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cybernightart · 10 months ago

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Bonnie brothers Au

(The bear family)

Okay, so there's going to be a lot of talking that's just going to be a general summary of the beginning of the bear family becoming a little family unit, but under all that there's going to be a bunch of drawings. So if you just want to look at the drawings, scroll down lol.

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As mentioned in one of @bxnnie-bxwl 's recent posts, in this AU the main bear family consists of Wilfred(FNAF 1 Freddy), Alfred (FNAF 2 withered Freddy), and Freddy!(FNAF SB glamrock Freddy)

Wilfred is the single father to his son Freddy, who he had at a very young age, having him dropped off on his doorstep one day out of the blue accompanied by only a note from wilfred's ex saying how this is his son and that she never wants to hear from him or his son again and that she does not want him. The now freshly 20-year-old Wilfred is on his own in a very small apartment, working a minimum wage restaurant job which doesn't make enough money to support him and a newborn baby, though he tries his best.

Wilfred being an orphan himself couldn't bear (hehe bear) to give his son away but he felt like he had no option after months of trying and trying and barely being able to scrape by with it all coming to a head when he is unable to forward feeding this growing cub who with everyday needs more and more food pretty much. And the last thing he wants to do is to put his son up for adoption due to his absolutely horrible experiences in the orphanage he was at, but the auction seemed more and more like the only one. The more he sat there and cried as he cradled this baby in his arms alone in his apartment.

That is until the doorbell went.

Wilfred caught up to open the door to see if it was there. I wanted to see his neighbor Alfred standing there with a box of food in his hands, and pretty much without saying a word came in. Gave Wilfred the food he'd been holding as Wilfred had not been properly feeding himself for the past few months in order to feed Freddy, and with ease took over looking after little baby Freddy while Wilfred was actually able to get some sleep for the first time in months.

Over the next few years. Alfred became more and more like family, eventually becoming the official godfather to Freddy and filling in the role of a grandparent for him. Allowing Wilfred to go to work. And earn the money he needs in order to support him and his son along with the support of Alfred as well, who works as a gardener and beekeeper. Alfred taught Freddy multiple things growing up, including being the one to introduce him to singing and performing music. Other things Alfred taught him included many wiccan practices, and other forms of witchcraft which Freddy ended up taking up an interest in and continuing to practice by himself as he got older.

When Freddy was around 5, Wilfred was given the restaurant that he worked at by the owners who were retiring and trusted him to continue on the restaurant as they believed the business would be in good hands with him. This significantly helped the family income and allowed them to move into a bigger family home, instead of the one bedroom apartment where Wilfred had been sleeping on the couch for many, many years as he had given the only bedroom to Freddy.

When Freddy was little he would come to work with Wilfred from time to time and help him wait tables where he got given his own little tray where he would carry a singular drink or side dish so he could feel like he was helping, the customers absolutely loved this and would end up tipping Wilfred More, as well as tipping Freddy. This resulted in Freddy amassing a decently large sum of money which he used to take his friends to the local arcade, sweet shoppe, toy store, and more.

Speaking of friends! Freddy's childhood friends consisted of Chloe (glamrock chica) who was the daughter of chica, A fellow business owner who runs a local bakery who is very close friends with Wilfred. Archie(basically glamrock foxy), who is the son of Captain foxy, a local fisherman who pretty much has a monopoly over the entirety of the fish market for the bear district, who is also very close friends with Wilfred. And lastly, Felix (Funtime Freddy)! The one friend Freddy was able to make in school, as one day Felix saw Freddy getting picked on by some of the other bears and decided to stand up for the little bear. Felix being a polar bear was very intimidating for the other bear cubs who had been picking on Freddy so they quite quickly left him alone. This then created a lifelong friendship between the two.

I will go into more of the story beyond this point in later posts as this is already getting quite long, but now it's time for the drawings! (Primarily of Freddy and Wilfred) I will say though in the future not only will it include how Freddy meets the rest of the future band, how he and Bowie (glamrock Bonnie) meet and fall in love, The pure chance meeting of Wilfred and Brooks (FNAF 1 Bonnie), and another family member of the bear household who has a very dark past and has very mysterious ties to Wilfred/Freddy and Even somehow connects back to Bonnie's family and a tragedy that occurred many many years ago 👀👀👀

Quick additional info!

•Alfred is a Kodiak bear

•Wilfred and Freddy are Cambrian brown bears

•Wilfred and Freddy speak Spanish as their "first" language with English being their technical second.

•All bears speak bearish as their legitimate first language being the language that they're able to speak from the moment they can make noise when they're born. This consists of the normal bear sounds, including growling,huffing, barking,woofing, jaw pops, chuffs, hissing, squeaking, and even purring! The types of noises they can make are dependent on the species of bear they are, as each species of bear has slight variations of noises they can make.

•Also bears in this world live in more isolated communities almost entirely consisting of only other bears, This is due to the rest of the species in the world Fearing bears and what they're capable of as they have still retained a lot of their sheer strength and power and physical capabilities that they're original form of animal had. They're also feared due to the spreading of false and greatly exaggerated rumors about how violent and dangerous bears are in this universe. This is led to bears being very discriminated against and bears themselves isolating themselves in fear of scaring or hurting the others around them. Even though, despite their large size for a majority of them, they are no more dangerous than anyone else in the world. However, these biases and misconceptions still remain.

THE ART!!!!

Here is wilfred's design! Seems like a relatively normal guy, though he does seem to have a distinct marking over his eye and the side of his face 👀

Here is a cute little pen doodle I did of Wilfred and little Freddy! (This drawing of Freddy still gives me cuteness aggression)

Some Papa bear and baby bear activities ✨

Baby Freddy in his little space themed PJs 😭🥺<3

And here is a side by side comparison of Wilfred (age 40) and Freddy (age 20) rocking the same outfit!

A cute little doodle I did of the bear fam together on a day out. Here you can see a side by side comparison of the giant size of Alfred being a Kodiak bear(8ft tall), compared to Wilfred who is a Cambrian brown bear (6.8ft), and the lil sleepy baby Freddy XD

Here are some additional doodles!

I wonder who he could be? And... my that plushie does look very familiar... Strange how it resembles *****...

HAHAH- gay

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samobservessonic · 9 days ago

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We’re continuing the current run of oneshots for the main story, but it's a Kitching & Elson one, so you know it’s going to be great right away. The setting is hardly subtle, with Troopers reaching the stage of grabbing anyone to turn into badniks with the logic that “everyone is guilty of something”

Now, a few issues ago, we saw something interesting in the oneshot about the kid and his badnik friend, where the kid was spoken to by the troopers and then allowed to go about his day. Up until then, I’d kind of been assuming that StC worked a bit more like the games, where any of the Mobians were up for grabs to be turned into badniks. But that isn’t the case here. From almost the start, we’ve seen there are a lot of Mobians who support and work with Robotnik. This makes more sense from the perspective that Robotnik isn’t turning everyone into badniks. And while we as the audience know that Robotnik would indeed take anyone he wanted to throw in a robot, there are definitely a lot of Mobians who believe that they’re exempt from it… so long as they behave “I didn’t think the guy who kidnaps people and turns them into mindless slaves would do that to me” and all that. So basically, in StC, Robotnik’s dictatorship provides him with a following of rightwing supporters. It’s not a million miles away from how Sonic Underground handles it, but it is very different to SatAM and Archie. Which isn’t a judgement on any of these series, just an observation. Since this blog is alo for my stray thoughts about Sonic spin-offs

We’re then given this imposing shot of Robotnik to give some context. The recent destruction of his statue has made it clear to him that Mobius views him as less of a threat right now. With the Emerald Hill folk safely off his radar and the Freedom Fighters bagging more wins, everyone’s assuming that he’s on his way out (spoilers: he is) and he’s digging his heels in to show that’s not the case. Even if it means going after people who, if not support him, at least keep their heads down when the troopers pass by

But it’s time to cut away to our heroes and, as has been the trend lately, we’ve got the trio of Sonic, Amy & Johnny. With Porker retiring from action and Tails off having his own adventures, these three are our main guys at least up until Amy teams up wit Tekno and Sonic is forced to room with the Chaotix for a bit

But for right now, Sonic is mortified by the civilians' assumption that Amy is his girlfriend. Y’know, looking back at these, I think I can safely list StC as the origin of why I never got into shipping SonAmy, since he’s really, really not into the idea of dating her here and even Amy loses interest from a romantic POV later on

Heck, I feel like we’re starting to enter that era now, since this comes across more as Amy teasing a friend than anything else, at least to me?

We can’t have this story just be the crew busting some prisoners out with no opposition though, so here’s our villains of the week

You folks know by now that I generally skip over a lot of the fight scenes. So let’s say “There is a fight scene” and carry on lol

Which is resolved by Amy using her brains and figuring out the ol’ “Pay no attention to the man behind the curtains” trick

Then we have an ending to this battle that I find quite interesting: Amy lets Sonic think that he’s won, but Johnny notices

There’s been a couple of times now when we’ve seen that in his inner-thoughts, Sonic isn’t quite as confident as he puts across. It’s important to him that people have faith in him and his abilities, even if he has doubts about himself that he’d rather hide. I do wonder if Amy knows this and that could be another reason behind her not taking credit, besides that she doesn’t want to take the limelight and thinks being the star suits Sonic better. It's good that the Mobians have faith in Sonic. They need that Regardless of what she thinks, she’ll be well-known as a hero herself soon enough, but for now she’s shrugging her shoulders about this win

I also like when they paint Johnny as the more level-headed and observant one of the group. After this era, we start to see less of Johnny, but I enjoy how he’s being written at the moment

#sam observes sonic #sonic the comic #stc issue 78 #sonic the hedgehog #amy rose #dr. robotnik #johnny lightfoot

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thecomicsnexus · 7 months ago

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TMNT ADVENTURES: THE FOREVER WAR (kind of FAN MADE)

April 2024

By Steve Murphy, Chris Allan, Andrew Modeen, Artem Tsarkov, Arseniy Dubakov, Egor Prutov , Jon D'Agostino, Dmitry Bobrovnik, Yuri Kochin, and Jim Lawson.

The Shredder finally succeeds at erasing the Turtles from history and conquering the world. But the Turtles and Splinter will try to defeat him and ensure their existence in this conclusion of the iconic Archie series.

SCORE: 8

You'll have to forgive the lack of images, but it is very hard to scan this book (I'll see what I can do for the video review, but I may need to work with photos of it). In any case, this is another of those fan projects by Arseniy Dubakov and Andrew Modeen... but with some interesting twists in its genesis.

You probably remember that this saga was announced in 1995 before the Archie adventures were canceled, and fans have been speculating forever about how the story ended.

In 2009 we almost got the conclusion by the original team (Steve Murphy and Chris Allan), but the turtles were sold to Viacom and the plans never materialized. In any case, Murphy couldn't remember where he was going with the story, so it would be fair to say that it was never going to be the same arc.

More recently, Chris Allan met Arseniy and the two got together to make this project happen. The first chapter (which was made public at some point in the past few years), was mostly recovered from 1995, but it had been colored and edited by the new team.

As far as I know, the second chapter was plotted by Steve Murphy, and I can say that the two first chapters feel the most like the original book... with some annoying differences.

After that, the book does its job, and the story works very well. The project was promoted as "closing all open plots" of the original series, but fortunately, it only tried to solve a time paradox that has always been a problem in that book. I applaud the restrain of the writers from bringing up every single plot point just to let readers know they read the book (as is usually the case with these projects).

The art is probably the most spectacular aspect of the book. It's an updated look for the Archie adventures that for the most part, looks like a continuation of the story. There are some stylistic differences when it comes to inking after chapter one, but you get used to them after a while.

The book comes with two back-up stories. One penciled by Jim Lawson that tries to make sense of the convoluted Archie timeline (specifically about which Shredder you were looking at in each adventure). The second backup is some sort of epilogue to Forever War that will leave you with more questions than answers.

For me, the weakest point of the book is the "overwriting" from Andrew.

It's hard to explain, but Andrew goes into these long narrations directed at the reader that just feel overproduced and underproduced at the same time. There is an overuse of "Modeen" expressions that can be said by any character at any time. Perhaps because he is not doing the writing/plotting alone, this is his best story yet. We know Andrew is a fan, an we know he can write. But it would be nice if he could work on his dialogues and... I'm going to call it now... think twice before adding an unnecessary celebrity quote at the beginning of each chapter.

I am not sure if this was in the original plot, but some elements in this story were even darker than the original series (like slashing a classic character in two). I get that we all grew up and we can take it, but this should be a continuation of that book, and I feel that it wasn't this bloody (most of the time).

But again, this story worked for me, it didn't bring up characters and plots just for the sake of it, and the turtles were front and center.

Should we consider this an ending for the Archie series? Well, just like it happened with Volume 3 before Urban Legends came out, this is all we can get. It's technically just the story, and not a proper ending, so you could still consider "Year of the Turtle" the final story (I assume that it not being referenced was intentional). There is one reference to "TMNT: Odyssey" (because for some reason, all these projects need to share the same multiverse), but it can be easily ignored... I think.

Maybe one day IDW will decide to do their own version of Forever War, but I don't think Chris Allan would go through this ordeal again... I think it could be published as is (fourth-wall monologuing included). Perhaps censoring some of the blood, to keep it consistent with Archie guidelines.

Now, let's take a look at those spoilers after the break...

You guessed it, most of the chapters take place in an alternate timeline. This allows for familiar characters to return even if they were already dead. And also introduces Carter to the Archie universe... and he may be British... I don't know.

Most characters show up to die... which isn't unusual on alternate timeline stories, but feels like a waste. Carter and Claire had very little time to do anything, and Claire being April's sister is an interesting twist... but I wonder what caused it? It is implied that they may have been separated at some point, but the existence of the same photograph without her suggests there wee further alterations to that timeline.

The Mutanimals play the bad guys... probably for the better. I wonder if the reason they didn't undo their deaths, or brought back Cherubae, was so that it could all tie into "TMNT: Odyssey"? Whatever the reason was, I appreciate it.

Perhaps the biggest reveal was that Chet was the Rat King. While this is a fun twist, some things are a bit too convenient. Why did he choose the H'antaan name? And why didn't he ever mentioned this to anyone in the original timeline? (Apart from the flashback in this book).

Overall, Shredder's plan makes sense (for once), although he somehow recreated all the mutants from the original series, even the ones that weren't mutants (like Katmandu)... perhaps he and Al'Falqa simply joined the cause.

There isn't much characterization for the turtles, but I think is in line with the original book as well. And to be fair, the main focus is the story.

The Jim Lawson back-up also introduces another problem, a Shredder that finally remember everything (this may be the one in "Year of the Turtle"). Mr. Null decides to share all of this, searching for the Turnstone (a "TMNT: Odyssey" plot). I don't like these fan-projects being all connected, but I appreciate the long explanation of the Shredder paradox in the Archie adventures. It also officialized that Armaggon created the Archie universe.

I would have appreciated a Mr. Null origin story... but I guess that would have clashed with "Odyssey" (and this is why I don't like them being connected).

I may sound negative, but my nitpicks only took two points from the overall score. I am happy with the results, and I think we can now stop wondering what it could have been.

Although... can you imagine what it could have been in 1995?

That my friends... is the forever war.

[Include some super serious celebrity quote here]

#comics #review #tmnt #teenage mutant ninja turtles #post modern age #archie comics #2024 #1995 #teenage mutant ninja turtles adventures #the forever war #fan fiction #chris allan

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fernsnailz · 2 years ago

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What is your opinion on Hope Kintobor.

i really miss hope :( i had more to say about her than i expected so i’ll put the rest under the cut lol

i think she provides an interesting perspective into the robotnik/kintobor family, and she has some pretty good characterization from the beginning despite being a human side character. she’s consistently shown to be one of the smartest and most capable members of her family - she’s the first to doubt robotnik before the overlanders get roboticized, is the one who theorizes that the xorda followed her ship to mobius, and is able to create a portal into the special zone once she starts working with team dark. she has the robotnik intellect, but also has like. basic human decency which is a HUGE win for that family

the sheer tragedy of her story is also something that gets me - after her grandmother and stepdad get roboticized, any chance hope has at a family that loves her is gone. despite this, she still has hope in her snively, who repeatedly disappoints her - her faith in her family only brings her pain, and it just. hurts to see

and, as is the nature of pre-reboot archie sonic characters, this is the last moment that hope gets in the story. she will never get the chance to be happier. what the fuck

however, i think the biggest issues i have with hope is her initial relationship with shadow and the general feeling that she’s written as a sort of maria 2. this is also a complaint regarding how shadow was written at this point in the comics, because oh man they had NO idea what to do with him.

issue 145 is a hot mess and the height of these problems for me, which is the chapter where shadow and hope get dragged into echidna family drama by locke. hope tells shadow he’s wrong to attack locke... even though locke literally kidnapped both of them?? i guess it’s supposed to be a moment of moral realignment for shadow (similar to maria’s final words), but it just makes it look like hope’s morals are completely backwards.

even though shadow realizes she’s not maria after this, he’s still strangely obsessed with protecting her until they both return in sonic universe, and it's. bad to read? like the only reason he cares about her is because she looks like maria, and nothing in this part of the story ever disproves this idea. idk their dynamic early on feels so hollow and leaves a bad taste in my mouth!! i don't like it it's weird!!!

thankfully their dynamic get better once the sonic universe series begins, and hope’s dynamic with team dark is pretty fun. story-wise, it’s wild that GUN was willing to hire a 14 year old genius to be the tech guy for government missions, but hope’s somewhat absurd existence makes her feel strangely in line with team dark. like this is a team of rag tag losers with nowhere else to go, of COURSE they would take hope in.

i think this is the reason why i miss hope so much: her entire character revolves around a missing family she’ll never regain, but if pre-super genesis archie continued, they could have made team dark into that family. and from what we have, it seems like that’s what they were trying to set up - her and shadow get some decent moments together eventually, and omega is the only one there to comfort her after she finally denounces her brother snively. i can only imagine what a story with her and rouge would look like and i WANT IT

i miss hope, but i think elements of her character exist in belle from the idw series. it’s not an exact match, but both of them have difficulty coming to terms with the morality of their family and bring some extra depth to the robotniks/eggman. i really appreciate a lot of sonic stories for this reason, they bring a lot of depth to the freedom fighter/eggman conflict through the existence of characters like hope. idk i really wish her story could have continued she could have done SO MUCH MORE :(

#i need to include hope in more of the team dark content i made #this is another archie character whose story was cut short by the reboot and it makes me SO SAD #sonic loreposting #archie sonic

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whymustyouhurtmeinthisway · 1 year ago

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I know “Sudden and unplanned reboot for legal reasons that abruptly ends the previous story and permanently gets rid of many fan favourite characters” isn’t a good thing to happen at any point in any series, but Archie Sonic really got fucked over when you look at where the story was at when the Super Genesis Wave happened. There were so many cliffhangers and story setups that just never got explained. We never got to see Mighty, Ray, and Matilda happy together, we never got to see what happens to Bunnie and Antoine, we never got to see Shard’s true fate, we never got to see the conclusion of Silver’s traitor mission, we never got to see how Sally gets unroboticized, we never got a real conclusive sendoff to any of it.

I love post-sgw Archie a lot, it’s what initially introduced me to the series, I adore the new characters (as well as how they used the old characters) and the story was great, but I think I’d rather the super genesis wave never have happened and the original series continue even just a year longer than ever have gotten the post-sgw series (love it as I may). Hell, even post-sgw got cut off midway through, I’m absolutely certain they didn’t plan on the Unleashed arc being their only one (you could say the memory returning section at the start was another story arc, but I sure wouldn’t) and the stuff they were setting up with Eclipse, the Nauguses, Eggman’s dozen, and Breezie near the end pf it promised to be really interesting, only to once again be abruptly stopped for business purposes (I mean, we did get an ending to the shattered world arc, but considering that main plot and ending was just Unleashed’s, I consider it a somewhat hollow victory).

Now Archie’s gone, seemingly never to return, and I’m just frustrated about how it all played out. I adore IDW, it introduced some of my favourite characters of all time and I read every chapter as they release, but its complete replacement of Archie always bums me out (though I do understand why they would just wipe their hands clean of it). I also sometimes worry that IDW might meet a fate similar to Archie’s, but I’m not too concerned. Sega’s definitely tightened their terms of employment since the Penders fiasco and IDW’s far more popular than Archie ever was, so it definitely won’t be going down for the same reasons as Archie.

I know it’ll never happen, but here’s hoping that the Freedom Fighters come back someday, at least in some capacity.

#sonic #sth #sonic Archie #Archie sonic #rant #sonic IDW #me

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forthedancingandthethriving · 1 year ago

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"Yeah, Tulip.. she's been a little down in the dumps lately. That's why I decided to tag along today." SMG10 told Juliano, drawing Lily's attention.

She had decided to tag along to the Avatar meetup today, as Kidnap the Princess wasn't until next week, and everyone else was busy. Apparently, Lil Coding needed to help their dads with something. Aka, he was in trouble for something the night before and was being punished.

"Has she really?" Juliano hums, and Lily can see her grandpa (yes, she was also calling him grandpa) look in the direction of Tulip. She looks that way as well, seeing the mentioned Avatar with Ash, Pikachu, and Shantae. The group was by some engines connected to a slingshot, and with how Pikachu seemed excited, Lily could guess what was going to happen.

"Yeah.. apparently, it has something to do with her parents. She said something yesterday about her being an 'ideal heir'." SMG10 crosses her arms.

Lily hones in on that. She'd heard similar words before.

"Hm.. that doesn't sound too good. I'm guessing her home life was rough." Juliano frowns.

"Yeah.." 10 nods. "She's never told me the details, but I can guess." The SMG pauses before continuing. "And.. it's weirder that she's never told me her last name, too. I know she wants to protect 7 and I, but.. this is worrying me."

Lily narrows her eyes. This was sounding very familiar.

"Well.. I'm afraid that unless she speaks, none of us can really- ASH KETCHUM, DON'T YOU DARE LET PIKACHU USE THUNDERBOLT ON THOSE ENGINES!" Juliano's voice quickly took a scolding turning as he rushes to over to the three teens, with 10 jogging after him.

Lily thinks before texting her dad.

Well, it's not like she had anything else to do.

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"You want to.. come hang out with me for a little bit?" Tulip blinks, surprised.

Lily smiles. "Yeah! I'm thinking of getting into engineering or being a mechanic.. so I thought maybe I could.. hang out with you? See what you do?"

Tulip thinks before shrugging. "If your dads are okay with it, then yeah! It'd be fun to have someone other than Nagging Nancy over there!"

SMG10 calls from the portal. "It's called worrying about my best friend's health!"

Lily smiles and holds up her phone. "I asked them and said as long as I'm not gone too long, I can hang out!"

"Sweet." Tulip grins. "Well, let's go!"

It was fun, hanging out with Tulip. Even though the teen typically drove like she was running from god, it was still fun! Lily had learned a lot from Tulip.

Though what she was more interested in was the older girl's family.

Seeing that the aforementioned Avatar and her Guardian had gone into a store, and trusted Lily enough to leave her in the van, she didn't know how much time she had. So she got to work.

Screenshotting what messages she deemed relevant, had info, anything. The young girl wasn't able to find any information on Tulip's last name, or her parents' last name, but she did find out their names.

Daisy, Tulip's mother.

Andrew, Tulip's father.

Archie, Tulip's older brother.

Anything else Lily would need, she screenshotted it and sent it to her number. Once she was done, she made sure to wipe the photos off of Tulip's phone, delete the texts and Lily's number, and just pray that 10 or Tulip wouldn't notice.

They didn't, thankfully, and when it was time for Lily to go home, they were kind and hoped to see her again. Lily hoped so too.

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Tulip grips her pillow over her head. Even though her phone was on silent, Do Not Disturb, and everything, she could practically hear it ringing.

Tears well in her eyes. Couldn't her damn parents leave her alone?

A soft ding from the command box on the nearby counter catches her attention. Slowly, she lifts the pillow from her head and grabs it.

She smiles, seeing a message in a group chat for just the Teen Avatars. It took a lot of begging to their respective SMGs, but they had managed to get permission for a private group chat just between them all.

Ash: >Do you think if we used more engines, the catapult would have more power behind it?_

Tulip sits up and smiles.

The ensuing conversation thankfully made her forget about her silently ringing phone. The only noise being a sleeping SMG10's soft breaths and the gentle taps of Tulip's fingers against the command back.

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"Lily, what are you doing?" Lil Coding frowns, peering at the laptop his sister was on. "You've been on that ever since you finished your schoolwork!"

"Well, with the school blown up because of Jeremy's science project, what else am I gonna do?" Lily shrugs, disregarding how her brother deadpans at her.

"Aw, c'mon, you've never been interested in the laptop before!" the Code Manifestation whines. He peers at the screen and narrows his eyes. "Wait, who is Andrew? Is this why you asked granpa Domain to mess with it so it could access other universe's internet?"

"Maybe." Lily narrows her eyes before her eyes widen, seeing an article.

Orpheus Transfer Co. embroiled in controversy after young daughter vanishes and older son causes ruckus at Ministry Building

She quickly clicks on the article, eyes narrowing. She reads it, not noticing Lil Coding also reading it.

A video has recently been released, showing Tulip Dellora Orpheus having an explosive fight with her parents, Daisy and Andrew Orpheus after it was revealed in the press that she was set to become the company's new owner and CEO over her brother, Archie Orpheus.

Archie Orpheus, after this fight, was recorded at the Ministry Office, shouting for one of the five Ministers to either come and talk to him or send the Prime Minister to talk to him. He was recorded as saying that he wouldn't hesitate to leak the 'exclusive trading documents' his parents had reportedly received.

This behavior was reported to be 'highly unlike the two', with Mrs. Orpheus stated that he did not know or understand why her daughter was acting the way she was. That, and the states her son had made were entirely false.

The young girl slowly looks at her brother. "She must have had a fight with her parents.. either before 10 and 7 landed, or after.. either way, that must explain why she always avoids the topic of her family."

Lil Coding frowns. "But then that brings up the question of what she's afraid of.."

"Her family hurting 10, 7.. even Captain Olimar, since she's grown to see him as a father." Lily explains, voice soft. "It's exactly like when my parents found me. I didn't do or say anything about you guys because I didn't want them hurting you."

"It's looking like they're corrupt, just like my mom and dad were." The child closes her eyes. "Her family has connections to the government, like mine did. I'm guessing these 'Ministers' are similar to Vice Presidents or Dukes. While the Prime Minister is probably the equivalent of a President, or a King or Queen."

Lil Coding nods before he raises a brow. "How do you know all this?"

"What do you think I did when locked up in that room?" Lily shoots back.

"Pfft- fair enough."

As the two chuckle, Lily can't help but worry.

This wasn't like when Nimbus had been in danger because of that Program, Leto. They couldn't step in this time. It was something Tulip had to do on her own.

The young girl only hoped the Avatar would realize that she had people she could rely upon.

#oc: lily #smg: smg10 #avatar: juliano #avatar: tulip #code: lil coding #fanfiction: my writing!#!posts!

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intothewickedwood · 1 year ago

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2, 5, 21 and 30 for Zelena? :)

Hey Libby! Thanks so much for the quezzies <3!

2. When I think I truly started to like them (or dislike them, if you've sent me a character I don't like)

It was actually before she even appeared on the show. As a big fan of Wicked the Musical I was so freaking elated and excited about the Wicked Witch being on the show. I thought they were gonna do the Wicked the Musical storyline, but then I was so shocked when she spoke, and she was this sassy snob, who ended up making me laugh out loud with her lines. And even though she wasn't what I was expecting, I immediately dug this iteration of the character. I couldn't wait for each episode, just to see her, because she gave me that feeling you get when there's a character on screen that makes you feel euphoric just to watch them. Zelena was my drug xD. I still get that feeling, but not as intensely. I still very much love her though! It also helped that I was immediately attracted to her. The green skin did not deter me, but it never had for Elphaba either tehe.

5. My favorite ship of them

Wicked Cricket! I was so happy when they got to interact in s6 and Archie couldn't help but psychoanalyse her. I love psychoanalysing characters, and I think it could be interesting to see Archie try to understand her, while helping her to react less chaotically to things. And it'd be good for her to finally have someone listen to how she feels about things and see her pov. And maybe to talk about her childhood too, because that was hella messed up of her father! I just love the potential they have!

21. When do you think they were at their happiest?

Anytime with her daughter. Family means the world to her, to the point where she obsessed over a sister she never met for over 28 years. I think it all stemmed from her likely having a loving relationship with her adoptive mum and being starved of any love once she died early on. I remember at the end of 'Chosen', she said that any happiness she had started with Robin.

Zelena seemed to have been a surprisingly good mum to Robin, while raising her. I think that Robin is just more 'Zelena's child' than she might like to admit and was a bit stubborn and chaotic, and Zelena seems to have been pretty strict, so things were likely rocky for them during that time. And then there was the stress of the being part of the Resistance when they moved to the NEF. So, if I had to choose a point in her life, it'd probably be post-s7 curse, where she likely had a more stable mother-daughter relationship with Robin and continued to have a pretty great one with her sister. I imagine she'd be happy with Chad too. Though the dude hasn't done anything wrong, I'm not too keen on him because we didn't get to know him. But he makes her happy and they have cute nicknames for each other!

30. The funniest scene they had?

The first one that comes to mind is her running over the black fairy with her car, though I'm sure there are others that might beat that that I'm totally blanking on.

#ask game #ask #asks #lizardthelizard #zelena mills #zelena #ouat #once upon a time

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askandsmile · 1 year ago

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The show had so much potential. *Sigh* Let's be real though, all of the characters (especially Veronica) have been done better in fic.

no tv show is perfect. even amazing, well-written shows will eventually let you down. now, since riverdale isn't an amazing, well-written show, how could it be any different?

what riverdale had, is these iconic characters. and it constructed the relationship between these characters in such a compelling way. all ships have their appeal, all friendships and dynamics are interesting. but character arc, continuity, etc, that was never riverdale's strong point. and that's especially true for veronica (archie too, but that's for another day).

i know we joke about bettydale in this fandom ever since s2. and betty is, indeed, ras "final girl". imo the finale should've never been only in her pov, but i guess he did give archie a pov in 503, jughead in 605, and betty in 720.

veronica, unfortunately, never got the same writing treatment as the other 3. even in those bottle episodes, she was always sidelined or replaced by cheryl. it's upsetting if you think about it - and how much they lost because cami is such a force - but well. it's what happened.

and that's when fic comes in: so you can let yourself feel all of these things you think that character wants/deserves. so you can give that character a voice.

and it won't be the first nor the last time that a show with great, compelling characters, loses its plot and leaves you to fend for yourself.

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generic-sonic-fan · 2 years ago

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dearest CEO and authority on omega, i seek your guidance for a thing i'm maybe plotting: do you think, in a future far enough ahead where eggman is no longer a thing, omega would take pity on an abandoned metal sonic and find some way to repair him at least enough so he's functional again? or would he be completely apathetic, seeing as metal is/was just another of eggman's robots?

First of all THANK YOU for the acknowledgement. That alone has made my day.

Second of all, as you no doubt predicted, this post got LONG and I put way too many disclaimers in the beginning so here's the TL;DR: current Omega would nuke Metal from orbit, but this is not about being current, so I came up with a few fun ideas for your consideration.

Third of all, a general guideline for discussing Sonic characters in the far future is that literally everything is fair game as long as there's some acknowledgement in the writing of how the character has changed and at least an allusion to what might have caused it. See my strange future Metadow drabble I did a while back for reference- people were willing to accept that Shadow could get really helpless and depressed and that Metal (Neo, in this case) could get actually somewhat emotionally stable given enough time and distance from the Egghead himself. Shadow was really only a small divergence from his established character, while Neo was much larger leap. It was an interpretation inspired by the recent trans girl Metal Sonic movement here on tumblr, which would be difficult to parse without the context of that current fanon.

Now that I've spent all that time on that disclaimer, allow me to throw it all away. Omega doesn't really have any established character interpretations, canon or fanon. It's pretty much just me, the IDW canon, the Archie continuity, and a bare few snippets from the games that you're cherry-picking from. But this means that you get to have FUN. This is your sandbox now! You get to invent justifications for any kind of behavior you want Omega to have!! This is literally my favorite part of being a fandom creator- we get to come up with interesting ideas and convince other people to share our brainrot!!!

Okay okay okay okay okay, with THAT whole nonsense out of the way. . . to get to the part that you actually asked for:

I think it would really depend on just how far in the future we're talking for Omega, and any other people he currently has in his life. Fresh, current, canon Omega would never even think about restoring Metal Sonic in any capacity. If anything, current canon Omega would stomp him even flatter. But you knew this already. You're not asking about current canon Omega- you're here to suggest some hypothetical future character development for him. Allow me to throw out a few personal ideas:

If someone important to Omega took pity on Metal Sonic first (almost exclusively Shadow or Rouge, though there could be others depending on circumstance) then he might not immediately smash Metal for parts. He might even help with repairs a little. You probably knew this already too, though. Omega's look to Shadow while holding Metal at the end of Sonic Heroes probably suggested that idea enough.

But to get to the true vision of your ask, of Omega repairing Metal on his own. . . if said pitying person was somehow incapacitated and left their work to restore Metal unfinished, then I could see Omega completing the repairs. He'd be in denial about it the whole time. He'd probably hate himself for it. But he's got a thing about completing goals, you know, and I think he'd be compelled to do so for someone he was close to even if he's not onboard with the mission. This circumstance would be perfect to set up an enemies-to-friends situation. Omega only tolerating Metal out of love for the original person that cared about restoring him, but that could change over time.

(I'm imagining a scene where a newly-repaired Metal learns about his abandonment and, defying Omega's expectations, gets downright pissed at Eggman for it- and this being enough for Omega to reconsider his views just a little bit.)

The other idea I'm imagining for this concept is a distant future, something like Silver's future, where, for whatever reason, Omega is alone.

(My personal character interpretation of Omega is that he hates being alone, even if he's not so fond of people. He's desperate for the attention of others, even if it's only to run screaming from him. It has to do with being isolated and ignored during his formative period; his deepest drive is to be acknowledged in any capacity.)

Perhaps he's been alone for a long time. Perhaps he's still grieving Shadow. Omega's had a lot of time to mull over stuff and get nostalgic about the "good ol' days". He stumbles across the broken corpse of Metal Sonic and is hit with an idea that he knows would've made his younger self want to blow up an entire city block. He doesn't waste vital parts on restoring Metal, but he keeps the blue corpse around and adds bits and pieces whenever it's convenient. Eventually, perhaps unexpectedly, the repair is finished. Metal could be reactivated. Omega hesitates. He eventually decides that in the worst case scenario, he could always blast the inferior robot to bits again should he prove annoying.

(Scene: Omega flips the switch. Metal Sonic awakens, expecting to see Eggman standing above him. . . only to find Omega. And Metal is distraught about this in a way he can't really understand about himself. Omega, surprisingly, sympathizes, recalling a long-lost desire to be the greatest Eggman robot only to be abandoned all the same.)

I could see this being the start of an almost mentor/mentee relationship between the two, much the same way that Dadow is usually spun, actually; a much older Omega begrudgingly taking care of a Metal Sonic who was deactivated during Sonic's time. The idea interests me- if I wrote it, one of the reoccurring thematic notes would be an exploration of the Omega of now versus the Omega of the past, from Metal's point of view. If you want to throw Silver in there, it could be a more literal comparison, too, which could be fun.

In conclusion: those are just two of the thousands of plausible ideas you could write for Omega and Metal. Honestly, interactions between these two fascinate me so much and I would adore seeing what you might come up for them, no matter which way you spin it.

#sth #metal sonic #e-123 omega #e123omega #thank you so much for this ask!!! it really tickled my brain #I tried to go more into the *process* of how I'm interpreting this concept #so that I'm not just telling you what to do #but I am happy to be a fountain of inspiration :)#might actually keep these ideas in mind. continue to rotate them in my brain. could be convinced to write a lil something for them

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(Modern Tails anon) Considering there's apparently financial troubles going on with IDW, one has to wonder if the comic lives long enough to see that story one day.

Heh, the funny thing is, he could technically do those things too. Maybe not as well, but a kid fox genius running around with a flamethrower he built being alongside Blaze has to invoke some type of interesting imagery. Same with a stealth mission with Rouge.

I figured, especially with Sonic is one the earliest examples of seeing a video game character having a clear personality. (At least those Origins cutscenes added something more upfront; albeit very late for this decades-long series. But something to refer back to nonetheless.)

I think I've seen that somewhere. The most I know of Tails himself in that continuity is that he and other foxes are from some secret zone and he has grown the title of hero in that village through rather clumsy, but well-meaning antics. Albeit through lying at first.

(Yup, AOSTH Tails even turned an entire truck into a mechanical dragon and handled himself while Sonic was frozen in stone. The most SatAM did was that one episode near the end. I still wonder if the plans for season 3 had gone through, would Tails be looked at a bit differently depending on how it went since his role was supposed to expand greatly.)

Hmm, it's going to depend on how these next set of episodes go. Seeing the other Tailses will likely strike a chord in Nine; but that doesn't fully mean villain arc. Existential crisis, maybe. I expect him more to tap into something hidden within him he didn't notice before. (Probably doesn't help that outside of Sonic and Shadow, we don't know the Prime versions of the characters that well; not great if you don't have at least basic knowledge on Sonic. If Tails did show some "Nine" traits during his early days with Sonic; specifically the trusting and friends part, I think there'd be a fairer grasp of why Tails didn't end up like Nine and why Nine is slowly resembling the original Tails. This applies to the other counterparts too, not just his alone.) Heh, never doubt the power of a fandom has when they catch the slightest bit of angst fuel from any character. And missing the nuances that come with grey/neutral characters. (Trust me, I'd love to see Tails let loose some raw, unbridled emotion that could have you think about his morality or sense of justice, but in the right context. Something I don't see Prime fully committing to, whether they DO go through with it.)

Two intelligent scientific minds, separated by different upbringings and how they apply their emotions to their logic, but still learning about how the world works and defy said logic through personal experience. All while seeking approval and praise. Lots of potential there.

There was another Sonic Channel story last year that basically said the same thing about their bond. One being "they have something that goes beyond trust", that "they know what the other needs without having to speak". (Also, their dynamic breaks some the typical tropes you see with 'hero-sidekick'. Like, the latter has the base of operations, not the former. Also, it is not funny and wholesome that Sonic considers this baby fox that attached himself to a younger him the biggest source help he could have ever hope for?)

Honestly I'm not very knowledgeable on how this whole deal works, so I won't say anything on the matter. I wonder if we could get a Sonic webtoon? I know DC comics and Archie both have at least one. Of course, both of them are of questionable quality, but who knows, maybe we'll luck out!

Haha, that's true! Personally I don't really care for him being a kitsune spirit, but I've been thinking of an idea where he replicates their abilities with his tech to make someone else believe he is one.

Yep, Fleetway Tails is from the Nameless Zone which is kind of like old-timey alternative dimension with magic and goblins and stuff. He was kind of loser there, so he moved to Mobius hoping he'd make a name for himself, but he was still a loser there too. But he was too embarrassed and wrote to his family that he became a hero. In the early StC, the writers weren't kind to Tails. He usually just messed things up or got captured (you could kinda understand Sonic's frustration with him, though he could stand to be nicer), and if he did manage to save the day, it was due to sheer luck. He got better though, especially after Sonic got stuck in another dimension. (After he came back, the Freedom Fighters kind of went their separate ways, but S&T often had adventures together as a duo. They both kinda grew up, Tails became more competent and stopped caring as much about impressing people (including Sonic), and Sonic mellowed out and stopped being as harsh on him. They became a better team! I have a soft spot for the stc!Unbreakable Bond, you just kind of have to take into account the specifics of the writing of stc as a whole, I understand it's not everyone's cup of tea.)

(I... have mixed feelings on satam, but mostly I just can't finish watching it. It feels like a drag. Not something I would be watching if it wasn't Sonic-related. Not gonna comment on the quality of it, because there are some other shows I felt similarly about and they're super critically acclaimed, like atla. (If Tails was more prominent I mind have at least been watching for his sake) I promised a friend I would read Archie and I wanted to watch satam first, but it looks like at this point I'll just have to skip to the comics.)

I really want to see different counterparts interacting. I'm kind of with Shadow on this situation, try as I may I don't really see them as separate people, I'm more interested in what they could say about the Prime versions of the characters. But it would be more effective if we spent more time with the Prime versions in the first place. I'm hoping for more flashbacks tbh. (Plus I just love how the og models for the characters look without the Shatterverse clothes)

Oh yeah I remember that one! Man I love how Sonic Channel hypes up their bond. I hope we'll get to see more of this in the next games. Sonic really lucked out (and so did Tails of course!)

#i also feel like (though I have a bit of a trouble articulating it) that tails is more of a traditional hero-type than sonic #but I always feel goofy trying to explain this #(this is on your comment about subverting hero/sidekick stereotypes)#tails #blue blur #sonic & tails #sonic #sonic the hedgehog #miles tails prower #tails the fox #project.txt

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speedbooster · 1 month ago

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Journey Through Archie Sonic - Part 2

The Rest of the Original Mini-Series

Making this a bit later than I intended, but life gets in the way sometimes-

Anyways, like I said a few days ago, I'm going to try to make this a weekly thing. If you wanna read the previous part just click the 2nd tag and you'll find it pretty easily.

This is going to be a bit disjointed until I can figure out a better way to do this, but that's enough stalling I think. So without further ado, let's jump right back in!

Sonic the Hedgehog Mini-Series #1 - Mar. 1993

This is honestly a pretty sick cover. I've never really been a fan of the western designs they used back then, especially with the stupid mohawk they gave Sonic which just looks wrong to me, but the way Robotnik is drawn here is... kinda awesome. He's very imposing, his hands reaching out to grab him while Sonic speeds off with Sally in his arms, not looking the least bit worried while the Princess is clearly not as certain they'll be making it out.

Solid cover. 8/10

Similar to the last issue, this is broken into a four issues in two parts. The first dealing with Sally trying to get herself roboticized so they can figure out how it works, and the second dealing with... fish.

Not going to summarize too much, but I do wanna go over a few things;

1: Apparently Robotnik is... actually a robot here??

Obviously, that doesn't stay the case since... well, that becomes an entirely separate character, but it's still really confusing to me because... he doesn't look like one?

Maybe they just mean he's a cyborg? Cause that would actually make sense given his design.

Idk, it's weird

2: Sonic, what the hell does that mean??

I mean, it's probably a reference to "Sonic Twosday," the promotional event they did in America for the release of Sonic 2, but it feels kinda forced-

3: WELL MAYBE IF YOU HAD EXPLAINED YOUR PLAN TO YOUR ENTIRE TEAM INSTEAD OF WORDING YOUR PROCLAMATION LIKE YOU WERE A COMPLETE IDIOT THINGS WOULD'VE WORKED OUT DIFFERENTLY

Like unless I missed something, there is literally no reason she couldn't have told them. They weren't being watched by Robotnik, and she left a note telling them she was planning to meet with him to discuss Robotnik returning the kingdom to her, so she could've just told them her plan, and asked them to retrieve her boots afterwards so they could've figured out how to undo it, but NOOOOOO

I get that this is during the gag era days and I shouldn't take this that seriously, but this genuinely irks me... so much.

#4: Sonic can not only swim but breathe underwater

Not going to give them too much flack for this, since this was still very early days... but it still feels wrong.

He also later on starts running out of air during a fight, and continues to talk which hurts my brain, but he does get it back by swallowing an air bubble, which is neat.

5: If this actually comes up in the main series, I will be very impressed

This could earn them at least 10 brownie points.

But that's it for Issue #1. Still a decent read despite my frustrations with the first story, though I think #0 was way funnier. Like no Swat Bots dancing in the fire this time, not as many dumb sign gags. You can really tell they were still trying to figure this out.

Anyways, time to move on to-

Sonic the Hedgehog Mini-Series #2 - Apr. 1993

This cover's alright. Doesn't really tie into anything going on in the story (At least the last issue had Sonic saving Sally, even if she didn't want to be saved), and the background is a little bland. But it's eye-catching and definitely has some charm to it.

I'll give it a C-

The story here is probably my favorite out of the whole mini, as this time we've got a story that spans all four parts of the issue, and has some nice attention to continuity which I did NOT expect.

The premise here is that Sally is about to be crowned Queen (kinda), hoping to use the magic of the emeralds atop her father's crown to keep them safe and maybe help defeat Robotnik.

Interesting that we're introducing yet another set of powerful gems here. I'm really curious to see if these come back later on.

Anyways, this is probably the only major issue I have with this story-

Whomst the shock are all these guys??? Since when does Antoine have anyone under his command?? Isn't like... the entire joke about him at this point that he's really full of himself but can't do anything right??? And literally every other issue in this mini has it be JUST Sonic's group in Knothole, so where did they even come from???

Anyways, the pig turns out to be a spy from Robotnik, who stole the Freedom Emeralds to scatter them around so they can't use them.

Also... apparently revealing you're a robot turns you purple??

(Insert William Afton joke here)

After this, the pig tries to blow them all up, but Sonic saves them with that bit of continuity I mentioned before.

They're actually referencing one of those joke pages from Issue #0, and they continue to do so throughout the rest of the mini. I really like this! It turns a one-off gag into actual lore, making it serve the purpose it was meant to by showing off his different levels of speed.

So now, Sonic has to team up with the other Freedom Fighters in each part to get the emeralds back. He technically worked with Sally in the first part, and now he's forced to work with Antoine here, Tails in part three, and technically Rotor in part four (though really he just repairs the crown after Sonic gets all the gems back). Still, it's a great set up, and it leads to two jokes that got small a chuckle out of me.

The first one being-

... like I wanna hate it, but I just can't. Especially with how Antoine is completely unaware of it for the rest of this issue. He genuinely was so lost in his own head that he never thinks twice about it.

And the second is during a revisit to that underwater cave from last issue (Meaning that either this is a different Chopper or they're never going to follow up on his report... which is sad)

Like I'd normally be questioning how they drew all that with only a green marker (when there's not even green on Sonic yet), but the "I should've noticed they only had four fingers" line just gets me.

... yeah, if you can't tell I'm not the target audience for this. I think way too hard about this stuff, so books that are just trying to have fun rarely work for me. But this is what won the poll-

Still I am enjoying these more than I thought I would. Even when the jokes don't land, they're usually so charming in the way they're told that I don't care.

There are a few more bits from part IV I wanna bring up that I liked.

Namely, RETURN OF THE STUPID SIGN GAGS

I missed you so much

Also, very cursed Sonic on the right there. Somehow they only miscolored one of his arms, and I hate it. But that's old comics for you-

AND THEY SOMEHOW DO IT AGAIN

And yet, I don't care because the swag on this Swat Bot as he deploys the trap is so funny to me. He even rhymes with Sonic's quip as he turns around to mock him! I love this guy!

I'm going to headcanon this is the same guy who was dancing in the fires of Uncle Chuck's chili dog stand in Issue #0. I shall dub him... Steve. Swat Bot Steve. My new favorite character.

Finally to end the issue we have this page which is just-

I mean do I even have to say anything? It's perfect.

He even popped in from underneath the usual THE END! thing on the last page so he could go on this rant. I love it

Finally, the last issue of the mini-

Sonic the Hedgehog Mini-Series #3 - May. 1993

This cover is... charming, I guess. Very Looney Tunes-esk, but still kinda... eh-

It gets ⭐⭐

This issue is also just kinda weird. The first two parts are extremely confusing-

Sonic gets cornered by Robotnik, falls off a cliff, and then has what I can only assume is a bizarre dream caused by a concussion because... I mean-

We start off with this, Robotnik curses him and his Uncle which then causes-

... I am so shocking lost rn. This doesn't even make any sense with the context from the rest of the issue

Chuck adopts Ivo after he loses his parents, and we get... this cursed thing.

I hate him. I hate looking at him. Please make him go away-

He steals some parts from Chuck's tractor, which causes him to nearly get run over by it, which he decides to blame Chuck for, even after his robots rat him out.

... I feel like Robotnik just invented a new form of cursing.

So he decides to make a mech out of every appliance in the house, Sonic beats him, and makes me even more confused as to how Chuck was responsible for any of this when the only thing he did was adopt him.

... I'm just gonna blame it on the concussion and move on.

The second story features Sonic pretending to be roboticized by wearing a bear trap on his face so he can trick Robotnik to do... something. I actually don't know what the plan was-

Something made even worse by the fact that both Sonic and Sally decide to trick Tails into thinking it's real, which he then decides to spread the word by making his own newspaper.

This feels completely unnecessary, and as it turns out-

IT ABSOLUTELY WAS

I can appreciate that Robotnik gave Sonic the job the Buzz Bomber wanted, and Sonic's little line here but like... WHY TRICK TAILS INTO SPREADING THE WORD IF YOU WERE JUST GONNA WALK RIGHT UP TO HIS FRONT DOOR SONIC!?!?

Like... poor little buddy did nothing wrong, and he gets to believe his hero turned on them for literally no reason.

Robotnik decides to test Sonic's loyalty by having him check out an alert at one of his factories, where we see a "Robot Chuck" being forced to make Crabmeats.

Now I was going to complain about this, especially since we later see Muttski who is DEFINITELY a robot-

But again, this is another way of showing continuity between issues. This is how Chuck looked in Issue #0, so this is how he looks here. And since I know this does get fixed in the actual series itself, I can give it a pass. It's at least staying consistent with its... inconsistency.

Anyways, Sonic runs back to Robotnik and tricks him into blowing up a Buzz Bomber Factory by telling him it was the coords for Knothole village, we get this little one liner as Buzz Bomber morns the loss of his entire family and Sonic leaves a bear trap on Egghead's rear, and that's the end of the mini series.

[FINIS]

Overall, this was a fun read even if it was kind of a mixed bag. Issue #1 kinda sucked, this issue was all over the place, but Issues $0 and #2 were a really good time, and gives me hope that this might not be as much of a slog as I was expecting

Next week, I start on the actual series. Hoping to tackle at least four issues, but we'll see how that goes. Thanks for sticking with me through this very long post.

Catch you on the flip side!

#outspeeding the canon - ooc;#Volt Reads Archie Sonic #OG Mini-Series Issues 1-3 #this was meant to come out yesterday but I couldn't finish it in time #Still it was a decent enough time #here's hoping the actual comic is closer in quality to Issue 2 and 0 than the rest of it

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rosejacksongallery · 9 months ago

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Tribute to Akira Toriyama: Writer’s Block Blog Cafe Chapter 1

Hello and welcome to my corner of the internet, I'm Lex and this my blog covering media topics ranging from animation, comics, games and more. today I wanted to write about a subject personal to me as an aspiring artist.

Two nights ago, I was scrolling on the internet when I heard the news of Akira Toriyama’s passing at the age of 68, which felt like a shock. He was an influential manga creator and character designer for a plethora of RPG games, but I was most familiar with his manga series, Dragon Ball Z. For anyone unfamiliar, that is actually the sequel series to the 1984 Dragon Ball, following the story of the titular Son Goku and adventures to find the ancient dragon balls, a magical item that can summon an ancient dragon granting users their wildest wishes. My bad summary alone is nowhere near enough to encapsulate what an incredible and influential action-packed story Dragon Ball and its more popular sequel truly are (how hard it is for me to express that through words). Although this is my very first blog and was originally saving a portion of this script for a post on my anime/manga experience, I'll never get an opportunity to actually write something this raw to me if I leave it to the corners of my mind.

I want to share how I got into manga and how much Dragon Ball Z means to me. It was the 2nd manga that I ever read at the time, but also the 1st anime I actively tuned into and paid attention to the storyline. Before I continue, I want to get into how I even discovered both mediums, as they tie directly to my DBZ experience. It’s not easy pinpointing all of the exact moments where I discovered manga or anime. Luckily, I still recollect certain memories that still lingered to this day. Right across from my family’s favorite coffee shop, we had a section dedicated to Chapters where I usually stuck to the kids book sections. However, I would venture once in a while to the teen shelves to check out what literary work was offered. From an extremely early age, before I was even introduced to the concept of manga, I recall observing the comic covers with great fascination, wondering what kind of stories were contained there. Despite the curiosity, I would only briefly glance at them, but never actually bother to read them. The only exposure I had to the comic medium was at Chapters or at my local library, where I was slowly getting into read graphic novels such as Bone, Knights of the Lunch Tables, the Sonic Archie Comics, or library approved comics that involved mystery and even an imitation manga series that involved math(Manga Math Mysteries)? I even read stuff like Redwall of all things which was surprisingly gruesome itself, but maybe I’ll save that for another story.

It wasn’t until I was 8 or 9 where I actually read my first manga, Happy Happy Clover, in my library. It was a fairly simple kids' comic about a bunny rabbit and her animal friends getting into silly, cute, shenanigans. I thought it was the cutest thing ever and I read a majority of the volumes, despite my confusion with its reading system. Although I had not read the comics completely in order, this series had more loose, episodic stories compared to a majority of manga/anime now. Personally, it was as good of an introduction to manga as it could be, only to be blown away three years later by my first anime.

One day, I recall coming across the Vortexx block on the CW network when browsing for cartoons to watch on TV. By that time, I'd long since stopped watching Treehouse and PBS and lost interest in some of Teletoons’ broadcasting aside from superhero shows. That channel was how I rediscovered Dragon Ball Z and proceeded to secretly watched almost every Saturday morning. Prior to watching, I discovered the first volume of the manga in grade 4. I didn’t think much of it other than how awesome it was. The art was detailed, but with some stylistic qualities that I’ve never seen before and it had tons of beautifully-illustrated action, which fit into my superhero phase at the time. I thought of how cool it would look animated, envisioning it with Disney level 24fps animation (oh, how my imagination ran too wild). When I actually watched the show however, it felt a bit anticlimactic with how it was animated. At the time, any cartoon that wasn't smooth enough or anything choppy looking like Rocky and Bullwinkle or Flintstones, it was an instant drop. DBZ still had animation, but it felt choppier than what I was used to, yet the art itself still looked exactly like from the comic and that kept me watching surprisingly. Admittedly, I eventually grew to appreciate shows with slower frame rates and marvel at their beauty on its own, cause it certainly isn't easy putting such detail into motion unless its a movie that had time and budget to pull it off.

Regardless of such petty nitpicking, I had never seen a show like this before and got me hooked. Although I had a small understanding of what it was about, I understood that it was a fantasy fighting show with some of the buffest, most badass looking dudes that I’ve ever seen, ready to fight for what's right. The rough drawings and rugged appearance of the male characters made Superman and Batman look clean and pretty in comparison. Even the girls and the kids in that series look like they could snap someone like a twig in a heartbeat. The villain looked absolutely terrifying, this tall, unworldly looking figure almost resembling an insect appeared to kill people without a second thought, immediately coming off as this threat that needed to be eliminated without hesitation. Unbenounced to me, I was actually watching the show out of order, starting with the cell saga. On top of that, I later discovered it was a sequel series, which confused me even more. A lot of context had been heavily missed since I had no idea what an overarching story was, but that hadn’t taken away the experience from me until I found out later on. Needless to say, I was ready for more . . . until the Vortexx block was unceremoniously canceled right in the middle of the last episode before the Buu saga! I could be wrong, but I recall it being cut to some news and I felt so cheated!

Dragon Ball Z in particular made such an impression to me that its amongst the main motivators that got me not only into illustration, but also fanworks (albeit a little embarrassing today since I was 11 or 12 when drawing/writing my fanfiction ideas). Dragon Ball Z to this day still reigns in my top 100 anime of all time, but since it has been years since I watched the whole thing in order, I'm looking forward to rewatching once again this spring(And hope to check out Dragon Ball too). It's that perfect blend of action and adventure that I always geared towards. It didn't matter that I wasn't anywhere near as buff as Goku or Gohan to name a few, cause everyone had their charm. Even characters like Chi-Chi or Vegeta I didn't outright hate, although some of their actions did frustrate me at times(But I'll never get the hatred Yamcha had by the fanbase!) As flawed as some characters could be, I admired the perseverance of characters like Goku, Piccolo, amongst many other memorable characters. My favorite ones are Gohan and Mirai Trunks, as they had a level of complexity to their character arcs that really resonated with me, especially moments where the odds are against them and all seems hopeless. Sure, we can’t necessarily time-travel in order to save the past and future, but even attempting to save what we have now is a message I think people my generation and younger need to hear once more.

If anyone wants more context to Akira Toriyama's works and his impact, I will recommend a few Youtube videos underneath this review that better explains the appeal and influence of his works for the past 40+ years.

Akira Toriyama was a crucial influence to so many viewers, writers, and artists alike, and it brings me joy that people still appreciate his work to this day. It is both incredible yet heartbreaking to read many people’s comments on how much he and his work meant, especially those closest to him. One Piece is another manga I hold in very high regard, and reading Oda’s letter reacting to the situation had my heart feeling heavy. I can’t envision how someone can comprehend the magnitude of their cultural contribution, but I really hope he was proud of it, because it has been truly deserved. Toriyama’s work has helped shape me as the artist I want to become and hope to be someday, and I know that part will never die.

Thank you from the bottom of my heart for sharing your creative vision, and may your soul rest well.

-Lex

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hi sorry for keeping you waiting so long, i tried to give some actual. thought out thoughts here rather than just going. hey i really liked this (but hey. i really really like this)

so, touching on both parts in more detail (since it seemed silly to talk a lot about your addition and not go over the first part in more detail than that one comment)

In the latest draft, as in previous, I have it also highlighting Izzy's connection to his mum via midwifery and knowledge abt looking after kids/babies. in the latest draft in particular, Izzy is implied ftm who was absolutely being trained by his mum to take over as midwife for their village/town, had he not gone to sea with Ed instead. But it means he's still retained some knowledge of it all, so he takes on a lot of the baby care.

Id love to hear more about this bit in particular- i mean trans izzy is always good but i like the way this particularly works itself into the narrative, the way this could be a good moment for us, the audience, to learn this izzy is trans, or even some of the crew if thats a direction youre interested in going in- a kind of confessional moment, an opening up, letting in and hoping, trusting that its going to be ok. (im personally fond of adding a bit more grit into the canon, playing into historical setting a little (in the sense that, you have to be sure youre trusting the right people with this information, yknow? its dangerous out there) but even if thats not the kind of thing youre interested in theres still an element of revealing a secret about yourself that isnt something you say to just anyone) and not just that, but the way it works itself into the narrative in general- im enamoured by izzy having this experience because of his past. i can even see it as being a sort of catharsis for him, to find meaning with these bits of his life that often feel. complicated (ok now Im projecting gender feelings) to have learnt these skills in another life but to be able to come back to them now, to remember them and remember that time ? theres so much there to touch upon and im so so intrigued. i could continue on- izzy knowing ed before the sea? but this is just the first point i have so much more to go.

For example, the bassinet they steal off the ship goes into Izzy's room (which we've seen is small af, so like. He can't even close his door anymore with the bassinet there.) The bottle making kit (that was an interesting bit of research, to find out how the few bottles used might have looked if a wet nurse/someone else nursing that lived nearby/etc weren't available to just. nurse the kid directly) is in his chest at the end of his bed.

i love these small details in the world- of course izzy would put the bassinet in his room even at the expense of his privacy (if its an angle you're looking to play into at all there's some interesting paths involving izzy being unable to lock his door there) i love the undertone of izzy very much taking the lead on the baby in all this- yes he has midwife experience but maybe thats not all there is to it? does he like kids? is it past experiences? does he feel like he has to take on this responsibility? could he just never forgive himself if something went wrong when he wasnt full alert? maybe its not even something he understands, maybe its something for him to learn over the course of the fic.

Like, Archie reveals part of the reason she joined the snake cult was bc she just always has liked them. Even as a little kid, grabbing them gently and letting them chill on her arms/hands. Ed talks abt his mum teaching him how to sew, and jokes abt him and Izzy having darned each other's socks for years, thank fuck they both sew fairly well. That actually gets a smile out of Izzy, who mumbles out that his mum would be pleased to see he'd remembered how to keep a baby alive and that he'd maybe even done fairly well.

i think this bit in particular is really good- especially given what you say later about a return to kraken activities (even tamed), this feels like, an interlude. a moment of peace for them all, both from baby shenanigans, and from kraken business. a nice little break before everything picks up again. especially the archie bit- maybe you could play into this being like, an offering of peace between ed and the crew? ie: everythings tense with ed here even though theyre ignoring that, but its Weird having ed hang out with them after everything and archie just. opens up, is the one to invite him in- ed could make a comment about how he hates snakes and they could argue, but playfully, and suddenly the tension is cut? just as an example dont let me backseat drive your fic or anything but it would probably be good to have something in there that explains why the crew would be ok with sitting there with ed after everything (especially if you want to continue with some kraken era stuff, they would need to have a reason to trust ed in this moment if hes not already completely 'reformed' at this point in the story?)

(also: projecting my own interests hours, izzy and ed sewing is a beloved hc to me) i just love the extra depth of ed learning from his mum. specifically here, with paralleling ed and izzy and mother relationships. i also like it as an ed story for this moment because its something true, its not a fantasy story like telling the crew about the kraken, its not something that makes him look cool, its just, a precious memory.

Fang makes a gentle, kindly meant joke abt Izzy keeping them all alive fairly well, that she'd be proud of that too, and we cut to Ed's face just. Destroyed as he realises yeah, that's exactly what he's been making Izzy do, now and before. And he's just stepped back from the Kraken and the feelings that make that up to have that make him feel terrible. They used to live for each other, each sunrise they saw a defiant, blinding medal in reward of their survival. But it hasn't been that way for a long time, has it? And he can't decide if he wants to explore that feeling or make it go away as fast as possible, or maybe both.

hey. hey.

i feel like i need to make a silly joke about the constant mother-ification of izzy hands here before i address the rest of this because. ouch.

aside from how much this HURTS i do really love this as ed realisation (1)- hearing how his actions affect others outside of the obvious ways- its not just the crew is unhappy, its the crew is grateful to izzy for keeping them alive (something he would not have to do if it wasnt for ed pushing and pushing and pushing) i see it as an angle that he would never consider without this kind of thought prompting, the sheer impact of his actions across every aspect of someones life. Given what youve said later i dont see this as Ed's break open point but it would be really interesting for him to maybe, keep coming back to these realisations. keep finding himself thinking about that, about where his relationship is with izzy-

(ok coming back to this from a bit further down- seems like this bit is set, like, right at the end of the story, after theyve dropped off the baby, which would place it post kissing and realisations about toes which. could work but to me they feel like bigger moments for ed as youve written this? maybe im reading you wrong i definitely probably am but as i took it this felt like a nice interlude + first step moment rather than after all other realisations occur? ) (i should have remembered where this was placed when i was writing about it but of course. i did not. my brain does not work)

Like, should they keep the kid? Almost definitely not for various reasons, but the break of having to focus on baby is enough to make them both take a big step back to look at themselves. I have one drafted conversation in particular between Izzy and Ed that's essentially Ed lowkey forced to talk out his feelings re: Stede & Stede leaving bc the baby calms whenever he's talking, so long as he keeps talking (and unfortunately for all of them, prior to him leaving his room to check on Izzy and baby, he was in there just being sad abt Stede, so that's all he has on his mind, but it winds up being kind of sweet in the end. Izzy mentions some of the things even he liked or found interesting abt Stede, Ed is forced to step back from his hurt to remember how he felt prior to Stede leaving and to keep the convo chill regardless since baby is dozing so long as he mutters on abt how yeah, Stede did wear some v cool clothes and maybe they'll find a family who can afford things like cashmere baby blankets for baby. Stede would probably have bought one for this kid in a heartbeat.)

To elaborate more on this theme because god. its perfect i love it- it very much hits the nail on the head for me- the baby doesnt fix anything for them but maybe it provides a space for them to fix it themselves, to have those conversations theyve been dodging for years. i love the whole. baby induced cooperation for ed and Izzy specifically because yeah. for a lot of people babys are stressful and an additional tension to a relationship but frankly? this baby is a break, a breeze compared to what they normally do- especially recently. i think if having to deal with taking care of a baby could play a roll in genuinely fixing someones marriage it would be these two (again. its not the baby that fixes the marriage but the space the baby makes in their lives, the space to slow down and talk, to fret over things that arent their continued survival etc etc)

also this is a really interesting take for /why/ they start talking through things- just the pressure to keep talking about anything and everything and youve been at it for hours and you cant think of anything so you just blurt out things you never meant to say. its very them and especially very ed

I haven't written a lot beyond that bit of convo yet, but I'm leaning it towards that becoming a habit: Ed claims he's going to bed and do NOT let the baby crying wake him, bc he will not help nor will he be happy to be awake. Cut immediately to a half-awake Ed insisting on helping Izzy with the first of multiple nighttime feeds, then just. Staying put, usually dragging a cot into the hall by Izzy's room so he can be nearby (bc some feeds require them waking baby to keep baby on schedule, and sure he could leave Izzy to it, but then he feels terrible bc Izzy is pretty alone for the nighttime baby care. The crew helps a lot during the day, they take turns staying back from raids to look after baby even, but at night the crew has to try and sleep. Which leaves Izzy and Ed.) Eventually he grumbles one night that Izzy should just come stay in his quarters, and he's already moving the chest full of bottles/milk/etc supplies into them before Izzy can protest (which is more for show than anything, bc he feels Ed expects him to protest it, when really he's absolutely thrilled to be spending the nights close together again, even if it is mostly to look after the kid.)

ok i adore this entirely- one question though, why would the crew not help with nights? other than for narrative reasons, i mean. because for me, without some outside interference i cant see this crew not helping with a night shift, especially if eds 'refusing' to assist like you start with- do they not know nights are an issue? has izzy forbid them to help? maybe he doesn't want them so tired theyre at risk on raids? (does he not care for himself like that?) thats something to potentially explore a bit more in the story

one part i specifically want to highlight about this bit is ed moving izzy into the captains cabin without any regard for how izzy feels about it- i think youve perfectly threaded the needle here!!! he's doing something that is generally beneficial for izzys wellbeing but in the worst possible way and it is so very Ed its absolutely perfect. And then also Izzy's reaction- it perfectly encapsulates their co-dependent fucked up divorce™. Its very Izzy to love ed and be thrilled to spend time with him even if they havent actually talked about anything thats caused them issues, received any apologies. is it healthy? absolutely not but its absolutely the bullshit theyre on, and probably one of the things they'd need to talk though (if thats an angle you want to write about in this fic then- how is the moving addressed? maybe one of the crew brings it up, because someone from the outside is far more likely to notice the Dynamics here than they ever would)

(ok also continuing on from the ed realisation paragraph but modified bc i realised my timeline fuck up but it would work real good to have ed already having Thoughts of some kind about izzy & relationships, and perhaps it plays some influence into Ed doing this- whether he understands or not)

(bc by this point or maybe in this exact convo even I'd have them admit that their worst fear is finally finding someone to take the baby, who scoffs and tells them they somehow messed it all up so badly that this baby is just. ruined. throw baby in the trash, completely useless as a human. That won't happen, but they're both terrified of messing up a kid like their parents/other authority figures fucked them up as kids)

oh yes. i dont have anything to add here just. being scared of making the same mistakes as those who raised them did? of being the reason a child gets fucked up? of being just like your father? its absolutely perfect for what youre building to here and its a very. gentle confession about feelings. easing into it as you will.

And in the middle of his rambling he admits he's upset with himself for taking Izzy's toes (cut to an internal comment from Izzy, since the current draft is his pov, that he figures Ed's forgotten he was in the room or he wouldn't be saying any of this aloud, and he keeps quiet to let Ed talk and get the emotions out) That it wasn't right of him to do to Izzy and it didn't make him feel any better and now every time he sees the baby's teeny tiny toes he imagines someone eventually taking Baby's toes like he's done to Izzy's and it makes him want to cry because who could do that? To such tiny baby toes? But yet he's done it to someone he cares about and loves and who was once also a teeny tiny baby with teeny toes, and he hates himself for it- Finally Izzy has to interrupt him bc Ed is crying himself and working himself up into a breakdown over it, and he doesn't forgive Ed. But he does gently suggest that maybe no one takes anyone's toes going forward. Maybe he stops tugging Fang's beard (he actually hasn't done since they originally found Bonnet during s1, but he wants to acknowledge his own fuck ups as a show of solidarity to Ed) and they just. don't do punishments like that again. Surely a night up with a baby that won't sleep is punishment enough, is his nervous joke to Ed.

paralleling a lot of my feelings under ed realisation (1), i love Ed using the baby as a vehicle to process his feelings about izzy and his own actions- thinking about it all from a different perspective because as much as he can 'justify' his reasons to himself in context, thinking about it this way removes any way he can pretend it was reasonable. are these thoughts ed was already having? or even just some broad strokes of feelings induced by the fact thats hes had the headspace to think without constantly distracting himself with raids?

i dont want to repeat myself too much but. perfect izzy characterisation with him comforting ed about things that are probably things that izzy should be comforted over. ( but also i love your little note about him not forgiving ed, that is just. perfect (i have a lot of feelings about edizzy + forgiveness))

Cut to him and Ed locking eyes and Izzy softly continuing, telling Ed he loves him. That he's glad, if they're to be in this situation, that it's him and Ed, that there's no one else he'd want with him...although, that he would, also, have been fine if Bonnet had been here too, because fuck that's a third person to help at night and he's had kids, right? So surely he could help with this- Ed cuts him off with a kiss that takes them both by surprise, enough that Izzy stops rocking which means Baby starts whining again, and they wind up rocking together. Ed standing behind Izzy, arms around his waist, head resting on Izzy's shoulder, while Izzy holds Baby and half mumbles half sings every lullaby he's ever heard or even vaguely learned in the hopes Baby will finally go back to sleep.

That it's finally me and you, and you and me- Just us, and your friend Stede

everything about this is wonderful- i dont have a ton of feedback past 'more, i want to hear more, what happens next, where do they go from here what are the reactions, aaaaaa' etc etc but ill try to write something. better than that- this feels like just the absolute perfect moment for the kiss. all the cards are finally on the table, izzys admitting some... affection for stede (in some capacity) Ed's finally coming to terms with his feelings and actions and. yeah. i can just see them rocking together, both still a little in shock from the kiss, one singing and the other mumbling confessions and feelings and apologies and just. finally finally they are on the same page again. obviously not everything is fixed but. wow this is just the perfect moment. to me anyway.

But I admit that it's also just extra satisfying to me if after Baby is safe with Mary and Doug, Ed and Izzy and crew truly don't fall back into the worst of it. Yes, they're still raiding daily to keep busy and the pace is Too Much, but Izzy doesn't lose anymore toes. Ed is gruff and grumpy and back to the occasional rhino horn again now that Baby is off the ship, but his main goal isn't the raids now.

i really do like your focus of the slow burn of eds recovery- the idea that even after everything, theres still work to do, but also that they are going to do that work. not everythings fixed, not everythings even on its way to being fixed, but the doors open, both going to do their best. its going to be hard, theyre going to backslide, its going to go wrong and things will be said that they dont really mean but. theyll try and theyll try and theyll try and i think that is just. wonderful. recovery isnt easy, but all tears can be mended.

(bc by this point even he has to admit that yeah. What they have might not be as healthy as it used to be, but he does want to work on it and he still wants and cares about it and Izzy. He's even taken to again wearing the little ring with amethyst stone that Izzy gave him when he'd given Izzy his ring with the emerald in it, right around the knot of Stede's scarf that he wears as well. He'd also like to try things again with Stede, potentially, and Izzy makes it clear that he's here for all of this, so much so that part of the raids becomes Izzy questioning everyone they raid as to if they've seen a blond, pretty idiot with a small crew of more competent pirates helping him survive.)

what a wonderful ending. its so hopeful for what comes next, im just in love. i love the idea of the small things, like ed wearing the ring- did ed always wear it like that, or did he used to wear it on his finger? how long did it take izzy to notice he was wearing it again? not long i bet, thats the kind of thing izzy would pick up on immediately- also following on from that, how does that make him feel? whats his reaction- maybe he doesnt want to mention it to ed out of fear he stops if he mentions it.

some things to maybe think on here (for both this para + the previous)- how does the crew react when things turn worse again? (in any capacity, however short) does everyone hit panic stations? does this go steddyhands for you? or stede/ed + ed/izzy or something else!!!

ok thank u for making it thru all that i hope its coherent now i am just gonna gush for a sec because i really truly am in love with this idea - i mean. for me it hits several points i just adore but dont see done that much (the kid dynamics, just exactly how you hit on edizzy dynamics, particularly love the themes around not forgiving but choosing to move past, and just your silly little interjections about ed and izzy being just as fucking intense about the babys food + stede as they are about regular raid things.)

i just. aaaaa i am so bad with words but i love the way it sounds like youre handling this all. particularly like. i dont think i mentioned it up there but i can see the way bits of this (the post baby-raid bit, the calm moment after on deck) could work really really well in a story setting, as sort of a breather from the plot, a light hearted moment amongst a lot of stress (its a filler episode babey, lets go to the beach) it adds a lovely bit of texture to everything you have going on here

i love all your little world building details here i really feel like i get what youre going for with the dynamics here i feel like theyre tangible as people (thisll be a REAL embarrassing thing to say if ive got ur intentions entirely wrong but still)

i feel like theres a lot more i could say but most of it is just ! i love this i love this i love this !!!!!!!!!

i shall shut up now but god <3 i hope you finish this one day ill jump on it so fast dhvjnbdjvcn

random fic writing babbling and rambling below the cut. TW for discussions of babies, historical breastfeeding, birth, Ed's midwifery charge from his wanted poster (the inspo for these fic ideas that are being discussed below lol.)

I keep trying to write a fic based on the midwifery charge on Ed's s2 wanted poster but I keep getting hung up on the historical accuracy thing of 'where are they getting enough human milk to feed a newborn until they can get this baby to a new family.' Like. In theory, it is doable, but before I get into that:

to explain, the plot every time, even the times I've actively tried to write it differently, is that it's a thing of them choosing the worst time to raid another ship. Either they're mid-raid and hear this poor person still attempting to give birth while everyone else onboard is being killed or threatened by Ed and crew, or as in the latest draft, Ed and Izzy literally walk in to the room just as this person passes away post final push/baby fully delivered.

The baby doesn't fix jack shit between Ed and Izzy or Ed and the crew, bc that doesn't work irl and it ain't gonna work in fiction either.

But! The situation and how everyone pulls together to look after the baby does make Ed slow down and take a step back from the things that have been doing his head in abt himself and Stede and Izzy and life in general. Bc like. He didn't INTEND for this to happen, had he known someone on the ship was actively giving fucking birth, they would have passed it by and left that ship alone! That's too much extra risk/work, when he's intending to keep them on a briskly moving pace for raids. And he doesn't want to hurt a kid, so of course he's going to make their new mission finding someone or a family to look after the baby, and look after them well (god help them if he should find out that's not the case, even years in the future.)

Izzy and Ed wind up, again at least in this latest draft, having a few late night, exhausted conversations as they feed the baby and take turns rocking/walking the hall with the baby, just generally so sleep deprived and focusing on the baby that they haven't noticed they're working together more again. It's still clear they have so many things to talk abt and unpack for both of their sakes, but that wax seal over their shared emotions for each other starts to crumble a little once the baby is onboard.

The conversations might not entirely evade the rest of the s2 events, but I can't say bc my drafts always falter right abt here, or when I'm trying to make it sound realistic that they are also, very much, now raiding other ships not just for loot but for anyone currently lactating to express milk for them to feed the baby

(honestly, i half wanna write at least one raiding scene in the fic simply to have Ed try and explain that demand. Yes, he's the dread pirate Blackbeard, the Kraken, your nightmare. Yes, he wants all the loot and money onboard. Yes, he's also currently an unintentional foster parent along with his first mate/husband and their crew to a newborn that needs more milk and as such, anyone currently breastfeeding is commanded to try and fill some of a bottle. Either way, you're giving up everything you have so stop thinking about it or asking questions, unless you know of anyone looking to adopt a baby, by chance. In that case, please give that information to Fang before giving up your expensive things and/or breast milk.)

There's a lot of tentative hope, among all of them re: the baby. All of them making little comments, here and there, that whether the kid winds up a pirate or not, they hope the baby will be happy. Looked after and loved, in the ways some of them either weren't or experienced a very unhealthy/dysfunctional version of.

I do know the ending pretty well, though elements of it could change.

But for sure, I'm thinking of a scene of the ship, dark, everyone quiet sitting on the deck after they've dropped the baby off with a new family (i keep hemming and hawing with it being Doug and Mary somehow having heard abt this kid some pirates are trying to unload, bc I like the idea of leaving a little room for a sequel in Mary being like 'huh sounds like this guy (Ed) is really upset over someone who sounds an awful lot like Ste-oh no' and letting Ed know what went down with Stede)

And as they sail into the night, Ed mumbles that they should consider the night as a night off, but be ready to fight tomorrow morning. He implies they can all go fuck off to bed or whatever then, but instead all of them, Ed included, wind up bunking together on the main deck. Sharing bottles of rum, taking turns at the wheel/making sure they're not about to run aground, and having conversations abt their childhoods, mainly the few happy things they remember.

Like, Archie reveals part of the reason she joined the snake cult was bc she just always has liked them. Even as a little kid, grabbing them gently and letting them chill on her arms/hands.

Ed talks abt his mum teaching him how to sew, and jokes abt him and Izzy having darned each other's socks for years, thank fuck they both sew fairly well.

That actually gets a smile out of Izzy, who mumbles out that his mum would be pleased to see he'd remembered how to keep a baby alive and that he'd maybe even done fairly well.

Cut back to Fang cheerfully telling everyone the story of how he wound up being named for his dad, becoming Kevin Jr, and we end on the implication that at least for the rest of the night, things will be calm for them.

Makes me mad as hell I can write this whole post out to discuss the fic, but I can't seem to finish a draft solidly enough to finally finish and publish lmao

#i am very much not good at this typa thing so i hope its not like. a) terrible or b) unwelcome ? unwelcome is not the word i want but #i hope this is the kind of response you wanted?? ahh #i also very much hope im not misinterpreting ur intentions anywhere my brains not always the best '''''':)#i mean god even if this isnt what youre looking for from me pls know i Am in love w this and i will hype u up on this idea #hopefully theres some good prompts on bits you might want to think about more? idk idk #i think i lost the plot + jst started gushing about ur ideas halfway thru but if i tried to focus this more u would be waiting even longer #pls pls babble to me as much as you like upon this idea (or any idea!)#this is also horrifically long but in my defence its at least in part bc i included the bits i was referring to???#oh also for the record for im still very much on break i just felt bad about not getting back on this... also i was excited for the concept #nyxtalks #ofmd #izzy if you still want me to look at the gdoc after this i absolutely will just. yeah. i am not fast. + this is about as good as my feedbac #gets #im sorry about that

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