#I love drawing cuddlepiles

[dykevanny]

sleepover 💤🌙

[thevalicemultiverse]

Hey Smiler, I need your help. You see, I want to draw you as a Pokemon like I did with Alice and VD. But I can't think of anything! I was thinking of making you an electric type because of your hyperactive personally, but I don't know if I should just leave you as an electric type or at another type with it.

Any suggestions?

Cuddlepile

Smiler: Oh hey -- I'd love to see a Pokemon of me, thanks! Electric type would be good for a starter -- give a moment to look up some of the other types... [looking up things on their phone] Okay, Psychic type would also be good, as that has a lot of mind-affecting moves. And -- if I can go meta, like Alice did when you asked her about her source material -- I'm actually based off this rollercoaster called The Smiler, which is all about, uh, brainwashing people to be happy. [slightly nervous grin] I have ethics, I promise you. But yeah, Electric/Psychic would be a good match-up then -- and if you want some thoughts on aesthetics, you can check out this page on Tower Times for a bunch of pictures of the coaster! Basically think spirals, stripes, lots of weird twisty shapes, and lots of legs. Hope that helps!

[wh40ksummerfest]

Pinch hit 3 & one week delay

Pinch hit 3

Due to very unfortunate circumstances, we've got a third pinch hit in.

Everyone who has submitted a gift to the exchange will also receive a gift, so please contact us here on tumblr or on 40kfanworkexchange@gmail.com with your AO3 username if you would like to help fulfil our last assignment.

We are looking for fanart and fanfiction for the following pairings and characters:

Ezekyle Abaddon/Horus Aximand/Falkus Kibre/Horus Lupercal/Grael Noctua, Ezekyle Abaddon/Horus Lupercal/Justaerin, Horus Aximand/Tybalt Marr, Horus Lupercal/Maloghurst, Ezekyle Abaddon/Falkus Kibre, Ezekyle Abaddon/Horus Aximand, Ezekyle Abaddon/Horus Lupercal, Horus Aximand/Horus Lupercal, Horus Lupercal/Hastur Sejanus, Abel Haneumann/Pasqal Haneumann, Heinrix van Calox/Abelard Werserian, Idira Tlass/Theodora von Valancius, Male Rogue Trader | Lord Captain (Rogue Trader Video Game)/Uralon the Cruel, Male Rogue Trader | Lord Captain (Rogue Trader Video Game)/Vladaym Tocara, Ulfar Redmane/The Rogue Trader | Lord Captain (Rogue Trader Video Game), Ezekyle Abaddon/Eidolon, Horus Lupercal/Calas Typhon | Typhus, Bellephus/Narvo Quin/Savona, Cinis/Mortarion, Kalkator/Zerberyn, Kar-Gatharr/Torvann Lokk, Kroeger/Lucius, Erebus/Calas Typhon | Typhus, Erebus/Horus Lupercal, Horus Aximand/Tybalt Marr, Character: Burias-Drak'shal, Character: Cyrene Valantion, Character: Erebus, Character: Lorgar Aurelian, Character: Saqqara Ur-Damak Thresh, Character: Sargon Eregesh.

One Week Delay

To avoid unduly stressing our kind pinch hitters, we will have a one-week delay. The new date for gift reveal is Sunday August 25, 11:59am CET/5:59am EDT (countdown).

Full pinch hit requests under the cut 👇

Pinch hit 3 — Laylah

Request 1

Ezekyle Abaddon/Horus Aximand/Falkus Kibre/Horus Lupercal/Grael Noctua

Ezekyle Abaddon/Horus Lupercal/Justaerin

Horus Aximand/Tybalt Marr

Horus Lupercal/Maloghurst

Ezekyle Abaddon/Falkus Kibre

Ezekyle Abaddon/Horus Aximand

Ezekyle Abaddon/Horus Lupercal

Horus Aximand/Horus Lupercal

Horus Lupercal/Hastur Sejanus

The Sons of Horus cuddlepile prompt. This is a lovefest for the XVI. I love Horus' expansive, charismatic love for his boys, and I love them all having that kind of camaraderie with each other as they follow their genesire's example. Casual affection and lots of battle brothers with benefits, with or without any extra plotty stuff. Combining ships or implying extra/background ships is very welcome.

Content-wise, I would like to see a mission/adventure (maybe with characters protecting or saving each other), or some fun downtime playfulness (with cuddles or flirting?), or some smut (kink welcome, enthusiasm necessary).

Canon divergences where Horus wins and/or where any of these characters survive their canon deaths are great. Various other Sons of Horus surviving to become members of the Black Legion, also great.

I have extra feelings about Horus/Abaddon and Abaddon/Falkus being really devoted in that lord/champion way, and would be happy to see them get romantic through that lens.

For any big group, feel free to focus on a subset with the others in the background; for any pairing, feel free to have them hook up in a situation where group or public sex is happening.

For the Vengeful Spirit-era reformed Mournival, I'd love some focus on Falkus and/or Grael learning the ropes in contrast to Abaddon and/or Aximand being familiar with this.

General Likes: Chaos-positive works, canon divergence, positive attitudes toward the monstrous; attention to power dynamics; canon-typical violence & missions; mutual protectiveness/reliance in dangerous situations; characters who don't know how to talk about love but clearly have Feelings; pretty bloodied noses; down time/out-of-armor outfits; distinct light sources; characters cuddling or leaning on each other; characters visibly enjoying sex

DNWs: explicit monogamy, expectations of monogamy (writing/drawing just two characters is fine! just please don't flat-out tell me they don't or couldn't have other partners); traitors/heretics turned loyalist; Imperium portrayed as heroic/noble/necessary; unrequested noncon; identity headcanons (gender, nd, aro/ace); permanent death of requested characters; scat, emeto, force feeding; pregnancy, birth; trauma resulting from rape; age play, pet play; ob/gyn-related medical kink; setting change AUs; soulmates/soulmarks, other fated relationship tropes.

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Request 2

Abel Haneumann/Pasqal Haneumann

Heinrix van Calox/Abelard Werserian

Idira Tlass/Theodora von Valancius

Male Rogue Trader | Lord Captain (Rogue Trader Video Game)/Uralon the Cruel

Male Rogue Trader | Lord Captain (Rogue Trader Video Game)/Vladaym Tocara

Ulfar Redmane/The Rogue Trader | Lord Captain (Rogue Trader Video Game)

The Rogue Trader ships prompt. Owlcat gave us some very nice romances and I want to mash characters together in completely unrelated ways.

Abel/Pasqal: Pasqal doesn't talk about anything else in the galaxy the way he talks about Abel, and I think it's beautiful. He's so fond and protective and full of wonder at the strangeness of Abel's perspective. I'd love h/c after Abel's rescue, helping to fix his augmetics and/or clear out the remains of the scrap code; I'd love the two of them working together on the mysteries of Amarnat and/or Nomos; I'd love intimacy that involved machine parts interfacing or code combination. I'm very soft for them.

Heinrix/Abelard: I just like their party banter, where Abelard is prickly and needling Heinrix and Heinrix keeps deflecting him. It just makes a good start for some bantery slash? But if you wanted to take it somewhere more serious, Abelard is a tired old soldier who's been through a lot, and if he became convinced Heinrix wasn't a threat to the von Valancius dynasty... Incorporating some of the themes from Heinrix' canon romance, him letting his guard down, being so touch-starved and unused to care, would also be good in that case.

Idira/Theodora: Look. Idira was so destroyed by Theodora's death, and Theodora was the glamorous stranger who showed up to her provincial world and swept her up to see the galaxy. There's all this romantic background, and then it's complicated by power dynamics and the ruthlessness of a Rogue Trader, and the problems that Idira's psyker powers give her, and it's just this potentially really messy ship and I want it to exist.

About the Rogue Trader: I'm really fond of the Crime Lord backstory; I like someone working outside imperial rules. I don't have a really set appearance in mind, though I'm a fan of all the tattoo options. Pick your fave history and appearance!

RT/Uralon: I am so thirsty. Uralon drops the RT to his knees on their first meeting and YES HELLO. I like a heretic RT being actively into this terrifying hot bastard he's had a vision of, and working toward meeting him, and being thrilled to become his champion. Size difference, danger kink, and all my general unhinged howling about themes in my main Word Bearer prompt apply here.

RT/Tocara: When I got to Footfall the first time I wanted to dom the hell out of Vladaym. Then in the chapter 4 sequence, when you can see his bulletproof mesh peeking out of his collar and the old criminal tattoos on his arms, I fell for him a little. I'd love to see a roguish RT striking sparks off him, playing with the power difference, Vladaym refusing to just roll over but aware that he's not the biggest dog here.

RT/Ulfar: Honestly just climb that beefcake mountain pls. The Space Wolves are some of the most connected to human culture and the joys of life out of any Chapter; they should fuck. Something celebratory after a successful battle? Size kink, maybe RT's first time actually getting this close to a Space Marine, scar worship on either side. (Goddamn, that scene on the ship after Eufrates II.) Mutual respect, maybe some banter.

General Likes: Chaos-positive works; canon divergence; positive attitudes toward the monstrous; attention to power dynamics; canon-typical violence & missions; mutual protectiveness/reliance in dangerous situations; characters who don't know how to talk about love but clearly have Feelings; pretty bloodied noses; down time/out-of-armor outfits; distinct light sources; characters cuddling or leaning on each other; characters visibly enjoying sex

DNWs: dogmatic Rogue Trader (not mentioning conviction at all is fine); traitors/heretics turned loyalist; Imperium portrayed as heroic/noble/necessary; unrequested noncon; identity headcanons (gender, nd, aro/ace); permanent death of requested characters; scat, emeto, force feeding; pregnancy, birth; trauma resulting from rape; age play, pet play; ob/gyn-related medical kink; setting change AUs; soulmates/soulmarks, other fated relationship tropes.

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Request 3

Ezekyle Abaddon/Eidolon

Horus Lupercal/Calas Typhon | Typhus

Bellephus/Narvo Quin/Savona

Cinis/Mortarion

Kalkator/Zerberyn

Kar-Gatharr/Torvann Lokk

Kroeger/Lucius

Erebus/Calas Typhon | Typhus

Erebus/Horus Lupercal

Horus Aximand/Tybalt Marr

The rareships prompt. I have suggestions for what I'd like to see for these all-too-rare ships, but if you offered one of them with a burning idea what you wanted to make, please go for it. They all need love.

Abaddon/Eidolon: After the Legion Wars, Eidolon winds up somehow allied with Abaddon for later Black Crusades. How? also: Hot? Love to see two powerful, violent men figure out how they can make a deal that they think they get the best of. Also great if they bang in the process.

Bellephus/Narvo Quin/Savona: Their dynamics throughout Manflayer are great, and then they run off together in a sentient gunship to be raiders somewhere. THAT'S SO GOOD? Please show me where they go from there and how much fun they have. Quin has missed out on so much debauchery! Bellephus and Savona can show him.

Cinis/Mortarion: Cinis just fascinates me and I'd love to see more of her with the death god she follows, and the things she learns about the galaxy through his worldview, and the ways she's discovering things she was never meant to. Not looking for penetrative sex here but other kinds of intimacy are good.

Kalkator/Zerberyn: So how about being a Son of Dorn who's sworn himself to an Iron Warriors warsmith? Please tell me what happens after they leave the canon stage! Interested in culture shock, less culture shock than expected, kink exploration/discovery around dom/sub roles, suggestions that other Fists Exemplar are in similar situations. Dubcon ok but I'd like Zerberyn to ultimately be comfortable belonging to his warsmith.

Kar-Gatharr/Torvann Lokk: Friiieeennndsssss. I'd love to see any snapshot of their friendship over the millennia, sfw or nsfw, just capturing their respect for each other. I'd also love a canon divergence where Kar-Gatharr ascends in his last fight and the two of them can reunite as daemon princes.

Horus/Typhon: There's a scene in the prologue of Angels of Caliban where Typhon is swooning over Horus' charisma and mad at himself for swooning (but swooning), 30 years before the Heresy, and it's KIND OF ADORABLE and I just want that to lead to some kind of hero-worship-flavored hookup later on?

Erebus/Typhon: In that same scene from AoC, Erebus shows up to be actually charismatic for once and is hugging-level friends with Typhon. I'm so glad. They should be in cahoots! Let them do spooky Chaos stuff and/or get it on.

Erebus/Horus: Look I just want nice things for Erebus pls, and he clearly spent as much time as possible hanging out with Horus' Expedition before the Heresy. Let him get that dick and love it.

Aximand/Marr: There's a great bit in "The Either" where Aximand offers Marr a spar to make him feel better about his frustrations, and we fade to black and later they both feel better and Aximand has fresh bruises. Now make it sexy. I just love camaraderie and battle brothers with benefits and there's this scene because McNeill loves me.

Kroeger/Lucius: They had that great moment in Angel Exterminatus where Fulgrim and Perturabo BOTH had to call off their dogs in a planning meeting. Please let these fighty dirtbags have a rematch! If it ends in sex that's great, but if they're both too obsessed with literal swords to get into the metaphorical kind, that's great too. Slight preference for Kroeger winning but any outcome is fine if they both get something out of it.

General Likes: Chaos-positive works, canon divergence, positive attitudes toward the monstrous; attention to power dynamics; canon-typical violence & missions; mutual protectiveness/reliance in dangerous situations; characters who don't know how to talk about love but clearly have Feelings; pretty bloodied noses; down time/out-of-armor outfits; distinct light sources; characters cuddling or leaning on each other; characters visibly enjoying sex

DNWs: traitors/heretics turned loyalist; Imperium portrayed as heroic/noble/necessary; unrequested noncon; identity headcanons (gender, nd, aro/ace); permanent death of requested characters; scat, emeto, force feeding; pregnancy, birth; trauma resulting from rape; age play, pet play; ob/gyn-related medical kink; setting change AUs; soulmates/soulmarks, other fated relationship tropes.

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Request 4

Character: Burias-Drak'shal

Character: Cyrene Valantion

Character: Erebus

Character: Lorgar Aurelian

Character: Saqqara Ur-Damak Thresh

Character: Sargon Eregesh

The "just do something cool for my legion" prompt. I love the Word Bearers and finding work where they get to be cool can be tough. Please help me out here. Shippy content welcome with a canon character who treats the requested character with respect (including shipping requested characters together); gen content also welcome, whether solo or interacting with others.

Good themes: daemonology, daemon summoning, sorcery; faith, ritual, scripture; body modification, body horror, possession, all of these things being voluntary and welcomed; missions, battles, being generally badass; weird, monstrous, or "evil" gestures of affection, especially appreciated/reciprocated; sex, including kinky and/or ritual and/or other flavors of sex without romance.

Lorgar: oh my god just give him something good please any time from the Pilgrimage to now. Solitary adventure, meaningful friendship, passion, thoughtful correspondence with someone while he's in seclusion. Please.

Erebus: The little black dress of my legion tbh. He's supposed to have been charismatic enough to convert a lot of people, make a lot of people take their first steps toward Chaos; can I see some of that, pls? I love his attitude in "Child of Chaos" about fate and the Gods and everything and I'd love to see him celebrated.

Cyrene: I love her role with the WB and would love to see her work as Confessor, how the transition to the True Gods affected her after the previous faith (which she doubted) was cast aside, her closeness with Argel Tal and the Gal Vorbak, sex (and optionally non-stigmatized sex work) with her Astartes... And I'd love the idea of her coming back not as a Perpetual but as Secondborn, lending her strength to her adopted people. Please no carried-off-by-Perpetuals plot or canon timeline after that.

Burias-Drak'shal: Get this murderpuppy a friend (with benefits?) that he can play around and have fun with! I'd love to see him bounce off the Talon of Horus cast. Alternately, I'd love more of the relationship between Burias and Drak'shal; I believe part of why they're so in tune is that Burias acts on feelings and desires almost as much as a Neverborn.

Saqqara: Bitter and wry, captive and disrespected, and flat refusing to accept defeat—he's phenomenally good in his own field, it's just orthogonal to what Fabius et al. esteem. I have so few concrete thoughts; I just want every fanwork celebrating him. Calth, training with Erebus, his time at evil med school, how he deals with daemons, anything.

Sargon: LOOK AT HIM HE'S CUTE AND SPOOKY. I love his silence and his Khayon-confounding mental wards and how much of an enigma he is. I'd love to see him contacting Falkus' warband in the first place, or how he came to Abaddon to start with, or how he gets along with the rest of the Ezekarion—any of those things being shippy is also good.

General Likes: Chaos-positive works; canon divergence; positive attitudes toward the monstrous; attention to power dynamics; canon-typical violence & missions; mutual protectiveness/reliance in dangerous situations; characters who don't know how to talk about love but clearly have Feelings; pretty bloodied noses; down time/out-of-armor outfits; distinct light sources; characters cuddling or leaning on each other; characters visibly enjoying sex

Character DNWs: shipped with requested characters: Magnus, Sanguinius. appearing at all: Corax, Emps.

DNWs: feminizing or victimizing requested characters; pre-Monarchia setting; requested characters "worshiping" non-gods; Dreadnought stuff (unless miraculously healed); traitors/heretics turned loyalist; Imperium portrayed as heroic/noble/necessary; unrequested noncon; identity headcanons (gender, nd, aro/ace); permanent death of requested characters; scat, emeto, force feeding; pregnancy, birth; trauma resulting from rape; age play, pet play; ob/gyn-related medical kink; setting change AUs; soulmates/soulmarks, other fated relationship tropes.

[spectrechosts]

Heaven Sent - Chapter 2

Everyone is so so sad that an angel came and yelled at them, it's giant cuddlepile time.

Full Series

A harem of near-500 succubi is actually more manageable than one might expect, all things considered.

Lilith can't be everywhere at once, but she doesn't need to be- all her darlings can sense her, feel her love for them whenever they want. They know she cares more for them than anything else in all of existence.

And they're all more than happy to share. She tries to get some good one-on-one time with one or two a day if she's not busy; but spending time with groups, sleeping in cuddly piles of her loves- it's not very difficult for anyone who wants to be close to her to do so.

Even when it is, she's not the sole object of their affections. Her girls are happy to fraternize amongst themselves most days, some might even love eachother more than they love her! It's wonderful. Everyone is happy, nobody feels left out or neglected, life in her palace is smooth and comfortable.

Most of the time.

Most of the time, Lilith doesn't fuck herself up wrestling an angel instead of waiting a couple minutes for Lucy to handle it.

Most of the time, she doesn't have to manage four hundred and eighty-four succubi who are all worried sick and want to see her and dote on her and cuddle her and be reassured by her, specifically, right now, or they're going to wallow in their misery.

And they are wallowing. She can feel it, the deep funk that has settled into her palace like a heavy fog. There's no fooling around, or cavorting, or even coquettishness. Nobody's gone out on a summon since the angel fell.

It simply will not do.

Days of recovery in the lava spas and dozens of gifted souls from her worried darlings have her feeling almost back to normal. She probably shouldn't push herself too hard, but- Well, surely just a little couldn't hurt.

She rises from her woefully empty bed and stalks silently to her door, opening it to reveal a gaggle of succubi trying very hard not to seem like they're snooping on her.

"Mistress! Um-"

"Were you sleeping in there Mistress? I had no idea-"

"MISTRESSSSSSSSS ARE YOU OKAY DO YOU NEED ANYTHING I LOVE YOU-"

She draws the last to speak into a hug, and the others join in hesitantly when they see she isn't wincing at being touched anymore.

"I'm okay, Qintora, thank you." She says, and the demoness squeezes her tighter and chokes back a sob. "Girls, spread the word: Mistress is starting to feel better, and wants to spend some time with all her darlings. Everyone should gather at the orgy chamber for cuddles tonight. Got it?"

The succubi nod eagerly and scamper off to pass along the invitation. Lilith stretches languidly, and sets off to prepare for the night. As long as she takes it slow, her body should be able to handle it.

~

Lilith lounges in a pile of cushions as her concubines filter into the orgy chamber, all looking excited but nervous.

Her tail snakes down out of the pile, coils on and on and on until it reaches another lounging place, connects to another Lilith resting atop it.

And another, and another, and another- she numbers almost fifty of herself in all, connected together by a web of tails interwoven across the chamber floor.

Grezayla looks predictably bewildered as she sees them, still too new to have seen her flaunt this particular show of shapeshifting prowess before.

Everyone else, however, recognizes that this is rather subdued.

When Lilith's at her best, when she's using the orgy chamber for its intended function, she can usually manage at least one of herself for each of her darlings to play with. Essentially mindless ones, granted- driven by pure primordial appetites to rut and claim and devour- but still. Her transformations feel sluggish, difficult. If she ever sees that angel again, she'll make sure it regrets it.

But now is not the time for grumbling about infernal vengeance. Her girls are joining her, piling in to be close with each of her bodies. She has to focus, make sure that she can be a proper, doting mistress; fifty times over, simultaneously. This is their night, and she's going to make sure that each of them comes out of it free of any more worries.

"Mistress, you're- How are you- There's so many of you?" Says Grezayla, as she cozies up to one of her.

"Thank fuck you're okay Mistress, I was so worried when I heard you fought the angel." Mumbles Tinixi, burying her face in another's shoulder.

"Mistress it was so scary, it made me think all these bad things about myself…" Sniffles Zrixira, curling herself around another's arm.

"A trifle, while I'm still resting. I'll show you just how many of me there can be, once I'm recovered." She says. "You can learn it too, it's just very difficult. We had five Azzies once, but they were all rather uncoordinated."

"I'm okay, Tini. Everyone is okay, thanks to you. My good girl…"

"Mistress, we all missed you so much!" Whines Jaentia, hugging one of her midsections tightly. "Never get hurt again, okay?"

"I know, Zrixi. Don't even think about what it made you think, it's nonsense."

"If any more angels show up we all agreed we're gonna beat their asses!" Says Vylona, pumping her fists resolutely.

"Do you need more souls, Mistress?" Asks Aezorim, eyes full of worry. "We can get more!"

"Ah- Vy- wait. Jaentia, darling, I'll try. Don't worry about me."

"Vylona do not under any circumstances do that. Call me and Lucy. Aezorim, I don't-"

"MISSSTREEEESSSSSSSSS-" Sobs Qintora, clinging to one of her heads.

"Aezorim, I don't need more souls, thank you, you've all been very kind. I'm feeling practically good as new." Lilith says, squinting and blinking rapidly to clear her heads.

"Mistress it tried to make me think I was wrong to come down here-"

"I was so scared when we couldn't find you after-"

"Dearests, I-" Lilith grunts, through gritted teeth. Her heads pound, trying to hold all these conversations at once.

"The angel said I was-"

"And we couldn't see you-"

"Are you sure you're-"

"Darlings!" She snaps with all her mouths, as several of her cradle her heads. "I… Just, slower, okay? I can't… We have all the time in the world to talk, just, please slower."

Dozens of her succubi begin bawling, worried that she's still hurt and they made it worse.

"No, dearests, oh no don't cry-" She coos as she tries to comfort them all.

~

Days pass in there, slowly working through everyone's worries until they're all relaxed and drift into sleep. Lilith feels better too, having done so. Not perfect, but close enough to it. Feeling that her darlings are calm and happy is good for her vile heart.

Lucy appears in the center of the chamber, wings gently carrying her over the mass of tails.

"Lilith."

"Lucy." Lilith says, gently shifting one of herself to sit up without disturbing her sleeping succubi. "What is it?"

"You seem well." Lucy says, peering over the room. "Will you all be returning to work now?"

"I think so."

"Good, good." She says, as if her mind is elsewhere. "I have something I'd like to put under your purview, if you're up for it."

"Of course." Lilith says, further extracting herself to stand with Lucy.

"The angel-"

"No." She immediately interrupts, and Lucy sighs.

"Hear me out-"

"No! Not a chance! Lucy, you saw what it did-"

"Lilith. I would not do this without cause." Lucy states flatly, and Lilith frowns but holds her tongue.

"It insists it hasn't fallen, that this is all a test."

"It can insist whatever the fuck it wants, you can sense it as well as I can."

"I can." She says, nodding. "It fell to your circle for a reason, Lilith. These things don't just happen, maybe you can-"

"We're the highest circle. Maybe it got stuck."

"Lilith." Says Lucy sternly, and she huffs. "I'm not telling you to be its best friend. But I know exactly how much it hurts to fall, and you know better than most. It needs someone to help it acclimatize, accept that it can be happy here. Just- try to figure out what it wants, okay?"

"…It had better fucking behave." Lilith grumbles.

"It will."

"I mean it."

"It will." Lucy insists. "Tell me when you're ready, I'll bring it by."

And with that she vanishes, and Lilith snuggles the body that had been speaking with her back into the loving embrace of the succubi surrounding it, clutches just a little tighter with all of her arms.

[almond-milkyway]

@leesbian42

I LOVED DRAWING THE CUDDLEPILE LOOK LOOK LOOK

Brownie points to anyone who knows all four songs

[littlesmartart]

I love the jingyi cuddlepile! One question; where is NMJ's torso? I genuinely cant tell which direction hes in, hes so buried in family🤣

so this was what I was roughly thinking in my original sketch...

I guess JGY is lying on him? and then I guess his stomach is on the edge of the bed and his legs are hanging off the edge??? the real answer is of course: I was happy with how his upper half turned out but when I tried to draw his legs in they looked messy and wrong so I just. left them out. 🤫

[lulu-balu]

Felt like giving the doodle I posted at the end of that longpost its own post so here’s Pankapu

I want to eventually draw a canon-defying cuddlepile because the ending of this game made me so MAD but it was very enjoyable otherwise. Also like all of the good guys are precious beans and I love them

[pepplemint]

Fanfic Recc:s

I had this since a long time back actually, I think. I figured I might as well post it and give ya’ll something lol.

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Room with a View by isabeau25 (10,089 words): Lance manages to carve out a space for himself in a hidden part of the castle. The rest of the team find their way there eventually. ———- This was one of those fics I didn’t really expect to get as into as I did. Is really sweet and focus on the original team as a family. You know how you sometimes see art where everyone in a giant cuddlepile and it’s just too sweet and everyone is so comfortable with each other? This have got the same feeling, plus some Langst

————————————————-  Accepting Amelioration by XILVerify (4887 words): Shiro trusts his team with his life, but after what he and his daemon experienced at the hands of the Galra… well, trusting them with his soul is the one thing he just can’t bring himself to do. Or so he thinks. Daemon AU. Post season 1 speculation.  ———- Shiro and Hunk is a pair that have gotten very little bonding time in canon, so seeing them together here put in a situation where they are trapped in a distressing urgent situation is both interesting and engaging. I don’t know much about His Dark Materials or daemons to be honest but it’s explained well enough within the fic and I enjoy these representations very much. WARNING: Mentioned previous-to-fic assault

————————————————- The Purity of Sin by IcyPanther (105,002 words): Lance's first diplomatic mission had gone wrong. Very, very wrong. Instead of allies on planet Macka, he and Keith found only enemies who want to sacrifice them to their Goddess. The two Paladins are going to have to work together to survive the harsh desert, severe injury, relentless pursuit, with the added problem that in addition to losing copious amounts of blood, Lance is losing his senses one... by one... by one... ———- I’m sure most people have heard of this fic already but god damn it is INTENSE. You will feel stuff. I am terrible at keeping attention and tend to stay away a bit from longer fics but I couldn’t stop reading. WARNING: Explicit violence, religious rituals, character death

————————————————- Bury the Sun by maychorian (26,734 words): Sam Holt has been a captive of the Galra for more than a year. He has lost all hope of escape or rescue. But when a new prisoner arrives in his underground cell, a boy who seems to carry the sun in his smile, everything begins to change. ———-    An unexpected pair as Pidge’s dad kinda takes Lance too under his wings. This is really sweet at the same time as you can never forget the terrible situation they are really in. WARNING: Violence and mentions of torture

————————————————- I'll Be Your Journal by BreakTheDawn (5756 words): “Lance,” Hunk had pleaded. “I can’t believe you just did that to me,” Lance covered his face as his breaths started to become heavy and uneven. Looking back, Hunk doesn’t know how he knew, but he did. He knew at that point that if he didn’t fix that. Didn’t fix Lance. Then he would lose him. Hunk could not let that happen

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Or, that one time that Hunk crossed the line. ———-  I just love Hunk and I love seeing his perspective. Also Hunk and Lance friendship... There’s too little of it in the world honestly.

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The Cost of Winning by IcyPanther (9596 words): "The Blue and Green Paladins serve no purpose to the Empire," the Galran commander smirked at his bound captives. "And as such you have no use except as arena fodder." He chuckled. "Give us a good show before you die." / Lance is determined to protect Pidge and save her from the arena. She will not die here. Over his dead body. Hopefully it's not quite that literal of a promise. ———- I’m starting to see a pattern here uuuh anyway I love this fic, I love Pidge and Lance working together. WARNING: Violence, Character Death

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A Little Unsteady (Hold Onto Me) by DeerstalkerDeathFrisbee (13,385 words): Takashi Shirogane is nine years old when he holds his brother for the first time. “I’m here,” he’d whispered to his fussing baby brother, “I’m here, I’m here, I’m here.”  And Keith stopped crying. He didn’t laugh; he looked up at Shiro with big, skeptical eyes. A challenge. Like this tiny person was saying ‘oh yeah, prove it’. And Shiro, newly nine years old, promised that he’d prove it.Shiro and Keith's childhood in moments. ———- There’s a lot of Keith’s background story here that I fell really strongly for (though not canon compliant, I just like it.). If you’ve ever had that kind of relationship where you are like an older sibling figure, you can really feel this in your bones. WARNING: Child Abuse

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Leave Them Stunned and Stuttering by BossToaster (ChaoticReactions) (10,527 words): Five Times Shiro couldn't be knocked off balance, one time he was, and one time he trusted the team to see. Or, when sibling bonding goes wrong. ———- A little bit Everyone/Shiro. It’s fun to see the team all bond over trying to mess with Shiro.

———————————————— Fatalistic Daydream by Engineer104 (27,873 words):  Being a low-ranking Galra soldier stationed in a virtual backwater isn’t stopping Pidge from finding out what happened to her family. But the secrets she’s keeping from her friend Keith on top of the unwanted attention of an Altean prisoner-of-war are definitely...slowing her down. ———- Interesting AU where the Galra and Alteans are actively at war. Technically this is tagged as Pidge/Lance but there isn’t anything actually romantic so I feel it fits the gen category.

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Racing on the Thunder by Jennypen (5435 words): Freshman Shiro is pretty hung up on Senior Lance at the Garrison, but no-one else shares his opinion. At least, not until a hostage situation changes everything. ———-   I love this!! Baby Cadet Shiro (who are not so baby-looking) pining after the older Cadet Lance, and Lance is a BAMF.

————————————————- Closer to Your World by CastleSL (29,576 words): Students will be carefully selected and tested for the opportunity to fly out to Kerberos for scientific research. Only one student may be selected. Application and Testing will commence during the third trimester, June 21XX. There was more on the page, statistics and requirements and more details, but it was legit. The flyer was printed on standard Garrison announcement paper, the document signed by the Dean and board of directors. The chance to go to Kerberos. Hunk took a moment to think, then clapped his hand on Lance’s back, smiling. “Well, I’m rooting for ya, buddy.” He said, and Lance beamed like that was all he needed in the world. ———-   It’s been a while since I read this fic but it’s nice with a lil longer Shance fic - it’s also really well written. A sequel is also being written right now that is also good. WARNING: Mentioned character death

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Full Moons and the Mornings After by Impetus (6496 words): Shiro is an unlucky werewolf who can’t control himself during the full moon. Lance really needs to stop letting stray wolves into his apartment. ———-   This is like my favourite werewolf fic ever hahahaha. I love when werewolves are portrayed as big dumb dogs. It’s really cute and they’re both big pining messes.

————————————————-  Jaded by Impetus (8728 words): Shiro is the leader of Voltron. He is the strength and the calm in the face of the thundering storm of the Galra. Lance is someone Shiro doesn't quite understand. Shiro is someone Lance wants to understand with all of his heart. ———-   WARNING: Major character injury

————————————————- The Luxury of Lacking Confidence by oldmythologies (13,695 words): They knew how it worked; Lance was always the damsel in distress and Shiro was the big strong hero who came to save him. When Shiro’s lion is hit by a vicious attack, he is knocked off course and careens into an ice planet. Lance finally elects himself the hero and has to save Shiro from his own injuries and the Galra ships searching the planet. Shiro, feverish and low on blood, is forced to confront his demons; Lance has to learn how to fight them off. ———-    WARNING: Major character injury

————————————————- Tris for Guys by quiddative  (2907 words): It was all Keith’s fault—him and his stupid biceps showing up at intramural basketball two nights ago without his trademark cropped jacket (which was almost as outdated as his mullet) and making everyone swoon. And what was worse, even Shiro, their hotter-than-hell yet sweeter-than-sugar RA and current object of Lance’s helpless affections, seemed impressed. He actually went up to Keith after his team had pummeled everyone else into the ground, clapped him on the back, and uttered the words that Lance had been daydreaming about for approximately fifteen thousand years: “Great job, buddy!” So, as soon as he got back to his room that night, he logged into his student account and signed up for the first available complimentary personal training session the college’s gym offered. ———- The story of how Lance thirsts so hard he even makes the ultimate sacrifice and goes to the gym. Lance’s “voice” here is great.

————————————————-  Slowly, Surely by needchocolatenow (2997 words): Shiro is tasked with an assignment to deliver important cargo to Altea. Lance is his second. -- Or, the fic in which Shiro and Lance take a road trip through space in an unfortunately named shuttle. ———- Just a really cute story where humans have moved into space and Shiro pines and is as awkward as a kid with his first crush.

————————————————-  ordinary people are everywhere by lein (5625 words): The note, situated in the bottom right corner, reads simply: ‘Will you be my Valentine? Yes or yes.’ Surrounded by little hearts and unaddressed, it seems a little out of place nestled next to the carefully crafted drawings of both pigeon lance and the deviantart stamp Pidge sent to Keith that made him cry for upwards of an hour before he had wordlessly crawled atop the table to recreate it as closely as he could. Shiro grins as he picks up a black dry erase marker and circles a yes. ———- This fic is so underrated! It’s super cute and I fell in love already at the summary, but the fic in itself is really well written and nice.

————————————————- Lance's Guide on How to Embarrass Yourself in Front of Your Insurance Adjuster by Eilera (2035 words): “This is for my mama, Hunk. She was so worried about this whole thing. They just finished renovating. I’m not gonna let her down. If my name isn’t Lance fucking Hernandez Martine-holy fuck he’s gorgeous.” “Oh no. No. Lance do-“ Lance didn’t even hear him because there was a fucking gorgeous god walking up the path to the front door.

(In which Lance is helping his mama with an insurance claim and he was not prepared for the smoking hot insurance adjuster.)

———- Lance is Lance and this was funny and cute.

————————————————-  Left Side Or Right? by liddie (2698 words): When Lance accidentally locks himself out of his dorm room he finds himself on Shiro's doorstep hoping that this falls under Shiro's offer of  "Let me know if you need help with anything."

Luckily for him, it does. ———- Piiiining I love it...... I really do

————————————————-  Lactose IntolerLance by humblenoodle (1807 words): Shiro's aware, at least, that his current course of action is humiliatingly stupid, and he should really stop while he's still ahead.

But it’s not like he could just casually waltz up there and ask for Lance’s number, maybe even a date. That’s not how this worked. ———- 

This was really funny and cute, pining Shiro at his most awkward.

————————————————- Define Dancing by starbear (5495 words): “Dancing?” Shiro made a small, scoffing little laugh. “You’re kidding, right? “What? No,” Lance said, “Why?” “I can’t dance.” “Lies.” “No, I’m serious,” Shiro said, “Two left feet. I’m terrible.” “That I absolutely do not believe. I bet you’ve just never really tried.” Lance stood, abruptly, an unsettlingly determined look on his face. “C’mon, let’s do it.” “Do...what?” “Dance, duh,” Lance said. “Let’s go.”

Shiro learns how to dance, and falls in love along the way. ———-  I tend to like fics that are snippets through time, but this one stand out :)

————————————————- Ten Days by WashiPuppy (??? words): Most people never got to learn exactly what their mind is worth, how resistant it is. Lance knew now, and the answer was ten days. It only took ten days for something in him to break that he wasn't sure he could get back.

Shiro had survived a year and come out as someone still able to smile, to be kind and gentle with those around him. Scarred, but not shattered.

Lance wore no new scars. But he still hadn't made it ten days.

———- So you like slow burn? Well what about the characters doesn’t even interact for three thirds of the fic lmao. Honestly though this fic is really good and well written! The focus isn’t on romance at all and I even forgot about it a couple of times, but none the less it’s 100% worth the read.

————————————————-  Black to Blue by PuppetMaster55 (153,825 words): Lance, the undisputed (no longer, since he finally got the team to stop questioning his position like a month ago) leader of Voltron finds himself in the absolute strangest scenario: being the Blue Paladin.

Lance, still finding his place on team Voltron, wakes up to the weirdest world: one where he's the Black Paladin.

OR, I take a universe where Lance was always the Black Paladin and have him swap bodies with canon Lance, throwing both sets of teams for a trip.

———- I mean I assume most people have already read this fic but just in case someone missed it? Read it. This is the Lance as Black Paladin au you always wanted.

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Breaking Wind by AshesTheTerrible (10,044 words): Shiro is settling into his new body and finally trusting himself to rekindle things with Lance. Intimacy proves to be a lot of stumbling after such a long time without. And nobody is safe from awkward bodily functions during sex, not even Shiro. ———- Like the mature dumbass I am I love this fic about farting. It’s really well written and have such a good, soft relationship though it’s worth it ok.  WARNING: Explicit

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ticket to ride by mettaverse (2085 words): The officer raises his hand. “You were going thirty miles over the speed limit for a date?” Lance opens his mouth and the officer lowers his sunglasses just to glare at him. “Sixty in a thirty lane. You know how fast that is?” “Um. Fast? Pretty fast?” “Dangerously fast.” He pulls a pad of paper out of his pocket. “I'm gonna have to give you a ticket.” ———-  Short AU-fic that I just find really cute

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How to Dig Your Own Grave by flyingisland (8804 words): The complete anthology, written from first-hand experiences and mortifying, soul-crushing interactions between Lance McClain and one very attractive neighbor. ———- This fic is kinda wonderful. Lance mess up so bad over and over and it’s hilarious. It’s all fine though in the end ;)  WARNING: Explicit, Sex Work (Pornography)

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easier to lose by quiddative (???? words): Shiro is at the peak of his NHL career. Unfortunately, being famous has its downsides, particularly when it comes to dating. And that’s on top of the fact that he’s still in the closet.

However, a chance meeting with college student Lance, who seems to be the only person in the entire city who doesn’t know who he is, gives him hope that maybe he won’t die alone after all. Just as long as he can keep his identity a secret. ———- This fic isn’t actually finished when I add it here, but I expect it to be soon. I kinda love sport-AU’s not gonna lie. This one hit me right in the weak spot.

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Five Minutes by WhatTheBodyGraspsNot (4176 words): When Keith is unwillingly tricked into a speed dating session by Shiro, he finds himself meeting several unusual characters. The most unusual of all, however, is the loud one in the letterman jacket. He's obnoxious and has no regard for the other people around him and he keeps making his way closer and closer to Keith within the ring rotations. Can Keith pull himself together to get through this meeting? Or will he find himself interested by the end of their five minutes? ———-   I like Keith being stubbornly set on being bitter and hating things he’s dragged into lol. Even when he kinda really doesn’t.

————————————————- gladly break my heart (for you) by godsensei (1747 words): “You want me to... touch you?” Lance asks, a mildly dubious look on his face. Keith feels his face go hot. “Yes! You touch everyone else. I just-- we’re boyfriends, right?” he asks, feeling stupid, but so hopeful. Lance searches his face for a moment, before his eyes soften, a sweet smile blooming on his lips. ———-   This is just fluff and touch starved Keith and I’m all for it. ————————————————- i want your heaven and your oceans too by mothpoem (11,610 words): “Not—not that you’d be my rebound! I mean, you’d be helping me take my mind off of this guy, but to be a rebound, I’d have to have dated him first, I think, and he doesn’t even know I like him, so. You wouldn’t be a rebound. At worst, we become badass partners-in-crime with a grudging respect for each other, at best, we’re soulmates for life and this is fate trying to help us find happiness. So. Um.” Lance swallows and looks up at the Blade of Marmora soldier through his lashes. “What say you?” They look down at their hands for a moment, fingers twisting together in deep thought. Then they’re pulling their gloves off, revealing pale, half-bruised knuckles of the human variation, and their mask is dissolving, giving way to big blue-purple eyes and an achingly familiar jet-black cowlick. “Who,” says Keith Kogane, in that low-pitched rumble that makes Lance’s stomach roil in the good way—holy fuck—“is this guy you’re trying to get over?” ———-   I drew a scene from this fic so I guess in a way I’ve already recc:d it, but I’m gonna do it again. I love awkward misunderstandings and Lance’s rambling in this fic is both kinda hilariously in character and well written. WARNING: Canon-typical violence ————————————————- Keith's Type by AmbitiousSkychild (24,050 words): “How would anyone notice what anyone else’s type is in the middle of all this?!” Matt demanded, laughing. “What’s Keith’s type?” Lance blurted out like an idiot. “It’s… obvious,” Pidge said. “He gets all flustered over shitty puns and most physical comedy. And have you seen the way he stares at Hunk when he’s going on about the mechanics of something? Like how the lions work? I’ve literally seen him blushing when Hunk goes into explanation mode.” “So, you think he has a crush on Hunk?” Lance squawked. “No. You bonehead,” Pidge laughed. “I’m saying any dad-joke-telling, klutzoid with good grades has probably got a pretty good shot at Keith.” Or: It figures that after years of getting it hilariously wrong face-to-face, Lance finally gets good at talking to Keith through a screen, which is, like, one of his biggest accomplishments. Then, Pidge makes the comment that Keith has a type, while heavily implying that it's Matt. But, listen, with everything going on with Voltron, the coalition, the Blade of Marmora, and Coran, Lance isn't going to get distracted worrying about it. Ask anyone, he's always been great with measuring levels of importance.... ———-   I kinda have a weakness for the emotional jealousy, the one that isn’t angry and hot but insecure and hits where it hurts. And yeah. Matt and Keith have (kind of?) a past together and Lance is alone-ish after Keith left the team. ————————————————- King and Reaper by PastelClark (35,512 words): Allura had told them once that Voltron was their destiny. If anything, Keith thinks, Lance had proven that while finding the lions might have been on the dime of some greater plan, compliance to their supposed fate was not strictly required in any remote sense of the word. In fact, by Lance's standard of doing things it was all rather bullshit. (Or: The story of the destruction of Earth and its aftermath, feat. questionable science in regards to weapons of mass destruction, gratuitous Star Wars references, theoretical chess games with the emperor of most of the known universe, explosions, the greatest bromance of all time, the worst romance of all time, far too many guns, concussions, extreme misuse of the French language, awkward flirting, and Lance in an overly-dramatic trench coat.) ———-   BAMF rebel leader Lance and mental images that kinda kick you in the inspiration, honestly. Everyone is older and different. Voltron kinda failed.

————————————————- Keith the Amnesiac by jilliancares (8878 words): In which an accident leaves Keith temporarily without his Voltron-filled memories and he may or may not spill a few of his better kept secrets to Lance. ———-   This story is great if nothing else because it feels so realistic in how it handled Keith’s amnesia. This is very much just what it’s like to have those small differences in how you perceive the world vs how you normally do.

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Let's be (dis)honest by noero (1581 words): Lance is backed against his bathroom wall, one hand gripping his sink and the other nervously combing through his hair. Keith is in front of him — down on his knees — calling Lance’s bluff.  ———-   Nothing really to say about this other than I liked the competitiveness between Keith and Lance and it was fun. WARNING: EXPLICIT

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Sun In Our Eyes by MatchaMochi (9349 words): “Think you can beat me hotshot?” He doesn’t falter, just nods and holds up his sniper. His hands don’t shake, his lips don’t tremble, (his heart though, that wild erratic thing stuttering in his chest, makes the blood rush to his ears, makes him think: Oh god.) ///

In which Kinkade pines and Lance has too many feelings. ———- 

So this is THE Kinkance fic, but just in case someone didn’t read it yet - I’m gonna add it here. (RYAN/LANCE)

———————————————— i'm willing to wait for it, i'm willing to wait for you by ThePackWantstheD (10,338 words): Lance McClain is hard to hate. He’s easy to love. Or: James Griffin falls fast and hard for a charismatic cargo pilot, dates him for six months, and then waits for him for five years.

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This ship isn’t something I ever considered until this fic, but heck it got me on board. I like everyone’s reactions and James’ belief. (JAMES/LANCE)

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no need to say goodbye by smolsarcasticraspberry  (13,557 words): The juniberry tree blossoms every seven years, and when it does, a gateway opens up to another world - a world that Shiro first explores as a child. There, he meets Allura. They do not speak the same language, but children do not need words to play. Every seven years, when the gateway opens again, Shiro steps through to visit the girl he knows on the other side. But the gateway only stays open as long as the juniberry flowers bloom... 

———- This is one of those stories that are simply wonderful, even if you’ve never seen the original show because it build up such a cool new world in the relatively few words. It also deals with Shiro in the aftermath of war and pining. (SHALLURA)

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Drip Like Honey by avoidingavoidance (7171 words): In which Romelle recommends a hot Tumblr boy to Allura, but when she checks him and his stream out, she finds that he seems awfully familiar.

———- Obviously this is right up my alley. Da-mn. Allura is top as heck. WARNING: Explicit (SHALLURA)

———————————————— Frostbite by Rueitae (6109 words):  Pidge is a renowned super villain. Lance is a hero in training. During their latest encounter, Lance pushes his powers to their limit and Pidge has some soul searching to do.

———-  I doooo love superhero AU’s and this is both super sweet, funny, well written and paints a clear picture of the universe which we are thrown into. I like it a lot. (PLANCE)

[ask-the-fusions]

You tagged a drawing of Viran and Decan as 'noirmoth' a bit back. Is that their shipname cuz???I love??? That's such an amazing shipname omfg what are the other shipnames like?

Technically there are 45 possible 2-pair combinations to my fusions and that’s not including some of the multi-pair ships….                  

SO! I will tell you SOME of the pairing names I have in my head; bolded are ships I  like best: 

Noirmoth (Viran/Decan)

Mothcat (Viran/Moxie)

Crypticdad (Viran/Moric)

VIR-squared (Viran/Vircei)

Cryptickitty (Viran/Creaity)

Doubletrouble (Viran/Lodec)

Crypticgoggles (Viran/Progic)

Softtouch (Patteit/Moxie)

Cozykitty (Moxie/Creaity) Also known as the “Itty Bitty Kitty Committee” 

Dragonkisses (Anvity/Moxie) Also known as “Anvoxie”

Playtime (Vircei/Moxie)

Sugarfather (Moxie/Moric) Also known as Mo-squared

Catcall (Patteit/Creaity)

Hattrick (Patteit/Decan)

Royalpaws (Creaity/Anvity)

Bitemarks (Creaity/Vircei)

Softpaws (Moric/Creaity)

Lionbeaker (Creaity/Progic)

Felifatale (Decan/Creaity)

Cuddlebites (Vircei/Anvity) Also known as 

Panicroom (Lodec/Patteit)

Dadfiction (Anvity/Moric)

Royalscience (Anvity/Progic)

GunsNRoses (Anvity/Decan)

Quietkisses (Vircei/Lodec)

Heartgoggles (Progic/Moric)

Doctorclue (Progic/Decan)

Labwork (Lodec/Progic)

OTHER PAIRINGS WITH MORE THAN 2 PEOPLE: 

Hugbrigade (Patteit/Viran/Lodec/Vircei)

Cuddlepile (Anvity/Moxie/Vircei and sometimes Creaity)

Mysteryclique (Decan/Viran/Lodec/Progic)

Madboys (Progic/Lodec/Viran)

Softsquad (Moxie/Vircei/Moric/Patteit/Creaity)

Scenters (Anvity/Vircei/Creaity) (They literally scent each other)

Parentsquad (Moric/Progic/Moxie)

[internetremix]

A while back someone asked if any of you meet irl soooo update check, have all of seen each other irl now ?

Kristen: Bro and Split visited me in the Void. Mostly we just sat in cuddlepiles, ate tiny oranges and watched animu. Split gave me a plush sloth (who is now named Creed) and the thing is roughly the size of my torso. He is for giving hugs when Split is not there to give me sibling hugs. This is all disgustingly cute.

Atwas: Juno and I hung out on a boat due to sheer coincidence that we were in the same city while I was meeting other internet friends. It was pretty rad.

Juno: yep. atwas kidnapped me and they took me over state lines. I’ve also met Dawn, we played Pokémon Go and tried to two person raid a Regice. Which of course was a mistake.

Dawn: Our poor pokemon ;-; They deserved better than that. I met up with Alex and hung out at Didney and did a super cool VR adventure.

Alex: we shot darth vader. it was neat.

Dawn: Super neat. I also hung out with Phill and we got kbbq and introduced him to taco bell.

Uprising: I've never met anyone irl ;-; BUT I have plans to!

Phill: Last summer I had Tex and Walrus come over to my apartment for a few days, we played party games, got drunk, went to a karaoke place and played the first pc Harry Potter game. Then Last month I went to Murcia: I met dawn(ToonWolf), invaded their house and scruffier their dog. I stayed with Shyner for a week and got fucked up. Chilled with UpgradedMoon for an evening and had a mini adventure. I then stayed with split for a few days and got up to all kinds of bullfuckery. Then hung out with Jojo, then both split and jojo for a week. Lots of fun there. Jojo and I went to the alligator farm!

Moon: Shyner and I know each other in real life, so we kinda see each other often. BUT We've hung out with Dawn on a few occasions and went to Disneyland with both Dawn and Xander once! Shyner and I have also seen Darby a couple times. Phill was over my house for a day, and resisted the urge to draw on my face when I clocked out. I've also got an event soon that I'll see a couple more of them, but that's a hush hush ;)

Jojo: Shyner visited me once! It was awesome! We had a blast, and I look forward to visiting her again! And Phill came to see me and it was an absolute blast

Alex: I don't remember if this was before or after the last time we were asked but I met up with Darby. Can confirm he's an actual ray of sunshine.

Moon: He gives great fuckin hugs

Phill: Didn't you get bagels with Xander aswell, Alex? 

Alex: That was easily before the last time we were asked. But yes Xander and I did meet and got a shit load of cheese

Phill: SHIT SPEAKING OF! I ALSO SAW XANDER! And we insulted the subway and ate pizza

Scott: No, I haven't yet.I do not have the money.Have a sad haiku.In all seriousness, I would love to meet up with one of these guys at some point.

Tex: I have seen one Phill and one Walrus

Shyner: The only people not on the list that Moon gave that I've met were Split and Jojo, last summer. Quite literally the most fun I've ever had! In all, I've got Dawn, Darby, Xander, Phill, Jojo, and Split encounters under my belt oWo I wish to collect more

Jojo: Me and split live 10 minutes away

Brodingles: I've only met Kristen and Split haha. Kinda keep things to myself, but that's probably gonna change

Xander: We lived together, Bro

Brodingles: I FORGOT

Uprising: that is hilarious. fuckin f

Moon: F

[victorluvsalice]

AU Thursday: Bringing That Hot Fuzz AU Back Out

"What AU?" I bet most of you are going right now. It's understandable -- Wonderland Fuzz has always been one of those AUs that has kind of flown under the radar. Hell, my last proper ramble on it (as opposed to it popping up in posts about multiple AUs) was back in November 2014: Meet the Cop Who Can’t Be Stopped And the only fic I ever posted for it was back in March of 2013! Wonderland Fuzz Sins & Virtues And neither time did I really explain it that well. But it's also one of those persistent AUs that likes to pop into my mind from time to time, so let's give it a proper (and properly tagged) explanatory post:

-->The AU is based off the movie Hot Fuzz, directed by Edgar Wright and starring Simon Pegg and Nick Frost. It's both a send-up of and loving homage to your typical cop action movie, only set in a sleepy English village with a dark secret. The starring roles are Nicholas Angel, a supercop from London who is sent to the village of Sandford to be sergeant there because he's making the rest of the London service look bad (Pegg), and Danny Butterman, one of the local constables and son of the Chief Inspector Frank Butterman, who idolizes action movies and dreams of being a "real" copper who sees action and shit like Angel (Frost). It's a freaking excellent movie and I can recommend it whole-heartedly -- with a small caveat that, due to its nature, it can get gory at times. There is one notable death where a guy gets his head crushed. Be warned.

-->In the Valice AU, Alice takes on Nicholas's role, while Victor takes on Danny's. Alice is sent down to the little village of Burtonsville, Wonderlandshire after proving too competent for her fellow officers in London. She's soon wrapped up in the mystery of the many "accidents" that seem to plague the residents, as well as becoming surprisingly close to her new partner Victor (a sweet, shy boy with a surprisingly incongruous love of action movies). Eventually it all blows up into a massive shoot-out between the dark conspiracy behind the town and the pair (later joined by the rest of the rag-tag village police force). Really, one of the main draws of doing this AU would be Victor and Alice getting to participate in some hilariously ridiculous and awesome action sequences. :p

-->I'm going to do a separate post later with casting, but I've already decided that most of the "evil" villagers should be Corpse Bride characters (with the exception of the Queen of Hearts and the Tweedle Twins), while the police force should be largely Alice characters (with the exception of Victor, Victoria, and Emily). "Neutral" characters and the murder victims can be from either side -- in particular, the "hoodie" group that keeps popping up contains both the Insane Children and the few child characters that show up in CB (the Solemn Village Boy and the two skeleton children).

(Now I'll be discussing spoilers in more detail, so behind a cut it goes!)

-->"Wait a minute -- you just said the role Victor's playing is the son of the Chief Inspector. Shouldn't William be on the 'good guy' team despite being a CB character?"

Nope. Frank Butterman is the MAIN VILLAIN of the movie. He's the one behind the murderous Neighborhood Watch Association that kills anyone remotely capable of making the village look bad. Which means --

Yup, we have an evil!William! That's actually another major draw of the AU for me -- of the four parents featured in CB, William basically got the least personality. As a result, he often gets painted as the token "good" parent in fanfic. The idea of him being a villain while still having his "kindly old man" attitude really appeals to me. (Admittedly, the inspiration for his villainy would still be Nell, who like her counterpart in the film would have been obsessed with winning the "Best Village" award -- but like her counterpart in the film, Nell is long dead by the time of the film, and I'd like to think even she would balk at KILLING the people who threaten the village's image.)

-->Alice's backstory has been modernized, of course, but still includes Bumby killing her family and managing to get away with it for twelve years. I don't know yet if she should still have been in Rutledge for a while or adopted by Nan Sharpe -- I mean, she's a cop in this AU, and I think having been in an asylum, even as a child, might be an automatic rejection? Maybe Dr. Wilson just visited her at home. . . At any rate, she does end up under Bumby's care to continue recovering from her trauma, and realizes that he's the one who killed her family. This time, she's actually able to bring him to justice (using Lizzie's room key as evidence he was in her house) and take down his child trafficking ring. The experience inspires her to become a police officer to help make sure no one has to suffer like she did. The reason she goes so hard, becoming the super-serious super-cop at the beginning of the AU, is a combination of that desire -- and the knowledge that her file, no matter how many talents she possesses, arrests she does, or awards she wins, will always have "watch for abnormal behavior/suicidal actions" on it. She managed to become a cop because she proved she could take the heat and be the best, and now she's afraid that if she ever slips -- well. (William's comment that the stress has "driven her round the bend" hits her VERY hard later in the AU.)

-->Victor's backstory also has been modernized, and has dropped the "corpse bride" element -- Emily is very much among the living here. Although Victor did still date both her and Victoria for a while -- think a scenario like the one I generally use for my "high school" AUs, where Victor was just casually involved with both. William still hints that Victor should get back together with Victoria ("Your mother would have loved her, Victor!"), unaware that Victoria's now dating Emily. Other changes include Victor being much closer to his father thanks to Nell's death when he was young; being somewhat less shy than his counterpart (he goes with his fellow officers to the pub, where March and Dormy make a game of getting him shitfaced -- fortunately, unlike Danny, he never tries to drive afterward); and loving action movies (something Alice finds baffling but amusing).

-->The ending of the AU might be a little darker than the ending of the original movie. Hot Fuzz ends with a sea mine exploding in the station's evidence room (it makes sense in context), which demolishes the building -- but mostly leaves the officers unharmed, since this is first and foremost a comedy. However, I've been thinking lately that -- well, one of the things I sometimes do with modernized/all-human, all-living AUs is to give characters like Emily and Hatter prostheses in place of their skeletal/mechanical limbs (this is most notable in the Cuddlepile AU). I wasn't sure about doing this in an AU where they're all cops, but as a result of the explosion? *shrug* I'd also already planned for Victor to quit the service afterwards (he gets shot by the sole NWA member that escapes the final epic shootout, as Danny does in the movie, and when he recovers, he decides he's had more than enough of real-life action movie shenanigans). This does probably mean the AU ends with only Alice (and maybe Victoria) still on the beat, but I'm sure I can work it into a "everyone's still happy and doing things they love" epilogue.

[transgirlfurries]

me and my 3 gfs are trans girl furries and once i actually design my sona and figure out How To Art i'm gonna draw all our sonas in one big gay cuddlepile

woah........... I love u all this ask is so blessed...

-mod rosie

[thevalicemultiverse]

🌌 How are you doing?

Forgotten Vows!Victor: [holding his sketchbook] Fine -- just working on a new drawing of a butterfly.

Secundus!Victor: [holding a caterpillar, grinning] Checking on my latest experiment! This one's part of a new strain of bioluminescent butterflies -- should glow orange instead of yellow.

Catch Us!Victor: [wiping the blood off his straight razor] Well, Alice and I just ended the life of another arse who preys on the weak and innocent, so I'm doing well, but I do need to run very soon.

Cuddlepile!Victor: [holding some popcorn] Great -- it's movie night! We're having a Ghostbusters marathon in just a moment!

Inevitable High School!Victor: [being towed along by a small pack of dogs] I may have overbooked this particular Saturday! Heel! Heel!

Aperture!Victor: [doodling unflattering pictures of Cave Johnson on a clipboard] How do you think I'm doing? Just another day in "paradise..."

Londerland Bloodlines!Victor: [looking maybe a bit too happy for someone who is licking blood off his lips] Alice just gave me my blood for the fortnight, so I'm doing wonderful, thank you for asking.

Fallout!Victor: [working on his Two-Shot combat rifle] No one's shooting me right now, and I just found a whole pack of duct tape in that house over there, so life is pretty good at this moment.

Technicolor Phase!Victor: [painting a picture on an easel] Lovely -- just doing some painting. It's a lot easier now that I can see more of the colors.

Valicer In The Dark!Victor: [studying a vial of electroplasm] Trying to figure out how I infuse this into a butterfly...if I can just crack it, I could so much good with that greenhouse down the road...

[mirrorstone]

Have I mentioned my Beanstalk romance and sexuality headcanons because boy do I have a lot of them. I would apologize for my reprehensible shipping, but I’m not sorry. I’m a little sorry I’m not sorry though, so there’s that.

Jack is bi. Jack is really really bi. Since he grew up with a huge family surrounded by relationships and crushes in every gender combination, Jack tends to just forget that straight is a thing people can be unless he’s explicitly reminded. This makes him terrible to try to confide in about your unrequited crush. He’s very casual about touching if he doesn’t get ‘please back off’ signals, and is not great at recognizing where most people draw the line between platonic and romantic touching. He’s probably left a string of crushes behind him because he didn’t watch where he aimed his carefree grin and really good hugs. (Jack gives fantastic hugs and you can’t tell me otherwise. He’s big and warm and he wraps his arms all the way around you and maybe lifts you up some, and holds you for as long as you want without making it awkward.) Jack had a really big puppy crush on Liam for a while after he arrived, but it faded quickly because 1. Liam did nothing to encourage it and 2. Bea. Jack falls in loyalty much easier than he falls in love.

George is mostly interested in girls but largely uninterested in romance. When she thinks about settling down it’s in a single apartment near a university with books and maybe a cat, and does not necessarily include a significant other although if someone brought it up she’d agree that it probably sounds nice. She had a little on and off thing with May when they crossed paths but it never progressed beyond kissing, and they both knew it couldn’t really be serious or sustainable. Everyone joked that she and Jack were a couple but they never saw each other romantically.  They love each other, but it’s loyal, die for you, slightly too co-dependent, shieldbrother love, not romantic love. Not that the two of them (and the three of them when they still had Liam) didn’t have some intense platonic cuddlepiles though. It gets cold in the mountains and George simply does not care enough to lose at no romo chicken.

Laney is demi, and was always quietly resistant to the idea of romance. She wasn’t going to go into a diplomatic arranged marriage, and she definitely wasn’t going to waste her time slobbering all over one of her peers. She has trouble relating to other people’s relationships or seeing the attraction in them. She doesn’t have any interest in touching or kissing anyone, unless she knows them very well and is starting to fall for them. The quickest way to completely lose her interest forever is to try to impress her by out-competing her, and she will shoot someone down hard and fast for it. She falls in love slowly and reluctantly, and she doesn’t quite trust the process. It takes her a while to accept it. She doesn’t want to be dramatically wooed or pursued, but she does want the object of her affections to court her and show her they care. Winning Laney’s heart is all about having her back and noticing the small things.

Rupert is bi-romantic ace, and he loves traditional, old-fashioned romance. He’s not one for big, extravagant gestures, but he’s the sort to come home with a bouquet of roses to make them happy, who never forgets anniversaries or their favorite food, who tucks a note and a snack into their pocket where they’ll find it later in the day just when they need it. He has some issues about being touched (which get especially strong post Remember the Dust) and needs partners who are patient and very respectful of his boundaries. He dated a few schoolmates, but they were always casual relationships, without a passionate spark like he secretly hoped for. His shortest relationship was with a boyfriend who didn’t respect his comfort zone about touching and sex, so Rupert ended it. He’s very conscious of what makes a healthy relationship and red flags, and he gives excellent relationship advice.

Grey is aromantic asexual. He caught a mention of it in a book, realized it was relevant, then hunted up the definitive books on the subject of sexuality, read them cover to cover, and quietly concluded that this was what applied to him. Once he had it safely labelled and defined, he got on with the rest of his reading. It’s important to be precise and categorize things properly. If Grey was ever the subject of a quiet crush from a fellow sage, they never confessed, which is good because Grey would have turned them down so bluntly and summarily that it would have been rude, and then he wouldn’t have understood why they started tearing up because he was just being informative. (He would have felt bad though.)

Post Remember the Dust, all four of them live together and they are A Thing. Is it a romantic thing? Is it a platonic thing? Is it a currently platonic but possibly moving towards romantic thing? No one is entirely sure. They’re certainly not, but what is certain is that the four of them are going to spend the rest of their lives together. (I’m not certain either frankly, I am equally happy with either them being poly for each other and Grey is there too because they are his regardless of his romantic disinterest, or being platonic.)

And some bonus reprehensible trash because being a homestuck means never not being able to ruin everything you touch with quadrants:

Jack<>George: Jack and George were moirails. They were textbook moirails, they were the the platonic ideal of moirails. All the places where one fit into the other, where one compensated for the other without thinking, all those co-dependent, fight with you, kill for you, foxhole bond, breathe in sync feelings are the moirailegiance stories are made of. And then, Jack left.

Jack<>Grey: Oops kiddo, you spilled your protective instincts all over the place, now look what you’ve done

Jack<3<The Seeress: Imagine that scene from Mulan where the guard lights the signal pyre, except instead of a pyre it’s a big pile of garbage and instead of a guard it’s me. Now all of China knows I have reprehensible ships. (You will pry this hideous hatemance out of my cold dead hands.)

[les-bi-katamari]

SESSION 8

Bodies remaining around us: kid, two other bodies, one Herald corpse, one mook corpse, one undryad corpse. Bodies dragged into forest: sneak, two Heralds.

Brianne examines the Herald corpse. Lots of places where it’s shifted, transformed. Happened after death; not wounds, but its flesh struggling to keep up with its metamorphosis. Torso hollowed, less internal organs; ribcage grotesquely grown to accomodate muscles. Along spine and forelimbs, rows of metallic spikes growing out of it. These spikes are similar to the smaller spikes used for the dryad, but NOT the larger one, which was more intricate, shaped, gold inlay. Abyssal runes on them. (Note: the corpses in Ulthar’s tower did not have a big spike, only the Herald spikes.) Brianne reads the script: an abyssal prayer “We purify the weak, and rise in glory.” They all say the same thing. No discernable tool marks.

Brianne gets Ghorza to rip one of the spikes out, dripping with ichor. She then cuts it open to discover its bones are now the same metallic substance as the spikes. The bones are ALSO etched with Abyssal; it appears to say something else, but the ribs appear to be in the middle of something. She recruits ghorza again to help flay the flesh from its bones; Brianne fucks up during the autopsy and something bursts, releasing a nauseating scent of decay. She pukes (away from the body).

We eventually manage to peel off enough flesh from bone to get the gist. It reads like a religious text - mentions of Galaias, [her return from… entrapment? Somewhere.] The Herald is a walking unholy text, with prophecies etched into its bones. [With Primeval Awareness, Brianne detects more undead are in Mielikki’s Arbor, and six more suddenly appear there.]

Finally we go back inside to reunite with the cuddlepile.

Meanwhile, inside: Cadence is tending to Apphia’s near-mortal wounds, cleaning her etc. Kelsey anxiously asks if Apphia’s titties will be okay.

Megs, the only one who’s not preoccupied, talks to Juna alone. It turns out she knows the living bruiser, Valden Bray. (Gwen: “Can I roll insight to see if they fucked?” - Megs actually does but gets a 6 :P ). When she realizes he was one of the ones snooping in the barn, she charges in, grabs him by the collar, and demands an explanation while dangling him in the air.

He says he got mixed up in some bad shit, he needs food for his family and can’t lumberjack, so he signed up with the castle, but then it got ‘weird.’ He repeats that he was looking for the lens, sent on behalf of ‘someone above Brandt’.

Juna: “And so what, you were going to kill my family?! My parents, my siblings? Give me one good reason I shouldn’t burn you from the inside out!” (Kelsey: “Roll insight to see if they fucked!”) There’s another couple of the Vardanes, tall teenage boy and shorter girl, and Apphia and Cadence coming down now. Apphia DOES roll, and determines that they have made out but not fucked. Ghorza and Brianne come in now too. “I can’t believe this sniveling bastard sold out my family!”

He agrees to talk more; Juna lets him down, then decks him in the face again. He mentions the sneak was all about the ‘cause’ - says the people ‘holed up in Castle Aldessein’ are all weirdos. Mentions Martin, the bruiser we killed in the barn - Ghorza interjects “I think if you search your memory you’ll find he was killed by the zombies.” He mentions the margravine was more or less forced to leave by Brandt et al. The weirdos are part of some kind of cult, “Harbingers of the Dark Sun.”

Some of the group know of this cult - the cult of Cyric, triple-crowned king, god of lies and murder, whose followers are sometimes known for controlling the undead, binding them under their will. (Gwen: “Do you think someone would really do that? Just put on hats and tell lies?”)

Valden says there were services held in the dungeons at night. Carm was really into it. Carm and Nemeth run the show there. Brandt is a pawn they installed; Nemeth tells him what her superior wants and he makes it happen. The cult is everywhere - in all the marches and Isvanir - communicating with each other, keeping tabs on our movements, etc. The Margravine is being poisoned to keep her weak but alive.

Nemeth is apparently a tiefling too. Gold eyes, red hair, dark skin, horns, tail. Quiet, keeps to herself; doesn’t interact with the grunts much (Brandt does that). Looks like a warrior? Talks mostly to Brandt, Carm, the lieutenants sometimes.

Carm - the worst of all of them. Extremely creepy. Human. Keeps tabs on everyone. REAL into Cyric. Slight, pale, sandy brown hair, blue eyes. Coldest stare. Carm overheard another grunt talking about not being into Cyric; he disappeared and the altar got more bone decorations.

Cassath and Dresna - lieutenants. “Mostly just into each other” - no insight check needed, they’re fucking all the time; they’re probably fucking right now. Cassath is a high elf, from Isvanir. Light, short, messy brown hair. And she’s a witch? Scarred, burned hands (from acid). Cruel, but not really into Cyric. Dresna - half-orc, short black hair. She’s sneaky and creepy. Not as cruel as Carm, not really into Cyric; just there for Cassath.

Apphia knows of Cassath - an exiled criminal, from the slums where the Tarjanir refugees were. Ran a illicit alchemist shop, made acids. Made a lot of mayhem, was sentenced to be executed many years ago.

Ghorza knew of Dresna - she was in Vassarein’s army. Perennial bad example for the troops; didn’t play well with others. Robbed the armory and vanished.

Only one other person of importance, who Owen told us about, was the greasy, light-figured, shifty-looking guy who would swing by occasionally to deliver reports and talk to Nemeth and Brandt. No one who matched the description of Gulden, or the one Ulthor fought at the ruins.

Correspondence to Isvanir - maybe upstairs in the keep?

Albrecht - former castle guard. Erik knows him, recommends we talk to him. Dancing Dryad inn. Left when the cult took over.

Helene wants to get the family out of here, to safety. We decide that - after we burn the bodies - we’ll take the Vardanes into town and get them room in the inn. And Valden, we guess. Then we’ll rest up for the night.

We burn the Mortens (neighbors) and the herald and Martin (the bruiser). (Burned body count is up to 19).

We can now read some more of the remaining bones of the Herald, now that the flesh is burned up. [Brianne has heard some of these prophecies in her dream. Galaias returns under a sky of blood, upon a road of bone. She was sealed away on the Material Plane millenia ago. ‘From the ranks of her enemies, a spiteful soul will draw her forth.’]

Juna has a gift for Ghorza and Apphia, before we leave - she gives them a Ring of Necrotic Resistance and a Ring of Protection, and heartfelt hugs. It’s really gay!

We go into town - Cadence has shifted into a horse, and Megs and the kid ride her. Apphia is in the cart, being held in Juna’s strong arms. She gets the Cloak of Comforting.

Brianne, Apphia, Helene, Juna, and the kids check into the inn. Meanwhile, Eric takes Ghorza and Valden with to go find Albrecht. We’re rounding up a posse to save the people in the outskirts! Cadence stays a horse. She takes off on a run with Megs on her back.

The cost of putting up the Vardanes is 114. We split that five ways.

We find a stoic elven man with dark skin nursing a drink. Albrecht is Erik’s ex bf for sure. He perks up slightly when he sees Erik. He explains the situation with the undead attack. Albrecht toys with a dagger while looking at Valden, who admits he’s shit. Albrecht says he’ll round up his men. He also says he’ll put Valden to work helping to fix things once.

We discuss tactics on how to fight the things, that they should run away from the undryads if they see one. Ghorza tells Albrecht they’ll try to rescue the Margravine and reinstate her, which he fervently hopes they do.

Meanwhile, Cadence and Megs are out looking for flowers. They… find some weeds. They then try to go to Ghorza’s moms’ bakery, but forget it’s in a different city. Luckily, Megs has fantastic Investigation and finds an awesome bakery, and they get lots of pastries. They also get nice meals and wine to bring back to the party? So cute!

Imp: “And you brought us weed! Can I roll for how dank it is?”

Kelsey: “She needs to ride back in on me, looking dashing as fuck on the noble steed-” Lin: “Roll Charisma.” (Cadence rolls an 8, but at least Megs manages to roll a 22). Lin: “Peasant girls look out their windows, sighing, a merchant woman leans out of her booth and gives Megs the nod.”

Cadence fucks up and turns back before Meg dismounts, which spoils the effect a bit. Cadence druidcrafts the weeds into lovely flowers.

Ghorza gives Cadence a big hug and spins her around, and Cadence smiles for the first time that day. They share with the Vardanes too, and Juna hugs them as well. Megs redemption arc complete!

Lise and Armand - the Vardane kids. Lisse is like 7, Armande is 14.

We prepare to rest for the night. (Brianne buys our rooms. (It’s gay).) Tomorrow we storm the castle dungeons! Valden’s gonna be leading us in; we’ll put up the ruse that we’re on their side and Megs is bringing in the lens. Apphia will have the actual lens, and will show Valden the real lens as proof that we’ve had it all along. Then she’ll hide it on her person, and make an illusory copy.

Apphia and Brianne go out to get Apphia a new top, although Juna had Mending’d her shirt. Shopping episode~! After Brianne helps her find one, Apphia decides to get her a super soft nice cloak… OF BILLOWING! It’s all super gay. As they walk back, Brianne brushes her hand against hers, and Apphia takes her hand and swings their arms as they walk back.

Cadence, with a few drinks in her, finally shares her nightmares (or, trauma flashbacks) - a unicorn which was an Exarch(?) of Mielikki was corrupted into a undryad-like beast, and chased her out of the arbor. We have a big group hug.

Brianne: “If I’m super gay for Apphia, does that make me an Apphiest?”

Megan: “If Brianne wants to have the gay panic long rest, she can bunk with apphia.”

End of session, and day 3.

[thevalicemultiverse]

drawing is so stupid it truly makes you google shit like “table”

Victor: And then you discover there are so many more types of table than you thought in the world, when all you wanted was a simple reference picture of a square table for four where is it in the damn image search --