#also latch IS awesome

[lethalleangue]

latch is awesome right? my little sewage baby. ok but here’s the real question

do you think lethal league would make a good comic/tv series?

(mod klay answering) you have no idea that i have been planning my own entire plot for lethal league if it was a full on series with deep and fucked up lore. Like im never going to make it a real thing but i definitely Think About It

[asterwild]

i saw @/9bandedcreative's prompt list, #sketchyhabitats, and had to join in with some sketches of habitats here in the southeastern usa!

high tide (+ low tide, gulf coast salt marsh)

cozy burrow (gopher tortoise burrow)

crisp rain (vernal/ephemeral pool w/ amphibians)

sunny spot (a sandstone glade)

[socklines]

modern au theories be like “the pack would be gangsters” “janosh would be a chef” “adder would be unemployed” you are all incorrect. the devils pack would work at a gay club and be involved in the local scene:

kubyenka is the bar manager who is always drunk and ensures everyone pours HEAVY

zizka and the devil run security—they’ll let anyone in but if you even try to bring contraband they are taking it for themselves

katherine mostly does activist work and avoids the club because she gets too much attention—the local groups do love her though and she could take down a city block if she so chose

adder is a stripper who takes home his hottest best tippers. and his coworkers. and randos. and—

janosh is a drag queen (he forces adder on stage and they make out for his acts frequently) (he’s normally a comic queen but when he brings adder on it’s suddenly seduction city)

when henry joins he occasionally moonlights as a DJ. he forces samuel to make mixes that he then plays with joy asap. hans makes mixes that he forces henry to play and they are BAD. henry is just happy that hans is happy and lets him believe that everyone stopped dancing because they all got tired suddenly.

(brabant hangs around doing absolutely nothing until they find out he’s a fed and ban him)

[macbethz]

Imagine being modified and trained since birth to be the perfect servant to the infallible god-computer that your entire society revolves around to the point that you don’t believe in free will anymore. In fact free will as a concept is counter to your very purpose, which is to act as a living repository for unchanging information about the future. And then your perfect god shoves that highly engineered overclocked brain into the body of a heroin addict. And it’s not part of some grand plan it just destroyed your life by accident. Not even by accident, it doesn’t have the capability to commit “accidents” because it’s not sentient. It just miscalculated. It’s just a computer.

So there is this show called travelers (2016)-

[antiquepearlss]

Why Eugene never has sleepovers with Varian anymore:

Varian at 10 pm: won’t let Eugene sleep because he has to finish this blueprint and no Eugene he’s not going to do it in his lab he already brought it here also he has to write a list of formulas he’s trying tomorrow also did you see Lance’s new hat it’s so ugly right?

Varian at 12 am: keeping Eugene awake by “reading too loudly”

Varian at 1 am: sleep kicking Eugene in the ribs. Sleep talking about Pythagorean Theorems.

Varian at 2 am: “Eugene omg wake up I just had an idea on a machine that can fold socks more effectively”

Varian at 3 am: getting a post-midnight snack consisting of seven apples, a meatloaf sandwich, and a pint of ice cream

Varian at 4 am: “I just had the weirdest dream about Ruddiger becoming king of Spain after a chicken nugget eating contest”

Varian at 5 am: somehow stole all the blankets and pillows. Bit Eugene for trying to take them back. He’s sleep cranky.

Varian at 6 am: sleep talking about apple juice being a superior beverage to wine

Varian at 7 am: Dead because Eugene smothered him with a pillow

[luna-loveboop]

Hello!! What are your thoughts on Echoes of Wisdom? Do you have any theories? Anything you'd like to see?

- hero-of-the-wolf

Zora princess engagement

The Legend of Zelda has a history of Zora princesses falling in love with/being engaged to the Hero of Hyrule/Link

So therefore, in Echoes of Wisdom, I would like for:

A- Zelda to run across a Zora princess engaged to Link and tell her hands off, he's kidnapped

B- Zelda to be engaged to a Zora princess and tell her no, Link is kidnapped

C- With both the river and ocean Zora being in Eow, BOTH Link and Zelda were engaged to Zora royalty, who are pissed that they now have to marry each other instead since Link is kidnapped

This is half joking but tbh I really would love for the Zora engagement trope to show up again

I mean the entirety of Eow is set up for Zelink. He chases her. She chases him. It's the idea that they're not whole without the other- if Link is taken so is Zelda. (see what I did there. Taken. Like kidnapped but also taken like in love with someone already. So they're both taken- ok moving on)

So yeah the zelink is so strong in this game from the four minute trailer(s), I really wanna see a Zora engagement because of the potential for *drama*

[potatobugz]

oh also undertale newsletter. i am insane

[academiaipromise]

my parents saw superman this weekend and texted me like hey wasn’t mister terrific that computer freak you liked as a kid? he actually was awesome in the movie

thank you superman movie for this vindication 🙏🏻

[legolasghosty]

🐑 Alternate Universe- Magic, Mutual Pining, Demonic possession, Furbies

Oh dear...

Alex is attending one of the most prestigious magic academies in the country, on the orders of his parents of course. Even though Laiz Fier Academy reviles even the name of the only type of magic he's ever been good at. His parents swore he'd find another specialty here, and he'd let himself believe them, like the idiot he is. He's scraping by in classes. Barely. At least he's managed to make a couple of friends and figure out how to sneak into the library stacks to find books that will actually help him hone his skills.

However, Alex realizes now there's a reason why it's not recommended to do your first summoning alone. Because, while he does manage to summon a demon, it doesn't exactly end up in the silvery urn he'd laid in the center of the pentagram.

So now he has a talking, demonic Furby to hide. One that, despite its too-wide eyes and disconcertingly smooth voice, Alex thinks he might be developing feelings for.

(Fake fic ask game!)

[anabetel35]

I’m still pretty proud of my wesper fic, even though it’s relatively short compared to everything else I’ve written, and even though it is MCD. The words were wording when I was writing that one, and i like it a lot :)

(… I’d also try to promote my silly little Kuwei [+Wywei] fic that has consumed nearly all of my thoughts for the last four months, but a- it’s about Kuwei and b- I’ve only published one chapter and it’s 10 000 words. The rest of the fic has 45000 words. My hand slipped a bit. It’s not finished yet. I’ve written it for two people and two people only, one of which is me and the other being that one lovely soul who left kudos on it so far :,) But I’ve been having sooo much fun writing it. Honestly you could probably read it without ever being in the SoC fandom, it’s about a character that had like five lines in the whole duology and they were mentioned in one sentence in a different book.)

omg it’s FAN FICTION FRIDAY

Reblog and promote a fic of yours <3

[boy-armageddon]

Ignooooore. This I’m just rambling under the cut

as much of a Weird Gay Guy as i tend to be. tbh in a lot of art the characters I’ve connected with the most, without fail, have been women. this even goes for the stuff i make!!!!! ive talked about tons about how cecilia’s my fave out of all the characters ive written, of course partly cause she’s one big fat excuse to shove tons of blood brothers references into entity affairs, but mostly cause like. in a way i cant describe too well, even though i don’t think she’s a “literally me insert” (jeong takes that spot on accident lol, i suppose cause he’s the one ive had the longest that ive put a lot of my interests and issues into him without really realizing), i just. connect with how ive written her a lot? would explain but 1, that’d get too personal way too fast, and I don’t intend this to be a vent post, and 2, im trying to be a biiiit more secretive about it even though my little webcomic passion project will vv likely not come to fruition. this was supposed to be a quick post about how the women in things appeal more to me and i honestly tend to be a lot more fond of them than the male characters, despite yknow. being an aforementioned gay guy. and how i truly dont get how some guys just don’t care at All about the women in art like not even one bit, even disregarding my personal biases. but here ramble post

[froggy-day]

dont know how to say this but does anyone else have to deal w those hyperfixations on things where, like, it's the type of thing where there Could be a fandom about it but There Is Not. so u j sit and marinate in ur own insanity literally everyday. for uhhhhh [checks calendar] 9 months.

[a-scary-lack-of-common-sense]

Designing the main villains!

I was a bit stumped on what to do with Gunmar and Bular, but some lovely people over on TikTok suggested that Drago and his Bewilderbeast swap places with Gunmar, so I decided to combine the two of them for his design :)

I assigned Bular to switch places with the Red Death since she’s a first movie exclusive character, and Bular is also pretty much a first season exclusive villain (if I’m remembering things correctly ?) Overall the designs actually translated very well into trolls which is awesome. It’s with Bular/RedDeath that Hiccup loses his leg in this AU.

I also worked a bit more on Hiccup’s armour since my previous attempt was a little too bland for my liking. It was a bit of a juggle of trying to make it look more ‘Hiccup’ and Viking-ish, while also trying to maintain that classic sleek clean look of Trollhunter armour.

It was especially hard considering that the Daylight armour is magically summoned, so it wouldn’t really make sense for it to have things like belts or clothing underneath. I made do by just mish mashing a bit of both worlds. The trick was just to add more leather into the design. I’m still not super satisfied with his prosthetic leg though, so I’ll also have to redesign that.

+ And finally a bunch of miscellaneous sketches, ideas, and WIPS on the crossover :

As established before, Fishlegs is taking over the role of both Eli and Toby :) I’d imagine that he hangs out a lot with Blinky at Trollmarket needing out together. He’s taken a strong interest in wanting ALL about Troll culture ever since Hiccup becomes Trollhunter.

I’m not too sure how I want the twins’ backstories should be as Akiridians, since they barely really have one in canon. But so far I got three options :

I do think that when the twins are in their human disguises at school, they immediately latch onto the most interesting person they find, that being Snotlout. They cause him so much grief by annoying him half to death and dragging him into weird situations.

The Zippleback twins are notoriously known for being tricksters who keep stealing jewelry and bedazzling themselves with it. They’re technically banned from Trollmarket but keep somehow appearing anyway, and Vendel has long since given up on trying to find out how and keeping them out

Very random headcanon, but Barf’s real name is Bartholomew, and that’s why people call him Barf. That’s all I had to say.

Someone else on TikTok also just opened my eyes to Wizard Heather. I was initially going to make Dagur a changeling, but I thought it would be infinitely funnier if he was actually just some regular ass guy who EVERYONE thinks is a changeling purely based off his behaviour.

Snotlout is probably going to be an antagonist for a short bit after he finds out about both his and his father’s true nature, because Spitelout convinces him that the Trollhunters are their enemy and Snotlout doesn’t know anything and just assumes he’s telling the truth.

Potential backstory for Hookfang which might end up being too outlandish to use hut whatever : one of the reasons Hookfang is one of the only ones to not care Snotlout is half changeling is because he also used to be part of a Gumm Gumm experiment to combine Stalkling biology with regular Troll biology, which earns him a bit of a bad reputation in Trollmarket. Because of this he lives pretty much on the very outskirts of the market, and understands Snotlout’s struggles.

Anyways! If you read this far congratulations. This is a BIG post and I talk a lot, so thank you for dealing with my crazy ramblings. I’m so happy people actually like my ideas :)

[aaronsrpgs]

The Tight 90

(This is a continuation or a fractal reviewing of what I've written about in The Worksheet Manifesto and The Quickstart, The Home Game.)

THE TIGHT 90 is a 90-minute RPG session. It riffs on the perfect length/density of a movie, and I think it's a term I learned/stole from will jobst.

WHY RUN SHORT GAMES?

Short games are easier to fit in a schedule. (We're all so fucking busy.)

Short games are easier to pay attention to. (We're all so fucking mentally ill.)

Short games focus on the good stuff and discard the bad stuff. (We're all so fucking tired.)

HOW RUN SHORT GAMES?

Tell everyone, "We're only going to play for 90 minutes. Because of that, I'm going to focus on the things that are most interesting and exciting for everyone at table, and I'm going to skip over everything else. I would appreciate it if you would do the same. If there's something you're really excited to do, tell the table! And if things are dragging, offer an alternative that moves the game along."

But then we actually have to do that. :( How?

SET SCENES AND STAKES

Don't start in a place where nothing is happening and ask your players "What do you?" Give them something to latch onto! Give them an immediate problem! Here are the first four pages of an issue of Uncanny X-Men by Chris Claremont, Dave Cockrum, et al:

In four pages we get a fatal problem, introductions, flashbacks on how they got here, and spotlights on everyone's powers. Awesome!

And while you don't have to have your players' characters falling out of the sky, at least start them at the dungeon entrance with a couple clear things to DO.

(For more on setting scenes and stakes, check out Primetime Adventures by Matt Wilson, which Sam Dunnewold was kind enough to run for me.)

Of course, if they're falling out of the sky or standing at a foreboding dungeon entrance, some player is bound to ask, "What do I have with me?" To which I say:

CUT THE BORING SHIT

Shopping? Don't do it! If someone would logically have something, they can have it. And if they try to exploit that, they're no fun to play with! Tell them no. (More on that later.)

Conversations on meandering horseback? Don't do it! Comic writer Chuck Dixon said that if Batman and Robin needed to have a heart-to-heart, they should never just stand around talking. They should have a heart-to-heart while training on top of a speeding train.

(The example was actually Nightwing and Robin, but I didn't want people to click away and look up who Nightwing was. Also, Dixon is a shitty guy! But at least in this, he was right.)

Basically, almost anything you can get out of a shopping scene or a campfire chat, you can get from everyone falling out of the sky or trying to escape a wildfire. ALL SCENES SHOULD PULL DOUBLE DUTY AS PLOT AND CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT.

BE GENEROUS WITH INFORMATION

Imagine a scene at a gaming table. The characters walk into a house in an empty town and ask what they see. The GM tells them to roll perception. The highest result is middling at best. The GM says, "You think you can see some blood." Someone else asks if they can roll investigation. They get a middle high result. The GM says, "There are some bullet casings on the floor and claw marks on the walls." Are the claw marks big? Roll perception again. Do they look like any local animals? Roll nature.

THIS SHIT SUCKS. It's a way to take 30 minutes to poorly tell the players that something interesting happened, and it doesn't give them anything to do after.

Instead, try this: the walls are splattered with blood and empty shell casings lie cold on the floor. The blood doesn't line up with what you know about bullet wounds, though; it lines up with the huge claw marks that tear the walls and floor. And blood drops continue in a line outside...

AND THEN if a player has a cool ability or is an investigator or druid or whatever, you get to write them a cool note that says, "These claw marks are bigger than any animal from around here. Maybe bigger than any animal you've ever seen."

Other examples:

The prince says he doesn't feel threatened by the king. He's clearly lying.

Moving stealthily, you make it to the general's bedroom, but it's clear that he has some sort of sensors or security system set up there.

As a wizard, you know they're casting some sort of summoning spell, and if at least half of the cultists aren't hurt or incapacitated in five minutes, the spell will succeed.

GIVE THE SESSION AN ENDING

It could be an exciting cliffhanger if you think everyone will be there next session to pick it up. But if you're not sure, end with a calm moment where the players have a clear next step. That way you can start next session with, "Last time you'd promised the Cult of Mirrors that you would lead them in war against the Skeleton Army. They're ready to go and ask you what your plan is."

FURTHER HOMEWORK

"How To End Things" by Jason Morningstar. On cutting scenes. Don't be fooled by the Patron link; it's free.

"Grand Experiments: West Marches" by Ben Robbins. The ur-text of running player-motivated sessions that don't require everyone to be there.

BUT WHAT IF!!!

What if rolling investigation rolls are vital to building tension in my mystery game? What if knowing the exact inventory and distance are vital to my high-stress dungeon game? What if campfire stories are my favorite part of our cozy travel game?

COOL! There are lots of resources out there for you, so this isn't for you. But maybe I could tempt you into considering a different style of game sometimes?

(Special thanks to @ladytabletop for supporting my Tight 90 obsession.)

[winteryreads]

i gently slide into your asks /j

HI RIRICAKES, GOODMORNIGHT!! (U mentioned it's midnight there LMAO, and also u're probably asleep rn but I'll drop a request for you!!)

so I've recently read your Mydei fanfic with a shy reader, I suddenly have this idea that popped into my head!

may I request Mydei with a shy reader who thought they were drinking juice but it turned out to be alcohol and got drunk to the point they start confessing to mydei everything they like about him and asking him if he could be their boyfriend? (insert shocked mydei bcs that's his first time seeing them drunk, and he's so used to their shy demeanor) too drunk to even realize that he's already their fiance. (You can also add the part where they wake up the next morning with a headache, asked Mydei what happened and almost died from embarrassment after he spills everything!)

I love silly and fluffy fanfics, so I thought about requesting this LMAO

huggies and kissies from me to u! (⁠ ⁠˘⁠ ⁠³⁠˘⁠)⁠♥

ur silliest supporter and friend,

seraphie🩷

that’s not juice…-mydei x (implied shy!) reader

synopsis: you’re just a girl (gn) who thought you were drinking juice. it was not juice…

warnings: reader drinking alcohol/mentions of alcohol consumption! 

word count: 283

author’s note: Seraphie, thank you for sending in another request, hopefully this is what you wanted! feel free to send more requests in hehe! hope you enjoy, sending hugs and kisses! <3

taglist: @axolotsofluv, @strwbrydreamz, @sqgeism, @vyyper, @your-sleeparalysisdem0n, @cmiru, @unriding, @sheyfu, + @m1ckeyb3rry! lmk if you’d like to be added to the taglist!

this pomegranate juice tastes weird, funny even. but not in a bad way. the party the Chrysos Heirs were throwing was fun, though! turns out this is, in fact, alcohol; so that's fun! oohh there’s Mydei! 

“Mydeiiii,” you slurred. your fiancé turns and faces you a bit quizzically. 

“hi, (name),” he replies.

“hic, mydei! you’re so cool and awesome and hic smart. i realllyyyyyy like you a lot. will you be my boyfriend?” god, you’re so far gone, and Mydei can’t help the smile that’s starting to form on his face. he was surprised to see you, though. your shy nature typically restricted you from being the most transparent with him. you were very sweet, just a bit on the quiet side. but that was nothing Mydei didn’t love about you.

“(name), love, i’m your fiancé,” he replies to you after you latch yourself onto one of his arms. you gasp in shock, not believing what he’s saying. 

“no way! hic are you being serious?”

“very serious, come. let’s get you some water and some medicine.” he says as he guides you away from the festivities. 

the next morning rolls around, and god, the hangover and headache are awful right now. you wake up next to your fiancé who was staring at your peaceful form. 

“...dei, what happened?” you ask.

“you were quite a joy last night. you came up to me and asked me to be your boyfriend and when i told you we were engaged, you gasped and clung to me the rest of the night.”

yeah, you might jump off the nearest cliff with that statement. note to self: always check to make sure it’s pomegranate juice and not alcohol…

©2025 strawbairicake. do not repost, copy, translate, modify, or use for AI.

[marketableplushieenthusiast]

I suddenly realized why Toby was blindsided by Spamton's explosion in popularity (and why he was relieved that Tenna was still received well).

Chapters 2&3 were originally supposed to release together. Meaning that we would have gotten Spamton and Tenna at the same time. And considering how much softer Tenna is compared to Spamton... The overall perception of Spam would have probably been less sympathetic.

As it was, when we got the spam man, he was violent and selfish - literally enabling the worst route of the game - but also one of the most tragic characters we had. People analyzed every bit of his dialog and hardly any other character compared to his level of loneliness and desperation. (Esp since Jevil is insane but content) And people latch onto characters with mysterious pasts, and there were so many unfilled question marks surrounding him that people could let their imaginations run wild.

But if we had gotten Tenna IMMEDIATELY afterwards... Tenna is ALSO tragic and desperate, but he's less problematic. He's no saint, but he isn't out to literally steal your soul or down for mass murder. His Main goal is attention and connection with others, not power or freedom. (Not to mention how he would immediately clear up some of Spam's past and reveal that Spamton is a bit of an exaggerated hater, lol.) Considering how many people already didn't like Spamton at his release due to his actions (and found the people who sympathized with him annoying) (that's what I get for hanging out on reddit), if Tenna had already been public... I think Spamton's popularity would have been more fractured.

(And of course, the danger of releasing Tenna after 4 years of Spamton reigning supreme risked people viewing him as Spamton Lite... But thankfully the very people obsessed with Spamton love a guy who is just a few steps easier to comfort as well, lol.)

Deltarune's staggered release is fascinating to watch, because it influences how people react and latch onto certain things. Binging a story is so different from experiencing the wait. Nobody who gets to play the completed game is gonna realize how emotional and awesome it was to read "MY DELTARUNE" after finishing chapter 4.