#and got a bit too obsessed

[bet-on-me-13]

Danny commits to the Bit a bit too hard...

So! For the first few weeks after his accident, whenever Danny would try to help the people of Amity Park, he would be treated as a Villain.

No matter if he had just defeated the Big Bad of the Week or saved a Cat from a tree, everybody in town only saw him as a Monster or Villain to he feared and hunted down. Danny was really getting sick of trying to get them on his side, until Sam made a suggestion.

"Why not just...play into it?" She said, barely looking up from painting her nails.

It was just an offhand suggestion, but it stuck with Danny. Why shouldn't he lean into it? The people of Amity Park already saw Ghosts as Evil, and they already assumed he was in cahoots with the Ghosts attacking the town. Why shouldn't he just...play into it?

So he does just that.

From that day on, whenever Phantom was spotted he would dramatically monologue about his Evil Plans, or claim that another Rogues attack on the City was his own act of terror.

Box Ghost destroys the towns Warehouses? It was on his orders.

Ember mind controls masses of Teenagers? All part of his Plans somehow.

Every Adult in Town is kidnapped by Young Blood? Danny gave them over to a friend as a Gift.

He crafts an identity for himself as the most Vile and Horrible Ghost that has ever attacked the City, using his own infamy to cement his legend even more firmly. The town only sees a Monsterous Villain, who has eveded capture near effortlessly for months on end, who constantly attacks their City and gets away with it.

Of course he still needs an excuse for how his plans keep getting stopped, and he gets it when his girlfriend Valerie becomes the Red Huntress. Before that, he just claimed infighting or the Fentons getting lucky, but Valerie becoming the Town's Hero meant he had a plausible excuse for how he kept getting "Foiled".

Val was suspicious, because she was not as involved as Phantom painted her to be, but in the end she had no proof of him faking his defeats. And she couldn't come up with any explanations for why he would do that in the first place. I mean, who would fake being a Supervillain? It had to he something else.

This did come back to bite him a while later, when the Justice League decided that enough was enough, and dispatched Justice League Dark to recruit Red Huntress and help Deal with him.

Coincidentally, that was the same day Pariah Dark attacked the Mortal Realm and sucked Amity Park into the Ghost Zone.

And honestly? Danny had spent over a Year proclaiming himself as a Villain who commanded Ghosts to attack the Human Realm, and he had heard about the Right of Conquest being Absolute in the Ghost Zone, so why not make it official? Why not overthrow the Ghost King, become the Ghost King, and cement his identity as a Villain while also forbidding Ghosts from entering the Human Realm without his permission?

He may have gotten a bit carried away and forgotten that the Villain thing was a disguise...but hey! He was still preventing Ghost Attacks! ...mostly. That's got to count for something right?

He may have let the Bit run a bit too far...

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Check the tags for more context!

[lazymonth]

“ A little bit bad ”, but with the Turbo time gang

Original ↷

[art-is-kayos]

Dantlings

Bonus charon:

[parasitoidism]

Been thinking about his camerupt obsession as I play. Also charms that don’t exist

[nuggziwugsi]

@shakerula-miczula version of shake 👀✨✨

Thank u for giving me permission 😎 this is one of my most favorite versions of human shake and I wanted to show my appreciation with a doodlleee so full credit for the design goes to them ple. A s e-

[neriyon]

Rest of the gang! Some extra notes that didn't fit the form + links to all of the picrews under the read more.

Einn / Skeiron (picrew link)

No ethnicity because I honestly am not sure where he's even from. Maybe golmore jungle?

Skeiron was part of the Elpis staff, and met Hermes there. They spend a lot of time together (since both of them liked birds) and kinda dated but nothing too serious.

Skeiron did not fight. At all. So no class.

Skeiron was one of Eleos' besties.

Chili / Askalaphos (picrew link)

Again, I don't really know what to say as his ethnicity. He's from Azim Steppe but was kidnapped to be test subject for garleans when he was like 5

He and Aska are purposefully really similar! I debated shipping him off to Emet and for that sweet sweet angst wanted Chili to look basically identical to his ancient self - but with the twist that he's very anxious and unsure person while Askalaphos was confident and capable. ("Fucked up a perfectly good person with the sundering. Look at it, it has anxiety now")

Aska was part of the Words of Emet-Selch (so worked under Emet), and knew Eleos through that.

Maito / Enyo (picrew link)

Enyo was significantly younger than the other ancients here! Roughly same age range as Ryne and Gaia (teens) while everyone else is young adults.

She was a student at Akadaemia. Not sure what she was specializing in (I haven't decided lol), but she was probably going for job at Words of Pashatarot or something fairly physical.

Fought with a huge axe, so I classified her as war.

She's related to Venat! Not entirely sure how, but possibly cousin or niece (she's supposed to look like her a little).

Naho / Thalia (picrew link)

Once again, I do not know where she's from. Naho was born on a pirate ship.

Thalia is same age as Enyo - they were really close friends/pretty much dating

She was a student too, but with focus on arts and especially theatre.

Again no fighting.

Her only connection to Eleos is that she hangs out with Enyo 24/7 lol

Momo / Ceto (picrew link)

Again a pair that purposefully looks similar. Momo didn't look like that when they were born, but the later demonic possession thing brought out similarities to Ceto (along with the white hair/mismatch eyes)

Ceto was part of Words of Mitron and specialized on deep sea creations.

They enjoyed bothering Hyth with every single shark concept Words of Mitron could come up with and often offered to deliver them for others.

They also enjoyed making Lahabrea's life as hard as possible, and was related to the whole Pandaemon incident (with Hegemone)

Didn't choose a class but Ceto definitely knew how to fight. Possibly something nin/viper style?

Yulan / Oneiros (picrew link)

I've still yet to post Yulan and Firn's infos but I really wanted to include them in this OTL

Honestly not sure about the Oneiros name - another choice was Lethe and I liked it better, but dreams as a theme fit him better than forgetting.

Not sure who he would be working under, but his job basically consisted of dreams and painting. Sometimes dealing with accidental creations made from especially vivid dreams, sometimes making art, sometimes even delivering messages through dreams.

Partner has a * because it's situational and tied strongly to Firn/Soter. On AUs/timelines where Yulan is the one Firn is looking for Soter and Oneiros were dating, but when Firn is looking for someone else (wol, or whoever au needs him to look for lol) Oneiros was most likely single or with someone unimportant.

First custom class, yay! "Soul painter" is basically what it says on the tin - Oneiros paints things with his brush, and the creations come to life. (very strongly influenced by celestial brush from Okami and Dusk from Arknights) Yulan kinda partially inherits this skill, but since he doesn't usually fight (being crafter) it's basically just "oh look that's a really lifelike looking painting".

One of the few Amaurotians who didn't use creation magics to the scar on his face and was seen as pretty weird for it.

Another close friend of Eleos.

Firn / Soter (picrew link)

No ethnicity bc Firn is literally from another shard and I haven't done that much worldbuilding yet.

He has his own custom class that I'm calling sword mage for this meme. It's basically pld x rdm, so swords and magic. Rdm style sword, knightly aesthetic from pld, technically melee but can make cool floating magic swords. Basically inherited it from Soter.

Firn is ascian, and acended to the seat of Pashtarot despite not being of the Source. Idk where Source's Pashtarot shard is, most likely gone in some fucked up way since they went all the way to Sixth to get Firn.

Partner thing explained mostly on Oneiros. On most AUs he's looking for the person he was dating as Soter, but on some he was single (and looking for a dear friend or some other charge).

Uhh extra Soter info (since I'm obessed with him rn): very strong fighter who (as his name suggests) was tasked with protecting Amaurot. This included both protecting it against threats from outside as well as eliminating things Convocation deemed too dangerous to the star's wellbeing (this includes people).

Blind in one eye. Creation magics could've fixed it ofc, but he refused (his own creation skills are pretty low) for unknown reasons.

Usually stays silent, preferring to answer only with nods or small sounds of affirmation.

Regarless of au/timeline/whatever, when Final Days hit and people start turning Soter kills Oneiros because someone with imagination that lively would've turned into particularly terrifying monster very fast (on most aus Oneiros himself asks Soter to do it)

There was once again a thing on the bird app (link to original)

[s-aint-elmo]

*twirling my hair* do you have some good yuri manga recs?

(lying on my stomach and kicking my feet) i'm SO glad you asked!

to preface this i'll be excluding better-known yuri or yuri that's recently gotten its flowers (whether thru virality or adaptations) (e.g. in love with the villainess, love bullet, bloom into you, etc. etc.) and will instead be recc'ing works i don't often encounter in the wild. some will be more well-known than others, but all of these i've enjoyed and would encourage others to check out! under the cut because. this got. so long. i heart yuri <3

multi-chapter

the princess of sylph (ongoing; self-publishing): plot-heavy fantasy yuri between a bereaved princess with the aura of a thousand sad hamsters and a persistent nun whose silliness conceals a deep well of trauma. gushed about it plenty here. i recommend starting with the serialized version, the proceeding to the twitter version + extras. cw: blood, violence, dismemberment (nothing too graphic, more standard monster-fighting fare).

i love amy (completed): school loner strikes an unlikely friendship with the girl known (and feared) for her violent tendencies and single-minded obsession with the school prince. cute but striking and skilled art with a surprisingly nuanced handling of trauma and neurodivergence. cw: attempted child murder, animal death (non-graphic). there are also depictions of standard yandere fare (kidnapping, torture basements) but they're always presented comedically.

i see you, aizawa-san! (ongoing): girl who steadfastly pretends not to see ghosts meets one she just can't seem to ignore: a deceased classmate and former j-pop idol, who has taken to haunting their classroom. ft. art that harkens back to classic shoujo and a supernatural mystery centred on the relationship between the two leads--that one of them can't seem to remember. cw: blood, body horror.

school zone girls (on hiatus): slice of life yuri comedy ft. a massive interconnected web of girls spanning at least three schools. it juggles gut-busting comedy with genuine heartfelt moments of character growth and connection and expresses it all through a solid, dynamic art style. the sprawling cast also makes for incredible outsider pov moments that lets us really appreciate how far some characters have gotten. this genuinely motivated me to revamp how i approached ensemble casts for my ocs.

brides of iberis (completed): wedding planner unenthusiastic about her engagement falls in love with a bride she's taken as a client. bittersweet but deeply loving; and so compassionate to each and every character, even the men the female leads have relationships with. cw: infidelity.

destroy it all and love me in hell! (ongoing): model student finds her miserable, tightly controlled life unraveling after being blackmailed by the class truant into indulging her ugliest impulses. toxic yuri extravaganza eleganza between two girls desperate for escape and the catharsis of fucking! shit! up!!! also hits that sweet sweet "love triangle as a conflict of ideals" beat. cw: blackmail, coercion, bullying, violence, emotional abuse, physical abuse, verbal abuse, adult/minor relationship.

yuri is forbidden for the yuri otaku (completed): passionate himejoshi enrolls in an all-girls private school to observe class s yuri in action, but never to engage in it herself--at least, until a misunderstanding wins her the resident gyaru's heart. a surprisingly poignant exploration of being queer in a repressive society and experiencing your queerness through the safety of unobtainable fantasy.

the superstar idol crushes on me today too (ongoing): failed idol-slash-middling radio personality finds an unwanted superfan in the country's biggest superstar. explores the merit of pursuing your artistic passions in the face of repeated failure, and what makes an emotional anchor in the fraught seas of showbiz. they are also just so so funny. what if i emphatically declare you my rival in show business but you've been in love with me since you saw me in a cooking show as a child actor and you take any excuse to spend time with me and have my attention with blinding enthusiasm

normality and monsters (ongoing): outcast weirdo witnesses the class idol devour their homeroom teacher in one bite and begs to be trained in the art of appearing normal. the art is snappy and charismatic, the monster design is properly grotesque, and the friendship of convenience between the two leads teeters between overcoming the monster's nature and just being a prelude to the monster acquiring a new meatsuit. cw: blood, gore, death, body horror.

a monster wants to eat me (ongoing): suicidal girl meets carnivore mermaid who promises to eat her if she develops a desire to live. it's been a while since i read this one, but the monster designs are once again sick as fuck and the drama of being cared for by a creature that finds you tantalizing is sooo juicy. cw: suicidal ideation, blood, gore, violence, body horror.

liar satsuki can see death (completed): high schooler who can see corpses before the death occurs strives to save as many lives as possible despite being branded a liar by the entire student body. this and ryouko's other manga, a walk to death, are pretty banging declarations on the value of living ironically (or maybe aptly) wrapped in so much death. blanket cw for blood, gore and death bc i tell you every mini-arc somebody dies in a fun new way and we'd be here all day if we listed them out.

anthology:

i'm the villainess but i'm being captured by the heroine?!: an anthology featuring heroines of otome games swerving hard and sweeping the villainess off her feet. i am such a sucker for villainess yuri. mean women forever. my favourite chapters are vol. 1 ch.1 and vol. 2 chs. 1 and 4.

honourable mentions:

my idol sits the next desk over! (completed): loner idol otaku ends up deskmates with her oshi and between jealous sabotage from a rival stan and the herculean task of acting normal around your fave, lands herself in the first and closest friend group of her life. one girl does explicitly have romantic feelings for another girl, but i bumped it down here because it isn't explored to the extent it could have been. it felt like it was setting up a slow burn only to end abruptly. do not recommend if you want a love story, do recommend if you want lonely people forging deep and enduring bonds of friendship.

the one within the villainess (ongoing): the villainess of an otome game reawakens for her condemnation and sets off on a path of vengeance for the sake of the beloved transmigrator who's occupied her body for years. it's ostensibly het, but to hear the way that the villainess speaks of her transmigrator, the first person to love her wholeheartedly and wish for her happiness and so inadvertently prevent her from becoming the hollow bitter woman she originally grew into...... like. that is yuri. like what if i knew your life in its entirety and loved you for it and i found myself in the position to give you the happiness i always wished for you to have. what if we wrote fix-it fic for each other on the fabric of the universe. what if we never even had a conversation but we knew each other the best and loved each other most. and we were both girls. do you understand why i'm insane about them. cw: blood, gore, violence.

[darlingpeasant]

I think we all deserve to see Pen really and I mean really mess up Colin’s hair during sexy times in season 4. I’m not talking about a light ruffle I wanna see those curls everywhere in the most disheveled manner possible. As a little treat ✨

[namtanlovesfilm]

23.5 pairing godji & golf, long time friends & trans icons together, IS THE MOST ICONIC THING EVER!!! I swear this show has the best characters, I love them all so much 😭😭😭

[m0thisonfire]

Getting into AfK Journey:

Me: Oh boy! I can't wait to customize my avatar and upgrade Silvina and Thoran and Niru and the other lower tier heroes! I am so excited for Erionn and Vedan-

Me:

Me: wait. Vedan? Where's Vedan?

Me: WHERE IS MY GUY? MY DUDE? MY BABYGIRL? MY USUAL FIRST LEGENDARY DRAW?

Sees Salazar: WHO THE FUCK ARE YOU!?

[iloveacronix]

Boutta go sleep cuz my brain be lacking neurons rn but guys PLEASE hear me out

Supportive brothers for life. Also taggin the historyshipping queen @kyokittymeow

[qrevo]

Emotional Support Polar Bear 🐻‍❄️✨

(Whenever you're feeling sad he will cheer you up with bear puns - he just can't BEAR to see you down!!)

[ahalliance]

insuline & nicotine flirting is just antoine initiating by saying something insane about étoiles unprompted (i.e. “your ass is driving me crazy and i need it”) and étoiles responding on the same wavelength (i.e. “your knowledge of world capitals is like my ass, you’ll never forget it”) . truly the fun part of it all is seeing the evolution in how antoine would just do this without any big reaction from étoiles for a while until étoiles just started clapping back and being just as insane unprompted

[aroaessidhe]

2024 reads / storygraph

The West Passage

medieval fantasy set in a giant crumbling palace of traditions with forgotten origin, ruled by giant eldritch Ladies

when winter weather comes in the middle of summer, and a beast below the palace begins to rise, two teens from Grey who have suddenly gained a lot of responsibilities set out on separate journeys to the other towers to find a way to stop it, and meet all sorts of strange people and creatures along the way

world where pronouns/names are based on people’s roles

tons of cool medieval-style chapter illustrations by the author

[asteralley]

the nucarni shrine has been completed 🥳

[hella1975]

so there's a reason my new job got back to me so quickly about my application and that's bc it's an absolute fucking shambles like actually perfect timing for me to decide to rewatch the bear bc i have never more felt like ive been thrown into a broke on-its-knees establishment trying to crawl its way up the ladder where i am somehow a godsend to them. my old job was crazy and shambolic in the sense that the industry is just Like That but this one?????? insanity. every 5 mins i am questioning what im doing with my life. ive already had a walk-in fridge moment