#Strategic Dynamics

[swiggity-swexual-i-am-asexual]

Danny Fenton, aka Phantom, has been given a new task!

In short, literally no one in the Ghost Zone/Infinite Realms wants their mostly peaceful afterlife to be rocked by a certain Gotham rogue named Joker. Which, when he dies, is almost sure to happen because of whatever the hell was in that vat he dropped in included ectoplasm. So, yay, he’s also a little ghostly too, meaning he *is* pretty hard to kill. Unfortunately, there’s also a certain vigilante that is quite keen to murder him in recent years.

So now Danny has to keep the mass murderer trauma clown alive for as long as he possibly can while attempting to keep the Joker from. Well. Being the Joker.

Oh, and naturally, Danny got this assignment AFTER Joker got out of Arkham. Again. And entirely blew up the asylum. Time to join the Goonion, he is NOT doing this without getting PAID, thank you.

[matthewsengsack]

Matthew Sengsack - Combat Veteran

Matthew Sengsack is a combat veteran who started a successful business once he was no longer on active duty. As part of that business, he provides home security consulting and tactical defense instruction. Matthew Sengsack is also a skilled firearms instructor who enjoys participating in shooting competitions.

[bacchuschucklefuck]

and! barbarian!fig! its her

[turtleblogatlast]

Something I really like about Raph and Leo’s relationship is that Raph noticeably doesn’t hold back with Leo nearly as much as he does with Donnie and Mikey, and it’s really nice to see that from him.

Leo too would frequently fall into a natural strategist and second-in-command role of sorts, often actually giving his worries and thoughts to Raph where he wouldn’t normally.

Then the Shredder happens and this dynamic is thrown into a loop where they both stay solidly in their own camps of “we’re heroes, it’s our duty” and “we’re teens, who cares?” And during this, Raph not holding back from Leo is cranked up to an eleven and Leo flips around to mask more with Raph than he ever had before and deliberately riles Raph up so that fights are all but guaranteed.

Post-invasion, it’s clear they’re (mostly) back to how they were before for the most part, with an added level of respect and maturity (and trauma) there too, and it’s great to see because they’re an amazing duo when they’re on the same wavelength.

[askblueandviolet]

Macaca and the Mayor, what's it like to be parents?

Bai Hae, how does it feel to have two more dads?

Do your parents even know that one of your babysitters is the mayor?

[nocternalrandomness]

Aardvarks over the Atlantic - April 1981

[cloudkemi]

Just saw Tubbos reaction to the recreation base and like. Oh man. He's so nice but the way he looks off to the side multiple sides is so telling.

Bad is completely blinded by what he remembers and loved the team and commodore that was built in Purgatory. Recreating the base as it was the highlight of the teamwork and family they created. He downplays the actual horrors of Purgatory which im sure is due to his own twisted morals and coping.

Tubbo sees the base and he's hesitant to say anything at all. Not jumping to call him a freak or jumping to praise him, just processing that this isn't some fudged up joke. And then he says its nice.

Tubbo's realistic about purgatory but he still loved the family and trust that happened during it. He might even miss the constant interactions and closeness. But he knows it was a terrible event and the murder part of it can't be ignored.

[little-cereal-draws]

Team friendship shares one braincell between them and contrary to popular belief, Kitty does not get it the most. They all share it equally (which leaves at least two ppl stupid at a time).

[nevesmose]

So I challenged myself to write a fic as time-efficiently as possible with no revisions or edits allowed, only ever moving forward. Like a shark. I think it's fair to say that this has a very different vibe from my usual stuff so please do check the tags.

For the past six or so weeks I've been working on my summer exchange fic. I think people are going to have a fun time reading it in August but there have been Thoughts and Feelings bubbling away that just don't fit into the kind of story it turned out to be.

So I thought I'd set them down here instead before I make my last big push on the exchange fic to get its final chapter over the line. A little clearing of the decks before the final showdown so to speak.

The title is from, as is so often the case with me, a Bloc Party song.

[thecityofdoors]

was getting so fed up & irritated w astarion this playthrough that when i failed the persuasion check to get him to save the spawn & he decided to leave, i was just like fine!! see if i care!!!!! i’ll just get a hireling!! whatever!!!! it’ll be great not to have to put up with you anymore. good fucking riddance. good. bye.

so why do i miss him so much?? his exaggerated gestures. his petty little comments. i was convinced i didn’t like him, but against my will the fail elf has grown on me. ugh.

[womanfredvonkarma]

Seeing Taylor struggle with the new handicaps gives me hope of a future re-corruption(?) arc.

[thunderboltfire]

I've seen "draw Your character as a villain" used on various sites as a fun character design excercise, but when I've deeply considered the turn of events needed for Igna to become a villain it turned out that a) I've avoided it narrowly b) I've ended up with an AU that's very interesting, but also it's so dark I'd feel miserable if I had to actually write it in heavy detail.

For it to happen, the only prerequisite would be that Argo would fail to get her out of inprisonment, which could easily happen for example if he'd keep his original promise to her and would keep his mouth shut about the fact she's a spellbreaker. As much as Igna is only a pawn and at times treated like a highly valued but ultimately expendable soldier, it would result in a catastrophic cascade of events.

No help gained in a trial to break her out -> no expedition intending to do it, and in a result the Covenant wouldn't form a spellbreaking unit either. Theria wouldn't get an ultimatum preventing her from being executed. The main problem with Igna remaining at Yrreth's mercy is that Yrreth's perfectly aware of the nature of her talents and a part of his original plan for her was to use her for his cause. Igna isn't very susceptible to blackmail, but considering Yrreth's dabbled in the manipulation of living beings' live magic, with unlimited time on his hands he would find a way to break her, either with torture or with specialised spells meddling with the target's perception and free will (possibly both used in concert). Maintaining a permanent mind control spell would cost him a lot, but he'd probably deem it worth the price anyway.

A few months pass, and the Covenant's troops become a subject of immensely precise, harrying attacks targeting especially magic defenses and battle mages' units. They are always accompanied by the reports of a warrior clad in a black, rune-inscribed armor that seems to be completely impervious to magical attacks.

As rumours spread, something piques Argo's suspicion. Perhaps it's the fact that Aquila (who's still alive, proving that her rider still lives) immediately perks up mere minutes before the attack, or the fact that the description of the abilites match perfectly, he manages to cross Igna's path on the battlefield. Surviving the encounter by the hair's breadth, he realises she acts against her will. Feeling guilty for being unable to help her while he should've and still having an unpaid life debt to her, he decides to try and pull her back from under Yrreth's influence. The process would be long, arduous and deadly while Igna would remain on Yrreth's leash, and if he'd manage to get any help in it, the Covenant would sooner see her dead than captured.

But even assuming he'd be successful, that each curse binding Igna to Yrreth would be broken, she'd still be considered a traitor - even if she acted under a magical influence, at this point she's killed dozens, and has done enough damage that even if she isn't executed on the spot, the Wanderers won't ever take her back in due to her reputation. Hunted by Yrreth from one side, rejected by the other, her honor stained and her future ruined, she has nothing to come back to and no aspirations left. Except maybe a burning, animalistic need for retribution for how much has been taken from her.

[flannelepicurean]

Another Headcanon from that "Redneck Raditz" Thing

When Vegeta shows up and Raditz makes him just sit the fuck down and chill, because the guys are coming over to hit the bong and play Playstation, Vegeta misunderstands everything about the situation, and hangs out.

Vegeta's wearing his basic armor, in this trailer that Raditz lives in, now. Just...sittin' on a lawn chair. Brooding.

Raditz tells the guys that Vegeta is his cousin, and that he's from New York, and to UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES ask him about what he does there, because he's already a pain in the ass little cousin and don't get him started.

Vegeta starts Vegeetin' IMMEDIATELY, and Raditz is like, "SEE?! WHAT'D I TELL YA? Now who wants to hit the bong?"

This has three very strategic outcomes: 1) Nobody asks Vegeta a single goddamn question about who he is or what he's doing there, the whole entire time. 2) Per the earlier misunderstanding, Vegeta gets very excitable about hitting the bong. 3) Raditz gets to tell everybody it's Vegeta's first time smoking a weed, and then MESS WITH HIM LIKE HELL.

(They also do end up having a good time, though, and the next time Vegeta rolls through, they're pretty friendly with him. Especially since he's the only one can beat Raditz's cheatin' ass at Tekken.)

(They assume he's probably in like...fashion school or something. On account of the outfit. And the hair.)

Raditz probably would have gone with another Yankee territory if he could have, given that just sticking the "New York" label on Geets in advance would make a bunch of people automatically hostile towards him. But he knows his prince, and he was like, "Fuck, they will never buy it if I say this snitty bitch is from Vermont, they would not even believe DC..."

[foursaints]

OMG okay but that remus lives in my mind rent free, he's so *explodes* got me twirling my hair, kicking my feet, giggling and shit, i am one with sirius in that one fr

screaming about the fact ur reading it, share ur emotions once u finish it (if u wanna ofc) this is so perfect

the way the singular “hi baby” made me GASP… BLUSHING!!.. clutching my pearls and everything…. their remus is just so beautifully DADLY like i knowww he is buying rutabaga and kale chips at his local farmers market!! i know he’s putting on reading glasses to squint at his phone. and i love that for him. they built the flirting up so well tbh it’s gripping

[nocternalrandomness]

F-111 Strategic Bombers over central England

[femmesandhoney]

yoooo i'm also playing star rail. i tried to get seele but i failed and now i'm just saying up for like ... kafka and kafka only.

at first i didn't understand the kafka hype until i got a bit further into the game and realized stelle (i'm playing as caelus on my euro account tho) has major mommy issues w her and honestly their entire dynamic is why i'm playing it's really interesting. we love fucked up mother figures trying to hunt stellarons

may we all be Kafka havers in the future <3