#again this being my personal definition of cool

[ahsoka-in-a-hood]

I mean it's not my ideal of government lol. But you can see how it's romanticized or condemned to varying degrees by different writers of different installments and that's sort of interesting to note.

It being religious- I have read/watched exactly four commercial star wars things that feature mandalorians in a significant way, and that's Open Seasons, The Clone Wars cartoon, Rebels, and The Mandalorian. Of those four, The Mandalorian is the only one that not only goes hard on mandalorian religion, it's also the only one that centers it at all. And it does go hard, and I like that about it. Definitely one of it's charms- it's a very cool bit of worldbuilding and right up my alley. But I do gotta say that contrasted with those others it's definitely like, okay. These guys go hard. ...which makes them even more fun for me. I like a variety of perspectives. Orthodox Mandalorians, okay. Hmm.

But again I'm not really sure where these ideas come from, exactly? (keeping it on topic). Because I know there were other influences. I'm sure I've encountered mandalorian religious concepts in fic that don't come from The Mandalorian. But I also refuse to touch anything by Karen Traviss and that's a big chunk of legends mandos. I can tell you that there's no religion in the open seasons comics, but they're constantly retconned.

(A big part of the reason I can be here and say I want to base my own Jaster Mereel exclusively off Open Seasons is that a) this is his first in-person appearance and b) this is his only in-person appearance. He is talked about in other sources. He is described. He is remembered. But that just allows me to meta that into being about perception. And also, conveniently, let's me ignore Traviss.)

(I just want to say that with the exception of Jango himself, every single member of the true mandalorians depicted in the open seasons comics are human, white, and male. Just to be clear that any concept of them as inclusive does not come from there.)

I belong to a very small gang of friends who base Jaster Mereel exclusively off the open season comics. (Even though those comics kinda suck). I actually have absolutely no idea where the concept of Mand'alor Jaster comes from. Could be from a book. Could be from an ao3 fic. Who knows? Not me.

[whimsymosaic]

I saw someone ask about what daemons the dbda cast would have (from his dark materials) and I thought i’d give my choices:

Charles would definitely be a dog, maybe even a wolf adds on to his thing about being scared of becoming a violent person like his father.

I think an owl would really fit Edwin? It’s symbolic for wisdom and also they look cool visually. I was thinking a crow but with Monty existing I had to vito it.

I think Niko would have a butterfly because in some cultures they are seen as the souls of the living and the dead, believed to be the spirits of the deceased on their journey to the afterlife. They also symbolize joy, longevity, and marital happiness so I thought with foreshadowing and everything it fit Niko really well.

Wanted to go with a witchy daemon for Crystal since she’s a seer but once again cats are the cat kings thing so I decided a bat would be cool. Bats, particularly in European cultures, have long been associated with witchcraft, black magic, and darkness, due to their nocturnal nature and ability to fly.

I think it’d be cool if the night nurse had the same daemon as Kashi, as in they’d both have an angler fish.

Jenny, because it’s ironic as hell, would have a pig as her daemon. They’re also known to very smart pigs so it works out.

Other characters would be very straightforward:

Ester would have a snake, Monty a crow and the cat king a cat.

[cha0s-junkie]

Hihihihi ummmmm may I please request more Verena I may or may not be very attached to her pawsibly

Maybe she has to take reader to work because she couldn't get a babysitter hehehe

(Ooh also also could I pawhaps be 🐇 anon :3!!)

+ like 2 more Verena asks, HERE'S MORE MOTHER FOR ALL

reader's not having a good time (platonic yan! mafia boss mom oc)

warnings; yandere behavior, infantilism, uhm i got carried away with this, kidnapping, reader gets knocked out, use of guns, verena snaps.

--

You didn't know why you were sitting in on the meeting. You feel like a little kid interrupting adult business, sitting on the couch watching as Verena barely engaged the belligerent man in the one-sided argument.

She'd cast you small glances, winking at you when you look at her. Laughing softly when you look away, clutching the stuffed bear to your chest.

"Are you even fucking listening?" He says, particularly loudly. Verena sighed, finally looking at the man in front of her. "No. Because this isn't something I care about, your little gang thought they could fuck around in my territory. I'm telling you to get out, you should be glad I'm even entertaining you with a meeting, boy."

His eye twitches. He laughs and shakes his head. "You clearly don't understand that this? us? it could be something big. We can take over everything, make it so that no one could try us."

She covers her mouth as a small snicker escapes her. "Us? There is no us," She leans forward, flattening her hands on her table as she glares at him. "You're nothing. You're trying to play around in business that I know you can't handle, get out."

She points to the door that was already being held open by one of her men. He looks at the door and back at her, scoffing at the situation. She just brushed him off like he was nothing, not even paying attention to his offer. Just, you.

"I won't ask again." Her voice now eerily calm as she leans back in her plush seat. He grumbles under his breath before finally exiting the room, not before giving you a withering glare.

You stare back, shifting back in the sofa. His stare doesn't leave yours until he exits the room, the door closing behind him.

Verena lets out a sigh and she looks back at you, a soft but happy expression taking over. "C'mere." She calls for you, you turn to look at her and she's beckoning you over.

"Was it a little boring?" She had moved you into her lap again, for some reason she likes it when she can be as close to you as possible. At the cost of your own personal comfort, of course. You shrugged wordlessly, it was kind of entertaining honestly.

"Well it was sooo boring for me, I'd rather play with my little sweetheart." She tickles you slightly, eliciting a laugh out of you. "C'mon, let's go play before my other meetings."

--

Bumps in the night in Verena's home wasn't odd. But hearing it in your room wasn't normal. Definitely not. You were wide awake, laying on your back staring at the ceiling trying to convince yourself that it was just a bird that hit your window and not someone breaking in.

A shadow of a person was casted in your room. Not a person. A bird, a really big fucking bird.

A click of a gun and you feel cool metal pressed to the side of your head, you stifled a scream as you felt someone lean down near your face. "Make a peep and your brains are decorating your silk sheets, get up."

Fear constricts your heart as you slowly got up, a gloved hand grabs your arm and tugs you out of bed almost making you fall down. You didn't have to look at his face to know it was the same man who Verena was arguing with before.

Finally after a few minutes of your captor struggling to navigate the house, you're dragged out to where his car was. He pushes you against the car and uses the handle of the gun against the back of your head, knocking you out.

You wake up to the man tightening the ropes that tie you down to a wooden chair, your head hurts. It hurts so much.

"Awake?" Your chin is grabbed roughly and your forced to look into the eyes of your captor. He grins, revealing a set of crooked teeth. "Don't worry, if Verena loves you so much that she can ignore me in a important fucking meeting to wink at you, she'll come save you."

He pushes your face back down and you groan slightly in pain at the sudden movement. You don't doubt that Verena is probably fuming right now.

"That bitch will learn to respect me, right?" He bites his thumb as he paces around the room, shit. He looks at you hunched over in pain, blood running down the back of your neck and dampening your pajamas coloring them a dark red.

Shit. He didn't think this through. only a few of his men were here, this was an impulse decision, kidnapping you. Verena wasn't one to be messed with, especially if you planned on taking one of her own. He clearly didn't know how much you meant to her because he would've done good for himself if he had taken anyone else.

Anyone else.

It's fine, he ran a hand through his greasy hair, it's fine. He takes his phone from his pocket and calls Verena again.

"Didn't think you'd have the balls to call me again after that shitshow, Mateo."

"I'd choose your words wisely, Verena." She laughs at this pathetic attempt at intimidation, clearly the phone was giving him some false sense of security. "Oh? Where did this new burst of confidence come from?"

He walks up to you with Verena still on the phone and grips your hair, tugging right where he had knocked you out. So, a particularly sore spot for you eliciting a pained whimper from your still drowsy self.

"Hear that?" He smirks to himself as he hears silence from the supposed terrifying mafia head. "I have your little pet with me, you want 'em back? 3 million, cash. Come alone, let's see how tough you really are without your men with you."

He tightens his grip on you and now you yelp out in pain, Verena makes a small noise of anger in response and Mateo laughs. "So you do have a weak spot, good to know."

"Can they hear me?" Her tone is stable, as if none of this is affecting her. Verena grips the papers on her table as she tries to control her boiling rage.

"Mama...?" Her heart tightens as you call out to her in such a small and scared voice. Her baby was hurt under her care, she failed you. "It's alright, sweetheart I'm coming, okay? I'm getting you out of there."

"Please..." You beg softly. Words were becoming harder for you to use, all you could think of was the throbbing pain at the back of your head. "Alright enough of that, I'm giving you an hour or they die. See you soon, Angel of death."

Verena holds her composure until Mateo ends the call. With shaking hands, she throws the phone to the other side of the room watching in anger as it shatters on impact. You were in pain, so much so that you finally called her what she had been begging you to call her. Mama.

"Get me their location."

"Immediately, ma'am." Her right-hand man bows slightly before exiting the room. His fate was sealed the moment he even thought of taking you away from her, he was a dead man walking.

--

"What?- Wait, stop fucking yelling. What do you mean they're dead? It's one woman, are you- shit. Shit, shit!"

The line goes dead. Another one of his men are dead at the hands of one woman. But he should've known, trying to mess with death herself would have never ended well for him. Now he was stuck alone with the one person that she had murdered so many men for.

You.

He looked at you and makes the smart decision to further use you as his shield against her rage. He walks behind you and holds the gun to your head. "Don't move." He hisses to you, as if you could move with the pounding headache. The blood loss was getting worse.

Mateo flinches as the door is kicked in, an enraged Verena fills the doorway. She had been dragging one of his men by the neck, he was still alive, still groaning in pain.

Oh, he fucked up. This was more than he could handle, he watches in fear as she throws the man down, letting him writhe in pain in the doorway. The blood that covered her made Verena looked more like an animal than human.

"D-Don't come any closer or they get a fucking bullet in their head!" He shoves the gun into the side of your head to make his point. She stops midway, staring at the man.

"...Do you want to do that? Mateo? Threatening my kid, my kid? What do you think will happen if you kill them. I let you go alive? I accept you by my side?" She laughs making the man jump. "Try anything and I'll torture you until you beg for death. Make you regret even looking at my kid in the first place."

It was a promise and everyone in the room knew it.

Mateo finally drops the gun, he raises his hands in surrender as he backs away from you. Darting out of the room almost tripping on the dead body of the man as he leaves. Verena immediately drops in front of you, cupping her hands around your face.

It was worse than she thought. There was so much blood all over you that all she could do was hold you as she cried. You were hurt. Her precious kid was hurt.

"I'm sorry, I'm so so sorry baby," She weeps, holding you in her arms. "It's all my fault, I should've never let you out of my sight."

"It's okay," You mumble tiredly, enjoying a gentle and warm hold after hours of sitting in a cold dark basement. "You're here now, right?"

She nods, sniffling. "I'm here, mama's here now."

--

so long holy shit but HOPE YOU LIKE THIS!!

[skeletonh0e]

ohohoho… no writing blog can go without that one classic hc…

ahem–

the boys being…

JEALOUS!

please? :3

(idk if u already did it, pls say u don’t so i don’t get embarrassed by asking again lmfao)

Coming right up my dude, gender neutral reader per usual

Tw for some possessive and yandere-ish type behavior with Nightmare, Killer and to a lesser extent Dust & Axe

The boys are Jealous

Classic Sans:

Imma be real, this rarely happens

He wouldn't be dating you if he didn't trust you, and generally, he's such a chill guy that it's hard for anything to really rattle him (pun very much intended)

He's protective, yeah, but that's pretty subtle, and it's more fear of you getting hurt than you leaving or hooking up with someone else

Not to say it doesn't ever happen

Surprisingly, one way to get him jealous is to laugh at others' jokes. Like really laugh, especially if you laugh harder at them than you normally do at his puns

Hm, he suddenly does not care for you getting all buddy buddy with that person

He'll calmly place himself in the conversation, he doesn't seem to act any different but the vibes are off

Classic: "Hi yes, I'm Y/N's partner. Romantic partner. We're together. Hey, wanna tell 'em about that prank I pulled yesterday?" All said while putting an arm around your shoulder

He is trying so hard to be normal about it but it's clear something is bothering him, it's kind of cute

And yeah the person in question is getting his with the typical passive aggressiveness you'd expect from Sans lmao

By the time you two leave you'll cheekily ask if he's jealous and he'll deny it

Y/N: "That's a shame, he was really funny-"

Classic: "Watch it."

You two will go and have a few laughs over the situation, he also is gonna get you busting a gut laughing in one way or another

Underswap Sans:

The Magnificent Sans is never jealous!

According to him

See Blue has two sides to him, one that's extremely prideful and one that's extremely insecure

He's constantly flip flopping in-between "You'll never find someone as cool as me so you won't bother!" And big ole puppy dog eyes of "Why aren't you paying attention to meeeee" 🥺🥺🥺

The latter largely just comes out as him just being kinda whiney and bothering you, largely behind closed doors as he just kinda glomps onto you and pouts

The former? Well

Someone attempts to hit on you then he just swoops in, picks you up (regardless of how tall you are) then announces

"WHY HELLO YOU SEEM TO BE CONFUSED! THIS LOVELY HUMAN IS WITH ME! THE MAGNIFICENT SANS! MWEH HEH HEH!"

It causes a scene and is just as embarrassing as it looks

"I DON'T BLAME YOU FOR TRYING, LOOK AT HOW COOL MY PARTNER IS! LOOOOOOK!"

And he doesn't even put you down he just walks off with you

Deems it as "coming to your rescue" lmao

Don't give him too hard a time about it though, he means well

And you think he's just as magnificent as he says right? 👉👈

Underfell Sans:

This boy actually is EXTREMELY jealous

And if there's one benefit to having him as a boyfriend it's that his constant snarling and general vibes are good at keeping others away

Which is good, because you're HIS

There's a reason why even in most public places he'll happily let you sit on his lap or keep an arm tight around you, not only because he's a sucker for affection deep down but also so it makes others steer clear

Bro doesn't like when people simply look at you like they're getting ideas, so trust me when I say anyone that actively tries is verbally getting their head bit off

Might actually kick their ass too just for the hell of it, but usually is doesn't escalate that far

.....usually

Listen he's never been above kicking someone's ass just to prove a point alright?

And yes he has no problem reminding you just who you belong to either

He loves to cover you in hickeys and the marks definitely push the point in, even if you try to hide him. And him getting jealous is just an excuse to add more

Tells you just how good you're being while he proceeds to absolutely ruin you ❤️

Underlust Sans:

Man is a sex worker lmao, so you two aren't strictly 100% monogamous to begin with and it'd be pretty hypocritical for him to be jealous 9/10

If you have to deal with others gawking at him while on stage and behind closed doors, he can tolerate you getting some attention

And he doesn't blame others one bit, you are utterly delicious, he would know

Not to say it doesn't ever happen though, but his jealousy is usually pretty tame and subtle

Normally it's just being bigger on PDA than usual and calmly inserting himself into the situation

Especially makes the habit of deciding to show others just how well he can fluster you up, think whole

"That's a good chat up line, I'll give you that, but try something like this~" before he starts cooing in your ear and turning into a bright red tomato

If you left him might even go as far as to have a gross little public make out session with some heavy petting to push the point in

Others can look sure, they might even be a bit successful in wooing you, but he'll make it clear to everyone that he's the best you'll ever have in that regard

Also does seem like the type to just interrupt mid conversation to leave a painfully obvious lipstick mark on your cheek

And he will indeed be cheeky about (da dum tss)

Horrortale Sans:

Axe is a bit of a wild card I'll be real with you

He's very protective....but is he naturally jealous?

Yesn't

He knows he's an intimidating ass guy with a terrifying reputation, which while he's not yelling about your relationship from the rooftops it's pretty clear you two are a thing. So the number of people who'd be dumb enough to try and snag you? Pretty low

So he's surprisingly chill when you spend time with others, to an extent at least. Does this mean he likes it on the rare occasion when others just hit on you especially when he's like...right there? Hell no

The person in question is instantly grabbed by their shirt and hoisted up into the air, getting a very gruff "you must be confused 'bout something here" as he proceeds to scare the living shit out of the dumbass

You might be able to talk him out of outright killing the guy but even if he doesn't kill him, Axe will break their fucking legs to say the least

Jealousy is not a pretty sight when it comes to him and he's kinda clingy the rest of the day

Growls at anyone else that gets close, you know how to calm him down at this point and assure him that you're always going to be his

However, similar to Red, he's not afraid to give some love bites as a reminder

Fresh Sans:

Oh boy, he's about to be ANNOYING

Emotions are a bit of a mine field for him and I don't he even recognizes it as jealousy. Nor is he easily jealous by any means, but that doesn't mean he likes it when others steal your attention

Randomly just poofs in mid conversation, blows an airhorn and inserts himself like "Wazzzup homies!?"

Woe to the other person in question, who knows if their poor wittle ear drums will ever recover

You know how some cats get extremely loud and clingy when their owners pet other cats? Same energy here

I would say he wouldn't go as far as to sit on you while you're doing something important or knocking things over but uh

Don't put it past him!

And don't try to ignore him it will only make him worse, just give him some proper attention and he'll be happy

Tbh depending on the situation might do what Blue does and just pick you up before breezing away on his skate board

His now/j

But honestly he's rarely if ever an angry jealous type just annoying, but he's not opposed to BONKING someone if need be

Killer Sans:

So anyway he started stabbing-

Okay maybe not that extreme right off the bat, but rest assured bro has NO PROBLEM killing someone who's flirting with or hitting on you

Even if they weren't being serious

He's a bit unhinged and a little shit, so unlike with Axe I would not place any bets on you being able to talk him out of it. If anything that might encourage him cuz why do you want them alive so much???

Honestly Killer has the energy of a person who insists that he's not jealous but actually really is despite how much he tries to play it off otherwise

Y/N: "You are the most jealous man I know!"

Killer: "You know other men?!"

Honestly the mentality also applies when you're around others even if they aren't flirting with you. Probably won't stab them but he's there, around, watching, making sure no one gets too close :)

Whatever you do not intentionally egg on this side of him

Man is fully willing to crave his name into your skin if it means you know who you belong to

Dust Sans:

Hoo boy

Also in the camp of "will murder anyone that actively tries to take you away" but can be talked down with the right words

But honestly him getting jealous is more sad than anything else, because he knows damn well he's a mess and he is already partly convinced you will just leave the moment you find someone else

Even after the person in question leaves, he is clinging onto with a vice grip one that almost hurts as he's repeatedly asking

"You are mine right? No, you are. You are! You will be! I'll do anything! Just....don't look at anyone else like that, please don't- I can't- MINE!-"

He is not mentally stable and his hallucinations in his case do NOT help in situations like this

He can get violent with you while like this, he'll always regret it after and you know how to avoid it from escalating like that but the risk is always there

He'll need some hugs and a lot of reassurance, you've probably all but mastered dealing with these type of episodes by now

Attached to you like glue for a bit, death glaring at anyone that comes too close and is silently just defensive for awhile

Things will go back to normal eventually, but lets hope no one pulls the stunt of hitting on you while your boyfriend is RIGHT there for awhile

Nightmare Sans:

Doesn't get jealous unless you give him a reason to

Nightmare is not the healthiest partner to have, he's already extremely possessive and controlling. He keeps a close eye on you, so encounters that trigger his jealous side don't happen often purely because he does not allow it

Sometimes you're lucky if you can leave the palace without a bodyguard, that's not mentioning how he forbids you from wearing anything too provocative strictly because your body is for his eyes only

And anyone that tries is getting killed, whether you're made aware of it or not

If you try to bring up any issue with it he'll pull some manipulative sight, ranging from straight up gas lighting to down play the severity of it or somehow convincing your that it was simply for the best

After all what if that person didn't have your best interest at heart?

He'll remind you just who you belong to in the end, he won't mark you necessarily, he's not a brute after all but you'll be begging for mercy by the end of it

The right words, the right touches, and soon you'll be happily saying just who you belong to then he'll be as happy as a peach

[vamptastic]

Logically I know I meet my own definition of cool, but my brain is still like, those are the Real Goths Emos and Punks, the fact that you're wearing a similar outfit that they just complimented you on and that they're wearing a shirt of your favorite band doesn't matter because you don't know how to do makeup occasionally wear sweatpants and you're not an ex-Catholic. Poser. How many cool people have to be friendly to me and treat me as a member of the in-group before I accept that I am, in fact, cool.

[otaku553]

Haha

[twentyfivemiceinatrenchcoat]

sometimes i remember that gojo wanted to tell geto “we’ll meet again, right?” just before he died but forced himself not to knowing it would have cursed him and then i start thinking about how kind and thoughtful gojo is as a character and how he hasn’t been able to lean on another human being since geto defected and then i want to . Scream

[iholli]

robot,,, bf,,, my beloved,,,

[reflectionsofgalaxies]

gonna do the stupid thing for my stupid mental health

[imabiscuitinthousandworlds]

okay but. success! all of my grandparents now know i'm trans and my preferred name!! they all took it well, if occasionally confused!! only six people left to go then i'm out to all of my family and can finally rest!!

[innieirving]

oh my god i've had such a shitty weekend that in order to cheer me up, my dad fixed my computer and now i've been distracting myself with baldurs gate 3 to feel better

BUT NOW THAT I ACTUALLY CHECK SOCIAL MEDIA YOU'RE TELLING ME THAT OFMD S2 TEASER IS DROPPING TOMORROW?????????? HUH???????????? WHAT NOW?????????????? OH MY GOD???????????????????

[izzy-b-hands]

My doctor messaging me at 12:30 in the morning to tell me she wants to do a telehealth visit abt the side effects I'm having with my new Lamotrigine dose (including worse insomnia than my usual insomnia, as u may have guessed lmao) is. something.

[todayisafridaynight]

I've wanted to write a dissertation on the localization differences in　Sawashiro's Chapter 13 scenes FOREVER you have NO idea, thank you so much for pointing that out.

I did experience the full game back when it was only out in Japanese so I've certainly got Thoughts on both in comparison to the original as well. Although it's not exactly what you were talking about, I do personally think the playfulness is 100% purposeful and the more accurate take in this case! Not just in a literal sense, but in terms of authorial intent.

Chapters 1, 2, and 13 specifically are full of homages to and subversions of his character as seen in RGGO. Playfulness, unpredictability, and an off-putting sense of humor are central to RGGO!Sawashiro. He also happens to be particularly fond of fake-outs like that. Obviously a lot has changed between games, but there's a lot of fascinating interplay as well, even with 7!Sawashiro's much more subdued presentation. Yokoyama has said he was going for a story that doesn't require RGGO's context to understand or enjoy, but a story that's nonetheless made more interesting by taking RGGO's context into account. The effects of that approach are of course going to be apparent in RGGO's main antagonist.

So I don't think it's far-fetched at all to say there's a sense of humor there we just don't get to see much of, being Ichi and being in the situations we're in when we encounter him. I think that kind of works for him as a character whose idiosyncrasies are conveyed equally by what we see and what we don't see.

... I guess I kind of ended up writing a dissertation anyway lol sorry

this is like getting a letter from the president thank you so much for your dissertation and your work in general im actually framing this on my brain walls

[gibbearish]

I am an egg

What is the egg for

I mean I agree that on the spectrum of gender I am plausibly definitely an egg that just feels about right. I'm just there man. Sitting around until needed. In my zone, in my lane, just serving my purpose like an egg.

But I'm still curious about the egg title I've been bestowed

generally in trans circles an "egg" refers to a trans person who hasn't realized they're trans yet, so then realizing is "the egg cracking"

functionally in the quiz it's kind of a "your answers mostly pointed towards cisish but not always" / middle of the road placeholder. honestly the results part is kind of the main bit im not entirely happy with because i have no idea how to actually weight answers properly lol

[theres-whump-in-that-nebula]

Do you ever listen to someone speak and marvel at how smooth, free-flowing, and free of pauses it is?

Because I sure do. I can’t do that.

Maybe that’s why I feel like most people’s speech is insincere even when it isn’t… because it sounds like how I would recite or read a script. That explains why I view people who aren’t native English speakers, have a heavy accent, and take long pauses to think of the words they need to say as being more trustworthy… because my cadence is similar to theirs; and we both stumble over words.

[lighthausen]

There's something truly special about seeing someone get really, really into a character you only casually enjoy from a series you only casually enjoy. Like, yes, queen, I want to see that fanart you're reblogging! I want to see that deep analysis! I might not be riding the same high you are with your blorbo, but I'm getting some sweet, sweet secondhand joy out of this, please keep going!