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thewertsearch · 2 years ago

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Ask Compilation 08/08

He codes exclusively in B++!

The mental image of a software pirate who physically raids people’s houses for their data is pretty great.

Prince sounds like a ‘leader’ or ‘controller’ class. I hope it allows me to change Homestuck’s time rules, because I have ideas.

In other words, if we do get nine new characters, as I theorized a few months ago, the new Pesterchum letter will probably be U.

I did miss the Karkat-carcinogen thing. I forgot that was his original theme, since he has a lot more going on now than just his ‘cancerous’ personality.

You guys said these ship names were good, and you're delivering.

That's a good point. I haven't really played any point-and-click games myself. I guess Professor Layton and Phoenix Wright both have point-and-click elements, but they fit more neatly into other genres.

I didn’t think the point-and-click genre had any analogue to RPG classes, but it is a lens that I haven’t really viewed Homestuck through up to now, since, like I said, I haven’t played any. Totally open to anyone else weighing in, though!

I'll put it on the list!

I might need to compile an actual recs list for the blog at some point, because I’ve got a good few by now.

It’s a very Felt-themed thought experiment. they’d probably love it, and so do I.

It’s definitely possible to simulate simple time-loops, and extrapolate them to more complex scenarios. The problems kick in, like you said, when you try to factor in human choice, or ‘free will’.

If Tavros had a human name, it absolutely would be Martin. Kind of fits him perfectly, don’t you think?

Looking back at the pre-Hivebent troll appearances, this does indeed seem to be the case! Plus, I noticed one thing I hadn’t picked up on before:

An Act 4 cameo from AG!

Lusi works for me. I don't know any Latin, and since there’s no canon answer, I’m just going for whatever feels right.

Dangit, you're right. I was saying Meg-ee-do in my head, but just typed it wrong.

The narration called it inelegant, but Sollux’s name for the game works on multiple levels. Elegance ain’t everything!

Plus, it seems to be fully functional. I wonder the Alternian Exiles aren’t as far in their planet’s future as the Earth Exiles?

I personally doubt that a session would abide two identical Titles. They’re surely different - and maybe my Title, as a liveblogger, is different as well...

To make an 'alien' race, they don't remove this photoshopping, of course. They just layer a second bad photoshopping onto the horns, to clumsily erase them.

We’ll wait till I’m finished the liveblog, and see what state the game’s in then. This blog ain’t going anywhere for at least another year, so maybe we’ll see some movement.

Aradia's - specifically, the ones in her main sprite. Its just a cool spiral pattern!

Right? I had a minor revelation in the tags shortly after I posted that.

AG is Troll Captain Hook, it's definitely on purpose, and now that her relationship to Tavros has come to light, it’s starting to make more sense.

Guys, these puns are killing me. You're killing your liveblogger, guys.

I’ve played a lot of tabletop RPGs, and it does seem like I let it seep into my admittedly tenuous understanding of LARPing. I did know it was live, but I was under the impression that you were still acting as a party in a campaign, working collaboratively.

I guess I didn’t think about who’d be playing your enemies. They can’t all be played by the DM unless she can mind-control people so I should have guessed it’d be party-vs-party - or augmented reality, which is what we got.

Quitting my job to make the crOSby a reality.

Yeah, some of them aren’t exact matches. Maybe the color balance on this image was changed, at some point - or maybe these colors represent the ‘default’ blood for their caste, and each individual troll has different minor variations in their blood.

I've played once or twice. It's fun, and I’d love to get better, but the meta is so complex that I wouldn’t really know where to start!

Discard and Draw, though, is a kind of obscure TvTrope. I like the trope, but I like the phrase even more. It really encapsulates a lot of ideas, and I like the sense of change it evokes.

Hell yes! Enjoy the ride!

Wow, that's getting close to that one Super Smash Bros fanfic. I thought Homestuck itself would be longer than any of its fanworks, but I, as always, underestimate fanworks.

For what it's worth, I'm increasingly confident we have got to Vriska - just not officially. Who else is going to do it like AG?

Oh, that makes sense. I wonder if this implies my trollsona is yellow-brown colourblind?

The list I was working from didn’t have many meaningfully different options for Leo - most of them were just variations of ‘Lion’, and most of them were less than six letters. I saw the Finnish ‘Leijona‘, liked the look of it, and cut off the last letter. Voilà - we have our catgirl!

Don’t worry, true Derséheads will always find each other. It's like those Jojo things.

Gotta practice character voice while I can. The 1.8 million word Sahlee fic will drop one day, whether y’all like it or not.

Yup. Like with the humans, they often act like they’re older or smarter than adolescents, but that’s just Homestuck’s writing style. They’re just kids, which makes Alternia’s culture so much worse.

[ I never had a kidsona actually 🤔 the trollsona may show up some day, Sal, you have full permission after I show you her xD - C]

We shall have to see what happens, once Sahlee gets to her Land...

I’d say the resemblance is vague enough to be a coincidence - and it probably is - but you never know for sure, when your author is a CS major.

NAND gates always output 1, unless both of their inputs are 1. Thematically, that’s kind of similar to Sollux’s dual-universe deadlock virus, but if we pull that up again I’ll be here all day.

We’ve talked a lot about what Homestuck categories I’d fall into, but we’ve just locked in the most important one of all: my fursona.

Silly rules like this really give Homestuck a distinct identity - just like the trolls’ silly quirks do the same for them.

Also - a couple replies from a few weeks ago that I thought I posted, but it seems were eaten by tumblr:

Yeah Davesprite says he’s supposed to be vague, so it’s definitely intentional on the part of Sburb, and not just when your sprite is a capricious jester. The implied reason is that solving Sburb’s riddles yourself is part of the game’s challenge.

It could serve multiple purposes, though. Vaugeness about Titles, specifically, could be so the Players can make their own judgements about what their Title means.

This mythology is ‘hyper-flexible’, and Players decide what form their enemies take - so maybe they also decide what form their Titles take, too. Maybe what the game is ‘tailoring’ itself to, here, is the Players’ own interpretations of its lore.

That's a good point - and Jade lives in a big empty island, so she has more Space than any of the other Players! That’s the sort of thing that may or may not be deliberate.

She still hasn't displayed any Space powers, though, of any flavor. Jade - who spent years as a pseudo-Seer - certainly seems to have a funny relationship with her Title.

That's true - although their Trollian handles, plus the spectrum of their colors, are arranged in the correct zodiac order, so there must be some in-universe meaning to it.

I'm pretty sure the purples are the highest of all. Plus, AG is apparently 'aristocracy', and, more intriguingly, Karkat is seen as ‘gutter blood’, despite his anonymity. The plot thickens.

Yup, GA is as Jadelike as they come. Maybe the game always assigns a Player as the Frog Temple’s custodian - which makes me wonder if GA has her own Bec, too. He’s still a huge question mark.

Absolutely locked in as my headcanon.

#asks #full liveblog #act 5 #edit: YES it actually posted this time. thank you tumblr gods.#edit 2: edits only work sometimes. i think this post is legitimately too long for tumblr to handle

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magic-and-moonlit-wings · 4 years ago

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Reaction to ‘Wizards’

There were some elements of Wizards that I was quite pleased with and others I found disappointing.

Here are some notes I took while watching it:

“I was busy,” says the guy who was ASLEEP.

Cuckoo clock in bookstore looks like Bular’s head.

Green Knight can teleport, confirming potential parallel character to Angor Rot and Tronos Madu, both yellow-eyed assassins with teleportation and tragic backstories (later confirmed, yes, there are parallels between this character and those two besides the visual one)

Jim always tips at the cafe; yup, that sounds like Jim

Gunmar saving Jim: irony. Is Jim going to go to the Gumm-Gumm camp now?

Confirmation that portrait was Arthur and Guinevere and she is “gone”, presumably by magic or killed by a troll - is she dead or did she just leave? (Later confirmed, dead)

Morgana’s name is carved on the tree under Arthur’s and Guinevere’s - was she in love with Guinevere too?

Is that Nari with Morgana and Guinevere? (Later confirmed, yes)

Stone doll Callista finds looks like Angor’s totems - same village? He said it was “Gunmar’s war” that destroyed it, and she says it was a human attack, but Angor might’ve seen it as a retaliatory attack by the humans which Gunmar’s actions had provoked?

Arthur being the one to cut off Morgana’s hand makes Merlin SLIGHTLY less of an asshole for using it in the Amulet, but a lot of this still could’ve been avoided if Merlin had been willing to shut up and listen.

Oh, except it wasn’t Arthur who cut off Morgana’s hand the first time anyway?

Episode 3 ends without Steve getting knocked on his back, so that scene must’ve been his sparring match with Lancelot in Episode 2 instead of keeping it an Episode 3 tradition (like how Zuko and Iroh hug in Episode 18 of each season of Avatar the Last Airbender)

Why would Douxie be grossed out at the idea of swimming naked? Swimsuits have only been around for, what, 80 years? Presumably it was a specific lack of desire to see Steve naked.

Neat take on the Lady of the Lake.

AAARRRGGHH used to have a triple set of horns - what happened to the other two? Receded, amputated, knocked off? Also, Gunmar says AAARRRGGHH is ‘holding back’ when they spar and has yet to win against him - if AAARRRGGHH was doing that on purpose, this supports my theory that he was debating how safe it was to stay on Gunmar’s side for some time before deserting.

Morgana possessed?

Angor Rot saved Morgana/recovers her body and gives a funerary-sounding blessing, showing he was sympathetic to humans before losing his soul

Oh, and Nari gave her the new hand

Wait, so who steals Angor’s soul in this timeline?

Called it on that servant guy being a Changeling - he appears in the background of, like, every scene that episode where they’re talking about Morgana using unexpected strategies to sneak into Camelot.

Wait, except his human form is an adult - so is he a polymorph? Or Familiars can be taken as adults but babies are easier to contain and have less ‘established personality’ to match after replacing them? Or has Morgana already been creating Changelings? AAARRRGGHH calls Jim “impure” when they meet in Dwoza, suggesting Gumm-Gumms already know what Changelings are, except Morgana wasn’t working with them yet

Is Callista going to be Deya? (Later confirmed, yes)

Show seems to be matching up with old theories about Deya being the first Trollhunter, confirming that the show, comics, and novels are all separate continuities (since comics and novels show pre-Deya Trollhunters).

Gumm-Gumm berserkers - mind-controlled or grit-shaka’d (talisman of “no fear”), to throw themselves into sunlight like that?

Steve seems ready to refer to any half-decent older man as his dad, like when he refers to Merlin as ‘Wizard-Dad’. Maybe it’s because I was watching Brooklyn 99 recently but I’m reminded of Jake Peralta.

Big Jim’s crystal neck protrusions look like Strickler’s knife collar back when I thought that was part of his body. Glowy lines look like Gunmar; tie-in to Gunmar born of a “corrupted Heartstone” since Jim is “corrupted” now?

Aw, Krel called Ricky his dad.

How did AAARRRGGHH fit through the HexTech door to the backroom?

“Cat and mouse” line cuts to a shot of Archie obviously imitating Nari (confirmed a few minutes later)

Toby has obviously seen Ghostbusters. “When someone asks you if you are a god, you say YES!”

Decoration in bookshop looks like Angor’s head.

Was that lightshow of Nari searching the world for Jim’s soul just a visual metaphor for her powers or did literally everyone on Earth see that?

“There’s a force neither of us can escape - gravity!” says the woman who can fly.

Morgana’s occasional echo-y voice in Trollhunters matches Bellroc and Skael - possession/magical-influence related?

So did Merlin have that book on him or did his body turn into the book?

Are all dragons fluffy and/or shapeshifters in this universe?

Might’ve been smarter to keep Merlin’s staff intact and destroy the Grimoire so the Arcane Order never knows where to find the Genesis Seals, just saying.

If Morgana didn’t become “the Eldritch Queen” until, like, IMMEDIATELY before Angor approached her (therefore days earlier at most in the unaltered timeline), how had he heard of her to seek her aid? Was he actually reaching out to the Arcane Order? At least this explains why he didn’t go to the Trollhunter for help - there was no Trollhunter to approach yet.

Big Jim ‘dies’ in the same pose as AAARRRGGHH in Trollhunters Season 1 and Draal in Unbecoming, both false death scenes, for five-second foreshadowing Jim was alive.

Mixed feelings about him being human again - like I’ve said, I didn’t think the Troll Jim subplot was well-executed but I also felt like, now that it’s been established, the show needs to stick with it. Since everything’s over I’m going to headcanon Jim having shapeshifting powers now and being able to switch between human and troll at will, he just didn’t think to try to do so on-camera.

Also, I feel like Jim’s relationship with Claire is once again completely overshadowing his relationship with Toby, instead of them being different kinds of relationships with equal weight.

Barbara is going to be pretty shocked when her human son shows up again. She and Strickler don’t appear at all in this series, even in cameo.

Maybe Jim’s not a troll anymore because, with Merlin and Morgana both dead, their magic is “broken” and that’s what was holding his transformation in place? Merlin’s through the potion, Morgana’s through the Changeling femur, both through the Amulet.

Is Jim still going back to New Jersey? Blinky’s got to, unless the trolls there have elected a new leader or they’re bringing the New Jersey Heartstone back to Arcadia.

Series ending scene also would work as the final scene of a movie, setting up a sequel hook even though it’s supposed to be over now.

Seems like wizards are long-lived and age really slowly? Possibly a “will not die but can be killed” situation, like vampires, or unicorns (at least in The Last Unicorn)

Additional thoughts after finishing the show and thinking for a while:

I don’t get how Morgana could end up with such a reputation among trolls - enough to have superstitions about her, seen when Dictatious objects to Usurna saying her name - when they only interacted with her for like a few days at most. I guess she made a pretty strong impression on Gunmar, who passed that on to everyone else? Or maybe she cultivated that reputation over time via the Changelings?

Speaking of the Changelings, does this mean that, while Morgana designed the process to create them, she doesn’t make each individual one? Otherwise she would’ve had to pre-make a bunch in the time between getting her new hand and being trapped in the Heartstone. Although, if she can steal Angor’s soul remotely (with the idea she was already trapped in the Heartstone when that happened), she can probably also make Changelings remotely.

I’m kind of sorry the Changelings got invented so quickly; I figured there would be some trial-and-error to that process.

How I think the Original Timeline went:

Morgana would’ve turned to the Arcane Order seeking magic allies, later in the day that gets changed when the time-travelers arrive. Possibly she seeks out Nari, specifically, remembering her from childhood.

Merlin then sees Morgana as the Future Threat and he or one of the knights (not Arthur) cut off her hand in the resulting fight.

Merlin makes the Amulet. It chooses Callista, who is still in Camelot’s dungeon at the time, and she agrees to fight Gunmar in exchange for her freedom.

She fully intending to go back on the deal and run for it, but then something-something-something and she learns her original name and saves the world anyway. Probably she’s the one who took down and imprisoned AAARRRGGHH in Dwoza, which inspired the other trolls there to follow her.

Morgana finds out about the Trollhunter shortly before Angor arrives to ask her for magic, which is why she orders him to hunt the Trollhunters down.

Arthur thinks Merlin killed Morgana and wants to avenge her, leading him to the Arcane Order for the original not-time-loop-prompted attack.

Show did a good job establishing and developing Douxie’s relationship with Merlin

Also, how did that bookshop end up a center of Merlin’s power? He’s only been in the modern world for a few months. Did he set a shop up off-camera while the trolls were travelling to New Jersey and the Akiridions were discovering Earth?

How did Ricky Blank lose his head, anyway? Can Hex Tech fix him? Krel says magic and Akiridion tech combine harmoniously.

#Tales of Arcadia #toaWizards #commentary #spoilers

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snowtimeisbesttime · 4 years ago

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Thoughts and questions (remix) on Friendsim Volume 13.

Boldir:

-THE SONG FROM THE TRAILER!!!! // Old Secret Hype Babey!!! We'll finally get to hear it in full and in context (+ getting it in the soundtrack!) in Act 2, and I personally can't wait!

-Boldir’s outfit under the Coat of Gun seems to be a white robe, and she has both a calming aura and a “hiding” aura… might she really be a limeblood in disguise?

-And yet more implications that the MC being on Alternia might be a Big Thing.

-Regarding paradoxes, we already know of one: our resident Leiborn, Charun Krojib.

-What does Boldir know for someone to want her dead so badly??? and WHO THE FUCK wants to kill her??? Doc Scratch?? // looks like it. In her cameo in Vriska's PQ route, highly implied to be her astral projecting into MSPAR's mind, she basically has to be pulled back by force and puppet strings by Scratch, and she still manages to reassure them of their real power to change stuff for the better despite that; if she can pull off that stuff and Knows he's out there, it's no wonder he's trying to get rid of her.

-I feel she knew that she was going to die… she wanted to talk to the MC before the end, and she did stand out in the open in her bad end…

-By the way, what exactly happened in her bad end? Did the MC somehow become aware of all the different routes where someone bit it? Also Who talked at the very end??? // if Scratch is actively trying to kill her, but her death breaks reality... was that MSPAR's doing? The breaking reality bit of course, perhaps subconsciously ensuring that she Would Not die that day... they do go on to become the Guardian of a Locked Timeline after Pesterquest... o shit does that mean they finally can reach a version of their friendsim pals???

-(she was sitting in the middle of a spiral when we found her…)

-Boldir knows (and hates) Ardata… from where, we don’t know yet. (ardata did have “probably vriska” in her troll call, and we all know what was vriska’s main source of information… before it blew up in her face and took her arm and eye, that is. Oh would you look at that it’s Time To Hope I’m Wrong About This!) // with Ardata losing that particular bulletpoint, only time will tell what will come out of them knowing each other...

-Regarding Boldir being Heartbound… if she’s looking into the green moon and Scratch, she might know something about SGRUB (and its inevitability), and the events of Hiveswap probably being meant to set the scene for it – which may be why she said that she’s not important (she is wrong, btw. she IS important, in my heart.) // Her troll call bulletpoints weren't changed either, just like Tyzias' and Charun's (and Chahut's as well, caprinius rights.)

Stelsa:

-Alternia has acid rain. (why’d you throw out the umbrella mc…..) Luckily it doesn’t seem to melt trolls.

-Stelsa is Tyzias’ mysterious matesprit!!! aaand they’re both workaholics. // no but really... shes never heard of having downtime for hobbies and relaxing and stuff...

-Even if she doesn’t agree with Tyzias’ views, she still wants to cover for her (kinda part and parcel of the whole “hardcore ignoring the problem” thing she does, but regardless) and is concerned for her. And if Tyzias wants Stelsa to acknowledge the rebel stuff, she probably trusts that she won’t rat her out.

-Looks like what Stelsa fears is society breaking down… it’s likely going to happen somewhere down the line, at least a little. Besides that, she doesn’t seem to have that much faith in the hemospectrum. She is Bloodbound, after all; she might join the rebellion, if only for Tyzias.

-Stelsa’s got three bad endings (iirc only Vikare had 3 as well?). Horn touching being an intimate thing is canon.

-Did Remele buy the fucking museum???? (will we ever get to see her webcomic?) Looks like the thing with Trident Media and Tagora went well for her, though… (confirmation that stelsa doesn’t work at the same place as the other teals? one would think this would have come up sometime)

-The MC has what, 3 moirails now?? (Polypa, Chixie, Stelsa)

-“You both yell as the scuttlebuggy nyooms downwards at full tilt.”

-There’s a Xultan Matzos figurine in the car I think!

-Stelsa's new Troll Call bulletpoints also reinforce her Friendsim characterization, particularly her insane amounts of business (as in being insanely busy) and her organizedness, which is good because one of her old bulletpoints only was a response to one of Marvus', which has also been replaced. Her being Troll Jewish has therefore been left out, though there's still a reference to her fashion sense in her new bulletpoints (though differently than the old one, which could be taken to mean that she didn't mind going around dressed in hot pink or that she was originally going to be an accountant).

#hiveswap #friendsim #boldir lamati #stelsa sezyat #long post #thoughts and questions #t&q remix

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rabidfirefoxfan · 4 years ago

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Journey Into Mystery - Vol 124 - Loki Comic Read Through

Classic Loki - Masterpost Rating: MEH

Plot:

Plot A: Thor confesses to Jane, which pisses Odin off. Thor hears about a Demon guys in the East and decides to deal with it.

Plot B: After defeating the Stone Dragon, Thor and Co. rest up while the Queen Uru sents her flying trolls after them.

Favorite Moments:

Thor reading a newspaper, with cameo appearance of Spiderman,Fantasticc Four and Strange Tales. Also, I could have sworn that Newspaper titles started on the other side of the newspaper, meaning that Thor is currently reading a newspaper backwards, but what do I know.

The black-haired girl is Fan-girling over Thor. LOL

Thor giving a hug. Aww.

Thor wants to fly away but ...

This police officer wants Thor to swing his hammer somewhere else besides the streets. Sounds reasonable.

Blah Blah Blah, Blake meets up with Jane. Jane gets upset. Blake confesses that he is Thor. Odin gets mad. Blah Blah Blah Evil Masked Norn stone guys is big and mean so Thor *regretfully* has to go fight him. Hercule from Olypmus comes to earth. The actual fight .... next issue. How exciting the fight will be. After all if Loki, GOD OF MISCHIEF and frequent user of like 4 Norn stones, can’t defeat Thor how is some hill-billy from the middle of nowhere gonna fair better. -_-”

THE AWARD FOR MOST INSANE HEAD DRESS GOES TO

Queen Ula, Ruler of the Flying Trolls. Loki’s horns got nothing on this. It has like hair 3X her head, like shoulder-pads, too many swirls to count and like bug-eye things.

Loki is upset that he isn’t ruler yet (so like nothing new). At least he’s talking to some new friends, not that any of them have anything interesting to say.

Thoughts on Comic:

Eeeeh. This comic literally is just filler. NOTHING HAPPENS IN IT. Besides some character development of Thor like Jane but responsibilities crap, everything in this comic is just set up for something that will come in the next comic. Loki’s TWO PANELS can basically be summed up as “Remember, we’re EVIL guys. Let’s do EVIL stuff.” The few great parts this Comic were the Queen Ula’s insane head-piece, which has to take the record for craziest head-piece Jack Kirby made, and the Cop getting made at Thor for flying around on the street.

#Loki Comic Read Through #Journey Into Mystery #Loki #Comic Loki #Thor #Comic Thor #Comic Moments

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candiandmacarooncomic · 5 years ago

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Candi and Macaroon #31: vigilant 👀

Guest monster cameo designed by @thebrokenfroyomachine (adorable troll girl with the candy corn horn in panel one!)

#monster girls #wlw comic #lgbtq comic #lolita fasion #decora fasion #macaroon #candi #strips

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crophaven · 5 years ago

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some NPCs for the new Cafe! Featuring Honeydew (the orange haired one with ram horns!) who belongs to @servantparent and Static (the mantis one) who is cameoing from @swampsurgeon !!

We also have the Cafe owner, Toadsy, a redhead troll and....that dwarf is a girl and she’s lovely. ;)

#RPG Maker #RPG Maker MV #static #honeydew #unnamed npc #toadsy #kermitart

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shadowphoenixrider · 6 years ago

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Headcanons for Torcali

I love the idea of this Loa, though we have seen nothing of her ingame, aside from little lore snippets and a cameo in Zandalari recruitment quest (though there are threads in the 8.2 PTR that we might see more of her).

So I thought I’d share all the headcanons I made for her. Because I can!

Torcali is, or is thought to be, one of the oldest Loa in existence.

She is living, but her hide is so covered in stones and plant-life, she’s been thought to made of the earth. Her horns are made of obsidian, which is used for the majority of the Zandalari’s weaponry.

Torcali is HUGE. Rezan is laughably small beside her bulk.

There is a legend that Torcali was the one who killed Xibala when the great devilsaur threatened the world. Some say it was at Rezan’s behest, as he couldn’t bear to see his mother maddened so.

Rezan and Torcali have (or had) a grudging respect for one another. Rezan is more begrudging of her than she is of him; Torcali gives exactly no shits.

Due to her size and slow speed, she couldn’t come to her followers aid when Zul betrayed the Zandalari, but she granted her protection to her followers, and thus many non-combatants survived.

It does make calling Torcali very difficult, but her power is such she doesn’t mind communicating long distance with her followers.

The Loa of Bounty looks formidable, but she has a grandmotherly sweetness to her, and her followers are fiercely devoted to her because she is so gentle and kind. She doesn’t talk often, but when she does, you know to listen.

Don’t piss her off, though. She is a direhorn, after all. Her rage is difficult to raise, but once you raise it...well, better hope Bwonsamdi has a nice room for you.

Talking of the Loa of Death, he’ll talk a lot of shit about Torcali behind her back, but he’s nothing if not polite to her face. She takes no shit from Bwonsamdi, and whilst is charming to him, her tone is cloaked in thinly veiled threat.

She took the loss of Rezan particularly hard, and her followers noticed that their Loa, even though not know to be chatty, was even more quiet than usual.

The blood trolls stopped trying to corrupt Torcali after she massacred a whole bunch of blood trolls that attacked her followers in Nazmir. Unfortunately, they also took out a good portion of her high priests, which is why Torcali is under-represented in BFA; they were being replaced.

Torcali is very choosy when it comes to choosing her Chosen and high priests - her trials are more tests of patience and time, though aptitude helps. Even when these positions are wiped out, the Loa sticks to her traditions. Urgency is not really a thing.

A prelate order is establishing under her, since she was close to Rezan. She cannot provide the power that they enjoyed under Rezan, but those who seek to protect others enjoy her blessing.

There was a cult that proclaimed Torcali as the Loa of Queens, but the followers of Rezan quickly stamped it out. There is no record of Rezan ever being ousted until his death, though that might account for why the Devilsaur Loa never really got on with Torcali.

Torcali and Pa’ku are BFFs. Mostly because Pa’ku likes dropping people on the rocks that Torcali provides. Or her horns.

Torcali and Akunda have a very close relationship, due to his ownership of the storms, and her powers over the harvest. Some suggest that they are as close as lovers, but none dare ask the Loa this.

It’s thought Torcali’s temple is in Vol’dun, but it has been buried beneath the sands, forcing her to wander eternal. Since the desert became a dumping ground for exiles, none of her followers dare go there in pilgrimage.

#world of warcraft #headcanon #torcali #all of this is like 100% noncanon #i just love the t.rex/triceratops dichotomy #rezan is 4 fite #torcali 4 protec

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fefsprites · 6 years ago

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MAID OF LIFE,, I love Daggie already. can you say what she's gonna be in or is that a Secret? also does she have any quadrantmates, any crushes, what's her lusus (if this was mentioned for Boar idr), do you know her strife specibus, and what are her hobbies/what does she like (other than making new friends, which is a fantastic thing to like tbh)

It’s a half secret! it’s going to be a Hiveswap-esque game( So point-and-click adventure !! ) that I’m currently writing, and will only include a few of the Abodebound trolls in small cameos!

She has no quadmates since she’s very heavily aroace! An inconvenient orientation for a troll that is pressured to be in quadrants ; u;

Both her and Boar have a horned, four-tusked Boar/Pig as their lusus! Boarmom is a great mom, and she is very much loved by both of her daughters!

She has the same specibus as Boar, which is to say Innate Psychic Abilities, aka Telekenisiskind!

Aaaand finally! She likes to knit, and has a ridiculous amount of energy that she needs to burn doing as many things in a short span of time as possible, so she jumps from one thing to another. Her hive is absolutely COVERED in stuff of all kinds, but she usually drifts towards technical-based activities, since she’s not very creative, and can’t think abstractly. She also thinks spy FLARPing is super rad, and wants as many friends as possible to play campaigns with her based entirely on mystery and intrigue!

#Mod Feferi Talks #fantroll shenanigans #Anonymous

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taaroko · 7 years ago

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Post-IW MCU Rewatch: Ant-Man

Yay, time for Ant-Man! This one has rather grown on me over the last couple of viewings (not that I ever didn’t like it).

Hi middle-aged Peggy! (Isn’t it great how many times Hayley Atwell managed to get herself into these movies beyond what the original plan was, out of sheer enthusiasm? Yeah, I’m still bitter Agent Carter got cancelled.)

The music for the logo is awesome.

My killjoy brother says the main reason he dislikes this movie is that he doesn’t think it makes sense that Hank would ever trust some stranger (Scott) with his tech. Um. Hank has been protective of the tech because he doesn’t want it to be abused. But Scott proved he wasn’t a corporate goon by going to prison for screwing over a corrupt corporation. He’s proven himself. Also he doesn’t have the knowledge to make more of the particles, so he can’t steal any of the secrets himself.

Luis is probably my favorite sidekick in the whole MCU. He’s irrepressibly cheerful, he compulsively makes delicious-looking waffles, he’s a refined wine man and fan of neo-cubism yet also steals two smoothie machines, and when he goes into ramble mode it’s the greatest thing ever.

Anyone who has ever worked food service has met an idiot like Scott’s customer. Also his boss is basically David Brent. Trying way too hard to be cool, but kind of a git and a coward.

Scott’s attitude is super endearing. Very chill, understated reactions to things that annoy him. You get the impression that it’s not so much that he’s a very patient man as that he’s just so used to stuff like Luis’s antics that he’s become kind of inured to it. He’s also able to roll with the punches. Getting fired from Baskin Robbins could’ve made him bitter and angry, but instead he just kind of shrugs and takes that Mango Fruit Blast. He’s not prideful at all.

I called the tank being real by the second time the keychain appeared onscreen. Chekhov’s Tank!

Hello, Darren Cross, dude who is only not the worst MCU villain because Malekith exists. (How did Malekith manage to have less of a personality than Darren? It’s absurd.)

The ad video for the Yellowjacket is horrifying. Do people actually make ad videos for advanced weaponry? Do they narrate them with movie narrator voices and tidy up the diction to make them sound like wonderful good pieces of technology, but in a not-entirely-convincing way?

How is a hand on a shoulder such a sinister and obvious sign of impending murder?

Cassie is the most adorable little girl ever, and the kid playing her is a really good actress. I love that Scott is a dad. It makes him much more interesting. (Also is he the only divorcé in the entire MCU? Wait no, May is too. I think he’s the only one in the movies, though.)

“He’s so ugly! I LOVE HIM!” AAAAGH. SO CUTE.

I love that all the little details keep coming back. (The tank, the “La Cucaracha” horn.” Just lots of really good callbacks. It’s hard to believe this movie had production issues with changing directors.)

The way Darren kills that guy by shrinking him, and then wipes him up and flushes him, is ridiculously horrific. And the way he looks in the mirror after that is probably the most interesting he ever is in the movie. He knows the path he’s going down, and he’s not stopping.

So it’s not entirely clear. Is Hope dating Darren? Are they living together? Or are they just business partners? I’m confused.

YES LUIS STORY TIME. This is like Kid History, and it’s my favorite thing. Please please please make an MCU recap narrated by Luis, Marvel.

This music is weird and fun. I love it.

Scott parkouring is great. I wonder why he developed that skillset when he was just an electrical engineer. Has he been doing it since he was a kid?

Scott is like the midpoint between Tony Stark and Peter Quill in almost every way. Good at outside-the-box solutions, has engineering skills (but not at Tony’s level), a sense of humor that’s more self-deprecating than Tony’s but less wide-eyed dorky than Peter’s, etc. That’s awesome.

Could you be more transparently evil than using a bleating white lamb for your ill-fated lab experiments?

Huh. There’s a moment where Scott looks in the mirror too. Is that meant to be a contrast with when Darren does it? For Scott, it’s a moment where he resigns himself to failing, even though he caved and did the burglary. I don’t really see the connection, emotionally, to the way Darren looked in the mirror, but I guess one of them is the apprentice Hank rejected, and the other is the apprentice he ultimately chose. *shrug*

Ant-Man perspective is great. The encounter with the rat is terrifying.

You broke Scott’s chill, Hank!

Okay, so Scott’s actual superpower is changing his clothes at the speed of light. It was entirely unnecessary for them to give him such a small interval of time to get the suit on.

“What happens if I throw up in this helmet?”

There were zero bullet ants on the floor in the initial wide shot of the room. Also in the second wide shot. Which takes place two seconds before Scott tries to put his foot on the floor. Did they...forget to render ants in those shots? Or did they forget there were going to be ants there when they filmed from that angle? Gonna count that one as a mistake, because they could not have gotten all over the floor that fast.

They really needed to do more to explain about Darren’s brain chemistry getting messed up by the particles, because as far as I can tell, the first time he ever shrinks himself is on the helicopter at the end. How do these particles make him evil/crazy, exactly? What was he like before? What have the particles done to Hank?

Also they shouldn’t have explained the particles as changing “atomic relative distance” without also explaining that the suit allows you to control your weight relative to size. Because sometimes Ant-Man appears to weigh as much as he looks like he should, but the rest of the time, he’s clearly still 180 lbs in that tiny space (with the reverse problem when he becomes Giant-Man). If he always weighed 180 lbs while being the size of an ant, he would constantly punch through surfaces by walking on them, and if he was always the weight of an ant, he’d be powerless to do anything except be sneaky.

The montages in this movie are great.

Scott uses Hope’s move later. :D And she was totally checking him out.

Huh. Hope and Scott’s conversation in the car happens exactly halfway through the movie, and it’s the turning point. This is when they start being on the same team.

Hank’s revelation about Janet comes rather out of nowhere. I feel like they could’ve woven that in more effectively. It’s also a little exposition-heavy to entirely work on the emotional level.

This gesture by Scott is one of the best things.

I love the crossovers. Crossovers forever! (Seriously, put Thor cameos in future GotG movies and Loki cameos in future Doctor Strange movies. No, I don’t for a second believe Loki is really dead.)

Poor Sam. He missed out on Sokovia just to get trolled by this rando in a shrinking suit.

Hope saw Scott use her move! Hee!

Sinister hand on shoulder!

Okay, Hope’s “I’m at home” line is why I was confused about whether she and Darren were dating and living together. But it occurs to me now that there’s not really an implication that it’s his home too. So I think they’re just business partners. Good. Because Darren being double-crossed by his girlfriend and failing to react on that level would have made him a much worse character than he already was.

Seriously love Luis, and the other two guys are great too. Excellent crew of wombats.

I love the wallpaper in Hank’s house. Also, just, all of Hank’s house. It’s so pretty.

Okay I absolutely believe that Luis was the only guy to ever knock out that huge dude from the prison. He’s been knocking people out with single punches left and right on this job so far. I love him even more now! That’s such a cool little bit of consistency for him.

Is it true that cops use Crown Victorias as their undercover cars most often? Because I’ve kind of assimilated that as real-life trivia ever since theaters.

What was the point of frying the servers if they were just going to shrink the building to nothing anyway?

Kurt and Tip are hilarious. “There was a black guy who looked exactly like me who attacked us and put us in the back of this disgusting van!”

So if the Avengers have spent the last year taking down Hydra facilities, how are there still people in Hydra who can spend billions for Yellowjacket suits?

I thought Hank was going to die the first time I saw this. Now I’m betting this will be a How to Train Your Dragon situation with Ant-Man and the Wasp, where not long after we discover the long-lost mom, the dad gets killed.

Darren’s villain music is the best thing about him. It’s very unnerving.

All the fights while Scott’s in the suit are so much fun to watch.

“Are we the good guys? Feels kinda weird.”

I don’t like that the chain attachment on the tank also gets huge. And how does a tank cushion a three-storey drop?

That Darren is able to shoot ants is very silly and weird. Would’ve worked better if there was buckshot or something. But still. This movie made me care about an ant dying.

Dangit, Darren, you just killed everyone else in the chopper. You suck.

Briefcase fight! I remember how hard everyone laughed when “Disintegration” started playing in theaters. So great.

All the abrupt cuts from epic to insignificantly small are what make these fights so funny and awesome.

Bug zapper! I watched this with my dad recently (his first time seeing it) and he laughed so hard at the bug zapper.

Another tased Avenger!

So I thought this movie was going to be stupid, right up until the trailer got to the bit with Thomas the Tank Engine. Then I knew it was going to be amazing. It’s still probably my favorite moment in the whole movie.

They kinda overdid it with the “back it up” bit.

Giant ant! Poor Paxton.

Did anyone not see it coming from the moment Hank talked about going sub-atomic that Scott was going to have to do it at the end?

The infinite shrink is mesmerizing to look at. I bet this movie was cool in 3-D. (I have glasses, so 3-D is not so fun.)

Hi Janet!

The bottom half of that face in the photo actually looks kinda like Michelle Pfeiffer’s face. Nice work!

Hahaha, I love that Cassie kept the ant as a dog.

MORE STORIES FROM LUIS! The way he blinks too many times after he finishes is what really clinches it.

So yeah, I like me a heist movie, and it was definitely a brilliant decision on Marvel’s part to go small (figuratively and literally) with the next movie after Ultron. It is a mistake to think you always have to escalate your threats in a series. That was the problem for a while with Supernatural, and it’s definitely a problem in shows like Dragonball Z and Naruto too. Ant-Man was the perfect way to scale back and remind us that these movies are a ton of fun. I’m so glad that they did the same thing with the scheduling of Infinity War and Ant-Man and the Wasp, and I can’t wait for July 6.

I really hope Ant-Man and the Wasp does the same thing Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 did, and goes deeper with the characters instead of just getting bigger in scope. Because Ant-Man is one of the more surface-level movies in the MCU. Scott doesn’t really carry a lot of angst, so even though his arc is about proving he can be the hero Cassie sees him as, it’s pretty chill, with just a couple of moments where he loses...hope...(dang it) in his ability to make this work and be the dad he wants to be.

The bigger emotional arc was Hank and Hope, because Hope absolutely carries her angst and bitterness in a big way. They’re kind of a representation of what Scott and Cassie could end up being if Scott doesn’t get his crap together. And Darren is an evil parallel for Scott, obviously. All of the different arcs probably would’ve worked better if they’d spent enough time and effort on Darren to make him interesting. But the lack of depth in all of the arcs doesn’t ruin the movie because it’s a comedy. This is deliberately a light, fun comedy action movie, and it’s great.

Also it has a good and memorable soundtrack, so bonus points.

#ant-man #scott lang #hank pym #hope pym #mcu rewatch #Infinity War spoilers #marvel

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blogfernsonthayassslove · 3 years ago

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Lizzo rags on the haters with help from Cardi B on 'Rumors'

แจกเครดิตฟรี Fame in the age of social media kind of sucks — but not even the troll-iest troll can get Lizzo down for long. That's the message of the singer's new single, "Rumors," which dropped Friday accompanied by a Greco-Roman fantasia of a music video starring Lizzo and her guest on the track, Cardi B. "Last year, I thought I would lose it/ Read s— on the internet," Lizzo admits, "My smoothie cleanse and my diet/ No, I ain't f— Drake yet." In the chorus of "Rumors," which rides an ebullient, horn-accented groove, Lizzo takes aim at the haters "spending all your time trying to break a woman down," then reminds them: "Realer s— is going down, baby, take a look around." "Rumors" is Lizzo's first single since 2019's "Cuz I Love You" album, which after years of work on the margins of show business brought the singer fully into the mainstream. The LP made Lizzo the most-nominated artist at the 62nd Grammy Awards in 2020 with eight nods; she won three prizes, including best pop solo performance for "Truth Hurts," which spent seven weeks atop Billboard's Hot 100. For Cardi B — who appeared alongside Lizzo in 2019's "Hustlers" movie — "Rumors" follows her recent cameo on Normani's "Wild Side" and comes nearly exactly a year after "WAP," her smash collaboration with Megan Thee Stallion. In a YouTube livestream before the "Rumors" premiere, Lizzo said the new song "has been a long time coming for your girl," adding that she'd written the song in February. "If you thought that I was ratchet with my ass hanging out,/ Just wait until the summer when they let me out the house," she sings in "Rumors."

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The Other Guy

BRUTUS “BRUCE” BANNER

Summary: Ilvermorny potions prodigy, turned giant green werewolf.

Hogwarts House: Ravenclaw

Ilvermorny House: Horned Serpent

Species: Human, werewolf (unique, potion-created breed) Blood status: Muggle-born

Wand: Womping Willow wood, 15 inches, unicorn tail hair

Broom: Tinderblast (not the fastest, but the most durable)

Familiar: Cute little barn owl named Ruffalo/Ruffles

Specialty: Potions

Patronus: Brown Bear

A New Kind of Werewolf

When Brutus "Bruce" Banner was in his first year at Ilvermorny School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, he was taking potions class with the sixth years. His house was Horned Serpent, the egghead house. He was dating Zarabeth "Betty" Ross, of Thunderbird (the "warrior" house), daughter of auror Thaddeus Ross. For his final project of his first year, Bruce was working on an assignment that involved creating a potion that would grant the drinker some impressive powers. Wanting to go above and beyond, Bruce tried to re-create the super-auror serum that had resulted in Steve "the Captain" Rodgers.

Now, mixing the saliva of a werewolf and the blood of a troll into the Polyjuice potion, adding a dash of Doxy venom, a few hairs from a Metamorphmagus, and dropping in a dragon scale to finish it off, and then testing this concoction on yourself probably doesn't sound like a very Horned Serpent or Ravenclaw thing to do. But for an eleven-year-old, Bruce was showing some stunning genius, and took more precautions than most first years in his place would've.

Still, the results were catastrophic. And green. And furry.

On the Run

Thaddeus Ross became obsessed with "containing" the "monster," or worse. (Which is obviously kind of fucked up, since Bruce was still not even twelve yet.) Obviously the Ministry of Magic wasn't going to let Thaddeus kill a kid, but even they couldn't completely control the overzealous auror. Thaddeus's daughter Betty helped Bruce flee Ivermorny. Bruce tried hiding out in some magical communities at first, but soon discovered that the more magic there was around him, the more likely he was to lose control. Maybe it was physical contact with extra magic that made the wolf harder to control, or maybe it was just the stress of being in a community where everyone knew what he was. But in any case, Bruce fled the wizarding world, and lived among muggles in various foreign countries, usually in the sketchiest parts of the cities. A muggleborn, Bruce was already somewhat estranged from his parents, and didn't feel much loss in cutting contact with them.

While hiding out in a muggle favela in Brazil, he kept regular owl-contact with a mysterious pen-pal who went by "Professor Blue," who helped Bruce come up with temporary antidotes for his condition. The now twelve-year-old wizard supported himself mixing colorful paints for those kickass favela buildings, and made a few friends. His next-door-and-one-square-up neighbor was a snake who apparently knew Harry Potter. (Communication between Bruce and his scaly neighbor was limited though, as Bruce didn't speak Parselmouth and the Snake could barely write in Portuguese.) Thaddeus eventually found Bruce, and rode into battle astride a Portugues Longsnout. The dragon's flames however had no affect on the giant green werwolf. Fortunately, no muggles were hurt in the battle, except a group of drug lords who'd just assumed they were hallucinating and didn't get out of the way. Bruce fled into the rain-forest, where he transformed back into a human. He wandered alone for a while until he happened on a friendly chuppacabra that agreed to give him a lift. The chuppacabra didn't speak Protuguese, but told Bruce in Spanish that he wasn't in Brazil anymore. Figuring hiding out wasn't working, Bruce decided to go back to Ivelmorny where most of his old research was, and continue working on a cure. The chuppacabra gave Bruce a ride all the way back to the States, stopping for a few portions of goat for lunch along the way. Bruce reunited with Betty, and together they traveled overseas to Hogwarts to meet "Professor Blue." How did Bruce figure that was where Blue would be? Well in all his letters he kept mentioning "tea" and "ugly Christmas jumpers," and regularly had to be reminded that the asshole chasing Bruce was not a "Slytherin." When they finally met, Blue--actually a forth year named Samuel Sterns--was very disappointed to learn his cover had been blown so easily. (It appears that while Ravenclaws are usually brilliant in some areas, a lot of them lack some ingenuity outside the lab.) While the three worked on finding a cure for Bruce, the Sorting Hat dropped by to inform Betty that she was a Gryffindor, and Bruce a Ravenclaw. (Betty had a mind for science yes, but that was overriden by the courage and fortitude she'd inherited from her homicidally brave father; it takes a Gryffindor to go after a Hulk, and an even bigger Gryffindor to love one.)

Ross caught up to them again, now with a Chinese Fireball. A massive battle ensued all over Hogwarts' grounds. While on his defensive rampage, Wolf-Hulk wound up toppling a few castle towers, uprooting the Whomping Willow, and flinging the Giant Squid through the wall of the Great Hall (insert sushi joke). The Quidditch pitch was also pretty much decimated. This was not a good day for groundskeeper Argus Filch. The battle finally ended when Professor Neville Longbottom (now teaching herbology) announced via microphone-wand-spell that if Thaddeus didn't break off his attack ASAP, he'd call the Ministry on him and he'd have all of his medals and mustache confiscated indefinitely. The Ministry of Magic had arrived by then, and took Betty and Bruce into custody.

Unbeknown to our heroes, a neighbor back at the favela named Emil Blonsky had witnessed Bruce transform into "the incredible green furry," and was overcome with awe and envy. He tracked the heroes to Hogwarts, and cornered Sterns in his lab, demanding the Ravenclaw transform him into a badass like Bruce. Sterns immediately replied, "Holy balls, you look JUST like that guy from 'Four Roo--'" Blonsky's hand around his throat cut him off. Sterns reluctantly agreed to inject Blonsky with Bruce's blood, and then ran for cover (all the way down to the dungeons, past some Slytherins entering thier common room, and diving under a green-and-silver sofa where Tony Stark was reading a dirty "Veela" magazine).

Blonsky transformed not into a green wolf-ogre, but instead, an orange ogre-troll. He bellowed, "I AM ABOMINATION BITCHES!!!!" to the un-phased Hogwarts populace (who witnessed stuff like this every other week), and then promptly began smashing down the towers, Quidditch stadium and Whomping Willow that Argus Filch had just finally finished repairing.

Everyone in Hogwarst was quickly evacuated to Hogsmeade, so Bruce could smash-fight Abomination without worrying too much about collateral damage. Betty however secretly stayed behind, and at the end of the battle, begged Bruce not to kill Abomination.

"Bruce please, he's already died in 'Reservoir Dogs'..."

"Huh?"

"I AM NOT TIM ROTH!"

Bruce punched Blonsky, shutting him up.</b>

The Ministry of Magic quickly arrived to the scene and transformed Blonsky/Abomination into a ferret, before taking him into custody. Ross was about to order his dragon to blast another fireball at the Hulk-Wolf; but seeing human Bruce hugging his daughter, Ross finally admitted to himself, "Maybe there is something a little bit wrong with trying to kill or arrest a twelve-year-old..." The Ministry still wanted Bruce in custody though, and Bruce was forced to flee again after bidding Betty a tear-jerker farewell. After the credits, Thaddeus then went to the Three Broomsticks to get drunk and smoke a cigar; Tony Stark attempted to make a cameo, but didn't get one sentence out before Rosmerta noticed the firwewisky margarita in the underage Slytherin student's hand, and chucked him out.

Order of the Avengers

Bruce went back to hiding out amongst muggles, this time in Asia. The stress of trying to keep the wolf repressed resulted in half a head of gray hair before the poor little wizard was old enough to be bar-mitzvahed. Things got so low that at one point, he stood before a mirror and attempted to cast Avada Kadavara on himself. The "other guy" spit the green death-blast out (incinerating a nearby adult video store and causing a mass UFO conspiracy in the area). So he got passed his depression, and moved on by helping people. He used his magic to cure diseases for sick muggles in the slums of the third world, ignoring the Ministry's rules completely. Then one day, a redhead confronted him with a wand, and introduced herself as Natasha Romanoff. She wasn't here to kill him. She was here to recruit him for the Order of the Avengers. The program was at Hogwarts, so he'd have to go back to school; but at least it wouldn't be the school where his accident had happened, with all the bad memories. Bruce finally gave in, and began classes as a third-year Ravenclaw. Bruce contributed both brains and brawn to the Order, and became "potions bros" with Tony Stark. Bruce learned the hard way that while Ravenclaws and Slytherins make great lab partners, the latter can be a very bad influence on the former. If Bruce had a knut for every time Tony talked him into some experiment that backfired on them, he'd be richer than Harry Potter.

Bruce's other closest friend was fellow Ravenclaw Natasha, who had once been brainwashed by Death Eaters. She and Bruce bonded over the fact that at heart, they're both Ravenclaws, but have been transformed into some kind of monster or another against their will. They began dating, but no one's sure if they're still a thing, or if it was just a fling.

Detention With the Grand Master

In his final year at Hogwarts, Bruce, along with Thor, had to miss out on the epic illegal Quidditch match the other Avengers arranged. (Fortunately, it sounds like Thor and Bruce didn’t miss much, as the whole “civil war” game was less of a “deep clash of ideals” than a “drunken brawl fueled by Idiot Balls.”)

Defense Against the Dark Arts Class. Actually, most of the Avengers were behind in that class. But when Professor Masters--AKA “the Grand Master”--assigned all the failures to detention in the Dark Forrest, Bruce was the only one studious enough, and Thor the only one concerned with his fighting skills enough, to obediently attend their detention instead of playing Quidditch.

In detention, the Grand Master--Hogwarts’ latest eccentric D.A.D.A. professor--forced various badass students to duel each other, for cheering crowds of cheering centaurs, unicorns, merfolk, and other strange creatures. And while wearing ridiculously fruity gladiator outfits. (And the Grand Master’s henchmen will tell you, forcing a giant green wolf into Roman armor is no cakewalk.) Bruce and Thor had an epic duel, before the werewolf noticed Loki, and made like a pooch chasing a screaming, squealing car.

But the group wound up having to play Hooky after all, with Thor’s homeland at stake. Bruce helped Thor and Loki defeat their evil half-sister Hela, and almost caught himself a break....

As if.

Waning Powers

A regular werewolf will change with the moon no matter what. But Bruce was no regular werewolf. The potion that had transformed him had contained hairs from not only werewolves, but Metamorphmagi as well. And those who knew Nymphadora Tonks know that a Metamorphmagus’s powers can be affected by their mood.

Thanos gave the green wolf such a frightening beating, that the “monster” refused to “come out” afterwards, even when Bruce desperately needed him to. Thus, Bruce was forced to fight like a boring regular wizard, on a broom with a wand. Green asshole.

But after Thanos’s Dusting Curse murders half of Bruce’s friends, and half the universe he’d worked so hard to redeem himself by protecting, the wolf returned full-force...

Professor Wolf

With help from Tony and Shuri, and his own Ravenclaw cleverness, Bruce finally found a way to make peace with “the other guy.” He now walked around in the form of a furry green humanoid, taking the name “Professor Wolf.” Since Thanos’s curse and following tyrannical rule exposed the magical world to the Mugggles, Professor Wolf gained some new Muggle fangirls, mainly from the segments of Muggledom that frequented DeviantArt and Fur Affinity.

Time Travel

Deep in Snape’s old Potions dungeon, Tony, Bruce, Rocket, and Shuri–who was not Dusted!–all get together to brainstorm how to use the Spirit Realm for Time Travel (since Thanos destroyed all the Time Turners).

The four geniuses exchange ingenuity and banter, and it is brilliant. Rocket, a niffler, is enamored with Tony’s chest amulet, and steals it, causing some health problems for Tony. This angers Professor Wolf, who chases the niffler/raccoon hybrid around the lab until he catches him and makes him into a violent chew toy.

Shuri snags Rocket from the Wolf, and the amulet from Rocket. Struck with inspiration, the Wakandan princess makes some adjustments to the amulet, to Tony’s embarrassment and begrudging awe. This leads to a “eureka!” moment for the four of them, in regards to the Time Travel problem, and they finally get it solved.

Ravenclaw to Ravenclaw

Bruce gets the Time Stone from fellow a Ravenclaw, the Ancient One. Not battle or trickery is needed for this one; just honest, Ravencalw-to-Ravenclaw reasoning. When Bruce tells her about Strange sacrificing the Time Stone to save Tony, she realizes what this must mean, and hands the Stone over to Bruce.

After losing the Ravenclaw closest to him--Natasha Romanoff--Bruce is as devastated as Clint. Professor Wolf roars, and tosses a bench into the lake. The kids sitting on the bench, Teddy Lupin and Victoire Weasley, barely react, as they too were close with Nat and are mourning her. Even the Giant Squid is too sad to be bothered by the littering of his lake.

But later, when Bruce is fighting Thanos in the final battle, something extraordinary happens...

Bruce and the Wolf fight Thanos once more, now together, and wielding the red Infinity Wand. Professor Wolf is struggling to simply turn Thanos and his minions to dust, but it’s one Infinity Wand up against another. As the two Infinity Wands blast against each other, a light begins to glow in the middle of the two spells. Bruce suddenly hears a familiar voice, half in his head. “Bruce, give someone else a turn.” Natasha–or a ghostly version of her–is emerging from the middle of the two Infinity Wands’ spells. “Priori Incantatem!” shouts Shuri, from her blue-and-silver panther broom. “Or something like it! Two sets of Infinity Stones blasting against each other, their past spells are regurgitating!” The moment of shock distracts Bruce long enough for Thanos to blast him to the ground. The grape bastard is about to pick up the other Infinity Wand, but spirit-Nat delivers a kick to his face. It’s not a huge amount of damage–she only has the typical strength of a very angry poltergeist–but it buys enough time for Spidey to swing by and snag up the wand with his web, and the battle continues...

Epilogue

Bruce, Sam and Bucky have a brief scare, when it seems that Steve has massacred the timeline for personal gain; but this false Steve turns out to be only a Boggart. The real Steve has returned just a few minutes after schedule, and has only made one tiny change to the timeline; saving Nat.

Professor Wolf is now in the dungeons of Hogwarts, teaching Potions. Bruce can alternate between any of his three forms at will, and actually tends to teach in his boring, adorkable human form (with only the green tail).

Wand, broom, etc. Ollivander has crafted for Bruce a wand from a branch of the Whomping Willow, the only wood green-Bruce can't instantly snap in half. It contains a unicorn hair. Bruce's broom is a Tinderblast; though not as fast as some other models, it's highly resilient, so Bruce can ride it even if he transforms. Bruce's Patronus is a bear (all Patronuses are silver, so Black, Brown, or Polar isn't really a factor here). His specialty, obviously, is potions--his initial first-year accident notwithstanding. A/N: Bruce was blessedly easy to sort, draw, and write a Potter AU for. Tony and Dr. Strange are too overflowing with Slytherin-style heroism for me to let them go to waste as Ravenclaws, just because they happen to be geniuses. Bruce on the other hand, his personality and powers really do revolve around his mind--even his Hulk related ones.f

#bruce banner #hulk #hogwarts house #ravenclaw #werewolf #chibi #hogwarts #potterverse #harry potter #order of the avengers #incredible hulk #mark ruffalo

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wandering-chronicler-blog · 7 years ago

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Draecember-Winter Veil Celebrations

This is a day late, but what the heck? Also, the first one that I’m not actually following one of the prompts on as the original post said we could make up our own! And what better for a day like this than some light fluffy fun and inebriation?

As always, special thanks to @mittensmcedgelord for letting me borrow some of their own WoW cast for this piece, even if it’s mostly just cameos. Also, for the insane version of the carol that is sung in it.

-Previous Pieces: Letter, Losing Someone, Memory and Dimensional Ship, Discovery, On a Mission, Feeling Left out and Facing a Fear, Working with The Horde, Family, Reunion With a Loved One, Relaxing, Facing a Fear and Overcoming an Obstacle, Corruption and Regret -

“I hate you so much right now,” Onyxien grumbled.

“Well, you volunteered for this, so whose fault is that?” Vylia countered. She carefully adjusted the strap for the single long fake horn that was now on the netherdrake’s head.

He reached up with a claw to tug at the horn, pulling it onto the side of his head. Vylia quickly corrected it. “I didn’t expect you to dress me up in a way that makes me look like the unholy offspring of a fel mutant and a talbuk.”

“That’s for the part though!” She smiled at him as she finished. “Now quit clawing at the horn.” The drake merely groaned and dug his claws into the stones of the Lower City of Shattrath. “So, what about your lines?”

“Uhh…”

“You did look at the script the matron gave us, did you?”

“It may have…”

“Onyxien…” She folded her arms and looked down at him as he turned away slightly.

“Hey, I can’t shift like some of my brethren,” he reminded her. “Claws like this weren’t made for turning pages!”

She sighed, running a hand through her hair. “Alright, I’ll go get another copy from her then. Maybe Ryant and the others will have finished some of the stage too.”

“Hope the kids appreciate all the effort we went through too to get them actual snow and not just that conjured crap the Aldor and Scryers have thrown around here and there.”

She smiled a little remembering some of the sights since they’d arrived again in Shattrath. It’d only been a couple months since their raid on the Dragonmaw Fortress, but it had been a long few. Everyone was looking forward to a little rest it seemed, even though everyone knew just what was on the horizon. “They already do,” Vylia told him. “I saw some of them having a snowball fight earlier. And the orc boy and draenei girl made this snowman that looked like a two-headed ogre. They called it Gol’Ragg.”

That got a small chuckle out of Onyxien. “Oh, good old Gol’Ragg. He gave me and my clutchmates fresh ravager flesh whenever we dropped by. And cookies.”

“You know him?”

“Yep. He’d argue with himself over if he should give us any, but we all knew it was an act. He’d always give us things from his shop.”

Vylia chuckled a little at the image in her head of several netherwing whelps pestering an ogre as he argued with himself over giving them scraps of meat. “Alright. Well, I’m gonna get us the script copy and see what the others are up to.” She turned to go back into the old ruined building that was being used for the party.

“Can I take this horn off at least?”

She turned as she’d reached the doorway. “Go show the kids. They’ll love it!”

Inside, there were some locals, but she easily spotted members of The Dirty Dozen at work or taking breaks. Guldel sat in red winter clothes that barely fit him at the bar next to the large bowl of egg nog. Beldak, one of the orcs, was next to him. At one of the tables the death knights Arran and Vylia’s sister, Seliira, sat playing a game of hearthstone, using coins as counters. Chou was followed by a group of children as she walked past with a tray of cookies, stopping only to hand them out and warning them that they were still hot. In the rafters was a massive snake, sliding about with holly behind it, carefully fixing it as he went. For a moment, it shifted and changed with a flicker of magic into the troll Lor’raj to dangle over Guldel and Beldak with mistletoe in his hand. The orc grabbed a fish off the bar and pressed its lips to the troll’s. Guldel laughed at the absurdity before Lor’raj fell from the ceiling into the tauren’s lap. Beldak began to laugh in response as Vylia passed them.

“On the twelth day of Winter Veil the Legion gave to meeeeeeeeeee!” an operatic voice sang. Vylia turned around to see the group’s warlock, Faelthos. The former scryer took a long drink from his mug. “Twelve heroes fleeing! Eleven goblin cannons! Ten orcs a-screaming! Nine dreadlords scheming!” Vylia had to laugh a little at the drunk blood elf as he belched far louder than she’d have thought possible. “Eight mutant drakes! Seven hellish portals! Six Blackrock cultists!” He took a deep breath and another drink. “Fiiiiiiiiiiive tiiiiiiiime paradoxesssssssssssssss!”

She turned away from him and headed towards the back, stopping only to glance at the game as Arran slid a box over to Seliira. “Hey, you two seen the matron?” she asked quickly.

“Nope,” her sister replied.

“Think she was talking to Vad about something,” Arran replied as he dropped another minion on the board followed by a spell. He grabbed a couple silvers from his wallet and dropped them on top of the minion to signify a buff.

“Ugh, well played,” Seliira admitted, seeing the move. She drew another card from her deck and grinned.

“Uh-oh, I know that look.”

“Alright, thanks,” Vylia said. She turned from them as her sister played another card, eliciting a groan from Arran.

“Four night elf hunters! Three dancing draenei!” Fael continued as Guldel pulled the bowl of egg nog away from him. “Two trolling trolls… And a demon lord named Saaaaaammmyyyyyyyy!”

She pushed the door to the back rooms open, finding Vadralis talking briefly with Kagh’Gosh. The orc gave a single grunt and hefted a massive bag before heading back into one of the other ones. The night elf sighed as he folded his arms and reached up to rub his forehead. He leaned back until he was against the wall.

“Hey,” Vylia said, approaching him. “Tired?”

He turned his head towards her. “Yeah, actually,” he said. “Had some trouble sleeping recently.”

“Mmm?”

“Yeah.” Vadralis looked away then, down on the floor. “Think some of it is still getting into the swing of all this. Having trouble remembering some of the things I did. And some trouble with hitting a target with my knives.”

“I’m sorry I couldn’t get you out.” She moved next to him, slipping a hand on his shoulder.

“You didn’t know. I thought I was a goner in that blast too.”

“Yeah…” Vylia bowed her head a little then. She’d still not told him of the couple days she’d spent trying to get back there to see if she could find proof he was dead or alive. “Yeah, I know.”

“Not the first time I’ve been captured. Though I didn’t even know humans existed last time it happened.”

She had to laugh slightly at it.

“I’ll bounce back. Just might take some time.” He looked up at her then, eyes resting on her hand for a moment. “Glad you didn’t forget about me though.”

“How could I have? I…” She almost added to her thoughts, but kept from doing so, though it was a bit of a relief to see a small smile on his lips. There was silence between them as they heard Fael out in the main room begin another song. It sounded like Chou had joined him as well in singing.

“Nice to have a Winter Veil party again,” he said finally.

“Yeah,” Vylia agreed. “It’s Sel’s first too. Nice to have family with me for once on one of these events.” She almost let go of his shoulder, but noticing how he moved just a little closer made her keep her hand there. “Any word from your sisters since we got you out?”

“Got them a message from one of the Shattered Sun vets on his way back to Stormwind. And just the other day I got a letter from one of them. Frankly relieved I was alive. Kept telling her husband that I was too damn stubborn to die.” They both laughed a little at it. “The other one named her newborn son after me thinking I’d died in the line of duty about a month ago. She’s probably heard the news now too.” He smiled sadly a little, his eyes tearing slightly. “Kinda wish I could go back and see them. But we’ve got a lot to do here.” He reached up then and slipped his fingers between hers. “And I’m glad that I get to spend it free and with someone important to me.”

“Vad…” She bowed her head just a little as their eyes met and her lips curled into a soft smile. “Thank you. This’ll be one to remember. I’ll make sure of it.”

“I’m sure it will be already.” He smirked at her. “Even if only because Onyxien is participating in a play of How The Greench Stole Winter Veil for the orphanage. And Beldak spiking the egg nog because it was ‘too weak’ by his standards.”

She snickered a bit at how the netherdrake would look with the horn she’d spent nearly twenty minutes fussing with and the ridiculous red nose they still had to put on his snout. “Yeah. Hey, speaking of which. Have you seen Matron Mercy? Onyxien shredded the script she gave us with his claws.”

Vadralis shook his head. “Last I saw she put her husband in charge of watching over the place while she went to get something from one of the Skettis Outcasts. Think it’s for the feast that’s planned.”

“Aaah. Guess we’ll get it later then.” She let go of his shoulder then and he unlaced his fingers from hers. “So, while we wait then, wanna get a drink? Before Fael has it all?”

“Heh. Yeah.” They started back to the door, sound of singing growing louder. Fael and Chou were standing on top of the bar now, arm in arm and singing carols in panderan while they each had drinks in their free hands. Beldak was laughing as he watched the two dance slightly even. The goblins Kikri and Ryant were standing on a table chatting excitedly about some device they’d come up with while Seliira was unwrapping the box that Arran had given her earlier. Neither saw what it was, but she practically jumped across the table startling the other death knight as they landed on the ground as she made a squeal of delight. And at the bar, Guldel merely grabbed the entire bowl of egg nog and put it to his lips after a long sigh.

“I know I’ve only been here a few months,” Vadralis started, “but is this kind of… Insanity normal?”

“Oh, this is actually kinda tame,” Vylia admitted. Something then dangled right in front of her face. She waved a hand away and it was pulled out of reach. Looking up was Lor’raj, in his snake shape in the rafters, dropping the mistletoe out of his mouth before slithering away.

“And I see Lor is still pestering people with the mistletoe…” He sighed. “No wonder Guldel is drinking like a naga.”

Vylia laughed a little, biting her lower lip as he looked back at her. She thought briefly about it, but ultimately decided there’d be no harm. Besides, the troll had been dangling it all night over people. “Eh, what the hell?” Her hands slipped onto Vadralis’ face and she gave him a soft kiss on the lips. To her joy, he returned her affection before a loud crash grabbed their attention and they both turned back to the holiday mayhem.

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