#Nick posting

[scrunkly-scribe]

I found this deep in my phone.

[winreyplace]

Random Fun Facts about Our Munbonds

Rune: His mom figured out he was prone to fire magic when she saw him reach into an oven with oven mitts and take out the pan without burning himself. Logan: Carries around a pewter-colored Tangle Jr. everywhere he goes. Tasha: Enjoys climbing up high or up walls and gargoyling to watch everyone. Meyleth: Was the first licensed female doctor in her town. Liam: Still has scars on his back from his old life that show up as birthmarks in this one. Howlett: Lost to Logan in an eating contest early on in his soulbond. Damien: His preferred material for writing down his cheesy poems is brown restaurant napkins. Diana: Was confused for a long time on what "yeet" meant. Artemis: Canonically, started writing romance novels when he was 10 years old under the penname "Violet Tsirblou". Butler: Canonically enjoys reading trashy romance novels. Unironically likes wearing corny Hawaiian shirts. Nick: Is really good at icing cookies. Sean: Really loves cheesecake. Still wears his royal signet ring. Trubel: Has the second biggest weapons collection in the family (Logan is the first). Jack: Still has his pirate hat and his compass. Has a bonsai tree called Methusaleh. Li: Did the "take care of a bag of flour for a week as a pretend baby" assignment in junior high. Cried when he accidentally "killed it". Theo: Is capable of carrying children as an intersex man. Mason: Is making a family beastiary because we keep getting supernaturals. Corey: Has a pocket dimension connected to all his hoodies that we aren't quite sure where it came from (we think a mix of his ghost rider powers and a gift from Liam?). When he turns invisible he can sometimes see lost spirits and objects and help them be found again. Pope: After temporarily being Liam's thrall, he now has the ability to manipulate by magic anything to do with cooking/food. Sara: Canonically was once a graphic designer. When we saved her from her canon death, the first thing our soulbond Pope gave her was a can of Pringles as a reference to their first canon interaction. Adam: Was very miffed that Melly didn't give him dragons in his canon story. Quentin: The only munbond we have that was an actual Tumblr user. Canonically first became sexually aware of himself while watching David Bowie in Labyrinth as a child. Eliot: Was forever destined to be a theater kid after doing a solo of Silent Night in a Christmas pageant play as a child. Charlton: Watched all of Lost, the TV show, via Eliot's memories. Margo: Wrote Fillory and Further fanfiction, including monster smut with Jane. Alice: Was and is a horse girl.

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Tumblr Tuesday: Heartstopper Fanart

Hello, it's a Tuesday, and you are on Tumblr. If you have enjoyed season 3 of Heartstopper already, please enjoy this Heartstopper season 3 fanart. If you have not yet done so and wish to, please enjoy the season and then enjoy this Heartstopper season 3 fanart. There's a lot of Narlie here—because, well, it's a big, big season for the boys and you all love them very much—but we're glad to report that some other faves have also made the cut!

A little reminder that the comic is still running over at @heartstoppercomic, and that @aliceoseman is here, too, if you want to see more :)

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[toneelspeelster]

by jasmin kaur

[narliee]

do you like when i wear your clothes? yeah.

[bruciemilf]

One of my favourite aspects in the season 2 of Heartstopper is how unapologetically intolerant everyone is towards homophobia. Like.

Harry showing up at Tara's birthday party and Charlie shutting the door in his face despite that apology.

Nick freely calling out his brother's biphobic behavior. Tori literally sinking her nails in David's arm when he was mocking Charlie and Nick and planning to out them.

It's so refreshing. There's no moment where someone asks Charlie or Nick to be the "bigger people" and forgive anyone who undermined, mocked, dismissed, and harassed them for their identity.

Because that shit shouldn't be tolerated ever and it's not acceptable. Queer people aren't here to be your redemption arc.

[thatlookback]

Frank once had to beg for resources just to paint the house and Bill was reluctant because he didn’t understand it.

At the end of their lives, we see Frank’s paintings everywhere, all over their house and town. Which means that he not only was able to get Bill to see the importance of maintaining art and beauty, but that Bill went out of his way to make sure Frank always had paint on hand.

That just goes to show the strength of their love and Bill’s character development. One of the most romantic queer media pieces I’ve ever watched. Beautiful, gutting, perfect.

[nickmarini]

Ayden’s Build 

TL;DR: Barbarian 1, Druid  2 (Circle of the Stars), Paladin 8 (Oath of the Ancients), and Cleric 9 (Peace Domain). Feats: Squire of Solamnia, Remarkable Recovery, Warcaster, Knight of Crowns, Spelldriver, Tough.

Building Ayden was a joy and a journey. To begin we were told we had 20 levels to work with and stats of 20 across the board. The only thing I knew about Ayden from the session 0 was that he was going to be a Cleric of the Everlight and that I wanted to make him the best support character I could. I also knew that the Dawnfather was aware of the mission briefing and so would have directed his growth to the task at hand. 

Stats of 20 meant multiclassing into any class was possible and that any ability score based bonuses or proficiency based abilities were going to be very good. I figured that with a warlock and a sorcerer we’d have some pretty good counterspelling and 9th level spell access, so I didn’t worry myself about either of those, instead focusing on making sure we all survived. 

The Dawnfather and The Everlight share 2 of 3 Domains. Life and Light. The Everlight’s 3rd domain is Peace. The Peace Domain cleric is an excellent subclass and its 6th level ability, Protective Bond, was something I knew I wanted to build around. The ability to take hits for, and aid, my siblings while teleporting around the battlefield is an excellent support ability and it also lets allies in the bond do the same, fostering sibling unity and cohesion.

With the Dawnfather having Nature as his unique domain separate from the Everlight, and literally sending himself to Exandria to infiltrate a city full of the greatest mages of the age, the Oath of Ancients Paladin seemed like an obvious path. It is the nature Paladin, (his domain) and 7 levels gives you both Aura of Protection and Aura of Warding. This means as Ayden moves through the battlefield with Protective Bond he will be granting allies +5 to saves from his cha as well as resistance to damage from spells. Incredibly good going up against the wizards of Aeor he knew he would encounter. I didn’t want to go to 10 with Paladin because I didn’t want to be immune to frightened. I just felt that fear played too large a role in the reasons the gods were here and although aura of courage is probably my favorite ability going back to 3rd edition, I felt like it wasn’t right for Ayden. He had to fear in order to reinforce his need to hope. 

These two classes were set relatively quickly and then I began looking at how else I was going to build him out. 

I really liked the idea of being able to grant my allies some extra attacks and so I was looking at battle master to get commanders strike and goading attack as well as maneuvering attack to help take hits for and position my allies. Action Surge is also a great ability that could really come in handy if I needed to save someone and needed one extra action to do so. 

I was also looking at the 2nd level Divination Wizard ability Portent. The ability to fully dictate 2 rolls is very powerful in certain circumstances, especially if the numbers are very high or very low.

Both these seemed good but weren’t feeling totally right from a character perspective. They felt too forced.

As I was playing around with these two classes I was also building Aydens backstory. I really liked the idea of him being agriculturally focused, as this aspect of the Dawnfather is actually his youngest. Sun begets days, and thus time and seasons, and as civilization evolves agriculture follows. The fighter levels lent the idea that he has spent some time training under a knight or some such warrior, and I knew that he would eventually find his way to Trist to begin his tutelage and become her cleric. I liked there being these different eras of his life. 

It was around this time that I got an awesome email asking me to describe Ayden visually so that the incredibly talented Hannah Friederichs and Cael Lyons could begin to bring Ayden and the Dawnfather to life. I wanted Ayden to be a simply dressed with a shield he took from his mentor, but no sword for striking. They sent 4 sketches and told me I could mix and match as I desired. Image #1 however was exactly as I had envisioned him. It was the simplest and had this depth to his eyes that told the story of a much older soul in this 15 year old body. It was so perfect that it made me realize I had been going in the totally wrong direction with fighter and wizard. The concepts of nature and agriculture were suddenly staring me in the face. It was not wizard, but druid, and his mentor could have taught him to be a paladin as easily as fighter, but if he is the bringer of agriculture who has he brought it to? A remote tribe still hunting and gathering was the answer. Barbarian therefore replaced fighter. I can’t tell you how influential the sketch I received was. It felt like a bolt of lightning suddenly clarified everything. 

I was for sure cleric 6, Paladin 7 and now looking at druid and barbarian. 

I didn’t know Druid subclasses very well but Circle of the Stars jumped out from the pack just with its name. The Sun after all is a star. When I read its 2nd level abilities Starmap and Starry form it was so obvious. I can cast Guiding Bolt to set up those attacks I wanted to grant, and I can glow instead of wild shape and either heal more or have a massive bonus to maintain the concentration spells I knew I wanted to cast. For the keeper of time to know how to read the stars just felt right. It also feel right that the druids of a tribe that had been hunting and gathering during the tumultuous Calamity would have learned to navigate by the stars, a singular constant in an every changing age. 

Barbarian has a number of interesting subclasses but none felt like they clicked. 1 level of Barbarian though, for a character with 20 dexterity and 20 constitution, catapults your AC to 20 and it also gives you a proficiency in Constitution saving throws if you take it as your first class, again reinforcing those concentration rolls. He was found as a child by this barbarian tribe and his first class is also his first community. Barbarian was the strong foundation I would build upon. 

I was now Cleric 6, Paladin 7, Druid 2, Barbarian 1. Reorganized to be the order Ayden would have taken them in it becomes the following:

Barbarian 1, Druid  2 (Circle of the Stars), Paladin 7 (Oath of the Ancients), and Cleric 6 (Peace Domain)

4 more levels to distribute. As a player who has mostly played 3.5 (I think downfall just about doubled the amount of 5E I have played) feats are my absolute favorite things, so getting to multiples of 4 in class levels to grab some was something I wanted to do (also I didn’t have to worry about ability score increases)! I had already given one feat up by taking barb and druid but I made up for it with the human variant. I also took the Knight of Solamnia background to give me Squire of Solamnia, the prerequisite for Knight of the Crowns which would give me the ability to grant attacks to my allies without needing battle maneuvers. 

So I upped paladin from 7-8 for a feat and then decided to take Cleric from 6-9 because it gave me a feat and access to the spell Dawn. I mean the Dawnfather should be able to cast Dawn after all! 

Now to feats

1) Background: Squire of Solamnia to give me the prerequisite for Knight of the Crowns

2) Human Variant: Remarkable Recovery. I knew I’d be taking extra damage so having 5 extra hp from any healing I get might just be the difference. It also plays into his background. He had to leave the Barbarian tribe he brought agriculture to because his skin could not retain the ceremonial tattoo ink that would have symbolized his initiation into the community. 

3) Cleric 4 Warcaster to get advantage on those concentration checks, that along with proficiency and starry form of the dragon means I need to take 28 damage (56 if it’s a spell) to even have to roll, and when I do I get advantage and proficiency on the check. Getting me to lose concentration is gonna be a task. 

4) Paladin 4 Knight of the Crown getting to grant an attack proficiency times per day combos wonderfully with Starmaps free guiding bolt, conveniently also proficiency times per day. 

5) Cleric 8 Spelldriver I’m gonna be casting a bunch of spells so the ability to cast multiple each turn is going to make my support spells come out much faster. I have a big fam to take care of!

6) Paladin 8 Tough I really went back and forth between this and Inspiring Leader. Granting all my siblings 25 temp hp is amazing but ultimately I decided that as I’d be tanking a bunch of damage I’d need toughness. Toughness gave me 15 more hp than Inspiring leader would have, and I ended up going down to 14 at one point so it was a decision that very much paid off by a single HP! Don’t wanna pop a deathward if you can help it!

Last but not least we were granted 2 magic items. One very rare and one uncommon. For my uncommon I chose a cloak of resistance, a parting gift from the tribe that Ayden could not join. This upped my saves to 11s or 17s and took my AC to 23. For his very rare magic item I took a spellguard shield, inherited from the knight who brought him from the remote tribe to Trist‘s school, giving me advantage on saving throws vs spells and magical effects and inflicting disadvantages on spell effects targeting me. Combine that with resistance to spells from Aura of Warding and that’s a nasty nasty combo v wizards. 

All in all Ayden’s build is an incredibly hard to target tanky support character who can move through the battlefield protecting his allies and being an absolute nightmare for enemy spellcasters. The only thing I really didn’t fully consider was just how much damage he would take from Warding Bond which totally bypasses all those wonderfully crafted defenses. As crazy as it is, I think we barely got to scratch the surface of Aydens full potential and it’s probably good those mages decided to cast spells at everyone else because Ayden was going to be a tough character for a spell caster to crack. The Commanding Rally did get to shine allowing characters who specialized in weapon attacks to get a little extra out of those 20 level commitments. Ayden’s build was crafted to keep his siblings alive and let them shine as bright as possible together. I’m very proud of him!

If you read all this then you’re as nerdy as me and deserve a reward!

[gearbroth]

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[rennebright]

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[curlyhairedprince]

tangled like sweater threads knotted together.

[winreyplace]

Intro: Nick Burkhardt

My Name: Nick Burkhardt My Personality: I tend to take an overall laid-back approach to the world now that I am retired. However, being neurotypical, sometimes I feel a little out of place with the rest of the [neurodivergent] family. Nonetheless, I care about them and would do anything they needed from me because here I no longer have to worry so they shouldn't either. I make an effort to be understanding, listen, and pay attention to cues. Plus, I've developed a lot of patience for when issues arise. You can always rely on me for support! My Birthday: June 17, 1987 Species/Cultural Identity: I’m a Grimm, a kind of human evolved to hunt wesen, though I’m retired from that. My Gender Orientation: Cis man, he/him My Sexuality: Demisexual My Disabilities/Conditions: I’ve got misophonia and some PTSD, but that’s about it Physical Description: I'm 5 foot 10 with a comfortable build—not too skinny, not too heavy, just generally well-fed looking. My hair's short and brown, my eyes blue with a hint of green, and my skin is fair. Pretty average overall, I guess. My Relationships: I’m boyfriends with Sean and am open to intimacy with Damien, Howlett, and Logan and I’m also exploring things with Sara. My Hobbies/Interests: I enjoy watching movies and shows, reading, being active, weapons, sketching, my roleplays with Sean, and a few other things. My Canon Backstory:

After being orphaned at age twelve (which I only learned the truth about later in life), I was raised by my aunt and had a pretty average childhood. I joined the Portland PD (I know, red flag on my part) and worked my way up to detective. Then I found out the truth of my family—that I was a Grimm from a line of Grimms—and my life changed forever. My focus changed to finding and stopping Wesen from killing people, and with the help of Monroe and my other friends, I got pretty damn good at it. Mel and Lav took me a few seasons away from the last episode, so my exomemories from those later episodes aren't ones that happened directly to this version of me. My Bond Backstory: Monroe brought Mel to meet me after he had already munbonded with her. I could feel the pull of the potential bond immediately, and it set my Grimm instincts on edge. Fortunately, I heard them out and decided the whole munbonding thing was worth investigating—and I was absolutely right.

[toneelspeelster]

i think people are so beautiful when their eyes light up and they say sincerely:

i am so glad you are here

- nikita gill

[aaronstveit]

You could be my silver spring...

[rad-roche]

Bad Habits

[kiashieart]

Goatee Nick: getting an expert opinion

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(the setting is after timeskip, after Diego has been released from prison. Diego has specialized contacts to replace his visor)

page 1: in the top 2 panels, Phoenix is wiping his face with the towel around his neck, saying "alright", going into the second panel where he lowers the towel to reveal his face with his freshly cut goatee and ask "what do we think?". the third panel has Diego and Trucy with hands to their chins, both humming in deliberation. in the fourth panel, Trucy cheekily responds with a bright smile on her face: "yup! it suits my dear old daddy!", which Phoenix shouts "hey!!" from off screen in offense to his daughters statement; meanwhile Diego is starting to take a step forward, stating "hold on" - as his judgement will require more inspection.

page 2: the top 2 panels are drawn in a comedic simplified style, showing Diego bluntly grabbing phoenix by the chin, and then tilting Phoenix' head back while he leans in close to inspect the goatee. Trucy stands behind Diego in silence, unprepared for what she is about to witness.

the third panel at the bottom is a more detailed drawing of Diego holding Phoenix by the chin in a way that appears surprisingly and unintentionally intimate; Phoenix is wide eyed and starting to blush, while Diego is calmly assessing the goatee with his lips pouted in concentration, narrating his assessment: "hmm… the cut is clean… looks even".

in the bottom right corner, a 'LIVE TRUCY REACTION' display shows Trucy's face cropped; she is smiling thinly, and her eyebrows are raised to the point of a light crease in her forehead in stunned surprise. she is doing her best to reel it in.

page 3: the top two panels are portrait closeups; Phoenix's blushing and surprised face with Diego's hand around his chin almost as if from Diego's point of view, sparkles around his face - and then to Diego's face, calm but his lips still pouted. he idly thinks to himself '… he's pretty handsome'.

the third panel goes back to Phoenix's face; cropped and more close up to his even more flushed lower face, a bead of sweat rolling down his cheek and Diego's hand on his chin, Diego's thumb slipping to touch the corner of phoenix's lips. Diego thinks to himself 'hmm…', and then catching himself in surprise to the position of his thumb; 'ah-'.

the fourth panel goes back to the comedic simplified style with all 3 of them, Phoenix is wide eyed and full on blushing, Diego has quickly pulled his hand back while also blushing and a creased brow but is trying to play it cool with a smile, and Trucy is behind Diego also with wide eyes and her mouth in a straight line. Diego plays it off, stating: "woops - apologies, hand slipped, anyway-" with his speech bubble captioned with 'smooth recovery!!'.

the final panel is like the 4th but bigger and back to being drawn with more detail. Diego is leaning back with his hand close to his own chin again and a pleased smile and blush, slightly sweating from having recovered his slip up; he makes his final positive judgement on the goatee and says "well done! it looks good on you birdie~". Phoenix is still somewhat blushing but he's smiling and leaning back tilted bashfully, responding with "haha, you think? i quite like it myself!" Trucy has put on a calm and friendly smile one her face, but is turning her head to look away and brought her hand up to shield her peripheral view; above her is a faded crudely simplified drawing of her face that reveals her internalized true expression of a stunned grimace. she thinks to herself both impressed and slightly horrified at the outlandish unintentional flirting her father experience with 'wowwww'.