#aetheon

[sercj]

Alright, I'm finally typing it out. Gather around, all, for the tale of the time my friends and I kidnapped a blueberry and drug them into the Vault of Glass.

Once upon a time, I used to have friends I would play Destiny 2 with regularly. None of them that feature in this story still do, to my knowledge, but at the time we were pretty cracked on the PvE side of things. At the time, we were raiding semi-regularly (when schedules lined up), and as Vault of Glass had just been added to D2 recently, it was our raid of choice that one, fateful evening.

We, like any sane PC player, were using Discord for comms, and so I had hopped into the channel to wait, and headed to the Cosmodrome for my favorite time-killing passtime - blueberry watching. For those of you unfamiliar, blueberries is an affectionate term for new destiny players, named after the color of the low rarity gear they end up decked out in, blue. The Cosmodrome, being the first public area a New Light ends up in, is often a place where you can see adorable new players getting the hang of things.

At this time, the voice channel began to fill up, and one of my compatriots joined my fireteam. We initiated some hug emotes with a blueberry and were just all-in-all chilling when we got word that one member of our team would be unable to join us. Then someone (I forget who) suggested 'hey, what if we took this blueberry along with us?'. It was a patently absurd option - we had no communication with them. Their mishmash of blue armor and crappy weapons would clearly be outclassed by the raid, leaving them unable to damage enemies and likely to die instantly if any of the vex even looked in their direction. But we started to plan a bit - really, we could do every encounter with just 5 people. We'd have to protect the blueberry, but that could be done, theoretically.

I think, in the end, we came to the conclusion that we'd try it, but they weren't likely to stick through it. After all, we weren't (and never did) using the in-game VC, or text chat. The two of us hanging out with them in the Cosmodrome sent a fireteam invite. And the blueberry accepted. So we joined the rest of the team in orbit, and launched Vault of Glass.

I could go into our specific strategies for each encounter, but for the most part it was pretty same-y. We'd use emotes and shooting to get the blueberry into a defensible position, then 5-man the encounter. And somehow, this worked. I have taught many, many people many raids in my time (including many people from this friend group!), and I have never seen someone pick up so quickly on what we needed them to do. With no actual words passing! An absolute, biggest-brained legend of a guardian.

We did get this guy all the way to Aetheon. And with some tricks (and good RNG), we were able to even defeat Aetheon. With some random blueberry nobody knew, or talked to! Unfortunately, they didn't get Mythoclast (can you imagine, though!), but they did celebrate with us with their default dance emote, and we all went our seperate ways. Nobody friended them, we just re-released them into the Cosmodrome like they hadn't just helped us save all of time or whatever the point of Vault of Glass is.

Now, perhaps this was a returning player, or someone on a new alt, who already kinda or entirely knew what was going on. But there's no real way of knowing, and it's just as (if not more) likely that this was a brand new player. Can you imagine what kind of a 'first experience' that new player had with the game? How puzzlingly odd to begin with, developing into concern as the activity we brought them to was clearly beyond them, to the 'fuck it we ball' attitude to stick with it all the way through. A true champion.

And imagine the lore perspective too. Fresh guardian, still got gravesoil in their armor, hasn't been to the tower yet, and they get scooped up into the Vault of Glass? Battle Aetheon? AND WIN!? The reaction from Shaw, or hell, the Vanguard as a whole would be amazing. Our guardians getting reprimanded for taking some fresh new light and dragging them through such a crazy difficult experience they weren't prepared for. Fun stuff to think about.

I wonder how that player is doing now. If they still play, how this particular experience flavored their perception of the game and its community. I know the community at large can be extremely toxic (and worse), but I still strive to embody the community impression we made on that day. Patience and Understanding, being goofy and silly about it, inclusive and kind. Dunno, maybe that's just me being sappy about a fun memory with friends gone by.

[funtimespringscare101]

@chaosverse-mainblog @misterah13 As a special treat for my first FakeYou FNF Cover of 2025, I did this one off visualizer for it! Here is “Now This is your Fault! (Aethos but it’s the This Comes from Inside FNAF 1 Section)”! Enjoy!

Disclaimers: Just because I did Aethos doesn’t mean I support Sling. I Don’t and ever Will. All Vocals are the OG ran through presets from the FakeYou Voice-to-Voice website, since the name “FakeYou Cover”, although Sling is probably the one person that deserves this.

This cover was created as a love letter to the FNAF Community and serves as a nostalgic trip for the last 10 years of the franchise! Oh, just wait for 02:52, it’s sooo worth it…

A cover of Shucks was been made but there’s nothing for Marvin’s vocals only for the V2 version. Probably will use the Iridia Shucks after the release…

[reggieblk]

omg an honour to be included on a list with a few of my favs💓

23 Tomarrymort Recs for 2023 (Longfic Edition)

Happy New Year! 🤍 Here is a round-up of some of the most engaging multi-chaptered works/longfics that I came across in this ship in 2023.

I found each of these fics, in their depiction of the ship, to be a fresh or surprising take on our familiar beloved characters of Harry and Tom|Voldemort, truly groundbreaking in some way in their approach to the ship. It's amazing to me that even after 20+ years of this ship existing, there's still new themes / tropes / dynamics to explore, and the authors are all so talented in making me think about the ship in some new way — just incredible examples of what it means to be a transformative work of fanfiction.

Criteria for this list: multi-chaptered, Tomarrymort-centric, with at least 1 update published in 2023. As with a previous longfic rec list, I tried to find longer fics that were relatively under-rated (which is hard to define, but below 2K kudos for the most part).

See here for Part 1 (2023 Tomarrymort one-shots), and hope you lose many many happy hours to the unbridled joy of immersing yourself in one or more of these incredibly addictive, lovely longer fics!

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23 Tomarrymort Recs for 2023 — Multi-Chaptered Fics

A Darkness by Any Other Name by river_marrow (M, 30k, WIP) 

Decades after the war ends, Harry is thrown through the Veil, and finds himself in an alternate reality where the leader of the Muggleborn uprising is the Dark Lord Voldemort.

A Dead God's Faith by @selfishrot (M, 35k, WIP)

Blood and spittle rush to follow Riddle’s words that are dragged out through a wrecked throat. “I will consume you.” Harry felt a thrill run up his spine, along with the usual fear and anger that accompanied Voldemort's threats. “Be gentle, I can feel your soul ripping its stitches.”

And the Living Will Envy the Dead by @k-s-morgan (M, 81k, WIP)

When Harry looks at Tom, he feels overwhelmed. There is a spark that makes him hopeful, the fear that nothing he does will save Tom from himself, and the horror at what his lies might lead to. When Tom looks at Harry, he feels nothing. Until he does, and then Harry’s world starts drowning in blood.

At the expense of the world by @itsevanffs (E, 24k, WIP)

"He had a lover, you know," Jenkins says to Remus once Harry's behind a wall and out of sight again. "A boy, and a gorgeous one at that. Nobody really knew where he came from, and Tom didn't seem to favour him either, at first, but by the end, he was besotted."

Bitumen by @crowcrowcrowthing (E, 32k, WIP)

Harry finds out the hard way that Dementors can’t digest Horcruxes. Now separated from his body, his best option is to seek out a similar soul for help. A love story about immortals with too much time to kill.

Creatures of the Dark we are by @hikarimeroperiddle (M, 25k, WIP)

Banished to his cupboard at age 4, Harry learns to listen only to the Voice in his head. Its teachings wrap all around Harry until no more than dark magic and devotion remains, along with visions of a wraith with red eyes.

Exceeding Expectations by @mosiva (E, 56k, complete)

Harry Potter’s life ran along very different lines than Tom Riddle’s. He knew nothing more of the man than he read in the Daily Prophet. Then they get stuck in a lift together.

Exegesis by liquoricepantomime (M, 38k, WIP)

In exchange for peace, Voldemort asks for Harry Potter. And so, there is a new legacy that forms — of The-Boy-Who-Was-Sold, and his childhood spent in a castle, with a man who has killed his parents. A man who is mad, and whose ire reigns fiery hell. A man he will marry, and yet knows nothing about.

found by @honbug (E, 112k, WIP)

Tom knows from the beginning that he is destined for greatness. Nothing and no one will stop him from achieving his goals. (And then, of course, there are the dreams.)

hook, line, and sinker by @purplemineralwater (E, 21k, WIP)

Harry asks Professor Riddle for help in killing Voldemort. Riddle is endlessly amused.

if we were lovers by @reggieblk (E, 277k, complete)

When Harry arrives at the most prestigious theatrical school in the country, he doesn't have many expectations. The most unexpected thing he encounters is Tom Riddle, and subsequently, falling in love with the only other person who deals with feelings as well as him. But maybe, just maybe, he and Tom will find out that not all love stories have to end in tragedy.

Lover's Spit by @pinktom & @k3uuu (E, 123k, WIP)

Following his father's arrest on a dull hot Sunday in North Yorkshire, 10-year-old Tom Riddle becomes a dark internet sensation.  If Harry Potter listened to his father, he would never speak to Riddle again. But eight years after the arrest, an unexpected and painful encounter leads Harry to reconsider events — and arrive at a conclusion all his own. 

One Year In Every Ten by @saintsenara (E, 189k, WIP)

A decade after the final battle, a serial killer emerges, with a message that proclaims the Dark Lord has risen again. Harry is assigned to the case.

Oversight by @dividawrites (E, 21k, WIP)

Voldemort’s resurrection ritual doesn’t go as smoothly as he’d planned. He requires assistance and there’s only one person he can ask—the boy tied to his father’s gravestone.

Paved With the Best Intentions by @perhaps-sunlight (M, 113k, WIP)

Instead of dying during the Battle of Hogwarts, Voldemort de-ages into an infant. Until he becomes old enough to be legally executed, he will be magically bound to Harry.

Prison Blues by @metalomagnetic (E, 68k, WIP) 

Harry and Voldemort find themselves locked up in a mysterious prison in an A/B/O alternate universe setting.

Revolution of Configured Stars by @tollingreminiscentbells (E, 110k, WIP)

In a Voldemort Wins AU, Harry Potter was spared, and enters his seventh year at Hogwarts wanting to do Arithmancy research and keep his head down. However, after a chance encounter, it looks like it may not be so simple. Marvolo Gaunt seems to have his eye on Harry. The trouble is, Harry has no idea why. 

Tender Reigns Our Night by @noumena-writes (M, 93k, WIP)

Sent on a Ministry mission to fight for magic's survival, Harry goes back in time with two simple objectives: find and destroy any existing Horcruxes, and stop Tom Riddle ever evolving into Voldemort — using any means necessary. Harry thus finds himself working alongside Riddle at Borgin and Burke's, examining dark artefacts and desperately trying to fulfil his orders.

the demiurge, the leontoeides by @ramabear (E, 125k, WIP)

Thomas Gaunt reaches through the dimensions and plucks an eleven-year-old Harry Potter from his world and brings him home again.

the eternal flame by @duplicitywrites (E, 25k, WIP) 

There’s a well-dressed older man who enters the orphanage asking after Tom Riddle. The man’s green eyes fix on Tom’s face, searching and searching.  “My name is Harry Gaunt,” the man says, the tenor of his voice soft and faltering, a reflection of Tom's deepest, most secret anxieties, “and I’m here to adopt you.”

the righteous dead by @aspengray (T, 23k, WIP)

Harry is resurrected, sewn together with thread and magic. He remembers nothing except that he loves his savior, a man named Voldemort.

The Longing by @aglassroseneverfades (M, 33k, WIP)

Harry is not thinking of his parents right now as he trudges up to Voldemort’s eerie castle. He is thinking instead, as he often does, of a name that burns too brightly on his wrist in the pre-dawn light. He is wondering if somehow the fruitless tugging on his heart means that somewhere, some way, Tom is watching over him. 

With a resolute heart by Act_Naturally (M, 157k, WIP)

A Hunger Games-AU featuring Harry and Tom as competing champions.  Harry has a saving people thing. It’s not conducive to surviving a battle royale. He doesn’t fancy his chances. Especially against Tom Riddle.

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[iamtheponytownplayeryay]

should i make the day of Imbalance (aetheon)

orrr

Logan Thirtyacre (the head)

(in pt/pony town ofc)

[dark-fuckprincess]

Have an idea to expand my loyalist solar auxilia army. I'd like to maybe incorporate some older Imperial guard designs into it, using the old Cadian shock troops as a base for conversions. Giving them different heads and maybe if I'm feeling nasty, some different guns and arms from anvil industries or something.

Most of the heads look kinda dogshit and too big but they're charming imo.

This sentinel is what inspired me for this idea. I've been wanting to add some sentinels to my loyalist Solar Aux and thought this could be a good basis for conversion as its similar to the size of the new Aetheon Heavy Sentinel. Not sure what I'd do to convert it as this old sentinel is quite a bit less imposing. Maybe mounting weapons to the side such is the case for the official model. Maybe some armour on the legs? Idk.

Might just be the paint job but I'm not a huge fan

[corvusphoenix]

What's this?! Kerbite has changed! Kerbelius is a Flame and Shadow type Horned Beast Aetheon. It appears rebellious and to call upon it you must be worthy of it. Will this pose a problem?

[reincrimination]

in regards to horse names!!

maybe a fiery name as a nod to being a firefighter? like blaze, inferno, scorch, ash, or ember (which could be funny cause of season one and the whole “it’s amber not ember, you idiot”) OR maybe a greek mythology reference? like one of the horses of sun god helios (aethon, aeos, phlegon, or pyrois)? off the top of my head i can’t recall if buck ever made a greek mythology reference in the show but since he always looks up random facts it wouldn’t surprise me if he got into greek history and mythology at some point…..and my only other suggestion (simply because it’s the very first horse name i thought of) is “invincible” which is the name of a horse from world of warcraft…BUT if you can look past that fact, it could kinda make sense for buck because at least once i can recall someone (i think taylor?) telling him he’s not invincible because of how reckless he can be…so it could kinda be in relation to that?

anyway, the fic sounds awesome btw and i’m looking forward to reading it!

HELLO OTHER ANON (i cant believe two of you replied to help me out???? what???)

i definitely wanted to go with a nod to being a firefighter (in this AU he is not one but eddie was/is, and it has always been bucks dream job coincidentally) and i love the idea of greek mythology, the other anon also suggested greek mythology.

i am bookmarking your suggestion of aetheon/aeos/phlegon/pyrois for future reference as there is never just one horse

[ahungeringknife]

365: April 27

I get sad when I think about Kass and Grey before Taken King :,D Grey's trying so hard and Kass is just a lil baby suddenly dealing with the WORST nightmares imaginable.

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They'd always been a light sleeper. Ever since Scarlet at least. You'd think after a few thousand years one would get over it but trauma like that lingered. It meant Grey heard the soft knock on their door even dead asleep. "Go look," they groggily told Mr. Grey who was awake shining a light on them. Mr. Grey left and Grey heard the door open.

Fuck what time was it? Did they have to be awake?

"Grey?" Both eyes opened at the sound of Kass' voice, small and weak, in the darkness by their bed.

Grey pushed themself up and looked at her. She was just barely dressed and her purple eyes were wide but not in a way Grey had ever seen before. She looked... afraid. Grey had never seen Kass be afraid of anything. Not in the face of the Hive, or the Black Garden, or Aetheon, nor all of Crota's minions or even Crota himself. "What's the matter, baby girl?" Grey asked her gently.

She played with her hands a moment, nervous. "I-- that is- it's a bit-- I can't sleep. Can I stay with you?" Kass asked in barely above a whisper.

Grey frowned. "Why can't you sleep?" they asked even as they beckoned Kass to join them, lifting the blanket.

Kass flinched, hesitated, and then said, "Nightmares."

Grey beckoned her again. This time Kass did take off her shoes and climbed into bed next to Grey. "What sort, baby?" Grey asked her gently and when Kass reached out to be held they held her.

Kass squeezed her softly glowing purple eyes closed a moment, her mouth set in a slant of a frown. "Ir Yut," she whispered like she was telling Grey her greatest regret. "And Crota," she said his name almost with a shiver of fear in her voice and opened her eyes. Grey squeezed her. "I can see him. He knew me. He recognized me from when I interrupted his original ritual on Earth," she looked up.

"He didn't," Grey said gently.

"He pointed at me. I dreamed he and Ir Yut chased me all through his Throne World and out into the Pit and all through the Hellmouth."

"Well he's dead. Eris said extra dead because we killed him in his seat of power," Grey said soothingly.

"I know," she whispered. Then she made an unhappy chuckle. "Tell that to my nightmares."

"Well I won't let him get you even in your nightmares," Grey said soothingly, rubbing her back.

"I know," and she hugged Grey back.

Grey squeezed her tightly. "Get some sleep, baby girl. I'll be right here, okay?" Kass nodded against their chest. Grey just gently rubbed her back and after a few minutes Kass went limp against them. Only once they were satisfied Kass was properly asleep without nightmares did Grey close their own eyes and go back to sleep.

[oedonchapeldweller]

he will go on my desk w my other dollies and my aetheon

HES HERE

[twothirdsgenius]

I know this likely means absolutely nothing to anyone who follows me but I just got my first Destiny 2 Vault of Glass clear (after three hours, being led by our steadfast guide who was a sixteen year old boy acting as sherpa for the first time) and I’m on such an adrenaline high rn

[funtimespringscare101]

Breaking News! Dude who doesn’t watch SML and knows Jack shit about it creates Own reimagining of the controversial Aethos Mod!

Lol… but yeah, I came up with this idea that takes SlingoMingo’s Aethos Concept and adapts it closer to the actual SMLwiki.Com website lore (which I got properly introduced to thanks to Pappo’s brilliant video on it).

New Story on Jerry/Aethos Jeffy: Mr “I DRANK A EIGHT BALL OF COKE” has a new backstory in this Retake/Reimagining. Jerry is a version of one of the many clones of SMLwiki! Jeffy, that, of course, finds the eight ball of Coca Cola. This Jerry is the “Graced Messenger of Aetheon themselves” (the deity responsible for the Day of Inbalance apocalyptic event that corrupts the Wiki). He’s able to travel through his master’s Endless Aethos to deal with Heretics. And that is where this reimagined version of the titular song Aethos comes in: This time, there’s no Marvin as play as because we’re at the point of the Finale Arc of the lore of the wiki, and this time, the playable character we get is Jeffy, and not just any Jeffy, the one who breaks the cycle. This time, Aetheon grew tired of the loop and sends a new threat to confront him, that being Jerry.

I Drannnkkk an Eight Ball of Cokeeee And now they all call our nameee! As you stare, into their Endless Aethos! Don’t you see their Wonderful Wooo-orlds?

[iessos]

Entered VOG for the millionth time and took care of Aetheon for the millionth time. Came out with my favorite d1 cloak and weapon :)

[bohemianrequiem]

I’m still busy working on my gift for this year’s Code: Swap, but once I’m done with it you better believe I’m gonna start working on this idea for a destiny au for Code Lyoko that’s been rattling around my brain for the last month. So far I’ve got -

Blade Dancer! Hunter Ulrich (Awoken)

Revenant! Hunter Yumi (Human)

Well of Radiance! Warlock Aelita (Awoken)

Defender! Titan Odd (Human)

Chaos reach! Warlock Jeremy (Exo, designation - Jeremy-4)

Other random little plot points include

- Aelita’s ghost, Pück, was erased from time by Aetheon within the Vault of Glass, but Aelita’s innate connection to the Traveler’s light as a guardian saved her from suffering the same fate despite Pück’s demise.

- Jeremy is the youngest member of Fireteam Lyoko, having only been recently resurrected within the game’s current timeline. The eldest two are Yumi and Ulrich, both of whom were alive and active during the Dark Ages.

- Ulrich is one of the few remaining Blade Dancer hunters remaining after the Red War. Most others tried and failed to defend the Last City, being cut down by Cabal after having their connection to the light stolen from them.

- Yumi being a Revenant Hunter, that being a guardian capable of wielding the darkness, is a constant point of contention between Jeremy’s ghost and many other guardians in The Tower. They view Yumi as being sick or infected by the Dark, while the gang do their best to defend her and her worthiness as a guardian.

- Speaking of Ghosts, Jeremy’s is named Jim (And yeah, I literally just turned Jim into a Ghost bc I love the friendship between him and Jeremy in the show), Yumi’s is named Hoori, Odd’s is named Lilac Bell, and Ulrich’s is Karambit.

- And yeah, they’re all members of a team called Fireteam Lyoko.

- William was a member too, but went missing after encountering the Darkness on Europa shortly before Jeremy was resurrected and joined the team. He fell to temptation and hasn’t been seen by the gang since.

- Sissie is a warlock and aspiring member of the Praxic Order, a group of warlocks hellbent on the destruction and defeat of the darkness. She has an intense dislike for Yumi and her propensity for utilizing the darkness, and views the entire team with suspicion as a result. She’s not as ruthless as Aunor, but still believes them to a threat to guardian activity within the entire system of Sol.

- Finally, Sam is a Hunter that used to be a close friend of Odd’s, until he left the Last City’s Pilgrim Guard - a group charged with ushering new refugees to the Last City - in favor of joining Fireteam Lyoko. She was deeply hurt by this decision, even though he offered for her to join as well, but the entire situation resulted in her cutting ties with him and leaving the Last City.

[phantom-wolf]

Aetheon looks good now

Anyway we got past Templar and gate keeper yesterday with contest mode on. Took is like 14 hours lol.

Also there are little crystal things you can collect through the raid. No idea what it's for.

[corvusphoenix]

A new Aetheon has been sighted! Jogyula is an ice and wind type Devious Beast Aetheon. They can be found in the Northern Frostlands and travel in mischiefs, they can freeze the moisture in the air to form sharp blades to stop prey from moving, swiftly and nimbly they will aim for the neck to end the fight immediately. #aethologyseries #procreate #pokemon #pokemonart #digimonadventure #digimontamers #monsterhunter https://www.instagram.com/p/CrdnNC4LJCa/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[missmirakell]

hey how's the vault goin?

Lol it's pretty tragic rn

We got one guy around 50 below power cap for the raid, because we wanted to see how far he could get on the first encounter, and then we kinda... Kept going with him. He hasn't even played much destiny, just saw us all on and thought it'd be fun to see what was going on. I don't think he realized what he was getting into lmao

But yeah, we're stuck on aetheon, slowly going crazy, and knowing that we still haven't even done challenge mode yet

Sorry if you were seeing my tags in your notifs, I'm just going a little bonkers!