#FIRST BYTE

[automatonknight]

some oc references yay

[saturnsickle]

Margo Kess!

[yaeggravate]

shadows of the mountains wq spoilers

...there's a quest in natlan where you have to reinforce a seal that was placed on the abyss and we find out there were two khaenri'ahn soldiers who went there to trap the abyss underneath...along with themselves...

in the end, you have to defeat them to grant them peace and one of the knights says this, before and after he's freed:

(There is a hint of respect toward someone remaining within...)

"Your orders have been carried out. You won't be disappointed."

... HELLO!? HE WAS FOLLOWING SOMEONE'S ORDERS? IS HE TALKING ABOUT DAINSLEIF OR ANFORTAS THIS IS VITAL

yes those are the black serpent knights HOWEVER one of the knights of the schwanenritter, ynghildr, who turned into a husk, also used the SAME model as the windcutter dude seen above so all knights probably wear the same armor and belong to the royal guard (i think the schwanenritter was simply a division led by anfortas. remember they mentioned in perinheri that there was an alberich who was the commander of half the knights.)

also. ONE OF ANFORTAS' RUIN GOLEMS IS LITERALLY RIGHT NEXT TO NATLAN 💀

i don't think the knight meant irmin or dainsleif cause irmin was busy tearing up that veilussy and we actually know what dainsleif's last orders were: protect the people of khaenri'ah.

which is not what these knights were doing. they went to natlan to prevent the calamity from spreading, presumably on their superior's orders. anfortas.... ANFORTAS SPEAK TO ME I KNOW IT'S YOU

[kairukitsuneo]

Workplace Hazard⚠️

[retrocgads]

UK 1987

[keeps-ache]

look me in the eye; i'm dizzy

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[galfromearth-22191]

Margo HC’s

• Changes her hairstyle MID battle

• Braids, Afro’s, Butterfly locs, minor twists, give her all the natural hairstyles

• Rarely does anything without music in the Bg (mostly 90’s girlies or rnb girlies)

• Played The Sims growing up which is how she knew what she wanted for her spider avatar

• Enjoys the more softer, chill games, got more into action games when she did become Spider-byte

• Her spider training came from games 100%

• Because she learned so many combat moves in her Avatar form, that rubbed off into real life

• Her and Lyla enjoy having gossip sessions and play around with the CC options for silly photos

• Uses her avatar to try on hairstyles that she wears in real life

• Eats a cup of ice occasionally

• Certified hacker

• Her favorite chips are Fritos, but she does love Doritos

•Tech savvy

•Controversial: Had a brief senior crush on Hobie, but tries not to think about that time

[ghost-qwq]

ok here's an art dump... I haven't been posting because i forgor </3

I love my ocs guys haha.......... what in da world....

[isame-allen]

Wanted to make em family cuz why not

[aaronymous999]

GUYS I JUST HAD A THOUGHT- Uhhh CW for abuse mentions here, goes a little in detail be careful and look out for your mental health.

Of course Margo’s home life isn’t confirmed, she could just have parents with a strained relationship who argue or they could just be awful parents- the latter of which I interpret more as I think on a thematic level it provides something that Spider-Man stories don’t often get, and also ties her in a way as being Miguel’s tech support girl because in the comics, Miguel has a horrible mother. I was thinking about Margo scenes and… I came to the scene where Margo chooses not to stop the Go Home Machine. On my first 3 viewings of the movie, I always interpreted it as just, Margo agreeing with Miles or being sympathetic towards him. But my brainrot can never let things be that simple so… what if Margo saw herself in a way. In this scene, Miguel is trying to CLAW into a space that should be safe and contained, where Miles is trying to escape and he’s scared. He’s really scared. And it made me think- what if here Margo saw a lot of herself in Miles here. Escaping off into being Spider-Byte in her bedroom and her parents trying to break down her door or yelling at her for locking it, which is a rather common experience, abusers trying to remove any sense of escape, safety or privacy. ( Of course not saying Miguel is an abuser here, it’s not a direct analogy and is just an emotional response of Margo’s. )

I headcanon here that Margo sees herself in Miles, a scared kid trying to escape. And in this moment, she lets him escape, he gets an opportunity that at home she doesn’t really have. Of course it’s never explored in this movie but on another note- I can see Margo being jealous or guilty of her home situation in comparison to other Spiders. Miles has loving parents, Gwen has a complex relationship with her dad but they still love each other, and Peter’s parents are dead, along with Uncle Ben. Margo on the other hand, has two living parents, there’s no mutual love, and there’s no Aunt May to save her and take care of her. She just has shitty parents and maybe she feels she has no right to complain when most of her colleagues parents are straight up dead. Just an idea- but it makes me wonder if maybe she and Miguel kind of bond over this? Being the only few Spiders on my radar that probably have/have an abusive parent(s). I think Margo is pretty smart, not that the Spiders who believe in canon aren’t, but I think Margo has logically thought about the canon. I don’t think she believes in it because she just doesn’t seem like the type of person to, but I think she had no reason to oppose it until Miles came along. The Spider Society is a safe place for her after all, and maybe it’s a place where she can bond with a parental figure in Miguel. But when Miles arrives she realizes something, maybe it’s not so safe. And maybe Miguel and the society aren’t as good as she thought them to be. Her initial betrayal of Miguel is an emotional reaction but I think further thinking cements her into joining Gwen’s side.

This kind of devolved into several Margo interpretations and headcanons- but yeah I have lots of thoughts on her. She better get more screentime next movie.

[satureja13]

After a few rounds, when Saiwa eventually was fully awake, Jeb calmed down and they both sorted out their thoughts, they sat down beneath the blossoming cherry trees.

Saiwa: “Jeb, I thought about it. About starting to love ourselves to get over our past and be together again. I will do it. I would do anything.”

Jeb: “It will be hard work... but I will do it too. I want to be with you and become the person that is worth to be loved by you.”

But I'll never do it better than I do it with you So long, so long And I would do anything for love Oh, I would do anything for love I would do anything for love but I won't do that I won't do that

I Would Do Anything For Love - Meat Loaf

(When I was researching for this song, I found out that Meat Loaf had died last year. I loved him so much. Not only for his music - he also starred in two of my favourite movies of all times. The Rocky Horror Picture Show and Roadie.)

(TMI: this is so cute that Jeb wears a Freezer Bunny pattern and Saiwa a llama on his jacket. Reminds me of the painting from Luci over Ji Ho’s bed ;)

From the Beginning   ~  Underwater Love   ~  Latest

[duckapus]

One day, when Abyssal happens to be in the SM64 universe, Emulator notices something very obviously off with her. So, of course, she approaches with all the subtlety she's capable of.

"Hey Abby, how's it hangin'?"

The Admin is understandably startled by the somehow-still-slightly-taller woman suddenly appearing next to her, and -with her balance rather understandably being off in her current state- she nearly falls over before Emmy puts a hand on her back to support her.

Which shouldn't have been possible, considering what's supposed to be back there.

"Whoops. Sorry about that."

"I-it's fine," she gets her feet back under her and brushes herself off, then smiles at her friend, "I should really be used to that by now, anyway."

"Still," she shrugs, then steps back a bit and makes a small show of briefly looking Abyssal over, "So, that's a new look. You just trying something new, or..."

Abyssal's smile becomes a bit forced as her shoulders twitch, instincts trying to flex muscles that should be there but aren't, and her hand goes up to her chest to fiddle with an edge that doesn't currently exist, "You, ah... noticed that, huh?"

Emmy's face twists into some cross between a grin and a wince, "bit hard not to. I mean the cloak is one thing but you're missing limbs here."

Indeed, Abyssal's wings are completely absent, and her cloak has gone from being open at the front if not for the clasp and belt to only having openings at the top, bottom and sleeves. It's a massive change, and not one she looks even remotely comfortable with.

She keeps fiddling with the front of her...well it's more of a robe now, really, "Well, uh, you know my model's been changing a little ever since the incident."

A nod, "Yeah, I noticed the growth spurt."

"Well, recently I got something a little more...drastic than that. I'm not sure if it's a side-effect from Sora breaking my connection to... It, or if it's just me being more comfortable with myself, but I'm starting to get...uh...an accent color, I guess?"

"You saw black and backslid a little, didn't you?" it's clear from her tone, that it's not an accusation, though it is mostly rhetorical.

Abyssal groans in frustration and leans heavily on Emmy's shoulder, "God I hate this. I'm free now, I'm supposed to be getting better, but I still feel like I have to hide even though everyone already knows!" she doesn't stop the (mostly angry) tears from falling as she's pulled into a hug, "I hate that that thing still has so much power over me..."

"Hun, you had to deal with that for almost a decade and a half. Nobody's gonna judge you for needing time, or for stumbling a few times as you go," a certain stick figure comes to mind, and she adds, "well, nobody who matters at least."

"I know that, I just..." she huffs in annoyance, either at the situation or herself, and gently pulls herself out of the hug, "My wings just got back to full strength and now-" her arms wave out before flopping down to her sides, "I just...I know pushing myself before I'm ready is usually a bad idea, but maybe I need just a little push this time? Maybe if one other person saw them?"

Emulator gives it some serious thought...for a few moments, then shrugs, "Well, if you're up for it. Let's see 'em!"

Abyssal blinks, a bit startled, and suddenly looks apprehensive, "Wait, like right now? With you?"

"Of course! Better to do it now while you've still got the nerve worked up, right?"

"Well, yeah, that makes sense, but uh...are you sure? 'Cause we're dealing with, you know, pink and black here. And you've kind of got a pretty good reason for... possibly not reacting well to that combo?"

Emmy shrugs, "True, but that's still an 'if.' And if I do turn out to have that kind of hangup, it'll be my problem for me to work through. You shouldn't have to keep hurting yourself just to accommodate an issue I might not even have."

When she still doesn't look fully convinced, Emmy sighs, switching to her rarely used full-voice-acting mode, "Abyssal, do you remember when we first met?"

Abyssal nods hesitantly, not sure where this is going.

"It was the day this place got activated, and just about everything that could go wrong, had. And then, when they saw me, every single Admin, even Domain and Forum when they finally woke up, wrote me off as just one more point on their long list of problems -and some of them kept thinking that for a long time. I know even CPU thought of me as an occasional headache at best as recently as a little over a year ago.

"Every one of them, except you. You looked at me and you saw another person, one who'd been thrown into an impossible situation and had no idea what was going on, and you walked right up and introduced yourself and asked me if I was okay. You were the first person to ever decide I was actually worth the effort, and that meant everything to me. It still does.

"That's why I want to do this with you. That's why, even if this does turn out to hit one of my trauma buttons (still an 'if' there, by the way), I'm still going to be as supportive as possible. You're worth the effort too, and if you'll let me I'll do whatever I can to make you believe that because I know you probably don't yet."

"I-" Abyssal chokes on her words, not knowing what to say to all that, then swallows and shakes her head, getting a determined gleam in her eye, "Okay. Let's do this."

There's a brief moment of hesitation, and then her form shimmers, her usual model's details slowly overriding the current one. When it's over her cloak is back to normal (though the belt is loose, revealing a small glimpse of whatever outfit she wears underneath, her top noticeably darker than the last time Emmy got a peek of it), and her wings arc gracefully over her shoulders, seeming a little larger than they'd been before, and Emulator gasps when she sees the new pattern that had caused so much grief.

"Oh, Abby, they're beautiful."

Huh. That definitely wasn't the reaction she'd been expecting, "They- really?"

She pulls one of them forward, trying to see whatever it is her friend is seeing, and blinks in surprise. What had looked like black in her peripheral vision back then is actually a very dark purple which seems to glisten in the midday sun, at certain angles even seeming to sparkle like there are little flecks of starlight caught in it. The new color is mainly on her primary flight feathers, going almost halfway down each one on the topside and only forming a narrow chevron at the tip on the bottom, with an irregular scattering of small splotches on the rest of the wing. The more she looks at it, the more she comes to agree with Emulator's assessment.

She lets out a huff that's almost a laugh, grinning, "Got all worked up for nothing, huh?"

"Not nothing. You saw something that reminded you of a time you were hurt, you're allowed to be upset about that."

"Yeah, I know. Just hard to remember that sometimes," now she really does laugh a little, "I feel like it should be weird that you're mothering me when I'm older than you."

Emmy smirks, "You know as well as I do that that doesn't mean shit in this group."

"Fair enough."

There's a comfortable silence for a little while, until Abyssal finds herself staring wistfully up at the sky. Her wingtips twitch almost imperceptibly, but Emulator still takes notice.

"How long?"

"...A few weeks, I think," she looks over, clearly yearning but not wanting to just leave her friend behind.

Emmy shoots her back an understanding smile, "You're not made to be stuck on the ground, Abby. You know what you need."

There's another hug, thanking her for things words simply can't express, and then in a few wingbeats she's off, soon becoming nothing but a pink speck swooping around among the clouds, reveling in her rediscovered freedom.

[rainbyte]

OHHHH I'm so mentally ill about them he l p

[birdboy-blues]

That awkward moment when you're just trying to test your game and you get a concerning looking spider bite amirite

[retrocgads]

UK 1987

[tenpoints4andy]

8-bit boi