#Vikki Line

[julessuretries]

Victoria (Vikki) Line and her autistic rubber 90s toy

Also I’m aware this might be a deep cut in the Flatland cinematic/literary universe so… yeah this is from the 2001 book Flatterland in which a 3D guy named Space Hopper takes Vikki line on a tour of the “mathiverse”

[rjalker]

reading Flatterland now so here' more of the narrator's family tree.

IDK if Lee is his great granddaughter or married one of his great grandsons yet.

[ID: A family tree for the narrator of Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions, and the later adaption, Flatterland.

For all but three of the generations displayed, only a single father and son is showed.

At the top of the family tree is an Isosceles triangle, labeled "I S O", and "Great-great-great-great-great-grandfather" in black text, then "great-great-greate-grandfather" in red. An arrow points at him, saying, "Supposedly stabbed a rich guy (angle supposedly at 59).

Next is another Isosceles triangle, with an arrow labeling him, "Angle supposedly degraded to 58 (A K A the people taking the measurements wrote it that way to punish them.), and then labeled in black, "Great-great-great-great grandfather", and in red, "great-great-grandfather".

Next is another Isosceles triangle, labled in black, "great-great-great-grandfather", and in red, "great-grandfather".

Then another, in black, labeled "great-great-grandfather", and in red, "grandfather".

Then another, in black, labeled, "great-grandfather", and in red, "father".

Below him is a final Isosceles triangle, with an arrow saying, "described by his grandson as 'one of the least irregular of his unhappy Isosceles class'. He is labeled in black, "Grandfather", and in red, "Recounting story".

Below him is an Equilateral triangle, marked "E Q I", and labeled in red, "Father", and in red, "son". An arrow reads, "Granted rank of Equilateral, angle supposedly measured at 60 degrees".

Below him is a Square, labeled in black, "recounting story", and in red, "grandson". He is marked R E G, and labeled with a grey arrow, "the narrator".

Below the square is a line of shapes marked only with "children". There are five pentagons, and one straight line. In the center is a question mark leading down to the next generation.

The next generation is labeled "Grandchildren", and shows two hexagons, with another question mark next to them leading to the next generation.

A Horizontal line separates the above section from the one below, labeled, "Flatterland".

The next generation is marked with a questionmark leading down from the family tree above, labeling this generation, "great grandchildren", with a married-in Straight Line on the side labeled "Jubilee (Lee)".

The final generation of great great grandchildren consists of a single Straight Line, labeled Victoria (Vikki).

End ID.]

[2d-dreams]

Vikki walk

she walk

[forensicated]

05x21 - Climate

TW: Assaults on children

June is driven to work by her boyfriend, however, it's not a good start to the day as they're already arguing after June discovered the night before that he's a married man. Bob's not having a great day either as he has had to arrive by taxi because his tyres were slashed during the night. He asks June who her boyfriend is as he thinks he recognises him but June tells him it's none of his business. To top it off the station is uncomfortably warm!

Yorkie escapes from the front desk to speak to Taffy when a 'difficult' case is brought in. Alec moans at him for passing the job off - and later snaps uncharacteristically at Bob when he tells him about the tyres.

Ted takes a seat opposite June in the canteen. He's hanging out his backside and pops a couple of aspirin with a large glass of water. Ted makes an uncomfortable joke about the difference between him and someone trying hard not to become an alcoholic. Someone trying to pretend they're not an alcoholic would swear they are not fully dependent on alcohol. "But you don't deny it, right..." June smiles tightly. Ted goes on to ask her about George Bright, a man who gave the only witness statement when a young girl was attacked. Both Ted and June admit Bright made both their coppers instincts tingle but there was never any evidence that he was actually involved in the assaults. Ted tells June that two little girls have been attacked in similar circumstances and have both died since. There's no evidence but Ted is suspicious that it's Bright as are Essex Police who have asked Ted to bring him in for questioning. He wanted to play it sneakily and drag him out of bed and interview him before he was fully awake and aware of what he was saying but PACE has put a stop to techniques like that. Instead, he's going to put him in an interview room to sweat it out and send June in to 'have a little chat'.

Bob continues to ask Alec what he should do if it turns out he's being targeted by neighbourhood yobs. He doesn't want to move out to Essex and commute in and he doesn't want to sell his pride and joy and replace it with an old banger. Alec again snaps that "I've already said I don't know, these are things you have to figure out by yourself. I've already got far too much on my own plate at the moment! Is that clear?" Bob blinks, "... Perfectly." he says as Alec storms off.

Tosh and Jim bring Bright into the station and it's obvious they don't like him either. Ted and Jim discuss Bright's background. Ted wants to talk to him about the new evidence that has just come in. "... No new evidence has come in." "No, but he doesn't know that, does he?!"

Bright pretends not to recognise June at first and then asks if they've caught the man assaulting young girls. "Unfortunately no, not yet," June says, leaving the room to get him a drink. Ted and Tosh go in straight after to interview him and remind him of the previous circumstances when they interviewed him. Ted tells him that he has been made aware of new evidence that cuts across everything Bright told them before to the point where it makes him sound like a liar. Bright immediately says he wants to talk to someone else because he doesn't appreciate being dragged in [to the station]. "Invited in." Tosh clarifies, glaring down at him. "That's right son, you try and be what you're not and never will be, you try and be clever." Bright snaps before claiming he doesn't mind being asked questions but he refuses to listen to someone 'trying his best to look like the town drunk.' He removes coins from his pocket and throws them in front of Ted telling him it's wash and brush up week and to treat himself. In an understated move, Tosh manages to stop Ted from leaping across the table and plays a form of 'good cop/bad cop'.

Bright snaps that the 'sweet/sour' move won't work on him and tells Tosh to return to Hendon. "Or was that before your time?" They're right, he's thoroughly repugnant. He smugly tells them he doesn't want to make any changes to his original statement.

June tries to get her boyfriend to talk to her over the telephone during her break but he is evasive. She warns him that if he continues playing her around she will 'take matters into her own hands'.

In CID Jim tries to keep a lid on Ted's temper about Bright. Ted thinks he's getting perverse enjoyment from 'helping the police' by misleading them to cover up his own criminal acts. Jim reminds him that he was in the right place at a similar time but said he didn't do it - which was accepted by the CPS.

Bob leads through some members of staff of a business suffering thefts to have their fingerprints taken. When they grumble amongst themselves he tells them it's nothing to worry about and just done to eliminate them. He claims even his own mum has had her fingerprints taken in the nick.

June brings Bright his coffee and he mutters that he didn't recognise her before because "You're not the kind of female one does remember, are you? You must know this yourself, you must know you haven't got a lot going for you. You're old before your time, girl." He tells her, smirking to himself as she walks out.

Bob finds Alec in the Sgt's office and asks him for a quiet word to see what's wrong. "Sunday morning, it started then." He pouts, telling Bob that he didn't get his cuppa in bed on Sunday morning at 7.45am on the dot as he had for years. He didn't get any tea at all because he refused to make it if his wife wouldn't. His wife threw away his shed key after locking it up so Alec couldn't do his usual 'potter every Sunday for an hour or two'. Bob laughs and undettered, Alec continues explaining that he didn't get his usual Sunday dinner which completely put him off his Sunday snooker and made his Sunday pint taste off. Bob just shakes his head and walks out of the office as Alec continues. I guess no one thinks to ask him if there had been a special day recently that he forgot...?

Ted asks June how her 'little chat' with Bright went. June tells him that he didn't let anything on and agrees with Ted that "the man is a nasty arrogant snide little toad." Ted frowns and asks if Bright said something to hurt her. "Nobody hurts me just with words, ever." she assures him before adding that he's a wrong'un and that she's a good judge of character. "I know that!" Ted reassures her that that was why he asked her over everyone else to go speak to Bright and sum him up. He tries to push her to see if she thinks he's the sort of toad that could murder a child. June wouldn't like to say either way.

Ted throws a picture on the table in front of Bright of the most recent child to have been attacked. The girl never saw her attacker. Bright insists he's never been anywhere near where the girl was attacked. Not even to visit his Auntie who lives nearby. Tosh reminds him of his description of what Bright claimed was the attacker's car from his statement. Bright doesn't wish to make any changes. Ted watches Bright closely as he tells him that, from his limited description, they had managed to trace the car. Bright seems to stiffen and says that it's impossible because he didn't see enough. "Nevertheless, we have managed to trace it." Bright slowly looks between both officers who are purposely keeping their faces blank. "Then you've got whoever did it." he says quietly. Ted shakes his head, claiming the car was found that same night with just a couple of joyriders inside. Said joyriders told them that they drove across the park 45 minutes earlier than Bright claims he saw them there and they almost ran him over in doing so. They detailed his clothing and appearance and that they saw him very close to where the attack and sexual assault of the victim was around the time it happened. Ted asks him again if he wants to update his witness statement in light of that. Bright hardens his tone and reminds him that he is - and always has been - only a witness. He then tries to get personal claiming that the smell of the station and Ted offends him. "What kind of smell do you prefer? The clean linen smell of little girls? The sugar and spice and all things nice smell?"

In a corner, Bright reluctantly admits to being a voyeur and says he was only there to listen to courting couples having sex in the dark. He claims he didn't realise that the noises he heard was a young girl being assaulted. Ted and Tosh glare at him and demand to know why he didn't admit it before. "I came forward didn't I?!" he insists as though that makes it alright. "Things like that you save until last, don't you!" He repeats he didn't know it was a 'different sort of scream'. Ugh. Ted storms out the room for a cigarette some fresh air with Tosh at his heels. Tosh tells him that it doesn't make Bright a murderer even if he is a pervert. Ted points out that he was there and could have helped the girl. "But he didn't! And that's the way it is, Ted!" Tosh tells him that he has to let him go and look for someone else. Ted angrily agrees that Tosh can let him go.

Bright tries to make himself feel better when Tosh releases him by asking how old he is. "I mean you look like you're pushing 50 but you're still only a DC!" He sums Tosh up as a family man with a lot of kids. "I thought so, you look the type." "And what type's that?" "A loser. Someone stuffed by his own marriage with nothing left to do but bang away at some old dog of a wife." Tosh grabs him and angrily throws him back into the interview room and threatens him.

Frightened, Bright lets slip that he saw the man because he walked past him. He admits he saw the man's face...

Bob asks Alec if he's going to sort out his domestic when he gets home. Alec looks offended and claims it's his business but Bob points out he's made it everyone else's business by having a go at them all. Taffy interrupts by carrying through a glass of water and a first aid kit - someone has punched Yorkie at the Front Desk!

June points out the suspect for Yorkie's assault. It's a little old lady! "I told Yorkie he ought to try smiling at people now and again!" Bob smirks.

In an interview room. Tosh and Ted ask Bright about the suspect. "It's all down to winning and losing isn't it!" he scowls, claiming he knows Ted will never stop hounding him now. The suspect was surprised by Bright and looked him straight in the eye. He then smiled to himself because he'd realised that Bright wouldn't talk because of why he was there and what he was doing. Ted asks him to describe him and he smugly says he doesn't have to - he knows him. He's a neighbour. Bright says it's not too late because he's still around. Ted coldly tells him it's a couple of kids too late and asks for the man's name.

We cut to the suspect being brought in with two press photographers in the police car park. Tosh halfheartedly tells them to clear off as he and Jim lead the man inside with a coat over his head.

As they leave the station after the shift, Alec offers Bob and June a lift because it's raining heavily. Bob accepts but June refuses, hoping her boyfriend will show up.

[2d-dreams]

imagine surviving being tortured in some murder game and then you find out that there’s like group therapy for people like you so you go there and there’s just some rich white man sitting in the corner making bizarre ominous comments and slow clapping and when you ask people about it they’re like “oh yeah that’s lawrence. don’t worry about him. he’s harmless.”

[helloitsbees]

Open casting call for voice actors, starting April 1st and closing on midnight on May 1st!

I'm putting together an audiobook for my fanfiction Till the Road and Sky Align, and YOU can be a part of it! This is a paid gig with many roles available; details below the cut!

In case you don't know from my frequent posting about it, Till the Road and Sky Align is a 184k word Saw fanfic that I wrote last year (you can read it here). Over the next few months, I'm looking to turn it into a fully voice-acted audiobook.

Due to the length and intensive nature of this project, I'll be paying each participant; rates are a flat rate of $50 for main character work (Adam and Lawrence), and $15 for each side role (everyone else). Side roles and extras can be multi-casted.

ROLES:

Adam Faulkner-Stanheight

Character: 25 years old, male, raised in Buffalo, NY, lives in New York City. Nervous, somewhat quiet, a little sarcastic.

Actor: At least 18 years old. Comfortable with frequent stuttering, singing (very brief), and highly emotional scenes. 

1,998 lines at 19,707 words (approximately 2 hours and 45 minutes of finalized audio). $50 flat rate.

Lawrence Gordon

Character: 45 years old, male, raised in England, lives in New Jersey. Soft-spoken, dignified.

Actor: At least 18 years old (20+ preferred). Comfortable with singing (very brief) and highly emotional scenes. Faint traces of an English accent would be a big plus, but only if it’s naturally part of your voice– no fake British accents, please. 

1,484 lines at 19,665 words (approximately 2 hours and 45 minutes of finalized audio). $50 flat rate.

Amanda Young

Character: 29 years old, lives in New York City. Worldly, with a somewhat low, scratchy voice.

Actor: At least 18 years old. Comfortable with emotional scenes. 

196 lines at 1,979 words (approximately 20 minutes of finalized audio). $15 flat rate.

Lynn Denlon

Character: 32 years old, lives in New York City. Kind but no-nonsense.

Actor: At least 18 years old. Comfortable with pronouncing medical terms. Comfortable with emotional scenes, where you’ll be playing a calming role against a more emotional performance from another actor. 

122 lines at 1,926 words (approximately 15 minutes of finalized audio). $15 flat rate.

Vikki Schofield

Character: 27 years old, raised in Connecticut, lives in New York City. Disaffected y2k “cool girl”– trying to be nonchalant. Slightly husky voice.

Actor: At least 18 years old. Comfortable with highly emotional scenes. 

218 lines at 2,809 words (approximately 25 minutes of finalized audio). $15 flat rate.

Logan Nelson

Character: 35 years old, raised in New Jersey, lives in Chicago. Warm, mild-mannered, with a deep voice.

Actor: At least 18 years old. Comfortable with emotional scenes. Faint traces of a Jersey accent would be a big plus, but only if it’s naturally part of your voice– no fake accents, please. 

93 lines at 1,436 words (approximately 15 minutes of finalized audio). $15 flat rate.

Scott Tibbs

Character: 26 years old, raised in Buffalo, NY, lives in New York City. Abrasive metalhead dudebro, sneering voice.

Actor: At least 18 years old. Comfortable with aggressive language and behavior. 

95 lines at 1,022 words (approximately 10 minutes of finalized audio). $15 flat rate.

Miscellaneous male roles (can be filled by multiple people)

17 extras. Characters include various waitstaff, hotel staff, customers, friends, Mark Hoffman, Zep Hindle, John Kramer, and an automated voice message system.

Actor(s): At least 18 years old (exceptions allowed for younger roles). Capable of keeping each voice distinct enough for the listener to distinguish that separate characters are speaking. Capable of replicating passable New York, Baltimore, and Midwestern accents. Capable of voicing an elderly character. Capable of voicing a young child. Capable of imitating an automated voice message system. Big plus if you can do a John Kramer and/or Zep impression that sounds similar to the original performance while not distracting from the words being spoken. 

If voiced by one person, 162 lines at 1,441 words (approximately 15 minutes of total finalized audio). Pay will be divided equally between actors depending on the amount of words spoken by each character.

Miscellaneous female roles (can be filled by multiple people)

20 extras. Characters include various waitstaff, hotel staff, customers, friends, Alison Gordon, Diana Gordon, Joanna, and Christine Nelson.

Actor(s): At least 18 years old (exceptions allowed for younger roles). Capable of keeping each voice distinct enough for the listener to distinguish that separate characters are speaking. Capable of replicating passable New York, Baltimore, Georgia, and West Virginia accents. Capable of voicing a young child. Comfortable with long monologues. 

If voiced by one person, 220 lines at 2,593 words (approximately 25 minutes of total finalized audio). Pay will be divided equally between actors depending on the amount of words spoken by each character.

Some important things to keep in mind:

1) The deadline I’d like to meet in terms of receiving all finalized audio files is June 31st for side characters and July 31st for main characters. Please keep this timeframe in mind if there are any possible scheduling conflicts.

2) Ideal candidates will have a professional audio recording setup or consistent access to one. No “voice note app recorded from a moving car using AirPods”-type audio, please! This goes both for auditions and for the main recordings.

3) “Actor” is used as a gender neutral term; I’m casting based on performance, not personal identity. This also goes for the gender specifications of the “male” and ���female” extras– those terms are solely used to differentiate the gender of the characters, not the performer(s).

4) If a character has been played by a specific actor before, I’m not looking for an imitation of that performance (with certain exceptions). You’re encouraged to put your own spin on the role.

5) You might get a callback for a role you did not audition for. With the differences in workload between roles in mind, please communicate with me if this isn’t feasible for you. Your comfort as a performer is as high a priority for me as the quality of the final product.

6) You’ll be in frequent communication with me throughout the recording process; this includes directing notes & chats about your character. I’ll defer to your schedule and needs, but this is a project I care deeply about & I would prefer applicants who take their work seriously!

With all the stipulations stated above, it probably goes without saying that this is a somewhat intensive project. As such, I’d prefer applicants have prior voice acting experience; however, newcomers are more than welcome as long as you have passion, talent, a professional (or at least high quality) audio recording setup, and full capacity for this project!

With ALL THAT being said, here is a link to the google drive containing all the character audition scripts. Please read all instructions carefully about how to record your audition.

Once you've recorded your audition file(s), please fill out this form. This form will function as your official submission to be considered as a voice actor, so please take it seriously!

Thank you for reading, and GOOD LUCK! Remember, auditions close on May 1st!

[archivedblog16]

Um actually! loona is a well written main character and does a lot in season twor. No way you sat here and lied to everyone saying that she's a background character. Millie is the least developed next to Stella with the same amount of development. Honestly disprove me on these characters but I feel like I'm right.

Loona, Stella, and Millie are all underdeveloped in their own ways. Even though I mentioned that Loona is supposed to be in the main cast, I meant what I said about her being a background character. Loona is not a well written main character and doesn’t contribute much in season 2.

Episode 2, Seeing Stars: Loona regressed all her character development she got from Queen Bee. Loona beats up Blitzø because she can’t take soft criticism about how she treats the clients. What do you mean Blitzø is ganging up on Loona? Did I miss a scene?

Blitzø literally got the short end of the stick in the beginning of the episode while Moxxie and Millie are chilling. Bro is literally hiding and trying to smooth the situation with Loona the best he can. Should Blitzø word himself better at the replacement line, absolutely. But at the same time, Loona was attacking him regardless of what he said.

We get to see a bit of Loona’s backstory but secretly it’s mainly to prop up Blitzø. Anyway, Loona looks for Octavia and the two have a shallow conversation talking about fathers along with Loona giving dogshit advice about fathers and how they care/try. Then proceeds to kick her said father figure in the balls. Wow, such a great daughter.

Episode 3, Exes & Oohs: Loona was present in the episode but didn’t do anything worthwhile. Literally was on her phone.

Episode 4, Western Energy: Loona was in the useless B plot, was mute, and we saw her acting like a dog and her being afraid of needles. Nothing worthwhile.

Episode 8, Full Moon: Loona basically says to Blitzø that Stolas is bored of him and talks about red flags (ironic). She was fighting the cherubs with Moxxie and Millie.

Episode 10, Ghostfuckers: Our two undeveloped main characters (Millie and Loona) actually talk to each other and have a moment. (Keep in mind, these two barely interact, last they even spoke to each other was Truth seekers). That’s wild. And offscreen Loona is watching over Moxxie and gives him ice cream on screen at the end of the episode.

Episode 11, Mastermind: Loona goes back to be being a mute for majority of the episode because of the chains. After that whole experience, Loona finally cares about Blitzø.

Episode 12, Sinmas: Loona’s biggest moment is going feral and biting Andrealphus. Luckily for us, Loona isn’t an asshole to Blitzø and we see her irrelevant friends. Also Vikki lives rent free in Loona’s head as she constantly shit talks her.

Loona doesn’t do anything fun or much in season 2. Her biggest moments are attacking Andreaplus and talking to Octavia.

Season 2: Loona is either not physically present, if she is present then Loona is mute for majority of the episode(s), acts like a bitch, and is now positively clinging towards Blitzø out of nowhere when it’s convenient for the plot (whether to farm sympathy points, make the viewer go “aw”, etc).

Vivziepop is wishy-washy about Loona’s characterization throughout season 2.

[acronym-chaos]

Ben Rilley (Marvel) ID Pack

[PT: Ben Rilley (Marvel) ID Pack].

[ID: A purple thin line divider shaded at the bottom. End ID].

Names

[PT: Names].

Aiden, August, Blaise, Bly, Brick, Carli, Carmine, Cerise, Clancy, Damon, Davian, Echo, Emerie, Flynn, Forge, Gray, Gregor, Jace, Jared, Jesse, Jones, Jordan, Lex, Marco, Mars, Meg, Nathaniel, Neo, Nitro, Poppy, Radcliff, Radley, Rook, Rory, Russell, Rusty, Ryan, Scarlett, Serena, Shea, Sienna, Sorrell, Thomas, Trista, Vaughn, Vikki, Wilco, Yvonne

Pronouns

[PT: Pronouns].

Anti / Hero / Antis, Clone / Clones / Clones, Cra / Crawl / Crawls, DNA / DNAs / DNAs, Doubt / Doubts / Doubts, Hope / Hopes / Hopes, Mask / Masks / Masks, Mem / Memo / Memorys [Memory], Mir / Mirr / Mirrs [Mirror], Reflect / Reflection / Reflects, Sca / Scar / Scars, Scar / Let / Scars [Scarlet], Spid / Spider / Spiders, Web / Webbed / Webs

Titles

[PT: Titles].

[Pronoun] Who Struggles to Find [Pronouns] Place, A Clone Searching for Identity, A Hero Reborn, A Scarlet Reflection, A Second Chance Hero, One Who Lived A Hundred Lives, The Mirror Image, The One Who Was Never Meant to Exist, The Scarlet Hero, The Spider Clone, The Spider Who Lost [Pronounself]

[ID: A purple thin line divider shaded at the bottom, End ID].

Requested by anon

Also tagging: @id-pack-archive

[herrenxenoberg]

Fandorm Showcase #11 - The Princess and The Frog

Our final dorm of Season 1, sponsored by the eccentric salesman of the mystery shop, Sam, we have...

Sombrayou!

The name combines the word Sombra (which means shadow) and bayou.

This dorm, sponsored by Sam, focuses on granting one's desires and needs, as well as understanding what the future will give. Everyone in this dorm developed a sixth sense for predicting one's fate and desires, all thanks to the Other Side. Not a lot of people is willing to interact with members of Sombrayou, but when they're desperate, they have no choice but to come visit them for their services.

"A dorm founded on the Lord of Shadows's spirit of generosity. Students in this dorm can grant anyone's deepest desires with a simple handshake, but only if they have a price to pay afterwards."

Requirement and traits:

Generous to give and not take any gratitude in return

Has an interest in superstitions

Good at persuasion

Time for the dorm uniform design:

Considering Dr Facilier's design is simplistic, I decided to make some extra changes to the outfits, like giving a fur-lined jacket for the housewarden outfit, complete with decorative feathers sticking out. Not too much is done for this uniform design, but the character designs is where I have done a lot.

Here is our character roster:

Let us greet the shady and persuasive housewarden of Sombrayou, and also Sam's closest blood brother...

Oz! (Twisted off Facilier's Shadow)

You may be wondering...What IS Oz? Well, he is simply an umbrum, a sentient shadow-like being who can blend into others' shadows at will. Oz is Sam's blood brother back in Port O' Bliss, always following in Sam's shadow ever since they're boys, surviving the streets by picking pockets for pennies. It was until Sam grew older and got the idea to run a business selling various items for people's needs, to which Oz also agrees it could be a success. But, the shop doesn't stand very long as Sam's stock diminished so quickly that supplying the store would be difficult in itself, that is until Sam and Oz met some "friends" from the Other Side, and made a deal of a lifetime with them. They promise to help Sam run his ever-expanding store branches in exchange for "rewards" in return, to which Sam agrees to the terms.

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The "friends" on the Other Side decided on Oz being the catalyst for the deal of making Sam successful, his humanity to be exact (he is still a human before he became an umbrum). Oz, wanting Sam to succeed, agrees to let the friends take him so his blood brother could succeed in becoming rich. Now stripped of his humanity, Oz has his husk of a human body converted into nothing but shadows, ultimately becoming an umbrum in return. Oz is still himself, but with the newfound ability to travel through shadows, he has become less of his former self, but rather a part of the Other Side.

Notable Members:

Linus Chaperne (Freshman) - An unfortunate boy who ended up in Sombrayou despite not having any of the traits of the dorm, but is proven to be helpful when Oz needs assistance. (Twisted off Lawrence)

Ghede Sombre (Vice Housewarden, Junior) - A voodoo entity taken on a mortal form in order to help Oz as a guardian of the Other Side. (Twisted off the Friends from the Other Side)

Vikki Stuffum (Freshman) - A voodoo doll brought to life thanks to Oz's efforts and is now working with him in running the consultant business. (Twisted off the voodoo dolls)

Synopsis:

Words have been spreading across Night Raven College, everyone seems to be talking about a new consultant service opening up in the school, and it's run by someone from Sombrayou, the dorm every student tends to avoid going near it. Curious, our main protagonists goes to see what this service is all about, and eventually, they meet the man behind the gossip, or should I say, shadow man?

Oz introduced himself and told our main protags that whatever desire they need and fortunes to be read, he is the guy for the job. He is offering the whole school one free service to either read their fortune or make a deal of a lifetime. However, Oz's scheme has a more darker secret behind the innocent pitch.

And that is it for Season 1! For the next post idea, I'm thinking of opening an ask blog for these fandorm characters to answer your questions! (But you can only ask the housewarden characters, it will be difficult to answer questions as all the characters-) And after that, we can continue with Season 2.

[intertexts-moving]

still thinking abt what happens next. its such a good dissection of blame + morality+ perpetuation of cruel cycles. however i have to admit i don't particularly subscribe to the main body of commentators ' "everyone is scheming and has awful intention" take. i mean. hanlon's razor.-- milo obviously dismembered a dead body. which frankly in no world sounds better than saying he killed her. like, he is obviously culpable of that + incapable of processing that culpability but it's jarring to see everyone immediately locking onto gage as some kind of evil and actively manipulating from the start mastermind. they seem pretty obviously to me to be a preexisting Type Of Guy: isolated, miserable, (obsessive) parasocial relationship w/ people who Do, in fact, Exist, and aren't fake characters in a story (haha). his treatment of milo seems way more in line w/ that kind of "genuinely ignorant of how normal friendships and relationships work" than "secretly plotting your demise "-- the weed & crossbow thing read as familiar to me. pressuring, yes, but not actively so. thats just like... the way people are? the way u act when you're kind of awkwardly acquaintances/frienfs w someone and u invite them 2 partake in ur hobbies. just sucks that gage's hobbies are literally only stalking murderers + getting high w the nastiest bong u havr ever seen + shooting white monster cans in the woods with a crossbow. the effect is negative, obviously, because milo is a fucking basket case on a ton of medications with a criminal record for sawing off a girl's arms and the looming threat of inpatient if he doesnt behave over his head. not downplaying the other thing btw that's in a different category imo & while the kiss itself wasnt inherently a Bad Thing to Do imo their reaction & justification absolutely was.. still kind of weird 2 me that it appears like there's a bigger sympathy for claire (dealt with the trauma by becoming a transphobic turning point usa girlie who uses her sister's notoriety to advocate for punishing minors in the justice system even worse & treating her gf like shit) than gage (obviously fucked in the head minimum wage worker with no bar for what a normal interaction or relationship looks like at all.) OR vikki (trans woman of color whos career! is to stir up shit! even if she was kind of a cunt!) anyway the milo / claire parallels are baller i love when people fucking hate each other but are so similar... girl its been nine years stop sticking your fingers in your own bloody wounds stop it stop it stop it! when will u stop reliving the trauma ever day for its own sake. (claire's self harming actions here are obviously infinitely worse because she is like,,, Actively Hurting So Many People. and for what! so she can wear awful dresses and get hit on by oily white senators and drag the bleeding dead weight of her sisters body around everywhere she goes?) ahhh what ever. good book i have to pack now.

[mochegato]

Maybe Lover

“Can you put your phone away, please?” Bruce chided Jason, his voice sounding slightly tinny over the coms.  “It’s rude.  At least pretend to pay attention to the gala and the people here.”

“There is absolutely nothing going on in the gala that’s worth paying attention to,” he grumbled without looking up to acknowledge him as he continued to type, not that there was anyone there to acknowledge anyway.

“Are you kidding me?” Stephanie trilled, excitement bursting through her tone and Jason’s ear drum.  “Selena and Vikki and Oliver are all here tonight.  And none of them are the one Bruce brought.”  Jason snorted and went back to typing with renewed vigor.

“I can hear you,” Bruce cut in.  His exasperation even this early in the evening came through clearly.

“She knows,” Tim answered for her.  “She just doesn’t care.”

“Ooohhh, is that Pixie?” she asked, trying to peek around Jason’s shoulder to see what he was typing.

He raised his elbow quickly, almost clocking her on the chin as he did.  She had to dodge hastily to avoid getting hit.  “Maybe,” he grunted.

Instead of scowling at him, her smile widened.  “Say ‘hi’ for me!”

“Fuck off,” he scowled.

“You didn’t invite her to the gala?” Bruce asked.

“No?” he scoffed.  He desperately wanted to flip him off, but there were far too many people between the two of them and Alfred would be disappointed when he found out.  And he would find out.  He always did.

“Why not?  I thought we were going to get to meet her tonight,” Dick pouted.  Jason could feel the hopeful look he’d worn at the mention of Pixie turn to a disheartened frown from across the room.

“Because then you’d meet her tonight,” he responded flatly, giving his brother the deadest of deadpan looks to go with it.

“So, when are we going to meet your girlfriend?” Dick asked.  The hopeful edge appearing back in his gaze.

“Never if I have my choice,” he scoffed.

“Probably better that way,” Tim teased with a playful smirk.  “Less likely to get attacked in our sleep by some insane assassin that way.”

“I wouldn’t count on it,” Jason growled.  He turned toward where he knew Tim was stationed with Kon and Cassie on the other side of the ballroom to glare at him.  “Maybe this is exactly why I don’t want you guys to meet her.”

“Okay, less chatter, more focus on the gala,” Bruce instructed sternly.  “Tim, stop antagonizing Jason.  Everyone, keep an eye out for anything suspicious and announce it on the coms if you find anything, but don’t forget this is for the Foundation.  If tonight goes well, we might be able to open a new clinic, so be charming… Jason,” he added at the end pointedly.

“Keep your shorts on,” he scoffed.  “I’m here aren’t I?  And not cursing out anyone… outside of the family.”

“And I’m proud of you for that,” Bruce agreed.  Jason almost flinched when his voice reached him in person instead of over the coms.  “Come greet guests with me.”

Jason threw his head back with a deep groan.  “Why am I being punished for behaving?”

Bruce rolled his eyes.  “You’re not.  You’re being rewarded.”

“This does not feel like a reward,” he scoffed, but followed behind him, plastering on a smile as he went.

“I think I see Marinette,” Bruce said consolingly.  “You like her well enough, don’t you?”

Jason studied him for a second before shrugging noncommittally.  “Maybe,” Jason huffed loudly, but his eyes darted around looking for her behind Bruce’s back, “she’s okay.”

He spotted her just before Bruce called out for her.  She looked stunning, which was no great surprise.  She stood out so strikingly, he was shocked he had missed her until then.  She was dressed in a floor-length red dress that skirted the line between sweet and sexy.  But, it wasn’t a bright, ladybug red.  No, it was a deeper, bloodier, Red Hood red.  Her silky hair cascaded down her exposed back, swaying slightly with each minute movement.  But it was when she turned around that truly took his breath away.  Her eyes glowed as reflections of the gala’s ambient lights flickered in them.  Her smile seemed to make the carefully calculated lighting significantly brighter.

“M. Wayne,” she greeted him cheerily, a markedly different greeting than the serious or fake or sultry greetings other attendees had used.  “Thank you for inviting me.”

Bruce raised his eyebrow almost imperceptibly.  To anyone not as familiar with him as Jason, or Marinette, they would have missed it and been taken in by the wide, fake smile.  He took her hand and bowed slightly.  “We couldn’t have a party without you.  You make all of our events that much brighter by your smile,” he crooned so over the top, Marinette almost choked out a laugh.  “Wouldn’t you agree, Jason?”

“Maybe,” Jason shrugged, but his eyes bored into Marinette.

Marinette raised an eyebrow at Jason but smiled for Bruce.  “Thank you, M. Wayne…”

“Bruce please,” he chided.  His charming persona on full blast.  Jason was just about ready to slap his overly familiar hands that were still holding Marinette’s hand like he might kiss her knuckles again, away from Marinette.

“Bruce,” Marinette responded obligingly.  “It really is a beautiful event.”

“Thank you,” he nodded slightly with an easy smile and finally let go of her hand.  “Nothing to do with me, I assure you.  But a great networking opportunity for you so…” he made a shooing motion toward the crowd.

Marinette chuckled and nodded back.  “M… Bruce.  Jason,” she acknowledged enchantingly and disappeared into the crowd.

Or at least she tried.  Jason’s eyes followed her around the room, never leaving her for too long.  She was easy enough to find, her red dress standing out against the rest of the attendees, but even if it hadn’t, he still would have been able to find her.  He always could.  He watched her walk from person to person, anxiety flickering in her eyes for a few moments before meeting each new person.  But she would invariably square her shoulders and march into battle.

He looked away before she could catch him staring like one of the lecherous old men who had been ogling her since she walked into the room.  It took several blinks and a shake of his head before he could focus.  It took longer than he would care to admit to tune back into the conversation he was supposed to be having with whoever Bruce had brought him to speak with.  His eyes found Marinette instead.  He sneered when he laid eyes on yet another lecher leering at Marinette.

His sneer eased into an appreciative gaze as he watched her chat animatedly with Kon and Cassie.  Her arms were flying out as she explained something, probably very simple, not remotely requiring so much expression, except that it was Marinette, so it would have been strange if she didn’t explain like that.  Cassie said something and Marinette threw her head back in a full body laugh that was so out of place in a high class, elegant gala, but was so very Marinette, that Jason’s resolve completely melted.

He stopped pretending to pay attention to the conversation he was supposed to be in when Marinette waved goodbye to Cassie and Kon and made her way in his direction, pointedly not looking at Jason.  Her hips swayed as she moved, not overtly, just enough to make his mind race, which, granted, didn’t require much… or anything really when it came to her.  Just seeing her eyes was enough.  Or her smile.  Or hearing her laugh.  Or… anything really.  And the occasional looks she would shoot him throughout the night, over her shoulder or under her lashes, only lasting a few milliseconds, nothing long enough for anyone else to notice, almost did him in.

He fought reacting when he felt a light touch brushing along his shoulder as a body passed behind him.  It was even harder when her breath tickled his ear.  “Not very subtle,” she cooed quietly enough only he could hear her words, but they hit him like a sledgehammer, driving the air out of his lungs.

A growl worked up from his chest and he spun quickly enough he was surprised his neck didn’t crack.  He shot his hand out to grab her arm before she could get away.  “Would you do me the honor of a dance, Ms. Dupain Cheng,” he prompted louder than strictly necessary.

She raised an amused eyebrow at him and had to purse her lips to keep from smirking.  “Of course.”

He wound through the crowd until they were in the middle of dance floor and pulled her closer than propriety allowed as the music started.  They moved in sync, as though they were one entity.  He relished the feeling of her against him; the heat against him, the way her soft body almost melded to his, the delicate tenderness of the bare skin of her back under his fingertips, the intoxicating fragrance of her perfume.  He brushed his face along her hairline, his lips lingering against her skin.

Marinette couldn’t help the small gasp that passed her lips.  “Careful, M. Todd.  We’re in public.”

He looked around as if only just seeing the people filling the ballroom.  His eyes widened in faux surprise.  “Oh!  That explains all the people.”

Her eyes were rolling before she even realized it, but quickly settled into a flat look.  “Your family is here.”

He made a show of looking around, without allowing his eyes to settle on anything.  “I don’t see them.”

She snorted inelegantly but covered it in his chest.  She glanced around quickly before returning her curious gaze to him.  “Jason?”  Her voice was soft, cautious.  He hummed in response.  “What are you doing?”

He traced the edge of her face lightly, his fingertips barely touching her skin, but still making enough contact to singe her, until his finger rested under her chin.  “I would have thought that was rather obvious.  I thought I was making it clear to the entire room.”

Her jaw dropped just enough for her lips to part slightly, drawing his eyes with so much force, he was incapable of looking away from her Red Hood colored lips.  “You sure about this?” she asked quietly.

He tightened his grip around her waist almost imperceptibly.  “Positive,” he whispered as he leaned down to finally connect their lips in front of witnesses for the first time.  They met in a soft kiss, that looked so intimate, so reverent, it felt like a sin to watch.

She stopped dancing to pull back and glance in his eyes.  “What made you change your mind?” She whispered.

“Maybe I’m tired of hiding,” he commented lightly and if she hadn’t known him better, she might have fallen for the offhanded delivery as he started them moving again.  “Maybe, I want to love you out in the open.  Freely.  In the light.  Maybe I’m done letting how other people will react affect how we love each other.  Maybe I realized you were right and I want this unconditionally too.”  He swept his hand over the back of her head and down her hair, letting the soft tendrils slip through his fingers.  “Maybe I’m done pretending and maybe you mean more to me.  Maybe,” he took a breath and met her eyes with a soft but determined look, “maybe I love you too much.”

He pushed her against himself so there was no space between them.  The soft look in his eyes turned deeper as he licked his lips.  “Maybe I want to kiss you anywhere, everywhere… public, private, on your body…”

“What the fuck am I hearing right now?” Tim whisper hissed, drawing the attention of the people around him, negating the purpose of whispering in the first place.  He offered them a tight smile and pulled Kon closer to him, trying to play it off as speaking to him.

“Oh my God, she’s Pixie!” Stephanie exclaimed excitedly, almost vibrating with excitement, not remotely caring about the stares she was garnering.

“First off, congratulations you two.  We’re very happy for you both,” Dick cut in loudly.  “Second, turn off your coms for conversations like this,” he begged.

“Ignore him, feel free to keep them on.  I’m invested now,” Stephanie cheered.  “I just need popcorn.”

Dick’s frustrated groan could be heard over the coms, even louder than Marinette’s embarrassed squeak.  “Third, how the fuck long has this been going on?”

“’She’s okay?’” Bruce asked, repeating Jason’s words from earlier, his voice mocking but light, an undertone of amusement clear.

“Maybe she’s a bit better than okay,” Jason conceded with a sigh.

“Maybe?” Marinette asked, her eyebrow and lips raised in bemusement.

Jason gently ran his fingers through her hair again as though he were smoothing it down, but in reality, using the feeling to ground him.  His touch was soft and light, almost reverent in his delicacy.  “Maybe every time I’ve said ‘maybe’ tonight I meant ‘definitely’,” he said softly.

Marinette’s smile brightened so much, she seemed to emit light.  Her eyes glimmered with unshed tears, almost incandescent in their beauty.  “Maybe I love you too,” she whispered.

His lips widened into a sappy smirk.  He leaned down until his lips were millimeters from hers.  “Maybe?”

“Definitely,” she amended, rising up to close the distance.

[she-posts-nerdy-stuff]

Hi! As a fellow knitter with a love for embroidery and cosplay, your Grishaverse kniting projects sound amazing! 😍 Would you be willing to share progress photos as you go? Or perhaps talk a little more about the designs, patterns, or techniques you'll use? So excited for you!

-sixofcrowsdaydreams (side blog)

Hiya, thanks so much for your interest - I'd love to share more!

My current Grishaverse knitting projects are a Healer kefta (which will probably be more along the lines of kefta-inspired than an accurate reproduction because of the material etc) and a full-size blanket of the Six Of Crows book cover (uk/us paperback edition).

For the Kefta, I'm adapting a free cardigan pattern that I'll link if anyone would like it. The pattern outlines the structure and shaping, which is mostly what I'm using it for, but is designed in a specific basket rib that I'm not using; I decided to use stockinette stitch because I think that it will be easier to embroider since I'm planning on using the Swiss Darning method. I'm teaching myself the Swiss Darning method from the wonderful book "KNIT: step by step" (Vikki Haffenden and Frederica Patmore), which I absolutely love and highly recommend. I just checked and the RRP for the book is £14.99 but I got mine for £7.99 so it might be worth looking around for where it's cheapest. I'm knitting it with DK weight yarn and so far I have the back and two front pieces complete and am currently working on the first sleeve. I used a free digital art app called Ibis Paint X to sketch out my designs for the embroidery and then overlayed them with a grid - I'm treating each square as one stitch.

The blanket it being knit in chunky weight yarn using a fair isle pattern I designed by using the same digital art app to draw and the book cover, overlay it with a grid, pixelate it, and slightly simplify the colour scheme (that was mostly due to the availability of the yarn since there are so many shades of grey in the cover). I am relatively new to colourwork, or at the very least colourwork on this scale, and this was a massive undertaking I went into with unearned confidence. Unfortunately I have now realised a massive mistake I made in the fair isle technique that means I'm going to have to undo everything I've done so far and restart, but luckily I've realised it early enough that I'm not even a quarter of the way through the project yet; if I'd done more it would be more annoying, as it stands it's not too bad but it is a setback. I've yet to decide how I'm going to back the blanket once it's complete, I have two options: 1) sew it onto either white or black fleece, 2) knit a Crooked Kingdom book cover the same size and back them onto each other. The pros of the first one is that it would give it a finished and hopefully gorgeous look, plus would be super cosy. The pro of the second option is that it would be awesome, but the con is that it might not look as neat and finished. On top of that, if I back the first one with fleece I can then knit a Crooked Kingdom one and back that with fleece, which means I get two blankets. So yeah I haven't decided yet, but I'll see how it goes and keep you guys updated.

Thanks so much for your question! If anyone has any specific requests for me to talk about regarding the knitting patterns/processes/techniques/ etc then absolutely feel free and yeah if people are interested then I will definitely put some update photos on here as I go as well :)

[spaceboisstuff]

If you ever feel like your fandom is too weird, remember I was a fan of flatland: a romance of many dimensions, my favorite adaptation was flatland 1965, and someone would call you racist if your A. square design was anything interesting and your The sphere designed resembled this man

Because they couldn't separate art from artist and the creator of the most popular flatland adaptation flatland 2007, was a piece of shit

Also did I mention this is a Victorian satire and math book?

You can't say your ship is weird if you weren't shipping actual geometry yaoi, with a 2D square who is very touchy and also a fucking lawyer

Also a woman eats herself with the text "women can do that" and no explanation in the movie and it's not part of the book

Also my favorite insult from flatland "YOU 6 INCH IDIOT!"

Also this book spawned the debate of how a 2D creature could have a digestive system without splitting in half which a fan book decided on an airlock style system and I decided they were single celled organisms

Also there was a fan book called flatterland that I couldn't read cuz I was sobbing trying to figure out how an actual line wears shoes, skirts, jackets, and uses the computer, also her name was Vikki short for Victoria

And literally none of the fan books and adaptations realized the A. In A. Square stood for Abbott, like the author Edwin Abbott Abbott, he's literally A.²

@that-one-unknown-artist you aren't going to comprehend shit about this

[kontadodju]

Trying to make myself OC post more so under the cut is all my current stories / OC groups and short “descriptions” (not rlly I’m just talking) on them, alphabetical of course (also it’s long!! But labeled so like, if u actually read it u can skip around pretty easy I believe):

4Corners

An older dream that I wanted to return to for making a new story cuz I wanted new stories and new OCs cuz I like to play. With my toys. From my brain. But anyway 4Corners is named like that cuz there’s 4 sections/big cities of this world where they line up together like a cube (I guess the world would be a cube then…) and each section is like a different dimension almost. There is the aliens section with a pink sky and hazy atmosphere with buildings all stacked together, the human section that is more like a “typical” IRL city bit very tall in buildings as well, another alien section that the sky is white/hazy and they have more technology and a ruler, and then the mystery zone that I need to work on. The main character is like, Ben 10 sort of? Idk how to explain it but he’s a human who for some reason transforms into an alien-like form for unknown reasons. And the other character is a human that was raised in the (pink) alien section. They will cross into each others sections and also like, battle with the leader of the (white) alien section. Still very rough! It’s an old dream so it’s been a while!

A Black Catharsis

I mentioned before, this is my story that I converted from my Ash TS4 save to be an actual OC story and not a gameplay. Malachi of course is the MC and so far what I have is his backstory (still working out some timeline details tho) and then some key events from my gameplay. It’s still about Black vampires eating racists 💁🏽‍♂️. It’s also a specific revenge tale as well - one of Malachi’s main goals is to kill the vampire who caused his turn. But also like, part of it with his past is not that it’s seen but it’s brought up and I want to like, just exhibit how he changed from then to who he presently is. Cuz like, he’s getting revenge on the guy who turned her but she actually likes being a vampire - there’s specific circumstances about it for both of these things so like I swear I’m tryna make it make sense lmao.

Across the Skin

Of course. My classic. My childhood magnum opus. I still love u girl 😭. Idk what to do. I used to actually like write a lot abt this story in middle school. I still am playing around with the logistics of it - even more so a bit cuz I made New Truth in the same universe as it so it helps to have some cleared world rules there. I always consider bringing back some of the older rules and putting them back but idk how that’d look. The very basic skeleton is still the same tho: Olma and Vince are going into a remote location to study under other psychics to learn powers (or rather, Olma is, and Vince is forcing himself to go along). But the rules of powers and the psychic society I still need to make more solid, it’s an important part of why things happen how they do.

Against My Better Judgment

This one is a group. It’s just like, Riath letting Vikki live in their house, only God knows why. Because I still don’t 😭. Like from their personality I need to know WHY Riath would do that. I also need to do some more logistics stuff. Like how does Dr. V do these things? How did he create life and make Vikki and Richie? How does Richie work as an android of sorts? Hm. More questions like how and why does Vikki leave and hide not being a natural human? What is the scale of tech in this story? Much to think about 🤔

Agtiu Lineup

One of my mains rn I feel. I only have like, one character’s full “arc” and motivations planned best so far (Mériga). I plan this one as having separate parts / “arcs” that would be like: the intro, the parts that relate to each character (but I don’t know when, I just know Mériga’s would be like, third?), and the end. I have some of the world building - aliens that interfere in the evolution of planets to try and help them return to the Earth and then send mech-type shit (or w/e the best word is idk) to random people on the world because of like, monsterous threats (like typical mech stuff). So like I have species lore and some world lore (honestly I have common world lore across a few of my stories where like, it’s our same world but slightly better in certain aspects but like, the same in others 😑 - cuz I want my characters to like, have my real life ethnicities instead of being “coded” but the formation of both of them are inherently tied to colonialism - “US” and Africa 😒 so that parts always i try to work on too)

BINDS WORLDWIDE

Newer story cuz it’s actually me trying to rework my reptile fan iteration (if you know u know) cuz I wanna do more of what I want and i want more negros of course. I’m trying to make it as separate as I possibly can but it’s hard cuz there’s some stuff that’s like intrinsically tied to the same ideas that makes my specific stuff I wanna build upon not work if I don’t try to fit it in. So far I’ve worked around the family history by just making changes like making it a fake world instead of set in a more realistic based location, and by fully leaning into how I changed the family drama past for my own purposes. (Also they are spies.) I don’t know what to do about the mutant stuff yet… like what will they look like. How does it happen? Why are they hiding? If I keep animals then I feel like that’s very obvious and I don’t like that. It’s not even that like I’m ashamed or something cuz like if I got asked “is this the inspiration” I’d be like “oh totally” but I really wanna make it more of my own thing rather than a sort of “rip-off” yknow? Like truly I think there’s some fun ideas that don’t have to do with the source inspo that I really wanna play with!

Castle (still tryna think of a proper title)

A much newer story based off a more recent dream. I’m still trying to figure out the setting because when it was a dream the world of it kept shifting back and forth from a human world to a sea creature/mermaid world, and certain important parts were heavily based on which world but all of it relevant to the plot of it. I’m thinking right now it will be a sea world, but also sci-fi techno at the same time. Like the mermaids have a cyber city. Which like, I totally could, but I’m not fully sold on it lowkey. Besides that tho, this story is about a rebellious prince who wants nothing to do with his monarchy, and is trying to escape it. He works on machines that he should not be and hides it with the help of his one friend he has been allowed to have and a new friend who infiltrated his castle. His father is the antag of course. He’s very weird abt keeping the family line and following very strict rules, like typical “we need a pure line” type story shit yeah? Still working on it.

Comic Kid

Group! Zoey and Zack! I just like them. Chillin. Still just being my cool couple OCs 👍🏽. I wanna still build a little bit of sumn out, maybe I’ll bring back the other charas from the original as background charas idk!

Destroy Deviolck City

Story about a society of a panopticon (in the sense of, broadcasting for entertainment tho). I have not watched the Squid Game, but because everyone is talking abt it. There’s maybe a similar vibe based off my osmosis impression. Idk I’m just kinda sayin shit here. But anyway, how the panopticon society works is the very rich / powerful leaders will capture random people in out them in this prison structure where they will record them for their entertainment and also keep people in line through this. However, the prison structures use old buildings as their structure, so there’s pockets where people can go from their assigned room into secret rooms with less watch and this is where certain ppl (such as the protag team) plan to escape and destroy the prisons. So far I’m planning a span of three years of the story (cuz Saint starts as 13 but I imagine within the story she becomes 16 at some point). I’m still working on some important background characters cuz they are central to Saint and Malik’s stories particularly. And I still need to work more on the specifics of the society. And if there are creatures. Cuz this story is another based off a dream (v old tho but I’ve been working on this story since I had that dream so it’s more solid) and in the dream there’s like, an iguana man. And I think that’s cool. But maybe it wouldn’t work. Idk. It could 🤷🏽‍♀️

Every Day Infinite

Another new one! This one is about an immortal from another dimension where the timeline of the world went backwards in a magic apocalypse, and so when he comes to a world more similar to our real world (but not a 1 to 1 cuz I can’t keep using the same base worldbuilding / history for all my stories - esp cuz most of them aren’t connected. Well. I can. But I do not want to do that.). From this he can acclimate sort of…he first is transported during like. Knight times n shit. In like (the equivalent of) Europe. But in ends up in the (equivalent of) the “US”. Don’t have solid world stuff for it yet but the world he’s from has more stuff. And I have bro’s backstory from it too n I rlly like it! This ain’t even half of the base of it tho. There’s another guy, and he is on a mission to find what happened to his sister, and this causes. Some problems. (Still working on it). There’s also a mind reader and a witch. Lots of stuff with this one.

Hey Rider

Another ex-ts4 one! This is based from my Horse Ranch save! Another where I slightly change world history to make things better cuz I thinkkk I can make it work here. Still tryna figure some details out with it but that’s my base plan for that! So far what I have it stuff that happened in my game of course and also some things I had planned to happen later. I like the gameplays I’ve made into stories cuz I get to play with the backgrounds I imagined for the characters more when I’m doing everything rather than them just being my Sims in a game I can’t fully control even with mods. Although some of the stuff being out of ur control adds extra stuff that’s fun to add so I might end up doing another TS4 to story/group conversion in the future idk!! 🤷🏽‍♂️

Match to Mine

And another one of my mains I feel. Fully original world building based off AfAm and Kriolu culture, afrofuturism, and just some ideas I have of a more stable type of world (but not in all aspects - cuz like I want there to be a bit of outside conflict so it’s not totally perfect, but I also didn’t want oppression to be a part of the conflict of the narrative. At the end of the day this story is set in a beautiful world where problems rely more on things out of anyone’s control and interpersonal relations). Even with what I said tho, there is metaphorical reference to the reasons for the formations of my cultures (similar reasoning to what I mentioned on my Agtiu section but in a different direction). For my worldbuilding, I have a world map with regions, how time works (world clock), and some styles of the world so far. I also have the social standards / values set as well. This story is very fun to build the world for because of just how much I can build with it without having to work in relation to colonialism and imperialism in the story, and I can make a story with a world that doesn’t have them in it.

Meridevisán

My OC world. Newer-ish cuz I made it cuz I wanted certain misc OCs (Séti Ténta Ávi) I had to be in the same world and interact regularly. The base of it centers around ideas I had for Séti as a standalone cuz that was the most built out one, and it works well for the other two characters so I’m glad I put them together. How it works is that Angels and Devils are formed from a random selection of aspects that humans can have (additionally tho Devils can be conceived tho, but not Angels - might change tho cuz like, I think I had a reason but I forgot so it’s like, who cares). (Mermaids are conceived tho, not formed.) Séti is formed newly and trying to figure out who he is and what is purpose it to be, Ávi has been formed and is helping him (in his strange type of way), and Ténta is also along for helping Séti out (and being helped as being newer to land!). It’s an OC group so there’s no like set story that’s just a basic setup.

New Truth

This one is more of a group than a story which I find funny just cuz of its connection to what I concussed my magnum opus as a young teen. It’s just about weird college art people. Shiloh as a psychic being OCD attacked by their powers while not knowing about/understanding them. The rest of the characters are just regular lmao. They’re tryna help them 🙏🏽. If this was more of a story, then maybe I’d have like, an Olma and Vince cameo as helping Shiloh with their powers or something big like that. Would defo be post ATS tho for sure.

SUED

OC group from my first actual OC group when I was a kid! There’s only two characters left and their story is totally different than original (it makes my sister sad cuz she really like these OCs of mine so lowkey I consider bringing them back but idk what I would do). The original story was about 8 people in like, a school that are forced to live as story characters for certain genres (it’s kinda like EAH but like, more weird). The current group is the 2 of those characters I have left being scammers lmao. Honestly my original idea is better (but it’s also a whole story n not just a group) so honest maybe I’ll return to the original premise to fix it up and make it better idk!

The Manifesting Collection

My “cartoon story”. I have mentioned somewhere??? (No one prob has seen it lmao) that this is also a dream story! From when I was 12! And in the dream it was formatted as a two season show and I like to think abt that (not happening tho, I am not an animator lmao and plus I’m still working on it). The format is like, episodic with an ongoing plot in the background that comes into the foreground at the end of the first “season”. Still need to do world and world building logistics. But I like this one. This is like, one of my few stories where I can’t make the characters adults tho cuz if the tone and their like, teen behavior that’s inherent to the story 😭. It stresses me out idk why except that I get stressed by ridiculous things that don’t matter (OCD slay!!! ✌🏽) (idk I like making adult characters more now cuz I can do more stuff and it’s more fun for me. I still like the TMC kids tho cuz it doesn’t get so heavy with their story)

The Turn Around

Last of the ts4 games turned story/group! It’s my Dial save! My favorite legacy/main save I played for like 3 years yayyyy 💕. I think it can work well as OCs for the reasons I mentioned on my “description” for Hey Rider. I love the Dials and I’m so excited to work on them as OCs. I wanna make a proper timeline and I wanna figure out how to draw them! I’ve tweaked a bitttt of my notes so far but there’s still quite a few changes I need to make, but it’s coming together so far. I am gonna like retcon stuff I can’t make work cuz of how aging works in the sims yknow, not being realistic at all, but also just cuz since I’ve had this save for so long there’s things I need to change because I forgot the original reasons certain things happen so I gotta make it up now, but it’s not like these changes are bad so it’s not a big deal except when I really really wanna remember a specific detail cuz I remembered I liked it even tho I don’t remembered what it was 😭. With changing this game into a story, I’d say the vibes I want to evoke are like a family drama type of thing. Cuz I mean that’s kinda what legacy saves are right? And I picked the title I have because I wanna reference their last name without straight saying it. It seems like something you would see on a Tv line up so I like it 👍🏽

Traced in Thickets

My true main story at the moment. I’ve been working on Traced since like 2021 😭 I wish I was faster and better at this typa thing - it’s okay tho, that’s the process plus I’m still having fun! I have like the basics of the worldbuilding down for sure - it’s a combination of my typical method of “real world but some things are improved” and “I just made a buncha shit up” because like, part of the base world building is that different Earths of different dimensions are combining! (So like, I actually have a reason for humans existing I guess lmao. I really like humanoid characters over creature like ones okay? 😭). I have written like, the base outline of the first part of the story so far, and I have backgrounds kinda done so far too, but I don’t know how I wanna move into the next part. There’s like specific scenes in my head that would happen and certain points and some sort of an end, but it’s still not fleshed out like that yet. Idk, cuz like at the end of the day this actually a bit of a road trip story if I’m being honest, and those can kinda go however yknow? A road trip story about figuring your life out. Much to think about still.

When You Got Here

This is actually like. Technically a classic sims to story group for me. TS3 even! Not TS4! How it went was that when I was like 11 or something I finally got to get the Supernatural pack (which I was obsessed with as a kid) and I wanted to do like that no adult challenge or w/e. I made four supernatural sims from species i wanted to play with and tried to do that. But I didn’t not understand how to do kids, so it kept not working how I wanted too lmao. And then I just made them OCs and I’ve had them since then. The current version has two parts - the part when I was a teen so they are teens and it’s like the actual plot of being supernatural in the human world (their world is a mirror world to the Earth but with supernaturals), and then the second part where they are adults and just like, reflecting upon how they got there (so I guess like the actual plot and then just like an epilogue and “extras”). I actually have some key stuff done for this one but I haven’t actually written it down cuz I’m so bad at that. Like it’s been years and it just lives in my head (dangerous, because of my terrible memory). So I will have to actually write it at some point. May share when I do so! 👍🏽

// and for Misc OCs:

Anredvel Istotn

Do yall. Remember the dark days. Where I did M H A works…I didn’t even like it 😭 sometimes u do weird shit when ur a teenager. But it’s okay, because 1. It made me start shading my artwork, and 2. I have this OC 😁. I don’t do much with them but hey that’s misc OCs for you. Fairy that I want to dress up in outfits 🫶🏽 and make have anxiety lmao

DeKayde Ilha

Fun fact I never shared before but DeKayde is the third rework iteration of my retired OC Sahi Theba. Very very different from then they’re actually the only one left from the original idea but it’s sooo divorced so it’s like this is basically a completely different OC but I still associate them with each other

Inageiduyc

The evil fairy demon. I don’t do anything with them but they’re funny. They kill people but not actually it’s like, they trap ppl in a time loop of sorts to kill them but then let them free when they get bored 😭💀 they just like tormenting humans!

Ryn Ollora

My SDV farmer I miss them cuz I don’t be playing video games like that but I still think abt them cuz they’re fun 🫶🏽 No one likes them (except Evelyn my GOAT!!) they are very strange still. I just would make them fish mostly all the time (I’m a chickenshit the mines are scary and I’m lazy I don’t wanna spend time digging around for things to make the townspeople like them 😑) (this is why I only play puzzles, smash bros, and the sims fr…)

Silica

“Christian” daughter of the devil in the apocalypse. Maybe if you was here for a bit u know I started writing her story and posting it as a poetry series but I never finished it. What I was going for with her is like rejection in relation to Christianity and such themes, and I’m still kinda at that angle but that was when I was still experiencing a terrible Catholic school experience / when it was still a fresh wound but now it resonates with me less cuz I make my religion my own more now and time has put the religious specifics of my problems quite further from me now. But I still wanna play with the ideas I had started planning with her. Maybe I’ll try to write the poetry series again one day…

Tajah Syleno

Renamed from Yca Syeilno, same character obviously I just wanted to give them a first name I didn’t make up and simplify the spelling of their last name. Still an influencer-type, still a bad bitch, still my fun dress up doll! I should draw them again some time.

Thunas Ipyirus

My knight girl who is on a quest to just live her life (running theme with my characters I fear…) - she wants adventure and excitement! I actually have written much about this character cuz I developed her further for a writing class I took in high school - I actually wrote a scene!! The catalyst of her story is that she finds an enchanted sword that lights a flame when she wields it and this pushes her to try to adventure.

// Okay that’s all of it 👍🏽

[dark-twist-fairytales]

You and cuppa-noodles discussing that Stowaway AU has given me the COS brainrot again, oooooh. I wonder would he still go after that red stone in the cave that was sitting inside the goat eye socket and doom his family line to a never-ending hunger for glory? You guys have mentioned an increased amount of caution, yes. But would he still be driven by curiosity regardless, and would he also potentially think that gaining the power of this item could help him protect Emelia and the crowd of kids they might be collecting by this point? I dunno if you agree, but I feel like he is still a very flawed man, he might still justify his worst impulses and steal that artifact and doom his family still.

And then the others, Shep and Vikki most specifically in my mind, may be horrified that he did this action that put the little girl they've grown to care for in danger. I can just imagine Shepherd shouting that, "You cursed that girl, Professor, you didn't do anything to save her with that graverobbing!" And maybe if her saw the results of this thing he thought would help Emmy, he might be slightly more reluctant in the Amber Temple...? Just spitballing in your and cuppa-noodles' backyard, sorry!

Welcome (back) to the CoS brainrot, anona!

Clayton is still a flawed man, just like everyone has their flaws, but like I mentioned in the previous ask: I'm fairly certain it's plot reasons that Clayton takes the gem, and those plot reasons wouldn't exactly change.

And to that point of them all realizing what had happened? Yeah, I think they all would be rightfully peeved and pointing out what had just happened. I'd imagine that they would have done it when Clayton confessed to the box to break the secret seal, but there was about fifteen-hundred more things to worry about in that moment.

But, his strive to try and break it in the end would be there. Whether she brings Emmy into it, I don't think he would. She is still his daughter, not an adult yet, but when she gets old enough to confess that he fucked up isn't off the table. Or it might be, it's Clayton afterall.

I think he would be reluctant with the Amber Temple in general, with the journey there and whatnot, it being more treacherous with Emmy now tagged along and the possibility of her freezing being on the forefront of his mind and more. In the Temple itself could cause a lot more curious things to happen. Particularly, I think Emmy would be curious, but linger back with Shepherd and Sarnax in that ccase, trusting the fate of Gherix (again, pulling the headcanon that Emmy likes learning about different gods/goddesses/deities, she's learned enough by this point about Gherix to trust Gherix's judgement).

[upwards-descent]

Good News

"I'm coming, I'm coming!"

Adithi yelled at the phone as if it could hear her or stop ringing by voice command alone. She plucked up the landline from the receiver and made sure she sounded as warm and hospitable as possible.

"Thank you for calling the Joshi residence, this is Adithi speaking, how may I help you?"

The other line was quiet for a moment and her brow furrowed in confusion. Had the caller hung up already? Before she could repeat her greeting, a familiar voice finally spoke up.

"Hey, sorry, as soon as I dialed something came up."

"Ah, Vikkie, so nice for you to call," A big smile crossed Adithi's face immediately. It was always a treat when her only child called out of nowhere. "Do you need something, meri jaan?" 

"I've got huge news, mama, I'm hoping you're gonna freak as much as I think you are."

"Uh huh, tell me then, so I may 'freak' over it."

Vikram went quiet again. There was a little shuffling, the clink of metal on metal. Finally, he piped up again, his voice soft.

"... He said he loves me back."

Adithi went silent, eyes wide, heart pounding. For some unknown reason, she glanced at the clock on the wall, maybe to confirm that this was real and she wasn't dreaming. 

"Who said so, Vikkie?" She asked, just to be safe.

"Remember I was telling you guys about my assistant? Otto, the uh. Y'know. The robot. He uhm. He said he loves me back."

Even if he sounded nervous, Adithi knew her son well. She could hear the smile in his tone, practically feel the anxiously excited energy radiating off of him and through the phone. There was a delay to her reaction in kind but as soon as she found her voice, she used it.

"Vikkie!!!" She squealed, almost jumping in place, she was so amped. "Ohh, that's wonderful! You have to bring him over as soon as possible for dinner--" She turned her mouth away from the receiver to yell down the hall. "Yuvraj!!! Do you still have the number for those cleaners? This house must be SPOTLESS for when Vikkie visits next!"

"Did something happen?" Yuvraj called back from his office. "Good news?"

"VERY good news!" Adithi's attention shifted rapidly back to her son. "Oh, this is so amazing!!!"

"Called it," Vikram sounded adorably smug. "No big rush though, okay? Otto doesn't have a digestive system but I'm making him one from scratch so he can enjoy your cooking."

Adithi felt tears peck at her eyes. No wonder her son cried so damn much, he got it from her.

"You're building this man a stomach and such just to eat our food?" She sniffled.

"Aiiie, mama, it's okay, don't cry! I've been wanting to since I first got him but you guys definitely motivated me. He's gotta have baba's vindaloo."

"You are absolutely right, Vikkie," Adithi nodded like a soldier, her tears vanishing as she got serious. "I'll have to go shopping, get some really good tea, and make the best cookies. I've got my work cut out for me."

"Glad I could add some excitement to your guys' retirement," Vikram laughed, bright and full and his mother felt another pang of delight. It was always so nice when he sounded happy. "I'll give you guys a heads up once I'm ready, 'kay? Gotta make sure whatever he eats doesn't wind up melting his circuits or some shit."

"You tell us right away, okay? This is serious."

"Of course, mama! You two are top priority, always. I gotta go now, work stuff. Love you!"

"Love you, too, Vikkie." Adithi smacked a loud kiss against the receiver, hearing one last bubbly laugh before her son hung up.

Yuvraj toddled out of his office shortly after, holding up his latest project. 

"Ooh, is that the Lego Sydney Opera house?" Adithi shook her head with passion, physically dusting off the distraction. "Yuvraj! Our son is in love and his loved one loves him back!"

"Of course he does," Yuvraj scoffed, moving to set the plastic architecture down. "Anyone our Vikkie sets his sights on will come to love him, easy. I'm not surprised."

"You could at least act excited about it," Adithi huffed before she went to fetch her grandmother's cookbook. "Vikkie wants you to make him-- make Otto your vindaloo."

"Ooh. Okay," Now Yuvraj looked interested. "We'll have to go shopping."

Adithi only laughed. Great minds think alike.