#amb still alive

[stormbreaker-290]

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[mickeyeyesarts]

Progress report

Greetings. Yes, I am still alive. I haven't posted in a long time and I wanted my next post to be the Bal-Amb post, with the wall thing? Remember that?

As it turns out, if you're gonna take on a big project, that big project will take you on too. Long story short this drawing will take a WHILE.

But I think you guys deserve a little sneak peek of my progress, so here it is:

I do like how they look side by side. At least, it shows improvement. I had not drawn ballister and ambrosius in their armors, and that was on purpose because they had so many details.

I did take his arm out because it wasn't looking well, and I couldn't fit it in so I'm sorry about that 😞, I know some of all wanted that. But I will add some panels because I think there's more to be said about our favourite chaotic and mentally fkd up couple.

Also I'm still new on digital art, so that's why I'm taking so long.

Anyway please wish me luck that I finish this project as soon as possible.

Byeeee.

[cosmictyto]

💛⚔️ Villain Ambrosius AU - Tarnished Gold ⚔️🖤

I’ve listened to Will Wood’s “Vampire Culture” one too many times while stuck in the Nimona hyperfixation pit + after seeing some villain Amb fanart floating around, so enjoy these sloppy, partially finished mad ramblings edited/stylized a bit to (try and) make them a little more interesting to read. Also, you're all more than welcome to add on/ask any questions! I'll get to them when I can.

Just a heads up, this is looooong. Simply because ya girl’s a wordy bitch.

Basically, the point of this AU can be boiled down to “What if Ambrosius knew Ballister was innocent AND Nimona got to him first?” Kinda a role swap, but kinda its own thing at the same time? Idfk.

On the night of the knighting ceremony, as they’re both suiting up, Ballister verbally mentions his sword feeling off to Ambrosius. But neither of them have time to investigate that further.

The knighting ceremony goes just as horribly as it did in the movie. The queen is dead, Ballister’s lost his arm, and though they couldn’t exactly find Ballister’s body, he’s presumed dead. Lambasted as a traitor to the kingdom, but also treated as a sort of boogeyman since no one REALLY knows if he’s dead in that "I heard he's dead!" "Well, I heard he's still alive!" kind of way.

Ambrosius, meanwhile, is left completely crushed. Simultaneously being praised by some for “disarming the traitor” and mocked by others for being so close to that same traitor. For not recognizing the signs earlier. For not stopping him before their queen was killed. And though the Director reassures him that he’s done well as Gloreth’s descendant and that this will all fade as nothing more than a bad memory… he knows. Ballister didn’t do it. He KNEW something was wrong with his sword. And deep down he knew that his boyfriend was innocent. So he confronts the squire, sees the footage, and leaves with his whole world rocked.

Needless to say, the proof of ACTUAL INTENTIONAL regicide, treason, and corruption within the system, the same one he’s a literal living symbol of, isn’t on his mind at the moment. Just what he did to Bal. So full of regret and guilt. (At best, he mutilated the love of his life out of instinct which is still horrible!!) Normally when he wanted time alone to think he’d go to the top of the Glorodome. But, that spot hurt too much right now. That's where he and Bal first became friends. So, that same night, he went to the next-best place, Gloreth’s statue.

It’s late at night (he hasn’t been able to sleep much lately anyway,) and he’s sitting at the edge of that massive golden sword. Legs dangling as he stares at the ground. He’s normally not much of a drinker, usually too risky. But tonight he makes an exception. Before, everything felt manageable. The inherent weight he bore being Gloreth’s descendant, the press and citizenry looking up to him to be this bastion of goodness and pure heroism, internal familial pressures over how he should act, look, and think… with Bal at his back, he could handle it. But that stability’s gone now. And the only other person he could possibly lean on, the Director, was responsible for his lover’s death. Now, more than ever, he feels like he’s on the verge of collapsing under the weight this kingdom’s placed on his shoulders…

And then someone happens to come along.

Even despite everything, despite all the hurt this one person’s been responsible for�� Nimona still carries fondness for Gloreth. And some nights, when she can’t sleep and she feels like howling at the moon, she’ll go to her old friend’s statue… tonight was one of those nights. And who does she happen to find? Her great-great-great-great… however many more, great grandkid. And he’s not looking too hot. A part of her knows she’s got no real obligation to help him, she's never talked to any of the Golden-groin brats before. But... she's had plenty of moments where she wished she had someone talk her down from doing something stupid, and she's feeling kinda sentimental n' sappy... so she strikes up a conversation.

He’s (reasonably) startled by this teen who just showed up out of nowhere. On a statue that requires a hoverbike to get to, no less. But he’s also drunk enough that he’s not as concerned as he maybe should be. One thing leads to another, and he just lets loose. Like, completely vents everything stored in him. (And, yes, “Arm chopping is not a love language!!!” Is thrown in there.)

Nims is just kinda in shock. In all those stupid commercials and interviews he seems so calm and put-together. Perfect, even. But, he's actually kind of a wreck. And now he’s unraveling real fast and is a bit too wobbly to be up this high- So she talks him down a bit. Calms him. Eventually asks, “If you never had any of this stupid “Gloreth” stuff pushed on you, who would you be? What’d you want to do?”

That legitimately stumps and breaks him. He’s thought about how nice it’d be to have this pressure off of his back. Where he could be his own person and not “the descendant of Gloreth.” But he never ONCE considered what a world like that would really look like. All he’s ever known was THIS. Being a knight, being a symbol and not a real person… there’s really only one thing he could actually say.

“Um… My hair wouldn’t be blond..? Y’know, it’s funny, this isn’t even my natural color. They make me bleach it so that I… that I can look more like her…”

And it’s at that point that Nimona decides right then and there, if she couldn’t get the kingdom to change its mind, she’ll at least get through to Gloreth's heir. Break at least one cycle. (And totally not because she feels the teensiest bit regretful he's been put in this position, naaah, nothing like that.~) She coaxes him down from that statue, and the two of them proceed to do nothing but get into mischief…

“~Blood… didn’t they want your blood? So why apologize for being blue and cold?~”

Specifically, the kind that you don’t remember until well after you wake up. All Ambrosius knows is that he’s in some strange dim dreary place and someone’s cooking something. Oh, it’s just Bal. He usually handles any meals since he doesn’t burn them like he does… but, as he’s snuggling back into the couch, he realizes there’s the sound of a girl humming? What? He sits up. Aaaand she’s there? The girl from the statue? He tries to blow some of his unkempt hair out of his face, and-... he freezes. Grabs his phone, ignores the many, many missed calls and news notifications, opens his camera app, and… black. His hair is black. Why is it black?! It’s not supposed to be-! He NEEDS to be blond! And-!

“Mornin’, sleeping beauty!~ Not gonna lie, never knew a fancy-pants knight like yourself could cut loose like that... Hm? Oh! Right, the hair! You were telling me all about how much you hated bleaching it last night. Sooo, we dyed it! Eventually, you can cut all the dyed stuff off and just leave it your real color if you want. But, for now? Bye-bye, blondie! Like it?~”

No. No he does not. He’s basically having an anxiety attack over the unsanctioned change. Then he gets a notification on his phone and starts reading the news articles. All about HIM, a “mystery girl,” and several animals going wild throughout the kingdom.

“Dude, chill. What’s done is done. We got a little crazy, you saw some pink elephants, and we dyed your hair. So what?”

“So what?! What do you MEAN “So what?!?” I’m a DESCENDANT of GLORETH! I-I can’t be doing things like that! Or be seen like this, or-!”

“Woah WOAH! Hey, look at me. Breathe. You wanna really know why you asked me to dye your hair? YOU said it was so you could be free."

“Free..?”

“Yeah! From now on? You don’t have to live by their stupid rules and expectations. You don't have to be like her, you can be YOU! You can do whatever the hell you want, whenever you want! Wanna change your name? Do it! Wanna go break stuff? Hell yeah! Want a piercing or tattoo? I can give you some. I know how! You wanna make those bastards pay for what they did to you and your boyfriend? I'm more than happy bring the matches and help you burn that bitch to the ground!~"

From that point, things just click. His whole life, the Director… no, the whole INSTITUTE forged him into nothing more than a gilded sword. One that they turned on the person he loved most. The ONE thing in his life that he chose and stuck by… and the system he was supposed to symbolize MADE him kill the love of his life… and he didn’t have to play by their rules anymore. Thus starting his fall into "Villainy."

“~Blood, didn’t they want your blood? So don’t apologize for being blue and cold…~”

Slight time skip!~

Truth was? Ballister was still alive. Heavily wounded, dazed and confused at how everything went so wrong, but alive...

Ballister's story continues as it did in the movie. Months later after the knighting, he's being hunted by the law with Sir Thoddeus Sureblade as the captain of the guard. In the meantime, he's built himself an arm and is still aiming to prove his innocence... Except his attempts to find Ambrosius, or convince the Director that he was set up, are a complete failure. Like in the movie, he's arrested and thrown in the dungeon... Except with no one to break him out. According to whispered gossip from the guards who bring him food, Ambrosius has been missing for a while, now. A fact that would not be revealed to the public anytime soon...

"It's only culture! It's only CULTURE!! It's only- Culture's not your friend..!"

At least, not until an individual in scuffed black-and-rose-gold colored armor (?) shows up with... a bear, or a tiger, and a wolf, and horse, and... even a rhinoceros?! The two of them running through the halls. Breaking things, lighting stuff on fire, and spraying paint on the walls (along with the floor, ceiling, and any statues,) and scrapping with any knights they come across. They'd already uploaded that clip of the Director swapping those swords. This? This was a diversion to keep the Institute from possibly removing or censoring that clip before the public got to see it. And Ambrosius LOVED it! He got to be loud! To make a mess! He finally got to punch Todd in his stupid dude-bro face! When you've kept someone shackled their whole lives, and then take those harnesses and leashes off? The freedom's enough to make ‘em go a just a teensy bit crazy. More than anything, since everything that happened the night of their knighting? He felt alive.

"Hey, fuck your culture! I ain't got no culture! It's only culture and it's more afraid of you than you're of it!"

During the assault, just as things are starting to get dicey for Nims and Brose, they do something so that the power ends up cutting out. Freeing Ballister and giving him his chance to escape, and... for a moment Ballister sees him. His Rose, ebony-haired with cuffs and studs on his ears. Riding on the unsaddled back of a raspberry-pink horse. A can of neon spray-paint in one hand, a sword in the other, a whole squad of knights behind him… and for a moment they lock eyes. Ambrosius’ world just comes crashing down, trying to stop and turn Nims around (Who refuses. ‘Cause, y’know, the bunch of knights behind them?!) she shifts into an ostrich to get a boost of speed, and the two just ride off with Ambrosius staring wide-eyed… looking like he saw a ghost… meanwhile, Ballister’s wondering just what the hell’d happened since the ceremony, and just -what- his boyfriend’s been hanging out with.

From this point my plot-related notes are thinner/less thought out. But here they are anyway:

- Ballister’s still firmly stuck in the Institute’s brainwashing since he’s had absolutely no time hanging out with Nimona to influence that. He’s seen the footage, but still believes that the fault solely lies with the Director specifically. That the Institute as a concept can still be preserved. A part of him hopes that by capturing this pink monster he might be able to redeem himself in the eyes of the kingdom. Prove his loyalty as a knight. (And conveniently finally meet with his boyfriend who’s apparently lost his damn mind?! Or... or has been corrupted by this thing?) So, while on the run from Todd and the other knights, he’s also trying to track down Ambrosius + Nimona and stop them from inciting a rebellion. Because all he knows is that this isn’t the man he fell in love with. (I won't lie, the Ballister side of things feels pretty shaky. I need more time to sit and stew on it.)

- If we’re using D&D alignment charts as a reference, Ambrosius is basically going from lawful-good to chaotic-good. Identity crisis and shift to anarchy aside, he genuinely doesn’t want to hurt anyone. Especially not the general populous. Yes, he happened to be raised to be a “hero of the realm” but, at his core, he’s still a good guy. Any acts of arson, destruction, or anything of the like are done with the knowledge that the spaces have been cleared out as best they can, first. And he doesn't even want to kill his fellow knights because he knows that, ultimately? They've all been forced through the same system. Children thrown into a mold to be forged into weapons. He’ll fight them. But, he doesn’t fight to kill… that being said, he doesn’t necessarily stray from violence, either.

- At some point I do see Ballister and Ambrosius getting into a fight. But, of course, Ballister’s the top of their class. No matter how hard they both sparred or competed against each other, Bal’d always managed to come out on top. In everything. So Rose is, of course, disarmed and thrown to the ground. A sword pointed at him as he looks up at the man he loves-.

“What, do you think this is some kind of a game?! You and that… that thing are tearing this kingdom apart! I… I don’t even recognize you anymore… what happened, Ambrosius?!”

“What happened? She set me free, Bal. And if you can’t see that this is who I really am, deep down..? Then you never really knew me at all…”

More miscellaneous/fun notes:

- It’s less boss/henchman in this AU. Instead, Rose and Nims 100% have a brother/sister dynamic. They bicker and tease when they’re together. But, the moment the other’s in trouble, it’s strict “No one messes with ‘em except me!” vibes. Who’s the older and who’s the younger sibling changes depending on the moment.

- Ambrosius always liked rock music. His parents and the Director always disapproved because it was “noise unbefitting of a Goldenloin” (ie. It wasn’t classical or opera therefore it was “wrong.”) but he always listened to it in private or with Ballister. So when Nims played some stuff and she caught Rose singing along to all the words? That earned instant respect points for him.

- These two also share one braincell between them at any given time. How they haven’t gotten caught is a damn miracle. Like, seriously, these two are goofballs. The moment he saw Nimona change into a shark? Oh, he totally stuck his head in her mouth. He never thought once about how “the wings” would be too noticeable. And when Nims brought up the plan to wreck the Institute? Eloquently putting it as: “We break-in, we break some stuff, smash some helmets, something-something-something, we win!~” He could only reply with a nod and, “Alright, sounds good!” And when they're playing a board game and she's going on some tangent? He's laughing his ass off. The only other person he's been this dorky around was Ballister.

- Once it clicked that he could swear?! And no one would get mad at him or clutch some pearls?! Nimona had to give him a crash-course because he was using it a bit too much. And it just kinda sounded ridiculous. Like giving a tween free rein to swear.

- He also went more crazy with his appearance. He was already used to the idea of makeup (Gloreth forbid her ancestors ever had *gasp* acne!!!) Eyes? Lined and smokey. Often with dark or fun colors. Nails? Painted. 24/7. Fingers adorned with a buncha rings. Lots of layered necklaces and bracelets. Plus silky black shirts with low necklines. And he did get his ears pierced. Both lobes, a couple in the helix of one ear, and one on an eyebrow. All of which was done courtesy of Nimona. (Needless to say, Ballister was shook the first time he got a good look at him.)

- He is still a Ballister Simp. Always gonna be his number one fan. At first, he tried to convince Ballister to join him and Nimona, but Bal wouldn’t listen. Their relationship doesn’t start to fracture until Ballister starts actively hunting them both down for the sake of capturing her. Because, while Ambrosius adores Ballister, and wants nothing more than to be with him… Nimona’s been the only one to help him see the truth. To help free him of all his expectations, she’s been there when he was at his lowest. She’s his friend. And he’s not willing to sacrifice her just so that he can go back to being the “Descendant of Gloreth” with Ballister. So, though it hurts, he still loves Bal. But he’s always waiting for the moment his lover admits he’s wrong about this.

- Speaking of Nimona’s and Ambrosius’ friendship… she’s in an awkward spot. Because, especially now with all those prissy-noble-layers stripped away… she sees so much of Gloreth in Ambrosius. In his smile, how confident every step is, that glimmer in his eye when he’s about to do something rebellious, even the way his eyes crinkle and his lips get tight when he’s mad. In so many ways he’s absolutely his own person… but it’s like she got her best friend back. And maybe that’s why she stayed and talked with him. Because she saw a chance to try again…

(Psst, you seriously read this far down? Thanks a ton! Have a cookie.~ 🍪 )

[pinkdevil0725]

If y'all remember the post that has 3 aus, how familiar the danger, gay dads au (movie ver) and one of those aus were mine. So I'll give you a few details

⚠️: might have some s#xual content, rape or other

-In this au, Nimona didn't exist in the time where amb and bal were alive, because gloreth actually got rid of her for good a long time ago and the kingdom still built the wall at that time.

-At the ceremony, where queen Val will pronounced the knights as heroes of the realm (or idk) and CHAOS happened with her dead because of Ballisters sword

-Bal got his arm chopped because of ambrosius, the chandelier fell to the ground destroying the floor, and Bal fled leaving Ambrosius

-After all that, Ambrosius was in his home (an apartment or house) thinking about everything... And that Bal lied to him

-After a few weeks and months, Ambrosius got bitter and MAAYYbee a teensy or more cruel. Fans of his got afraid of him and decided to give him some space

Not so sure about this one- the director made him lead the institute and he was chosen to be ruler of the kingdom (idk about this one, I'm not sure about it)

-After 2 years, Bal was found in his hideout by Todd and other knights and they brought him to Ambrosius for him to make a decision of what they should do to Ballister

-Ambrosius took a look at bal while he was kneeling on the ground with his head down, not looking at Ambrosius. He noticed that Todd and his dummies beat him up and he is covered in bruises on his face

-Amb told them to let them go and leaned into Todds ear saying "leave him to me, we won't put him in a jail cell. I'll just make him my prisoner and give him some punishments that he deserves..."

-Todd nodded to him and told his dummies to let bal go and they left

-Ambrosius told bal to stand up but he was frozen in place, so he lifted his foot, put it on his shoulder and pushed him to the floor roughly, making him cry in pain after what Todd and the others did

-Amb asked again and this time he stands up. He ordered bal to follow him and he obeyed

-while they were walking, other people in the hallways noticed that ballister was there but stayed silent and didn't ask any questions about it

-They went to Ambrosius room and he let Bal go in first. Bal went in and shivering in fear of what Ambrosius is going to do to him next

-Then Ambrosius grabbed him by the neck and put him on the bed, still holding his neck.

-Ballister grabbed ambrosius wrists, trying to loosen them a bit to make him breathe but while doing that, Ambrosius just tighten his grip and gave bal (some sort of) punishment

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- In the morning, Ambrosius was the first one the wake up in the room. He just layed there while bal was sleeping and bare

-Ambrosius then left the room (he has clothes on before he got out) and he went to another room, filled with office materials and a board with sticky notes, pictures etc

Aaaand the rest is history, this au is still in progress with how it ends and what happens next. And with how I came up with this au is idfk why, it just came out in my head after a while of watching the movie. Anyway heres a digital art i did:

"Prisoner au"

[sunshine-zenith]

…this was supposed to be a three panel gag comic

Anyway, while I like to imagine movie!Ambrosius is an orphan like his comic counterpart, the movie itself doesn’t really give much evidence either way. I’m also a sucker for AUs that connect different iterations of the same character, so when I thought “hey wouldn’t it be funny if…,” I couldn’t stop myself. Plus, in an older post on his tumblr regarding the webcomic, ND Stevenson said he saw Comic!Ballister as being of Asian descent/multiracial, like how Movie!Ambrosius ended up being (that said, Stevenson specifically “fancast” Lucy Liu as Comic!Ballister, who is Chinese-American, and Movie!Ambrosius was modeled after Eugene Lee Yang, who is Korean-American — two different ethnicities with two different originating countries. Given the in-universe No One Goes Over The Wall fact, M!Amb is definitely multiracial, and so would be C!Ballister if set in the same universe. Still, I wanted to acknowledge this)

I tried to make Older!C!Ballister look a bit like M!Amb, implying he’s the bio!grandparent/Gloreth’s descendant. Given the fact that C!Amb longed for parents that were special and were Totally Alive And Just Away For A Good Reason, No Death Or Abandonment Involved, him being Gloreth’s descendant takes away from that a bit of his backstory. This AU would make his parents known to him, and make them “special,” but they’d at least be “normal” knights in comparison to Gloreth’s line. Though thinking about it, given that cloning is referenced in the comic, maybe they used SCIENCE to make a baby that was related to both of them. Or one of them is trans idk

Also, for the record, if M!Amb actually met C!Amb, they’d probably get into a fist fight in like two second. C!Ballister would meanwhile adopt a Frustrated Dad persona and drill in the whole Arm Chopping =/= Love Language thing, while M!Bal would have a conniption over the Actual Law Breaker thing

[writingdesknashu]

Hey Tumblr, shut up for a moment, I gotta talk about AMBESSA.

Spoilers For Arcane

Alright, enough preamble. I think a lot of great stuff came out of Arcane. As an Ekko main I ate. As a lover of Goddesses, Mel restored my faith. As a hater of Jayce. As a Vi player, I had much to celebrate, but as an appreciator of intimidating characters, I witnessed art.

From the first moment she appears in this series, Ambessa establishes herself as a person who earned the right to be alive. She strolls into Piltover like she already owns the place, and all this woman sees is something she can bend to her will. She starts so unbothered that one of the first thing she does is grab a pretty twink, and one of the second things she does is bathe butt ass naked in front of Jayce to assert her dominance, just in case he somehow thought she wasn't the most powerful person in the city. In season 1 Ambessa comes in to give us an end goal, but it's season two where we actually see how dangerous she is.

And boy is that woman, DANGEROUS.

They could have just made her a burly terrifying thing that compels you to do what she wants because you don't want to throw hands with her, but it is her mind that makes her the most terrifying. Like I said, she earned the right to live. This wasn't just a woman who was good at killing her opponents, this was a tactician, whose presence on the battlefield meant that the battle was already won. She saw the holes in your defensive line. She saw the dissent in your soldiers' eyes. She saw the hunger in your right hand man's heart. And she saw that winning the war wouldn't have to wait till your guard was down, but when it was so high up that a firecracker would send it past its boiling point. When she came into Piltover, she immediately saw how easy it was to get what she wants, and knew all it'd take was the right words and the waiting game.

Worst of all?

She does it from the frontline.

While watching Season 2 I said at a point that Ambessa is not an opulent dagger, but a sharp rock, and yet still more precise than a scalpel. When it's time to siege Piltover she is on the front line, not just to inspire her soldiers but to get you to tell her exactly where you are. Gaze upon that video I linked above, one more time. By that point Caitlyn has lost to this woman about three different times. Maybe four or five if you count how she used the Kiraman name. Still, let's see if we can count them.

1. Caitlyn fails miserably to snipe her.

2. A lot of her resources go toward destroying a decoy.

3. Ambessa was almost literally in her bedroom, and even told her as much.

By this point, Caitlyn has no choice but to throw hands, and in doing so only wracks up more losses. That spear Ambessa threw so hard it ricocheted off of Mel's shield? Caitlyn wasn't ready for that! She also wasn't ready for that full course meal of paws Ambessa put on her, but she ate them nevertheless.

I could argue that Cait got some good hits in too, considering she had a blade in her, but she got that blade courtesy of Ambessa in the first place, and with Mel backing her up, she also only got as far as she did because of Ambessa again. How do they end up winning? Still Ambessa, because she was such a threat that even Leblanc's conniving ass didn't trifle with her. The win condition was basically, "get that thing off of her because she has enemies with more power than us!" And those enemies were clearly shaking, because The Black Rose could not let her get her hands on the Arcane. The only advantage they had was magic, subterfuge, and the fact that Ambessa is a mother, and only one of those was a sure fire thing in the end.

Tumblr, hear me, writing Tumblr especially. I know some of you are celebrating CaitVi and some of you are mourning the ship that could never be, JayceViktor. Some still, are in tears. And others, like myself, are reminding you that EKKO HAS ALWAYS BEEN THE GOAT. But, before the flames of Arcane hype die down, remember Ambessa. Fear Ambessa. And the next time you think of a well-written villain and how you want to write one, remember that she's got a good damn formula.

And before you blow me off like you can take her in a fight, remember as well, that she left the show making Caitlyn's character design 1000% better.

In conclusion? Rework Amumu, since I've already said what I had to say.

You may return to making noise now Tumblr, as I return to my writing desk.

[arcane-ish]

Very quick thoughts on Arcane 2x01 - 2x03

Some highly shallow, quick reaction thoughts. I kind of don't like the bits where they experimented with the normal style. Whether it was the black and white in the opening with Caitlyn, the hextech or the blood magic. It just looked kind of cheap and corner-cutting even though I could totally picture Fortiche wanting to experiment with their own style.

The directing in the battle scenes also felt different to me.

In my memory it took me a while to go completely gaga over the show back in season 1. My verdict for season 2 is that I see some structural weaknesses, but I still like these characters and wanna see where it goes.

Anyway, on to the episodes.

So happy that Mel is alive. Throughout the episodes I kept thinking that Mel is our heroic little princess traipsing around and being moral. I was highly amused that Jayce and Mel deal with Jayce having fridged Viktor in Jayce's lab.

It made me irrationally happy that Ekko comes so early in the opening credits.

I feel like structurally there are two things that make it weaker than season 2.

I miss the old structure with the childhood flashbacks. Season 1 made great use of this to give us depth or new perspectives on characters and that allowed them to really hook you with those twists. I'm not that sad that they abandoned the "there's always a twist" approach, I feel like that might have been hard to keep up and shows that force themselves to constantly do twists feel like they suffer for it. (the only twist was Ambessa at the end of ep 3, but I felt that was fairly predictable) I also feel like there are a lot fewer horror vibes (which is something that s1 played with to get their twists off)

I think season 1 really benefitted that we saw a lot more of the characters being normal and then slowly doom approaches. That allowed us to see a casual side to many characters and I think the relationships really benefitted from, that we got to see characters just being friends or just being siblings or just being bosses and then have it ripped away. Season 1 already established most of these places and characters and they are not all in drama, one darn thing happening after another mode.

Moments that didn't really land for me

I feel like I don't get why concretely Vi is so upset over Jinx. Like I feel like I have a really good handle on why Ekko was angry at Jinx. Jinx killed one of his firelights and he is really upset that she's working with Silco who's selling Shimmer. And Vi has a lot of reasons to be upset and okay with Jinx getting killed, but I feel like her being haunted by a flashback really would have helped. Is this going back to "she's working with the guy who killed Vander and I thought he was manipulating her but now I believe she wasn't so I hold it against her", is it that Jinx abducted Caitlyn, is it the death of Caitlyn's mom, is it just that Jinx has a body count? Maybe it will be handed in the next act.

Viktor instantly becoming Hextech Jesus after he wakes up just felt rushed. Again greatly would have benefitted from some more flashbacks because him just seeing Skye doesn't really explain. Again I get the basic motivation of him disapproving of Hextech being used and going home, but it still felt off.

Moments I liked a lot

Heimer being funny during the heist

Vi getting drunk and commenting on Cait's sense of humor

Jinx and Sevika's convo in Silco's office

Mel being sneaky talking to the lady with the big ears.

Moments that worked really well

Jayce and Viktor's convo. I'm a card carrying "It's absolutely lowest on my shipping totem pole", but I thought they carried the emotion off well (admittedly that might have been my "I wonder if Silco and Vander ever argued like that"), though Jayce seemed to be suspiciously fast back on to worrying about other things (and I don't really buy that he's that fasts at smithing, btw)

Ambessa's seduction by fascism of Cait at the ending of Act 3 (I kept wondering if Cait is Ambessa's type as per Ambessa's voice lines in the game).

The CaitVi breakup. Though mostly how rough it was. Like during it I was like instantly thinking I should check the internet to see if CaitVI fans are okay, sheesh that was tough.

[yrrtyrrtwhenihrrthrrt]

Bro that thing about how Comic Ambrosius can sing stuff you posted has ruined me like I was listening to Phantom of the Opera "Think of Me" and imagining C!Ambrosius singing instead and then my brain went "Dude that thing about what that one person on Tumblr said about Comic Ambrosius being a Baritone is great but he's gonna blow everyone away when he hits those Sopranos", and THEN my brain went "Nimona Novel Phantom of the Opera AU where instead of being a knight Ambrosius becomes an opera singer but is still being used by the Director and Ballister still gets his arm blown off but from a different knight and Ambrosius is by his side but then is threatened by the Director that if he didn't keep working for the Institute she'll kill Blackheart" but THEN THEN by brain went "Okay, but what if Blackheart does die at the end and Ambrosius runs away and in the future they're reincarnated as Boldheart and M!Ambrosius but instead it's 'Phantom of the Auditorium' with the song The Story of The Phantom".

Wait I love this?? The idea of Blackheart dying tho 😢 but them being reincarnated is so cute!!! The director is *literally* The Director lol (of the Opera)

Imagine also if it was like they were friends when they were young and the story similarly follows the actual musical where Blackheart coaches and guides Amb's singing and kidnaps him and Ambrosius is smitten to find the person he thought was dead (from the arm explosion incident) is alive and they run away together ❤️

Thank you so much for sharing what a fun idea!! I'm so glad you got that out of my lil headcanon!

[useless-catalanfacts]

If you are into mysterious and folky ethereal vibes with a deep voice, listen to this song: an interpretation of Goigs de la Mare de Déu del Claustre de Solsona with a modern arrangement, by Roger Mas.

Roger Mas is a musician and singer-songwriter from Solsona, Central Catalonia. In this album, he included some traditional songs from his city. This one is a goigs (Catalan prayer songs) dedicated to the patron saint of Solsona, the Madonna of the Cloister.

Lyrics in Catalan and translation to English under the cut.

Puix tant amor ens teniu per ser la nostra Patrona: de la ciutat de Solsona els vostres fills protegiu.

Since you love us so much to be our Patron: of the city of Solsona protect your children.

Quan la terra a l'aspre jou del pecat quedà lligada per no veure-us profanada us amaguen dins d'un pou. Dels claustres on el teniu tothom el títol us dóna. De la ciutat de Solsona els vostres fills protegiu.

When the Earth became linked to the rough yoke of sin in order to not see you profaned you were hidden inside a well. Everyone gives you the title of the cloisters where you have it [the well]. Protect your children of the city of Solsona. Un dia anant-hi a jugar un nen en ses aigües queia; sa mare que mort el creia, així el va sentir cridar: mareta, no us afligiu, que ja tinc qui ajuda em dóna, de la ciutat de Solsona els vostres fills protegiu.

One day, going to play there a child fell in its waters; his mother, who thought him dead, heard him shout like this: "dear mother, don't grieve, for I already have someone who helps me". Protect your children of the city of Solsona.

Els monjos i els habitants, corrent-hi tots de seguida, encara el troben amb vida en vostres sagrades mans. A la imatge, que els somriu, claror una llàntia dóna de la ciutat de Solsona els vostres fills protegiu.

The monks and inhabitants, all of them quickly running there, still found him alive in your holy hands. A lamp illuminates the Image, which smiles at them. Protect your children of the city of Solsona.

Sens cap núvol al cel blau un gran tro causa sorpresa, i queda la llàntia encesa per un llamp que del cel cau. Aquest fet tan expressiu el vostre poder pregona, de la ciutat de Solsona els vostres fills protegiu.

With no cloud in the blue sky a great thunder causes surprise, and the lantern remains lit by a lightning that fell from the sky. Such an expressive event proclaims your power. Protect your children of the city of Solsona.

Puix tant amor ens teniu per ser la nostra Patrona: de la ciutat de Solsona els vostres fills protegiu.

Since you love us so much to be our Patron: Protect your children of the city of Solsona.

[morithenerd]

Here have a Nimona (the movie) drabble/oneshot type thing.

Also, this has some of my personal headcanons so yeah! Enjoy :>

Pink: Nimona

Red: Bal

Orange: Amb

Purple: Diego

Warnings: mention of homophobic family members, I guess Bal saying hell, and a not technically mangled turkey (it's not full blood and gore it's just ruffled up and a little shaken and still very alive)

- Bal and Amb are talking about who to invite to their Thanksgiving while they're at the store leaving Nimona stuck at home.

- "Okay but Nimona scares the absolute hell out of him!" Bal mentioned as he picked a fruit tub for their fruit punch. "Oh come on Bal! They're my nephew! I know him and Nimona don't get along after... Well... Her scaring them with her little... Weird... Demon child- thing-... But! I think Nimona and them should get to each other better." Ambrosius sighed. He knew that his cover-up reasoning wasn't convincing Balaster to let Diego come to their Thanksgiving dinner.

- It was up until they were in the car that Bal decided to bring it again. "Amby, baby... I know you have something on your mind." That's when Ambrosius broke. "Okay, okay fine you got me. So... You know how I wanted to invite Diego? And the reasons weren't exactly the best? I'm just come out and say it. Do you remember how Diego came out to our family as bi and a demiboy? Well, some of our family isn't all that accepting, and since it's Thanksgiving he's going to be surrounded by them and... I want him to feel welcome. Like they belongs."

- And with that, Bal immediately went to Diego's house and picked him up or... As I should say: snuck him out through his bedroom window.

- Once they got home told him to stay in the car until they talked to Nimona.

- They head inside and see Nimona in her wolf form with a mangled turkey in her mouth. She had her teeth wrapped around it's neck as if it were a squeaky toy. "Oh hi bosh!"

- "Nimona please let that poor thing go." Bal groaned as he pinched his nose bridge.

- Once Nimona lets the somehow still-alive turkey go, the boys sit her down and talk to her about Diego.

- "Soo... Don't scare him by acting like a possessed little demon baby?" "Yup. We want him to feel as welcome as possible, so no weird shapeshifty bs. If you want to shapeshift into something, then go ahead... As long as the house stays intact and it's not meant to scare Diego."

- Once Nimona finally agreed to the ground rules, they brought Diego in and formally introduced them to each other.

- After a couple of hours, the two had finally gotten on good enough terms to start talking about interests and things along those lines.

- Some time goes by, and all four of them are dancing to music and singing along as the turkey and other food cooks in the oven and stovetop.

- Finally once the food and drinks were done and ready, they all sat down and said what they were thankful for.

- "I'm thankful for... The ability to shapeshift and... For barging in on Bal being Mr. Dark Edge Lord™ because if I hadn't, I wouldn't have you guys." "I'm thankful that my lovely family that's sitting right here at this table." "Heheh... What he said... And you, Diego?" "I-... Uhm... I'm thankful for... You guys... because you guys made me feel at home when others didn't."

- Then they all dig in and have an amazing time together.

That's all! This was just a fun little thing I made while stuck at relatives' house during Thanksgiving because I didn't want to socialize :p

Edit: I've fixed the mistakes and minor adjustments to the writing after waking up and rereading it.

Edit 2: Fixed my grammar once more and might have accidentally switched lines between bal and amb

[aswallowimprisoned]

Restless far from a Wine Dark sea - Day 22 - Sirens

Military medic Ernesto is tasked with taking in an injured sirena, creature of myth

Alternative view of the prologue. 

@medwhumpmay

Tw captivity, serious injury, fainting/unconscious, blood loss, tranquilliser dart

≪ °❈° ≫

The sirena wobbled ungainly down the street, streaked with blood.

Ernesto had been surprised to hear the army was being deployed to deal with a terrorist attack in the sea-side city of Clearwater, only to discover the perpetrators were apparently inhuman sea monsters of legend. The attacks by the creatures had been bad, the air of the city was cut with the wail of emergency vehicles attending to the victims. But Ernesto had been called in as an army medic, and had a more dangerous task to perform than his civilian counterparts.

They were going to take one alive.

He looked like a normal man, thin cotton trousers and a loose shirt, but he was heavily injured, clasping his left arm to his body as copious quantities of blood flowed out his right leg. They had been assured he had been seen fighting another mermaid, both using siren magic until only one had emerged alive from a small cafe on the corner of the street.Now, Ernesto was sure that without medical intervention, the sirena man would be also be dead soon.

The sirena stopped to stare up into the sky, and covered his eyes with one hand.

“I have him in my sights. Taking the shot.”

The tranquilliser dart hit him in the shoulder. The man stumbled and fell to his knees.

“Hit.”

The sirena started taking off his shoes. An unusual move, but people did strange things when tranquilised.

“It might take a moment. These darts are for a normal male human dose, but once he is down we are going to have to move fast. He may have hidden injuries, but the amount of blood that is coming out of his right thigh is the biggest concern once his airway is secure.” Ernesto told the other military personnel, though he had already briefed them in the medical truck. There was no room for mistakes once the sirena was down.

Finally, the creature slumped onto his back.

“Let’s go.” Ernesto ordered.

They approached carefully, the tranquiliser rifle trained on his still form, along with several more deadly weapons should the sea monster try to rise again.

Oxygen was the most important - the wrong dose of tranquiliser would shut down the sirena’s instinct to breath, and -more importantly to Ernesto- the oxygen mask would prevent him from speaking, singing, or biting.

The sirena seemed to be unconscious, not opening his eyes Ernesto approached.

“Ready.”

Ernesto pounced, slamming the O2 mask onto the seamonsters face, forcing the rubber bit between his teeth while burly soldiers pinned his ankles and shoulders to the ground, avoiding the places where the mercreature had appeared most injured.

The sirena groaned in pain, but didn’t open his eyes.

“Still unconscious, but can feel pain. Let’s get him secure.” 

Two other medics rushed over with a spinal board, fabric restraints already secured in the metal frame. It was designed to hold people far stronger than the short and slight man in front of Ernesto, but he hoped the sirena would not wake and demonstrate whether the mer had superhuman strength.

There was so much they didn’t know.

They needed this sirena alive.

The merman was swarmed, hands lifting him onto the board and straps being pulled tight. 

“Not too tight on his legs; we may need to manoeuvre them when we bandage them up…” The straps were loosened, but not enough to allow a great range of movement.

“Let’s do an emergency assessment, just for life threatening injuries. Roy, get some gauze on his right thigh, try to stop some of that bleeding.” Ernesto ordered, “Ogunyemi, can you check the bleeding on the right thigh?”

“Left thigh has serious bleeding, hit something important. I reckon he will need surgery and a transfusion asap, as the rate of blood loss is life threatening…”

Getting the sirena off the street and into the military ambulance was already high on Ernesto’s list of priorities. They could stabilise him in the truck.

“His left arm is broken, probably a complex fracture of some kind. It did not move correctly when I restrained it,” Ogunyemi informed him as she started to dab away blood from the sirena’s left leg, “Right leg doesn’t look too bad, bloodloss minimal. But there appears to be a symbol drawn on the skin? Let me wipe some of the blood away…” Ogunyemi patted the injury with a piece of gauze.

Abruptly, there was a tearing of fabric, and the man’s legs were replaced by an expanse of deep blue scales, stretching 2 metres, culminating in a fan-like fishtail the colour of freshly spilled blood.

The sirena showed his true form.

“Ok,” Ernesto breathed, not letting the transformation shake him, “let’s get him moved into the ambulance. We just need to keep him alive…”

a/n tried to do a double reference to sirens with a hispanic first-responder, then realised military trucks probaly don't have sirens, but it's an abulance so it has the vibes.

sleep time

[prepare4trouble]

Lost Boys Fanfic - Lost Time

Alan is human again, and neither brother is quite sure they can believe it. Edgar and Alan talk about bloodlust, Sam Emerson, chocolate ice cream, and lost time. Set after The Thirst.

Alan leaned against the table he had been wiping and shook his head. “That’s the thing. If I’d stayed, I probably would have tried to hurt you. I had to be away from everybody, you included.”

“So you couldn’t have picked up the phone? Sent a text every now and then? ‘Hey Edgar, I’m still alive,’ something like that?”

Alan closed his eyes. “No,” he said.

Fuck. He’d known the past few years had been rough on his brother, but he was starting to get the impression that he didn’t know even the first thing about how hard it had really been. “I wouldn’t have hurt you, Alan. You’re my brother.”

“We both told Sam to kill his brother.”

“Yeah, but you’re my brother. Not the same thing.”

@we-are-the-amb I shamelessly stole the thing you said about Alan and food textures for this fic. Hope you don’t mind. In fairness I think I told you I was stealing it though. :)

[lunar-lair]

busts down the door fuck it. off the cuff gender/sexualities headcanons for the rise boys/whoever else i decide. i havent fully considered these/written these out so it might be a hot mess have fun (its also 1 am this is your warning)

see leos a little Special. surprise trans leo is my fav thing ever so what I like to do is ambs (assigned male by splinter, he didnt know the cloacas were in different areas or to start squinting when leos shell got more concave. no i did not know those facts before surprise trans madness/my egg doc i made a whole cloth new however the fuck you say it reproductive system for this fucking turtle so he and his bunny boyfriend could have kids and i could torture him with sliders being oviparous. thank you less-depresso-more-expresso for your leo egg post in december it changed me fundamentally) -> oh . those are eggs. ok *whistling sound as he continues w his life* -> wait gender is a construct. maybe this is a gift -> genderfluidity slaps the kid in the face when theyre abt 17. also hes gay cause it feels right. so does some form of demisexual or romantic but i have a lot of opinions on how his dating life would go and how it would impact his character (rhinocio gets it if u know them. were besties u see) so i think that woudnt hit until more like 18 or smth like that maybe idk

in much more basic terms. genderfluid gay leo ftw we love a trans leo in this house. this goes whether or not you believe in Egg this kid is not cis mark my goddamn words

raph has always screamed she/he to me as she has to most people. im feeling bi. double bi also feels both very right and very funny his siblings would have a ball w that

if mikey doesnt use neopronouns whats the point. gender is a game and mikey is winning. sexuality is also a game and mikey is Still winning. goes w pan but literally would nebulously date anyone as long as they seemed cool and he liked them well enough. they and leo are shaking hands except leo is hoarding like she, he, they, and maybe a couple other neopronouns meanwhile mikey is like im everything all at once fight me abt it. so nonbinary in the everything kind of way. maybe. i have no idea what the name for this is but i know exactly the kind of vibe im talking abt

and ofc donnie is in the absolute opposite direction. he/they, more nonbinary than anything else. rise apritello star lastknownstatus-alive has allured me with aroflux donnie and considering i know like two things abt the aro and ace label existence im absolutely listening. definitely think hes on that spectrum though, it just fits. think hed look at the sexuality thing and go ...none of these are right. and then forgo it entirely. their sexuality is whoever is hot and whoever they fall in love with die abt it

this is where i say that trans man draxum means everything to me and also that man simply isnt straight nor is he allistic (i mean allo as in like hes definitely on the ace/aro spectrum and i didnt realize until rereading a while later but he is also not allistic tbf)

also splinter is bi i rest my case. pretty normal gender on that rat though, even with the gnc everything

april is so . that gender is so everything. hoarding genders like mikey but less so and also less aggressively. less everything all at once and more somethings sometimes and sometimes not other things. shes a solid inbetween of mikey and leo. my brain clocked bi but i honestly dont know why. help i dont know that many names and also i havent been in love in 4 years idk how the sexuality half of this works

also as a disclaimer we as a system (not in our bio bc Fear) identify as genderfluid (not that i know what the flag looks like . look i keep forgetting to look it up ok) but thats because its easier. a lot of us are sort of genderfluid or use multiple pronouns but remembering those gender experiences is HARD . accordingly any discussion of gender and the experience might be totally fucked bc were only so many genders bc there are so many people in this brain. ok im getting off the stepladder w my megaphone where i make separate points now onto casey

my baby my little guy. think the fam wouldve given him the opportunity to explore that stuff as much as he could in the apocalypse. im feeling he/it. thinks gender is a construct. too busy to find a label. would probably like bigender or genderfluid. kind of like mikey, technically works w pan but would date literally whoever whenever wherever as long as there was a preexisting relationship. dont tell him but hes probably demiromantic

and casey sr!!! my girl my lady! i could go either cis or transgirl on her, or even she/they or she/they/he, she does whatever she wants any day of the week. absolutely a lesbian though thats undisputed. also feeling demiro And demiace

this is your last warning that i sussed half of these out based on vibes Right Now. except for leo theyre on my mind 24/7. and mikey mikey felt patently obvious. same for donnie but only gender wise

ok im done now prommy. may or may not fuck around and make a background + oh yeah! thats me!! style fic for these guys if i feel like it. probably wont come out during pride but hey. you dont stop being gay when june ends yk. either way tada ill come back if i decide i was talking bullshit and correct myself later. bc i usually decide i was talking bullshit eventually lmao. probably partially cause im like 18 its a natural side effect of growth occuring at a faster rate due to my younger age. anyways this has been your twice annually actually long and headcanons/fun filled luna post. ill see you in like, october probably, unless i get ballsy, see you then either way lmao

[mariailoveyou-guerin]

Finally last ep not getting spoilers for a week was torture especially since eveyone watched that show considering pfp on every social media pfp with that check mark thing whatever that means still haven’t gotten answers for it #Arcane2 what does it mean and why are they all ✅

say whatever you want but Ambressa is really that MOTHER same with Sevika + that fish guy ate too also Mel jinx ekko and Cait really are those characters carrying this show wtf they never miss! also

I knew people had no valid rzn to hate/dislike her it was all forced hate

when everyone was saying ekko carried the show the mvp saved the finale they was not lying😂Mel too! and sorry but Cait is really HER! #arcane  am I supposed to hate a pretty girl who’s also a bada88 I can’t why I love jinx and mel even ambressa sevika #Arcane2 I’m just a girl 😞

when amberssa puts on that gold mask it’s really female gaze typa sh*t #Arcane  she’s a murd*er yes but she’s hot now what? #Arcane2 and her daughter yeah a family filled with hot powerful woman how to become one😉not but for real I need them to wife me up whichever doesn’t matter

Caitlin was really out here fighting ambessa with no power while hurt while she had those magical stones like yeah she’s that girl I’m afraid while everyone else needed magic or fancy gadgets she said raw talent #Arcane  and I’m supposed to hate queenie like for no rzn

Not Vi on her bs still running past ekko not nothing to check on ekko like what’s the deal with her always not giving a fcvk when he stay saving her ungrateful a88? He should’ve left her behind to d*e this like 3rd time and she just don’t care about him one bit

Didnt even get those building ship walls off him while he could be dea*th or unconscious she was more worried over that Louis guy who was already obviously dea*! #Arcane  yeah she’s my least fav character actually stay pmo by being weird annoying about ekko #Arcane2 ungrateful too

ofc my favorite di*es😂will a show and a character ever be a my fav is they ain’t dy*ng at the end like I knew it was gonna happen yet I still picked a fav! #Arcane2 why do I keep doing I know they’ll d*e the second I like them and yet I never stop myself from liking them

not one but 2 of them atp it’s just the universe stay playing jokes on me bc what was the reason! it’s always characters I love and don’t want to d*w going yet characters I hate or want six feet under stay alive to the very end #arcane  and get mf happy endings #arcane  its just so

infuriating like first JJ when I wanted kie or rafe or even jb gone them mf I don’t hate Vi like them only dislike her a little but ofc shes walking scratch free while I lost ambessa/jinx #arcane  at least this VI karma for living my guy to di*e 5 times #arcane2 now she knows pain

why do I keep doing this to myself I’m really the only rzn my fav characters di* bc I love them to much n make them my everything I should be nonchalant or not care or like them at all #Arcane  but it still never work when I do that case in point enzo #Arcane2 Lincoln it hurts ect

feel so bad for him tho like that was his girl kinda but at least they are happy in different universe and hopefully if we ever got ekko spin off whixh we should if #Arcane  writers knows what’s good for them and what’s up #Arcane2 he can like go there and live that life unless it

#Arcane2 takes away from the ekko in that time line completely its unfair for him to lose his life for my ekko to get his happy ending maybe heimdinger can find way for both to stay kinda idk it’ll be weird tho #Arcane  two hims probably wont work but it’s fine just want him happy

finally finished it I was so dreading l it good yeah do I get the hype sure but also not as much like it was very cool but yeah🤷🏾‍♀️ekko mel definitely best thing about that whole show #Arcane  jinx amb sev cait 2nd best #Arcane2 then the rest are just okay cool but yeah thats it!

at least now I can watch all the ekko Mel sevika ambessa Cait my ship ekkopowder edits in peace without fear of spoilers the way I would close my 👀 before ⏭️ so I didn’t get accidentally spoiled it was torture #Arcane #Arcane2 fun show ekko/mel needs their own spin off actually

they saying there’s a 60m jinx ekko episode yeah I’m gonna need that right now I’m literally on fix on them @ N give it to me right now or else I’m taking as hate crime against me! #Arcane why did I find this out now it’ll haunt me forever bc I know we won’t get it ever #Arcane2

‪wait why is there a fcvking ship war between a lesbain ship an a het ship oh people just wanna fight and have ship wars for absolutely no rzn bc ain’t no way y’all have ship war between sister ships thag have nothing to dk with each other also jinx gone so chill #arcane2 #arcane‬

Just also saw people hating meljey 😂 and ofc it’s the yt woman who fetishize yt men in any relationship platonic or other who push the they are in love or mlm and always attack the woman who one of them has thing with #arcane  and especially if she’s black or woc it’s game over

it’s full blown misogynior not even just racism or misogyny 😂 at the end of the day y’all can ship ur ship without hating on the woc but yeah what to expect from yt people and especially striaght yt woman and few yt queer people truly a cancer in every fandom #arcane  it’s always

the same damn shippers buddies (in just million variants) people 😂 they see two yt men breathe next to each other and it’s they in love when one sees the other as brother and isn’t even gay and maybe the other is gay and likes the other but it’s still one sided bs like bylers

Anyways I like Victor Jsy they were definitely giving brothers or like platonic soulmates like those shadowhunters bond barbati dont think Victor was romantic or those kinda feeling typa guy! But if people wanna see it see just leave woman especially black/woc woman out of it thx

[mimi-croissant]

VERY self indulgent rescue AU fic idea but imagine if in the movie Ambrosius started to follow his doubt right from the start and confronts the Director way earlier/doesn't fully realize how much she's involved. So he's stabbed BUT still alive and kept prisoner - Bal spends the entire time wondering where Ambrosius is and when they're breaking out of the castle he comes across the cell and sees what's happened to Ambrosius, realizes he's being tortured bc all he did was stick up for him and he decides much earlier to burn down Institute and the Director with it.

MY GODDD I would literally die… ideas where Amb was ACTUALLY stabbed make me insannne ahhh

[nv-archives-archive]

I'm bored, and I have some Town of Salem screenshots stored in my phone.

Why don't I share with you their stories? =)

Oh hey! I have a fanfiction written about this one! But because it only tells the end game, I'll tell the whole story here :P

It all began when I roll Arsonist.

Night 1: I get jailed. I claim Lookout and ask who they are and if they'd like me to be on them as though I don't already know who the Jailor is.

Day 2: I keep quiet most of the time, but I do try to contribute to discussions. I notice that 1 claimed Trans somewhere in midday, so I conjure up a plan: play around with my douses using this Trans.

Night 2: I attempt to douse 1. In my will, I am writing up a will pretending to watch the Jailor.

Day 3: I notice that the only person doused is still Jailor. They died to an SK they jailed. I was about to grumble about having only one douse, but then I had a realisation.

I whisper to 1

Did you trans yourself with 7?

Lookout N1: jailed N2: 7 vb 1

Yeah I did!

Checks out

So I am an LO in the eyes of this Trans, and Jailor died to SK so that means no TP was on them. Still, I refrained from posting publicly just in case a random visited the Jailor.

Night 3: I try to douse 1. 1 transd themselves with 5

Day 4: I send them my n3 to keep up with the lie, wherein I said I "watched" them and that I "saw" them visit themselves.

Night 4: I finally douse 1. 5 fucking dies.

Day 5: It is now me, the SK, and the Trans left.

My absolute tarnation bumfuzzle brainfarted and accused Trans as Maf.

Bruh you saw me visit myself

Oh.

I gotta hand it to SK for trying though. They were fighting so hard in this losing battle, insisting that Trans was Hypno.

So we lynched SK, and Town blew up on dead chat after getting slapped in the face with an Arso win. Trans left within seconds without saying a word.

You know what would've been funnier? If I lynched Trans instead and feasted on the mass reports lmao (my account is still clean as of 507 games)

I also have a fanfic written for this one.

I don't feel like sharing the whole story. The only interesting part was this Vet 1v1 with Amb. I just thought the will was funny.

This one has a very uninteresting early game. I only screenshot this because of end game.

Basically, I played silent SK and claimed Doc because Invest existed.

By the end, it was me, WW, and 2 Mafs alive. In their eyes, I was still Doc, so I said to Maf that I will side them and that I will lynch WW for them. WW didn't really argue and left after getting lynched.

Before night started, I taunted them.

I still have a self-heal left :)

By morning, photo happened.

I

Y'all don't need a story or context for that

Maybe except for the fact that my friend as Vamp always tries to bite me first night, so I whispered this to the Jailor before they died.

Also, I was Esc.

I have a fanfic and comic strip reserved for this one ;)

Ok, I saved the best for the last.

Get ready because this is gonna be one hell of a long pillion ego trip.

Once upon a time, I roll my favourite NK: Arsonist

Night 1: I was roleblocked. That's fine. At least I still get a douse through passive, and I know who rb'd me.

Day 2: No Maf kills. Esc was hellbent on getting me lynched there and then thinking I was MK. I managed to pull through the accusations by demanding that Esc visit me again, that I was a "Sheriff" trying to do his job.

No lynches were made that day.

Night 2: As expected, I was roleblocked again, but lookie here, I have another passive douse.

Day 3: Esc dies to Amb. Maf has made a kill. I made sure to rub it in their faces that Amb could not visit fellow Maf, and Maf got a kill thus nullifying the accusations on me. Sheriff began to push Cons. No lynches were made.

Night 3: aheheheheHEHEHEHE

Day 4: I hard push Amb, saying they were sus. Sheriff fights for spotlight and tries to get Cons out instead. Town favours me and lynches Amb first. I am now semi-confirmed.

Night 4: I get attacked AND HEALED?

Day 5: Sheriff whispers me asking who I "checked". I waited a bit for Doc to come out. Thankfully, Doc whispered me because I was about to take a 50/50 and almost accused Doc as Maf.

As soon as I said that my other passive douse was sus, they left the game. I am now hard confirmed.

Sheriff finally gets Cons out after my embarrassing rant about Jailor not exeing Cons when they were getting rb'd by another Cons. In my defence, Jailor was silent as hell. I didn't know who they was.

Night 5: I attempt to douse 4 who died to Jailor that night.

Day 6: Sheriff whispers me again who I "checked", and we apparently checked the same person.

We lynch last Maf claiming Survivor.

They thought it was GG. It was only me, Sheriff, Doc, Jailor, and Surv left. All hard confirmed... except for one.

It's the Surv claim! Exe them!

I felt bad for saying that, but I had to save my pillion first in case Jailor tried something.

Then, whadd'ya know. The whole town is in fire except for me and the Surv.