#But also! As a challange to myself

[leadandblood]

Huh. Idk about inktober but I do want to try doing a doodle a day, so if anybody has suggestions for (not too complex, 3 character max) terror related things to draw... I'll compile them into a list for the whole October and draw them as the month goes.

You can suggest more than one, btw. Reply/reblog or send an ask, doesn't matter, and I'll draw it probably at some point this month.

(i accept AUs and NSFW suggestions but the latter's posting will be limited, of course)

[nuks]

u know what i am sick of making all my muses nice... we need some meanies

[prince-rowan-of-the-forest]

So I didn't mean for the Catboy Virgil thing to become an au but it has. So I've decided that as long as it fits anything y'all suggest for this au goes. So uh

Suggest stuff, give me prompts, send asks idfk do something so we can uncover more of this au like an archeology mission (what's the proper word for that??)

What we know so far based on all the art I've done for previous prompts:

-Virgil is a catboy, who can shape shift into a cat.

-Roman wears a varsity jacket

-Patton and Logan live with Roman (their relationship is unknown, though)

-Patton and Logan wear their normal clothes.

-Virgil

-It's an AU where the guys aren't sides.

-Roman found Virgil in the rain and brought him inside (in his catboy form) claiming that he was a normal cat.

-Anaroceit is canon? (In the future??)

-Ive drawn Virgil wearing both his Pre-AA and post-AA hoodies, so we can assume he gets his new one at some point after being taken in by Roman

-Virgil is a little shit.

Roman finding Virgil:

[sebnameyourcar]

that article that’s like VETTEL in TALKS about F1 COMEBACK and then you read the article and its like 'yeah im chatting to domenicali about sustainability. i’m enjoying time with the kids also but know i cant live their lives for them. so one day, not now, i’ll look for a new challenge’

[mrfoox]

Hi, why am I always looking for traits others share with my dad and passively disliking them for it?

[themainspoon]

While I agree that Spongebob is a show that begs for Marxist analysis, we need to get two things clear:

1. Mr Crabs is a member of the petit bourgeois, and he as a character should only be analysed with reguards to this position. Mr Crabs is not simply a stand in for the bourgeois as a whole. While he does exploit the proletariat (in the form of Spongebob, Squidward, and possibly the individual who was mistaken as the Hash Slingling Slasher [however this is uncertain, we know he was applying for a job, but it is uncertain whether or not he got it as he isn't seen again, however he may work the night shift]), he himself does not appear to be overly wealthy, we even see him refused care at a hospital for lacking insurance. He represents the specific anxieties and obsessions of his class, from his intense frugality and the sentiment value he attaches to money (he even has his first dollar framed and on display), to the specific way he relates to and interacts with the other characters in the series, and even how protective he is of his secret formula due to his fear of losing his status through the faliure of his buisness (likely also commentary on how competiton in the "free market" actually prevents innovation through disinsentivising the sharing of information for the sake of maintaining a competitive edge).

2. Any good analysis must meaningfully account for Spongebob and his literary foil, Squidward. Specifically, what must be accounted for is the way that Spongebob subverts our expectations of how a show so obsessed with class relations would depict a proletarian working in his position. Despite being a proletarian in a capitalist system, Spongebob does not at all seem to be affected by the way capitalism alienates him from his labour. He is exploited, the value of his labour stolen by Mr Crabs, and yet he is joyous and seems to truly enjoy his life. A meaningful analysis of Spongebob and Squidward as characters may require cross-diciplinary analysis. Perhaps Squidward as a figure may represent both Maxist thinker Gramsci's theory of Hegemony, specifically in relation to Social Theorist Pierre Bourdieu's concept of "cultrual capital". Or perhaps we must look in another direction; at least one scholar and cultural critic has already claimed that through a Nietzschian lens, Squidward and Spongebob can be seen to represent Master-Slave morality and an Übermensch figure respectively. There is even an opportunity for the inclusion of some Anarchist ideas through this analysis of Spongebob, especially through how figures like Bookchin used Nietzschian ideas. We could see Spongebob as an example of what happens when workers heed Bookchin's call to view their reconstruction of society as a Nietzschian project. Perhaps Spongebob is able to find joy despite his position as a member of the proletariat by viewing himself as a self-actualising individual, as opposed to viewing himself as a purely classed being like Squidward. Perhaps Spongebob has already undergone a transvaluation of values in how he views and performs labour, while Squidward has not. I leave the previous points vague for the sake of anybody who wishes to analyse using these lenses with greater depth and clarity, I am sharing ideas, not myself doing the deep analysis. However, even if one does not choose to utilise any of these lenses, understanding Spongebob and his joy is a significant analytical challange, and not one to be taken lightly. Spongebob and his literary foil Squidward require that one go beyond orthodox analysis and possibly even incorporate other ideas from those with differing analytical lenses and from different diciplines. Spongebob's disposition is not a mistake or a strange quirk, he and how he challanges our expectations of how workers feel and behave within capitalism are the result of an extremely deliberate choice on the part of the shows creators, and the subject must be approached accordingly.

If your analysis does not account for these factors, it sucks and I hate you. Everything you just read was a complete asspull.

Goodbye.

[thdorkmagnet]

Avenging the Baby Brother (Turtle Tots: Before the Rise)

@flufftober 2024 Day 3- Getting Revenge

Chapter Summary: Some poor unsuspecting scammers learn not to mess with Donnie’s little brother.

Duo: PB&J/ Smarts and Crafts

A/N: This one is actually another alt prompt for the 'make it fluffy challange'. And of course, Donnie was the first person to come to mind for a chapter about revenge, hehe

Also please note that I know nothing about hacking or coding and any efforts to try and educate myself on the subject just leaves me more confused so if I got anything wrong, then sorry. I really tried haha.

Disclaimer: Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles belongs to Andy Suriano, Ant Ward, and Nickelodeon. All rights belong to them.

“It's here! It's here!” came Mikey's excited squeal from downstairs, audible even over the heavy thrum of electronic music in Donnie's headphones. He was content to ignore the yells of his younger brother- as it was really nothing new- until he heard his name called. “Donnie! Donnie it's here! Come see!”

“Sigh,” Donnie moaned, pulling the headphones off and reluctantly rising from his desk. He had been knee deep in algorithms for over an hour and had really wanted to finish up before getting torn away by one of his dumb brothers’ antics. But such was the life of a misunderstood genius, he supposed. 

Oh how he wished for soundproof walls. 

Donnie mentally added that to the project list and, with one last longing look back at the half-finished code, headed downstairs to find out what all the fuss was about. 

…

That fuss was apparently a cardboard box which Mikey was happily brandishing around the Lair when Donnie arrived. Of course, naturally it was what was in the box that was the source of Mikey’s excitement but Donnie was still feeling a bit bitter about the whole ‘interruption’ thing. “Dee, Dee, look! My new toy came in!” Mikey squealed, practically vibrating with excitement. 

Donnie offered him a small smile, saying simply, “Yes, so I see.” 

“What is it, Mikey?” Leo asked as he and Raph crowded around their little brother. They both looked immensely curious and even Donnie had to admit he was getting a bit invested now. 

Mikey beamed back at them, setting the package down on the floor. “It’s a Stella Snail plushie! Y’know from Space Friends?” 

Ah,Space Friends. Yes Donnie was quite acquainted with the show at this point. It was Mikey's favorite non-Lou Jitsu/Jupiter Jim show and he'd been obsessing over it for months now; humming the theme song constantly, forcing Donnie and the others to binge watch it with him, incorporating it into every game they played, and practically memorizing every line of dialogue from all three seasons.

And Stella Snail happened to be Mikey’s absolute favorite character. 

“That’s great, Mikester,” Leo encouraged, lightly bumping shoulders with his little bro. But Donnie had a small concern. 

“Isn’t Space Friends merchandise quite rare?” Donnie asked, narrowing his eyes at the box Mikey was trying to tear into. 

“Um, yeah, but I found a website selling it,” Mikey explained quickly, tongue sticking out as he tried to peel off a strip of tape. 

Donnie’s breath caught. “What kind of website?” 

Mikey shrugged, focus entirely on his prize and not his big brother. Raph stepped in to help rip the last of the tape off, leaving the little box turtle bouncing on the balls of his feet. 

“Um, Raphael, maybe you shouldn’t-” But Donnie’s voice went entirely unheard as the box was finally pulled open and Mikey shrieked in joy, reaching inside to pull out-

The doll in Mikey’s hands hardly resembled the character it was based off of, ragged and cheap and clearly thrown together with little care or attention. The stitching was atrocious, one of the eyes had fallen off in transport (or perhaps never been there at all) and the loose pieces of fabric hardly came together to form a coherent whole. It looked about as knock-off as knock-offs could get. 

And when Mikey’s bright shining face turned to a sad frown it made Donnie’s blood boil. 

“....What?” Mikey said in a small voice and both Raph and Leo grimaced at the sound. Donnie just clenched his fists and glared at the offensive thing in his baby brother’s hands. 

Mikey turned to his brothers with tearful eyes and said, “Why- Why doesn’t it look l-like Stella?” His lip wobbled and it made the blue and red turtles snap into action. 

“Oh I’m sure they just sent you the wrong thing by mistake,” Raph said in his panicked voice.

“Yeah. This is probably just some dumb April Fools joke,” Leo soothed and Donnie held back the urge to mention it was summer. The slider wrapped an arm around his little brother and discretely snatched the doll away from him, examining it with a lopsided smile. “I mean look at this thing! It looks so wrong it's almost funny!” He wiggled it a bit in Mikey’s face, making goofy noises with the motion and the youngest's sniffles turned into reluctant giggles.

“I'm sure they'll send you the real thing soon,” Raph encouraged, patting his head reassuringly. 

Mikey’s sad face pinched with hope. “R-Really?”

“Yes,” Donnie spoke up now, drawing the attention onto him and he did his best to not look violently angry, clenching his hands so tight at his sides they hurt. “I'll do some research and find out what went wrong. I'm certain I can help speed things along for you, Angelo.” 

Mikey smiled again, bright and happy, before launching himself across the room to hug his big brother. Arms and legs wrapped around him, forcing Donnie to readjust his weight so they didn't topple over. Mikey just buried his face in Donnie's plastron, clinging to him like a koala on a tree. “Thank you Donnie, you’re the best!”

Donnie smiled, giving his baby brother an affectionate pat on and head. “I know,” he said, soft. 

“Hey Mikester!” Leo called across the room, dropping the toy unceremoniously back into its box. “I don't know about you but I think I'm in the mood for a Smiling Friends marathon!” 

“Yeah!” Mikey shouted, hopping off his brother and making a beeline for the TV room. Leo was fast on his heels, giggling the whole way. 

“Raph too!” the snapper added, running after the pair.

Donnie watched them go then slunk back to his lab to start researching, scowling angrily the whole way there. 

It didn't take much scrolling to find what he was looking for, a very sketchy website promising “quality products from all your favorite franchises”. Scoff! Clicking onto the home page, Donnie’s nose wrinkled as he took in the truly horrific web design on display. 

The background was an unrelenting neon blue, the bright pop of color hurting Donnie’s eyes and giving him a headache. The text was all written in either impossible to read cursive or bland comic sans. Some entire sentences overlapped and any text meant to accompany photos was bleeding into the picture itself, making it near impossible to tell what it even said. 

But the worst of all was the actual ‘merchandise’ on display, the images clearly either photoshopped or stolen. Donnie even found one that still had a watermark for a different company in the corner. How lazy could they be?!

It quickly became clear who the targets were for this frankly pathetic scam, either grandparents who didn't know better or naive, gullible little kids too trusting to see the metaphorical writing on the metaphorical wall. Like his baby brother. Who was pure and sweet and believed anything anyone told him. 

Donnie could feel his anger rising more and more as he scrolled- practically snarling at his computer screen- but his blood boiled when he came across the fake Stella itself. Because the picture looked like the real deal- like ‘practically stepped out of the show itself’ real- and the description had enticing buzz words like “official”, “limited time” and “rare” so it was no wonder Mikey had bought it. Any of his dumdum brothers would have, despite how incredibly overpriced it was. Because of course it was! 

These scammers, while clearly amateur- one look at their web design and that was apparent- had created quite an effective scheme, robbing poor young kids who didn’t know any better. It was almost cartoonish in how evil it was. 

But lucky for them, Donnie was about to give them a lesson in morality. 

By hacking them. 

Which was painfully easy to do, since their encryption system was complete garbage like the rest of the website. Honestly it was like they wanted to be hacked. It took Donnie less than ten minutes to gain full access to their servers, giving him free reign to cause whatever havoc here he wanted, grinning wickedly to himself. “Relishing chuckle,” he muttered, tapping his fingers together like a supervillain. 

He had plans for revenge and oh, was he gonna enjoy exacting it. 

First things first, Donnie started compiling data, storing it away for later use. He quickly found names behind the shady site as well as personal information for blackmail. And sweetest of all, the company used for the actual production of the toys were notorious for bootlegs. And he just gained full access to their system. If he played his cards right Donnie could effectively kill two birds with one stone here, which made him snicker. 

After some more digging and data mining, Donnie hit the jackpot, the bank account linked to the website. This, this was going to hit them where it really hurt. Where it mattered. 

Donnie drained the account dry, leaving the scammers with nothing but bankruptcy to their names, transferring the dirty money into his dad's checking. 

It was a good thing his father was napping right now otherwise he would probably die of a heart attack to see half a million dollars in his name. 

With the important stuff out of the way, Donnie focused on the more petty part of his revenge, giving the website a full makeover. Starting by changing the hideous background color to a much more satisfying purple, mostly so his eyes wouldn't bleed from staring at the screen too long. Then he got to work swapping out the fake and/or stolen pictures with images that more accurately represented their counterparts. Other small changes were made here and there as he went, Donnie snickering quite a bit to himself at the new tagline heading the page. “Scams'R’Us. Fools’R’U.” He felt particularly proud of that line. 

Finally, he installed a virus to cause a server-wide crash that should keep anyone still trying to get on the website from actually purchasing anything, even knowing exactly what they were getting into. People were gullible that way. 

All in all the changes ended up an improvement over the original- the web page both factually correct and aesthetically pleasing, which were both a mission success in Donnie’s books. Honestly, he should be paid for the services he just provided these amateurs, even if those services did include upending their entire business and dragging their names through the mud. 

At least his webpage didn’t look like the failing grade of a high school web design class. 

Donnie sat back in his chair, arms folded and smile smug, admiring his handiwork. Yes, his revenge really had come together quite nicely if he did say so himself. That would teach them to mess with his little brother and make him cry! 

A shiver of wicked satisfaction crawled up Donnie’s spine and another evil laugh passed his lips, taking a moment to really soak in his victory. 

Once he got his fill, he opened up a new tab and ran a web search. He had more important things to do right now than just gloat. 

He still owed Angelo a new stuffy, after all. 

…

A week later Donnie was once again drawn out of his lab by excited shouting from his baby brother. But this time the softshell gave no token protest, instead smiling and shoving his chair back to stand. He’d been waiting on pins and needles all day for the package to arrive, the independent artist he’d commissioned assuring him it would be delivered on time. They certainly worked fast, much faster than Donnie had expected, and he might have worried they’d ripped him off the same as the scammers had Mikey if not for the extensive research he’d done before ever hiring them. But their credentials matched up and their quality had been backed by multiple sources so it was a safe bet going in. 

The rest of the money he’d redistributed to the victims of the scam, though the temptation to keep it for his ‘uranium fund’ had been hard to fight. Ultimately though it was better to ditch the evidence before his dad or Raph caught wind of what he’d been up to. Because they would definitely have words with him if they knew.

The package had already been ripped apart when Donnie made it downstairs, Mikey spotting him and holding the toy aloft as if it were a trophy. “Donnie! Donnie! It came! You were right! It looks just like the real thing, see!” He held it out for Donnie to inspect and...  yes, the craftsmanship was fantastic. Professional. Not a seam out of place. 

Donnie nodded, saying in a clipped tone, “It does seem up to standards now.”

“Can you tell them I said thanks.” Mikey squeezed the toy tight to his shell, smile brighter than a thousand burning suns, making Donnie feel all warm and squishy on the inside. 

“I will.” He offered a much duller smile in return but his baby brother didn't seem to mind, hugging him tight around the middle, burying his face into Donnie’s plastron and nuzzling. Donnie gave him a pat on the head because he was bad at physical affection. 

“Just please check with me next time you make any purchases like this again,” Donnie said, careful of his wording here. “So I can, ahem, oversee production to avoid this incident in the future.”

Mikey didn't seem to notice the lie, just nodding into Donnie’s chest. “Okay,” he replied sweetly. It made Donnie feel warm with pride. 

He squeezed just a bit tighter before adding, “Thanks for helping me get Stella, Donnie.” And when Mikey looked up at him with that adorable, doe eyed smile, it made every part of him surge with love and protective energy. 

By now the data Donnie had collected would be uploaded onto every social media site across the world, effectively stomping out the last dying flickers of the scammer’s reputation once and for all. But for Mikey, Donnie would do so much more- so much worse- to protect his sweet smile and make sure it was never taken away. 

“Anything for you, Mikey,” he said, voice soft, finally applying his own pressure to the hug, holding his little brother close to his heart.

Donnie would burn the world down for his baby brother. 

But for now, he'd settle for making him feel loved. 

A/N: Remember kids, revenge is never okay. Unless the person you are getting revenge on deserves it and then it's fine.

Haha, I just really love Donnie going all supervillain unhinged on his brother's behalf. It's sweet! Plus, having the big brothers spoil the youngest is like one of my favorite things to write on here.

[solidaritygaming-fanblog]

guys hear me out

Jimmy solidarity... right???? You hear it??? You get it??? Hang on lemme yap about some (only some) of the lyrics

"Let me tell you all about 'my' life, speaking in a round of 'someones' life" - LIFE SERIES LIFE SERIES. HOW HIS DEATH IS TREATED AS AN UNAVOIDABLE TRAGEDY, A CATALYST FOR CHANGE IN HIS TEAM MEMBERS CHARACTERS. FUCK. It doesn't feel like his life is his, like anything he does will matter.

"How do I survive the thundering?" - Thunder. Lighting strikes when a player permanently dies. Oh I'm gonna be sick

"Now and Then, Now and Then, I'll just break again" - okay there COULD be an esmp reference in there, but I think it's him reflecting on his past series (or Third Life maybe) and comparing it to how he is now... either in a freeing "I beat the curse!" way (unlikely) or in a "I'm stupid I'm useless I'm weak way" (likely... Jimmy stop hating yourself challange impossible)

"A pair of flowers budding calms me ever so" - he's kinda always paired off with someone, even in a larger team- and even then, if that person changes their mind or lies to him, he still can't help longing for them (coughs in Last Life boogie blockers). Also obligatory flower husband's reference

"Bid my blood to take its hurting the rage, the rage, the rage, the rage" - He's ALWAYS angry and hurting. He always has something to be upset about and even if he chooses not to show it, which is often, it's still churning deep below in grudges. He's hopeful, but the anger and hurt expects the scorn he always receives.

"It's never the same... right?" - Every life series is wildly different, with each gimmick intended to allow players unique skills to shine through and let them take the win- and yet; he always dies first or second (in official series). Things always go the same for him- nearly always.

The whole "crying alone" bit and "Don't come any closer" - Ah, jeez... I can't even bear to express some of my feelings about this. In the series where his death had the most effect on him, Limited Life, he would have been alone for a while after dying (goes for a lot of previous games before)... plus (as someone who has played in multiple Limited Life fan-series) its TERRIFYING. I had to ban myself from playing them because it was taking a massive toll on my mental health. You only feel like you achieved or meant anything if you let your team mates slaughter you, and if you die stupidly, youre left shaking from hatred fueled adrenaline. How long did he spend alone in spirit worlds, shaking to the bone? Since the Curse has some effect on his team mates as well... forcing people away to not drag them down as well. It's real man, it's real.

Also this whole genre of music (vocaloid style upbeat songs about depressing topics) is very in Jimmy's style. He looks so cutesy!... and has some of the angstiest elements of the whole life games crew. Yeah sorry for the yap session I just love this song so much and it's Very Him.

[demeternatiart]

Halloween Party ✨🎃 - watercolor and ink

So I've been working on the 2025 calendars while I was doing Kattober 2024 as well. I haven't started today's prompt yet, because I really wanted to finish all the calendar illustrations, so here's a sneak peek of one of the illustrations that will be in the calendar. I finished the last illustration yesterday so the calendars are coming this week. 😁

I will share one more illustration from the calendar soon and also the finished product too. Aaand will continue the Kattober work.

I don't know why I'm doing this to myself, I could have finished the calendar earlier, but I'm good at procrastineting. 😅 Now I'm doing an art challange aaand everything else too. 😂

Anyway, I hope you enjoy this illustration. 🥰

[daily-ethoslab]

question from a daily account to another. have you ever thought about quitting?? is there a way to get through it?? do you just have to keep drawing?? haha. ive been running mine for like a year and my brains giving out a bit :P

Yes I have! usually it's on the days where my mental health usually isn't the best to begin with. As for advice on how to get through it? it's hard to say. There could be 100's of reasons why it's not fun to draw the same subject over and over anymore.

It's hard for me to know the difference if I'm tired of drawing etho everyday or if I'm just mentally exhausted.

When ever I feel like quitting I ask myself these questions:

- Are you growing resentment twords something you used to enjoy?

- Are you still interested in the thing you are drawing?

- Can you imagine yourself doing this for another year? What if you get busy?

I also try to think about what really motivated me to keep drawing. If the ONLY thing that I'm enjoying about this process is people saying nice things about my art then I'm not going to enjoy it at all because not everyone will say something nice, not everyone will consistantly comment on your posts.

What keeps me motivated is well yes partly the nice comments but also I think this is an amazing art challange that keeps me on my toes. (also I love etho but I think that's obvious)

in the end if you don't wanna do it DONT force yourself. Skip days, get someone to cover you, take a break. You as a person and your mental health are so much more important then keeping up with a daily blog <3

[moonlight-tmd]

Could Prowlbee, or Blitzbee get into DnD (I don't think Shockwave could get into it, but would support Bee).

If so, what would their race, class, background, and alignment be?

I see Bee as either a Bard or Rogue (I hahrt played, but I think you can multi class so he can possibly be both).

Holy fuck yes- (i haven't played dnd myself at all but i've hears plenty of stories about it.)

Imma do the whole Team prime cuz why tf not. The first time they played DND is when Bee invited over a human friend or two that he's been playing the game with. He's been talking their audials off about it everytime after he came back from the game and they willingly got persuaded to try it out.

The GM explained the rules, how to play, what nat 1 and nat 20 meant, how to make a character and so on and they started-

Oprimus played a Centaur Paladin, Ratchet was a Tortle Cleric (cuz he was already healing those morons irl) and Bulkhead was an Orc Artificer. Sari chose to be an Elf Sorcerer.

Bee made a Tiefling Bard character, and as all bard stereotypes go, abused the fuck out of his maxed out charisma to seduce all the bosses instead of fighting them. He was surprisingly smooth with the dialogue flirts and great at speaking in rhyme, they gotta give him that.

I am confident Prowl would be a Tabaxi Druid- he doesn't hesitate a moment once he learns they can speak with animals and even turn into one. (he's in wild shape almost the whole campaign). (also, you can't tell me this mech doesn't secretly wanna be an animal fuckin furry)

I imagine if ProwlBee- Bee woul constantly flirt with Prowl's character to mess with him, if they haven't established they were a couple in the backstories yet. If not, Prowl would constantly turn Bee's flirts down only to watch his expression of sad disbelief. Bee eventually does succeed in romancing him and the amused GM described the scene after the go into one of the bedroom in enough details to know what the characters were doing. The only one who wasn't embarrased in the slightest was Bee, obviously. He was Prowl's sparkmate already, the characters doing the deed meant nothing but success to him.

If BlitzBee- Blitz would be a purple Dragonborn Barbarian, with Hothead as the main appearance thorough the game. His character was originally supposed to challange one of the players to a duel and join them after discovering they were a strong party but Bee derailed the whole encounter by rolling a nat 20 and throwing one of the most cheesy, sweet and original pick up lines they ever heard. Blitzwing's character ended up forgetting he was supposed to fight them and stuck with them purely bcuz his character was now canon in love with Bee's. They were both trying not to laugh their afts off while the rest of the party and GM had these "we should have seen this coming a mile away" disappointed smiles.

[subacctformaribat]

A Challange Worth Takeing On!

It has been four years since Hawkmoth’s defeat (Chat gave up his Miraculous after the defeat and then disappeared) and Marinette traveled to Gotham to get away from her past. After Hawkmoth’s defeat Marinette, being the guardian of the miraculous, decided to take the miraculous elsewhere(and also get away from Lila and her old friends). Where she found herself was in Gotham where she met a tall dark haired boy that she now calls her Husband, his name is Damian Wayne. Now after three years of marriage (even though Damian’s brothers still don’t believe that their younger brother could find love and keep a girl long enough to marry) Marinette and Damian now have another challenge ahead of them.

This is one challenge that they both are new too but won’t be as hard as fighting a villain and one that will bring much joy to them both and the family. 

Marinette is four months pregnant and the only person who knows that are the Kawmis and Damian the challenge they have is that they have still yet to tell either of their families and still live in the Wayne manor which was quite a feat to keep the news from Alfred and Bruce for as long as they have. Damian and Marinette found out in the first month of her being pregnant and have kept it a secret for three months ,and now they have to tell their families before they find out for themselves and have to deal with another mess. The reason they have kept it a secret is because they wanted a chance to prepare for the smothering of the family once they found out about the soon to be new addition to the family.

Which brings us to now where they have gathered the family in the dining room full of shenanigans and two expecting parents wondering if they should keep their secret or not.  

XXXXX

“Hey little D why does pixie pop look like she is about to run away , did you finally scare her off.”Jason teased 

“No Todd, if anything would deter my Angel it would be you being rambunctious ” Damian glared at Jason.

Tim decided to pop up in the conversation a little intrigued by Damian’s response “Why would us being rambunctious be the cause when she has never been bothered by it before unless you are hiding something from us?”

“Yeah baby bird , ‘Nette has been avoiding seeing anyone besides Sabine, Alfred , or Bruce for about three months now!” Dick exclaimed   

Marinette decided now was a good time to speak up and give a glare to her three brother-in-laws  “ I have not been avoiding anyone Dick , I was simply protecting myself from being in a crushing hug or someone crashing into me”

From that the room went silent as everyones’ worries began to grow as this was an unusual statement from the girl.

Everyone was worried about their favorite little designer and demon tamer wondering if she was  injured somehow or if something bad happened.

Sabine was the first to speak “ are you okay honey why are you avoiding crushing hugs?”

Her mother was properly worried because she knew her daughter was never one to shy away from hugging a family member.

“Well mamma the reason why Dami and I have stayed after the monthly dinner and joined everyone in the living room this time around is because we have big news for everyone.”Mari said 

***Damian’s family and Marinette’s family have a monthly dinner to catch up and whatnot with each other , then they usually gather in the living room after to play games or to try and embarrass one another ,which it was usually the latter so Marinette and Damian did not hang around after dinner often.*****

Jason popped up and said “ You're not finally leaving demon spawn are you?”

Damian was about to retort to Jason when Marinette jumped up and yelled at Jason, surprising and worrying Damian due to how fast she got up ,and the others worried due to her actually yelling at all.  

“No, Jay, I will not be leaving Dami as I am four months pregnant and don’t enjoy you calling the father of my unborn child demon spawn!”  (that nickname always hit a cord with Marinette and she has not corrected it but she is hormonal due to being pregnant and just sort of lashed out at Jason) 

“Angel! You should not get up so fast! You could hurt yourself and our baby!”,Damian scolded 

Mari for her rashness and that did not go unnoticed by the family and put it away to tease him about it later for when he was not around Marinette. Which was wise on their part as they did not want to aggravate the pregnant Mari more.

After they got over the shock of Mari yelling at Jason and Damian scolding her they finally let what was yelled at Jason to sink in!

[mrfoox]

I was planning to work til 3pm again but then I learned Magnus can't pick me up and my mood died :/

[kakusu-shipping]

Profic Party; Week One @profiction-edits

As always with cool daily prompt games I just end up doing a big batch of them at once and then collapsing fgdjhgjdf So!! Here's all my Profic Party prompts for Week One all together now sense I have a lot going on over the weekend

If you wanna see me talk about all my answers, that'll be under the cut. These were fun! Here's hoping I can keep the motivation through Week 2!!

Day 1: OTP - Easiest one of the lot my all time OTP is and forever will be Mariocest. Hooked on the brothers for life. First ship forever imprinted on me.

Day 2: Favorite Character - A man I do not gush of often but that's because his media fandom is literally two people, Hero Nightfall from the Hell's Library book series. He is Bisexual, he is Polyamourus, he is snarky, he never lies, and I adore him.

Day 3: Most Problematic Ship - First one to stump me, for a while it was between AFO/Yoichi from MHA and Wittecest from TOH. Then I realized I couldn't draw AFO to save my life, so I was going to draw all my Belos ships to make up for it... But turns out I can't draw Belos either kdfjgkdf So you get Huntlos cause I drew it first, and Bellector but Belos is a child cause that was easier to draw. Just assume Wittecest is there as well. (William Afton/Cassidy could also probably go here but I'm not hardcore about it so..)

Day 4: Rare Pair - My stipulations for this one was it can't just be a ship for one of my tiny fandoms that no one's in, it had to be a ship from a popular media no one else liked that I was insane about. Which is a very small list. I eventually decided on Maximilien/Mauga from Overwatch because I was feral for them for about half a month. The Sub Pathetic Sugar Daddy X Dom Batshit Sugar Baby really got to me. Commit all the atrocities you want bby daddy's got the police chief on speed dial <3

Day 5: Crossover Ship - I'm not a crossover ship kinda guy. It's unfortunate but it's true. My only actual Crossover ship is my own comfort polycule Selfship; The Ideal Polycule. They helped me get over my Eating Disorder and they're probably what once could consider Main F/Os. I love them so much and they love me and eachother <3

Day 6: Polyship - I have so many of these you have no idea how difficult this was for me I love Polyamoury it brings me great comfort every ship can be made better with more people- Anyway. I decided on a Big Time fave of mine; Ojimonoshin aka The ABC Polycule from My Hero Academia. Fun little Bonus challange I did was I decided to only use a Fandom per prompt so I could show a lot of my Fandoms, so the fact that I couldn't draw AFO for Most Problematic made this choice more difficult fdgkjhgjdf

Day 7: Character from media you're not interested in - My boyfriend has fallen hard into the One Piece rabbit hole so I'm getting a lot of second hand knowledge about the series, and while I have zero interest in watching it, Usopp the beautiful Transfem is really testing my resolve. I also like Law, Bepo, Kuma, and Vegapunk. And of course my Blorbo-In-Law, Sanji Vinesmoke. Pushing him down the stairs and stealing his Boygirlfriend Usopp for myself <3

[canidbld]

Pet Regression and Puppyhood

Content warning: none

Word count: 950

— day 9 day 5 of Sol's Writing Challange

My journey to eventually identifying as a therian, in retrospect, is kind of silly to look back on. Simply because it's one of those moments where it's like "oh you were always that thing, weren't you?" You know what I'm talking about, right? Like it was such an obvious conclusion that sometimes you just feel dumb you didn't realise sooner.

Before awakening, I was heavily into pet regression and I interacted with that community a lot, alongside many other adjacent communities that let me express being a canine, pet regression was the community I interacted with the most. Specifically, I was (and am) a puppy regressor.

I got into pet regression in 2017 initially, and there weren't a lot of resources that talked about it that much during that time, so I had to figure a lot of stuff out by myself. From my assumption, pet regression seemed like it spawned off of the agere community and didn't have much of the psychological foundation that age regression has. I imagine that pet regression became a thing because adopting more baby animal behaviors and being treated affectionately like a pet helped with other people's regression. It helped people slip into a calmer headspace when they wore puppy ears, watched shows to do with kittens and bunnies, and had their caregiver pet them or played with toys that had baby animals on them.

I mean baby toys are already marketed like that anyways. There's so many elephants and lion themes and motifs on baby bottles and blankets that it'd make sense for age regressors to eventually create a community where they could just be baby animals and adopt traits of their chosen animal when it's reinforced by the little gear they buy for their own regression. But that's just my theory.

I, myself, was a pretty strict pet regression only type of person and didn't really interact with the agere community that much because I didn't relate to them or their imagery. At some point, I actually started growing frustrated with the agere community because I felt jealous that they had so much content to help them when pet regressors didn't have much themselves and even when there were pet regression posts, it was always somehow conflated with agere and was never a stand alone thing, which I desperately wanted. I wanted to live in a pet regression bubble and read and interact with only people who were also strictly petre only accounts.

I've grown up from that mentality now and learnt to be more softer and welcoming towards the agere community and see them as siblings rather than oppositions but the question is: Why was I adamant on staying in the petre community?

Well that's the thing, I can answer this confidently now and say its because I'm a dog but back then I geniuenly didn't even know that was the reason. I just liked being a puppy because it made me happy.

There were some overlaps with the therian community with tags like "puppykin" and "puppy regressor" merging often in posts on tumblr and because, again, content for pet regression was so sparce that I would eventually end up just finding myself in the tags just to see more puppy content. And even then I still, for some reason, was so oblivious to being a dog despite looking through literal dog therian tags.

I think partially the reason I ended up calling and finding myself as a dog therian is because of the 7 years I was in the pet regression community. Just the reinforcement of mentally adopting puppy behaviors and consuming the cute and soft aesthetic and imagery of puppies really played such a big part in my identity being a dog right now. I mean it's just funny to me that I had always been a dog you know?

And the discovery that I was a dog therian really recontexualized my regression for me when I look back on it because now I understand why I was so focused on just interacting with petre content because I think, in some way, I was trying to relive a type of experience I never got to have properly which is puppyhood.

I had a childhood. I was raised by humans and was treated like one, and now I'm an adult. But with the realization that I'm a dog, I think I really wanted to relive what it's like to be a puppy. I read somewhere from a boy age regressor that part of the reason they regressed was because they wanted to relive their boyhood because they never got to when they were growing up as they were trans. They wanted to play with dinosaurs and car toys, and it was reaffirming to him, healing that he got to have this experience now.

You see, if age regressors mentally regress to a younger age then for me, pet regression was the same. I mentally regress to a puppy because I am a dog.

Like, it just all made sense.

I wasn't socialized or raised as a dog. I was never taught properly on how to be canine, and to this day, I am still learning constantly and what it means to be a therian in general. Being able to just be a puppy and experience puppyhood and using pet regression as a way to connect to my theriotype has helped me a lot.

I wonder if it's something like that for other alterhumans as well and if they use regression as a way to connect to their kintype or if regression was a byproduct of their theriotype or if they developed a potential kintype through regressing. I wonder how common it is.

[koszmarnybudyn]

The first piece for dndads ship event. Am I gonna be able to make all the drawing and actually post them on time? Who knows, but I will try.

I honestly don't really ship anything (except for canon stuff and oakworthy) but it is fun to challange myself to draw charakter interactions. Was this image planned to have strong lightning and more rendering than my usual style? No, but that's how it turned out.

Also I'm not that big on romance so a lot of these can be taken as platonic I suppose (i do not plan on doing anything beyond kissing for this).

Anyway enjoy this piece for GrantxTerry.

Shout out @birdifulhuman-blog for the challange.