#I personally really like Pearl’s portal

[unfortunatelyphoenix]

So I had another idea that I wanna share, btw I still know barely anything about either fandom and am going off fanfics for info. Also I'm really tired rn so don't expect everything to make sense.

After a nasty accident the portal blew up with the explosion being so big it would've destroyed the entire planet and Ghost Zone if Danny hadn't managed to absorb the majority of the blast, but with how much power it had been Danny wasn't able to completely stop the destruction and was sent into a centuries long coma to heal with Clockwork and Frostbite putting the energy (both his and everything he was able to absorb from the blast) into a large pearl-like object and storing it into some ancient ruins to help protect him. But despite having taken so much of the force humanity was pretty much given a hard reset in advancements and created metas.

Now, centuries later, the JL hear of a villain (idk who) having pinpointed the location of an extremely dangerous magic artifact that could send everything back by centuries if not outright destroy the planet and obviously go to stop them, with a 10 year old Damien who is determined to become Robin managing to catch a ride and sneak along with them. Somehow Damien ends up in a position where he's between the villain and the artifact and is severely hurt, but he refuses to give up and the fighting makes a ruckus, enough of a ruckus that Danny wakes up.

Danny, who has absorbed all of the energy into is own being and now looks like some sort of animal-like creature, wakes up to see an adult hurting a kid so badly it looks like their gonna kill him and immediately goes into hero mode to save the child. Thanks to pretty much having the power of several Tsar Bombs now, easily finishes the fight and quickly starts panicking over the small injured child and does his best to use his powers to heal the kid whose barely even conscious.

At some point of Danny's frantic mother-hen-ing one of the JL members, who is also really injured, manages to get to the room to stop the villain only to find the villain unconscious, what looks to be a brand new Robin barely conscious, the artifact missing, and some sort of monster that looks to be made of space, shadows, and ice panicking over the small child and quickly getting protective once noticing the other person and putting itself between the JL member and the hurt kid to protect him, seemingly shape-shifting to appear more dangerous.

After somehow calming the thing down (which was pretty difficult due to a language barrier) the JL and JLD come to the conclusion that somehow the magic artifact must've reacted to Damien and bonded with him since it's refusing to leave his side.

Danny on the other hand thinks he's been out for maybe a month max and was transported to a different universe thanks to the existence of powers, superheroes, and the very prominent language barrier between them. He just hopes that this strangely stabby child calms down soon so he can find his way into the Ghost Zone so he can return to his family and haunt.

[desertduo-but-everywhere]

[that-weird-thing-in-the-woods]

Sup I’m back to feed you gremlins 

🏺⚔️💗Aphrodite Danny and Ares Phantom💗⚔️🏺

So if you’re been here long enough you’ll realize this as one of my first ever au and for some of my newer readers I’ll explain but before I do I just have to say Danny and Phantom are two very different people and now I can explain let’s go

After a few months after Danny being ‘Phantom’ Danny starts to feel… protective of himself???  Which is weird but ok it’s probably his imagination but over the course of a few weeks it gets weirder not bad weird but weird nonetheless like when he goes ghost it feels like he’s not really the one in control of his body and sometimes when the other ghosts get to rough with him he can hear a voice yell but not really being able to tell what its saying and Danny like Danny do is just kinda ignoring all this stuff because it feels nice..? Like being in a protective hug and knowing the person hugging you will kill for you if it makes you happy and all is well

and good until his parents see him transformed in to phantom they knock him out and bring him to their lab and after a few weeks jazz finds out what is happening ( Maddie and Jack told her that they had Danny go to something I didn’t really know what they would say ) And get him out of his restraints and turns on the portal or well try’s to because at that moment Maddie and Jack and a whole fight goes on well Danny is trying to get the portal working and Maddie unfortunately gets a good shot at Danny as he turns it on and causing him to get thrown in and it makes the portal ( that has enough energy to take out this universe ) and it does that exact thing it takes out Danny OG universe (✨ANGST✨ and not that Danny knows that right now ) considering Danny is knocked TF out again but this time it feels different like he unconsciously knows whatever is holding him will protect him with their whole core….

And Danny wakes up a few weeks later [ he really needs to stop passing out it’s starting to get annoying ] and looks around the room? Well it looks like a room it’s big and spacious it also looks a Greek temple bedroom with large marble pillars that indicate windows { you get the image} and now that Danny looks around he sees that his laying on a frankly to big bed and it has a large canopy with fabric as Danny looks around someone enters the room and leans against the wall and looks at Danny with a soft smile and as Danny looks in their direction he sees…Phantom but he looks different he’s wearing Greek style armor [and looking HOT in Danny’s eyes so he’s a blushing mess for a hot minute] and as he makes eye contact with Phantom it feels like he and Danny have known each other for as long as they’ve existed and a few shenanigans happen and would you look that that a couple who are deeply in love with each other.

And for what Danny and Phantom are they are the New Ancients of Love and Protection respectively {yes I’ve decided to change Danny to the Ancient of love}

And Now to what inspired this thing in the first place and that would be the God Games song it goes to hard anyway if you listened to it you can tell Athena has to convince the gods to let odysseus go and I thought “ what if I turned this into dc X dp and what tf is this??” Proceeds Down the rabbit hole that is pitch pearl and now you all have this word vomit I call a post and before I ramble even more let’s get to the DC part before this gets to long

Now for the DC part someone gets on the bad side of one of the Ancients and gets got and now the JL has to convince some of the Ancients you know like ( clockwork, frostbite, pandora etc) and of course Danny and phantom are there as the Aphrodite and ares part of the song. And that’s all I can think of the DC first the moment now on to the details of Danny and Phantom

For Danny I’m thinking something like this

Looking all majestic and shit ( also just imagine that his hair is black)

Also just a pic of phantom and Danny

They have the healthiest relationship you’ll ever see

And also if you want to make this as mom Danny you can have Dani and Dan as Phobos and Deimos just ima thought { forgot to add this in the beginning }

Anyway I hope you guys like this { P.S will add more if I feel like it} byeeee

[zillychu]

woke up from a dead sleep last night realizing I could make soroku flavored pitch pearl and no one could stop me

edit: you know what? I'm feral and I won't apologize. more under the cut bc this is my house

I slammed this out all at once so I apologize for the quality but I'm having EMOTIONS

so imagine. bc of the way Danny was quickly resuscitated, his ghost only barely started forming. With the excess blast of ectoplasm from the portal being created, that little whisp was given form even after Danny's soul returned to his body.

except this ghost (Phantom) slowly comes into consciousness while trapped in Danny's body. they're separate entities sharing one body, but Phantom doesn't really have a sense of self right away. he pieces together vague fragments of Danny's memory to get a basic understanding of the world, and is mostly just observing like a backseat passenger.

Phantom starts reflexively protecting Danny, his powers and instincts bleeding through when his emotions are high. Danny doesn't really transform, and his personality doesn't totally shift that much at first because Phantom’s mind isn't complex yet. but as time goes on, and Danny has tense conversations with ghosts, Phantom realizes that's what he is. he's a ghost, somehow trapped in his old body. and even now, this early on, he already feels separate. he doesn't have all the memories Danny has.

this slowly turns into horror. into rage. sorrow, mourning a life he never got and will never get to have. forever trapped behind the eyes of someone else, never able to interact with the world. Phantom's rage eventually boils over until it allows him short bursts of taking over Danny's body. it starts out small–a stray hand moving without his consent, knees locking up, ghost abilities going awry. Danny can start feeling emotions that don't belong to him. get vague impressions, almost hears a voice inside him.

and eventually, Phantom is able to fully take over. this is when Danny “transforms". at first, Danny blacks out because his consciousness isn't used to being shoved into the back seat. but eventually, he's awake for these “episodes", trapped in the back of his mind while Phantom controls his body. this only happens when ghost stuff is happening, when Phantom feels threatened enough. he's not protecting Danny, he's protecting himself. Phantom knows instinctively that if Danny dies, he dies too. he's not a normal ghost, he wouldn't be freed. he'd simply disappear.

at one point after a fight, Phantom can feel Danny struggling to take back control. and he talks to Danny for the first time, acknowledges he's there. asks how it's fair that Danny is the one that gets to exist. but Phantom is tired and weak, he slips back into the passenger seat.

over the next few days, he's able to start talking to Danny even while he's not driving. though he's not chatty, it's only when necessary. and Danny knows, can feel it across the link between them–Phantom hates him. the ghost he created is desperate to find a way to take over completely. and as time goes on, Danny realizes with horror that it might actually be possible for Phantom to do that. he grows stronger every day, can stay transformed longer, controls Danny's body with much more ease.

it's only through a chance meeting with Frostbite that Danny and Phantom fully learn what happened to them. Danny feels sympathetic towards Phantom now. this isn't a malevolent ghost, it's a person who was never given the chance to live. who's trapped. who has to watch someone else live a life they're just as deserving of.

and Phantom feels that emotion from Danny. is so shocked by it, he doesn't know how to handle it at first. it takes him a while to contemplate, to talk to other ghosts like Frostbite. until one day, Phantom realizes… he feels sympathy for Danny, too.

neither of them asked for this. both of them deserve to live. Danny didn't do anything wrong. they're both villains to each other's story. and if anything… doesn't Phantom owe his life to Danny in the first place?

Phantom takes over less often. Danny doesn't feel hatred from him anymore. anger, yes–but not aimed at him. in fact, Phantom starts controlling their body in little ways in order to protect Danny from things that aren't even dangerous. just to avoid pain that would only affect the human tethered to him.

it isn't long before they're separated, either thanks to another ghost or Danny's parents. they're thrown apart in the middle of a horrific fight, and when Danny sees Phantom's equally shocked expression, he's terrified.

this ghost that hated him for so long–at best, Phantom would leave him defenseless. at worst, surely some part of Phantom still wants to kill him for stealing away his chance for autonomy.

and yet, when fire rains down on them, Phantom risks it all to grab Danny and get them both to safety. they're still both shaken and stunned this is even happening, but Phantom is able to nervously be like shit shit shit okay stay here don't go anywhere or I can't protect you, okay?

after the fight is over and dust settles, Phantom offers Danny his hand. they stare at each other and god if this isn't the weirdest thing. like, uh, okay, what now? they decide to go see Frostbite, who confirms that they're fully separate now. they ask if there's any chance of merging again and Frostbite assures it's impossible.

Phantom asks, even if I overshadowed Danny? or stay real close? yes, it's nothing to worry about. they leave, and back in the quiet of Danny's room, they talk. Phantom isn't sure what to do. now that opportunity is in front of him, he feels paralyzed. Danny does his best to let Phantom know that… they might be separate now, but if he ever wants help or even just a friendly ear, he's here for him.

Phantom is quiet for a while. then says maybe he just needs to rest first. he'll think about it tomorrow. they're both exhausted and injured. Phantom asks quietly… if he could rest in Danny for the night.

Danny's shocked, and–really confused. Phantom blushes and is like I don't know what my haunt is yet, I don't know where to go, but I know… you're kind of my home. now that I know I can leave whenever I want, it's not something bad anymore. I miss feeling your heart next to my core, just a little bit.

and Danny is just as surprised when Phantom overshadows him, then quietly nestles into the passenger seat again. he didn't realize how he got used to feeling Phantom with him. it's a feedback loop of contentedness, and Danny sleeps easily. (they also find out while sharing a body, Danny gets to reap the benefits of Phantom's supernatural healing)

anyway that's all I got for now thank u for coming to my ted talk

[utilitycaster]

The thing that gets me abt the framework of downfall and the way Ludinus(and some ppl in the tags who seemingly are trying really hard to roleplay Ludinus) read it is that they're like "look at how the gods meddled and laid low to destroy this bastion of human achievement, they had no right and should have let themselves be systematically exterminated/have the world burn instead" when. Setting aside the revelation that the gods who struck down Aeor made themselves mortal to do it-- as in, they were on the exact playing fields of humans when they made their move and it wasn't some huge peacocking of power against upstart humans to strike them out of the sky-- the Divergence is going to happen. We KNOW the Divergence is going to happen. The gods are going to create the divine gate and remove any chance that they can ever do something like this again. "Blaugh, look at them meddle and plot-" and? Whatever they do, we know that the sun will shine once more. Melora, as brutal as she is as the starved Asha, will plant a tree of hope in the most destroyed wastes of Wildemount. And they will ensure that the suffering they wrought in the calamity, in Aeor, can never ever repeat the same way they had done it. Which is a HELL of a lot more than can be said for Ludinus who is actively reviving every cycle he can

first off "some ppl in the tags who seemingly are trying really hard to roleplay Ludinus" took me OUT so thank you for that.

I just reblogged a post with a quote from Cooldown that I think is really relevant in understanding the whole story of the gods and how we got to this point but like, just to summarize (and debunk a few things, hopefully) from the beginning of the episode to the end re: the life of the gods:

Gods (possibly aspects of the Luxon?) crash-landed on Exandria BECAUSE of what is all but outright said to be Predathos.

As far as I can tell, no deals were made between the gods and the Titans. The only person who has said this from what I can tell is Asmodeus, who I would not consider a reliable source of truth. Or rather: one might have been made but there's no corroboration that I know of.

They created the people of Exandria and sealed away Predathos both prior to the Schism

The Schism occurred when the Titans decided to attack the people (which to be clear - the people had been there for long enough to build that weird ruin on Ruidus with a portal, like, I would love to know what prompted the fight of the Schism since it had pretty clearly been millennia of coexistence).

The Betrayers decided the move was to leave and start over, and the Primes felt that was a dereliction of duty to the people. That's what the quote is about - it's about the fact that Erathis's motivation for being a Prime Deity isn't "mortals are my blorbos!" it's "we have an obligation to our creations" and more generally that the Prime Deities are invested in their domains for the overall good of Exandria but not necessarily the specific good of Aeor. (Taliesin follows it up with (as Melora) "You'd have to tear me from this fucking planet" w/r/t the idea that you cannot, in fact, destroy your bad first draft simply because it would be more convenient to you.)

Betrayers get sealed, unsealed, events of EXU Calamity occur (notably: the titans are all dead. you can fight about whether this was just or right later but they're gone and killing other people won't bring them back; the titans are largely used as a pearl-clutching prop by people with no arguments that are perhaps actually relevant to the current situation), and perhaps 50 or 60 years into the conflict the gods call a truce re: Aeor's Obtenebrator and commit to decades of living as mortals (and therefore limiting themselves considerably)

And so here we are

And I think this really gets to the point. Because ultimately, the argument in favor of leaving Aeor be is "when someone points a gun at you, lay down and die" and the argument in favor of the Betrayers is "when someone tells you to abandon your (living) obligations for them, do so." The former is despairing and nihilistic and the latter selfish and, well, a betrayal.

There is something profoundly nihilistic about Ludinus, for all he talks about freeing people and a better world. He's destroyed a city of innocents. He's indoctrinated hundreds if not thousands of people and many of them have died in his service; he's the architect of an empire and many wars in its name and is actively working with a second one. He's been killing fey and he's even physically given himself over to the cause. There is no crime or sin people attribute to the gods that he has not done himself in measures beyond nearly every other mortal. Like, I really think he's at a point where he just is unwilling to "lose" even though he has a friendless life and a legacy of violence and has destabilized the entire world and the weave of magic itself. I think he has to believe there's something on this Occultus Thalamus for him because if there isn't, he, like the Prime Deities, probably can't just pick up and start over. All he has left is to give in to just letting the world burn in the hopes that at least he gets the satisfaction of what he hates burning with him.

Basically, sounds like a rough time to try to roleplay him in the tags.

Something else you (and others) bring up is that amid all the "history is written by the victors" the story of Aeor and of the gods has actually painted them as far harsher. The story doesn't say that they were first chased to Exandria unwillingly and did not come in conquest; the story, as this post notes, evokes vast divine might striking down a city from the heavens and not like, living in fragile mortal forms during one of the most dangerous times in history and arguing amongst each other over how they can save both themselves and Aeor and if that's even possible. Like, even if you see the gods as the victors of this story rather than simply the survivors, the "unedited" version of the story makes them far more sympathetic.

You also mention the Divine Gate and that's a really interesting thing to me because the existing status quo of Exandria is actually remarkably nascent if you think about it. The Founding had gods, titans, and mortals. Post Schism had the Prime deities and mortals (and it is worth noting this is when the people of Exandria became the most technologically advanced; you want to talk about the Titans and Betrayers, you need to cover that the price of the wonders of the Age of Arcanum was that they were not present). Calamity had all the gods and mortals again, and the current era is the first where the gods are behind the gate. It's kind of a compromise between all the things that have tried to destroy one another - Betrayers and Primes are separated but all are free within their realms and can indirectly contact mortals; technically, so can Predathos. None can directly be on Exandria. Is it ideal? No. It's a compromise, and the sealed can become unsealed (which, consistently, goes very badly) but it's the option that doesn't involve the total annihilation of anyone. Ludinus seeks, by setting off this horrible cycle again, to undo that fragile imperfect compromise with a goal of wholesale slaughter. He provides no option for the gods other than "die by my hand" when even some of the gods were desperately trying to find other options for Aeor as of a day prior to its destruction. He's simply wallowed in his trauma for centuries, becoming colder and more unfeeling and less empathetic and more arrogant than the gods he accuses of the same flaws.

[piratecaptainscaptainpirates]

PCCP's 2024 multi-chapter fic roundup

I just wanted to take a moment here to celebrate some of my favorite multi-chapter fics I wrote in 2024! I have had so much joy in writing these and sharing them, and if you're looking for something to read, maybe give one of them a shot?

"Seabird, Fly Home" is my favorite fic I wrote this year. This is a reincarnation fic with heavy themes of grief, loss, and mourning, in which paranormal investigators Ed and Stede uncover the mystery behind their past lives. Very angsty but with a very happy ending. Rated M, 57k words.

"Star Waka" was the last multi-chapter fic I wrote this year and another stand-out favorite. Centered around ideas of identity, community, and learning to love being alive after you've given up on it, this is a sci-fi space trucker au. When starship captain Ed is assigned to mentor newbie captain Stede after a failed suicide attempt, he's able to come home to himself. Rated M, 55k words, and I think this fic really proves how much I've grown as a writer this year.

"Where We Belong: a Duet" is a former hitman!Ed au, and the longest fic I wrote this year. You like whump? Stede joyfully learning to Do Crimes? Then this one's for you! After stumbling onto Stede's doorstep after a last case gone wrong, all Ed wants is a quiet life, but as Stede tries to keep the peace only to find trouble constantly brewing on the horizon, they have to work for their happy ending. Rated E, 115k words.

"On a Bright Day, Next Week" started out as a Portal 2 au and took on a life of its own! In this sci-fi au, Stede wakes up in the cryosleep lobby at Queen Anne Research Laboratories, and must work with the erratic AI system ED to uncover the mystery of what happened there. Rated M, 54k words.

"This Sudden Burst of Sunlight" is such a special fic, centered around depressed, heavily suicidal Ed choosing to live after he's given up on a happy ending. Very angsty but so happy at the end! Rated E, 72k words.

"Dear Ed, Again" is such a fun fic and I just love it! When punk rockstar Ed and freshly-out Stede decide to run away from their lives together, they fake a relationship to prove to everyone in their lives that they're better off alone. As they heal with each other, they discover there's so much love still waiting for them. Rated E, 78k words.

"My Ocean Deep" was my first fic of 2024! This actual kraken!Ed au is sweet, whumpy, and has a super happy ending. Featuring cryptid hunter Stede teaming up with Ed, who just happens to be the kraken they're looking for, with lots of crew hijinks and perhaps my favorite Ned Low ever (what if he was just a really fucked-up marine biologist?) Rated E, 65k words.

"If I Get Lost Along the Way" is one I personally re-read often. After getting out of a string of abusive relationships, Ed meets Stede, they hit it off after going to key his ex's car at the same time, and they help each other learn to build a life they're excited to live. Rated E, 75k words.

"Everything That Rises Must Converge" is the shortest on this list, but I think it still hits hard! This is a twist on the post-s2 spitefic genre, with Ed being convinced their inn is haunted and their happy ending is crumbling apart, and as he unpacks his fear and allows himself to feel safe for the first time, their house shifts from a source of terror into a home. Rated M, 6k words.

"Sounds Like Pearls" is my first foray into writing age regression fic! More than anything, this fic is a character study into Ed's childhood trauma and its lingering effects, but it also has plenty of fluff, cute little!Ed moments, and healing for both Ed and Stede. Rated T, 44k words.

"Ed and Stede's Super Special Top Surgery Vlogs" is a step away from my usual prose style, as this fic is told entirely through videos on Stede's YouTube channel as he and Ed go through the process of Ed's top surgery. Very personal and filled with trans joy! Rated T, 19k words.

Thank you so, so much for everyone who's read along with any one of these fics! They've all been a joy and a pleasure to share. <3

[soratsuart]

Random TDP thought but I very much enjoyed that the animal sidekicks all have distinctive personalities and are characters of their own to a certain point instead of just being kinda there and serving as comedic relief sometimes.

Like. Many shows will just give characters animal sidekicks for the sake of it and not do much with them with counted exceptions (looking at you The Owl House, I love the palismen but other than Flapjack most of them didn't do much, not even Luz's). In TDP, meanwhile we are introduced to Bait from episode 1 and he's always had a very distinct personality even before the reveal that Ezran can understand animals (thus allowing for better chances at having animals express themselves and giving them personalities).

Bait is grumpy and rolls his eyes at the kids antics a lot, but he undoubtedly loves them all a lot and tries to help them to the best of his ability, be it by acting as a comforting presence when they're sad, literally acting in the face of danger (as part of a plan or otherwise) to help them or doing silly things to cheer them up like helping Callum cheer up Rayla in s7. He also has his own stuff going on, tho! I enjoy how easily jealous he gets of all the other animals (or dragon) when he first meets them only to eventually warm up to them and protect them or comfort them too! He's such a fun character and TDP wouldn't be the same without him. When I tell you I'd die for this glowtoad-

And then there's Stella! When they introduced her I was a bit worried this would be one of those instances where they give the female protagonist an animal sidekick just cuz the male protagonists had one and then do nothing about her, but turns out I was wrong! Stella is so charismatic and fun. She's cute and loving but also mischievous. She has turned out to be such a great help for the characters and I like how much she tries to help Rayla, sometimes to her own detriment like when she fell trying to catch the pearl. The fact that she has an habit to just grab whatever catches her eye is so funny to, little thieving monkey... The fact that her magic makes her a legit threat in combat caught me by surprise tho (THE FUCKING PORTAL DECAPITATION IN THE FINALE, HELLO???)

I can't say much about the bailings because they don't have that much going on for them yet. They're literal babies and their personalities aren't that distinctive in comparison + haven't had the chance to develop themselves yet, but it's nice they have at least some preferences displayed already like Hat just deciding that they want to be with Soren specifically from the get go or Jellybug having a sweet tooth. I'm also a big fan of Sneezles sticking with Callum and helping Stella make Rayllum real again (our MVPs for real those two)

Over all just. Idk, I really like these little creatures a lot, they make me smile whenever they appear on screen and I really enjoy the fact the writers made sure we'd have reasons to care for and get attached to them. They're a very important part of this show too, even if they might not be as noticed as the human, elf and dragon characters

[sherlockggrian]

I have an idea for an au that I really want to post art for but absolutely cannot wait to get out to the world

hermitcraft/desert duo spiderverse au. hear me out.

Scar is a spiderman named spider-guy (and he looks like the hotguy outfit). His nemesis is Watcher (the prowler) who’s Grian (obviously) but they spend more time flirting than actually fighting. He lives in this 80s superhero comicbook universe New York and has a bow and spiderweb arrow? and a TON of merch.

Doc is Doc-oc (obviously) and Ren is his assistant. they open a portal to the multiverse. Scar meets Spider-Grian (spiderman? cuteguy?) who’s like more of Grian’s hermitcraft personality. Mumbo is his roommate/scientist.

I didn’t get that far in the story but I think Watcher dies (gets shot like the prowler) and his this whole emotional moment with Scar where they reveal their faces and Scar realizes Watcher is the Grian from his universe. Watcher is more Grian’s life series personality (angsty lol), while Spider-Grian is basically cuteguy, who despises merch and publicity and everything.

Also there’s Spider-Pearl who looks super badass, there’s Spider-Gem who’s an elf from a fantasy unvierse, there’s Silent Spider (Etho) and Spider-Moss (bdubs) who are basically just spider noir and spider ham.

Xisuma is like Miguel who runs the spider society thing. Basically everyone can have multiple versions of themselves in different dimensions and there’s a spider-man for every hermit. It’s incredible. I’m obsessed with it.

[sippin-on-bichlorine]

percy jackson show’s changes from the book that… could have been done better

• not completing the quest in time. what was the point of having an expiration date if in the end zeus was like ‘ok nvm’??

• four pearls instead of three only to make grover lose his…..so now….we’re back at three again

• whatever happened in the lotus casino

• or at waterland

• and at crusty’s😭😭 i remember that being one of my favourite scenes in the book when i read it as a child and it lasted not even three minutes

• generally the way these three kids seem to know everything? like, medusa i get - it’s one of the more famous myths. the lotus casino? eh, it’s a stretch. but procustes? c’mon! they remove the suspence and the wonder of discovery in favour of a bland out-of-context explanation and it really takes away from the story (and i get that annabeth and grover might know more about the greek myths and i even get that in the show it’s very clear that sally prepared percy for all of it, but they’re not omniscient ffs)

• also the complete absence of luck and chance. everything seems to happen for a reason, everything is tied to the prophecy. no pink poodle, no random excursions on st louis arch because annabeth’s a massive nerd, nothing

• percy accusing luke immediately. in the book it takes a venomous scorpion for percy to realise something might be off, but in the show he’s accusing luke straight away???? this kid’s fatal flaw is loyalty he would tear his limbs off before even thinking that someone he called a friend might have betrayed him

• apparently now backbiter can open portals even inside camp so there goes the whole plot of the fourth book i guess??

• gabe turning himself into stone by mistake. now there are two things that bug me: 1) in the show gabe isn’t abusive, and petryfing someone for being a bit of an arse doesn’t seem like adequate punishment 2) it takes away from sally’s character development outside of being percy’s mum (= being able to free herself of an abusive relationship and in doing so getting the money to go back to school)

• this is very nit-picky but the thrones!!!!! where is my weird assortment of different thrones that showcase the powers and personality of each god??? where’s poseidon’s fisherman chair??? where’s demeter’s grass throne??? why does everything need to be so stale and gray????

[fandomsfordays21]

So funny going between Tiktok and Tumblr for many reasons but especially bc there are so many of what I like to call, "fandom puritans" among Tiktok users.

These are the average people who joined fandom during/around the quarantine and started clutching pearls at basic fandom behavior and refused to learn basic fandom etiquette.

So funny to see people crying and bitching in comment sections about ships or saying people were weird/other things for hear me outs...

People thinking all ships need to be completely healthy and canon. There's an odd hatred for enemies to lovers there as well as literally any queer ship.

People saying ao3 needs to be censored??? Like??? The whole point of tags is so you can avoid stuff or find what you want???

People there think being a robofucker is only valid if it's a cyborg or human appearing android and think a monsterfucker is only valid if it's a human appearing monster. Saying you want to fuck a Eldritch being on there or saying you want to fuck a non humanized version of Wheatly from Portal will fill your comment section with people who are weirded out or just mad for some reason???

Anything that's even vaguely suggestive or sexual will cause outrage there even though most Tiktok users are also absolute sex fiends. I've never seen the word "gooner" thrown around so much it kills me.

The Rabbit Hole song situation even though vocaloid is known for having very dark or sexual songs.

When a person draws a human version of a character/draws a character in their style and their style isn't "Skinny, white, cishet, and conventionally attractive" people lose it.

I've made a post before mentioning how weird people are there about Sonic or other male characters having top surgery scars even though you see them all the time here.

(I would bet money that the transphobic Cross post would have had the opposite effect there.)

Trends go so fast there. It's been 2 days why are you saying this trend is dead or that you're late??

Someone posted a video saying "hear me out" on a grandfather clock and everyone was losing it in the comments but I agreed and knew most people on this site would agree too.

Not to mention the vocab there is entirely different. It's like a whole other language sometimes why do they talk like that???

It's such a culture shock and half the time I feel like I'm at a zoo looking through glass or that I'm looking at a petri dish of bacteria under a microscope.

Doing or saying pretty much anything will get you the electric chair it's really sad but also interesting to watch and I want to do stuff to upset them like a scientist testing the reactions a rat has to certain stimuli.

[bxbym3t4l]

Why I think Gem is such an Underrated 'character' in Secret Life

Since she was the newest player in the series I mean she didn't really know the stuff other people do for lore and shit, her whole task where she had to open the end portal she did some cool lore stuff with that but didn't take it too seriously, saying she had to use her OWN eye to fill the last ender eye slot, I mean thay itself has some shit about her orgins in the life series and if u check her different colour skins for the game it shows it did have some impact on her

^ to continue on the stuff about her skin u can see how there is a skulk like texture going on her arm and stuff which is probably again, an impact from changing her own eye into an ender eye and messing with supernatural shitLike 4 episodes after this lore stuff she gets the bogeyman curse where she has to eliminate and kill almost everyone on the server, it turns into an apocalypse, and I personally think she's an underappreciated villan, After though everyone thanks her, everyone that she did kill and put I the apocalypse which could be some sort of aftereffect, but for Grian he's the only one (out of the people she talks to) that is 'mad' at her even though she didn't even kill him. The Finale is also so important to her lore and stuff, In the finale Grian attacks Her, Impulse and Scott, which makes it a 1v3 and in the end they end up killing Grian, her alliance with the mounders (Joel, Bdubs, and Pearl (well also Mumbo but Mumbo is already dead at this point)) is broken, including her alliance with her best friend Pearl. Which obviously had some impact on her because she THOUGHT that at the end Pearl would make a choice to try and be on friendly terms with Gem, Since it would be her characters first time seeing a perm death of her friend when Impulse dies she's obviously devastated and turned to Scott and went something along the lines of "he's dead Scott why'd they kill him!!" after Impluse dies, (and everyone else) The final 4 are Scott, Gem, Pearl and Scar (Scar being the supposed Villian of the whole series) and Gem had the least amount of hearts out of Scar, Pearl and herself, but had more than Scott, Scott asked her to kill him so that she could have a higher chance of winning, Making it to the final 3 and devastated by another death of a friend but also having much more materials to fight. She thought that "I can't kill Pearl, Pearl is gunna win this", And when she goes to fight with Scar, both Scar AND Pearl try to fight her. She feels betrayed and teleports away with an enderpearl, they both follow her, Scar and Gem fight it ou with Pearl just watching from the sidelines, When Pearl did join in Gem said "2v1 you guys are gross!!" Right before she died, The fandom is always saying she was such a hypocrite, but both times, she DIDNT initiate the fight, each time she didn't. have. a. choice. PLUS even if she did start the fight she was just mourning the loss of 3 of her greatest allies, Impulse and Scott who are dead and Pearl who betrayed her. I just find Gem such an Underrated 'Villan' because for Scar he was the "Villan" because it's what the role forced him to do, but Gem realistically in the apocalypse thing, could have only killed one Person and not led it like an army, She chose to lead them, Because she only had to kill one person and help the second person with the kill.

Thank you for coming to my TedTalk

(This is all MY interpretation of how her lore makes sense, don't try and fight me)

Also if we think about the few lore implications with how they show how she didn't tell Impulse what she was going to go do, it could show that with her character, with Secret life being her first full experience it would have impacted her ability to trust and be honest.

(Again most of this is normal stuff that the creators do in the SMP I just enjoy writing lore for their characters based on how they act)

[itspheenixbaby]

my group in my kpop dr

im a bit of a prude and embarrassingly prideful. scripting scenarios with people who exist in my original reality was uncomfortable for me (there isnt anything wrong w doing that tho), so i really went all out with the group members i made. and my God i really love these mofos. (kinda unprofessional but idgaf). which is funny since in all my other dr's i dont care much about my social circles. i might just keep adding on to this list for a while.

now playing...dance tonight - lucy pearl.

music :

the group is self producing, but only for our solo projects. we collaborate with each other frequently. everyone has musical experience, but not in the same fields or with the same approach, so group collaborations are often a learning experience. all fourteen members have an ever expanding solo discography, most of which goes unreleased other than the occasional leak or release.

were very different artistically, save for appreciating soul music & Caribbean music, but not incompatible. however our differences are a leading factor. to avoid disagreements we dont get too involved in the groups music production other than song writing and possibly remixes. however we do all love our groups music a lot and have a say in the general direction it goes in.

dorms :

chaotic. not just because of the members but how many people are going to be coming in and out. i wanted a way to meet other idols in a laid back setting. so i scripted were all extremely popular among other idols so they frequently visit our dorms. either to hang out or make music. but that poses a difficulty: there are fourteen of us. which is a good thing in terms of getting a variety of people (which is my intention), but if everyone brings over only one person at the same time thats 28 people in a few apartments. if everyone brings five of their friends over at least once 70 people have been in or near my apartment. it sounds fun in theory but it might just end up pissing me off.

cluttered. seemingly always music playing somewhere in the dorms. whether its someone is making a song or a playing one. every bedroom has a completely different aesthetic. opening a door feels like opening a whole ass portal. instruments all over the place, smells like food or desserts half the time, colorful chaotic & borderline over decorated shared spaces, animals ranging from birds to cats and genuinely inexplicable property damage & stains.

P.S : unrelated but is dance tonight really not sampled/interpolated in level up???

[insomniaruler]

I’m going crazy about BigB

(so now you must all be subjected to my lvl 10 autism)

Have some headcanons about the watchers favourite boy!

- Possessed for most of Secret Life, no one figured it out

- He and Pearl have weekly gossip nights

- he Remembers. No one interviewed him about the fall of Evo, or asked about the life games. He thinks he’s the only one who Remembers.

- Has come to peace that no one really remembers (even though they do)

- Beetle BigB!!!! (I will fight each of you for this)

- is scared of portals. He knows it’s completely irrational but his subconscious knows that where everything changed for the worse

- Listen to me He’s the Watchers favourite. Grian is too rebellious, Jimmy was saved by Lizzie, Martyn is hellbent on getting Nelly back enough that he is too easy to manipulate, and Pearl is downright feral, being the only one to ever kill a watcher. BigB is a challenge, and They like that

- Huge animal person

- Has intense, relentless and realistic nightmares about Evo. Usually immense death

- Once waking up in Secret Life he was teetering on the edge of the void in the End with no idea how he got there, a clear threat from the watchers

- see’s eyes in the void, he tries to stay inside at night because of this

- Paranoia is strong in this one

- defo see’s shrimp colours

- also definitely has tattoos

- Older sister friend, can and has keyed cars and egged houses.

-good hugs

- He and Pearl are a lethal duo

- he hides his lethality behind a gentle face and kind words

- Aziraphale Kinnie

- layered character, (so help me god, no more making him as bland as fucking cardboard)

[that-weird-thing-in-the-woods]

I have a soft spot for the Ares and Aphrodite one, sucker for mixing in mythology! I was wondering if at some point you'll write about one of them being summoned or something? I'd imagine Phantom wouldn't be thrilled if Danny just gets yoinked out of nowhere-

~{ I’m so glad that people like the things I make ☺️! And I hope you like this }~

•That One Time The Cult summoning Worked•

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Danny was in one of his gardens, one of Danny favorites (besides the Teal, Purple, Orange garden) This garden has many tress and rose bushes all around with a somewhat large stream going through it.

Danny was siting underneath one of the larger tress on top of blankets on the ground with Phantom’s head on his lap sleeping or well the best a ghost can get to sleep, he had a flower crown beside them head (Given to him by Eros and Harmonia) with the phantom always wears helmet was next to it

The sound of children playing tag or a similar game running through a mostly clear area in the garden that is easily seen from where Danny and phantom are and well the sound of Deimos and Phobos playing tag and Eros and Harmonia picking flowers to make more flower crowns for whatever they do with them

So Danny was pretty content at the moment as he just sits under the tree with his husband and the sound of his children play

That is until Danny felt a tug, a tug he was told about by Papa it’s when a cult actually made a working portal which are very rare when it comes to Ancients instead of demons which are much easier to summon and than Danny was pulled through the portal to the human realm but he told phantom about summonings so it will be fine

He told phantom…..right

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In a old warehouse on the outskirts of a large city is a group wearing black hooded robes in a circle with a person a child really tied up on a chair in the circle with the people around the circle chanting something in a old tongue and it gos quite for a few minutes that feel like hours.

And suddenly a large wind comes from the circle pushing a few of the cultists down to the cold hard floor of the warehouse and knocking back the others and knocking the child out ~{I repeat the child is out for the count}~

And in the circle is a flouting figure with long black hair that acts like it is in water, they wear a white dress like outfit with pearls and jewelry with some roses in their hair and a very uninterested look at the cultists

And the cultists who didn’t get the wind knocked out of them bows down and starts on their…whatever they were trying to do

“Your Greatness! We have called you to unleash war and chaos on this world and give us the power to make us the new leaders of this mortal plain and for this power we offer you this child for a new world to allow us to mold this world to our wishes!!” The probably head cultist as they were wearing a red robe and as they say this they move their arms in a way to bring the child to his attention

And now Danny understands what happens and it just makes him laughs after a few minutes Danny says in the way to make it sound more echoey “Oh you mortal who do you think I am?”

But before the cultists can answer a portal is ripped through the air and his husband comes through in his full war armor on and phantom immediately starts to cut down the cultists and with them out Danny flouts down to him and phantom immediately wraps his arms around Danny body holds him close for a few minutes

“My Love, Never do that again” phantom says out of breath “Darling” Danny says as he runs a hand through phantoms hair to calm him down and it works after a minute and as he calms down phantom starts to pull Danny to the portal but that’s when Danny remembers the child

Danny pulls himself off of phantom (who makes a very unhappy noise at the action) as floats over to the child and holds his face in his hands and it gives Danny a good view of the cuts and bruises on the child and with the way his arm is positioned it most definitely is dislocated and Danny gives the child a kiss on the fore head and waits until the most pronounced cut heals and let’s go of the child and back to his husband and lets himself be pulled into the portal with his husband

And they leave just in time to miss a man wearing a yellow bat on his chest

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~{ That was a long one! How dare you give me the brain cell and I hope you gremlins like this! And remember I love it when you guys ask me questions or anything really! Byeeee }~

And for what the characters are wearing in this!

•Danny•

•Phantom•

•Harmonia•

•Eros•

•Phobos & Deimos•

[hannahmanderr]

the distant sound of an inbox about to be spammed fills you ears. are you ready? TOO BAD ITS TOO LATE NOW

21 Pitch Pearl

~ 21. "we'll face this together" kisses ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ “Are you sure you want to do this?”

As soon as the words left his mouth, Phantom felt silly. If there was one word that could sum Danny up, it would most definitely be “stubborn.” He knew better than almost anyone else that once that boy set his mind on something, only a force stronger than death itself could dissuade him. 

Phantom could see it now, in the way Danny set his jaw and fixed his eyes onto Phantom’s. “If I wasn’t sure, I wouldn’t have said anything.”

“But don’t you think this is kind of a lot? All at once?” Coming out was one thing, but then also presenting your ghost boyfriend to your ghost hunting parents? And said ghost boyfriend just so happened to be one of their main targets?

Yeah. A lot.

Danny’s brow creased. “You’re working yourself up. You know they’ve been starting to go easier on you, it’ll be fine.”

“Yeah, they’ve laid off on shooting me on sight. Major improvements in our relationship. Now I can get like, six words in edgewise before they being chasing me instead of zero. The next logical step is obviously to jump straight to telling them I’m dating one of their kids.”

“Don’t be so melodramatic. The three of you were teaming up just last week to stop that infestation of mutated patties at the Nasty Burger. You know they wouldn’t have done that if they weren’t at least somewhat chill with you.”

Except Danny (and, by default, Phantom) hadn’t gotten his morals about putting duty above personal matters from nowhere. Jack and Maddie had done a stellar job of modeling a sense of responsibility. Phantom wanted to point out that they could’ve easily set aside their prejudices temporarily for the greater good.

But he didn’t. Instead, he folded his arms over his chest and rolled his tongue around in his mouth. He really didn’t want things to devolve into an argument. He’d much rather the subject be dropped entirely.

Unfortunately for him, being accidentally bonded to Danny for the better part of two years before finally getting a body of his own had consequences. Just as he’d lived in Danny’s head, Danny had lived in his. The human arguably knew more about Phantom than he knew about himself. 

It wasn’t a surprise, then, when Danny’s expression melted from frustration into concern. That boy could read him like an open book. “Is… is this really eating at you that badly?” he asked hesitantly.

Phantom stopped. “No, of course not.” The mask of bravado slipped on just as easily as it did when he was out hero-ing. “What would give you that idea?”

Danny didn’t respond right away. Under his piercing blue gaze, Phantom felt as if his core was on full display, baring his soul to the other against his will. 

Then again, they’d already been forced to bare themselves to one another. Danny knew him, and he knew Danny. The bond between them was intimate - more intimate than any physical closeness, more intimate than whispered confessions in the dead of night, more intimate than promises made and kept between sealed lips.

In some ways, Phantom felt as though part of his soul was Danny’s. Their everything became intertwined the day that portal became active. He didn’t think he’d ever really be able to separate himself from Danny. Not without losing a part of himself he’d come to know and love like no other.

He knew the truth, of course, about Danny’s view of the whole matter, but it didn’t stop him from wondering if Danny felt the same way. 

He hoped he did.

After what had to have been an eternity of Phantom being locked in place by those hauntingly beautiful blue eyes, Danny moved to close the gap between them. His arms wrapped around Phantom’s shoulders, and Phantom’s hands slipped around his waist without a second thought. Danny pressed his forehead into Phantom’s. Warm breath tickled at his nose and lips.

“You know you don’t have to be scared, right?” Danny asked quietly, gently. “I’m not gonna let anything happen to you.”

Phantom’s core panged. He squeezed his eyes shut and allowed his head to dip down ever so slightly. “It’s…” The words were getting caught in his throat. “It’s not… me I’m worried about.”

Phantom didn’t have to see to feel the frown of concern from Danny. “Nothing’s gonna happen to me either. They’re my parents. It’s not like they’re gonna hunt me down or anything.”

“Yes, but…” How was it that for as powerful of emotions Danny could bring about in him, he still could never find the right words to express those feelings? “I’m just… I mean, what if… they try to separate us? What if…” He swallowed thickly. “I just… I don’t want to lose you. I-I can’t lose you.”

Silence stretched between them. Phantom’s words echoed in his own head, and it took every ounce of willpower he could muster to keep from cringing at them. The fears sounded so stupid when he said them aloud.

But it didn’t make them any less real.

“Hey.”

Warm, soft fingers took a hold of Phantom’s chin and lifted it gently to look into Danny’s eyes. Before he could say anything, Danny leaned forward and pressed his lips into Phantom’s. The kiss was chaste and tender; they’d certainly exchanged ones that had been deeper, more intense.

This one, however, spoke more volumes than any of those kisses.

Phantom unconsciously relaxed into Danny’s hold. If it had been a storybook, his anxieties would have melted away. As it was, however, being real life, the fears didn’t completely fade away.

But they disappeared enough.

When they broke the kiss, they stayed there for a moment, foreheads against one another and lips just barely grazing the other’s. For that moment, Phantom felt like he and Danny were the only two people in the world. That they truly were unbreakable. That nothing, not even death could keep them apart.

“You’ll never lose me,” Danny whispered against Phantom’s mouth. “I’ll fight through hell and back before I let that happen.”

Phantom’s core panged again, but this time with an ache that hurt in the best way possible. The kind of love that overwhelms and can’t be expressed in words or actions but needs to be let out to the rest of the world. 

He buried his face into the crook of Danny’s neck and pulled him in closer, hugging him tightly against his chest. He could feel Danny’s heart beating resolutely, in sync with the pulse of his core, the perfect mirror of each other. Danny hugged him back just as tightly.

Phantom wanted to stay there forever, safe in Danny’s embrace, but he forced himself to shift his head enough to free his mouth. “You promise we’ll do it together?”

He felt Danny twist to plant another kiss into his hair. “Always.” ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ~ Send me a ship and a number from this ask game and I'll write a drabble or draw a sketch!

[alt-wannabe]

MCSR D&D

Reign's sheet is FINALLY done and as per the poll I also included his character mini.

The Genie (Efreeti) Warlock 8 / Oath of Glory Paladin 7

Chat I tried my absolute best for a streamer I don't know as well so hopefully this one makes sense and is up to standards :)

So in the polls it was a pretty damn clear consensus that his highest stat would be charisma. Class wise that left me with bard, sorcerer, and warlock as charisma mains and out of those I felt warlock made the most sense. With Con voted the second highest stat, I figured I could get away with a martial multiclass so paladin ended up being one of the better options. Oath of Glory also ended up having a bunch of class features that make sense in my mind so it worked out. Finally I picked Pact of the Blade for a warlock pact in order to give him a bunch more utility as a martial attacker.

We've got two spell lists since both paladin and warlock get spells. This one was a LOT more based in utility than characterization- both because I'm not exactly confident in my ability to characterize Reign and also because this multiclass is a little funky so I can't just go all in on gimmicks. I tried to give him a pretty large amount of charm spells (ie Command, Charm Person, Enthrall) in order to reflect the super high charisma score in a way outside of just pure ability modifiers. Some other smaller references include invisibility (get it like the potion omg so im so smar- *gunshots*), Dimension Door (my mind is pretending this is like the nether and end portals even though utility wise it's infinitely closer to an ender pearl cause it's a teleport), Locate Object (spawner locating), and Enhance Ability (basically can be used for a variety of effects kinda like potions). The biggest stretch reference is Summon Fey and that pick was ENTIRELY because in this AU silverr is fey adjacent.

Here are the picks for the inventory- congrats Reign on being the first person to get a hella rare artifact yippee. A lot of these are slap in the face references: scale mail from the dragon, the brazier sounds straight out of a nether fortress, flame tongue greatsword is basically just a fire aspect sword, and I've been trying to give all the speedrunners something movement based so I added the gloves. Fun fact when you pick the warlock class you get to pick an arcane focus and one of the options was a rod so that's got double utility as a MC reference and also a spellcasting focus. Like the other sheets I gave him pearls but also note that he has a folding boat cause these speedrunners love their mf boats.

This is just the utility of the orb of dragonkind to give y'all a bit of understanding as to why I picked it.

Okay we've got a lot of features coming up so just like be prepared lmao. The top image is just ripped straight out of Tasha's Cauldron guidebook; I thought I'd let yall read about the subclass and judge if I picked right or not. Divine Sense is akin to finding spawners imo, and I picked interception as the fighting style because of the duos runs Reign does.

These are some more features from his paladin subclass that seemed fitting for specifically duos speedrunning. The big one here (and basically the whole reason I split the multiclass 50/50) is the 7th level feature Aura of Alacrity, which deadass just increases the speed of all allies nearby.

Finally here are the warlock invocations I picked up. Agonizing Blast just adds damage to eldrich blast (warlock cantrip aka an attack that doesnt use spell slots) based on your charisma score so it's an ESSENTIAL pick for a warlock (like genuinely if you make a warlock you need this invocation). Tricksters Escape gives freedom of movement which is essentially just a spell that prevents you from getting stopped by difficult terrain- really fitting for a speedrunner imo. Eldrich smite was just so perfect since he's multiclassed into paladin, giving him access to traditional smites.

And to go along with the character sheet I've also got the mini made!

Features I'm Proud of:

The sword is supposed to look like it's made from the ender dragon's jaw, and it's aflame like his sword from the character sheet

The paws/claws that are featured on his gauntlets (they're technically lion paws not bear but shhhhh)

The wand on the ground I colored like a blaze rod (I was trying my best guys there's no just plain rod)

Looking at his MC skin I have no idea what the thing on his head is so I just made it a circlet.

The teal thing is supposed to be the Orb of Dragonkind but with an eye of ender type of color palette.

The thing on his back is technically a vial pouch but I'm hoping it looks like a strap where he could put his sword when it's not in use- all of the sheaths were too small.