#Outside the Universe - OOC

[aghostsnail]

based on this post and @keferon mecha au in general

Blurr has had brushes with death before.

The same can be said of any driver of his caliber; speeds normally beyond reckless only reasonable with his inhuman reaction times; turns taken with the ferocity and confidence of someone with everything to win. This particular scene even rings familiar, having been yanked out of a burning cockpit before, and arriving to an ambulance and thunderous applause.

But–

Flashes of red crossing his vision – some visual symphony of fire and error messages. The blurry messages announcing each failing system one after another until they too, break into a jumble of characters and flickering screens.

The heat – oh god the heat – the smoke he can choke on through the mask, his armor, now a tomb, the final dull glow of fire behind him as the last of the error lights die out-

Blurr has had brushes with death before, but he knows no one is rushing to pull him out this time. There is no one coming for him. He was the one pushing through the blazing temperatures to save others; there is no one coming for him. There is no one coming for him no one coming no one

Blurr...is

he is so very afraid of dying.

[fefesoutsiderstuff]

Heathers AU:

Darry is Heather Chandler. Soda is Heather Duke. Ponyboy is Heather McNamara (MacNamara?). Johnny is Veronica. Dally is JD. Steve and Two are Kurt(?) and Ram, but I don’t know which one is which because I have never seen Heathers. I have only listened to a couple of the songs, seen memes, heard my friend talk about it and read a Ride the Cyclone AU. Cherry could be Martha, but I don’t know. I don’t know much about the characterization and this would be very OOC, but it’s what I came up with.

[destiny-in-the-universe]

Hoo boy,

Okay. The Outsiders x RC9GN AU’s and I literally have about four of them. I’ll gladly talk about all of them in more detail anyway, but hear me out-

The first one doesn’t have a name, at all but it follows the idea that the greasers and the cast from RC9GN live in the same time period. Due to my headcanons that Norrisville is in Oklahoma, and Tulsa is also in the same state, something brings all of them to meet. Currently the idea is that a sports competition from the two schools leads to this, and now our favorite greaser boys are dragged into the shenanigans of the Ninja- this is pretty self indulgent but it exists now. So there you go

The next is honestly- and again, this is extremely self indulgent, what I say goes. By some main character shenanigans, and the will of the author, Ponyboy becomes the Ninja; Dallas Winston, on the other hand, also gains a mantle because I said so - currently the idea is either Phoenix… or something like the Kitsune but still,

Third idea — and this one I’m completely onboard with, and I will write it somehow but hear me out Randy Cunningham is a soc. Spike, the leader of the punk bots and the junkyard from show canon (“McSatchle”, “Escape from Scrap City”) is a greaser — his gang of course, are the other punk bots. Shenanigans ensue and then Randy discovers a little something about his family history

Fourth idea! This one’s insane and a little wild, because it technically works with Outsiders book canon (in other words, a divergent storyline) but following the latest in Dallas Winston’s arrests - he’s given one final chance to fix his act. And that solution is by being forced into a rehabilitation program for juvies — what this means is that he’s paired off with a family who will house him and steer him into the right side of the law. He’s placed in the Cunningham household, and is less than pleased by the entire freaking thing but of course, life has something in store for him… in ways he didn’t expect

I’m oddly surprised none of these have been done before- although the last one could also be written in the context of the book itself; Dallas is instead placed with the Curtises, and they do not die- because I am not that mean usually, and well, I’ll get to that later, but I am itching and shaking and growling and crying over these ideas

You will get more for them later

[captainseamech]

//... BTW how are feeling about the Overwatch x Transformers collab coming up in a few days lads?

[tlgtw]

Space Marine 2 = 7/10. It's sounds are great but the weapons are underpowered and the AI companions are legitimately worthless. Playing on Hard Mode was fucking perfect but I could not defend anything while my two knucklehead NPCs literally stood around doing nothing and all the ranged enemies aimed solely at me. Normal mode is too easy :(

I swear on my eyeballs there's a legit cooldown on attacking for the companion AIs. I am positive this is deliberate to force players towards playing in multiplayer.

Satan made this game.

In conclusion, Space Marine 2's campaign is still not better than Titanfall 2's campaign. One of many, sad to see.

[rifleseye]

imagine going to your science class and your science teacher goes missing for like 2 weeks and comes back looking completely different and also like shit.

[timechange]

Marty leaned against the doorjamb, watching the familiar scene with a smile. Jules and Verne raced into their father’s arms, Doc sweeping them both up in a triumphant hug. Einstein followed suit, giving a few barks of welcome, the boys clamoring for tales of Doc’s latest adventure.

Marty was about to make a quiet exit of his own when arms encircled him and swiftly bundled him into a hug. After the initial surprise, he returned @nerdynanny ‘s embrace.

“Told you I’d bring him back safe ‘n’ sound, Clara,” he informed her. “I always do.”

[magnusmodig]

rough childhood headcanon qs / @clxscdeyes / no longer accepting !

╰┈➤ 7 . how old was your muse when they realized they had childhood trauma?

||. one whole "today years old" post!ragnarok and hela's reveal. Except, even then, according to the movie, not really because Thor is still in heavy denial about all of it where Odin is concerned. I've spoken a bit (here) about how Thor adores his family; he idolizes them and views them through blinding rose-colored glasses, (especially when they're deceased) and that is especially true of his circumstances.

So, very often times when the truth clashes with the rose-colored view of them (namely: his father), Thor does one of two things: find a way to justify the words or action with the surrounding context of the time to make it make sense (e.g., well he scolded me harshly because i was talking back), or avoid it altogether. (this is his go-to. no talking about it; thor would rather not right now, so he does not.)

Key example being: he would rather focus on how his father changed his ways, and the Odin that he knew and grew up with was a man who had turned away from pursuing war for war's sake, and was instead one who valued peace and life. He would rather focus on that aspect of Odin, and take in the broader picture of Odin's life. REGARDLESS of the fact that what Thor is deeply, personally affected - not with the realization that Odin changed his ways once upon a time - but by the fact that he lied to him, manipulated him, and controlled and shaped every aspect of his being, for Thor's whole life, JUST to avoid another Hela. Someone who Thor is not, could not be farther from, and never knew about, because Odin (apparently) kept the matter of his true first-born a closely-guarded secret and seemingly would have continued to were it not for Odin's death, Hela's escape, and Ragnarok all coinciding at the same moment in time. And this, all because Thor rationalizes it as "well, I wouldn't want to be remembered and judged based on the person that I used to be. I should extend that same kindness to my father, because he too, changed." (x10 because now Odin is dead. And it's in poor-taste to speak ill of a dead man.)

The problem namely being: Thor only talks about things when Thor decides it's time to talk about things ; when he is ready. ...but as this is a topic that ripple effects down to Thor's core, good luck getting him to open up about it, even just with himself.

[armafidelium]

something i look forward to hopefully exploring in his phel's canon verse is him gaining trust in others and kinda just . . . learning to be a person outside of his duty. we'll see how long that kinda stuff takes but i enjoy exploration like that

[nascentwaves]

Divine guardian branching out into the physical world to stretch her legs and have a good time? It's more likely than you think.

[irxnmaiden]

[heart-democracy]

TDI Advice wanted!

Hi TD fans! I'm planning a rewrite of TDI, the cast will be 18 for in-universe reasons (think legal contracts, I'm not gonna be weird about them). I'm aiming to make it more realistic and in line with the 2007 aesthetic, i.e era appropriate lingo & references, mobile phones are rare, homophobia is a bigger concern etc, but I'm wondering how far I should take it?

In the end I'll write what I enjoy, but should I lean more heavily into the gritty side of reality TV both on and behind the screen, include more notable sexism, potential slurs and creepy behaviours etc? The point is for there to be believable drama in-universe and the topics planned all have some merit to be present. I have some hard lines I'll never cross (see last tags on the post for those curious) and I want people familiar with the themes to feel seen rather than exploited reading it.

At the end of the day the cast are just youngsters getting to know each other and themselves. I want to humanize them and write believable conflicts without demonizing anyone, it is intended as a character driven story after all. But I also want to know what others think would make for an enjoyable read/take on the show.

The cast will inevitably diverge from their canon counterparts, but I am unsure how to handle certain characters, an example being LeShawna. She's clearly based on a racist stereotype, but her personality, background and lingo are a huge part of her appeal and I'd rather portray her in a better light than change her from the ground up. If you have any pointers I can keep in mind for her or anyone else you think is often portrayed poorly in canon or fanon then please let me hear your takes! This goes for non-TDI castmates as well, even if they don't show up in the story I wanna know what people think does and doesn't work for them and their tropes/traits cause it might still be relevant!

[kylo-skywalkerr]

Confession time im not really into Anidala. Yes, I like the angst! The love that made vader the cruel and broken man that he became! That's cool and all.

But idk I didn't really like the characterization of Padme in the prequels. She could hold her own a bit, but the writing was so. ??? She didn't give that much of a shit about Anakin slaughtering an entire race, including their women and children who didn't do anything wrong and was like. "Anakin wtf :( How are you evil? Why would you kill those younglings?? This isn't like you!" Girl, he did that a few years ago to the sand people! You just didn't view them as "human" enough to see it as a red flag! At that point, you deserve to die from something as stupid as being very sad! Bitch it wasnt even just the flag that was red, the whole house was, and that red was the blood of the innocents that Anakin had previously spilled pre-vader 😭 You knew about most of this!

And yes. You can die from a broken heart, but it isn't... like that. She could have died from intense stress instead and had a heart attack or something, but they gave her the weakest reason to die. A broken heart. Tbh, it would have been cooler if it actually was the injuries from Anakin that killed her. It would at least be less... victorian era woman cliché where women can't handle intense emotions without fainting or dying. Obi wan didn't die from sadness. Ahsoka didn't either. They all loved him far more than they should have, and platonic love absolutely does measure up with romantic love. They painted padme as strong and then threw it all away to give Vader a reason to be Vader.

Disclaimer, I think Padme's an okay character, just a bit bland and inconsistently written. I'm also biased since I'm not huge on the prequels, but I dont mind them either. It's more of an "eh" compared to my love of the OT and spiteful love of the ST. They tried to make Anidala a romeo and juliet tragedy, but it reads more like Musk and Grime's whole "This isn't your heart." stuff.

[mechahero]

//did i ever tell y’all that lambda can run on all fours

[captainseamech]

high tide cookie run verse when?

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