#THIS IS TECHICALLY A JOKE

[most-fuck-able-ff14]

ROUND 1 MOST FUCKABLE FF14 MAN

[salthien]

every time I see a post abt not Actually shipping sifloop/being in it for the laffs/anything that implies that their whole Situation is not conducive to shipping im like. Could Not Be Me. let those two be weird at each other in every single possible feasible way. they are so outside the bounds of any sort of relationship categorization metric and I DO ship it

[dealingdreams]

Qimir's motivations might be a little uncertain. Like all we really know for sure is what he's told us. He wants freedom, freedom to be allowed to practice his power as he sees fit, he wants an acolyte, and he wants the power of two. That said, here just my thoughts.

I think when Mae was asking Qimir about his master aka him, he was actually answering her with some truths about his actual master Plagueis. "He collects people...i owe him" etc...best lies have some truths. Which i have concerns cause we know Palps ends up being Plagie's apprentice and later murderer. Plags did go thru some folks before he found the perfect fit for his world domination plan.

Qimir just doesn't really strike me as someone who is power hungry tbh. i know we techically dont know him well enough yet...but i mean the dude really only attacks when he's threatend. he seems more wounded animal than sith mastermind. so why the power of two...why an acolyte? i think his speech about an acolyte killing the dream...is in relation to how the Jedi at this point in time are the authority on teaching younglings how the force works. they say how and if that power can be used, even going so far as to say that without their teachings, your connection to the force weakens. so having someone showing force capabilites without being a Jedi is kinda a slap in the face to that teaching. Especially if that person can kill a Jedi without the use of a weapon. Like damn..the Jedi aren't that powerful after all yaknow. I think it's just a big fuck you to the Jedi tbh.

He's just wants to be a hot philosophy professor guys

As for the power of two, that is basically the Sith end all be all. He's not a Sith Lord yet...he hasn't taken/been given a name. I really think the only reason he would want the power of two is for his safetly...again he reads as wounded and lost to me...not power hungry. A lot of his choices seem to be made with whatever happened with Vernestra in mind. His shoto blade, which is similar to a saber Luke had in the comics(?) i think...was built to block lightsaber whips. His helmet blocks a Jedi's ability to read his mind or sense him fully. Add in the genuine fear on his face when he sensed Vern...something happened there and it left him so wrecked it's still effecting him all these years later.

Now here is where i think he's fucked.

I do think that he cared about Mae. In fact i think he wanted Mae to succeed and had she not betrayed him I do think he would have continued to train with her. I do also think that he was interested in Osha from the jump, but i dont think at any point he would have tossed Mae to the side for Osha. I think this for the same reason I dont think Qimir was trying to replace Mae with Osha. I think he sees the twins as very different people and has a very different dynamic with them. I think he seized the opportunity with maybe pulling Osha to his side...weither he would have done that had Mae remained his pupil who knows.

Qimir and Mae's dynamic is basically In-Laws lol.

I joke but no i think there was a distance between Qimir and Mae. There was a power imbalance between them. Simply master and pupil. Why he never showed her his face we could only guess. Personally I think it was a combination of him not trusting Mae fully and in case she got caught and a Jedi like Sol or Vernestra went into her Mind. He was simply protecting himself once again. Still he created the persona of Qimir to be a companion to Mae. He still taught her, still assisted her, but did it in an unitimitating way. So yeah I think he cares about Mae. Also just fyi, no I don't think he would have killed her when he found her and Osha at the tree in the aftermath of Sol's death.

So back tho to how he's fucked...Osha...hopefully literally fucked by Osha in the future but also like...he's fucked lol. He never had the choice with showing Osha his face, but he did have a choice on how vulnerable he was with her. We know from literally everyone confirming it that he wasn't manipulating her. He felt a connection to her, felt like she would understand him and he could understand her. That they were the same. I dont for one second see a power imbalance playing out between them. I think many of his actions prove that he views her as his equal. So thats one of the many ways he's fucked. the rule of two doesnt like that very much so i think Plagie might have some issues with that.

I think i could see them like playing master and pupil cause it's safer that way...but honestly they are fucked truly.

anyways ending the rant kinda abruptly lol :P

[f1-primers]

i saw a post by @powerful-owl about how the f1 fandom doesn't have a lot of primers for new fans, and in the interests of sharing the love (having a new thing to obsess over) i've made this little sideblog. i'll reshare any primers i see/i'm tagged in, from the technicalities of tyres to ship lore to old race recommendations, and i'm going to start a list below of ideas in case anyone fancies writing them. HERE IS THE TAG LIST so you can find posts i've shared so far!

technical/sporting stuff

intro to the history of f1

calendar explained - changes over the years, sprint vs normal weekends, double/triple headers

teams - history of each team individually or one big post, a history of team name changes

teams - what a team principal does, what a race engineer does, what other positions there are and faces people might see a lot of

the structure of a race weekend/what the sessions mean - media day, practices, quali, sprint shootout, sprint, race

how qualifying works - sessions, things to watch out for, what teams/drivers actually do during quali

how races work - start process, intro to race strategy & stints, outline of pit stops, how they end, parc ferme > podium

intro to strategy - outline of pitstops, tyre choices, over/undercut, etc

intro to tyres - different types, characteristics of each ones, deg/wear etc

how the timing towers on tv work & how to read them (for free practice, quali & race)

what all the different flags mean

safety car 101

tracks - loads of stuff here: famous tracks, all the tracks on the current calendar, the different between traditional and street tracks, features of a track to watch out for

overtaking explained

technical explainer - drs, battery harvesting, slipstreaming, stuff like that

safety features explainer - halo, hans device, etc

technical terms/slang you might hear

what the FIA is/intro

stewarding/the rules outline

techical requirements - parc ferme, what can/can't be changed over a weekend, rebuilding cars after contact or crashes

pit stops - what happens, what's changed, double stacking, good/bad times, how it affects a race

common penalties - track limits, crossing pit lane entry etc

point system - how it works for sprints/races, how it's changed etc

car design - wings, sidepods, etc

intro to f1 physics - aero, downforce etc

liveries - iconic ones, current team liveries, history of team liveries

the pitlane, paddock & pit wall explained - including order of teams in the pitlane, who everyone on a pit wall is

team radio 101 - what is said, what it means, iconic moments

how weather & temperature affects races/driving

history of f1

most famous races

most famous championships

wildest stuff that's happened in the sport (overall or by decade)

team move dramas

an intro to all the driver's championship winners

'know your history' - big moments people will see referenced

most controversial events - on track

most controversial events - off-track, f1 politics, scandals

moments that changed the sport

fandom stuff

intro to current drivers & their whole vibe

intro to past drivers & their whole vibe

most famous ships in the sport and an outline

most famous rivalries in the sport and an outline

best/funniest team radio moments

silly things that have happened

teammate relationships - the good, the bad, the unhinged

slang & inside jokes you might hear

niche stuff - the orignal post that sparked this referenced an 'alex albon's pets' primer, daniel's tattoos, george's dad, etc. a gift to fic writers! so anything, as niche as it gets, is good

nicknames for drivers, TPs etc explained

iconic fandom moments everyone should know about

[epickiya722]

So Kiya, I see this interesting theory of Yuuji and Sukuna in twitter, what do you think :

"I am starting to think cursed energy treated them (Sukuna & Yuuji) as conjoined twins because their souls shared a body"

"If Yuji has Sukuna CE and will later use his CT, he's techically his "twin" in a weird way"

"Yeah. Could still be true that they were siblings in the past or something. Just that as of rn, given what we know about ce and twins, without canonical confirmation that they were real twins, this could probably be the closest we can get to confirming the theory"

Oooooh, wait, wait, wait! I got thoughts! I have thoughts! The gears are turning! This is about to be so long, I just know it.

(Also, like to apologize it took me forever to answer this because I'll be real... I was stumped and for a while I barely could conjure up words for anything. Posts and fics.)

Okay, I always thought the whole "Yuji being Sukuna's reincarnated twin" theory rather interesting and honestly, I'm here for that. This is more of a joke for me, at first, that what if Yuji was Sukuna's reincarnation and I'm working on posts for that.

Now, being a reincarnation for his twin, has me thinking about some things.

I mentioned in this post that I find it fishy that Kenjaku birthed a vessel for Sukuna and one that somehow was able to control Sukuna, too. Yuji is a perfect vessel.

Thinking about it more, and it's just a thought, what if Kenjaku had been involved in Sukuna's birth somehow and is the reason why he turned out the way he is?

Not saying I'm right, but hear me out!

Picture this. What if Sukuna's parents asked Kenjaku for some kind of favor dealing with a child? Kenjaku took it as an opportunity to test out a few things and what if during Sukuna's growth in his mother's womb, it wasn't just him? There could have been another twin and yet Kenjaku may have done something that resulted in Sukuna's having the deformities he has? The four eyes, the four arms? Hell, you know it's been said some people have "eaten" their twin in the womb? Sukuna could have done that and because of Kenjaku, however Sukuna had been birthed was the result.

Sukuna mentions he was an unwanted child and maybe, just maybe it was because he didn't turn out how his parents imagined him to be and could have abandoned him. And if they did, Kenjaku possibly could have gotten their hands on Sukuna and looked after him for their own purposes.

But why? Well, my guess is to use him later as a tool for at least one of the reasons, but also just another case of wanting to experiment with souls and the human body.

Now, bringing back Yuji. What if Sukuna could have also had two souls, one that would belong to his intended twin, when he was a baby?

When Kenjaku made Sukuna's fingers into cursed objects, they also took the soul Sukuna host for his intended twin to later create Yuji. It seems wild, but hey, this is Kenjaku and almost anything is possible in JJK.

I think about what Mai talked about with Maki in chapter 149. (So spoiler alert ahead.)

She mentions how twins are considered a bad omen to sorcerers. To gain something, you have to sacrifice something. (Indentical) twins are considered one individual by cursed techniques. "I am you and you are me."

Let's apply this to Sukuna and Yuji.

To gain something, you have to sacrifice something -> Sukuna's birth, but the sacrifice was his would be twin.

Twins are considered one individual -> As the theory suggests, Yuji and Sukuna are like twins. After some rewatches and rereads, I realized that as different as they are, Yuji and Sukuna do be having quite a bit of similarities (I already made a few posts about such and I'm working on another). It's like they are one individual.

Twins are considered bad omens -> Sukuna brings nothing but pain and Yuji only feels pain and also consider that the people around Yuji has something bad happen to them.

Going off that last point, think about the Zenin and Hasaba twins. The Hasaba twins were killed by Sukuna and even their backstory is nothing but sad. Before Suguru took them in, the village saw them as the cause for their misfortune and mistreated them. Nanako and Mimiko only had each other. Same for the Zenin twins. They were mistreated by their clan and even if they fell out for a time, Mai and Maki are still close and only had each other. Both cases of the twins end badly. For the Hasaba twins, again, they are killed. For Maki and Mai, Mai dies.

Circling back to Yuji and Sukuna, here's something I see that the two have in common, kind of.

They're both loners.

They are surrounded by people, and yet they never really truly fit into a place. Sukuna reigns as the "King of Curses" and does as he pleases but he just never seem truly satisfied to me. It's like he's a part of himself is missing. That doesn't mean I'm excluding Uraume. Uraume is Sukuna's bestie, for real. Think about how he treats others. He's all for a good fight and impressed by some. If someone or something annoys him, he eliminates. It's a repeating cycle for him.

For Yuji, he remarks to Noritoshi that he's always been a loner. He does have friends, Megumi and Nobara, and even the upperclassmen from his previous school. Also peep the middle school flashback. The boys were discussing girls, but what was Yuji doing? Reading off to the side. He engaged in the conversation when addressed, but other than that, he is alone. Going back to Megumi and Nobara, the same episode shows Yuji going off on his own. Nobara goes shopping and Megumi was going home.

Yuji often tends to do a lot of things alone and even if it's with someone, like fighting a villain, it's not like he seeks out the help, at first. Instead, he syncs up with that person with the time comes for it.

While surrounded by people, some that do have positive relationship with, it just always seem they were missing something or someone in their lives.

What if like Maki and Mai... Nanako and Mimiko... they were meant to be twins? They seemed lonely because they did not have his twin with him?

To summarize, yeah, I'm on board with that theory. Cursed energy probably did treat the two like twins just as Mai and Maki were because... what if they were meant to be twins.

I mentioned this a while back. In this post, I wrote about what of the soul technique Yuji is going to use was the technique that Sukuna had? He seemed familiar with it. Now what if, that was a technique that could have been one Sukuna's twin was meant to have?

Just something I wanted to throw out there.

[the-blossica-fan]

Sophie still exists; just as 110. Think of it like 6's situation in his story, when he received The Revelation

The Coven is uh. Actually much older than I gave it credit for 😭

TECHICALLY, it had existed for 2100 years or so, but moreso just shadowing. Dynol Cyn was the one who brought it into the limelight

Friends wise; yeah Aluya gets some c:

Including Darlin'. If I had to sum up Darlin', they are not only the Vessel for the Deity of Peace, but also Regulus if she had no regard for their own life, saved literally anyone, and would eat a grenade and tell you what it tastes like

So yeah she's in good hands ^-^

YIPPEE SOPHIE IS ALIVE 😭😭😭🎉🎉🎉

(Let me tell you I did not play 6's side story but I can imagine)

WHAT DO YOU MEAN 2100 YEARS OLD?! I- this never fails to amaze me actually, we went from 600 to 2100 years... it doesn't happen to be older than that, right...?

Well apparently The Coven is immortal, long live The Coven, I support them entirely 💪

And Dynol too, I support Dynol. Managed to get The Coven to shine (I was about to make a joke but it was so shitty I decided not to)

I hope it's not noticeable how much I like The Coven

And this Darlin'... I like them, I like them. Thank God Aluya is not alone, although I don't think I would trust Darlin'with Aluya's life I'm 100% happier now that I know she does have a friend (a very reckless friend, but a friend nonetheless)

And since I cannot forget, YIPPEE SOPHIE IS ALIVE LET'S GOOOOOOO

[liesmyth]

22 favourite reads of 2022!

Yes, that’s a lot of books but also: you can’t ever have too many books. These are some of my favourite reads of the year, arranged by a very rigorous (joke) vibe-based categorization method that I made up myself

✧  the push by ashley audrain — Favourite novel about Creepy Children; alternatively: Favourite novel about A Woman Going Fucking Through It.

✧ bunny by mona awad — Favourite "what the fuck did I read” book, lives at the intersection of litfic and horror, and it’s like if the girlblogging side of tumblr got a MFA (this is a compliment)

✧ jonathan strange & mr norrell by susanna clarke —  Favourite fantasy (with bonus footnotes, cruel faeries, and alternate history)

✧ bringing down the duke by evie dunmore — Favourite historical romance

✧ the witch elm by tana french — Favourite book about terrible characters suffering. Techically also a mystery thriller but the POV does the heavy lifting in why it’s so good

✧ the echo wife by sarah gailey — Favourite speculative fiction that makes a very good case for clonefucking

✧ the plot by jean hanff korelitz — Favourite litfic with a bonus side of Woman, Unhinged

✧ last tang standing by lauren ho + lucie yi is not a romantic also by lauren ho — Favourite romance, specifically: favourite het romance about a career woman over 30 who’s going through it in Singapore, and also the leading men are adorable”. Stellar audiobook version too

✧ my heart is a chainsaw by stephen graham jones — Favourite horror and favourite Horror Final Girl ft. lesbian vibes

✧ erotic stories for punjabi widows by balli kaur jaswal —  Favourite contemporary fiction, and also this is THE book you should gift to people. It has universal appeal and it’s wicked fun and might make you cry

✧ long bright river by liz moore — Favourite murder mystery that’s actually about disfunctional families and your own inner demons. Basically, the Dublin Murder Squad school of sad detectives.

✧ apples never fall by liane moriarty — Favourite domestic suspense but it’s Liane Moriarty so it’s inevitably forthy domestic suspense about middle class het Sydney couples with children. It’s also infuriatingly well written

✧ a deadly education by naomi novik — Favourite YA ft. plucky goth babygirl with death powers

✧ empire of pain by patrick radden keefe — Favourite nonfiction

✧ the last of the wine by mary renault — Favourite homoerotic historical fiction

✧ houston, houston, do you read? by james tiptree jr. — Favourite novella + favourite scifi. Technically a reread but it’s great and you should read it so here it goes! Also I needed a fave story In Space that wasn’t Harrow The Ninth

✧ the feminist by tony tulathimutte — Favourite short story

✧ the cherry robbers by sarai walker — Favourite gothic vibes historical fiction, and also ghosts and lesbians

✧ fingersmit by sarah waters —  Favourite historical fiction about scheming Victorian lesbians. If you’ve watched The Handmaiden, this is the book that inspired it

✧ thank you for listening by julia whelan — Favourite book about books, specifically Book About Making Romance Audioplays. Stellar audio version, too

✧ the last housewife by ashley winstead — Favourite book that’ll make you feel physical discomfort and make you want to commit murder. I loved this book and I want to tattoo it to the inside of my eyeballs but also: the content warnings aren’t fucking around

[empressofthesunwriter]

Cosmic Phantoms

What do you get if you put a sassy Half-Ghost, a bubbly Magical Ghostly Girl, a strongwilled Goth and a skirt-chasing Tech-Nerd together?

Well, the greatest Ghost Hunting Team on Earth!

Join Danny, Julia, Sam and Tucker on their crazy adventures.

Puberty is a joke against the forces they are up to!

We can all agree that Sam blackmailing Danny and Tucker with a picture of them hugging was homophobic, so I changed it up.

And with that, please read and comment!

Two of a Kind

(*)

Night has fallen over Amity Park and at the harbour ghosts roam the scene.

Who are these ghosts you might ask?

Well, the local half-ghosts Danny Phantom and Julie Cosmos are hunting any ghosts who came out of Fenton's Ghost Portal to return them to their world.

Currently, they follow after a portly ghost in overalls.

Phantom punches him through a warehouse, but the ghost phases through a wall and crashes into a pile of boxes.

The Halfa's also phases through the wall, and the three turn visible.

"Beware! I am the Box Ghost!" shouts the Ghost, gesturing at the boxes around him. "I have power over all containers, cardboard and square."

"Okay, can we get this over with? We've got a test to study for.", says Phantom annoyed.

"Study? There will be no time to study--", Box Ghost's hand begin to glow green and he raises boxes into the air "--when you find yourself crushed beneath the forgotten possessions of...", he reads off a shipping label" "Elliot Kravitz of Arlington Heights, Illinois!"

He turns to Phantom and Cosmos, his eyes and the floating boxes glowing green, and sends the boxes and their contents flying at them. Unimpressed both teens turn intangible and the contents hit the wall behind him.

"We don't have time for this!", reminds Cosmos with crossed arms.

"Hey Tucker, let's go!", calls Phantom their backup.

Tucker and Sam kick down the door and jump into the room.

He is carrying a Fenton Thermos and she a biology textbook.

The Techic-Lover opens the Fenton Thermos and activates it.

"Good night everybody!"

Phantom grabs the Box Ghost, throwing him into the beam of the thermos. He screams and gets sucked in.

Smug Tucker caps the thermos.

"Perimeter secure."

"Perimeter secure?", repeats Sam. "What are you, a Navy Seal?"

Phantom and Cosmos land beside their friends as Phantom gives his answer: "Seals: aquatic mammals that bark. They're canines, right?"

Sam checks the biology book.

"Wrong. That's zero for twenty-one."

"Seals, are a widely distributed and diverse clade of carnivorous, fin-footed, semiaquatic, mostly marine mammals.", answers now Cosmos.

"Right. That's twenty-one out of twenty-one."

"I'm no teacher, but I'm guessing that's an 'F' for Danny and an 'A' for Julie.", mussed Tucker while spinning the thermos on a finger.

"Come on, you guys.", bemoans Phantom. "If you're gonna be superheroes sidekicks, you're gonna have to be a little more focused. You, Sam, are supposed to be helping me study for the test tomorrow. You Tucker you're supposed to be helping me catch these ghosts so I have time to study! And you Julie as my partner have to help me fight this ghost and not show off how smart you are!"

"I'm not showing off.", says Cosmos annoyed, her arms crossed. "We just had this unit in my Gynamsium before I moved her. Sorry that I still remember it."

Phantom makes a face and signs.

"Sorry, I didn't mean it like that. I'm just frustrated."

Tucker, who still spins the thermos on one finger laughs: "Relax, buddy, they're all right here."

Of course, at this moment, the thermos falls off of Tucker's finger and onto the ground.

The word "RELEASE" appears on its side screen and the cap bursts off to release multiple ghosts in business suits, who phase out of the building. The Box Ghost is also released and flies into the air.

"Ha ha! I am the Box Ghost! You cannot hold me within the confines of a-", he laughs and mimics the shape of the thermos with his hands. "-cylindrical container."

With that, he phases also out of the building.

"That's weird.", mumbles Tucker checking his PDA. "According to my schedule, we should be done catching ghosts by now."

This earns him twin looks of annoyance from Phantom and Cosmos.

None of them wiser that a certain ghost, who hunts rare ghosts, set his eyes on them.

(*)

Our quartet are in the school library, just got their tests back.

Sam, Tucker and Julia all did good but...

"I got a D?!", cries Danny desperately. "All this ghost hunting is taking away from my study time."

"So much for the Fentons being a family of geniuses.", jokes Tucker.

Julia, who is sitting at a computer with Sam, turns around and hisses: "Be nice Tucker!", before she looks at what Sam is researching.

"I can't get a D in biology. My parents will kill me.", says Danny.

"Not if you pull your grade up by doing an extra credit biology assignment...", tells Sam showing him the website Julia and she were looking. "On this magnificent creature."

"A purple-back gorilla?", reads Danny a-loud.

"Yep. Extremely rare. Only two left, both male. After this, they're gone forever. Which is why you are going to prove he deserves to be set free.", proclaims Sam excitedly.

"Sam, honey, this is not going to turn into you changing the menu and we had to fight the Lunch Lady Ghost.", reminds Julia.

"Exactly. I don't have time for extra credit...or your agendas.", agrees Danny.

"Actually, you do.", disagrees Tucker. "You just have to learn how to manage it better. I decided to become your time manager. It's the least I can do after Sam made me let all those ghosts out."

For that, the girls give him the evil eye.

He was the one who let this ghost lose!

Danny signs: " I don't know."

"It'll be my job to keep track of your schedule so you can do your schoolwork and catch all those ghosts that Sam let loose."

Sam and Julia glare harder at Tucker.

"Remember what happened when I let you manage the thermos?", asks Danny.

"And I've already scheduled 'Remember: not to let Tucker handle the thermos.'"

"I suppose we could have a trial period."

"See? I've also scheduled some zoo time so we can check out that gorilla. Let's go."

So the quartet leaves the library to go there.

It's actually quite nice from the zoo that they can watch Sampson from an observation tower.

Only there is one problem.

It's boring as hell!

"There he is: Sampson. So gifted, so...majestic.", says Sam in awe, while watching the gorilla through binoculars.

The other three lean bored and tired on a desk.

"Sam, we've been watching the gorilla scratch his butt for, um, how long?", wonder Danny.

"Six hours.", answers Tucker yawning.

"How time flies when you scratch your butt majestically.", adds Julia, also yawing.

"It's only a matter of time before Danny finds out something about Sampson nobody's ever learned!", tells Sam. "You should go and try to communicate with him."

The Goth turn around only to frown at a sleeping Danny on the floor.

"Ugh, great. Tucker, you're his manager, can you--"

She stops as she sees Tucker curled up asleep next to Danny.

"Julie, please help."

No chance, the red-haired girl, is beside Tucker, also sleeping.

Then Danny and Tucker turn to each other, cuddling, while Julia spoons Tucker. All three start to suck their thumbs like babies.

"I'll do it. But first...", grins Sam mischely and takes a Polaroid Picture of the three. "Sucking thumbs makes any yearbook funny."

With that Sam leaves them to watch Sampson up closer and the three sleep like babies.

Well, till they hear a gorilla pounding hard at the wall next to them.

It wakes the three up, who scream and, realizing they're still holding each other and sucking their thumbs, let go and scream again.

They then see Sampson and scream once again.

"Gorilla! Loose!", shouts Tucker.

"I got him! I'm going ghost!"

Danny turns into Phantom picking Sampson up by the arms and phasing him through the wall outside into the air and back in his cage.

The others joined him there.

"Danny, I meant to tell you, there was a gho--"

Phantom doesn't let Sam speak to the end.

"I wonder who let the gorilla go...Sam?"

"Yeah. Wait 'til we tell everybody at school you let out a four-hundred-pound gorilla.", adds Tucker grinning.

Unimpressed Sam holds up the Polaroid Picture she made earlier.

Julia blushed, while Phantom and Tucker agreed they would say nothing.

Sam smiles in triumph.

(*)

The next day our quartet goes to Danny's home.

They find his parents and Jazz talking to a woman in a business suit and tape recorder.

As Maddie sees how tired Danny looks she tutts gently: "Danny, look at you! I'm not sure I like this overnight zoo research."

"Mom, come on. We're just a bunch of kids. In the zoo. At night. Alone."

Everyone stares at him.

Way to make it sound suspicious.

"We'll be in my room."

The four teens go up.

They reach Danny's bedroom door and Tucker tells him: "Here we go, Danny. Home in time for some well-deserved rest."

His PDA beeps and he checks it.

"But keep it quick, because you've got thirteen minutes."

Suddenly Danny's ghost sense goes off and Julia's necklace burns.

He opens his bedroom door and Skulker, the ghost who hunts ghosts, turns visible in the doorway.

"Hello, Ghost Children."

Skulker traps the two halfa's in a net and pulls them into Danny's room, the door slamming shut behind him.

They can hear how their friends yell for them, while this imposante metal ghost stands before them.

"The human ghost children in their natural habitat.", musses Skulker.

"Who are you?", asks Danny.

"I am Skulker.  A collector of things rare and unique. And you, Ghost Children, are that and more."

The metal ghost laughs and stomps on a model rocket.

"Hey, my rocket! I built that!", yells Danny.

"Pity, though. I'd hoped you two would put up more of a fight."

"Oh, don't worry.", says Julia as she and Danny transform and phase through the net. "We will!"

Together they punch Skulker so that he crashes into a wall.

The bigger ghost growls.

A wild and chaotic fight breaks out between the three since they are in a room and Cosmos and Phantom don't want to destroy Phantom's room.

Skulker has less worry and just attacks them with his weapons and Phantom furniture.

At one point Skulker throws even Phantom's computer at them, till Phantom remember it's his sister.

The metal ghost managed to slam them both through the ground, into the kitchen, landing on the kitchen table and destroying it.

Both Phantom and Cosmos hurt and feel dizzy.

Skulker jumps down through the ceiling in front of them.

"Come, Ghost Boy and Ghost Girl. Time to see your new home."

He grabs Phantom and Cosmos and phases them through the floor into the lab, the teens yelling along the way.

When they are in the lab Skulker holds Cosmos under one arm and Phantom by his throat.

"What are you doing?", demands Phantom to know.

"Bringing you back to my world, where I can put you two on display."

"What?!", shout the two Halfa's shocked.

The Ghost-Ghosthunter presses a button on his wrist that turns on the nearby Ghost Portal.

"Ha! At last.", laughs Skukler in triumph, walking with his prey towards the portal. "Time to put you in your cage."

"Noooo!"., yells Phantom, while Cosmos cries: "Please not!"

Out of nowhere, Sam slides between Skulker and the portal, holding her arms out to block him.

"No is right, Danny and Julie. Cages are wrong. How do you think Sampson feels being in a cage?"

"But--", stutters Skulker surprised.

"He's a beautiful animal and deserves to roam free!"

"I..."

"Should be ashamed."

Phantom takes advantage of Skulker being distracted and kicks him across the room freeing Cosmos from his grip.

Skulker goes flying towards Tucker, who yells and runs out of the way before the ghost lands.

As he sits up, Skulker sees Tucker's dropped PDA next to the fallen Tucker and picks it up.

"That technology: so sleek, so...advanced.", says the ghost in aww. Then looks at the old control panel on his wrist, then back at PDA. "Hmm, I wonder..."

He yanks the busted, outdated control panel off of his armour and drops it on the floor, then replaces its slot with the PDA.

The PDA begins to spark and the dangling wires wave around.

"Hey, I got three more payments on that!", whines Tucker.

Unimpressed Skulker smacks Tucker away with his hand and looks back at his wrist.

"Marvelous."

The dangling wires connect to the PDA, causing Skulker to glow.

Cosmos and Phantom fly at him, but Skulker fires new ecto-blasters from his wrists back at them.

Both hit the wall, their arms and legs bound by ectoplasm.

"Way to go, Tucker. You just made the bad guy more bad!", scolds Sam him.

"How was I supposed to know my PDA was ghost-compatible?", he shoots back.

Skulker stands before the captured Halfa's.

"Say goodbye to this world, children."

Points his wrist at them.

Suddenly the PDA beeps and he looks at it.

"What?", Skulker wondered and read aloud: "Fly to the library? Get a book on the eating habits of purple-back gorillas?"

His jetpack pops out and turns on, blasting him towards the ceiling.

"No, stop. The hunt is not over!"

He phases through the ceiling and invisibly passes up through the living room.

At the same moment, the ectoplasmic binds on Phantom and Cosmos disappear.

"What happened?", asks Sam, helping her two friends up.

"Who cares? At least I got a minute to relax and figure this out.", says Phantom.

That's when they hear how Phantom's mom knocks on his bedroom door and calls for him.

Like a rocket, he phases back into his room.

Cosmos detransforms and she and Sam look after Tucker.

Luckily the hit from SKulker didn't hurt him.

A wonder!

(*)

Nerveoulsy Danny and Julia look around as they step up the stairs to Casper High, Tucker and Sam of course with them.

"Any sign of him?", asks Danny into the round.

"Nope.", tells Tucker and checks his new PDA. "He hasn't bothered you and Julie for...thirty-eight minutes. Maybe he's hunting somebody else now."

"That would be a dream come true.", mumbles Julia.

"How many of those things do you have?", refers Sam to Tucker PDA.

"Just two. Good thing I beamed all your info in here and backed it up. Global thinking, Danny: the sign of a quality time manager."

The PDA beeps and reads "GO TO CLASS!" Tucker pushes Danny into the school.

"Come on, you're late."

The others follow after him.

After their English hour with Mr. Lancer, they walk up together to Danny's locker.

As students leave the hallway, Danny opens his locker.

A series of glowing chains jump out of it and wrap around Danny's and Julia's torso and arms.

Tucker and Sam shout for their best friends.

Skulker materializes out of a blue mist in front of the Halfa's.

"I have you now, children."

He readies his blaster at them but gets interrupted again by the PDA.

"What? "Go to the newsstand and purchase a magazine with an article about purple-back gorillas?""

Skulker's jetpack activates and he flies up, crashing through the school's ceiling.

The chains on Danny and Julia dissipate.

Curious Tucker checks his PDA.

"Hmm, I have the same thing on mine."

"I think we'll blow that one off.", says Dann, with Julia nodding along.

At Lunch, they sit on the bleachers on the football field.

Only Danny nor Julia can eat.

"Julie, Danny, eat something.", says Sam.

"I can't eat now.", answered Danny, looking around. "He could be anywhere."

"I'm with Danny, I am way too nervous to eat.", agrees Julia.

"Hey, this food was scheduled to be eaten.", musses Tucker and opens Danny's milk carton.

Two glowing blue orbs pop out of it and wrap themselves around Danny's and Julia's heads.

They yell.

"Danny! Julie!", yell also Sam and Tucker.

Skulker steps on the bleachers.

"Now, boy and girl, once more, I, Skulker, shall--" His PDA beeps and he reads aloud: ""Take photos of gorilla?""

His jetpack activates and he flies away.

The restraints on Danny and Julia disappear.

"Well, at least he's regular.", points Sam out.

"Yeah, almost like a schedule.", realizes Danny. "What's the next thing you have scheduled for me, Tucker?"

"Gym. Why?"

"Oh I think Danny has a hunch!", grins Julia, seeing the mischievous smile on her friend's face.

Indeed he had a hunch, which he proved with the gym hour.

When Skulker put Tucker's PDA into his technology, he became bound to Danny's schedule.

He has to go where Danny was going to go next.

It was time they hunted now the hunter!

(*)

Skulker was watching Sampson in his habitat through his binoculars from a tree.

Annoyed he put them down.

"Where are they? According to this infernal device--" The PDA playing the game Pong. "--which I cannot reprogram-- the ghost boy and with him the ghost girl was supposed to be here an hour ago."

The ghost jumps down and frustrated yells at Sampson: "You were supposed to be the bait, you stupid animal."

"Sampson" turns around to reveal Sam and Tucker holding up a fake Sampson suit.

"Sampson's not stupid!", correct Sam angry.

"He's also not here.", tells Tucker, holding his PDA and a STylus in his hands. "Can I take a message?"

"You two! You'll pay for this!", promises Skukler, aiming multiple weapons at them.

Sam throws off the Sampson suit, while Tucker chirps: "Oh, I don't think so..."

Tucker presses "SEND" on his PDA.

Skulker's PDA beeps and he checks it.

"Time for push-ups." What?!"

He tries to resist as his body automatically starts doing push-ups.

"Stop! Stop! I can't...stop!"

Phantom and Cosmos fly into the cage.

"We can help with that.", they choruse together.

They fly at Skulker and punch him into the wall of the habitat.

Phantom then punches him five more times, while Cosmos shoots her silver ectoplasm blast at him as pieces of metal fly off Skulker's suit. Skulker dodges another punch and blast before he aims an eco-blaster on his shoulder at the Halfa's.

"Ah-ah-ah. 10:11, polish armor.", tuts Tucker and sends the command.

Skulker's blaster turns into a buffer and he starts screaming as it polishes his face.

"Stop fooling around, Tucker.", scolds Sam.

"Power him down already.", says Phantom.

"Now, please!", adds Cosmos.

"Relax.", answers Tucker, waving his PDA around. "Everything's totally under--"An arrow hits the PDA and pins it to the tree. "--control? Aw, man! I had four more payments on this one!"

The arrow came from Skulker's bow.

"Tucker, you're fired.", tells Phantom annoyed.

"Very well.", begins Skulker, putting the bow away. "I planned on simply capturing you and letting you two live the rest of your lives in a cage. But now, I will rest your pelt at the foot of my bed, boy and you girl, your pelt will decorate my trophy room."

Cosmos makes a disgusted face, while Sam speaks out her thoughts: "Okay, that's just gross."

"Well, Ghost Boy and Ghost Girl any last words?"

"Danny?", whisper-shoutes Cosmos.

"Just this.", says Phantom patting his head, covering his eyes repeatedly and pounding his chest with fists.

All stare at him.

The most Skulker.

"What are you doing?"

Phantom is now kneeling and scratching his butt.

"Calling a friend."

Sampson suddenly flies in and crashes into Skulker.

"You learned his language?", says Sam surprised.

"Well, sure. All he does is this.", explains Phantom, still scratching his butt.

The purple-back gorilla continuously hits Skulker and rips his armor apart, as Phantom, Cosmos, Sam, and Tucker both cheer him on and wince at the hits.

Sampson then throws Skulker, whose arm has been ripped off, down on the ground.

"But I still don't understand why a ghost needed a high-tech battle suit," Tucker said, wondering what everyone had been thinking.

It didn't make sense.

Only it did, as Sampson continued to demolish the suit.

Skulker's head armour was thrown, and Phantom caught it.

Two small green legs kicked out from inside the head.

"Let me go! I am the Skulker! The Skulker! Do you hear me? Fear me!", yells a squeaky voice.

Phantom pulls on the legs to reveal Skulker's true form: a tiny green blob with a face and limbs.

The quartet is shocked.

"I am the greatest hunter in all of Ghost World. You will all fear me.", continues the little blob to yell.

"Naww.", gushes Cosmos. "He would be cute if he didn't want our pelts!"

This makes Phantom snort.

"Thermos, please."

Cosmos holds the thermos out and activates it and Phantom drops Skulker into its beam.

"You haven't seen the last of me! I shall capture you all. You shall all be mine. Mine, do you hear?!"

Elegant Cosmos closes the thermos.

"Maybe in your next life, shortie."

"Julie, he is already dead."

"Oh yeah, true Sam."

Phantom and Cosmos detransform.

"Let's go home, guys.", says Danny.

"But you didn't get anything you could use for your report. You're still gonna get a D.", reminds Sam.

Danny kneels down to pick up Skulker's PDA.

"Ah, that's okay. We stopped the bad guy, saved the gorilla. If that's all I got done, then that's-- "

He trails off as he sees Sampson stepping closer to him.

Danny turns to look up at him but is shocked at what he sees.

 "Oh my gosh!"

(*)

"Brooding genius Daniel Fenton did what no other researcher dared to do. He got close enough to this rare purple-back gorilla to realize Sampson was actually a Delilah.", read Mr. Lancer the next day aloud the article about Danny in the Genius Magazine to the whole class. Stupidify he turns to Danny. "Nobody at that zoo ever bothered to see if it was a boy or a girl?"

"That's weird, huh?", agrees Danny. "Well, maybe they were respecting her privacy."

"Well, Fenton, I have to admit I'm impressed. Wanted to get your grade up so bad, you risked getting mauled by a gorilla."

Mr. Lancer puts his new grade on his desk.

Danny can't believe it.

"A C?! I almost get killed by a gho--rilla, and all I get is a C?!"

"Life's a big mystery, isn't it, Fenton?"

The school bell rings and their classmates walk out.

Before Mr. Lancer leaves he advises Danny: "Next time you want to get your grade up, try the library."

His friends step to a frustrated Danny.

"Well, it's better than a D, right?", tries Sam to cheer him up.

Julia nods along.

"And at least you can say you were on a genius magazine cover. Lancer was just salty because he wasn't."

"Yeah, thanks.", signs Danny still frustrated. "Oh man, if only I had something I could take this out on!"

Suddenly the quartet heard the Box Ghost yelling at a box of files in the back of the classroom.

"I am the Box Ghost! And once I empty you of your useless papers, your marvellous squareness shall be mine!", laughs the portly ghost evilly.

"Hello, misplaced aggression.", grins Danny as he goes ghost.

"I will leave this to you!", smiles Julia.

Tucker checks his newest PDA.

"You've got five minutes."

"Which is four more than I'll need. "

With that his three friends look on with smiles as Phantom kicks the Box Ghost behind, all the while the ghost screaming beware.

(*)

I hope you liked how I solved the picture problem. ^^

Thanks for reading and PLEASE LEAVE A COMMENT!!!!!!!!!!

[libelelle]

Btw i know i joke about Shadow being retired but he reallt isnt. Hes just laying low. Hes techically wanted by the state, rhough rn hes not really a priority. Every decade or so something major happens and Shadow comes out of nowhere to save the day (only when its REALLY needed. He doesnt help with everything, just things that could cause major damage. Cities being leveled and worlds ending sort of thing) when this happens he always skyrockets on the wanted list. Then he vanishes from the face of the earth until they lose interest. Rinse and repeat.

[firstprince-ao3feed]

daddy issues

by maggie_1277 The first time Alex called Henry daddy it was a joke. Henry had given Alex something expensive, Henry had seen the watch and thought it would be good for him, and Alex loved it. He kept looking at it, shining it, and smiling at it. "You really are my sugar daddy huh?" Alex joked and both of them laughed back then. It was a joke with the slightest bit of truth to it. Henry liked to spoil Alex, it was no secret, “I love it, daddy.” Henry pushed him away as Alex laughed loudly before kissing his cheek. (5 times alex calls henry daddy without meaning to and the 1 time he means to) Words: 3150, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English Fandoms: Red White & Royal Blue - Casey McQuiston, Red White & Royal Blue (2023) Rating: Explicit Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Categories: M/M Characters: Alex Claremont-Diaz, Henry Fox-Mountchristen-Windsor Relationships: Alex Claremont-Diaz/Henry Fox-Mountchristen-Windsor Additional Tags: Daddy Kink, Blow Jobs, Anal Sex, Anal Fingering, Begging, Bottom Alex Claremont-Diaz, techically they're switches, Light Dom/sub, Fluff and Smut, Smut, This Is STUPID, Semi-Public Sex, i love writing weird shit but this is stupid, 5+1 Things, i think??? via https://ift.tt/zDIGfTk

[monochromettv]

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Hi!!!!! I'm Magenta! My posts will usually use the color pink for the text and I LOVE stylizing everything!

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[strangesmallbard]

Correct Answer: No Role At All

Jesus does not play a role in Judaism. That includes both the Tanach, which is arguably our primary religious text, and the daily religious/cultural practice of Judaism. He certainly plays a role in Jewish history—largely a negative one, as his followers have persecuted Jews for multiple centuries. There is evidence that he may appear briefly in the Talmud, which is a compilation of Jewish legal commentaries and teachings that modern Jewish scholars study throughout their lives. However, this is not a commonly-known fact amongst Jews (I myself didn't know this beforehand), nor do regular practicioners ever discuss him in Torah Study or services. (If any Talmudic scholars want to comment on this, absolutely feel free to!)

Nothing described above constitutes a role in Judaism. One trend I saw in tags was the assumption that, since Jews often engage in scholarly and/or religious debate, we likely discuss Jesus amongst ourselves. We don't lol; if there's a consensus about anything in Judaism, it's probably the Jesus thing. There is slight variance amongst individual Jews; for example, some consider him a wise rabbi/teacher with good ideas, while for others he's just some Jewish guy who probably existed and caused problems.

For every non-Jew who believed he had a role, I urge you to reflect on this assumption. Where did it come from? Who gave you this information initially—a Jew or a gentile? Why might a Christian source want you to believe we accept Jesus as a prophet or prominent figure? I also urge anyone who grew up Christian (or in a Christian culture) to reflect on any emotional reaction you had to learning this information. Were you shocked or uncomfortable? What do you feel about Jews who don't like Jesus at all, no matter how "good" his ideas might be?

While Jesus doesn't play a role in Judaism, Christianity does play a large role in antisemitism. This may also be new information to you. If you feel shame or guilt about your reaction and/or not knowing, I gently urge you to unpack that before engaging in any more conversations—if either emotion is the driving force of your allyship, you will burn out. And here's me talking specifically, because I can't speak for all Jews lmao: you don't need to confess or repent. You just need to show up and trust the perspectives of Jewish people about both our religion/culture and experiences with antisemitism. (You'll notice that all the sources I've included above and below are from Jewish organizations!) That's the first step, and I appreciate any non-Jews who take that step and keep going afterwards.

Results/Quick Analysis:

Thank you to everyone who participated! I was actually blown away by how seriously folks took this question; I've been joking to friends that I haven't ever seen this many goyim be normal towards Jews LMAO + genuinely curious to learn more about our religion, culture, and history. The bar is wildly low, but it's still cool to see it surpassed, and to see an absolute Torah Study happening in those tags.

Very Quick Analysis: the results were both relieving and worrying. Relieving because most people got the right answer! Worrying because, well, nearly half of the respondents did not. This isn't a verifiably solid sample size by any means, but that's still roughly 44% of 44,027 respondents, not including everyone who voted "something else." (Some of those answers veered from "very wrong" to "techically right," so it'd take a bit to accurately quantify).

That being said, the three primary wrong answers are not equally wrong. There are some important and interesting nuances to oberve here, and I plan to do so in a much longer post (hopefully) later this week. However, if you're interested in a quick explanation/breakdown of the wrong answers, click the read more below.

Wrong Answer One: Jesus is a Jewish Prophet

Jesus is not considered a Jewish prophet by any major sects or traditions. There are approximately 48 recorded prophets in the Tanach, none of whom are the guy known to Christians as Jesus. (I say approximately because the number has been contested before in the Talmud). There may be individual Jews who believe that Jesus should be a prophet or a significant religious teacher in Judaism, such as this guy I found in a 1971 New York Times article.

Here's the definition of a Jewish prophet, according to JewFaqs:

A prophet is basically a spokesman for G‑d, a person chosen by G‑d to speak to people on G‑d's behalf and convey a message or teaching. Prophets were role models of holiness, scholarship and closeness to G‑d. They set the standards for the entire community.

In very simple terms, Jesus is not a prophet because we don't believe he spoke on G-d's behalf. I was very tickled by the description of Jesus as a "good Jew" in some tags, because, well. No he ain't, according to most commonly accepted definitions of a Jew who practices Judaism and participates in Jewish culture. (Some disagree with this, however! That is where debates can happen between Jews. Just not in Torah Study).

There are also Messianic Jews/"Jews for Jesus", who have alternative beliefs about Jesus' role in Judaism, to put it mildly. However, Messianic Jews do not reflect the beliefs of anyone but themselves. Many Jews (myself included) do not count Messianic Jews as Jews. To learn why, please read that article I've linked there.

According to the tags, there appears to be two main reasons for this assumption. The first is the one I expected: While Jesus is not a prophet in Judaism, he is a prophet in Islam. This conflation is somewhat understandable, especially for Muslims/those who grew up Muslim, plus anyone who only knows a few facts about either Judaism or Islam.

The second one is honestly shocking to me: some Christian schools (including day schools and extracurricular programs) are apparently teaching y'all that Jews believe Jesus is a prophet!!! Hello lmao. They are Blatantly lying to you! This is fascinating. And it explains so much about Christian assumptions of Judaism and our relationship to JC. But what the fuck. Anyway, I plan to analyze Why I think they're teaching y'all that in the future Big Post. In the meantime: feel free to toss that lesson out. garbage

Wrong Answer Two: Jesus Appears in the Torah

Nope! The Torah's historical timeline is complicated, especially when you consider both the oral traditions and the written text. However, Jesus definitely doesn't appear in there. In general, the Torah describes the first five books in the Tanach, which consists of three major sections: the Chumash (the Torah), the Prophets (Neviim), and the Writings (Ketuvim). The Tanach roughly correlates to the Christian Old Testament; there are some key differences in which texts are included in the latter versus the former.

Anyway, as many have pointed out in the tags, the Torah was written way before Jesus was born. There's no full consensus on when the written Torah (as Jews know it today) was completed, but it was definitely before the birth of JC. He missed the whole party and we're not giving him any party favors.

According to the tags, I believe there are also two main reasons for this assumption. The first is plain and simple ignorance. Many gentiles don't know what the Torah is; in fact, many assume that it's the full Old Testament. Others don't know that Jesus only appears in the new one, especially if they weren't raised Christian/only know stuff about Christianity through osmosis. And it's okay to not know things! But now you know. Woe! Google Scholar be upon ye

The second is a bit more complicated: according to Christian theology, Jesus' birth was predicted in the Old Testament, aka the Tanach, aka the Torah. In this context, it makes sense why Christians/anyone raised vaguely Christian might misremember that Jesus himself shows up. Or they might count these predictions as him "showing up." But this is only true of Christianity. Jews do not believe that Jesus shows up in the Torah. Theologically speaking, that would be as absurd as the Buddha showing up in the Torah.

"Wrong" Answer Three: Jesus is a Rejected Messiah/Religous Figure

Actually, this answer isn't technically wrong. Anyone who voted this answer gets the metaphorical consolation prize. Put simply, Jews very much do reject Jesus as the prophecied Messiah in Judaism. (Someone in the poll reblogs wrote a great explanation as well - I'll either link it here or reblog it after posting this!) Furthermore, some Jews classify him as a "false Messiah" - belonging to a wider group of other Jews who claimed to be a Messiah and were rejected for various reasons.

The reason why I included this answer is because I was interested in how gentiles would intepret it. Some definitely questioned whether this answer should be separated from "no role at all," and others wanted to know my intended meaning first. For the sake of simplicity, my interpretation is this: Jesus can only be a "Rejected Messiah" figure in Judaism if that rejection is active—something we do as a part of everyday Judaism.

However, our rejection of Jesus is ultimately very, very passive. To actively reject Jesus, we'd have to seriously consider him as a contender. His divinity and/or importance would need to be a subject of debate. And he isn't. For the majority of Jews, rejecting Jesus has the same theological relevance as rejecting any major religious figure from a different religion. To use a common phrase from the tags: to us, Jesus is very much just some guy.

In any case, I do think my original hypothesis holds true: selecting this answer over "no role" shows that you approached the question from a Christian perspective, rather than a Jewish one. To be clear, I don't expect you to have that Jewish perspective ready to go. However, the Christians don't only believe we rejected Jesus; many believe that Jews killed him. (Jews did not kill Jesus. If Jesus existed, the Romans killed Jesus). This antisemitic canard is the basis for other antisemitic canards, including blood libel, which has led to multiple pogroms. (Also: many of these pogroms have historically occurred during Passover).

To put it even more bluntly: the Christian belief that Jews reject Jesus gets us killed. That's why it's important to consider the Jewish perspective over the Christian perspective. That's also why it's important to separate the two religions in your mind. Judaism is not incomplete Christianity, nor a proto-Christianity. It's an expansive tradition spanning thousands of years with multiple sects and diverse histories. And Jesus plays no significant role in that tradition.

Concluding Thoughts (Where's the Long Analysis?)

Thanks for reading the short version (haha) of the analysis! I hope to have a longer one out sometime this week, but it may be longer, as I'm hoping to get imput from other Jewish folks before publishing. Everything I described above is within my wheelhouse of knowledge, but the Longer Version requires a research journey and more in-depth sourcing. (That being said, @ Jews, please feel free to offer corrections or alternative perspectives!)

If anyone has any questions about the poll or what I wrote above, feel free to shoot me an ask or dm! (Anon is unfortunately off because I get nervous every time one of my Jewish posts makes the rounds). If I don't know the answer, I'll either provide a source you can check out, consult another Jew who's up for answering questions, or point you in the general direction of where to find the right answer.

[abrahamshipwreck]

I made a (joke) Marvel OC after playing too much Subnautica that was tied to Namor in some way (I will explain)

[CHARACTER] was a marine biologist from Norway who studied abroad in Miskatonic U in Mass. They were given a grant by Richard Reed for conservational studies of hydrothermal vents and the surrounding eco systems along the mid-Atlantic tectonic range with focus on Big Fin squid and other abyssal zone life forms.

Unfortunately despite the subnautical research and living center was built just for one person (and their very old cat) and built to have a negative impact on the surrounding environment it is still techically sat right in Atlantean territory.

Theres other shit but thats the broad strokes of it

[soraavalon]

Nathaniel: I will pull Moriarty aside and ask if there's anything he wants to relay to Nicholas that he wants to know? Tark (OOC): That is so nice. Moriarty: I would prefer to speak to him myself if the opportunity arrises. But do tell him I send my regards. Nathaniel: Alright. Tark: Can I put a request in? Nathaniel: I'm afraid of what your request is going to be. I think I know what your request is going to be. Tark: What do you think my request if going to be? DM: 'You got the good kush? Bring some back.' Nathaniel (OOC): *laughs* I hate the weed joke. Moriarty (OOC): First of all, how dare you. Second of all... Nathaniel (OOC): Fuck off. Tark: No. Techically, it's two rolled into one. Nathaniel: Uh-huh Tark: First one, if you can, hit him for me 'cause--- Nathaniel: That's not gonna happen. Tark: And then two, if he would be willing and it does turn out to like be your mom; I wanna know how he did it. I wanna know how he did it. Nathaniel: Alright, fair. Tark: That's it. Nathaniel: Okay. Eudora: I'd offer to punch him, but... DM: Right in the knee. Tark (OOC): Yeah. -laughter - Tark (OOC): Oh my god, could you imagine? Someone just walking by... Nathaniel (OOC): Proof (?)  that he just walks with a cane and just kick the cane out from under him. DM: I'll tell you this right now; I don't think Nicholas Price, no matter how bad his gait gets is ever gonna walk with a fucking cane. Nathaniel (OOC): Oh. DM: I don't think he would ever. Nathaniel (OOC): Yeah, good point. DM: Cane? Nope, never. Nathaniel (OOC): Never a cane, that makes sense. God I am... Oh man, I can't think clearly. DM: So fair.

[the-worms-world]

ok thunking about this guy rn. so i know that techically he is a joke but like what if he was ""cannonically"" real. i really want to write or script something gaster/handplates related; and there is literally just Not Enough Content To Satisfy. so yknow what would be really, reqlly funny?

if runes of the dragon survived the war. literally just like, didn't even go underground, kind of just went out camping and missed the final siege. and then decided not to fucking come back. So i am going to. copypaste my thoughts here from notes

- sans and pap finding runes of the dragon out in the woods. like, he deadass survived the war and the entire era of waiting for souls to fall WHILE staying undetected. and they come in to this weird ass mysterious cabin and inside is a SKELETON they've never even met just like HIGH off his ass. He invites the brothers to have some too. Eventually they go back to newest home, maybe runes comes with, and gaster loses his mind quietly. Re-re-reevalutes Every Choice He's Made. ofc, runes is thrilled that, yknow, gaster survived and these are new guys!!! where did they come from??

- gaster: uh um uh

- when he sobers up him and papyrus become almost besties

he was literally just sitting out in a cabin (that's probably fucking decked with poorly made skeleton and pirate merch) growing weed and eating whatever he finds. for AGES. gaster didn't think i'd be possible to regret EVERYTHING more but he's finding out the limits on regret aren't hard set.

oh my god yknow what would be heartbreaking?? runes not remembering gaster. thatd be a real ough-er

Tumblr ate the original draft for this >8| But anyway it’s funny that you say this actually because me and my friends have this running joke of there being a skeleton called Runes of the Dragon who’s basically dasharez0ne who breaks into Gaster’s lab every now and then and pesters him with nonsense. Gaster was annoyed by him at first but gradually became very fond of him and considers his death one of the great losses of the War. He’ll never forgive humans for taking Runes away! I’d actually like to draw Runes pestering Gaster sometime but I have no idea what he’d look like, I just always picture a photorealistic skeleton.

It’d be hilarious if the reveal of another skeleton being alive was huge and dramatic and then they track down the cabin where they live and it’s just Runes in there getting high. Gaster would actually be pretty happy about seeing him alive though lol

Some examples:

Runes gives Gaster his resume:

Gaster tells Runes to shoo:

Gaster tells Runes to take it down a notch:

Gaster gets annoyed and frustrated at work, Runes offers some advice:

Gaster breaks down into sobs as he tells Runes what he’s done:

Runes kicks down Gaster’s door and throws the color cube at him:

Runes invading Gaster’s personal space to shout-whisper anything in lower case:

Runes runs up to Gaster all “ GASTAR i GOT a PROblEemmmm!! Mite be SICK but in a B A D W A Y “ and Gaster’s like “What do you mean :/” and:

Someone yells at Runes:

Deltarune!Gaster talks to someone and they ask “Where’s your husband” and Gaster says “oh, he’ll be along shortly” and Runes kicks the door down:

Runes tries to eat breakfast

You get the idea, haha.

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Out of curiosity, and I apologise for any inconvenience, but what is it about Pyke that makes you so endeared with him?

okay at the point im writing this its 16:45 pm, im european and im going on and off writing between games, drawing etc. this is probably and im not joking the longest, hugest post i have ever written not only on tumblr but in any social media in general. I had to take notes to reorganize my thoughts cause trust me, there's a lot of things to unpack.

Short answer: cringely grabs the microphone while blushing ...i ...i like him...

Long ass fucking answer omw to make the longest tumblr post in history: My relationship with Pyke as a character its, somewhat, funny. Pyke was released after Zoe, and Kai'sa, and Neeko was released after him. In 2018 there was this ''drama'' around League Of Legends fandom where people was tired of, what they call, 'Disney style characters' like Zoe. Kai'Sa release didnt help the ''drama'' as how the character was designed and put together. I didnt mind much about the 'Disney style' drama cause, everything that has sparkles and glitter on i love it. Then this motherfucker came into picture. His new champion teaser popped on League Of Legends youtube channel and in the game client, and of course, i had to peek my eye.

Im saying this now, and I am being completely honest:

I hated his guts, i despised him.

I didnt like him, at all. Not that i was 100% only sparkle champions, but i hated him. I didnt understand him, i didnt get the design, and i again thought that Riot was pulling again on male champions being shirtless and just talking about war and fist fighting while being edgy. I vividly remember one of my friends asking my thoughts on him after the trailer was out, and i told him that i didnt like Pyke at all, i actually did hate him. But...

I literally changed my opinion in just days

I dont know what part of my brain activated or deactivated, but i blankly stared at this guys trailer and the leaked splashart and... i changed my mind. He went from a champion i was not interested on at all to stiking my chords like no other champion has ever done. I started liking him without a reason at first, unable to pinpoint why i suddendly changed my mind. I waited for his official release, and oddly enough, i started playing him. Im not used to play male characters cause its not my comfort zone but... Pyke felt... different somewhat? Im not even used to play engage/hook characters but i felt like playing him.

When his release was out in 2018, i was already on my first year of Art school, and i vividly remember being on the computer schoolroom for homework with my class and I started reading his lore in the computer screen trying not to get catched. I snucked out of classes to go to the bathroom and read his lore and short story, see fanart and the tldrs of his designs... I was literally behaving like a little girl when she sees a cute guy, and, techically speaking, its what was kinda happening. I had the shortest 'enemies to lovers' arc in history cause i hated him for, maybe, less than a week.

Lets talk about lore!! Yipiee!!

Focusing on League's original lore, we can see a glimpse of who Pyke was before becoming an undead. My views on his character are a mix of my personal thoughts of him and the canon lore. Seeing this little glimpse of the man he was before that he never wants to talk about again is, interesting. It makes my mind wonder. Did he believe that he was being underpaid and exploited as a butcher? Did he think that captains and rich/powerful people abuse their power? Did he ever raise his voice? Was he prideful, and its why he doesnt want to talk about his past self? Or was he just too naive to know and its ashamed of it? Pyke is the type of person who is not talkative, but that is very reflexive. As the other side of the coin, Illaoi is also very reflexive but clearly expresses her thoughts without filter. The fact that he was also a buhru makes my head spin. It makes me wonder, why didnt he stay with them? Why didnt he look for a job within the buhru, instead looking for it on the city? What was the relationship with her buhru mom? What happened to his dad? Was he around, present at all? How many time has passed? What is Pyke's actual age?

Pyke's tragedy is, to a very lower extend, relatable. Its easy to identify with him. Everyone's got their lifeline cut sometime. But what is truly interesting for me and always has me craving to hug this man is the extent of his trauma.

In 'And then, teeth', Pyke has flashbacks of his death after killing Mazier and staring at her body. He can remember how dark it was, how slimy it felt, how he couldnt see well because of the sweat covering his eyes. How he tried, with all his forces, to escape to no avail. Pyke also seems, somewhat, lucid at times. Allow me to explain. Pyke is still him, that is clear. Yes, he hears voices, and they are always there, but he is still his own person. He is able to remember things from the past, he's able to act by his own, to think by his own, but the voices are always there. When i say 'lucid', i mean when he's either killing, or interacting with the list. In this short story, Pyke stares at the list, after killing Mazier, unable to believe that he actually did kill his whole crew, but suddendly comes to a normal, realization, 'Where did i get the ink?'.

Before killing Bekke, he says that he was there, watching him die, smiling. Makes you wonder if he's actually talking with rage and bloodthirst, or, if he's actually talking seriously. What if, he was talking seriously, but not being literal? We know Bekke wasnt there, he is not even from Bilgewater. But what if Pyke actually meant that, every single captain, every single person with power, constantly watch him die? constantly watching the people working for them dying, only for the powerful ones to become richer? Is he actually completely doomed at this point, is it a mix of both the voices and his own thoughts? Or is he just... him?

People that isnt much interested in his lore often thinks hes a mindless killer. Not that in mad, i think its stupid being mad about it. But to say that it's a false state, its valid. Pyke would never, ever lay a finger on someone he knows its fully innocent BEFORE killing his whole crew. 'But what if Bekke, for example, was just innocent? Maybe he was powerful but a good man?' I think thats to very own interpretation. What can i say, i hate rich people ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ im good with my man killin them all, slay. To some extent hes kind of a Robin Hood but bloodier you know? In the end he steals from the rich to share the gold with others. Gold that he wished he had back when he was an underpaid butcher.

Back to Pyke's trauma again cause i got lost on my own notes, its interesting how he behaves. As someone as introverted, and after becoming an undead, you might believe that Pyke now doesnt trust ANYONE. He doesnt leave his guard down, never trusting never believing anything. But... its completely the opposite. Its clearer on his in-game interactions. 'I needed help back there' and 'I work better with a crew'... waahhhh. But you know where this becomes even more clearer?

Ruined King baby

I want to marry him. I want to marry Pyke in general but Ruined King Pyke hes a baby and i need him i want to pat his head and tell him everything is going to be fine AUGH. How he settled up with a bunch of random people, allow me to say, after one of them wooped his ass, and with a captain, clearly a target for him, and he was OKAY with it. What a king. Slay.

Illaoi removed his voices, thanks queen. And you know what we see? Pyke behaving like a more troubeled person than a violent one... It blew my mind. The fact that he sharpens and cleans his knives and harpoon because he's stressed, the fact that he talks passive aggresive with Illaoi even if he's thankful. The fact that he likes Sarah enough not to kill her, and that he trusts her. He's able to trust a captain, even after what happened to him. It broke me. It broke me seeing his relationship with Ahri, how she was sorry, how she just murmured 'thanks' and then stood quiet when Ahri said to Sarah that he was, probably, never going to be able to explain the complexity of his trauma and his feelings. Seeing him having nice conversations with Braum and Yasuo... seeing him feel, welcomed... you actually feel good for him, if you have been stuck with him in your mind like me for years you actually feel happy for him. Pyke has friends. It makes you also wonder about the end... Why did he go? Why did he never say goodbye? Its true he said that once he was done with Viego, he was out, thats his only achievement. But... in the end, we see him go with Braum, Ahri, Yasuo and Illaoi to the tavern... Did he change his mind in the way? Did he just randomly turned the opposite direction? What the hell hapenned i need to know. This game made me cry. Not with the end. This game made me cry everytime this guy opened his mouth. Because he's relatable at some extent. And knowing that at some time later, if Sentinels of Light was canon and better written... Pyke would have been betrayed. Again. By Sarah. Someone he trusted blindly again. Can you imagine? How could have that developed? Would Pyke ever be able to trust again? Would he return to his patterns or would he just promise himself not to ever trust again?

Something i really liked about Ruined king lays on the early hours of the game, when we first see Pyke when we play as Illaoi. She calls him a monster, an abomination. But Pyke refuses to fight, even if he considers it an interesting battle, he refuses, because he has no reason, confirming that Pyke's kills are always selective and he would never hurt an innocent, even if you treat him poorly. I have talked a lot about Ruined King so ill try not to over repeat myself. Lets talk about

Design queen slay yass pop off

I just think he's neat! Look at that guy!! They made a marbelous job. Referring to all his models and concepts of course. Its the creepy but cool looking bandana with the teeth that gives him that eery, but also dinstictive colour focus on his design. The bone jaws around his shoulders reminding us about his death, the ripped cape, the fish teeth and teeth knives hanging from his belt giving him this 'shark' style everyone likes to explore on him... the gloves, the nails in a lot of concepts and promotional arts, the now grey-ish tribal tattoos representing his past as a buhru... The list hanging from his side, the boots with spikes to work... Something i like of him in League is the CTRL-5 animation where you can change his harpoon to how it probably looked when he was alive to the eery, phantasmagoric and murky looking one. Its an amazing touch. I love his design and i love that they didnt go for the typical 'drowned pirate spirit'. He looks so neat. The scars, the eyes... the ropes hanging around, the baits hanging from his cape... waahhh

Point number 2343939

............he's pretty..............

im going to hell and its his fault. What can i say? I like him.

Moving onto a more serious, and now probably more directly answering your question. Why am i so attached to him?

Yes, i do like his lore, and i have a bunch of questions i love to fill the blanks myself with own headcanons, i do like his design a lot aswell and i loved him on Ruined King, and i love playing him on league.

But, Pyke suddendly became a recurrent thought on my mind. I wasnt on a very good moment back in 2018. I felt undesirable, in all aspects, my group of friends wasnt the best back in the day and i was often ignored when i vented about trauma. I then suddendly saw a character that i could relate to, but that was also strong willed, and stood up for himself. I realized that, maybe i just wanted someone to protect me. Its a thought that sucks, not being able to protect yourself and seeking others to hide behind. But... he was there on my mind in my darkest places, and honestly? he hasnt left not even a single day. Made me thought that, maybe he would actually listen through my problems, maybe he would have stood up for me and protected me, maybe he would take the care i desperately craved for real people to give me. Sometime's hes the only reason i decide to get up from bed and do anything, i dont have it the roughest but i struggle emotionally with a lot. He's like, my emotional support, ironically, he's a support champion, haha, funny.

I then started interacting and seeing people who also formed these bonds with fictional characters, and suddendly i didnt feel that weird. He makes me feel like a little kid in love, and... it helps me heal. It keeps my mind busy, and i like him a lot enough not to get tired from thinking about him. Skins and AU's are helpful cause i can also explore other contexts of him, other things i didnt ask myself yet...

Getting sappy, i love everything about him. And it makes me happy seeing people that also love everything about him. I love it. I love him. And its been 5 hard years, but that also contains a lot of healing thanks to a random character from league of legends.

Woah! Its 4:06 am! thats a while haha. I missed a lot, my mind was fuzzy. Well, i have to go back to my day dreaming <3