#actually im gonna call him that now to differentiate..

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heh *locks you in your own little hell world*

[angrymiau]

the boy wonder: dick grayson!

aka: my design of him (casual), his nightwing costume, and his robin costume!

part 1/? because I'm planning to draw my headcanons of the rest of the family too! 💙💙, my headcanons and thought process below the cut ꒰⁠⑅⁠ᵕ⁠༚⁠ᵕ⁠꒱⁠˖⁠♡ (I'm insane) (I'm gonna ramble a lot)

FIRST !! His casual outfit (+ other small things) (this is going to be very long)

first things first i wanted him to be very blue because it helps me differentiate each sibling (+ steph) and have a color pallette because I'm not a character designer at all and if you ask me to combine colors I'll cry in agony, so Dick obviously got blue!! HOWEVER I didn't want to give him bright BRIGHT blue because i wanted dick to look, not soft? but approachable. I hc him to work with kids, maybe as a teacher or as an instructor, because I can't see him as a cop at all (aside from undercover maybe, which if i remember correctly is why he was a cop in the first place) in the long-term—and so I used colors that are mostly soft / not very bright because they're not very stimulating for kids or could distract them too much, and can also tend to be sorta soothing / calming ?? soft colors can help kids focus and soothe them

which is what brings me to my other point, which was drawing with small details to make him look more welcoming and approachable and not threatening at all, at least not as dick grayson, was giving him bushy eyebrows, messy hair and big(?) eyes!! there's not big explanation to that, just that when giving him small details like those i try to follow the theme i gave him in the first place

Aside from that, I like to think his bad fashion sense is a conscious decision. As in he knows how to dress properly, and he can design good suits, but he consciously chooses obnoxious things or things that don't match just for the giggles. Why not. (I'm a firm believer that Discowing should come back it was a great suit). He dresses very well but some days he will show up at the Manor looking like an unicorn threw up on him and being a walking fashion crime and acts unaware to it. Why not.

Other small thing is the necklace!! i was going to draw it to be a four-leaf clover but couldnt draw it so it just ended like that. It has a picture of himself + his fam, a picture that Tim took, so Dick edited Tim's face into the photo with photoshop so in the middle of it there's Tim's floating face

I also hc Dick with another height! I know he's 5'10", which is close to 178cm if I'm correct, but I actually hc him to be shorter, and to be small since he was a kid but having The Growth Spurt when he was around or so! It's only a few cms, I just hc him to be 174cm lol, it's only a 4 cm difference

Last thing which is totally self-indulgent, those dark spots on Dick's neck, knuckles and elbows are because I hc him to have insulin resistance! Because I do since I was a kid, and because why not. I looked it up and it's apparently called 'Acanthosis nigricans' (im fully healthy btw dont worry ��), I just wanted Dick to have it

I also hc Dick to be genderqueer and bi&demisexual but that has nothing to do with his design

Now!!! Nightwing!!!!!

This was more easier and there's not a lot of different things, but I added some things I like,

Since Dick has long hair, and I'm a firm believer of the fact that hairstyles change how someone can perceive you/recognize you (or maybe I just have bad memory and can't memorize faces at all), I made him tie his hair but also have it a bit more messy, to change from his usual hair look (which is leaving his hair down)

Aside from that, I just added more blue to his suit by adding a few things, his collar (which is the best part of his discowing suit!!!!!!! aside from the colors!!!!), and gave him back his gauntles which I can't draw so they look strange! That, and I gave him a belt with small.bags??? things??? (HOW ARE THEY CALLED IN ENGLISH) where he keeps some stuff he needs like smoke bombs etc etc, they're not filled with those trinkets and are very light so they won't bother him when he does his flips, and it's tied very well so it won't fall off (it happened). so now he can store things on his belt and on his gauntlets instead of his sticks that I forgot how they're called in english

and now...... The Child (aka Devil incarnate)

Following the same theme of looking approaching and good and blahblah but even more. I made his hair curlier because unlike Older Dick who actually tries to brush it and fails miserably, when he was younger he didn't care and climbed every single furniture in the Manor whenever Alfred tried to force him to brush it, inspired by the fact I used to hate to brush my hair as a kid

He also has those dark marks because of the insuline resistance, and I gave him knee pads (?) because there's no way Bruce would let him out like that with only That costume as protection. Overall I didn't change a lot from the canon design?

He's also short, because why not. It makes it funnier to think about being a criminal and a literal 8 year old who barely reaches a bit above ur hip beats your ass. i wouldn't show my face ever again .

I also hc that he Put the fear of god into the rogues gallery (i dont remember how theyre called as a group in english im gonna cry). while Jason did that with the gotham criminals(not rogues, but others, he was cute and all but also very VICIOUS against them, especially those who messed with kids . robin gave him the magic but the magic to break their collarbones, but this isnt about him), Dick was very very VERY annoying to them. the Joker hates him because Dick loudly says how the Joker sucks as a clown and has an obnoxiously long list of every single way the Joker fails as a clown. The Riddler hates him. Penguin hates him. Everyone hates him. They hear a kid laugh and are like '😨 ROBIN' even though Robin is now an adult man. he gave them ptsd. u know that creepy kid laugh? thats exactly how dick laughed to creep them out. it also creeped out the gotham criminals but Dick was specially mean to the gotham rogues . imagine being one of them and after going through the nightmare that is meeting an 8 year old (truly traumatizing) that later kicked ur ass, is hearing robin get sleepy and having to go home because he has a bedtime. a kid with a bedtime beat you. a kid who has to go to school and has to learn how to count to 1000 beat you. I would cry

A small thing I like to think even if it's not included is that in one of his pockets he keeps candies !! both for him and for kids he saves with batman. Batman checks he's not eating all of them because what's worse than an angry and hyperactive eight year old is an angry and hyperactive eight year old mid-sugar rush. no one recovered after that night.

That's all !!!! THANK U FOR READING MY RAMBLES!!!!! kisses u in the cheek /p

[aj1dordinary]

y'know, im something of a roman empire myself actually

platonic!Johnny Cage x platonic!gen-z!reader; neutral!Kenshi Takahashi x platonic!reader; platonic!Raiden x platonic!reader; platonic!Kung Lao x platonic!reader; platonic!Lui Kang x platonic!reader

no beta reading we die like men. here’s another chapter even though i have like 3 papers due within 2 weeks.

after stepping out of the portal, your eyes catch first the palace setting. how its stone and marble material reached towards the sky and provided a sturdy foundation for your feet. there was clear signs of royalty with the hues of gold and purple that mingled with the color of natural scenery.

however, the view was interrupted when the armed guard replaced it. stern and well-postured, you straightened your back to replicate the menacing look. liu kang had educated you well enough before leaving so you could differentiate the two princesses among them.

johnny whistled, prepared to ruin the scenic moment immediately with that mouth of his. you elbowed him again, “not now” you mouthed.

“you should listen to your assistant more,” raiden said as Earthrealm’s chosen defender. “i’m sure she goes through a lot to keep you out of trouble.”

liu kang hummed in agreement before bowing before the princesses, addressing them as mileena and kitara. the rest of the group’s actions followed after the god.

as he went around, he introduced everyone. well, everyone except you, you stood farther back than the hand-selected fighters. but, your presence did not go unnoticed.

“and the girl?” mileena raised her eyebrow.

liu kang pursed his lips again before speaking, “a spectator, at the request of johnny cage. i assure you that she is of no threat.”

you inch back a little farther behind the pack as the attention seemed to have shifted to your meek form. thankfully, conversation was more focused on the battles that were to take place.

“i hope you are prepared raiden. our champions are determined to win.” kitana smirked.

“myself included, it’s been too long since Outworld has hailed victory.” mileena held her head high in confidence.

before you could also disgrace the group with your quick retorts, the conversation was interrupted by a guard, but clearly one of a higher ranker or importance. tanya, the future empress called her, declared that you all head to the capitol and without further hesitation, you all moving once more.

you made sure to be out of sight, realizing now just how out of place you really were in terms of stature and build. to keep your mind off things, you took out your phone and quietly did the job you were hired to do: vlog.

so as you guys paraded through the city, you whispered amongst the group and took shots of the Outworldian city. 

“so raiden give us a little pre-game interview. how do you feel as earth realm’s champion fighter? surely, everyone is gonna want a piece of you.” you shoved the lens into his face again in true paparazzi fashion. 

he flushed, you could tell the attention that he has been getting as of late was new to him, but he entertained your antics anyway.

“definitely a little nervous, but also confident. i won against three other of lui kang’s handpicked fighters so i know i have the ability.” he rubbed the back of his neck as confetti had begun raining down.

“a great insight to have raiden. i implore you to keep that same energy throughout our time here.” liu kang spoke like a proud father.

“and you kangaroo?” your low-attention span now shifted. 

the nickname always seemed to catch him off guard, so with a recollected sigh, he spoke, “pleased.”

“kung fu! ken-doll! get in on all the fun! we’re being celebrated right now.” you yelled, eager to ramp up the energy within the group.

“we are being celebrated, you just happen to be here also.” kenshi brushed past you, unwilling to give you anything else. ouch. but johnny was quick to replace him, shaking his fist like an angry old man at kenshi’s insult.

kung lao and johnny matched you energy-wise as you all declared that when raiden wins the tournament, you’d order mountains of food and create content to entertain the fans back in Earthrealm.

once a little more composed, you took notice of all the different kinds of beings there were in outworld, you also took in how it felt to be celebrated. mileena seeing the curiosity in your eyes began recanting to raiden about the history of Outworld. she even mentioned about her late father.

you cut liu kang off in the middle of him performing his diplomatic duty, “i’m sorry for your loss. must be difficult.” you provide a flat smile.

“i appreciate your gesture, but you have nothing to be sorry for. not as much as this one here…” she mutters. she stops the carriage to get off and approach a figure in the distance. in the mean time, liu kang is not ignorant to the interaction between you and mileena.

“you have lost your father too.” he spoke, his tone sympathetic. you look down, the camera no longer recording. there was no escaping the conversation with the all-knowing god.

“my mother and sister too. a home-invasion gone wrong. i wasn’t home. i never was, always afraid of missing out. so i blew them off that night when they wanted to watch a movie in favor of partying with friends.” 

silence hovered over the group despite the festival music still playing in the background. you made quick work of wiping your tears before apologizing again, scared of dampening the mood. johnny, who knew of your story when he hired you, just provided a comforting arm around your shoulder.

“so your humor is a cover-up, huh?” kenshi muttered.

“really, you want to do this right now?” johnny stood from his position in the carriage. kenshi also stood, making the carriage a little wobbly.

kung lao and raiden replaced his spot on either side, providing you with shoulders to lean on.

“now, now. we will not make a display of ignorance.” liu kang intercepted immediately, a stern tone taking over. “kenshi, now is not the time or place. johnny, not every altercation needs verbal and physical offense. i order you both to sit back down and let us carry on to Empress Sindel’s palace.” 

and so it was. mileena returned and the parade carried on as she muttered “li mei and those damned tarkatans” under her breath.

you collected yourself at the palace and stood amongst the group discussing tactics for the fights raiden would be enduring. suddenly, silence took over before johnny pushed you behind him, “red alert. stock villain incoming.”

he spoke in reference to what you would classify as demon split the crowd. his tall stature definitely struck fear deep within you. maybe now would be a good time to start praying. liu kang introduced him as general shao. his goal clear, to antagonize and belittle the group of Earthrealmers that stood before him. the others remained tall before him, but you were kept behind them out of necessary precaution.

the princesses returned and sat on their respective thrones beside Empress Sindel. there was no pause or hesitation for further introduction. she immediately began setting the stage for which raiden would take alongside his enemies.

you begin twirling your hair out of anxiety when his first opponent was introduced. the same li mei that mileena seems to distrust. you found out soon enough in empress sindel’s “motivation” speech.

then the battles commenced. each one menacing than the last. but each time raiden came out victorious. the first part of the tournament was adjourned and true to your goal, you, raiden, kung lao, and johnny made the most of the dinner that was provided. you couldn’t help but feel giddy despite the emotions you let loose earlier. maybe the relationship between Earthrealm and Outworld wasn’t as bad as kangaroo made it seem. you watch as johnny flirted with every woman at the party, as kenshi remained unbothered, and kung lao finish plate after plate. raiden and liu and seemed deep in conversation. 

that’s when the feeling returned. the one of doubt that sat deep in your stomach and extended into your throat. everyone here had a place, even in this new world. you begin picking at the remnants of food on your plate.

“i never got your name warrior.” 

you look up and notice that it was princess kitana. as instructed by lui kang, you bow before her.

“no need,” she paused. “i just want to know who you are in relation to everyone.” she sat down in the empty chair next to you.

“firstly, i am no warrior, but my name is y/n. this is more of a business trip to me than one of diplomatic relations.”

“hm. a little disappointing. but, lui kang doesn’t bring just anyone to Outworld.” she swirled a glass of exotic wine before sipping.

you chuckle, once again fully aware of how out of place you were. you don’t respond though.

“have you ever fought before?” she raised an eyebrow.

“maybe when i was younger. i took ballet, gymnastics and karate, but i lost all passion for those beginning crafts when my family… i’m sorry.” you used the napkins provided to blot at your eyes.

kitana shared a look of understanding. she even placed a hand on top of yours.

“i think you should get back into it. not only is it an excellent outlet, but,” she extended the ‘u’ for emphasis and dramatization. “i’m surrounded by brutes on a daily bases and would love some feminine company. maybe i can show you something?” she leaned in, eyeing the space around you guys for anyone lurking in your conversation. 

and how stupid would you be to deny the princess’ request. with stifled giggles and rushed footsteps, kitana grabbed your hand and rushed off to the palace quarters. sindel watched in amusement, she had the same harmless suspicion as a mother watching her daughter and a friend do some secret activity at a sleepover. 

“i won’t go too hard on you, just show you moves you can do when someone invades your space in a manner that is distasteful.” 

it only took a couple minutes for liu kang and the rest of the quartet to notice your usual cheerful and sometimes invasive presence was missing. and how lucky, you did not have to witness mileena’s moment of weakness or when general shao insulted your boys or the plans he had that had yet to be unravelled.

when you finally returned to them later that night, you were a little bruised and definitely sore, but you wouldn’t rest until you could show what you learned on a real person, someone like… a drunk johnny cage.

“how did you manage to sneak off with princess kitana?” kenshi quipped, a little dismayed that it was you of all people.

“i didn’t do anything, in fact, it was her who rizzed me up. don’t be jealous ken-doll.” you wiggled your eyebrows to piss him off further.

“well don’t leave anything to the imagination. what happened?” johnny slurred. this time, he was cosigned by a similarly drunk kung lao, leaving a blushing raiden behind.

“yeah? you wanna know?” you egged them on, leading them to their impending doom.

they nodded eagerly. “well come closer, i can’t exactly say this with so many ears leading back to the empress.” you tease.

when they approach and lean down for you to whisper into their ear, you unleashed your attack. you provide a swift uppercut to kung lao’s chin sending him flying back before he composed himself. you then quickly drop down before swinging your leg around to knock johnny off his. kung lao, the ever so competitive, charged back. this time, you used your refreshed gymnastic skills from kitana to avoid his rapid punches.

round off after round off you avoided him until you could feel your exhaustion setting in, while on your hands, you bent your knees and elbows, trying to gain enough energy to push off and drive your legs up. your heels made contact with kung lao’s chin and sent him flying back. he did not get back up, succumbing to the contact and his drunken haze.

after you sent johnny to the ground, he made no attempt to get up, his drunken state rendering him incapacitated. 

you gracefully finish the round off and put both your hands in the air as if you as if you had finished an award winning gymnastics routine.

raiden clapped, clearly amused at the current state of his friends. kenshi rolled his eyes, but had a little smirk on his face. “since johnny was so adamant about you capturing everything, you should take a photo of them now.”

“omg ken-doll, that’s the best idea you have had yet!” you squeal and proceed to whip the device out to do so.

“i see that your confidence is back on the mend. i’m happy for you. i am also glad that you are no longer running from conflict.” liu kang chuckled and pat you on the back.

raiden picked up the unconscious kung lao while kenshi attended to johnny. you all then proceeded to walk to the quarters provided to you to settle in and prepare for the next day.

“i knew i had chosen right after all.” liu kang said.

“me? chosen? you flatter me kangaroo.” you smile.

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(The Next Day)

raiden stood before empress sindel, though her daughters were missing from their standard positions. she commemorated him of his past victories and how he only had two opponents who stood before him.

you were back on the sidelines with johnny, phone already recording. you were trying so hard not to yell out “Out-Worldstar”. the jokes just write themselves really.

so imagine your surprise when she announced that kitana was to be his next opponent. slyly, you and johnny slid your phones back into your pockets and just started whistling. all of a sudden interested in the plants and decorations rather than raiders impending doom.

“come on guys, you don’t have any faith in raiden?” kung lao nudged.

“it’s not that,” johnny began. “it’s that he’s definitely going to feel it after,” you finished.

“and i will win.” kitana interjected. she looked over at you, you could tell by the crinkle in her eye, she was smiling, ready to show you what it meant to really be femme fatale.

their quarrel began and liu kang had to even stop himself from giggling as you stared at kitana with a wide mouth and a hint of fear in your eyes. she could definitely hold her own in kombat. she performed aerial flips and even put her magic skills to the test against his lightening. it was miraculous even that their fight looked as if they were floating, feet only touching the ground for a moment before attacking or blocking.

despite her flare and her fans, raiden defeated her in a split second moment of weakness. but it didn’t damper how you felt about the strength she exhibited, if anything, it only fueled the fire in you to get back into your hobbies that you discussed last night. you were determined to actually earn your position within liu kang’s entourage.

she congratulated his victory and with no moment of rest, raiders next opponent was introduced: general shao.

you, johnny, kenshi, and kung lao visibly and audibly gulped. kenshi even tugged at his collar a bit to relieve pressure. it seemed as if the ground shook as he approached the ring. you heard how he made a commotion last night by insulting Earthrealmers and their inherent weakness, so you knew he would show no mercy towards raiden.

you look around at your companions, while lui kang focused intensely on the oncoming battle, everyone else was face deep in a newspaper. this caused you to tilt your head while wearing a monotonous look upon your face.

“ok, i know we are all concerned right now, but maybe the least we can do is cheer him on during his final fight.” neurons began firing as you thought of ways to encourage raiden. then it hit you.

“no.” 

“ken-doll come onnnnn. you have to join in or else it won’t be authentic.” you begged, hugging his leg and refusing to get off despite his attempts to kick and remove you.

“i am not doing a pom-pom cheer for a fight.” he grit his teeth.

“come on man, its his last one. we either celebrate now or he dies without ever knowing we were there for him.” johnny wrapped his arm around kung lao and kenshi.

“we can be like the Jackson 5! raiden being michael, obviously” he continued.

“i can hear you guys.” raiden turned, almost embarrassed. 

“one time?” kenshi looked down at you, who was still holding on to his leg, returning his stare with puppy dog eyes, your lips wobbling.

you nodded feverishly. he sighed knowing that you have managed to knock his ego down twice now.

“ok.”

you hopped back up excitedly and immediately got your camera ready and positions set.

the kombat was long and brutal, general shao taking every attack raiden gave him and raiden doing the same. though, you do think your plan to increase raiden’s mood distracted the general at some points, allowing raiden to get some solid hits in. you could not lie, raiden’s usual shy demeanor did not match the one before you: a calm, composed, yet deadly storm. his movements also memorized you as his flash of lightning put on a show similar to that of fireworks.

and as general shao fell to the ground, it fell silent even as the ground trembled. you cheered and even entered the ring to give him a hug with the strength of a anaconda, lifting him off the ground some.

“you did it! you singlehandedly saved Earthrealm” you bounced with misplaced excitement.

“and she calls me kangaroo.” liu kang enters as well to also congratulate his champion.

sindel arose to also congratulate him before swiftly disappearing to someplace that would remain unknown to you.

“come. let us bid our hosts farewell and return to Earthrealm.” liu kang looked pleased at the state of his entourage before leading the way. 

[thatdeadaquarius]

*casually slides into asks*

The Creator having to be taught the language of Teyvat, except they don't realise that each country has their own seperate language and so they are just mixing and matching phrases from each of the languages and no one has any idea what they are saying

*slides back out of asks*

Hello hello my regular customer 💃

Before u slide out, have a cookie for the road! 🤲🍪

Ok but this would actually happen to me

Im partial to the headcanon that theres a trade language in Teyvat, but each country has their own native language, w/sub-dialects too (i think thats the word?)

Just like what u said basically, bc like what if they dont have the trade one 💀 it rlly is just diff languages and im just over here like 😃🗨👋

(Gif is u in the center trying to talk to other people on the sides lol)

Srry if uncreative or kinda a flop i am not a fountain of ideas as much as i wish to be😔🙏

This may be only funny to me...

But i did my bestest for you beloved regular <3

Also u didnt ask for this but u got it anyway LMAO <3

(sorry if i accidentally start callin u xiao pfp i couldnt find a name to call u by)

Ok but like?? Was anybody gonna tell you???

Or like r u so incomprehensible now bc youve mashed all their lingos together that they dont even recognize any of their languages anymore 😭😭???

Yall ever heard that meme sound that has like music playing in the background and its just a loop of a guy saying "..HuH?..HuH?...HuH?"

^^^Everyone else trying to understand you

..

...

.....?

WAIT A MINUTE ?!%

OH GOD OH NO PLEASEEDA@!?

I HAD THE WORST THOUGHTTT!!!!

DO U JUST SOUND LIKE A SIM TO THEM??!!!

😰😰😰😰🥲🥲🥲🥲🥲💀💀💀

CRYINGSOBBING

I CANNOT ESCAPE THIS INTRUSIVE THOUGHT PLEASE NOOOOO JDIOOALLFJSLAFQ

IM ACTUALLY LAUGHING ANDBCRINGING PLEASE -> GOD WALKS AROUND SOUNDING LIKE A SIM TO THE REST OF TEYVAT STOP

♧

Ok but so many people r trying so hard to teach u their language more fully so u can commit to one at least

(Off the top of head, Thoma, Tighnari but if u keep mixing them more and more even on accident he gets too frustrated and accepts it lmao, Amber, Ningguang she wants ur first teyvat lang. to be Liyuean so bad, Kazuha just wants to genuinely understand u and you understand them aw what a sweetheart, Ei once again a person who wants u to learn Inazuman first lol, Zhongli, Jean, Ganyu, Alhaitham but he'd be a terrible teacher i can see it now, Ayato, Ayaka, Gorou, Yae Miko just so u can actually read her novels abt you + have bragging right lol)

..

...Its not really working

Which makes sense tbh, at least to me, bc i sure as fuck couldnt initially hear a big difference between Portugese v. Spanish, Korean v. Japanese etc.

Until i like, kept hearing it over and over and finally got it

(it was easier to differentiate between them on paper than auditorily?? auditorally?!? aUDITORIALLY??!! GODAMMIT IS THAT EVEN A WORD)

.

But I could totally see their languages just all sounding really similar to you, or like, theres some bits and pieces from each lang. that mimic others (pantalones Spanish = pants English for example, and its like all u catch are the "pant" sound so ur like?? Ok so same language right? Hence the mix and match)

♤

So this happens on the daily these days,

U r still going and seeing people,

But nobody has managed to communicate to you that its all different languages lol 🤭

Like this below, happens all the time ⬇️

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Ur having dinner w/ Kamisato clan bc ofc they wanna welcome u!! :D

And Thoma's there, and yall r at the Teahouse, Thoma just got out the hotpot (oh god🤢 ...wait is that you now, r u just like Venti saying oh Barbatos...?)

And they just started dinner but its already a problem w/ur ass LMAO

.

Thoma: "What do you want to drink Our God?"

You: "Ahfs kal aldsplease give me ahdhai?"

Thomas face just like "...😶🙁 oh no" HAHA

Ayaka trying to help him,

"Please repeat that Your Grace?" 😅

You, again lol: "I would dhkaied that aifjwe please :)"

U sound like a SIMMM TO THEMM 😭😭

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Utter fail poor Ayaka is at a loss for once,

they're trying so hard to be polite and you havent even gotten a drink yet let alone the meal lmao,

Poor Thoma is struggling, hes just like,

"Um, uh, this one??" All worried bc now hes gotta point to the pitchers one by one until u either point or nod

AND THE REST OF THE DINNER IS JUST THAT SITUATION OVER AND OVER

U give up and just start nodding or pointing for food or napkins or drinks all like, "Oh wow my accent must be heavy today 😀🤷‍♂️"

Absolutely clueless, and they cant even figure out how to tell u lol

...

Oh god i dont wanna think about the chaos if ur also only understanding the basics of every language so not only do they not get all ur words, u dont get theirs 💀

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Cheers,

🌒🌧🌊Aquarius♒️🌌🌘

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@karmawonders

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[hydrodragons]

many many thoughts after watching the furina teaser..........

this is just a lot of rambling on my part and not an actual cohesive theory but i like speculating so here are my thoughts

also no leaks are mentioned here if anyone’s worried about that!!!

ever since the 4.2 trailer dropped ive been scratching my head to guess as to what's gonna happen in the fontaine archon quest bc this honestly feels like the most unpredictable finale out of all the nations we've gotten so far

with mondstadt we knew we were gonna save dvalin by the end of it

with inazuma we knew we were gonna get everyone's visions back to their holders

with sumeru we knew we would be overthrowing the sages, saving nahida and defeating scara

i think liyue is the closest to unpredictability we got but now fontaine is blowing it out of the water (pun intended)

anyways my speculations!!!!

there's a very big emphasis on separating the identity of 'furina' and 'focalors'

the 4.2 trailer makes this apparent (to me at least) by what neuvillette calls furina throughout it

we never hear him call furina by her real name. he calls her 'focalors' throughout it

and it's weird to me bc up until this point, we've never heard him call her by her god name

it's almost always 'furina' or 'lady furina'

this teaser also makes it even more apparent that their identities are two completely different things

throughout the teaser you actually notice that it's furina in her pneuma state

(she's also mirrored up until the glass cracks which is smth interesting to note)

but by the end of it, it's furina in her ousia state

my guess is that the person talking throughout the teaser and the one in the pneuma state is 'focalors' bc she seems wiser and more all-knowing while 'furina' is the one we see at the end in the ousia state

so now we’ve established that there's two different identities for her and it’s been hinted at for quite some time ever since 4.0 started

but now the question is how the hell did these separate identities come to be????? and how the hell does this play into the prophecy?????

my personal guess is that perhaps before she went to sumeru to deal with the cataclysm, the previous hydro archon egeria created a hydro mimic in the form of the furina we see today as a precaution if anything were to go awry

(and well. she's not alive anymore and she's that huge fucking tree in vourukasha oasis so pretty sure she made the right call)

im thinking that a certain part of egeria's consciousness made its way to furina and that's what i speculate to be 'focalors'

but the 'furina' side is her own personality that's cultivated over the centuries (or it's just always been there i can't decide which one i lean into more)

the teaser talks a lot about fate and furina by the end of it says that she wants to "deceive fate itself"

sooooo with the differentiating of both 'focalors' and 'furina' i think it's safe to assume that furina's arc next patch is gonna have to be her severing ties with the side that's 'focalors'

the hydro archon that gets sentenced with the death penalty by the oratrice is not furina herself but 'focalors'

and bc furina is severing ties with focalors, that could possibly mean that she loses her godhood by the end of the archon quest

furina wears a special type of vision when you look more closely at it in the 4.2 trailer and her splash art

perhaps after severing her ties to godhood, she loses her hydro powers BUT gets a hydro vision at the end of it

in act 4, neuvillette says that he can’t attain his full dragonhood unless the archon disappears

so now im speculating that furina severs her ties with focalors and give neuvillette his dragon authority back in order to push back the primordial sea and prevent the waters from disintegrating everyone in fontaine

but now im wondering if that’ll even work considering we do see fontaine flooded with the water reaching as tall as the opera epiclese

my brain fucking hurts

tldr furina’s gonna sacrifice a part of herself to deceive her own ppl’s fate of dissolving in the primordial sea, lose her god status and gives the dragon’s authority back to neuvillette via the gnosis

i think after all of this, furina’s still gonna be the archon more in status than anything

lik ei and nahida don’t have their gnoses and are still recognized as their respective regions’ archons so it’ll be the same for furina

im not sure if neuvi’s identity will be revealed as the hydro sovereign to the ppl of fontaine will be revealed at some point (it’ll be interesting if it does happen but im very 50/50 on that)

also i don’t think arlecchino will get the gnosis this time around

even if she does, the power could already have been passed to neuvillette so it’s more of an empty husk more than anything

and that concludes my thoughts!!!!

to anyone who reads this whole thing, thank you and i hope i made sense throughout all of this lmao

[carmenized-onions]

CHAPTER 9 LETS FUCKING GOOOO (get ready for a yapfest, where most of it will probably be uncomprehensible because language can’t begin to capture the emotions your writing makes me feel) also !! add me to the taglist please and thank you<3

It is t-minus three days, until the worst Friday of your life. - already nervous and the chapter just started but fuck it we ball

you figure it’s probably just the breakfast from yesterday at La Mattina settling in your stomach— the way you scare me but still make me laugh

He does not care this much, he doesn’t even have basic reading comprehension— RICHIE HELL YEAHHHHH (and he calls her cousin🥹)

also big shout out to you author for making it so clear which texts were sent by what person (so how her texts are cursive and richie’s texts are bold) bc some fics make it so hard to differentiate who’s talking/texting!!<3<3

daddy - POR QUE. i know he didn’t mean it like that but shshshdh

See u chip - this is the cutest nickname!! everyone in that poll can fight me idc idc

It’s time to eat a whole freezer cake and lay in your pyjamas all day and interact with not a single soul on this entire planet. - me celebrating doing the bare minimum!! (but it’s still huge to me so i understand chip well)

To the air, more accurately, but, y’know, same thing. - [cries in norwegian]

You’re gonna get dinner, with Richie, this Friday. - OMGGGG HINTS FOR FRIDAY👀👀

THE SWITCH OVER TO CARMEN HELL YEAHHHH - fuckn delicious freezer cake for you author!!

He really needs his sister. - 🫶🏼 i feel like this is layered (like the carmenized onion)

you’re gonna work as a bottle girl for the rest of your life - his worst nightmare fr, worse than the restaurant closing actually

he’s never gonna get his shit together so he’s never gonna get to call you his - SHUT UPPP HOW COULD YOU DROP THIS ON ME😭😭

He’s still gonna be him - BABYBOY THATS NOT A BAD THING😭 LET ME PROTECCCC

Sisyphean nightmare - YOUR WAY WITH WORDS I LOVEEEE IT

He smells your shampoo, in his hair, that helps. - the way your chapters always make me cry from either the fluff or the sad

he has to hide his smile with his hand - THEM

So good to him, too good to him. Too good to anyone - 😭💓🫶🏼😭🫶🏼😭💓

Carmen so, so fucking desperately wants to ask you to come to The Bear, right now. - BALEGDEH

he knows it’d be perfect cannon fodder to be teased into oblivion. - NO BC LIKE IVE BEEN THINKING ABOUT THIS *A LOT* WHAT WILL RICHIE THINK OF CARM AND CHIP. Like thinking of how he and mikey acted at christmas after seeing claire makes me wonder how he’d act when finding out about carm and chip (also carm is only able to date girls with c names apparently <even tho chippy is a nickname but hush>)

looks to his best friend - 🫶🏼🫶🏼🫶🏼

he’s not you. - LMAO

he can’t find your repair expenses anywhere on here. - OOOP CHIPPY IS ABOUT TO GET CAUGHT

“I’m not fuckin’ high, cousin—” - ISBRIFBRIRKR

also bet carmen doesn’t have a problem with the two hours when it means TWO HOURS OF CHIP IN HIS RESTAURANT WHERE HE CAN SNEAK GLANCES AT HER

“What’s uh— Why d’you call Tony ‘Chip’?” - the way you’re nailing his voice!!

“S’ not dark, kinda, it’s just, y’know. Personal.” - WAY TO BUILD TENSION AUTHOR. it’s very clear you’re a(n amazing) screenwriter

Mikey got to do that first, too, eh? - STAPH

he's willing to admit it, for you. - RICHIE AND CHIP BESTIES YEEEHAWWWW

“You really wanna fuckin know, huh?” Richie tilts down his head, teasing. - i love this

“Oh, fuck, you fuckin’ like her, don’t’chu, cousin? You fuckin’ dog.” - SKJDIDJFKD

Y’have my blessing. - CUTE

“Didn’t ask for it.” - CUTER

“Don’t gimme no talk back, she was my boy first, a’right?” - CUTEST (ok carmy is cutest but im doing a thing here)

“Gone, cousin.” - it’s cute that you think that richie!! have a cookie!!

“Uh, one sec, I just need to finish this fuckin’—” He shakes his hand in the air, “Whatever the fuck this is.” - again nailing his character

If he had a… lapse in behaviour, and it got back to you, would that ruin him? - you forget how she met you carm, having a meltdown in the freezer

He needs to find your invoice. - he’s so cuteee

Maybe he should just ask you, instead. Let Nat thank you for the heating pad she’s been loving, properly. Have dinner, all together, in an actual family home, instead of just each other's apartments. That'd be nice. - that’s so sweet but i fear it won’t happen, at least not YET

He’ll make you something off menu, on Friday. - HES THE SWEETEST

You’re coming before the rush, anyways, he’ll have time to play, on Friday. - 👀👀👀

He’s gonna do right by you, this Friday - he owns my heart

But right now, it’s Thursday night, and you’ve finally finished Carmen’s piece for The Bear - OMG I FORGOT ABOUT THIS MASTERPIECE, THE CUTEST GIFT EVER

You know you told him if he didn’t like it, he didn’t have to put it up, but admittedly, if he doesn’t like it, you will be crushed. - mood

Each square a snippet, a photo transfer. The squares themselves are messy, sun damaged, bleach stained, light flared. All twinged blue and yellowish. But so perfectly cut and curated. - the way you make it so easy to picture it, ugh we stan!!

Mikey. The only transfer completely unbleached, unaltered, unruined. He’s holding two cut outs. One, Food & Wine and the other, a small section in the off off off pages of the New York Times. - SHUT UP THATS THE CUTEST THING EVER TO EXIST

So so proud, silently, just with you— Couldn't look soft. Carmen does not know this photo exists. - Im gonna cry

You can only imagine the stress you could’ve eased, during their fire safety test - chip is such a slay

*the piece* is magnificent and perfect in every way and you did that!!

You took inspiration from the way his brain works - AWWWWW:3

He’s awfully inspiring. - the love that they have for each other is just everything. they are everything

You’re excited, to show this to him tomorrow, on Friday. Hopefully all goes well, on Friday. - EVIL

You’re gonna do right, by Carmen, on Friday. - SOULMATES🫶🏼

I almost briefed over all of these past few chapters to be nothing more than snippets in a chapter - i really really REALLY appreciated that you did in fact not do that

if you made it through this whole ask, god fnkn bless, looking forward to the master’s thesis i’ll write in your askbox after the next chapter

I had no idea people could make asks this long; like i mean on a character count level-- Did anyone know you could do this fr-- ANYWAYS I WANNA YAP BACK BUT I'M GONNA PUT A KEEP READING BUT PLEASE DO OPEN THIS THERE'S GONNA BE A POLL I WANT YOU CUTIES TO ANSWER

First of all, of course I will add you to the taglist, thank you for the gift of an essay everytime, i love u <3

I am ALL about Fear and Laughter. If I ever make business cards, that'll probably be the tagline. We ball.

It did make me laugh that you went RICHIE HELL YEAH after 'he doesn't have reading comprehension. I buried the lead on who the he in question was on purpose, and i was wondering if everyone would clock at that line immediately oh, it's richie. I'm so mean.

As for texting, I did read another person's fic and saw they put like screennames and sending times and i was like ah fuck, shoulda done that, but continuity,,,, so i didn't switch it up. Plus I enjoy thematically that Tony is italics, Carmen is italic/bold, and Richie is bold. I feel like it just kinda makes sense, character wise, that Tony and Richie are on either end of the spectrum and Carmen is inbetween.

They've gotta get an HR if Richie says daddy to anyone's face besides Tony frfr,

And THIS is where the new poll comes in, because you all SAY YOU WANNA FUCKIN KISS MIKEY, SO

Personally I do like Chippy a lot, not to colour your opinions. You'll see why i like it, eventually. And I'm sure when that happens we'll talk about it ad fuckin nauseam (and I'll eat it up, I will)

I love doing Carmen's perspective, it's like free therapy, realizing the way he and I both think is fucking crazy and I need to relax. He really does need his sister, poor bug. I genuinely do wonder how that's gonna be handled, in season 3.

HIS LITTLE STREAM OF CONSCIOUSNESS PANIC YESSIRRR, Bottle Girl Tony = Hell, Never gonna actually date Tony = Mega Hell, He's Still Gonna Be Him = Super Awful Ultra Hell

So many (2) people enjoyed Sisyphean nightmare, I think I just have tumblr accent, honestly.

I'm so glad, that the shampoo thing happened honestly. I know that's crazy to say it like that, as the writer, as I planned it, but i didn't think I'd be able to call back to it all that much-- But I get to call back to it so fucking much, and it's always either heartbreaking or adorable, or both, and I lovveee both.

The idea that anyone has been thinking about a plot line that has yet to arise alot is like-- Like my brain melted. Like that's so. I'm a puddle. Puddle in your hands. BUT YES, I did have to think on that absolutely. It's a weird line to tow, right? Because Richie's gotten more respectful since then, and he's actual friends with Tony-- But like,,, bro is still a bro, at the end of the day.

CHIPPY IS ABOUT TO GET CAUUGGHTTTT, thank god someone laughed at the I'm not fuckin high line, I was worried.

“What’s uh— Why d’you call Tony ‘Chip’?” - the way you’re nailing his voice!! Did you see my ask saying i'm never sure about Carmen's dialogue and are now trying to reassure me? It's working, if you are.

WAY TO BUILD TENSION AUTHOR. it’s very clear you’re a(n amazing) screenwriter Daww, too nice to me, it IS really how I think Richie would navigate this Chip story, though, you'll see why there's,,,, pause about it, eventually.

“Gone, cousin.” - it’s cute that you think that richie!! have a cookie!! Listen, we don't KNOW how many times Tony's listened to Wannabe by the Spice Girls. Probably would need more than a single word though, Rich. A touch dramatic, cousin.

All Tony and Carmen wanna do this Friday is impress each other, and that's totally exactly what's gonna happen idk what y'all are buggin abouttttttt

I'm so glad folks like the piece, i was worried I explained it bad/it's just kinda stupid-- I just felt like, Carmen doesn't give abstract art vibes. I felt like photography worked a lot better for him. It also gave me the opportunity to slip in more Mikey, of which I think he is mentioned literally at least once every chapter. Bro is the phantom in the pages. i adore him.

I am also very glad that I didn't end up doing just snippets from the Consultation chapter to now. I was worried they'd give off filler vibes, when turned into full on chapters, but looking at them all now, i'm like it would've been an insane injustice to not give them all full breathing room. And now i think there's a lot more to sink into and give a fuck about!! Which is gonna make Friday hurt all the more <3

Anyways, thank you thank you for yapping, and i seriously need to go the fuck to sleep fuck i'm gonna be so groggy for work i'm gonna NAP ON THE BUS AND NO ONE CAN STOP ME!!!

[hegory-grousing]

FFXIV Healer jobs as House MD characters aka post with an audience of ONLY me

Sage = House. this is an easy one considering the core SGE healing spell is called Diagnosis and the crit shield buff is called Differential Diagnosis. the only problem is that White Mage is the job that uses a cane so we can't have him use his cane as a cane 😔. ALSO the SGE gap closer is called Icarus - "I was worried your wings would melt" hehe.

Scholar = Cuddy. SCHs are academics (dean of medicine at a teaching hospital) and military commanders (she's Da Boss). also really love the mental image of Cuddy in a giant mortarboard with House as her fairy/seraph companion (he's ignoring her commands and blaming it on ping)

White Mage = Wilson. this is much more vibes-based. however there are a couple supporting things - WHM has a lot of abilities named after concepts from christianity and you cannot convince me Wilson is not (ironically or fittingly considering he's Jewish) a christ figure; WHM artifact gear is all white robes and he's the only one of the hudson trio who consistently wears a white coat. plus something something WHMs are the best at saving dying people cause they have Benediction and higher heal potency and Thin Air for free raises etc.

Astrologian = either Amber or Thirteen. this is the most tenuous one because there isn't really anyone in the cast with AST Vibes (that I have seen so far, idk if one of the later-introduced characters is canonically really into space or tarot or something). anyway I think the whole prophecy/divination theme of AST meshes real niceys with the concept of being doomed by the narrative (Amber)/knowing about your inevitable death (Thirteen)

I think Wilson would also make a very good Paladin/tank in general. I have had SGE!House floating around in my head for ages (and have a House alt that I made a while ago and need to level so he can actually be a SGE) but im gonna be honest the thing that inspired this was my brain cooking up the phrase "Kutner is the Haurchefant of House" so. I have that to be sad about now

[growling]

Your au reminds me of a pair of ocs I have. They're gonna teach Yomi how to properly arrest then eat people without getting caught/suspected of anything

Step number 1: fridge

sdfwadsfdjhfg Yomi's just gonna be forever clowned on for the carcass packed mancave incident isn't he… no one's never gonna let him live it down huh. "GUYS I DIDN'T HAVE A CHOICE IF I WAS BY ANY POINT NOTICED CARRYING SUSPICIOUSLY HUMAN-SHAPED BODY BAGS TO MY HOUSE AND A TEENAGER RECORDED IT AND UPLOADED IT TO TICTAC AND IT WENT VIRAL IT'D BE IN TROUBLE. NO I COULDN'T GET A PORTABLE FRIDGE TO THE DEN BECAUSE UH. THE SOCKET GOT BLOCKED BY SETH MEMORABILIA. SHUT UP!!! YOU DON'T KNOW SHIT YOU HAVE NO IDEA WHAT IM GOING THROUGH DON'T TELL ME YOU CAN DO BETTER" he scream cries, but there is nothing he can do anymore to salvage his reputation. He will be forever known as the Dumbass That Single Handedly Managed To Give All The Other Homunculi A Bad Name (via slaying so many connected people & sticking to a single location, literally dooming himself to get caught within a month, he also significantly sped up the process of the general public finding out homunculi are a thing. while this would be inevitable anyway no matter how yomi went about his meal prep it's very easy and fun to just blame that one guy you didn't like anyway for the Horrors that are about to befall your collective species or whatever.)

But yeah. Yomi sure does happen in the unnamed growling brand au. Also, concerning how both the homunculi and their human originals are in many cases both somewhat important (sometimes equally so, like in the case of Yakou Times 2), I've been thinking of alt names/nicknames/aliases/you name it for the homunculi. To. Differentiate somehow. Since Yakou & Yakou are for a large chunk of the story doing their epic switcheroos and engaging in acts of trickery Yakou doesn't yet need a diff name to tell him apart from Yakou, so in my mind it's just Yakou Furio & Yakou Tworio. Hmc Martina 100% needs one, and I mean I could just go the easy way and slap her back with the good old Suwaro/Swallow, but I also hc that to be her deadname which uhh sjdfdgufh we'll figure it out guys. Aide/Fake Zilch doesn't even have an actual name anyway and his human og gets fucking digested within the first week, so is Seth, so I might not even bother.......... now Yomi, or, "Yomi" is an important character here so he needs it. While human Yomi is dead from the very very early on, he is also referenced, spoken and thought about a very significant amount through a very long period, like, clone Yomi is fucking OBSESSED with his original, and not in a sexy way. Sooooooo,

(this will probably not be worded as well as I originally hoped because I'm still not all there for the past couple of days jsut bear with me)

Hmc Yomi is actually the only character so far that I'm like, actually somewhat sure on an alias, but he didn't pick it out himself, and moreso was thrust upon him by the media/Amaterasu mostly also around when the killings were still ongoing and the culprit was completely unknown (but it was pretty much agreed on that it was almost certainly a member of the company) but after it was made clear by the WDO it was most likely an escaped homunculus. Like, you get how those serial killers get these way too cool nicknames on the newspaper? Practically what happened to him, except his is slightly less dignified or straightforward it's just There

Still a subject to change but I've been thinking of making him (un)officially dubbed as Heartworm (a dangerous parasite species primarily affecting canids and other carnivores, residing in their lungs or, well, heart, causing serious damage to the tissues, arteries, potentially heart failure, and whatever the hell else.) for a long while. I.e. the public & Amaterasu essentially calling him a deadly parasite lodged in the corporation's heart that needs to be dealt with as fast as possible before he destroys it from the inside out. He fucking hates it ksdjfhgdsiwesdf but doesn't say anything for obvious reasons just stares motherfuckerly at everyone at the peacekeeper meeting when they're discussing this. Also getting nicknamed after a literal animal is fitting for him because all the homunculi are getting dehumanized to hell and back anyway he's not special in that regard you cannot pay an Amaterasu researcher enough to cease the it/its

I was initially hesistant on settling for this one though because heartworms notably aren't really as much of a concern for humans as they are for their natural hosts, that is dogs (and also cats, bears, ferrets, sea lions but more commonly dogs and other canids you know like they're the main host you get me). But then it came to me that the overwhelming majority of "Yomi's" victims were fellow peacekeepers, and it just so happens that in my language we derogatorily call cops "dogs" and... yeah so it just wrote itself lol lmao even woof woof bark bark. hmc Yomi voice I HATE humans they make me use a fridge and shout go Heartworm go

was tyat anything . also WALL OF TEXT BLAST HE LOREDUMPED AGAIN!!!!!!!!!!

[clover-the-awesomest]

OOOOOOOOOFFFFF BIG FUCKING OOOOOFFFFF

OUCH

THAT SHITS GONNA STING FOR YEARS TO COME OWIE

Okay, so I really wanna just go on about this batch so ima do exactly that.

First I wanna talk about the double-edged stories going on. (Haha double-edged?? Like Leo’s swords? Hahahahahahah) I just find it really neat how Cass just decided “No I’m not gonna split these two events into different updates IM GONNA MAXIMIZE THE ANGST BAYBEEEEEEE” and gave us this. It’s a great way to get us hooked since we’re bouncing from one thing to another in rapid succession, leaving little to no breathing room. Yet, at the same time, we still do have breathing room thanks to the beautiful backgrounds and the minimal dialogue per panel. It lets us soak in everything we’re reading just on the first way through, and I find that genius!!

Second is the most obvious, Leo and Casey’s conversation mirroring Sensei’s and Donnie’s. (Calling big Leo Sensei to differentiate the two) Casey is telling Leo about how UncleTello died. About how everyone and everything just slowly started falling apart without him, how they desperately needed him, etc. It’s not his fault for focusing on the negatives because the guy is literally 14 years old and is extremely attached to UncleTello, but in complete contrast, Sensei is talking about life. Specifically how things would be better if UncleTello had brought out the robot earlier on. It’s a great way to, again, draw us in with the mirroring dialogue beats!

And finally, of course, Leo’s face. That poor little baby had no idea what actually happened to Donnie and now that he knows he’s gonna be paranoid for weeks I feel so bad-

ALSO ALSO HEY GUESS WHAT

Since Donnie has to control the robot via a transmitter, and since Sensei literally had no idea about the robot, even if he brought the robot out before his death he’d never really have a chance to use it correctly. I don’t think anyone would’ve been able to figure out the controls except for Casey who was specifically taught how to use Donnie’s tech by the master himself. So none of it would’ve even mattered in the end, seeing as there was no way around death itself. It’s just something that happens, and Donnie couldn’t control it when he was dying himself, so… Yeah.

As depressing as it is, even if Leo knew about the robot, it still wouldn’t have made much of a difference. It was not and never will be a viable replacement to the real deal, and nobody except Casey would know how to control it, and seeing as Donnie hadn’t even made the controls at that point, well… Yeah. That would’ve been it for DonBot. Bro would’ve died immediately after birth lmao

Part 7!

…….I’m sorry?

Part 1

[m1ckeyb3rry]

Ok whatever reception I’m on has been like on the brink of death for like the past hour or two I tried sending this in and it gave me a grey loading bar that wouldn’t move so I just canceled that and am resending it but if it somehow doubles you’ll know why SHSHSHS

Wait pause before I do anything else idk why but my tiktok link copy feature is tweaking but you NEED to watch the most recent tiktok from @/vamptombz im begging you

Ok back to the topic Nagi fr having it rough from the start at least in the end he gets to laze about LMAO

PLSLSL IM CRYING LMAO that’s kinda funny because I always like differentiation more but anyways that Barou doodle will forever be my icon now

LMAOO when you said prodigy/genius while describing sae i was alr thinking “isn’t this just nagi” HAHAH sae fr a bit crusty in the beginning but I agree i also usually like the genius trope but something about sae just doesn’t do it for me?? Maybe it’s the personality lowk sometimes he feels a little bland if ykwim

Thank god for Karasu omg the sae fans are just too strong everytime I get like a fic on my fyp (??? Whatever it’s called here) it’s usually sae or includes him and I’m like damn ok thanks ig

Wait that’s lowk kinda surprising wtf actually lowk with things like cofagrigus and spiritomb you’d and just the general idk graveyard burial stuff you’d think there’d be more rock type ghost duos (Ik spiritomb is ground and cofagrigus is just ghost but I can lowk see rock fitting them too) but yeah good to know LMAO

CRIME AU wait this is gonna be so interesting that’s also such a unique combo??? Would have never seen it coming LMAOO I also haven’t watched supernatural LOL but fr!! At least for me my reasoning is that l usually don’t go out of my way to read out of canonverse aus it’s usually something that has to catch my eye or something I can get invested into (like hollyhock LMAO and also pursuit but that’s also special because I’m also a pokemon nerd) like if it’s not a specific universe ik or particularly like either I’m not usually one to go for those first even though some of them are fire!! Forbidden love would’ve been really interesting too ig maybe people thought itd be hard to fit in maybe with bllk? Not sure tbh LMAO BUT I agree the 1k list looks STACKED also wait can we get a Mira analysis on the teams that were formed LMFAOOO

AHAHAH we summoned them by accident stop is this the universe saying something….no we will stay strong!!! YOURE SO RIGHT the entire opp squad and sae x3 omg (wait i hate how that looks because it looks like that emote with the cat face mouth but anyways) ok imagine if that one requester went with ness instead of having Karasu as an option too that would’ve been over half of them being the opp squad wait AIKU LMAOAOA no because with all of the oaeu talk he’s grown on me too just as a goofy character he’s so funny and his dynamic with other players is hilarious even though we don’t fw the stubble (it’s ok aikulations can be the oaeu exclusive bonus)

Waittt you’re so right (your inbox is gonna explode) better start thinking of another event theme LMAOO please please please more tabieitaken spotlight guys enlighten yourselves and open your eyes join us….(SAE THEME DONT SAY THINGS LIKE THAT /j)

LMAOOOOOO FATJER WHO STEPPED UP Niko comes back from his journey like “why are you in my house” and aikus like “Hey kiddo! Or should I say…son”*elbow nudge*

I can just imagine karasus look of defeat when reader brings out either one like “ugh nvm let’s get this over with”

LMAOAOAOA READER CRYING “you sounds just like my cousin when we were happy little kids” karasus like “what kid is calling others a fucking donkey????” Antibullying campaign PLEASE pursuit au has so much potential for all these goofy moments I love it sm

Imaging aegislash telling hoopa a drama epic to keep it occupied LMAO also I’m crying the hydreigon yveltal linkedin meetup imagine they’re having a coffee chat

Me I have to get slapped back into normal standards reality like wait haha 5k+ is kinda insane what was I on…anyways we should plot your wcs onto an excel graph and take a look at the trends /j also speaking of freaky Friday I’ll have you know every now and then I reread that because I’m like “this is comedy gold plus it has loser Karasu too” or when none of the tags have any activity and I feel like reading something I just grab something from your masterlist

LMAOOO aww man Barou could’ve had a buddy up in th clouds with him :( /j dw I get what you mean though LOL maybe a tiktok audio will come through again or you’ll be struck with inspiration at the gym

- Karasu anon

HAHAH i did get it twice but it’s okay dw abt it!! tumblr just randomly tweaks out ik i’ve sent the same comment three times by accident before because it wasn’t sending so i hit the button a bunch of times and then they all sent at once

HELP I WAS LITERALLY GOING TO SEND THAT TO YOU GREAT MINDS THINK ALIKE it’s literally oaeu aiku and barou i’m crying

nagi fr had to play the long game…like yeah things were tough at first but he ended up w the most powerful person in the region as his wife it doesn’t get easier than that 😭 PLUS a psychic type pokémon LMAOAAO i know for a fact if he’s feeling lazy he’s just like…reuniclus…levitate my dinner over…and reuniclus is like 😄 and does it right away 😩 wait also now that i’m thinking abt it him being from aquacorde makes sense because he likes swimming (aka floating in the water) and knows a bit about fishing in pursuit so it checks out that he has that background knowledge given where he’s from 🤔 another example of pursuit fr just writing itself HAHA

NOOO another karasu anon and mira disconnect…wait actually no this just means we make up calculus together LMAOOO pls that barou doodle + justin bieber + seabird are fr my legacy atp

YES IT IS NAGI i feel like that’s why i was drawn to him in the start plus it’s much more heavily emphasized with nagi that he’s so talented and genius (and the drawbacks of that are also explored) whereas w sae it’s just mentioned and see through rin’s eyes so it doesn’t feel as immediate ig 🤔 although idk because that’s how yuta was in jjk season 1 and i liked him immediately lowkey maybe it’s sae’s fuck ass hair

PLSS sae is always included fr nagi and sometimes reo are the only non opps consistently included in those multi character fics (side note but it’s lowkey a pet peeve of mine when someone writes a half paragraph blurb and then tags it as fifty separate character…like come on now…) whenever i see karasu i’m like LET’S GO lowkey karasu in smaus especially doesn’t even feel like himself sometimes 😟 maybe it’s time for me to lock in and start posting smaus or smth HAHAHA i still look back at the two i posted for you that were hyper specific to that one au and giggle

yeah i was surprised lowkey some of the ground ghosts like golett/golurk could’ve been rock ghost tbh 🤔 and spiritomb is actually dark ghost!! which was a really good typing until the fairy type dropped LMAOO

au’s are def hard for me to get into unless they’re very well thought and well done OR alternatively super close to canon (like a “oh what if this one thing changed” or “what if they just happened not to be in bllk” type of vibe) so i get that!! i love coming up with them though and agreed pursuit is special like it’s its own thing 🤩 i do think forbidden love would’ve had to go with one of the au’s actually my mutual who requested scovillain had just listed three types in her req (fire grass poison) w barou and i had to be like ok girl pick two HAHAHA and she went with fire and grass 👆🏻 i’m trying to think of which characters would give forbidden love vibes in an au…maybe rin?? mostly because i have a megumi royal au where he’s a royal guard to a princess reader and i think rin could do that role fairly well (although he’s not as worried about duty/doing the right thing so maybe not??? ig perhaps kunigami could pull it off)…hiori could as well most likely but those are the only ones that are jumping out to me (and ofc karasu because he makes everything work my shining star 🌟)

wait do you want a team analysis on the pokémon themselves because ngl they’re kinda random 😭 or like what i plan to write for each one?? sorry this is a dumb question i’m a little slow sometimes i fear…

THAT’S WHAT I’M SAYING LIKE OPP SQUAD IS TOO UBIQUITOUS THIS TIME AROUND LMAOOO it’s okay we will make do and have fun regardless 😍 wait it actually literally is 6 opps and 5 side characters (and then reo HAHA he’s in the middle because i love him but he’s def more popular) okay no because i’m in the same boat like i’m still not attracted to him but he’s so funny like i just want to be his best friend who he introduces to his fine ass teammates

HELP i’ll start thinking now pls given how long it took me to come up w the 1k theme it actually might be necessary to do so 😩 PLS maybe for april fools day i should change my blog to be sae themed 😭

WAIT lowkey imagine that’s how aiku and niko meet like he’s niko’s mom’s new bf and niko has to rescue him from the runt pokémon before his mom gets back so aiku isn’t embarrassed in front of her (not that she would care) and as thanks aiku’s like “hold on lil bro i’ll set you up w a baddie my friends have a daughter i can introduce you to” and that’s how niko gets involved w nagiy/n’s daughter BUT she’s already traveling with charles so there’s lowkey that brewing and her + niko just become bffs instead (who are completing the pokédex for aiku because Niko’s mom and reader made them [i would’ve said nagi and reader but realistically nagi does not care])

LMAOAO karasu’s going on and on about how he finally beat galvantula so he’s basically the goat blah blah blah and reader’s like “oh word???” and just tosses out hydreigon and he’s like “😟😐😔” GALVANTULA SLANDER WILL NEVER BE TOLERATED

the pokémon at the wedding are so silly because aegislash is just telling hoopa the plot of the entire isekai manwha that it forced reader and nagi into, hydreigon is networking w yveltal, xerneas is at the buffet for some reason, houndoom keeps howling because she misses her brother, garchomp and nidoqueen showed up in a matching tux/dress combo?? chosen by karasu himself like truly it’s insane 😭

HELPP NOT EXCEL is the women in stem coming out of us today…is this where we confess that we both have side gigs as math marchionesses and programming princess…but omg loser karasu my beloved lowkey between bfb and fwtkac i forget abt freaky friday but it was so silly and goofy i will always love that line where reader is going on an internal rant and she ends it with something like “am i supposed to aim when i take a piss or is this a freestyle thing” FJSKDJSJ tagging that fic was so funny because like karasu’s dick is brought up more than once so i had to mention it but like i had to double down on the “this is NOT smut this is NOT explicit it’s just relevant to the humor” because i’m a mostly no-nsfw blog so i didn’t want people to think i was breaking that streak 😩

JFDJHSHS time to kill someone else off in pursuit so barou’s not alone in heaven i vote aiku (jkjk we need aiku to be niko’s stepfather…if it has to be someone let it be otoya 🙏🏻 cause of death karasu crashes out after he endangers reader’s life AGAIN in order to get a girl’s number)

all of the tik tok audios i’ve been getting have just been giving me more pursuit ideas LMAOOO but ig a win is a win 🤔⁉️ since it means more pursuit content and all

[yapsession]

Ughhjdhhshshei I miss him

Keb I miss you

Kev,,gh ,,, 💤💤💤💤💤💭💭

I love the way you talk, the way you articulate your sentences, your unique vocabulary; how your voice softens when you’re tired and I love hearing you say my name. Thats not much but it makes me feel special, why? It’s just my name! But he’s saying it, he’s saying!! It!!!! I love when you call me by those stupid nickname names, none of them even being remotely romantic but they’re funny and I can always appreciate your humor and jokes. How can I help myself! I can’t even calm my smile when I speak with you, I don’t even notice it sometimes because smiling has become my resting face when I speak with you. (which is great for my mental health but god, SMILEE LINESsss) Ohhhh and how I LOVE when I make you laugh, It fills me with this indescribable joy. Your laughter is just so, so beautiful and I want nothing more than to hear more of it. This is all so incredibly corny but I don’t think I could ever say this to him so I’ll just write it out. Guyssss, kevs normal speaking voice too is so scrumptious. Okay, listen and hear me out for a moment; when he speaks with me his voice gets a tad higher (nothing crazy but he speaks to me in this tone and doesn’t sound as tired ?)(

BUT (LET ME FINISHHHHH!!! GOSH WAIT CHAT

When he’s talking to anyone else (as I would describe, normal talking voice) his tone is more monotonous yet it sounds like he’s tired and god it’s hot. He’s probably call me a freak if I ever said that to him straight up but Jesus that man needs to know that his voice is sooooo attractive. I don’t remember if I actually did this or I dreamt it but I’m pretty sure I’ve told him on multiple occasions that’s I like his voice (?) I can’t be so sure since I speak to him during the night often and I am normally very dazed and tired during those hours so it is very hard for me to differentiate between dreams and shit that actually happened. OH GUYS LISYEN

It’s so attractive when he does this but uhm

When he tells me to continue speaking or when he encourages me to finish a phrase or sentence. Like oh my god have my kids. What …….

there’s nothing more attractive than a man listening likeee oh so you wanna get married and have three kids? ? Hahhahahah I need him.

Oooooo listen kev fans (me)

Okay when he stretches 🛐 yum, I could literally write a religion on how sexy that is

And

When he like ? Idk what’s the word, Murmurs??? Yeah, I guess? When he gets sleepy and speaks alll soft and he’s practically just murmuring all his words and i genuinely feel my heart literally about to fail because of what that does to me, like I jus tell him to not speak to me like that (I will have his babies) and he continues… to teaseeeee like mister you’re playing a very dangerous game but am I gonna stop him? No! Like, stop itttt!!! I won’t try to stop you though ❤️. OH AND WHEN HE GETS THAT WAY heeeee oh my goshshshshhs he calls my name sometimes and god it’s so attractive. Thinking about it right now makes my chest feel all funny. Im sad I didn’t get to hang with him today, if ANY gal hung out with him today I want that lucky b word to just idk I dony kneo have a good day 😕 lemme have my man tomorrow cause I miss him

Oh last time I called him right?

It was my brothers birthday (2 days ago) and I was doing my hair and some makeup since we were going out for his birthday, a simple look but I had a lot of distractions so it took a while to finish this simple ass makeup. He basically wanted to play Fortnite with me (cute, right???!) and I obviously accepted even though I was like in the middle of getting ready and we play like 3-4 rounds I can’t remember but I end up needing to leave!! (Sad but booo had to wait) and before hanging up I had to build up so much courage to call him by this stupid nickname (kevy boo) after I called him that he chucked (that sweeet laugh of his) and said bye. I honestly smiled so much after that, he didn’t call me nothin back but that didn’t matter! His reaction alone made me smile and I wanted to just blab to my whole family about how I called him that silly name. It wasn’t a big deal but I was happy I did it.

It honestly takes a lot of courage for me to do anything like that, I mean if we were dating I wouldn’t have such a hard time since oh he’s mine it’s okay but WERE not a thing so ofc I have to do mental gymnastics when I do something as simple as calling him a dumb nickname!

Oh and omg guysss that same day right? He went to go eat and I was just sitting, doing my makeup watching YouTube and talking to my older cousin and thw topic of him came up! And I was like oh yeah btw he’s just eating rn, i wish that was me and it was funny since we both looked at eachother flabbergasted.

But I’m mentioning this lil interaction cause moments after my cousin leaves to go do something downstairs so I’m just doing my makeup and watching my video and ooh! Kevs back and he says hey guys what are we talking about and his voice sounded …. Idk how to describe his tone but HE KNEW SOMETHING and I didn’t want to admit to saying some odd stuff just because i thought his tone was suspicious so I come up with some bullshit, I stutter like crazy and make myself look dumb. He probably knew i was lying cause it’s really hard for me to just lie to him, I mean I can lie but when it comes to him it’s hard to make it not obvious. Like I just fold

Oh I’ve folded a ton speaking to him

Because I find his voice so alluring and attractive i genuinely have moments where I have to take deep breaths to compose myself cause gahhhh dayum. I will say something inappropriate if I do not control myself and the rare occasion in which I do say some odd shit I want to just explode

GUYS HE TEXTED ME

ohmgh okay I’m done writing this teeheeehehheheheheh

[st0nesnglitter]

I want to say that I love your writing and currently I’m obsessed with this one:

“Hi love, could I request wolfstar fucking a younger reader at Grimmauld Place. Do with it what you’d like, not matter what you write it’ll be great”

and I wanted to ask if I could request a part 2 or a separate fic where Sirius gets jealous and mad when Remus constantly calls him “dumb puppy” instead of pretty and it’s kinda hurt/confort

Aw cute!!

I’m not feeling too well so this isn’t gonna be super long but this was too cute to pass,,

fuck this is so short im sorry

Includes: mlm, softdom!remus, wolfstar x reader, Sirius being upset and a little mean, shit ending :)

Sirius Black is a man driven by emotions. And it’s an undeniable fact that these emotions usually fall on the dramatic side, so when his pride is hurt you know you have a big storm coming. And a huffing, quiet Sirius who stared you down but never met your eyes was dangerous.

“Hey what’s wrong darling?” Remus’ hand found its way onto Sirius’ waist, pecking his cheek lightly after the umpteenth grunt and sigh.

“Why do you care? M’ just a dumb puppy” his voice got into a mocking tone at the nickname, his lips coming out in a pout.

The last few times the three of you had engaged in proper, drawn out sex Remus had adopted a tendency to differentiate from his two puppies. It just happened that he’d label Sirius as the ‘dumb’ one.

Not in a malicious attempt to humiliate him nor because he actually saw him inferior in the academics department; Sirius just had a special sheen in his eyes when he got down on his knees that signify he was truly dumbed down by cock.

It had also become a habit outside of the bedroom, from Remus’ perspective it had been in an endearing tone and with a sparkle in his eye, but now he realized that it had come out more hurtful.

“Aw Siri, you hurt by that?”

“Don’t fucking ‘aw’ me, prick” he mumbled and pushed Remus’ hands off of his waist with a huff, stomping away down the hall.

Realization hit the werewolf that his boyfriend actually was hurt by his constant nickname, especially in contrast to your much more positive one.

“Hey Sirius!” Remus called out, making the shorter man stop in his tracks, another sigh escaping his lips.

“What? You wanna call me stupid some more?” Siris eyebrows were furrowed as he stared into Remus’ hazel eyes, “Why don’t you go and talk to your perfect, pretty puppy? They’re reading on your bed”.

His face got redder as he spoke, his lack of emotional guidance showing through the way he handled himself, throwing hurtful words at his partner.

“They’re so fucking smart, reading outside of school! Wow! A dummy like me could never” Sirius exclaimed.

In his flare of rage he had inched closer to Remus, hands gesturing as he spoke.

“Why would you even wanna be with me? Just a dumb fucking puppy!”

The lycanthrope had been around long enough to know that he needs to express himself before intersecting. But after a beat of silence and a couple of angry breaths from Siri it seemed like he got all the anger out.

“Hey, I’m sorry” Remus started, carefully, “I never meant it as an insult, I hope you know I think you’re brilliant”.

The slight wrinkle between Siris eyebrow became a little lighter and Remus saw that as his cue to keep going, pushing back a dark lock from the watery steel eyes.

“I think you’re the most gorgeous man on earth, you were the only thing that could distract me in potions class!”

Sirius’ lips quirked up and his face took on a different kind of flush than before.

“And you’re absolutely brilliant, a genius” Remus nudged Sirius’ hip with a faint smile, ”You were the whole mastermind behind our pranks, you never paid attention in class but still aced through every single one of them and no one can outrun your fast, devilish mouth”.

“Yeah but you sure have tried Moons” the raven-haired male piped up for the first time since his little explosion and wiggled his eyebrows a little.

“You see what I mean? My handsome, intelligent, amazing, funny boyfriend” Remus bent down and kissed his partner a couple of times over the forehead, cheek and nose.

“Now, can I make it up to you with some snacks and cuddles in bed?”

[theannoyingmosquitoinyourroom]

replying to ur questions in the tags in a reblog bc i feel like its gonna be a lot of text lmao (more under cut)

the call of cthuluh games were some rpg games harlan ran with some of his friends a bunch of years back. there's multiple of them, all happening in the same universe. malevolent, while not an rpg, is also taking place in this universe, and sometimes calls back to some of these games and what happened in them, such as for example with the mansion in part 2, and the whole shub-niggurath subplot thingie. i believe you can find these games to listen on the invictus stream podcast, and also on youtube

now onto the patreon: the public malevolent episodes are actually built from 5 smaller, around ten-minute episodes. on the patreon, every week, one of these smaller episodes come out and the patrons can listen to them. the (good) catch is that for 4 out of these five episodes, the patrons get to choose on something arthur will do next, for example in part 40, one of the choices was to either follow larson or follow the grand vizier. (as harlan said, these choices dont alter the ultimate fate of the podcast, but they do lay out a damned good story). the fun bit is that you can join the discord (you can join it w/o patreon as well btw, theres a lot of fun discussions about theories and ideas n shit) and discuss the poll options w other voting patreons! (one thing that i love about that as well is that everyone is there to have a good time and they are so genuinely nice and understanding and even when people have differentiating opinions they are so fucking respectful and polite about it its insane) (if youre interested in the discord, u can find the link of the website i think, and if you cant find it jsut dm me and ill send it (<- this applies to anyone reading this))

there's multiple patreon tiers, for 5 dollars a month u get to listen but not vote, and for 10 dollars u get to vote in the polls as well + u get commentary tracks from harlan for each malev episode up until part 8 or 7 (i cant remember which one was the last one lmao). harlan said he wants to do one for each malevolent part, so the rest r upcoming. theres also some extra non-canon content that is just super fun to listen to (trust me its a joy to listen to those) (also the weekly patreon chapters are moderated by the booth entity we call "booth john" (or bj) (because he sounds like john but isnt (also he is such a bitch i love him hes totally worth it)))

then theres also higher up ranks but im not entirely sure what they entail cuz im not part of those but i think i heard you can get a personal recorded message from any characters out of malevolent but also dice shame (dnd podacst in which harlan, his partner and freinds play together), as well as some blooper reels and some other content (idk youll have to look it up for more info, sry)

I just caught up on malevolent and I need MORE😭

[gogtopia]

(different anon) i would agree except it does feel like theyre hinting in recent lore that feelings are still there on george's side. we have the moment in quackitys lore where george is standing outside the prison, in georges lore where he tried to break into the prison, georges lore when he confronted dream in his dream and couldnt decide if he would go with him or his friends, and then they ended up killing eachother, although its not what george wanted to happen, and in dreams lore where sapnap mentioned how george missed him. so i dont know where they are going with this and i definitely agree theres no happy ending there but it does feel like there are hints of a set up for some sort of further development of some kind. which is to say i think its definitely possible we will get a tragic dnf ending but eh who knows really.

putting this under the cut bc i already know it’s gonna be long since i love discussing cdnf. also im dropping character tags from here on we know what i’m talking about

i actually do agree with a lot of you’re saying. i think that the conflict in their relationship that arose due to the dethronement is something that has never been properly resolved. they never got a real one on one confrontation (in george’s dream, yes). i do like dnf a lot don’t get me wrong. it’s probably my second favorite dsmp ship to karlnapity even if i have been on a snf/georgexfiances kick lately. this is how i feel about dnf im putting it in bullet points to organize my thoughts better

george loves dream (whether it be platonically or romantically). i don’t think that this is even disputable. i think that it’s very similar to how sapnap sees dream, but with less action and less severely: he loves him and always wants to see the good in him but knows that he isn’t the person that he was anymore. i would say that george doesn’t want dream dead like sapnap does, at least not at this point. i think that he wants things to go back to the way that they used to be but it’s just not feasible. george does miss dream but i think there’s a differentiation in the dream that exists now and the one that he misses. if dnf were to have a future dream would have to change significantly

george resents dream. he knows that the whole spiel dream gave him about dethroning him to protect him was bullshit because 1. dream didn’t ask him if it was what he wanted beforehand and 2. dream immediately showed his cards by going after mexican l’manburg and calling him a baby for feeling upset. george feels used and betrayed in the same way sapnap does but they responded very different. sapnap went in the direction of anger and george went in the direction of apathy. rewatching the stream from jan now, it’s clear that he’s kind of offended that dream is talking to him like nothing happened. i also don’t think he was “conflicted” about joining him. as soon as dream suggests it he makes a face and is like “why would i do that?” george doesn’t want him to destroy kinoko obviously because it’s his home but dream has destroyed his home before with mexican l’manburg and he destroyed the community house which is the home they built together. he does try to deescalate by suggesting they go after tommy’s house but i think he’s also just trying to protect kinoko and keep himself from getting killed.

dreamxd functions as a replacement for dream. i think this one’s obvious. george sees that old version of dream in him and latches on

george struggles to accept that the dream now and the dream he loves are simultaneously the same person but different. he loves the dream from before the dethronement, the dream that cared about his friends instead of power. i think he wants to “fix” dream but dream isn’t someone that wants to be fixed. dream clearly only trusts punz and whatever’s going on with the other side of ranboo and is barreling headfirst toward the same goals as before. george lives in a state of dreaming because when he’s asleep he doesn’t have to face reality and let go. i also think him simultaneously wanting to visit dream and not wanting to go inside stems from a need for closure but a fear of it. he doesn’t want to have to face how much he’s changed. him saying he didn’t know dream took visitors is puzzling to me because i thought he’d know that sapnap went so either he was lying or he just never asked and i think maybe going to the prison would make everything just a bit too real

ultimately, george cares about kinoko. he mentions in his stream that he loves that kinoko has a community. sapnap’s absence from his dream is significant to me because he couldn’t fathom killing him. sapnap is the person who has always protected him and fought for him.

the past can’t be changed. this applies to the early days when their friendship was strong and the betrayal. i think this is something that george struggles to accept. he’s not going to stop loving dream and it’s not going to stop hurting so he falls back on his dreams instead. i think they need to have a confrontation of some sort in the waking world for any of this to be resolved. you’re right: it needs future development if possible, but i feel as if that development may come in the form of dream coming after kinoko if it even happens. i don’t think we’re getting any dteam lore until after s2 starts and i don’t know what s2 entails at all besides a new map LOL

cc!george is very consistent w his character imo. he definitely doesn’t care the dsmp all that much but i think when he’s doing serious lore he is pretty thoughtful about his character’s motivations and emotions. i actually think he’s one of the most consistent characters on the server and a lot of him being misinterpreted stems from the fact that you see most of him in other people’s streams (especially quackity’s)

[batarangsoundsdumb]

hae interrogationes multae respondeant quia demens .

if you read this entire ask post you deserve a gold star and financial recompensation

Um, Obviously because when you’re adopted by a white guy you automatically become white duhhh

this is about this post lmao and yeah youre absolutely right, you have to hand your poc card in when you get adopted by a white guy.

Do you think Cass would listen to Yanni, the YouTube channel epic symphonic rock, or some other stuff? There's some cool mashups but idk if that's up your alley, I kinda feel like I'm pushing it with my weird taste of music by recommending an orchestra cover of metal, but i just love that sort of thing and mashups :P @harvestyourcherries 

i haven’t heard of that? but in my personal (correct) opinion steph listens to classical music, and then both modern and older, and then also stuff like black sabbath, iron maiden, but also hardrock and hardcore. i like the idea of cass just liking the most extreme screaming songs full of noise and then also listen to pachelbel’s 370th sonata yanno? THANK YOU for the rec tho

speaking of ur cass playlist hc...reminds of the time (yesterday) i found 2 playlists randomly on spotify from the same user. one was abt 3 hours of instrumental/classical "dark" & "nostalgic" music. the other almost 11 hours of nothing but hardcore bass/synth/electronic music. just an incredible tightrope act to put on in public. the synth one was also called like "psalms for synth sluts" which is Also incredible

tbh i LOVE synth SO MUCH like for no reason at all but then also cannot handle a poppy electronic beat lmao. but this seems like the kinda thing i’d do but just in one (1) playlist bc i just sort songs by vibe instead of genre? that’s how i end up with britney spears and billy ray cyrus in the same playlist. 

Oh, I want Kate Kane playlist next! It would be amazing if you could do one when you have time and will 🙏

how rude would it be of me to just say no? like sorry kate but idk you and also you seem way too keen on the us military for an institution that homophobically targeted you? (and also commits war crimes) but let’s unpack the fact that the institution that caused the death of your mom and sister and also got you blacklisted for being gay is still one you align with???

'yes i am' 'no you're not' 'yes i am' 'no you're not' 'yes i am' 'no you're not' 'yes i am' 'no you're not' 'yes i am' 'no you're not' 'yes i am' 'no you're not' --- when i tell you i fucking screamed LOL!!!!!!! i can imagine the cameraman not knowing if he should cut to commercial or keep it on these two weirdos fighting on stage (bruce definitely ruffled dick's hair/noogied him right?? 

about this post but yeah lmao. this cameraman just turns to like the audience to get a reaction and it’s just multiple moments of CLEAR shock.

you are the only funny person on this hellsite

how egotistical is it for me to say that i get this ask multiple times a month? bc it literally happens so often it’s hilarious to me.

Wish there was more john/Bruce content 😔😔😔 was so hungry I actually looked at canon media 😔😔😔 (Justice League Dark babeeeyyyyyy)

check out batman: damned for some mediocre content but at least it’s john/bruce (also very interesting story and stuff, just got very >:( over this weird part where harley quinn tried to r*pe bruce or something? it’s not for everyone)

dick grayson but he's nicki minaj

his anaconda don’t want none,,, unless...... 

Dick Grayson was never a cop, he played Marshall on Paw Patrol

you are SO right. also paw patrol is a fucking good show idc. that shit could’ve been the new steven universe on this hellsite.

https://www.instagram.com/p/CS1lI0bLI7-/?utm_medium=copy_link

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why do people keep reposting my CONTENT. if you are not funny yourself don’t just grab shit off of tumblr and post it on insta,,, get a life. sidenote: should i start an insta and get all these ppl to take my content down that would be funny as hell.

Might I suggest for a Gotham City Meme: something about the true crime fandom thirsting for the rogues gallery

ok can i just say something slightly controversial?? no? i don’t find true crime ppl who are into criminals funny, that shits disturbing irl im not gonna bring that into my very chill universe.

i may have never seen a 'jason cleaning guns in sink' fic but i do know he WOULD

THANK YOU

bestie im sorry to say this to you but while you can, and people do wash their guns in the sink, that is a lot of lead in a very vital part of the kitchen.

people tend to do it in the bathtub.

WHY???? like damn why do you even have guns

i dont think i read many gun sink fics exactly but i have read lots of fics where jason cleanes his guns in the living room. usualy dissembles them and cleans them with a rag i think

lmao fair enough, like i think that’s a large part of what i remember as well.

if you say you've seen/read gun sink fics I believe you. I think those of us who didn't see them are lucky or maybe didn't search for fics by tags or something idk

i mean ive never sought them out but i HAVE seen them,, like definitely i know almost for certain.

saw your tags and I'm interested in Steph/Kara now. They would be the most chaotic couple <3

literally thoooo, i have a wip where they get together in a zombie apocalypse and like UGGGHhhh i am so in love with them.

I am the Breece anon. Thanks for the recommendation; am reading now. I’ve always been a hardcore Superman fan because I love my pure himbo farm boy. My logic is, if one Bruce is a Broose, then multiple Broose are a herd of Breece. And this is a hill upon which I will perish.

fair enough,,,, like moose, meese, goose, geese, bruce, breece. i get your logic and i stand by it as well. (glad you enjoyed the comic recs!!!!)

It's a beautiful day in Gotham, and you are a group of horrible Breece

OH my god dude lmao

there only being 42 fics on ao3 for tim and bernard is honestly so sad i need more

it’s like twice that now!!! we did it lads. (tho very sad that my fic isnt number one but like number 4 :((((  )

i'm too late you already did the poll lol but may i suggest bethy (bernard + timothy)

shit dude that wouldve been so fucking funnyyyyy. think ppl have just stuck to timber tho, tim/bernard kinda died down recently and i think it’s too bad, they’re a great couple and i love them.

Wait, hear me out

Bernothy @redlightofdawn

great recommendation (lmao this ask is from like a month ago) but very sorry to announce that NARDTH is the superior shipname

Wait, we know that bernard likes milfs (Tim's step-mom) but what about dilfs? gilfs?

Wait no, I regret sending that ask

these were two seperate asks and they’re HILARIOUS. in my personal opinion tho,,, milfs, gilfs, dilfs are just about vibes and bernard is just attracted to sexy ppl who may sometimes be milfs, dilfs, or EVEN gilfs.

crime in bludhaven would drop to half if nightwing had a boob window. in this essay i will-

WHERE’S THE ESSAY ANON, WHERE’S THE FUCKING ESSAY

Wait if Barbra and Tim r at opposite ends at all times what happened to Barbra once everyone’s Tim’s ever love before started dying lol

she won a lottery ticket and spent 2 weeks on a resort in the bahamas before returning home and finding out that the joker was arrested for tax evasion and then spent a month staying at her big tiddie goth girlfriend’s house before conner came back to life and she broke her pinkie playing table hockey.

Why is the opposite end thing so funny and compelling to me. Tim comes back from his depression quest for Bruce and Babs is now a literal god

lmao when tim loses his spleen barbara reaches nirvana.

Are you still taking music recs because I have three songs that remind me of Jason that I think you'd like

send to me or lose a toe

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thanks, i wont tho on account of i wont.

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This is the whole of Blüdhaven and everyone anywhere.

Nightwings ass alone saves more people in a calendar year and does more for so society than most heroes do their whole career.Also u are one of the funniest tumblr pages out there. The vibes are unmatched and the memes and tags ✨send me✨.Thank u and goodnight @julia-flow 

fanksss also lmao.

That's going to be a little bit difficult to explain, but

There's some music that you listen to and you think, "oh my gosh, I can perfectly imagine Dick Grayson singing this song, with the same voice as the singer because that voice matches with Dick Grayson"?

oh yeah totally lmao. i have a lot of songs that i think are just entirely dick grayson yanno? kind of all of my playlists have that vibe, but i really find bleachers to fit with dick? idk.

"Lois lane/Superman" fics this, "Lois lane/Clark Kent" fics that, (/lh) let's get into the real good stuff. Some people ship Lois, Clark, and Superman as a throuple. Most popular fic tag for sure

yes totally, i think they’d be absolutely killer on ao3 and clark gets so fucking embarassed about it.

I miss your post, hope you’re doing okay!!

haha this was like 2 months ago, but i was doing fine then too! just didn’t have a lot of inspiration in terms of content.

Doot doot!

noot noot

I’m confused. What did DC do now? Like with nightwing? And another sibling? Please spoil everything for me

lmao they gave him a secret sister plotline where they had his dad cheat on his mom with tony zucco’s wife, bc dick’s life wasn’t traumatic enough yet.

sorry but it's so funny that batman is called "the dark knight" when the gotham city baseball team is called the gotham knights. it'd be like if a vigilante was running around new york called like "the scary yankee"

lmaooo no. but like yankee comes from dutch names or something so wouldnt it be HILARIOUS if gotham knights came from like german names and bruce would be running around called the dark KLAUS UND NIEK @graysonnightwing 

(not a batcest shipper) it’s so funny to me that the responses are “i’m a batcest shipper because i can differentiate fiction from reality and and it doesn’t bother me personally, but i understand why you oils think it’s weird” to “i wish all batcest shippers a very fucking die”

yeah lmaoo. i personally basically flipped my entire stance around to ‘i dont care please leave me and everybody else alone’ bc i think there’s really no point in starting a moral dillema over some fucking fandom bullshit. Please just,,, go home,,, log off, find a nice forest to have a little walk in and remember that somewhere in history, somebody probably died in the place you’re standing. and you will also die someday, and somebody will have to look at your internet usage and see you fighting multiple people anonymously while being named ‘nightwingsbuttchin200186′ like... calm down, we’re all gonna die this is not the thing to worry about.

so since like "wards" don't really exist in modern society almost all the batkids are foster kids, right? i used to work in the system and imagine: monthly visits from social workers and guardian ad litems, bruce having to get permission to take the boys anywhere out of state, calling their social worker at like 8 a.m. like "yeah dick broke his arm again... a gymnastics accident this time...." their poor social worker. bruce send her a huge bouquet and box of chocolates every month to stay on her good side

i imagine the social worker just getting into the case like ‘yeah let’s get this kid a good guardian’ and then ending up having to work with 22 y/o bruce wayne and his 50 y/o dad. and so this social worker is like ‘okay we can work with this, this is the best home i can find’ and then like it ends up landing on its feet and then the kid gets adopted and then they get a call a year later like ‘uhm so hi, this kid tried to steal my tyres can i adopt him?’ and like 3 years later. ‘okay so basically, my neighbours’ kid imprinted on me and now they’re dead, can i keep him?’ two years later it’s like ‘okay so this assassin child-’

ever since I saw that one post of yours, the meme that's something like "I know that abba's backup dancer got me" with a picture of discowing, I've been haunted. Every once in a while I'll be minding my own business then the image of abba's backup dancer dick grayson aka nightwing aka discowing will flash in my mind and I'll be frozen in place. Today at work I was in the middle of folding clothes and suddenly once again discowing entered my mind and I suddenly lost the ability to see anything except He. Thank you.

wow. the IMPACT.

Braver than any US marine man props to you🤝

this shit is about the time i wrote an article on batcest, like man,,, the fact that i didn’t get cancelled is MIRACULOUS. also like,,, uh if anybody on here did gossip on me,, send screenshots i’d love to see it.

Hello, just wanted to say your article was great. Thank you for taking the time to provide an unbaised answer. It should provide people with nuances they couldn't possibly conjure on their own.

May I ask where your username originates from?

yes you may (also thanks!!!) i thought it up when i was trying to find an original username bc i didnt want to be called like ‘timdrakes something something’ or ‘jason todd something smoething’ or ‘dick grayson something something’ yanno? so i thought batarangs, they sound so dumb and that’s my username story... now it’s my whole entire brand lmao.

yno that bit in kick ass where red mist asks kick ass if he wants a hit of his blunt, was that the inspo for stoner tim

no? it’s bc i think stoners are hilarious and drugs are great. (dont do drugs tho) 

How would u feel if someone actually wore one of those bruce or ollie pride shirts u edited

fenomenal next question.

Dick as lil huddy and Jason as James gave me radiation poisoning and now I’m screaming crying throwing up so thx for that

(Rico suave as Tim is perfect tho literally no changes needed)

i was so funny for that shit wasn’t i??? lmao i loved those weird ass fancasts

You're doing the Lord's work by providing us with all these Gotham/Metropolis citizens memes, thank you for being so relentlessly funny @nellethiel-aranel

you’re welcome!! i really enjoy making memes, but getting validation for my content and my memes is REALLY nice.

Bruce is such a slut in your memes and honestly i love that for him @rhodey-rhudert-rhodes-main 

he’s that much of a slut irl too dw.

Bruce and Alfred have an emergency pride flag for the batkids. Oliver Queen printed an emergency "I love my gay son" t-shirt and as soon as Roy told him he was dating Jason, Oliver started wearing that shirt everyday and Roy always cringes when he sees it. Oliver also has an emergency "I love my lesbian daughter" shirt just in case for Cissie.

lmao YES i had a post like this bc like all of their kids/family members are so gayy

stop bringing back batfam fancasts it is not real it is not real it is not- 😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀

oh yes it is my darling.

did discowing burn down the notredam because he hates the bees? @allulily

no he did it bc fuck the french.

im gonna beg for 1 thing and 1 thing only. please please please put physical by olivia newton john on dick's playlist

okay then beg. bc i wont. physical reminds me too much of glee and that hurts me mentally.

your playlist is sorely missing some Madonna. Specifically Into the Groove, Like a Prayer, and Vogue

i’m scared of madonna that’s why she’s not on there. she haunts me in my dreams.

suggestion: son of batman by aaron dews for dick’s playlist🤩

sorry, i listened to it and the vibe didn’t agree with me.

Hear me out, metropolis citizens sending rare pair fics of Clark Kent x Superman fics to Lois to edit

yes, absolutely hilarious. even more funny if they send like physical copies, no address attached and lois sends it back marked with red ink, SOMEHOW

Imagine all the smut Clark must of read editing the fics

clark reads smut confirmeeed

NOT LOIS READING SUPERBAT PORN AND EDITING IT A 2AM 

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

hc that alfred is a meta that boosts healing factor of the people around him. if the bats are injured as much as they seem to be they would be doing bat stuff MAYBE half the year. no one including alfred knows about this. whenever the kids move out they inexplicably dont recover from injuries as fast and feel better whenever they visit the manor they just chalk it up to homesickness. bruce just thinks he heals really fast. alfred thinks everyone doesnt take care of themselves properly @finchcollector

that’s actually such a great idea, but i think that alfred would find out and learn how to concentrate it better so he can help more people, bc he’s great and i love him.

One of your dickfast posts reminded me of that tweet that goes: 'so you've had sex how many times? Yeah technically that's not a bromance' lol that's dickwally or dickroy

literally tho. like that’s all of dick’s friendships. once it gets past a certain time dick is like ‘wow i wonder what it would be like to make out with wally, wally come make out with me’ and wally’s like ‘we’ve done this like 40 times, dick, you know what it’s like’ and dick is like ‘sorry are you complaining?’ and they just make out.

superfam and batfam associations??

-batman and superman

-dick/barabara and supergirl?

-conner and tim

-jon and damian

pls enlighten me I am confused

nope,,, uhm batman and superman, but dick and superman as well, and then conner and tim, jon and damian and steph + babs with supergirl

I came across a fic in which Wonder Woman calls Batman "Stella" (like Stellaluna, the children's book) and I can imagine the batkids hop on the trend and maybe copies of the book appear at random places (aka, everywhere Bruce frequents)

sorry can’t reciprocate that was the name of my high school chemistry teacher and it gives me nightmares to think about.

good human what are your pronouns?

wouldn’t you like to know?

I need me some gothamites preferring harley over joker memes

everyone prefers harley over joker youre just very fucked up if you dont

don't understand why people try to add like veteran policy to the batfamily

dick pulling out his veteran batfam member card so he can eat first: step aside, peasants

Do you know the song Simmer by Haley Williams? It (the first verse anyways) reminds me of Jason? It's about rage.

damn yeah i LOVE HAYLEY!!!! youre right thoo

Okay so I like listen to your stoner Tim Drake playlist 24/7 but would he listen to skegss? Also I keep adding songs mentally it’s killing me 😩✋🏼 Anyways,, I literally love and worship your playlist 😃🤞🏼 And uh yeah have a good day ✨

stoner tim drake playlist is lyfeeee. also dont know who skeggs is? i’m stupid? have a good day!!

All the Robins (and Batgirl) decide to trade costumes for one night just to fuck with Batman and all the villains in Gotham. @subspacecadet 

batman knows it’s them youknow but like,,, what does he call them? he’s like ‘red hood?’ and 3 people answer and he’s not about to compromise some identities so he’s just Pissed.

I aspire to treat cops the way my dad treats them. This man is a 45 year old Asian immigrant to the US and the treats them like his pets. He talks about them like unruly children. Sometimes he pays off local cops to shut up and stop acting racist. And usually it works. I don’t know why but I can see Oliver Queen doing this

vibes... and also yes? oliver queen handing a local cop a donut to shut the fuck up lmao. but yanno i commit enough crimes to not really want to ever see a cop ever, so they kinda scare the everloving fuck out of me.

seeing as tim hasn't aged in years, that means he was 17 at peak emo tumblr era. im back on my emo tim bullshit and im not letting it go

emo tim had a wattpad account send tweet

People seem to think that batman is so dark and serious when the rainbow batsuit is right there. He wore it with no shame.

dude the 60s were a DIFFERENT TIME

dick grew up in a circus, jason grew up on the streets, and tim was probably raised by the internet

all of them cuss every other word and you cannot tell me otherwise

bitch i KNOW but dc has to change to an 18+ rating if they want to sell comix with swear words in them so we gotta deal with imagining the swear words in ourselves

thoughts on teen titans and young justice

haven’t seen teen titans on account of havent seen it and young justice was LITERALLY my favourite thing ever, tho i do gotta admit it’s not at all similar to the young justice comics unfortunately. i really wouldve liked to see timmy bart kon cassie and cissie animated on tv!!

ew ew ew how to delete batcest shippers I genuinely digust them

log off tumblr?

Okay as poc who was called racist for calling an Italian pastabrain: in the batfam are Italians bit Damian just yells various insults about the others being Italian. Just him yelling “What are you doing you moronic spaghettihead!” At steph etc

huh? i meant real italians. homeboy is telling steph he hopes she chokes on her fucking garlic.

I think it's dumb as hell to pull the batman is the best fighter in the batfam argument because like it's just irresponsible of Bruce to let his kids fight when they couldn't possibly be on his league or something

fair enough, but also like who cares they could all kill you just sit down and take a beating.

lady shiva, thalia al ghul and Selina Kyle are all milfs @notanothertimburtonenthusiastugh 

unfortunately, i have to admit,,, you’re right

why tf didn't someone give joker a death sentence already? like he's a mass murderer...give him the electric chair treatment wtf

idk i think plenty of people would have tried to murder him already (boring answer is: he is a popular character so they can’t kill him off bc he brings in lots of money)

There’s no such thing as “ copaganda”.

all american media is propaganda. happy to clear this up for you

is it bad that I find lady shiva owa owa

no. find her as owa owa as you want.

aight I'm guessing the order of your favs in batfam:

1. tim

2. Steph

3. dick

4. Duke

5. the rest

you’re wrong but it’s cute that you tried, i generally don’t have favourites, but i have a special place in my heart for steph, tim, dick and cass. bc they were like my introduction to batfam. but damian, jason, duke, bruce, babs and alfred are NOT FORGOTTEN OR UNLOVED

oh my god i was literally just readily willing to believe that italians werent white ty for clarifying it was a joke im so dumb sdkvjskdfs

i mean some italians aren’t white? italian is a nationality as well as an ethnicity, so like ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

since I saw so many people doing headcanons about the nationalities of batboys, I see Dick as an Italian.

dont know if youre serious or not, but sure.

super random but

jason 🤝 damian

old english

lmao fair enough.

tim absolutely has 1 gay uncle and his parents shit talk said uncle all the time so after bruce adopts him he specifically reaches out to this uncle to be like "heyyyy just so you know you majorly influenced my life yes i know i havent seen you since i was 5 and at the family reunion yes i know you dont remember my name idc thank you im gay too" and then they never talk again.

yuppp lmao that’s definitely something that could happen. i can also consider tim having no family members, like none. until he does like a dna test and he realises he has like an aunt living barely 2 miles away from him who’s like some illegitimate child of his grandpa.

I dare you one of them sends clark superman/clark fic and clark corrects the shit out of it and then goes like ps his dick is not that big, just telling as someone who has seen it. internet either explodes or goes who tf did he not fuck at this point.

i think everybody would call clark a buzzkill and try to cancel him over that.

so you're telling me Tim Drake wouldn't buy Starbucks?

no. dunkin donuts all the way

One of my favorite things is imagining people finding out jason came back from the dead and being like "oh no does he have magic powers now?!?!?" and he just pulls out a gun and tries to shoot joker

now he doesn’t even have the gun :) lmao

my favorite batfamily fanfictions are the ones where they use their shitty codenames, unironically, in any context

bruce gets codename ‘ugh’ everytime. he hates it.

crazy that tim being a 17 y/o ceo and a stoner who does brand deals are all actual canon things written in detective comics comics and not made up for shits and giggles by you, tumblr user batarangsoundsdumb @rowdeyclown

SO CRAZY HUH?

batman au where everything is the same but his utility belt is bright pink

absolutely, but i raise you, his boots light up like sketchers when he kicks people.

unbeknownst to the superhero fandom writers in the dcuniverse, clark and BRUCE are one of the most prolific fanfic writers in the superhero rpf tag on ao3. clark writes the best lois x superman angst, full of unhappy endings and scenes that are a so detailed you'd think you were in the middle of a superhero beatdown. bruce made an ao3 account to fuel "the do the butts match" thing, and makes batman/bruce fics from time to time. he wrote a superbat fic as a joke but ended up making it REAL porny. @concrastinator

dude they’re WAY too busy for that. Oliver Queen and Hal Jordan on the other hand are the most prolific fanfic writers in the superhero rpf tag writing what is Mostly porn.

When the dining table topic gets to politics, Steph says "eat the rich" as the solution

bruce just silently takes away her fork and knife while she’s talking.

[tiarnanabhfainni]

Very liberal semi-practicing Irish catholic here. I always hear Americans say “Jesus take the wheel” when they get into shit and in my head I’m like ???? Jesus has better things to do???? Honey the person you’re after is st Jude. Jesus isn’t gonna do shit but st Jude? He is your guy. Your wingman. Your crisis control manager extraordinaire. Do you know how many times I’ve been shitting myself the night before an exam with not HALF the study I needed to to do done and just miraculously gotten through because of him? Too many for me to trust anyone else that’s for sure. And that was after not going to mass for at least six months. Don’t even talk to me about confession. Also at this point me and the man the myth the legend st Anthony have talked so much we are besties. (I think it’s kinda sweet that he’s just become a part of Irish culture nowadays. Like idk anyone who actually prays to him but it’s the first thing anyone ever says when you lose something. It’s instinctive.)

Same anon as before. I completely agree with what you’re saying about the insanity of it all and how many saints there are for EVERYTHING, including small parishes having multiple local saints. To me anyway, saints feel way less big and commanding than say, Jesus or god. They’re just funny little people who you can ask for silly little personal things that really don’t impact the world (or even your life) in a major way. Please don’t let it doesn’t rain tomorrow I’m going out with my friends. Please let me cook this without burning it, I want to impress my date. I’ve had a bad head-cold the last while, can you make it go away? I don’t really pray that much (at all) but I think of it as like how Dean prays to Cas. It’s casual. Jesus Mary and God are off doing Jesus-Mary-and-God-Things and tbh don’t really care if one of your cows dies while calving but St Catherine who lived in your village a century and a half ago sure as hell knows what that’s like and the struggles that come afterwards. So yeah you can bet your ass she’s gonna try and help! Anyway, sorry for going off in your asks OP but I think it’s really interesting how faith works, in that you build up this big god and saviour figure who loves all and will help everyone but the thing is you built him up too big and now he’s not approachable to the average person with average problems. A bit like Psyche. So people make up these smaller figures who they feel they can connect with more and use as a role model in their daily lives.

full cards on the table in that i am not particularly religious nor have my family been other than my grandparents but yes this is exactly what im getting at! like you really need to tailor your prayers to the right place or they’re not going to get answered. god’s getting a million calls from around the world and he’s supposed to differentiate between someone calling about their crops failing, someone calling about their car crashing and someone calling about their lost shoelace?? let the man delegate and address your prayers where they’ll do the most good.

love a bit of st anthony, man gets a full workout in this country.

but yeah in terms of the whole building up a god so big that now you can’t talk to him about the little stuff, i always think about that post where protestants treat god like their bestie and talk to him about every little worry in their lives while catholics treat god as a really intimidating boss of their company and shur look you wouldn’t want to catch his attention for the small stuff. better to go to a more immediate supervisor.

the main thing that amuses me about intercession though is how careful the catholic church have to be to make sure that they’re not promoting polytheism. like yes there are these minor religious figures who often have local pagan roots and yes you can pray to them and receive boons that you’ve prayed for. HOWEVER! it is not the saints themselves who are directly answering your prayers. they do not have any divine power in and of themselves. they are interceding on your behalf with god. i.e. since they’re buddies with god they’re going to pass on your request and therefore give it more weight. ask your supervisor to ask your boss kind of thing. but god is the one actually granting the request or else this becomes heresy.

now this is just the theological justification for it and most people just imagine the saint is the one answering the prayer in my experience but it does make the role of the saints in heaven exceedingly funny to me personally. just a giant switchboard in the sky and god’s sitting in his office with a cigar waiting for st anthony to transfer the call.