#also i'll be able to post some fun thoughts after i've answered the prompt

[nephriteknight]

Thoughts on Daggerheart!!

I'll admit I haven't really been following it until today, but after watching the videos released today I got very excited and ended up building a character and reading a lot of the book, as I am wont to do (might post about them later lol).

Now, full disclosure, I wouldn't say I'm all that familiar with the TTRPG space outside of D&D, so take my opinions with a grain of salt. That said, I've played D&D, Wanderhome, Alice is Missing, and the fan-made Hollow Knight TTRPG, and I've watched some AP of Kids on Bikes, Call of Cthulhu, Monsterhearts, and Candela Obscura, which is a longer list than I was expecting. Huh. Anyways, my thoughts!

I really like the duality dice! It's such an interesting way to do mixed success that incorporates story/character into mechanics, which is great.

Related to that, I also like Hope as a fluid resource, and I think that Fear is a nice way to both prompt GM action and to just create a fun sense of dread as the GM takes more tokens

The lack of turn order/action economy is... cool, and a really interesting idea, but my thoughts on this are complicated. As we're seeing in the oneshot right now, it really helps to keep combat as part of the story and give the players and GM room for creativity. (For example, Bunnie describing a counterstrike as part of her dodge, and being able to take it as soon as the GM's turn is over, as well as the tag team feature, which is very cool.) That said, I think this mechanic might not work so well with less experienced or less confident players, who might have trouble taking the initiative (heh) to act in combat (I know I certainly would if I wasn't playing with close friends). That's not really a criticism though -- this is a collaborative storytelling game, and part of playing it is making big moves and taking turns guiding the story. If that's not for you, then you might prefer a different system, which is fine! I think this mechanic has the potential to be really, really dope, but I also think it's the bit that has the most potential to go poorly in my eyes.

The art, design, and general aesthetic feel of this game are so unbelievably up my alley. I love it. That's all.

I'm excited to see that they're working on mechanics for playing disabled characters, but since they aren't out yet I can't really comment. (I did notice that the character in the bard art is in a wheelchair, which is dope.) Also, as others have noted, Daggerheart uses "heritage" and "ancestry" rather than "race", which is a small but good choice.

Personally, I also really like the choice to move away from precise measurements of distance and gold. This one is very much a personal preference, and I know some people will rightfully disagree, but I like it! As a DM, trying to determine the appropriate costs and rewards for things has always been a headache, and this seems much easier to manage; measuring distances with convenient and tangible measurements like the short side of a playing card or the length of a piece of paper also feels much easier to use.

The downtime mechanics are great! Each of the activities you can take prompts you to describe how you heal yourself or another, destress, repair armor, or prepare yourself for what's ahead, which really encourages quieter character moments both introspectively and with others. I'm a big fan of this. This combining of role play and mechanics is also present in other features, such as one of the major level 1 healing abilities, which is more effective if you spend the time it takes to cast learning something new about the person you're healing or sharing something about yourself.

I didn't look at this too closely because I was just making a character for fun and don't have a party to play with, but as part of character creation you're given questions about your relationships to your party members to answer. Wanderhome also has these, and they were MASSIVELY successful in creating depth and meaningful connections between players -- after our table's session zero I was already so invested in all our characters, and when we actually played them they really came to life. I haven't looked to closely at Daggerhearts version of this, but I'm very excited to see them.

The experience mechanic seems really fun and creative, and I especially like the idea of using a phrase rather than something specific. That said, when I played the Hollow Knight TTRPG, which also lets players create their own skills, the open endedness of it was more confusing than inspiring, and there was a lot of potential for a usefulness disparity between players. I do think Daggerheart explains it better, though, and limiting the use of experience with a Hope cost helps to counteract any choices that might be too broad, so hopefully it will work better

I probably have more thoughts, but it getting late and I have a headache, so that's all I'm saying for now :D

Overall, Daggerheart has combined a lot of things I've liked in other games with promising mechanics I haven't seen before, and I'm very excited to try it out. I'm now realizing that I just made a list of things I like without any negative feedback, which isn't what I wanted to do, but I'm not really sure what to criticize without having played it myself.

I'm most curious to see how the non-initiative mechanic works; it has the potential to be a really excellent solve for a major problem in D&D (plenty of people have talked about how initiative limits teamwork, can be boring when its not your turn, etc, so I won't get into it here), but I don't think it's a solution that will work for everyone. Of course, games can't work for everyone, and shouldn't try to. It's working really well on CR's oneshot as I write this, but making choices and sharing spotlight in TTRPGs is literally their job, so I'm not surprised this works for them. I could see this going really well with some tables I've played with, and really poorly with others. I'm still really optimistic, though; it seems like the kind of thing that with the right table could be really excellent.

[pitter-patt-art]

Ace Attorney AU August oops-august-has-been-over-for-a-week Update!!

Hiiiii well okay first and most importantly of all! Happy investigations collection day everyone!!!! My copy is supposed to arrive by 10pm although I'm not sure I'll be playing it right away, but, hey, once it arrives I'll have in my possession at least one physical copy of every game in the series (2 for aai1, woohoo)!!! *Coughs* uh except all of the OG Trilogy which instead I own like 2 times over digitally (3 in T&T's case, thanks Wii) lmao. Ah well.

NOW the actual post. Yeah it's not August anymore but I've been recuperating or w/e so shhh, better late than never!

Overall I wrote over 50k words (actually in August itself) and posted 5 fics (with many more in progress), which is honestly just, wild???? That is so cool. Apparently the way to overcome writer's block is just overcommit to a month-long prompt list, who knew!

Here is my post about the first 17 days/AUs! And over here's my Ao3 series for these! Below the cut I'll wrap up the last 14 days of AUs, some thoughts, etc!

I am setting the goal for myself to actually finish writing these before the end of the year even if they're not technically "AU-gust" qualified anymore by the time I get to them sooo ...wish me luck!! In the meantime I am proud of myself for (tbh completely unnecessarily and to my detriment lmao) coming up with actually a full 31 solid AUs based on the prompts that I feel inspired by.

This post is gonna be a bit more rambly than the last one because I definitely did more of my writing last month the first 2 weeks rather than the last 2, but nevertheless--

Onto the remaining AUs!

18 - Space Travel

So, I actually started a draft at the airport before my vacation where I got wayyyy too sidetracked getting detailed about this one and thus ended up not being able to finish the post before takeoff lmao. I'm not sure whether it's annoying or interesting to include all of that here, but it's my post so fuck it, here's August 21st patt to tell you aaall about it so I don't have to: The Martian AU (I've only seen the movie and not read the book but i *did* literally just re-watch it because this thought crossed my mind lol. (Hello! It's future me popping in to say: fun fact, rewatching this movie literally ended up being the reason I knew a bar trivia answer last week lmao. Huzzah for the powers of Ace Attorney refreshing my movie quote knowledge.) Be glad this one occurred to me because my first inclination was to lean into the dark past of my vld phase (I'm super joking I had a lot of fun with it before the last few seasons haha sorry idk what to tell you friends) and see how much I'd retained if i tried to make that work but the martian sounded more fun in the end). Apparently my Thing™ is a) poisoning Phoenix and b) putting Apollo in an insane situation in which he's completely on his own--which all things considered is probably far meaner lol. I think Phoenix is to blame for creating his own problem here for choosing to eat the stupid necklace but I fully blame Capcom for all the BS Apollo has gone through after AA4 (bc...the stuff IN that game is. coincidentally also Phoenix's blame to claim. lol). That said I'm part of the problem teehee. Apollo can be Some Guy from the real world who gets isekai'ed and he can also be Mark Watney :P (sorry bud I love you but you have just the Worst case of unavoidable main character syndrome). ((Which is QUITE funny actually because I'll never get over Capcom calling 4,5,6 the """"Apollo Justice Trilogy"""" (it's really not and it's frankly insulting they're trying to say it is.) Like he's. Y’know. The main character in exactly one of those games...... so.)) What was I talking about? Lmao oh yeah so Apollo is left on Mars (not sure he actually has much in the way of Botanist™ vibes but the indomitable, never-say-die, highly sarcastic vibes.... ye haha that's my boy right there). Omg wait sorry I'm writing this and realizing this whole thing actually fits the 18th AND yesterday's (the 20th) prompt as well. Whoops.

Clay as the captain (let him do something, says I)

Trucy as I think the pilot ONLY because I am literally constantly on the lookout to make a Wright Flying Brothers joke, sorry

Klavier aaaas. Uh. So the German astronaut in the film is the chemist and navigator and I know Klav's not necessarily supposed to be actually German canonically but there IS something funny about it

Athena as the flight surgeon and EVA specialist (for a couple reasons but mostly so she can be a doctor lol. I imagine she also can be there for psych stuff too, like, it's a long ass space voyage, that does shit to your brain)

Kay as the SysOp and reactor tech, tbh mostly because for some reason i really have a thing for hacker/programmer Kay, i guess?

Ema I want to be there also lol so that would be exceeding the actual number of OG astronauts but eh it's my AU. The rest of these I'm just directly comparing to a crew member from the martian but I think some of the titles and tasks could be redistributed a little to allow an extra person as a treat for me.

Originally i kind of wanted Sebastian (....SIGH. or...Eustace. (I fear even though it's AAIC release day today, I truly may die on this hill forever, falling on my sword of devotion and gratitude to the fan translation team... That said, while I think Eustace is, like, a Deeply Fine name, I have to say that Excelsius is a fucking knockout name lmfao, that one took me out. Anyway, ahem: "I wanted Seb/Eustace...")) to be there too but I think that's getting into too many cooks territory just specifically bc I'd have too many voices to play with lmfao. So instead I think he's the operator who works the satellite and realizes Apollo is alive, I think he'd fit that well. NOT THAT that needs to be. Included. In the AU. I have...so much self control.

Anyway I have too many thoughts about it, it's a problem, ironically I think I would prefer to focus on the crew and not Apollo himself, so that would at least make it more than just a rehashing of the movie/book. (Or, the movie at least. Does the book spend more time with them? I should read the book.) ...I did, Of Course, also came up with a funny, pseudo-future-science-y way to do a Sibling Reveal in this one, so there's that, too, haha. OKAY AND, SCENE. Snatching my mic back from myself. I'm actually so devoted to the Martian AU now hahaha, I really didn't think I'd let that happen to myself but here we are... You'll see in a bit, but I for-better-or-worse do truly have an extended universe going on for it now, eheh... (Help.)

19 - Spies

Franmaya?? Franziska POV??? Here's the deal: I cannot BELIEVE I got this many days into the month and STILL hadn't come up with a franmaya-centric AU, it's terrible. Also I need a Maya POV if I want to hit my self-set, self-indulgent goal of having POV of every "main" character I can (did I exactly accomplish this no but that's perfectly fine obviously haha it was just a side achievement I had my eye on). So to that end, I ended up with something here that I'm not COMPLETELY sure I won't end up changing when I sit down to actually work on it, but in short: semi The Princess Bride vibes but with spies instead of pirates! Or uh! So um okay full disclosure lol I got all excited about an AU of this kind and then like an hour into daydreaming it into existence I realized I was heavily relying on / leaning into ASSASSIN territory rather than SPY. Which are notably different things. (Wait lol should I blame Spy x Family?? Totally Endo-sensei's fault and not at all mine, boom, take that.) ...And not to go even harder into sxf territory, whoops, but my idea was something along the lines of like, since Kurain School Channeling changes spirit mediums' appearance entirely, I was going to have Maya be something of an expert in disguise, and Franziska I was almost more or less going to let retain her actual position of international prosecutor with Interpol, although perhaps I'd lean more into a James Bond-esque intelligence agency sort of thing than what we see them do in-game, I'm not sure. Maya gets "killed" for real in 2-4 except she actually just becomes an international assassin(?) apprentice. Does this make sense? Probably not lol. But is it a little funny and a little sad? Yes, yes it is, and that's always my sweet spot as a writer. The only problem with this premise is I can't stop myself from considering what Phoenix would do / be doing in the background, because the problem with Maya "dying"-only-being-secretly-alive leaves at least twofold problems in justifying why Nick hasn't gone full conspiracy theory board stop-at-nothing-to-find-her, in that a) If she's not dead, Pearl can't channel her, and knowing Pearl I have to imagine that would be her first move to try tbh, and b) even if that weren't an issue, if the police were never able to track down Maya's body at all, I fully believe Nick would still throw himself at the problem until he's able to find answers irregardless, so. This ain't about him though!! So we'll just all have to deal with knowing he's taking reaaally really bad care of himself while he single-mindedly tries to figure out what's going on ahaha...ha. He's most absolutely the drowning child in the facebook post meme. Don't worry about him.

20 - Crossover/Fusion

Soooo. Okay. First may I say, I'm not the most crossover-fic-y person in the world neither as a reader nor writer. HOWEVER. Unfortunately. My one undying weakness has proven to be Ace Attorney x Legally Blonde (and more specifically Legally Blonde the Musical, the best version, though I do love Reese Witherspoon's performance ofc it's iconic but the musical is just MWAH ugh. One of my all-time favorite musicals and definitely the one I've listened to the most esp the past couple years hahaha.) The problem is, I've joked about so many slight variations / one very Long Intensive specific AA/LBtM crossover AU ideas, that trying to limit myself to a one-shot I could conceivably finish within a day proved too much for my decision paralysis and I didn't end up writing any of them lmao. Alas. Mostly, I just think it would be funny to see the characters interact in something of a vacuum just for fun, the problem is just that I happen to be uniquely terrible at not thinking through a Crack AU until I can, ahem, "crack" it, so to speak, to make it actually justifiably function. So in theory all I want to write for this day is some combination of like, Elle and Phoenix interacting and Miles and Emmett interacting, or the four of them having a conversation that goes something like "omg wait me too!! i also went from a creative undergrad degree directly into law to chase after some guy!! what are the odds teehee" while Emmett and Miles watch in horror, and also alternatively Emmett and Phoenix mostly bemusedly watching Elle and Miles geek out over like, fancy ass high class (pink) clothing like "uh yeah i have no idea what any of those words mean. she bought me this suit and i honestly wouldn't even be able to find the store again. oh no way he bought you yours too?? man, wild." Etc. (If anyone's interested in really watching me suffer and spiral: my longer and more intensive idea for an AU with them is to have them be tackling parallel cases where either of them (Elle and Phoenix) has specific knowledge that is helpful to defending the others' client, and they get like place-swapped through dimensional shenanigans somehow also related to the cases. And Phoenix has to abide by, like, nominally-accurate US trial law (I know he wouldn't really be licensed shhhh) -- by which I mean Emmett is sitting as his co-council and exercising the most restraint possible to keep from bashing his head into the table every two seconds. And Elle has to abide by guilty-until-proven-innocent Japanifornia trial law ("wait WHAT omg what do you MEAN the prosecution can just, like, not submit their evidence before the trial???? wait what do you MEAN we should just TAKE THAT that is EVIDENCE AT A CRIME SCENE--"). On the bright side, Elle gets to experience being one of the most normally-dressed people in a courtroom and not at all being looked down upon for her general vibes and wardrobe (like tell me she wouldn't fit right in in the ace attorney universe and seem completely ordinary), and Phoenix gets to experience a real jury (take that jurist system trial that Capcom would like to never ever talk about again) and also the judge going "so, Prospective Juror No. 103, do you understand that the defense in this criminal trial does not need to say a single word in order to be doing their job? the burden of proof lies entirely on the prosecution the entire time and the defense and defendant could choose to remain silent every day of trial and that would be completely within their rights, do you understand that? are you okay with that?" etc etc, shout out to my jury service a couple month ago and the kinds of questions a real life California judge asks jurors that would seriously blow the minds of every single character in Ace Attorney lmfao can you imagine? Anyway.) So yeah idk. Also something something, spirit mediums and the whole Greek Chorus bit from the musical... "School Spirit"... much to think about in crack AU land hahaha.)

21 - Absurd Tragedy

To be honest with you, this is the entire series lmao, so much so that I had trouble even thinking of an AU to be "alternate" in any way here, hahaha. What I sort-of landed on and have vague outline notes about in my doc is (not to make another excellent-musical-adaptation-of-an-already-top-tier-movie-which-is-itself-a-highly-unfaithful-adaptation-of-a-fairly-obscure-book reference) a Shrek the Musical "I Think I Got You Beat"-style debate about whose canonical absurd tragic circumstances are the worst, lmfao. Granted, this then turned into a "wait what if I use said argument as an absurd way in which to make Apollo and Trucy have a siblings realization completely on their own, which both compounds the fact they've both already lived such tragedy to begin with but also could touch on Phoenix knowing about it and not telling them about it", and uhhhhh lmfao a debate specifically between them is OBVIOUSLY not the romantic flirting banter of the song between Shrek and Fiona lmfao but like still, the general premise, just in a sibling bickering coat of paint instead. Also was toying with it being an Athena POV just to sell home / for the additional absurdity of the experience of "you've gone over to your friend's house to hang out and suddenly they're obnoxiously arguing with their sibling and their parents are nowhere to be seen and you're not exactly sure what you're supposed to do with yourself except awkwardly wait for them to be done" lmfao. Which I've most absolutely experienced from both ends multiple times hahaha. The alternative option for this prompt is just for me to write an excessively long essay debating and attempting to personally rank the main cast's level of absurd tragedy compared to each other, lol.

22 - Orphan

I wrote 324 words (slash one physical lined page in my actual notebook) of this while I was on vacation, lol. AU where Miles invites Phoenix to go watch one of Gregory's trials (or Phoenix invites himself, or Gregory invites him while Miles tries to hold the landline phone away from him, lol) and I mean of course the trial he goes to is The Trial (like, Jeffre... AW CRAP wait I don't actually know what Jeff Master's or Kate Hall's official names are lmfao uhhh. Well you know what don't worry about that. Happy AAIC day once again..? Lol. Anyway, the concluding day of Gregory's last trial, obviously, ignore the defendant's name.) Like, basically, here's my thought. AU where Phoenix is also there, and not only does that mean he knows what happened to Miles and Gregory but also, like, it's Phoenix. Tell me even at 9 he wouldn't be insisting on taking care of the poor kid who just lost everything and has nowhere in the world to go. Tell me he's not like, begging his parents they need to help him, lol. I think really this is just sort of an AU to explore one of my several personal headcanons for what Phoenix's parents are like, because I've spent a lot of time on a different version of them (coughs for the last AU on this list...coughs) but I also have a version of them which I find fun / funny where they're like, kinda hippy-dippy and like very hands-off (tbh almost all of my hc's about the Greater Wrights is they're very hands off, just in different ways) but in more of a "we want our child to experience the beauty and wonder of the world on his own time and not influence him or set rigid standards to conform to" kind of philosophy. Anyway my point is they like adopt/foster Miles somehow before Manfred can actually get his hands on him (he's still too busy dealing with the fresh bullet wound I guess?) This is just a gen au of course, not only because they're 9 lol but also the logistics of being adoptive/foster siblings gets weird quick lmao, but mostly I just find it interesting to think about what might have happened if Miles was in an environment where people paid more attention and cared more (and weren't explicitly influencing and manipulating him to exasperate the problem on purpose), because I have to imagine examining his nightmares a little more closely a little more quickly might have led someone (say, Phoenix who was also there in this AU) to find something slightly off about it or like start putting pieces together quicker, idk. I, uh, I'm not gonna lie to you, I don't actually remember how I intended to end this one hahaha ;; I started it but I was on vacation and neglected to outline / summarize the rest of my ideas the day of, so I guess I'll just have to see where my mind takes me when I get back to it.

23 - Musician

So my FIRST thought for this day was to use it as an excuse to finish my First Ever Ace Attorney Fic, which has been in WIP stasis for...uh.... 6. Years. i--SIX????? Shit. lmfao. yeah uh. I guess I created the first version of the doc (on my OneNote, god) back in 2018. So. Yeah. Hm. Omfg. This fic has partially existed since before Phoenix Disbarment Day. That is so. Wow. Damn. Y'all we're so close to aa4 time (2026) what the hell??? Ahem. Pianist Phoenix. That's. My point lmao. I know the original thing that sparked me loving this concept was actually some tumblr post I saw apparently a LONG long time ago, hahaha, and I know there's no way I'll find it with tumblr's abysmal search function, but just know it was not a completely original idea of mine when I say i fucking LOVE the headcanon that, you know what actually Phoenix CAN play the piano, he just chooses to do it as shittily as possible because that's kind of what he's like post-disbarment and he'd absolutely get a kick out of fucking with people like that even if they have no way to know they're being fucked with. It's like, he's no virtuoso or anything, but he can passably play the piano! He's just being an ass on purpose! It kills me every time lol. I won't say I think that's necessarily true in canon so ofc it's not like an end-all-be-all hc for me or anything but it's just sooooo funny to me that I like to break it out any time I possibly can. Look me in the eyes and tell me he wouldn't. Honestly, look me in the eyes and tell me if he actually put his mind to it in any meaningful way he wouldn't be able to get decent quickly regardless, considering the fact he became an accomplished lawyer on more-or-less a total whim. This to say: that was my intention, to finish this fic I've had brewing that was about Phoenix actually being able to play the piano and hiding it for a really long time but eventually being found out by Miles by chance. Except then I sat down on the plane and started writing a Pearl POV instead? In which she finds out about more or less the same exact concept but from Iris--also by chance, but less actually catching him playing and more being asked, "Oh, does he still play? He was always good at that." And then bc it's Pearl (Pearl I love you), of COURSE she goes and confronts him about it. Pearl might be the single most confrontational character in these games tbh which is SO FUNNY to me. Like I'm kind of exaggerating obviously but also am I? I know she has psyche-locks you have to break through multiple times throughout the series but stiiiill. Everyone else is so repressed and weird about anything remotely vulnerable, I stg. Props to Maya for making sure Pearl turned out pretty okay I guess, lmao. Anyhow yeah that's sort of the AU I ended up with. Pearl POV where she and Iris know they're sisters (don't get me started on this I have so many thoughts about the amount of information I'm positive Maya and Pearl are NEVER given skjflj) and Pearl visits Iris in prison regularly and on one such visit maybe she mentions Nick's job at Borscht and Iris makes a totally innocuous comment to the effect that Pearl learns he actually knows how to play the piano and she goes to get mad at him about it because he's definitely been pretending he can't and Pearl's pretty sure he's told neither Maya nor Trucy the truth and that cannot be left to stand.

24 - Pretend Hate

Okay, this exists in a similar realm to the Orphan prompt, except instead of Phoenix being there for the trial or the Wrights taking Miles in before Manfred can, it's more just AU where Miles doesn't actually cut all contact and he and Phoenix successfully end up exchanging correspondence (in semi-secret) during the time they're separated (i.e. they remain friends and close during the 15 years they're separated in canon). "Semi-secret" because they--esp Miles--somehow hide who exactly it is they're talking / writing to all the time but don't necessarily hide the fact they are doing that. Like, a fake cultural / language exchange program or something? I feel like there could be a world where Manfred really doesn't give a shit what Miles is up to as long as he's being molded into "someone Gregory Edgeworth would hate" (I don't think he would lol but that's another AU) and becoming a model von Karma protege prosecutor and such. He obviously goes to lengths to cut Miles off from everything he's familiar with in that he takes him to Germany, but I've always thought it's way more on Miles feeling guilty and blaming himself and thinking he's unworthy / pushing people away being the reason why they never talked before aa1 despite Phoenix's "attempts to contact him," whatever those may be specifically. And, yeah, I've watched that one episode of the anime but tbh I don't really use anime canon for almost anything besides maybe some of the fun visuals, haha, so I'm kind of disregarding that anyway. ANYWAY. My point is. The "pretend hate" part is that--sometime over the course of exchanging correspondence, Phoenix starts thinking something's weird and gets it in his head to "investigate" himself, since he's still in LA / has access to the scene of the crime and stuff, and then as a combo of him just plugging away at it until he has enough (circumstantial) evidence to be like "Miles I think you're wrong about this" and also a younger, slightly less repressed, slightly less in Manfred's pocket Miles actually being somehow willing to consider alternatives a little--they're able to put their heads together and eventually come to the (correct) conclusion ahead of time, before the 15-year statute of limitations, that it was almost certainly Manfred who did it. And then they work together to figure out how they can possibly PROVE that but they haven't thought of anything foolproof by the time aa1 events start rolling around (or at the very least, the 5-years-ago sections of aa3? It might make more sense if it's as soon as Miles returns to Japanifornia, and also I think Phoenix has way less reason to fall for Dahlia/Iris so hard if Miles is around and *coughs* available lmfao. Anyhow). So, in the hopes it'll keep Manfred from getting suspicious of Miles, they publicly pretend to hate each other, putting on a show of more of the canon attitude Miles esp. has before 1-4, but behind the scenes they're actually working together trying to think of a way they can definitely get a conviction to stick that Manfred won't be able to worm out of. And that's the AU! Idk, in terms of additional thoughts, I couldn't decide what to do / what would happen to Mia in this AU either, which doesn't super matter but did give me pause. So she might live, idk, depends the exact timeline. I do also think a scene where--Dahlia still hits on Phoenix in the reading room/courthouse library but he's like, actively there waiting for one of Miles' trials to conclude for a covert meeting, so when Miles gets there and is like "What are you messing with over there?" Phoenix is like "Oh, hey, check out this weird bottle some girl just gave me because apparently she fell in love at first sight, haha, isn't that so funny--" and then Miles recognizes it from the Fawles trial and they catch Dahlia earlier or something, idk. Or alternatively Phoenix was AT that trial so HE recognizes it. Or maybe it's funniest if he was there but doesn't recognize it until Miles does lmao, this is not the point of this AU but I can't stop myself from considering this part of it.

25 - Scientists

So THIS is the day I sort of alluded to earlier, many many words of post ago, where I got so invested in my The Martian AU that I started accidentally worldbuilding about it. What I've started and have about 400 words of (slash one notebook page, again from the plane after my vacation), is like, AU where it's NASA instead of law and I can make Phoenix go "What, like it's hard?" only it's about literally rocket science this time hahaha. Basically for this fic I just thought, well what if Phoenix just shows up as a flight tech or engineer or something (idk I don't really know that much about real life astronautics) as Miles is preparing for some space mission or something and he's just like WHAT are YOU doing HERE. I know I know I made Apollo literally be the titular martian and yes he ALSO has a (or tbh probably has a WORSE) canonical debilitating fear of heights, so, shhh, but I do like the idea that Phoenix is like, oh, who, me? In the flying metal death trap? No fucking thank you, I will be down here watching and talking directly to you through a headset or something. You cannot escape me however i can at least escape the building I'm in. No interest in seeing the Earth from above, thanks. Actually iirc Miles also doesn't love heights but meh whatever I'm fairly certain Phoenix talks about it the earliest in the series so there you go. Anyway, this would all be a mission prior to whatever mission it is that Apollo & Co. go on to Mars for the first part of the AU, so I guess you could consider it a prequel? And probably a fairly shippy one. I have other reasons for which it's fun for me if wrightworth is at least together if not outright married before the events of the "The Martian" part of the AU, so this one would be, like, about how exactly that went down.

26 - Victorian Era

Okay, once again, this just. IS. Literally. Dai Gyakuten Saiban / The Great Ace Attorney. Lol. That said, I've always loved the fanart I've seen of like Ryuunosuke and Phoenix (and respective Co.'s) interacting, or like, one or the other ending up in the other time period somehow, so I thought it'd probably be fun to try my hat at that. I feel like I've neglected the tgaa characters anyway, considering I actually somehow managed to reference PLvPW already, which is obviously significantly more of a spinoff and also just largely non-canonical, lmao. Also tgaa is just SO GOOD, augh. I'd love to have the multi-witness cross examinations from both of those games back sometime again, and I had so much fun with the jury in tgaa too, excellent mechanic. What was I talking about? So, I never completely decided on a concrete direction to take this, but even before AU-gust had started I'd already been toying with the idea of an AU where maybe Maya or Pearl channels a character from tgaa specifically because some documentary or special or something comes out talking about the real-life Herlock Sholmes (as opposed to the Totally Fictional "Sherlock Holmes" who Phoenix references in that one trilogy line, because I really think that's the funniest possible explanation for the discrepancy) and they're arguing over how that cannot possibly be a real person and no one was named that and etc etc and then to prove once and for all one way or the other Hurley is channeled and also for bonus joke content "recognizes" Phoenix at first (idk pretend his eyesight got worse in his older age, I know Phoenix and Ryuunosuke look, tbh, less alike than Ryuu and Apollo do, lmao, but again that's another AU) and then I get to play with Phoenix's mom's maiden name is Naruhodou and his middle name is Ryuuichi or such to that effect, because that is also a favorite headcanon of mine (not in small part because I can project my own life onto him by making him half-Japanese from SoCal, lol). So that's an idea I'd had that was already decently fleshed out and the ONLY problem is that if I'm having characters actually be channeled then there's a very real limiting factor of how many spirit mediums exist, and also that means Maya and/or Pearl don't get to interact with them, which for the sake of not overwriting would be good but for the sake of my love of a chaotic group conversation would be bad. But, uh, hopefully I do manage to hold myself to a less broad cast of characters, ideally, instead of bringing a bunch of them over to the other time period to see how they'd deal with that and interact en masse. Ha. Haha.

27. Younger / De-Aged

So here's another AU I'd already had idle thoughts about before AU-gust had even started! I...will get into this later, TRUST I will, lmfao, but I do have an extremely involved AU already in which Time Travel of the "regression" type is involved, i.e., they have their memories of the "future" but are thrown back into the past including their own younger bodies however-many-years-ago. So I've got that type of thing covered, I promise I do, haha. And additionally, I've actually already written them "younger" for my colorless AU way back on day 2, so I did think perhaps I'd just continue that one and say it was for this prompt (a smart person thing to do. this is the objectively correct option). On the other hand. I find pre-DL6 Phoenix and Miles reacting to how their lives actually turned out in the end HILARIOUS. Tell me it's not funny. And tell me it's not, like, some sort of depressing-yet-ultimately-hopeful for the older/current them to look at their child selves and be like Kid, Oh, You're Going To Go Through Some Shit, but also reflect on how they did make it and things turned out okay and life goes on etc etc. My problem with this kind of thing is that it's hard to come up with a justification for and that's not a problem in itself but it is a problem in me not knowing how i'm going to end a fic, which often gets me decision-paralysis-ed into not being able to start it in the first place, which did in fact happen to me here, haha. I think ideally I'd just do a quick "wait, was that a dream?" kind of thing where they (Miles and Nick) have a short conversation with themselves, but... Uh-oh, what, did you think that was all I had? You clearly don't know me at all. OTHER au option where young Phoenix is in the future/present and rather than himself and Miles it's the Wright Anything Agency who like, idk, find him roaming the streets of LA (fun fact! I actually came up with this AU one day while I was quite literally roaming the streets of LA myself at like 3am-ish. Do with that what you will). He is of course wearing a hat or beanie or something at first because come on, that's way more fun, and no matter how much Trucy, Apollo, and Athena are like "hm idk something about this kid seems familiar" I just don't think my first thought upon seeing some vaguely familiar kid alone on the street would be, like, "Oh, that's obviously a child version of my father/coworker/boss!" So. I'm not really sure that one has an end point either, though, so the same problem still stands, haha. The bad, someone get a spray bottle to spritz me, option of this is, obviously, to combine the two, so it's like the WAA find him first and then are like UHHHHH we need an adult (never mind actual adult-age-ness between them) and somehow end up getting Miles there too, but idk. I... should not. Overcomplicate. I shouldn't. Even, even if...august is over...so theoretically there's no longer any sort of On-Time component since it's late either way........ definitely not.

28 - Caretaker

Here are my exact notes / entire doc for this day. Ahem. And I quote: i brought up the lighthouse keeper thing but i dont know where that would be going exactly maybe this is a thing i could do franmaya for??? since i still havent gotten there? actually lol that as a lighthouse thing is funny. ghost romance? my three tropes rattle End quote. Anyway, shout-out to my friend hailstorm for being the one there to brainstorm "lighthouse keeper" with at the self-same bar trivia that I mentioned previously, lmao. I actually think that was even the same exact day as the The Martian quote was a relevant answer to a question. So yeah, even though I already kind of have franmaya planned for the spies day, that's both kind of sort of a darker AU overall and--WELP well, okay, so, i do, you know, recognize maybe a ghost romance isn't, uh, necessarily the fluffiest kind of AU lmao. Don't mind that. My point is, I love the vibes of a lighthouse keeper AU, and I generally like ghost romance as a trope, so that does feel like a viable option. Honestly, I kind of separately wanted an excuse to practice writing miego also, so maybe the Feys are just all chillin' in this lighthouse for...Some Reason, and that's side-plot relevant somehow, idk. I know Franziska and Godot exist in the same place for a minute in 3-5, but I honestly can't really remember them interacting? I think she'd fucking HATE him though lmfao. He'd think she's funny but I actually think she'd be too reactive for his most preferred teasing/fucking-with-people dynamics, haha. Regardless, if he is there at all, it's a very minor B plot, I think, 'cause this ain't about him, lol.

29 - Forced into Hiding

Achtung, baby, 2566 words of this are written! Lol. So uh, yeah. In short, AU where Klavier gets hounded by fans on the street while he's also having just a bad personal day, and the closest and best place he can think to hide from them is at the WAA. I, um, actually hadn't realized I'd written quite this much of this, haha, it was supposed to be short and fairly silly but then it turned into Klavier having a little bit of a panic attack maybe and getting consoled by Apollo, sure, of course, but then also having to deal with and experience some amount of closure / reach some kind of understanding with the Wrights, also. It's kind of part Klav character study, kind of part complaint against freaking Capcom for neglecting him (boo, I love him, stop ignoring him, or, yknow, worse, whatever the heck turnabout academy was supposed to do for him, which honestly almost felt like a step back to be quite honest). Okay, also, taking a slightly closer look at what I've already written, the REASON I'd thought I'd written way less than this is definitely because he hasn't even GOTTEN to the Agency yet, never mind spoken with any of its members, lmao. That would do it. In any case, I like the idea of Klavier having a bit of a vulnerable moment, and I also like the idea of him and Phoenix actually, like, talking for real, instead of, once again, whatever Turnabout Academy and DD was meant to tell me, which seems to be less than nothing. I kind of like the fact that it gave him a law mentor? I mean, she was very dead, but I have a very meaningful Use for her in later-to-be-announced-AUs-I-keep-teasing, haha. I of course considered other people and times when people in AA might be forced into hiding, but this felt like a silly but also meaningful way to do that without it just being an exploration of Miles and his not-suicide note (which wasn't exactly "forced" anyhow, he did that all on his own) or like, Zak Gramarye (who also completely did that to himself but w/e). Making it about Klavier completely escapes the bounds of canon, because canon is a weenie about talking about any of his actual feelings EVER, so screw you Capcom, I'm doing it for you. Don't worry about it. Trucy commiserating with him about still Loving someone, perhaps the very closest person biologically related to you you've ever known and depended on in your life, who not only did you very big harm personally but explicitly used you in a very real and participatory way to perpetuate the harm elsewhere and all the complexities about Feelings For And About Them Therein, and Phoenix somehow having enough self-awareness to recognize that shutting down completely and isolating yourself away doesn't actually do you any good even when you're at your lowest, and recognizing that Klavier doesn't exactly have a "Trucy" to be a focal point to draw him out of that, and that therefore he needs to be a bit more open to his peers. (Insert joke about "Well, I'm really definitely not suggesting you go adopt an entire child, that's really probably, uh, not the way to go, actually, but, you know. Everyone needs people, that just makes us human." Etc.)

30 - The Beginning of the World

So, hm, as it turns out, I got extremely sidetracked this day thinking about the next day on the docket. Whoops! Unfortunately this ultimately means my ideas for this day as of now are relatively uninspired: I had the thought that I could explore the beginning of Troupe Gramarye, which is its own sort of world, or else, maybe something about the beginning of the series itself but from the somewhat unconventional POV of a one Mr. Larry Butz. Yes, that's a bit self-serving in that it lends toward trying to complete a list of "main, recurring characters' POVs" that I've had as a sidequest all month, but, still. That said, just exploring actual canon through Larry's POV isn't exactly what I'd classify as an "AU" necessarily, so I feel like something would need to be different here. Okay, wait--not to draw inspiration a dang week late to the party, BUT. Now that I'm typing this up, I'm thinking, okay, maybe, what if. The "Beginning" of the series, technically speaking, is basically the fact that Phoenix gets put on (class) trial for stealing Miles' lunch money--which notably only happened because Larry himself picked it up when it fell on the floor. So, perhaps, what about an AU where he doesn't do that? I mean, I guess it would just turn the entire world of AA into something of a terrible series of tragedies with no real closure about them, lol, rip, but it could possibly be interesting? I dunno! (And, yes, I know DL-6 itself is more or less the basis of the series, if we're being ticky-tacky, but Phoenix wouldn't have been involved without meeting Miles, and that somewhat necessitates the class trial, and without him none of canon would get resolved, so. I will say, I do love going back to the earliest points to see how and how much you can make canon deviate or stay the same--reasonably speaking--via minor tweaks and butterfly effect and all that, so this could be interesting, although I once again must say I think it really just means a bunch of innocent people, Miles included, are going to be put away and possibly executed over murders that weren't their faults, lol. Hm. Much to consider.)

31 - Two(+) of the Above:

Beginning of the World + Younger/De-Aged + Canon Divergence (+ Feat. Jokers: Guardian, Everybody Lives)

With all of this, the ONLY prompts I've actually missed on this list become Animagus which I swapped for the Wings joker, and the last joker of the four, Thriller, which was never exactly a priority of mine because I'm not sure I'd write that sort of thing particularly well, so! Wild! Completionists everywhere almost rejoice, haha. SOOOOO. For the eagle-eyed readers out there, I'll bet you're just dying to know what this one AU I've been teasing all post could Possibly be to warrant such a build-up, right? (...Right?) The answer is the at-ow! (Phonetically, lol. I've been calling it that instead of out loud saying all the letters in AATTAU out loud every time.) My friend Ben can attest to the fact that this behemoth AU (her word which I'm stealing) has been in the works for, uhhhh... months?

MONTHS. AHAHA. Ha. That. Sure says March! It sure does! And it is not lying. Lmfao. (Ignore the time, I was working overnight then--my beloved work schedule whomst I miss dearly--so that's a perfectly reasonable discord-ing hour for March-me.) Also, once again, I'm choosing to blame Ben for my extensive AU problems, she sent me a very cute time loop AA fic that utterly destroyed my entire mind because it got the mere idea of "Time-based AU" caught in my endless void-idea-hole. So. Here's the real rub. The literal reason I started doing this AU-gust challenge in the freaking first place was that I was absolutely Desperate to find a way to overcome my writer's block. And one of the (admittedly many) reasons I wanted to do this was because I have been ITCHING to write this stupid behemoth AU for real. I have a massive outline doc already, I have a whole slew of scenes planned, I have lots of character archage, I have sooo many things I want to say and explore about them all you have No Idea. It's extremely self-indulgent and absolutely my personal magnum opus for all my very specific favorite AA headcanons and ideas and thoughts. And obviously, it worked! I did indeed overcome my writer's block! And I had so much fun doing it!! And I'll admit, from the very beginning, I had been eyeing that "Everybody Lives" joker prompt, because...that's it! That's basically the point of the AATTAU (Ace Attorney Time Travel Alternate Universe, if that wasn't clear, haha). I don't want to let myself get TOO into it, because Oh Boy, I sure will! If you let me! Haha. But basically the premise is EXACTLY what I stated in that very first discord message I could find about it. Maybe not so much "time travel" technically speaking than it is "gaining memories of everything that happened in canon right as the DL-6 earthquake happens", so it's more regression than actual time travel since they're in their own younger bodies and everything, but still. It's basically my excuse to treat canon like it did happen and YET allow for everybody to survive and for the very fun cocktail of traumas and joys that come from remembering what happened but having the chance for something different (and all the effort that goes into making something different happen in the first place).

Now, as far as AU-gust goes. I was obviously not about to even pretend I could remotely start this during August itself or justify connecting any of it to the series and the prompts I'd already written for it, lol, but I also couldn't get the idea out of my head, so I got it in my head I really wanted to end the month with SOMETHING that somehow tied into my AATTAU, if only to motivate myself to actually get on it and start writing out instead of solely outlining everything that's been in the works all these months. So to that end, I saw the "Everybody Lives" and the "Beginning of the World" prompts, and an idea came to me. I'd been dancing around the justification aspect of this AU for most of the time I've had it because let's be honest, it's just a very self-indulgent idea and it does not NEED "justification" to serve the purpose I want it to serve and be what I want it to be. But the AU-gust prompts gave me some actual inspiration and an Idea as to a way to solidify my unnecessary "justification" but in a way that it doesn't need to be directly part of the final product of the AATTAU (like, I could make it a separate one-shot and either just link it to and from the AATTAU fic itself, or if it all ends up being a series, then I could just include it in the series but it wouldn't be necessary to read to understand what's going on. And so, I present! The Ami Fey one-shot special I came up with just to fit these prompts :3 ...And by "i present" i mean, uh, I wrote 4k words of it on the 31st and didn't even come close to what I wanted to cover, because I suck at being concise. Lmfao. (Shocker.) Basically, I used Ami Fey as a semi-self-insert kind of godlike figure to reason out a semi-plausible way to make the concept I want to explore happen, happen. And I had a lot of fun, but I do still have a bunch to finish, but either way, I'm very pleased to have a (somewhat silly but ultimately fun for me) reasoning as to the gears ticking behind the scenes of my idea! To be somewhat less vague, the whole AU is predicated on the idea that, Phoenix and/or Miles (who remember from the beginning / from December 28th, 2001) meeting the other characters at-or-after the time they originally met in canon are able to recall their memories of the "original" (i.e. canon) timeline. I've used some magatama shenanigans to have some fun with this, and I'm now using Ami Fey and magatama shenanigans to explain how and why this is A Thing, even if it isn't necessarily the objectively most logically sound argument I've ever made. It's still a good one, in my book, and more importantly I like it, so that's all that really matters.

To briefly explain the "two" (by which I mean 5?) of the "above" I'm using here:

Beginning of the World: This fic specifically would show the beginning of the "world" of this AU specifically! Woohoo! Go Ami Fey, creating a whole new set of problems for our beloved little Guys to go through, hahaha. I think I may have based her character a little too much on Maya mischievousness, but, oh well. Let's just say that's where she gets it from.

Younger/De-Aged: As I've already kind of expressed, the premise of this AU is mostly just them being their own younger selves except they also have the memories of all of canon (and maybe a year or two after the fact, I need to confirm a couple dates).

Canon Divergence: I feel like this is decently self-explanatory, but then again maybe it's a bit cheesy to include this here, since it basically diverges from nearly the first major event of canon (DL-6), but that's not the only time things go almost-canonically but diverge a bit in some way, so I think it really does fit here.

Guardian: This one is a bit multi-fold. It somewhat refers to the way I'm making Gregory Edgeworth the de facto guardian (as in, legal guardian) of mostly everyone I possibly can because I love him and he would be great at it. But also, guardian in that, Mr. Savior Complex Phoenix Wright himself has literally all of the information at his disposal to try to "save" the potential Happy Lives of literally every person he loves, and, well. He does a pretty good job about it; not without cost, haha, but I feel like I can definitely call him a "guardian" of others in this AU. And, as for specifically the one-shot Ami fic, she is essentially the guardian of the entire Fey lineage, in this AU at least, so that also totally fits and is most immediately relevant.

Everybody Lives: I think this one is pretty self-explanatory at this point, lol. But for the one-shot: Ami is essentially trying to secure an "everybody lives" scenario, even if it hasn't been achieved yet, so it's more an aspiration at that point, but ultimately it is indeed successful. Now, "living" does not mean, like, "totally healthy" (mentally or physically), so there's lots more to it, but in short, yes, they live.

And......that's basically a wrap on that!

I mean, it isn't actually at all, since I still have to finish 26/31 fics, lmfao, but as far as the idea generation stage goes, and the use of the AU-gust prompts, that's what's up in my world! Somewhere out there maybe there's an AU of my actual real life where i finished more of these on time, but i'm still pretty pumped by all the work that's already been made on making so many AA fics a reality for me. I've come a long way since starting that first AA fic in 2018...!!

I still have all the aforementioned 26 fics to finish obviously, and I also have AU continuations planned for at the very least, day 2's colorless prompt and day 3's dark academia prompt (let alone day 31's, lol, but that's its own monster entirely), but I'm optimistic!

Thankfully I actually finished using nano to word track for me before they, you know, doubled down on AI and called everyone "abelist" (???) for not supporting it, which, uh. Well. But for my own posterity and if anyone's curious, here's what my word counts looked like throughout the month of AU-gust--admittedly including some planning and outlining:

It ended up being 51,377 words total in August on these AU prompts alone!

I feel like I wanted to say something poignant and meaningful at the end here, but it's almost 9:30 and I work at 4am tomorrow, so I'm going to go ahead and wrap this post up here, haha. If you read all of this, thank you very much for joining me on my little journey!

Once again, here is the Ao3 series where I'll post anything more that gets done, so if you'd like to see how any of these AUs turn out, feel free to keep an eye on that!

And here is the previous post with the 1st half+ of the AUs if you missed it and are interested now!

My copy arrived literally as I was writing this up so I've spent the last several prompts of this post listening to the AAIC soundtrack in the music collection, and, oh man, it's seriously so surreal this exists??? I might be an old fogey who has and will for an indeterminate amount of time continue to have trouble letting go of the fan translation names I've lived with for the past decade or whatever, but it's seriously so awesome the entire series is finally available internationally!! Let's hope for my sake AA7 doesn't come out before I finish any of my AATTAU, because that would really throw a bit of a wrench in my decision-making process, lol.

Bye for now!

[sunny6677]

Figured I'd post about an Eddsworld oc I've had for a while now cuz why not

TWS FOR ABUSE, MANIPULATION, COMPLICATED RELATIONSHIPS, UNHEALTHY MINDSETS, WOUNDS, KNIFE IMAGERY, WOUND IMAGERY, ARSON MENTIONS TOWARD THE END??, KIDNAPPING, TRAUMA.

ALSO BY TORD, MATT, EDD AND TOM I MEAN THE CHARACTERS—CLARIFICATION ON THAT PART SINCE I DONT WANNA START SHIT.

So his full name is Cameron Davidson, but everyone just calls him 'Cam' for short. Cam is overly calm and chill to the point of it being kinda the running gag of his whole character (like in that one episode of Legacy where they go to the Zombie-filled amusement park, Cam is calm even after they found out they're all zombies and is like "ehhh we'll be fine" despite nearly dying a few seconds after saying that—and even after nearly dying, he just shrugs his shoulders while Tom drags him off). He's charismatic and can charm people pretty easily into liking him just because of how overly chill he is. I imagine his canon voice is the youtuber ProZD or that he'd sound kinda like Marshall Lee from Adventure Time. He's also really into strawberry milk, and has a massive distaste for chocolate milk. He's also just into the color pink in general. Deep down despite his normally calm demeanor though, it comes from the fact that he's been through so much to the point where basically nothing phases him anymore, and also because he doesn't want people to worry for him. And as to why that is—ehhh, I'll tell of his backstory with Tord as an answer.

So in kindergarten, Cam was actually a very emotional and sensitive kid. This was due to his already manipulative and abusive mother, but also because of the kids in class who'd bully him non-stop for being 'girly'. Tord ended up seeing this, and felt bad for him. But due to Tord being a pretty unhinged kid, he didn't handle it well, and instead started making fun of Cam for being a 'crybaby' so the other kids would divert their attention him from being girly to that. So of course, Cam and Tord developed a very complicated relationship right from the start due to Tord always picking on him.

Buuut, throughout Elementary School, their relationship did kinda soften a little. There was one incident where Cam got beaten up by kids and left on the street, and Tord found him while riding on his bike, and decided to take him back to his house because he isn't that much of a dick to the point of leaving him there. There was another incident where it was Cams birthday, and nobody came, and upon seeing him cry on the porch of his house, Tord felt bad and reluctantly decided to come over. There was.. also an incident where Cam ended up getting kidnapped by some random man in a van when he snuck out one night. But Cam was able to escape by using rat poison on his kidnappers food (his kidnapper made him cook for him a lot and do a bunch of other stuff), because Cam remembered something Tord had told him about poison, and decided using the only poison in the house might work. From the kidnapping incident though, they finally became friends, or at least they did until 5th to 6th grade. Cams mom randomly decided she wanted to move away, and manipulated Cam into thinking no one wanted him there anyway, so this prompted Cam to not say anything to Tord on the day of him moving away. Which prompted a misunderstanding between the two, and made Tord angry at him for years for not even telling him he was going away, while Cam thought Tord already didn't like him and was just being nice.

In senior year of high-school though, Cam suddenly came back one day as a 'new student' because.. well, he moved back. And he was like VERYYYY different compared to how he was before. He was overly chill and laughed most of the things people said about him off, which prompted him from becoming the most bullied kid in class to becoming basically the most popular guy in school. Tord didn't even know it was him at first due to his different look and personality, but when he found out it was him, all of Tord's anger returned, and he angrily vented to his friends about it while at lunch. Not to mention, he thought Cam was already kind of ignoring him (Cam wasn't—he just didn't recognize Tord).

Tom, being an asshole and kind of already having a rivalry with Tord, decided to randomly get up from the table afterward just to invite Cam over to sit with them (because Tom was kind of mad about something Tord did to him a few days ago and was desperate for some form of pay-back). Cam agrees to sit with them, and sparks some conversation. He immediately befriends Edd, Matt and Tom, and tries to befriend Tord—but that doesnt work for obvious reasons. But doesn't even recognize Tord until the end of lunch nears, and the two immediately begin to argue while the others watch.

But throughout Cam being finally back and having reunited with Tord, their relationship slowly starts to soften up again due to Cam going through like a bunch of different shit (people spreading rumors about him, his mom being an asshole, etc). And they slowly become friends again after a while. This is also kind of where Tord starts to develop a repressed crush on him. However, Cam actually started liking Tord the moment they finally became friends in elementary, and has been kind of keeping his feelings deep down inside for years due to thinking a relationship like that wouldn't work out.

So in the time before Tord first leaves in the current time of Eddsworld, a rather complicated love story begins with Cam and Tord after a series of chocolate milk filled pranks Tord pulls on Cam to get revenge on him for making fun of his 'hentai'. It doesn't work though because while Cam is mad, he doesn't really care that much since it was Tord who did it. And Cam already thinks WAYYYY too highly of his friends just because they befriended him despite how 'horrible' of a person he truly thinks he is, and therefore thinks of them as saints due to that. This prompts Edd to intervene though, and forces them to kinds get along by making them go to a carnival thing together. And eventually they do apologize, but a certain incident regarding them holding hands and even getting maybe a little too close starts to make them question their feelings. However, at the end of this little love story of theirs, Tord has to leave for the big city. And Cam is upset deep down, but tries to keep it all hidden away. He isn't able to for long though, and when Tord comes to his room later that night to say another goodbye before he actually leaves, Cam finally breaks down in front of him after so many years and accidentally admits his feelings. Tord is shocked, but ends up reciprocating his feelings, and as a promise to Cam, he agrees to get with him after he manages to accomplish all of his dreams since they don't really think a distant relationship would work out considering he's all the way in some other city.

So after Tord finally leaves the next day, Cam is very quiet and visibly upset the whole time, but eventually calms down near the end of the episode. And to not worry his friends, he pretends like nothing happened and that everything is fine. Cam willingly will talk about Tord after he leaves, but he will avoid talking about anything related to their little romance.

When Tord comes back in The End, Edd wants to surprise Cam (since he knew how close they were before he left), so when he sees Tord in their house, he covers Cams eyes and leads Cam to where Tord is. And upon seeing Tord, Cam is obviously happy and pulls the guy into a hug. But Tord only came back for the giant robot obviously, and he doesn't want to get too attached, but unfortunately for him, he finds his feelings for Cam slowly rising up again. He tries to push Cam away or act distant with him the whole time, and avoids talking about the romance thing. But in The End Part 2 when he pulls out the giant robot and it explodes from Tom's harpoon gun, one of the debris lands on Cam and claws off the side of his face. Cam is too in shock from Tords betrayal to really care and just looks up in shock as his friends frantically run up to him.

After this incident, Cam is effected, but once again keeps it all inside and tries acting like nothing happened. Deep down, he still feels very hurt by Tords betrayal, and will probably keep acting like nothing happened until WTFuture where he finally has enough and basically attempts to assassinate Tord due to how much of a dictator he's become. (Though Cam kinda gets captured by The Red Leader army and Red Leader! Tord anyway, so that becomes difficult pretty quick)

As for Cams relationships with the other boys though:

Cam is pretty cool with Edd and thinks of him as a really talented, sweet guy. And he usually attempts to make the guy happy by giving him lots of cola or bacon, etc etc. Cam is also pretty chill with Tom who he thinks is just really cool despite how grumpy he is a lot of the time, but they kinda become closer after The End Part 2 because Cam ends up kinda venting to Tom about the whole incident, and Tom feels bad for him since he already hates Tord. Cam is especially close with Matt out of all of them though and genuinely thinks he's the best guy to have ever lived—he compliments Matt a lot, he helps him with his shenanigans a lot of the time, and even kinda got married to him once just because Matt was trying to do a list of things he had never done before.

Cam also kind of already helps with his friends shenanigans as well. Like he joins Tom during that one episode of Zanta Claws where he goes on a rampage throughout the entire town, but mostly because Cam is already kind of wasted and can't really think straight about why he maybe shouldn't destroy the town with Tom. Cam helps out Edd with the acting and the script during Movie Makers. Etc etc.

Other facts about Cam—

1. He isn't even lying when he says he thinks Matt is genuinely the coolest person he's ever known, and means all of his word of praise to him. He doesn't even think of Matt as arrogant, and just thinks he's a really confident guy.

2. In Spares, there was a Cam clone that was EXACTLY like how he was as a kid. Tord hesitated to shoot this clone of him because it reminded him of Past Cam, but Cam came up from behind and proceeded to kill the clone without hesitation, kinda symbolizing the fact that Past Cam really IS gone.

3. He also only started repressing his emotions (at least after leaving town) mostly because he thought it was what Tord would have wanted due to how he always made fun of him for being a crybaby when they were in elementary.

4. Tord called him 'crybaby' as an insult at first, but it slowly became a term of endearment when they finally became friends.

5. Cam kinda nearly breaks the ship in Space Face - Part 2 because he starts complimenting Matt a little too much and Matt's ego nearly busts the ship.

6. Cam is overly flirty or at least a little more honest about how he feels when drunk.

7. I imagine there's an episode where Cam literally just goes around the town and destroys a bunch of stuff. But his friends catch him in the act, and Edd is like "Cam, what did I tell you about doing arson?!... without US—" and then they all proceed to join him in a epic montage until the police show up.

May do a post about his story in WTFuture later—also I encourage him being shipped with other characters if you wanna do that. Bro already has a complicated relationship with Tord, he probably needs something healthy lmao

[miraiq]

KNOWING YOUR PARTNER WELL CAN POTENTIALLY MAKE WRITING TOGETHER A LOT EASIER.

repost, do not reblog this

NAME: Prince/Jehr/PJ. PJ is just a combo of the two alias' first letters. Jehr was my original when I first started out using aliases ever, which was created for me by my best friend at the time. I slowly tried to make a new alias for other muses I wanted to write without having them be associated with me-- for some reason? Wanted to hide or start fresh or something I guess? Same friend also made me take a HomeStuck quiz to get my... uh... vibe? I don't recall what it was, but the answer was Prince of the Light and I used that as my personal url for years, so I actually took the newer alias from that.

PRONOUNS: He/Him

PREFERENCE OF COMMUNICATION: Discord is the fastest way to get responses from me, simply because the app is always logged in on my phone and pc, while tumblr is only logged in to my personal tumblr via my phone. Any mutuals that would like to add me on Discord: princem0n

NAME OF MUSE(s): For my sanity, google doc for full list. Otherwise, main/actively in use muses: Severa/Selena(FE), Caelus(HSR), Serval(HSR), Kyo(Fruits Basket)

BEST EXPERIENCE: To be perfectly honest shit-posting/memes are always a welcome relief and the best way to destress. I recall previously that myself and group of fellow hooligans would constantly make photoshop edits of stupid things that would go around on the dash. Example(s) of something(s) I made during that time:

But I also really enjoyed being able to deep dive into characters relations and how they worked against or with each other. Especially when it came to characters who didn't have their entire story brought to the forefront, like most videogame characters. You don't get to see the behind the scenes stuff with them, most the time, so it's fun to see how they could have gone about or reacted to different situations/after the fact/how it affected them.

RP PET PEEVES / DEALBREAKERS: Lack of communication. Sometimes I forget things, so I'll typically come ask for an answer or reconfirming that I didn't miss something or misinterpret anything. If there is an issue, I am begging, please just approach me. I often will do this if I have a problem, all I ask is the same in return. I can't stand constantly being left on read, especially when trying to discuss stuff plot related. We can't be on the same page if we don't have conversations going BOTH WAYS.

Other than that I'm pretty relaxed. I, as a slow writer, won't hound people practically ever for responses. We're adults, life happens, things come up, muses hide or aren't as strong as others. As long as you aren't actively ignoring me/our threads, there's no problem. If I don't see you posting at all then I know you just need a breather and that is A-OKAY. This is a hobby for fun. Why be fussy and cause problems due to impatience? I guess that is another pet peeve- impatience- lmao.

MUSE PREFERENCES: Bottoms. I notice myself writing of lot of "tsundere" types? Or redheads. I just love them. Misunderstood but fight against the world because they don't want anyone to know that they're broken.

PLOTS OR MEMES: Both. Both is good. Everything in balance. I used to meme a lot, and I've definitely toned it down. But I don't know, sometimes getting too serious or having too many think-hard-about threads can be tiring, and lil shitposting is a good breather to be able to let you get back on with it.

LONG OR SHORT REPLIES: Both are nice. I tend to overwrite, simply because my style will typically go into my muse's thought process(es), or if the thread is still being established, I try to set the scene or give background information. But, short replies are nice. Gives you a small thing to work on and take a rest between lengthier threads. That's also why I like random inbox prompts. Not all of them have to go anywhere- just gives you a space to do something else aside from your drafts.

BEST TIME TO WRITE: I am absolutely not a morning person. Night owl to the max. You will see me up still at 3am more often than not. I typically wake up around 10am-1pm, so I'm usually writing right around dinner.

ARE YOU LIKE YOUR MUSE(S): In some aspects, sure. Not entirely like one-for-one with any muse, but there's always at least a piece of myself in each muses. Helps write them better, in my opinion. Only exceptions typically being any "self-insert" like characters. (ie. Robin/Avatar from Fire Emblem: Awakening). Most of those characters still have a base personality to them though, so unless you completely customize them, they're still pretty "how do YOU respond" choices change how they are.

Tagged by: Stealing dis from Rath Tagging: Yo who wants to let me know their lore?

[rockinlibrarian]

10, 16, 24 for the fandom ask 🧡🧡

Whoo-hee, I have an Ask! (To be fair, I've HAD an Ask for several days, but this is the first I've gotten on my computer proper to answer it).

So let's see.

10. a blog (mutual or one you follow) that has made your fandom experience brighter:

I'm going to give this one to @non-plutonian-druid, who not only posts delightful fan art, they also post delightful fan art in even more delightful crossovers, which is just very fun.

16. a tiny detail in canon that you want more people to appreciate:

Ah. Hmm. Which canon even? Oh you know what, I'm going to be obnoxious and say, if you pay attention in TUA you'll NOTICE that Five totally reacts differently to Viktor than to everyone else. He smiles more. He's less insulting. There's this scene in S3 where he goes "I hate to say I told you so" and Viktor shoots back "You LOVE to say I told you so," and Five just smiles and nods! You CANNOT tell me he wouldn't have a snappy comeback if ANYONE ELSE had dared! So I know I can't convince anyone to ship them but you DO SEE they have a DIFFERENT relationship from the others, right? :P

24. how has fandom positively impacted your life?

Well. I have been writing stories since I learned how to write, and making them up for longer, but after my first child was born it was like everything shut off. I was so tired! I had no more free time! How could I take time out of my busy day to write when I could be using that time to, Idaknow, sleep? Before I could get into the habit again I started doing collection development for the library, and it was like, do you have any idea how many books are published in a year? And it's really important for more diverse voices to be uplifted. So like why do I, a white (basically-)straight mainstream-Christian (relatively-)able-bodied (not neurotypical, but come on, Anne of Green Gables was published in 1908 and she's the most perfect female-with-ADHD character ever, so it's not like THAT one's lacking) ciswoman even need to write a book? Who cares? Yes, I am aware this is a lie ones brain tells to be obnoxious, but it still made it impossible for me to actually carve out time to write when who cares?

The first step in me getting past this was the writing prompt that became "The Pipeweed Mafia Epic," which was, technically, fanfiction. It gave me permission to just HAVE FUN with writing, without thought to whether the story is Needed or if anyone's going to read it at all. Some of the only other stories I managed to get out for the next few years were ALSO fanfics. But it was infrequent, and I didn't share them. AND THEN, here on Tumblr, I saw a post for a Legion FX fic exchange and I said, "You know, I think I can do that. I should take the chance!" So I did, and ended up writing not just my assignment but also a little fic that popped into my head just in the process of me deciding what I wanted to ask for! And now I had an AO3 account, which meant I suddenly had an outlet when I saw a movie that desperately required some rethinking! And suddenly I was waking up to emails that said "You've Got Kudos!" and THAT'S a hit of dopamine, so it suddenly became so much easier to just get an idea for a silly little story I could stick on AO3 and maybe get a "You've Got Kudos!" message the next day!

So long story short, fandom helped me get WRITING again. I'm still not sure when I'll ever get back to ORIGINAL fiction, but at least the storytelling itch in my brain has an outlet!

[hekateinhell]

I don't know if this is imposing or whatever, but I really like your blog. You have really interesting takes and I love your posts about Armand and you seem like a really fun and interesting person! Burnout can be tough, and ofc you are under no obligation to stay in a space that exhausts you, but if you feel like you have no impact on the fandom and the VC community, I promise that's not true

aww no that's not imposing, it's a very sweet thing to say and i appreciate so much!! 🖤

i do my best to be bubbly and enthusiastic on main most of the time lol i don't always succeed obviously. but also i think it's okay to be human since imo the human element gets lost so easily on social media.

for example: i've been told that i can come off as very self-assured/confident and that can make people think i don't feel much of anything, which is just not true!

and while i'm being vulnerable here, this past year on tumblr has been my first experience being active in a fandom. i never really saw myself as an "online person" except in the most superficial sense (i.e., instagram). it was just intimidating and not something that peculiarly appealed to me, so my first 15 years as a VC fan was just me vibing alone with my books. and then when i did decide to dip my toes into fandom at some point during a covid lockdown, i had so much to say!

i had armand/daniel meta out the ass, i was so fucking intent on legitimatizing lestat/armand as a ship since it was just Not A Thing lmao, and i needed people to cry with me about the beauty of armand and louis's arch from iwtv to bc. also just gradually transitioning my blog into a more adult space where people might feel more comfortable and encouraged to explore the kinkier elements of tvc in a way that's lighthearted and not have everything be so serious all the time! range is important and i hope i have that here.

in essence, i feel like i've dumped over a decade and a half's worth of vampire hyperfixation thoughts onto you guys in year's time and now i don't know what to do with myself in fandom. 😂 but i've really enjoyed my time here overall and i would be sad to leave after only a year.

it was one of the hardest years of my life personally for a lot of reasons, and having this escape and making these friendships on and off tumblr was a lifeline when i didn't have any others. i can't always be available to everyone or answer every ask (my inbox is currently in the hundreds and i'm mortified) but i try as much as i'm able to! and maybe it's normal, to have these cycles of ups and downs in a fandom? i don't know, but i'm learning.

sorry for turning this into my diary. i don't feel bad about humanizing myself because again, on social media i think people can stand to be reminded that's there's real human beings behind the screens, but i do feel a *little* funny about writing a mini essay haha (it's okay, i'll write something horny for you guys as soon as i have the energy, i have an excellent L/L/A prompt i want to tackle).

[quirklesshero-old]

I have one prompt left from this weekend, and I want to answer it before I work on the next chapter of GOOP.

Except I’m doing so much research for it because I like research, even if everything won’t be included. I thought I would be able to answer it today, but it’s getting late. Then tomorrow, a friend is coming over and spending the night.

But I will answer the prompt and write the next chapter of GOOP this week, don’t worry. I have a lot of free time; the only other things I’m doing is watching Good Omens, playing phone games, and reading fanfiction.

[roqueamadi]

Planning for a LotR Regency AU (Boromir/OFC)

I'm not going to tag this because it's going to make me look completely insane, but I thought @scyllas-revenge and @trenko-heart you guys might be interested... I have spent way too much time on this (ngl it was fun though xD )

The challenge: How to convert the LotR characters into Jane Austen-style regency characters? I've watched the entire Ellie Dashwood YouTube series to try to ensure I correctly understand how titles and lineages work. Here were my problems and the ways I've decided to tackle them as I plan this fic - some of this may change once I actually start writing, but this is my thought process!

Problem 1: In the regency, people (ie peers/gentry) didn't refer to others by their first names. I had to choose between either: ignoring this historical fact and letting my characters use other characters' first names; making their 'known names' into their titles (eg Lord Boromir is the 'Duke of Boromir'); or, assigning them surnames and having characters refer to each other by names unfamiliar to readers.

I decided to go with the last option which is more historically accurate, principally because if I tried the second option, I would still run into trouble with siblings and parent-children relationships (Faramir is the brother of the Duke of Boromir?? No) - therefore, I'll need to accept that it might be hard for readers to follow who is who in this fic, at first. Eg (as explained below) most other characters will call Boromir 'Lord Ithilien', 'the Lord of Ithilien' or 'Coloniel Hurin'. And to be honest, now that I've stared at this for a few hours I'm actually starting to not mind it that much. I also think it feels more 'Jane Austen-y' for characters to have lots of confusing titles :p However, I think I'll at least let my protagonist 'think of people' by their first names in the narrative, which will assist with clarity.

Problem 2: Most of the characters don't have last names.

Problem 1 leads to this. My answer: I made them up. I tried to pick names from their lineage or alternative names that sounded right. For Denethor's line, I picked 'Hurin'; Aragorn's = 'Telcontar'; Elrond's = 'Peredhel'; Theoden's = 'Eorl' and Eomer+Eowyn's = 'Steelsheen'. I also gave Sauron a first name ('Mairon') and picked a random surname for my protag Cin ('Eradan').

Problem 3: It's extremely unlikely a Steward would be ruling in place of a King.

The more likely scenario (as seen in the regency period itself) is that a Prince Regent rules in place of a King because of illness, absence or minority. I decided to go with the latter - so my idea is that Aragorn's parents died when he was not yet of age and so a Prince Regent took over. This would most likely be his closest living relative - so I decided to make Denethor related to him (I've ended up making Denethor Aragorn's first cousin once removed - any closer and Aragorn would share a surname with Boromir and Faramir, which I didn't want).

Problem 4: Leading on from problem 3... I don't want Boromir to be too closely related to my protag Cin (for obvious reasons!)

I was originally going to make her Aragorn's younger sister, but that would make her and Boromir second cousins. That's a bit too close! So I made her Aragorn's first cousin on his mother's side - so Cin and Boromir are both cousins to Aragorn but have no blood connection to each other. Whew!

Problem 5: I wanted to somehow convert the main conflict of Sauron versus the West into the 'Jane Austen' realm - ie the 'battles' occur mostly during conversations.

I decided to include a plot point like this: Denethor has done something to disgrace himself and get kicked out of the role of Prince Regent (this feeds into Boromir's feelings of inadequacy regarding his line). The next closest relative steps into the role - Sauron! Oh no! This will be the main world conflict of the fic and is the prompt for Aragorn, who is now of age, to return and take up his role, and save his people from the ravages of this unqualified leader. I squeezed Sauron into the family tree as Aragorn's first cousin twice removed.

Problem 6: But, I still want some battles, if not 'on screen' then at least referenced.

This is straight from Sharpe, but my idea is that there is a war going on and many peers' sons have commissions in the Army. Boromir is a Colonel (the highest rank you could purchase), Faramir is a Major (because there's no way in hell Denethor would fork out for a higher rank than that), Theodred was also a Major before he died, Eomer and Legolas are both Captains. And they all go off to fight together, mainly so that Boromir can get injured and give us the opportunity for some h/c xD

Problem 7: So, what happened to Aragorn (and Cin) after his parents died, then? How come Sauron is able to step in and take over?

Sticking reasonably closely to the canon storyline, I decided to make it that Elrond (ALSO a distant relation of Aragorn - second cousin once removed, making Arwen Aragorn's third cousin, which is far enough removed to be okay, I think) stepped in to take care of Aragorn. My idea is that his parents were killed in the same 'accident' as Cin's, so Elrond takes both in as wards. He hides them from society in order to protect them both.

Problem 8: If Aragorn is the Prince, Denethor must be a sufficiently senior peer in order to hold the Prince Regent position (for a time, at least) - even though in Jane Austen most characters are not this senior in rank.

I mean, there's Lady Catherine de Bourgh and a few other mentions of Knights and Earls, etc. But I'm okay with adding peerage titles into this fic because it's fun and I think it fits - the various families must be sufficiently senior otherwise it's not realistic that they're all hanging out together. So I've made Denethor a Duke, which is the most senior rank in the peerage without being actually royal (I went with 'Duke of Osgiliath'). Dukes normally have secondary titles which they lend to their son and heir, so for Boromir I picked 'Earl of Ithilien' (as I mentioned above). I made Elrond a Marquess, and his heir Elladan a Baron, and I made Theoden a Viscount. So all those characters get to be referred to by weird titles!

So, this is becoming a crazy long post, but here's the result of my work:

I think this is going to be too small to see in one image, so I've broken it down. Here is the key and a helpful 'cousin chart', because this gets complex:

And here are the segments.

Here is the line of kings, including Aragorn and Cin (my protag) plus Sauron:

Here is Denethor's line, with our main love interest:

Here is Elrond's line - things are getting a bit awkward for anyone who really deeply knows the canon family trees, but I'm saying that Dior was the younger brother of Argonui (who was Aragorn's great grandfather):

And finally, here is Theoden's line, separate from the rest at the start of the fic, but obviously they ultimately join up in two places (Eowyn = Faramir and later Eomer = Lothiriel:

So that's it. Let me know what you think guys, I had fun thinking through all this. Now I just need to actually write it :p

[yostresswritinggirl]

100 Followers Special

(And how to participate) you don't need to be a follower to vote ack

~yostresswritinggirl

Hello AGAIN, with your back to back followers special! Exiled here, very tired, as I just closed the requests box for our 50 followers special. I asked for some recommendations and no one helped me so this is what I came up with!

Granted, it's nothing that special, I literally just dumped my notes into this so—

Please make sure to follow the guidelines and read this thoroughly to properly participate!

1. You will be given a long list of fic prompts specific to a character that I've come up with for weeks on end, please don't steal, as I will remove them after this event is done!

2. Voting! You now have the power to influence my writing schedule haha- what you need to do: is to pick three prompts from the list and send it to me; either through reblog tag, a reply, or in my ask box (not anon so we can count fairly, will not publish these answers tho so worry not)! Not in messages tho! It should be in this format:

1. Character - prompt or prompt title

2. Character - prompt or prompt title

3. Character - prompt or prompt title

example:

1. Albedo - Citrinitas

2. Zhongli - Braid

3. Xingqui - Author!Reader

The top three most voted prompt and character will be the next fics I'll publish after I'm done with the current reqs. Speaking of: Voting ends when I finish the current reqs. You'll know it's done once the counter in my blog desc reaches 12/12.

3. In addition to the three prompts, you also get to add your own prompt to it! My prompts list does not include ALL the characters that's why I wanted to give you this option too! Add a fourth number and specify a character, a prompt/idea, and the format of the fic! Format it this way:

4. Character - Prompt/Idea (Format)

4. Kaeya - What's under that eyepatch? (Scenario)

After I pooled the answers, I'll randomly pick between the bonus answers and write them last! So give it your best shot!

4. Tags-list! I thought this would be necessary for this kind of a whim special, so if you wanna be tagged, just put Tag Me! at the end of your vote. Please make sure that you're actually able to be tagged because I just tried and some users are not in my orbit huhu, look here

5. If a pocket watch/series prompt gets chosen, I will only post the first chapter, not the whole damn fic pls. Have mercy,,,

I will post a counter of the top three in my blog description and will be updated as frequently as possible. Any questions, please direct to this post or my dms <3

Without further ado, here is your choice list!

Xingqui - "My liege, would you care to accompany me on my reading break? I've picked up a romance novel and it reminded me of us."

-> Author!Reader: You met Xingqui at Wanwen Bookhouse when delivering a batch of your newly-published book. But as a ghost writer, no one knew it was you that authored such books. Safe to say it was cute watching the noble bookworm fanboy about you in front of you. [FLUFF] [FIC]

-> Headcanons with a reader older than Xingqui who's a close family friend of the Feiyun Commerce Guild. Fascinated after meeting you in a party, the noble boy aspires to become the best man for you despite the difference, promising to be the best suitable partner for you in the future. [FLUFF] [HEADCANON SCENARIO]

Childe - "Hey there, comrade! What a coincidence that we had a break at the same time, care to accompany me for a walk? I promise I won’t lead you to a fight haha... hey, don’t look at me like that!”

-> Antinomy -  The 10th Harbinger (You) and the little shit they had to mentor (Childe), this fic enumerates the trials of the 11th before he became a Harbinger under your care. From strangers to mentor to friends to love- Childe made a grave mistake, now you’re once again strangers. [FLANGST] [ONESHOT]

Albedo - "Ah, it's you. I've heard of fleeting rumors that you've been pestering a certain someone just to see me. Next time, just come directly to me, I wouldn't mind the assertiveness."

-> Refer to these three as well: Albedo Fic Ideas [FLUFF/FLANGST/FLANGST] [ONESHOT/ONESHOT/SERIES]

-> “You’re Enough”: A year into being the new Chief Alchemist of Mond, Albedo finds himself holed up in his room in the dead of night, haunted as he continuously comes out empty on his research to bring his master back, feeling inadequate. So you reminded him of what he’s capable of. [FLUFF?] [ONESHOT INSPIRED BY You Are Enough - Sleeping At Last]

-> Under the Artificial Sky: Michaelangelo Scenario focused on Albedo’s sketching aspect. Grand Master Varka and Acting Grand Master Jean figured Albedo needed a break and a change of scenery, and sent him off under the guise of a commission in Liyue. What he didn’t expect was another artist from Fontaine accompanying him in this big project.(Albedo and Reader are tasked to paint the new Jade Chamber within 7 days) [FLUFF] [SERIES - 7 CHAPTERS]

-> Albedo SMUT: I had this idea while laying wide awake at 3 AM. The alchemist had been trying all remedies to shake off the stress and fatigue in his system and they all seemed to fail, no amount of sketching or discoveries can pull him away from it. So when you offered a solution he hasn’t heard, he’d jump at it immediately. “You know, some people say having intercourse with someone is a good stress-reliever.” “Intercourse? If it’s true, then please, I wish to have intercourse with you.” “Wha- wait Albedo, do you not know what that is? It’s only done between lovers!” “Convenient, I love you, anything else?” (Two virgin dumbasses do the thing to relieve stress) [SMUT] [ONESHOT]

Xiao - “I’ve taken care of every threat around this area, you can relax now, I made sure of that.”

-> What is it with you and Qingxin flowers? The Traveler had once heard of Xiao’s affinity for Qingxin flowers, and they’re flying companion boldly asked this lingering question to the adepti himself. His pupils dilate and sharpen before Paimon could finish her sentence. (An origin story about his favorite flower, and his favorite person) [SLIGHT FLANGST] [ONESHOT]

-> Just how harmful is adeptal energy to normal humans? You both found out in the worst way possible: silently, deadly. (Slight spoiler: you fucking die) [ANGST] [ONESHOT]

-> Nightmares Taste Horrible: He’s seen that look in your eyes and the ancient soul within it; you’ve lived long ago, and the only thing your soul carried now was the nightmares of a macabre timeline. Was it him or was it demons that brought you that fear? No matter, he’ll protect you even from yourself. (eating the nightmare of a dead soul reincarnated to you) [FLANGST?] [ONESHOT]

-> Go for the throat: The seal that marked you had made it all too late for him to remedy. Bleeding eyes, growing fangs, it’s just another demon to vanquish just like he’s done for centuries. What makes it different was it was sealed in you. (Inspired from Melanie Martinez’s song uhu) [ANGST] [ONESHOT]

Zhongli - “Mortals are capable creatures that evolve and adapt for means of survival, but they advance in ways that changes the world around them. This retirement, may be harder to me than it is to them.”

 -> “In human history, there’s a certain noble and powerful connotation to rulers who braid their hair.” Convince to braid his hair using some historical braid trivia; that long hair behind his back should not be ignored for any longer. [PURE FLUFF] [DRABBLE]

-> History has its eyes on you: A traveling theatre hailing from the land of entertainment finds its way to Liyue for their last caravan. A certain Geo Vision man seems to resonate with your newest script: fighting and protecting your land, building up its nation, before being forced to let go of it. He resonates maybe a little too much. (Musical!Reader with heavy references to Hamilton hehe) [FLUFF] [ONESHOT]

Venti - "Can you hear the symphonies of the wind as it sings to you? That's me, guiding you and protecting you! Whenever you hear it, know that you're safe and sound under my protection!"

-> the one the bard once loved: like actual bard, you are the archer or smth, loved by Venti and Barbatos. Yandere!Barbatos undertones, very unhealthy relationship. This hurts the kokoro. [PURE ANGST] [ONESHOT]

-> The Caravan: (related to the Zhongli and Musical!Reader up there) Your caravan stops at Mondstadt for a whole week before it reaches its final destination. This new fanfare pulled in a peculiar bard who now wants to tag along for the fun of it. "I have no more responsibilities in this free land!" Just what kind of responsibilities does a broke bard have in the first place? [FLUFF] [ONESHOT/HEADCANON]

Diluc - "You look weary, and you still managed to pull yourself here. Here, a fresh and cold glass, on the house. A relieved smile should be enough payment."

-> Abandoned by The Altar: A timeline oriented story focused on your once perfect childhood relationship as Diluc's bride to be, soon becoming estranged after the death of his father and his neglect. You only wish now that he looks at you the same way he did when you heard you were supposed to be together forever when you were young. [FLANFF] (The ending gets better pls; Inspired by Still Into You - Paramore) [ONESHOT]

-> There are No Laws Against Homelessness in Mondstadt: My favorite title out of all of this ahahhaa- who says adventurers can't be broke? You're the living embodiment of that. (Good boi Diluc with a broke ass reader) [FLUFF] (Warning: homelessness) [ONESHOT]

Scaramouche - "Let's go already, the sun is setting and we're nowhere near our destination. If you wanted to linger just to spend more time with me, I would have indulged you behind closed doors anyways."

-> Scaramouche Finally Does the Fandango: Have you ever wondered how Scaramouche is like working with other people? His first assignment was to accompany you in your main region and he sees you in your natural habitat, entranced. [I dunno how to tag this, NORMAL?] [ONESHOT/SHORT]

-> Skincare bitch, how I headcanon Scaramouche as someone actually conscious and always tending to their skin. Look at that smooth skin, cute cheeks, let me pinch, eyeliner glory— In which case, that hat has more purpose than being a frisbee. (May or may not include reader. (based from a reblog convo with chels-void) [GOOD VIBES] [HEADCANONS]

-> Once Supreme: Before Scaramouche, there was someone else higher than him. Before Balladeer there was just a young man fighting for his beliefs and her Majesty. Before Mondstadt, his smile wasn't just for deception. "Someday, someone would take advantage of that smile, Scaramouche. It's not appropriate in this work environment." The day you break a man. (Harbinger!Reader again, and lots of HCs for Scaramouche, same format as Antinomy) [I also do not know how to call this, eventual ANGST] [ONESHOT]

Kaeya - "What are you doing out here in the dead of night? Citizens like you should be cozied up in bed and leaving the patrols to us Knights. Come, I'll accompany you back home."

-> Honey Whiskey: A mysterious band of dancers from Sumeru visits Mondstadt and its taverns to offer a night of alluring dances. What was supposed to be a night of drinking for Kaeya and his troops ended up becoming a tipsy surprise mission when the main dancer steps down from the stage— and ignores him?! How scandalous! (Slightly suggestive themes/You're a bad guy) [COOL?] [ONESHOT] [slightly inspired by song with the same name]

General:

-> A Musical!Reader but with a scenario with every other character, most probably headcanons master post.

-> Genshin Food prompts: From that one post, I ended up making a whole storyline of oneshots related to their special dishes. Oneshots connected to a bigger picture. By impulse you've ended up leaving your normal life behind to pursue your cooking career, starting from Mondstadt, to learn all the cuisines to establish the first ever international restaurant. With the implications of magic and peculiar customers, your simple dream turns into a harder goal. [GOOD SHIT] [SERIES] [CANON-COMPLIANT]

-> God of Time!Reader that hails from Fontaine. Do you wish to know more about their origins and their purpose in this world? [CANON-COMPLIANT] [HEADCANONS] (General since it deals with all the characters/interactions)

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30 Day Fictionkind challenge - Day 1-30

@chrysochus fictionkin challenge looked like a lot of fun. I'll try to make my responses thorough as a way to explore my kintype, so some answers may end up a bit off-topic or rambly depending on how much I want to edit my thoughts. The original post and prompts are located here.

Edit (1/16/24): I am choosing to condense all of my answers into one long post, rather than continue to have 30 separate posts. It was fun to keep them separate while I was doing them, but now I dislike having them all separate.

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Day 1: What is your fictotype? Are you a specific character, a nonhuman species, or both?

My kintype/fictotype is my own OC (or non-canon character, if you prefer) in a canon-divergent version of the Star Wars setting. The character was created as my player character for a D&D game set in the Star Wars setting, and after some time I realized they were a kintype.

I had some kind of intense connection to this character once I started playing in the campaign and their personality began falling into place. I never considered this weird or abnormal for myself, but the level of this connection was far more intense compared to my other D&D PCs.

When I began feeling this connection, I had already considered myself an archetrope with at least one archetypal-kintype. I assumed that my connection to this character was a result of an archetypal connection and a link to my hearthome being sci-fi settings. I still think this is at least partially true, though it is clear that my character themself is the kintype, and not just an archetypal connection.

I never intended them to be anything more than my PC. I've been playing D&D for quite a few years and have had a number of characters that I have connected deeply with and who, to this day, are still incredibly important to me. I also enjoy self-insert fiction and find it fun to write stories with self-inserts. However, not long before I made this blog, something "clicked" with this character and I had sudden and intense feelings of being my OC in a way that was similar to how I feel my other longstanding kintypes. It felt drastically different than my other D&D characters or self-inserts. It was very much a "Well, shit," type moment because I just knew something was different.

I believe at the start I still didn't want to consider them a kintype, it felt alien to me to possibly have a fictotype. But one day I decided to stop worrying about it and started calling the character a kintype. Since then, calling them my kintype, considering myself to be them, has felt a lot more comfortable and has brought me a lot more joy than I would expect. It still confuses me from time to time, and I am still working through my own thoughts and biases, figuring out my philosophy and exactly how and why this character is a kintype, but I don't think I would be able to not consider this character a kintype at this point.

Day 2: Do you experience dysphoria? How so?

I do experience some dysphoria related to my fictotype. My 'kin-related dysphoria is typically caused by my feeling too short, not being stronger/more muscular, and the general shape of my face. I do also get some discomfort from not being skilled in some of the things my kintype is particularly skilled at.

While I wouldn't say it is dysphoria, during intense shifts it can feel odd not to have my scars, or have phantom sensations but the scars not actually being there.

My fictotype is human+, so I don't necessarily feel dysphoria related to species, though I do get a homesick longing for a world where being "human" as a species is far less important. There is something that still feels not quite right with calling myself "human" when this-world meanings of the word put far more importance on it than feels right to me. Missing and Longing for my setting/source/hearthome often feels as intense as dysphoria.

Day 3: Who are you open about your otherkinity with?

Very few people. Being fictionkin is still very new and very confusing to me - and there are also some feelings of shame involved that still pop up from time to time. Even in semi-private spaces like smaller discord servers, I am incredibly hesitant to speak openly about my fictotype. The only place I am open about my OC fictionkinity is in a small discord server where I know I won't be chastised for questioning or having non-standard views on things.

My experiences often don't line up with "traditional" fictionkin belief systems, and the way I currently navigate my kintype makes it difficult for me to talk openly about. My non-typical belief system mixed with internalized shame makes it really difficult to feel comfortable talking about my fictotype; even in spaces that will be accepting. And when it comes to questioning and self-reflection I also end up feeling a little lost, unsure of what direction I should be going in, and it leads me to be further uncomfortable with talking about things because I worry I am not doing it "right."

Day 4: Do you participate in the fandom of your source? How do you do so?

Yes and no. I enjoy reading/reblogging others' posts and creations from the fandom, but I don't necessarily post my own content. I more enjoy interacting with the source content itself, usually books and video games, rather than the Tumblr fandom.

However, I am currently working on writing a narrative for the things that have happened in my game/canon. Basically, turning the things that happened in my game into a sort of fanfiction type deal. - I can't really predict how long that will take to finish, or if I will ever finish it at all.

Day 5: Do you fictionflicker?

I don't think so. I have definitely had characters that I questioned being kintypes in the past, and I have a couple characters that could be considered paratypes and hearttypes, but this happens so infrequently (as in: basically never) that I wouldn't consider myself to be a flickerer.

Day 6: When did you realize you were fictionkin? How long have you been in the community?

/ Checks when I made this blog.

About 8 months ago was when I first started considering my OC a kintype (wow, has it been that long already?); but I have considered myself otherkin for around 13 years now. I also don't really interact with the greater fictionkin community, though I am active in some otherkin spaces.

I think it could be interesting to interact with fictionkin more, but between the kinnies (derogatory) and hostilities between spiritual and psychological fictionkin, the fickin community doesn't feel very welcoming.

Day 7: What was your introduction to fictionkin?

I have known of my otherkinity for well over a decade, so I was probably properly introduced to fictionkin back in the earlier days of tumblr when fandoms were larger, where everyone had "kinlists" a mile long, and where the idea that "kin = relates to a character" was started (Remember when "Tumblrkin" meant people who didn't take otherkinity seriously?). - Not a very exciting answer, but that is about it.

Day 8: Are you similar to your fictotype in personality? How so?

This one is a little tough to answer because of the fact that my kintype is my OC, and I am one of those people who like to put little pieces of myself into my OCs. I would say my kintype's personality is who I could be if I was a little bolder and was not limited by the standards of this-world society. A lot of their personality is much like my own.

They are loyal to a fault, they put value on trusting others, and are open to forgiveness even when people hurt them. They want what is best for the people around them and the people they care about. They will put themselves in danger for those they care about. They have a lot of fears and self-destructive behaviors, all while knowing that these behaviors are self-destructive. They are a private person who tends to keep everyone at arm's length, but once they trust somebody it takes a lot to break that trust. They have a hard time believing that other people would care about them simply for the sake of caring about them.

I think that our personalities are very similar, but their personality is the "unlocked" version of mine, if I was a little bolder and was not limited by anxiety, social expectation, and the mundane limits of this world.

Day 9: Are you similar to your fictotype in appearance? How so?

The only things that are similar are body type, a similar skin tone, and I recently got a haircut that was somewhat similar to my kintype's.

I think it would be nice to make changes that make me look more like my kintype. Exercise more to gain more muscle, dress more like my kintype, and possibly dye my hair.

Otherwise, my kintype and I do not look very similar.

Day 10: Link to/tag your favorite fictionkin Tumblr.

I don't follow a lot of fictionkin, and most of the 'kin blogs I follow don't primarily talk about fictionkin, but some of the blogs run by fictionkin that I always make sure to catch up on and read their new posts are users Swift and Poppy. For other blogs, Rani's is all around a great blog for otherkin info and thoughtful discussion.

Day 11: Have you ever met other fictionkin? In real life or online?

It might be a bit of a trick question asking if we have met other fictionkin online lol :p

I've never met any other otherkin or fictionkin in real life, but I have met plenty of fictionkin online. Sadly I have never made friends with another fictionkin, but there has been plenty of fickin I have been friendly with. I think it would be nice to have a 'kin friend who I can have complex discussions with.

Day 12: Have you ever met canonmates? In real life or online? How did it go?

Stars no, and I would be worried if I was to find someone who said they were my canonmate. There are a number of reasons why, so I will try to do a brief rundown.

My connection to my OC kintype is primarily, if not entirely psychological - any similarity to another's canon would be coincidental.

My canon is one my partner and I intentionally created, taking from the source-canon and changing things to our liking.

I don't believe in the multiverse theory, but even if I did, the chance of finding someone from the same universe as me would be so infinitesimally small that I wouldn't be able to believe that they actually came from the same universe.

Practically every time I have seen someone be "canonmates," it ended up turning into a codependent or overtly abusive situation.

It is so easy to lie, or otherwise misinterpret 'kin experiences or noemata/memories in order to fit in with the experiences of other 'kin. The majority of our memories are made up to begin with, so it sounds like wishful thinking to say "we knew each other in a past life/alternate universe."

I think it would be really cool to make friends with a sourcemate, or someone else from the Star Wars universe, and it would also be really cool if their experiences or canon were similar to mine. But I don't think there is any way I could actually call someone a canonmate and have it be good for my own mental wellbeing.

Day 13: Have you ever met doubles? In real life or online? How well did you get along?

Nope! Because my kintype is my own character I don't think I ever would find a double, nor would I want to. The frustrating part is that, even though I now the cances of a double ever happening are practically zero, but the thought of it unnerves me so much I have some anxiety about posting my experiences and canon specifics. It would be like somebody else trying to say they know my life better than I do.

Day 14: What are shifts like?

Compared to my other kintypes, my OC kin shifts make me feel more connected to my body and make me feel more like "myself." I think this is a result of my kintype being human, rather than nonhuman like my other kintypes. I find it easier to do self-care when in a shift, and I will try to force shifts if I need to be productive. My shifts tend to be very mentality-based and involve a lot of mind-eye visualization, ruminating on noemata, and just a passive existence as my kintype. The only thing that is overtly noteworthy is if the shift is especially strong, I can get phantom sensations of my kintype's scars, which can be a bit jarring.

Day 15: How do you deal with kin-for-fun?

I block them and move on.

See, I don't have a problem with kin-for-fun as a concept. I think that finding aspects of the self through roleplay, projection, and heavily relating to fictional characters is normal and even beneficial. My problem with KFF is the fact that they stole the word "kin" to mean "relate to," ignore anyone knowledgeable about otherkin history, and then harass actual otherkin and call us delusional.

Other people have talked about this topic ad nauseam, so I will just link to some other posts which describe my thoughts rather than rewriting stuff others have already said.

[Link 1] [Link 2] [Link 3]

Day 16: What are your thoughts on symbols, flags, etc.?

For the most part, I am ambivalent about symbols and flags. I never resonated with the otherkin/elven star, the fictionkin key symbol sucks, I am personally not a fan of microlabels and flags thereof (I don't care if others use them, but I am still allowed to have an opinion on the concept), so I don't really go looking for flags or symbols.

That being said, I do really like @hraefngeyst fictionkin symbol and I do wish it was used more.

There are only a handful of non-standard flags I really resonate with. I like the symbol-less xenogender flag, this spacekind flag (this is the flag in my icon), this OC kin flag is nice, and the alterhuman altkey flag is nice.

Day 17: Does fictionkinity connect to spirituality for you?

So far, my understanding of my fictionkinity is psychological. However, there does feel like there is something more there that I cannot quite put my finger on yet.

Recognizing and accepting my fictionkinity has felt more like a "spiritual awakening" than accepting my other purely psychological kintype. That kintype felt more like it just 'clicked' into place, I never needed to dig deep or explore my internal sense of self; all of the pieces were already there, I just put a word/species to it.

I have no doubt some kind of metaphysics is involved, even if spirituality isn't involved. It may be because my fictionkinity is related to being an archetrope, and archetypal identity tends to interplay with elements of the collective unconscious and some idea of the "higher self." Or it could be related to some kind of change of my core-self/Freudian Ego. It is something I am still exploring and trying to put the pieces together. This is something I do really want to read more about from others' perspectives, but there have been maybe one or two people I've found with a similar line of exploration.

Day 18: Does fictionkinity connect to neurodivergence for you?

I don't think so, not directly at least. I can come to any conclusion I want to if I try hard enough, but I would have to say no.

The closest way I could describe my fictionkinity being related to neurodivergence is because I have a diagnosis very mildly on the autism spectrum (so mildly I don't self-identify as autistic, but it does explain some of my quirks), and Star Wars just clicked over to being a special interest at some point. I doubt my OC would have become a kintype if it wasn't for my deep interest in the setting.

Day 19: Do other people notice your similarity to a character or species?

I don't think there are enough people who know me or my kintype well enough to say I am similar to them. The only person who would recognize any similarity to my kintype (or other characters/species) would be my partner. He already makes jokes of me being my kintype, calling me Captain, etc.

It is sort of a joke that both my and my partner's player characters are self-inserts, even though my OC was never meant to be a self-insert. Now that they are a kintype, I guess they technically are, in a way.

Day 20: How do you express your fictotype? Clothes, merch, cosplay, maybe even name?

I want to go by my kintype's name more often, but I already have an alias that people know me by, so changing my name to my kintype's name might be a little tough. I also worry about being judged by my friends for wanting to go by my OCs name rather then my own alias. So for now, it is just an alt name I use in 'kin spaces (that I wish people used more often :p ). I do however think I want to change my last name IRL to my kintype's last name, even if I don't change my first name.

Otherwise, the way I outwardly express my fictotype is through clothes, merch, and cooking. I would love to do a full cosplay of my kintype one day, and I probably will once I get the know-how.

Day 21: What’s something about the fictionkind community that you wish was different?

I wish there was less exclusionism between spiritual and psychological fictionkin. I have found it really difficult to find serious, adult-oriented fictionkin spaces that didn't exclude psychological 'kin.

I like conversations and having philosophical discussions on experiences and beliefs, and because I am still exploring my fictotype and trying to learn I am really interested in hearing others' viewpoints. The trouble is, it has been difficult to get nuanced conversations in public spaces because the alterhuman community leans young. Whenever I do find a fictionkin server for older alterhumans (that isn't dead/inactive), every single time it has been specifically for spiritual 'kin and expressly excluded psychological 'kin. I have no problem with spaces made for specific groups, but it also would not be so frustrating if there were any places for psych-'kin or mixed groups. I don't even know if my fictionkinity is wholely psychological, but it is difficult to explore that when I am excluded for not thinking my kintype is a past life.

Day 22: What’s something about the fictionkind community that you appreciate?

I do appreciate that the community is becoming more welcoming to kintypes with psychological sources. I really struggled in the past to accept my kintypes because they clashed with my spiritual beliefs, to the point of pushing away and ignoring a kintype for over a year because "I could never have more than one past life." The introduction of psychological sources really opened up my eyes and let me be more accepting of myself.

I also appreciate the opportunities for discussion now. Between discord servers and public spaces, the ability to actually have dialogue about otherkinity and explore philosophy and discourse has been easier then ever.

Day 23: How do you approach consuming your source? Analytically, obsessively, casually, reluctantly, etc…

Somewhere between casually and analytically depending on the day. I love my source, but it has a lot of problems. I really love discussing the nuance of my source and how it could be better. But sometimes I also just want to vibe with my source, read a book or watch a movie and just enjoy my time.

Day 24: What’s the worst anti-fickin take you’ve ever seen?

I'm not sure, tbh. I tend to stay away from that kind of discourse because it usually isn't worth my time to acknowledge, so I don't have many "creative" anti-kin takes to pull from. The ever classic "It's delusional" is an easy answer.

Day 25: What’s the best anti-fickin take you’ve ever seen? Respond to it.

This question is pretty uncomfortable for me to answer because I still have some anti-fictionkin bias (trying to unlearn, or at least I am not a dick to people), and a lot of spiritual fictionkinity sounds like nonsense to me. I don't agree with the conclusions people come to and don't ever think I will, but per the flavor of discourse from a few months ago, I personally don't see that as a problem because I think it goes both ways; I don't expect everyone to believe or agree with me either.

If there are questions or opinions that poke holes into fictionkinity, I think that is fine. There are plenty of reasons why the concept of god is silly to some, but that doesn't mean other people aren't or shouldn't be religious.

Day 26: What are some songs that remind you of your fictotype or source?

I have a whole kintype playlist! I won't post it here, but kintype's "theme song" is REVIVED by Derivakat.

Day 27: What are some other characters/species that remind you of your fictotype?

Iden Versio is a paratype and is a character that is very similar to my kintype. She is sort of the character idea I had for my OC, but turned up and changed just a little. When I started playing the SW Battlefront 2 campaign where Iden is the protagonist, I had to stop and go "holy shit, this is how I imagined my kintype." They are very similar, which is pretty cool.

Xayah from League of Legends is also a paratype/hearttype, but it is because they are a vigilante of sorts and my OC kintype is a mercenary; both of them are fighting for what they believe in.

Day 28: Do you have a favorite piece of fanart? (Better to reblog for this day, do not repost someone’s art.)

My icon! It isn't fanart, but the lines were a commission I got, and I colored it! I also got a gorgeous piece done by somebody for ArtFight.

Day 29: Do you have activities that connect you to your source? (Food, hobbies, interests, etc.)

Food is a big one. There is something about cooking that makes me feel so connected to my kintype. It reminds me of being on my ship and using what limited supplies we had to cook meals for myself and my crew. Asian foods make me feel most at home, though I am not sure why. I really want to cook more, try new recipes, and play around with different ingredients to make things that seem more "alien" or like they would come out of the Star Wars universe.

I also play video games, which can be a way to feel more connected to my source, though it doesn't make me feel "at home." Star Wars games like Battlefront 2, Squadrons, or Jedi: Fallen Order are all really good at getting me into the headspace of my kintype or bring comfort. Starbound is also an amazing game as a spacefarer because I am able to explore different planets, build and customize my ship, I can make my character look like my kintype, etc.

The biggest one is probably playing D&D though! Because my source is my D&D game, being able to play of course makes me feel the most connected to my kintype and source! As an extension, writing things related to my game or kintype also helps me feel connected as I can solidify my noemata/memories of what actually happened by writing them down in a narrative format.

Day 30: Talk about what it’s like to be your fictotype.

I am not really sure how to answer this one. Because it is the last question, I feel like it should be some kind of big hurrah, a poetic description of what it feels like to be my kintype, but I am not sure how to do that.

Learning and understanding my OC kintype and how it connected to my inner Self is a journey that has brought me a lot of comfort and understanding within myself. Being my kintype is to be Me, whatever that even means. Being my kintype feels like self-acceptance, and being excited for life, forgetting the bad things or the mundane of this world and leaning into the excitement of another, because while they are my character, my kintype is still Me, and their experiences are Mine. I feel more at peace with my kintype, I understand myself and my own feelings better as I examine them and theirs. Being my kintype is to just be Myself, and finding joy and comfort in that.