#Nothin to Somethin

[esaari]

Creed ~

[xxplastic-cubexx]

if your erik magnetized the iron in my blood i’d thank him

could not think of a sexier way to go out if im so tbh i thank you for the kind words my friend

[dusty-pistol]

GRGRGR, I WANT TO YAP AND TALK BUT THE ONLY THING ON MY MIND ANYMORE IS CALLUM. THIS AIN'T FAIR.

GET OUTTA MY HEAD OLD MAN!!! ANYTIME I DRAW, CALLUM ENDS UP ON MY CANVAS. I CAN'T WRITE ANYTHIN IF IT DOESN'T INVOLVE HIM. I CAN'T THINK OF ANYTHIN BUT HIM. I AM BEIN HAUNTED BY THAT FICTIONAL MAN. GAAUUHHHGGGGHHHH

[thedeafprophet]

Alex feels absolutely nothing except pure annoyance towards Edward, a solid foundation of a long lasting marriage <3

[scaryscarecrows]

Jason feels like shit.

His skin’s twitchy, his body aches, and it’s hard for him to focus his eyes and his ears; it’s like trying to navigate underwater. Breathing is harder than he thinks it ought to be, and all told, he feels like he’s being tossed around in rough seas.

He’s semi-passed out on his bed, facedown with his electric blanket draped over his shoulders, listening to the rain hammering against his window. The rain sounds like radio static.

Ohh, his skin hurts.

The rain drowns out the footsteps in the hall, at first. Then they get closer, close enough that they can’t be ignored, and he frowns, pulls his head up. The steps aren’t heavy enough to be Ages, they’re not fast enough to be Drouot, and they lack the distinctive gait Clyde has. Everybody else is lighter, so…

He’s awake. He pinches his wrist with his nails to make sure, manages to draw blood. Someone is here, someone that shouldn’t be.

Pity the robber. Of all the places to break into, this is the worst choice. He probably won’t even have to hurt the poor bastard; once they realize where they are, they’ll book it.

(How’d they get in, though?)

As the steps get closer, something else becomes apparent; the tight, clenched-teeth giggling of. Of someone suffering from Joker Venom.

God, no…

Joker’s dead. He has been dead for years now, and he can’t come back, because they burnt him up and flushed the remains to be sure. But Jason knows about Panessa Studios, about the…the things inside, about what Bruce nearly became. He’s not at all sure they didn’t miss someone else.

He rolls onto his back, one hand grasping clumsily for the switchblade in the pocket he’s sewn onto his pillow and the other pulling his bedside drawer open for his gun. He knows what it’s like, to laugh so hard you puke and crack ribs and suffocate, and he knows being out of your misery is better than that.

The giggling cuts off and a second later, his bedroom door swings open. Jones. It’s just Jones. But…he’d heard, he’d swear he…

“You okay there, sir?” Jones asks, voice wary. Jason returns the gun to his drawer and tucks the knife away.

“Thought I heard something,” he mumbles. “Guess…guess I was asleep?”

“Yeah, Jimmy’s having an episode,” Jones says, and the world drops out from under Jason like a blown-up floor.

“What?”

“I didn’t say anything.” When did he get so close? He was by the door a second ago, wasn’t he? “All right, lemme see…”

“No, you said–”

“Fuck-all, is what I said. Don’t squirm.”

Huh?

He stills, lets Jones feel his neck and look in his eyes and listen to his chest. The rain picks up the pace, slamming into the windows.

“You don’t look so good,” comes the ultimate announcement. “Shockingly, drowning in the bay is bad.”

Yeah. Yeah, he guesses so.

[skyplayssplatoon3]

Man I do hope Splatoon 4 does something about mirror matches

This is the first Splatfest (and I've played since the first game) that I willingly tapped out super early, cause legit 95% of all my matches have been mirrors and contribute absolutely 0 to the team 😭

If I just wanted to play Turf War, I'd play Turf War, I play Splatfests for the teams babey!!

At any rate, good luck fellow Wizards and all 3 teams in general!

[the-alphonze]

Me right before sailin’ us into a trapped navy base almost killin’ all of us instantly because the cap’ns are blind and wouldn’t know what a trap is if it were literally screamin’ at them

[eliothebeast]

If you find yourself wantin' to ship the same character multiple times or conflicted with a love triangle/love corner may I recommend: shippin' them all together!!! That's right folks you can put them all together for the cost of literally nothin'!!! Try it yourself, it's way more fun than enterin' a ship war or a place of overused tags!! Plus, you may discover somethin' 'bout yoursef...

[todayisafridaynight]

So what are you gonna franchise are you gonna do after Yakuza? Like you did the DB

if i knew my contract liking rgg was expiring soon then id probably have something lined up but fuuck man i dont know. maybe theyll give me an extension to keep liking rgg until i find something else

[boomsheikas-art-blog]

Hi, wasn't there a comic you were a part of? I thought you had made a post with a link on this account but I can't seem to find it, maybe I made it up?

[minophus]

show me what you are doing

bad news. i am doing a whole lot of nothing

[statichorizon]

hello tumblr have this page of conker related things i did :p

[jasonsthunderthighs]

I got a new mask. Anyone want to see it?

[bapple117]

Some RadioCotton Trivia 📻🐰❤️

Now that my first fic "If You Can't Say Somethin' Nice, Don't Say Nothin' At All" is finished, I thought I would share some behind-the-scenes trivia!

Some of this will contain minor spoilers for the plot, so read with caution if you've not finished the story - there will be no spoilers for part two (All That Grace). Okay let's go! This list is LONG so hold on y'all

The Bambi Thing

The name is a direct quote from Bambi; there's actually a LOT of Bambi references in the whole fic. The quote was actually the entire inspiration for the whole premise. Bambi is one of my favourite Disney movies and I couldn't help but notice a lot of shared themes between it and Alastor - and then I thought, what if a cute, wholesome rabbit demon came to Hell and taught him to be sweeter?

There's another direct script lift from Bambi later in the fic - when Alastor has the dream about his mother. 'Mother? MOTHER? Mother where are you?' Oh the pain.

Adam also calls Alastor "Bambi" and Verity "Thumper" at points, AND one of the chapters is called "Drip Drip Drop Little April Showers". The themes of them being a deer and a rabbit also crop up a lot, obviously.

The Music Thing

There are a LOT of references to songs, both when I put lyrics at the start of chapters and within the story itself. I am aggressively inspired by music and song lyrics, and have immensely eclectic taste, and can't help myself. Some songs would be the thematic influence for a chapter and I would literally listen to the song on repeat as I either planned or wrote the chapter. Something I'm still doing now while I write Bluest Monday!

At one point I spent about an hour trying to find the name of a music scale just so I could accurately describe it when Alastor and Verity play the piano. I am very meticulous with my research, I was determined to find it 😂

The Alastor Thing

The way I chose to write Alastor was influenced by a number of things. One, that "What just happened? Ffffffuck" line from the finale of Season 1 did a LOT of heavy lifting for me. It showed that he has a version of himself that's less guarded and raw - and I don't care what anyone says, it's NOT because his staff broke. He goes right back to the filter and accent immediately afterwards and the staff is still broken, so.

Two, I just really wanted to write him as someone that uses violence and a covered-up personalty as a coping mechanism for grief, which I don't think is too far from the canon. His eventual softening and ability to love was influenced by things like Mr Darcy, Kylo Ren (LOL), Astarion from BG3, etc etc. Traumatised bad boy is healed by the sunshine girl - we love to see it.

I also did a LOT of research on the canonical information thus far known about Alastor, including things Viv has said in streams. The only thing I got dead wrong was a chapter where he drinks tea - apparently he hates it. Everything else is either based on canon or a speculation based on lore that's been teased.

Other Random Facts

I chose to include Adam as a fleshed out character for a few reasons. One, he's hella fun to write. Two, I had the Vox-jealous-kidnap-and-rescue planned since the start, and I knew I needed a character who could help them. Adam is unknown to the Vees as a hotel resident at that point, and so he became a great choice. I needed to lay the ground work so it would be convincing that he'd help them, so he's there from the start. I ended up loving him so much that he's now one of the main characters in the sequel and is getting his own development arc. Go Adam!

Adam also breaks the fourth wall in the show (Ugly people? *looks at camera*) and so I felt inspired to make him quippy with pop culture references a la Deadpool. It was great fun and very helpful when I wanted to squeeze in a fitting reference.

There is a LOT of foreshadowing and wordplay in the fic. A LOT, so much I don't have time to list it all. For example, Verity drunkenly talks (in Chap 4) about how deer are territorial momma's boys - if that ain't Alastor idk what is. That info becomes very important in Chap 21.

There are references to stuff from Helluva Boss; Fizzerolli Cola, a Verosika music video plays, etc. A sign of more to come in P2 👀

Dramatic irony (where the audience knows something the character doesn't and it's either funny or tragic) is my absolute FAVOURITE Shakespearian trope, and I use it all the time.

I made myself laugh a lot coming up with the names for fake booze LOL

Husk was one of my favourite characters to write, as well as Alastor (ofc), Rosie and Adam.

My personal favourite chapters are 13 (Al drunk with Rosie) 19 (dream scene, fluff & first smut) and 23 (final chapter). I loved the image of Alastor laughing into his drink like a normal young man being silly and chapter 19 has a bit of everything - angst, fluff, smut, comedy. I loved writing that one so much.

The scene where Verity uses Alastor's power to manifest them away from the group cheekily and then Alastor likes it a lot and goes crazy kissing her is very inspired by this scene in Titanic (one of my all time fave movies) - especially where Rose swears and laughs as the lift is going up.

I myself have lost a parent, so I understand that loss very well. I poured a lot of that feeling into this fic, it was something I could actually inject into the story from my own experience.

I'm pretty sure we got the comments turned off on a video on youtube LOL. I linked this song at the end of Chap 19 (I listened to it on repeat while writing the love scene) and the next day the comments were disabled LMAO. That track will ALWAYS remind me of this fic now, arugh my heart

Verity

As much as Verity started as just a way for me to avoid using (Y/N) in a reader-insert fic (something I personally don't like) and a way for me to do the rabbit and deer theme, she became her own character over the course of the story. I made it reader-insert cause I figured no one would read it otherwise, but now the sequel is third person bc she's her own person.

Her name was also a deliberate choice - a V name meaning truth. She makes Alastor face his truth, yadda yadda blah blah blah you get it you get it 😂 Plus it just sounds like a rabbit name doesn't it?

Verity has a lot of traits from myself, but she is NOT self-insert for me, I'd hasten to add. I'm not completely delulu guys okay? ....Not entirely But she does have a lot of overlap with myself. You gotta write what you know, after all. I won't go into detail about the similarities between us - some of them are obvious, I think. But I'll leave that all ambiguous, more fun that way :)

Final Thoughts

There are honestly so many more things I could say but this is already veering into narcissistic self-indulgence land LOL so I feel compelled to stop here, but if anyone has any questions or things they'd like to know, pop them in my inbox!

That's all, folks!

[tha-wrecka-stow]

You Can Find The Instrumental -> Here <-

[daikaiju-zilla]

It’s amazing how 1 (one) insane weirdo can shift your entire perspective on maintaining a friendship, and make it an anxiety-inducing nightmare 😔