#and also emotionally damaging xD

[knifefightandchill]

[pageofheartdj]

One of the things I love to think about Lucifer being pregnant in radioapple is what kind of boom it can create in Hell.

Sinners are sterile, they can't have kids with each other, they can't have kids with hellborn. It's just dead end.

And then there is Lucifer who was able to make it fertile in himself because of his angelic powers. A sinner managed to have a biological child.

I just want to dissect this idea. I bet there are couples who would want to have kids if they could. Or just people who would want to have a child of their own. And suddenly there is a way. And that way is the literal King of Hell xD

Would there be anyone willing to approach him? What kind of rumours sinners would make to gossip about? How would they twist it? Not that Lucifer would ever agree, because fuck that and plus that's angelic heritage, aren't no way he is throwing it around like that xD (plus I hc Heaven doesn't like the subject of just creating powerful offsprings, even if the child from a sinner would not be as powerful as a child from a demon like Lilith, they still would be powerful)

I also love thinking how Alastor would feel about it all.

Lucifer is understandable, the guy doesn't care about others and/or reputation, if anyone voices their displeasure he can nuke them xD(not in double death Char-Char) Especially after he gains back healthy support system where he doesn't feel like hiding from the world anymore. He wants to be once again openly proud of himself. But if Alastor wouldn't want to announce anything, he would comply.

But HOW will Alastor feel about it? Would he want to brag about it, having powerful connections, the very top, having a say in Hell's future, that's not something anyone can get. But also he views emotional connections as weakness, so would he want to keep it hidden? It's not exactly a blow to his reputation when he is still an extremely ruthless Overlord who can back his bark up with bite, but the king IS emotionally vulnerable and a way to avoid blind spots is never announce there can be any.

And then when it comes to the child. How much more vulnerable the king will become during the pregnancy? What kind of damage can be done to him and the unborn? And after the birth? It's not like Lucifer can hide another heir forever, and hiding the other parent can be twisted into more lies. Again, not that Alastor can't shut them all up(even with Charlie's displeasure), but this is politics, there are risks Alastor can't afford. So whaaaat he will do? Announce and up all defenses?? Bragging for sure but more tactical, without making more willing to attack enemies?

[lil-beanz000]

I woke up an chose violence for xmas eve~ LINE UP BOIZ

I kinda just went nuts on this....I am sorry no one asked for it haha Gunna share what I have thought out so far tho. ~ more below!!!!

Virus started in Draxums lab, Zombie are mutated yokai/human undead affected by the Oozesquitoes. The events of the apocalypse start before the pilot episode of rottmnt, So the boys do not have the Ninpo and the weapons they get from draxums labs. The boys never learn about it before Splinter dies. (this is to give more of a challenge to the story an fun 0w0 no tech an no powers. We SURVIVING BABY) This also means that the boys dont understand the hidden city an yokai as they would in the show. This is all silly fun so its not that serious~ I just wanna have some fresh angst an zombies yo

~~more of the injuries -Mikey, he's mostly Deaf due to an accident with a bomb created by Donnie. To close to the explosion and the whole thing was hectic but that's why Mikey has a large scar on the right side of his face/neck as well. He is the most un "damaged" of the 4, as his brothers fiercely protect him. Mikey is more emotionally distant due to the trauma of the undead and people dying around him. -Leo arm goes chop chop pretty early on in the apocalypse due to a bite, he duels with one katana an his arm in close combat. He's less humorous in this AU, a bit more stricter. I don't have much information on him XD He leads along with Raph. -Donnie, no tech, still wears battleshell but it no longer functions. Its heavily modified due to it being the same size when the apocalypse started. Left leg was bitten in a food/supply run with Raph (Raph also lost his Tail as well during this time((bite)) Donnie is a much more tactical fighter, distance an smarts. Uses staff to impales undead head at safer distance. Donnie is much more cruel spoken in this au later on in life, he's not very optimistic but finds humor in it. Almost switching rolls with Leo's personality, not completely but almost like a trauma response to the apocalypse. -Raphie~ Uses double barrel gun as a last resort, He relies on his Sais an his thick skin to protect his family. His right eye is blind due to yokai zombie attack.(was zombie big mama 0w0) he lost a large portion of his tail along with Donnies leg the same time. (Will go more into detail of that later) He is much more protective of his brothers, untrusting an weary of strangers.

[bloopitynoot]

Reading SVSSS: Chapter 19

For those who don't know, I am reading SVSSS for the first time and sharing my thoughts!

If you have not read it, there will be spoilers! Consider this a warning.

Also- if you want to follow along, I am aiming to post updates daily. You can find all the posts in the tag bloopitynoot reads SVSSS. You can also check out the intro post for context on my read.

Good morning!

Weird time for me to post this as I normally post at night- I know, but I am off work today. The reason for no tea, no work, and only water this morning is because I am getting tattooed this afternoon!

I'm getting a full sleeve in parts; today we are outlining half of the sleeve. I will for sure for sure post photos in my next chapter! I'm so stoked. Oh I did not mention it, but It's a sleeve dedicated to tea so really tea in spirit with today's chapter :P

Let's get into Shen Jiu:

oh god. He went from one dream realm to another dream realm! p205

Oh shit; meng mo really saved his soul from being torn up in that other dream. p205

Honestly SQQ, I too would want to immediately see LBH after that experience. If anything, I would just want to make sure he was still the nice LBH and not the horror show I had just experienced in there. p206

ah! Meng Mo did interfere with Qiu Haitang in the mausoleum. I was wondering what all was happening with her hysterics in there; but dang that was dark showing her SJ's memories. Poor girl had her entire worldview switched p208

I am not emotionally ready to know what SJ went through. Ugh, here we go anyways.

Okay but I kind of really feel bad for Qiu Haitang- the girl really didnt know what was happening. her own brother from the very first day hid the mistreatment. SJ was really treated so fucking awfully. :( p213

Not his name being the number of him being trafficked :(((((( p213

Damn. I was really hoping we would find out who SJ's friend was. Though I do feel like it is someone we know already. I feel like it's Liu Qingge (don't actually tell me though!) -> we will find out later I suspect. p217

The way I exhaled at "You don't even count as human, and you want to be an immortal?" p219

I felt so bad during that "murder scene". Like fuck, I don't even blame SJ, when it all started. He finally killed the guy after almost a decade of abuse and he was once again trying to protect himself from harm. p221-222

Well. The bloodbath after his initial escape and slew of murders was a little unhinged LOL. p223

ooof. "no more waiting". p225

LOL this memory just turned into the plot of holes there. A bunch of children digging holes without end. Is this where SJ finds luo Binghe??? p227

Okay yes he did find him here and he was already peak master at this point (not for long but still). p228

I am glad that the generational naming convention was explained! Similar to MDZS jin's, the Cang Qiong Mountain sect names generationally. I was really wondering why everyone had "Qing". yay for explanation. p229

What the heck. Liu Qingge is rude as fuck: Shen Jiu said mildly, "Good talent doesn't guarantee success." Liu Qingge didn't even grace him with a sideways glance. "But certainly more success than a nobody who only began proper cultivation at age sixteen." p230

I'm having complicated feelings about OG SJ. Like -> his story is fucked and he was very badly damaged as a child, HOWEVER him treating Luo Binghe the way he did and just creating a cycle of violence is not okay. :( p234

My HEART! Luo Binghe's baby tears :(( p235. also him only crying the first day being 'punished' and when he had to bury his mom himself. what the fuck.

Bro that's so awkward for SQQ; waking up to find out he was crying and calling for LBH in his unconscious state and everyone knowing about it. p237

LOL SQQ not upset that LBH is manhandling him but that LBH said his eyelashes were long XD p239

<SCREAMING>

That last page! AAAAAAH. Him admitting he really missed LBH while hugging uuuugh.

[altocat]

I just love how extra Sephiroth is in the demo during gameplay, so I was messing around and wandering around the forest to look for materia or any supplies and I love the fact that before you fight your first monster, Sephiroth and the other gunmen would following you all over the place. Right down to jumping on the roof of a shed and climbing over on rocks and trash. And I couldn't stop laughing at how all I see from Sephiroth is his hair whipping back and forth and how he climbs on cliffs with only and ONLY one hand. XD

Sephiroth inwardly screaming because he's already emotionally exhausted enough as it is and now he has to climb around a bunch of rocks and shit because Cloud was hyped.

I also love how he just stands there unfazed in the middle of a rushing torrent after he jumps off the bridge. No fall damage. No threat of getting swept away. Just vibing, completely indestructible.

[blackjackkent]

question: is it possible in bg3 to just have no companions? like, not rescue Shadowheart + Laezel, kill Astarion + Karlach, etc. I imagine it would be ridiculously hard to play if it is possible.

It is indeed possible! The game is fairly wild to me in its level of support for having basically any character be potentially not there due to having shuffled off the mortal coil, and it's absolutely possible to complete the whole game without acquiring any companions at all.

(I actually started a playthrough at one point with a Dark Urge character who just kills anything that moves on sight, just to see what would happen; I haven't gotten very far with it yet because being mean to my pixel friends is challenging and I know at some point I'm gonna have to kill Karlach and Jaheira and I'll have to emotionally prepare myself for that, but I did learn so far that if you kill Shadowheart in the nautiloid, the artifact comes zipping out of her corpse and attaches itself to you and refuses to leave even if you try to throw it away. XD )

There's a fairly substantial community of folks who play BG3 in a more minmaxed way as well who have figured out lots of good tricks and cheesy builds to make a solo playthrough quite doable. I'm not super involved in this side of the fandom; @zenjestrr has told me a lot about it, though, and I regularly drive him crazy by making roleplay-oriented choices that impact my damage stats. XD According to him, the current most optimal build for solo runs is a multiclassed Gloomstalker Ranger/Assassin Rogue, with other even more broken builds becoming possible in the late game.

He also mentioned a couple YouTubers who have solo Honor Mode playthroughs up on YT, if you want to see what that looks like:

[rosetyler42]

If the Drac Fam got corrupted by Bendy's Ink:

Dracula: Bendy or Tom-like Boris.

I know there's a thing about Jewish characters and horns/Devil imagery, but personality and Aesthetic-wise Drac has ALOT in common with Bendy/The Ink Demon: Tall, thin, associated with darkness and the color black, wrongfully seen as nothing but dangerous murderous beast, a signature toothy smile, kind of a butt monkey, both having been persecuted by humans, both have a mischievious streak, vampires being thought of as soulless demons, try to act tougher and scarier than they are etc. (Plus, there are alot of Jewish coded characters here sorted as things without horns and goyish characters WITH horns.) However, Drac also has alot in common with Tom too: a loveable wolfy damaged grump who's suspicious of strangers. However, I DO have 3 other Borises.

Bonus: He also has some similarities to a more competent, good-leaning Joey Drew as well, who at least one point was thought to be the soul at the heart of Bendy/The Ink Demon.

Ericka: ALICE ANGEL. Specifically, Twisted Alice.

Ok, this one's probably one of the clearest of the lot. Not only does Ericka ALREADY have a strong Fleisher vibe, but she has the duality of angelic charm, friendliness, cheeriness and elegance with a feral murderous and mischievious gremlin side and somewhat unhinged dramaticism. She's unconventionally attractive, knows it, and is more than willing to use this to her advantage - and is something of a soft dom in the bargain who loves to toy with people's heads even if it's not malicious. She also has Allison Angel's athleticism, pragmaticism, and optimism and has a similar taste in love interests. XD She also, like both Alice's, never had parents and delt with abuse/neglect in some ways by their "creators."

Mavis: Alice Angel or Audrey

Mavis has a similar optimism and relative sanity to both Allison and Audrey, and seems to serve very similar roles for Drac that they did for Henry and Audrey: the hopeful innocent that serves as something of a moral compass to the more damaged morally grey Drac. She also has a similar nievite to Audrey and a similar mischievious streak and emotionality, but lacks Audrey's dryness and trauma. Like both Audrey and Allison, Mavis didn't grow up with a mother and was favored by her "father" and is oddly chill with weirdness. Not to mention: Glowing eyes, zipping around, and the ability to drain her enemies and oddly unsettling/secret badass power despite her friendly nature.

Johnny: BORIS

Loves food, a cheerful-yet-easily-scared good boi, oddly chill with weirdness, loyal as bleep, clashes with his opposite Drac but genuinely likes him as a friend/father-in-law, a surprisingly brave risk taker despite being the least powerful and scary of the group, loves dancing and plays an instrument, something of a slacker, possible Jewish coding... it's perfect.

Dennis: Also Boris.

Taking more after his father and nearly ending up humany, the shy quiet and sensitive yet adorably loveable Dennis strikes me as another Boris. Lile Buddy, both he and Johnny are also chronologically 2 of the youngest here and are both Jewish coded.

Abraham: Bendy, Alice, Dudley, or Bertrum

Dunno if this is a bit on the nose, but him ending up as something with horns would be hilariously appropriate. Bendy kinda comes from his horns and his status as Drac's rival and evil counterpart, Alice is because of his thought he was doing something good for humanity, Dudley for his mechanical aspects, sea association, and similarity in personality and motive to Wilson. And Bertrum...well, he is mostly head and machine XD

Vlad: BENDY

A surprisingly easy one, but with his mischievious/scary somewhat irresponsible nature and secret soft side, not to mention technical villain status for a bit there, I feel Bendy works pretty well for him.

Simon: Boris or Swollen Searcher

I mainly see Simon as a Boris, perhaps with something of a Brute Boris bent. He's a big strong guy and secretly quite dangerous, but most of the time he's a shy sweetheart. He's much like a tougher, more pragmatic and less sheltered version of Dennis. However, his large size also works well for Swollen Searchers.

Lucy: Bendy, Alice, or in @lovelylivelyv 's AU: Jack Nephalem

Being Ericka and Drac's daughter, Lucy has aspects of both Bendy and Alice. She's a mischievious chaos gremlin who takes pride in her monstrosity and power, but is also charming and elegant and generally both braver and not as ruthless as her parents and something of a rebel. Kind of similar in personality and concept to @lovelylivelyv 's chaotic good Bent Halos ship child oc Jack Nephalem - who in Original canon, was an unused character born from the ink machine and the soul of Wally Franks. In canon, Lucy would probably be closest to Bendy, but I like the idea of the mischievious Dhampirica being a Jack in the universe this is possible.

[henrysglock]

I just watched the trailer and I was wondering if you could give any context to the person in the hood in the observation room

And/or the headless person in the observation room

Also wondering why the lighting is brighter in said room.

Basically any data/insights you have on that room you're willing to share would feed me for a year.

Thanks XD

Yeah okay so the first shot never appeared on-stage. Not the cloth band (that's from the attic scenes, it never appears in the lab), or Brenner's vest outfit (that's from earlier lab scenes), or Henry's flat expression. The scene with Inmate 58361 was quite emotionally distressing for Henry.

The person in the other room isn't headless, he's just bleeding from his eyes similar to the HNL agents at Hawkins Middle in ST1 when El lashes out at them. He seems to have been collateral damage from Henry lashing out at Brenner, who's trying to get him to "feed" on the energy of Inmate 58361.

The bottom image is more accurate to what's actually shown on stage, just color graded weirdly.

[keepmeinmind-01]

For the WIP ask game 📖✨: 2, 3, 4, 8, 9, and 15 because I am nosy and they all sound so good!

thank you for asking :D

2 - dark!theseus and chemical brainwashing

So this is actually the one that I’m furthest along with because I’ve been working on outlining it for the last week! My only issue is that it’s pretty dark overall and was partly fuelled by my PMS, so I’ll probably need to work on it in bursts, because I get so emotionally invested when I write LOL. I don’t know how much this is “spoilers”, but I feel like on AO3, the tagging system kind of means you know everything up front, so I can give a fair bit of detail? But potential spoilers I suppose, haha?

The premise is that, at one of Grindelwald’s rallies, Leta joins him and Theseus follows her. They both get through the flames, although Theseus gets a little singed, but when it comes to fully integrating into Grindelwald’s ranks, Theseus starts to have doubts. He talks to Leta about running away and Grindelwald finds out, separates them, and uses a mixture of magic and chemical tools to brainwash and control Theseus. Theseus becomes pretty evil, and he and Newt cross paths several times on opposite sides. To be honest, I think it would be a bittersweet ending, but maybe happy given what came before LOL. But everyone would live - Leta and Theseus would be facing trials, potentially, and Theseus would be hugely destabilised and damaged from his experience - and Newt is also there as they try and figure out where to go next.

It takes a few of the plot bunnies I have for kmim and never wrote in (like Grindelwald trying to break Theseus’s “moral crown”, drug use, one of Theseus or Newt temporarily becoming dark) and moves them somewhere else so I’m not tempted to put them into an already busy plot 💀 It’s also darker, dialled up sibling angst but also, Leta is alive! Which I love and want to try and make the most of, so I need to make sure she has her flowers in the outline. Grindelwald is downright horrible in this one xd

3 - thesival war

I think a while ago I posted my complicated backstory for how Theseus and Percival met during the war, and I wanted to make this into a 5 times X happened and one time it didn’t fic. I’ve been trying to squeeze it into that structure and it’s not been working, so it’ll probably just be a normal layout.

It will start with Theseus in Ypres, then cover Theseus getting taken as a Prisoner of War, which is when he does magic (some on purpose in the fight around a village, some accidental when interrogated). Percival is an observer, a MACUSA Auror keeping an eye on the war, while Theseus has enlisted as a Muggle. So Percival tries to rescue Theseus before he ruins the Statue, which is a close call but they both get out. Then they both slowly make their way to Ukraine through a mixture of joining groups in the trenches and fighting/travelling as a pair, because that’s where Percival has been summoned for the dragon project. And then in Ukraine is where the spark really kicks off.

Then, which would be the “one time,” we go to FBAWTFT present day, which is when Theseus and Leta get a telegram Newt has been executed. Then, they also get the reveal Grindelwald was impersonating Percival. I think I might end with Theseus going to MACUSA and giving them a piece of his mind for nearly losing his brother and actually losing his (slightly more than) friend.

4 - newt’s abusive marriage

So @creative-girl and I were talking about this, inspired by Hamilton, and it was very much her idea! It would be what it says on the tin, possibly with Percy as the bad guy. Theseus chats to Percy at a party but ends up introducing him and Newt. The marriage between Newt and Percival turns sour but Newt keeps it a secret and becomes trapped and withdrawn. Some kind of reveal means Theseus comes in during one of the one-sided “fights” and intervenes, and then it would be fluffy after that. I feel like I tend to make Theseus the hurt party rather than Newt (this is actually an active consideration I have for kmim where I’m making sure it balances out LMAO) and I think the comfort afterwards could be really sweet.

8 - making out as cover

Very much what it says on the tin. I have a rough draft of this one. Percival and Theseus are on an assignment, they’re griping with one another, they’re meant to be watching a spot from their alleyway. They get spotted, and because they’re near a bar, Percival instantly kisses Theseus as cover. And when their cover is safe again (I.e., the people go or whatever, detective semantics) they’re like “okay hang on…” hahah

9 - Bunty and Lally!!

I love f/f ships with all my heart and yet the pieces of media I’m interested in rarely have them (other than Overwatch), so I thought it would be sweet to try. I saw it as perhaps modern AU, perhaps not, where both are a little younger. Lally is a barista in a coffee shop and Bunty is an awkward apprentice. Quite classic flirting and mixed signals where Bunty works up the courage to give the confident Lally a compliment. It could end after they swap numbers, or maybe they can actually go on a coffee date too. Maybe Bunty is quite shy or closeted and Lally is super confident and relaxed, and it could create quite a nice dynamic. So pretty wholesome.

15 - Lally/Seraphina

Inspired by your comment! This one is one of the least fleshed out ones and I added it into the middle of the list rather than the bottom like an organised person. I think there’s so much potential here and it could maybe be something set in MACUSA’s office buildings. Seraphina is like this reserved, cold authority figure and Lally is a rebellious, snarky, and warm academic. I think they could bond over their shared intelligence, maybe there’s some project Lally has to consult on that means they see a lot of one another. I think they both have quite strong personalities and once the spark caught, would both go after it.

so yeah!! thanks for asking, i loved writing out everything ahahaha <3

[yuesya]

Loved the latest chapter of zenith of stars! Satoru is so proud of his baby cousin, and so inured to exactly how fucked up their situations are. I mean, he's intelectually aware of The Situation and trying to shield Shiki from the worst of it (with mixed results, but he's not altogether certain of where the Lines are, and Shiki is worse than him in that respect) but he really, really can't grasp the full scope of it. It's great. Helping nothing at all is Suguru being determined to protect them in the most unhelpful, emotionally damaging way possible. I'm sure that combination of factors won't end up in terrible, soul-scarring tragedy for any of the parties involved!

Also I LOL'd at how most everyone-but-Satoru's POV on Shiki are basically "There's something deeply wrong with her, but compared to Satoru she's a wonder and an angel and I love her". He's really a trailblazer LOL.

This makes me think about the future, which considering who Shiki's classmates are going to be and what you said about Shiki in a leather jacket, I've been thinking she'll probably be a bit of a hooligan. And while everyone sweats Satoru will gleefully approve with all the obnoxious vibes of a parent that goes up to the principal and says "With all my contributions to this institution my little darling can bite as many kids as she likes" (To Satoru's disappointment, she isn't actually rebelling, just earnestly trying to find / understand her "fever" the way her classmate insists is imperative she do)

Glad you enjoyed the recent interlude! That's a fairly accurate summary of the situation haha.

(Rubs hands) Shiki's school days are something that I'm really looking forward to writing. Hakari and Hoshi both give off 'punk' vibes and I can see clan elders just about ready to tear their hair out as a result of this. xD

[pimenita]

@nyehilismwriting​

It's been ages since I reviewed anything, so apologies if this comes off a bit rusty n_n"

Copious amounts of rambling (and spoilers) under the cut:

First I will talk a bit about my operative (and his choices) since I think that's a good starting point: Crux is a cis guy, he's bi, passionate, hard-headed, and a smart-ass. He's basically a space cowboy, just your stereotypical sci-fi hero (the two types of sci-fi hero: emotionally constipated mr. man, or wise guy himbo)

Chapter 1:

On that first mission, he did as much property damage while quipping as he could, and it pissed Nash off. Crux was defensive about it.

He backed Nash up in front of the Director. He dearly misses the friendship they had. He also wants to kiss them so bad.

The Bar. Rohan is a guy in my playthrough. I chose not to be touch-averse (in fact, Crux would be on the opposite side of that scale; he's the sort to get very physical very fast)

Tacky, but I'm into it, should be tattooed on his forearm tbh in mine too. Was all over Rohan from second one since he tends to not think things through most of the time, but after getting scolded by Nash and the Director, he was feeling downhearted. Toxic coping mechanisms ftw!

(As a side note, I love that you give us the option for casual sex to be something our operative doesn't indulge in, indulges in consistently, or indulges consistently just not with Rohan n_n Even if it doesn't come up again, it's a small piece of character lore that makes the operative feel more relatable, more mine)

Sex scene <3 Look at my Crux being bossy and Rohan being into it (I think?) Also, WET/HARD? Don't mind me stealing that for my next project ;)

The removal of IVI is *chef's kiss* The utter helplessness; we can't do anything to stop it and it's terrifying. Probably my favorite scene so far.

Once Crux could stand on his feet, the first thing he did was unholster his gun and go looking for Rohan. That Dancer#3 was so fucking dead.

He finds Joia and tries to make himself look non threatening—as non threatening as a guy carrying a gun, with blood running down his torso, and half high on anesthetics can look—before gently persuading her to come with him.

His first interaction with Rhaxa was to yell at Leanna to shoot it and skedaddle. His second meeting with Rohan had him trying to choke him to death. So, an all around great first impression on the crew xD

Chaper 2:

Nash asks about his history with Rohan, and Crux would rather eat glass than speak about it with the person he's crushing on.

He tells Nash he's going to kill Rohan (as if) and lets them talk him out of it for now. Crux does try his best to play nice in front of Joia, not even looking at Rohan.

Crux doesn't trust Rhaxa at all, and isn't afraid to speak his mind. He's also more sarcastic than usual when discussing Leanna's plan, but I get it; the poor guy just had his friend removed from his skull and is still trying to get a smidge of control.

He decides to go with Leanna, but before that, he realizes he still wants to screw Rohan's brains out. 'It's complicated' doesn't cover even half of his feelings. I do wonder if Rohan feels the same odd pull. Maybe they just happen to have amazing sexual chemistry together.

Flirted with Leanna and found out she isn't into guys.

I love the operative's relationship with Joia. I just want to keep her safe.

Chapter 3:

Tense chat with Rohan and Nash. I really liked this one.

I like that Leanna calls out Crux for being an ass. I'm not sure what her lingering looks mean tho.

Another tense chat with Rohan. I love that he brings up Nash and says that this could've happened to them, and the operative is like, "Do NOT talk about them." Yes, keep their name off his mouth. Love love love.

Rohan's slip of the tongue. He truly thinks Crux is an absolute dimwit, doesn't he? He keeps forgetting the guy is like a super soldier or something. Good >:)

The "It was... cruel," and the "Yeah, it was," made my heart twist. I love it so much.

Of course Crux sent a signal to the Project, and the entire scene with him pushing the barrel of his gun against Rohan's chest to make him back off kicked so much ass. The operative is so cool.

Of course he tried to kiss Rohan an instant later, and Rohan turned him down. We still have the option to tell him, "fuck you" which I'm so happy about (and his reply made me grin) Their relationship is so complex, I really can't get enough of it.

Chapter 4:

Captain Lance is an asshole xD The dick measuring contest between him and my Crux was so fun to read.

Nash saying, "How threatened are you?" was amazing.

Aw Crux, you aren't jealous, are you?

He lied to the Director to spare Rohan.

As I commented on that ask the other day, Crux is so lucky he decided not to trust these guys. He can be so naive sometimes.

The fight in tight quarters kicks ass too. Nash and Crux are a great team.

Crux knocked MacCready out instead of killing him.

dyiNG

My operative went to find the others instead of looking for IVI. And Joia's reaction when she saw him again. Ah, my heart. Also, Leanna calling Crux 'doll', is yes.

I knew trying to pry IVI from Rohan's hands would be useless, so I let him keep her for now.

It is.

It's a horrible feeling, isn't it?

Rohan jumped on the soldier's back, hah! Amazing.

Crux's so cool, I genuinely love him.

General thoughs:

I've noticed itchio games tend to be more booky than interactive-fictiony, but I will comment on a few things just in case you find something I say interesting. OC these are just my thoughts, not trying to impose, or tell anyone how to write their games.

I think there's a bit too many pages before we are introduced to the first choice. Your writing is engaging tho so, personally, I don't think the lack of player input at this point is too bad. You did grab my attention and kept me reading after all.

I'm not sure why our operative doesn't just punch Rohan in the face and takes IVI back. I understand that for plot reasons he has to keep her on him, but on a story level, it doesn't make a lot of sense. I mean, the bag is right there, just punch the twink. Maybe if we had the chance to corner him or something and demand he gives us IVI back, snatching the bag and turning it over only for Rohan to be like, "You don't really think I would be walking around with it on me, do you? You can't be that obtuse." So now the operative knows trying to kill Rohan would result in probably never finding IVI again.

The chat with Leanna in chapter 3 would tie everything together too.

So, back when CH3 was the newest chapter, I was able to kiss Rohan. My question is, was that a bug? Did you change it on this chapter? Does he still kiss the operative in another route? The way he reacts points to Rohan wanting to jump my guy's bones, but he's still holding back, and as long as I see interest I'm going to keep pursuing him. I'm a simp like that.

I don't understand why the operative tells the director about Rohan? I thought lying to her would mean also lying about his name and appearance, just in case Lance sent her the IDs of the people on the ship, you know?

My canon route is calling the project instead of Rohan's contacts, but I did take a look at the other route. I think my favorite part is being able to discuss our families with Nash since I had already headcanoned the only family Crux has left is a drunk father he despises. I wonder if we'll have the chance of having this chat in the future if we don't contact Rohan's people?

There's a part where Rhaxa turns violent and we try to calm them down by putting a hand on their shoulder, which reminded me of that ask someone sent you wondering if they could be less responsive towards Joia. I had a hard time picturing Crux touching an angry alien—if anything, he would have scooped Joia and kept as far away from the sharp hissing creature as he could.

I think having a bit more say in the way the operative reacts to their companions would add to the story, however I recognize this is a work in progress and you can always add stuff later on, so I'm not all that worried about it.

(I also recognize I've been thoroughly spoiled by HG and how interactivefictionity it is. You might stick to a more book-like approach and there's nothing wrong with that. Different strokes for different folks)

Anyway, this game is super solid and I'm excited to see what happens next :3

[xero013]

Hi Xero I hope you are doing good 😌

God I wish Anonymous Stranger.

I've been really busy thanks to class, they are really one of the things that keeps me going lol

I promise I have a lot of stuff planned out, but it seems college also has a lot of stuff planned out for me too;;

Also to the Anon whose ask is sitting in my inbox for the last 2 months asking about how the trio got together together

Uh, I know I should've like, answered it normally like any person would but past me likes complicating current me so-

News about the upcoming chapter to the ficlet collection

Laughing cuz its not even the planned Emmet/Elesa work, but I love you guys sm, so I'll give the characters a break from being emotionally damaged so this chapter would be more fluffy and comedic.

(originally it was gonna contain hurt and comfort but I had to rewrite it SO MANY times, that I just threw it out in the end xD)

I feel bad for not updating often but I don't want to burn myself out especially when I've been slapped with college essays left and right -which drains most of that writing energy and I don't like to give out rushed out works so there's that. Hope you guys understand!

Before anyone feels bad, I am enjoying writing the chapter now, since its more lighthearted, possibly kinda sad (for a second), plus it helps hype myself out when doing the post Ingo disappearance chapter with Emmet's and Elesa's POV

Also Bonus WIP;

(Kids!Nimbasa Trio, HC Young Elesa is like Misty and finds bug-types gross but unlike Misty, Elesa got over hers as she grew older lol)

[melancholy-marionette]

Hi! Please answer this when you're feeling better, I wouldn't want to impose.

This is kinda spoilery. I was talking with my mom how I forgot to take my anxiety meds for a week and got really sick once I went back to take them, she then told me that the same thing used to happen with her meds and it was, as she said, "like a punishment for forgetting". Of course I thought about Blythe and wondered about your thoughts on it, or how this would manifest on them.

Take it easy and have a good day!

-💌

I'm sort of semi-back on my PC now, haha. The cast is still on (possibly coming off at the end of the month), but I can kind of sit at the desk and very slowly type on the keyboard! It's faster than using my phone at least x3 And I can just about move the mouse to do basic things, but it doesn't really go where I want it to xD I thought being forced to use my left hand to do things for this long would have built a bit more co-ordination with it, but it seems not, haha. Since it's a bit spoilery, I guess I'll say as such here in case anyone happens to see this and doesn't want spoilers, haha. 

Yeah, some of em can be nasty like that x3 That's a really good way of putting it too! I had it happen once or twice with a few different ones I took >.< It's weird when you think about it just how many ways meds can manifest similarly to yandere traits x3 and also quite scary that they can do so much damage to you when they're supposed to be helping!

Depending on the Blythe, they'd react differently because, with orange being much softer, they'd be less inclined to try and hurt you as a form of punishment. More likely they would attempt to be emotionally manipulative instead, making you feel rotten about forgetting them or spending less time with them. Whereas blue Blythe would have no qualms about causing you physical pain should you do something to displease them, and the worse part is, they'd think that it was doing you good, potentially even pleasurable for you in a twisted way, so they could easily wind up going too far without realising that they're actually doing more harm than good to you >.< It's not that blue Blythe is necessarily evil though, more like they just don't really understand or respect boundaries all that much because they have the messed up belief that they know exactly what's best for you, even if you try to tell them that they're wrong >.<" Under the right circumstances, you could make them understand, but it wouldn't be the easiest task, haha. Blue Blythe has the attitude of, well I like this, and I think this is great, and I'm here to help you, so I don't see why you wouldn't feel the same way. I'm here to save you, so just let me save you. If you try to say you don't like something, the first thing blue Blythe will assume is that you're lying. If you try to resist, they think you're just playing games with them. I hope you have a good day too, and that the rest of the April is awesome for you ^-^

[gleekingdom]

I'm looking to rp with this oc I haven't really gotten a chance to be much yet. And my character isn't Darren, Darren Criss is just his faceclaim because I like to imgaine him portraying the character ( I know he won't actually do that though XD)

I usaully like to rp B X B Ships

That would cool to rp with someone who had a oc of the faceclaim grant gustin but I'm not picky as long the ship is B x B

I'm Autistic and dylexic so if your against that for some reason, okay don't roleplay with me then thanks. ^^

I'm not comfortable with NSFW so please keep this pg13 I am 20+ but I'm not comfortable with that stuff.

if you are interested to rp with him then dm me here and I'll give you my code so we can rp on Discord.

Name

Alex Spector, Alex

Nicknames

Alex, Spec, Specs (you can make up more in rp)

Age

20- 35

Birthday

April 6th

orientation

Bisexaul ( Male lean)

Zodiac

Taurus ♉️

Height

5'7

...Taits

 positive  . . . Laid back on the outside/ Friendly/ Deep thinker

 neutral  . . . Acts sure of himself even when hes 

not/ a bit of a hopeless romantic/ mysterious 

negative  . . . Doesn't go outta his way to meet new people/ Over thinks

•Personality in a bit more detail

- He acts very sure of himself and sure of what he's doing. And yes well at times he is sure sometimes it's much more of an act. He's not shy and infact can be rather bold. But he's not fully self-assured about himself and questions things deeply, like meaning behind simple things or just life, but at times that gets him to really overthink things and misread a situation.

I think in a way he wants the attention from other people too, but also doesn't want to be variable around them he wants to seem like he's always well rounded and good and doesn't have any problems or things that will worry others. He's kind and cares for people but doesn't usaully go out of his way to become close with other people and though bold can be rather quite especially when deep into his thoughts.

If your mean to him though he won't just take it, he'll stand up for himself, and might say something mean back but he usaully doesn't strike first.

And he is quite the bit of a hopeless romantic, but he's not sure if something like that could ever happen to him. Plus he kinda closes parts of himself off from his band, from people who want to be his friends and even his own family (( Emotionally damaged))

Don't read this part if you just wanna find out rping with him || He's Very Emotional so when he's happy he lights up, when he's sad he's really really down and when he's mad- I think you get it||

He's kinda complicated, at least to me so it's hard to explain his whole personality

And he might be austistic coded and if he is it wasn't intentional I'm just autistic so Idk ( I'm not against him being austistic that was just not my original intent for the character, but I do have other ocs that are austistic. I just like making my characters different from eachother)

Likes

•Space aesthetics

•the Theater/ like plays and musicals

•music/ his favorite kind is jazz pop and rokin roll

•getting his nails painted ( he's not girly he just likes his nails looking fancy)

•Fried chicken / organe chicken

•Favorite colors are red and purple 💜 ❤️

•Concerts

•Reading well mostly of anything

• likes to go to parties weather it's like dancing crazy parties/ or fancy parties

•Just hanging out

•Doing street or wall art

Dislikes

the way he overthinks sometimes

Being told he can only be one thing/ being put in a social latter box

people who whine for things but never work for it

the color organe thinks it looks unflattering

Fears

•Not being good enough at anything

•losing the things that are important to him

•Rodents

Hoddies

• Going to parties

• playing violin / gituare

• getting ready overly early for things like his jods/ interviews/ dates

• Reading

• Listening to music

ambitions• To be a famous singer with his band

occupation•  Singer of his band 'North star' ( he probably has side jods on the side)

Family realionships

Mother

Ellison Spector

His mother and who he is closest to in the family. She loves both of her sons treating them equal. He does many favors for his mom and loves her very Dearly.

Father

John Spector

John wasn't looking for another child after Arnold his oldest, so he never really cared much for Alex. But Alex still wants to win over his father in some way.

Older brother.

Arnold Specter- he's only three years older

His Dads favorite and in Alex's eyes the one who can do no wrong and who somehow wins every trophy and is skilled how can Alex compete with that. There realionship is well rocky at best, more so closed off on Alex's side then Arnold's side, Arnold tries to have a good realionship with his brother.

He lives in a apartment now but I just felt those realionships are kinda important and kinda is part of what made him who he is.

Thank you if you read all of that 😊

There still is a bit to tell about him but you'd find out if you rped with him.

[unhingedselfships]

Black Moon for all your beaus <3

Ooh fun. I had to think on this one c: (I also kinda went in on the circumstance behind seperation that I can picture, because idk, I lack self control and/or focus XD)

Black Moon - You and your F/O are separated for awhile. What does your reunion look like?

Daigo - They're very quick to fall back into old routines. Its very easy for them to be comfortable with each other.

Coming up with something more specific, we'll play with the more canon-compliant verse where Daigo still gets shot and ends up in a coma.

Its. Messy. They still fall back pretty well, but Kimi is way more hover-y and mother hen-ish. She dotes constantly. It takes a good while for her to relax again. She doesn't have it in her to survive losing anyone else.

(This is leaving out anything involving the kiddo that may/may not exist at this point, depending on my mood XD)

Akiyama - This one is the least emotionally heavy I think. I'm sure I could come up with something dramatic but honestly I like it being more mundane. With them I imagine she went back to the states to visit fam, and ended up stranded for awhile for one reason or another.

A lot of joy and relief here. Life getting in the way sometimes is inevitable but it still sucks. They're gonna be glued to each other for awhile.

Majima - Ah Majima, you sentimental idiot. I feel like he'd pull his "not good enough" nonsense and bail. Or try to. Kimi would have none of it so he'd have to really push it and then basically disappear. At least away from anywhere she goes. She's persistant to a stupid degree.

The reunion is highly emotionally volatile. There is hurt and yearning, and a lot of shit to work through, but as far as I've seen, once Maji has a bit of sense knocked into him, he's pretty good about making things right. The best he can anyway.

Kiryu - Oh! I have a canon compliant (ish) option for this one too! (also ties into the angst stuff I haven't touched on yet XD) Basically. Kiryu is an idiot. He pulls the shit he did at the end of 6 and it goes very, very, poorly. Kimi does not handle it well at all. And when they do meet up again there is a lot of hurt and damage to work through.

In idealized versions, it's probably something to do with him getting drug off to help with nonsense yet again, and he's a bit awkward on return, but generally apologetic and wants to get back into the swing of things.

(this one also has a kid potential version)

[blackjackkent]

OK, trying to make a beeline for the Counting House to do that quest first although the urge to wander around and trigger every other quest in the area is very strong.

Due southwest. Do not pass Go. Do not collect 200 gold.

A lot of interesting stuff spotted along the way; I'm going to have to come back and walk through this area more systematically soon:

An execution notice for Florrick, who has been deemed "guilty of treacherous and seditious activity against the people of Baldur's Gate" and is to be executed in five days. I'm assuming that, like all the other quests in this game, there isn't ACTUALLY a timer on this until we actively pursue it, so hopefully she'll still be rescuable by the time we get back to Wyrm's Rock.

There's apparently a Hag Victims Support Group at someplace called "Barren's Coop".

A LOT of Steel Watch and Flaming Fist, all of them actively engaged in making the locals miserable on Gortash's behalf; definitely some local trouble we're going to want to follow up on once we've got Minsc.

Cute banter between Shadowheart and Karlach. Karlach: "I wouldn't mind doing a little shopping in the city." Shadowheart: "Same. I think I may have overdone it with the black and purple for, oh, my entire life? Your look serves you well, though." Karlach: "I'm ten years behind; don't want the youths to think I'm not, you know, up with the times." LOL. We'll def do some more clothes/equipment shopping once we're done with our current High Priority Missions.

Shadowheart's wound also went off again for no immediately obvious reason.

More brainquakes.

A very upset vegetable merchant whose stall had been overturned, who had monk-specific dialogue when Hector spoke to him (because I thought he might be a trader). "Do you know how hard it was to get those cabbages into-- wait. The stoic stance, calming presence... You're one of those monastic types! Stay clear of my cabbages! Your sort have done enough damage as it is!" Hector was thoroughly baffled by this.

Quite a number of beggars and dead bodies; the Batman vigilante instinct that Hector was starting to pick up seeing all the suffering out in Rivington is starting to rear its head again.

Made it!

Whew. That was emotionally draining. XD Ignoring sidequests, even temporarily, is a CHALLENGE.