#actual art coming soon i just gotta do it lmao

[spooksier]

some sketches for a piece im doing for class :-) i <3 freaks

[archersartcorner]

Norman&Skip portraits using lasso fill! Mister space man… space me a man LMAO

And some additional doodles of these two I haven’t posted yet!

[yullalightk]

WOTFI IS HERE!!!!!!! WHOOO!!!!!!

I'M SO SORRY I'M LATE! But! I watched it after the livestream countdown, and, BOI! Do I have a lot to say!! and I'll make a part 2 of the WOTFI review cause, I don't think I'll be able to fit everything in one post. And with a lot of school projects on the line. So, I'll work on pt 2! and post it tomorrow!

!Also, spoiler warning!

So... we good? Okay! strap in!!

First off the thumbnail looks AMAZING!!!!! It really got me excited as soon as I woke up at 1 in the morning lmao😂

As soon as I watched it I was actually surprised they decided not to go with the horror route like in the trailer.. But personally, I'm not gonna complain I mean that should've been expected imo.

Also, the poster is soo fricking cool!!!! Like, I can't get enough of this art style and THE WAY IT WAS ANIMATED WAS LIKE A MOVIE INTRO!!!! IT WAS BEAUTIFUL!!!!!✨

The intro/Puzzles' backstory

So, I'm glad that Mr Puzzles gave us a more clearer explanation to his backstory. Even though it was something a lot of us knew already. None the less it was nice! I'm curious about the mother though, like, what was she like to Puzzles? Was she someone who didn't believe in her son's dreams as well? Or maybe someone who encouraged him to keep trying? Idk honestly, but maybe we'll get that answer in next year's WOTFI!

I also don't think he just sat in his room all day to adulthood, maybe he left his home to chase his dream but failed on multiple occasions. (Kinda like in the series where he tries to kill the crew but fails all the time) or, he watched TV all day as a coping mechanism. Trying to escape the cruelty of the world he lived in.

Also, wdhm when he said "The rest is history" like, we need more. Like how you got godlike powers? maybe that'll be explored more in WOTFI 2025!

Side note: Leggy's face when she dropped little Puzzles was funny for some reason help! IT HAD NO REASON TO BE THIS FUNNY!!😂😂

HE SWORE!!!!! YESS!!!!!!!! I swear he needs to let his anger out more, You gotta give kudos to him for enduring Mario's chaos😂

The casts!

I really LOVED the character designs! I can see how they are freaks now!

My all time favorites are SMG3, Bob, and Karen! They're designs stick out the most in the cast and I do like how they are all under Puzzles' control, like the PV movie!

Wish Saiko had more screen time though, I'm just a little disappointed at that. They could've done something interesting for her. Heck, they even gave the rest of the main cast more screen time than her.

But, maybe we'll see that in the next WOTFI? Hold up- wait a sec, I'm seeing a pattern of sorts... are, the stuff that felt lackluster in the 2024 WOTFI coming back as something better in WOTFI 2025?? That could be a possibility. I might make a theory on that, but hopefully when I'm not busy.

Side note: I swear this episode made me ship Mario and Puzzles so much!!😂😂 I mean- It's just hilarious to me!

Like when he said "Dear Mario" I know he hates him but like the way he says it made it feel like he likes him, or just toying with him!! Marware fans are eatin' good today! And he also complimated Mario on his performances on the fire perfomance!!! I know... he was doing what a judge does, try say something nice to the performers. But! That won't stop me from shipping them! And don't forget! Mario also still wanted to stay despite the hell Mr Puzzles put them through, in the rap Mario still wanted to have some fun in the amusment park! But, also glad he attacks him when Puzzles harms Mario's friend. And can be scared of him sometimes.

Now listen, I know he was trying to get Mario back so he won't ruin his show again but to me it also looks like he wants Mario to pay attention to him! kinda like a yandere😂😂 I'm just letting Marware infect my brain at this point haha.. it's becoming a curse.

Anyway that's part 1 for now. Part 2 will hopefully come out tomorrow as well, and I also have some projects to do so I know I said I will post every Saturday but that may be a little difficult, I'll get part 2 out tomorrow and I really hope that'll be the end of my review of this year's WOTFI!

Thanks for reading! hope ya'll enjoyed my WOTFI 2024 review pt 1.

[thatdeadaquarius]

I have so many ideas but none of them can be put into words, all I can do is just wheeze as they come along🤣

Also remember how wordy and flowery Teyvat speech/dialogue is? ADD THAT TO THE FACT THAT TEYVAT HAS ITS OWN LANGUAGE---

Reader can understand the basic speech which is why they are so blunt (I love this idea so much 🤣) and can piece together an idea what the person is talking about.

*insert random person talking about a commission with a long ass backstory*

Traveller & Co.: *understands completely and making plans to retrieve said commission*

C!Reader: (They said they had a cart.... a bunch of hilichurls appeared... dancing?.... they want us to dance fight the hilichurls???? Dance off???)

Actual story->The person's cart got ambushed by a group of hilichurls and taunted them by dancing around it.

....... it doesnt always translate well

Also imagine Reader heaeing random names and overthinks it as a word instead of a name.

Example: Pantalone means pants in Philippine English (sorry not sorry Pantalone)

Tsaritsa??? Oh do they speak russian there??? - reader

Capitano -> captain in some countries

(I once mistake Sandrone as Sandalone and I just went "... ehh??? Standalone? Sandalone as in Sand Alone???? Sandal (Flip flops)????

Oh wait its Sandrone" ".... as in Sand and Drone??--)

-Vine Boom

VINE BOOM ANON MY BELOVED 💖❤🧡💛💚💙💜✨️✨️

Gif is me writing u anything ever:

AHFLALA FERRRALLL I STG I ALSO THOUGHT ABT THIS!! WHY U COULD ALSO BE BLUNT BC U ONLY GOT THE BASICS 💀 RIP

Man theyre written language looks so scary to learn, kinda like when I looked into trying to learn Mandarin/Japanese (and even Korean), the letters r just inherently so different i was so intimidated

And u dont even read it like left -> right like English

Omg i tried to reply to a arabic comment on my art post once, and i felt so acommplished when i finally was able to type "اشكرك (thanks)" but like, i had to put it on the OTHER SIDE OF THE TEXT BOX, LIKE ALIGN IT TO THE RIGHT INSTEAD OF HOW U KNOW ENGLISH IS INHERENTLY ALIGNED LEFT, IT WAS SO TRIPPY-

Going thru genshin life only understanding minimal words of anything anyone says is honestly how i feel like ive been playing Genshin LMAO

Those analysis videos/lore are saving a bitch's life out here

PANTALONE IS ALSO RLLY CLOSE TO SPANISH FOR PANTS I KNOW WHAT U MEANNN LOL

UR ENDLESS CONFUSION FOR SANDRONE PLEASE ANON U DIDNT EVEN GET IT RIGHT THE FIRST CORRECTION IT JUST KEPT GETTING WORSEEE 😂😭 SAME THO

That would literally be you in genshin tho, like i could easily see it being like, back to back misunderstandings 😭😭

Like u think u got it right (Oh so his name is Rex Lapis, wait what? Morax? Ok his name is Morax...?? What??? Zhongli??? WHO IS THIS MAN-)

.

JFC first they gotta have a whole different language (like u saw in game)

And ON TOP OF THAT THEY CAN TALK FOR 10 MIN STRAIGHT ABT THE WEATHER OR SOME SHIT??

No... just, no.

U quickly decide u like what little bits of language u could pick up so far, which just results in,

U guessed it, simple speech and short fragmented sentences (or broken Teyvatian)

U cant even bring urself to care when u give half the characters a heart attack and send the rest into laughing fits

No fucks given, they wanna make this extra hard on u by being wordy on top of a new language,

Yeah u dont care what comes out of ur mouth anymore

Also, since everybody is raised in Teyvat very few ppl dont know the language, which once again brings us back to ancient/older deities/creatures who have a more simplistic version/outdated version of modern language

.

Omg getting stuff mistranslated bc u cant understand it all/only keywords sounds like hell but also rlly funny

Traveler/Paimon: "Alright, yes, all is well. We will accept this comission, and depart soon."

You: "...they want us to?? Dance fight?? Hilichurls...???"

Traveler just stares at u half in pity, half trying to hide their amused smile, Paimon is giggling

The commissioner is shook bc a supposed ancient creature?? Just accepted?? Their simple commission?? And u think they want u to dance battle???

.

PLEASE U MISTRANSLATE THE HARBINGERS NAMES RIGHT TO THEIR FACES

Signora: "You shall rue the day you crossed the Fatui mortals!"

You: "Lady we don't care, just fight us."

(Signora just means 'Lady')

Signora: *offended gasp*

Traveler/Paimon trying to stifle laughter

Raiden Shogun jaw dropped a little

.

Pantalone: "What a pleasure to finally meet you traveler, and thine wonderful companions!" *little bastard smile*

You: "And it was awful to meet you, Pants."

Pantalone: 😶😧😡 "Pants?! HOW DARE YOU NOT EVEN GIVE ME THE MOST BASE RESPECT, AFTER I GREETED THEE SO KINDLY-"

.

Oh its so funny, everytime you talk about Childe you always phrase it like he's an actual child bc u thought everyone was just calling him a little kid for some reason (u dont know how Teyvat ages work, he could be for all you know!)

Not very long, but Vine Boom anon your brain >>>>

Ur ideas r so on point, i love them sm

That makes perfect sense why u could be talking blunt too, like an in world explanation really

For you, all the desserts🥰 🤲🍪🍨🍰🍮🧋🍦🍡

Cheers,

🌒🌊🌧Aquarius♒️🌌🌘

[quinngefail]

So uhh I got a good amount of Saw art ideas, I'm pretty occupied right now with a big freelance project but it's also coming to an end soon here so :) I'm very eager because I've been aching to draw these crazy little characters lmao

In the meantime, though, I'm just gonna yap a bit more, sorta get my foot in the fandom door and all that !! And it's just fun to engage with people so hello :}

So uh dunno if anyone else had a similar experience but I watched the first movie for the first time back in like 2019 or so? And I remember being like Wow That Was Pretty Great :) (continues life normally)

But then I started itching to watch it again last year. And like I do not know what the fuck happened but my 2023 viewing activated like The Hyperfixation Sleeper Agent and now here I am, neck deep in said hyperfixation, like-

Its just funny because my younger self would be absolutely shooken with the fact that this is where I'm at right now. There was a good while where I was like Ew I don't want to watch those movies, they're so gross and stupid >:( but now since 2023 I've been like YEAH BABEY I WANNA WATCH THOSE MOVIES THEY'RE SO GROSS AND STUPID!!! 🗣🗣🗣

And I'm also neck deep in this lifelong Star Wars hyperfixation so for a good while now my brain truly has just been. Saw Wars: Duel of the Fixations

But like for how much Saw has utterly consumed my brain, so far I've only seen I, II, III, and X- which like I GOTTA FIX THAT SHIT... I do know the plots to the rest of the movies though, like there's nothing I don't already know- just haven't actually seen the rest of the series yet lol

So yuhh I just wanted to ramble a bit about where I am with the franchise right now. Absolutely lost in the fucking sauce and very excited to make fanart for it >8]

[self-indulgent-paw-patrol]

You know how you always apologize in the tags when you go on a Paw Patrol rant? Well, I for one really enjoy your little essays, I love how unashamedly passionate you are about Paw Patrol, how you overanalyze and theorize about it just like I do, it's why I love this blog so much, I love nerding out with you over these cute cartoon dogs

How dare you do this to me when I'm sick and emotional (/j) 😭🫂💜 I'm gonna cry (edit: ok I actually did, a bit XD)

Seriously now, thank you so much too. Every time I see you popping up around in any of my askboxes I go like "OH MY GOD COTTON CANDY SENT ME AN ASK AGAIN AAAAAAAAAAA I LOVE THEM SO MUCH LET'S SEE WHAT IT'S ABOUT THIS TIME" - really, Blue and Eryx can confirm, I go nuts for a whole minute or two in our little Discord server XDD it's always a joy to see you around.

I guess I tend to apologize because it's a little like an automatic reaction... It wasn't THAT MUCH or that bad, but I've been told numerous times I shouldn't focus so much on things that are soooooo not for my age. I always have to remind relatives and their friends that it's people my age or older who get to work on producing these things in the first place. And I know people hear these things since early on too, it's annoying, like what the hell, let us live our little lives, we're not actively affecting yours XD

I still find it funny, how passionate I got about Paw Patrol, because when I started watching it, I wasn't expecting to get SO INTO IT.

When I stop to think, most my profile pics on social media/messaging apps are now of Paw Patrol. I've been watching it since January, right after my dog Dakota died. I got now two blogs (and a half bc I'm sorta "helping" Eryx with her askblog of Everest/Tracker/Rex so I was added as a mod there) only for Paw Patrol stuff instead of mixing it around in my personal blog like most my other interests/fandoms. My Telegram art channel has been 90% Paw Patrol arts this entire year so far, except for commissions. I met amazing people in this fandom and even got one hate comment LMAO there's this old Tumblr saying that states your blog hasn't truly started until you get a hate message 😂 Heck I even bought three toys so far! It's been AGES since I last bought anything fandom related for myself, on anything at all. The one thing that comes to mind is the Lightning McQueen origins storybook last year (still gotta remember to buy Jackson Storm's and Cruz Ramirez's too). I usually make/paint/craft my own stuff instead of buying (one of the several reasons I relate to Rocky!).

I just, wow? It's real. I got this whole thing going on and it makes me smile every day and I don't want it to stop any soon. I started watching the show as a way to soothe myself and relax my stressed brain after Dakota's passing. Didn't expect to get so far. I'm glad I did and that I'm here with you guys.

Thanks for being part of what makes it so special for me too, Cotton Candy. You're amazing and I love it whenever you show up bringing more stuff for me to talk about 💜 PAW PATROL IS ON A ROLL, MY FRIEND, LET'S GOOOOOOO

[novantinuum]

🍄💾♻️🤔❤️

Thank you friend! __

🍄Describe your wip/one of your wips in the format of “_ +_ =__”

Uh... Steven + magic Gem puberty = the little mans is TIRED he would like One normal human thing to happen to him for once in his life thank you

(a short comic/fic coming soon (??) to an AO3 near you)

💾What is your document of your wip/ a wip called? (not the stories actual title but what you’ve saved it as)

I think my absolute favorite shitpost WIP title in my files is "On The Subject of Goron Phallus"

Although to be entirely fair, that would be the OVERT name of the story. But it's still funny. I honestly don't do temporary joke titles too often, the title is often what I come up with first, OR I will just describe the vague vibe of the fic. i.e. "Reunited Alt POV Fic" or "Steven has nightmares."

♻️A scrapped idea for your current WIP

This question is dauntingly hard for me, I realize, because I scrap a lot of words while writing and editing but I rarely if ever scrap entire IDEAS, or at least what I would personally consider meaty enough to BE an "idea."

But I guess a major thing I DID take away from my recent edits of Crack the Paragon is the concept of split Steven being just like... a no-gem version of exactly Steven and then his gem. Instead I tried to go for like... the vibes of "the semi-organic shell of the being who's Supposed to be Steven and is trying his Best to be Steven but also does not Feel like he's Steven right now and is having a bit of an existential crisis about it, and then said organic shell's fuckin sentient battery who fears he's nothing more but code and instinct but is instead plagued with Feelings and Opinions he does not yet understand how to properly express"

🤔What’s a story you’d love to write but haven’t even started yet?

Lmao my sequel to Crack the Paragon. Slow down there Jen, we gotta finish the first fic first.

I have posted overt sneaker spoilers for my sketchy thoughts on it in art and music form, though.

❤️Not a question, just a second kudos to send.

<3<3!!!

[arcplaysgames]

Me like "WOW THAT'S SO PRETTY, YUSUKE YOU'RE SO TALENTED" until we go to the art exhibition, which goes like

yusuke man psst hey uhhhh do you want a hand

Next time, we FINALLY GET TO GO ON THE LAKE BOATS YESSSSSSSS /claps

Reverie has to row so Yusuke can focus on his sketching. He spots another set of people in an adjacent boat and pegs them as a blooming romantic couple and starts sketching them.

Y U S U K E!!!!!

lmao it turns out they are not a couple, they are brother and sister and are Max Embarrassed at being thought of as otherwise.

We might need to get you a coach on the subject, are you any good at skating? There's this guy, Viktor Nikiforov who might be able to assist you.

I mean I always feel anguish in a church so do you wanna try a portrait of me?

But Yusuke's latest idea is to sketch Jesus in anguish on the cross, and Reverie is gonna be his model.

GOD, CAN'T HAVE SHIT IN DETROIT

also lmao i am so amused by how bossy Yusuke is, I am serious that I hope the fandom has had some kind of fun with this. Yusuke should boss Reverie around all the time imo.

The comedic timing on this moment is honestly great. Just that sad little pose while Yusuke watches, LMAO.

I mean holding this position is GONNA cause you so goddamn anguish, but it's also going to introduce you to what the sciatica is, boys, so maybe not, lol.

Anyway a priest rolls up like "soooo wtf y'all doin'" and then explains to Yusuke the complexities of the crucifixion and how it wasn't just about pain, blah blah.

Another swing and miss for Yusuke. Honestly, cannot wait for what comes next with him.

Okay like this is obviously a joke, but also it's a sweet moment, because Yusuke is internalizing that the thing he was missing from the anguish of jesus (and BELIEVE ME, it hurts my heathen ass to type that with a straight face) was the hope behind the event. So he pulls the pose again as he says goodnight to Reverie as a sign of "I still have hope" and Reverie doing it back feels like him saying "Me too."

IT'S GREAT, I like Yusuke. I would pay cash money to hear these lines acted out by Mercer, lemme tell you.

Also I am still doing the Temperance arc because I just gotta know what the fuck is going on here. Kawakami keeps getting weird pushy late night phone calls about money and.... seems to be on the hook for her sister's medical bills? Which. Sounds sketch? Is this an adult sister or a younger sibling she's caring for? Why would debt collection be happening like this? Is she involved in shady shit or is she trying to make it sound like she is to garner sympathy (see: money) from Reverie?

I have no idea.

There is this odd moment at the end where she drops her Perky Maid Act to show what seems like genuine concern. The mention of wanting Reverie to stay "healthy" leads me to believe that her sister really is sick, or she thinks her sister is sick?

I cannot believe that the Hot Teacher Who Is Also Maid is more compelling than some of my main party confidant arcs, but here we are.

THERE IS A FUNNY MOMENT RE: THIS where Ryuji drags Reverie out to go fishing at Ichigaya and Kawakami is there and is actually an extremely skilled fisher, and Reverie gets the option to refer to her as "Master" (as in a master fisherman)

AND SHE JUST GIVES YOU A FUCKING LOOK.

like "bitch. I see you."

gdi i think I like Kawakami, what the fuck is this game.

you're my what now

me, who removed Ryuji from the party as soon as Yusuke showed up and hasn't looked back: /sweats nervously

but yeah for real, Junpei and Yosuke you are not, Ryuji, sorry. If anyone is my right-hand, it's Ann. but really it's more like I am Morgana's right-hand, lets be SUPER REAL here.

[sugar-omi]

honestly all that was sooo what i needed to hear rn bc a girls been STRESSED so thank you <3 😭

i'm gonna major in biotechnology! i went to a votech and that was my trade there and i loved it so i wanna continue studying it. not totally sure what job i want yet so i don't know how much schooling i'll do but yeah! :D

BIOTECH??? THAT SOUNDS SO COOL N SO COMPLICATED please i literally had to google that shit bc idk what it entails but this is some big brain shit, n all i gotta say is good luck n i am cheering you ON!!🎉🫶🫶

although i think you got this in the bag already. anyone with the balls to do something so advanced. is a very smart n strong person. from what im reading on google this is some really cool shit, no matter what direction you go with it. n you have your work cut out for you, but i know you got this!!

so don't doubt yourself!! you got this!!! your brain is huge n you are powerful!!!!

n of course!!! i figured saying something like that would help with anyones anxiety, because really, its the pressure (even if they're not actually pressuring you) and the overwhelm of questions and expectations that make the future so stressfullll

*ramble utc because i... cannot help yapping i guess LOL and while i'd usually be embarrassed and delete my ramble n word vomit, but i figure someone else readding this may appreciate the relatability of what i have to say about my fams reaction to my plan after hs, and find some comfort in my word, if thats not to presumptuous

because i decided to take a gap year (it's been a year since i graduated, for reference), and everyone freaked out. my mom n uncles first reaction was "yeah well, you won't go if you do..." before they came around n agreed with my reasoning. and my dad was all "if i had it my way, you'd go full time--" (mind u, he likes to brag that he worked n went to school full time AND partied.... he did not finish college LMAO) and when i graduated, said to me a MONTH. AFTER MY GRADUATION. "if you're not going to college any time soon, go into the air force."

and when my extended family would ask my plans, and i only had a short "i'm just gonna take a break right now, figure some things out, work... and by then i'll have come to a decision." because i was tossing around the thought of art school, and then i thought abt getting an english degree to be either a teacher or go into writing/editing, journaling or whatever... but was also tossing around the thought of psychology and even real estate. my ideas for my future were absolutely jumbled, and i was torn between what would make money, what i loved, and what i was interested in that i thought could be a career.

it's tough. especially depending on your financial situation yknow, so your thought process always leads towards something profitable but also wanting to do something you enjoy, maybe even love, but not wanting to burn out and tarnish your beloved hobby/hobbies.

like while i did have people who supported me upfront, and never doubted my plan, it's the small things too yknow. because for months my dad's words haunted me, i felt like i wasn't doing enough. or when i met family, and they asked how it was going, or what i was doing now, i felt disappointed that my answer was always "i haven't been doing anything. just been sleeping, drawing, writing..." or eventually that and "practiced driving.. n that's about it."

or when i'd talk to close family members, and i admitted i was going through a hard time, my mental state finally falling on me now that i didn't have to be strong n power through school. i even got sick a couple times, because my body was finally feeling the stress. even now, i feel a mental lag, a fog. but i feel clearer, a bit.

but yknow, the looks and the "you said that last time" or "i think you're lying" is tough.

but at the end of the day, if not working for the summer, or not going to college for a semester, or 2, or 3, or a whole year. or if going part time, or whatever you're doing... and it benefits you, and it benefits your mental health. then do it, don't listen too much, don't feel too guilty.

because if you need it, just like i needed the time to rejuvenate, then don't listen to anyone else. don't force yourself to do anything. because if you have the ability to take a break now, do it. you're not doing this because you're lazy, or selfish, or unambitious. or anything like that. you're taking that break, you're taking this break right now, for future you.

because if you don't take it now, when will you take it? and when you do take a break... will it be at the cost of your health? will it be at the cost of something greater? when the break comes, will it come when you're being handed the gold medal you've been fighting for.. and then it slips out of your hand just like that.

anyway.. do whats best for you. what you need. don't worry about figuring things out too fast either, because in fact, i've been plotting this moment of my life for about 10 years, genuinely, and i still had to revise it. still had to come to a conclusion because even with all that plotting, it doesn't plan for the hard times. or the 'you' you are right now. you will be someone else next week. and you will be someone entirely different 2 months from now.

take your time. because if you jump into something, and are unsatisfied, or "waste" time doing something other than what you "should be doing", the time still passes.

if you "waste time" anyway, waste it on yourself. not others expectations. or wishes. or their dreams.

and once enough time passes as well, no matter what you do by then. the questions do stop coming. the weight of the future, once you get there, is suddenly not so... big. intimidating.

you do not need a grandiose plan. if you are content with the future in your mind, that is enough. because at the end of your life, who will sit in that chair and ponder the life you lived, and weight it's satisfaction, if not you?

[oodlyenough]

with the apollo justice ports around the corner I finally made a concerted effort to finish AAI. there was a period where i thought i'd play both investigations games AND tgaa before now. lol. lmao even

fandom wasn't kidding that last case can long

miscellaneous spoilers and overall thoughts on AAI1. also it's very long

let's get some good stuff up top to start:

it was pretty funny

the pixel sprites were soooo cute, and most of the character art was nice in general

i liked seeing more of edgeworth and franziska together. this was 80% of the reason i played the game to begin with. stupid little details like the fact that she does, actually, still call him "miles" occasionally were nice to have, and i liked a lot of their bratty sibling interactions

callisto yew was the best lmao i loved her

kay's cute. i gotta disagree with the common fanon that she's literally edgeworth's daughter, on account of it's been two days and someone else has raised her to near adulthood, but being a teenager who shows up sometimes to bother him is a very funny thing for her to be, anyway

the yatagarsu actually being a toxic polycule was funny as shit lmao i love it. and kay at the end saying she wants to find 3 fellow teenage beauties to do it with her fhkldhglkhlfg yes girl end up on reddit queer housing discourse i believe in u babe

i didn't like lang all that much to begin with but once we got to the shih-na reveal i was all in, lmfaoooo. i joked "i hope he eats a poison necklace for her" and five minutes later he was taking a bullet. amazing. in all seriousness their relationship felt like much of what i enjoyed about dahlia and phoenix minus the stuff i felt was stupid. let's hear it for toxic workplace romances. edgey comes out of 3-5 like "well that was a lot" and then meets some new spiky weirdo to have homoerotic rivalry with only to discover that guy is also insane about some evil woman

cammy and ms teneiro were also great. lot of funny women in some of these cases. i like that.

this game could have attempted to sell me on some het romance for edgeworth -- it wouldn't have worked, but i wouldn't have exactly been surprised if it had tried, yknow -- but anyway instead it had miscellaneous women flirt with him while he was consistently baffled and/or oblivious and/or revolted. don't worry mr edgeworth i saw your magenta suit

i think broadly that covers the stuff I liked. which leads me to ... stuff I did not:

this game was... rough, imo. after i finished the trilogy this summer i was excited to play this, in particular because one of my few but key complaints with aa3-5 was that franziska and edgeworth just kind of disappeared and i was hoping this would give more exploration and closure to their characters.

that... did not happen. i felt like i was waiting for it to hit a point and get good for pretty much the entire game; it'd be like "well at least franziska is here soon" "well i want to meet kay" "well there's the baby franziska case" "well it's the finale surely it'll be fun!" and mostly none of that really materialized. largely i found it disappointing and anticlimactic.

i don't think i learned anything new about the existing characters -- edgeworth just kind of seemed to be reiterating lessons we already learned in the trilogy, and i felt they negated a lot of franziska's trilogy development and/or flanderized her a lot. the new characters are ok -- i LOVED yew/shih-na lmfao, and I like Kay, and I eventually came to like Lang once I saw him be unhinged about shih-na. but overall i felt the character work was weaker than I was expecting, and without the investment I have from the trilogy I doubt I'd have finished the game. the bratworth + baby franziska case was my fave of the game, because it was fun to see them together in that period of their lives, but even then I don't think how edgeworth was written makes any real sense with aa1 -- i think trilogy bratworth would take the easy conviction against gumshoe and be done with it. that was like. pretty core to the first three games.

I didn't find anything particularly emotional. I WAS interested in Callisto and her dead sister as compared to Kay and her dead father but, never mind, that was a lie. They tried to convince me KG8 was personal to everyone, but it didn't really feel like it for anyone but Kay -- who I like but met two cases ago, and whose connection to even Edgeworth is tenuous. Like they make it pretty clear Franziska is haunted by that case but ... why? Because she regards it as a semi failure I guess...? Like sure, I guess, but ... that's kind of remote. Compare to the trilogy finale stakes of defendant Edgeworth, Maya kidnapped, Phoenix falling off a bridge + Maya missing... the big threat here was that some guy we just recently met might go on to murder other people we've never met in foreign countries. Objectively yes that's bad, but it's not exactly emotionally gripping, imo.

I feel like the nature of the games and its place in the broader AA universe meant the stakes were off. edgeworth and his allies get accused of murder every five minutes in this game, but none of it ever feels real, because by "accused" they mean the police ask a few questions. in AA terms, this is nothing. there's no detention center or arrest or the threat of a 3 day trial and inexplicable death penalty. i've been saying for ages that i would love to see defendant franziska, everyone else got a turn!!, etc -- and technically this last case gave it to me except, well, she was one of about a dozen people accused over the span of the world's longest case, there's no real threat there, and frankly where's the fun in franziska being accused of murder if not for her to grudgingly accept phoenix as her representation. AAI's determination that everything happen pre-trial means that mostly none of it felt very serious; no one even gets arrested. maybe in a vacuum the threat of arrest would feel like enough, but in a series where you have Maya as Murder Charges Georg it just felt like nothing was really on the line -- what's the worst that happens, they get arrested and they hire phoenix? lol. don't threaten me with a good time!

this post is a million words long so I'll stop there. in conclusion, the worst ace attorney game I have played so far. fortunately(?) for AAI and unfortunately for me, i have not yet played dual destinies or spirit of justice, so stay tuned to see if it gets dethroned, lmfao.

i will, probably, eventually give AAI2 a try, if only to better understand everyone's fanfiction, but my hopes are pretty low.

[localplaguenurse]

What’s the whole gingko family doing in the modern era besides losing a piece of their sanity every they go into the museum

Okay it’s raw brain mode since I woke up not too long ago and I gotta get ready for work. Also for simplicity we’re gonna call it “lived to the modern era” because I have different ideas for an AU specifically set in the modern day. (Will I write it out? Depends on if prompted because otherwise it’s just gonna float around in my brain soup.) Also, wifey and Zhongli are keeping a low profile since he’s supposed to be dead, but the kids can be open about their identities.

Zhongli and wifey: Wifey is still doing art, but they have to be very careful about it. They have to pretend that instead of doing art for thousands of years that they actually come from a family of artists. I feel like Zhongli isn’t too picky what his job would be, my brain says historian, teacher, or maybe still funeral consultant. One thing’s for sure: they’re still married.

Yánjiāng: His love of cats has paid off and he now has a cat cafe. Is this a goofy idea? Yes. Absolutely. 100%. But people kept asking about him and cats so I gotta make a reference lmao. I’ve got a cold and am still tired, forgive me. The cats like to snuggle his tail after hours.

Lihua: A lot of modelling/fashion. I always imagine her wearing traditional and very ornately designed hanfu, so I also see her being one of those tiktokers/youtubers that critiques how period accurate costume designs in movies are.

Zhusha: A lot of pottery (better than whatever that thing in the museum is...). But like honestly I can see her doing a lot of art things and following in her mother’s footprints. Her preferred medium is sculpting. When she’s not designing/making statues, she’s running one of those pottery stores where you go in, pick a premade cup or bowl or whatever, and paint it. (I wanna go to one of those again soon...)

Yaling: So beta gave me the idea that she finds good high quality ore for mining. I think she still does that, however she’s become fascinated by those lab grown gems I hear about every once in a while. I feel like in the modern age she would also start looking into that. Granted she can literally just make crystals on her own but the people can’t, so y’know. Also hates Musk for all that shit about the emerald mine so it’s both “this is better for the environment/safety of the people plus oooo modern science” and “fuck that guy.”

Feng: Still does blacksmithing obviously but I feel like he’s also become like... this big himbo nerd. He makes regular blades and jewellery but sometimes he makes functional replicas of weapons and costume pieces from books and shows he likes. Yaling gives him shit for it whenever he asks for highly specific stones. “Nerd.” “Oh come on! So we can’t make fun of Yánjiāng for the cat cafe but we can pick on Feng for making a functional hat with hidden blades?” “First off, we do. Second, you stole that from that one jojo guy that kinda sounds like dad.” “... Shut up.”

[bookwyrminspiration]

also i am deeply in pain because of two reasons: my phone is out of juice and ALSO i took so many screenshots of the Saga comic panels but then accidentally deleted all my screenshots because apple likes to destroy me with the existence of duplicates in albums (like WHY??? WHAT IS THE PURPOSE??? it's so much more efficient and CLEAR if u were to be able to solidly organize your pictures into *one spot* instead of it just being like. did i add this to this album already. shit. i've got to scroll through 10k photos to find these ones for this specific category and no it will not lessen as i sort them into boxes. THE JOY OF PHOTO ALBUMS! GONE! KAPUT! it's so rude idk what they were thinking but. agh i just. saga is--i don't know what i can really say to quality because i have come to doubt my taste after several friends have declared it bad, lmao, but the art can be so poignant at times,so much so that you will kind of just have to stop and put it down and sit there for a while, and then also there are three entire panels in one of the issues that are dedicated to a drunk cyclops alien who is an author of books that started a rebellion pausing dramatically and then vomiting on an infant. so like.

Gotta be honest I have no clue what you're talking about with that photo thing, but I hope everything sorts itself out and is not annoying anymore! This actually reminds me I need to go through my photos; I take a lot of photos/screenshots for immediate/very soon use (e.g. meme I made to be immediately posting) and then just don't delete them. So my phone is full of photos I don't actually need or want

but anyway! this has actually told me nothing about what saga is but you know what? I like that. I don't want to know what it's about I want to know the nuances of how it feels, what it makes you feel, the details are what draw you in. this is how I feel explaining a chorus of dragons. I cannot tell you what the series is about without at least 2 hours set aside, but I can tell you that I start vibrating every time I think about it and that the world is so complex you don't know what's going on your first ride through but then all of the sudden you do understand what's happening and you look back and everything at the beginning makes so much sense out of nowhere. a ridiculous amount of sense given how confused you used to be. and that once this one guy blew up a volcano to fake his death because this dragon wanted him so so bad. and did so successfully. and then he died for real except he got better. and that's just one event in one book

I can make no promises that I will read saga but. my curiosity is the slightest bit piqued, so there is that.

[lemari-be]

So, I've read the latest chapter. Stayed up 'til 4am, but it was worth it. Gotta say, the whole endgame vibe with so many art pieces you' ve made really spells closure, and I'm sad. Happy to see the fic soon in full, but sad that I won't see updates again.

Problems are a part of life, and frankly, if we didn't have any problems and had nothing to complain about, life would be pretty damn boring. I kinda see that applied in your fic. Some things will get resolved, some new crap will appear, some wounds may reopen ocasionally, but hey, that's okay. It's...realistic. Not morbid or depressing, but a well established fact, and seeing it actually applied and shown here is... cathartic. It actually shows that these characters have a life. And that had drawn me to keep reading. It's just... life. Maybe it doesn't make sense, but sometimes real things make no sense at all. So yeah, I've enjoyed it.

Also, this is a wild guess, but I have this little feeling that you're projecting a bit on Hero. Dunno why, just a hunch. Some of his thoughts...really hit home. Maybe just all students feel that way or something.

Good night, you have some rest after writing this chapter, y'hear?

You know, writing this fic has kept me company for so long that it feels kind of bittersweet for me to know the next one I'll be working on is the final one. I'll let you in on a little secret. I may or may have not hinted two oneshots (or two-three chapter length stories) that I will be writing after I finish Bask, in the latest chapter :) It won't be a sequel of course, but one will definitely be taking place after the events of Bask, and the other is a story that I couldn't really fit in the actual fic because it's mostly fun times with the boys.

As long as the fic allowed me to do so, I tried to be realistic with things, but I never really tried to force it to be that way. Some things remaining unresolved etc happened naturally in writing, but I think it's better than everything to be... perfectly okay? I feel like it'd feel a bit cheap, or maybe the actual things our characters have achieved wouldn't have as much of an impact despite being so important. So yes, what you're saying is definitely applied in my fic :) I'm really glad you've enjoyed that part in the story. While I do try not to make everything overly depressing and add lots of fluff, we have to remember that even the smallest things to someone might be a huge success for someone else.

About Hero. I wasn't expecting reading this and oh boy did what you pointed out had me a bit stunned heh. I'll say it now, it's not just a hunch, what you said. Hero is honestly the character I relate to the most for so many reasons and ironically, maybe it's the reason I had the hardest time writing his parts in the story. Of course we gotta keep in mind, that is to how I've translated him as a character in general. The way I've written him in this fic is exactly how I felt like he is as a person, I don't like to self-insert in my stories, it wasn't the reason this is why I wrote him this way. So with that out of the way, yup. What you said here is true in any case, and especially in the latest chapter (the flashback segment) got quite personal. I like to think it's not every student that feels this way though... While I do believe Hero is trying his best anyway, going to med school was more to appease his parents expectations, same with why he mostly went along with whatever they ask him to do. He's a good guy by nature, but you gotta say 'no' too, because regret is a hell of its own.

Thank you again :) And I'm glad you enjoyed the chapter! I'll definitely be getting some rest – well, with exams coming up, as much as I can anyway lmao You take care of yourself too, and I'll see you on the next and final one!

[a-tale-of-legends]

Assuming that 1) Paldea's weather is mostly warm ( suspending my disbelief here) even in the colder season ( not including the mountain areas of course) and 2) that the first semester in game is the fall semester, here's a general idea of how I see things going so far.

Luca and Ramona both arrive at the school around the same time.

3 days pass from the beginning of the school year to the treasure hunt. I might extend this longer, but for now it's three days. During those three days Luca is pretty much asked to do the three main plotlines. Ramona is likely getting involved with the team Star stuff only because Clavell probably asked her to, and she rather not run the risk of some sort of punishment is she didn't ( Clavell wouldn't do that to her, but Ramona doesn't trust the system at all).

Then he treasure hunt begins. Luca goes for the gym challenge first, since that was her dream back in Galar. Given how close Cortondo is to the academy, I think the trip to there takes about a few days. 2-3 in my eyes. Ramona is most likely at school, going to classes. Luca is too, but Ramona isn't really into the whole gym challenge thing, and she's definitely not getting involved with whatever Arven is up to. She's waiting for Luca to head to the first Star Boss, Giacomo. This might be a good time to get some ( unwanted) interaction between her and Arven , and Penny ( who is probably avoiding her and the other students in general, but I digress).

Luca gets his first badge and then calls Arven to get ready for the first Titan. Though they still have classes, so I'm gonna say that between the first gym and the first Titan, it's about 7 days. Gotta get that education I guess. But also! More time for interacting between the main cast! This is probably where Luca and Ramona bond, since after the first Titan, she gets involved in the Titans quest.

After those 7 days, Luca goes with Arven to the Stony Cliff titan, and defeats it( Luca has some lingering trauma pop up,which isn't great). Now. Originally the plan was to face Giacomo, but the gym and Mela are close by so Luca decides to take those on as well. Arven doesn't join him since, you know, Mabosstiff.

The trip doesn't take long, barely a day, but I think Luca needs some time to unwind after that titan, so he stays in Artazon for an extra day to enjoy the art. After that he faces Brassius, his soon to be adopted grandpa. But before he does that, he encounters Nemona and R.B ( who was dragged here against her will by Nemona).

The with Mela near by, he and Ramona both go to meet with Clive. However because Luca just fought Brassius, even when he healed, his pokemon still needs a rest. That, plus the fact that Mela is a really good all rounder, Luca gets his butt kicked. Which only leaves Ramona, who...is not a good trainer at the moment.

Ramona has to drag Luca out of there. After some back and forth, they both agreed to come back later.

Another 7 days pass, with school, exploring Paldea and of course character interaction. The training is for Luca and Ramona ( Ramona having to take extra battle classes now rip)

Okay, with the Mela loss, and back at school, Ramona convinces Luca to follow the original plan and head to Giacomo. Flying Taxi + Koraidon/Cyclizar makes the trip very easy, no less than a day.

They( Luca) beat Giacomo on their first try and then head to the Sky Titan, which is nearby.

Now. I actually am trying to assign dates to these events, and low and behold. I am nowhere near the mid term point. I have the midterms in October 18th or so. Luca and Ramona best Giacomo and the third titan on September 14th. The only thing left is for Luca is the Levincia gym, then Mela again, and then the midterms. So I am going to stretch this out as long as I can lmao.

First things first, character drama. R.B was off after the second titan, and probably was avoidant of both Luca and Arven got a couple of days. Maybe even a week.

Secondly, exploration. Again, the treasure hunt is mostly about exploration and doing your own thing. The plot doesn't exactly have to happen. Luca, after the second titan, may also be pretty shaken on how things went, and just explored the surrounding area.

Finally, character interaction. Cause duh. I want to build relationships with the characters here.

What I'm saying is that it takes a while for Luca to go head to Levincia for his third gym badge. But eventually he does, and he soon feels ready to take on Mela. And this times wins! After that, midterm tests are starting, so Luca and Ramona focuses on that.

And that's it for now. It got sloppy in the end, but what can you do.

[the-good-projxct]

May 14, 2024

10:27pm listening to Just get here by Xavier Omar,Sango, Wale and VanJess. Wale is truly an underrated rapper. He seems so romantic and just minds his business but also has bars. Honestly, baddies should be aspiring to rappers like him instead of Future. Future is the hook up/situationship. Wale is the husband. We gotta know who is who. Not every/any man is husband material. Rumor on the street is that my wedding is coming up soon. I ain’t mad at it. I’ve had worse rumors spread about me. I kinda like this one actually so I will let it ride. You can’t be 35 and date your childhood bestie just for shenanigans? It must be marriage eh? LMAO. Love me JeJe. I am obsessed with this song by Tems. I feel reaaaallllllyyyyyyy Loved. Like, WOW. I am so happy I chose to write Love last and that the Universe has me sitting in this teaching. I am feeling it. Through and through. From my friends, my family, my grandma, the staff in the house, the LOML, my siblings, nature, the stars, the moon and myself. I am LOVE. We had some sunny days, the gray days seem to be fading out. This morning was cloudy then it turned into a lovely lovely day. Speaking of people that should be temporary and people that should be permanent, I think we need to learn how to discern that more. I dated someone for five years and my goofy yute thought he could be permanent. This made me ignore major red flags. He was a tough lesson. I learned so much about myself, Love, unhealthy Love, care and time. With those lessons, I am a much better partner. I can see the red, pink, orange and green flags. And we address them and work through them because we have both evolved through our temporary partners. Now I can stand ten toes on this is the ONLY nigga I would marry. If it wasn’t him, I would be single and a baby Mama because niggas ain’t shit. But he is THE BOMB. Again, if you know me, you know I mean this. I don’t do commitment even to be a girlfriend easily. So imagine me saying husbae. That's MAD. He is predominantly a green flag. Key word is: predominantly. Anyway, hide and seek by Stormzy is mad cute. Even the music video. All in All, Life is Gøod. That depressive period seems to be lifting. Maybe it was the weather. Maybe it’s the changes. Maybe it’s the uncertainty. It’s definitely ALL of it. But we move. We breathe through it. We live through it. We he(Art) through it. I was looking at the stars tonight. The constellations from this side are different from the ones in Mermaid. It kinda made me sad to realize that. But also, I was happy to look at the stars. To feel that oneness with everything and everyone. Something about the night sky or the beach that reminds me I am an integral part of this cosmic cycle. I LOVE IT. Can you sense this happiness? This joy? This feeling of I am okay and I will be okay. Life is a mindset. How we respond to tribulations, change, hurt really sets the tone. BTW, I am a strong believer in righteous anger. I reject bitterness. I reject fear. Fear is the absence of Faith. And Faith is abundant in me right now. I know Creator didn’t bring me this far just to bring me this far. I have destiny, purpose, reason. And if not, if Creator did bring me this far just to bring me this far, then what a ride innit? I wanna blow some money. Clothes and Ethiopian food this week bc why not? And a workout. 

Life is Gøod. I am Gøod. Ase.

[auniverseforgotten]

Buddy, u know I gotta ask with Mozart/ Salieri

YESSSSSS OFC OFC these kinda accidentally turned into lil fic synopses,,,you grow my wip list ever longer i see UwU

who’s the werewolf and who’s the hunter

MOZART IS OFFICIALLY WEREWOLF EVER SINCE THAT ONE EVENT AND THE WEREWOLF COAT I AM SO NOT NORMAL ABOUT IT but also MAN that event made me feel bad for Salieri, you know as soon as they got back to Chaldea Mozart and Chaldea's Marie had to gently coax and bribe him into reconnecting with them LMAO

LIKE??????

[Art c Typemoon]

Now, given that my brain has been rotted by that event I do think Mozart has literally everyone tied around his little finger, and he picks off a village one by one before moving on to the next. And Salieri is getting more and more suspicious but begging anything that it isn't Mozart, until he actually sees Mozart kill someone.

Even then, he misses his shot. Goes right by his head. Second goes right by his heart. And Salieri, he is a good hunter. He knows what he is doing. He just can't bring himself to kill Mozart, and Mozart knows it. Now unfortunatelyyyyy this one. Does not end well for Salieri sdfghv sorry but he dies here. Mozart cries for him though <3

Also I do think Mozart has both a wolf form like the wolf on his coat and also a more standard werewolf form as well. Up to you which form he kills Salieri in, though there's more pain in the anthro form bcus he can talk in that one <3

who’s the mermaid and who’s the fisherman

Mozart is a curious mermaid who is ever encroaching on a human settlement, and Salieri is the fisherman who accidentally catches him in his trawl net one day. And Salieri, upon seeing this beautiful creature, immediately lets him go, which shocks Mozart who expected to die.

And from that moment on life feels...grayer, to Salieri. Worse, more painful, harder around the edges. More sinister, at times, as if someone is watching him. And from here it diverges into one of two ways:

There is a cult of some sort making sacrifices to creatures of the deep. Salieri is captured by one of these cults and brought to be sacrificed, and the creature of the deep appears and- it's the mermaid he freed, but massive and even more unearthly and divine. And Mozart does not appreciate his new toy friend being manhandled so he sings and it's so beautiful that everyone else dies. Salieri is offered to come with Mozart or to return home. If he goes with Mozart there's an implication of eventual otherworldly domination but Salieri will Always be safe. And if he chooses to return home though Mozart still visits him every day and everything is Better <3

2. Life without such a beautiful being in his life is no longer worth living. Salieri tries to find a way to venture into the sea and survive and everyone either thinks he's lost it or isn't willing to help him. Heartbroken and unable to live without Mozart any longer, he jumps into the sea with the intent to be washed away and instead Mozart catches him like omgggg what took you so long <3 <3 and Salieri gets turned into a mermaid and they live happily ever after

who’s the witch and who’s the familiar

OOOO THIS ONE IS FUN because like. I can see a couple ways of doing it.

1.So the first way, Salieri is a witch and Mozart is his familiar but Salieri...is a really bad witch. Like he can do one kind of thing Really well but all other magic is a struggle. I would want him to be good at healing but more in character would prob be curses which leads to so much angst and strife. So he tends to flee from town to town, settling down enough to fix problems for people before they send him along his way with threats of violence.

And along the way he picks up an extremely regal looking house cat OR WAIT NO A BORZOI, THE LONG NOSE MEME DOG

[photograph c bruev]

This extremely ridiculous dog just rolls up to camp one night and Salieri, who is so used to being shunned by human and animal alike, latches on Tight. He doesn't even sense magical energy on him that's how a. lonely he is and b. bad at magic he is. Mozart meanwhile looked at this sopping wet cat of a man and was like anyone else gonna help that out? No? I call dibs then!!

See, Mozart really fucking loves his witch. He has only had his witch for half a night but if anything happened to him he would kill everyone in this town and then himself. And Mozart is the most powerful familiar anyone has ever seen. So as soon as he forms a contract with Salieri suddenly the curse witch is managing all these things and no one understands how??? and they go about trying to expose him as a fraud or working with dark forces but everyone that tries it mysteriously disappears <3 they live in a nice isolated cottage together with a couple weird writer neighbors and everything is Good

or

2. Someone's spell backfires, either Salieri's when he's alone or Mozart's and he doesn't see who he hits, and Salieri just. Gets turned into an animal, maybe a raven or a wolf? OR HEAR ME OUT A BEARDED VULTURE I MEAN LOOK AT IT

[Picture c Vulker Wurst]

These babies are three to four feet/94-125cm long and have a wingspan of seven to nine feet/2.31m-2.83m [wikipedia] SO JUST IMAGINE THAT PEERING OVER THE SHOULDER OF THE BUBBLIEST WITCH YOU'VE EVER MET.

And eventually Salieri manages to swallow his pride and embarrassment and tries to tell Mozart who he is which he understands Immediately because he's annoying like that. But instead of mocking Salieri he does his best to help him reverse the magic and yknow what I think it was Salieri's own magic. And I'm not sure if it can be reversed or not, but even if it can't be Salieri just...makes his peace with it. No one is forcing him to compete with the other brilliant witch anymore, and he can just...be. If the magic DOES get reversed he gets to keep the killer wings <3

who’s the barista and who’s the coffee addict

So interestingly, to challenge myself because coffee shop AUs aren't ones I'm overly fond of? I started plotting one out in my head a lil bit which helps with this question!

So Salieri is the coffee addict and he orders the most sugary sweet coffee known to man but only One kind of coffee ever. Cue Mozart, the world's bubbliest and most annoying barista who offers to vibe check customers and make them a drink for the day. Usually when people say no Mozart just lets it go but something about Salieri Bothers him so he just. Does it anyway. Salieri comes back in five minutes later and [calmly, because he's not about to be a dick to someone who works in food service] asks for his actual order.

And so it begins. Honestly with this one Mozart keeps trying this and trying this and Salieri is just a Wall of calm refusal [though he does start getting pissy at Mozart but he never verbally abuses him so he's valid because Mozart IS getting his drink order wrong on purpose] until Turning Point [tm] and he finally tries one as a thank you for something Mozart did.

And he doesn't love it but after that he just. Lets Mozart have fun. And he does get his usual on days where he's beaten down and exhausted too, ofc. The only outright refusal is Mozart makes him something pumpkin spice and Salieri takes a sip and about gags but tries to play it off, so Mozart makes him his usual with an apology. Sorry pumpkin lovers, I cannot with pumpkin so I am inflicting that on Salieri XD

Also Mozart drinks coffee with so many espresso shots he prob ends up at the hospital at some point LMAOOOOOO

who’s the professor and who’s the TA

I'm mixed on this one because I do actually have a teaching AU and they're both professors in it, and I don't suuuuper love academic dynamics with any level of power over each other, tho this is better than professor and a student dfxcgvh

While ig it would be funny to make Mozart the professor and Salieri the TA, honestly Mozart would not take academia seriously enough, not at first, so Salieri is the tenured professor who is trying to teach musical theory and Mozart is his bubbly TA who won't stop flirting with him and making him uncomfortable because he finds his TA attractive but oh god he finds his TA attractive.

The fun part here is that Mozart literally finally puts in effort for a professorship solely to be on equal ground with Salieri so that he'll calm down and be okay about dating.

who’s the knight and who’s the prince(ss)

HMMMMMMM I HAVE MANY THOUGHTS HERE.

So. Lady knight Salieri who is off to war, fighting with her fellow knights, doing their damndest to protect their kingdom; and they fail. The invaders win and take the capital, people are beaten back. The knights are given the opportunity to renounce their king and take up arms under the new flag.

Salieri fights her way through, escapes the hangman's noose and rides for her kingdom. She fights and she fights and she fights her way through, spreading a tale of a knight all in black who slaughters anyone who dares get in her way. Some tales whisper of a dark force possessing her, and others of a black dragon.

She storms the castle alone and fights her way through, drenched in blood and gore but too strong to ever fail.

Salieri, who fights her way into the dungeons and finds her princess there, humiliated, hair that was her father's pride shorn, tortured and stripped of her finery, but her princess all the same. She forces the cell open and drops to her knees before Mozart, still looking up at her with the awe and love that she always has, and Mozart breaks. Cries and screams and begs for this nightmare to end, begs for Salieri to end this. She has seen her family laid low, tortured and hanged, and she cannot take more.

Salieri, who begs for a chance to free her, and who has never failed Mozart before. And who still hasn't, Mozart says, a hand on her cheek, for she found her in the end, didn't she? Salieri leaves with her princess on the back of a devil-summoned dragon, and they go far, far away. Salieri who cares and loves for Mozart, swearing her fealty and then her heart over and over again.

And they grow old together, with their dragon, and it isn't easy but it is happy, in the end.

OR

Most charming and beautiful lady knight in all the kingdom, Mozart, is commissioned to save the king's son from a wicked princess in a far off land. Mozart who makes friends wherever she goes, who begins to hear tales of the king's son's beastly temper and greed.

When she reaches the kingdom, she finds the king's troops have it under their control, the people under lock and key, and the princess...oh, the princess. A beautiful woman with silver hair and eyes like blood, locked away in the highest tower, awaiting her executioner.

Awaiting Mozart.

And well, if that isn't the most infuriating thing Mozart has ever been lied to about <3 But with a population angry and just in need of one little spark, it is easy to overpower the troops. Easier still to fight her way inside and slaughter the lying king's lazy son. And the princess, in her tower, is sealed off from the world. But Mozart has rope and a stubbornness known to rival a bull's, so she climbs that tower and finds that princess and maybe she trips over her words and her feet but she lands in her arms, so can she really complain?

The tower is destroyed, the princess is freed and becomes Queen Salieri, and Mozart becomes her royal consort and acting general. First order of business? She is bringing her beloved wife the lying king's head on a pike. <3

who’s the teacher and who’s the single parent

ANOTHER ONE WHERE I CAN SEE BOTH WAYS but honestly I'm sorry Mozart honey but you cannot be a single parent you are too irresponsible so SINGLE PARENT SALIERI IT IS

He has two foster kids, Anya and Kadoc, who are in kindergarten and third grade respectively, and he gave up his dreams of music to take them in when he met them hiding behind a dumpster and all alone. Mozart is a bubbly, friendly music teacher for the primary school, and he quickly becomes Salieri's kids favorite teacher.

He also quickly becomes Salieri's favorite teacher, because not only is he gorgeous but also he is so kind to his kids AND he takes to staying after them until Salieri can arrive, which sometimes...takes a very long time.

Eventually they get together through Anya and Kadoc's scheming <3 Also they can both be ladies too [for any of these really but the one before and this one really stuck out to me for it], I just defaulted to male pronouns and was too lazy to go back zdsfghcvj

who’s the writer and who’s the editor

Mozart is the writer who thinks he should be able to write anything so long as it only punches up at rich white people and who doesn't care that a lot of those rich white people are the people who read his books. Salieri is his editor who is surviving out of espresso shots, convenience store meals, and spite alone. Mozart is his most frustrating but satisfying client, because even though he fights him on every single change, he isn't an absolute dick about it.

Eventually Mozart realizes that Salieri's edits don't pull the punches from the story, but rather help him disguise them better, so that when one is found it leaves that much more of an impact. They get to know each other some outside of work, and Mozart finds out on accident about Salieri's long string of exes who have dumped him because he commits too much time to editing Mozart's work.

He teases him for it but then actually fucking loves it so any time Salieri says he has a date Mozart starts sending in more and more work until eventually past midnight for the fifth night Salieri looks at him, eyes entirely dead, and says that if Mozart wants him all to himself all he has to do is say so. And then he conks out because he is so fuckin exhausted. Ofc the very first thing Mozart does in the morning is say that verbatim and they're off to the races.

The only problem is Mozart gets whiny when Salieri has other clients, but he does understand, if he has too.

WELLP THAT ADDS A SHITTON MORE WIPS TO THE PILE LMAOOOOO

THANKS SO MUCH for the ask Sabu it is always wonderful to answer them <3 and I had a lot of fun with these, wow.

Ask game here if anyone else wants to send me one and watch me go feral <3 doesn't have to be fate, I'm fairly active with Fo4, Pokemon, uhhhh...UHHHHHH...Elfquest but no one knows that one,,,Overwatchish....OH TOLKIEN. etc so feel free if you wanna <3 if I don't like the ship I'll let you know privately sdfxgc