#ITS FULL OF STUFF I WANNA EXPLORE

[fruit-salad-ship]

Pirate junk No.13846

honestly i dont know what to say im just here putting my brain worms on the table. while my computer backs up.

Plum defo works her way up to being close with this woman, and one day she pulls into port and asks the crew to go enjoy, pays them all a chunk of gold to just go onto the land and have fun for like, two nights. Peach is told nothing, comes back from aquiring specific things plum wanted from town to an empty ship. Well. Nearly empty. Plums spent a while with Peach, couple years now, just travelling, being close with her, realising shes just sad and not scary at all unless you threaten what she holds dear. Theres a billion candles lit on the deck, you can see the ship from three streets away, youd think it had caught ablaze with the light. Peach shows up and Its a close recreation of that one memory plum had of her and her wife, give or take some details. They have a very sweet date night, get to dance and be together uninterupted by work or ship problems. It rings very true with Peach, she's been quietly growing fond of this one. Theres a weird irony to have her own play be used against her.

She's not mad at it, its oddly sweet actually. Gets the idea of how her wife felt once, feels good about that. Plum makes the joke that the only thing missing is a proposal, seeing as that's how it went down all those years ago.

It plants the seed unintentionally.

Its not until a while later, someone instead of hunting peach, comes for plum, and the whole crew see the true monster creep out of this woman. Peach goes full hostile to stop the death of another Levithian. She puts maximum effort in, hardly touched by damage, and those hits she is struck by are on purpose, to pull someone closer, or pin them in thinking theyve got the advantage on her. They do not.

Mid battle things get messy, Plum is freed from the holding cell they had her in, the girls are back together, Grey getting their ship across the way to fire on their foe, wood splintering, fires catching as lanterns smash and tumble with each strike. Both women fighting in such a way that feels like a dance, Peach constantly taking hits for the Captain she came across the waters to save, it doesnt bother her, pain is temporary, and it gives Plum an opening, lets them tag team a rival crew despite being heavily outnumbered, targeting the nasty hunter captain finally. Peach uses one, THE ONLY single battle trick she's got to take them down. Closes one eye, the remaining one blinks and suddenly in a flash looks like Boa's, pure white with the sliver of an iris, painfuly bright. She locks eyes with asshole who threatened the woman she's ready to murder an entire ships worth of people for, and you see the massive serpant leap from the sea and swipe past. The hunter is consumed, the back of the ship shattered, everyones getting knocked around, Peach grabs plum and a rope from the mast stopping them falling in as the ship tips almost back on itself. That little skill is essentially like tagging an enemy so Boa can take out vital targets, reserved for emergency. Theyre trying to get off the crumbling ship, still kicking and fighting the odd crew member, dodging loose barrels, heavy ropes trying to sweep their feet as they run, and in that chaos, in the canon balls shredding the ship they stand on, they get to the edge of the deck staring down into the ocean below and plum grabs her second mates hand to stop her jumping in.

The noise is consuming, the creak and crack of this sinking ship frightening, a sailors worst nightmare, but both just look at eachother, wind whipping hair around, bloodied and battered, but alive, together.

"Marry me-" falls out of Plum's mouth without thought, the bravery gained from seeing how streamline they worked together and seeing what they were capable of was incomporable. Peach doesn't flinch when a shot shatters the mast, feeling the heavy metal ball zip past her, unable to look away from her captain. She grabs her by the chin and kisses her hard, throwing them both into the water as the enemy vessel keeps falling apart.

Boa picks them up, bringing them to the surface before heading back to their ship. In that moment of travel it feels like the question didnt get answered. Plum sgot her arms around Peachs waist as she sits behind her, head on her back, stewing in her own head.

Later when Plums in her cabin alone, regretting her dumbass words, she was too forward, too bold, the old pirate wasnt ready, she just got caught up in it all, caught up on her. Peach knocks, snaps the woman out of her own head before coming into the space. There's nothing either can say for a moment, Peach sees her anxiety spike, sitting with a slouch in an armchair before placing something small and metal on the table. A ring. "Been carrying it around for a couple of months, never really knew why." a calm expression as she leans back. "Until now. It should fit." Plum just looks at her, picks it up, words failing her, glancing at this woman with one burning question.

"Thats a yes, if you're wondering."

[seventh-district]

babe wake up a new Venti-coded song just droppped

“I’m as sober as a drunk.

I’m as high as rock bottom.

Free as a man with his hands handcuffed to the bar.”

[phagodyke]

weekend melancholy is starting to kick in >~<

[dualitysdownfall]

trying to sketch out a plan for that empress feferi fantasy au fic i mentioned wanting to write but i just dont know enough about. gobermint

[iamespecter]

Oh yeah, I have another AU and just like the Harlequin AU, it's a huge one

For the uninitiated, Origins AU is a slice of life + action adventure comedy centered around the Glamrock cast, as they try to get by starting their own band and maybe, kicking ass. No, Security Breach & Ruin isn't canon to this AU, its it's own world (though SB characters can show up as a minor cast).

I'm pretty sure the reason this au started was because I saw the baby Monty decal from Gator golf and thought, "Why is Monty the only one with this? The others should also have their origins too" (hence the name)

These are all SUPER old art btw, from all the way back to 2022

One thing led to another, and with the joint effort with my bf @nobody-nexus, Origins AU began with baby decal concepts, to fleshed out world(s), backstories and lore.

Lots, and LOTS of em. But for the sake of not boring anyone with details, I'll summarize.

Freddy is an Alien space bear Supersoldier called an "Ursin'ul" (play on words on "ursine" and "arsenal") crash landing on earth, refusing to participate in propaganda and colonizing other planets once he found out the truth about his kind

Chica is a rebellious yet naive meravian Princess who learns forbidden knowledge to be able to walk on land and explore the world beyond the sea, as long as she keeps hydrating

Roxy is the bad girl small-time rockstar that's closed off to most people due to her upbringing, and transforms into a werewolf when full moon hits

Monty is a 9-foot tall irradiated alligator being pursued by the government after he broke out, whom wants to study him in order to create potential bio-weaponized supersoldiers

And Bonnie is... Roxy's roommate getting caught in the crossfire. A normal guy with a lot of uncles (almost ALL Bonnies from the entire franchise are related to him), and owns a bowling alley. That's it lmao, he doesn't have a secret or a superpower like everyone, he's just the average menkisser

They're always pursued by The Rockstars in this AU, all with personal motives behind their actions: Francois being forced to find and retrieve Freddy by Levi's (Lefty) orders, Clarabelle wants revenge for her eye from Roxy, Felix is down horrendous for Chica and wants to marry her against her will, and Brian is tasked with retrieving Monty.

Other variants in the franchise have their own thing too lmao, HW dlc being weird country guys, Toys being a Mafia group/Toymakers with an ongoing feud with the Funtimes, Withereds/Classics being veterans in the ent. industry, and Fury's Rage enemies aren't enemies, but Monty's friends from his time in confinement. There's Nightmares too, but they aren't a thing until the end.

I've made lots of shitposts, artworks and designs alongside Nexus for this au, and one day, I wanna come back to it and work on tweaking stuff as well as story beats. For now, I got a lot of things I have to work on first and this serves as an archive for the au's ideas.

[stilessflannel]

idk if you write for luke but imagine sneaking into mr ds office and getting comfy because you like the idea of getting caught 👀

this has been going around my head ever since i received it and i finally did something about it 😗 also i got asked for a percy jackson smut and to do whatever i want with it (yk who you are sweet anon) so does this count? muah xx

sneaking into mr d’s office with luke castellan was something you thought you’d never do. but your boyfriend had a tendency to ignore or try break unspoken rules, and that led to luke interrupting your cabin’s lava wall training, promising them their counsellor would be back soon as he dragged you away.

“are you out of your mind?” you hiss at him, checking behind you every five seconds, “we’re going to get caught by mr d or chiron!”

luke only offered the signature grin all hermes kids owned and continued until he had locked the door behind you. there wasn't much to take in - big wooden desk, a map of half-blood hill on a wall, a dusty bookshelf, and the faint smell of diet coke. while you were taking in your surroundings, luke gained a keen interest in the desk with locked drawers down each side. it only took a few seconds before he had them unlocked and he pulled up a bag full of drachmas.

normally you'd never go around to the other side of the desk to try pry a drawer open for yourself. the idea wouldn't even cross your mind to stuff as many bags of gold into your pockets as you possibly could; but it was mr d and drachmas he wouldn't be spending anytime soon seeing as he was confined to the camps boundaries, anyone would do the same.

once you were finished luke's arms wrap around your waist and hoist you onto the surface of the desk, as warm lips attack your neck and big hands work their way up and under your orange shirt. a sigh escapes your lips and your fingers wrap into his raven hair. "hey there"

"hey" he mumbles back, muffled against your neck as he presses a last kiss behind your ear and pressing his forehead against yours. "twenty minutes 'till lunch."

"yeah... wanna go back to mine?" you offer your cabin, playing with the beads on his camp necklace. an unsure hum from him makes you look up at him. you can see the lightbulb light up behind his blue irises. he picks you up so your legs wrap around his hips and sits back into the padded desk chair

"i think we'll be just fine here, yeah?" he said, pressing a kiss into the side of your mouth and working his way back down your neck to make the marks he left earlier brighter. you try your hardest to focus on luke and the heavenly way his mouth feels on your skin, but your mind kept jumping to mr d and chiron finding their two best counsellors in this state. the thought of either of them terrified you to your wits end, but also sent a surge of thrill through your veins.

luke brings you back by digging his teeth into your collarbone and eliciting a groan from you, effectively shutting off your care for who could catch you. you grab his jaw and force him to look at you and you fold - his lovesick face with pupils blown wide from lust makes you crash your lips against his. its messy and rough and perfect for you two as hands explore each others bodies. you pull away to tug your shirt off your head and he follows suit, then you're back on each other again.

the sound fills with small moans, sighs, and gasps from both of you. you're too far gone to hear the footsteps approach the door, too caught up in the feeling of grinding against luke and hearing his faint groans to notice the voices behind the door and the rattling of the handle being twisted. it isn't until the door squeaks on its hinges that you turn to look over your shoulder and see mr d, his face as red as the wine he invented.

you could argue the two weeks wash up duty was worth it.

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[chaaistained]

what’s your internship like? (in your better cr)

page turners

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you can’t blame me for wanting to live in a world where society doesn’t reserve value and recognition to only be rewarded if you follow the standard, left brained, logical mindset of stem and maths and science and technology — and this is coming from someone who loves those very subjects and excels in them — i’m very much a maths lover, i enjoy solving logical problems, it brings a satisfaction that cannot be described, and yet . i don’t feel as alive as when i’m writing, when i’m reading, when i’m analysing, pulling apart, breaking down the intricate threads of thought that make up a story, or an essay, or a poem

my mind may find satisfaction in solving page after page of algebra, but my soul will only find its spark when i give in to emotion and empathetic analysis, and for that very reason, i scripted a different degree for my dr-self, and with that came a different internship in a publishing company that does not exist in this reality — Page Turners

in my dr at the midpoint of my first year in uni, i had gotten into a year long internship at a government office, hired because of my degree in entertainment law majoring in copywriting

but i have a double degree, my second being a degree in arts majoring in literature and creative writing, and i always knew i wanted a more creative job, rather than the technical, legal side of the publishing industry (no matter how well it pays)

so at the end of my first internship, i started exploring different avenues, and Page Turners was brought to my attention (ironically, by my english tutor from high school)

they advertise mainly to young writers, they have an open submission for a monthly online magazine, curated by a theme (think dakota warren’s nowhere girl collective but only focused on writing — whereas dakota includes submissions for art and music too)

Page Turners wasn’t hiring anyone who hadn’t gotten a full degree but with the help of my ex-tutor (and ex-boss bcs i used to mark papers for her every now and then) i was able to make a case for an internship position

it took a while, a whole year in fact, but Page Turners thought that a way to reach the youth would be to start as early as possible and the best way to do so is by implementing internship programs into their business plan — essentially, my drive to work in the creative field (and mostly due to my connections bcs networking sucks but it is everything) i was able to convince an up and coming publishing house to start hiring students, who may be exactly like me, just waiting for the opportunity to do something creative

i haven’t scripted much on the actual internship program and what it entails but i get accepted and start working at the beginning of my third year (honestly year 3 of uni has a lot of firsts for me — first longterm internship, first boyfriend who i can actually see a future with, first new car, first youtube play button for my anonymous cover channel w two of my high school friends — theres probably more but i don’t wanna sound cocky T^T)

anyway, back to the point — my internship essentially allows me to explore the workings of a publishing house, and with my background in copy write law and creative writing, i’m able to dabble in many different divisions and subdivisions, getting a chance to see how the writers, lawyers, agents and editors work — it’s where i find my passion for developmental editing : the profession of assisting with the creative process of a book, primarily a novel, where you go through a synopsis, a story board, and the overall themes and acts of the story, it’s less about the in-debt typo-prevention of editing and more about the overall narrative — stuff like helping to pivot the story or guide the plot in a certain direction to achieve everything the writer hopes for, or, my personal favourite and my special skill if i do say so myself which is patching up plot holes to be seamless and make sense

finally, this internship, the people i worked with, they are the reason i felt confident enough to go back to uni and do a postgrad degree for a masters in creative writing and a specialisation in editing, so i could officially work full time as a developmental editor

meaning i could read and write and help create stories for a living

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if i ever script more or after i’ve properly experienced this internship, i will definitely update this post, or just make another one!! but for now, this is all i’ve got <333

cuppa queries; order in — ask responses

2025 © chaaistained

[miscellaneoustofu]

Aomine: The idea is that he dyed his hair a brighter blue in the good Teiko days but as he gradually grew apathetic towards basketball he never bothered to keep dying it. So the bright blue color kept fading to reveal its bleached parts. There’s a metaphor for depression in this bitch somewhere. You can’t see it here but the idea is to make him the dragon to Kagami’s tiger. Cause mythic rivals and such. He gets a dragon tattoo on his leg and Kagami has a tiger on his back. The character sheets (one day lol) will help.

Momoi: Gets glasses cause they’re cute. Plus smart glasses wearing anime girl trope. Momoi is critically underused in the series and underrated in this fandom. She literally has a supercomputer for a brain and instead of taking over the world, she’s wrecking everyone’s bball kits and she’s so powerful for that. She should’ve been a bigger obstacle in the anime.

Akashi: After both of his sides merge or after the Winter Cup — one of em, he gets central heterochromia. I never liked how he lost all of the yellow. It was too iconic.

Kagami: Undercut cause we steal Itadori’s whole flow. Shaved sides for extra tiger stripes. And a scar to show where Akashi sliced him during their very dramatic scissor confrontation (moved it from his cheek though). He used to have a mullet to match Himuro but cut it off after their fall out. I love little design changes that follow as a character changes. I’d love to make a comic exploring Taiga and Himuro’s relationship. I’d make it full of heart ache and would dub it “Stripes.”

Anywho! I hope this helps satiate you all for now. I tried to plan this in a way where no matter who’s your fav team, you got a little something. I’m gonna be busy for a WHILE, so we’ll see when I’m able to get back into it.

Also, I wanna post stuff for my other fandoms so yuppers!

Part 2/2

[angelwishess]

SSR — Kyra Lovelace || Moonlight Attire

Event by @sunnysidesevenup !! Congrats on 300 <3!! You soo deserve it!

Groovy: [LOCKED]

Summon: Hahaha! This is gonna be so much fun! Prepare to lose!

more voicelines under the cut!

Groovification: Hell yeah, lets get this party started!

Set to Home Screen: Hey, hey!~ good choice, even you can see how cool I look, riiight?? Hehehe!

Home idle — Groovy: [LOCKED]

Home idle I: It was kinda weird trying to get used to this tail— but I got the hang of it no problem! Look! Wanna see how fast I can swim??

Home idle II: Hahaha, even the fish love music! You should try dancing with them, too! Its super fun~.

Home idle III: Hey, hey! I found a shipwreck nearby while roamin’ around, wanna check it out? ..No? Pfft. Boring. Suit yourself, then!

Home tap — Groovy: [LOCKED]

Home tap I: Hmm? What? You want me to help you get ready for the competition. Hah! No way! Why would I ever help an opponent? …Buut, you know, there is this one vocal warm up I might be able to teach you.

Home tap II: Hehe! I got a bunch of cool stuff while exploring! Look at this stuff, isn’t it neat? I can’t believe all of this was just hiding down here! ..What? Of course I don’t have ‘enough stuff already’! My collection is never complete!

Home tap III: Elena doesn’t look too happy about being here. Hey, wanna go hang out with her? I know just the way to get her in a festive mood! You just gotta trust me, ‘kay?

Home tap V: Honestly… I kinda forgot about the whole competiton after drinking the potion. I meaan, its just soo much more fun exploring the ocean! Who caares about a silly competiton, yeah? Hahaha!

Home tap IV: Ooh~, its a full moon tonight. Isn’t it beautiful? Cmon, sit with me for awhile! Lets chat!

DUO MAGIC: Elena

“Cmon, Ellie! This is childsplay for a siren like you!”

“Ugh, do you ever shut up?”

Extra:

(2nd one is without the overlay!!)

Concept art!~ Elena might be coming soon ehehe 🤭

^^ Elena’s

[phishcaek]

Full Risk Assessment Part

forgot to post the newest pages here on tumblr for the metacog comic hahaha

Haven't worked on this for a bit cuz I felt unsure abt what I was doin every since I expanded the premise past just videogame ai characters and just included all meta-aware characters in media which made it sorta less cohesive even though its also a cool idea to treat meta-cognisient characters as scps or smthn...

I'm also not super into every fandom and am paranoid abt gettin stuff wrong!!! AAHH!! Like yea sans isnt THAAAT aware I slipped up!!!

It's whatever tho I still wanna explore certain ideas I have with the concept so I'm just accepting the comic is gonna be a lil trashy and silly idc!!!

But yea will prob resume at some point

Also here's p03 arriving at game night!!

[elmushterri]

I don’t have time to draw my ideas out but!

Been contemplating TKH stuff and GunnTech stuff, and I was wondering.

I’ve set up TKH as a spiritual/supernatural/guardian angel thing (that bit needs no introduction to be honest) where knights have their own realm, and magic and such.

Buuut, I’m exploring some other angles too and I wanna know your thoughts.

I was exploring the idea of knights being man-made, a huge science project kinda like GunnTech (btw, I’m only basing this off GunnTech cause the science-experiment-kids angle is more of my au than PJ masks? I’d be stealing from myself + PJ masks is not my property so I could never produce/do anything with GunnTech anyway😭). So here, it would probably be something like “The Knight Project” and such. More sci fi/across the spiderverse than She Ra. The rest of it is mainly the same, same weapon power thing, same handbook stuff, just different vibe and origins. Rather than only fighting normal criminals and night time villains like in PJ Masks/GunnTech AU, the main character knights are teens who get to fight giant monsters and whatnot.

What do you moons think? I’ll probably end up showing some concept art anyways.

‼️ This is sorta for people who like the GunnTech sciency / hero/trained kids growing up in a lab aspect, cause once again it’s still just an AU of a property that isn’t mine and I can legally do nothing with. I love the GunnTech story but I can do nothing with it in the future because it belongs to Disney. If you wanna see an ‘original’ GunnTech vibes story with a slight fantasy twinge to it, then this would be for you.

Here’s some ‘mood boards’— note that there would still be cool glowy stuff and true knight forms and all.

The project would probably keep its title, but if not, in this sci fi case it would probably be more like ‘Project Knight’ but till I’ve figured that out it stays.

[novantinuum]

Pink Onyx AU- An Analysis and Theory Post, Part 1

[Part 1- You are here!] | [Part 2] | [Part 3] | [Part 4] | [Part 5]

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Howdy! Those of you who have followed me for a while have probably been seeing my reblogs of the @pink-onyx-au comic made by @ceephorsshitshow. Well, today I wanna share with you something a little different than my usual SU meta… because today I’m gonna analyze this really cool fan work with the same level of seriousness as I do canon. (Like. Seriously. This first post alone is really, really long. I put most of it under a cut.)

This particular comic is a very special one for me to watch unfold, because it’s evident that a lot of deep care and attention to detail has been poured into its creation. There’s fascinating bits of expanded character development to chew into here, as well as plenty of mysteries and lingering questions for us readers to muse and theorize over. If you follow me for Steven Universe and haven’t read this AU yet I highly recommend you check it out. The most basic pitch is that it explores what a fusion between Steven and Jasper might look like, and does a LOT of deep-diving into the similarities and differences of both of those characters’ psyches.

Here’s the episode masterpost on tumblr.

And you can find it on Tapas, too! 

(Note: For the purposes of these posts, I was given permission by the comic artist to post screenshots of various pages where relevant in this discussion. For each frame used I will list the episode and page number for easy reference. Additionally, this post and all future ones on the topic will contain full spoilers for the comic thus far.)

Now with all that introductory stuff out of the way, here we go!

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So, on the final page of the most recent update, we get one hell of a visual plot bomb for Steven as ol’ Onyx unfuses:

(Episode 9: Page 22)

He’s now visually expressing remnants of his corruption, where before he was not.

And it’s this mysterious plot point in particular that got me wanting to analyze this comic more deeply in the first place. This is completely new for him in this story. Thus far, he’s never expressed any of these remnants when he’s just himself- not in the way Jasper does. So it made me wonder… how might this shift in his appearance play into the ultimate trajectory of the plot? How does Steven suddenly showcasing corruption scars integrate into the larger story that is being spun here about him and Jasper and how they relate to each other?

Well, there’s a lot of comic details and story lore we need to unpack first before I can take my best theorizer’s stab at this. Let’s dig right in.

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Prelude: The analyst’s treasure is in the speech bubbles

Anyone who’s been a fan of this comic for a while has probably noticed these fun visual details already, but I’m going to take a moment to break down what I believe each speech bubble style signifies for folks who may not have context. It’ll make some of my analysis later a bit easier, too, ahah.

So. Speech bubbles. What kinds do we have here? 

(Episode 1: Page 6)

Style number one: Solid with black text

This style is standard for non-fused characters, and is also utilized when a fused character is speaking whilst in a state of internal harmony.

Steven is pink and Jasper is orange, of course. Onyx’s speech bubbles are a distinct darker pink, and the main three Crystal Gems get their own colors as well. More minor characters get white bubbles.

(Episode 1: Page 10)

Style number two: Scribbly pink lettering overlaying black text

Whenever you see this type of speech bubble, it’s a sign that there is some level of internal discord going on within Steven or Onyx that is related to their diamond side. It usually shows up when one of the two is in pink mode, but from what I can tell this is not a solid rule.

(Episode 2: Page 12)

Style number three: Pink/orange mixed bubbles

This is how we see Onyx talking for a good portion of the early comic. Their speech bubbles are a clean mix of Steven’s pink and Jasper’s orange. And most vitally, the color on the top and the tail signifies which of them is “fronting” at that moment.

(Episode 3: Page 11)

Style number four: White bubble with solid pink text

So far, this style has only been used to represent dialogue that is being spoken by Steven’s gem half exclusively. Which makes things very interesting, as in Steven’s own remembrances of shattering Jasper on the very first page of the comic, the line “I have been holding back!” is shown in this specific style, instead of the scribbly pink lettering that signifies internal discord.

There is one additional sub-style here- and this is the one moment where we get Onyx’s mixed bubble but WITH the solid pink text. 

(Episode 3: Page 11)

I believe these two styles pretty much mean the same thing… only, the white/pink text is either viewed within memory or a metaphoric fusion mindscape where we the viewer are actually “seeing” Steven’s instability, and thus can “see” his gem half as a separate entity there. While, in reality, this is an argument Onyx is having with the disparate pieces of themself.

(Episode 4: Page 9)

Style number five: Pink/orange tye-dye mixed bubbles

When you see that darker shade of pink start dappling into the standard mixed bubbles, this indicates that there are small whispers of Onyx’s true personality beginning to surface, instead of them constantly being wrested back and forth between Steven and Jasper’s conscious control.

(Episode 4: Page 16)

Style number six: Pink/orange mixed bubbles, but with a darker pink tail

From this page onwards, Onyx’s speech bubbles always have their darker pink shading the tail no matter who is fronting. Sometimes there are little lines of another color etched out of it, and sometimes the tail is solid dark pink. I like to believe that when it’s solid, it means that Onyx is just a little closer to reaching a fully harmonious state than when it’s not.

(Episode 9: Page 6)

Style number seven: Onyx speech/thought bubbles with a hint of pink/orange underlying

This style seems to signify moments where it’s still Onyx fully in control of themself and their actions/words/thoughts, but they’re taking subtle influence from their components or accessing their memory a bit.

These are all of the distinct styles I have caught so far, but quite honestly, it would not surprise me if I am missing something. All of this to say… pay close attention to the speech bubbles. They can tell you a lot about Onyx’s state of mind throughout the story.

Now with all this established, I’d like to finish off this first post with my first big discussion point.

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Question One: What does Jasper actually know about Steven’s “meltdown,” if anything?

The AU author recently solidified this comic’s placement in the SUF timeline in an ask response, saying that the first episode takes place just a week after Steven’s corruption event.

I’m glad this point was clarified, because it was super vital information which deeply influenced the way I analyzed Steven’s actions and responses in my recent re-read… it means this experience is still super raw for him. This is VERY important and we’ll get back to this in more depth later in future posts. But first, let’s explore what Jasper knows of this event.

The full extent of her knowledge is unclear-

(Episode 1: Page 6)

In Episode 1, Steven briefly alludes to his corruption as seen above… referring to it as “[his] meltdown.” Notably, Jasper does not seem to ask any questions about this stray comment. This COULD suggest that she knows what happened to him a week prior via hearsay, but given the context of the rest of the scene and the fact that she’s as isolated as she is out here I genuinely wonder if she thinks Steven’s so-described “meltdown” is his shattering of her.

This idea would make a good deal of sense, as she doesn’t start to make any commentary on the topic of corruption at all until they’re actually fused- with Steven bringing it up first.

(Episode 2: Page 14)

On this page, Steven takes note of Onyx’s very visible spikes (which are Overtly in the same placement as his own when he was corrupted), and initiates the musing upon his own corruption himself.

With the way Jasper phrases her response, the vibe I get is that she somehow gleans a bit of ambient shared knowledge about what happened to him through their fusion.

(Episode 2: Page 15) 

“That human form you wear must have been hiding your markings.” This quote is SUPER vital. We’ll come back to this later on in this post series, too.

(Episode 2: Page 15)

It’s clear that Jasper doesn’t REALLY understand what he went through or what caused it, since she then outright mistakes the casual woes and body pains of organic life as corruption. (As seen above.) 

(Episode 8: Page 4)

But later on, she outright relates to him over their shared experience of past corruption, so she must at least know enough from mere ambient thought-sharing by this point to recognize it happened.  

It’s obvious that she’s barely scratched the surface on fully understanding her fusion partner, though. Neither of them have. It’s gonna take a lot of fusion, comedic mishaps, and genuine conversation to get there. All in good time, I’m sure.

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Please do join me tomorrow at 7am PST for the next post in this series! This has been a blast to write up and muse upon.

[caelyne]

The Watcher ʕ 👀ʔ Thoughts

im going full spoiler here, so please dont read further if you have yet to play or care about that sorta thing. tldr, i liked it. Rain World is always a tricky game to recommend because its weird.. its very very good and i love it a lot, but theres so many elements about it that dont play out well for a lot of people. understandably so. this same sentiment applies to the dlc, even moreso, possibly. ill get into it below!

ive finally finished it after pretty much playing this game nonstop since it released on friday lolllll. im normal, alright? i'm not sure how i wanna structure this, but ill start with the opening.

the game begins in a surprising location, though you wont realize it at first. Hydroponics, the new subregion for Industrial Complex. when i emerged above the Outskirts karma gate, i admit i was a bit concerned. where was the new stuff? why am i here? it was disorienting. but i figured id start with the basic story beats: let's go see Looks to the Moon! i figured i'd run through drainage for the fun of it and keep an eye open for anything strange on the way. after running into a few king vultures and red lizards in outskirts, i was beginning to prepare for the worst in terms of enemy spawns and so i was taking it slow and easy.

then i found the rot. strategically blocking the only path to drainage. i then realized what was happening, and i freakin Loved it.

i really loved how they place you in an unfamiliar location, immediately setting your expectations that you are exploring completely unknown territory.. only for that facade to break as you realize you're still in the base game map. and then Further playing with your typical expectations of knowing to visit the Plot characters (Pebbles and Moonie) and very smartly controlling your movements by blocking off the paths to the iterators. Where else is there to go? The echoes.

Or, echo, in this case. i do want to go back and reread the dialogue from our strange friend a bit further, but off the bat it was cool how manic and, immature? this echo was. a stark contrast to the echoes we're used to! they even look different.. in their appearance and the way they hover there. totally different mood from the Pompous, Egotistical echoes that could not pass the veil.

i liked how they slowly began to open up to you and you learn more about their plight. after knowing this game for as long as i have (pre DP!!), the mysterious nature of the echoes had lost their luster a bit. they're still utterly horrifying and beautiful, but theres only so many times you can see them and the mysticism begins to become normalized. it was nice to feel like you could unravel a bit of the mystery behind this particular character, who ultimately is a child from an ancient society that failed to ascend. i loved it.

i guess i should talk about the actual gameplay though? i mean this IS a game after all….. and this game..?

well, this game started off as a maze runner in early development, yeah? and it still IS that in its final iteration on release, but theres also more to it with regards to the world it built. there's so much to unravel in base rain world when it comes to the environmental storytelling of the regions and their original purposes and locations, the pearl dialogue with Moon, buddhist memes, the ecosystems, etc etc etc etc. so so much. if you're reading this, you know already.

watcher doesn't have a LOT of that. each region you visit are not physically linked, but are instead done so via warp tunnels that you find or create yourself. i see a lot of people being disappointed about that aspect, to which i can understand. it leaves out a lot of potential for the aspects that are integral to base Rain World that i just mentioned. but honestly? i dont really mind it all that much.

in leiu of that, we have an interconnected web of regions/dimensions/worlds/realities that are all linked in specific and highly confusing ways that serves as the campaign's stage for a large game of hide and seek with our new echo friend. a Maze, if you will.

despite the map on the sleep screen being quite confusing and overwhelming at times, i thought it was a very cool way of handling this dlc's universe. a big criticism that i have is that since things are so Physically disconnected, it ends up being difficult to remember where a lot of key features are. karma flowers, static warp tunnels, Daemon entrance tunnels, it was A LOT. especially once you start figuring out what you're supposed to be doing and what youre looking for. in typical rain world fashion, the game doesnt hold your paw much at all outside of a few brief and essential tutorial explanations on how to use The Watcher's abilities.

the echo placements are something im a tad mixed on. since the saint has a function that immediately tells you there is an echo within the region you enter, i have to assume that the decision to not use this indicator is an intentional design choice. on my first playthrough, i had a few dry spells of endless and endless wandering until finally i managed to happen upon the echo, upon which i'd be transported to a new world and run into a string of finding their new hiding spot nearly back to back. i'm unsure if thats just good fortune on my end? or if there is a tendency for the echo to teleport you to places near their next spot, but thats how it ended up working out for me in a few cases. as i type this, i honestly think i'd settle for some kinda indicator on the region map that at least tells you where a previous echo has been found, because gosh it is DEFINITELY overwhelming to keep all that stuff memorized. you could always write this stuff down ig, but it wasn't immediately obvious to me that the campaign's objective was to locate this guy again and again. i'm fine with this objective overall, but yeah it woulda been cool if there was something to help you keep track of your progress in that regard.

so ultimately, its a big game of hide and seek in a maze-like region, where each region is a small part of a larger maze, all the while you are still a slugcat that is fighting to stay alive in a strangely familiar, yet alien universe with new threats we've never seen or encountered before. I liked it. it was very cool.

what other criticisms do i have.. uuaahhh.. i guess the inclusion of modded regions isnt my favorite. mind you, i also dont really mind it either. idk, its difficult to articulate. the sense i got is that… in The Watcher's (campaign) context, there was less of a focus on world building and moreso on providing us stunning set pieces to explore that are Rain World.. but different from what we've ever seen before. which makes sense! we aren't in Five Pebbles anymore after all. its vague as to Where we are of course, though i believe the echo dialogue implies we're jumping through different stages of history. or perhaps alternate timelines? maybe alternate universes? all of the above? i guess i'll leave the rw scholars to disassemble all that. but anyway, the modded regions are fine, i suppose. theyre a nice way to reach out to the community and in terms of gathering potential temporal/extradimensional locations within the rain world universe, it works fine imo.

i also dont love the possibility that the expansion was rushed to meet the 8th RW anniversary. by all means, it feels SOLID as is, but if theyre planning on adding more content (which was explicitly stated by James, eventually culminating in the console release), i think i woulda just preferred to have waited until it was Finished with a capital F. it is what it is.

ough, and ive already seen posts from people thats essentially just soyjack shit that centers around the world map discussion and boils down to old thing is for smart people, and new thing is superficial and not good. i just hope most people can distinguish between personal preferences and expectations to the actual quality of the expansion.

anyway. other stuff i liked!! gonna just bullet point this:

i LOVED THE MOTHS!!! GRRR!!!!!!!! i love how theyre docile up until the point where violence breaks out and they just fly you into the sky and drop you back to the ground. i also love that vulture are just On Sight with them. they're so cute too. their little head tilts… aaahhh.. i wanna draw them!!!!

the music slapped. next.

signal spires. utterly gorgeous. those structures in the background.. the whales.. aaa

the warp tunneling and cloaking effects were also SUPER cool. i also actually kinda predicted that the cloak could be upgraded and provide additional movement options since there was a LOT of areas that seemed to be impossible to traverse without loading yourself up with spears.

the new 'karma' symbols are water ripples

the ending was just very sweet and i loved getting to see a brief glimpse of that ancient society. this might also be entirely cope, but as someone who likes to think of slugcats being bout the size of a large cat, i have questions about the scale of Ancient Urban. for gameplay purposes, i think theres a level of abstraction, in addition to the fact that it was also explicitly mentioned by VC that it is left intentionally vague, to the size scale of the game, but that room with the shop and the storage closet and the bedroom and the void baths and the rooftop bridge and the pipes connecting each room together was.. inconsistent? i think? this doesnt even mater i just have autism, but its F*CKIN with my brain!!!!!!!!!! HOW BIG ARE SLUGCATS JAMES. PLEASE

THE PRINCE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! actually outer rim is also just super fucking cool too. im soooo intrigued on whats happening there. i actually got the rot ending first lmfao. i couldnt stay away. by the time i realized what was happening with the rot, it was too late, so i just went IN on it. also he looks like videocult guy.

huahh!!! that was long.. turns out i have a lot of feelings abt this game. I GOTTA FINISH THOSE LAST PROMPTS TOO AAAHHHH EXPECT ART SOON

[ravensuperr]

Gotham Baby Switch Mystery (DCxDP) – Part 5

In the Basement

At the bottom of the stairs, Danny reached for a switch on the wall. With a clunk, the room lit up in a sterile glow as fluorescent lights buzzed to life. The basement lab wasn’t particularly remarkable—plain tiled floors and stainless-steel walls gave it a cold, utilitarian feel. Rows of metal counters were lined with ghost-hunting gadgets, tools, and equipment, but none of that was why they were here.

The real centerpiece of the lab stood against the far wall: the Ghost Portal.

Its geometric opening, framed by faintly glowing circuitry, radiated an eerie, otherworldly energy. Though dormant, it seemed to hum with potential.

As the trio entered the lab, Tanya immediately began examining the scattered ghost-hunting devices with fascination. “This stuff is so cool,” she exclaimed, her technophile enthusiasm on full display.

Sam, however, was drawn to the portal. He followed Danny to its edge, staring into its cylindrical chamber with wide-eyed curiosity. “So, your parents think this thing can open a portal to some kind of... Ghost Zone?”

“Yeah. They’ve been working on it since before we were born. It’s basically their life's work,” Danny replied, her tone a mix of skepticism and admiration. “But it doesn’t even work. It’s just... sitting there.”

Tanya interrupted by tossing a jumpsuit at Danny. “Hey, catch!”

“Wha—ack!” Danny yelped as the suit smacked her in the face. She peeled it off with an annoyed frown. “What the heck, Tanya?”

“Put it on!” Tanya insisted.

“Why?”

“Uh, safety first? That thing could be radioactive or something.”

Sam, grinning, held up a Polaroid camera. “Actually, Danny, stand next to the portal. I want a picture of you with it.”

Danny sighed but humored him. She stepped in front of the control panel beside the portal and held up the suit. “Like this?”

“Perfect. Smile!”

After the flash, Danny lowered the jumpsuit and turned back to Sam. “Okay, you’ve seen it. Can we go now? I promised Jazz we’d only be here for a few minutes.”

“Aw, come on, Danny. Don’t you wanna know what’s on the other side of that thing?” Sam teased, stepping closer to the portal.

Danny hesitated, staring into its depths. A spark of curiosity flickered within her. She’d always dreamed of being an astronaut, stepping into the unknown, exploring the unexplored. Maybe this was her chance to live that dream—if only for a moment.

“You know what? You’re right,” she said, grinning. “Who knows what cool stuff is on the other side of that portal!”

Slipping into the jumpsuit, she zipped it up and stepped toward the portal. Tanya peeled off a sticker of Jack Fenton’s face from the front of the suit. “You can’t go walking around with that on your chest.”

“Thanks,” Danny muttered, her nerves growing as she approached the machine.

The dim glow of circuitry drew her in like a moth to a flame. Stepping inside, she let her fingers trail along the walls, her mind flashing back to the day her parents first unveiled the portal. They’d been so proud, their excitement palpable. But when they powered it on and nothing happened, the disappointment in their faces was devastating.

Her parents had sacrificed so much for their research. Danny wished she could fix the portal—not for her, but for them. She and Jazz had convinced their parents to take a short trip to relax, hoping it might ease the strain in their relationship.

Pushing the memories aside, Danny took another step. Her hand brushed over a small control panel, and she felt a button depress beneath her fingers.

Suddenly, her hand brushed over a depression, then a protrusion. A soft click echoed through the chamber.

Lights flared, the machine let out a deafening whir, and the circuitry blazed with an unearthly green light.

The Accident

The portal let out a deafening hum as glowing circuitry flared to life, bathing the room in an otherworldly green light.

“Danny, get out of there!” Sam shouted, his voice panicked.

But Danny was frozen in place, her breath caught in her throat as the light intensified. Then, with a brilliant flash, the portal unleashed a massive surge of energy.

Pain exploded through Danny’s body. She screamed as her muscles seized, every nerve alight with fire. Her heart pounded wildly, erratically, as though it might burst from her chest. It felt like her body was being torn apart molecule by molecule.

And then—darkness.

Upstairs

The lights flickered. Bulbs shattered. The house shook as though caught in an earthquake. Cassandra and Damian rushed downstairs, joining Jazz, Bruce, and Talia, who stared in shock.

“What’s going on?” Cassandra asked, her voice sharp.

Before anyone could answer, the house fell still.

Back in the Basement

Sam and Tanya watched in horror as the room erupted into chaos. Beakers shattered, tools flew into the air, and an unnatural wind swept through the lab. Lights flickered wildly, and the hum of the portal reached a fever pitch.

“Danielle!” Tanya screamed, tears streaming down her face.

Suddenly, the chaos ceased. A figure stumbled from the portal’s depths, collapsing to the ground.

“Daniella?” Sam whispered, his voice shaking.

The person before them looked... different. Her hair was stark white, floating as if suspended in water. Her jumpsuit was inverted—black where it had been white, white where it had been black. But her eyes were the most shocking change: bright, glowing green, matching the portal’s eerie light.

“Sam? Tanya?” she murmured, her voice weak and ethereal.

Before they could respond, a ring of light circled her waist, traveling up and down her body. When it faded, she looked normal again—tan skin, dark hair—but she was unconscious.

Sam knelt beside her, checking for a pulse. Relief washed over him as he found it. “She’s alive. But we need to get her to a hospital.”

Tanya’s phone had no signal, and panic gripped her. Together, they carried Danny upstairs, yelling for help.

Back Upstairs

The quiet hum of the Fenton kitchen shattered as Tanya and Sam burst through the door, their arms supporting an unconscious Danielle. Her body was limp, her hair disheveled, and faint wisps of smoke rose from her clothing.

“Tanya?” Jazz’s voice broke the silence, her gaze snapping up from where she’d been seated at the kitchen table. The sight of Danielle hit her like a freight train.

“Jazz!” Tanya cried, her voice shaky and near hysteria. “Help! It—it happened so fast! I don’t even know—”

Jazz was already on her feet, rushing toward her sister. “What happened?” she demanded, eyes wide as she took in Danielle’s ashen complexion.

“She—she got electrocuted!” Tanya stammered, her hands trembling as she adjusted her grip. “It—it was just so much electricity. One second she was fine, and the next…”

Sam’s jaw was clenched tightly, his expression grim. “We weren’t messing with anything,” he added quickly, his voice low but strained. “It just… happened.”

Bruce, Talia, Damian, and Cassandra had been standing in the living room when the commotion began. Hearing the panic in Tanya’s voice, they moved to the kitchen just in time to hear her last words.

“What do you mean she got electrocuted?” Bruce’s voice was calm, but the undercurrent of tension was unmistakable. His gaze fell on Danielle, his sharp mind already analyzing the situation.

“I—I don’t know!” Tanya cried. “She was fine, and then there was this huge surge—”

Jazz cut her off, her voice steady but tight with worry. “We don’t have time for this. We need to get her to a hospital. Now.”

Bruce didn’t hesitate. “I’ll drive.”

The Hospital

The drive to the hospital was a blur of tension and worry. Tanya sat beside Jazz in the backseat, gripping Danielle’s hand tightly. Sam was in the passenger seat, his hands shaking as he repeatedly glanced back at her.

As soon as they arrived, Bruce didn’t waste a second. He carried Danielle inside himself, his steps purposeful and his expression dark with determination.

“She needs immediate care,” he told the nurse at the front desk, his tone brooking no argument.

The nurse hesitated for only a moment before nodding, quickly calling for assistance. Danielle was placed on a gurney and rushed toward the emergency room.

Lady Tsunade appeared in the chaos, her commanding presence immediately taking over. “What’s the situation?” she demanded.

One of the nurses, Mrs. Foley, stepped forward and quickly briefed Lady Tsunade.

“Severe electrical trauma, possible cardiac complications,” she began. “There’s also a multi-state blackout. Our backup generators are online and functioning properly, but we’ve just received word from Detective Sonia Alcana about additional complications. Phone service is down, and she’s warned us to prepare for a potential influx of patients needing medical attention.”

Mrs. Foley’s tone grew more urgent as she continued. “Detective Alcana reported that the police department has been inundated with in-person complaints about electronics shorting out and light bulbs exploding in homes and businesses. Based on these reports, I’d infer we should expect a significant number of patients suffering from electrical burns or scarring.”

Tsunade nodded briskly, her expression unreadable as she disappeared into the ER.

The Waiting Room

The waiting room was unnervingly quiet, save for Tanya’s shaky breathing. She sat beside Sam and Jazz, her hands trembling as she clung to her mother.

“It happened so fast,” Tanya stuttered, her words spilling out in disjointed bursts. “We weren’t doing anything. She was fine, and then there was all this electricity—”

“She just collapsed,” Sam interjected, his voice strained. His hands fidgeted nervously in his lap. “We… I don’t know what it was. One minute she was fine, and then—” He broke off, shaking his head.

Jazz’s eyes darted between Tanya and Sam, her worry etched clearly on her face. Her mind raced through possibilities. What could have caused this? Was it one of my parents’ inventions? Or the portal? She pushed the thought away, focusing instead on the hope that Danielle would make it.

Mrs. Foley hugged Tanya tighter. “It’s okay, sweetheart,” she murmured. “We’ll take care of her. She’s in good hands now.”

Bruce stood apart from the group, his posture tense. He had heard every word, though they offered little clarity.

Electricity. The lab. Something went wrong. His mind raced, trying to piece together what little information he had. But what exactly happened?

Across the room, Talia watched Tanya with quiet observation. “She’s terrified of hospitals,” she murmured to Cassandra, noting the girl’s pale complexion and trembling hands. “And yet, she’s here. Loyalty like that is rare.”

Cassandra nodded in agreement, her sharp eyes lingering on Sam. “He carried her all the way here,” she noted softly.

Talia hummed in quiet acknowledgment. “Looks like he cares for her more than he lets on.”

Damian, seated nearby, wasn’t interested in their commentary. His gaze stayed fixed on the ER doors. “Let’s focus on the important thing,” he said sharply. “Is my sister going to make it or not?”

Bruce’s expression darkened as he turned away, his thoughts a whirlwind.

Bruce’s Inner Monologue

His mind refused to quiet. The image of Danielle being carried up from the lab replayed over and over, her lifeless form limp in the arms of her friends.

I buried Jason once. I mourned him. I carried the weight of his death for months, blaming myself for not protecting him. And when he came back… Bruce swallowed hard, his fists clenching tighter. He wasn’t the same. The boy I knew—the one who smiled through every fight—he was gone. I still loved him, but losing him broke me.

The thought of losing Danielle the same way… it wasn’t something he could bear.

I can’t go through that again. I can’t bury another child. Not when I can do something about it this time.

His jaw tightened, and he forced his breath to steady. The idea of the Lazarus Pit crept into his mind, unbidden but persistent. He quickly shoved it aside.

No. I can’t put her through that. I won’t.

The doors to the ER swung open briefly, letting through a flurry of movement as staff rushed back and forth. Bruce’s eyes followed every movement, his desperation mounting.

Please, Daniella. Hold on. Fight. You’re strong enough to make it through this.

Author's note: Okay, I have to confess, Chapter 4 was supposed to be longer; however, I maxed out the word count, so I had to split it up into two parts. Chapter 4 and chapter 5 are basically explaining what happened. I put a link into part 3 that explains Danny fate.

The next chapter or chapters will primarily happen around the same time that Danny activates the portal. We’re going to see the reactions of the Citizens of the Infinite Realms. And explore other reactions in the DC Universe as well because I did Hint it into that and part 2 and we did get a tidbit of it and my first prompt so everything is slowly coming together. And so new information might be dropping about this situation.

[bubba-luz]

Do you have like a summary of petals somewhere? From what i can understand from the comics its a zosan centric infection au and i wanna know more

Hi, thank you for the question.

Petals was an au for a now defunct fic I was writing earlier this year called “petals, a bloodied tongue” . I had published the first chapter and was working on the second chapter, but due to lack of interest from others and not really knowing what I was doing with a big story I wanted, I deleted it. I did make art for it, as you can see, and some notes when I was trying to map out the story.

You got it mostly right, it is an infection au, though I considered it be more Zoro centric, since I planned it to be told majority from his pov. I got the idea from One Piece Movie 6 Baron Omatsuri and the Secret Island and a 2008 film called The Ruins. It was a plant-based horror story with some cosmic elements. I mostly wanted to write a story where Zoro couldn’t really protect anyone. Zoro makes it his job to be the strongest and always protect the crew. But this is something beyond his control and he can’t slash his way through it.

The Strawhats end up on a mysterious island after a strange storm the night before. The island looks peaceful and has weird animals and creatures on it, but overall nice temporary vacation spot. Then Chopper goes missing. Then Nami and Robin. They find Robin, but shes sick? Nami is no where to be seen. So they eventually get picked off one by one. I made a numbered list of who goes first:

And manner of “death”:

The island itself is alive, it is it’s own being/animal. The souls of those that are consumed are trapped at the heart of the island, and their bodies are essentially fertilizers, some people grow into trees, or flowers, etc. There was a scene I wrote as a test run, of zoro finding a tangerine tree, the tangerines taste metallic like blood, and the juice is a red orange. So their blood also runs through the island.

For humans and the like it tends to infect them, they may cough up blood, sweat, hallucinate. They grow weaker in a matter of hours and lose mobility and the ability to speak, as there are plants growing inside them. Eventually they bloom and are consumed by the island.

Majority of the arts I did were scenes from the story, like Zoro giving the flowers to Sanji, Sanji telling Zoro he’s sick, Frobin having a moment.

This is the full layout notes I did:

I had some in between stuff planned, like Robin’s group exploring abandoned ruins which is where they are attacked and Robin is infected. Zoro and Robin have a conversation about some groups believing that when they die they become a star in the sky, so, eventually, they’ll see their loved ones again. Zoro digging into the ground hysterically after he realizes Sanji is gone.

The infection hits Sanji the hardest and slowest because of his genes and he’s the last to leave Zoro.

As for why Zoro never gets infected, I had this weird idea that the island recognizes Zoro as an animal like the island is. This would tie back to Sanji telling Zoro that he “doesn’t think Zoro is a mindless wild animal, even if he fights like one sometimes.”

Also I forgot to post this:

This would be Luffy’s death, but he comes back as the little dancing monkey orchid that Zoro sees when he’s all alone. Zoro believes he has lost it from grief.

Chopper turned into the little bean guys you keep seeing, he’s the one with the broken leaf. He seems to still remember Zoro.

Sanji turns into a field of dandelions and daisies. He got infected when he smelled the flowers Zoro gave him. The field seems to protect Zoro from any hostile animals.

Zoro has these recurring dreams of Sanji running away and leaving him, much to Zoro’s efforts. His final dream Sanji places a hand on Zoro’s heart and smiles and disappears, Zoro wakes up to Sanji gone.

Zoro also sleeps more now, since he sleeps with Sanji. He feels safe with Sanji, so he let’s his guard down.

Here’s chapter one, unfinished two, test run

If you have any specific questions, please send an ask in the inbox.

[charlotteonthemoon]

“Favourite” by Fontaines D.C.

in the context of songs that Harry and Louis have written or covered.

According to its Wiki page, "Favourite" was described by the band's frontman Grian Chatten as having "this never-ending sound to it, a continuous cycle from euphoria to sadness, two worlds spinning forever", and the music video is "a reminiscing of the past; of each other’s childhoods we didn’t know. To see people we know on an intimate level as adults in the tender ages of childhood, we explore where we came from, and who on some level, still are."

The song relates to the following themes:

interchangeability of good and bad times

nostalgia

feelings and relationships stemming back to childhood

growth and change

comparison of past and current feelings

dedication to one love, forever

And now let's compare some lyrics. I tried to stick to those that reflect the overall theme of the song accurately enough, so this is more of an invitation to observe the songs in full and compare the vibes.

Favourite, Fontaines D.C.

“It's a cry far from bed radios And days spent playing football indoors” “You been my favourite for a long time”

We Made It, Louis Tomlinson:

“We were only kids, just tryna work it out” “Waving to the hard times” “Never coming down with your hand in mine”

Sunflower, Vol. 6, Harry Styles:

“Your flowers just died Plant new seeds in the melody” “I couldn't want you any more Kids in the kitchen listen to dance hall”

Landslide, Fleetwood Mac (covered by Harry):

“Can I sail through the changin' ocean tides?” “I've built my life around you But time makes you bolder Even children get older”

Lucky Again, Louis Tomlinson:

“We were lucky once, could be lucky again I'm a hard man to find, but you figured it out And I love you for that”

The Chain, Fleetwood Mac (covered by Harry):

“Damn the dark, damn the light” “You would never break the chain”

All Along, Louis Tomlinson:

“Were young and I was so naive But in my head, that's how it had to be” “It was you all along”

Sweet Creature, Harry Styles:

“We started two hearts in one home It's hard when we argue” “Wherever I go, you bring me home”

You're Still The One, Shania Twain (covered by Harry):

"We beat the odds together” “You're still the one I want for life”

The Greatest, Louis Tomlinson:

“Time, it camed and changed it all We had to disappear” “Back to the very start Finding pieces we can fit” “It's you and me until the end”

Grapejuice, Harry Styles:

“I was tryna count up all the places we've been” “There's never been someone who's so perfect for me”

Face The Music, Louis Tomlinson:

“I don't wanna face the music, but, I still wanna dance with you”

Already Home, Harry Styles:

“We ve been stealing, moments, feelings” “From a beating heart to the farthest place, you’re already home”

Beautiful War, Kings of Leon (covered by Louis):

“I said love don't mean nothing 'Less there's something worth fighting for It's a beautiful war”

Songbird, Fleetwood Mac (covered by Harry):

“For you there'll be no more crying” “And I love you, I love you, I love you Like never before”

Keep Driving, Harry Styles:

We held darkness in withheld clouds I would ask, "Should we just keep driving?"

All This Time, Louis Tomlinson:

“Oh, sometimes, sometimes, you lose your hope” “The love it takes Is worth, is worth, is worth it all this time”

Common themes:

A couple has been together for a long time, possibly since childhood or very young years

They have endured many troubles and changes to themselves and their relationship

They remain deeply in love and commited to each other for eternity

So, to quote the great Louis Tomlinson, do you see what I see?

Conclusion: Louis and Harry are a pair of lovesick saps and are so obviously together it's crazy

P.S. the order is really random, so I'm sorry for that. I took the most obvious songs that I could remember, even though a lot more juicy stuff can be found in their playlists like Harry's mixtape and Louis' 28 songs, but I don't remember them quite as well. Also, this is the first piece of original content that I'm posting on Tumblr, so. There goes.