#a functional hellsite?? imagine

[shapoopy178]

"Likes don't do anything" wrong likes give me serotonin don't be a hater

[borealtwilight]

i can now see my own posts (whether reblogged by me or created by me) in my dash again

what gives, tumblr???

....so am i the only one who can no longer see posts i've reblogged on my dash or?

like the posts are showing in my blog but they're not in my dash feed at ALL.

eta: i also cannot see this post on my dash.

[the-s1lly-corner]

Helloooooo my most favorite author on this hellsite we call home! I was wondering if you could do a lil thing with Slenderman and a reader who is painfully oblivious to flirtation of all kind! It took her years to realize he was flirting with her even after being hopelessly in love with him for quite a while. So maybe whenever she's out and about she might meet someone who tries to flirt with her and she has no idea, but he knows. I imagine she could be coming home after the store or something, happy and bubbly having no clue and just see him staring at her and then she realizes. I have a feeling he'd be a bit amused and mildly exasperated at the same time. I'm not sure jealousy is something he feels, but it'd be interesting to see him get a bit more...possessive. (This is...definitely not something that recently happened to me....not at all I notice when people like me and flirt with me...all the time always. Yep. ((I am lying)))

Slenderman when oblivious!reader gets flirted with

Oooouuuuugggh I really want some blackberry Dr pepper rn hisshisshiss

Notes: fem reader, short post, written on mobile, the forest creature who doesn't fully get humans has become less oblivious than you/lh

CWs: canon typical violence and stalking

Its... a little funny... because before he had zero idea how humans flirted and- as he used to describe it, court each other

Seriously! The closest to 'normal' he got before he figured it out was leaving flowers for you..! And totally non threatening and ominous love notes on your door..!

But he's always watching you even if you don't notice, and he's... picked up on how humans work. How they act, how they function, things like that... and he's far less oblivious than you are so he picks up really quick when someone's trying to shoot their shot with you

Ans honestly... most of the time he's not that bothered. Even when you innocently tell him about a funny interaction you had while you were out (which he more than likely witnessed) he's not going to get jealous

He knows you're his, and he's yours. Nothing is going to change that, much less some person at some check out line in some store!

Though... he does get protective. If he feels someone could be a threat he will act. Be it stalking them to ensure your interaction was one off... or if need be, quietly deal with them to make sure they don't keep bothering you

And he will act like he did nothing, unless you ask. He sees no reason to hide what he's done from you. In his eyes the loss of life just ensured you'd be safe and by his side

[riacte]

Funny how Tumblr is usually more "positive" compared to Twitter and Reddit when it comes to fan reception of things such as Hermitcraft / Life series / MCC, yet most CCs (naturally, and rightfully!) do not come here often because they have to brave the waters of shipping and other Tumblr "weirdness". Tumblr is for fans by fans.

Maybe some MCC participants don't like seeing predictions and tier lists on Reddit. Hiii, we don't really have that on Tumblr. Just fanart and clips of Scar saying "dong" and people unable to get over teams from 2020 and writing found family fanfiction. And Tumblr usually has overwhelmingly positive reactions to HC / Life series stuff. BUT we have the fanfic and the shipping etc etc.

Tumblr may be a hellsite, but the discourse / negativity is kiiiiiiind of more contained compared to Twitter and Reddit. Like, it exists. Of course it exists. But it appears less frequently on main? And the blocking function is better here compared to Twitter.

Pick your poison! Tumblr has the shipping and fanfic and all of that, but Reddit has the criticism. Reddit has some fanart, but basically no fanfic and God Forbid, shipping. Here on Tumblr, we love your stuff so sincerely and deeply that we sometimes make the block people kiss and are inspired to write novels. But please do not see our kissing fanart or our fics or else we'll die.

You know how some MCC participants don't really like tier lists / predictions because it adds stress? Imagine if that entire genre moved off Reddit to Tumblr so fans could still continue to do that and have fun with each other away from CCs' eyes (yes, exactly like how shippers do with shipping). And the MCC Reddit becomes the equivalent of the Tumblr maintags with only appreciative / helpful posts and fanart and skins (but still no fanfic lol). And maybe all the unconstructive criticism / bashing from the Life series Reddit can get moved to dedicated tags on Tumblr, so fans could still discuss that with less risk of upsetting CCs (yes, once again exactly what shippers do, or like how people bitch about petty things in private circles as not to bitch on main). Idk, just throwing thoughts out here on this fandom hellhole of a webbed site.

[computerafterlife]

テレパシーの衰退。

“decay of telepathy”

Hi! My name’s Juno. I’m a non-binary fluid transmasc tomboy (they/them pronouns, please). I’m 27 years old, kinda neurodivergent (AuDHD), and I consider myself a veteran member of otaku / anime subculture.

@romantickowloon is my sunshine, my partner, and my beloved Pookie Zero Custom since 9.17.2020! I am THE #1 FAN of their yumeship (AceYue my OTP 5ever)!

please read below before following! ↓

about me!

I’m most prominently a profic yumedanshi / selfshipper that absolutely loves to share, yap, and brainrot about my fictional pookies. This blog functions both as my multifandom main tumblr and repository of my nonsense as a yume. Please note: I don’t really mind who follows me, but I ask that fandom “antis”, fancops, and anyone adjacent to that philosophy please do not interact, and feel free to block me if you want. I will not usually follow back anyone under 17 and accounts without any indication of general age range.

about my yumeships / sharing / content!

My main fandom is Mobile Suit Gundam – specifically The Witch from Mercury and Wing. I yume / selfship with both Shaddiq Zenelli (WfM) and Duo Maxwell (Wing). I’m extremely normal about them. My tags for them are “pookie 1” and “pookie 2”, respectively. I admittedly am very unserious and casual about my fictional pookies – sharing is fine, and most CxC or yume doubles don’t invoke insecurity in me. I do also reblog some ship or non-yume content if I like it!

I will absolutely hype up others’ yumeships, especially if they’re my friends or mutuals (if they’re cool with it). I do actively try to give my homies’ askboxes lots of love! I am a bit of a writer of readerfic, I have previously run “imagine” gimmick sideblogs, and I have done a lot of short paragraph yume RP. I rarely allow my most self-indulgent stuff to see the light of day, but I will (hopefully) post some relatable, organic, and mostly original yume content.

connect with me on any of these other things!

Muskrat’s Hellsite (twitter / X)

Bluesky

Reddit

AniList

Instagram

Tiktok

please note that i don’t use the last two (willingly)! the first ones + this hellsite are where i’m most active!

Mutuals can absolutely add me on Discord. (Just blease tell me who you the hell you are after friending me! I don’t accept random friend requests!)

I’m in a few of my friends’ own personal servers, adult yumeship servers, and a lot of big public or official servers of my interests! I also have a wee bit of experience as a moderator on small servers.

if you’re still here uhhhhhh thanks for reading lmao

pookie 2 will now glomp you 🖤

( credit for the divider goes to @/kodaswrld )

[chaotic-archaeologist]

Hi! I'm currently doing my MA in archaeology (European Prehistory specialization) and I love it. I always thought I'd get my Masters and dip, but lately I've been seriously contemplating getting a PhD. I love learning and studying my topic and I'm having so much fun at my uni and suddenly starting my working career at 22 doesn't sound very appealing anymore. However, the idea of applying to a PhD program is very overwhelming (luckily where I want to apply has a pretty cohesive sign up step by step), still the idea of funding (especially) and having to write a proposal and possibly getting rejected from the place I've spend the last three and half years walking around is very overwhelming. How can I have that be not so overwhelming to the point of giving up bc if sounds like too much? Do I need to worry about funding that much? Is it expensive?

(I tried to find your advice masterpost before sending this ask to check if you'd already talked abt it, but I couldn't find a working link, sorry)

Thanks in advance :D

Hi dirtling,

First, here's a link to my advice master list—sorry that wasn't working for you. Our blue hellsite is fickle like that.

From what you say, it sounds like you have a great attitude for starting the journey to a PhD. Ultimately, the love of learning and a dedication to the field are the most important parts. The application and the proposal and the funding are daunting for everyone, but they are doable. I find that breaking things down into bite sized pieces and establishing your sense of self worth outside of academia are critical.

Now I feel the need to point out that my experience and advice come from a uniquely American viewpoint, and may not be applicable to European schools at all. Europeans please feel free to chime in with your own advice!

The very first thing you should do is talk to your advisor. Please send them an email right now if you have not already done so! Your (potential) advisor is going to be your champion in any sort of application process going forward. If you want to continue at the same university you're already at, your advisor is the single best person to help walk you through that process. Even if you wind up going somewhere else, you're going to need to make inroads with another advisor at a new program.

Finally: grad school is expensive (at least in the United Stated). However, many programs will have tuition waivers and assistantships that they offer their grad students because if everybody had to pay for it, nobody except the very rich would be able to afford to go to grad school. Exactly how affordable it is depends on the cost of living in your area and how much the school pays you (and whether you're able to work outside to supplement that income if need be).

Honestly, I think you've already done the hard part by getting into (and nearly completing) a Master's program. That's a great step towards proving to PhD programs that you have what it takes, and it should give you a decent idea about finances. What are yours like right now? How about your peers? I would imagine there isn't going to be a vast amount of difference from a MA to a PhD, and in the US a PhD is sometimes cheaper because they're funded while MAs often are not.

There will be differences from a MA to a PhD. Doctoral students are going to be expected to take on larger magnitudes of their own research and function more independently, but a good advisor and program should help you through that process. Again, the key is to take things piece by piece. Start with talking to your advisor and maybe the graduate program director. Take a look at that step by step guide with them and break it into separate tasks you need to do.

Don't psych yourself out about this too much. One thing at a time.

-Reid

[whereistheonepiece]

If this place goes down that's it for me making a dedicated One Piece space.

I keep flip flopping between making a Bsky or not because on the one hand I'm tired of site and app migrations. It's exhausting when everything eventually gets enshittified one way or another, and I'm tired of adapting to new site/app interfaces and new site/app cultures.

On the other hand, this site has been dying a slow death since the booby ban; and every time I log on to twitter I get hit with N*zism, the most rancid kind of misogyny to exist, and the fucking blue checkmark bots/blue checkmark people with the personality of soulless bots ruining everything either by commenting "based" in defense of any kind of bigotry you can think of or just saying the most braindead shit imaginable.

If I make a Bsky it'll be to follow a moot of my main blog if this place goes down, the people I like on Twitter who already left, and a Dorohedoro moot from Twitter.

I already feel some complicated stuff about my place on the internet as a creator as it is, so being a faceless part of the crowd feels the way to go.

But that guy fired most of the Twitter team and that hellsite is still somehow functioning. Barely. So this could be a nonissue.

[inthesp0tlight]

12. what roleplay trends do you remember from the year you started tumblr rp? how did you feel about those trends?

º ✧ 。 @reputahtion had a question for the mun !

oh GOD. talk about ancient history ... i first joined the tumblr rpc back in the early 2010s. in the GLEE fandom of all places (hi @theoriginalbadass icb we found each other again) so i'll preface this answer by saying a LOT of the "trends" i remember were heavily influenced by where on this hellsite i was. and if you can't tell by the tone of my disclaimer? most of them were BAD. but i'll try and be balanced here by giving one negative and one positive 😊

the GOOD: 👏 magic 👏 anons 👏 HELLO ??? i will never forgive the hate filled assholes who forced most people (myself included) to turn off the anon function on their blogs for their own safety because this was the one true JOY of the rpc. i remember having so much fucking fun being on BOTH sides of the equation when silly hours popped off - spamming my mutuals AND being spammed by them. it was deeply UNSERIOUS and led to all kinds of crack filled chaos and i just miss it a lot okay ???

the GROSS: bruh, the whole era of celebrity rp. not VERSES, which are fine (hey i have one). i mean where like, people weren't playing the characters from a show they were playing the actual real life ACTORS. i came across so fucking many rp blogs of the glee cast members where they were shipping with other cast members and. dude. i shouldn't have to tell you that you don't get to write REAL FUCKING PEOPLE in rp ?!?! that's so gross and creepy and i can't imagine how these poor people would feel if they EVER found out about it. i mean it was bad enough that it happened in speculation in the tabloids but people PRETENDING TO BE THEM ON THE INTERNET WRITING SMUT BETWEEN THEM AND THEIR COWORKERS ??? 🤮🤮🤮

fuck, i still see it sometimes and it needs to DIE.

[schismusic]

Redecorating

I've done some pretty stupid shit in my life but this, this whole thing (imagine I'm gesturing around indistinctly with a ghastly look on my face), totally takes the cake. Is it funny if I do the tapping-the-mic-to-check-if-it-works gag in a written post?

It started when I was about to turn fifteen and trying to bed a girl - she honestly dodged a bullet when she said no, I cannot lie to you all. Anyway I guess I absolutely had to find an outlet for being an annoying teenager and being an asshole irl simply didn't cut it sometimes, you know how it is, most of us are here for that exact same reason.

A number of things have happened since I last posted on this hellsite. The short version is as follows:

I had an identity crisis, or two, or five;

I got a driver's license, somehow;

a worldwide pandemic hit, but I guess this is another one of those things that make us equal on this postapocalyptic landscape of a microblogging platform;

just as inexplicably as my driver's license, I also got a beautiful and lovely girlfriend of almost three years now;

who knows, I might even get a degree before 2024 is over.

This is all fine and dandy, of course, but sometimes a dude just needs to scream into the void, wherein "the void" in this case is about two hundred (!!!!) strangers on the internet, which probably includes you, dear reader. Thanks for sticking with me over these troublesome years of absolutely nothing happening on this blog.

What's new then?

Number one: "what the fuck kinda name is schismusic?"

Hi, my name is schismusic. I thought of this ungodly name when I was, as mentioned, a very pretentious fourteen-year-old, and it absolutely shows. However,

one could argue it's part of the charm in a way;

it grants a bit of relative anonimity compared to my other, more beloved Internet alias (which will inevitably come crashing against my inevitable post concerning my band and the record we made a while ago - more on this later);

somehow, it stuck. You people will eat up just about fucking anything, really!

(Another thing that happened: I learned a tiny bit of HTML, because Letterboxd is yet another hellsite I'm not-quite-proudly a part of. Gotta catch 'em all. I love being annoying with HTML formatting as a matter of fact, it's quite liberating to pretend to know that you can code in front of a billion strangers on the Internet.)

Number two: "so is this asshole gonna post fake hipster music on my timeline yet again?"

Not really, or at least not just that. First order of business is that reblogging is fun, but it overstays its welcome when you do it irresponsibly. It also quite literally goes contrary to this blog's original self-appointed mission and this cannot go unchecked. Pretension is law! Bad taste is every single one of this blog's ten commandments! I hate you all more than I hate myself!

Jokes aside, my point is exactly that I want to be a bit less annoying on the Internet for once. Consequently, I have decided to extend the range of posts on this blog beyond the relatively usual songs and reach into short- and medium-form writing (fiction, nonfiction, maybe even reviews: anything goes), pictures I take (the true OGs might remember I used to post my own drawings from time to time: that's not entirely out of the question for the future, it's just that it's been a while since I've last drawn anything worthwhile) and obviously shameless self-promotion (remember me mentioning my band a couple paragraphs above? Well, here is our record on Bandcamp, Spotify and YouTube; and no, my dear OGs, this is not the same band I used to talk about back in the day! This is a whole new project for you to check out), both in Italian and English, and maybe even some Spanish if I actually take my Spanish to a functional level.

As a corollary of this final point, I will not be deleting my old content, so that the new people on here can get to enjoy a whole cornucopia of cringe circa-2014 content.

Finally, since this is primarily a music blog, the obligatory soundtrack to the writing of this post:

Shoutout to literally every single one of you people for somehow not getting tired of waiting through these years of inactivity, or maybe you just forgot that I existed. If it's the second one, I hope this post was a fun throwback, and that this time you remember to unfollow me for good like you probably wanted to do back when I was active and annoying on here.

It's good to be back.

Love,

schismusic

[clown-around-and-find-out]

i know it's probably been said a million times but please please please stop trigger tagging your posts as some unreadable jumbled mess of letters and numbers and symbols. there is a way to block specific tags on tumblr and many users utilize that system. however, it becomes useless when people try to... censor their trigger tagging? i cannot tell you how many times i have had to see a post i specifically have blocked in tags because somebody came up with bullshit tags. and even with the content filtering system, it tends to be wildly inaccurate and feels as though it's barely functional. therefore, i have to rely on tags.

let's say for example you really hate the mayor from powerpuff girls. seeing his fuckass mustache brings you nothing but rage and agony. but your entire dash seems to be filled with him even after youve blocked the main bloggers of him. so, you go to your beloved tag filtering system and hope to never see that shitty ass mayor again. problem solved, right? no. because theres another mayor-hater in town who hates the mayor SO MUCH they cant even bear to truly spell out his name. so all mayor-related hate posts are tagged with shit like 'm4y0r'. well, easy enough. you dont want to see any mayor content (both malevolent and benign), so you just filter out the 'm4y0r' tag. but what's this?! suddenly the mayors number one fan has begun to 'tag him' for mayor haters thinking that if they censor his name, mayor haters wont be so upset. so now theres hundreds of different combinations of tags. m4yor, may0r, mm44yo0r. all this weird shit you couldnt ever imagine. you try your best to tag all of these influx of mayor posts with tags that try to censor his name, but to no avail. the content settings dont help, because now every post about your favorite character (the mayor from nightmare before christmas) is censored!

i know it's a silly example (honestly) but it's a representation of what i go through almost every single day on this hellsite. i know this was longwinded but. please. for the love of god. just trigger tag your posts normally.

[voltaspistol]

I tried looking up this one video of this older black lady with this incredibly soothing voice saying nice things to the camera POV style and I finally had to give up because every possible iteration of "soothing black lady older black lady says nice things nice black lady african-american nice lady says soothing things while wearing pearls" consistently came up with videos of white people assaulting black people. Second worst search function imaginable, second only to this fucking hellsite.

[cryptid-esskay]

HELLO EVERYBODY :D

Some people use the pinned post function to highlight important things. Others choose to keep their favourite nonsense pinned to the top for no reasons but the bit. Maybe you didn't know that. Maybe you already did. Everyday is someone's first day on here. It's certainly not mine. I've been here for years so I’d like to share a story with you.

After such a long time of having a main blog in which only strangers could find me, I felt compelled to make something more… corporate. Cause that's what Tumblr is used for- shitposting very professional business stuff. And finding community. That's one of our greatest strengths. We also tell some of the most amazing stories and write folklore that's wiggled its way into common vocabulary.

We are some of the most ridiculous and creative storytellers of the 21st century. Like The God of Arepo, which started as a writing prompt and became its own comic. I consider it one of the most well-known stories I've read on this hellsite website. We have this innate urge to share things with others, and combined with our endless imaginations we become master storytellers.

That is something we have been doing for quite soms time. Something we've always been doing. If you consider the idea that storytelling goes beyond words, perhaps then you understand.

Art is storytelling.

Music is storytelling.

Writing is storytelling.

The very act of communicating is storytelling.

We’ve been doing it all along. Maybe you didn't know that. Maybe you already did. Maybe it doesn't matter to you. To me it does. Storytelling is something I am very passionate about. This is just the beginning.

[cauldronofeverything]

Imagine

Being able to actually find the damn post that you know exists on the hellsite, that you reblogged years ago.

Imagine

A search function that actually works.

[offonaherosjourney]

Yet another PSA for Reddit Refugees

How to use the Search bar to find old Tumblr posts

HAHAHAHAHA YOU DON'T

Ok, but really, how can I track that one post that a friend showed me seven years ago?

By being VERY LUCKY and willing to invest A LOT OF TIME. If there's something you really want to find, here are your best bets, in no particular order:

If you remember specific keywords, try a google search. However, even if you get a hit, the link won't take you to the post, it will take you to the main page of the blog. Have fun dumpster diving (affectionate) in their Archive tab.

If the post belonged to a specific fandom, try finding blogs that only reblog stuff about that fandom and have fun dumpster diving (affectionate) in their Archive tab.

Plead to the void and hope the void answers. Make a post giving as much info as you can about the post you are trying to find and hope someone else remembers it and knows where to find it or has better luck than you tracking it down.

Go to r/tumblr or r/curatedtumblr while you still can and try asking there if anyone remembers the post and has a link.

Learn how to code. Get hired by Tumblr. Fix the Search engine. Submit your resignation.

[laismoura-art]

Well, really, it was because you invited me to talk about it!

I don't think any of my AUs would've grown as much as they did if it wasn't for my friends being so supportive and willing to listen to all my ideas for these characters not everybody cares about!

Heck! The Scorpion!Harumi AU started with my best gal, @mikka-minns , and I brainstorming about a Spider-Gwen type of universe for Harumi!

Be My King was only one fic till everybody engaged so much with it, now it's a whole AU of their own! Its spin-off was made entirely on headcanons and jokes we've made for months of talking!

And if I am responsible for at least 1/3 of all Subscorprumi and Harumi content in this hellsite, it's because my friends supported my content and were always eager for more!

That's the beauty of having a group of friends! You feel inspired to make content for them cause you know they will enjoy it, you know?

And in case it wasn't clear, you're my friend now. No take abacks (ಠ_ಠ)

*GASP!* Oh my god... I guess I AM your extrovert! :O

I've never been someone's extrovert before! I'm not even an extrovert myself! How did that happen? O_O

---

Ok, yeah, on a second thought, Seidan!Suchin really IS wild, lol! But indeed, a LOT more fun!! And I'm glad you guys are up for the idea cause I definitely want to work more on it!

And trust me, I might not be in the FNAF fandom, but I get it:

Maybe that's why it was so easy to make that FNAF AU...🤔

Oh no, I don't avoid interdimensional stuff, I actually love it just as much as multiverse stuff!

I changed things for this specific AU because, for it, simplification would work better! (Again, to have this one place that connects all the girls)

But I do love the OG setting with more realms and I use it in other AUs of mine (specially cause plenty of my AUs are based on the MK Legends movies, and they use the original setting)!

I will eventually write Suchin in other AUs and fics, and I'll get to explore Seido as its own realm, don't worry!

And I don't hate the simplifications in MK1 cause I think it worked for their story, but I do wish they had explained their changes better!

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You bet I liked your idea! I appreciate you sharing it and letting me incorporate it!

Paralleled stories are the goat! There's something so satisfying about them! I can't get enough of these parallels, and it was great to add on some more!! (And YES! OUR MAN IS LONG GONE FOR THIS LADY🤭❤️)

I'll tell you that, the very first time I attempted to write these two, I was only certain of one thing, and it's that Kesnhi can't FUNCTION around Suchin!

Here, I'll share the DualBlades bits from my fic! Maybe you'll like it <3

Hanzo just met them both, and he's already a shipper, lmao!

Honestly, I think he was surprised cause he thinks he didn't make that good of an impression on her (hence why Liu had to tell him).

In his mind, Suchin is this amazing woman who knows exactly who she is and for what she stands for! She has this amazing legacy of redemption and is a symbol of justice in her home country!

Meanwhile, he is lost, confused, and uncertain. He doesn't know who he is and what he stands for. He carries a legacy of corruption, evil, and shame.

He is a MESS, honestly! Why would a woman like her think any high of him?

But of course, that's all in his head. She is highly invested in his redemption and is rooting for him! She thinks he's great for trying to redeem his family and atone for his and their sins!

The girl's in his corner 100%!

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Right?? I'm really not feeling that creative right now, but you bet Havik and Suchin argued A LOT as she and the girls were hunting them down!

I imagine Suchin having one of those epic "leave him to me" moments, you know?

Aaaah! I'm so glad you liked Harumi's ending!!! I really wanted to make something different and unique for her here (and unrelated to the Shirai Ryu cause as much as I like what they were cooking there (especially with Grandmaster Harumi mentoring Kuai) I felt Harumi needed something related to her own core)!

I remember Hotaru very vaguely, I remember he was very stubborn about keeping the order and following the law (most likely even when the law was unfair), and I take he wouldn't be fond of Resistants, even ones such as the reformed Bunnag.

He would probably argue with Suchin that the Resistance has no reason to exist while she would argue that there's absolutely a reason, and though their methods are questionable, their motives should be taken into account.

He also gives me snob vibes, so Suchin would consider him extremely punchable💀

I wonder if he left Seido willingly, though, or if he was injured (maybe facing Havik) and had to be removed from the battlefield. I can picture Harumi trying to heal him and him arguing against it (maybe he even deems Earthrealm healing as inferior to Seidan. That would also piss off Suchin cause how dare him doubt her friend's skills? Harumi is the best healer out there, and he's LUCKY to have her heal him😤)

Rain would be interesting, though cause, unlike Havik, he regrets his actions and wants redemption. Maybe Suchin would be willing to give him a chance? (Supervised chance. Maybe she would even offer to stay longer in Outworld to oversee his progress).

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Now, about Suchin's tattoos:

My initial honest thought was just, "I love tattoos, so I'm giving my girl some! :D"

And though she had most of her tattoos for aesthetic reasons, she does have some with deeper meanings!

The Umgadi insignia probably being the one that stands out the most (all the Umgadi Girls have it),

Lilies as they represent redemption (Harumi knows flower language and taught her that one)

Her family probably has a an insignia of their own. I was thinking it could be an Outworlder creature, maybe from the folklore. They would resemble a bull (bulls represent redemption too)

Oh yeah, Suchin and Kenshi are definitely the tattooed couple!

(Followed by Kuairumi, I have an old headcanon that under that kimono Harumi's fully covered in tattoos! She tattoos flowers, each to represent an important person in her life!

Kuai has his little scorpion🤭

Hanzo would get tattoos too but his body absorbs the ink (oh yeah, my MK1 Hanzo is Netherrealmer btw) so because of this Subscorprumi can't be a tattooed trouple✊🏾😔)

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About the powers:

She has Umgadi powers. Which means she can conjure energy constructs:

I noticed while writing Umgadi!Harumi that both Li Mei and Tanya had these energy constructs and assumed it was an Umgadi thing! So basically all the Umgadi Girls can do them, though each uses them in their own unique way, matching them with their own fighting style!

That totally includes Jade btw! You know how she makes an energy shield around herself and around her weapons? ✨️Umgadi Magic✨️

Suchin uses her Magic in a similar way as Jade, as a power up for her swords (but not as a shield, Suchin doesn't strike me as the type that would use shields)

Her swords are indestructible, which means they can slice through anything and everything! A common trick of the Bunnags is to heat them up in a furnace and use them like that. Modern generations developed devices to warm them up as if they had just left the furnace.

So basically yeah, they have a flaming sword! >:D

Delia gives the weapons, but it's up to the owners to be creative with them, lol!

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Awww thank you!!!🥹🩷🩷🩷

Writing Harumi is an absolute delight! Especially with her community being so supportive!

And she's just so much fun!! I just adore everything about her and knowing you guys are enjoying too makes everything better!!!🩷🩷🩷

I was so frustrated we didn't get to learn more about her clan in the game! And kinda upset no one had really bothered to inquire about it (mostly cause a lot of people misunderstood Kuai and his ending and thought he turned her clan into the Shirai Ryu, which only resulted on a LOT of undeserved hate towards Kuairumi🤦🏾‍♀️ I seriously do NOT forgive the fandom for that)

So I did what I had to and took the matters in my own hands! (And also took the opportunity to bring in a couple more girls! Cetrion mainly, of course, the lady was done DIRTY in MK11. But also the Umgadi Girls (even if just an early concept)

So glad you liked the result!!!🩷💚

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Girl, please, don't!! There's nothing too feel stupid about! D':

I'm happy you also see Harumi as an herbalist and would DEFINITELY love to see more takes with Herbalist!Harumi!!!

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Hehe! That was honestly the only opportunity I had to make Harumi tease him about that, cause usually when I write Harumi and Bi-Han it's more like:

Bi-Han: Harumi dear, would you give me the honour of becoming my sister-in-law?💍

Harumi: Oh Bi-Han! Or course I would!

Kuai: Did you just propose to my girlfriend for me?

Bi-Han: Someone had to!

My Bi-Han is a fellow Harumi girlie, lol!

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Oh yeah! I'm a JadeSmoke shipper! Been shipping them since MK9! :D

But I have a very particular dynamic for them, which is: 3rd wheels who 3rd wheel together!

Among the Umgadi Girls, Jade 3rd wheels (Tanya has Mileena, Suchin has Kenshi Harumi has Kuai AND Hanzo, and Li Mei is aroace so she can't really relate to the 3rd wheel drama)

In the Shirai Ryu, Tomas 3rd wheeled for Kuairumi and now he 3rd wheels for Subscorprumi. Bi-Han making amends did not improve his situation cause Bi-Han is now a redeemed man with a demon girlfriend.

Harumi tried to set them both up, but their 3rd wheel energy was just so strong they are now a couple of 3rd wheels💀

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I'm still shocked about being the extrovert but I'm glad you felt welcomed in our little group! I'm looking forward to brainstorm more with you!💕

Hey!! First of all, thanks for the tag in your latest Suchin post, I really do appreciate it. ☺️

I gotta say, I'm really interested in your Seidan!Suchin headcanon! It certainly is a super unique take. I found myself having some observations and questions about her, which I would like to inflict upon you >:D (that is, if you don't mind lmao)

Keep in mind that I'm a lore nerd so I might go a little too in depth. 😭

Okay so I know your AU follows MK1 so Outworld/Edenia is pretty much the same thing. What makes me curious is how you chose to have Seido be a city inside Outworld rather than its own realm (I don't think Seido is part of Outworld in MK1 but I tend to forget a lot about the lore of this new era so you'll have to forgive me about this lmao).

Going from Seido in the OG Timeline, we know there are different types of seidan people: those who simply go by the rules, those who think the rules are too harsh but keep quiet about it and the rebels who join the Seidan Resistance. From what I get, Suchin's family would be the quiet dissatisfied people and I get their wish to run away. However, I would like to offer a slight twist.

See, we don't know if the Seidan government would go after average people who simply left Seido. They could, but it's never implied. However, they would definitely go after active resistants, because THOSE are seen as criminals. As such, families of said resistants might also be targeted, even if they are innocents. Therefore, I wonder about the possibility of a part of the Bunnag family being members of the Resistance. The Seidan Guardsmen thus deemed the entire Bunnag family as a threat and go after them, forcing the family to flee.

I also think it's neat that the Bunnags didn't seek help from Sindel given that, in the OG Timeline, Seido and Edenia have an okay but tense relationship since Seido still tries to force its order ideology upon Edenia. Sindel welcoming the Bunnag, then seen as criminals, would definitely give an excuse for Seido to attack.

As for Kenshi and Suchin, they would both be even more connected through their respective connection to criminal organizations they ultimately despise and disavow. Because, yes, the Seidan Resistance is on the surface a good idea, but they harm a lot of innocent people when trying to "free" their city/realm. It also makes me wonder about how Suchin would view Havik and Darrius in your AU and how the flooding of Seido could affect her.

Okay, it's a long ask but I'm genuinely interested. Seido is an intriguing place and the idea of including more seidan people, especially Suchin, really makes me curious. Ramble as much as you'd like lmao!!

HEY RASTA!!

Sure! I thought you'd like more Suchin content (especially cause you helped inspire that)!❤️

Really? Aww, thank you! I'm so happy this headcanon has been well received so far (I was afraid I had gone too wild with that one, lol)!

Please, do ask! I take any chance to talk about my girls! Plus, more specific questions like this really help polishing my ideas! So, thanks in advance for this ask!❤️

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About Seido being in Outworld:

I totally made that up! We can tell by Havik's bio that Seido is its own realm:

The only thing is that I expressed myself wrong, I called it a city, but what I was actually going for is kingdom!

I dunno if that's exactly what MK1 had in mind, but in my interpretation, Outworld is a realm, and Edenia is a kingdom within it (if that's not what they meant it's how I interpreted and therefore how it works in my AU :P) with that in mind, my idea is that Edenia and Seido are neighbour kingdoms with an okay-ish relationship!

And the reason is just for simplicity sake!

See, I wanted Suchin to have a connection with Outworld and Edenia for my Umgadi Girls AU, and having Seido being in Outworld and next to Edenia and Delia made everything easier and saved me the trouble to add interdimensional trips and all that stuff!

I wish I had a deeper and more interesting reason for that, but I genuinely just took the easier route. And I'm really not that ashamed cause NRS did the exact same by having Edenia and Outworld as one place :P

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About the Bunnags being part of the Seidan Resistance:

I LOVED the idea! Consider it included!👏🏾❤️

AND I'd love to elaborate on that!

So, imagine if the Bunnags were just as extreme as Havik! And if back in the day they had the same sort of power he does now, they would be just as much of a threat!

But as time went by and new generations started to come, the family realised they were turning out just as ruthless as the government they sworn to topple and were causing more harm than good to the people they were trying to protect.

So, the new members started to take on different tactics that would cause less harm to the general population and eventually shifted their focus on actively defending the population from the government.

Unfortunately, the other members of the Resistance started to grow unsatisfied, they felt they weren't doing as much damage to the government anymore and started to think the Bunnags had gone soft and were now disqualified to keep leading their movement.

Without the resistance's support, the Bunnags were left much more exposed and became an easier target to the government.

Ultimately, the family realised they could not keep fighting under "the end justifies the means" rule because that belief didn't make them any better than their enemies.

Fearing for themselves and the families they actively protected (and also feeling their aid to the resistance was no longer welcomed), the family finally decided to leave!

They didn't try to hide the ugly part of their story. Rather, they accepted it and vowed they would never allow themselves to fall back into that dark path again. They would atone for their ancestors' sins and be better. Seek redemption.

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Which then leads us back to Kenshi!

Who is struggling, thinking his family has gone too far into the darkness, and there's no way of finding redemption.

But now he knows that's not true! Thanks to Suchin, who decided to trust him and share her family's history. Her family, who once found themselves in the same crossroad he's now stuck in. Her family, who's all about redemption, who's living proof that redemption, though hard to achieve, is totally possible!

So basically, the Bunnags were a big deal within the resistance! Legends even! So you bet Havik heard of them, maybe was even a fan, and aspired to be as much of a threat to the government as they once were!

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And since we are here, let's talk about Havik!

But there's the catch! He grew up listening to stories about the great Bunnag family and their feats! But he also heard of their change of heart and of their decision to flee.

And that would be a MAJOR let down for him! They would go from heroes to disgrace in a second! He would DESPISE them!

Which means he naturally hates Suchin!

And Havik being the embodiment of everything her family sworn never be anymore, Suchin hates him just as much! She sees him as the person she could've become had her family not found their way back towards the light. Look at him is like looking at a twisted mirror for her.

And this led me to a scenario I SO want to brainstorm right now!

Please, walk with me!

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A while ago, my friend @meme099 requested my take on Harumi as a playable character, and I made this post:

In it, I included a Tower Ending for Harumi that was basically that, as her clan serves Cetrion (Mother Nature herself), it is their duty to handle natural disasters, and as a former Umgadi, she was requested to aid Outworld with their two latest (not so) natural disasters: the death of the Living Forest and the flood in Seido.

Harumi went with her clan and Cetrion herself, and for old times' sake, she was also accompanied by Li Mei and her former classmates, which, of course, include our dear Suchin!

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Now, keep in mind that even though the Bunnags recognise their ancestors' actions were bad, they still hate Seido and think the government sucks!

Which is why when Suchin went to Outworld to reconnect with her roots, she did not attempt to reconnect with Seido.

She became a Umgadi because she wanted to learn more about the Goddess who helped her family escape that hellish place! For her, having a place in Edenia is more than enough of a reconnection!

And she did learn more about Seido. They are the neighbour kingdom, after all. But what she learned didn't really improve her view on the place, if anything only worsened, and gave her certainty that even if she was welcomed back there (she wasn't) she wouldn't want to go!

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Imagine if the Order of Cetrion were just called to help with the Living Forest.

With that in mind, here's a slight change to Harumi's ending:

Havik would still be their main target, as he helped cause that too.

So Suchin would be here not only as a former Umgadi but also because she her knowledge on the Seidan Resistance (though outdated) might come in hand!

Unfortunately, not in her wild dreams, she expected the Seidan Resistance to flood Seido's capital and EVERYONE within!

Cetrion and her warriors reacted quickly. Suchin requested them to start their rescuing efforts on the lower parts of the city (ahem, the poor part), where the people would be more endangered.

Suchin was disgusted by the situation. It was exactly what her ancestors tried to avoid by changing their ways.

She ended up meeting Havik, and like I said: they both HATED each other!

Havik kept on repeating how disappointed he was and how low the Bunnag house had fallen. While Suchin prided herself for not being anything like him!

I'll leave the confrontation with Havik with an open ending, but in the end, Cetrion and her warriors managed to stop the flood and evacuate as many people as they could from the capital.

Almost every member of the government was killed in the flood, and others perished by Havik's hands. But the two or three members who survived made sure to intensify their war against the Resistance and their allies and, of course, as soon as they learned of Suchin, they had her banished, her return would be punished with death💀

They also sent the Umgadi and the Order of Cetrion away rather quickly. When the warriors tried to warn them of the possible dangers they would be facing, the remaining leaders only told them to mind their own kingdoms and realms.

The warriors were certain the remaining government wouldn't last a day on their own, but there was only so much they could do.

They all left the kingdom...

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OKAY! this turned out HUGE, but you did request for a ramble so HERE WE ARE!! :D

I hope this answers all your questions! And please, do ask more!! I love to come up with scenarios like this!!

I loved to talk more about Seidan!Suchin (and consequently about my Umgadi Girls AU) and would definitely be up to talk some more!!❤️❤️❤️

@mikka-minns @thedragonholder @moody-bloos @orbitinytheworld Girls? May I offer more Suchin content in these trying times?👀❤️

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