#Kronk meme: Oh yeah. It's all coming together

[allastoredeer]

Fandom made me dislike Lucifer so much with all uwu-ification and girly-ification of him that when dew days ago I rewatched HH for the first time since February I was honestly surprised how much I liked him the way he is in canon 😅

Oh, I rewatch HH all the time. Sometimes for fun, but most of the time it's before I sit down to write my fics so that their characterizations and voices are fresh in my mind. It's very, very helpful. I highly recommend it 👌

Maybe that's why fanon Lucifer bothers me so much all the time. I rewatch the show too often to be sucked into fanon characterizations. IDK I highly recommend rewatches, not only cuz it's a nice refresh of the characters, but it's just fun :>

[bonefall]

So, your Clear Sky post is absolutely horrifying, but it was very needed, so thank you. What are your general thoughts on tackling his abuse for the AU? Like you've said, pretending he's a good guy is not the way to go, but are you planning on toning down *some* of the situations, just to give some of the cats a break? Clear Sky is a very realistic depiction of abusers, but that seems to come across even without victim number 25, yknow? I'm very curious about how you'd like to go about this.

My most recent big change was bringing Slash back into the fold, because I realized that it was actually a disservice to not address where DOTC's themes dip into Colonialism. It's a hard topic, and I'm still trying to work out the details, but I realized it was important.

With how BB!DOTC is such a MASSIVE overhaul, to properly address abuse and the ways it impacts you, ableism and its violence, and xenophobia broadly, a huge reworking of Slash belonged here too. He's one of the greatest examples of how badly WC demonizes non-Clanborn cats. I shouldn't dance around it.

That's what I need to do with Skystar.

MANY of his victims have happier endings than canon, though. Bumble is one of the most famous, bumped up into a major character and directly responsible for the formation of ThunderClan. Bright Storm is taking most of Gray Wing's roles. Birch and Alder are getting examined, with either a father who wants his kids back or Milkweed as the mate of Misty.

A lot of people will die because of him, even more will be hurt, but I see BB!DOTC as a story about victims and survivors.

Others might grab POVs here and there, but as a response to canon which I feel is Clear Sky's story told in many parts, I center this rewrite around Thunder Storm. The path of kindness he marches down, with love and with anger, and the people he helps.

So BB!Star Flower...

Previously I was playing her as ENTIRELY just manipulating Clear Sky. She was loyal to One Eye and trying to get at Skystar to bleed him dry for 8 lives to sacrifice; but connected to Thunderstar over recognizing him as a victim who deserves her idea of justice. So, she offers Thunderstar the final kill, so her father will be grateful to him and he'll get power AND the death of his abuser.

(When Thunderstar looks upon Skystar, pathetic and neutralized down to one life, he thinks about the collateral damage that will descend upon the forest if he accepts the deal. He decides that he has found the line between Justice and Justification. Of course he wants the power to make his enemies cower, protect his people, and eliminate Clear Sky so he never threatens them again; that's not the problem.

He can still do these things. He wouldn't NEED the power of a war god to do so.

But if One Eye returns, he will be endlessly hungry, ruthlessly dedicated to revenge, and set out to devour the whole forest. Everything would get worse, and even more people he loves would die. It's where his desire to destroy a monster would lead to him BECOMING one.)

Even on its face, it was previously missing an element. There's a step between "Starf decides to bring One Eye back" and "Starf offers Thunderstar the final kill" that was bare. This is the piece that was missing-- That she, herself, is trying to reach out to the only person who's ever really understood her.

But more importantly... I do feel this topic belongs here, in BB!DOTC. Abuse is a MAJOR theme. SKYSTAR is a monster already. He's harmed two wives in BB (Bright Storm and Falling Cry) and played toxic games with all three kits (Thunder Storm, Pale Sky, Tiger Sky).

And I'd avoid Star Flower being abused... why? Because it's uncomfortable to confront the pattern that Clear Sky displays? That in-canon, he tries to cut all his victims into the same ideal shape, from Storm to Thunder to Star Flower? ...it should be uncomfortable. Everything that I described in Clear Sky Is A Monster is rooted in the same desire for control, power, and punishment most abusive people share, he just happens to be a severe example.

Yes. That includes how he treats his child and romantic partners. The parallels that are drawn between Starf and Thunder are there because he wants power in the form of obedience. Starf replaces the son as a narrative award for his "growth" of not killing random people anymore for a while.

A cookie cutter is an effective tool because IT ONLY MAKES ONE SHAPE.

You know what's more uncomfortable? Reading canon!DOTC and seeing someone who hurt you reflected almost perfectly in the character the writers think did nothing wrong. Because of "good intentions" that were not there.

I will say though, just to be clear; I don't see a purpose in being more than PG-13 about serious topics for this project. I promise none of my intentions have changed. Nothing will be more graphic or gorey than canon WC-- just more intentional.

I'm keeping the sacrifice because it's dope. No one is taking this from me. Girl Moment: Killed her awful husband 8 times to count as 8 sacrifices and offered the last life to her buddy as a show of good will. How else do you make friends outside of high school

But I know now that Star Flower NEEDS to keep the canon fact she has very little agency, UNTIL that moment she snaps.

She's sacrificing one abuser to try and bring back a bigger, badder one, because in spite of everything, her father One Eye always made her feel safe. Even though he promised her off to Skystar, and expected her to be willing to die for him. She's followed every command, every order, past the death of his mortal vessel.

The first, and only, selfish choice she's ever made was in reaching out to Thunderstar to offer him the power of her father.

Thunderstar's Justice is a story about a Thunder Storm at the pinnacle of his arc, how the survivors of his Clan are settling into the new normal after the carnage of The First Battle, how Skystar's arrogance brings a violent god to the Forest... and the connection Thunderstar makes with the daughter of a monster.

[littlemissbigears]

*patiently waits for season 5*

[iamafanofcartoons]

Its amazing how you can describe so many shows like RWBY, Legend of Korra, She-Ra and the Princesses of Power, and Arcane when viewed neutrally and respectfull.

Though I really need to find a good description that is neutral for Gundam: Witch from Mercury.

But in my opinion, gay female protagonists really give shows a special flavor that just feels like a nice change of pace if you ask me.

[alliseearekingsandthieves]

Woke up in the middle of the night in a cold sweat to jot down a fic idea where Himiko gets transmigrated after her canon death into one of those ridiculous cliché tragic otomes.

[superbeans89]

When you write 3500 words in a few hours~

[tsubno1007]

I made another stupid meme

[honnelander]

im dead another fing day without go fish p5 🙂GIRL AT LEAST GIVE US SUM TO WORK WITH IS IT EVEN HALF READY PLEASE SAY IT IS 😭🙏🏻🙏🏻

ik 😔 it’s tough out here. this morning I finished a third of it 😌😅

I don’t want to give anything away, so just know that I’m 1/3 done with it 😮‍💨 the beginning was rough bc it sets up the rest of the chapter and now that I know where I’m taking it, hopefully it’s all smooth sailing from here 🫡

[wimbledon2008]

ok gayboy

[jarwithmold]

I'VE GOT NOTHING TO SAY IN MY DEFENSE, OKAY?

I just suddenly remembered about this Dracula meme, and then Spy's vampire outfit-

Small Kronk in my head decided that "Oh yeah, it's all coming together" and I couldn't resist...

Am I ashamed of this cringe?

Maybe I am

Maybe I'm not

Who knows

[meowww-ffxiv]

Oh God.

The hunting technique I made up for Liios's clan functioned very alike to the "Death's Design" damage-up buff reapers use where you placed it on a target.

And his clan lived deep, deep in the mountains north of Garlemald, where the original reapers hailed from and where Y'shtola once remarked the veil between Source and Void was thin. Very likely, it was the same technique. In Liios's case, it was taught to his clan by the voidsent they played warden to, and protected.

Liios's clan had a way to hunt large, dangerous prey where the hunters and a mage would cast a spell that created a sort of mild aetheric link or attunement with the target that allowed them to sense each other.

1) it would make the dumber beasts constantly on edge and nervous, which tend to make them flee, which makes it easy to herd them towards traps they otherwise might be just too smart to fall for

2) the smarter ones might just turn around and face the hunters instead of fleeing, saving them some energy and effort going after it in the tundra hellscape

3) hunters could cast several spells based off of that link that disorient or debuff their prey to give themselves an edge

The skill required either a distinctive aetheric signature or some of the prey's own blood to substitute for that. The former was easier to come by than the latter of course, so keen hunters or mages were valuable for the hunting technique.

Liios used to be one of these.

He cast the spell on Nidhogg's eye because at the time Alberic requested his aid in hunting down this "traitor".

But a dragon's eye wasn't like any beast's. It was like comparing a lighthouse to a candle. In creating the aetheric link with it, Liios attuned himself to its aether.

What he didn't understand was how he was able to continuously use a portion of dragon's aether in the following months and years for dragoon techniques.

But his research into Allagan summoning with Y'mhitra made him think it wasn't that different from tempering, unfortunately. Blood was where a high concentration of any living creature's aether resided. Dragon's blood could corrupt your own aether and body to the point of a total transformation as seen in some heretics. Being exposed to an intangible but still extremely densely concentrated form of it, like Nidhogg's eye, would certainly impart a "taint" on anyone's soul not unlike how Allagan summoners gained their abilities by being exposed to primals' aether.

--or so he mused to Estinien at 3 in the morning before Estinien shoved his face into his tits and said, "Go to sleep."

[junietuesday25]

i was struggling SO hard on paradoxical but then i reblogged those posts abt astarion being goofy during sex and in general, and thought abt how i breezed through the smut in carry us through winter bc it was full of banter, vs how hard it was to write expiate our absence bc it was too serious, and had the epiphany. *insert “oh yeah it’s all coming together” kronk meme*

“You know, I haven’t done this in quite some time,” says Gale, as the Unseen Servant flips to the correct page. “Storytime before bed, I mean. It’s almost nostalgic. Although this certainly isn’t reading material appropriate for children.”

“I could call you daddy, if you’d like,” Astarion jokes.

“Gods, no,” says Gale emphatically. “And I won’t be doing any voices, either. You’ll have to content yourself with my typical dulcet tones.”

“Is that so?” says Astarion, clicking his tongue. “And here I was looking forward to your impression of Vothik’s rattling rumble. You’re halfway to a skeleton already, after all.”

“Excuse you—which one of us is the literal undead?”

“And which one of us is going grey?”

“All of your hair is white, you nitwit,” says Gale, trying and failing not to laugh.

[magicalgirlmascot]

writing the part of your story where everything starts to go wrong

[ID: the "oh yeah it's all coming together" meme from the Emperor's New Groove, of Kronk's face zoomed way in, edited to say "Oh, yeah. It's all falling apart." End ID.]

[your-local-bi-guy]

*kronk meme* oh yeah… it’s all coming together

[haunteddrawings]

i feel like that kronk meme with my ocs rn (oh yeah it's all coming together). so my main 2 ocs that I've ever bothered thinking of any original story ideas for are my demons kallie & sol. recently I got to thinking, it's not like they're the only demons that exist in their universe. so I've been trying out some more designs. this got me thinking about how a long long time ago (like early 2022) I did a series of drawings that I never posted of some made up gods. now I'm kind of connecting this two ideas. I'll probably completely overhaul all my old deity designs but it's a good concept! it also brings up some interesting ideas that maybe my demons aren't little workers of hell like I thought they were, maybe they're "evil" gods, although not super powerful ones. maybe it's less that they can control aspects of the world but rather that their domains are things they can affect or wield the power of, but do not control. like a water deity could ask the water to do something, but the water is not forced, it's convinced.

[thetangibleghost]

mwahaha people answered my question on reddit in a timely manner

[insert 'oh yeah, its all coming together' kronk meme]