#I'm wildly aware

[the-witchhunter]

DP x DC Phantom Punk: Rowdy 3

Back on my Punk Danny agenda

So, Danny is not like your typical ghost, and thus, Dan and Dani, aren't either. Most ghosts can coast by naturally and just exist outside the GZ despite the lack of ectoplasm, as long as they don't go overboard

The Phantoms?

They need more. It's not normal to need that much ectoplasm, but after a series of incidents where both the Fanton's and Vlad's portals no longer exist, they're a little screwed

So, what's a trio of Punk ghosts to do?

Luckly, there is a way to supplement their energy, and they learned it from a less than savory source... Spectra. Spectra feeds off of emotions, misery, anxiety and depression being her bread and butter. Now, technically any emotion will do, it just has to be heightened for them to get anything out of it. Joy and euphoria can work, but it's hard to consistently produce those emotions and feed. Things like fear and anger are easier to produce, but come with some... ethical issues

Their solution? Get it from people who deserve it

So, Dan, Danny, Dani, and [insert fourth character here, maybe Jazz? Sam would probably be down, remember to delete placeholder] hop into a heavily graffitied GAV and drive to Gotham. Living out of the GAV, Decked out in leather, spikes and denim, they roll into the most crime ridden city in the world and proceed to find random goons and criminals homes, bust the place up, make them nearly shit their pants and then feed off the fear and anger of these career criminals

Meanwhile, the Bats keep showing up at the scene just after they scram and keep having to deal with the aftermath

The inspiration is the rowdy 3 from Dirk Gently's Holistic Dectective Agency, if you are not familiar with my favorite punk energy vampires, allow me to educate you (only watch to the two minute mark if you want to avoid spoilers for the show)

[queerofthedagger]

sometimes. what i like to read or write in fic or just generally play around with.... is different and, dare i say, sometimes even contradicting to what i think the canonical reading is offering. like yeah he would not fucking say that but every once in a while i do like to indulge. sue me

[teatitty]

Asuma and Naruto fightin over who gets to hold the title of 'Iruka's (favourite) brother'. Iruka wants no part in this but is constantly getting pulled in the middle of their passive-aggressive spats

[swiiivet-screamathon]

"Was told you we're going to show your face around at some point-- whatcha doooooin~?"

"Ah, you startled me there Shadow Milk, I thought you were out of the building for today--"

"Did Crepe tell you that? They're turning into a bigger liar each passing day :,)"

"They did tell me that you've usually got errands on these days, so I simply helped myself in."

"They told you I've got errands?! This place is a disaster, thinking I've got errands, tsk."

"You can say that again."

"You didn't answer my que~stion though; whatcha doooin?"

"Returning to identify what is going wrong with this magic candy, generally cookies don't take so poorly when attuning to it but Fig Cookie simply is not accepting it. The usual recipe along with an ingredient that resonates with the users soul has all been what's required and yet she doesn't get anymore powerful from having it."

"... Magic Candy?"

"Has Strawberry Crepe not informed you of what they are?"

"Apparently not."

"They're receptacles used to hold the tiniest fraction of the power of souljam, so that one day eventually all cookies can have a better chance fighting off Dark Enchantress Cookie. This one's mine; Crepe has one of their own."

"Did Vanilly sacrifice his own souljam for you lot...?"

"No, no, we've made dozens of these candies and we use such a small amount from the ancient heroes souljam that you cannot even tell the difference from before making the very first one. Which was the plan all along."

"... Do they choose to get them?"

"Indeed they do, they send in a request form, they get approved or denied, and then I get to work on making the candy with all the steps that comes with that."

"... What looks like to be the problem?"

"Nothing evident yet, my current hypothesis though revolves around the figs I'm using. Although in theory the ones Fig Cookie have me should have plenty reason to connect to the candy I am concerned they might be... A bit old. The Cookie Kingdom doesn't get regular import of figs and they don't grow in the comparatively colder climate they're in currently; far closer to Golden Cheese's kingdom than here. But before jumping to that as my first conclusion I first deci--"

"Will these do?"

"... ... What?"

"That half a cookie's kingdom isn't particularly far from here, not quite the gap teleporting can't cross, will these do?"

"That's... Quite thoughtful, for you; thank you. I'll certainly try it."

"How's the procedure then?"

"Either I try to bind it to the already existing candy or we make an entirely new one."

"Could I follow your lead and we do both at the same time?"

"... Why do you want to?"

"I didn't think you were mandated to ask any questions of me."

"... ī.Ī ... Well, if you're sure; the process isn't particularly complicated when making new candies, so you can embark on that."

"Get receptacle, put a fig in, it's done?"

"Within the machinery over there, functionally yes. I made a new sugar receptacle prepped with the souljam yesterday in preparation for today, so you've got no need to worry about that step."

"When I was out being dragged around by Vanilly to do some tasks for the other cookies..."

"Most likely that time yes, I was also told that it would be quite tricky to interact with you, and that the possibility of you breaking my equipment was quite high. You've not come across as someone today who would do that though, which is... A pleasant surprise."

"I don't know why they would tell you that, I wouldn't destroy scientific progress."

"I fear I've fallen for baseless accusations then, it is... Quite the relief, to know a cookie of your age to be invested in discovery."

"Of my age? You didn't appear as the insulting type!"

"That was not an insult; none of the other ancient heroes have a lot of investment in actually being in the laboratories and workshops, preferring to let the more capable cookies do the work and keep their hands out of it. Which means the knowledge us researchers get is second hand through books and other paraphernalia. To get someone so ancient working inside the lab gives us hundreds, or even thousands of years worth of lived experience to work with. Such a mind is well desired if they're willing to come work with us."

"I see. I'm sure I could lend my exemplary age to the workshop from time to time, the progress would be quite the thing."

"It would be greatly appreciated."

"This looks done, by the way."

"Huh? You've finished it whilst we were talking?"

"I wouldn't exactly say putting an item in a receptacle to be above my skill grade, little cookie."

"Excellent. I'll be sure to quickly finish mine and then I'll head back to the Cookie Kingdom to identify which is the better solution."

"Of course. It was an honor to meet you, Espresso Cookie."

"To you as well-- huh? Ah, right, teleporting powers... To get it right on the first try."

...

Within the darkness of the other realm lay Shadow Milk, staring at his souljam that he had popped out and was gently floating in front of him. The realm was silent.

[stabbyfoxandrew]

I was going to send message but re job: try health insurance agencies. The one I work for rn sells Medicare and my job is basically to screen the calls and make sure they're compliant with Medicare rules and grade the agent selling it. It's stupid easy and let's me work from home while keeping my bills paid

sorry i'm answering this so late dude i so appreciate this ask. if you feel like it, could you message me more details sometime? like what the position/role is called and stuff?

[clownaboutofficial]

map of a fictionalised anglo-saxon britain for a project i'm working on.

decided to start putting everything on this blog so that it's out there, feel free to ignore.

[his-tamine]

always nervous ab using people's "they" pronouns when they have 'em, because I'm genuinely using the pronouns that most people just don't seem to use for them, to add a little gender euphoria to their day bc like I understand how great it feels when you use 2 or more diff pronouns & someone uses the others that aren't commonly used. but I don't want it to feel like an impersonal, "they" that you use to describe someone whose pronouns you either don't know or haven't checked lol

So then I'm like "ok I'll call them by their name AND their 'they' pronouns, so now they KNOW I've read their bio/byf/info in general and that it's on purpose! >:)" but then my stupid brain's like "NO, you've never spoken to this person before! Calling them by their name is too informal!!!" and I'm like "FUCK"

[oceanicpoetry]

i wish i was eloquent enough to need minimal words to communicate my thoughts. instead whenever i try to talk it gets wordier and wordier without ever hitting at the centre of it all and it makes me feel nauseous because i don't want to take up that much space. but i want to be understood. only when i talk i realise i don't actually seem to know what exactly is at the core myself either

[cephalog0d]

If each members of the batfam were to throw an object into the Lazarus Pit to see what happens, what object would they choose?

(I had to ask this after your comment about Dick and the rubber duckies)

Okay, I was waiting to answer this because I was trying to come up with a whole list, but instead my brain kind of went a different silly direction. (I got as far as "well all I can think for Dick now is rubber duckies and my first instinct for Steph is 'glitter'" and then, well.)

What I imagine happening is that as soon as someone throws something in and gets an effect (inanimate objects coming to life? things melting into component parts? who knows, the pits are basically just Deus Ex Acid Bath at this point) everybody immediately has to figure it out, because they're all a bunch of nerds.

So you end up with people scavenging items to sacrifice for the sake of science (probably Steph and Cass, maybe Jason), people observing results (Dick, because he doesn't trust any of them unattended, and Duke because a) he's got all the weird fancy vision and b) he's very curious about what happens), people cataloguing results (mostly Tim, I imagine Babs declares she has better shit to do and tells them not to push each other in (or film it if they do)), and people directing the experiment (all of them fighting each other but especially Damian because he's clearly an expert here). Does it matter what things are made of (organic material like wood or wool versus plastic or steel)? Does it matter what the object is, if it represents something organic (a stuffed animal) versus not (a toy car)?

They probably collect some decent preliminary data until Tim and Damian start fighting about what the logical next step is based on their current results, Jason threatens to drop them in, Damian gets indignant because as if you could, Tim gets that Mad Scientist Look and wonders what happens if you double dip someone, Dick is pulling out the Dad Leader Voice to tell them that no one is getting put in the Pit oh my god, Cass is "suggesting" new tests by throwing things at Tim's head (which is also just to watch him flail to catch them while he's in the middle of arguing, it's good training, and it's funny when he misses), and Steph is persuading Duke to use his powers on the Pit water to see what happens (I cannot imagine it's anything good).

I'm sure everyone makes it home in one piece and without accidentally activating any latent powers or anything.

[polarfarina]

Internet historian stealing his scripts directly from articles is hardly surprising... god damn though

[armandismed]

Hello love! 5 and 20 for the ask game? <3

5. Favorite actor and actress.

Okay, it's been a while since I've thought this out, but I'm going to go with some unconventional choices I think, because I've been watching a lot of new shows lately.

I'm going to go for Sarah Paulson nowadays, despite not watching all of her filmography. I just saw her in Mrs. America, and she always brings something unique and different to a role. I'll also add Cate Blanchett to that and Saoirse Ronan for someone younger. I just tend to love all their projects they're in/ they choose.

In terms of favourite actor, I'm going to go for other people who I also haven't seen all of the filmographies, but every time they show up on screen I just enjoy them and feel like they're just wildly charismatic no matter what role they're in. I'll go for Andrew Garfield, and Paul Mescal, nowadays.

20. Pet Peeves?

I've got a few, and these are wildly specific and may be a thing for me, but I tend to be a little annoyed about manners:

People who are rude/ who you apologize to when something's clearly their fault, and they just continue on like nothing happened (I.E: You both walk towards the door in a grocery market, you kind of laugh and say excuse me when you meet the door at the same time, and they give you a look like you're a piece of poo on their shoe and walk past you without otherwise acknowledging you). Like, what was the reason? It actually took more effort to be an asshole than not to be one in that situation, lol.

Men who think covering up their body oder with cologne/ body spray is appealing to anyone, then move into enclosed spaces like metros/trains. It isn't. Please stop this.

People who are annoyed when people are don't bother to at least attempt to match someone's positive energy, or worse, are just like, "What do you want" when someone's trying to be nice and positive. I understand everyone has off days, but when someone's being really sincere and earnest and are happier people, I always am annoyed by people who are like "YEAH WHATEVER, UGH," especially when that person is being sweet out of the goodness of their heart (Think someone being an asshole to a Shifty Powers type. Again, like, what was the reason. He's the cutest thing since sliced bread and clearly doesn't mean any harm).

Cars/ vehicles that don't give the right of way to public transit even though buses should have the right of way, and then just try to beat them out. Like, dude, it's a multiple-ton vehicle full of people. And you're some asshole trying to speed up and beat them onto the highway- just give the right of way. You're only going to get twenty feet ahead in bad traffic- I promise you, lol.

Last one, I swear: Just because I like to go to the gym and weight lift, my pet peeve at the gym is dudes just staring because you're a girl in the gym, and acting like you're some weird anomaly there. I'm just lifting weights, bro, leave me alone, lol.

[italiantnea]

Hello! Are you planning on translating the second novel?

Hi! Sorry about the radio silence. I am, I've just been busy with midterms the past few weeks. I'll probably start soon but I honestly have no estimate for when it might get done😅 Sorry about the wildly unpredictable upload schedule.

[nerdwhoauthorinserts]

Incorrect quotes #35

Loki, reading: *Smells something burning.* Loki: "Blake? What is that smell?" Me: *Peeking his head around the corner.* "Uh... it's just my burning love for you, sweetheart." *Loki raises an eyebrow.* Me: "...Don't come into the kitchen." Loki, getting up: "That's what I thought."

[metalikkblog]

Idk man I'm like one strange being where everything I do is off

[existennialmemes]

It's been said before but I'm saying it again: being mentally ill and very self aware of it is extremely annoying because it's like:

My Brain: You are worthless and everyone is making fun of you.

Me: Uhh, no? I just had an extremely minor, low stakes misunderstanding, and everyone was very cool about it. It's fine. No need to panic.

My Brain: [immediately dousing itself in cortisol] You don't get to decide that. Now I'm cancelling all of the dopamine and serotonin. You can just sit there and think about your unforgivable error.

Me: Wildly unnecessary, but ok I guess

[beartoothbarry]

Called into work on a day off on 3 hours of sleep but at least there's Zach Huston absolutely shredding on his instagram story. Did he write that riff? If he did Caleb should let him help write some of the next album