#They got other cool AUs besides this one and lots of other cool stuff

[undeaddrabble]

IDOL DAILY - New Issue!

(The Amazing Digital Dance Rush AU by @nobody-nexus!)

I finally managed to get my hands on this thing! You wouldn't believe how long it took.

Anyway, I can finally show what's important here...

The info? Nah, don't be silly.

The photos from the photo shoot!

Wow... this sure was a surprise... but a pleasant one! They really outdid themselves this time... can't wait to see what else they got planned in the future!

... Still here? Cool.

Here's something extra <3

After the photoshoot, Jax invited Zooble over to his place. Wind down after all the trouble.

Normally, they would’ve just said no and moved on with their day, but, this time around… why not?

Maybe they’d get some answers. Some stuff didn’t add up.

Zooble looked out the window with contempt.

They glanced down at the crowd of faceless fans screaming their and Jax’s names, singing praises and begging for more.

Those poor fools.

They would never have enough.

They were all just NPCs anyway. It hardly mattered.

But their staring and their screams were still unnerving and grating to Zooble’s being.

They simply closed the curtains, then turned around, and were met by the oversized lagomorph laying down on a fancy couch, drinking wine.

Being at the top of the leaderboard had its perks.

Had the whole place all to himself…

What an ego freak.

“See?” He threw his head back. “I told you the fans would go crazy over this collab.” He took a sip out of his wine and then spread his arms wide. “They’re eating it up!”

Zooble sighed and rolled their eyes. 

“As if that’s even a surprise. They’ll eat anything up.” They sat down on a different couch, keeping their eyes on the rabbit. “If you had collaborated with anyone else it wouldn’t make a difference. You’d get the same result.”

Jax went quiet as he closed his eyes, then sipping his wine again.

“Hmm… maybe you’re right.”

He snapped his fingers and pointed at Zooble.

“But aren’t you glad I picked you out of everyone else?”

Was he expecting them to be thankful?

It wasn’t like they asked for it.

It came out of nowhere.

They squinted silently.

“…Why? You know I don’t even care about the numbers. Or being popular for that matter.”

He spun his drink in his hand, reflecting on his actions for a moment.

It was almost like he wasn’t expecting them to ask.

“I dunno…”

He glanced at Zooble, giving a light shrug.

“Maybe I just felt like being nice?”

The room fell silent for a while.

“…Felt like being nice.”

Zooble repeated his words back to him.

It even felt wrong to say it out loud. They immediately dismissed it.

“Yeah, right.”

Jax simply chuckled.

“What? You don’t believe me?”

They shook their head.

“I have no reason to.”

Jax pretended to be offended, gasping and clutching at his chest. What a drama queen.

“Wow, Zooble. I’m hurt.”

They rolled their eyes once more.

“Psh.”

They got up from their seat, walking over to the bar to pour a glass of wine of their own. “…Whatever.”

[sir-myst-cake]

First post on here and it's a rant!! If you want more cool takes you should totally follow me as I'll be posting here more often and have totally cool art to share‼️‼️

I'm not completely sure how to tag this? I'm talking about the ships in a positive light so I think it's okay, and besides, I want lots of peeps to see it, I'm aware I probably won't change many people's minds at all, but it's okay lol, I just want Anti's to see they genuinely have a nothing burger and need to leave people alone.

This is a mostly TikTok only problem regarding Beast x Ancient's (thank god) but I've seen my fair share elsewhere like on here. So lemme counter every argument I've seen so far cause you got a lot of time on your hands to be telling people to off themselves over Cookie ships 😭 put that hate into people who actually deserve it.

BILLFORD COMPARISON

Regarding ShadowVanilla specifically, people have compared the ship a lot from both sides, but what really got me is what I've seen here:

"Shadow Milk Cookie is way worse than Bill! He drove Pure Vanilla to insanity! He tortured him!"- This is in regards to how people bring up the fact Anti's are fine with one thing but not the other when it's basically the same thing they're against. Psychological, physical, mental, and emotional torture. I'll be honest I haven't watched Gravity Falls whatsoever, but my friend has, and from what she says, yeah Bill is the definition of a cruel and unusual punishment. He's done some crazy things, absolutely heinous, might even be a little worse than Shadow Milk or on the same level, either way though-

You can't like one thing and then not the other, it's different flavors of the same thing, it's hypocritical. Either you hate them both or you hate neither.

"Those are 2 different fandoms!"- Doesn't matter, it's the same thing, just different media, it's not different whatsoever aside from the universe, there's much torture involved on both ends.

ABUSER X VICTIM

This one I've seen A LOT and I'm just ??

"If you ship Beast x Ancient's you support Abuser x victim btw"- That's a STRETCH. You are reaching FAR. Nobody is romanticizing the abuse, nobody is normalizing it, it's stuff that happened in canon and we acknowledge it but nobody is doing any of that other stuff. I'm not condoning anyone in real life to do that shit lol. It's called exploring, they have an interesting dynamic, romantic or platonic, two sides of the same coin. You can say the same thing about horror movies, they put a lot of disturbing stuff in there. Do the movie producers CONDONE any of that stuff? Obviously not. Goes for Devsisters too, they don't condone body mutilation yet they still made Burning Spice rip off Cheese's wings.

But even so, for the people who DO like it for the angst, I won't say fiction doesn't affect reality because it does in many cases, but this isn't one of them. Not every relationship is going to be peachy and perfect, just like in real life. I can give an example on this one too actually.

GoldenLily, they aren't condoning what Lily (technically) did to Golden Cheese's kingdom, but they like it for all the potential, complicated feelings and emotions that come along with it.

Also, that's basically the same thing with Beasts x Ancients, just turn it around to enemies to lovers.

"This isn't Villain x hero, this is abuser x victim"- Are you saying MOST of media is abuser x victim then? This is in fact a typical hero x Villain trope, it's nothing new. Respectfully, you guys freak out when a Villain does villain stuff, I'd be surprised if there was a villain who DIDN'T cause any trauma for the opposing party. But according to this logic, media is just dead, no more fanfiction, no more what ifs, no more content since it's all apparently problematic and not canon. Even if somebody switches stuff up in an AU, and makes things completely fluffy, that's apparently still not enough.

"oh you had to make an AU to ship them because you know it's toxic"- No, it's just playing around with scenarios. Learn to separate fanon from canon. This specifically goes for the redeemed AU's I see of the Beasts, people still complain, they act as if people can't change. One of the biggest examples I have of that is FlutterCord, Discord did plenty of messed up things, but in the end, he still managed to change. You'll still get burned at the stake for it though.

"You must be an abuser yourself to condone this!!"- Extremely disrespectful and a WILDDD take. Need I say more??

"I ship Beast x Beast rather than Beast x Ancient's"- According to your logic, the Beasts are abusers right? And if we followed the same story, they are not mentally well whatsoever. You'd rather ship 2 dangerously mentally unstable characters together who'd just make each other worse? Destroy each other? Fuck each other up beyond belief? It doesn't make sense does it, nor is it fair for y'all to praise these ships but hate on the others. You like watching the cookies crumble huh 😭

CANON

"The ship isn't canon!"- We know that, everyone should know that. With what I said earlier, please learn to separate fanon from canon. That's what a fandom is, we do non-canon stuff, it's very fun, you should try it.

"It's a Proship/Dark ship!"- Going the canon route, Beasts are Eons old, Ancients are thousands of years old. Big gap yes, but nonetheless all of them are old as fuck. Older than bloodlines. Treating the Ancients as if they aren't grown adults. You're intentionally trying to make it weird. Stop calling ships you don't like proships please.

Also a little off topic but please don't listen to everyone you interact with on TikTok?? I remember one time I was scrolling through a comment section and saw somebody say "Doesn't Mystic Flour Cookie hate Burning Spice Cookie?" On a MysticSpice vid, looked in the replies, somebody asked for proof/where it was implied, and they didn't answer 💀 just blatantly spreading misinformation. Sources around you are way more reliable than people who don't back up their claims.

CONCLUSION

Even despite all this, you still have the right to feel how you wanna feel. Just please stop harassing people for simple stuff like this, in all honesty, I feel like it's more about seeing one of your favorite characters shipped with somebody who hurt them in canon that makes peeps upset. Which I can totally understand because I used to be exactly like that, I LIVEEEE for Dark Cacao Cookie, when Mystic Flour's update came out, I wanted her dead. Quite literally blocked someone because I couldn't stand seeing their MysticCao art. Hated what she did to my baby boy fr.

But then It started growing on me, over time, I just realized it was never that serious.

Even so, notice how I still didn't go out of my way to harass said person about it because I specifically didn't like it? It really is that easy. Block and go about your day.

I also suspect this because of stuff like this 💀

Love that person who replied, but it's not that hard y'all. We all can in fact, get along.

ANYWAYSSSS thanks to those who took the time read, I love you my pookies hope you have a good day or night💕💕

[saltynsassy31]

*drags myself through the floor and slams this down*

I present to you

FULLMETAL BARTENDERS AVIAN AU

Divine Nugget Au

(Rant as to why I chose the White-throated Needletail as Blurr's bird and some minor AU lore under the cut)

And that's not all! It comes with a FULL FLEDGED COMIC!!!!!

I spent a whole fucking week on this

I haven't done a comic in 4 years now, I can't believe this is my come-back XD. Though, on that note, know that I probably won't be pumping out any more comics - not any time soon, at least. But I do got more stuff planned for this au! If you ask about it, I'll 100% rant about it LOL

Tw// ⚠️mild gore in the 3rd panel⚠️

While exploring the woods with his team, Swerve had an unfortunate encounter with a crazed hunter. In an attempt to escape, he got injured, but it seems he wasn't the only one caught in the crossfire...

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Okay

So when you look up what the fastest bird in the world is, Google with show the Peregrin Falcom

But there's a catch

The Peregrine is only fast when diving

When it dives to catch its prey, it can go up to 389km/h

Which yeah, pretty fast

But when casually flying, it only goes up to 120 iirc

The Needle Tail?

It can go up to 170km/h

Some have even recorded going over 300! (Close to the Falcon's dive, I believe)

Additionally, these birds only fly. Their habitat is literally listed as "the air," and some even believe they sleep while flying! They only ever land to brood and mate, and then they're off again. Their legs are so short that, if they ground, they can't fly again because it doesn't give enough room to flap their wings.

It fits Blurr perfectly!

It also has a blue-ish colour pattern I can work with lol (it's green, but it looks blue, lol)

Though, also, he isn't 100% like the Needle Tail, just based off of it. I still want avians to be sorta their own species and doesn't have to be exactly like their bird counterparts cuz they aren't them, they're their own thing.

That said, Blurr is one of the shortest from Avians population, still.

They're pretty big.

Another trivial detail of the design!

I was stuck between having his arms be his wings or have them be separate

Until I saw a drawing where they had both, and I realised, "Wait, why isn't that done more often! That's so cool!"

So that's sorta what I did

It's mainly to catch small prey when grounded and to stay better perched up on trees since they're much bigger and having extra fingers helps a lot. Or when they're climbing against a tree to pick up fruits, it gives them an extra boost and can better hang from it

But they're pretty much useless besides that lol

Just neat lil design choice

Other lore stuff. The time in which the au takes place is vaguely modern? But with fantasy aspects? I still haven't decided lol

Technology exists, but not in the way we have it sort of deal, idk, this au is pretty bare bones right now, so go wild with it XD I don't mind it, I love brainstorming it with people. I know this au isn't as big or complex as some others out there, but it's fun, and I hope yall like it too fjsjajaj

[pyrodolls]

Second part of the yandere kung lao? We do not want it we NEED it 🥰

self aware! yandere kung lao x reader PART 2

warnings: obsession, ooc kung lao, gender neutral reader, kung lao has an existential crisis

summary: you’re in the game now, thanks to kung lao dragging you into the mortal kombat 1 universe. but you didn't expect him to be so... suffocating.

a/n: I WAS SURPRISED THAT PEOPLE LIKED THE FIRST PART. i got so many requests for a part two, sooooo here it is. i love self aware fics, and i tried so hard to hold back on turning this into a sagau-cult-au inspired fic. i love reading sagau cult au fics on here bro. maybe someday i'll make self aware mk1 cult au fics

see part one here -> part 1

-you woke up in the nook of an alley, confused on how you got there. but you knew you got transported in the world of mortal kombat. is this just a dream? there's no way you just woke up in a video game.

-you tried pinching yourself, in case you were indeed having a dream. unfortunately, nothing happened. you just landed in mortal kombat somehow.

-the thought of waking up in one of your favorite video games seemed cool at first, but a lot of questions popped into your head. how did you get there? is it a permanent thing? can you escape somehow? does any of this have to do with the kung lao glitches?

-your last question was quickly answered when you heard someone mumbling nearby. the voice sounded too familiar. it was kung lao's voice.

-"where are they..." kung lao mumbled, repeating that phrase every few seconds. was he looking for someone? could it be you he was looking for?

-you wanted to reveal yourself and meet him, but you hesitated. you remembered those weird glitches that happened while you were trying to play the game, so you were slightly creeped out by kung lao.

- a part of you wanted to say something or introduce yourself, but you got a strange feeling in your gut, almost as if you know you shouldn’t trust him. something is wrong about him, really wrong.

- trusting your gut, you ended up hiding from kung lao. as soon as you stopped hearing his mumbling, you got up from your hiding spot, thinking you were safe.

-"found you." kung lao whispered, engulfing you in his arms. apparently you couldn't hide from him. and he really was looking for you after all.

-"it's you.. it's really you..." he repeated, his voice cracking.

-"you know me?" you asked, raising an eyebrow. "i think you have the wrong person..."

-"why would i have the wrong person? i brought you here for a reason." kung lao replied, not letting go of you.

-you were shocked. *he* was the one that brought you in the game? there's no way...

-"you see, i was tired of being away from you. it was like torture. i needed to feel your warmth, i couldn't bare being stuck behind a screen. besides, it kind of hurt when you kept on shutting the game off and on! did you not want to see me or something?" kung lao teased, casually acting as if you had a close relationship with each other.

-"how did you know you were in a game? and you wanted to feel my... warmth?" you asked, in complete shock from what he was saying. does he care about you or something? but you have never even spoken. obviously you liked kung lao because he was a cool character, but it was never deeper than that. you knew he was just a character and nothing more.

-"of course i did! you know how much i love you, right? i've been showing hints for so long! don't tell me that was for nothing.." he whined.

-he loved you? there was no way. he never even spoken to you! he was a fictional character, and you were just a regular mortal kombat player. it had to be a joke. maybe you were high.

-kung lao got the hint that you were still confused, so he tried to regain your memory.

-"you know.. remember how i gave you all my skins and stuff? that was a lot of hard work, you have no idea how much coding or whatever i had to go through. and i tried talking to you directly, but that was even harder. the most i could do was look at you as often as i could. was that not enough for you?" kung lao explained, sensing that his efforts were all for naught.

-so he was the reason for all those glitches. somehow, kung lao became self-aware... and he made himself the center of attention so he could gain your affection? it sounded extremely bizarre.

-if kung lao was capable of messing with the game and bringing you inside the game, who knew what else he was capable of?

-in fear of angering him, you decided to go along with his little delusions.

-"well, of course i knew! i just needed a reminder, sorry. i'm glad you brought me here, kung lao." you lied.

-upon hearing what you said, a big smile appeared on his face. kung lao was ecstatic that you returned his affections. he worked so hard to show you how much he loves you, and now he finally has the chance to embrace you. he can finally treat you with the love you deserve. he was tired of always seeing you on the other side of the screen, unable to directly interact with you.

-"great! i'm so glad we finally got to meet. i have so much i want to talk about with you, and i just can't wait to spend time with you. you don't understand how long i've been waiting for this moment." kung lao excitedly ranted.

-in that moment, a part of him realized his life was a lie. all the tales he heard of his ancestors, all the adventures and memories he's ever had... were all a figment for a video game. it was a terrible feeling to him, and he refused to face that reality. kung lao preferred to focus on you, instead of worrying. obviously, there was nothing else worth his love and time anymore after learning that his life is a lie.

-kung lao now believes you are a sort of saviour, a light in his fake life. nothing else matters anymore, because he has you now. and you have him too! he'll devote himself to you and provide you with strength, excitement, and love for the rest of your life. nobody is better than him, you should be grateful that you managed to have such a great partner by your side!

-it's not like anyone would be a better choice than him anyway, so don't go off and find someone else, okay? in fact, you probably shouldn't even look at anyone else. kung lao did so much for you and proved that he is worthy of your affections, so there is no reason for you to go after anyone else. if you do, kung lao will... take care of them. nobody will one-up him. nobody will be better than him this time. not on his watch. just this once... he can have something to himself.

[crumplstiltskin]

i love ur aus! your interpretations of the relationship dynamics in new ways that still feels true to the characters is really cool- take supernatural crazy stuff and making it fit in a more normal dynamic can't be easy.

do you have any opinions on how sukuna or choso get along with wasuke? (and do sukuna + choso both privately think of themselves as The Oldest Brother, or is one of them a middle brother?)

hey!!! thank you for sending this. i take it as a really big compliment ! i get very particular about that kind of thing so i'm glad it reads the way i want it to.

i'll answer this in the context of my aus. depending on the au there are minor differences though! and i hope you don't mind if i yap a little bit under the cut!

the most important part of this question is how wasuke's personality would mesh with them respectively so it's important to first consider what type of person wasuke is and how he would engage each of them. besides his appearances in the manga/anime we can deduce some of his personality through yuuji (how he was raised, his conduct, etc).

wasuke seems to be very even-tempered, family-focused so i think choso would get along the most with wasuke. choso is very gentle at heart and also family-oriented himself so wasuke would think highly of choso who is very outrightly passionate about it. wasuke himself doesn't seem to be overly affectionate physically or verbally but we know that he cared deeply for yuuji. choso being sort of the opposite way complements him well, at least in the context of caring for yuuji and i see him appreciating choso for making up for perhaps what he would consider his own limitations. wasuke would probably find it embarrassing but as a grandfather who loves his family he would be grateful for having choso in their lives.

sukuna and wasuke would clash more but not to the point where there is any real tension. i think they would bicker a lot, but only because they both seem like the stubborn type....probably share other personality traits too...idk..i feel it in my bones (and tbh in normal peoples au sukuna had a weird edgy phase where wasuke found him cringe af and he never let sukuna live it down 😭). in unckuna au and 12 years au they would both be very involved in rearing yuuji so they'd have long discussions about things after yuuji went to bed or something so this gives them a purpose to get along. not saying that sukuna wouldn't get along with him but to be completely honest sukuna is not the type of character to really care about much beyond himself. so they're like coworkers........but the work is yuuji. sukuna would respect wasuke out of principle (principle being he is an elder, he is his father/grandfather) and wasuke expects that from him, the end.

but knowing people like wasuke, neither of them are getting praise from him no matter how well they do or how much they impress him lol. he will tell them off immediately if they do anything wrong, and is not the type to say pretty words. if he wants to be nice to them he'll probably show it through action though; he'll go out of his way to buy their favourite fruit ("i got x today at the market, peel/cut them up for us"), drink tea and have snacks in the same room instead of sitting on the porch alone, things like that.

about the birth order...i think that's complicated. in normal peoples au i usually consider choso the oldest by a couple years (kaori's child from a past marriage or an ex). if it's the cousin choso au (where kenjaku is kaori's brother) he's around the same age as sukuna give or take. in sorceror au where he is a death painting choso is the oldest by far but sukuna won't acknowledge him as family for reasons (usually infantile and superficial) 😭😭😭.

in most aus sukuna kind of looks down on him for not looking like them and/or for not being human, and in most aus choso is not interested in sukuna beyond asking him to stop being mean to yuuji. almost writing off sukuna as yuuji's brother at all. almost... if it's any uncle au it's harder for him to ignore that i think...choso respects his elders...unfortunately...(he secretly thinks ill of sukuna in his head).

[itsgrimeytime]

drunk on you (epilogue) || Rick Grimes (TWD) × gn!reader (no apocalypse!AU)

rick grimes taglist: @golden-hoax @mgparker

series taglist: @ryoujoking @zomb-1-egutzz

Part 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

AVAILABLE ON AO3

Summary: You'd known Rick forever, as far back as freshman year. He was a guy you (if you were honest) had a crush on; there was just something in his stance and the low drawl of his voice. You'd say that feeling only got worse from there. Before you could blink, he was married and had a kid; and suddenly, despite your best efforts, you felt very out of place. You faded out of his life, and he yours. So when Rick shows up at your door (drunk out of his mind) about 5 years after the last time you spoke to him, you have a lot of questions.

TWs: vague allusion to sex.

[[A/N: I cannot stop watching this gif fr. So pretty. So sad to be ending it but it is perfectly wrapped up. Thank you to all who loved it. Enjoy :))]]

You woke up that morning warm, comforter neatly wrapped around you -all white and plush. The mattress was perfectly holding you in place just like it always did. But somehow, you still felt cold.

You reached your hand out, patting the mattress on his side of the bed, empty. You furrowed your eyebrows, peeking your eyes open; they flickered across the bedsheets. The comforter was pulled back, and he was decidedly not there.

"Rick?" You mumbled out, pulling yourself to the end of the bed, grabbing your ring, and slipping it onto your finger.

You stood then, adjusting your pajamas (an old pair of his), and padded your way through your bedroom. Hardwood cool under your feet, you slowly made your way out into the hallway.

Fingers drifting along the walls, you blearily blinked the sleepy fuzz out of your eyes. Attention catching elsewhere, you heard two things: the sizzling of breakfast, and the low murmur of voices like they didn't want to wake you.

"Rick?" You asked, again -although, at this point, you definitely knew where he was.

Lining the walls, your eyes caught onto a slew of photos. There was some of everybody, your eyes dipped particularly to Carl's graduation. Cap and gown, Rick on one side and you on the other, all three of you were smiling. Something in your chest warmed.

You turned the corner into the dining room, eyes smoothing across the empty table before you guided yourself into the kitchen -following the smell and the voices. The white cabinets shined in the morning light, and as you expected, Rick, still in his pajamas stood at the stove. And just beside him-

"Carl, baby, oh my god-" you rushed forward, gathering up the tall, now, man into a hug, "-how are you? How's school?"

"Good, good. Everything's good," Carl laughed, eagerly accepting your hug -he was so tall now. Your eyes darted along his face, taking him in. All the changes, you still remember him when he was just a little baby, all wrapped up in your arms.

"I like the hair too, by the way," you smiled, gently fixing it on his head -instinctively.

He was growing it out, dressed as casually as could be in some of Rick's old stuff. You would recognize it anywhere, you just didn't know if it was from his high school or young adult days. Wordlessly, you straightened the flannel over his shirt.

"Alright, Y/N," he laughed again, playfully, "-I think I'm all fixed up."

"Sorry," you apologized, "-It's a force of habit. You know your Dad."

Rick spun to you then -long hair mussed, but curled at the ends with a salt and pepper stubble climbing up his cheeks. Your very own Rick.

"'Ey," he spoke, defensively, "-I'm right 'ere."

To prove your point, you ran a hair through his hair -fixing the mess from where he must've woken up, and pulled slightly at his shirt -straightening the collar. It was almost out of instinct, and he seemed to expect it -standing perfectly still.

Rick grinned at you the same way he always did, you still felt your heart skip a beat even now. You doubted it would ever go away. Before you could turn back to Carl, instead Rick got your attention.

Gently placing the spatula down, he turned to you ever-so-slightly and opened up his arms.

You laughed, a little -the routine.

And with unhesitating steps, patted on over to him -wrapping your arms around his chest and placing your head on his shoulder. Still woodsy, still Rick. You could feel him chuckle, reverberating through his chest -bright and twinkly.

With a breath, he pressed a kiss on top of your head, "Mornin', baby."

"You guys are still gross, good to know."

"'S love," Rick corrected, slipping his hands over your shoulders, "-if 'at's gross ya got a bleak future, Carl."

"Hey," you swatted at his chest, almost in warning -Carl had a very bright future.

Rick laughed, pressing another kiss to the top of your head, "He knows I don't mean it, don't ya?"

"Yeah, yeah," Carl laughed, dismissively waving his hand, before retorting, "-I can't be 'ere for long, Dad. Breakfast almost done?"

You let go of Rick, mindlessly pressing a kiss to his cheek. He grinned, even though it happened everyday.

"Why are you here?"

Carl smiled, bringing you into another hug, "For a special occasion, Y/N, plus, Dad asked me to be here."

"Think it as a gift," he mumbled out, before siphoning off eggs -scrambled.

You almost said for what exactly, but then it suddenly struck you.

"Shit, really?" You asked, scurrying up to the calendar hung up on the wall. And there it was, circled with little doodled hearts.

"Happy 10 years, baby," Rick smiled big and bright, gathering you up in his arms -gently swaying in place.

You started laughing with movement, "That long? Jesus. How long have we had the house?"

"'Bout year 3," Rick answered, quickly pressing his lips to yours -just a surface level kiss.

You remembered the day he'd showed you.

He wouldn't let you come on the land, ever, wouldn't let you help, nothing.

"I'm buildin' it for ya, you'll see it at the end."

And then, one day, years ago, he'd dragged you out of the apartment with a blindfold, put you in the car and drove you all the way to the house. You remember the grass scratching your legs and the creak of the trees. And then, just seeing it.

All white walls, and big porch, and windows, and just... everything.

"Shit," you repeated -coming back to the moment.

"What?" He teased, "-Had enough of me, 'ave ya?"

"No, just-" you went a little quiet, just looking at him, "-I can still remember you showing up at my door, wasted, after five years."

"You're always gonna be holdin' on to the drunk thin', ain't ya?"

"Yes," you patted his cheek, "-and I will forever."

Rick grinned at that -something twinkling in his eyes. Even now, he couldn't wait for forever with you. You couldn't either.

"Breakfast?" Carl repeated -acting a little annoyed, but you could tell he wasn't. Not really.

"Yeah, yeah," Rick rolled his eyes, letting you go and grabbing the plates -guiding all of you into the dining room.

Carl left soon after that, promising to come back after the semester just for a visit. He'd had an apartment in the city, just like yours. Ready to go and pursue his dreams, just like you did. The two of you followed him to the car, wishing him well, and your own very cautious, be safe. He rolled his eyes but still promised you.

You and Rick stood outside, watching the car disappear down the driveway. He held you tight to his side, cool wind brushing over your skin but not exactly cold. You didn't mind being by his side though, never would.

With a sigh, you turned back to the house -his arm still wrapped around you. You felt the thrum of his body heat against your side -he always was like a furnace.

Your eyes settled along it, taking it in.

"I still can't believe you built me a house."

Rick laughed, looking at you -blue eyes twinkly, "You were the one who suggested it!"

"Was I?" You paused, trying to think back.

"Oh yeah," he turned you toward him -gently holding your shoulders, "-I was talkin' about me imaginin' a future wit' ya, a big white house-"

You smiled at him.

"-and you said we could build one."

You remembered then, his big smooth smile and those eyes. He'd just looked at you like you were everything he wanted, and he'd give you anything to keep you. That was a big day.

"Okay, yes," you finally responded,"-but I was joking, Grimes."

"Were ya?" He hummed, that sort of mischievous grin he'd always given you, "-'Couldn't tell."

"Liar," you shot back.

"Okay, fine," he conceded, "-You said it an' I realized how much I wanted to. For you. For us, I guess."

You pursed your lips, before patting him on the cheek, gently, "Sap."

"Just the way ya like it," he quipped, grin bright.

"You know," you started, as he pulled you into his side again -the two of you making your way inside again, "-sometimes I think about what we would've been like together in high school."

"Do ya?"

"Yeah," you replied -thoughtfully, "-because if you're sappy now. Imagine you in puppy love."

"Hmm," he hummed, "-ya probably wouldn't 'ave doodled in all those notebooks if we 'ad, huh?"

"First of all, I would've doodled twice as much, and secondly-" he laughed at you, "-what is with you and those notebooks?"

"'S nice," he responded, softly, "-you loved me then, and I didn't even kno'. I keep one of 'em in my wallet, actually, reminds me how lucky I am to be 'ere. Because I was such a dumbass back then."

You laughed a little, before pausing -realizing, "Wait. You keep one in your wallet?"

"Yea', I never told ya?"

"There's no way you're telling the truth right now," you laughed -a bit astonished, "-a doodle? Really? From high school-"

He stopped walking just under the porch, moving his arm to pull out his wallet (he always brought it everywhere, even in his pajamas), and flipped it open.

With a breath, he dug behind his license in the clear little pocket, "'Keep it behind my license, so it don't get tore up. Or smeared."

"Rick."

"Look," he pulled a tiny little piece of lined paper out -extending it to you, "-I ain't a liar."

"Rick," you nearly cooed.

You flipped it in between your fingers, you even knew the pen you'd drawn it in. It was one of your favorites, and it didn't smear, so you don't know why he was worried about that. A part of you couldn't believe it. But right there, over the blue lines was a big heart, and on the inside two words.

Y/N Grimes

"You really keep this in your wallet?" You asked in awe, gently pinching the paper between your fingers.

"I just pulled it out infront of ya, baby-"

"Well, yeah, but-" you laughed in defense, "-you could be looking for extra brownie points on our anniversary."

Rick paused, holding your eyes, "Ya think I'd do 'at?"

"For the right motivator," you defended, "-yes."

He quirked a brow, a smirk smoothing across his lips -you knew the look, "What kinda motivator, darlin'?"

"Stop you," you swatted his shoulder, "-you were just being sweet."

He laughed at you a moment, before countering, "'Could still be sweet."

"Rick," you warned.

"Just sayin'."

"Rick."

"Okay, okay," he hummed -taking his hands to cup your face, "-gimme a break, I'm bein' sweet."

"Yes, you are," you smiled, handing it back to him, "-Now, I have to know, do you keep them stashed anywhere else?"

"Whaddya mean, baby?"

"Don't play dumb," you accused, his eyes slinking over you in a certain kind of way.

"Ya know what," he tapped his chin, thoughtfully, playfully really, "-I think... I think I might 'ave some stashed in the bedroom."

"Rick," you laughed, "-are you really doing this right now?"

"Doin' what?" He questioned, innocently.

"Rick."

"I'm just answerin' your question," he smiled, bringing your face closer to his, "-I do think I 'ave some stashed in the bedroom."

"Let me guess," you quipped, "-on the bed?"

He grinned at you, teasingly, and dropped his hands down to your waist, "How'd ya know?"

"Grimes," you sighed out, fingers coming up to twirl into his hair, "-you are just so very predictable."

"Am I?"

"Very much so," you hummed.

"Can ya predict what's gonna happen next," he was a breath away from your face, "-Grimes?"

"I can think of a few things."

And then, with a laugh and a few spare kisses, he picked you up like he always did and brought you inside the house. Laughter bubbling out your chest and kissing the man you loved, you realized it then.

Five years was just a speck in your life. Those five years were nothing, not compared to this. To Rick, to your life now. And a part of you wished you'd gotten it back, gotten it all sooner.

Well, you smiled big and wide -arms wrapped around his neck, this is kinda perfect now, isn't it?

Rick smiled at you then, kicking the door shut without even looking away. Only looking at you, a little like you were everything. His everything. And for a second, you thought maybe you were.

Yeah, you decided, you wouldn't want it any other way.

[dock57]

Love your ramblings

ya got any headcanons on the side as well? : 3

[Bless you- I have so much to talk about for Monkey Wrench and I just want to share it! There's so much you can say for the series!

As for Headcanons? NGL I am. Not always the best when it comes to headcanons. I think I make assumptions about stuff from the show or just ramble what I noticed and love about it.

Let's see of some I have thought of- Which really has been for Shrike or Beebs because they're in my mind 24/7...

One Headcanon I had for Shrike, which you could say may be dunked was that Shrike could actually draw. From my understanding so far of Shrike in the series, he doesn't have a lot of skills. Beside being a sharp shooter.

Why an artist for a headcanon? I believe the idea came from Shrike's love for Terran cartoons and a possible appreciation for the arts. Not music to say, as he struggles to learn the guitar under Beebs' guidance, but possibly the visual aspect of it. Shrike is attracted to cartoons, but cool designs as well, such as getting the Bucket painted red. So to think he might have one artistic skill, I would headcanon that he could be an artist and thought that would be what he could pursue to do after being a mercenary. Its an idea that came up for one AU concept I have.

However...

Then we have this...

Now I know this is done by the guest artist, Doobus Goobus, and this is the artist's style, but- it gives me the impression that this is Shrike's art skills as well. Not looking at this as the guest animator, but looking if this is how Shrike visualizes things in his head? The squid is a simple one...

Though it would fit for his love for cartoons... I guess if anything, I always saw him to be the type to be into street artwork. Examples like these!

Well, I guess I can still headcanon he can learn to do that- no such thing as learning art too late!

As for Beebs? Lots of different theories and headcanons have come and go in my head. As of right now, I think the Headcanon that been bouncing in my brain is the idea that Beebs could be consider of a higher class or royalty, depending how his kind views it. I seen the headcanon or AU of Shrike being a prince, but I haven't seen anyone mention the idea for Beebs? Not exactly a prince, but just as I said before- a royal status.

I had this one swirling in my head since EP 4. Ajax. Everything about him speaks of a higher class of his kind. The way he speaks, his manners and how he expects Beeb's to act around him, the type of music that is conducted for his scenes, and of course how he dresses. I believe that Beebs also comes from another higher class of Walairins. During the dinner scene, how Ajax speaks about Beebs' father. It made me wonder that if his father is well respected among their kind. Some dialogue that catch my attention:

Whatever Beebs has done, from what Ajax was implying here, I do believe that Beebs' comes from a well respected family that other Walairins must find Beebs' to be a disgrace for what he "did" to his father (Since we have yet to know the whole story).

There is not anything to Beeb's design that suggests this, since well, Beebs' has striped himself from the ties he has with his kind and family. However, I think EP 4 gives us a good indication that Beebs' might be a higher status based from what I read from this one scene and how Beebs react.

Also if anyone knows what this hand gesture means- please tell me. I been trying to fight for the life of me of what you call this gesture that Beebs' does to Ajax which, really peeves him off. Its not a super common gesture to me and its done with such pronunciation from Beebs.

Anyway, those are at least 2 Headcanons I have! Maybe one day I will share some more with ya guys!]

[smilesatdawnmain]

Eternal LMK Au (Part 13) Interactive Story

To the Wukong's stash we go~

The rules are simple.: I will give the written passage, and then at the bottom there will be a vote on how the characters act next!

Story; Eternal Au

Ship; ShadowPeach

Wukong gave a smile, wringing his hands together. “My cloud might actually disappear once we get past the atmosphere.” The two angled their heads up in shared contemplation, already able to imagine the smooth ride becoming very unstable very quickly. 

“Yeahhhh…” Macaque frowned. “Not that, then.” An uncertain room with uncertain artifacts it is then. “Do you have anything that could get us up there? In your hoard” 

Wukong shrugged, “I dunno. And it isn't a Hoard. It's a collection."

"It's a hoard." Macaque clicked his teeth, tilting his head, “How could you not know? It’s your stuff.”

“Yeahhhh~” Wukong drawled, rubbing the back of his neck, “But I got a lot of stuff on the Journey- like a lot of stuff and it was a hassle to organize it when I wasn’t even home. So I just gave it to a clone to bring it back and had them toss it inside.” He hadn’t had the chance or the energy to organize since. As soon as he got back he had the tribe to focus on, and as soon as he walked into their home- it was covered in his mate. His clothes, his things, his smell. It was overwhelming and upsetting.

He spent so long just laying in their bed, staining it with tears.

“I hadn’t had the time,” he concluded quietly, rubbing his arm, his pride refusing to admit to why. Best not to burden Mihou with that anyway. He didn’t need to see him being so weak.

Macaque smacked his forehead. This choice was starting to sound more like a chore. “Ugh…” knowing their luck the clone would deliver the envelope to Gongzhu and she would get up there long before they ever did. 

“Let’s get this over with,” he gestured for Wukong to walk. 

The man was stammering and insisting, “I’m sure we’ll find something! I’m sure we will.” Going rightward of the mountain, beyond the entrance to their home and to the back entrance of the cave, Wukong parted the seal there to open up his treasure trove.

The chamber was dimly lit, illuminated only by the faint glimmer of treasures strewn about like forgotten memories. Wukong stepped inside, the musty scent of history and time tickling his nose. He felt a rush of nostalgia as he passed a pile of relics—each one held a story, each one a reminder of battles fought and friendships forged… and some he had no idea how they even got here, but was sure he put them in here at some point.

Macaque trailed behind him, wrinkling his nose at the chaos. “You really need to organize this at some point,” he muttered, Wukong nervously tapping his fingers beside him. He was dead for a few years and already Wukong made their home a mess.

“I-I will,” Wukong says.  

“You plan to keep all of this?” Macaque eyed it. 

“We’ll uh- some of it? Some of it is really cool!” He waved his arms around, rushing to show it off. He bragged of a few things, but was more confused about others. As if he himself didn’t fully know everything he had. “I have this cool helmet, and this awesome ring and- oh when did I get this?? Oh! Or this?? What even is this??”

Macaque was sighing, shaking his head the further they dug into this mess. Why keep any of this in the first place if he truly didn’t use any of it? Maybe sentimentality?

As Wukong rummaged through the haphazard piles, Macaque couldn't help but feel a surge of exasperation. "Wukong," he stressed, his patience fraying like the strings of an old instrument. "Focus. We need to find something we can use, not pick through your personal museum." all these adventures… things he was never part of. Probably foolish to feel upset about it but, old habits die hard, he supposed.

“Right, right! Sorry,” Wukong replied, flushing under the gentle reprimand. He shifted aside a dusty sword ornately decorated with fading runes and reached for an odd-shaped object buried beneath a blanket of silks. “What about this?”

Macaque squinted at the wrinkled artifact, “What does it do?”

“I dunno,” Wukong shrugged.

Macaque sighed and whipped around, Wukong flushing and going back to investigating. Honestly, it felt so odd to be talking to Mihou like this. Showing off this room and just- exisiting around him.

As Wukong was crouched below him and digging, Macaque stared over the mountains, debating going off on his own to go through this mess.

He couldn't exactly touch anything, so he could just leave Wukong to look.

Ah, but he also might be able to find something useful if he helped.

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LILITH HAZELTINE (OC) YO-KAI WATCH

Since some lovely people saw and read my info dump about my next gen/ future AU, I figured I’d show the main character from said AU!! ^^ Left is her look during the story, where she’s 11. The right is her at 16.. I just thought why not draw that?

Of course, this AU story is on my ao3 - pinkhazelnutfoam 🪱🪱

A little info dump on her incoming…

Parents: Buck and Nate

Best Friend - Serenity Thomas

Favorite Food - Gyūdon

Likes - Playing video games with her dads, petting Jibanyan, the ocean (especially aquatic life), lazy days with Nate

Character Dynamics

Her Family

Lilith has a lot of trust and respect for her dads that only heightened when she found out about their yo-kai filled past. She can’t really choose a favorite, they both balance each other— especially when it comes to their parenting. Buck is the one who’s more disciplinary, yet he makes up for it by being exuberant and funny. Nate tends to be too overprotective, but she knows it’s from a place of love.. plus, he’ll usually give her whatever she asks for.

Dorothy is someone Lilith positively adores, wishing she could see her more often. Her aunt treats her more like a daughter than niece whenever they get to see each other, and she’ll always be the highlight of family trips to BBQ.

If you ask Lilith about her grandparents, she’ll only mention Nate’s parents.. Lily and Aaron will always welcome her into their home. She’ll stop by at their house and Mrs. Adams will instantly start baking a tray of cookies. Her relationship with Bucks parents is something entirely different, however.. her grandpa rarely interacts with her, and when he does it’s cold.. At the very least, he gives her a lot of money on christmas. Her grandma, well.. She never got the chance to meet her, only learning about her through short stories. Apparently they’re similar in ways, especially their hair. Dorothy’s always been the one to share more about her.

The Archers

Lilith grew up around this family, more than any other besides her own. After all, they’re only a minute away. Katie, Eddie, Annie, and Kenny mean a great deal to her.

She always found Eddie to be the most entertaining; Trying to seem cool, show his work.. While also attempting to be “hip” and failing miserably. Meanwhile, Katie had been mature and inspirational. Lilith associated her with professionalism and what she should aspire to be like as an adult, although personally she preferred Katie when she let loose and joked around, even if her humor was a bit too mean- or blunt.

Annie used to act as an an older sister to Lilith.. They’d play with their toys together in the dollhouse Buck made for them, or do dress up with Katie’s clothes. But that changed after Annie’s thirteenth birthday.. She swore she was too old for that stuff, and became significantly more.. whiny.. mean spirited. At least Lilith always had Kenny, though. Kenny was her age, so she gravitated towards him anyways. They’d usually play together at the park, going for hide and seek or soccer. He’d always try to play with her and Annie as well, but Annie would kick him out of her room. Kenny is like a brother to Lilith. Which is unfortunate for him, because he has the most obvious crush on her- one she’s oblivious to…

The Thomas’s

What Lilith always wondered about this family was.. How did they get close to her own? Hailey’s behavior was unlike anything she’d ever seen before, and sometimes it seemed to overwhelm Nate, though Buck tended to get a good laugh out of it. Then Serenity.. Well, in many ways she’s just Hailey, the sequel.. Still, she has a deep love for them.

Hailey showed her the importance of being yourself, and how iconic Sailor Cuties is… She always bought her plenty of collectibles as well; Basically, if she got Lilith interested in something, she’d get her a gift in relation to it. If Lilith were to be entirely honest, though.. she couldn’t take Hailey’s presence in large doses, the chaotic energy was too overwhelming.

On the other hand, she was always fine spending everyday with Serenity.. Mostly since Serenity insisted on spending everyday with her in the first place. They could sit in silence with each other for hours, and it’s comfortable. Serenity is the most affectionate person Lilith has ever known, and it’s always been that way. She even lets her call her “Lily,” for short— Although she clarified that’s her grandmas name. “Lily-Billie,” or “Lily-Kins,” is fine too. There’s no one else that knows Lilith so well, that remembers every single thing about her. It’s all too endearing to get annoyed by.

The Bernsteins

This family is.. A mixed bag to Lilith. If it weren’t for her knowing them since, well, she was a baby.. She definitely wouldn’t have bothered to know them despite Springdales relatively small size. Regardless, she cares about them so, so much.

Bear is a kind soul, and she can see this clearly. Despite how he appears, yelling at his coworkers outside for their incompetence, he’s never made her feel intimidated or nervous. He approaches gently, and always manages to calm everyone down if things get heated. She’d never judge him, or disrespect him. There was obviously so much going on in his life.

One being.. his son, Barnaby. Barnaby is the problem for her. Due to them growing up together, she sees him as an extremely annoying younger brother (he’s older). His bratty nature has been the root of too many problems in their friend group to count, and it was never justified. If things didn’t go exactly as he wanted, he’d whine. If he had to do something that required any effort, he’d cry. This is the boy who sobbed over a dust bunny.. He’s lucky she cares about him… the amount of times she stopped people who fought with him due to his own rude behavior.. is headache inducing.

Whisper and Jibanyan

Jibanyan disguised himself as a regular house cat since before Lilith was in the picture. She loved him the way any child loved their pet. Memories of her laying on him when she was small enough, or following him around the house came to mind. She’d even sneak him snacks and kiss his head at night. That love didn’t go away when he revealed his true self to her, though she did realize he’s a bit more insufferable than she thought.

Whisper, on the other hand, she had to learn to appreciate. When he revealed himself, she was terrified, and learning how long he’d been.. lingering in her home only made that worse. But she soon realized he saw her as his grandchild, and that made him far more likable, even if he remained incompetent.

IF YOU READ THIS, I APPRECIATE YOU SO MUCH!!!! Lilith means a lot to me!! I’m planning to do a proper ref sheet of Serenity as well. 🪱🪱 STAY EPIC…

[peachhcs]

i also feel like mack and sammy are more similar and will and blarie are similar so the relationships between all of them are just adorable !

going more on will and blarie he also understands her for why she broke up with mack because he gets it especially with him breaking up with sammy

and of course sammy is definitely a sister to blarie

i totally agree. will and blaire will become really close and so will samy and mack. (also in my active era rn so send more requests in and ill answer!)

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mack invited blaire and will over to hang out since he wanted them to get to know one another better because they were the two closest people in his life at the moment (besides his family). blaire was more than happy to hang out, especially because she really liked joe's little daughter, ayla. will had nothing better to do, so he made the drive over.

now they were sitting on the back steps of the porch watching mack run around with ayla and river in a game of what the little kids liked to call "tackle the hockey player." will opted out after being chased five times and blaire got a pass because the little two didn't wanna tackle her.

"they love him," blaire smiled watching her boyfriend run around and the kids were screaming his name.

"they really do. they for sure look up to him," will chuckled.

"i'm sure the marleau kids love you too," the dirty blonde said and the blonde smiled to himself. "yeah, they think i'm pretty cool i guess."

"you know mack talks about you a lot. if i didn't know any better, i'd assume you two were dating or something," blaire teased making both of them laugh.

"yeah, we really can't beat those allegations. he's a really cool person. it's cool you guys knew one another before this," will and blaire met each other's gazes.

"did he tell you that i thought he was super annoying and stuck up when he first came to shattuck?"

"i actually don't know a lot about you. mack kept it quiet," the blonde admitted.

"figures. well, my fourteen year old self never thought he was special or anything just because he played hockey. i thought all hockey players were stuck up, no offense," will laughed, "none taken."

"it wasn't until i actually talked to him that i finally realized maybe he wasn't as stuck up as i thought he was. his dedication was admirable and then we just kept hanging out more and more and then one thing led to another.." blaire blushed as her voice faded off. those days at shattuck seemed like so long ago.

"what made you guys break up?" will wondered not knowing how much of a touchy subject it still was. when blaire fell spent he quickly backtracked, "you don't have to tell me. i was just wondering."

"it was a lot of stuff, but i guess i kind of freaked when we were going to different school across the country. i thought he was gonna leave me or something and i wanted to save myself the hurt so i left before i could get hurt," the girl finally explained and will's chest burned hearing how similar that sounded to what happened to him and samy this past summer.

"i know that one a little too well.." the blonde mumbled making the figure skater snap her gaze to him. will stared at their shoes instead of meeting her glance.

"you do?"

"kind of, yeah. samy and i went through something similar. i freaked too i guess. i thought i couldn't be the boyfriend she needed being so far away. i broke up with her at the beginning of the summer and we didn't get back together until i moved to san jose. i get the feeling though. it's one that just consumes you until it's all you think about at night and you have to do something about it to stop thinking about it," will's head hung low. he hated thinking about this past summer and how much he hurt samy and himself thinking he was making the right choice.

blaire stared at him in disbelief though because he described perfectly the feeling she constantly thought about in the back of her mind and how she fought every bad thought she still had about not being good enough for mack and running when things got serious.

"you get it," the girl mumbled and will finally met her gaze. "i guess i get scared of people leaving all the time whenever i get close to them because my mom left and then my older brother just doesn't talk to me anymore," she added when the blonde didn't respond right away.

"i'm sorry. that sucks," he frowned.

"it's fine. i think i'm finally working through it and mack makes sure i know he won't just leave me like that," they looked back out at the brunette still running around with the littles.

"well, you definitely have a super cool boyfriend and now super cool best friend to the boyfriend, so i'm always here to talk about that stuff if you ever want to," will smiled softly making blaire smile back.

"thanks, will. that means a lot. i can't wait to get to know you more and your girlfriend. you two seem like really important people in mack's life," the blonde flushed.

"you could say that, yeah."

"guys, i'm getting tired. someone needs to sub in," mack called from the yard where he doubled over to catch his breath. ayla and river laughed at him.

"i don't know man, i'm pretty beat," will called back.

"maybe it's time we all head inside? i think we're all tired," blaire laughed and stood up. she watched mack convince the two that they should go inside and then they came running to the steps.

"that was rough," mack mumbled when he made it over.

"they're really good at tackling. that will be good for when they wanna send people in the boards," will joked.

"oh, i'm sure joe will love that," mack said and they all headed inside to see what else ayla and river wanted to do.

[fangirlwriting-stories]

Venting with Best Friends

Summary: Relativity/Reunion Falls AU, Stan shares his Definitely Not Biased and Very Correct opinions on Ford.

Author's Note: I promise the next one will be longer I've had a lot of "proof of concept" scenes I wanted to put out first

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“I’m gonna be honest with ya Stan, I’m not sure I get what the problem is,” Fiddleford says.  He’s sitting on the ground next to the bed fiddling with the device he’s working on.  Stan’s still not sure what it is.

“Yeah, no one does, it’s great,” Stan grumbles, from his spot lying face down on Fiddleford’s bed.

“What?  It’s hard to hear you if your face is pressed into my pillow, you know.”

Stan groans and drags his face up.  “I just don’t know how to talk to him!” he says.  “He doesn’t ever try to start conversations, and I don’t know about anything he’d want to talk about.  It’s not like he wants to hear about my in-depth plan to hunt down a monster that shows people their worst nightmares.”

“Well, come on, how do you know?” Fiddleford asks.  “Have you asked him?”

“Please.  A nerd like him?  Yeah, I’m sure he wants to spend hours talking about monsters and cryptids.  He probably only knows about boring school stuff that he learned about where he’s from.”

“Hey,” Fiddleford says, looking up at Stan and crossing his arms.  “What’s wrong with being a nerd?”

“Oh, nothing, come on Fidds,” Stan says, pushing himself up to a sitting position.  “You know I’m not talking about you.  But you’re a weird nerd.  He’s a normie.  It’s different.”

“How do you know he’s a normie if you never talk to him about it?” Fiddleford asks, turning back to his device.

“I just know, okay?  Besides, I’ve got better things to do than try and explain to a twin I didn’t ask for why monsters are cool.  Like hunting down those exact monsters.  I’ve got Gremloblin stuff going on that I can’t just put on pause.  You sure you don’t want to come to that, by the way?”

“Come find a monster who will show me my worst fear?  Nah, I’m good, thanks.”

“Your loss,” Stan says, flopping back against the bed.  “Now honestly, I didn’t come here to talk about Stanford the whole time.  What’re you workin’ on?”

“Oh, it’s that grappling hook that should finally let us ride eye bats,” Fiddleford says brightly, holding it up for Stan to see.  “The problem we’ve had is that we’re too heavy and weigh them down, right?  This should let us both ride one on each side, rather than hanging off the same side and pull them back down to the ground.  See, this part attaches to one side of the wing, this one the other, and it clasps together in the middle.”

“Awesome,” Stan calls, leaning over and turning the clasp Fiddleford is working on back and forth.  “You want to go to the cliff tonight and try it out?”

“No, I very much want to test it safely on the ground first.”

“Booo!  You’re no fun!”

[guplia]

Hello anon! First of all, thanks for the ask! (asks? idk I received three anon asks at almost the same time, it would be weird if they didn't all come from the same person lol)

fic recommendations? read mine /hj Sure! Just note that while I've enjoyed a lot of wips, I'm only gonna recommend completed fics rn.

Okay! Here's all I can remember rn:

"Clouds" by youngmoInactive (fanfiction.net):

Original summary:

"Even though he's a hero, he's still a human. CONTAINS CHARACTER DEATH. A nice look into Kai's perspective as he watches a close friend slowly lose a fight for his life."

Okay all I've gotta say on this one is that IT MADE ME CRY. OVER AND OVER AGAIN. Obviously I can't speak for everyone who read this fic but I think this will hurt Lloyd lovers. I have re-read it so many times to the point where I have half the fic memorised word-by-word. This is a must-read.

(if you're on the phone it's better to add "m." To the start of the URL)

"a day in the life of a fatherless child" by holographicknife (Archive of Our Own):

Original summary:

"lloyd has a panic attack *confetti* title suggested by my friend lol loosely based on a crack rp between friend and i   Warning for: mentions of suicidal thoughts and medication, explicit descriptions of a panic attack, including tight chest, difficulty breathing, nausea, and headaches. Proceed with caution."

This is a Kai And Lloyd fic, and I love Kai And Lloyd fics! Specifically ones where they address Lloyd's trauma from Morro and where Kai comforts him. So if anyone's into this sort of stuff I'd recommend it!

"A Courageous Escape" by Lilac_Lily234 (Archive of Our Own):

Original summary:

"In the midst of possession Morro hatred flows freely as he seeks to make Lloyd suffer for taking what he believes as his rightful title, but his cruelty know no bounds; Lloyd however refuses to give up but knows that time is running out, and in his desperation will find either salvation, or death.  - I don't own Ninjago, this is an au"

Ahem... once again, Lloyd goes through pain. A season 5 canon-divergent AU, from which my favourite part was... you guessed it! Lloyd having a panic attack and being comforted! But it's still a cool story besides too, season 5 being one of the best seasons imo.

While this fic is finished, the AU is not but I think this one has a good ending on its own.

"Out for revenge" by lloyd_slander (Archive of Our Own):

Original summary:

"Harumi’s plan to resurrect Lord Garmadon failed, during her time in Kryptarium prison she heard about Morro, the master of wind, and guy who had managed to make Lloyd’s life a living hell. Wanting revenge, she doesn’t stop from anything, not even from getting Morro back from the dead. Or The duo we always wanted, but never got. Lloyd is in for a hard time. Head the tags, guys!"

Okay. This one is rated Mature for drug usage and blood (there was nothing sexual though)

So it's a Morro traumatising Lloyd fic again, but this time he's with Harumi! So it's double trouble for Lloyd! (things go VERY BAD for him >:3)

Honestly I can't say much except read the fic, the summary's right there lol.

"Revealed" by Nation_Ustria (Archive of Our Own):

Original summary:

"Lloyd Garmadon is used to being hated. That's just how his life works—if someone knows that he's the son of the warlord who attacks Ninjago City on a weekly basis, they hate his guts. That's why he's made sure that his team—the only people he's ever been happy with—don't know who he is behind the mask, with the small price attached that he doesn't know their identities, either. It's not like they know each other's, anyways, so it's not a big deal. But then they find out. The fact that Lloyd's elemental power makes him an empath doesn't help, either. Basically the premise of the movie pre-reveal with show elements and personalities, and Lloyd's Green Power is him being able to sense and be influenced by the emotions of those around him."

Okay so here's a fic without Morro! (that's cause it's in the movie-verse) Another type of fanfic I like reading is where Lloyd in tlnm keeps his identity secret from the other ninja and it ends up getting revealed (like this one.).

I've seen this fic being recommended more than once and it's one of the fics with the most kudos in the entire fandom on AO3! So 2000 others agree with me on how awesome this fic is!!!

"What Doesn't Kill You Makes You Stronger" by @crystaleclipse10 (CrystalEclipse on Archive of Our Own)

Original summary:

"Lloyd batted Red's hand away. “’m fine.” His head pounded, but at least it was quiet and dark. His hair tickled his nose. “What happened?” “We…didn’t get out in time,” Red whispered. “The missile exploded. We got everyone else out, though.” Lloyd relaxed and slumped forward as pure relief washed over him. They’d done it. They’d beaten Garmadon’s game. They’d freed the civilians and survived. Didn’t feel great, though. ~OR~ Lloyd and Kai get trapped under a building when it collapses, both injured. Angst and bonding ensue."

So it's another tlnm au fic! And this one has Kai And Lloyd bonding specific so I like it!!!

As I was reading this when it was still being updated I was very excited every time a new chapter would come out and my heart hurt for Lloyd each time! It IS worth the read! Just note that while tis fic is completed, the au is not.

"Officer Smith, Do You Copy?" by @hijabiwriter (same username on Archive of Our Own):

Original summary:

"Everyone has their reasons for becoming a police officer. Maybe they were forced. Maybe the profession stood out to them. Maybe they had some experience that prompted the idea of becoming a police officer. But that's only a few reasons. There are others, too. Like for instance, one of these officers is out for revenge."

This fic is entered around Nya, who's a police officer alongside Jay, Cole and Lloyd (for some reason Zane is not in this au/fic). Anyways her dark secrets are explored in every other chapter alongside the progressing story, and of course, an explanation is given to everything in the end.

On a personal note this is the fic where I left my first comment on my Ao3 account lol (the historic moment is on chapter 13!!!)

"Too Late to Say Goodbye" by @greenamethyst16 (same username on Archive of Our Own)

Original summary:

"Kai gets stabbed and Lloyd helps him... :D"

I think length-wise this is the shortest fic on the list but that doesn't make it bad!!! Basically Lloyd downplays his injuries and there are consequences... :D

"All the ways I say "I love you"" by @ninja-knox-ur-sox-off (Leonardo_Charles_BlueWood_21 on Archive of Our Own)

Original summary:

"Cole loves his team. They're his family and he does everything in his power to keep them safe and steady. He does his best to let them know he cares about them in every way but one.  Or  Seven times Cole couldn't quite say "I love you," and the one time he could."

Note: This story can only be read if you're logged in on AO3.

I like this fic because it encouraged me to remind my own irl friends how much they mean to me. In this story Cole believes that he's "the rock" of the team, and hence he doesn't show his emotions much. He's never told even one of them that he loves them and thinks that they deserve better than him. So stuff happens after that :D

Okay, I've read a lot more than this but this is all I'm gonna write about now cause I'm tired and I think this post has became too long. But if you wanna read more just check out the profiles of the writers! I haven't read everything myself but most of them have other good Ninjago fics to read!

If I've tagged you or mentioned your fic and you want it removed just let me know! I have no problem with removing it! :D

[bluesgrxce]

FNAF 1 Human AU

General Info

This is an AU where instead of using animatronics, Fazbear's Entertainment uses human performers who take care of and amuse kids. Basically like a glorified and high maintenance babysitting job. So Freddy, Bonnie, Chica, and Foxy are all adult humans just trying to work for a living.

They all have real names besides their stage names. Because like who names their kid Foxy??? But I don't know what I would name them and I'd feel,,,, Uncomfortable,,, If I named them after the canon missing kids. So I'll just use their stage names when referring to them. 

Canon lore is almost entirely ignored in this. There are no dead children and no edgy murderers... So far. Not at the moment. Supposedly. Moving on---

As an X Reader- Since everything I make is an X Reader at this point- (Y/N) AKA you are a daytime security guard. You're still watching stuff over on the cameras like in the first game, just at daytime now. And sometimes the performers get bored so they go back to the office to mess with their favorite guard 👀👀

It didn't take too long to get attached to your coworkers. They've got very colorful personalities and it's really fun getting to hang out with them. Eventually you all became this one big friend group that spends time together outside of work. It can get chaotic at times but it's always in good spirits. 

Freddy

In contrast to how overly-friendly and energetic he is while performing, Freddy is the chill one. He's very patient and it takes a lot to tick him off. He's smart and organized, always has a plan. That's what makes him such a good leader. When it gets chaotic, you can count on Freddy to work it all out. 

He is kinda lazy though. Bonnie and Chica will happily leap off stage and entertain kids at their seats, but he avoids moving around too much. He also prioritizes his personal space and tries to keep his distance from others.

Which is a... difficult thing to do when you're working with kids. But the last time a kid got up close, they slapped their greasy pizza hands on his face and left marks. And he's promised to never let that happen again.

Since he doesn't like to leave the stage, he rarely comes back to the office during daytime. (If he does it's because another kid put their greasy pizza hands on him and he needs an escape) But it's a different story at night. The restaurant gets dark before you're allowed to head home for the day, providing for the perfect chance to jumpscare you. He works with the others to find new ways to scare you. 

Outside of work, you'll either hang out with the group or you'll be relaxing at his place if it's one-on-one. He's an introvert so lots of social interaction kinda tires him out after a while. Especially since he's the star of the restaurant, he just wants to unwind after all that. 

Freddy doesn't show it much, but he cares about you a lot. He tries to consider what would be best for you when making plans, and he's always there to back you up when you need it. 

Bonnie

Bonnie acts all smooth and cool when you first meet him. He's good with people but he's a bit full of himself, though for good reason-- He's the talented one of the group. He's a fantastic actor and musician, making him the natural choice to hire at the restaurant. 

Except he isn't without his flaws, of course. He's a bit of a brat and can be pretty immature at times. (Chica calls him a diva and he takes that title with pride lmao) When he doesn't get what he wants, he gets more and more aggressive. You have to be careful with him on his bad days. 

This asshole is the one who bothers you the most. It's mostly because he likes your reactions, but also, it's an excuse to flirt with you. He'll take his guitar with him and play you a pretty love song or two. 

When he's not bothering you in the office, he'll be taking quick peeks at the camera every once in a while. He can tell when a camera is active and he loves the attention. He'll wink at the cameras sometimes and it always confuses the children. 

You know how some people have the most perfect music taste and it makes them super hot??? Bonnie is the definition of that. He lends you cassettes of his favorite songs (remember we're in the 80s) and that turns into a whole thing where you introduce each other to your favorite music artists. 

Oh, but don't tell him that anybody else is your favorite music artist. That'll make him jealous and he'll act like a diva again. It's actually because he's trying to make a career out of music and he has dreams of being a star one day. The others tease him since his "career launching pad" is a children's restaurant but he would absolutely fall in love if you supported him. He might start using you as his muse too 😳

Chica

A very cheerful and upbeat girl! Chica is the sunshine of the group, she's so cute and huggable that it's hard to hate her. Most gijinka art of Chica portrays her to be super short and I love that headcanon, so she's adorably tiny too. 

Don't mistake her as a kid, though. She's similar to Bonnie in the sense that you don't want to aggravate her. Mistaking her as a child will put her in this passive aggressive mood that's hard to break. She's incredibly stubborn and it's hard to please her when she's like this. Yeah, she gets this upset over petty stuff like being mistaken for a child.

To make matters worse, her emotions are contagious. If she's in a bad mood, everybody else is in one too and it'll stay that way for the rest of the evening. But she's happy more often than not! So don't worry about it too much. 

I have a feeling that even though she loves food, she's terrible at cooking. She can't make anything by herself without tearing the whole kitchen apart. But since she doubles as a waitress, it's insanely easy to just snatch food from the kitchen and take it home with her. That may or may not be the reason why the kitchen camera doesn't work.

So yeah, Chica's petty and has a bad habit of stealing food, but she's still really sweet! Especially towards you. She saves pizza slices and cupcakes for you to take home, and she's always the first person to greet you when you arrive in the morning. 

She's also the one who's likely to invite you to go places with her. She likes company, so it could something as formal as a nice restaurant (that doesn't have a demographic towards kids) to something as casual as a walk around town.  

Foxy

Foxy has two modes. Mode One- Hates everything, hates everybody, just wants to be left alone and be emo or whatever. Mode Two- The most passionate and chaotic man you'll ever meet. The change in personality is incredibly jarring when you first see it, but it's one of those things you get used to. 

It's only when he hasn't been working in a while that he's in Mode One. He's actually very passionate about this job and it's his biggest source of happiness. He loves getting to perform for kids and see them happy. 

The kids love him, too. You know it because you'll look at Pirate Cove's camera some days and see a bunch of toddlers dangling on his arms and climbing on his back 💀 It's not something to tease him about though. If he's the head captain, those kids are his crewmates. You don't want an army of toddlers chasing after you.

Yes, these kids seriously believe he's a pirate- Not like it's hard to deceive children (A certain peepaw can tell you that 😻) but Foxy puts a geniune amount of effort into the act. Hell, he puts so much effort into it that he speaks in the pirate accent outside of work. And he's so stubborn that he refuses to stop.

...Irritating stuff aside, assuming that he's not in Mode One, hanging out with him is pretty entertaining. He's very argumentative and opinionated so he always has something new to complain about. "And they wanted to fire me because FoXy'S hOoK sCaReS tHe cHiLdReN can you believe that shit?! He wouldn't be a real pirate without it!"

It's best to nod along and agree with him. This'll put you on his good side, meaning he won't be starting random arguments with you or trying to get you involved in his latest mischief... Unless you wanna be involved 👀👀

Random Fun Fact of the Day: Whenever I type "Freddy Fazbear" my phone always tries to autocorrect it to "Freddy Fazballs" and I can't get it to stop

[giselberts]

ms ashma :) also called ms asthma. don't worry about it. i've been messing with an idea of her since i finished enderal but i've only been able to put a face on the idea just a few days ago!!

the short of it is that she's dragonborn + meridia knight who's ass gets sent to enderal/nehrim to fix stuff that's going on over there :)

the long version is below the cut :) she's more of a vyn oc than a tes oc tbh? there's a lot of cool concepts introduced in tes that become even cooler when you view them through the lens of vyn!! (esp the whole predestination thing or having a path/being pathless, the false gods in both morrowind/nehrim, lots of little fun things)

warning uhhh nehrim/enderal spoilers below the cut. and it's very rambly/disorganised so beware

alsoalso!! if anyone wants to like. workshop this idea/AU with me hmu im so open to trying to make this au work (and also im going back through nehrim/enderal so the ramble below is extra messy)

OKAY so. i'm going rusty on my TES knowledge tbh BUT ashma was a follower of meridia and became her babygirl when she found her beacon/got dawnbreaker and that jazz, like a 4th era darien gautier/golden knight except she's emotionally constipated and she's a redguard (in my heart she is berber <3)

she becomes dragonborn, does dragonborning things, has an existential crisis when there's the old 'to kill or not to kill' with partysnax (this comes back in later <3) but that's fine. she's gotten the attention of every daedric prince after killing miraak + meridia personally vouches for her at some later point in time.

one thing i loveeee about vyn is eventualities!! and tes also has those with dragonbreaks. and also in this AU either tamriel/yokuda or akavir is lethonia which works and doesn't work but it's fine it's fictional. who cares. no actually if you care hmu i wanna workshop this to make this work. yes eventualities. SO i think a short while after skyrim canon events end (mainly dragonborn dlc), that's when nehrim events kick in!! mostly the uprising/killing the gods thing. the lightborn are dead BUT the (nehrim) prophecy isn't filled.

that's when meridia and herma mora go "hey there's this thing going on in this other continent where we don't do shit just to see how these idiots fare. it's not going well. we should probably send this one single person there"

ofc ashma is all "fuck yeah ill do it. anything for you mommy meridia because i am blindly loyal and will follow any order given to me"

and so bam homie is sent to enderal, probably not too far from jespar while he's investigating yero so that he's all 'hey there's a weird knight over there :) surely i will talk to them'.

ashma just.... does things without questioning them? 'oh yeah we gotta stop the world from blahblahblah' 'aight bet' she's just the perfect soldier who doesn't ask much questions, barely becomes pals with jespar and calia, they're coworkers at most? to her this is all temporary, ms meridia will take her back as soon as her mission is over. things take a real big turn when she's on that one quest with constantine and jespar, because she uh. falls and hits her head on a rock and straight up dies and gets thrown back in time to nehrim events. the whole predestination/killing fate/having a set path for you REALLY fucks her up because it's pushing her to question her beliefs. that paired with the rhalata questline (is one worthy of redemption + should one strive to make the world better no matter how small they are + basically every philosophical shit enderal throws at you) makes her maybe have a mental breakdown. it's okay she's fine. and besides she can have another go at this! this time around she's pal with jespar and calia, she knows the rules of the game now.

tbh i think catharsis ending suits her best? ok that's all thank u for reading this very messy ramble :)

[the-bundroid]

So a few days ago I was thinking about ‘what if the time twins had a little bit more motive besides them wanting to rule ninjago or something’, then I had two caffeine drinks and an hour later this was on my screen, its a big text blurb so its under the cut but yeah, might call it ‘Sins of the Father’ au

-Krux and Acronix’s Father, who I’m calling Kronos, started gaining a superiority complex about his elemental power. At some point he crashes out and goes after the FSM and one way or another is banished to the Cursed Realm, all before the twins are born

-The FSM finds their mother and warns her to not tell the kid about their time powers so that they dont follow in their fathers footsteps. And since she genuinely doesnt know what else to do in this situation she agrees and never tells the twins.

-Since two twins sharing the same elemental power hadnt been heard of before, both her and the FSM never realized Acronix had half of the time powers, so she mainly kept her eye on Krux. He accidently learns about his powers after reversing the mold on some bread, and told his mom. She told him to try and not ise them again. She has to repeat this multiple times and Krux starts to think that she thinks he’s INHERENTLY dangerous. So far Acronix is the only other person who knows

-But someone discovered Krux’s powers because he’s stubborn and still used them for practicality sometimes. Word got out and he started using his powers to help. It started small with just reverse mold on certain things. Some people though kept away from him due to fear of his powers

-Eventually, Acronix hears about Chen and his training thing and, after making sure his brother will be fine without him, goes off to learn to fight. He meats Garmadon there which plays into how the twins get into the alliance

-While acronix was away, demands got bigger and more people made assumptions about how his powers worked. Some people speculated he could see into the past if he tried hard enough. They ALSO assumed that he could also speed up and slow down time, and also see into the near future. His mom tried to help by finding ways for him to actually train, but he still felt a little resentment due to everything from earlier <-(this hit discord text limit)

-Eventually Acronix discovers his own time powers while training and immediatly begs Chen to let go home for a few days, and surprisingly is allowed. He rushed home and told his brother first, Krux felt both relieved and dread because while he wont be blamed by townspeople for not telling them omens, now his brother will be. Krux warns him about it and urges him not to to everyone else, but Acronix goes and tells other townsfolk anyways because he doesnt want his brother to be blamed for not giving people omens when he literally cant

-After a few days Acronix has to leave but urges Krux to actually come visit because the townspeople lowkey suck, Krux eventually does go visit from time to time, meeting Garmadon as well.

-Some time passes and Garmadon invites both to join the Elemental Alliance, they immediatly join because their mom passed away so now they really dont have much to stay for. Shits all cool for a bit

-But the FSM left behind notes about different events and people Wu and Garmadon should watch out for, including Kronos. Upon meeting the twins Wu, panicked because the FSM didnt actually know Kronos had kids, hid all the stuff about Kronos because he was worried that it would cause the twins to crashout (Wu feels a lot of guilt how he handle it).

-Acronix is actually the one who found it after snooping around and immediatly tells Krux. The writings were unfortunatly vague about their dad’s motive, and the twins had already had a few disagreements with Wu, and it was in a place that was very obvisouly supposed to keep it hidden, so it wasnt hard for both of them to get into the mindset of ‘what if dad was right to crashout?’

-a lot of the same stuff happens, timeblades are created and the time portal stuff

[what I got for the next bits so far, I might change this around later]

-Kronos somehow funds a way to temporarily escape the cursed realm and finds Krux pretty soon after the timeblade event occurs and lets Krux talk about his life first and then after that Kronos comes up with a made up reason to why the FSM killed him in the first place based on what Krux says to try and make their backstories similar. Krux is still in a pretty vulnerable state after not only losing his powers but also his brother so he doesnt question it too much and clings onto whatever he can

-Ray and Maya are still kidnapped and put into a weird cave system (also assume any weird timeline stuff is just fixed in the au so timing makes sense) which is when Krux first starts to question his dad. He tries to let them ‘escape’ but the cave is like cursed or something idk

-the second major thing was Kronos trying to get Krux to kill a baby Lloyd [Im getting into EPIC: the mysical rn so oops, might end up removing this altogether] because Kronos has a major grudge against FSM for obvious reasons, which he did not do whatsoever. They fight and Kronos is like ‘Brooo its just a joke man. I wanted to see what you were capable of. Anyways dont abandon our plan you want to see your brother right? My dad did this with me too btw im just trying to be a good dad, dont be ungrateful’ But in a more manipulative way than that and Krux feels guilty and to himself is like ‘I guess I can just, wait for Acronix then see what he wants to do about it’

-In the season4 era Krux is surprisingly invited to the tournoment of elemements. He doesnt particpate but instead secretly watches because he’s heard of the ninja and wants to asses the invevitable threat they’ll pose to him. He notices the cursed realm stuff and is like ‘oh! If I figure out a permenant way to free my dad he will be proud!’ Despite all the issues he has with him

-Season5 ending changes, there’s like a domino effect where when Krux goes into the cursed realm it gives someone else idk who the oppurtunity to get garmadon out because I miss him and its my au, also Morro is actually saved so yay!

[Im probably changing a lot of this soon but yeah thats what me with double the usual amount of caffeine and an hour can make]

[evesetchings]

So! A few years ago, I found this piece of very cool fanart by the amazingly talented @mysterykidsmisadventures and at the time, as a huge enjoyer of both mystery kids (I was mainly there for coraline and gravity falls, as I had yet to see paranorman and lacked the ability to play Psychonauts) and the monster falls au, (probably my favorite of the gravity falls aus) it was probably my favorite piece of art for a good long while, and I really wanted to make something for it. However, I didn’t think I had the artistic ability to make something of suitable caliber whether it be in art or writing. So I just sort of didn’t.

THAT IS, until last October, when I had just finished my first watch of ParaNorman, and decided to finally just grab a pencil and paper to make something for this awesome art. I wanted to get this out around Halloween of that same year, but a combination of real world stuff and general anxiety stopped me, BUT NOT ANYMORE! Finally I have decided to post these drawings. They were super fun to do and I really hope you enjoy them. Just remember to check out the original artist as well!

Art under the cut!

Here we have the classics! Cervitaur Dipper and mermaid Mabel! I tried to put in some of the classic Gravity Falls artstyle, and I think they turned out great!

Although the lower halves did give me a bit of trouble. Dipper isn't feeling too good about...any of this, especially considering he now has an extra pair of legs to worry about, but Mabel seems to be adjusting fine, maybe things won't be too bad.

Mabel on the other hand is living. Sure it was a bit tough to begin with, but being swim and move like this feels amazing. Plus, she's been able to see and do so much new cool stuff like this! She knows that it can't last forever, but she's gonna enjoy it while it's here!

And these are reaper Norman and... winged dog? Neil. These ones turned out pretty nice too, I especially like Norman's expression.

Norman's feeling pretty worried about this, but it's not like this is totally new to him. He's always been disconnected from the living due to his gift, and this isn't too different from that. Besides, he's gotten through something like this before, how hard can it be a second time?

Neil is honestly doing just as well as Mabel, if not better. He’s pretty quickly realized how great having wings is and enjoys swooping around and seeing things from the skies. It also helps that being a dog himself makes him feel closer to his dead dog Bub, and who should have said how great it is to be a dog!

We got wood-owl griffin Raz and dryad Lili, which I’m mostly happy with, although Raz’s design was a pain in the ass. Both of them are really freaked out at first, they’re used to dealing with the inner workings of the mind, not weird transformations!

Raz is especially not used to being a quadruped, but once he gets used to it, it’s actually really cool. Having this kind of flexibility is super useful for all kinds of stuff, like getting to new places and trying out interesting new tricks! So it’s not all bad, especially with psychic powers in the mix.

Lili is also pretty alarmed, but she’s also a bit irritated by it too, cause even if she likes plants, she never asked to BE one. She does eventually feel better about it after a while, and it does help that she feels even closer to them, even if she needs to be a bit more careful with her pyrokinesis now.

And finally there are kelpie-taur Coraline and salamander Wybie. These were that last ones I made, and I had a lot of fun drawing them, even if it was a little frustrating at times.

Coraline, like mostly everyone here, is pretty freaked out at first, and learning about what kelpies usually do certainly doesn't help with that. Thankfully, she doesn't have the urge to drag anyone down to the bottom of the lake, but she does realize that she's starting to feel more comfortable near bodies of water, and that moving though water is easier now, and it's actually kinda...fun. She is still looking for a way to change back now, what on earth would she tell her parents if they saw her like this.

Wybie is equally alarmed about being a metallic, fire-manipulating creature that is not an amphibian despite the name, especially because he has no idea what his grandma will think once she arrives. As soon as he starts experimenting around a little, and that doesn’t take long, he starts discovers some interesting things about his new body, like that he can stick to walls, (just like an ordinary salamander!), and that he’s fireproof. (which certainly helps with his tinkering habits) So while he still wants to change back at some point, he’s gonna work with this while he can.

Thanks for stopping by and taking a look. This project certainly took some time, and I’m glad I finally get to share it. I hope you enjoyed the product of me discovering old art and my insane mental mutterings, and also don’t forget to check out the original art as well!