#a sorta defense mechanism maybe?

[spookymarkers]

Do y'all think dusknoir is able to open his stomach mouth all the way? I couldn't stop thinking about this until I drew it.

[lixel-5]

just thought of the most devistating post parable headcanon

(tw: s/h)

if stanley used the zending and the physical pain as a way to feel more alive, would that transfer over the real life? but without being able to die and respawn, he can’t get that “release” he needs. so, he either needs to keep it locked up or find ways to harm himself in ways where he feels like he’s dying. but without dying. which is a little difficult to say the least

i’m sure smut authors have field days with this idea, but the angsty side of it is HARSH

[idontactuallyremember]

Thanos x fem!reader PART ONE

- You assume Thanos flirts with you in an attempt to get you to vote O next round. He comes to you late at night and offers you something. At first, you think it's only so he can manipulate you. However, he asks you something that changes your assumption of him and what he wants.

- TW! Y'all both popping pills!!!

- Sad boy/ sorta soft boy Thanos :( Fluff, essentially SFW (Next part might be spicy 🤪)

- He's kinda a jerk at first (it's a defense mechanism, he's hurting)

“Why not? You think you’re better than us?” Thanos says, a sarcastic smile sprouting on his lips, ���You think you’re better than Thanos, girl?”

“I don’t need a team. I don’t need friends.” You say, simply, “I don’t need a group.”

This is not your first time explaining to Thanos you didn’t want to join his team. Each time he offered, he had a different, new and improved reason as to why you had to join them.

“Last game… I saw you struggling. The bitches you’re with now won’t help you if the next game is another team game. You’re lucky you survived the Pentathlon.” Thanos replies and Nam-Gyu, his pet, bobbles his head in agreeance.

“Remind me, why do you even care?” You smile.

“We want to protect you, baby. You think such nasty things of us… We also need an extra vote for the O team and if you join us, I know you’ll vote O next round.”

“I don’t need your protection. I think you need my help more than I need yours.” I give an exaggerated, sarcastic, sad glance to the voting results- a tie until we re-vote tomorrow, “Anyhow, even if I joined your team- I’m still voting X.”

“Well, if you joined my team and voted X that’d be like betrayal to me, girl. Why can’t we both benefit from this?”

“Right, how am I benefiting?"

“Well, we’d be protecting you like I said! If you don't join us someone else will and if you’d rather die with those bitches-”

“Stop calling them that!” You interrupt but he ignores you.

“-than go right ahead.”

There’s a moment of disapproving silence- you and Thanos simply stare at each other.

He glances you up and down and stalks closer to you, closing the space to mere inches- “I could protect you and I could also get my dick wet, yeah? Make you feel good?”

“Fuck you.” You say.

“She’s just playing hard to get.” He says to his group as you walk away.

Later that night, you lay in bed, unable to sleep. A bad feeling creeps up your chest- the feeling that you might die here.

You also think about what Thanos said. He's been flirting with every girl here but he won't leave you alone specifically. He’d fuck anything that walks, surely. It sort of made you mad- but deep down- part of you liked that he chased you.

You stare at the ceiling for minutes, maybe half-an-hour. You hear movement coming from below you, only, it’s too dark to see anything. You don’t want to draw attention to yourself so you stay as still as possible.

Someone is climbing up your bed to the top bunk. You already know who it is. The sight of purple hair only solidifies what you already know to be true.

“I will kick you down the fucking bunk and laugh when you break your neck- get the fuck out of my bed.” You say.

“Woah, woah, I just saw how tense you were earlier, I figured: why not offer you something?”

“You’ve offered enough, no?” You ask, cheekily.

He says nothing, only sits himself down (uninvited), removes the necklace from his neck and opens the cross. An array of colorful tablets lay in a hidden compartment.

“You want one?” He says, a smile on his face.

He waited, expectantly. You’d never seen him this happy or this excited. Maybe only when he murdered three people during Red Light, Green Light.

You think about the consequences of taking one. He probably wanted to drug you and get you to vote O, or worse.

He notices your hesitation and states, “Look: I’ll take one, too. We could get high together, okay?”

He picks a green one and places it on his tongue, then, lingering for a moment, “What’s your favorite color, baby?”

Maybe it was the lack of sleep, maybe it was the excessive trauma of the last few days but- fuck, he is hot. Sitting here in the dim-lit room, him in your bed, you only notice now. The tattoos; running down his neck, down his arm, to his long, slender fingers. The ear piercings, the purple hair, the colorful nails- he was sexy. Especially the way he looked at you; looked at those pills. Like a kid on Christmas. You can’t help but think about what his tattoos look like in full; what he looks like without his shirt.

“Pink.” You swallow, thickly, clearing your head.

He meticulously shuffles the tablets around, digging for a pink one, his hands hovering over the piece of jewelry.

“Open.” A simple demand- he doesn't even look at you to see if you do. 'Cocky fuck', you think but your legs feel weak from his commanding tone, anyway.

You do as he says and he places the tablet on your tongue.

“Good girl… chew it.” He purrs. Your insides feel like jelly.

“It will hit hard and fast, okay? Should I stay here?” He asks.

You remember that feeling you had, laying awake before Thanos crawled up here. The feeling that death is imminent, that you will die here, maybe in this bed.

You still didn't trust him- not as far as you could throw him- but if you may die anyway…

“Stay here with me.” You decide, quietly.

“Okay.” He lays down next to you instantly, stroking your hair.

It’s silent as he twirls your long hair between his fingers.

“Thanos?”

“Yes, pretty?”

“Why won’t you leave me alone?”

“I want you.”

“Why? Why not someone else?”

He thinks for a long time.

“The other people here... they treat me like an object. I'm some rapper- not even anymore- who they just want to say they met. Say they were friends with... whatever. You saw the way they all wanted a picture with me? Those people admire me but they don't like me. Plus, I always want things I can’t have. You don’t like me, either. It makes me want you more. At least you don't lie to me."

Maybe it was the drugs talking.

Maybe it’s only because he won’t give up. Maybe you liked that he wanted you so bad.

“I do want you.” You say, barely above a whisper.

“Why do you act like you don’t?”

“Because I don't agree with you in this game. I need to leave. Fuck the money, at this point. I’d rather have my life.” you say.

“I wouldn’t.” He says, glumly. You don’t ask why; you don’t say anything.

It's silent for so long, you wonder if Thanos fell asleep. You feel the drugs working through your body, your feet and hands tingling, the room spinning. You wonder if he’s feeling it by now, too. You wonder how many he takes- Do they even do anything for him anymore?

“Life sucks out there…If everyone else around me is pretending... pretending to be my friend... I want to just pretend- even for a minute- that things are okay.” He admits, sleepily, “I can't… do that out there. Here I can pretend.”

For a long time, you don't know what to say.

“I understand.” You say. Because you do.

You feel him push against you closer.

“Pretend with me?” He asks.

More silence. Is this his way of trying to convince you to vote O? He plays the sad-boy card?

“Please?” His voice desperate; he grips your shirt as he cuddles you, pulling you close. He sounds genuine.

“Okay. We can pretend, Thanos.”

“Thank you.” He says, seemingly relieved. You feel the grip on your shirt loosen after a few minutes.

“Thanos?” You whisper.

No reply- he’s asleep. You relax into his arms until you think about what he said, just earlier:

"You don’t like me, either. It makes me want you more. At least you don't lie to me."

When you recall him saying that, all you can think about is how he isn't asking to be wanted or loved- he's not even asking for the truth, whether he appreciates it or not. He's asking, desperately, to pretend.

You realize how much a person needs to have been lied to to beg to be lied to, again, only, under their own terms.

For him to beg for an ounce of kindness, sympathy, connection: even if it's not real... that must hurt.

Your stomach turns; you feel like crying. You stare at the ceiling more.

Thanos snores softly beside you.

[hey-august]

B, G, K, R, S, Y For the alphabet!

I absolutely love your head canons for buggy!!! 💗

Sorry if this is a lot!

Ahhh, thank you!! Sorry for the delay with these! I had Too Much Fun writing them out! (NSFW Alphabet here)

B = Body part (their favorite body part of theirs and also their partner’s)

For Buggy himself, he’s most apt to admit that he likes his hands. They’re the hands of a pirate and a performer. Calloused and agile. Plus he has a thing for nail care and finds it soothing to apply a layer of lacquer in whatever color he’s feeling at the moment. The pop of color really stands out when his hand is wrapped around a thick cock. Or digging into a dripping hole. Fuck, and seeing how many fingers he can fit? Yup, definitely a favorite of his. For his partner, it’s their smile. Aw, sweet. Of course he loves to make them laugh. To see their joy radiate up to their eyes. Even the sad, somber smile they offer the clown in his moments of vulnerability brings him a bit of peace. But there are two specific smiles that knock Buggy head over hills. That pump blood to his cock and leave him feral. First, is the soft breathy smile that slips out when his partner is on top. When his partner pauses to let Buggy’s dick nestle into place, they let out the most dreamy sigh and smile. And Buggy is in heaven. The second smile is when their face is coated in cum. Pearls clinging to their eyelashes, dripping down their cheeks, mixing with the spit on their outstretched tongue. The moment they risk getting jizz in their eyes, just to look up at Buggy and smile gratefully, all he wants to do is paint them again.

G = Goofy (are they more serious in the moment? are they humorous? etc.)

Buggy the Clown is a goofy fucker. He never stops talking. He always has shit to say. At first, it was a defense mechanism. All the humor and shenanigans kept the real feelings away. How could things get serious if he treated everything like a joke? If people saw a clown, then he’d give them a clown. “Lick it like a candy apple.” “Fuck, you could swallow swords in my show with a throat like that.” “C’mon, I wanna see you juggle these balls in your mouth.” (“I may not be a lion tamer, but I am pussy tamer.”) It dies down over time, but never goes away entirely. Buggy will never pass up an opportunity to invite his partner to the circus tent in his pants.

K = Kink (one or more of their kinks)

Mirror sex results in the best performances. Buggy rarely feels more like a star than when he’s watching his own lewd faces in the mirror while getting fucked. And Buggy is more than happy to take a backstage position when his partner is in the spotlight. Watching himself disappear into his partner, telling them to keep their eyes open, to move so he has a better view of the show - it strokes his ego hard and fast. But back to Buggy bent over in front of the mirror and drooling. There was one time his partner pushed the clown’s face against the cold silver and said to give himself a little kiss. What. The. Fuck. Licking and kissing the mirror and getting it dirty with spit and tears gave Buggy the most mind-blanking orgasm he’s ever had. In that moment, which stretched into eternity, he was a filthy fuck doll and more than okay with it.

R = Risk (are they game to experiment? do they take risks? etc.)

Yes, but hear me out. Buggy’s interest in experimenting is driven by his image. Pirates swap stories and Buggy has all the best stories. Of course he does, he’s the greatest. And he’s done soooo many things. Really! Getting his dick sucked in a crowded restaurant - check. Stealing a chick from her boyfriend and fucking her in the bar bathroom - check. Then getting a blowjob from the boyfriend - check. Believe it or not, they all had a threesome afterwards and it lasted for days. Look, he still has the rope marks to prove it. Did that all happen? Abso-fucking-lutely. Really? Well…yeah. Sorta. Maybe some of it happened after the told the story. Buggy is a big believer in turning lies into truth. So yeah, Buggy will take risks to live in the reality he creates over stale beer. But he’s also down to experiment so he has more shit to talk about and prove he’s the best.

S = Stamina (how many rounds can they go for? how long do they last?)

If he could, Buggy would go until he passes out. How long that takes depends on how stressed he is, if he actually did any work during the day, how much he’s had to drink, and how good of a dicking it is. But this guy will hump and grind until he’s teary and whining. Until his balls are so empty that there’s almost nothing left to release except a few pathetic drops of mostly-clear liquid. Hands grabbing at the sheets and his partner, practically begging for more while his pretty eyes can’t stay open for more than a second. No, no, no, no, no, he swears he can keep going. Please, please don’t stop.

Y = Yearning (how high is their sex drive?)

There are ups and downs, but let’s talk about the ups. There are times when Buggy is revved and ready to go at a moment’s notice. His pupils dilate and his pants get tight when his partner is near. Any chance he gets, Buggy is whispering (loudly) in their ear about finding somewhere more secluded. If they do slink away, it’s a quickie that’s composed of a handful of sloppy thrusts and the pirate is satiated for all of a few minutes before he’s groping their ass again. It’s a problem, really. For everyone with eyes and ears.

[iamthekaijuking]

Gigabash Character Overview: MechaJURAS

Remember in the Pipijuras review where I mentioned that Passion Republic Games could add Pipi’s mechanical doppelgänger to the roster like they originally envisioned in order to add content?

This is so corny it’s great

I suppose it was a matter of time before they added it, although I’m surprised it’s free, then again maybe it’s a consolation for the fact that MJ was intended to be in the original roster.

Mechajuras is the fourth mech in the roster and is a bit of a tank (literally). It lacks a lot of movement options outside of the standard dodge and a rush attack you have to charge, and doesn’t have great air game. But MJ does hit decently well, has a grappling hook to bring in opponents from halfway across the arena, a ranged drill attack, and an anti-air attack (that aims a little low so it can be tricky to use).

Mechajuras also has rocket boosters that can allow for slight hovering and surprisingly give it one of the highest jumps in the game.

Design

In some ways Mechajuras was definitely easier to implement into the roster than other characters. As a scrapped fighter repurposed into a stage boss, PRG already had a model and many animations to work with, so they didn’t actually need to make something from the ground up. I will say though that playable mechaJ is smaller than the stage boss version, but is still very large compared to the rest of the cast. Also the tank treads don’t actually move so it sorta just glides along the ground, but I think we can give PRG a pass on that since they are a small indi team.

As for the character inspiration itself, it’s pretty obvious. MechaJuras is to Pipijuras as Mechagodzilla is to Godzilla. MJ specifically has a sort of bolted together steel look that showa MechaG had.

It might be worth mentioning though that as a mech with drill hands and tank treads, there might be some Moguera inspiration.

Here’s some concept art.

Also one of its skins turns it into a minion

Lore

Apparently I wasn’t the only one who didn’t like that we had to wait for lore in a future update when the mighty dlc character pack came out, because we get character files for Mechajuras right off rip.

Apparently the playable MechaJ is actually the fully complete version while the larger arena boss is a prototype, both being products created by the Global Titan Defense Initiative. There’s actually quite a stretch of time between the creation of the two versions, with the project having been circling the drain for years and about to be axed by higher ups in the GTDI. But it was suddenly revitalized and given way more resources, and for a particular reason. Apparently the GTDI’s Giga Counters have been going crazy and picking up massive spikes in Giga Energy, meaning a bunch of kaiju might be waking up.

Now we don’t actually know when this is as the character files for MJ don’t have any dates on them. So production of Mechajuras 2.0 could have started at the beginning of the 2020s before the story modes started and Thundatross was revealed to the world, or it could have started after the decimation of the Aegis Program at the paws of Balzarr and by extension after the story mode. So either production started in preparation for the second kaiju crisis, or it was started in response to a future third one.

Creation of the fully realized Mechajuras was overseen by Dr. Adler, chief of weapons research and the person put in charge of the Pipijuras mind control program after Dr. Reiner left for OtamaTEC in 1998. The higher ups gave him about a year to get it done despite his begging for a 2 year roadmap, so the crunch time the MechaJuras department was facing must have been ungodly. An offhand comment even mentioned that new coffee machines would be given to the department just to speed things along. I have no doubt someone probably died working to death just because of these unfair working conditions.

But it paid off, and despite being the most technologically crude of the mechs in the game, it’s the only one that’s mass produced. The second character file is literally just a massive advertisement for MechaJuras, because of course countries have to buy their own mechs on top of paying the GTDI for other protections. I think the GTDI might be a little spiteful after the world made the Aegis program in an effort to be extorted less to rely on them less. The trailer also mentions that various weapons for MJ are sold separately too hilariously enough, so if you want any weapons on your MechaJ then you’re paying extra.

The Global Titan Defense Initiative is going all in on MechaJuras though because apparently they’re gunning for it to dominate all entertainment industries and have already agreed to five movies with Universal, or I’m sorry, Universell Pictures. It’s absolutely hilarious that GTDI is trying to pull a helldivers and make their mech some big patriotic thing everyone will be obsessed over.

Overall I’m glad I can finally pierce the heavens with Mechajuras’s drill and it’s pretty neat that we get it for free! Here’s to Passion Republic Games adding more characters to Gigabash!

[greennoobartist]

Hey, this is El! I just read your fic and I was also reading back on your blog- you’re very sweet, and you remind me of myself with all the self doubt you seem to have. I never expected to be a creator someone else in this fandom actually looks up to or admires in any way, so I just wanted to say: it’s FINE that your oneshot took a week. I have countless unfinished fics and drafts, I rarely write anything to completion. The fact that you even wanted to write something at all that was inspired by what I made was more than enough to make my WEEK! It’s really hard to put yourself out there, and let me tell you, you absolutely deserve all the positive reception you’re getting. And, if you’d like, I’m kind of hoping we could talk more. I know you’re a bit wary about mutuals who are adults, I get it as I’m barely an adult myself (college is AWKWARD man), so no pressure! But you’re very sweet and very fun. I hope you have a good day, and try not to beat yourself up too much ❤️

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... I literally don't know what to say... I reread this a million times and i-i don't know what to say... Like i don't know where to even start, like... Like...

Tysm❣️ im literally out of words it takes me a while to come up with a response...

Tysm for your kind words and y-yeah i am a self doubter on another level that I think I might a type of amnesia from it (sorta maybe). I also overthink like a whole lot so those two mixed up don't do any good but I'm trying.

Like thank you sm for your kind words, it is sometimes stressful putting myself out like this when I haven't been on this app for even 5 months yet, im totally new to everything im doing here and im just so glad so many ppl are being kind and are providing such support ❣️❣️❣️

Tbh I'm totally fine with being moots with adults, i already have a few, it's just that im not sure how to bots work so sometimes i don't follow someone back in fear it's just a bot or an AI or smth like that. The first days i was here i was constantly getting messaged by those so I decided to turn them off. And like since by my experiences i have a problem with telling real ppl apart from AI, it sometimes takes me a while to follow someone back, it's just like a defensive mechanism here for Tumblr ig. Im just trying to keep myself safe from everything I witnessed so far but dw, im fine with it, it just sometimes takes me a while to tell if someone is a person or an AI (that sounds a bit stupid now when I say it like this)

Again thank you sm for your nice words and support ❣️You have no idea how much it means to me ❣️ I sometimes really wish to print out these messages and stick them on my wall and i definitely should one day. I hope you have a great day too and ill try to keep in mind to not beat myself up too much from such minorities like these❣️

Thank you so so so much 🫶

[em-harlsnow]

am I making sense when i say i think Ian and Mickey both have personal insecurities and doubts deep down but their really only brought to life when given a reason. For example s10 I don’t think Mickey felt Ian didn’t love him enough in any episode at any point prior to the courthouse. Only when Ian didn’t sign the license did he become doubtful and like who wouldn’t if that was happening to them!! I don’t think he was always thinking in all their shared time Ian loved him less. They only doubt when given an extreme reason to. Which is what people are trying to say I think? Because is that not human nature lol??? I just don’t necessarily agree that Ian and Mickey were never once fully content and secure. It’s sorta a depressing thought. I think doubt is isolated to their break ups like Mickey locked in prison, times a part like Mexico etc. and may even casually come out as a defense mechanism in hard times. But I also think that’s normal. but yes it’s not on a daily basis like a dormant volcano waiting to burst. Loved your posts btw!!!

i’m not sure whether your agreeing with me or not, but i did say in my posts that i don’t think they were insecure all the time. i said in the last two seasons they were both very secure in their relationship. i was specifically referencing the times mickey spent in prison alone, because a lot of people expect him to be secure of ian’s love during that time and i don’t see how that would be possible.

and yes, i agree, in season 10 the courthouse scene up until the proposal is the only time mickey was truly insecure. i wasn’t trying to say otherwise. i also was most definitely not trying to say that they were never secure. i agree that it was usually during their break ups and arguments that they would feel insecure, and any other times would just be usual insecurities which every couple has at some point.

maybe i wasn’t very clear, but i thought i established that they had frequent times of security and the times of insecurity were when they broke up. the reason i made those posts is because ive seen a lot of people act like mickey still knew ian loved him in season 6, when ian didn’t visit him in prison and broke up with him. i find that entirely unreasonable. mickey definitely did not know ian loved him during that time.

i’m sorry if i didn’t make myself clear, and i can’t tell if you’re agreeing with me or not lol because i completely agree with what you’re saying. i also think it’s normal for them to have times of doubts during their relationship.

i’m glad you love my posts, i hope i cleared some things up :)

[stitchpunk1]

Ok bear with me for this oc. I’m obsessed with Creature Commandos and naturally I made one fankid for it that I will admit makes absolutely no fucking sense but I love the idea for her.

Now let it be known I know very VERY little of the characters history in this show besides what I’ve seen in the four episodes that are currently out.

A placeholder name that may or may not stick for this kid is Niva(from the second half of the scientific name for the lesser weasel nivalis). One day Weasel was found with what seemed to be a big hairball he was just carrying around until it squeaked. At this stage Niva was still blind and deaf and it took the entire team to coax Weasel to let the medical team examine her. Ok here’s where ya’ll are gonna think I’m insane. After getting frustrated and scared of all the pokes and prods during her examination, Niva suddenly bursts into flames as a kind of defense mechanism. It’s at this point everyone’s heads slowly turn to look at Phosphorus who can only just say “Well shit”.

Now how Niva came to be is just a thought I had of something happened to Weasels cell and the guards just threw him in with Phosphorus. They are both in prison and just thought fuck it literally. I know Weasel is very animalistic but maybe it was some biological thing I dunno I just wanted a flaming baby weasel making chaos around the prison(maybe they get out later in my little batshit insane world cuz trust me I’ll be making a bride/nina one eventually). After she was born let’s just say maulings increased significantly as Weasel is an insanely protective parent and only lets the others on his team really handle her. She’s also a menace anytime they have tater tots during lunch when she gets older as she gets an addiction to them.

Phosphorus is kinda forced into a parent roll with her but after a while he does start to become attached and love her. Thanks to her being sorta half human she can talk a little but prefers to stay quiet unless she’s with her “family”.

[glass-noodle]

I like to imagine MerConnor gifting Hank one of his beautiful, shimmery scales. 💕

also

MerConnor in a seashell bra 😆

HHHH that’s so cute 😭😭😭 From what I’ve read most fish don’t seem to shed their scales unless they’re sick or injured (although a couple of species seem to do it as a defense mechanism)? Maybe Connor’s lost a couple during captivity and he’s kept a few of the healthier-looking ones…or maybe his species just sheds normally. Regardless, Hank would probably be a bit confused/concerned if Connor gifted him one and he just sees the bald patch on his tail lol. Like, “did this just come off by itself? You okay? You better not have picked this off just for me.” (He’d still keep it though. Probably tucked away in his wallet)

ALSO, this is how I picture Connor’s scales in my head. A deep, gorgeous, shimmery blue with purple and teal shifts 🥺

(this is getting long so I’m putting the rest under a read more lol):

Sort of on the topic of seashell bras, I do like to imagine merpeople wearing pearls, shells, precious metals and stones, and bits of sea glass. Sorta like these but with a few less chains and more netting/rope:

(^ RK brothers core)

^ An excerpt from an RK brothers backstory comic I drew a while ago that I’ve been too shy to post lol. Amanda’s the head of their clan so I headcanon her to be the most decked out in jewels and pearls and shells (although I’d even add more accessories now that I’m looking at it again). I should draw Connor/the RK brothers rocking mer jewelry sometime though! 😩

[3point14a]

loon defense post because ive been thinking about him so much it like physically hurts

People rip on him a lot for being 1) being sorta cringy with his use of words and way of speaking 2) too attached to usagi 3) being too shy and sort of useless 4) not taking the HINT with usagi

And i say!!! guys lets put ourselves in his shoes please god

At the start of the series we learn that Freddy is new, and so he doesn't know where anything is, and he presumibly came in later than all the other people since everyone already had seats and such when he gets introduced, its not the first day for everyone, he got in a little later.

Then, Loon arrives to THE COUNTRY or at the very least the school in episode FIFTEEN. at the same time town does the event announcement, he's the first "international competitor", he has a weight on his shoulders and knows absolutely no one but usagi. And it's past the point of fraternizing at this point, if people are as competitive about this event as lets say Meg is, then trying to talk to people would probably be seen as trying to get info or get intel or do something regarding the competition instead of just... Wanting to get more used to the completely new enviroment you are in.

And, I know his use of japanese is butchered at best and just straight up nonsense at worst, but that's a fault of the writers and not a thing in-universe. In-character both he and usagi are japanese, but he uses a LOT more japanese words and expressions without seeminly thinking about it, he is STILL on the process of going full spanish, bilingual or not it is hard to stay 100% in it, and he defaults to words in his native language or just straight up small exclamations he lets out without thinking. He's not mechanically 100% in spanish he's doing that thing where you think in one language and translate stuff as it comes out of your mouth.

Given all of that its NORMAL that he clings so much to the one girl who he knows and who speaks his language, he is in a completely new country with a new language and he has ONE person who can give him sense of normalcy, and it's clear they both care about eachother. People love to make usagi fully uninterested in all that regards Loon, but she did sign him into her team without asking, she did get super exited to see him and they do have a history, it's unfair to say it's onesided because despite the nature of their feelings being different, they still very clearly deeply care for eachother.

I would also be shy and useless if i was stuck in a completely new country and culture, we do see him act more confidently with Usagi but he probably got overwhelmed by how talkative (?) and sociable culture is in latam. Strangers carry themselves in a completely different way than he's been used to and that's intimidating! his spanish isn't 100% perfect and natural sounding either so that also makes it scary! I would also be shy and useless.

and on the topic of Loon's feelings towards usagi, i have 2 possible routes to take with it:

Can't kids have crushes anymore???? is being silly a crime in this economy??? it's realisticcccc he's young, he's discovering stuff, him being unable to say how he feels upfront is reasonable given that if Usagi takes negatively to it, he would be left completely on his own. He has no other connections and the posibility of ruining that is SCARYYYY. It's not as much as spineless cowardice but a genuine conflict of his feelings vs the posibility of his one stable connection being severed because of it. Besides everyone treats it as a crime but Usagi literally does not mind or does not realize, not once has that girl been uncomfortable around Loon, he's just like that and it doesn't seem to break any boundary at all

Am i crazy to say maybe it wasn't a crush at all? It's hard to interpret feelings and crushes in general, and its WORSE when you're a teenager. He hadn't seen his friend in years and when he had the chance to be with her he clinged and had that ovewhelming urge to just stay by her side. Now that he is actually next to her he can hug her and hold her and she is his BEST FRIEND and seeing her again just sparked a lot of really intense feelings that he assumed meant he had a crush. Idk i feel like that'd be nice to explore...

and yeah thats it loon fnafhs they could never make me hate you

[wordy-little-witch]

My brain is all over the place so I'm gonna mix n match my stuff with the only common theme being Buggy and hyperfixation.

But like. Age regression. Not the funky cool supernatural kind in fiction, the coping mechanism (I like the fiction ones too tho but for this, it's coping mechs)

Just. Buggy and Shanks both having had a frankly RIDICULOUS amount of childhood trauma and both turning to different methods to cope. Buggy got introduced to age regression both bc he already kinda sorta did t involuntarily without KNOWING and then when he brought on some people to his crew with experience in psychology and therapy for whatever reason.

He got dragged to self care hours, kicking and screaming at first and then more willingly. Turns out the "off vibes" were actually severe psychological distress, PTSD, etc. Who knew? Anyway yeah.

Cabaji, Mohji and Ritchie were the ones who were first aware of Buggy's "fuzzy episodes" as he called it. Was hard not to be in close quarters on a tiny ass ship holding three nearly grown men and a growing lion. As the crew grew, even when they got the Big Top, they were still mostly aware of things. Ritchie in particular always seemed to just... Know when Buggy was blurred out and needed a hand. Or to have smth to cuddle and pet.

Mohji actually brings it up in HIS therapy sessions without naming names. Just "hey how can I help with [x,y,z]?" There's some hums and haws before finally herspist is like "sounds like it could be anything, so I can't definitively say. Keep doing whatever has worked so far, I guess,but take care of yourself too. Maybe recommend your friend talk to a professional, like me or one of the other doctors."

Buggy is vehemently against it for a good while until he finally reaches a point that he's getting frustrated. He's scared and mad and decides he'll ACTUALLY consider it - then during one of his own sessions, he gets triggered into a panic attack, which spirals due to exhaustion into him just... clicking out. Surprise. Looks like it's happening whether he wants it or not.

Through this and subsequent meetings and experimenting, he gets told that what he's doing is a blend of regression and dissociation. They decide to try to separate thebtwo to see if maybe they can turn this from a defense to a decompression method.

Buggy still can count on one hand the number of people he trusts to know this - but it does help. He's doing... a lot better actually, with this. It doesn't fix everything, but it DOES help him stay steady enough to work on the things that need fixing. Cabaji, Mohji, Ritchie, and later Alvida are also finding themselves enjoying the time they spend together when Buggy wants or needs company. They also start picking up on some smaller things about Buggy that have turned the odd quirks and strange habits into smth more, start getting puzzle pieces to the bigger picture.

They secretly start a hit list but that's for another time.

Impel Down was an absolute hot mess, and the recovering from that and the subsequent summit war was not pretty. Just when things started coasting again on slightly smoother waters, Crocodile and Mihawk show up with the instatement of the Cross Guild.

Might just make a tag specifically for my agere stuff bc Buggy is my little blorbo and I shamelessly project on him so I may throw all my clown themed thought here

[chemzee]

Soooo... Morgan... Oh Morgan.

This guy was hell to design at first: I had so many attempts to capture the vibe I wanted to go with him and for a long time, I wasn't satisfied with the way he looked. But now I can say I'm definitely very satisfied with it (maybe not with the clothes but it´s easy to fix).

ofc I still gotta think about like his patronus n wand and whatnot

Just how I created Melly for sake of Cassandra's character development, so did I create Morgan for Daniel's development.

What crossed my mind was "Now that Daniel has high chances of joining NOTME now (if he didn't join it already) , given everything, he might get more and more isolated from his friends. So how about I give him a friend there, around his age? A genuine,healthy friendship with no ulterior motives?... Except I'll give that friend a tragic fate."

I wanted Morgan to be an oddball among NOTME members of sort, like despite believing in their cause he feels out of place/different to most members, but I went a lil too hard and an oddball part. :"D

Other than that, I always wanted to have a character who's sorta very unceremonious about more macabre topics and is rather calm about concept of death or the idea of dying in general, as a defense mechanism at least. Rest of my characters with death motifs (almost an entirety of DSAA cast + other ocs) were outwardly very sensitive about death/the fact they are going to die, so I wanted to go in opposite direction, explore a different grief coping mechanism.

[the-ultimate-tsbs-kin]

☆TSBS Kin Memories!☆

Foxy

- Dated Puppet

- First getting a crush on Puppet and denying it

- Half Hispanic

- Had a tail (like FC's but more worn out)

- House husband (sorta- I did work, but I did all the housework too)

- Straight (apparently have to clarify that-)

- Lowkey hated Monty (so did Puppet)

Castor

- With Pollux (by earthling standards, both platonic and romantically, but we didn't say things like "date")

- Extremely close bond with Pollux, neither of us ever felt anything remotely close to it with anyone else than with each other

- Pollux loved cuddling and all sorts of physical affection - I did too, but she usually initiated them

- Didn't have the same feelings for Lunar

- Being Gemini felt warm and just... extremely close, in a good way- hard to phrase

- Astrals had a different language, but we knew all the earthly languages so we could communicate with whoever we needed to

- Pollux loved flower jewelry and loved making them for me, so I usually always had a little crown or bracelet or something

- Had telekinesis (idk if that's mentioned or shown on the shows-)

Ruin

- Very flamboyant and fruity, just for fun

- Aroace

- Flirted with anyone and everyone just for their reactions (it was also a great defense mechanism!)

- Me and Bloodmoon weren't dating, but we had- something going on

- Don't know if I really had my own personality because I was almost always acting for my benefit

Killcode

- Very flexible

- Liked to climb up walls on all fours to scare people

- Regularly went on hunts with Bloodmoon

- Actually adored Bloodmoon, who was also very fond of me (I was almost as close to them as they are with each other)

- Had to deal with Bloodmoon throwing tantrums a lot

- Wasn't really fond of Eclipse, I tried to give him the same amount of care and understanding as Bloodmoon but he wasn't taking it so I gave up

- I could not change the smile on my face- it was stuck like that

- Fsr, Bloodmoon was in his newer model in my memories- maybe they were always like that?

Sun

- Had a big thing with Moon, very longstanding, very committed relationship! (Totally wasn't built on trauma-)

- When Eclipse first formed, he had a thing for Moon fsr and only started antagonising us after Moon rejected him

- Had OCD (not my cleaning protocol, I did little rituals for certain things). The main thing I can remember is the lights- before going to bed, I had to switch them on and off a certain amount of times and with certain intervals between switches before it was safe to leave them off. I also had a little mantra I said when I did it. Moon used to be really annoyed by it and I got self conscious and tried to force myself not to do it. Then when he came back after the whole thing with Nexus, he noticed I was still suppressing it and he helped me feel safe enough to do it again <3

- My rays did actually retract with certain emotions. If I got anxious or uncomfortable, they'd go in more. I could technically control it but it happened subconsciously. They didn't spin though

- Wasn't straight- don't remember what I was, but definitely not straight

- Very feminine

- Also house husband

- Always wanted kids

Lunar

- Still hate Eclipse, he unsettles me to no end

- Biggest crush on Gemini and Earth

- Pansexual and ambiamorous

- Actually did enjoy being small

- Age regressed sometimes

- Definitely a femboy

- Loved Earth's hair- very very soft and fluffy >w<

- LIVED off of nutella and ice cream

- Very emotional, never fully got my powers in check :(

[gracefireheart]

Lil' poll time that's for the TF2 x PMD [Pokemon Mystery Dungeon] AU I'm trying to develop some more, 'cause I'm a bit torn which (sub or not) legendary trio to pick out for the Mann brothers be.

Pics of each of the (sub) legendary trios for reference and some side notes (+ some extra side notes unrelated to the Mann brothers) below the keep reading line:

Also, the left one would be Redmond, middle one would be Blutarch, and the right one would be Gray.

^ Entei - Suicune - Raikou ^

^ Regirock - Regice - Registeel ^

^ Mesprit - Azelf - Uxie ^

^ Groudon - Kyogre - Rayquaza ^

^ Palkia - Dialga - Giratina ^

^ Reshiram - Zekrom - Kyurem ^

^ Yveltal - Xerneas - Zygarde ^

I don't have much notes for Entei, Suicune and Raikou choice other than that Olivia would either be an Eevee or a Jolteon.

Same with the Regi trio, I just thought it would be neat that Gray was a Registeel, steel being related to metal which would then be related to robots (or mechanical pokemon), and [Regi]steel is also super effective against both [Regi]rock and [Reg]ice. No clue what Olivia could be here.

Mesprit has dominion over Emotions, Azelf has dominion over Willpower, and Uxie has dominion over Knowledge. Which also means that Mesprit can manipulate your emotions, Azelf can control you like a puppet, and Uxie can steal your memories if you anger them. Do with that info what you will. Also, no clue what Olivia could be here.

Groudon, Kyogre and Rayquaza are pretty basic imo. One for the land, another for the ocean, and the last for the sky *shrug*. I guess Olivia could be a Latias or a Jirachi.

Palkia, the lord of Space. Dialga, the lord of Time. And Giratina, the lord of the Distortion World. Olivia would definitely be a Shaymin.

Reshiram (Truth / Yang), Zekrom (Ideals / Yin), and Kyurem (Inbetween Truth and Ideal / Wuji) have lore that goes kinda deep tbh. Well, moreso for Reshiram and Zekrom, as they were once one dragon that split into two when some twin brothers started to fight. One sought out truth, while the other sought out ideals. Meanwhile, Kyurem is maybe the leftovers of Reshiram and Zekrom splitting up, and is sorta gray area between truth and ideals ig. Oh, and Olivia could be a Victini, the victory pokemon.

And then we have Yveltal, Xerneas, and Zygarde, which represents the destruction, life, and *reads the wiki* monitoring the ecosystem? Something like that. Also, Olivia would be a Core Zygarde while Gray would be a 50% Forme Zygarde.

Now, besides the Mann brothers, I've got quite a few things I would like to figure out before I draw this AU some more. Such as:

Who were the TF2 squad before The Fortress Guild was formed? Were some of them in separate teams before they created this big team/guild? Were some of them explorers and others not? So on and so forth. I was thinking about them being first Team Offense, Team Defense, and Team Support before they formed The Fortress Guild, but idk o(-( I'll figure it out.

I probably won't have a BLU version of the TF2 squad, mostly 'cause I wanna add the Classics into this AU, which are sorta BLU team but also not.

Speaking of the Classics, I'll also be figuring out what theme to go for for them. As I'd either want them all to be Gen 1 pokemon, or pokemon with a mega evolution, or pokemon that has a Hisuian form or are from Hisui. Tldr; old or powerful pokemon :)

I sadly have absolutely no clue how to put Saxton (and Bidwell) into this AU orz Sorry

[myfairkatiecat]

Kate Wetherall, Katherine Pulitzer, and your Keefe boy :)

Aaaaaahh yes yes yes these are really good ones ahdkdhsnbdjshssj

Kate Wetherall:

Ok so. The reason I say she works best as a part of a dynamic is because while she’s awesome on her own, she is MOST compelling with the rest of the mysterious Benedict society!!!the four of them together are so special to me

Also I’m a Kate apologist, she’s never done anything wrong and I stand by it :)

(And yeah if you see the way I write Kate you may see me projecting. It might have something to do with me being in sixth grade when I first read the books and going “omg we have the same name!!!”)

Katherine Pulitzer:

Look I relate to this girl SO MUCH you don’t even understand 😭

And the fandom has a tendency to villainize her or make her seem problematic simply for being complex, which… is a problem I’ve been seeing a lot of lately, actually.

I love her SO MUCH. She’s kinda scary but also she’s me

AND FINALLY

Keefe Sencen:

Once again flattered by your interest in hearing me talk abut my interests that you don’t share 🥹

Okay look. I LOVE KEEFE. And I initially colored in “they’ve never done anything wrong” cause I have tendency to be a Keefe apologist, but if I’m being real here he’s definitely done stuff wrong 😭 @phtalogreenpoison has heard me talk about his character in detail and knows EXACTLY what I’m talking about.

Why the tiny scribble on “too much screen time”? Well…….it’s technically true. He does get too much screen time, and for not being the MC, he’s started getting a lot of his POV in Sophie’s story. However, I EAT IT UP cause I’m a pretty standard basic Keefe girlie. So while I understand the side of the fandom that’s beginning to want more of some other characters, and I think that’s soooo valid, I also am totally eating up all the Keefe screen time. SO EXCITED for the Keefe book that’s coming out this fall. I love this boy. So much.

Also would I marry him irl?? uhhhhhhh if Sophie didn’t exist then YES he’s mine. But I’m a girl’s girl and he belongs to Sophie <3 they’re so cute together, too!!

Somebody is gonna come at me for saying he’s deeper than he seems cause we actually get quite a bit of insight into his character depth, but I think even what we do see doesn’t fully cover it. Keefe is more open with his friends than he’s ever been with anyone else… but he definitely has a LOT of defense mechanisms in place, which is why he has that cool-kid-doesn’t-care-doesn’t-work-only-flirts vibe going on in the first book, and the first time we REALLY get slapped in the face with “haha you knew he had a facade but here have a GUT PUNCH” is the quote in the beginning of book three when Sophie suggests they stop by Keefe’s house and he just sorta looks down and says “I…don’t bring friends home.”

Like. We knew his parents sucked. But something about seeing him vulnerable like that. Ahdkfhdjshdjdshs

I think the mischief making and flirting is also a real aspect of his personality, but a lot of the sorta bad-boy-ish reputation he’s got going on at school in the beginning books is a front to cover his ✨issues✨ and I don’t think we even see the full depth of how much the reveal of his mother as a villain and her constant attempts to make him “embrace the change” and have a “legacy” tied to her evil thoughts impact him. We know it’s hard for him and we totally see that, but even in Keefe��s POV he avoids thinking about it, and… honestly it’s up to us fanfic writers to really delve into that angst. Shannon sorta tells us it sucks for him, but doesn’t really show us (not fully, at least) cause Sophie is the main character, not him.

And do I project my issues on him? …maybe a little…his particular brand of the “using humor to cover up my problems” trope hits very close to home for me. I deflect with humor in the exact same flippant way, and just like with Keefe, sometimes it works and sometimes it gets me in trouble with my friends when I need to be serious.

(Yes I want to carry Keefe in a hand a like a tiny dog. Not elaborating.)

Wasn’t sure whether or not to say he gets done dirty by the fans. Historically, this fandom is head over heels in love with him, but right now there’s been a bit of a turn towards combating Fitz hate (another character that often gets pitted against Keefe unjustly bc of shipping discourse) with Keefe hate and saying he’s problematic when he’s really just complex.

So yeah I’m not normal about Keefe at all, if you couldn’t tell.

I managed to talk for a very long time about him

You can tell where the brain bees are buzzing rn can’t you

[rametarin]

An interesting twist for an RPG.

One of the things that make melee users potentially greater than magic based attackers is simply: You never run out of knife or sword or rock/dirt to throw. Stamina and number of turns you can attack isn't typically a thing in tabletop.

But what if it was? What if it used semi-realistic mechanics (semi, quasi, demi, maybe sorta) to indicate, okay, we see you are capable of a thing, but you're going to get fatigued and tired if you take x-many turns of attack over x-many turns.

Else there's no reason why a very strong dude couldn't chop down a thousand men in a day. That same man couldn't spend all day chopping wood or pumpkins, much less the dynamically dodging, blocking, moving people.

What if, like many other things you could purchase to level up, another turn you could attack before you're depleted and exhausted? So end-game fighters would be killing magnitudes more men than a normal man could.

Suddenly the action economy and the total net times you can attack means melee-rs have a point they can be exhausted, not unlike Vancian spellcasters.

It would mean defensive styles could reward play by exhausting attackers. And, it'd mean more opportunities for enchantments that empower adventurers. Spells that cause a sword or hammer to move as though the wielder were stronger, as if under its own power. Spells that restore stamina, like HP. Enchants (temporary, permanent) that increase and enhance stamina.

Ironically, the greatest godmode in that game is simply to have infinite melee attacks like a normal D&D player.