#If ur interested in the AU lemme know lol

[puppetmaster13u]

Thinkin of WOF AU...

Firescaled mud-skywing hybrid Sukuna, who was tossed into a volcano after hatching due to that & being malformed. Would've been a two-headed dragon with his twin if not (didn't get the fireproof bit)

And sky-icewing hybrid Uraume, who looks almost fully icewing at first glance. And has the opposite of firescales.

And yes if they touch they create steam it's great.

[selfindulgenz]

oh my god you are so right abt casey. sorry i saw ur tags on that post and had to say something. it drives me crazy that she was just Thrown away for the movie

*takes a fat bong rip* god knows i spent 2 solid years in the fucking trenches keeping the rottmnt casey jones tag somewhat constantly fed w content of her. Then the movie happened and most of the content in the tag was Junior. Dont get me wrong i love Junior(for very personal reasons) but being in the fandom pissed me off so bad every day bc when people werent getting her name wrong, they were dead mom-ing her, or flanderizing her, or(to this day i consider this total bullshit) straight up not acknowledging her AT ALL despite the fact she is the Casey Jones of rise, and idk abt yall but we had 2 whole years where she was the only Casey Jones in rise and lemme tell u i did not see half as much content as i did of Junior. Im not saying i dont want content of him im just saying its kinda odd that there was a perfectly good Casey Jones right there and Junior's addition in the movie feels cheap(idk if they were just pandering to old fans or what) and the way the fandom immediately discarded her felt iffy.

AND ANOTHER THING since u mentioned my tags lol lemme just say i mean it 100% when i say i cannot bring myself to care abt foot clan aus of the turtles. Like bro how do you take Casey's whole fucking thing in the show and shove it on any of the turtles as a repackage. What would happen if a kid was raised in the foot/trained to be a foot clan member? BRO WE KNOW THE ANSWER HER NAME IS CASEY JONES AND SHE TIED HER WHOLE SELF WORTH AROUND HER USEFULNESS TO THE CULT. THIS WOMAN WAS SOBBING AND UGLY CRYING AT THE PROSPECT OF FAILURE. SHE LOOKED LIKE A KICKED PUPPY AFTER BEING CALLED AN ASSISTANT BC SHE THOUGHT SOMEONE FINALLY RECOGNIZED HER SKILL AND RESPECTED HER ONLY TO HAVE THE ILLUSION SHATTERED IN A FEW WORDS. She is so interesting and i love her she continues to make me sick in the head and while i love Junior and there are things abt him that also make me feel insane no one has done it the way she does. Anyweed uh live laugh love Casey Jones <3

[the-owl-tree]

oh my GOD I love your isekai warriors au.... I love that the isekai trope is becoming a lot more popular, especially in anime... please tell me more about it!!

shaking ur hand rn hello fellow isekai anime/other mediums fan :3c FIRST lemme go on my tangent about this genre and my main inspo because wow this got way too long lol

isekai is total comfort food for me haha it's my go to genre of manga/manwha/webcomic reading whenever i'm feeling down and while i generally feel the genre is getting bloated and somewhat stale in anime, i still enjoy it quite a bit. It's a cute idea with a lot of potential, i just wish less of the shows went for the wish fulfillment route of things since we have so many by now.

mine is very inspired by a lot of korean manwha style stories in which the protag gets trapped in a show/game/book/etc. and has to deal with it, specifically what if you became the villain of a story. A lot of them play off the trope of the one dimensional evil villainess and how an average person would have to deal with coming into the body of someone like that and dealing with consequences. That, or it's the tragic villain, someone's who's life is marred by tragedy usually of their own doing.

The most interesting ones are those that play on how character archetypes would actually work in the story. The cold bad boy is just a shitty abusive guy, the shy guy who follows the girl is kind of a stalker, and so on.

One of my bigger inspirations was a plotline that also stuck out to me: a teen girl who died too soon and got reincarnated as the mother of the protagonist. obviously she has no clue what to do, she's a kid who wants to go home! And the only way she thinks she can is by ensuring the story goes as planned (and this of course is doomed from the start, unbeknownst to her, the villain is a reincarnater too and has already made tremendous changes). She dies and the reader never knows if she gets to go home or not. It's kind of this rough around the edges gem of an idea that I love and obviously had to steal for myself.

note for anyone getting intrigued by my descriptions uh a lot of these stories tend to be pretty shallow in their exploration. this subgenre consists a lot more of wish fulfillment/revenge fantasies comparatively to like a deep dive of "oh my god i've fucked up the narrative". Not to say they don't have interesting ideas! many are super interesting. just like. temper your expectations if you're going in

originally the story was gonna be set in a canon arc but that felt boring so i decided to just make up a whole story for it

The story is meant to be a (loving) poke at old fanfiction, common tropes in the aforementioned subgenre of isekai, and just a general ""cliche"" Warriors series (in the human universe here, I figured it's call Battlers/Battle Cats or something stupid lmao). In this story, Frostblaze is born into [ONE OF THE FOUR FAKE CLANS I HAVENT FIGURED OUT NAMES YET IM SORRY]. She's the born to an unnamed mother who tragically died of illness when she was just a young baby and has no clue who her father is.

She's isolated from her peers due to her eyes which some believe are an omen of her unnaturality. This only worsens when she is apprenticed to their Clan leader and causes Honeypaw, the daughter of the Clan leader, to become enraged with jealousy. She is one of Frostpaw's worst tormentors in the early parts of the book and eventually, during a battle, tries to off Frostpaw herself....but is killed by Frostpaw's love interest, the dashing and handsome (if a bit stupid) Eaglepaw of [INSERT RIVAL CLAN HERE].

The two hit it off (Honeypaw is an after thought at this point) and work together to stop the eeevviilll leader of uuhh eviiiiilll clan. They win, live happily ever after, Frost is actually their Clan leader's daughter and Honeypaw is her half-sister and blah blah blah.

At least, they're supposed to. Honeypaw, out hunting, is hit by a truck at the same time a human is. Human wakes up as a cat about to be buried because everyone thinks Honeypaw is dead and freaks the fuck out.

A lot of the plot points are kind of just me working through my gripes of the subgenre lmao:

"the person who is reincarnated is more adept and cool and better than their character and everyone loves them" -> Honey is awkward, neurotic, and can come off as rude to those who don't know her. Even her coolest trait, her wrestling ability, is off-putting because oh my god why are you putting a cAT IN A SPIDER GUARD THEIR SPINES DON'T BEND LIKE THAT HONEY PUT HIM BACK TO NORMAL-

She reread the story before she died but, because she has no pen, no paper, and sadly of all, no thumbs, she's unable to write it down to keep remembering it when she gets sent to this world. It's awful and she desperately wishes she had thumbs back.

she stands on two legs, makes weird comments alluding to being a human, and just is a bit of a weirdo. Honeypaw was isolated for being mean, Honey is isolated for making everyone uncomfortable (unintentionally). However, her isolation allows her to slip under the radar and do some more investigating, as she's noticed that some of the details in the story aren't adding up...

The story is strange and the characters aren't as she remembers now that they're in the flesh. Of course, her main priority is to thwart Honeypaw's assassination attempts, the spirit being intent that the way to get her body back is if she dies again. It's only from a near death experience that they realize that that's not gonna work and have to work together to change the story so they don't die!

and, as many people have pieced together, they're not alone.

[quiveringdeer]

been having massive bert brainrot this past week…….please spare me ur modern au bert x reader headcanons…..

okay lemme see -cracks knuckles-

Bertie is an acts of service and quality time typa person

Even if you're both doing your own separate things he likes to be in the same space with you

He also has such calming energy that I feel like most things you all do together--if they're his planning--tend to be really lowkey

Like staying in and putting a big puzzle together with eachother while listening to a podcast you're both interested in. Or even new music albums of different artists you like, since I hc Bertie being a musician, even just as a hobby. And he appreciates all types of music! Plus, something like this leaves a lot of opportunity for you two to talk and learn more about eachother!

I can see him being lowkey silly at random moments with his partner. Like for some reason I just got the image of you all showering together in the morning, no hanky panky antics this go around, you've got your eyes closed rinsening your hair and when you open your eyes he's used the shampoo lather in his own hair to swoop it into some silly style and is regarding you with a ridiculous expression and makes you instantly burst out into giggle fits.

Or, being out at a coffee shop and getting a drink with lots of foam so it leaves a lil milk mustach on his face after he takes a sip, just cause he knows it'll make you smile and laugh.

Anytime Bertie sees you wearing something of his, his heart starts to race and he can't help but smile. Like, every single time. No matter how long you've been together, it makes him giddy to see you in his things. Especially if it's one of his big comfy sweaters. Makes him want to stop whatever he was in the process of doing and hold you close.

I think I mentioned it in another hc post but I have this idea that for his birthday--even if you both go visit with his family or have other plans too--that its a day were he likes to learn a new recipe alongside you, that you both make together. I dunno, for some reason lots of my hc of Bertito and Sasha revolve around food lol

Bertholdt is generally very quiet, which makes him a wonderful listener and great observer. While he's open to sharing about his day and experiences, he's much more content to listen to you talk about yours.

[inkstone555]

Little doodles of my ocs lol. One is a shit post pic for a nsfw post on my insta (zombie_clown555 . It’s private and if I can’t tell ur 18+ u aren’t gettin in >>:) ) the other was a pic for my oc theooo’s acc lmao (theooo_the_killer)

Casually figures out how to use Tumblr ** bro isnciebceibc

I’m working on a horror movie au thing lmao … idk lemme know if u guys would be interested in it. I am posting about it on my insta (inkstone555) and on my discord sever.

Mostly on discord tho lol. Like to that is on my insta in my high lights

[luckyspacerabbit]

hi!! Um!! Sorry if this is a bit silly, but I reread a bit of ur companion Dan Hyun au recently, and I just wanted to say that i rlly rlly love it? Its rlly interesting n well written, n it kinda makes me wish she was an actual companion jdbfjdn. From like, a game n plot perspective i also rlly like the incorporation of kai leng since we dont rlly see him b4 ME3 (and also just because i find him n dan hyun to be v interesting and ur blog has turned me into a kai leng liker) and (1/2)

i also rlly like the inclusion of the spectre status being required to recruit her!! I think its really neat because if memory serves correct, your spectre status being revoked doesnt really come up a lot in game? So its like, a v interesting choice, n one that feels like itd make the consequences of letting the council die feel more real and less like. A Thing that happened. Sorry for the ramble, i just thought that was v neat as someone whos like. Insane about this game idbfjnfj (2/2)

Omg first of all this is so sweet ;_; thank you! I honestly peeked back at it recently and had a bit of a tender smile at it all. Was thinking of rewriting it since I know Dan Hyun and even Kai a lot better as characters now hehe, (and when I originally wrote that I really just wanted to fill it out asap so people could have an example to reference) but it's really touching to know that the og is intriguing to people still >//<

also, YES? I'm ALL about the political consequences of this game because bioware is so fast to go like : uhhh "TALKING? JUST USE A GUN LMAO" and then it's like "Wow look at all the problems that came up thanks king." I'm so down to explore that more in the future because I really do think the Spectre chair is inherently political, there's no way around it and to ignore that Shepard is a figurehead is to neglect an entire world of intrigue and lore!

also lol hehe kai leng agenda. </3 I'd like to think I'm a bit realer about him these days but I did want to go hard on the potential positive end of things in the beginning because i feel like the fandom can be so like ew yuckie boo and it's like chill bro lemme just lift the bioware black and white veil off your eyes.. lets go on a journey...

iehrjdgf omg nyway. thank you i so appreciate you taking the time to write this and me <3 it feels so rewarding to know my creative content is appreciated by someone out there :,)

[strifesolution]

hiiii im binging yogs stuff but i thought maybe this time instead of watching the stuff ive already seen for the actual millionth time that maaaybe i might be interested in What In The Hell is actually going on with strife and parvis sooooo

as the appointed parvill person in my mind, what all do i need to track down? blood + chaos of course, but is there something i should see first? after? i want to go DEEP so solo stuff thats still foundational definitely counts if u want thank u<3 and anything u wanna promo bc i enjoy your lore even out of context hehehe

also while im here (dont do asks a lot) i LOVE your art specifically you are probably my absolute favorite artist when it comes to creative and beautiful lighting composition and when you talk about symbolism it makes me feel Insane (the tweets expanding on your dancing pieces come to mind) ok byeee have a nice day✌ and thanks so much

anon this is so sweet ur gonna make me fukcing sob at 4am !!!

thank u for the kind words i love doing lighting so much im glad ppl notice ;;;;;;___;;;<3333333 ur too kind idk what to say i blow u a kiss anyways before watching blood and chaos id watch solutions in chaos! its just. the prequel. thru strife’s pov on chaosville. very dumb shenanigans shows how they meet, 10/10 fun editing, lighthearted in comparison to blood and chaos which is not much bc its 2014 minecraft roleplay LOL but you get the idea. 

heros of mine is parv and martyn’s series that happens parallel to b&c! fun dynamic i love those funky boys.  strife solutions is strife’s solo series happening at the same time as well. gigacraft is uhhhhhhhhh area 11 lore i guess idk its been awhile theyre wack and the eps are unlisted so u gotta go on the wiki to access them. idk followers lemme know if im missing something important

ALL I CAN THINK OF WHAT TO PROMO RELATED TO LORE is if u like the blood magic parv does and wanna do it urself go boot up 1.7 modded and read the sanguine scientiem cause theres LORE!! AND ITS GOOD!!! 

also i talk about my canon divergence domestic parvill au with scarlet and stuff but dont go in expecting anything sweet like my content, the series is obviously very cheesy old mcyt rp, but looking at it with a more a serious lens their character relationship gets kinda yikes, my content is au and not canon for a reason :’D 

[willowistic22]

Ms. Medda Larkin Headcanons!

No one asked for these but yknow what? I did!! I’m suppose to be doing my chemistry homework but like that’s still due till next week and I just can’t wait any longer from sharing my Ms. Medda Larkin headcanons in modern au. I’m not gonna write abt her in any near future fics just yet but just know she exists, she’s valid, and I love her with all my heart. Get ready yall!!

So in canon era she’s a performer, right? In modern era, she still is. She’s a Broadway sensation! In her younger years at least. 

The older she got, the harder it was to keep up with all the energetic dancing most shows require. 

She was quite sad when she slowly starts to realize being on Broadway would only get harder and harder as she continues to age. 

But with such an interesting character and amazing reputation, Hollywood snatched her and got her to star in many movies! It wasn’t the musical kind of acting, which she’s more familiar with, but it was still acting and it always made her happy so she gave it a try.

And as it turns out, working with Hollywood has made her rediscover something in her that she had never consider herself: Directing! 

Ms. Medda is hella good at it! So many interesting and diverese stories are shared on Hollywood by her.

When she directs, she doesn’t just make a good movie and have her star as the main character. No. She uses her talent/job/passion as an outlet for younger actors/actresses to be heard!

When the younger people started to take her place in Broadway, she was quite bitter. But then seeing them thrive, living their dreams, it only reminds Ms. Medda about herself when she first made her Broadway debut. 

She loves seeing young talent and can’t wait to share more of it to the world! 

But since she’s turned into a Hollywood director, she moves to LA but still kept her condo??? house??? mansion??? haven’t figured that part out yet whoops in Manhattan for the times she will be visiting New York.

And she begins to start returning to New York every now and again once she finally gets a chance to direct a Broadway play. And GOD was she excited to be able to go back to her roots! 

Despite having the love for directing now, Ms. Medda still misses the singing. She used to release back to back to back albums. She writes her own lyrics too. 

Ms. Medda slowly starts to get back to singing. She keeps the classic jazz genre she’s known for. Face it, pop does not go well for her. And it’s those kind of old school jazz. Saxophone solo, upbeat drumbeat, cello for base, killer piano, all that stuff ya know.

She has many fans. Globally. And not only from older people that’s been a fan since her Broadway debut, Ms. Medda starts to attract a younger audience. The teenagers and young adults that appreciated the arts a little more than most ppl. 

With the fame Ms. Medda’s been given, she uses it for good. She’s a human rights activist, civil rights activist, LGBTQ activist, climate activist, and a HUGE feminist. 

She just wants to do her part in making the world a better place!! 

Now, what’s her relations with the newsies in modern au? Lemme tell you: she’s very close with Jack’s parents. 

His mother is a close friend to Medda ever since Jack’s a tiny baby. I mean, no shit, she’s his godmother lol

She’s so kind, sweet, gentle, and very loving towards many ppl. Unless it’s like a homophobe or sumn, she won’t hesitate to cut them out of her life.

And Jack loves to hang out with Ms. Medda bcs he thinks she’s the coolest person ever! One of the reasons why Jack got into painting in the first place too!

Mrs Kelly: who taught my child to paint? Ms Medda: whaaat? idk what ur talking abt!! Mrs Kelly: he’s going to paint all over my walls, Medda!!! Ms Medda: Jack is a good child. He’d never do such a thing!

Spoiler alert: young Jack Kelly, indeed, painted and drew all over their walls. 

[justkpopjokes]

Nice to Meet You, Angel. || Demon!Joshua

Ft. Joshua/Jisoo(s Chri—actually no, the complete opposite)

Anon: Demon Joshua😏

A/N: This AU has gone through 4 whole plot rewrites rip. kinda inspired by Good Omens!! (also 2 aus in a week?? whaaaaaat)

!! This is a gender neutral!reader fluff with 1945 words~ !!

Before we begin the plot, lemme quickly go through the basics of the universe

yayy lin’s doing world building again

there are angels and demons in the universe, simply just the optional jobs of people’s souls once they die

if they choose this job, they don't remember much of their life on Earth, but they do remember events they associate w/strong emotions bc it helps them

for ex. an angel could remember how sad a death made them feel so they know to prevent it

and a demon can remember how angry a bully made them felt so they can make people that level angry

both angels & demons take the form of their bodies when they were alive and roam on Earth

they can also return to Heaven/Hell and observe Earth from their respective realms

also yes demons can be summoned, but lmao you can also just give em a phone call via incantation

the angel equivalent to this phone call is praying

demons can pretty much do anything as long as it relates somehow to the Seven Deadly Sins (pride, greed, lust, envy, gluttony, wrath, sloth)

angel powers are more holy/good, and they can grant things in prayers if they choose, etc

Anyway, YOU KNOW THIS BOI??

THiS bOi sHUa

he's chill af for a demon ok

one of the first demons so like no one really knows how he’s a demon bc he’s so polite

there’s some speculation that he was one of the first to fall but like

what the hell did he do???

But also some say he became a demon out of spite bc he saw a demon commit a “sin” that actually helped someone

so he became a demon just to help people in a more… unholy way

and then he was upset angels hated him just because he was a demon

like wow spirit discrimination

NOW YOU—

you are an angel (literally)

you’re the angel that protects like. atheists/"non-believers" bc c'mon just because they don’t believe in God/gods doesn’t mean they shouldn't have access to that protection service

(yes hello you’re calling APS, the Angel Protection Service sponsored by God, how may I help you?)

so yeah you’re pretty chill yourself since you have to constantly deal with people who don't believe in you lol

One fine day, you were listening to a prayer from a sick college student

ok it wasn't really a prayer but they were like "oh please, my god, let me get some sleep tonight"

you gladly put them to sleep and they slept soundly at night

when you checked on them the next morning, you noticed—

A dEmON?!?

…lying right next to the student (but above the covers, he has boundaries), who isn't stirring at all

if the leather jacket and ripped jeans didn't tip you off, he had some horns on his head to confirm ur suspicions

You: "Hey what in the world are you doing here?!"

???: "What? If they get up rn they won't be able to pay attention in class. I'm letting them rest first"

You: "Wha—who—okay, okay okay… who are you?"

"I’m Joshua, nice to meet you, angel"

Shua knows he has the name of an angel so afterwards he's like. Don't get it confused bish.

you ask him what he's doing, and basically, he's using the sin sloth on this sicko student so they stay in bed and recover instead of going to class

Even tho you feel iffy abt letting a demon affect a human right in front of you, an angel, you are a bit intrigued

you haven't seen a demon use their powers for good before…

who is this guy??

anyway he disappears, presumably to Hell, once the student needs to wake up

which is when u miracle them some bread to get

But don't worry, you're destined to meet again~

which you did, on several occasions

and ok maybe you were glad to talk to someone who was actually interesting

so, yknow,,, if another angel was like "hey y/n uhh there's a demon… bothering? someone? idk but it's a non-believer, that's ur jurisdiction right"

you had a guess on who this demon was…

…and you were right

Joshua: "Oh hey angel"

You: "Ew, you make it sound like a pet name"

JS: "Well I don't know your name, do I?"

You: "Oh. Right. It's Y/N."

he still calls you angel tho, smh that flirt

y'all just bicker and/or chat for a bit whenever u go help the same person

Like one time when he insisted that you let him use gluttony on a teen so they'd eat a lot of ice cream that day

they had just been through a bad break up so u let it slide

Or another time he used wrath on a timid kid so they could stand up to a bully

all of these ended w/you two bickering while walking away

There was this little girl you were watching from heaven who was writing a letter to "Whoever Can Do This"

little girl started listing a bunch of things, which you assumed were toys

but then you realized it was actually stuff like food, friends, a puppy, a loving dad who will go out to the park with her—

so u go down there to check on this lil child

…and that's when you see a familiar leather jacket watching over her and suggesting other things to write

you can’t see him from heaven so ur like gosh darn it I should’ve known

"Joshua?? I should've known it was—"

*cue both shua and the child turning around*

JS: "Oh hey, nice to see you, angel"

Lil' Nugget: *GASP* "Mr. Josh is this ur s/o???"

JS: "Hm? Oh, I mean, no, but um…"

You: "Josh what have u been putting into this one's head…"

Shua's all like "greed! Her dad's been ignoring her since her mom died so we're writing a list of things she wants"

then the smol girl smiles so wide and is like "Mr. Josh is helping me! He's my new friend!!"

ur like awww dangit ok I'll let it slide if u let me help

Once she finishes it, Josh hands the girl's list over to you

he explains quietly he wants you to miracle her dad to pay attention+love his daughter again so they can have/do all the other things on the list

you read it over again and do just that

The little girl gives the list to her father, your miracle allowing them to have a fun afternoon eating ice cream and playing with her toys

And you and Josh have a nice time too~

once y'all left that girl's room, he invited you for some soda

"Coke? I hope you mean Coca Cola"

"Yeah, uh, there's a place with a vending machine not too far from here. We can walk"

You don't spend time on Earth often, but you learn as you walk w/Josh that he "prefers the air up here"

mainly bc he doesn't fit in with the other demons, but he also just likes spending time with humans

(obviously tho he needs to go down to hell occasionally for like conferences and such)

you don't remember if you've ever been on a date before lol

Josh doesn't either, but he does remember how jumbled up ur emotions get, which he is not ready for

then again of course he has, I mean look at that charm

however, you can't remember if the feeling you get when going on ur little date with Shua is love :/

it isn’t really, but just bc this is ur first “date,” so it makes sense

But Josh makes sure to take you out again… for dinner!!!

you were investigating the use of lust and pride at the same time

of course, it was just Josh helping a guy find someone to hook up with

you were kinda disgusted and wanted to leave, so shua gladly took your arm and pulled you away to a restaurant!

y’all had a nice dinner, paying with some money Josh had collected

and then you went to walk together and chat some more

he’s breathtaking, and he actually wants to spend time with you despite y’all being on opposite sides of an inevitable war

You don’t care, going on more dates just to talk and not have to care about ur jobs and other stuff

Shua hears you yell “what the hell” at some point and he’s like woAH you can say that???

“Yeah. I mean, it’s not really polite, but I can. Can you say ‘Thank God?’”

“‘Thank God?’ Well look at that, I can. Good point”

you love him because he’s so chill and doesn’t give a f*** abt anything

except you and humans, apparently

like he could’ve burned or smth by saying “Thank God” or be confined to the basement of Hell for helping people/talking with you, but he doesn’t care lmao

However, no one really knows you’ve been talking with a demon tho so uhhh

when they do you get in a little bit of trouble w/the archangels

ur boss was essentially like “y/n what the HECK are you doing?!? you’re on thin ice rn”

you get mad at him, trying to defend Joshua

and you’re right in doing so, since he just wants to help people with a different set of powers

ur archangel boss sends you back down to Earth, saying you can’t return to Heaven until they work smth out

(they probably want to burn you with Hell fire)

You warn Josh, knowing they might burn you

he’s adamant on keeping you with him, so y’all try to hide or smth

which won’t work of course, but you can try, right?

right?

Shua and you sit together on a bench, with you leaning on his shoulder

“Joshua… I’m scared, I don’t want to be burned!”

“Don’t worry y/n, it’ll be okay. I love you, angel, nothing bad will happen”

and just like that, you remember what it feels like to love

“You’re right. I love you too. Help the non-believers for me if I go, alright?”

“I’ll help them just for you.”

Your archangel boss is smart, knowing the worst punishment for you is to be reincarnated without memories

you wouldn’t remember Joshua at all

and when he drags u back up to Heaven, you want to cry

do angels cry holy water? anyway

you’re sent back to Earth as a baby that can’t fend for itself

You remember nothing.

You’ve recently graduated from college and are out looking for a job

you’ve gotten rejected and fired so many times

for ex. just now, after you were arguing with someone who spoke another language that you didn’t know and there was no translator available

the customer wasn’t willing to cooperate either, ignoring your attempts to use an online translator smh

it’s late and you’re tired, so you leave, angry, and start coughing frantically when you inhale too much smoke coming from the alley next to you

naturally, you’re like “What the hell?! Dude, you’re not supposed to be smoking this close to an entrance!”

“Why do you care? You don’t work here anymore”

you take a better look at the stranger once he steps into the light of a nearby lamppost

it’s a dude in a leather jacket and ripped jeans who drops his cigarette

“Need help getting a job, y/n?”

“how do you—what—who are you?”

he extends a hand out to you, which you shake reluctantly

“I’m Joshua. Nice to meet you, angel.”

[postmastered]

Sanders Shovels - Shovel Knight AU

i havent worked on this in months hA but i finally jotted down some things and bada bing bada boom were done babeyyy lets get into it

Logan Wenn - Plague Knight

very very book smart, but like, what's social interaction again????

likes blowing stuff up

disaster shorty

spooky raven aesthetic

can only tolerate virgil

Safety? Who's she? Never heard of her.

small gay

color codes potions, alphabetized his supply stock

really good at bartending as a result (not something he does often, mind you)

wears a plague doctor mask and a hood to hide his identity

has a prosthetic arm

Virgil Ware - Mona

will never EVER let go of his cloak

logan tried helping him sew patches on it, but he sucks at sewing, so virgil took care of it himself, appreciating the sentiment

gothic castle-y aesthetic

helps logan make potions and organizes beakers by size

takes care of the "little guys" (minions)

average height

still a lot taller than logan tho

lives in town, her room underground leads to an even deeper level, the Explodatorium, where he works with Lo to make potions

provides adult supervision

"logan, you need adult supervision"

"Virgil, i am an adult."

"mm yeah sure now eat your apple slices"

logan hurled a potion at him because of this incident and stormed off

eventually came back and apologized, pretending like he didnt cry

logan dont like bein treated like a child

virgil can bake, he makes a bunch of the recipes he uses himself

average gay

Patton Wye - Polar Knight

6'10-ish idk

has a snow shovel he loves dearly

"her name is shelly!!!!!!"

likes snowball fights

And also snow

and ice

makes popsicles and ice cream

has a cow named terracotta

big boy. wide. good for hugs. bear man.

almost every aspect of him makes roman want to cry

"roman!!!!!!! hi!!!!!!!!! its me!!!!!!! patton!!!!!!!!"

"*sobbing uncontrollably* h-hi pat...."

"roman???!?!?!? r u ok??!?!?!?!? what happen??!?!?!?!!?!?"

massive bean

can and will pick up all his friends

hagrid but colder

VERY BIG GAY

Roman Howe - King Knight

Roman, but more extra

his castle is made of solid gold

has a sparkly scepter

wears a crown for every occaision

if patton sits on the couch by himself he will crawl over and cling to patton and then Patton is just there like "huh. guess i cant move sorry virgil go stop logan from blowing up the fridge yourself pal"

very clingy

pat pat is very warm despite being in the cold constantly and roman is a cold boy despite being in the heat all the time

saunters and/or sashays

We dont walk in this household

wears heels

slightly below average height

VERY GAY

Declan Watt - Tinker Knight

shortiest shorty to ever shorty

made a giant robot to make him taller

stays up way too late

fixes Remy's propellers and Emile's submarine constantly because they kEEP BREAKING

tired

his boyfs are there to help tho dw

stress city usa

handyman

smells like oil. stinky boy.

demi child

Remy Hew - Propeller Knight

Flappy boy

fucking adores swords

"Oh, gurl, the hilt, goddamn that's gorgeous wait lemme see the blade- BABE IS THIS FUCKING CLAY-TEMPERED?????"

if an enemy has a sword he will geek about it for hours dont test him

he'll still fight them, but compliment it while fighting

if the sword they have is sub par he will get them a new one

his boyfs think its cute

his propellers break too often for it to not seem suspicious

"dee? babe? one of my propellers broke again..."

he does not break them to get declan to pay attention to him i promise

emile is happy to give him as much attention as he so desires if declan is busy

turns into a pile of flying mush when emile gushes about him

disaster bi

Emile Picani - Treasure Knight

"Ooh! Shinyyyy...."

almost cried when he saw roman's castle for the first time

knows too much about gems for it to be normal

does his best to protect his boyfs and stop his submarine from breaking down too much cause fixing it puts dee out of commission for a year or two

Keeps the Iron Whale in tip top shape

ocean boy. splish splash.

very good swimmer

loves seafood

remy can cook fish and nothing else

good for emile, but sucks for dee, the boye lives off vegetables and nothing else

pan

Nathan Lukas - Mole Knight

Lil gossip goblin

lonely :(

goofs about rocks with emile tho

sometimes they hang out together

ace/aro bean

values his platonic relationships like he values his life

Toby Ross- Specter Knight

Ghosts!!!!!!

Zombies!!!!!!!

CONSPIRACIES!!!!!!!!

legitimately raises the dead

Nate is his best chum

Grows roses

and other plants

made his clothes himself

dont trust that many peeps tbh

himself and virgil both have a Gothic Aesthetic they bond over

Lone wolf

Virgil held his scythe once and told toby he felt like his soul almost got stolen

toby laughed and said "good thing i dont have one!"

lives for spookin people

plays the organ

K thats all hmu if ur interested in any way lol

also i have to credit @spectralheartt for the name and also for humoring me like four months ago about this idea :)

[suzukamizuchi]

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[resbang-bookclub]

AMA Transcript: bouquet garni

Next up, @skadventuretime, @guacamoletrash and @jamesfalt (Souly on Discord) stopped by to chat about their Resbang, bouquet garni! Here’s some of what went down:

Q: Madi, how did you come up with everyone's characters, like Harvar being a gaming streamer and Tsu and Liz being farmers etc. etc. because I thought those were all really unique and interesting!

madi: Ahaha let's see, I started planning this back last... May? and talking with the beta crew, as one does. And naturally marsh [ @marshofsleep ] , enabler that she is, just put it out there.

madi: And I was just playing a bunch of overwatch at the time and thought he'd be a good gamer nerd, and also I had decided to make this Extra self-indulgent, so I was like “my city now”. I basically poured all of my friend feels into [Harvar] and Anya in particular. The past couple years have been rougher for me, but I've had some really spectacular friends, and I decided Maka and Soul needed them, too.

Q: The part with the sword and stuff, I just…

madi: OH THAT ahahahaha. Okay yeah that was end of Resbang crunch time and me being extra 'fuck it.'

madi: That was what the team thought about that.

Q: Artist-chans, what programs do you use and how does your arting process go? And how is guac so good at playlisting??

Souly: I use paint tool SAI :0 I might still have some of my progress pics, lemme look.

guac: Lol. I don't think I'm super good at it but I do enjoy music a lot and like to make playlists so maybe that's it!

Souly: Yeah here we go. Mid lining.

I did it a lil differently than I normally do. I normally line everything and then do flats but I was actually super behind bc of life stuff so I just started doing flats per character after their lines were done. This is a sample of what the layers look like:

madi: Man how do u keep track of ur layers? Or is it like, a sixth sense?

Souly: I go off of the little layer previews and hope the layer has what I'm looking for.

madi: LOL that sounds like me.

Souly: I also like... tend to set up layers for characters a specific way so I can normally find those?

guac: BRUH THAT'S SO MANY LAYERS.

Q: Did you have a favorite character to write? 8)

madi: I just love writing Star being balls to the walls ridiculous. The saxophone thing came about because I saw this video and was like oh my god it's Black Star in the flesh: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IMyqasy2Lco . But I also really liked writing Maka being sort of the one with issues, too.

Q: Which character in your fic did you most identify with? And was it purposeful or accidental?

madi: Iiiiiiii'd have to say I identified with [Maka] the most this fic, for once. Usually it's soul, but I ended up pouring a lot of myself into her, and it was both purposeful and accidental how it all worked out.

Q: I’m surprised, because there were a lot of things I noticed about Soul that I know are you-things!

madi: Yeah!!! I definitely can't help that with him, they both got a lot of me.

Q: I know you said this fic was super personal and self-indulgent so was it generally pretty easy to write because of that, or did you have trouble?

madi: Hmmmm yeah I definitely had some trouble. About 20k in, I sort of lost the emotional thread of it, and whined a lot to Bones [ @adulterclavis ] about what I could do to fix it, and it turned out that I just needed to talk to someone about it to find where I wanted to go again, and then it got easier. I still struggled for sure not having a traditional Big Antagonist plotline thing, it was more personal and then Maka's mom… Bones let me cry in her inbox about writing.

Q: What brought about your characterization of Mama Albarn (who i still hate btw >: ((( )?

madi: You are not the only one...

guac: I'm always ready to fight her.

madi: Okay so, basically Mama Albarn came about just from how I used to (and still sometimes do) talk to myself. It's that internalized idea you always have to be perfect, and if you aren't given everything you've been given and have, then you're weak and a fuckup and how dare you not be the best? DEFINITELY a toxic mindset, and Bad. And this fic was sort of exorcising that, a little. This was an external abusive deal, but you can absolutely develop abusive thought patterns towards yourself, and you can also free yourself from them, like Maka was ultimately able to.

Q: Was there a scene in particular you really enjoyed?

madi: I heckin’ loved the butt lamp scene. It honestly kept me going, knowing I'd be able to write that monstrosity. And also drunk Kid, who marsh aptly named Five Drink Amy. AND THEN GUAC skl;dfkld. So there was this, right, and then guac

madi: Which linked to THIS PIC:

madi: And we all could not stop laughing.

Q: What was the hardest part to write?

madi: I got stuck at the end of chapter 3, and I ultimately added another section on to it to make it work, but I think deciding how I wanted to transition from her debauched night out into a Soul POV chapter given what I wanted each person to sort of be faced with was probably the hardest thing for me. This whole deal was largely driven by me groping in the dark at what felt right.

Q: PS I loved the debauched night out. And Patty's drinks.

madi: I loved patty in this!! Bones wanted to marry her, so I know it Worked Out. She was another fun one to write, as were her drinks ahaha.

Q: What was your favorite thing about this Resbang in particular?

madi: Oh jeez, hm. I think my favorite thing was doing a better job fleshing out the side characters in Harv and Anya and Kid and Star. That was something I regret not doing better in my older work, so I'm happy I got to try my hand at giving people other than Soul/Maka some personality.

guac: They became such a cute little chosen family.

Q: Why a food-themed story specifically? What about that appealed to you? (For everyone!)

madi: (Apeeled).

Souly: I fucking love SoMa. [And] the cooking aspect really drew me in... idk why but I've always had a thing for those kinds of things with anime I'm into?

guac: My current relationship started with them teaching me how to cook real food cause I used to eat like a garbage can, so I was like ‘welp this is gonna be hella cute, count me in.’

madi: Omg, I didn't know that, that's ADORABLE.

guac: Shhhhh. I don't talk about my feelings very much. But yeah. I was like ‘a SoMa AU about my life!!!’

Souly: Honestly yeah same, I feel like I also like... connected with Maka about being poor and just buying shit to eat.

madi: Let's see, I had a prompt sitting in my inbox FOREVER that was like 'I’m obsessed with a food blogger who writes about cheap ways to be gourmet in your 20s and I flirt with them over comments but they never post pictures of their face and ALSO there’s a really cute grocery bagger at the store down the street who teases me and always asks to join me for dinner and I definitely want to say yes AU' that I was initially gonna go with, and originally it was a little closer to this deal. My first blush ideas for this sort of had the drama in not knowing who was whom, and the big reveal being the climax, or something like Maka thinking Soul was taken because she thought he was involved with the comment girl and then that whole drama. But then I thought that that sorta thing had been done before, and I wanted this to be less about the drama of the reveal and more about the process of them growing closer, I guess. And I also looooooove cooking and baking, so that definitely bled through.

Q: I thought it was a neat shake up how you didn’t make the reveal the crux of the whole thing.

madi: Ahahaha yeah, I definitely thought about it, but ultimately wanted this to be less 'gasp, it's YOU!' because the reader knows, and if I wanted to make the reader invested, I'd have to keep them apart and do the kinda drama I wasn't feeling for this fic. The insta bit came about because I spend some time looking at food pics before I go to sleep, and that provided a lot of insp for that section. Half of my degree is in nutrition, so I like to see the recipes people come up with, and also roll my eyes at some of the bougie stuff, because insta is definitely a Platform for that, depending on where you end up haha. Also like, I definitely took some things I've experienced flat out and added them in, like Harv shoving Maka electrolyte packets. Last year when I was deep in the sad pit, my diet was terrible, and I knew it, but I wasn't doing much about it. And then one day I was talking to Bones and my leg muscle kept spasming, and she was like dude when was the last time you've gotten minerals and I was like .....oh. So she sent me a link for those packets to hold me over on days I wasn’t getting them from my diet ahaha. Bones is also where some of Kid came from, and bits of Anya.

Q: Where did you get your recipes? I want a cookbook based on this fic p...please.

modi: Okay okay let me find some of the recipes that inspired things:

https://showmetheyummy.com/crockpot-mexican-chicken-recipe/ https://www.instagram.com/p/BfWNxv9HuHg/?hl=en&taken-by=thefeedfeed.

[Bones] was also the steak recipe insp!

madi: The kitchn, thefeedfeed, showmetheyummy, minimalistbaker were all feeds that I was inspired by, and then I just improv’d from there, because I have cooked all or most of the things I described in there. AND IT'S WHERE MAKA'S CUPCAKE GAZING CAME FROM. LOOK AT THE GLORIOUS MOUNTAIN OF ICING https://www.instagram.com/p/BaRGvjGDBpr/?hl=en&taken-by=thescranline

Q: Did you feel like your writing has changed at all during writing this?

madi: Yeah, for sure! I thought that this year I got better at characterizing people, adding some personality to them that was a little more nuanced than I'd done before. I think I absorbed some of Bones's longer sentence style, which I personally tend to like even though I am still getting a handle on it, and I think I got better at describing things in general. Next step is being better with plot and tightening up the language a little more >:) Most of the changes, I think, were sentence style and how I handled dialogue, which is usually harder for me.

Q: Artists: did you learn any new techniques that you plan to practice or improve on any you've been trying to learn?

Souly: Oh yeah, I learned doing flats as I go with lines actually speeds up the process slightly... I practiced a different lighting technique that I never did end up going with but I kinda figured out what I need to do to make it work. It sadly just didn't work with how I set up this pic.

madi: Oooo nice, linework is Intimidating but you made it look easy.

guac: I am just glad to force myself to make stuff. Glad to be here. Thought my drawing of bodies got better (thanks Black Star).

madi: Y'all don't understand the sound I made when I saw guac drew the apron.

Souly: That Blackstar pic is my fave.

Q: WHAT'S NEXT, everybody? ;D

madi: >;) well, I have a secret project that I thought of last year that I am not yet sure will be a Resbang or a chaptered dealio, so I want to pick at that. Then I have a chaptered Star vs the Forces of Evil fic I need to update, and I owe Pip [ @paperypiper ] like two or three Noragami fluff pieces, and SILLY’S BDAY SMUT. Which will proabbly be like a whole year late but whatever I’m sorry, I will try to make it extra spicy.

Souly: I'm signing up for a few zines! I'm currently waiting for them to open apps but I'm looking at an Enstars zine, FMA tarot project, and some YOI zines. I was also recently in the Soul Eater reversal zine that just closed preorders the other day so I'm waiting to be able to post my piece :0

guac: I'm arting for the BNHA big bang and mostly consumed by school. Who knows what will happen next! There's a little pop punk lyrics + anime project I'm working on so maybe I'll show it to the world someday soon. We will see.

madi: OH YEAH I’m writing for that bang too! AND GUAC GOT ME AS AN ARTIST. It's the ultimate resonance.

[dunkalfredo]

Im in love with your vision of Infinite and Rookie and i want to hear some of your sweet headcanons about their time together. If anyone asked something similar, refer me to this post, please. Thanks!

alskdjnsjklnljkls tysm!!!! yeah sure ill share some headcanons. i did a post on a similar topic about a month ago but that’s more their individual personalities/aesthetics than actual relationship material so ill go ahead and add on some stuff here.

i should note that portions of this are based heavily off of the idea that they grew up together so prepare for some au territory at this point. my backstory for them is becoming so intricate jfc;;;;;; i really hope ur not disappointed with this answer i have like an entire pre-forces narrative planned out in my head at this point OTL if u were hoping for more general stuff just lemme know i can give you some more hcs for that (there’s already some but there’s also Backstory stuff that i can’t really explore through oneshot format)

this is entirely self indulgent tbhhhh anyways click that mf Keep reading button

there’s a lot of like. casual touch. lotsa hugs and leaning on each other and resting their chin on the other’s shoulder (or top of head depending on who’s who bc height difference) while looking over them at what they’re doing and its really rooted in their learning early on how much Gadget loves that sweet sweet Physical Contact (if u scratch behind his ears he will melt, guaranteed, you’ll have yourself a Boneless Gadget with a two-liter coke)

if it’s raining out gadget will insist on doing something that’s not just sitting inside all day but snugglin w/ infinite ends up tempting him into doing Exactly That lol

there’s a lot of companionable silence between them when it’s just Them Alone in a Room. sure they talk and chat and joke but there are so many times where it’s just,,, being Together,,, and enjoying being in the other’s presence as they each do their own thing

sorta going into childhood/backstory stuff but uhhhh:

starting freshman year of highschool they started just bein each other’s dates to school dances even though they were “just friends” for like half of that timespan . i love cheesy stuff like that im sorry bro i had to include that tidbit i know it’s super specific and particular to my own backstory for them but just, they’re best buds and they gonna have a good time at homecoming lol

please imagine: those cute pre-dance pictures that parents take at the stairwell or front porch or somethin right before their kids leave, but with gadget and infinite. gadget’s got braces and they dont really fit in his mouth and his lenses reflect the light in the photo and oops infinite blinked and his shirt is too big and tbh their suits in gen just don’t really fit them right, gadget’s shirt is untucked and infinite’s tie is crooked but it’s okay, they’re both smilin reeeeaaaal big (and besides they figure out how to look Aesthetically Pleasing by junior year)

summers were hot in their hometown (note: i grew up in the north so i know nothing of True Heat, bear with me on this one.) most evenings were spent out on gadget’s fam’s back porch, cold towels resting on the backs of their necks, sweat in and under their fur, and they’re melting into the wood of the deck, fan plugged into that one weird outlet on the outside of the house that’s really more a fire hazard than anything else but the cool air is nice. they’re just lounging around reading comic books and listening to music on infinite’s old zune (lots of mid-2000s punk rock bands bc what else were u expecting) and in later years when they’re in that teen puppy love stage they’re trying to cuddle but it’s TOO DAMN HOT OUTSIDE so they resort to like, gentle hand holding, infinite reading some pretentious literary work or whatever and gadget spacing tf out next to him

when they graduate and are assigned a partner to walk down the aisle with they still end up w/ each other even though technically the partners are chosen according to alphabetical order and they’re on opposite ends of that list whOOPS how’d they do that? (hint: last minute shuffling in line)

when they move outta their small lil home town and into The Big City (im gonna say that would be Sunset Heights to tie in some canon plot relevance) they move in together and share a flat. a) its more financially manageable to just split housing costs like that and b) it’s been a dream their entire lives to live together when they’re older so oh!!! they’re older now!!!!! time to live together

(okay that’s all for backstory stuff back to reg hcs)

neither can cook but its ok

it may seem like they bicker a lot but it’s usually either the like, joke argue of “what do you mean craft mac n cheese is gross take that back” or reprimands like “it’s one a.m. time to sleep u Fool” (self-care is important, lads). they actually communicate really well so high-stakes arguments aren’t super common (and when they do happen they dont tend to explode. i wanted to have them be the type that argue for understanding and not to prove they’re right, so that greatly affects the outcomes of their disputes.)

infinite loves to hum while he’s doing things, or just in gen, and his voice is very low and smooth and gadget looooooves it, so much. they’ll be, i dunno, doing some mundane thing, like maybe they’re out getting groceries or doin dishes or something (i love me that domestic content) and he’ll start humming quietly and it just, it really grounds gadget in a way that sometimes he doesn’t even know he needs till infinite does it.

anyone here ever played bayonetta? any a yall remember those bits where there’s a woman in bayo’s memories singing and/or humming ‘fly me to the moon’ all quiet and low? think that but just,,,, pitched down,,,, yeah,,,

the tunes are usually very slow and while not so much melancholy theyre just? i dunno melodic in the same lax, smooth-tempo’d way a lot of melancholy songs are? i dunno i like quiet, introspective infinite and aesthetics that reflect that

here’s a long one: about a month before infinite “goes missing” and forces happens, infinite lands a job at a local news outlet as one of the column writers and even tho he’s more into prose than journalism he’s so fuckin pumped. it’s mostly just excitement over not doing cashier work and having a money-makin outlet he’s at least somewhat interested in lol …aaaaaand the way ship headcanon works into this bullet is that when he finds out that he landed the job he so excited that when gadget walks into the room (it’s morning and gadget literally was just gonna get some coffee, he’s still in his pajamas, he’s got bedhead) infinite sees him and whoops he tackle-hugs him and then whoops he knocked them both onto the floor but its cool gadget kinda let it happen and when infinite tells him what happened and apologizes he’s now also super excited and happy for him so now there’s two (2) people screaming inside (and out) about this awesome development

here’s a short one: they wear each other’s clothes a lot

gadget’s v cuddly in his sleep so he gets really clingy w/ infinite when a) it’s early morning and they’re just waking up b) it’s Late o’ clock at night and they’re chillin at home or c) he’s Actually asleep and within like three feet of infinite

i dont really know how to end this lol i dont really wanna just start repeating myself and i might think of other stuff later but for now pls consider the following: when they sleep whoever’s big spoon ends up resting one hand over the other’s heart and it’s super sweet

oh and they smooch a lot (i told you this response was self indulgent)

[warriors-but-cats-die]

@yee-hawlw

it just exists in my head rn, lol. brokenstar hangs around a lot longer, since dawncloud doesnt have a clan to kill him with or even like, a support system. i imagine shes kinda lonely. tigerstar happens in thunderclan because no fireheart to stop him, and he might butt heads with brokenstar a lot since they both want to take over the forrest. windclan probably stays gone for longer. dawncloud has to be a lot smarter working right under brokenstar’s paws than fireheart oh, and of course she would have to juggle keeping her remaning kits alive. (tho honestly every time i try to figure out when her kits were born i lose my mind. how were swampkit and blossomkit 3 moons old!!) i feel like brokenstar pressured her into having them

dfsklj ur so valid. well if it ever exists Out of your head pls lemme know.

anyway.

yeah, that's really interesting! reminds me of my shadowclan fireheart au (his name is rustfang but if i start w/ that it'd be confusing) anyway it's a pretty similar vibe in terms of...how brokenstar works out.

(i mean it's a Little Different in that rustfang is brokenstar's enforcer until he starts training cinderpaw, who never got returned to thunderclan, and realizes how young she is)

and yeah god. dawncloud like. i have so many feelings for her. so much affection. she was definitely pressured and manipulated, i think, because uh. even ferncloud, who's treated as a young queen, doesn't have her first litter until i think she's six seasons old.

since your reasoning behind boulder and russet's age mentions them joining sc as apprentices, does bloodclan not exist in wbcd?since yf's secret, mess of a book it is, makes boulder too old to have known scourge, as scourge was not born. or will he have like, joined sc, left, joined bc, then came back? also something funny about yf's disaster: going with it's timeline, yf's secret places russetfur at at least 13 at the time of her death. you know. russetfur? the deputy? mistystar 1.0, i swear

hm so the short answer is: i just ignored boulder’s bloodclan backstory because i didn’t know it existed, or to know that i didn’t know.

i’m ngl, i have no idea how bloodclan forms.

i know as much as “tigerpaw beats up tiny, he runs away (possibly because his siblings tell him no one will ever love him), ???, profit”

okay i know a bit more than that, but i’m not sure about the details. i had to look up boulder’s backstory for this.

honestly, for all its faults, i like boulder’s backstory in yellowfang’s secret better than his other one. i think it’s entirely possible that he knows of the existence of bloodclan even not being born in it, because given that he doesn’t take a clan name, he probably feels some amount of kinship with the non-clan cats in the area, something i think shadowclan would be…okay with.

(i’m playing fast and loose with the rules and what information in yellowfang’s secret is and is not canon tbh.)

it even kind of makes more sense that he wouldn’t realize bloodclan is the big bad? like just a Thought that his backstory makes him Kind Of An Idiot.

so instead of “hey these people who were terrible to me as a child are definitely now upstanding and honorable” we have “hey i heard of this fighting force who might help us out”

ig. i’m not sure, it’s kind of late. everything that happens before into the wild is canon at my own whims, basically.

as for russetfur, i mean. it’s not terribly old. definitely on the older side, but not like. i can see her being the kind of cat to not want to retire. mistystar is what…sixteen or seventeen? kind of like the difference between being 60 and 80.

that said, yellowfang’s secret is a Bad Book. dawncloud is now my favourite shadowclan cat. she deserved so much better. i love her so much.