#Does this count as an au?

[allykatsart]

The Fall of Joy

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An idea that I pray does not happen. I stg Emily better be safe and happy these next two episodes-

Hypothetical Fallen Angel Emily! Because this angst would not leave my brain. It hurts to leave heaven, but she won't be alone. If Emily was cast from heaven, I think the hotel would welcome her with open arms...

Commission me

[hazard-c-horror]

Concept I really hope gets explored in canon

Ruin gets split!

Right now the idea is that once Nexus doesn’t need Ruin anymore, Dark Sun decides to use him. More specifically Ruin’s Moon. (Bc I still believe he’s just stealing knowledge.)

The Sun part gets left behind/technically not really idk. (I believe Dark Sun has a secret small soft spot for suns) And he’s stays there until…

The October take over! Mid way though Solar get through to Nexus, and Nexus realizes that Dark Sun was going to betray him. So they work together to defeat Dark Sun

On the way they find Ruin Sun

read Right to Left

And that’s all I have. Don’t expect me to expand on this. I’ll probably just do random scenario doodles, idk

[meraki-sunset]

sburb fansession where the unknown is an actual villain

C'mon kids, you can do it!

I'm fucking lying, they're all gonna die

[megamagimugi]

He's-a Gone

Luigi time! To suffer, that is.

(CW: character death)

This is obviously a sort of comlementary piece to I Was-a Too Late. But it's more than just that as it also illustrates a certain fun, dark what-if idea I had. Please keep reading if you're intrigued!

Lore:

Luigi's Mansion, the first game. Everything goes the same as in canon until the final boss fight, when Luigi defeats King Boo in his Bowser costume. After King Boo comes out and Luigi intends to suck him in, the villain laughs and reveals the truth: Mario's painting was an illusion, so was everything Madame Clairvoya saw. All just to mess with Luigi. Meanwhile the real Mario wasn't just captured by the Boos, he was immediately killed by them on their King's orders. The only physical thing that's left of him in this realm is the five items Luigi found - hidden by the Boos for Luigi to find, another part of King Boo's sick game.

Luigi is able to finish the fight despite his shock and grief, fueled by the anger King Boo never expected from him. After getting out of the painting the plumber discovers that it is indeed empty, no Mario or anyone else in the portrait.

Heartbroken and guit-ridden, Luigi goes back to Professor E. Gadd's lab and gives him back the Poltergust 3000. He doesn't even want to stay long enough to see what is going to happen to the ghosts. Of course the Professor tries to offer some semblance of comfort, but we all know it's not his forte.

So Luigi leaves, only taking Mario's five items with him. He notices that the mansion has disapeared without a trace. The reality of it all finally hits him, and he practically collapses onto a nearby tree's large root protruding from the ground, putting down the precious items around himself, only leaving the matching red hat and the letter in his hands. He should have known something was off. After all, the Mario he saw in the painting was wearing his hat and both gloves.

Looking at all these items, to his growing horror he can't help but imagine what exactly might have happened to his brother and what his last moments might have been like. He hugs the hat to his chest and rereads Mario's note several times, knowing that the brief warning was his brother's last words to him.

Luigi can do nothing but cry for the beloved brother he couldn't save, desperately wishing it was his warm, living and breathing body pressed to his chest rather than just a couple of his belongings.

But Mario is truly gone, apparently having met such a horrific fate that not even a single part of his body is left in the physical world.

[Good night]

…I'll leave the rest up to your imagination ;) Sorry if I got carried away with my description. Occasionally even I enjoy being a little dramatic, though I'm no writer whatsoever.

Yeah, I'm not apologizing for making this one - I was nicer to Luigi than to his bro, at least here the Mushroom Kingdom and everyone in it (except for Mario lol) is still okay!

But alas,

You can no longer play as Mario (warning: this is a video with sound)

Rest in spaghetti, funny wahoo man.

@federthenotsogreat I'm tagging you because you said you wanted more Mario art like I Was-a Too Late, thought you might like this one too!

@drones-of-innocence Also tagging you because you were interested in my idea.

Edit: Tagging a few more mutuals who might want to see this based on their reaction to my previous angsty work just in case, feel free to ignore. Or ask me to remove the tag if you want, no problem.

@silenzahra (remember, no rush) @c-lavanda @jell-o101 @stripetkattelalala54-gf

@luigixfanxayjay @itsavee4117

And you @giddlygoat just because you have a Luigi's Mansion AU and I thought you might appreciate this... Also because I'm a fan 👉👈

[roseygeearts]

I have made a Starscream design!! :D Took inspiration from some elements I really liked in his G1, TFA, and TFP designs. Really happy with how he came out :>

[z4-rk]

soooo I like ur artstyle a lot and I was wondering if you could draw some Lindsay x Izzy art or some Tyler x Noah art :))

I’m pulling up in the ask box like this

Since u asked so nicely

He just wants to cuddle and kiss his bf

[elise-the-blind]

POV: you try the "We're not so different you and I" line.

So glad everyone agrees that if the siblings ever did return they'd be very interested in the dark eco powers Jak has and try to mess with his head. Too bad Jak follows the law of throw hands first, ask questions later.

Kaaj jumpscare. Keira will not tolerate any tomfoolery.

[comma-tose]

I love the secret Atlas facility under Old Haven, BUT I can't help but think about how cool it would've been to have it somehow be underground beneath Lynchwood, specifically if Nisha had survived instead of dying in borderlands 2.

I feel like there's SO much potential there.

There's a bounty on Fiona's head and they have to go to a town where any crime is punishable by a brutal death and Rhys has Jack in his head who is torn between helping the team get away from Nisha or refusing to work against his girlfriend. Also Jack would've probably told Nisha about the Gortys project at some point while he was alive since he was aware of it and already had a piece so that could've been a plot point as well.

Rhys's choice between Fiona or Jack could've led to either a chase through Lynchwood in Fiona's route or taking control of some of the machines there to kill a bunch of people in Jack's (while avoiding hurting Nisha of course).

Plus when Athena showed up it'd be a chance for her to fight Nisha a bit to stop her from killing the group and for some vague mentions of them working together back on Elpis which could be a bit more foreshadowing towards Athena being wanted by the Crimson Raiders and getting captured later on.

[its-the-sa]

call me a heretic but i really want to make an AU where artificer reconciles with the scavengers.

i mean.., they're a bunch of chaotic, impulsive, scrappy junkyard beasts who love explosions their AI code is written to distinguish between five different types of violence. arti was made for that kind of bullshit. in different circumstances, she'd get along great with them. she probably DID get along great with them before The Incident. she would fit in with them so well if she could just let go of her bigotry.

i just.. really wanna see that happen.

i wanna see her post-game, angry and alone, not understanding why she still feels so hollow. i want to see her isolating herself in metropolis for dozens of cycles, massacring the same scavs over and over, until she eventually starts recognizing them. i want her to gradually start noticing their individual differences. i want her to start wondering what their names are. i want her to start feeling a little bit ashamed whenever she recognizes someone she has killed.

i want to see her stumble across a baby scav one day and want to kill it, but be unable to bring herself to do so. i want her to begrudgingly realize that her maternal instinct is stronger than her hate.

i wanna see her subconsciously start showing mercy to the passive scavs who just want to be left alone, and start exclusively hunting down the crazy trigger-happy ones who fight to the death for shits and giggles. and i want it to gradually start being fun for her, too. i wanna see her participate in casual death matches for sport rather than vengeance. i want the other warriors to gradually warm up to her and invite her to play insane variations of chicken with them. i want her to be bewildered by the realization that she has somehow acquired friends.

i want to see her come to truly, deeply regret her reign of terror. i want to see her grapple with the fact that many of her victims will never forgive her. i want to see her learn to cope and eventually start to forgive herself.

i want to see her reach a place where she's finally able to properly mourn for her pups. i want her friends to show her how to conduct a scav funeral. i want to see her set off ritual explosions and paint memorial glyphs on the walls and string up a pair of blue and green pearls on an altar.

i want to see her fully integrated into scav culture and happy about it i want her to find her best ending in the last place she would've ever thought to look

... is this anything?

[just-blei]

Human Lake but with a top surgery

[themidnightwholistic]

I made these drawings a while ago, but I thought I should still share them :D

I made hmsw sonas !!

Those are the healed/concord/before cacophony designs. Below the cut are their cacophony designs + some additional info. Cw for scars and blood

I couldn't decide who should be blinded and who should be shot at, so I just made a version for both Heart and Mind

Technically speaking, they should all be wearing glasses, but I just don't like drawing them :.]

Heartnight, as I've named xem, not only represents my emotions, but aer also the embodiment of all of my dreams, ambitions, goals, etc. That's why xe look the least like me. I've always wanted to try short hair, but I love my long hair too much to cut it. I've always wanted to dye my hair, but I really don't want to bleach it. That's why ae has galaxy hair. It's also bc I love space. I used to want to be a vampire as a kid. That's why xe have bat wings and fangs. When I first designed aer, ae had a lot more of a casual style. However, I didn't like that. So I changed it.

I'd say Soulnight actually looks the most like me, in the sense that I could actually wear their outfit. I didn't entirely know if they should have a trident, so I decided to just give them a necklace with it as a reference. If I do want them to have one, then the necklace is the trident and can be taken off the necklace chain to become the real thing :D Soulnight represents my identity/personality

Mindnight isn't just my rationality/logic, but she's also my anxieties and controls my fight or flight response. She's very academic. I'm very good at math I love math I actually love learning I just hate school. But, yeah, that's why I gave her a more light/dark academia style. She thinks she's supposed to be the most like me, which is why she had the longest hair of the three. I like to think that, in the cacophony design, she replaces some of herself with metal/robot pieces because her bering human is "against her logical purpose" or smth

Oh, and if you didn't pick up on it already, I split my pronouns between them :D

Mindnight is she/her

Soulnight is they/them

And Heartnight is xe/xem and ae/aer

Though, as I'm used to only being referred to with she/her, I tend to forget that I split my pronouns and call them all she/her :.)

[vassagon]

I think it would be fun and interesting if they said fuck it and did a Joker who is not quirky or an ideological extremist or anything he's just some poor fuck who fell in acid while fighting Batman and got stuck with clown face. He's totally mentally sound, he only wants to get revenge against Batman for ruining his life and also turning him into a clown man. The whole maniacal clown prince of crime thing is just a persona that was gradually constructed by the people around him through rumors, misunderstandings, and unfortunate coincidences. He fucking hates it too. He was content being a low level crook and flying under the radar. He never asked for this. He never asked to be some big shot supercriminal or a twisted beacon of hope for Gotham's evildoers.

All the other members of the rogues' gallery are constantly calling him up to propose team-ups and ask for advice and he's just sitting there wondering how it all came to this. He gets peer pressured into joining the Legion of Doom so now he gets to go sit in a gaudy boardroom with a bunch of weirdos every month just slumped in his chair wishing he could go home.

[cocoalatez]

my headcanon is that pyro is an eldritch horror

[aufgrundlagedeinerlikes]

Die drei fragezeichen aber aus irgend einem Grund sind alle Erwachsenen jetzt Lehrer der Jungs (warum? keine Ahnung)

Cotta: Physik und Mathe, wird von Goodween wegen seiner Fächerwahl gemobbt, constantly müde, braucht 3 Wochen um Schularbeiten zu verbessern, verheiratet mit seiner Kaffeetasse, lässt die Kinder wierde Experimente in Physik machen die definitiv nicht erlaubt sind, trotzdem verhasst weil Mathe, hat die ganze Zeit beef mit justus

Goodween: It's giving Geschichte und Sport, definitiv der Lehrer in dessen raum man die Mittagspause verbringt, irgendwie vertrauenslehrer oder so kommt eh keiner zu ihm weil keinem bewusst ist das so etwas exestiert, lebt in Jeans Und hoodies, Schüler shippen in und Cotta hart, schaut im Geschichte Unterricht immer YouTube Zusammenfassungen, Lieblingslehrer von 50% der Schüler, (Schüler debattieren noch ob er wirklich sein Studium abgeschlossen hat)

Morton: Englisch 100%, würde ihm auch Latein zu trauen, gibt lowkey zu viele Hausaufgaben, 24/7 Tasse Tee in der Hand, hat noch nie jemand ohne Hemd gesehen, nicht ganz sicher ob er aushalb der Schule noch ein Leben hat,

Hugenay: Französisch und ✨Bildnerische Erziehung ✨, macht dich in französisch fertig wenn du Wörter falsch aussprichst, gossipt im kunstunterricht mit den Schülern über seine Kollegen, ✨klassische Musik✨ zum konzentrieren, vielleicht gesuchter Verbrecher? (die Gerüchte sind wild), beef mit Cotta, raucht mit den älteren Schülern hinterm Schulgebäude

[anime-grimmy]

Sooo, as has been evident from me rambling so often about it, I’ve been reading a lot of Genshin fics lately (specifically Sumeru centered ones), and it is so funny to see how headcanons and AUs change between the releases of the characters. 

Ofc, this sticks out to me especially with Haikaveh cos Kaveh got released so late for showing up so early and ppl ran far with their ideas. One of the biggest theories was (and I think still kinda is) is that Alhaitham is or at least is linked to the Scarlet King bcs his eyes have the same shape as the eye portrayed in the Forbidden Knowledge cutscene.

After the quests came out where you find out about King Deshret’s and the Goddess of Flowers’ relationship, ofc ppl started to push Alhaitham and Kaveh in the respective roles, which, ngl, I totally vibe with. Even more so cos I can only image the Goddess of Flowers with Nilou’s kinda personality (since her outfit is supposed to look like the Goddess) and the thought of her reincarnation still being good hearted beyond believe, yet also a fucking idiot with anger issues is so fucking funny.

However, the theory I personally even more subscribe to, is that both Alhaitham and Kaveh, at least in an design aspect, represent the Scarlet King. I cannot by God find the one vid that talked about it, but they laid out a lot of design specifics that rly did make sense. This ofc, made me think a lot about it too.

Alhaitham could represent King Deshret’s mind and rational side, the part of him that made him a genius and good leader. As much as Alhaitham acts as if he sucks as a leader, which from a personality standpoint might be true, his abilities and critical mind say otherwise. Alhaitham is strategic and very wise for his age, but also curious and ambitious about the knowledge he seeks. He is not without fault either, as, despite him saying he acts only out of self interest, he still does act very arrogantly and above others.

Kaveh on the other hand shows King Deshret’s soul. Clever and curious in his own right, Kaveh seeks out knowledge not only to learn and understand but because his emotions drive him to reach for it. Kaveh has a bleeding heart and follows its voice more often than his mind’s, yet that makes him empathetic to people and care about them, which we know the Scarlet King was known for as well (caring for his people, that is). His emotions and self-sacrificial nature are his crux as well, though, and lead him close to his own downfall time and time again, much as it happened with King Deshret.

Both Alhaitham and Kaveh make up the body. As is evident how haywire the theories went when the Forbidden Knowledge quest came out, Alhaitham’s eyes bear a strong physical resemblance to Deshret’s supposed eyes. Not to mention, we know Deshret is often described as powerful, so I wouldn't be surprised if Alhaitham’s body build is part of that too. For Kaveh, in that one video I mentioned they said that Kaveh’s attire seems to represent some sort of royalty. Also, in a world quest, though I don’t remember which one (i think either aranara or djini) the NPC you travel with says the traveler reminds them of King Deshret, especially the golden hair, which ofc also works for Kaveh.

(Mind you, I havent dived that deeply into Deshret lore and I did zone out during the world quests often, so pls do correct me if I say sth stupid.)

So yeah, the two sides of the same coin. We already know these two have been designed as perfect mirrors to each other, in their ideologies, personalities all the way to their colour schemes, but with regarding the headcanon they’re both aspects of the Scarlet King, it’s also an interesting analogy to think it’s Deshret’s different sides clashing with each other. 

Yes, yes they’re basically the Left Brain Right Brain meme for King Deshret.

Also, as I’ve said, I’ve read my fair share of fics with the Scarlet King reincarnation, which is usually Alhaitham. I am honestly too lazy to write a whole ass fic about it, but you can bet your ass my mind has conjured up enough stuff to fill a few pages. To finally get it outta my head tho, I will just ramble here instead.

I personally don’t think that Alhaitham and Kaveh are reincarnations of Deshret, even though it’d make sense why his body and mind would be two separate entities, as he split himself to avoid spreading more Forbidden Knowledge. I see it more as the two being “blessed” with parts of his soul or something.

Ngl, the whole thing came to me during the one World Quest where you clear up the sandstorm above King Deshret’s Mausoleum and you get to this big platform on top. I dunno, it just looked so cool and it made me think of how this could have been a ritual site or something. So, perfect place for some foreign memories to invade your brain, no?

Also, you cannot tell me the Akademiya wasn’t frothing at the mouth when the Mausoleum finally became accessible. I’d assume they’d send research teams up there after the Traveler cleared the place, and it would seem logical for both Alhaitham and Kaveh to be interested in the place, their respective curiosities spurred by the fragment of Deshret inside them.

They and a small group of scholars take it upon themselves to scope the place out, and eventually end up at the top of the pyramid. Kaveh would marvel at such a grand stage so high up in the air, being able to see into the far reaches of the desert. But he also feels trepidation in his soul, though he brushes it off.

Alhaitham and him conduct their respective researches, Alhaitham jutting down any interesting runes and scripts he finds on the podium, while Kaveh sketches the many columns and the scenery behind, his mind running wild trying to understand how such impossible structures hold. But as he stands at the edge, looking out upon the empty desert with its many ruins, a thought pops into his head.

The desert should not be dead like this.

It’s then that Kaveh feels something shift inside him. Sensations rush over him, the sun beating down on him so differently than just moments ago, the air smelling not of sand and dust but of spices and flowers, the stillness of the desert filled with the distant rush of a city well lived in and people calling him yet not shouting his name.

Kaveh stumbles back to the middle of the podium, only for Alhaitham to meet him halfway. They stare at each other with wide eyes, stare at the other but seeing reflections of themselves. Kaveh bores into Alhaitham’s intense gaze, seeing the many questions and the fierce determination to solve each and everyone of them reflect in those piercing pupils of his, and thinks:

Only a gaze as steeled as mine is fit for a king.

Alhaitham roams his eyes over Kaveh, over his golden hair reflecting the sun, making it almost blinding to look at, over proud shoulders, pushed back to straighten his stance, over calloused hands, twitching in the need to create, and thinks:

Only a presence as loud and vibrant as mine can win over my people.

The spell is broken as fast as it had come when one of the scholars of their group asks for their assistance. Kaveh and Alhaitham busy themselves with helping out the rest of the research group for the remainder of the stay to not let those intrusive thoughts resurface and really just hope that it was some weird hallucination caused by the heat or dehydration or something.

Lucky them, it wasn’t.

And really, all this fancy dressing in the form of a story just to come to the one headcanon stuck in my head:  If both Alhaitham and Kaveh are the Scarlet King, and they were to inherit his memories, I believe they’d experience them differently.

Alhaitham would have tangible memories, thoughts that’d pop into his head unbridled. He’d see the tension between Desert folk and the people of the forest and think “This is not what we fought for.”. He’d run across Cyno, discuss matters of the Akademiya with him and think “As competent and loyal as ever, just as is to be expected of my General.”. He’d meet with Nahida and think “No matter the shape she takes, her wisdom remains the same.”.

Kaveh on the other hand would experience the memories with sensations. He’d witness a fight between the matra and Emerites and be transported to a battlefield, as countless shouts and clanking metal were heard while the unmistakable taste of blood sat heavy on his tongue. He’d look at scholars disassembling a Primal Construct and his hands would itch for his tools while his heart sped up in excitement, even if Kaveh knew his knowledge of such machines was limited. He’d watch Nilou dance in the Grand Bazar and almost buckle under the mix of elation, yearning and unfathomable grief that overtook him.

(it would also be funny the other way around, as in, experience the memories with the parts “missing” from them. Though Kaveh, being the overthinker he is, would have an easier time cos his head is filled all the time with thoughts anyways. Alhaitham would have a real crisis though lmao)

At the end of the day they’d come home to each other, stand face to face and stare into a mirror of themselves, all the while the edges would start to blur and it’d become increasingly difficult to know where one of them started and the other ended.

I dunno where I’d even go with this story, in all honesty. I personally don’t like the kinda fics where King Deshret actually “awakens” and either takes over or integrates into the person he wakes up as. I think I’d push a story like this more into the territory of this experience making the two learn more about themselves and each other. As in, since they both “derive from” the same person, even if they’re steadfast in their own beliefs, they’re kinda forced to actually see from the other perspective as well. While this would probably lead to even more arguments, I believe it’d also manage to blunt their edges and while they still can’t agree with each other, they understand and therefore don’t always go on the defensive with counter points at the ready. 

Tho, if both are considered King Deshret, would that count as self-cest.

[v3eil]

Brain thought "wouldn't be sick to have Kris acutally cast magic idk Noelle's or something"

I think I went a little too far.

Idk what to say. Theyre just weird redesigns.