#RK Crew

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Jale Lyrics - Sapna Choudhary | Shiva Choudhary

#Jale #SapnaChoudhary #ShivaChoudhary

[pdajaysharma]

Getting Ready For Our Next 🎬 #cinemaa 🙏🏻 #sound #camera #artdirection #crew #rks #easeldesign #studio https://www.instagram.com/p/CntUHx3JIJa/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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dear yikes:

what if i've read every single thing by all my favorite trc authors--you, flightsy, thesehands, whatimages, and deathless, to name a key few--and i need more comfort fics in the same genre ? what then? (i am once again asking for recs)

much love xoxo,

raven (that bitch who left an overlong and overeager comment on 19A that one time)

hi rk!

v v flattered to be named among these luminaries. tricky to narrow down what we have in common. the words that are coming to mind are 'grown and/or grounded,' as in, committed to exploring emotional nuance with, in most cases, a strong attunement to setting but less focus on the cabeswater and dream swords of it all--so am offering you an assortment. hopefully something hits the spot.

i linked their baseball au up top of 19a for ballcap reasons, i think, but in addition to grown/grounded @charactershoesfic' seek ye the living has the light touch and nimble wit i associate w above writers

laumonie's like thunder after lightning is one of my warm blankets, and while it's sweeter in theme than the above crew tends towards, it has a similar approach to place

pythian's wip, agentes in rebus, is an all-timer for dialogue, prose, & nuanced characterization--even if they never add another word it's worth chewing on

pinkhorizon's friends we keep just hits, man, idk what to tell you. this is also one of their earlier works and i'd say they keep getting more skillful, so go ahead and dig through their catalog, many gems

check @behindtheatlantic/earthquaker if the way the crew listed tends to push the pynch smut overton window was the question within a question here. start with once and future

i'm assuming if you've plumbed the depths of pynch you've hit the backup from @cheeeryos, which i think is required reading, but am linking it just in case

outside pynch, i'd point you to ccaina03's Concordia, a Lamen (!) hockey AU (!!) that manages to feel grounded and concrete, with an entire meal's worth of character development for everyone. hot stuff in their other work, too.

and having recently written near @garagepaperback and @eleadore (though idk them personally) i'd be remiss not to mention this heaven of mud and before a fall, both of which manage to do pretty spectacular emotional work within the objectively silly wrapper of draco malfoy and harry potter resentfully fucking one another.

questions? comments? concerns?

@whatimages @flightspathfic @deathless--aphrodite @ahotknife if you have thoughts on how we overlap pls chime in with your recs!

xx come back any time

yikes/tyd

[jei-rifni]

Whats this? I finally gave in and made a Destiny 2 DBH au? Yeah. I did. (Ima call it D2+DBH for short)

Bits of the designs (mostly Connor) are inspired by @ygreczed-3 ‘s TRGATSA au which I think is super cool (big fan of magic stuffs) thank you again for letting me use your design as inspo!

ANYWAY the idea is that everything is the same except the fact that Exos look like Androids. Exos creation by the darkness and Bray’s nonsense is still part of it (considering making Kamski as Bray, but i haven’t fully thought of it since who would be Elizabeth and all that yknow) so this au isnt very planned out yet, it was just mostly because I wanted to make Connor and Nines into some warlocks (I WILL MAKE MARKUS AND KARA AND THE WHOLE SHABANG LATER) so yeah the way Exos work in this is instead of just how fully and properly is in Destiny, Exos in this au work the same way as original, but they all have specific models instead of the different variety like in the game. So there would be lots of people who look the exact same because they are Exos, of course hair colour and eyes and such are different but overall theyre the same. So, say Kara right? AX400, thats one of the models, and thats what she looks like. Theres alot of other people who look like her, just like how in original DBH theres alot of her model. And the D2+DBH au Exo models, unlike the proper Destiny 2 Exos, were built with specific purposes, and Bray (Kamski..?) selected the person right before turning them into an Exo to see what model they’d fit best

Example, Kara was a simple woman who didnt come from a good family, so she left it to volunteer for Bray’s Exo experiment. Bray saw that she was nothing but a simple woman, and made her the average AX400 model. Simple. Just like her

Connor and Nines were friends when they both decided to volunteer for Bray’s experiment. They went by different names at the time, but neither of them in the present can remember anything. (Connor as a human being name Bryan would be kinda funny, and Nines would be Richard when he was human) Connor and Nines were part of the RK line, Bray made them specifically for helping humans with “detective” work and such so their pre-programmed minds are more intricate and aware, but with the Vex invasion at Bray’s Exoscience facility, they had to fight alongside Myrmidon’s, Trojan’s, TR400’s, TW400’s and WB400’s and a bunch of others as extra support. Hence why their numbers are 51 and 87. Thats alot of times to be reset. They remember nothing of their friendship. Or even eachothers existence. And when Connor woke up (previously 50, now awaken as 51) he was a guardian. Later on Nines will follow up and join the guardian crew (little funnies, Nine actually woke up as a guardian on his 86th reset, but he messed with some Fallen by accident and they learned to reset him, making him new again just as he was beginning to learn the light properly. His Ghost was not happy about it) Connor and Nines meet at the Tower and because theres not many RK models walking around (especially since most of them died during the multiple wars and their bodies were used up during the Vex attack at Bray’s facility) they easily noticed eachother like “oh my god, another me model, that’s something you dont see everyday” and it seemed they clicked easily like old friends. (I wonder why hmmmm)

Thats all I got for now. To the folks that know nothing of Destiny, or know nothing of Detroit Become Human, feel free to ask me. I know all i said probably sounded like nonsense to the other if you didnt know what even one side of the content was. Have a good day

I hope to be able to explain this better in the future, because this probably was frustrating for you to read with my bad explanation :(

[deflatinghellokittyballoon]

I wanna see how different writers interpret this ask, and you’re the first one I’m asking, how do you think the Jericho Crew would react to people mistaking Reader as an android Prototype, due to them being one of 6 near-identical siblings (Sextuplets)

the people think they’re apart of a rare RK Series, and ask them questions about them, the reader, being a human, doesn’t know how to respond, so they just go with it, making up the most goofy and outlandish features of this “RK line”

ex: “I’ve never heard of this RK series before, what do you guys do?”

“We’re programmed with the ability to do hard drugs and sustain minimal damage, ma’am!”

I'm honored to be your first option on writing this prompt, Anon. (´◡`)

✦ The Jericrew reacting to reader being mistaken for an android

✦Pairing/s: Markus (RK200), North (WR400), Simon (PL600), Josh (PJ500) x Gn! Human! Reader

Word Count: 228

Content Warnings: None

Content/s: Fluff — Platonic/Romantic — Headcanons — No gendered terms are used for reader — Third person pov

Fandom: Detroit: Become Human

What i will write + Introduction

✦MARKUS wouldn't play along with the mistaking of the reader as an android prototype. He would maintain his composed demeanor and correct them by responding "Excuse me, They're human, not an android." in a calm tone.

Like Markus, ✦NORTH doesn't find the situation amusing and is more blunt and straightforward. She'd reply to the person saying that "They're actually human." Since she doesn't have the patience for playful fabrication and prefers to correct the misunderstanding directly.

✦SIMON would likely be the voice of reason in this situation. He might try to politely correct the misunderstanding, but if the reader insists on going along with it, Simon would likely play along in a lighthearted manner. He might say something like "Ah yes, The RK series that's programmed to have an insatiable love for puppies and kittens that they can't resist cuddling them and giving them belly rubs whenever they see them."

✦JOSH would likely approach the situation with a sense of humor and wit, I feel like he's just that kind of guy y'know? He would probably enjoy the opportunity to engage in some playful banter with the mistaken individuals and come up with clever responses on the spot. He might say something like "Yes, they're known for their extraordinary ability to recite Shakespearean sonnets on demand, and they have an advanced feature that allows them to instantly analyze any cheese and provide a detailed critique. Quite cutting-edge, wouldn't you say?"

[ciera-richez]

2024 and idiots still want to say that RK was PR despite the fact that they did everything they could to remain private and avoid being photographed. Never flaunted their relationship. Despite the fact that Rob was clearly head over heels in the early years of RK (he's never acted like that before especially not with S), despite the number of times K has talked about the relationship especially howard stern. Despite the fact that Hardwicke and so many cast members and crew have spoken about them and the fact the studio was originally against the relationship and tried to split them up. I mean for PR the studio has to be in agreement lol. Atp anyone who believes otherwise is an idiot cause RK was real whether you like it or not. I'm convinced ppl who say it was PR don't follow RK's lives or do research on the Internet cause the info and timeline is right there.... sick of seeing those comments

I learned to ignore that BS a long time ago. The people that say those things are lazy sheeple, IMO, and would rather believe what they read in a lying tabloid rather than discover the truth for themselves. A lot of them tend to choose to blindly follow simply because it's easier.

[vibratingskull]

Could you do Thrawn x reader Tarkin, tarkins surviving daughter. They met in the academy with Eli, but parted ways for different assignments. Now she was on the ship with Ezra when he took Thrawn away. How did their relationship evolve?

Thrawn x f!reader

You walk with an assured pace. People are screaming all around you and losing their calm. You hear orders screamed in the loudspeakers and officers gathering ensigns to the closest escape pod. 

You snarl.

Amateurs.

You head towards the bridge without diverting from your path, forcing others to avoid you, decided to get explanations about what just happened on the Chimaera. The bombarbing of Lothal started and quickly came to a halt and the ship trembled terribly, like an enormous mass just took it in its palm. 

Grand Admiral Thrawn better have convincing answers to give! Such incompetence is unheard of.

You arrive at the door of the bridge, closed, with troopers getting busy on the control panel.

“What is happening?” you demand with an imperial voice.

“Lady Tarkin, a jedi appeared and stopped the operation on Lothal. He’s inside with the Grand Admiral and the crew.” the highest one answers you, panting.

You bite the inner of your cheek. A jedi? The one Thrawn captured? Or another one? Either is unacceptable.

You feel your heart getting compressed. A rogue jedi can cause so much damage and you feel a tingle of fear for Thrawn, the crew is replaceable but a genius like him only sees the light of day once each millenia.

“Open the door.” you order.

“The jedi is blocking it.” He explains.

You slowly turn towards him, shooting him with your gaze.

“Open. the. door.” you repeat with ice in the tone.

You do not care how but they are tools of the Empire, what use could they have if they can’t even open a door?

“I… Yes, Lady Tarkin.” he bows his head submissively and goes to give a hand to his team to open the large panel.

You take out your RK-3 blaster with a devious grin, Thrawn recommended it to you and you usually give credits to his words. Time to see if he was right.

Behind you a trooper arrives on a speeder to report to their superior.

“Sir, several escape pods are blocked by what appears to bee enormous tentacles and the crew can’t get out, a team is already working on it but we would need to access the consoles to fire the weapons.”

“I know! The door is blocked, we can’t access the consoles for now.” the superior explains while you're losing your patience.

At that moment the Chimaera is shaken like an earthquake started, which is impossible because the ISD is in the air. What is happening here?

“The door!” You insist, shouting.

“We’re doing our best Lady Tarkin, but-”

“Save it!” You spite.

You seize the speeder and launch yourself full speed on the door. You burst through it, tearing the metal apart, sliding across the bridge.

“Wow!” you hear a young voice.

You were not ready for the spectacle inside. You see the young Bridger holding what’s left of the door closed, looking at you with round eyes and mouth agape and Thrawn being constricted by some tentacles of an unknown creature that bursted through the bay while the Chimaera is speeding away at lightspeed to an unknown location. Thrawn looks at you with surprise, none of them expected to see someone exploding the door apparently. You aim at Bridger with your blaster, gaze deadly.

“Release him.”

“Never!” he dares answer back.

Your nostrils flares and you furiously walk towards him ready to use your fists on the teen if need be. His gaze hardens and the hand that holds the door back is directed towards you, you suddenly feel something compressing your throat, chasing the air out of your lungs. You aim at his head.

“Do it…” you tempt him, losing your breath. “You won’t have time to stop my balster ammunition.”

“There is no need to come to such extremes.” Thrawn suddenly speaks. “Release your target, both of you.”

Bridger squints but doesn’t release you. And you don’t lower your arm. You’ve seen it. Whatever he’s doing with the force, it’s taking a toll on his body and he will soon pass out. You just need to hold on. you see him tremble lightly, sweat starting to roll on his temple, him too is panting for air.

“Release them both, kiddo.” says the staff sergeant trooper, putting his gun at point blank range of Ezra’s head. The kid opened his eyes wide, gasping in surprise.

Like you expected, he was so focused on you and keeping Thrawn prisoner he forgot about the troopers on the other side of the door. 

The pressure around your throat disappears and the tentacle holding Thrawn loosen, letting him go. You take a big breath, calming your beating heart. You observe as the troopers shackles Bridger, while soothing your throat. You feel a hand on your shoulder.

Thrawn.

He looks at you with a hint of concern.

“Are you alright?” he asks under his breath.

You squeeze his hand discreetly.

“I am. Thank you. And yourself?”

“I think I might have a rib cracked.” He says nonchalantly, but you know him enough to detect the pain in his behavior.

Without a word you pass his arm around your shoulder to offer him support and help him to the medbay. 

“What are your orders, Grand Admiral?” ask the sergeant as you walk past them.

“Help the wounded, gather the unarmed troops to remove the fragments. And him…” he says, exhaling painfully, looking at a strangely calm Bridger “Throw him in a cell, I will deal with him later.”

“It’s useless. Whatever you do,I have succeeded.” He calmly states, without pride but an insolent arrogance. You’re tempted to hit him with your blaster.

“I am a Grand Admiral of the Empire. As long as I stand I am undefeated.” Thrawn ends the matter.

The troopers finished to open the door properly and you walk through the corridors silently like an island of tranquility among the chaos around the Chimaera. You hear Thrawn’s short breath as you walk, you proposed to him to find him a stretcher but he refused. You help him to lay down on a bed of the medbay and start ordering the functioning droids to take care of their Grand Admiral.

“Stay.” he says softly.

So you sit down beside the bed with a deep sigh.

“Now what?” you ask, grazing his hand

He contemplates the ceiling as his wounds get dressed, taking your hand in his.

“Now, we survive.”

@al-astakbar, @thrawnalani

[riacte]

🛸 exterrasexymenpoll Follow

Vote for your favourite sexyman in the Exterra racing industry!

THE RED KING from TEAM DOGWARTS and BLUE BATS

vs

QUEEN OF HEARTS from TEAM BLUE BATS

For our other semi-final— BLUE BALLS from TEAM COBALT CATMAIDS vs THE HAND from TEAM DOGWARTS please vote here!

Poll closes at 8pm Intergalatic Central Time. Campaign all you like.

Spamming about van’ilah extract in the comments will result in an instant ban (yeah, we know the meme’s going around sunblr, but let’s keep this poll somewhat sensible, okay?)

Requests about including THE Blue Stalker will also result in an instant ban. This blog does not condone attempted murder, harassment, stalking, violence, etc etc.

🔮 queenofstarz03 Follow

SHUT UP HOW AM I SUPPOSED TO VOTE NAWT MY ICONIC DIVORCED PARENTS 😭😭😭😭 I’M PROPELLED INTO THE STRATOSPHEREEEEEE

voting for qoh bc rk would’ve wanted it 🥺 i miss them forever and forever ueueue

also sorry but the blue stalker is the ultimate exterra sexyman. those fanfic authors gave them so much personality when all they want is to unalive rk 😩 rotating the iconic enemies to lovers 20k oneshot in my brain

🦇 starshipspachelbel Follow

I’m more surprised by how Blue Balls is in the semi-finals

Anyways I’ll be voting for RK, he’s a pathetic wet paper bag of a Lykos lmfao <3

👽 blueballs Follow

dude my name is blueballs how did you NOT expect me to be in the semifinals lmao

🦇 starshipspachelbel Follow

HELP NOT A CC (Crew / Comms) NOTICE EXTERRABLR SCATTER

☄️ cosmiclovee Follow

I BELIEVE IN BLUEBALLS SUPREMACY #BALLSWEEP

By the way, QoH stans rise!! Did you forget our awakening? Remember the starry suit she wore for the 2109 gala and how everyone was immediately like 😳??? And she rolled up the sleeves?? Remember the x reader fics on Launchpad?

🪓 handoftheking Follow

Yeah, because I’ve read them. Hey, some fics were pretty good.

I also voted for Queen of Hearts. I mean, just look her at her. And as a fellow Lumian, I’m obliged haha.

☄️ cosmiclovee Follow

… Oops, total containment breach now? Mods I’m sorry, you guys don’t have to eat the spaceship that you promised to—

But onto more important things: RK’s own GUNNER didn’t vote for HIM??? And voted for QoH??? LMFAO THIS IS HILARIOUS. the total betrayal. it feels like he’s cheating. the disrespect for RK. i love it.

Also, Hand, you read QoH x reader fics? Any recs lmao? And did you read the bad boy RK ones?

🌲 dilfkisser Follow

So I’m learning from my dash that the Hand himself voted for QoH over RK???? My Treebark ship just sank in two seconds. Wtf.

#BALLSWEEP btw

🥂redkingsboyfriend Follow

Lololol the Hand’s narcissism is really showing. Look at him voting for his pre-transition self. He’s so vain.

@/exterrasexymenpoll can you please remove the Hand’s deadname? It’s disrespectful to transgender people.

📺 saintswept Follow

are you fucking for real, believing in the trans qoh/hand theory in this year?? they’re completely different people. shut up and ship treebark lmao

still funny that the hand didn’t vote for his bf and went for his bf’s ex gunner—

💫 concorp-official Follow

Hey, I know sunblr hates corporations but as the CEO of ConCorp, I feel rather… mystified that I got out in the first round. Was my mad scientist jacket not enough?

Personally I’m surprised that Xisuma Void got further than me. Anyways, supporting the Queen of Hearts.

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??? Look at how much this poll breached containment? First a CC notice, and then a racer notice, and now a fucking CORPORATION??? Mr Cubfan I am So Sorry but I think people were just too excited to vote for the Catmaid—

[cntarella]

overall, i actually do feel like the early drake disses touched much more closely to the core of a lot of problems with kendrick's whole persona -- which is a persona (no matter how much he criticizes drake for having one, he has one too). kendrick highkey the poster boy for aspirational activism, his songs used as captions by ppl who do a lot of instagramming but not a lot of actual substantive change. -- a super valid and real thing say, esp with the way kendrick HAS built his career off being some socially conscious rap messiah who is working through the trauma of being Black in America, of home violence, etc. and yet still engages in the braggadocio and cult of hypermasculinity and violence in his lyrics (even now, with that "first time a shot a drake, its not the big three its the big me, he realized a beard is a better look on him, etc."). but instead of saying alla dat, drake said that kendrick was acting like he's trying to free slaves -- an insult slightly aimed at kendrick but mostly aimed at the audience drake considers stupid for not nodding along to his club bangers. kendrick's very real problem with misogynoir even as much as he reps black women, but also upholds the violence against them by refusing to hold account RK or Kodak or XXX. the fact that apparently kendrick has "known" about drake and his crew's supposed pedophilia, the videos, etc. but is only using this moment to put it all out there! could even be an issue drake raises! but he doesn't. instead he doubles down on the wife beating allegations, which sound all the more false because drake hits on said wife in the same breath. fucking wack.

[befuddled-calico-whump]

If your whumpers and whumpee's switched places (for example Mel tortures Mercury and Sahota grooms Vic) What would change?

(assuming they swap roles and take on a more villainous stance but keep the same basic personality)

Melchior would have to be a more extreme "well-intentioned extremist", knowing he can do what the Riot Kings can't and usurp the Fleet's control if he stops holding back. In this case, he'd take Mercury prisoner to get her out of the way as the RK's leader, but wouldn't actively torment her. Just kinda... keep her locked up. At worst, he'd look the other way while his men hurt her.

Lex as a CEO would take a more intimidating and cutthroat approach to staying on top. Uriah as an assassin (how would he even survive 😭) would probably be a lot more sneaky and relying on false pretenses. Instead of constant threats and emotional manipulation, Lex would be pretty physical. Expect lots of manhandling and immediate punches/backhands in response to defiance.

James and Peter are already a reversal but James would make Peter a prisoner for attempted mutiny. Keep him shut up in the brig and have him flogged in front of the crew to dissuade any future mutineers and maintain order.

If Vic agreed to be Sahota's apprentice (as in canon with his mentor), he'd be pretty good about following orders, only needing occasional correction. (Sahota would probably favor stress positions or sleep deprivation. Mostly hands-off stuff.) If, like Sahota, Vic was there unwillingly, it would take a lot more work to get him to obey.

[josh0555]

This is the Christmas Station ID of TV5 in 2014. The Christmas Station ID is themed “Krismas Mas Mas Masaya” 

The Christmas Station ID theme song was sung by Filipino OPM singer and songwriter Regine Velasquez featuring OPM group Gimme 5 who are the backing vocals.

The Christmas Station ID is led by Vice Ganda, Empoy Marquez, Coco Martin and Zoren Legaspi who are known as "The Taros Comedy Crew" from the TV5 sketch comedy show Banana Split. They are the genderbend versions of Arcee Muñoz, Ritz Azul, Alice Dixson and Eula Caballero who are the original cast members of Banana Split featuring Imee Hart, Iwa Moto and Sugar Mercado. But now the Taros Comedy crew is now a band consisting of Vice Ganda as the drummer, Empoy Marquez as the bassist, Coco Martin as the keyboardist or the keytarist and Zoren Legaspi as the guitarist. They resemble as “The Wiggles” but are more crazy than The Fresh Beat Band from Disney and the Imagination Movers from Nick Jr. The Christmas Station ID features Liza Soberano, JC de Vera, Sef Cadayona, Dion Ignacio, Gerald Anderson, Edgar Allan Guzman, Ivan Mayrina, Carmina Villaroel, Eugene Domingo, Nora Aunor, and special guests from ABS-CBN in the 2000’s like Gelli de Belen, DingDong Dantes, Neil Ryan Sese, RK Bagatsing and twin sisters Anne Curtis and Jasmine Curtis-Smith. The Christmas Station ID includes Kermit the Frog, Elmo and Big Bird from the Muppets who are created by Jim Henson and Frozen actors Will Smith, Robert de Niro and Freddy Highmore. The Christmas Station ID also features Enrique Gil at the beginning when he sets up the Christmas Lights in the TV5 Media Center while he was depressed.

The Christmas Station ID was recorded at the TV5 Media Center in Mandaluyong, Manila in November 1, 2014. However, Some of the clips are re-used in the deleted songs of DMX in the 2002 movie Frozen and Dr. Dre from Disney's Blues Clues.

The Christmas Station ID will be re-used in 2015 with the new theme “Happy Ka Dito Ngayon Pasko!” but with minor changes and an explosion at the very end.

[purplemninja]

The Nest and Pale City Scrappypastas

So, a few months back I came up with and proposed an idea of a 'what if' scenario or idea for an AU where the Maw is sinking and Six has a time limit to get through the game (and RK too), and Six uses her suitcase bed as a raft and any Nomes she hugs are taken on as crew-mates. Well, I've thought of 'disastrous' states of the Nest and Pale City that I wanted to share with people that I'm probably not going to make content of, but allow everyone to make content of their own of instead. Saying that, dare I say that people could even use these premises as a follow-up to Six escaping from the Maw in 'Sinking Maw'.

So I got this idea for the 'ruined' state of the Nest from Rain World, this idea is that Six is sailing on the sea, (either on a boat that was bringing Guests to the Maw but she killed them and took it over, or got her own raft somehow, or her suitcase raft from 'Sinking Maw') and she winds up passing by the Nest, or rather where it used to be. This premise is that some time after VLN, the rock formation of the Nest broke and collapsed into the sea. Six doesn't plan to return to the Nest, she just happens to pass by it, and all she can see is the bottom of the rock formation as a stump sticking out of the water, and perhaps some debris of the house itself floating in the water.

(Look at it, the rock formation is pretty much begging to break)

And perhaps when the Nest appears onscreen in this collapsed state, music like this would play: 

This would probably shock people who have played or seen VLN and now see the Nest in this destroyed state, and this music would fit perfectly with it.

And I've also thought of a 'ruined' state of the Pale City, this idea I got from Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time/Darkness/Sky. This premise is that post LN2, time in the Pale City has stopped entirely. Previously, time was distorted, but now instead, it's stopped altogether.

Imagine it: being after LN2, the characters that Mono and/or Six killed are still dead, and the city has gone about its business, but at some point after Six left, time just stopped. Debris of the run-down buildings and falling Viewers stuck in midair, characters in the middle of doing something but frozen in action. Like the teacher could be writing something on the chalkboard and the Bullies hurting each other (as they typically do), and Viewers watching TV, but none of them are moving (and not even falling if they were in midair as time stopped). And even the drops of rain in the post-school part of the city are stuck in place in the air and sky.

A character who wasn't in the city when time stopped (maybe Six if she returned there for any reason, which could serve as a follow-up to 'Sinking Maw' and 'Collapsed Nest') would still be able to move and interact with a number of the things frozen in time, like they'd probably need to push the stuck rain drops out of their way, which would make the rain drops obey gravity again, but they'd stay in their rain drop state instead of splatting on the ground. Everything in the Pale City is now nothing but a tableau for the protagonist (possibly Six) to walk around in and gaze (possibly in horror) at.

I can't quite think of a name for this premise but perhaps it could be called something like 'Paralysed Pale City'.

Just like with 'Sinking Maw' these are purely ideas that I probably won't make any content of, but wanted to share and welcome people to make content of their own of these two additional premises that could fit with 'Sinking Maw'. Side note: I have another and far, FAR bigger community AU in the works (and have had for over a year now), of which I do plan on making my own content of and I'll upload the 'initial/introductory content' of after the first 2 sequels of Rewind AU.

Thanks for reading.

[marcusrobertobaq]

The moment Connor converts androids in the tower he's one of the leaders of Jericho (as Jericho crew dead route confirms). The androids may answer to Markus but Connor was their "savior". I got the impression they would look up to him in a way.

There's a very curious thing about all this that I assume the game didn't explore. The fact Connor can convert androids to begin with.

In Markus dead route he talks about the plan on infiltration with North and she just... Act like there ain't nothing that WOW related to that (conversion). She knows who Connor is, his reputation as deviant hunter. But does she know about him being an RK? Did she had doubts about him being "other of the conversion thingy androids"? Was she ever sus about him being related to Markus in this sense?

Cuz in Spare Parts she's "wtf?" and sus af when she sees Markus converting those androids. But after some times she's just "ok, cool af", she knows the androids will look up to him and wait for his instructions after conversion (as per timeout dialogues).

I know Connor knows he's a RK like Markus and he copies what he did cuz he knew there was a probability he could do the same (start a chain conversion like Markus). But is the opposite ... A thing? Does Markus knows Connor's nature besides the deviant hunter thing? He doesn't comment about Connor infiltrating the tower talking about shift power balance (technically saying he gon wake up the androids). But knowing not even Josh or Simon comment about it (related to Markus) I guess they didn't have the time to ask questions.

And I think especially after the resume control attempt it's better if they all talk about all this as soon as possible.

[chongoblog]

Adding Twist to the mix, cause I love her.

Sure thing! I'll post it along with some additional notes about Twist in the Red Kraken verse (which will probably be especially necessary)

So first off, a quick note: the Twist that exists in CPU Kerfuffle is a different variation of this character, which I've mentioned before. Mostly a version of Twist without most of the backstory (and also a lesbian with Chili's while Twist in the canon of the main story isn't interested in relationships and considers herself aro/ace). Here's Twist's deal, which I might have told before, but screw it you guys get it again.

Now to talk about Twist herself and who she is/what her arc is, this one is interesting because I'm not certain how I'm going to resolve it quite yet. Here's what you need to know. In the world of the RK, magic exists, but it is incredibly difficult to perform if you aren't already magically inclined. And most people are not magically inclined at all, so therefore performing magic is nigh impossible. There are some people who have some inclination towards magic, and it's possible for them to learn magic, but it requires a lot of work and dedication, and even then the level of magic that can be performed is still quite minimal. But even fewer people (hardly anyone) are simply born with a strong magical inclination to the point where magic comes naturally to them. Not only are they able to perform magic with ease, but they can perform much more significant feats.

Twist falls into that final category. Big time. She was born with an incredibly high magical affinity. So high that she was considered one of the most powerful mages in the world. Not only that, but she was found to be incredibly charismatic and sociable as well! Because of this, her parents made it a point to raise her to become a teacher to help those with less magical inclination to be able to properly learn magic.

But she didn't want to live that life. In her heart of hearts, she loved music. This caused a bit of a schism between her and her family's otherwise stable and supportive family life, with Twist wanting to live her own life while her family believed that she should use her incredibly rare innate talents to benefit the greater good of society. She ended up making a deal with the Red Kraken to avoid ever pillaging her hometown ever again, and in return she would join their crew, using her magic as a valuable asset (mostly making said deal because she wanted to run away from her home)

Then while the Red Kraken crew was busy going up against an elder god (kind of a long story), due to her magical abilities being integral to the encounter, the elder god ended up living on within her. This gives her the side effect of now being without question the most powerful person in the world, with the added caveat of said power being very difficult to control (but she's dealing with that).

Right now, the theme for her arc sort of falls into "with great power comes great responsibility", and specifically how that plays into her own agency. When you innately have that much power, are you bound to that responsibility? Is it possible to simply ignore that power and live a life of your choosing? Again, still deciding the best way to resolve this conflict of hers and evolving her character somewhat, but yeah thats twist

[fire-tempers-steel]

Sunday Six

Helllooo Judgment/RGG crew! Some more of the Sawa Lives AU, a shorter snippet this week since I had less mental energy to spare.

Tagging @carbonatedcalcium, @passthroughtime, @overdevelopedglasses, @woundedheartwithin and @bibright. (PS. if you write RGG/Judgment fic and want to be tagged, just like, tag me on your sunday six and I’ll put you on the rotation next week :) )

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I scan the window before barrelling in to Yokohama 99. No RK but… no Sawa-kun either. Just Kaito, lounging on the couch. Shit. 

“Hey, Kuwana–”

“West Chuo, 50, above the parking lot. Yagami might need a hand. Where’s Sawa?”

“Said she had work. What does Yagami need?”

“RK.” I pull open the window, looking to the ground below. I might need to dodge them yet still. 

“RK?”

He really is Yagami's brainless muscle, “Hurry the hell up and go help him, man!”

“Okay, okay!” he makes for the door, and I brace myself for the pain in my knees, then vault out the window. The impact ripples through me, but I start running. 

Dutiful Sawa-sensei, still in front of a classroom after she had a knife to her the night before? I swear under my breath. I definitely don’t have time for this. I duck down an alleyway, praying those skulking men on the corner aren’t with RK. See. I’ve got a duty now, to her. I’ve got to make good on that before I lay low. So she knows what the stakes are. 

She deserves that much from me. 

[basedkikuenjoyer]

The Red Thread of Fate

This one’s been a long time coming. It was honestly a pretty early thing I noticed, before starting this little journey at least. The first part of Wano leans on bits of Romance Dawn to stir the association. Incidentally I love the anime slipping the alternate pilot special in the perfect spot of Bakura for an AU. One of those big core threads I was waiting to see a little more before pondering; Luffy was so impressed because Kiku sorta reminded him of Makino and Shanks. Don’t even get me started on Uta if you want to go into that grey area not to mention some of the little ways Tama parallels Luffy’s childhood role.

Remember, this first chapter came out in 1997. Eiichiro Oda is coming fresh off of his time on Rurouni Kenshin, which is still a juggernaut for WSJ in serialization. There’s not a huge gap here. One Piece is rolling out right as Honjo’s story is woven into the contemporary RK volume releases. It’d be smack dab around the time Oda and Watsuki both were learning that ended up being a very well-received side story. But first, the iconic protagonist. Shanks here in Chapter 1 is one of many nice homages, I coulda told you that when I first saw it almost 20 years ago. The iconic red-haired samurai, one of the main motifs was the humility for one of his rank to “debase” themselves with domestic chores. Who else does this concept remind you of? 

It’s not just “Teehee there’s a little window of time these two could have met and I have a headcanon about how it could be cute.” Kiku’s a cutie supremo and funny as hell and happens to be really well done trans rep...but this is the kind of stuff that makes me obsessed with her. The thing is, Kiku never quite stops being a step ahead of the Shanks Luffy knew. Worth noting too, don’t forget this big Future Sight element. Luffy doesn’t just have to be impressed by what we see Kiku do or guess at say, a crewmate saying something offensive. He could be responding to what she would have done otherwise.

Shanks doesn’t mind cleaning up, Kiku was Okobore’s Makino. Shanks takes and brushes off ridicule, Kiku threads the needle of a way to put her foot down without escalating. Shanks doesn’t balk at a gang laughing at him when his crew’s there, Kiku the same standing alone with a jeering town at her back. Shanks stands up for a friend, Kiku the town & common folk who were insulting her. All tied up in getting one over on the dude without hurting anything but his reputation and still doing her part to save the child. Remember that’s Shanks at 27 and Kiku at 22, and then think about how Kiku ends up paralleling with 28yo Yamato in a very similar fashion. My whole point for over a year has been Wano constantly but subtly nudging you with the idea this girl’s a prodigy stifled by cultural baggage. “How high can your ceiling go?” 

Now that context is in the hopper, let’s talk plot. This isn’t just happenstance. We know Raizo & Kin know Roger’s crew well enough to recognize the cabin boy. We know Kiku and Kawamatsu are there for the scene. We know Oden follows that up immediately by saying he was only in Wano for mere hours. Hours is a big enough window for a significant interaction. Landing on Wano through fighting Urashima was hours. The main story of Dressrosa or Thriller Bark weren’t much longer. We know now it’d be the travel time for someone to get to the Flower Capital and back plus the palace excursion. 

So Shanks was a teen here. What might catch his rambunctious eye? He was real buddy-buddy with Neko & Inu, we know at some point Neko told Kiku about Izo’s decision. Why not right away when Redtaro could presumably still be there? Don’t forget Buggyjiro as well. Stands to reason the Minks might have considered the need the few days before arrival, fretted about it even. Maybe Shanks did something like make a reckless promise to reunite them and it’s always eaten at him he could never fulfill it. It doesn’t have to be complex, even a simple faux pas could be very on brand for how this plays with the ongoing story. Be a really bad time for some tactless clod to stroll in and blurt out “Hey...I thought you said Izo had a little brother” or Buggy/Shanks having a classic argument about her gender a little too loudly.

Always thought it was cool how the one proper YamaKiku panel is the former declining an invite the latter picks up. Remember how they trade places through the mask in 984-985? Oh hey...Luffy did reunite the siblings! Almost like that could be the first time he surpassed Shanks or something if we wanna do that. Kiku recognized the Nidai Kitetsu, Sukiyaki, & Big Mom without saying anything. What about the hat? Think both using -taro for their Wanoified nickname helped? Not like she’d be the only one. And it can be anything. Maybe Kiku was Shanks’s Kuina, a silly spat saw Redtaro get knocked tf out. Or she was just some girl he liked. Maybe had her in mind for when he broke off and started his own crew. The cool thing about something like that is how it could give Luffy the perfect leg up against a guy like Shanks...something like Mother Caramel’s portrait. A bit of unresolved personal baggage.

Time to talk later, it’s best not to get emotional before battle...you have all this sitting on a girl who we set up the perfect gap for the perfect timing. Egghead’s already doing the Rashomon thing of filling in the gaps. Law teases about looking at who’s missing right when you’d wonder about Kin/Kiku, by the end of it all we get our answer for Yamato and leave only one pair unaccounted for in that final turning point of the “play.” Marco & Kiku, who easily could have finally found that promised time to talk later. Luffy & Kiku crossing paths after everything including Yama is resolved. Luffy’s got Shanks and Fuushia on the brain and Kiku’s just had a nice long chance to let Marco tell her about Izo, Marineford, Ace, or whatever.

That’s what’s cool to me. You have this girl who unquestionably caught Luffy’s eye arguably because of traits she shares with Shanks and Makino. That girl has the right timing to have been a similar influence on Shanks himself...which means you gotta ask what attracted him to Fuushia and Party’s Bar in the first place. He used it as his base for a year, after all. Even if it’s nothing more than a fun story the two share one day, you gotta admit it’s a cool connection sitting on the table.