#NO THE FUCK THEY WONT DUMBASS

[mikeluciraphgabe]

“I liked this fic but everyone was so out of character :(“

… THATS BECAUSE ITS A HALLMARK AU?

[dunkinbublin]

TAILS

& knuckles

[kaffkanya]

bones? ☠️ doc. 🫥

[writingfromasgard]

I absolutely love dustball!!!! The perfect amount of unhinged imo. I like to think that no one (except Price) knows when her birthday is, so they all kinda just pick a day for her and leave birthday gifts/offerings in vents. I'm thinking a headlamp, batteries, and a ball of yarn along with a printed copy of Theseus and the Minotaur (the last one being tongue-in-cheek)

What gifts does Dustball accept or deny? If she lives in the vents, she must have to choose carefully.

Ehehehe. You're right. Price is the only one who knows her true birthday. Laswell, too. They're both too mischievous with each other to ruin her fun.

The confusion comes from her popping into a room after Roach. There's a cake that's clearly not a birthday cake that Roach gives her and she goes, "Fuck yeah, just in time for my birthday."

She says it every time she gets handed cake (a slice, a whole cake, a snack cake). It's resulted in people starting a 'Dustball's Birthday' calendar. People mark down the day they heard her say it. By the end of the year, they're confused. Every month has at least ten marks. A few weeks have been entirely crossed out but they are in different months that are far apart.

As far as "presents", that's on par. Especially batteries. Laptop batteries, rechargeable batteries, a power bank. She leaves dead ones in exchanged for fully changed ones. She keeps some of the more unusual things people leave in her assigned quarters - a weird sculpture, a sketch of a vent with eyeballs, a photocopy of a random rookie's ass.

For the 'choose carefully' ask.. yes, she has to be mindful of what she takes. Perishables are almost always out of the question. She has to eat 'smelly' (according to higher ups) food outside of vents since the smell of what she's cooking or eating tends to spread. That one time she wanted kimchi stew...

[idledearest]

wiggly: heh-heh-heh-HEH!! uh-oh, you’re a rot-ten litt-le ba-na-na. *insert more condescending baby talk*

blinky: oOooOh Blinky is sad now. You made Blinky crYyYyYyy. *also more condescending baby talk*

tinky: *goofy ahh laugh* im gonna putcha in my tOY BOX ya dumbfuck!! *still condescending baby talk*

nibbly: *drools* mMmMmm yUM-YUM *self explanatory bc he is head empty only food, but you’re obviously the prey here*

pokey: d̴̠̂́̏̚e̵̹̤̪̪̫͕̊͐́̃̉à̶̼̾̃̽̽̄t̸̪̩̬͊h̶̯̩̩̰̬͌̓͛̒͊̈́.̸̼̭̏̍̊͋̽́ ̸̧̣̄̀̔r̵̟̭̞͔̍̍̈́͌͝é̵̫͑̈̇̎͗b̸͕̘͓͔̋̀͝ȉ̷̘̀̈́͜r̴̛̲̣͚͇͎̘̈̀t̵̛͕̜̯̓̄̿̊͗h̷͉̠̲̰̼̔̈́͛̕̕͜.̸͎̙̑͛̾̑ ̷̲̭̖̺͒̈́

[wonderlandhour]

Ok, call me crazy, but I have a theory. And it might not necessarily be a theory, maybe just an observance, but I noticed something with Malleus Overblot.

Warning - Spoilers for Book 7

So as we all know, the main plot point that leads up to Malleus overblotting is Lilia leaving NRC due to a loss of his magic. But over the books, I've noticed something. In Book 6 we learn that overblots are less a sudden intense outpouring of blot and negative emotion, and more like the tipping point of an amalgamation of years of buildup. I find that made a lot of sense with what I'd noticed, because with the blot gathering cut scenes, even in parts where it seems like things are going pretty well (like with Azul, Jamil, and Leona all having the upper hand until almost the very last moment), it gives a sense of dread and things taking a darker turn.

And while some of them make a lot of sense (Vil's ever growing obsession and losses to Neige or Riddle's constant fights with the main gang and his own dorm), in the instances where the blot buildup doesn't makes sense, Book 6 fave it clarity.

But I noticed that there's always a tipping point. A snap where you can see the character in question starts acting differently or odd. Riddle was violent and sudden, all of them were. But Azul was the first and most obvious example of this snap that I noticed. Leona destroys everything he worked so hard for, it cuts back to us and the tweels, and when we get back to Octanivelle, Azul's gone batshit. Literally. He snapped in every sense of the word. Riddle's snap wasn't obvious to me aside from the absurdity of Ace punching him, until I looked back. Riddle's snap was Trey going against him. Leona's was finding out he not only got found out, but got foiled. Jamil's was thinking the whole world saw his plans (which I believe was actually less just his own plans getting fucked but also a reaction to the fact that if he got found out by thr Asim's, his family might not survive their wrath but that's for another time.) Vil's snap wasn't even what lead up to him attempting to poison Neige, because he acts normal right after when Rook takes the juice. His snap is Kalim stopping him from hurting Rook with said poison. Idia's snap, I don't think was in the underworld talking to the original Ortho. I think Idia's snap was hearing Ortho call him Idy.

But Malleus? While the lead up is all about Lilia's impending leave, his loss of one of his only people. The only person who's been there his whole life. His dad. He's no where near Lilia when he snaps. He's already snapped when he shows up in the party with Silver and talks Maleficent monologuing. You can so easily spot his snap, because similar to Azul, he goes batshit. Silver notices it right away with Malleus laughing suddenly.

The begs the question, why did he snap with Silver. They were talking about Lilia, and Silver was crying, but to me. It didn't feel like that snap was about Lilia. It felt like it was about Silver. I'm one of those people who believes that Malleus and Silver are like brothers. They have a bond like that, even if they don't act on it in cannon. They're supposed to be a prince and bodyguard, those are their roles, and they're good at playing them for a reason. But that's the thing. If that's all they were, why would Silver, who doesn't show that much emotion is general, who's calm and collected, who runs out in what seems like a near panicked state to find Mallsus before Lilia leaves, start bawling his eyes out in front of Malleus. With barely a nudge?

They were both essentially raised by the same man. They are brothers through Lilia. Malleus has almost no one, he clings to Yuu because they treat him as if he were just another person. Just as Lilia does. Just as Silver often does. Sebek is the only one of the group who treats Malleus the way we could expect someone from Briar Valley might. Sebek is a whole other thing, but wouldn't Silver, who was raised by Lilia, who was taken in by his grandmother the queen, who guarded his and acted as her general, treat him similarly?

He does! We see it in events like the Glorious Masquerade, he is still Malleus's bodyguard for a reason! But if Lilia's relationship with Melanor was like Silver's with Malleus, it makes sense that their relationship would reflect that of their parents. And it has the added effect of Malleus being an orphan as well, and as far as I can tell (and an eng player trying to not get too many spoilers), Lilia takes a major role in Malleus's youth. He might not have been there constantly when he was younger, but he was there. And he was the only one who (besides probably his very busy grandmother) didnt treat Malleus as something to be feared or revered.

But what does this all have to do with Malleus snapping and overblotting? Malleus and Silver have a very specific relationship in cannon. Its professional decently often, but it's also soft. Silver will absolutely protect Malleus, but he knows that he doesn't always want or need it. He doesn't need to be observed like a hawk 24/7 if something goes sideways. (Seen in how quickly he and Sebek check on Malleus after the attack in book 6, and how calm Silver is while Sebek is panicking over a missing Malleus he wouldn't leave alone later on).

Malleus barely has to say anything to Silver before he breaks down in tears about everything with Lilia. I know as someone who be very private with what's bothering me, the only person who could get me to break down that hard and that fast would be someone I consider family. Silver so inherently trusts Malleus that he'll sob and cry in front of him with so little. He's desperate and shattering. The only person he let see that was Malleus.

Then Malleus laughs, and Silver's caught of guard. That basically proved that this is his snap, because it pretty much fully implies that this is out of character for the prince. Silver would take the laughter and the teleporation is sride. Instead he's shocked and bewildered through both of those things, confused when they show up at Diasomnia.

Malleus only goes back and quickly overblots because he'd already hit the point of overblotting. But it required blot, and he hadn't used any magic for that blot like everyone else until he got back and everyone started fighting him. He overblotted because losing Lilia killed him. But he didn't Overblot until the only other person beside the newcomer Yuu (who was also trying to figure out how to leave him) who treated him like a normal person expressed his exact feelings.

Neither brother wanted their dad to leave, but Lilia was leaving, and it broke Silver. And thus, Malleus snapped and overblotted because of Silver.

Anyways I'm not very good at articulating myself sometimes but this is just a long-winded way of saying I think malleus actually only fully overblotted because his little brother sobbed for their dad leaving them and his need for the few people he has was combined with his need to protect them (aka the sweet dreams and forcefullness of them) and Silver's breakdown was just the final straw. He kept Lilia and everyone else via their dreams safe because it meant they were all together and happy.

[phantomsies]

getting all the education/degrees I can and planning so I can get the fuck out of this country >>>>

[psychesetra]

i dont like my highschool friends

[thecatspasta]

Nobody: Me (npd haver) when I see a post specifically about NPD: OMGGG ME FR!!!!!

[spaciebabie]

yk i think it would be really healing personally if several US politicians dropped dead out of nowhere tomorrow

[milk-b0iler]

This ain’t much but it’ll do for now while i try figuring out how to go inside shrimpo’s room and throw some hot grease at him.

[spicywreck]

fyi to any transphobes out there, you come on my blog? I'll block you. Touch grass 💕

[hyuckswoman]

(pls read) hiiii dropping in to ask you guys a question!! i’ve seen a burst of smaus in the past few weeks and i was originally planning on starting another since down bad is over but now im not sure anymore… so im here to ask if you guys want me to pump out another smau or if you’re fed enough and dont need me to add to it!! (bc i feel like i’ll be adding to a popular genre and my addition is unnecessary)

[fortjester]

probably the worst part abt whatever condition I'm living w is I get (at most) a week every month free from its rein of terror and the whole time I'm sitting there like

where's the blood

[leafsboys]

A not so hot take: if you are SHOUTING for Auston mf Matthews to be traded this offseason, you are out of your fucking mind and should learn how the game of hockey is played

[getyinyusedtoit]

please....