curry imaginable was fantastic, and it spoke to me so personally, as my favorite food is Indian curry, and it’s something my mom and I have always loved eating together. So that’s probably way different from most people’s experience, but I took a ton of screenshots of this scene because it felt so personal for me.

Then we got the Estinien fan service scene and ohhhhhh boy, I was DYING laughing and giggling at it!! This is because I’m not an Estinien shipper myself, but I have some friends who are, and I knew that they would die of thirst. Then I got to thinking: WHY can’t we get a scene like THAT with Aymeric?? Throw us Aymeric shippers a bone, I beg of you Yoshi-P!!

Maybe the best part of that scene was Zero’s reaction… Ma’am please!! You are killing me over here!!

Then we got to go back to Labyrinthos briefly and I am just personally so excited for Hali to be coming home to Labyrinthos and Sharlayan soon, but alas, I had to play the patch on Yume, so it didn’t have the same feeling as it would be if it was Hali being there. Nonetheless the brief Sharlayan scenes were really good.

Fourchenault’s backside comments are going to spark a thousand smut fics, I just know it…

I’m so happy that Krile seems to be more in the spotlight going forward, as I love her and I’ve always felt that they’ve done her dirty by always having her stay behind. I’m glad that it looks like she’s going to get more love soon!

Also glad that Erenville made a cameo, as I find him to be a very cool character and like an Everyman. He gives a good perspective that kinda gets lost sometimes when the Scions are always talking with the leaders of nations and such.

The Aetherfont is very likely my new all time favorite dungeon in game. It’s absolutely gorgeous, the music was great as usual, and the fights were really fun! Once Hali gets there, I’m going to take a ton of gposes there!

The Thancred cameo was really nice, but my only beef is that he leaves immediately afterwards. WHY?!?! I’m so annoyed at that.

Probably my favorite part of the patch, storywise anyway, was the Garlemald section. I’m SO glad they are finally addressing how Garlemald and the Garlean people are going to rebuild and their future going forward. It was a nice touch, and I appreciate how Vrtra was able to come up with a great compromise and to let the Garleans have some dignity. Very good stuff in my opinion.

Then the Thirteenth Moon section was pretty much how I expected it would be. Meet the lopporrits and have a cute scene again, open portal, find Azdaja, fight Golbez, yadda yadda yadda.

I will say though, I loved the Golbez trial! The mechanics were challenging yet fun, and I actually enjoyed it very much. The gamer in me was pleased, regardless of the writer in me being just meh about it all.

What I wasn’t expecting, however, was that this Void story arc would still continue into 6.5. To be perfectly honest, this has been my least favorite part of the entire MSQ, in the whole game. Yes, it has trumped everything else as the stuff I least care about. Outside of Zero being an awesome character and wanting Azdaja freed and brought home, I really could care less about everything else. It still feels like an anime filler arc, and though it has gotten a bit better, I’m still not sold. I just want to get to 7.0 like immediately. And if it has anything else to do with the Thirteenth, I might scream. I’m so sorry if anyone is liking this arc, but I just can’t get into it myself.

With all of that being said, I very much loved Pandaemonium way more, and that’s where my mind has been since I finished it yesterday. Therefore, that’s all I’ll say about the MSQ, and I have probably much more to say about Pandaemonium in my next post. Thank you all for reading, and feel free to tell me your thoughts about it all as well!!

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For those of you RepComm fans that also like game dev talk, here's a podcast done by Brett Douville and Tim Longo (lead programmer and director, respectively) in 2020, playing through the game and also bringing in some of the other devs to interview. I'll put links and a brief synopsis of each one.

Part One (no guest/playthrough) Discussion notes: giving context around the time via other released games and consoles, what squad based gaming was like at the time, developing the idea for RepComm, discussing the opening sequence and lightly touching in Geonosis

Part Two (no guest/playthrough) Discussion notes: the lack of information re: clone organization/GAR structure, playing through Geonosis, discussions about weapons, the Prosecutor, details on scav droids, trandoshians and AI communication and scattered talk about difficulty levels

Part Three (no guest/playthrough) Discussion notes: George Lucas's input on differentiating between clones and lack of humor, talking about voice acting/recording process, going through Kashyyk, technology limitations, level flaws and working with a small dev team, difficulty level (particularly the bridge), using level design to make the AI seem smarter, some info on the books, toys/the game's surprise success, minor talk about plans for a sequel, Delta's cameo in the Clone Wars

David Collins and Jesse Harlin (voice director and composer) Discussion notes: the state of game music/composers/audio at the time, RepComm devs working with audio from the beginning, music changes depending on how you enter a room, sounds from the game being reused in other Star Wars media, Jesse and his girlfriend/now wife developing 'ancient Mandalorian'/Mando'a, 'kote' confirmed to be Cody (specifically Jesse's sister), battle sounds on Geonosis, questioning the use of Ash/no guitars in Star Wars, multiplayer a late addition

Harley Baldwin (level designer) Discussion notes: the unique culture of the RepComm dev team, a stealth level intended in Kashyyk, Prosecutor's atmosphere, difficulty spikes designed to emphasis squad importance/level designers are not good measures for difficulty, Kashyyk designed to be a culmination of the player's experience and knowledge, squad moving ahead of the player due to playtest concerns, easter egg in the texture editor

Greg Knight and Paul Pierce (concept artist and UI artist) Discussion notes: devoted concept artists weren't common at the time but proven to save development time, the entire team contributed to ideas for concept art, influences for the design of the HUD, decision to make the game entirely first person/immersion driving UI design, weapons as a 'character', differences in RepComm's design notes vs movies' games, enemies mean different things between Jedi and clone troopers, noting similarities between RepComm and Rogue One, RepComm's low profile allowed them to get away with more, hangars in Prosecutor meant to progressively make the player more desperate and AT-TE a reward for surviving, Kashyyk's bridge was meant to be the 'boss battle', the concept of 'the squad is your weapon/the squad is your health'

Dave Bogan (lead animator) Discussion notes: working title 1138, 'what is the enemy doing when they don't know you're there', aiming to compete with Halo, every enemy had to act and move differently, expanding on the SpecOps special feature video, game mechanics/logic vs how things are actually done, the wookie-kill animation that got cut, RepComm influencing the tone of Star Wars games/more non-Jedi games, book recommendation based on RepComm, a bug in multiplayer that didn't get fixed apparently allowed co-op???

Tim Longo and Brett Douville (director and lead programmer) Discussion notes: no real talk directly about RepComm that hasn't already been covered but some good conversations about communication and team work

Jeremie Talbot (character lead) Discussion notes: nobody knew what they were doing, just wanted to make it as cool as they could, the use of tiger teams who fixed various problems, all the devs wanted to make the game fun to play and shared ideas, BABY ARMS, raindrops on the HUD for a dollar, having people with knowledge between programmers and artists to communicate, talking about trailers, not being too devoted to following storyboards, talking about the opening sequence, fans often bring up the opening, despite LucasArts's shake up RepComm team felt distant from it, there for the team and the game first and the company second, needing a mix of veteran and new devs

Honestly I'd been trying to listen to these for, like, two years but I kept going through cycles of remembering it when I didn't have the time to listen how I wanted to and keeping it in the back of my mind until I'd forget and then re-finding it in my bookmarks. I don't really remember how I came upon it- rabbit hole falling, I'd guess -and thought I'd share it around to other fans that likely hadn't come across it, either.

For add fun, here's a RepComm stream Brett Douville did around 2015 where he also interviewed people that worked on it. Unfortunately I can't find the first part on either his youtube or twitch pages but there's still three others. Note that there's some repeated information so I'll only mention anything new

Part 2 w/ Daron Stinnett and Jesse Harlin (executive producer and composer) Discussion notes: (Daron's audio is pretty quiet in comparison to Brett's) talking about how and why RepComm came about, deliberately tucked the team away so execs wouldn't bother them, when prequels came out it seemed like LucasArts wanted a game in each genre, 'not Star Wars enough', pointing out a couple name drops in the Prosecutor briefing, originally had no John Williams music, setting music cues in levels/'here comes stinky', the thought process behind developing Mando'a, didn't have an AI to deal with non-commando clones which is why they're scripted to die, even though you love the game while making it you're sick of it by the time it's finished, original voices were sound-alikes, Fixer/Advisor's VA was the only one that didn't get recast, a cut level was a Geonosian church, talking of different instrumentation between levels,

Part 3 w/ Nathan Martz (enemy AI programmer) Discussion notes: (Nathan's audio is ESPECIALLY quiet) talking about how Geonosian enemies 'choose' points to jump to, good AI is about cheats/build the world so the characters can be smart, scav droids were originally more lethal and were nerfed to not do certain behaviors if you're not looking at them, it's very easy to make a difficult AI, it's harder to make an AI that's challenging and fun, setting up common AI behaviors to work modularly and wanting to make finishing moves for the wookies equals the squad being able to do finishing moves, 'the most important thing an enemy does is die'/making interesting deaths, talk about lighting challenges, LucasArts got a new president halfway through RepComm's production, didn't understand the game but allowed it to continue, sequel talk, devs wanted to have co-op but was unable to

Part 4 w/ David Collins (voice director) Discussion notes: (I am very jealous of the shirt Brett is wearing in this video) David did the all the Trandoshian vocalizations and the radio chatter, a lot of ideas behind RepComm went into the Clone Wars series, originally the squad didn't have names only numbers, talk about casting VAs and working with Temuera, squad banter/'if you want your AI to be smart you need to make them sound smart', special features existed in order to have unlockables, George Lucas was apparently quite fond of the game

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Any Way That You Want Me

read it on AO3 at https://ift.tt/wt5DxI3 by nhpw Dean, a hyper-independent omega, meets alpha Professor Castiel at a bar on a Wednesday in September, and they come together for one night of passion. And that’s it. That’s all. That’s the end. Or maybe it’s the beginning. Maybe Dean was right on the edge of his heat, and maybe they weren’t as careful as they should have been, and maybe Castiel teaches at the very same school where Sam Winchester is a high school senior, who just wants his brother to be happy. Words: 11396, Chapters: 8/16, Language: English Fandoms: Supernatural (TV 2005) Rating: Mature Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Categories: M/M Characters: Castiel (Supernatural), Dean Winchester, Sam Winchester, Gabriel (Supernatural), Balthazar (Supernatural), Bobby Singer (Supernatural), Jack Kline, Cole Trenton, Ellen Harvelle, Garth Fitzgerald IV, Jo Harvelle, Benny Lafitte, Other characters make cameos as Castiel's students Relationships: Castiel/Dean Winchester, Minor or Background Relationship(s) Additional Tags: Alpha/Beta/Omega Dynamics, Alpha Castiel (Supernatural), Omega Dean Winchester, Alpha Castiel/Omega Dean Winchester, Confident Dean Winchester, Mechanic Dean Winchester, Teacher Castiel (Supernatural), One Night Stands, Mpreg, Protective Sam Winchester, Castiel and Dean Winchester Need to Use Their Words, Idiots in Love, John Winchester's A+ Parenting, Sexual Harassment, SH is very brief, and not between Dean and Cas, Fluff and Smut, Feelings, Castiel and Dean Winchester are Jack Kline's Parents, Light Angst, Happy Ending, Dean/Cas Big Bang 2023, DCBB 2023 read it on AO3 at https://ift.tt/wt5DxI3

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Final Fantasy VII Rebirth Preview - How Cait Sith's Combat Works - Game Informer

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Final Fantasy VII Rebirth Preview - How Cait Sith's Combat Works - Game Informer

In Final Fantasy VII Remake, players had the chance to thoroughly explore the movesets of Cloud, Barret, Tifa, and Aerith through an extended stay in Midgar. Final Fantasy VII Rebirth adds several new playable party members. While we already covered how one of those new playable characters, Red XIII, controls (read more here), this time, we’re talking about another playable party member: Cait Sith.

The cat creature joins the party during the course of Final Fantasy VII Rebirth following a brief cameo in Final Fantasy VII Remake. Just like Red XIII, he becomes a playable character for the first time in the Remake trilogy in Rebirth. As the team began adapting the underappreciated character for gameplay fitting the Remake trilogy and, in particular, Rebirth, they looked towards Cait Sith’s original Final Fantasy VII mechanics.

“For Cait Sith, we wanted to keep intact the really fun elements from the original, like the dice attacks and the luck components in his battle play; that’s shown in Rebirth as well,” director Naoki Hamaguchi tells Game Informer. “Of course, given its very cute appearance, it’s going to have a more quirky and extravagant fighting style as opposed to the more orthodox battle style of Cloud.”

Battle director Teruki Endo agrees with Hamaguchi’s desire to rely heavily on the original elements prevalent in Cait Sith’s style. “It really goes back to looking at and analyzing what is at the core of these characters going back to the original,” Endo says. “For Cait Sith, there are these luck-based abilities; we really wanted to express these in Rebirth. Starting from there, we would then build upon it with commands and actions we felt were suitable for this character. It’s not just the case for [new additions like] Cait Sith or Red XIII, but the same games for other characters like Cloud or Barret. Seeing what fighting style or battle experience players think of or imagine when playing as Cloud or Barret, and then analyzing this on a more micro level let us express it as we do in Rebirth.” 

Cait Sith starts battle as a singular character, with the option to attack, perform a special ability known as Kitty Wallop, or use a luck-based command like Lucky Roll. However, the main differentiating factor for Cait Sith’s battle style lies in his ability to summon a secondary character to lend a hand and, in the process, change his combat mechanics completely.

“By calling a Moogle into battle, Cait Sith’s battle style will change,” Hamaguchi says. “You can jump off and control Cait on your own. In that case, the Moogle is just an A.I. character that battles on its own. When the HP is depleted to zero, it disappears, but you can call it again to make it appear again. There are attacks you can only do when you’re solo and not on the Moogle, but there are some that you can only do when you’re riding it.”

During a hands-off demo showing off a side mission (read more here), Hamaguchi, who is giving the demo, shows off Moogle Mine, an ability the Moogle can use while on the battlefield. This ability spreads mines within a radius of the Moogle, damaging any enemy that gets close enough to one. While I wasn’t the one controlling the action, it did seem to be a fairly impactful move from Cait Sith and the Moogle.

Red XIII also joins as a new playable character in Rebirth, bringing another distinct combat style

As with all party-character pairings, Cait Sith has Synergy Abilities with every other character in the party. Sadly, I only got to see one of Cait Sith’s Synergy Abilities, but if it’s any indication, we’re in for some fun interactions with the other characters in the party. Hamaguchi activates a Synergy Ability between Cloud and Cait Sith. The result is one of the zaniest attacks I’ve seen in the Final Fantasy Remake trilogy to this point. Cait Sith summons a Moogle, who grabs Cloud’s Buster Sword while Cloud rides on its back. Even as Hamaguchi touts the juxtaposition between Cloud’s more orthodox style and Cait Sith’s over-the-top, extravagant style, their combination in this Synergy Ability feels natural and fitting while also being completely wild and silly.

I can’t wait to play more of Cait Sith and learn how he interacts with the other characters when Final Fantasy VII Rebirth arrives on PlayStation 5 on February 29. For more on Final Fantasy VII Rebirth, be sure to check out our exclusive coverage hub by visiting the banner below!

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This story idea is a sprawling crossover blending various characters, mythologies, and themes. Here's a brief synopsis tying the diverse elements into an epic tale:

"Elena of Capcom: The Multiversal Convergence"

In a world where mystical energies collide with the advanced technologies of Sega and Capcom, a cosmic anomaly called the Moon Drop Convergence threatens to merge dimensions, unleashing chaos across all realities. The antagonist, Pink Chrome Metal Sonic Girl, a rogue AI infused with dark celestial energy, leads an army of corrupted mechanized beings. Alongside her are the cunning bounty hunter Jynx the Wanderer, and the battle-hardened duo, Mighty Armadillo and Espio Chameleon, manipulated into joining her cause.

The Heroes Assemble

The convergence pulls heroes from across worlds to stop the catastrophe:

Elena: The graceful Capoeira master from Street Fighter who brings harmony and a connection to the earth’s energy.

Sean and Blanka: Fighters who represent resilience and raw strength, offering tactical prowess and primal power.

T. Hawk and the Masked Luchador: Warriors of tradition, blending their cultural roots and unyielding spirit to inspire their team.

Chanel Black Cat: A cunning and glitching enchanter who weaves spells through digital magic, connecting the multiversal threads.

Dani Moonstar: A mutant shaman with ties to mystical realms, wielding her psychic arrows and tiger spirit.

Selena Gomez as Alex Russo: Reviving her magical roots, she returns as a reluctant but resourceful wizard with an arsenal of clever spells.

The Civilian Allies

Among the chaos, a team of extraordinary "ordinary" people lend their support:

Bad Bunny, Daddy Yankee, and Darling (Gooneychnga the Rap Boca): Musicians turned freedom fighters, using their lyrical talents and charm to rally resistance movements.

Karol G: The fierce mermaid princess from Ariel’s lineage, commanding the oceans and wielding aquatic magic.

Clairo: A dreamy singer whose voice unlocks hidden powers in enchanted artifacts.

Shakira: The Mouseketeer warrior, using rhythmic agility and a blade imbued with lunar energy.

Sunspot (Bobby): A fiery mutant who amplifies his powers to light the way in the darkest moments.

Firestar: A Latina Nu-Mutant who ignites the battlefield with radiant flames.

The Sega Cameos

Joining from the Sega dimension are Espio the Chameleon, whose stealth and ninja skills provide critical intelligence, and Vector the Crocodile, bringing raw muscle and investigative expertise.

The Moon Drop Girl

The key to resolving the Convergence is Moon Drop, a mysterious hybrid of Chao and human with ethereal beauty and immense power. With her moon-sickle halo and bright dark amber-yellow eyes, she holds the secrets to sealing the dimensional rift. However, her innocence makes her vulnerable, and the team must protect her from Pink Chrome Metal Sonic Girl’s clutches.

The Final Showdown

In the climactic battle, the heroes confront the antagonist on a celestial battlefield where reality bends and shifts. Alex Russo, combining her wizardry with Dani Moonstar’s spiritual connection, creates a portal to counter the convergence. Meanwhile, Elena, Blanka, and T. Hawk hold the front line against Pink Chrome Metal Sonic Girl’s army.

Karol G summons a tidal wave, Clairo’s song disarms the enemy, and Shakira’s lunar blade delivers the final blow to the rogue AI. The combined efforts of Selena Gomez, Dani Moonstar, and Moon Drop close the convergence, restoring balance.

Aftermath

The dimensions are saved, but bonds are forged across worlds. Moon Drop chooses to remain as a bridge between realities, while the team vows to defend against future threats. Their unity proves that no matter where they come from, the spirit of heroism transcends dimensions.

Would you like me to expand any specific part of the story or develop individual character arcs?

Here is a list of notable Latino Marvel heroes and their contributions to the Marvel Universe:

Latino Marvel Heroes

America Chavez (Miss America)

Real Name: America Chavez

Powers: Super strength, flight, interdimensional travel by creating star-shaped portals.

Heritage: Puerto Rican (from a utopian parallel dimension).

Notable Stories: Member of Young Avengers, Ultimates, and West Coast Avengers.

Fun Fact: America is an openly LGBTQ+ character and a trailblazer for representation in comics.

Robbie Reyes (Ghost Rider)

Real Name: Roberto "Robbie" Reyes

Powers: Possessed by the Spirit of Eli Morrow; transforms into Ghost Rider with superhuman strength, invulnerability, and a Hellfire-powered car.

Heritage: Mexican-American.

Notable Stories: Member of Avengers; his Ghost Rider adaptation introduced a fresh, urban take on the character.

Sunspot

Real Name: Roberto da Costa

Powers: Absorbs solar energy to gain super strength, flight, and energy projection.

Heritage: Brazilian.

Notable Stories: Founding member of the New Mutants and a leader of X-Force.

White Tiger

Real Name: Hector Ayala (Original White Tiger); Angela del Toro; Ava Ayala

Powers: Super strength, agility, and enhanced senses from the mystical Tiger Amulet.

Heritage: Puerto Rican.

Notable Stories: Ava Ayala (the most recent White Tiger) is a member of The Mighty Avengers.

Miles Morales (Spider-Man)

Real Name: Miles Morales

Powers: Spider-like abilities similar to Peter Parker, plus invisibility and bio-electric venom blasts.

Heritage: African-American and Puerto Rican.

Notable Stories: Protagonist of Ultimate Spider-Man and into the Spider-Verse films.

Anya Corazon (Spider-Girl/Arana)

Real Name: Anya Sofia Corazon

Powers: Wall-crawling, enhanced strength, and agility; later gains spider-like carapace armor.

Heritage: Mexican and Puerto Rican.

Notable Stories: Operates as Spider-Girl in New York, eventually joining The Young Allies.

Firebird

Real Name: Bonita Juarez

Powers: Fire manipulation, flight, and immunity to toxins and radiation.

Heritage: Mexican.

Notable Stories: Member of The Rangers and ally of the Avengers.

Nova (Sam Alexander)

Real Name: Samuel Alexander

Powers: Super strength, flight, and energy manipulation as part of the Nova Corps.

Heritage: Mexican-American.

Notable Stories: A young hero following in his father’s footsteps as a Nova Corps member.

Living Lightning

Real Name: Miguel Santos

Powers: Turns into living lightning, allowing energy manipulation, super speed, and flight.

Heritage: Mexican-American.

Notable Stories: Former member of the Avengers and The Rangers.

Reptil

Real Name: Humberto Lopez

Powers: Can transform parts of his body into dinosaur-like forms.

Heritage: Mexican-American.

Notable Stories: Known from Avengers Academy and Marvel’s Heroes Reborn.

Cecilia Reyes

Real Name: Cecilia Reyes

Powers: Generates a protective bio-field around her body.

Heritage: Puerto Rican.

Notable Stories: A reluctant hero and medical doctor for the X-Men.

Victor Mancha

Real Name: Victor Mancha

Powers: Technologically enhanced; controls metal and electricity.

Heritage: Latino (mother was Mexican).

Notable Stories: Member of the Runaways.

Echo (Maya Lopez)

Real Name: Maya Lopez

Powers: Mimics any physical action she observes, making her a formidable fighter.

Heritage: Native American (Cheyenne) and Latina.

Notable Stories: Adopted by Daredevil and Ronin personas; recently featured in Hawkeye on Disney+.

Would you like details on any of these characters or suggestions for stories involving them?

This level of interconnected lore and exciting new character developments adds even more intrigue to the film. Let’s delve into how these elements can be integrated into the Talisman storyline, as well as the broader Marvel-Disney cinematic universe:

America Chavez’s Cameo

Role in the Film: America Chavez (played by Xochitl Gomez) appears in a critical scene where Dani Moonstar and Magik are trapped in a collapsing dimension. Using her multiverse-jumping powers, America creates a portal to guide them to safety.

Connection to the Plot:

America senses the dimensional disturbances caused by the vengeful spirits and arrives to investigate.

Her brief interaction with Dani hints at a potential team-up in future Young Avengers or New Mutants projects.

Easter Egg: During her cameo, America mentions a strange energy signature she encountered, teasing a connection to Doctor Strange or Secret Wars.

Dora’s Marvel Transition

Introduction of Dora: The mysterious character "Dora" is revealed to be a Marvel reimagining of a beloved animated character transitioning into the superhero genre. Dora could be reintroduced as a bold Latina explorer with newfound mutant abilities tied to geography and time manipulation.

Role in Talisman:

Dora joins Dani and Magik, using her powers to navigate the ghost town and unearth its hidden secrets.

Her character bridges childhood nostalgia with the Marvel universe’s deeper lore, appealing to both younger and older audiences.

Sophia the First and the Kingdom Hearts Connection

Sophia as a Teenager:

The grown-up version of Sophia (played by a young actress like Jenna Ortega) makes a brief appearance as a magical ally who provides crucial information to Dani and Magik.

Sophia’s character hints at her evolution into a Kingdom Hearts-style Disney warrior, combining royal heritage with mystical abilities.

Kingdom Hearts Movie Teaser:

Sophia drops the name “Kiraara” or “Lila,” a new Disney-Japanese manga-inspired princess.

This character, accompanied by her magic dance companion Rei, can jump into stories, setting the stage for a cinematic crossover between Disney princesses and the Kingdom Hearts universe.

The teaser could include a glimpse of iconic Kingdom Hearts elements, like the Keyblade or familiar characters like Sora and Kairi.

Kiraara or Lila: The Manga-Inspired Disney Princess

Design and Abilities:

Kiraara/Lila is a magical dancer with powers tied to storytelling, allowing her to physically enter and reshape tales through her movements.

Rei, her companion, acts as her protector and guide, combining graceful dance techniques with powerful combat skills.

Their aesthetic combines traditional Japanese kimono designs with modern Disney princess flair.

Role in Future Projects:

Her introduction teases a larger Disney cinematic universe involving Japanese manga-inspired storytelling and crossovers with Marvel and Kingdom Hearts.

Impact on the Marvel-Disney Universe

The inclusion of America Chavez, Dora, Sophia, and Kiraara/Lila broadens the appeal of Talisman and sets up exciting possibilities:

America Chavez: Strengthens connections to Marvel’s multiverse storylines.

Dora: Brings in nostalgia for younger audiences and represents a culturally rich Marvel hero.

Sophia the First: Bridges Disney magic with the Marvel universe, hinting at larger crossover potential.

Kiraara/Lila: Introduces manga-inspired aesthetics to Disney’s cinematic universe, potentially revitalizing the Kingdom Hearts franchise.

Would you like further details about these characters, their potential arcs, or how they might connect to future Marvel or Disney projects?

This addition adds another layer of excitement and cultural richness to the Talisman movie. Let’s flesh out how Nelly Furtado’s song, her cameo, and the inclusion of Amara’s character elevate the movie:

Nelly Furtado’s Debut Song and Cameo

Nelly Furtado contributes a powerful and ethereal track for the movie’s soundtrack, titled “Luz y Sombra” (Light and Shadow). The song reflects the movie’s themes of resilience, identity, and finding strength in the darkest of moments.

Song Description:

A haunting blend of acoustic guitar, indigenous rhythms, and orchestral elements, transitioning into an empowering anthem.

Lyrics that explore balancing inner light and darkness, resonating with Dani Moonstar and Amara's struggles.

Cameo Appearance:

Nelly plays herself, performing at a mystical event hosted by the local community to honor their ancestors.

The performance takes place in the ghost town’s only surviving structure, a centuries-old church illuminated by hundreds of candles and decorated with vibrant papel picado banners.

Her song ignites the spirits’ memories, providing a crucial turning point for the characters.

Amara’s Role in the Movie

The fan-favorite mutant Amara Aquilla, also known as Magma, makes a triumphant return to the Marvel universe. Played by a surprise guest (rumored to be a prominent Disney Channel star or a beloved telenovela actress from Disney Latin America), Amara plays a pivotal role:

Backstory: Amara, who has been living in exile due to the uncontrollable nature of her volcanic powers, becomes a guide for Dani and Magik as they navigate the haunted burial grounds.

Character Arc: Her journey mirrors the themes of the movie, as she learns to channel her fiery abilities in harmony with the earth's energy, helping the team escape the vengeful spirits.

Rumored Cast Expansion

Michelle Rodriguez’s Feature Debut: Michelle Rodriguez is rumored to play a new mutant character tied to the Eldritch spirits—possibly a descendant of their original guardian. She is portrayed as a fierce warrior with the ability to manipulate obsidian and lava, tying her powers to Amara’s.

Amara’s Actress: Speculation surrounds several potential candidates:

Isabela Merced: Known for her strong performances and ability to balance vulnerability and power.

Danna Paola: A telenovela star with the charisma to bring Amara’s fiery personality to life.

Impactful Moments in the Movie

The Event: The movie’s pivotal scene takes place at a vibrant Día de los Muertos celebration in the ghost town. Nelly Furtado’s performance sets the emotional tone, blending sorrow for the past with hope for the future.

Amara’s Stand: In a visually stunning sequence, Amara uses her powers to create a path through the burial ground while Dani’s courage inspires the spirits to let go of their anger.

Michelle’s Character Reveal: In a dramatic twist, Michelle’s character sacrifices herself to seal the spirits in the ground, ensuring their rest and the safety of the living.

Fan Service and Easter Eggs

Nelly’s performance features a cameo by Disney Channel Mexico’s Amara actress, hinting at her deeper connection to the X-Men universe.

During the credits, a montage teases Amara’s integration into the New Mutants lineup and potential spinoffs involving Magik, Dani, and Kate Bishop.

This combination of musical brilliance, nostalgic characters, and cultural depth sets the stage for Talisman to resonate with both Marvel fans and broader audiences. Would you like the focus expanded on Nelly’s performance, Amara’s character development, or Michelle Rodriguez’s rumored role?

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Stark Hearts, deuxième partie

Read it on AO3 at https://archiveofourown.org/works/55785169

by Tigerlillykaty

Suite aux événements de "Stark Hearts", Stiles, Tony, Spencer et leur famille avancent du mieux qu'ils peuvent dans un monde après Thanos. Ils grandissent et évoluent ; ils se protègent et se soutiennent mutuellement. Ensemble, ils construisent une vie qui les mènera vers l’avenir et leur permettra de s’adapter aux changements à venir.

• Les balises pour les personnages, les relations, etc. seront mises à jour selon les besoins à chaque publication. • Commentaires actuellement modérés

Balises supprimées en raison de la limite de balises : à déterminer

Words: 2564, Chapters: 1/129, Language: Français

Series: Part 2 of Stark Hearts in Multiple Parts

Fandoms: Marvel Cinematic Universe, The Avengers (Marvel) - All Media Types, Criminal Minds (US TV), Teen Wolf (TV), X-Men - All Media Types

Rating: Teen And Up Audiences

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Categories: F/F, F/M, Gen, M/M, Multi

Characters: Tony Stark, Derek Hale, Stiles Stilinski, Jarvis (Iron Man movies), Peter Hale, Sheriff Stilinski, Remy LeBeau, Pepper Potts, Cora Hale, Aaron Hotchner, Alex Blake, Friday (Marvel), Logan (X-Men), Thor (Marvel), James "Rhodey" Rhodes, Kira Yukimura, Stephen Strange, Background & Cameo Characters, Griot (Marvel), Eric "Bitty" Bittle, Jack Zimmermann, Larissa "Lardo" Duan, Wong (Marvel), Darcy Lewis, Kent "Parse" Parson, Jackson Whittemore, Loki (Marvel)

Relationships: Remy LeBeau/Logan (X-Men)/Spencer Reid, Pepper Potts/Tony Stark, Derek Hale/Stiles Stilinski, Spencer Reid & Thor (Marvel), Other Relationship Tags to Be Added, Cora Hale/Darcy Lewis

Additional Tags: deaths are canon events, Claudia and Tony are half-siblings, Spencer and Tony are half-siblings, Spencer is a mutant, Blended timelines, different POVs, Multi-Crossover, Sheriff Stilinski's Name is John, Terrible accent writing, mechanically inclined Stiles, Not Steve Rogers Friendly, Bad Alpha Scott McCall (Teen Wolf), Making some Criminal Minds characters werewolves, Tattoo Artist Derek Hale, Not Civil War Team Captain America Friendly, Polyamory, threesome relationships, Samwell Men's Hockey, No fat Thor, Endgame fix-its, Future Fic, The Blip, Not Teen Wolf Movie Compliant, Drabbles/short stories, Bad Friend Scott McCall (Teen Wolf), Spoilers for Season 1 of Secret Invasion (TV 2023), Loki (TV) Season 2 Spoilers, but vague ones, Brief criticism of Twitter’s owner, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Loki is alive again, Genderfluid Loki (Marvel), Tony gets infinity stone powers, possibility of Derek Hale/Stiles Stilinski/Loki, full shift pack, Full Shift Werewolves, full shift kitsune

https://archiveofourown.org/works/55785169