#CAT ALTER DUDE!!!

[xaranotfound]

meow 🐈‍⬛

[kingchaos20]

Helloooooooooooo people of FGO Tumblr.

I have released my first ever fic on AO3! The first chapter centers around Ecchan and Tama Cat!

X Alter is my fav FGO servant so naturally I was glad she had her time to shine on Grail Concert. I loved seeing her with the other members of AxXxS!

Sadly it seems there’s not much content of them, so guess I’ll have to be the change I want to see in the world.

I plan to hopefully write multiple chapters featuring X Alter, Medb and Cat when they are just chilling, bonding, having fun times together and having fun together… if you know what I mean.

………And what I mean is that this first chapter is about Ecchan….. burying her head in Cat’s tiddies!!!!

This is the first time I ever finish writing a fic, let alone one with smut, so I hope you enjoy ✌️.

[why-animals-do-the-thing]

I promised you some lions! Let's talk about manes, males, and management.

This is Tandie, the current male lion at the Woodland Park Zoo.

Notice anything odd about him? He's got one of those hilarious awkward teenager manes. Except... this cat is nine years old.

I was, of course, immediately curious.

Manes serve a lot of purposes for male lions, including being an indicator of health and fitness - it's actually a sexually selected trait and a social signal. Mane texture / hair quality / length is dependent on nutrition and the body having energy to grow (and carry around!) that much hair! The color is also a signal: males with darker manes have been found to have higher testosterone levels.

In one research report, wild males were much more likely to avoid a lion decoy when it had a longer or darker mane - but the girls really loved a dark mane. It's thought this is because a long, dark mane is an indicator of mate quality. Males with longer, darker manes have higher testosterone and were pretty healthy: meaning they had more energy for fighting, had a better chance of recovering if they got injured, and generally had a higher rate of offspring survival. Manes matter!

So, back to Tandie. He was actually born at the Woodland Park Zoo in 2014 alongside two brothers, to dad Xerxes and mother Adia.

This was Xerxes (rip).

Obviously, a very large, dark, lush mane on Xerxes here. So where did these blond muttonchops come from on his son?

I asked the zoo docents and got an answer that didn't make a lot of sense. They told me that after the three cubs grew into adolescents, they were moved to the Oakland Zoo together. But living together suppressed his testosterone, and he never grew a mane.

Hmmmm.

Here's a photo from 2016, when the brothers debuted at Oakland. They're a year and a half old in this photo.

(Photo Credit: Oakland Zoo)

And here's from an announcement for their third birthday.

(Photo credit: Oakland Zoo)

Okay, so these dudes obviously all were growing manes as of 2017. I think Tandie is the one on the left in the first photo, and laying down in the middle on the second. What happened?

I was just in the Bay Area for a zoo road trip, of course I went to Oakland and tracked down a docent to ask some questions.

It turns out that shortly after the brothers turned three, they started acting like adult male lions: they started scuffling regularly. It's a normal social thing for male lions to live in groups, called coalitions, but according to my lion experts there's generally a baseline level of some social jostling within them. It wasn't quite clear from what the docent said if they couldn't manage the boys together, or if they just wanted to avoid the scratches and small wounds that result from normal lion behavior. Regardless, they put all three of the boys on testosterone blockers in order to be able to keep them together as a social group.

Now, I don't know a lot about the use of hormone alteration as a form of captive animal management, except in the case of birth control. I don't think it's something that's unethical - there was just a webinar on it that I saw go by - but I don't think it's commonly done with big cats. Lions have kind of complicated reproductive cycles, and for instance, we've been learning that female lions can take much longer to come into estrus again than expected after coming off hormonal birth control.

In males, testosterone blockers (or being neutered) means they lose their manes. This is why a lot of rescues will do a vasectomy on their males instead of a neuter - it allows them to keep their mane and the social signals that accompany it.

Tandie returned home to Woodland Park Zoo after Xerxes passed in early 2022, and the docent told me all of the lions had been off their blockers "for while." I'd guess those things happened around the same time, since bringing the trio down to a duo at Oakland would reduce some of the social tensions.

Hormones are such interesting things, though. One of Tandie's brothers has a full mane again, and the other is still totally mane-less.

As for Tandie, his mane is growing back in, and it looks like he might rival his dad for length and coloration.

He started here, in February:

Yesterday:

What a difference four months (and maybe proximity to a girl) makes!

[puppetmaster13u]

Prompt 171

Danny would like everyone to know it was a complete accident. Look, normally he was really good at not altering the timeline! He was! 

But the dude was definitely not in the right Time, and he had to get his trust which took so long, like damn he thought he had anxiety. Seriously though, kevlar in the 1700s? Yeah that wasn’t right, and Peepaw always complained about the messes that the speedsters caused, so he was trying to prevent a mess by tugging the dude away and helping him out. 

Falling in love maybe a little, was not in the plan. But honestly the man had a worse sense of self preservation than he did as a teen and was also straight up adorable, in a wet cat  who could kill you sort of way. 

So maybe he helped the dude grab a child that was going to be drowned. It wasn’t like anyone else saw them! Even if similar situations might’ve happened a few different times. 

Still, no one saw them! 

So why is there now a small cult who worships the Shadowed one and Radiant one, aka his companion (who would not give his name save for B, which, fair, probably didn’t want to accidentally wreck the timeline either) and well, him?! At least they worship them as guardians of children, but uh. Should he maybe, perhaps, fix this…? 

[meanbossart]

Well, now I'm so curious! Baahlist Drow, does he have plans for Astarion besides keeping him around? Is it sort of a cat and mouse thing, where he's waiting for the mouse to start to struggle and make the kill fun? Or is he content to keep Astarion on his arm to trot out at murder parties, and, in his mind, be freaks together?

Oh definitely not cat and mouse situation. DU drow is as hopelessly in love with him in that scenario as he usually is, and Astarion has essentially replaced Orin as the new object of his very, very intense affections. He hijacks the ascension not to harm him, or even to "keep him in line", but because in his mind Astarion shouldn't need any power for as long as he has him - and will only love him for as long as he is weak and needs his protection.

His plans include taking Astarion with him all the way to the very end as Bhaal takes over every land they step foot on, assuming his plan continues to go accordingly. So yes - lots of murder parties, some sprinkling of political games and strategy, eventual total world annihilation, the works.

In-game, Sceleritas also suggests that with a partner by your side you ARE able to procreate regardless of gender. No clue if that is anything worth looking into or just a slight oversight by Larian (I kinda doubt it, though - this is wizard-land, if i can banish a dude off to the netherealms for two turns I don't see why I couldn't find a way to smash two dicks together and make a guy, somehow) but it's DEFINITELY something DU drow thinks about a length regardless. He wasn't interested in children before, but there is something almost prophetic now about spawning a child out of a murder demi-god and the undead creature he loves - definitely something he mental-gynastics into becoming a part of Bhaal's plan, not to mention pesters Sceleritas tiredlessly about. THRALL! Have you progressed in your task of finding a way for me to concoct a baby out of my dead beloved's seed and mine yet? Well then why the fuck are you wasting time filing in my taxes!

It almost doesn't sound too bad until you remember that Astarion has absolutely no way out of this relationship now (DU drow would rather keep him unwilling than let him go, he's not committing the same mistake as he did with Orin), no say over what they do, and that DU drow is in no way whatsoever the quiet, charming, loving weirdo he fell for. He talks over him, shows him off like a prized possession, talks about Astarion like he wouldn't last a minute on his own and requires him to constantly look content about his situation lest he becomes altered and puts him down further.

[bottleoflotion]

New year and new art i post when I get tunnelvision while drawing. So anyways, I'm posting my twst fan kid.

His name is Vitus Draconia, and Malleus and Miguel's (my Yuusona) eldest kid and only son.

He's an extrovert. But man, did this dude inherit Malleus' height and aura of intimidation, along with his inability to not overthink casual interactions. But that happens when both your parents were over 6 feet and your human dad died when you were like in your 50s.

He's going through a rebellious phase, something that Malleus wishes Lilia were here to help him with. But at least he has Uncle Sebek and Sebek's daughter, another half fae, to go along with him. Does not help that he's overly self-conscious due to attending a school of majority humans.

I like to think that since Miguel is 100% gonna die due to being human, he probably is the only one attached to his human side compared to his younger sisters... who probably hadn't hatched when Miguel died. He's more of a mediator because of how much his sisters fight over their human features. With how much he loves his human side, compared to those two who never got to meet their dad. He's not very good at dealing with arguments, but it's the thought that counts.

Miscellaneous Stuff about him and his family

Birthday is January 18th. Like both his dads.

198cm, probably won't grow more and is thankful. He's already tall enough.

Sorted into Diasomnia. Refuses Prefect status during his first year initially, but jumps when he learns his dad (Miguel) was like a prefect with his "pet cat" during his first year.

He's a big lover of his dad's old clothes and fashion. Will alter them with magic.

Attached to humans and their livelihoods. The human percentage of Briar Valley has gone up to 38%

Portraits of Miguel throughout the years decorate the castle. Along with other portraits of other deceased family members, like Grandpa Lilia and Uncle Silver.

A far cry from Malleus' mostly solitude upbringing. Malleus makes sure to be as involved in his life and somewhat of a helicopter parent due to that. Along with having to deal with 2 quirked up twin sisters who are wrecking the castle during their fights.

Hyped to go to NRC while Malleus had ptsd flashbacks and worries the entire time. While his youngest daughters chaos mellows down bc their older brother left them.

Tight with other Fae families, like the Zigvolts . Specifically with Sebek and his daughter. (I like to think she's the same age or younger. But both go to NRC the same year. I like to think that NRC became officially coed after almost 200 years.)

Attempts to keep close with descendants of other alumni of NRC.

Even met a couple of the original students his parents attended with when he was still a dragon baby.

Miguel is his Dad while Malleus is his Father and any nickname he can say to be "trendy" as humans call it.

Augh, i love fan kids. I wanna make more soon. And even build more on my Yuusona bc he's a 27 year old man forced to be the older brother to dozens of kids. Shout out to DTI Halloween update for those Horns and keeping them.

[shotgunmuzzle]

could you draw pbd alter dude with cat ears too?? 🥺🥺

๑·̑◡･̑๑👌🏾

[ri-afan]

By the way, when ghosts and Ancients appear, should there be any visual effects and sensations? Like Frostbite? A drop in temperature? Surfaces becoming crusted with ice?

For example, a headcanon on Danny who is a cosmic Ancient, an eldritch, a cryptid, a ghostly entity. How would all of this affect him showing up next to a human?

(By the way?)

Oooh 😯 Should there be? Probably not, it would take away the whole invisibility sneak thing they got going on.

But in charged situations? If they want to tip over a bit more to spooky? If it’s just spooky for humans but it’s actually more of a ghost greeting? Hell yeah, I’ll ascribe to it. It can even be tweaked with the emotion they want to enter with, like if they’re pissed or if they are trying to calm things down or if it’s relatively neutral. Coin toss/dice roll on whether it’s different for all, similar based on core type, same for type but application is different based on strength, or just boiled down to general ghostliness.

(Or is this all based off auras and if so, can ghosts physically manipulate theirs and what’s the effects of that? Or does Everyone have one and ghosts/effected people are the only ones who can see/manipulate theirs? Oof, idk. Too many thoughts in the head!)

For one we know/could squeeze into the idea naturally from the show: Clockwork. As Ancient of Time, Clockwork likely messes with time on arrival. It’s probably the least hassle for Clockwork if it’s pausing time than anything else, hence the medallions when the ghost goes to people to pull them out of the pause. (And easiest to keep track of/not melt peoples minds with.)

For Danny… If it’s not a drop in temp because of the whole ghostly/ice core phenomenon and assuming you don’t want two of the same with Frostbite… and you want to go cosmic/space… maybe there’s auditory/speaking issues, like gaps and suppression, or a slight feeling of breathlessness because space is a vacuum? (Isn’t space cold too? Could be an interesting bait and switch if people kept thinking Ice and he pulls up one day with the power of the sun and manipulation of space.) Or if Danny is made an Ancient of Space it could also be feeling an odd pressure, like if you’re temporarily feeling too big or small in your body. Or or! Feeling gravity more or less than what you should be at the time.

If not a space/cosmic thing and you’re going with Phantom being a spirit of Protection then I would have it add a layer of feelings/reactions (specifically not changing any other feelings or otherwise altering minds) based on where the human would fall on his scale of morals: too much on the bad side and you feel trepidation and apprehension, in the good side you may feel safety, courage, or whatever. (The human’s placement on the scale would not be a conscious thing and the deciding factor is more multifaceted as Phantom grows. So long as Phantom is strong and resolute in his morals, you could probably use the reactions to gauge other people.)

Now, Danny-as-human Danny? I’m a sucker for either he’s just Some Guy or Predator Instinct, but it’s not sudden or a big rush of adrenaline. It’s something uncanny for sure because you look at the guy and you don’t know what’s wrong because visually there’s nothing wrong, but the vibes are off. (😅 scary dog vibes but the dude is like a retriever or shepherd or something — scares off the creeps at college parties and he’s long since stopped questioning why he’s invited to the parties. If he’s aware of it, he’d be the guy that sits next to or walks by a girl and then reveals that she was being stalked by a creep but it looks like he’s gone now, so have a nice day/makes sure you are safe and aware)

Like a Big Cat: it’s a predator and can kill you easily and maybe without meaning to, but also… they’re big kitties and you see videos of humans booping their snoots, holding their murder mittens, petting them and whatever. Those zookeeper-class of folks who understand the risks and works with the animals instead of against them. Some people can’t shake off that prey instinct but others are there despite it.

Hit or Miss whether aliens/super powered folks will feel it (looking at the Justice League for crossover fans) for the Human-Danny, but I’d say it’s rare for anyone to be immune to Phantom Effects.

Hope this was to your satisfaction cause this tickled my brain nicely

[junespriince]

Wally: heyyyy, Rob, I heard you had a fight in an a abandoned chemical lab,,, were there still chemicals there?

Robinmite: this is your chance to razzle dazzle him, take him to the chemical lab, he'll fall for you right then and there!

Dick: yeah dude, come on I'll show you the place!

The next day

News: Flash Jr. Has started a chemical warfare weapon and brought it to a fight with cops trying to detained him, he yelled, quote "You'll never take me alive pigs, I'm god now!" End of quote. Sixteen cops have died, but they had be found out all of them were corrupt. Is this good? Is baby flash morals should come into question? And where did he find those chemicals? More at 8. *Turns TV to a one* local man from Keystone was arrested for child abuse and trying to sell his kid, Rudy West—

Bruce: you had to give him those chemicals.

Dick: he was cute, you did let cat off stealing jewelry for the same reason I don't want to hear anything from you. At least I got a kiss on the cheek, you're still getting left at the alter, loser.

[hals-homo-blog]

Giving Postal 2 Dude a Bath

P2 Bath Anon I hope you see this. I thought your idea was really cute and I wanted to do some nice hcs of my own for it q v q I really hope you see this. I see you, you are funny and nice and ily. (/pla)

HE’S FUCKIGN STINKY! The stink had CROSSED the line, and Reader needs that man warshed NNNNOWWWW‼️‼️

Really, it depends how close you two are, how deep into the relationship you are, etc :3c Earlier on? Good luck, he’s not gonna have anything to do with that. He’s still gonna be mostly closed off from having the previous relationship be So Very Shitty.

Later on, though? After you’ve been together a few years? After he trusts you and is more comfortable with you? I think he would begrudgingly allow it. He knows he reeks to high heaven and something needs to be done about it. Your nudging about it would push him over the edge to Just get it Over with.

You’ll have better luck if you propose the idea of bathing together as opposed to just you giving him a bath like a Stinky Dog :3c however Stinky and Dog-like he may be. You had better believe he’s gonna be naughty about it >:3c Thats prolly why he agreed in the first place. The water ain’t the only thing that’s gonna be steamy in there. >:3c

You would definitely have the best luck if he was stoned or drunk or otherwise altered. He’s already looking to feel good, hence being altered, and the nice hot water with your fingers massaging the shampoo into his scalp, giving him lots of attention, definitely fits the bill.

Ok, as for Not High and Not Sexy, he’s still hesitant about it, like the previous writer mentioned, he is a grown-ass man I can see it being like those classic cartoon cat-baths where he wedges his limbs against the tub so he doesn’t get wet.

He very well may bite you, Anon. >:3c Don’t scrub too hard or let the soap get in his eyes (The sunglasses stay ON during bath time 😤) otherwise it’s a one way ticket to Chomp Town. I hope you had your rabies vaccination, pookie. <3

I think it would be a nice, intimate thing in the end, building trust, deepening the relationship, showing Dude that you’re different, this relationship is different and that this sort of vulnerability is ok.

Enjoy Clean Dude while he lasts, because you’re not coaxing him back in there for a loooong time. Dude is stinky, that is his natural state, he will soon return to it and bring balance back to the universe.

BONUS HEADCANON: From my good friend @spiderh0rse, if he’s Stinky and Doglike, HIT HIM WITH THE HOSE!!

Somebody has drawn this meme with the Dude, right? Surely. Surely someone has, I feel like I’ve seen it lol.

Hhh I hope you enjoy!! I haven’t really done a headcanons thingy like this before, so I hope it came out ok.

I mean no disrespect to the writer who was originally given this prompt q v q I just thought there were a lot of funny and sweet story opportunities that were missed out on, and I wanted to explore them a bit. I apologize if my making this comes off as rude or mean 🙏 /gen

I do think the Dude is capable of tenderness and/or non-sexual intimacy, it just takes a lot, a LOT, more work to get there for the s/o, y/n, reader, etc.

[bonefall]

Does Wildfur (cat mentioned as having their back broken and dying of lung infection) get any expansion? They're only mentioned once but knowing how bad the family trees are im guessing they've been stuffed in somewhere (plus i love the name)

My DUDE!!!

MASSIVE expansion. GIGANTIC one. ACTUALLY shows up on screen and is an important supporting character, I actually need to re-do this character summary at some point because it leaves a LOT of the new stuff out.

Wildfur is going to show up as an important character in two side stories; Blackstar's, and a brand new novella for Cinderpelt.

Cinderpelt's is just a fun side novella about her friendship with Littlecloud. I don't even really have a message in mind for it. It's just exploring the brief but fascinating era where the Clan cats were trading with BloodClan.

Wildfur gets disabled by a car in that one, and Cinderpelt and Littlecloud put their heads together to invent that mobility device.

I want to show the "evolution" of some technologies as the series progresses, so this is the mobility device that Jessy eventually improves upon for Briarlight!

It helps him overcome a really bad state of depression, which was what was causing him to lay around and catch infection over and over.

In Blackstar's SE, Wildfur's just a friend of Blackstar's.

He's an example of the sorts of cats that TigerClan and Brokenstar would have discarded or given up on. Blackstar's SE is about him sitting with that.

I kinda want him to be the father of Ambermoon through surrogacy. Brightheart and Cloudtail are the bioparents. He just kinda feels like a dude with a punk daughter with a name like that.

He goes on the Great Journey in that mobility device, but needs to be carried at several points.

The Clans aren't going to leave behind the old and disabled like in canon jesus christ. That was super fucked up actually

"Elders are respected and cared for :)" my ASS

In terms of personality;

He's super vain and haughty, VERY proud person. Rockstar vibes.

Takes great care of his hair

Different people take their disability differently, especially when it massively alters your life. Compared to Briarlight, Wildfur actually had an easier time adjusting once his depression subsided.

Unlike Briar, he was never a very active or athletic person.

He doesn't mind being an elder, it means he gets to do whatever he wants and boss apprentices around. Pretty sweet deal tbh.

Campbound activities are more his style. He keeps an extra eye on the kits, likes to help out kitchen patrol. Has a lot to do with flax processing.

[allikawaii]

The Man With a Red Umbrella – a Homicipher creepypasta-esque story

So, yeah, since like, 20 people or so showed interest in it, here's my try in writing a creepypasta style story featuring none other than Mr. Momo eyes Scarletella in all his internet legend glory. Since the game made clear he was a internet rumor, it makes sense to have stories like these. So I made one!

You know the drill: unseen monster most of the time, dumb teenagers, maybe a cute cat in the middle, narrative with a MC who keeps thinking to themselves randomly with useless thoughts, mentions of blood... if it sounds cringe, it's because I tried to mimic the ones I would read as a teen.

The beginning is a direct quote of the game, just to get the tone :)

1523 words (approximately because I did alter one or two words and I'm too lazy to open the program again)

There's a rumor that's been going around... a ruin that's not supposed to exist, will appear on rainy days.

It really exist.

And then I met him.

"A man with a red umbrella," he is one of those famous online paranormal stories. "He will appear on rainy days, and trap you in illusions which cannot be escaped."

"If you tell him your name, he'll take your soul."

That's how all ghost stories goes...

___

Another Halloween goes and another horror story comes up. I've been dealing with my colleagues blabbering nonstop about backrooms for AGES and I'm tired of the 'no-clip out of bounds' shit. And when I'm finally getting the relief my ears so prayed for, there comes another internet horror story.

"Look, Jade, this one has a image!" Says Emma – part of the 'creepy stories enthusiasts' club that in reality is no club at all and is just a bunch of unoccupied teenagers looking for a spot to smoke weed. "... worse than Slenderman. And Slenderman is OLD." I tell her, not interested at all.

'The Man With a Red Unbrella' or whatever the name of that dude was... another one of those quick online phenomenon Halloween Season-wise. The only thing interesting about the dude, at least in my opinion, is that he is a Japanese urban legend. Maybe he grew in popularity thanks to a increased search for japanese horror movies, or maybe that Junji Ito adaptation.

"They say if you tell him your name, he'll take your soul..." Emma continues despite my clear lack in enthusiasm. "... would."

"EWWW EMMA!" I shove her playfully. Emma and her weird taste in man...

"So... your 'group' is gonna try and find this dude as well?" I asked, despite already knowing the answer.

"Of course! There's going to be a storm by the end of the week, and we'll be marching down the neighborhood until we find his building." Emma answered as obvious as the sun in the sky.

What a strange plans for saying goodbye to High-school, but you do you, I guess. Meanwhile, I'll be inside my cozy house, cuddling with my cat while watching whatever is trending on Netflix. Because who is dumb enough to go inside an abandoned building?

Plus, it is a japanese story, so there's no way he would show up in America of all places.

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Outside, it rains cats and dogs, and inside, I cuddle on my comfortable couch while watching Netflix. Popcorn within my reach, I have no need to leave the coziness of my cocoon of blankets. Cotton, my cat, keeps staring out the window, meowing to the rain as if someone was out there. Yet, everytime I look out, all I see is the storm outside and the tree of my backyard.

Figuring this is just cats being cats, I return to my series.

Until that meowing stops, and I look around to no signs of my cat.

"Cotton?" I called out, searching around the house in all her usual hiding spots. Only for my heart to drop as I see the rascal outside, her white fur all dirty from mud as she ran out to the streets. How did she even leave of I closed the pet door??? "COTTON!" I called out as I prepared to leave, fetching a raincoat and rain boots to fetch the troublesome pet.

The rain outside was pouring, unrelenting, as I marched down the neighborhood looking for my cat. How can a small animal be so quick? 

As I walk near the more desert part of the neighborhood, I see the small ball of now dirt fur getting inside a building – an abandoned building at that. "... I'm never making fun of my classmates again." I sigh at the karma I'm currently living, taking a deep breath as I step inside the building.

The structure was nothing like the usual buildings around here, and the insides are unusually clean: no graffiti on the wall, no littering or smell of drugs inside. As if someone has been taking care of the place... or at least preventing others from littering.

As I turn the corner, I see a person crouching, but I can't see who it is as a red umbrella blocks the silhouette. The umbrella seems a tad wet, so maybe the person came inside the building to escape the unforgiving rain... but most importantly, the person is petting a cat. MY CAT!

"Cotton!" I exclaim as my dear ball of fur skips to my lap as I crouch down to pick her up. "Don't scare my like that! Bad girl~" With the most embarrassing baby voice, I swing the small feline in my arms. Finally deciding to pay attention to the man in front of me, I look up to ask about how long has he found the cat.

... only for there to be no sigh of him.

That was creepy... but there was no time to loose: I need to go home. But the moment I turn to leave, I hear noises from the upper floor. As much as I want to admit not to be like thosendumb characters who go straight to the suspicious noise source, my curiosity is greater than my common sense. As I go to the next floor, I'm surprised to find Emma crouched on the floor, hands over her head as if she eas protecting herself from an unseen attacker.

"Emma," I called her out, walking towards her. "What happened? Did you guys smoke too much weed aga-" While casually making fun of her as usual, the moment I get closer to her, I noticed her clothes drenched in water from the rain, and covered in blood. In her hands, is a hunting knife she usually exhibits as her trophy, but now looked more like a murder weapon.

"It's him it's him it's him..." Emma mumbles fast, almost incomprehensible. "He's making me see things, trying to hurt us..." She stops momentarily to look around, as if to make sure no one was around. "He already got the rest, and he's been trying to get me. But I'm not giving up easily and he's been-" 

Emma suddenly stops, looking at me with an air of suspicious. "... how can I know you're not one of them?"

"Eh?" I look puzzled at her. "What do you me- WOOOA!!!" Just as I question her she swings her knife at my direction. But I'm able to dodge before it hit me or Cotton who I still carry on my lap.

Almost as if in a trance, Emma keeps trying to stab me, saying nonsense like "You're not real!" or "Get out of my head!"

After a close call, I end up losing balance and, to spare my cat of the fall, I end up falling on the ground. Just as I think Emma will jump on top pf me and end my life. She stops in place, looking over me and running away. The last thing I heard after she went down the stairs was the sound of someone falling and an unsettling silence. I sit up after the adrenaline runned down from my system.

"Your name," I hear a whisper from behind me. The unsettling calm tone sending shivers down my spine.

"It can't be real..." I murmur to myself, too afraid to look back. I decide to simply try to ignore the presence, stepping up to leave and go home.

"Give me your name," this time, I hear in front of me as I adjusted my posture and looked down. I was able to see when he appeared, his black shoes suddenly in front of me. Damn the human curiosity as a mix of it with fear took me, encouraging me to look up.

The man in front of me was tall, yet his torso was slightly tilted forward to look more on my head level – despite still being incredibly tall, more than 6 foot and a half for sure. His hair was as red as his unbrella and coat that covered almost all of him, and his eyes were hidden behind his bangs. He looked so calm, yet so eerie you couldn't help but want to run away.

"Your name," he demands again, the same calm carrying his posture.

Emma went crazy when she refused, the rest of her group probably is dead... what other choice do I have but to comply? Maybe he'll pity me...

"... Jade." I answered with a trembling voice. "Jade." The man repeated, testing the name on his tongue.

"Thank you." He added, a smile forming on his face. And my hopes go up as I trust chance of escaping this. Only for it to break as he raises his head for me to see his crazed gaze, eyes wide as if he never blinked in his life.

"I take your name, I take you."

As I hear those words ringing in my ears, I start to feel my sense of space vanishing, my vision tainting red untill... nothing.

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There's a rumor that's been going around... a ruin that's not supposed to exist, will appear on rainy days.

It really exist.

[uchidachi]

What if…. What if the Veil is not so much something bad that needs to be destroyed, but is something important that Solas (mis)used in the past, and now it needs to be carefully taken down, repaired, and returned to its original state?

I’m struggling to think of a non-cloth metaphor, because “veil” is already a cloth metaphor, but I’m a sewist so this is what you get:

What if your family had an heirloom embroidered gown, with an intricate design panel, and it was really really important (for a Purpose) so it was preserved and handed down for years, until one family member (who thought they had a very good reason) had the embroidery panel removed and framed and hung on the wall.

And although the alteration might have been done skillfully, there was a consequence to this action — the dress is now unwearable, and maybe also the frame is damaging the wall? Idk the metaphor isn’t perfect. So many generations later someone decides that they want to reassemble the original dress (for the Purpose), but they lack the ability to un-frame the panel, so they hire some dude to do it (Corypheus) and this person totally ruins the whole thing. There’s a huge gash in the fabric, and many smaller threads are constantly coming undone.

(Pause for editorial: I think this may have happened because Solas thought Corypheus would be unwilling or unable to directly damage the Veil, only whatever was keeping it “up”. He was wrong.)

So the family pins the remains of the panel in place (sealing the breach & tears, the “measuring the veil” sidequests) and takes the time to hire a professional restorer to make it stable enough to remove from the frame.

Then, right as they are freeing it from the frame, the cat (rook) knocks over their ladder and they put a big hole in the wall. Now you’ve got a half-removed, still-damaged panel, AND a hole in the wall to deal with. Plus the original wall damage caused by hanging it up!

Do you see where I’m going with this?? So there’s a number of ways this could end now.

Maybe the wall will be fixed, the drill holes spackled, the embroidery panel restored pristinely, and the gown good as new. The cat is scolded for getting underfoot, but everything is returned to its natural place, and they all lived happily ever after…. HIGHLY UNLIKELY

More like: The family tries to repair both the panel and the wall, but both will bear scars of the attempts to part them. The restorer will do their best, but the gown will never be what it once was. And it was never going to be perfectly restored. Once the panel was removed, the dress was irrevocably altered. But now, with embroidery reattached, it may still be worn, and serve its Purpose.

And maybe you will commission a new, second embroidery to hang on the wall. One that was made specifically to hide the scars.

That’s my theory, at least.

[aspd-culture]

Hi, a bit of a weird question, but I noticed that a lot of people I follow, who have aspd have a strong connection (not really sure how to explain it) to wolfs/dogs and canines in general, and I just wanted to ask whether this is a general thing or is it just my circle lol

Yeah I mean that tracks. My abuser was super into wolves, so I don’t relate to those *anymore*, but I previously identified as a wolf and therian and still follow dog therian tags as a shape-shifting alter including dogs.

I think it’s sort of like how autistic people sometimes like cats: cats behave in a way that makes a lot of sense to autistic people and they can relate to.

The same kinda goes with dogs/wolves and pwASPD. Some breeds of dogs and all wolves are seen as aggressive, dangerous, uncontrollable, and are avoided and some people even think should not be bred or be put down - all for things that have nothing to do with the animal themselves and in fact are about how they were treated. If you mistreat a dog through its formative years, you’ll get a very *defensive* (not aggressive idc what people say) dog. They’ll be quick to attack and maybe not warn first the way other dogs will because they learned that’s what keeps them safe - me fuckin too dude - and they risk getting literally put down in a legal and community supported way for that behavior they never asked to be taught.

And this is just a personal thing, but I kind of romanticize the idea of being a dog - because there’s a large community of people who understand that it’s not the dog’s fault and will fight for them to be accepted and understood; who’ll meet that dog where they’re at and work with them with complete understanding and forgiveness for anything the dog does wrong. People who will *get bitten* and apologize for scaring the dog. And what really makes me envy dogs is that dogs are able to turn it around no matter how old they are - even senior dogs who were extremely reactive can usually be turned around and act like a normal dog or even be particularly caring and docile because dogs can be taught at any age that they are safe now and they don’t need to behave that way anymore. I wish my brain was capable of learning that and undoing all the neurological damage people did to me, and I wish people would look at me and see and understand the stress and anxiety in my eyes when I act out because I felt unsafe.

So uh yeah, anyways, I’d say it’s not uncommon.

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Yeah I mean that tracks. My abuser was super into wolves, so I don’t relate to those *anymore*, but I previously identified as a wolf and therian and still follow dog therian tags as a shape-shifting alter including dogs.

I think it’s sort of like how autistic people sometimes like cats: cats behave in a way that makes a lot of sense to autistic people and they can relate to.

The same kinda goes with dogs/wolves and pwASPD. Some breeds of dogs and all wolves are seen as aggressive, dangerous, uncontrollable, and are avoided and some people even think should not be bred or be put down - all for things that have nothing to do with the animal themselves and in fact are about how they were treated. If you mistreat a dog through its formative years, you’ll get a very *defensive* (not aggressive idc what people say) dog. They’ll be quick to attack and maybe not warn first the way other dogs will because they learned that’s what keeps them safe - me fuckin too dude - and they risk getting literally put down in a legal and community supported way for that behavior they never asked to be taught.

And this is just a personal thing, but I kind of romanticize the idea of being a dog - because there’s a large community of people who understand that it’s not the dog’s fault and will fight for them to be accepted and understood; who’ll meet that dog where they’re at and work with them with complete understanding and forgiveness for anything the dog does wrong. People who will *get bitten* and apologize for scaring the dog. And what really makes me envy dogs is that dogs are able to turn it around no matter how old they are - even senior dogs who were extremely reactive can usually be turned around and act like a normal dog or even be particularly caring and docile because dogs can be taught at any age that they are safe now and they don’t need to behave that way anymore. I wish my brain was capable of learning that and undoing all the neurological damage people did to me, and I wish people would look at me and see and understand the stress and anxiety in my eyes when I act out because I felt unsafe.

So uh yeah, anyways, I’d say it’s not uncommon.

[skele-bunny]

Hello hello! I ate up those Sunny hc and i loved em. I wanted to request some Aether and Phantom content, preferably fluffy, our bug has been through enough (for now)

Sending lots of hugs, 🎃

NSKWKDKD "FOR NOW"....... Pumpkin if you come in my inbox with awful ideas I will devour you whole (BUT GIVE ME THEM THIS INSTANT!!!!!) /SILLY

OighHghh Aether and Phantom have such a great relationship.

Aether loves taking Phantom out on little dates together. Wether it's just around the gardens, swimming, or a movie night for just the two of them! Any time spent together they enjoy so much

Phantom's first gift to Aether was a sanded down regular rock he thought was calcite. It was just the biggest smile that won Aether over. Even though Phantom knows his mistake and is embarrassed about it, Aether kept his "Honorary Calcite" on his alter.

Little dance buddies!! Wether it's little sways or outright ballroom, they're having the time of their life. Phantom loves standing on his tiptoes to try and twirl Aether, always results in them laughing :3

During quint ceremonies, they're always next to each other as not only are they mates but their internal bond is super duper strong.

They have private practice sessions, not only is Phantom able to focus better but it's easier learning from the person you're taking over for.

When they scent each other, they shock each other a lot sjejdjxj too much energy that just sparks out. Always makes them purr louder though, little static dudes

Aether calls Phantom "Lovebug", Phantom calls Aether "big dipper" jokingly but otherwise it's "Star/Stardust"

Quints prefer things with a lot of nutritional or health balances! Also refills their energy super fast so things like bananas, peanut butter, apple juice, and chocolate are usually found in their cupboards. Aether has always had a stash he shared with Swiss when he needed it. Phantom? Full access. Usually always goes for the chocolate, and Aether loves showing him combos he adores like peanut butter covered bananas, avocado and tomato sandwiches, and even the unfortunate mixture of chocolate mangos.

One time Aether had an exhaustion spell from working two doubles back to back and just completely collapsed on Phantom. So he just laid there, holding Aeth for about three hours until he woke up again. Was able to squirm out and get him his snacks, just taking care of him so well as best he could.

Love cuddling in their true forms!! Aether is like a giant dog/cat mix, with such soft and silky fur Phantom loves running his hand through. Phantom is like an hoary bat, not much fur but still super soft and smooth. Sometimes they'll lazy roughhouse like when dogs are playing down and just put their jaw on the other with little huffs and pawing away. They have so much fun with it

I LOVE THEM UR HONOR

[craetor]

Hi....! If you don't mind, can I ask, who are your top 5 favorite romantic relationship's couples in books/ manga/ anime/movies/tv series (can be canon or non-canon) and your top 10 favorite characters ever from any media? Why do you love them all? Thanks if you want to answer....

Omg hi! Yeah no problem! Hope they're not too obvious. I've done this before so this is a nice update♡

5th favorite ship: Griffguts

I usually hate romance that's based on misunderstandings but Griffith is just so cunty and I love how he comes onto Guts, who totally likes it but is such an oblivious dude about it. If Griffith wasn't so tight-lipped about his inner workings toward everyone, let alone the one he wants more than literally anything and could absolutely have, as Guts proves to him so many times, they'd be such a power couple. I've written about their potential several times in fics. Their misunderstanding is annoying but kinda funny, which I enjoy a lot, as you're going to find out further down the line. Also the rivalry they eventually find themselves in is very hot because whenever they see each other it's like a visceral reaction. I don't like the Berserk story a whole lot. I just like to focus on their relationship.

4th favorite ship: Billford

The psychosexuals. They also speak to my monsterfucker side a lot (Bill for being a psychotic demigod who doesn't have any fine-tuned idea of tactfulness & autistic antisocial nerd who just wanted to be a monster hunter). I love myself a codependent gay romance. I love particularly much how much Ford is genuinely just into being ruined by Bill, getting tattoos for him, following his self-righteous, usually simple-minded demands (like getting rid of Frilliam) and letting him alter his very mind. I also like that they spiral into this (at first genuinely macabre, but later) silly rivalry, when Bill comes down a bit from their falling-out and has moved on from ruining his life and resorts to flicking Ford's nose, ruffling his hair and hashtag pranking him by turning him into a gold effigy ("why did the old man do this ✋️⚠️✋️" is so great omg...). Old man yaoi. They're really fun.

3rd favorite ship: Saiouma

Some of Danganronpa's characters have no business being this freaking complex. I adore their cat and mouse game, but Kokichi's sweetness toward Shuichi makes it my favorite detective-thief relationship ever. I'm a sucker for the trickery and mind games but in other Sherlock-Moriarty type situations I always miss the moment where the two look into each other's eyes in a heated moment and see a glitz of honesty that makes them all weak. Also, through canon Saiouma interactions most of the evidence that Kokichi isn't an evil freak can be derived, which is why I often enlace the two topics. I used to be EXTREMELY obsessed with them and know them like the back of my hand. They make me sigh dreamily and smile.

2nd favorite ship: Komahina

Intended from the beginning or not, they're super well-written. They are in eachother's business in every timezone of their teenage lives we get to see. If it's pre- or post-lobotomy, they see every change in each other's life through. They're such oddballs next to each other, but they're so freakily compatible. When they insult and fawn over each other in canon my heart blooms. Because it's fucking funny but also I believe this uncensored honesty is extremely important to both of them. It's important that the other can take it, and he does. Immediately they're less contrived than the mainstream hetero relationships I loathe. When I think about how they ruined and then built up and then ruined and build up each other's lifes it undoes them so beautifully because half the time they don't even know it's each other at the time. When I imagen what they'll become after the end of the canon story I just know they'll do so well for each other. They're just exhausted. Let them have their little relationship.

Favorite ship: Lawlight

Even after all the shows and movies I've been watching lately, all the new pairings I've been exposed to, they remain my favorite. They're just perfect. I just empathize a lot with them, I guess. All the truly solid relationships in my life are based on an initial rivalry or constant bickering, constant rearranging and reaffirming our statuses, which eventually becomes one perfectly balanced and dense element, like a diamond. I can't but feel comfort in analyzing them and see that they could be much the same. And it's not just the projection that brings me comfort. Death Note is a legitimately good piece of media that I enjoy ironically and unironically. Takeshi Obata is my favorite artist after Francesco de Goya & Madhouse (my favorite animation studio) absolutely cooked when they made the show. I'm always so happy to be exposed to them & their memory is such a cherished part of my brain. I don't think I've felt this way about any other pairing (this intensely, I mean. Komahina aren't on my mind a lot anymore).

I'm so disappointed that there are no (true) yuri relationships that make it into my top 5. Only some yuri yaoi & for-lesbian BL.

My (roughly) top 10 favorite characters (I love analyzing concepts of people):

• Violet Evergarden (10/10 stories, lovely character as story telling device, walking sapphic symbolism, I love that she's never sexualized♡♡♡)

• Gundham Tanaka (love his vibe, especially when Sonia is around. We stan a self-confident loser who found comfort in alt fashion)

• Griffith

• Souichi, both young and old (from Junji Ito's Souichi) (I hate him he's so shitty💖)

• Johan Liebert (he's entirely underrated. His motivations are so complex and ambivalent. Thank Madhouse for introducing me to another slay.)

• Yumeko Jabami (because Kakegurui is one of my all-time favorite shows & I have to pick the nexus of it all to symbolize that. I also love her design)

• Miu Iruma (she's so period. Pop the wig finna snap boot the house down hunty werk. The way Kokichi and her bounce off each other is so entertaining. She's so fun and literally genuinely smart. So sad she had to go. I could totally see her as a survivor too)

• Kokichi Ouma (I'm still upset gamegrumps don't understand him. He's phenomenally written. Almost ridiculous amount of effort on the devs' side)

• Nagito Komaeda (my wonderful son with a dozen disorders)

• L Lawliet (INTJ king. Silly, tragic, interesting, what more must I say?)

I've been having insane brainrot about the mass production Evas, Hanuš from Spaceman & the demigod from The Ritual because they're very fuckable, as I've finally come into myself as I've realized I'm kinning Stanford Pines (which led to a small unraveling at first, not alleviated by my strong pull towards the Canadian/Icelandic wilderness I've been feeling for years and am about to give in to. Just kinda made it feel like my fate of falling into the hands of a hot, malevolent ancient deity is sealed).... But they're just crushes so... foot note for them.