#actually bother to think things through when it comes to the hive's internal design

[braisedhoney]

SERIOUSLY IT FEELS LIKE THIS SOMETIMES WHAT THE—

(screaming relegated for tags, as always ;; omg)

🐝New hive art!🐝

@braisedhoney

Non canon as you like it❤️

Those are just some fun concepts/head-canons I drew bc Hive obsession never lets me go

🐝 Ship location drawing

I headcanon the idea that the whole ship runs on honey

(Honey is gathered and goes to producing food + producing honey fuel)

(Also wanted to draw 2 locations, but energy left me 😔 so 🫵maybe some day🫵)

🐝Pollinator’s backpack

(Basically took the idea of irl pollination)

Crewmate sticks the sucking tube in the flower, and it sucks up all of the nectar. Nectar is stored in “pollen baskets”

🐝Bee mecha

Bonus

Thanks to @demonicrhythms for showing me silly bear earrings💞🐻‍❄️

[testifytime]

Do me as all of them. Do it. Destroy me. -Angelique

- A Pokemon team/type theme (+ fun facts abt your team!)

Your theme is cute/feminine Pokemon!

Your signature Pokemon is Eevee, but your team also consists of Chikorita, Alolan Ninetales, Galarian Rapidash, Dragonair, and Delcatty!

Eevee refuses to evolve. You’re not really sure why, but you think a lot of it is down to indecision on who she wants to be! You’ve given her an everstone to hold for now. You figure she’ll know when she’s ready - if she ever is!

Your Chikorita is a pretty old hand at this point, maybe even your very first Pokemon! You’re not too sure why she hasn’t evolved yet, but you’ve got your suspicions that she likes being babied too much to get any bigger; she already knows that she won’t fit in your lap if she evolves into a Bayleef, after all!

Your Alolan Ninetales and Galarian Rapidash were gifts from your fathers! They’re completely intertwined with one another, often curling up together whenever they’re out of their Pokeballs. They’re great for double-battles, but you sometimes have to try and remind the other Pokemon that they CAN’T join in when it comes to single battles. 

Your Dragonair is shiny! You got it after climbing several floors in a giant tower. It chose you, after a moment of battle and a long, awkward silence. You’re not sure why. But it seems to Know things, and you’re not inclined to question that anymore. 

Your Delcatty is a little madam. Ever since she evolved, she’s demanded even MORE attention than before, even going so far as to claw up your clothes if she’s decided that she’s not getting enough. You have to brush her for at least an hour a day to keep her happy - and even then, she’s gotten so picky with her food, chances are you’ll still offend her at dinner time. 

- Bloodcaste/lusus/chumhandle as if you were a Homestuck troll (+lore)

You’re a violetblood with a Deepseacreature lusus! Your chumhandle is absurdlyAbstract.

You and your Deepseacreature lusus live in the depths of the ocean, with your hive built into the side of an abyss wall. It’s less of a “hive” and more of a “palace”, with hundreds of bedrooms and bathrooms, a grand hall, a feasting hall, a ballroom, wine cellars and about ten different pantries - but there’s only one room that’s yours, and it’s the only one you really use. The rest of the hive is empty and silent, filled only by your lusus’ tendrils as he tidies, cooks, and protects. 

Your room is so big that it looks barren despite being filled with your interests. It’s mostly pretty things that you’ve collected; pearls and crystals, glowing corals and trinkets from above that have floated down deep enough for you to reach. There’s an entire hidden wardrobe filled with your clothes, and all the jewelry that your lusus has made for you over the years. That aside, your deepwaters husktop is probably one of the only things that’s really yours? It’s high-end, of course, because your lusus wouldn’t buy you anything BUT the best - but it’s got all of your RFLARP (Remote FLARP, for the uninitiated) stuff on it, as well as all of your RPG games. It’s practically your whole life, considering there’s buttall to do down in the middle of darkass nowhere.

You’re a princess! Though, a princess of what, you don’t really know. Unlike other violetbloods, you’ve got nothing that’s really yours; your little kingdom is vast and empty, with the only living things being the glowing corals you pluck from the deepest caverns every few sweeps. You’ve got no love for your caste, though; you’ve heard enough about them, even though you’ve never met them, to know that they’re all kind of assholes!

You have a few friends online that you love to pieces. They’re like your family! You roleplay with them all the time, both in normal chat and in the games you all play together, and it’s nice, because it means you can pretend, for a while, that you’re not a lonely princess hiding in the dark with nobody but your lusus to keep you company. They don’t even know you’re violet! It’s nice, to be able to be someone else. The only problem is, you’re worried about telling them who you really are - and you’re so, so jealous of the fact that they have other people around them that can interact with them as easily as breathing. 

Your Deepseacreature lusus is huge. You’re not actually sure how big he is? You’ve never seen his whole body, that’s for sure, mostly because he stops you whenever you go too far down. You’ve only ever really seen his multitude of eyes and his empty maw of a mouth, and the very smallest of his tendrils that he works in through your hive like servants. 

- Symbol/guardian/chumhandle as if you were a Homestuck kid (+lore)

Your symbol is an angel wing, and your guardian is your dad! Your chumhandle is absoluteAngelic. 

You and your dad live in a gorgeous mansion up on a cliff. It’s not actually your mansion, technically; it’s probably some place so old that nobody really cared to own it anymore, even though it’s almost definitely on private property. You’ve lived here for as long as you can remember, though, and you’re pretty sure your dad’s lived here even longer than that, too, though he’s never confirmed or denied that point. In fact, he doesn’t tell you a whole lot about the mansion, or the village settled on the valley beneath the cliff. You guess he just likes having secrets.

Your room is one of the LEAST musty in the whole building, and that’s mostly because you and your dad actually bother to keep it clean. You’ve got all your dresses in there, and your collection of crystals, as well as the dice you like to collect for your (potential) future DND sessions! There’s also an ever-growing pile of plushies in the corner of your room, mostly sent to you by your bestest of friends, which you think might be getting a little out of hand? You love them too much to even consider getting rid of any, though, and it’s not like you can’t just give them their own room eventually! There’s not really much else in your room besides your laptop and the huge stack of games and consoles that you managed to convince your dad to get you every Christmas since you could talk. Your whole life besides that is pretty much online, so you don’t really mind not having a room stuffed to the brim with things. 

Online, you love to roleplay. Pretty much everything you do comes back to roleplay! Roleplay blogs, MMORPG games, general conversations - it seeps into everything you do in the best possible way, and keeps you from feeling lonely in your giant home all by yourself. There’s more that you wish you could do, like go to actual DND groups and visit your friends in person, but they all live so far away and you don’t even have a car. For now? Just having them online is enough. Or, so you try to convince yourself, anyway...

Your dad doesn’t give you a lot of rules, but the ones he does he’s super strict on. You’re not allowed to go to the village; you’re not allowed to go to the library, ever, but especially at night; you’re not allowed to research anything about the village or the mansion under any circumstances. You’ve never been brave enough to try and look it up behind his back, because you’re pretty sure he’d know somehow that you did, but you can’t lie and say you’re not curious. 

At night, when you’re most awake, you like to wander the halls of your mansion with nothing but the pale moonlight to guide you. It’s silent and peaceful, with only the soft sound of crickets outside and the wind rustling through leaves to accompany you on your walks. Sometimes, even without meaning to, without paying attention, you end up standing in front of the grand doors of the library. It’s like you’re being called there. You’ll stand there for several hours, debating going in, succumbing to the call, finding what hides inside - but the feeling of eyes, thousands of them, watching you has always stayed your hand. 

- A FNAF animatronic design and name

You’re a pure white fox-cat animatronic with big, white fluff around your neck and all the way down your belly! More of the fluff appears in rings around your wrists and ankles, but beyond that, your fur is pretty short. Your ears are more fox-like than cat-like, but you’ve got a purely feline face - and that includes a tiny button nose and black eyes with crescent moons for pupils!

You’re part of a trio that’re meant for the older kids at the pizzaria. They don’t always like the sillier-looking animatronics, and don’t always want to join in despite internally wishing that they could. No grown kid wants to be seen with baby stuff, after all. 

You dance and sing soothing melodies for them, and are filled with facts about modern media. Your job is pretty much just to talk to and entertain them, connect with them, as if you’re their age! You’re frequently updated with information whenever some new show or game comes out, and though you’ve never seen them, you’re often gifted with little toys from the media you talk about from the kids who love you most. 

(Alongside the other two animatronics in your trio - your “fathers”, one of which tells adventurous stories and the other who acts as a silent listener - you’re a pretty popular attraction for the older kids. You’re a gateway back into childhood, and though they’ll never admit it, they love you for it.)

Your name, unsurprisingly, is Luna! Luna Knite. You’re one of the only animatronics with a last name because you’re part of a family group.  

- A BNHA Quirk and hero title

Your quirk is Angelic! Despite its simple name, it’s actually kind of complex. 

Firstly, your quirk gives you a mutation in the form of actual wings on your back. They’re not functional - at least, not yet? - and are fairly small; about the span of your elbow if you stretch your arms out wide. Any time you use your quirk, they glow a blinding blue-white. The more intense the light, the stronger your quirk is.

Secondly, the actual meat of your quirk: it’s essentially super-faith. If you Wish for something, or Believe in it really hard, or have incredible Faith in something (or someone!) you can affect reality to bring these things into existence. 

Believe that salt tastes sweet? Anyone salt in your vacinity will suddenly taste sweet - but as soon as you’re gone, it’ll taste salty again. Wish that someone’s wounds were healed? The wound will magically stitch itself back together. Have Faith in someone’s abilities to take down a villain? They’ll be given a buff for the duration of the fight.

Naturally, each fragment - Belief, Faith, and Wishes - have different effects on you. 

Beliefs stay for as long as you personally believe in them, and have a radius-like effect around you. If other people believe the thing you believe, then the radius around you grows bigger, and can even pass onto them.

Faith, likewise, stays for as long a you have Faith in it. Unlike Belief, however, Faith will fade once the primary reason behind your Faith is dealt with, and cannot be increased by the Faith of other people. 

Wishes will last forever. They also take the heaviest toll on you, though, and often result in you passing out for several days. The more demanding the wish, the harsher it is on your body, and the longer you’re out for.

Your hero title is The Angelic Hero: Angel Dust! It’s a bit silly, you suppose, but it’s a name you’ve been adamant on since you were a little girl, and you didn’t have the heart to change it by the time you were a teen at school. 

You’re a support hero who works more than happily as a sidekick for your team, often doing crowd control and rescue missions. Your unwavering Faith and Belief is what people often need in times of crisis, and even just the radiant glow of your costume is enough to let people know that things are going to be okay. 

On the side, you work as a hero counsellor. You like to make sure that your fellow heroes are doing okay, that they’re mentally coping with the demands of the job, and that they’re also not letting their egos get to their heads. You’ve got a bit of a hatred for the top ten because of this; too few of them do it because they really want to save people, and too many because they want the fame. 

You’re actually in the top 30 despite your desire to not be on the leaderboard at all - partly because your design is pretty popular with young girls.   

[kl-writes]

Red X Headcanons

Remember this guy? Who we never really discovered the identity of?

Well, it’s always bothered me since I saw the show. In most fanfiction, his identity is usually one of the following:

Jason Todd

Grant Wilson

OC with some sort of ‘X’ in their name

I’m not entirely sold on any of these three. Maybe it’s because I’ve developed my own headcanon, but nevertheless, here are my thoughts on each:

Jason Todd

The only way I could really see this working is as Jason’s backstory. As you probably know (Since most of you were born after he came back...) Jason was the second Robin, taken in by Batman after trying to steal the tires off the batmobile. However, he was killed by the joker, and came back as a murderous vigilante with a big grudge against Batman.

Most people like the theory because it explains why Red X’s skill-set is so close to Robin’s, why he might have known about the Red X suit, and it also creates a more dramatic rivalry between Dick and Jason.

However, I don’t agree that after Jason came back from the dead, he would go back to stealing things, specifically in Dick’s city. His grudge was always primarily against Bruce. Additionally, although he might decide after dying that it isn’t worth it to fight crime, I don’t think he’d just start a phantom thief career unless he had some other goal in mind. Additionally, he never really seemed to have anything personal against the titans. He also called Dick “kid,” when Jason is a few years younger than Dick. Maybe if he was working with the League on something, or someone was blackmailing him, he might keep his identity secret. However, in both of Red X’s appearances, he ends up going against his original goals to help Dick in some way- this is something he might not have the ability to do if he was working for someone. He also stresses his own selfishness.

So the number of contradictions in his identity would essentially make the Jason Todd/Red X a different character than the comics Jason Todd anyways.

Grant Wilson

In the original comics, Grant Wilson (The son of Deathstroke) is a fan of Deathstroke (He doesn’t know that Deathstroke is his father). He decides to go to HIVE to get the same enhancements as Deathstroke, and in return, takes up a contract to kill the Teen Titans (Who he has a grudge against, since they helped his ex-girlfriend Carol kick him out for being a jerk). However, the enhancements mess with his body’s chemistry, and the stress of battle causes Grant to die. This is what kick-starts Deathstroke’s grudge against the Teen Titans.

However, Deathstroke behaves a lot differently in the show. He isn’t shown to have, or at least know about, any of his children (Although Jericho, his younger son, does show up, and Ravager AKA Rose shows up in the Teen Titans tv show comics). His goal seems to be to have an apprentice of some sort. He first tries to get Robin, especially after Robin builds the Red X suit, and then tries to recruit Terra. After dying, he works for Trigon, and eventually comes back to life.

If Grant is dead, then at the very least, he doesn’t have a grudge against the Teen Titans for it in the tv show.

In the Teen Titans tv show comics, Ravager seems a bit more like comics!Grant than Red X does- she fights the Teen Titans to carry out her father’s legacy, and eventually is convinced to live her own life. This is a reversal of Deathstroke’s arc in the comics, and it makes it seem as though Rose has absorbed her brother’s role. Grant Wilson doesn’t have much of a personality beyond this (Seeing as he died in the same story arc that he was introduced in).

For a while, Grant Wilson was my top headcanon. It wasn’t until I came up with my others that I decided that Grant should take on a different role than Red X, as Rose has essentially fulfilled his role.

OC with some sort of ‘X’ in their Name

It’s very easy to make an OC fit the correct criteria. However, the fact that it’s an OC means that 1. It wasn’t the identity for Red X the creators had in mind (If they ever really gave Red X an identity) and 2. It is impossible for the viewer/reader to guess based just on the show. And that’s bad mystery writing, the culprit always has to show up at some point before the reveal. Can you imagine if Darth Vader’s true identity was Roberto Foxglover? Roberto Foxglover never even shows up in Star Wars! What would be the point of even revealing his identity if that was the case!?

However, for Red X-centered fanfiction, it works out fine because the reader knows who Red X is. It wouldn’t work out for a mythical season 6 of the show.

MY HEADCANONS

Red X has to be someone, right? I have two candidates as my top choices. One appears exclusively in the comics, the other appears exclusively in the tv show.

#1 Choice: Carol Sladky

Now I know what you might be thinking- how can kl-writes talk about always showing the culprit before their identity is revealed, and then bring in some random person?

Well, I did reveal it! I mentioned Carol in passing!

In the comics, Carol has even less personality than Grant. She originally broke up with him because he cheated on her. They got back together to investigate the mystery of why Starfire crash-landed in Carol’s living room, and later when Grant wanted to rekindle things, the Teen Titans helped her kick him out. She later brings flowers to Grant’s grave when he dies, and that is the last we see of her.

The good thing about Carol is that her lack of personality essentially makes her into whatever character the author wants, as long as the relationship to Grant is preserved. However, if Carol exists, so too must Grant.

Perhaps in season 6, Grant shows up dressed like one of Slade’s apprentices or heirs (Like Rose), but Slade has no idea who this guy is... because Grant is wearing a mask... I imagine that perhaps Slade never wanted his children involved in his life, which is why Jericho’s a hero and Ravager never shows up until after Slade is supposedly dead. Grant and Carol are rivals at first, trying to steal the the same things- Slade is either confused by the turn of events, wants them both destroyed (They’re after the same things as Slade...), or wants to recruit one/both of them. Seeing as Grant might want to be recruited, I’m guessing Slade doesn’t want to recruit him, either for family reasons (Slade’s not an idiot- he can probably identify his own son) or because Grant’s temper doesn’t mix well with the assassin lifestyle. However, they eventually grow close and start dating. The Titans have to deal with the fallout from any quarrels or break-ups.

There is one glaring argument against this. In fact, it was actually thinking about this argument that made me think Carol was Red X.

Red X is a guy

Is he, though? They’re the same height and build as Robin, but thinks they are more mature (Calling Robin, kid). This might mean that they’re older. On average, women tend to be shorter than men, except for a few years during puberty, and if the women are older than men. Obviously, this is just an average, but worth consideration, especially since height is used in a lot of cartoons to help show age, since faces tend to be simplified.

Additionally, given that Robin designed the suit for himself, it is most likely tailored for his appearance. Given that superhero costumes tend to be skin-tight, it would make sense that an armored, skin-tight costume would have the same proportions as Robin. The energy from the belt feeds into the gloves, so there is likely wiring in the chest area. For someone who didn’t build the suit, and who might not have access to the blueprints, it’s a bad idea to mess around with the internals simply for the sake of more comfortable tailoring.

The voice of the second Red X is noticeably higher than Robin’s appearance. This could be because the second Red X decided not to modify their voice, but Red X is noticeably touchy about his mask. Why wouldn’t they use a voice changer built into the suit? If their original voice is higher than Robin’s, it makes sense that the modified voice would also be higher. And since Red X at the very least thinks that they’re older than Robin, they probably have gone through puberty. A male Red X would either have about the same pitch or lower than Robin.

Given the low number of female characters connected to Robin or Slade (The others being the female members of the Bat-family, Rose Wilson, and Adeline Kane), Carol seems like the most likely. Rose shows up in the tv show comics under a different name, and Adeline’s a bit too serious for Red X’s character. Out of the bat-family, I would say that Spoiler’s personality translates over the best, but there’s no good reason why she would show up in Dick’s city and start a career as a phantom thief.

Other Idea: One of the randos who stole Cyborg’s automobile

Like Carol, they have no real personality, so you can do whatever you want with them. Unlike a true OC, they also become legitimate candidates as they show up in the tv show or comics, therefore it is reasonable that the viewer might determine their identity before the reveal.

I originally meant to write a fanfiction with Carol as Red X, but I find it easier to write about things than to write things...