#Ignis themed...maybe?

[nerdyrogue]

It's Spring Break so back to the trampoline park we go!

[sebek-zigbolt]

gueh, its all igni

[cosmosrebellion]

I've been thinking of another Blazblue villain for the Symphogear girls to punch and this one is probably the one who deserves the most: Relius Clover.

Relius is a sorcerer and scientist in Blazblue who's responsible for half of the fucked up shit that happened in the series. He is a desensitized monster who views people as tools for his horrible experiments. To give an idea of how much this guy sucks, he turned his wife and his daughter into living puppets who are used for combat, and he constantly traumatizes his son who's looking for a way to bring his sister back.

But the reason I chose Relius is for a kinda of goofy idea. So, you know how in the series they never explain Kirika's back story and also establish that she doesn't remember anything about her family, what if Relius is her father?

With elements like his son Carl desperately looking for a way to give his sister Ada her body back, and Relius wife Ignis showing a lot of moments of autonomy, implying that she's less of a victim and more a co-conspirator despite being turned into a robot, there's a lot of interesting drama to explore with Kirika being conflicted between learning about where she came from, her family's dark history and why no one went looking for her, or keep things as they are to save herself the pain.

Part of what made me want to explore this idea is that Carl straight up looks like Kirika with a different eye color, and I'm pretty sure they're about the same age too. And I know that alongside an evil dad, giving Kirika twin brother (or sister if we take some liberties) might be a twist worthy of a telenovela, but I think there's an interesting story to be told about blood and found family here.

Translating the Clovers into Symphogear is pretty easy too. Replace Relius' sorcery with alchemy and have his puppet creation be a conversion of humans into autoscorers. In Blazblue his objective is to recreate the world as its Ultimate Architect , that can easily be translated into him building some kind of god machine to rewrite history, which creates a pretty interesting theme of someone trying to steal the future the Symphogears fought for.

My main thought with this is doing something big for Kirika's character, but there's also a lot you can do with the FIS trio, I think it be cool for them to take center stage in it. From Shirabe wanting to help Kirika learn more about her past, but also wanting to protect from the pain it might cause, to Maria maybe helping Kirika try to reach Carl given her own baggage with sibling relationships.

I have fun with these.

[ryuichirou]

More dark hcs

We have a bunch of asks about some dark-themed hcs, I’ll try to reply to everything today. As always, it took me ages, but I am still grateful for these asks. Thank you to all the Anons in this post!

Ships mentioned in this post: Ortho/Idia (Igni mob/Idia), Floyd/Idia, Jade/Idia, Trey/Idia, Trey/Vil

Anonymous asked:

Do you have yandere headcanons for tweels? Or they are not much different in your opinion?

In terms of darkness and fucked-up-ness, they really aren’t very different; I feel like every single hc list we have for the tweels is somewhat dark, but! A yandere is a bit different because yandere’s actions are motivated by obsessive love and devotion.

And I am not saying that Jade and Floyd with their “now I’m interested, now I’m not” personalities can’t get obsessive, but it’s a bit more tricky for me to think about them in this scenario. But “tricky” doesn’t mean “impossible”, so yes, I do in fact have some yandere headcanons for them! I hope I don’t repeat myself though, sorry if I do.

The target of their obsession in this list is Idia, I hope this is okay with you.

Alright, let’s go then:

Anonymous asked:

Just to complete all of Idia’s evil exes, how about headcanons for the Tweels and Trey as yanderes for him (Sorry, Idia, I swear I do love you 😭)

(Idia deserves all the love, especially if it’s obsessive, Anon….)

Jade+Floyd/Idia:

The more Idia tries to avoid them, the more obsessive they become. They didn’t mind him paying attention to other people and doing other stuff at first, but the more Idia openly avoids the Tweels, the more they want him. At first they just started to get clingier: Floyd literally started touching and hugging Idia all the time, Jade – texting Idia every other minute and cooking for him. It was almost funny and cute at first (not to Idia though): it’s as if Idia just got two love interests at the same time!

One day they would just break every single gadget and machine in his room. For no reason other than they really wanted his attention, and he didn’t give it to them. Of course, Idia would be absolutely distraught after that, but it’s okay, they are here to cuddle him while he is having a panic attack. Or haze him more… these two are such childish jealous brats sometimes. They might even dispose of Ortho if there is “no other choice” for them.

Sometimes they get jealous of each other too, but it’s mostly just Floyd getting fussy. Still, it was Jade’s suggestion to start marking Idia’s body just so they each know which part of him belongs to whom. Sometimes they start arguing about it, but it’s for a show: they know that Idia gets nervous and scared because of that, so if they poke him enough, he might start promising things! Like, maybe he’d give one part of his to Jade first, but then give it to Floyd… what other things Idia could promise them? They wonder.

DMMD Virus and Trip Ending. If you know, you know. If you don’t know: I think they would kidnap him at some point and keep him as their plaything. Sometimes they would take turns, sometimes they would have sex with him together, sometimes they would just sit there and talk about how everyone else is doing while Idia is stuck here with these two. Idia’s body got used to the pain (and pleasure), but the emotional torture keeps Idia’s wounds fresh.

If this is what happens, they would make everyone think that Idia is dead because now he only exists to be their precious toy. Even Azul wouldn’t know that Idia is still alive, and the Tweels would find it hilarious because they would have a somber conversation with Azul about how horrible Idia’s fate is, and then come back home to see him tied to a bed, hungry, miserable and barely resembling a human being. But oh so loved!

Trey/Idia:

Maybe one of the reasons why Trey got so obsessed with Idia is that Idia sees right through him (even though Trey’s also in denial about many things about himself). And while choosing whether to be wary of Trey or to call him out for his lies, Idia chose both… At first, Trey felt confusion, but then his interest in Idia just kept growing, and then he started to show up in his dorm again and again. People started gossiping  that these two are dating, and that Idia probably used some kind of charm or love potion to attract Trey. The second part is obviously false, but the dating part became true at some point… somehow.

Yes, teeth, OF COURSE we’re going to talk about teeth, come on, it’s Trey. Trey brushes Idia’s teeth for him. At first he just checked on his teeth every morning and evening, then one time he brushed Idia’s teeth for him just to show him a proper way to do it… but now he does it 3 times per day every single day. This isn’t just him taking care of Idia’s teeth (even though he always talks about how Idia isn’t going to do a good job if Trey isn’t helping him, and somehow phrase it in a nice way), this is him having a special tradition only for them…

Idia knows that Trey is bad news, and he doesn’t even fully understand why they started dating, but he just can’t resist him anymore. Trey seems so wishy-washy to others, but Idia knows that he could be stubborn and strict in a very sneaky way. They never argue, but Idia still can never “win” somehow – he always has to do what Trey thinks would be best for him. And Trey genuinely believes that he knows best, sometimes he thinks that Idia is a bit… inadequate at living. But he feels it very lovingly, very parentally, but still very-very sexually somehow… in his ideal world, Idia would rely on him so much that he would stop doing anything by himself, even the most basic things.

Idia never talks to anyone, but if he does, Trey gets jealous. He is very jealous of whoever Idia is talking to while he is playing games. Sometimes he wishes he could just break all of his computers and stuff like the Tweels would, but these aren’t his methods. His methods are to poison Idia’s sweets to make him so sick that he wouldn’t be able to do anything but throw up, cry and cling to Trey for a couple of days. It’s okay, when he gets better, Trey will nurse him right back and make sure he eats plenty.

He is very protective of Idia, and if someone is legitimately mean to him, he’ll never forgive that person. For some reason it’s easier for him to stand up against Idia’s bullies than to stand up against Riddle’s mom lol Anyways, with his mind being all messed up because of this obsession, he might actually do the yandere thing of killing a bunch of people for Idia’s sake. He’ll never let Idia know about it of course, but Idia isn’t stupid: he can see that something about Trey’s eyes changed. And he is legitimately scared of him.

Yeah, speaking of Trey! What a smooth segue lol

Anonymous asked:

Hi, I really like your character thoughts! I was wondering if you dive a bit into Trey's darker side and some more TreyVil headcanons? Thank you!

Thank you for enjoying our posts, Anon! <3 Trey/Vil as a ship doesn’t appear here very often, but I feel like whenever I think about them together, they just keep growing on me woah.

Of course Trey is obsessed with Vil’s teeth, that’s a given. And even though Trey doesn’t have Rook levels of dedication to his creepiness craft and doesn’t know everyone’s dental situation, he still thinks that Vil is one of the best ones. He was also lucky enough to witness Vil’s evening routine once, and while Vil found it intimate in a subtle way, to Trey it was so much more than that. He started dreaming about the way Vil brushes his teeth all the time. It’s so elegant, but still a bit messy (a little bit of toothpaste stuck to his lip for a couple of seconds before he rinses his mouth…), but also absolutely perfect, but also so… vulnerable before Trey’s eyes. He really wanted to masturbate while touching his teeth.

The fact that Vil is more experienced and sexually aware than some other potential partners of Trey is something that Trey has to constantly keep in mind. He does enjoy Vil being flirty and even hinting at things at times, but at the same time, if Trey gets too horny, Vil will definitely notice and address it. And it’s great when the timing is more or less appropriate, but if Vil notices that Trey is horned up when they’re discussing things like dental hygiene (embarrassing) or something horrible (like things that happen in the film industry)… then Vil might realise that he gets bad vibes from Trey for a reason and stop talking to him, and Trey doesn’t want that.

Trey has a rape kink, and he wishes it was purely hypothetical. Sometimes he has intrusive thoughts when he chats or hangs out with Vil about how technically he could assault him right here, or at least try to (since Vil isn’t that easy to assault). But would the thrill be worth the risk? Trey usually decides that it wouldn’t, but that doesn’t change the fact that sometimes he dreams about different scenarios in which he would rape Vil. And he isn’t always fully asleep when he has these dreams…

One time Trey saw Vil being very puzzled, angry and a bit embarrassed. He knew exactly why, but asked him about what was going on anyway, and after avoiding answering for some time, Vil confessed that somebody stole his used underwear. Trey expressed that this was super messed up and comforted Vil, gently ensuring him that it will be okay… and it’s honestly a miracle that Vil didn’t notice that Trey was lying through his teeth. Of course it was him who stole it. Another intrusive thought.

Trey would love to make Vil obsessed with his cakes, and by “obsessed” I mean “literally addicted”. Vil is way too good at avoiding sweets, but this could be changed if Trey figures out how to make a potion, one drop of which would make anyone who takes a bite addicted to this food forever. Of course, Vil is great at potions, and there is no way just any potion would work on him, so for now Trey is experimenting and using his own dormmates as guinea pigs. This is his private science project that he has to keep in secret from both Vil AND Rook…

Or something among the lines~

Alright, I don’t have a segue for this one, but let’s come back to Idia for a moment because we have another ask about him!

This is related to this post.

Anonymous asked:

I know you went into this in another post but what other ways has Ortho had other students haze Idia?

Alright, a couple of more ideas! Not a lot though, because I can’t share some because I want to draw them, and also I am a bit tired lol but still, I am happy you like this theme, Anon! You’re inspiring me to think about it more…

Ortho didn’t intend it to be a roast, but he made the other students chant at Idia about his love for Ortho when he left his room one time. This poor guy opened the door and got called a brocon by like 40 people. He got so terrified and shocked that he couldn’t move for a minute.

Another one that Ortho didn’t expect to end up being so evil is that he let the other students into Idia’s room at night and let them steal all of his clothes + his blanket, including the ones he was wearing while asleep. Idia woke up completely naked with zero clothes and a bunch of people outside waiting for him to laugh at him and take pictures.

Another time when Ortho let the guys into Idia’s room at night was when he wanted them to wake him up in a fun way! And the guys ambushed his bed, grabbing him, jumping on him, spraying him with water and making loud noises into his ears. After that Idia started stuttering, and it continued for a week… it’s a miracle it went away, to be honest. And also he pissed himself.

[gx-gameon]

Vrains Pokémon au: the Lost incident / Hanoi project

In this version of the Lost incident each child is given an egg. This egg hatches into a monotype Pokémon. Together the child and Pokemon must battle.

They are locked in a tiny room. And the end of the room is a door. Every day it opens allowing in a random wild pokemon (that’s agitated so they will attack the children.) the children and their pokemon must battle them. If the knock the pokemon out, it is removed and they receive food. If the child’s pokemon faints then the child is shocked and possibly attacked by the wild pokemon before it can be removed.

This data is what is used to create the Ignis.

The test subject, their partner pokemon, and the ingis they create

Test subject: 001 (Jin)

Pokemon: shiny Shinx (this was not intended by the scientist but it is where lightning gets a lot of his astetic from.

Data used to create the Light Ignis. (Or electric Ignis)

I think someone actually suggested Shinx for him and they are so right. Since Jin was so heavily traumatized by the events, I don’t think Shinx evolve during it’s time in the experiment.

It acts as a therapy animal to Jin. He’s still nonverbal and very much shut down but does pet Shinx. The little one is often curled up in his lap trying to help him.

That is until Jim is kidnapped by Lightning… (I don’t know if I want Shinx to also be taken and be forced to evolve or if it stays with Shoichi/Cal and work to get Jin back)

Test subject: 002 (Specter)

Pokémon: Cubone

Data used to create the Earth Ignis (or ground Ignis)

I’ve talked about this one before. Cubone has the iconic backstory of losing its mother. And Specters trauma isn’t in the Lost incident but in the loss of mother tree.

In the actual event I think Specter would enjoy the battling and raising Cubone. I think he would care for his pokemon. Maybe his is the only one thrown in not as an egg, but still a baby. Finding meaning not only in battle but in distracting Cubone from the lost of his mother.

It gets mirrored after they are freed and Specter finds out that Mother Tree was cut down. Cubone trying to provide comfort before following his trainer to the Kights of Hanoi.

The rest of Specters team are all grass types but since his Ignis is Earth, I wanted his incident pokemon to be rock or ground. Looking at the options I liked Cubone the best for all the reasons above.

Test subject: 003 (name unknown)

Pokemon: Rookidee

Data used to create the Wind Ignis (or flying Ignis)

For the windy origin the only option is Rookidee. It is the only pure flying type that isn’t a legendary. I can see it evolving once in or outside of the incident but not to its final evolution (since that is flying and steel)

We don’t know a lot about the kid in canon. To the point that I had to edit a screen shot to make a baby version of this kid (not my best art but it will do)

Test subject: 004 (Miyu)

Pokemon: Feebas

Data used to create the water Ignis

For Miyu I had a lot of options to choose from, there are a lot of pure water types. But I landed on Feebas. Mainly because it evolves into Milotic. It’s a beautiful Pokemon, has the pigtail look going one, fits the Marincess theme.

I don’t think it evolves into Milotic until way after the events of the incident. As Miyu heals and raises Feebas eventually it evolves into Milotic.

After Miyu’s kidnapping/coma?? And Aqua joining Aoi/Skye, Milotic also joins her battle team.

Test subject: 005

Pokemon: Growlithe

Data used to create the fire Ignis

I’ve talked about this one before. I chose Growlithe because it is a pokemon known for its loyalty and that’s a big thing for Takeru. He is the “best friend” arcytype and a big thing is their loyalty to the MC.

But also it’s a very protective pokemon aligning with Takeru as well.

Its evolution is also locked behind a stone. Just like Takeru’s growth is locked behind him confronting his trauma from both this incident and the lose of his parents.

He takes a big step when he battles for the first time with flame and I think that’s a great time for him to find or be given a fire store to evolve Growlithe into Arcanine

Test subject: 006

Pokemon: Absol

Data used to create the dark Ignis

Another choice I’ve talked about at length.Absol is one of my favorite Pokemon. But it is also a pure Dark type and the disaster Pokemon. It is deeply misunderstood in universe as people think it cause disasters but really it senses them before they happen and tries to warn people.

Similar to Yusaku’s link sense. His ability to sense threats in the network. He also gets targeted and blamed by the SOL tech for things he didn’t do or stoped from happening. This is because SOL tech has its own motives against him and the Ignis. While the public loves Playmaker he’s still painted in negative light. It doesn’t help that he always has an Absol by his side.

[pikabysss]

Here's a doodle dump of some of my Blazblue [idk the name anymore I'm gonna go with furry] AU character designs. Ones I doubt I'm gonna colour. If I end up colouring them, yay! Here's a look into some WIPs!

Doodle of Rachel Alucard. Of course, she's a vampire bunny because I have no imagination. :)

The rest under the cut because long posts are annoying to scroll through. (And there's maybe spoilers for future colored drawings, hehe)

The first concept of Ragna's and Naoto's designs. (I changed Ragna's a little bit to make him less pokemon. I think I'll keep Naoto's. Maybe I'm going to color him it in the future)

Here's Mai. (As well as an Espio cameo because I made her look like a sonic character, and she likes chameleons) Might redisign her because I think I was going for a salamander but she looks like a frog? Or is she just a frog with a tail? Wth was I going for?

Relius Clover and his children (again, make them all look like sonic characters)

If you wonder where's ignis. She's here.

Aah! The doodle version of my Noel drawing! Hi Noel! Next to her is naked Jin. Not gonna show him in full, he's naked.

Jin's old design. He was totally an ice-type absol. I wanted to make my own creations, so I changed him a little.

Finally, continuing in the pokemon theme, Amane as a Sylveon! Both are pretty queer and attacks with ribbon. Next to him is an unfinished Bang (buff lion)

[teine-mallaichte]

First Fanfic Lines

Thanks @vivispec for the tag, yes I have take 3 weeks to get to it 😂

Post the first line of the last ten fics (or fic chapters, your choice) you’ve posted!

ok I think I'll do the last 10 fics. And screw first lines, I'm doing paragraphs 😝

Umbra Et Ignis (Fenders Gothic Romance)

The gate looked older than the city. That was Anders’ first thought as the carriage wheels scraped to a halt before it.

Tides Of Time And Blood (Storm 'Rook' Hawke timetravels to Kirkwall)

Today had not gone well. No—scratch that. Everything since he'd interrupted Solas's ritual had been a damn downhill slide, but today? Today had reached a new low.

The Silence Between The Notes (Tavio 'Rook' Hawke romance with a crow)

It had been an average salvage run. No crew. No backup. Just Tavio, a map with faded ink, and a half-buried ruin carved into the side of a coastal cliff. A chest tucked beneath a fallen beam, traps already sprung, nothing left but dust and the faint gleam of potential profit.

Quiet Expectations (Modern AU Fenders)

It was late. Far later than it had any right to be. This had not been the plan. Not at all. Even being in Anders' apartment wasn’t part of the original agreement. The plan had been simple—go to the cinema, watch a film, maybe take a walk afterward, and then Fenris would return home. A few hours. That was all it was meant to be.

Between the Stitches (Modern AU Fenders)

“You should’ve gone to a doctor,” Anders muttered, as he finished unwrapping the bandages from Fenris’ side.

Campfire snippets - shorts (Fenders)

Fenris stared into the flames, their crackling the only relief from the constant stream of words spilling from across the fire. Anders sat opposite him, his face illuminated in flickering light, his lips moving incessantly.

Masquerade of Denial (Fenders)

Fenris knew he shouldn’t have come to this ridiculous party. The thought had crossed his mind a dozen times since Hawke had practically dragged him through the door. It was a mistake, plain and simple—yet here he was, standing in the midst of it all.

Uncertainty (Modern AU sort of Fenders)

It was maddening. Infuriating, even. Anders was supposed to be focused—It was his day off today, so he’s opened the clinic. The waiting room was full, patients coming in and out, always something that needed fixing. He had responsibilities, people depending on him, a job that required his every ounce of attention. And yet, despite all of that, Fenris was there. In every damn thought.

Fragile Ceasefire (Cyberpunk AU pre-Fenders)

Fenris had never been comfortable with touch. No, it was beyond discomfort… He hated it. Hated the way people would reach for him, as though it was natural, instinctual to touch another person. The touch of others, even those who meant no harm, felt like a violation, a reminder of everything that had been done to him. The simple act of skin meeting skin, even the lightest brush of a hand, could send jolts of pain coursing through his body, sharp and unforgiving. Running along the lines of lyrium cybernetics that burned into his flesh, fused directly into his nervous system.

Electric Waters (Modern AU Fenders)

The party was chaos. Pure, unfiltered chaos, and Anders was all too happy to be a part of it. The neon-blue cocktails had made their way into his hands far too many times—was it his fourth, or his fifth?—but honestly, who was counting? Certainly not him. The drinks barely tasted like alcohol anyway; they were too sweet, too easy to sip. That might explain why he felt so carefree, the night unfolding like a series of amusing, colourful moments that he wasn’t ready to let go of.

I am noticing a few themes in my fics 😂

No pressure tags: @lottiesnotebook @barbex @fiberpunk027

[trixiegalaxy]

I just had a fun Miraculous AU idea (got inspired by a book i saw in Wattpad);

Yu-Gi-Oh Miraculous Vrians!

I don't mind if people make artwork or write their own fan fiction of this. As long I'm credited for the original AU idea. I also posted this on DeviantArt.

In this AU, the kwamis are a special type of AI programming that is also called the "Miraculous Ignis". These AIs were secretly created by a third party during the Lost Incident. But when Professor Wang Fu (aka Master Fu) learns that these AIs were going to be used for evil purposes, he stole them from their creators and went into hiding. Fu managed to steal all the Miraculous Ignis', except for the Butterfly and the unfinished Peacock Ignis', which went missing during the theft.

10 years later, Gabriel Agreste uses the Butterfly Ignis to become the hacker terrorist known as Hawk Moth, who hopes to use the rest of the Miraculous Ignis' to waken his comatose wife, who used the Peacock Ignis too much without knowing it was incomplete. To lure out the Miraculous Ignis, Hawk Moth would hijack people's avatars in LINK VRAINS and turn them into his own mind controlled super villians. Also, to accomplish his goals, both Gabriel and his assistant, Nathalie Sancoeur, secretly infiltrate the hacker terrorist group called "The Knights Of Hanoi" under the codenames "The Collector" and "Catalyst". In hopes of not only finding the Miraculous Ignis, but to capture the original six Ignis' as well.

Meanwhile, Professor Fu decides to give the two most powerful Miraculous Ignis', the Ladybug and Cat, to Marinette Dupain-Cheng and Adrien Agreste. They become LINK VRAINS' newest heroes, Ladybug and Cat Noir, who help the hero, Playmaker, fight against both both Hawk Moth and the Knights Of Hanoi.

Other details of the AU (with spoilers of Yu-Gi-Oh Vrains);

The Kwamis Ignis have the same type of body design as the original Ignis', but they still have their animal fixtures. For example, the Cat Ignis would still have his cat ears, tail, and green cat eyes. While the Ladybug Ignis have her red body with black spots (and maybe ladybug wings on her back). They also have the same personalities as in the Miraculous Ladybug series canon.

Similar to the Miraculous Ladybug series canon, every Kwami Ignis are kept in their own jewelry shaped electronics, which connect to the holder's duel disk by Bluetooth. The holder's duel disk also changes form when they log into LINK VRAINS (which helps hide their identities).

The Miraculous Ignis have their own separate animal theme Cyberse cards. For example, the Ladybug Ignis has a ladybug theme Cyberse monster cards, and the Cat Ignis has a cat theme Cyberse monster cards.

The Miraculous Ignis gives their holders the same powers/abilities as in the Miraculous Ladybug series canon. These powers can also be used as skills in a LINK VRAINS speed duel.

Also, like in the Miraculous Ladybug series canon, Hawk Moth can only akumatize people who are filled with negative emotions/thoughts. Plus, they have to have their own duel disk and deck.

People who are not logged into or even don't have an account in LINK VRAINS can still be akumatized.

In this AU, the akuma enters a person's duel disk as a virus and always goes into a person's ace monster card. While their super villain avatar takes form similar to their ace monster. That person's deck is also transformed when they become akumatized.

Marinette still dreams of becoming a fashion designer. While as a duelist, she doesn't have too much confidence in her skills. Marinette is the only one of her friends who doesn't have a LINK VRAINS account (not until she became Ladybug, but no one else knows that). When she's not using the Ladybug Cyberse deck, she owns a fairy type desk.

Adrian is still a fashion model for his father famous fashion brand in both Den City and sometimes in LINK VRAINS. Adrian enjoys dueling but doesn't have much time to do it for fun because of his career. When he's not using the Cat Cyberse deck, he owns a warrior type deck.

Marinette and Adrien (plus their friends/classmates in the Miraculous Ladybug series canon) go to Den City High School. And are in the same class as Yusaku Fujiki (aka Playmaker). Their class teacher is Miss Bustier from Miraculous Ladybug.

Ladybug and Cat Noir doesn't know the true identity of Playmaker. And Playmaker doesn't know their true identities either.

Yusaku/Playmaker didn't really trust Ladybug and Cat Noir at first. And didn't want them to become part of his fight against the Hanoi. But Playmaker later began working with them when he realized he wouldn't be able to fight both the Hanoi and Hawk Moth's akumatized villains.

The Knights Of Hanoi had no knowledge of the existence of the Miraculous Ignis until Hawk Moth started to attack LINK VRAINS with his akumatized villains.

The Hanoi also wasn't aware of The Collector actually being Hawk Moth, not until in episode 38 and 39 when Hawk Moth tried to take control of the Tower of Hanoi by akumatizing Revolver (the leader of the Hanoi).

Ryoken Kogami/Revolver managed to learn the true identities of Ladybug and Cat Noir but agrees to keep the secret after meeting Professor Fu.

[ragnar0c]

Can't stop thinking about this... Ignis. Does Ignis know? But then again. Maybe he's right. Do Caspian and Hana know? WHO KNOWS.

It's the themes of the story at a smaller scale!!

[luce-speaks]

If you did a fire emblem promare au who would promare. Why

EMRY you sent this ask to me having no idea of the can of worms you just opened. i'm going to preface a lot before i get to the actual thing so bear with me.

first of all i want to say this is a lot of fun and i'm starting to think i should have a tag for my AU shenanigans because i love collecting these things and codifying them on tumblr. will keep you posted

second and more importantly: this promare au was not my idea!! please go see THE ORIGINAL POST by softlytired because it's their mind behind all this

okay. lets go

1: central concept

the art i linked to shows several screenshots of promare redrawn with ike as galo and soren as lio. this is really really smart for numerous reasons, including:

ike and soren share color coding (blue and green respectively) with their counterparts, as well as sharing similar builds and relatively similar styles/aesthetics

ike and galo both do the thing where racism is brought to their attention and they're like WHAT THAT'S AWFUL like hands down immediately against it despite living in a society that's much less progressive

soren and lio are both racial minorities in a way that gives them powers but also is plot relevant as a racism allegory

soren and lio are both dragon themed (less obvious with lio but it's notable in the scene where he attacks promepolis)

gay

this all goes out to softlytired who i'm sure considered these things when drawing the art. now it's time for me to do my part

2: filling out the side characters

with ike and soren in place the next question is how to fill out the rest of the movie's cast. i want to start by taking my best shot at who would fill each movie role and why.

captain ignis: greil or titania, take your pick. it's the same thing, it just changes based on whether you want this to be a greil lives au.

heris ardebit: oscar. i think he could pull off the evil scientist thing. also, they're both more withdrawn than their boisterous younger sibling, and they're both very protective of said sibling. which brings me to

aina ardebit: boyd. he's mainly here for the sibling thing and the goal of keeping the greil mercs and burning rescue as overlapped as possible. but what about the almost-kiss on the frozen lake, you ask? yeah that still happened. the only difference is neither of them were into it. (that idea is kudos to @tobegii, who also helped me brainstorm a lot of this.)

lucia: mist. mist's role as a healer is hard to translate to promare world, so i figured the next best thing would be letting her play a support role as the gadgeteer. testing new mech suits is a sibling bonding activity!

vinny: rolf. okay before you dismiss this as just me being mean to rolf i'd like to point out that letting him play sidekick means actually keeping the fourteen-year-old (?) out of danger for once while still letting him exist in the narrative. but also haha rat boy

varys and remi: gatrie and shinon. i feel like the fact that i introduced these two as a duo says it all. even though they're not technically a duo, they're the only two who are deployed together in the movie's opening scene that establishes the members of burning rescue. they have a similar brains-and-brawn thing going on. maybe shinon can be less racist in this one or something.

and for the enemies

vulcan: petrine. big scary lackey who doesn't actually have a very deep motivation other than being a horrible person. you could also use ashnard for this but i think petrine deserves some enrichment

kray: this is the difficult one because there is a good case for either sephiran (your traitor is In Charge Of The Fucking Government) or zelgius (your traitor is someone you knew personally and worked with) but for now let's go with sephiran because

biar: zelgius. it's funny okay

oh and prometh? by my calculations there is No Good Option. there just isn't. put altina in there or something. i don't fucking know

3: other notes and adjustments

with all of my "how far can i take this" out of the way i want to make an actual attempt to clean this up a little and tie up loose ends. this is my loose list of "how would i adapt the plot of promare to fit better around the tellius cast"

replace the character of kray with the duo of sephiran (the governor) and zelgius (the enforcer), and have zelgius absorb what little plot relevance biar has. maybe zelgius was the one to save ike from the fire, but it was sephiran's burnish flare that started it. they could also be a sort of two-stage bossfight, with zelgius sort of one-on-oneing them before sephiran breaks out the big guns mech

greil died in the fire that nearly killed ike, putting titania in charge of burning rescue and giving ike and mist extra character motivation

shinon's character is hard to work with if you consider how racist he actually is in canon, but i think you could tone it down a little and use his character to make a point about how racism can be insidious and masked ("if you terrorists stopped burning down houses, no one would have a problem with the burnish!" and things like that.) getting proved wrong about those supposedly moderate beliefs might even give him a chance to grow

we can pretty easily add in ike and soren's childhood encounter as well! when they met as children, ike had no idea soren was a burnish (not that he would have cared). soren has always wanted to find him again but was busy yknow running an organization. he's incredibly hurt and disappointed when ike 1) does not recognize him and 2) works for the government now. but before they pilot the mech together, they finally get to talk it out, ike remembers and apologizes, and it represents a step forward in their relationship that prepares them for the ultimate test of teamwork (mech piloting)

okay well that's been a lot of talking from me. it's really more pattern recognition than any kind of actual story planning, but i hope you enjoyed! if anyone else has feedback or additions, i would love to hear about them. thank you for coming to my ted talk

[heathenkweer]

well, having officially Beat the Game, I can say:

everything after Accordo feels like a first draft 🤷 it's especially egregious that they don't have a scene of Noctis telling his friends that he'll have to die to save the world. It apparently happens off-screen, or they somehow magically know already, because they make allusions to it but never talk about it outright.

It is a major cop out that perfectly encapsulates FFXV's biggest weakness/sin/whatever you wanna call it: Its outright refusal to engage with its own themes and messages, especially if those themes might criticize Lucis or the Lucis Caelums. We're supposed to buy into the idea of Noctis as the True King wholeheartedly the way the characters and story do, but genuinely, no one seems to stop and say "hey isn't this all kind of fucked up? only one person can really save the world and nothing we do matters?"

It genuinely feels like the characters just sleepwalk through the last few hours of the game. You can't convince me the Chocobros wouldn't have raised hell to save Noctis. The game really expects me to sit there and buy the idea that Ignis "the world can burn if Noctis dies" Scientia would have just gone along with it. The game spends so many hours and lines of dialogue telling me how much these characters love each other, but then just accept that because Noctis is a divinely ordained King with Magic Blood, he has to die in order to save the world? Bullshit.

Gralea is especially a low point in the game. It would have been a perfect chance to really explore the enemy's world and see how Insomnia is viewed, really get some sympathy for the people living under Iedolas. But again, that would require portraying the Lucis Caelums as anything other than Tragically Good Royals who are Burdened by Destiny or whatever.

That being said... I do love these characters and this world, and I had a lot of fun going around in the Regalia and exploring Eos while doing quests and hunts. I love the battle system. The music is, of course, perfect. I'm ambivalent on the Ascension system; I was able to farm a ton of AP by doing long rides in the car, but that was time consuming and bordered on boring or annoying at times. I legit spent a lot of time scrolling on my phone while the boys drove around. I wish there had been a better way to do that.

I'll probably do a New Game+, but not for a while. And as for whether this kicked up any plotbunnies again... maybe.

[he6o]

Time to update you on something I started as a result of several Kura art ideas that derailed my enamel pin work 😂 I’ve wanted to do standees for a long time but only if they could be functional…so I decided to try a whiteboard style standee that could also be decorative, with characters who it makes sense for…(Ignis because recipe book, Tifa because of her bar, and Kurasame because of him being a CO in a classroom setting.)

Right now Kura has the most progress on both sides (90%) but I’m moving onto Ignis today. Designs will feature their 20s version on one side and their teenage selves on the reverse, themed after elements associated with them. Specs will be 6-7” tall, double sided standard acrylic, maybe with a custom elemental base. Prices are looking at £25-30 atm based on market values and moq cost, but final cost depends on my manu quote so consider it a ballpark estimate. Idk yet how a custom base may factor in.

If there’s anyone who wants to be notified when these go up for pre-order I have a google form here.

Adding your email isn’t an obligation to do anything. I just know it can be easy to miss things on socials.

[primamchorus]

xv: reimagined rambling

i've been rotating gladio in my head more than i typically like rotating him, but it's mostly just me mentally yelling about how much i hate episode gladio as a character 'growth' story, because, imo, there's not really a lot of growth. (i feel the same about episode ignis, but that's a different session i'll have to yell about.)

mostly, i'm just thinking that gladio's always been kind of the weakest character out of the main four boys. the dlc wasn't particularly interesting when it comes to character development, either.

based on the ova and gladio's really aggro way of handling things in chapter 11, i've been thinking about just kind of reworking the entirety of confronting gilgamesh. like, yeah, it's supposed to be a trial to prove yourself worthy, there'll still be that element. but i kind of really want to chip away at this idea that gladio still harbors doubts and misgivings about noctis and having to act as his shield.

the ova of 'sword and shield' is kind of what really makes me take gladio and kind of keep this seed of doubt planted within him. like, sure, noctis has proven himself a good person for what he did for iris to prevent her from getting into too much trouble, but, honestly, that's not really a big thing. ultimately.

he's clearly idolized regis -- which is likely based on stories shared from clarus (that probably embellished a bit to make them all look good for the sake of storytelling), but also maybe interactions with regis himself. he wanted to be shield of the king when regis was king. not shield of a child.

there are plenty of things that noctis does that paints him childish or even sometimes petulant. because he hasn't really fully grown up yet in the events of the game -- you could probably make an argument that he's still not really grown up by the time that he's out of the crystal to restore order to the world. but, again, that's a different can of worms for a different time.

i just think that in a game that's supposed to be about brotherhood, gladio is kind of one of the worst ones to show off this portrayal and/or embodiment (and this 'brotherhood' theme of the game is...well, i also have a lot of thoughts about it and how it's not executed well).

personally, i've been thinking that the meeting with gilgamesh isn't just a test of strength, it's a dance of self reflection. especially on the precipice of either walking away a stronger person, or falling never to be seen again. while i'm fine with gilgamesh's grievances on how modern times has made people soft (because sure, it would have if people get to live more in comfort), i've been thinking about how gilgamesh should pick up on this shade of resentment that gladio still has hung onto in regards to noctis.

i want gladio to deny this, because he's too proud to admit he still has this point of view. i want him to get his shit kicked in. i want him to have the self reflection that, maybe, just maybe, he's really only looking out for noctis as a favor to regis more than he wants to be a shield for noctis in and of himself. because, again, gladio wants to be shield for an established king who embodies his idea of who or what a king is. and, well...noctis isn't that, and still has a long way to go to be to that.

"you don't believe in your king, do you? look at you, your eyes still yet ember with resentment. you would rather serve a king who has already earned his worth rather than guide one to greatness. you're not a shield, you are a dog."

[aeniqmata]

What’s your favorite trope to write? Do you write fights/battlefields threads? What kind of romantic ships do you like? Toxic or fluff?

And finally: I love your carrd/theme! Did you do it all by yourself or did you use some template?

for munday, anonymously ask the mun something you want to know about them, their portrayal, or what they will/won’t write. || always accepting

Heyo! So I'll answer the question about the Carrd first. I actually made it myself. I've used a few templates and paid for one early on that I learned how to use the website from. I have a degree in Graphic Design and Digital Communications, and I love designing things like that. It's cathartic and honestly really relaxing to just sit around and let it happen.

What is your favorite trope to write?

I adore the whole " strong character breaking " trope. So many games portray these characters, especially the title characters like Noctis or Clive, as people who can just keep on trucking through some god awful experiences. I'll use Noctis as an example, since 16 is still really new. You get to see him in the movie " Kingsglaive " telling Drautos to keep his father safe. While he will never learn this, Drautos is the one that kills his father, forcing the crown on his head and setting things in motion. We get to see Noctis break a little early on when Cor tells him about his father and Gladio's being dead, and then nothing since then.

The train to Cartanica is not something I consider canon in it's normal iteration, because of poor writing. Yes, Gladio is allowed to be upset and push Noctis a bit. Their strategist is now blind and Lunafreya is dead. From Gladio's perspective, Noctis shut down for seemingly no reason. Meanwhile, Noctis is fighting with the fact that all of this happened because of him.

Ignis is blind because he defended him from Ardyn, or in the more likely explanation given to him, to save his king's life. Lunafreya is dead partially because she was killing herself by healing those infected by the Scourge, and because Ardyn is a dick. Add this to finally getting the ring that they've been hunting down, and guess what?

The thing spends every waking moment whispering to him about how pleased they are to be with him, begging him to put it on, to fufill his destiny, to become one with the kings before him. He's allowed to be despondent.

All this is to say that the title characters tend to be unbreakable, and I like giving them depth and seeing them in ruins.

Do you write fights/battlefields threads?

I do! Not as often as I used to, but I was a moderator for Pledged Prelude and Crystatherum when they were active groups. We had lots of action based events and I helped in writing our Festival of the Hunt event. Besides that, I often find that I want to write out what may have happened in certain fights for my characters.

For example, my single Octopath Traveler muse - Therion. He's 5'3" and all of maybe 100lbs. With wind magic being a thing in Octopath, that poor boy would get thrown around a lot, nevermind that he's considered one of the front line fighters for the game. He's fast and strikes hard, but given his physique and skills, it would be incredibly easy to throw him off a cliff. I've written a few drabbles for asks based on combat situations for him and for Noctis.

What kind of romantic ships do you like? Toxic or fluff?

All kinds. The blog tends to run more on M/M ships because I am a lady and I write exclusively men it seems, but I am open for just about anything. Twilight Link has a ship with @txnichtgut's OC that I adore, Clive has a ship with @cidolfvs' Cid that is far more chaotic than I expected, and Therion has a ship with @asterisque's Alfyn because grumpy boy needs some sunshine.

Each have things in them that I absolutely crave, ranging from conflict to absolutely disgusting fluff and smut on occasion, and I wouldn't ask for anything else.

As for a preference on toxic or fluffy ships, I would have to say that I prefer fluff if only because I haven't had a ship that was truly toxic. Conflict driven and not always easy, absolutely.

Diabolos, my FFXIV character and the Voidsent/Summon from the series, has had a hell of a couple of ships, and is actually my primary poly muse. Dia fights with his spouses more often than not, and with him nigh constantly being used as a weapon for extra content in the game, that doesn't seem to be ending any time soon.

There was one ship I had with a friend that is near and dear to me who is actually writing out the story for our muses that was borderline toxic though. My Final Fantasy VIII OC and her iteration of Cerberus @ettriscapita ( @claireverie is her 'active' blog ) were fun to write!

[gx-gameon]

I love the PokemonxVrains au! I was looking through Pokemon to see what could match, and I came to the discovery that no Pokemon has a three or even two stage evolution that is pure flying type. So for Windy's partner he could have a Rookidee that never evolved into it's final form.

As for Jin, their are a ton of pure electric evolutions, but I think Shinx is a good choice, as I could see that bubbly personality having a hard time controlling their electricity.

I think the idea (as a Datastormshipper) of Yusaku giving Ryoken or vise versa and it just hasn't happened yet a Applain is adorable!

I’m glad you’re having fun with this au!!!

(Deep sigh) you know. When I came up with the “the lost kids received one pokemon that was purely their Ignis type idea” I thought ‘this will be fun and thematic, it can’t possible cause me any problems :D’

The dark type easy best boy Absol one of my faves and a great pull thematically from Yusaku.

Then on to Specter (the 2nd lost child we meet, yes we learn about Jim first but we don’t meet him or learn more than fellow victim so I’m waiting on him) Cubone. Again it’s a ground type and great thematically for him as a character.

And you know both of them has small pools to pull from especially the ground type likes to double as rock. But I was like this is okay fire, water, and electric should be okay. I checked them to see my options and I got a lot of them.

You know who I didn’t check? Flying. Until this very moment.

Why is Windy and his original giving me all the problems? Paradox pokemon, there’s only one flying type and it’s also the only dark type so it goes to Yusaku. Meaning they don’t fit the theme… I have a plan for that and a way to explain it in cannon but come on! And now my only options are a Rookidee that can’t evolve past its second stage or Tornadus who’s a legendary. Thats it! Those are the only pure flying types.

Is this why the writers ignored Windy’s origin in the show? I feel like every time the lost kids are brought up we can talk about the other 5 with ease and then we go and this one exists…. Moving on.

I’m going to have to strategize here. Cause I already gave Ryoken the Rookidee line. Ya I can remove it or double up…. Maybe give one of them a shiner to visually distinguish their birds. The shiny has a silver coloration, does that fit Ryoken better than Windy’s origin? I’m going to say yes.

Must think on this….

But let’s talk about the other three who I have way more options for!

Takeru has so many options but I think I’m settling on Growlithe for his Lost Incident partner. Growlithes are known for their loyalty and I think that’s a big this for Takeru. It’s also a full fire type. I honestly have his team fully picked out based on his cards I just need to figure out when he gets them/evolves them. Gowlithe is also filling in the role of Sunlight wolf. I thought about giving him Hisuian Growlithe cause I love that design but that one is fire/rock and alas does not match my rules.

Miyu has a lot of options as well hand I haven’t met her in cannon yet so I need to see her personality and how the Marincess play and fiction. Since Aoi doesn’t get these cards until she becomes Blue Maiden, I can only assume she got them from Aqua. (I could be wrong about this) my assumption is that these cards were originally intended for Miyu, but Aoi gets to use them since she’s filling in as Aqua’s partner. Maybe in this au it Miyu’s team that Aoi uses as Blue Maiden or at least she has access to them. Again these are ideas I’m playing with.

For Jin I think you’re so right with the Shinx line. It’s bubbly and as a baby would have problems controlling its power. Also Legends of Arceus has taught me that line is viscous. And a shiny Shinx line fights lightings ascetic to a T.

I’m playing with the idea of the ignis having “digital copies” of Pokemon. Think about the first Pokemon movie/3rd Pokemon movie where Mewtwo and the Unknown had clone/dream Pokemon to fight for them.

Maybe Jin’s Shinx is shiny and all the copies aren’t or reverse Jin’s is the regular color but lighting uses a copy that’s shiny because he changed it to fit his wants like he changes and manipulates Jin.

Tell me what y’all think

Also on the last note. I still don’t know what ship I’m going to sail with. Datastorm can be cute or very possessive depending on how you spin it. A don’t dislike it, I’m actually a fan but I also like in multishipping hell.

Firestormshipping is actually what convinced me to give Vrains a go. (I saw them interact in duel links and then learned about the character arcs and my mind went is Soulburner a Jesse Anderson or a Crow? Both joined the cast late to mixed reviews. I adore Jesse and love spiritshipping, but I always saw Crow as a brother to Yusei. So I wasn’t sure which route they went with Soulburner. I’m still getting to know him so we will see what camp I end up in)

All that being said Ryoken or Yusaku giving each other an Applain is one of the best ideas I’ve had for this au.

(It also works for specter and Ryoken. Really any Ryoken ship works here)

I think it is something Ryoken would love as a dragon expert and also something he would pull just because he thinks it’s romantic. I’m very much looking forward to playing with this idea more in the future.

[arkadiaasks]

I think you are a bit harsh the impact of Takeru's heroism in s2. Sure heroism in Vrains could not prevent tragedy, but he was inspired by Flame and Playmaker to grow stronger and becoming Soulburner is what let him act on that inspiration, letting him meet and become friends with Yusaku and Revolver. In Soulburner vs Revolver he gets ahold of himself with both Revolver and Flame's help because he remembers that the other people's influence on him is proof of their continued existence. Bonds is a major theme in Vrains in that Vrains never treats it as an all powerful force, but affirms the importance of bonds in healing and living life in spite of tragedy. His trip to Den City was definitely healthy for him imo

It's more how the story ends up wrapping up in Season 3.

There's never a really clearly or well handled reason given what future Soulburner or Flame end up seeking in Season 2. I mean, good on them to try and help the wider situation once its circumstances become clear, but like.

His journey while ultimately healthy for Takeru, is at the same time an odd Shaggy Dog Story. Maybe he needed to go out into the wider world to find out everything he needed to get his shit together was already back home waiting for him.

But like, the driving thrust Season 3 kind of lays at our laps is "Heroism ends up being something of a distraction for the cast".

Playmaker starts his quest on a self righteous journey of revenge, that ends with him bitterly having to kill the person that matters most to him. He ends up a mostly cut off tragic outsider.

Aoi does end up failing in most of her goals and finds peace living a normal life with her friend, brother and Emma.

Takeru vs. Revolver DOES kind of make it clear as much as the two did help, this ended up being a shaggy dog story, with us being basically told his future was always back home to begin with.

Go very clearly has his life worsen because his desire to be the Hero of LINK VRAINS drives him to be a terrible person as it becomes a personal vendetta.

Revolver, for as much good as his objective is for humanity in the long run, arguably, ends up being a terrorist.

Like, the show is clear of this subtext that heroism is not ideal, it is a dark place to go, and those that try to be heroes will either be burned, become monsters, or end up in tragedy.

Takeru does come out of it probably a more emotionally healthy person, but it basically came at the murder of what was arguably his best friend.

There's a very clear message as much as bonds are important, typical heroism is not an ideal in VRAINS, it ends badly for everyone and a lot of dead well meant Ignis.