#and Star becomes worse

[yuri-is-online]

Dr. Ratio is a wild character to me because he's supposed to be the holier than thou smart guy, and he is, but he's also... not? He wants people to worship knowledge and not the person who possesses it, which is a really refreshing take on his character archetype. Screwllum is right when he says he's more of a medical doctor than a professor because he sees ignorance as something that can be cured and he's determined to do it, that's why he follows the Hunt because he's always seeking answers.

He also really looked at the Trailblazer and went "I can fix them" which is just... iconic of him to immediately prove that despite everything he believes he's stupid as fuck too

[eternity-death]

Okay guys now it’s time to consider…

Sunday being in love with Reader… but being unable to act on his feelings because The Dream Master disapproves of it…

The yearning in this would be INSAAAAAANNNE.

[rintoki]

cw: half monsterfucking(?), throatfucking, sub danheng and dom reader ok too horny brain to write this properly

thinking about danheng in his dragon form….. thinking about his cloaca, throbbing and leaking so much…. waiting to be bred…. waiting for your strap…..

he’s wrapping his lower half around your waist as you’re fucking into him, gripping his hips so tight because of how slippery his hole is, just leaking so much that it’s so easy to slip out of his hole. hearing his whines as his hole stretches out to accommodate the strap…… biting down on his lip and whimpering as he cums so hard around it, squeezing your cock so tightly……

or just using his horns to hold his head in place as you slowly fuck his throat, letting it slowly slide into his throat as he struggles to take you, struggling against your hold on his horns. but it feels so fucking good, his horns are so sensitive, and being used to keep him in place, forced to have his throat stretched out. even better if you have him plugged up, both his holes filled up by you, the poor high elder can only whine and sob around your cock. unable to even comprehend how much he’s enjoying it, even if he never admits it.

[bonefall]

So, your Clear Sky post is absolutely horrifying, but it was very needed, so thank you. What are your general thoughts on tackling his abuse for the AU? Like you've said, pretending he's a good guy is not the way to go, but are you planning on toning down *some* of the situations, just to give some of the cats a break? Clear Sky is a very realistic depiction of abusers, but that seems to come across even without victim number 25, yknow? I'm very curious about how you'd like to go about this.

My most recent big change was bringing Slash back into the fold, because I realized that it was actually a disservice to not address where DOTC's themes dip into Colonialism. It's a hard topic, and I'm still trying to work out the details, but I realized it was important.

With how BB!DOTC is such a MASSIVE overhaul, to properly address abuse and the ways it impacts you, ableism and its violence, and xenophobia broadly, a huge reworking of Slash belonged here too. He's one of the greatest examples of how badly WC demonizes non-Clanborn cats. I shouldn't dance around it.

That's what I need to do with Skystar.

MANY of his victims have happier endings than canon, though. Bumble is one of the most famous, bumped up into a major character and directly responsible for the formation of ThunderClan. Bright Storm is taking most of Gray Wing's roles. Birch and Alder are getting examined, with either a father who wants his kids back or Milkweed as the mate of Misty.

A lot of people will die because of him, even more will be hurt, but I see BB!DOTC as a story about victims and survivors.

Others might grab POVs here and there, but as a response to canon which I feel is Clear Sky's story told in many parts, I center this rewrite around Thunder Storm. The path of kindness he marches down, with love and with anger, and the people he helps.

So BB!Star Flower...

Previously I was playing her as ENTIRELY just manipulating Clear Sky. She was loyal to One Eye and trying to get at Skystar to bleed him dry for 8 lives to sacrifice; but connected to Thunderstar over recognizing him as a victim who deserves her idea of justice. So, she offers Thunderstar the final kill, so her father will be grateful to him and he'll get power AND the death of his abuser.

(When Thunderstar looks upon Skystar, pathetic and neutralized down to one life, he thinks about the collateral damage that will descend upon the forest if he accepts the deal. He decides that he has found the line between Justice and Justification. Of course he wants the power to make his enemies cower, protect his people, and eliminate Clear Sky so he never threatens them again; that's not the problem.

He can still do these things. He wouldn't NEED the power of a war god to do so.

But if One Eye returns, he will be endlessly hungry, ruthlessly dedicated to revenge, and set out to devour the whole forest. Everything would get worse, and even more people he loves would die. It's where his desire to destroy a monster would lead to him BECOMING one.)

Even on its face, it was previously missing an element. There's a step between "Starf decides to bring One Eye back" and "Starf offers Thunderstar the final kill" that was bare. This is the piece that was missing-- That she, herself, is trying to reach out to the only person who's ever really understood her.

But more importantly... I do feel this topic belongs here, in BB!DOTC. Abuse is a MAJOR theme. SKYSTAR is a monster already. He's harmed two wives in BB (Bright Storm and Falling Cry) and played toxic games with all three kits (Thunder Storm, Pale Sky, Tiger Sky).

And I'd avoid Star Flower being abused... why? Because it's uncomfortable to confront the pattern that Clear Sky displays? That in-canon, he tries to cut all his victims into the same ideal shape, from Storm to Thunder to Star Flower? ...it should be uncomfortable. Everything that I described in Clear Sky Is A Monster is rooted in the same desire for control, power, and punishment most abusive people share, he just happens to be a severe example.

Yes. That includes how he treats his child and romantic partners. The parallels that are drawn between Starf and Thunder are there because he wants power in the form of obedience. Starf replaces the son as a narrative award for his "growth" of not killing random people anymore for a while.

A cookie cutter is an effective tool because IT ONLY MAKES ONE SHAPE.

You know what's more uncomfortable? Reading canon!DOTC and seeing someone who hurt you reflected almost perfectly in the character the writers think did nothing wrong. Because of "good intentions" that were not there.

I will say though, just to be clear; I don't see a purpose in being more than PG-13 about serious topics for this project. I promise none of my intentions have changed. Nothing will be more graphic or gorey than canon WC-- just more intentional.

I'm keeping the sacrifice because it's dope. No one is taking this from me. Girl Moment: Killed her awful husband 8 times to count as 8 sacrifices and offered the last life to her buddy as a show of good will. How else do you make friends outside of high school

But I know now that Star Flower NEEDS to keep the canon fact she has very little agency, UNTIL that moment she snaps.

She's sacrificing one abuser to try and bring back a bigger, badder one, because in spite of everything, her father One Eye always made her feel safe. Even though he promised her off to Skystar, and expected her to be willing to die for him. She's followed every command, every order, past the death of his mortal vessel.

The first, and only, selfish choice she's ever made was in reaching out to Thunderstar to offer him the power of her father.

Thunderstar's Justice is a story about a Thunder Storm at the pinnacle of his arc, how the survivors of his Clan are settling into the new normal after the carnage of The First Battle, how Skystar's arrogance brings a violent god to the Forest... and the connection Thunderstar makes with the daughter of a monster.

[genericpuff]

me as an adult: "I feel like my ADHD and autism just got worse over time, like I don't remember being this bad as a kid"

me as a kid: absentmindedly ripping the wallpaper off the bedroom walls while talking to my boyfriend about my Slender Man OC

[squidcandy]

horrible boyfriend chronicles 14: summer bird and the empty nesters he left behind

[saruside-01]

another character with no sanity that I’m in love with…

[qifreyburger]

why is it so hard for fans of hyv games to treat disabilities normally.. it’s either 1. fetishise / infantilise / make fun of a character who is disabled 2. hate on them unnecessarily / make stuff up (e.g when baizhu was first released and was getting weird allegations + now jiaoqiu) or 3. make art / fics of them being “cured.” it is so annoying being a disabled person in spaces where people can’t be bothered to educate themselves but still continue to talk or write about someone who is disabled and get it completely wrong. it doesn’t matter what your intentions are as it is not hard at all — you just don’t care enough

[crumblestheclown]

Do you ever wonder what the worst possible crossover you could ever make is and then like do it horribly

[currentlyonstandbi]

george lucas should have left this scene in the final cut because it slaps HARD

[iamumbra195]

Don't you love it when you get back into your childhood hyper-fixation that you remember very fondly as an adult and realize how fucking depressing the actual story is now that you have the capacity to understand it beyond cool fighting and characters, humor, and awesome friendships?

[laylawatermelon]

I'm currently watching the acolyte (anyone who knows my account knows exactly why I'm suddenly watching Star Wars 👀)

But I have one thing to say about Sol and the whole nosy lying thing.

Literally wtf did they think the outcome was going to be.

You tell her the truth as a kid they DON'T take her but now you got a:

strong ass force user kid who hates you and the Jedi order.

Vs.

You DO lie then TRAIN her!

She finds out killed her mama now you got a:

*checks notes*

Strong ass trained ADULT force user who hates you and the Jedi Order

There was literally no winning.

[noscomnias]

"even though we may take different paths, i am... still his little sister."

[roostercrowedatmidnight]

must derail for a moment and say that when i was watching the voyager episode where they make contact with starfleet and finally start getting letters from home it reminded me so much of mash and at their hearts the shows have the same emotional core of being away from home and wanting nothing but to go back and hating your situation but also loving the people you are stuck in it with and knowing that the work you do is important and in voyager whenever they receive their letters or have their three-minute staticky calls with their families or have to bunk together because of low resources or throw silly little made up parties to cheer themselves up or complain about the food they'd rather be eating i'm like this is mash this is literally mash. and how both shows are inevitably driving towards getting to go home as the end goal, but once that is achieved you never see them actually arriving home and greeting these families they speak of because they were designed to exist in that away-from-home space and can never function as characters in their original homes because they were written to all be in this specific situation and sharing it together and the shows can end with the possibility of them parting but can never actually show them being without each other because they were never meant to be. so yeah mash voyager letters friendship homecoming separation etc. they're the same

[bandzboy]

all the reasons listed are so valid especially the voting part and how awards make idols exhausted (since they are so close together usually) and how their quality is not good recently it just makes me wonder if there's something that is gonna be done

[knightotoc]

What if you were a random person in Star Wars who got mind-tricked by a Jedi for whatever reason (they were on a mission or maybe just being irresponsible), but ... you really enjoyed the feeling, so you start committing crimes so the Jedi will do it again