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overanalysingfandoms · 2 years ago
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No but the way Grian was attached to every person that permadied this session is insane
Jimmy and Joel were bad boys
And in Session 1 he pledged to protect Skizz and has now failed
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tubbytarchia · 19 days ago
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Honestly, the whole idea that "if you criticize scott you're homophobic" is so terribly problematic. Basically giving him blanket clearance to do anything or say anything and if you criticize it, well, you're just homophobic. I can't imagine that's a good mindset to have as a person, let alone to see someone having as an impressionable young person.
I'm sure scott is a lovely guy in person but seeing how he acts online, frequently as a holier-than-thou type character, and looking down at others, like saying he interrupted a canon event by preventing scar and jimmy from pairing, is just upsetting. I find myself as the same as character joel in the life series, rooting for his death.
Something else that has really irritated me in the life series is how often he gifts deaths to other people. He did it so much in limited life. He literally gave every one of his deaths in secret life to someone else. And he acted so smarmy about it, too, like "oh I am taking this precious life and graciously giving it to you because otherwise I might never die to anything".
I was really happy when most of scott's deaths in wild life happened out of his control, like yes you are exactly the same as everyone else. Stop trying to act otherwise. Anywise thanks for being open about criticism. I don't know if I ever thought about toxic positivity until I saw you talking about it!
Oh I have so many thoughts on Scott's self-sacrificial nature. The toxic positivity is much more prominent on twitter but does still rear its ugly head on tumblr too. Especially concerning Scott's character, which I agree with you on. Him giving up his lives is doubly interesting and in the same vein frustrating to me because half the time it doesn't necessarily even leave the recipient better off
Gem did not want to kill him in SL, but because he has a martyr complex, he made it happen anyway, disregarding Gem's hesitancy. I'm sorry but to me, in that moment he was thinking about himself first and Gem second, which is how I think he regards every single one of his sacrifices. Especially when you contrast that with the Mounders, where Pearl rooted for Bdubs (and Joel but mostly Bdubs) and suggested herself being killed for Bdubs once things got dicey, but it never coming to it. Pearl so deeply wanted for Bdubs to win, and Bdubs, although not very confident, wanted to as well for Pearl. There was never any pressure involved in that unlike Scott's last minute and frankly kind of random sacrifice. He wasn't that low on hearts and Gem would have stood a much better chance against Pearl and Scar with him by his side
In Wild Life, Pearl didn't feel good about taking Scott's life, and Scott basically said he was doing it to quell Pearl. Something also about the fact that Pearl wanted to decide how to do it, just as some remnant of control when she really didn't have any for almost the entirity of Wild Life
In Limited Life, Scott was ready to give up that life he'd promised Jimmy, but then used it to try and coax Jimmy into telling him he loved him. And Jimmy has had a few other people give up their lives for him, Bdubs out of selflessness and Ren out of a promise for an allyship. And yet the only sacrifice Jimmy has even referenced after the fact, is the one Joel had planned but didn't even succeed with. That holds more importance to Jimmy than Scott's sacrifice, which I think says something
And of course, Scott blowing himself up in Double Life. Because Pearl deserved the win more than he did, he says without giving Pearl much opportunity to speak, taking control of the ending that was supposed to belong to Pearl
It's all very interesting to analyse, his character is super intricate and unique in this sense, but it does unfortunately become more frustrating paired with his unchanging selective framing of events and putting down of other characters through no wrongdoing of their own etc
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loveaurapearl · 2 months ago
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Wild Life Mechanics
Hey guys, I was thinking about the Mechanics of Wild Life and the theory that the previous winners create the next game. The first thing I want to say is that while Cleo is a winner and we should respect the queen, it's clear that Wild Life wasn't created by her. While she is chaotic and loves to burn things, Wild Life is not a game she would make. She's pretty level-headed and only burns people's bases if they make her mad. She would not choose the next game to have random effects each session. Scar, on the other hand, is completely crazy and would have the games be so chaotic. Sure, Grian and the other Watchers are the ones who decide the game and how it functions, its clear that the winner has some input on how the game is created. Scar even mentioned in his first episode that he and others suggested ideas to implement into the game. He just wasn't sure if Grian put those ideas into use. It's just funny that the mechanics that Grian decided to use directly relate to Scar and the struggles he goes through. And I will be analyzing each Wild Card that we know of for now. (This will be outdated tomorrow since a new episode will come out. But I don't want the idea to disappear from my head, so I'm writing this now.)
The first session had the Shrink and Grow Wildcard and it relates to Scar's sensation of scale. While Scar is 6 ft tall and has known the feeling of being tall, for most of his time, he's in a wheelchair at around 4 ft tall and thus, he is also small. We saw that immediately with small Scar during Real life. Scar is both a tall man, and also small, just like session one's Wildcard where you can be both big or small. And for most of Scar's session, he tries to be in the middle. Just be his regular, Minecraft self, since he doesn't want to be reminded of relatity.
The second session was about having your food randomized and having to eat things like dirt and rocks. This relates to the fact that... well... Scar can't eat like a normal person anymore. Scar can only 'eat' through a tube and has to constantly make sure the food is mush. He also fantasizes about eating people. c!Scar is a cannibal and so when the watchers changed what he and the other lifers could eat, his brain couldn't handle that truth and just assumed they just couldn't eat. It was only thanks to Grian that he and his team managed to survive.
The third session was the snail and it was pretty simple what was happening. Scar had been tormented by the Snails in Hermitcraft and now they transferred over to the life series. The watchers made them into one-shotters because it would hurt Scar more since he's already not great at staying alive.
The fourth Session relates to the fact that Scar is pretty slow when making videos because of his illness. Scar starts off slow, but once he gets going, it's hard for him to stop. He mentioned tons of times that he tends to forget how long he should be on the computer and thus ends up being on a project for hours. Usually ending some episodes while it's like 1 in the morning for him.
And finally, session 5's gimmick was the Quizmaster, which relates to the fact that Scar is constantly reminiscing on the past. Mostly third life, double life, limited life, and secret life. Scar has been haunting people's posts and remembering the past. He got a good chunk of questions right. It was only the Last Life questions he didn't know completely since he was so sick during Last Life that he had to miss a session because of his real-world illness. Like he knew the horn Jimmy used in Double Life, but he couldn't remember the name because he's bad at remembering names.
Now, none of these gimmicks were meant to relate to Scar. After all, Grian created all the gimmicks. Its just funny how all of these gimmicks able to be connected to Scar. Grian truly is Scar's soulmate. Also, the fact that yellow and red names can kill dark green lives to get health back and has been compared to cannibalism is funny because I can connect this to Scar since c!Scar is a cannibal. He would totally implement the idea of adding some kind of cannibalism into the games. It is my headcannon that Scar was the one who had the random lives and life trade mechanic in Last Life while Grian put in the Boogeyman mechanic since Grian AND Scar both won Third Life. It's just a shame most people, including Scar, don't remember that Third Life was a double victory. So yeah. Scar is the only winner who won two games. Scott doesn't count because he didn't win Double life. He gave up the game to Pearl and she is the sole winner of Double life while Scott got second. Just wanted put idea up.
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sparklystarinthesky · 1 month ago
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I've never used tumblr before but I recently got into life series lore and needed to put this little idea somewhere so
What if: when Scott died in 3rd life and went to his little hobbithole heaven with Jimmy he thought they'd be there forever but then they were pulled away to fight in a new death arena. Scott eventually struck a deal with the watchers (how? Idk yet) if Scott and Jimmy can both win a season without helping each other then they can leave the death games and go home. There's a catch though, while they're in the games they don't know about the deal so they don't know that they have to win. Also Jimmy's curse makes it pretty hard for him to win. After Last life Scott goes back to the watcher and tried to convince them to lift jimmy's curse because otherwise he can never win. The watchers agree, on one condition, Scott will help them rig the games. In double life and limited life scott was in the finals, I don't know why but I think the watchers don't like cleo (evidence:people don't consider her a real winner even though she won real life) and so scott had to kill cleo in double life. I think the watchers knew that martyn wanted to win really badly and the watchers were tired of all the winners being sad and grieving, they wanted ruthlessness, so they told Scott to make sure martyn and him were in the final, this is why scott suggested they all get down to 30 minutes, making it easier for martyn to kill him. When Scott helped the watchers rig the games twice the watchers finally listened and lifted Jimmy's curse (kind of). In secret life one of the endermen pushes Lizzie into the void, I think the watchers purposely used the endermen to do that, making sure Jimmy didn't die first. But Jimmy died right after, the curse lifted, but he still didn't win. I think the watchers don't count real life as a series because they didn't like how much fun the players were having, there wasn't enough bloodshed and chaos, but either way neither Jimmy nor scott won. Also, I forgot to mention earlier but Scott won last life so he already did his part, he just needs Jimmy to win and then they can go home. So far in wildlife Jimmy hasn't died yet and 3 people have already died so I'm super excited to see whether or not he wins and if he does then flower husbands get their happily ever after. This was just a silly idea that's been in my head for a while, if anyone wants to add to it or tell me if anything is inaccurate, go ahead, I just wanted to put this somewhere
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karma-creations · 1 year ago
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My favorite bits/lines from every Secret Life session after watching all POVs
Session 1
tango trying to ask multiple questions at a time to get scar talking for a little while and scar outright telling him to shut up so he can infodump
joel’s response to lizzie, his ACTUAL WIFE, saying "I love you": "oh thank you"
joel: "hey bdubs your house is upside down" bdubs: "YES I KNOW IT'S UPSIDE DOWN- i'm sorry. i'm sorry"
bdubs not-so-subtly begging mumbo not to build a house inspired by his and mumbo straight up going going "uh huh" before suggesting a house inspired by bdubs's
cleo catching etho with the bed shrine
mumbo: "it could be like the alps, but bad. like, much worse."
martyn: "we can do a bit of, uh, tankin' and spankin'" gem: "……bit of what?"
skizz: "all of us are pretty old, maybe our island's called heart problems"
tango: "well, i'll be honest, skizz… everybody's teamed up, so… you're all that's left, we're gonna have to shack up" skizz: "well! it’s like a giant hug!"
Session 2
everyone going "OOOOHHhhhhhhhhhh…….." after skizz's creeper got put in a boat
mumbo: "I'm happy to be in whatever group you guys- oh hey bdubs"
bdubs: "I DON'T NEED NO MOM, I'M A GROWN MAN!" cleo: "really? how do you explain the everything?"
cleo (to bdubs): "you're just a horse girl at heart, aren’t you?"
skizz going "BREAK IT UP BREAK IT UP" at the same time as tango chanting "FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT"
scar: "was this your idea, pearl?" pearl: "no" scar: "this is amazing, only you would have come up with something like this"
martyn: "that's right, I'm a yellow life, and I've come to KILL you" bigb: "….wow, dude"
grian: "I've had the weirdest interactions whenever I see you" bigb: "y'know, I hope they get weirder"
everyone singing happy birthday off-key and out of sync
mumbo: "is there anything that I can help with? I come with no resources and very little talent"
bdubs: "I know how to crit punch, so it's gonna hurt you more than it hurts me!" gem: "..I also know how to crit punch" bdubs: "oh"
scar: "can I give you a ride, bdubs, wherever you're going?" bdubs: "freaking no, not on that thing! you kidding me?" scar: "aw. well I was just offering!" bdubs: "…all right, fine."
Session 3
*joel and lizzie arguing* grian: "aren't you guys married"
grian saying "I don't like what this has become" then immediately joining in the chanting when it’s joel's turn to fail
grian: "I love you, etho" etho: "……thank you?"
mumbo: "right, show me the gear knob on that camel" grian: "I’d rather not"
cleo: "yes, tango, the thing that I know about you is you don't know how minecraft works"
cleo's constant ethubs jokes
etho waterboarding everyone
scar: "losers will be beaten with my beatin' stick"
joel: "you are a FAILURE!!" martyn: "wow that was whole chest" joel: "sorry I’ve had a really rough episode"
bigb accidentally picking up torchy and tango being DEVASTATED
cleo: "why are we coming out this way?" bigb: "so no one can hear!" cleo: "well impulse is right there" impulse: "who?"
torchy out for blood the entire time
Session 4
cleo accidentally hitting etho with her sword and etho's immediate response: "I'LL DO THE DISHES I'LL DO WHATEVER YOU WANT"
cleo: "hey grian" grian: "🎶hellooo theeeere🎶" cleo: "hello, are you singing?" grian: "🎶absolutely not, I would never sing🎶"
mumbo: "what's your favorite welsh town" grian: "……….🎶let me googleee🎶"
grian: "I don't know what to do with myself now, cleo, what do we do?" cleo: "I don't know, I think we should burn things down"
grian: "ignore the stairs, they wouldn’t burn"
scar: "you guys are still here? I went and stole a bunch of stuff and you guys are still yapping over here"
jimmy: "I'll go in BigB's hole" scott: "you're gonna do WHAT????" cleo: "I always knew there was something about you two"
scar singing back at grian with no hesitation
grian and scar spotting martyn hiding behind the tree
jimmy: "WHAT ARE YOU DOING" scott: "hi, I’m just making the path connect-" jimmy: "STOP CRYIN' AND TELL US WHAT YOU'RE DOIN'" scott: "I'm making the path connect like lizzie did"
joel: "anyway, just came over here to ruin your day"
bdubs: "okay, you count us in" bigb: "okay. seven"
mumbo: "what do I win?" bdubs: "uhh- you win.. eight baked potatoes!" mumbo: "YEEEEESSS!!!!!"
bdubs: "you can't hit me! I can say and do whatever I want! okay, going to the house real quick though, to lock myself in"
people gaslighting jimmy and martyn (mostly jimmy) into thinking there’s a zombie/skeleton horse spawner somewhere
bdubs: "hey, hey! I consider you a friend! apparently it’s not reciprocated." gem: "it’s not. what do you want?"
jimmy: "martyn I think he can see you-" *beat* martyn: "WELL HE DIDN’T UNTIL YOU SAID THAT YOU IDIOT"
martyn: "oh yeah, wait! why are you wearin’ that?" scar: *incoherent cop sounds* (/ref)
jimmy: "he'll come back like nothing's happened now" mumbo: "hey guys 😀"
skizz: "here's the thing, I'm not too bossy, I- Boppers, go home for a second, I gotta talk to these guys"
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blueishspace · 5 months ago
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Last Life with divine domains
Part 4: Session 5 & 6
Fandom
As there weren't many suggestions last time I'll leave this empty and add them to the next part of this series. So @shortystack75 and @easily-distracted-by-fandom don't worry, your ideas will be in the next one.
Session 5
Etho is chosen as the boogeyman, Grian is notified about there being 1 boogey.
Scar has no reason to link anyone except the Southlands being his biggest enemies so he probably links Impulse and Martyn.
Martyn is given 3 rules to choose from: Everyone must play without sounds, Nobody is allowed to enter the nether, everyone must use showels as their main weapon. Martyn chooses the deaf option mostly because the Nether Is useful and using showels as weapons is a pain.
Grian probably still goes after Scott and Pearls villagers even without being a red, mostly because It's too big of an advantage... Meanwhile Cleo is getting her daily arson done by setting the fairy circle on fire... Lizzie summons a storm to estinguish the flames but if you know how minecraft fire works It's hardly enough.
Grian probably doesn't spawn trap Scar though... especially not alone versus a trio.
Etho doesn't buy Bdubs a life so he doesn't get the chance to get a kill on Scar... unless he goes to Scar to get himself a life and then kills him... But that doesn't seem likely.
So, Etho is still the boogey and Martyn is never summoned to the shadow alliance (because of not sharing resources with Ren)
Meanwhile Jimmy's attempt to buy a life from Scar Isn't twarted by Joel and Grian meaning he gets this sessions Scar bonus life... And isn't red anymore... I don't think Jimmy goes back to the Southlanders though considering that the only thing he can give Scar in exchange of a life is an alliance.
Now, Etho needs to get a kill... He's not going to target Bdubs, Skizz or Tango... Really, only magical mountain is really a target at this point so considering Mumbo is more likely to stay somewhere safe I'm going to say Joel dies at this time.
Etho not killing Scar means Skizz doesn't get the enchanter and Scar doesn't chase him to the Southlanders and doesn't die in a trap... However as strong as this version of Magical Mountain is I doubt they can keep the enchanter for this long so by the end of the session BEST has it.
Scott doesn't have the lives to gift Cleo one.
Lives
Scar has 6 lives.
Mumbo, Joel and Tango have 4 lives.
BigB, Etho, Lizzie, Ren, Pearl, Impulse and Scott have 3 lives.
Martyn, Skizz, Jimmy, Cleo, Bdubs and Grian have 2 lives.
Session 6
Mumbo, Joel, Jimmy, Scott, Etho and Bdubs are chosen to be the boogie, Grian discovers there are 6 boogeymen and panics.
Scar chooses... Well, either Southlands or BEST so *randomizer*...Impulse and Martyn.
Martyn has 3 rules to choose from this session: Everyone must set their game language to lolcat. No one is allowed to sprint or shift. One more boogeyman is added to the session. I think he chooses the boogeyman version over having an horrible and painful session because he has no idea there are 6.
Tango is chosen by the randomizer as the extra boogeyman, Grian is going to be very very confused when he realizes he got the wrong number of boogeyman... wonder how Martyn managed to fool Grian's sight.
Tango is equally confused at becoming the boogey after being told he wasn't.
Mumbo can't get his boogey kill in the same way as he isn't with Martyn and Grian when they listen in to team BEST... however Scar definitely goes after the enchanter and while Joel has already decided to target Lizzie Mumbo can use it as an opportunity to get a kill... Etho, Bdubs, Tango and Skizz are all equally likely to die so... Randomizer says Skizz... Skizz is red.
Meanwhile Joel traps Lizzie's base and still much like in canon accidentally kills himself in the process... Scar gives him his one bonus life.
Bdubs kills Tango in this timeline as well to get rid of the boogey curse... Tango of course can still threaten Bdubs like in canon but he also can do something else as he is also a boogeyman, Tango is rarely a fighter and he often has mire bark then bite but this once I'll let him have the satisfaction... I feel like Tango killing Bdubs also makes sense thematically... After all, the hearth is associated with home and family and betrayal is tarnishing that which the hearth stands for.
In our timeline Etho killed Mumbo as his boogey kill in response to him killing Bdubs... So... Etho kills Tango much the same way. Team BEST splits with Etho and Bdubs going on way and Tango going the opposite...and Skizz being a red is also doing his own thing now.
The Southlanders who are spending this whole reason spying on people for some reason use this to steal the enchanter.
Joel still goes out of his way to kill Lizzie.
Impulse and Grian still try to get the wither skulls which eventually leads to Scott killing Impulse... And Martyn going to red.
Scar still dies to Scott's water elevator, there is no reason for that not to happen.
Jimmy is still killed by Lizzie's trap, seeing similar deals made in canon I thinm he is given a life by Scar to stay with Magic Mountain.
If we consider timing Jimmy probably had the time to create his exile red life shack before trading his loyalty to magical mountain so Lizzie still falls into lava.
Joel and Mumbo don't try to kill Scott so he doesn't die by ender pearl this time.
Lives
Mumbo, Scar and Joel have 4 lives.
BigB, Etho, Ren, Pearl and Scott have 3 lives.
Cleo, Jimmy, Tango, Impulse and Grian have 2 lives.
Skizz, Bdubs, Martyn and Lizzie have 1 life.
Fandom
Again, this is going to be me just asking for suggestions... However I want to say that I just now realized that despite being a conman Scar is the most trustworthy and loyal ally in Last Life.
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lildevyl · 6 months ago
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Out of Time
Summary: Set during Limit Life.
Jimmy, Grian, and Joel meet up at the Bakery in the Sky to do something that none of them ever thought they needed to do. Jimmy knows that his time is up, so offers his life to one of the Bad Boys instead.
TW: Character Death, Angst
(Bakery in the Sky)
Jimmy looked at the timer on his wrist and his heart plummeted. Half an hour. That's all the time that he has left in this series. Just thirty minutes unless he gets a kill. Jimmy begins to pace back and forth, pulling at his hair, biting his nails, and frantically trying to come up with some kind of game plan. Jimmy looked up and saw Skynet 2.0 and thought that maybe he could get a kill that way. But then a flash of him dying just by ender pearling while falling off the ladder came rushing back. He quickly went against that idea.
Jimmy checked the time again, 25:30.
If Jimmy didn't do anything he be out first again! Jimmy abruptly stopped pacing. He be out first again. The Canary Curse, as everyone loved to meme but in truth, Jimmy's just that bad at the game. A Self Fulfilled Prophecy.
A Self Fulfilled Prophecy.
Jimmy was always out first because of something stupid he did. Got shot in the Bunker with Scar in 3rd Life. Died to a Creeper in Last Life. Died to an Enderman in Double LIfe. Now he's going to be out first because he Ran Out of Time or Fell from a High Place.
Unless . . . Unless . . . Would they even agree to this?
Taking a deep breath, Jimmy whipped out his com and put in Chat.
Bad Boys. Bakery in the sky. Pronto!
It didn't take long for Grian and Joel to get there.
"Jimmy, what's the emergency?" Joel asked concerned.
"What' you time at, Grian?" Jimmy asked.
"Uh, 4 hours and 15 minutes."
"Joel, what are you at?"
"3 hours and 25 minutes," Joel answered "Jimmy what is going on?"
"Alright, Gentlemen, it's been an honor."
"WHAT?!" Grian and Joel shouted.
"What are you on, right now?" Grain demanded.
"I'm on 15 minutes and 30 seconds. I can't get another kill. And I refuse to go out because I ran outta time." Jimmy said.
"Then we can get your time back! TNT Minecart from the Skynet 2.0!" Joel suggested.
"No! I can't get it done, and honestly, since I've got the Carany Curse then if I'm going out, I'm going out my way! Joel, you need the time more so, take this, and this, and some of this, and I have a couple of TNT left. Some bread and take this." Jimmy then hands Joel his diamond axe.
"Jimmy, are you sure?" Joel asked and took the axe.
"Look my time isn't going to someone else! We started this Series as the Bad Boys we're ending it as the Bad Boys. The Bad Boys are going to the Semi Finals and it's going to be one of you two! Grian, it's been fun and Joel it's been great having you as a team member. Do the honors, Joel."
"Jimmy, your standup guy, you've been one hell of a Bad Boy and I'm glad you were my partner in crime. I just wished you were better at this game."
"Yeah, me too," Jimmy said in a low voice with a tear coming down his cheek.
Lightning struck, SolidarityGaming Ran Out of Time flashed across Chat, and 30+ minutes were added to Joel's time.
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aplatypusshapedkite · 2 months ago
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Team ranchers Week-Oct 27: Canary in the deep dark
There once was a thriving cavern city that had the ability to jump to another world. Over time something seemed to make people sick and violent. The town above destroyed any way for people to leave, hoping to stop, whatever came through the portal, from killing them all. Only tall tales and legends remain of its destruction, a warning.
Background
Under a town there was a huge city in a cavern, the massive portal was often on. It wasn’t until a canary bird flew through that it stopped shining. They caged the bird, hoping for answers unaware that something else had entered through the portal before the golden bird. Sculk. Sculk has made its way through the portal. It started covering parts of town, seemingly appearing out of nowhere (The infected people spread it). A group of traders had entered the city but when they had suggested to get rid of the sculk as it made them feel ill. Most were violently thrown from the town, somewhere never seen again.
Once the Town above heard of this they tried to investigate, however only 2 of the 3 recon team returned. Fearing an outbreak of whatever had caused their sister city to descend, they took every tool and sealed every entrance and exit. Some affected people of the city begged to be let out, others violently tried to make their way out of the dark. But as the final entrance was sealed they were left in the deep dark nothingness, except the light blue glow of the sculk. Any survivors either starved and or took desperate measures to eat the remaining sculk. Everyone else was already one with the Sculk.
Jimmy is from the portal, he came through in his canary form trying to escape the sculk that was consuming his world. He was trapped in a cage unable to shift back. Unable to warn them of the dangers on the other side of the portal. Unable to tell them of the  infection that they allowed into their world. He was trapped as they were sealed in. Someone came and picked him up. In the chaos the cage was dropped, breaking on impact. He immediately flew away from everyone and everything. (I.e. he found a hole to hide in so he could unshift safely.)
Jimmy tried to show the survivors soul fire but everyone soon died. Jimmy tried to culling the sculk back. Due to the lack of resources and him being one person he couldn’t stop the spread completely. He needed food and he needed to rest so desperately he set fire to the edges of the city before turning into his canary form one last time before he slept. There he stayed fixing the wall of fire anytime he woke up. He wouldn’t let what happened to his world happen here.  
Wardens are a mashup of the people who were infected, their bodies were torn apart and their souls screaming. Wardens always try to find a way out both from the people wanting to to get out and the Sculk’s need to spread. (‘baby’ Wardens are horrifying as they are mostly just torn flesh and broken bones as the sculk hasn’t covered everything yet)
Tango is the mechanic of an expedition team that consists of Pix (The leader and Anthropologist), TFC (Miner expert), Scar (The Naturalist), VintageBeef (The Cook) and Cub who is the navigator/ cartographer.
Plot Ideas
Pix learns of a City underneath a ghost town that is surrounded with warnings about a dangerous infection that took over the city. Along with the stories of adventures going missing looking for it.
Pix got in contact with Doc, Joe, Cleo, Vintage, and TFC for either them to join or help out. Cleo told him about Cub, Cub brung on Scar and Doc suggested Tango to go with them. Cleo and Joe couldn't go on the full expedition but they would check on them and help bring them supplies. (Joe is a medic)
After 2 weeks of mining they find a cave near the main cavern. Joe and Cleo stopped by with more supplies before they breach the cavern.(Last time they ever see some of their friends)
Tango meets Jimmy first. Jimmy heard something abnormal and went to investigate, he stole a bag of chex mix. As he was flying away Tango heard a bird. Upon investigating the noise he found a yellow feather and saw a bright almost glowing canary flying above a ruined city surrounded by blue fire. (There's no way a bird could have gotten down there, there was no way it could have with no one noticing)
After they discovered the cavern their tunnel collapsed trapping them (Alot of their stuff is back there)
Cub’s hand gets cut while they inspect the cave in
They officially meet Jimmy who tells them to go back and that its dangerous to be here. After explaining their situation Jimmy tells them where it's safe, and to stay away from the sculk while they try to get out (Light is an issues down here (Jimmy has a half working redstone lamp in his ‘home’))
TFC is trying to figure out how to get the tunnel open again without it collapsing, Pix is trying to get as much information from Jimmy about the town/ trying to get a closer look. Scar is trying to get a closer look at the Sculk with cub,Tango is helping Vintage prepare dinner 
Cub slipped where a fire had gone out, face planting. He and Scar laughed it off  as he pushed himself up and went to go eat with everyone. (They told Jimmy and helped him relight the fire, as he explained how it worked) (They didn’t realize the cut on Cub’s had was enough for him to get infected)
After meeting Jimmy/ the tunnel cave in: some of the fires that kept the sculk in check started going out (Jimmy is extremely low on resources to restart the fires, fires go out for many reasons but this is starting to be abnormal)
Someone suggests that if they got the tunnel back open and caused a cave in to trap the sculk then Jimmy could come with them. Jimmy is very against this as more people may come and find it only for the fires to be out, causing an apocalypse.
Scar is the first one to find out Cub got infected. He had noticed something was off about him but after being trapped for a while he brushed it off. It wasn’t until after he interviewed Jimmy about the sculk (Read: Bothered Jimmy about the sculk cuz he was curious) and the fires where being put out when he realized that something may be more deeply wrong with Cub 
Scar tells Jimmy about his worries and they go together to confront Cub (Telling no one smh). They find him at the edge of the city. Scar jumps towards him and asks a bunch of questions but Cub cuts him off. Cub confesses that he thinks he got infected when he fell a while ago. He tells scar he’s liked him for quite sometime. That he wishes they had said everything sooner but it's too late now. He says he loves him, he always will. With that Cub runs through a gap in the fire, into the city. 
Scar yells after Cub and tries to follow him but Jimmy stops him. At this point everyone hears him and rushes over.  They also help keep scar from running into the city (Jimmy couldn’t keep it up much longer)
Jimmy tries to tell him that Cub is gone.
Despite Jimmy being extremely against anyone going into the city, he’ll go look for Cub. Solidarity says he’ll see if he can see where he is and what he's doing (Some newly infected once tried to activate the portal. There's no way he could ever handle an outbreak like that. This is one of the main reasons he does go looking)
Jimmy gets injured/ attacked while looking for Cub (A Warden ‘woke up’ and heard Jimmy flying). The Pix grab him from the edge, saving him from being infected. (It's a very VERY close call) (Cub running into the city is what woke the warden up)
Pix gets infected while saving Jimmy and he discovers the soul sand under the sculk (He drops a normal torch on a patch of sculk and it turned blue. Killing the sculk around and leaving a patch of soul sand exposed)
They know they need to leave immediately, Jimmy is against leaving as the fires are going out and if they all got out, the Sculk would follow them. Vintage brings up the food situation isn’t looking good.
They try to figure out how to kill the sculk and or keep it from getting out forever
Cub isn't dead. Not fully. 
More Wardens wake up. They can't pass the soul fire but they do have ranged attacks. (Jimmy's 'base' is on the opposite side of the city however it is high enough to avoid any major warden attacks)
Their only saving grace is wardens can't see, the problem is Infected Cub still can. 
Pix tells TFC about his Infection. TFC Grabs Jimmy under the guise of the structure of the cave. They talked about Pix’s infection and the soul sand under the sculk. 
They talk about how if they could set the city ablaze it would kill the sculk, that's when they go get Vintage, Tango, and Scar to tell them of the situation and their idea.
Tango says if they can blow up certain areas carefully then it would almost kill all the sculk. They could go in soon after and burn it by hand. 
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Jimmy stays with Tango after everything 
Scar moved in with Grian and Mumbo so he wasn’t alone after Cub died
Other things
Pix and TFC are old friends
Cub and scar are Roommates
Cleo and Joe almost joined but they had other commitments and couldn’t join/ They do supply runs
Doc was contracted to build machinery for the expedition 
Jimmy has a very limited amount of food. He tends to sleep most of the time (Your hunger doesn't go down when you’re sleeping). He also tends to stay in one form for long periods of time as shifting takes a bit of energy. His Canary form is much more convenient to travel through the deep dark and to keep an eye out. While he mostly only uses his human/ hybrid form to relight fires  
Both worlds have hybrids but only Jimmy’s world had hybridization (I.e. he wasn’t born with wing nubs)
Jimmy’s world is dead. Jimmy knows that at that point there was no way for the Sculk to have been stopped. If Jimmy had been there for a few more days, he would be dead. He knows this.
Jimmy hasn’t had a proper conversation with someone since a little before he went through the portal
Soul fire doesn't go out on its own- it needs to be punched and or water to extinguish it. (There is a huge reservoir of water above that dips down and occasionally puts out the fires)
Jimmy and Scar become really good friends after as Jimmy understands the horror of sculk and losing people to it
Jimmy stole his boots from a corpse (He's gone through a few pairs of shoes, one pair was gifted and the rest were stolen ) 
Tango used to be apart of a company called ‘The Boomers’. He knows his way around explosives, including how to make em
The Expedition team isn’t the first ones to find the cavern. Only about ¼ ever find the cave but very few of them leave. The first two times Jimmy didn’t find them till they were already infected. Some of them tried to escape so in a panic Jimmy pushed them into the soul fire. After that he started to look for people every time he wakes up
Art
From the initial page to my most recent for 4 am
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novamariestark · 1 year ago
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Deathbed Confession
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Summary: Your imminent death leads you to tell Parker how you feel about him
Main Character(s): Alden Parker, Timothy McGee, Jessica Knight, Jimmy Palmer, Kasie Hines
Words: 1630 (approx)
Notes: This is my first time writing for Parker, well it's been a while since I've written anything so I'm a little rusty. Hope you like it.
The only reason you were in here was to avoid him. Him who replaced your father, Gibbs, a few months ago. And despite your objections and obvious distaste for his presence at the beginning, somehow you managed to fall for him. Him being Special Agent Alden Parker. Your boss.
Falling for your boss is never a good idea. Obviously. But it was just something that happened, and it completely took you by surprise. One late night case and being stuck in a car with him, in close quarters. He sat there, talking, trying to get to know you, probably to get you to accept him. Everyone else on the team had pretty much accepted him now but you, you were still acting like you hated him being there. At least that’s what he thought. But because you were never close to him in the first place, no one noticed the slight change of you trying to avoid him every chance you got. Except for Jimmy, he noticed when you spent more time down in autopsy. Eventually you got tired of his questions, and you told him about your “crush”.
You thought about telling him your feelings but come on, look at him. He was perfect in your eyes, and you weren’t good enough for him. That’s what you told yourself.
Don’t tell him. You’ll only get rejected. Then it will be so awkward, you’ll have to leave.
Well, that train of thought led to you being here. Sitting on the floor of Kasie’s lab, dying.
You, Jimmy and Kasie all inhaled a biotoxin and a lethal one at that. So stupid.
Kasie hummed as she took a whiff of the flask, “Skotch? Bourbon?”
Jimmy leaned in and sniffed the open container, “Vodka” he shrugged, “I don’t know,”
You laughed and shook your head, “I do, I know my vodka,” You leaned in to take a sniff and then leaned away after you did, “Definitely not vodka. Not bourbon either,”
Jimmy suggested giving a shot to Mass Spec, Kasie nodded and did exactly that. It wasn’t long after that, that you got a call from Parker.
“Don’t open the flask,” he said through the phone, his voice full of urgency.
Before you could ask why, the alarm for the lab started going off, causing the lab to shut down, “Too late,” you replied to him.
You weren’t one to panic. Usually. But being trapped in a death box was starting to get to you.
“(Y/N)? You, okay?” Jimmy asked, to which you shook your head.
“I can’t be trapped,”
Jimmy scrunched his eyebrows in confusion, “You’re claustrophobic? Since when?”
“Pretty much always,” you laughed, pacing around the lab, “Only difference, I had dad or Ducky to help me with it. And they aren’t here,”
It wasn’t long after that, that Kasie and Jimmy were butting heads. You had tried to stop them but neither of them would listen. Then Carol told them to knock it off.
“I want you to stop anything and everything that's gonna elevate your blood pressures, especially arguing.”
“We weren’t arguing,” Jimmy spoke up almost in a childish manner.
“We were,”
You were getting tired of their bickering, and that’s when you snapped. You threw your hands up in the air and said, “Oh MY GOD, I’m gonna kill you before the toxin does,” If you had you’re gun on you, you were sure you would’ve just used it there and then.
 Carol then told you some good news, “Atropine will have no effect.”
“So why? What? You're-you're telling us that we're supposed to just, like, sit in this box and wait to die in a couple of hours?” Jimmy asked, getting agitated. He tried to exit the lab, to spend the last hours of his life with his daughter, but Carol told him that he’d only be killing her and that the toxin they had inhaled was designed to have no visible effects, so that the victim exposed wouldn’t know they were infecting everyone around them. More good news.
All you could do is wait. Wait to die.
At some point, the team came down to talk to you guys, see how you were doing. Parker told you to hold on and that they would get you the antidote.
You chuckled, "You don't need to give us hope, boss," you uttered. Then you looked up at Parker and queried, "Seeing as how I'm on my way out, can I tell you something?"
“You can tell me anything,” he replied, kneeling beside the glass. He definitely was not expecting you to say what you did. No one did.
“I love you,”
Parker hesitated for a moment. His mouth opened but he didn’t reply. You guessed he didn’t want to break the heart of a dying woman. There was an awkward silence before you spoke again. “It’s alright. You don’t have to say anything.” you told him, you looked away from him to the two others in the room, “Promise me something?”
“Yeah?”
“If you do get it. If there isn’t time?” you started, he nodded for you to continue, “You save them.” sniffing you added, “Not me.”
You closed your eyes and McGee, who has been a big brother to you for most of your life, began banging on the door, worry covering his features, “No, (Y/N) you stay awake,”
“It’s okay, Timmy. I’m okay with it,” you spoke through coughs, “I wanna see my mom again,” You nodded, contented, before closing your eyes to drift off into a peaceful sleep. You weren't scared anymore. You knew that you were going to be reunited with your mom soon. You had seen her before when you passed out in the lab. It felt incredibly real, as if she was truly by your side, and you wanted to experience it again.
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As you gradually regained consciousness, a series of beeps pierced through the hazy fog of your mind. Blinking a few times, you cautiously opened your eyes, allowing them to adjust to the sudden brightness that flooded the room. You scanned your surroundings, only to discover that you were lying in a hospital room. However, what truly struck you was the sight of Parker, peacefully sleeping in the chair right by your side, a sight that was completely unexpected.
"Hey, you're awake," you hear, looking up to see your friend Jess hugging a giant stuffed bear.
You laughed as she and the bear squeezed through the door, “Oh my God. Is that for me?"
“Nope, for Jimmy,”
“Oh, of course,”
“I bought you him,” she said, nodding to your sleeping boss.
You groan, “My god, now I have to transfer. I never would have admitted my feelings if I knew I was going to live,”
Jess tilted her head and looked at you, you asked her what was wrong, “You didn’t hear him did you?” Confused, you asked Jess what she meant. She just nodded to the sleeping boss and said, "He said it back."
You laughed and shook your head, “No he didn’t,”
“Yeah, he did,” you heard, but the voice was lower and definitely didn’t belong to Jess. You looked over to the man beside you who was now awake, “He did say it back,”
He was referring to himself in the 3rd person so you decided to use that to question it, stuttering slightly as nerves built up in your body, “A-And why did he s-say it back,”
The man calmly replied, “He probably shouldn’t have, he’s way older and has no business with such a beautiful, smart woman who is 30 years younger than him,”
“I’m just gonna,” Jess spoke up, excusing herself from the room.
“And why does he think that?” you questioned.
“Come on, (Y/N) look at me,” Parker said, leaning forward to grab your hand.
“I do,” you said, laughing a little nervously “Probably more than I should,” you added, feeling somewhat embarrassed at your own boldness.
“All this time, I thought you hated me,” he said quietly, staring at their conjoined hands.
You sighed, “At first, I did. I mean, I did just leave my dad, the only family I had left and someone I didn’t know took his spot,” you explained.
“What changed?” he asked quietly.
You shrugged and said, “I don’t know how it happened, but one day I suddenly found you attractive,” feeling embarrassed, you turned your gaze away from him.
“Well that I believe,” he smirked.
“How did you get your head through the door?” He laughed, god you loved that laugh and you wanted to hear it for the rest of your life, “So, you were suddenly attracted to me? Whilst I was dying on the floor?”
“No, uhm long before that,” he replied shaking his head.
“What like a month? 2?”
“7” he replied. 7 months? That was before he joined NCIS, he was still FBI. As if he knew what you were thinking he replied, “Yeah, remember when you punched me in the face?”
“Yeah,” you nodded slowly unsure of what this had to do with anything.
“Then,”
Your eyes widened in surprise, followed by a burst of laughter as you tried to process his words. “You were attracted to me punching you in the face?” you asked in disbelief.
“It was a hell of a punch, and you looked great doing it,” he replied, you laughed, shaking your head at his compliment. He smiled and kissed the back of your hand.
Vance came in at some point, asking to speak to Parker, he let go of your hand and headed out the door, not before throwing you a wink that made your whole body tingle with excitement. Oh crap. you thought.
How the hell were you going to keep your hands off him at work?!
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noblest-roman-of-them-all · 2 months ago
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New AU idea. The Zombie Apocalypse AU I wrote a lot of for Whumptober is actually just Remus getting carried away with a project for his film class. Mishap by Moonlight (which I initially wrote last year) was initially the whole project, but Remus got carried away with the writing and filming and conned everyone into going along with it.
Just about everything stays the same except for Logan’s mentor within the zombie storyline is only emotionally/mentally abusive and doesn't actually touch him because while Remus would in fact write something like that, he's not going to ask his friend to play that out for his project. Remus still writes his character as killing Marcus and still writes Marcus as getting creepy with him, as a way of coping with some actual abuse he's dealing with. This scene prompts Logan to talk to him about some abuse he's also actually dealing with from his advisor.
At some point between filming Remus is in a car accident or something and actually loses his leg and due to his commit to the bite disease just writes it into the script that Janus cuts off his leg to avoid weird continuity stuff and so he doesn't have to try hide his prosthetic.
Remus deliberately writes Logan and Thomas as idiots to lovers because they're genuinely idiots to lovers and he's subtly trying to help them out. It actually works to his surpise and the little heart to heart scene he writes for their characters actually gets them talking. He also writes Emil and Roman as partners because they've also been skirting around each other for two years and he can't take it anymore and hopes writing their characters as an established couple will help them sort it out.
Later on (which I am working on writing) Remus is plying around with some drams ideas and recruites his buddy Chris, who is taking an assortment of classes to figure out what he's actually passionate about after an accident he and his brother were in the year before and also has a penchant for the color green, to brainstorm ideas with him.
Chris everso helpful shrugs and suggests someone come after him as revenge for killing Marcus and in the process kills someone else. They draw names from a hat and Emile is the lucky victim.
Remus does love a good tragedy, but also find there's something to be said for the drama of a scare and writes two versions of the scene, one in which Emile dies and one where he doesn't. Day of filming comes around and no one bothered to double check that they were all on the same page leading to Roman thinking Emile is actually dead in a filming accident gone horrifically wrong.
The whole thing does end in a confession of feeling, but Remus does wish he could have accomplished this without traumatizing the shit out of his poor twin.
That said at the end of it he's two for two on the match making scene in this film project he's already turned in and gotten an A on, so when Chris jokingly offers up time traveling to stop the apocalypse it takes no time at all for Remus to agree, provided Chris can get Zach and the rest of his friend group involved. His reasoning behind this is that he can write in Jimmy's side project of designing a ship shaped like a turtle can be incorporated and actually turned into the time machine.
Somehow Chris actually manages to get everyone on board with Zach and Aviva being the hardest sells because they each have other projects that they're working on, Chris points out that once Remus is done with this for his class he could put it on YouTube and it would show off parts of their projects and they both agree. Koki's already been in on the project helping with post editing and all that couldn't careless to be in the production itself, but Jimmy convinces her to join in. The two bantering back and forth practically write their own parts, and Remus is pleased to find Martin has a surprising amount of commit to the bit disease himself and seems to be the only one to get Aviva to play along. This all works out really well for Remus, who's sole motivation for bringing such a big new group into the storyline is to once again play match maker, this time with Chris and Zach.
During filming at some point Zach falls ill and instead of trying to hide it or make Zach work through it, he just writes his character as suffering from anemia and malnutrition due to the apocalypse and has Zach use his wheelchair when he can or wants to show up. Little does he know that Zach is actually battling an eating disorder, the reason he's actually sick, it all comes to a head when Remus writes Zach's character as eating on screen and Zach breaks down about it, leading to Chris intervining and the two finally talking. (Remus immediately offers to delete the footage and rework things to cut out any mention of malnutrition. Zach agrees it's okay as long as he just curs out the last bit of filming.)
Remus is now three for three and Roman confronts him about his matchmaking habits. Remus admits that, yes, he's been doing this on purpose and hasn't tried to set up Remy, Patton, or Virgil in any way because they all just seem so settled in without being paired off and it would feel weird to try to set up two of them and just leave the other hanging. He's shocked when Roman tells him the three of them are an established ploycule and have been this entire time.
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puppyocto · 9 months ago
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Pearlescent Moon and Medea. Can women be villains?
Now this isn't my usual thing (talking about Jimmy solidarity), but I reminded myself of it on twitter I think it's interesting. (This comes from a school assignment I did) Now we all now Pearl, I don't have to explain her tragedy to you, being abandoned by Scott, either choosing to engage in villainy or being forced to depending on your perspective. But what about Medea. Medea is an ancient Greek tragedy where the titular female character, Medea, is cheated on by her husband. However she had left her on country for him, meaning he leaves her abandoned and alone. (Also she kills her kids but that doesn't come up) Both of these characters have villainous men around them, Medea's husband or Scar in Pearl's double life (he suggests the whole ice thing). But, weirdly, these female characters face far heavier social sanctioning than their male counterparts. Social sanctioning being the ways people in society shame people into behaving in socially acceptable ways. For example judgemental stares or on a legal scale, being arrested. Medea, seems to reenact this social sanctioning on herself, showing she really has internalised these ideas whereas we see this less from Pearl. When speaking Medea says “For women, divorce is not respectful; to repel the man, not possible.”, now this shows her internalisation but also really highlights how absolute this issue is for Medea. Divorce clearly was not socially acceptable at the time Medea was written and therefore must be "not possible" or essentially completely impossible for women to do. And this is only the "for women". Not men. I also think it's interesting divorce isn't really that big an issue, compared to things like murder divorce doesn't seem that bad but that's the thing she talks about here because it doesn't have to be a big thing for it to be a big deal for women. Any deviation from traditional societal behaviours is too much for women. Now back to Pearl, as I said rather than doing it to herself often other people are really harsh on Pearl with Martyn saying "You guys have got this whole weird vibe going on, I’m an innocent party in all this, I blame you for this. I’m breaking up with you too, goodbye, goodbye. Nether again. I’m out." after him and Pearl are abandoned by Scott and Cleo respectively. This is different from how Medea is treated because yes all the blame is put on the female charater instead of the male character (look at how many times Martyn says you, he's really enforcing it" but it calls itself out a little. Martyn here with his pun, referces the nether which he convinced Pearl to go to, and is a big reason that Scott and Cleo broke up with them. So clearly Martyn knows he has a little fault. And yes he still blames Pearl but that is mainly to move the blame off of him. So overall I still think the same increased social sanctioning is done to Pearl but the tides are shifting, allbeit slowly from that of Ancient Greece. So back to our question, can women be villains? Not really? Women are often immediately shamed and ostracised for acting villainously in any little way that it's almost impossible for them to ever be villains, although this is changing and getting less true. I think this is because of the form of humanity women get to experience. Women aren't quite as human as men in society, meaning they are not afforded the same kinds of moral greyness. Continued in reblog cause Tumblr didn't like how long it was
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mossfeathers · 11 months ago
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I don't know what specifically to ask yet but consider this an ask about your siren au, so if you din't mind could you share a detail or something, please?
(Also thanks for making one, I've seen people suggest siren!BigB in the tags of that post about people just believing what he says(I think that was the post), but I haven't actaully seen any, or anything further than that at all really. So thank you for doing something with the idea of siren!BigB.)
hi omg hi yes yes yes!! in light of grians new obsession with fishing i think that just makes this au even better (under cut bc theres a lot also sorry this took so long i got so excited i forgot everything i knew about this au)
The easiest thing to start with is the worldbuilding. I kinda changed up what a siren actually is for sake of me not wanting to write romantic/sexual sirens but still wanting to keep the voice aspect. So, siren voices/songs are just kind of a universal persuasion, and not always with the end goal of killing, it can just be for fun to get things or to mess with people. While their voice does develop naturally over time, practice and consistent use is what mainly contributes to control (starting and stopping using it at will) and power (just how far one can go). Sirens also have a really varied phenotype, especially on ear shape and eye color. There's a bunch of other stuff I have about sirens but that's its own post.
About the characters themselves, the 'main' four are Jimmy and Grian as human fishmongers, and Scar and Bigb as sirens! Jimmy and Grian are super close friends, and Scar and Bigb are actually siblings (this, too, is its own post entirely). Base premise is Jimmy and Grian get a little house near the beach in a small town for really cheap, but don't know the ocean has sirens in it and trouble ensues. A lot. Scar uses his voice a lot more and has a pretty nasty reputation for just taking all of your things and sometimes killing for fun, while bigb's pretty under the radar and likes to avoid using his voice, but still uses it. Not a super strong reason against it, just isn't a fan and feels kinda bad. This is semi-inspired by how each of them actually persuade people in the life series, with Scar just doing it for fun and Bigb noticeably not doing it as often and usually in moments of life-or-death (especially thinking of the third and secret life finale), semi-inspired by scar liking singing and bigb having a general disdain for it. Here's a few doodles of my rough designs for these fellas, super messy but the general vibe is there
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siriannatan · 1 year ago
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Real Beast of Gobland - ScfWhip
This took embarrassingly long between me coming up with the idea and now…
fWhip was totally good being a goblin. It was both a perfect excuse and a way to get a lot of gold. The cave was plenty spacious. And he didn't have to worry about being hunted. Not that anyone would have any reason to do something like that. fWhip was a perfectly normal goblin after all. 
Unless it was spring of course. Spring was a terrible time. His only problem was of course just the pollen. Horrible surface pollen that got everywhere everywhere. Even inside the deep caves. Pollen was the only reason he locked himself up in his house with strict orders to keep everyone away. He simply didn't wish to be seen in this state.
Of course, he didn't take Scott existing into account. If the guy wanted something he'd get it. And apparently, he really wanted to see fWhip. And managed to get past all the goblin security. And was knocking on fWhip's door.
"fWhip?" the definitely not handsome demon-king of Chromia called out as he knocked on the door. "I know you're there~" he carried on as fWhip fought the urge to rip his front door out its hinges. And the urge to drag Scott to his nes... bed. And to rip everything he has on to better see all the shiny crystals he always had sticking out.
Fighting his urges was rather hard. But he could not give in. If he did Scott would find his biggest secret. And likely used it against him. fWhip could not have it happen. The demon was his biggest competition in being the biggest 'magpie' - as Jimmy called them - around. fWhip could not lose to some Demon in the size of his riches pile.
"fWhipppp~," Scott almost whined as he banged on the door once more. fWhip had to bite his lips to not growl. Goblins were not known to growl. Hiss and bite, yes. Growl like some dragon? No.
But fWhip was not a normal Goblin... Or maybe. Actually. Not a goblin at all. But a dragon who kind of adopted a group of goblin settlers as his borderline worshippers and was hiding amongst them to avoid annoyances. And maybe springtime was dragon mating time. Making it a very bad time for fWhip to see literally anyone at the time. Especially individuals as shiny as Scott.
It was silent outside for some time. fWhip hoped it meant Scott left and was about to relax back into his silent suffering when suddenly there was Scott's face in his bedroom window. Looking at him with a far too happy smirk. And with crystals sticking out around his golden eye. fWhip's instincts were burning. 
With a growl that had the demon's eyes going wide fWhip practically ripped the window open. Possibly breaking the lock. He'd fix it later. And dragged Scott inside and into his nest. No time for semantics as he clawed at Scott's coat. 
"Whoa, slow down. Not like I appreciate," Scott chuckled, restraining the 'goblin'. All he got was a growl and a snap of far too sharp for a goblin teeth. And maybe some sparks as suddenly fWhip have vary not gobliny wings with dark red scales and emerald green membrane. He barely saw it for a second before he was pushed down into the goblin king's plush bed. 
For the next few hours, Scott had very little time or desire to question anything about fWhip. And even when fWhip calmed down he didn't feel like questioning anything. Especially with a very happy, apparently, dragon lying out on top of him. Tail happily swished as blue eyes stared at Scott's shiny spikies. "You're lucky it was me that got here first, you'd kill anyone else with that," Scott huffed, faking annoyance.
"Anyone else would stay away," fWhip rolled his eyes. A somewhat involuntary purr sneaked in as his spring instincts flared up again. "I'd suggest you run away if you're too tired for another. While I'm willing to let you go," he graciously offered.
Scott of course did not run away. Why would he turn down fWhip's generous offer of hours upon hours of fun?
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loquaciousquark · 2 years ago
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4-Sided Dive Highlights - Critical Role C3 up to E43 (Jan. 3, 2023)
What are timeliness and punctuality, really? A construct of the oppressive bourgeoisie, that's what. Regardless, we join Ashley, Travis, Sam, and Liam on tonight's episode. Sam wins host with a natural 20 and immediately misses his spot. The opening schtick requires Sam to read the rest of the prompter as Drunk Jimmy Stewart and watching him struggle with the impression is hilarious in and of itself.
What the Fuck is Up With That? Everyone enjoyed hanging out with the Gorgynei. Travis likes that they aren't all werewolves. He clarifies that when Chetney turned into a werewolf, the Claret Order in that area came to him and said, "This was not a planned thing, so you need to learn to control this immediately or we will end you." People uncontrollably changing and spreading the curse gives them a bad name. What if a werewolf bites a werebear?
Liam would be a were-rat in real life. Sam wants to be a were-eagle.
Everyone loved the fight against Chetney. Travis: "Everyone should have at least one moment in their lives where Matt Mercer leans across the table and hands you a piece of paper that's just instructions to fuck up the rest of the table." It was titled Chetney Unleashed! and gave him 60 extra hit points, the frightening howl, and three legendary actions. Ashley wonders if he'll get there in base character campaign. Liam also loves getting to fight the party, no holds barred. Travis generally feels like the group fights in sync, but in that moment he felt like "I can't read their minds anymore! I'm disconnected from the flow!"
Travis had a tiny plastic werewolf of Wolf Man he used to bring to church with him on Sundays. Ashley is indignant he never named him. "He's a killer, Ashley. You don't give him names." He used to get up early on Saturdays to watch the Teen Wolf cartoon and colored his skin brown with magic marker to simulate fur and taped fake claws to his fingers.
Orym's sword upgraded! He has a tiny bit of additional range and some grasping vine abilities. Seedling: The Wayward Pilgrim.
Everyone is wearing blue except for Liam. Cute!
Travis always gets tripped up when Mercer reveals a secret such as Predathos which he's been building to for years. Planerider Ryn was mentioned in the original Tal'Dorei campaign guide, then had her sanctum visited by the M9 in C2, where Luc got killed. Sam is convinced they're getting into alien, intergalactic stuff for this world now. Liam gets genuinely giddy talking about the intertwining of dunamancy, the mesh net around Ruidus, and the threads of fate.
Liam thinks dunamancy is part of existence itself, but the beacons might be "rabbit pellets" of Predathos shot out when he arrived. Is Predathos Galactus, eater of worlds?
Dani comes on to straighten out lore! Early iterations of the Exandrian creation myth implied that the gods and primordials never got along--while they coexisted, there was always some animosity. Later, with the schism/Calamity, the Prime Deities went to open war against the primordials and betrayer gods in order to protect creation. This new suggestion that everyone fought together against Predathos at some point is an exciting reveal, and that two of them were devoured by Predathos is very alarming.
What is Bell's Hells going to do with this information? They're so new to even interplanar travel that the idea of inter-deity warfare is beyond them.
Sam talks about his conflict between wanting to learn more about himself in Yios and the group's time pressure elsewhere. Everyone laughs at the poor secretary getting bribed, even unintentionally, into helping them.
Liam originally thought that someone got up to the moon ages ago and built the city after it was created, but now he's not sure. Instead, he wonders if it's part of a city which just got chunked up from Exandria when creating the moon in the first place. Dani posits that everyone on the moon is a worshipper of Predathos (Predathans) because since worship gives a god its power, you don't want worshipers of a god-eater running around outside the mesh net, strengthening it on the main continent. If new people have begun worshipping him with flares, occasionally teleporting themselves to the moon, that might be strengthening Ruidus and causing the changes we're seeing that may be making Predathos stronger. Liam is sure that if someone exploded Milwaukee into space, the city would survive.
Sam and Ashley both are desperate to go to the moon. Ashley wonders if they're mining the moon. BASA? Bells Aeronautics Space Administration?
Otohan used to follow the Duskmaven, but appears to no longer do so. Ethedok used to oversee darkness and winter; Vordo used to oversee fate and order. After those gods were eaten, their realms were combined into the fate and death/darkness domains of the previous god of the dead, prior to the Raven Queen ascending.
Liam finds real gambling very boring; the other three gamble for fun. Liam has no interest in getting good at reading people; he'd rather take his $80 and go see a show. Laura apparently loves to gamble (craps, Sic Bo Dragon). Travis is not allowed within a mile of Laura when she's gambling; he's a cooler for her! Ha! Once he came up to her while she was on a hot craps run and the dice immediately threw snake eyes. Ashley has played War at Vegas against the house and lost and won $20 in about fifteen seconds before leaving. Liam would rather buy a Switch.
The Tower of Inquiry! Travis approaches a very dangerously leaning tower. There is no, no, no way this is going to work. AND IT DOESN'T, DOWN IT COMES. Every time he doesn't score the most points in Quiplash, he must perform certain exercises. back to the tower: what genre of video game would your character enjoy? Orym: Soul Caliber. Fearne: The Sims, because she wants to control things. Chetney: Rollercoaster Tycoon. FCG: Duck Hunt or Hitman.
Sam doesn't know if FCG was successful at any of his assassinations and really wants to know.
Ashley pulls a block from the toppled six-inch tower and still almost knocks it over. Character's favorite Broadway musical? Chetney: Beauty and the Beast. FCG: Starlight Express, Orym: Billy Elliott. Fearne: Into the Woods or Hadestown.
Liam's block: Character's favorite reality TV show? (Ashley loves reality TV and and is loving Below Deck right now. "Downton Abbey, but for boats.") FCG: Couples Therapy. Chetney: Bob Ross. Sam: Not Bob Vila? Travis, as Chet: Don't give me that amateur shit! Orym: Ninja Warrior, American Gladiator, MXC.
The Deep Dive! What was the inspiration for Shithead? During character design, he was asked if FCG had a familiar. He thought perhaps he should since he kept shitting on other people's familiars, but once it was designed, he landed back on, "No, I HATE familiars," and gave the character to Matt. "I made this thing, I don't know what it is. Can you do something?" and Matt took it from there.
Liam loves magic after Caleb, so he's glad to have a bit of magic again. Since it wasn't a new/extant sword, he got to pick his own name. He was tossing around ideas of plants pollinating, of seeds being dispersed by the wind over great distances in order to start new life, and landed on Seedling.
In Fearne's eyes, Grandma can do no wrong. She genuinely believes Morri will help them without strings. Ashley didn't expect how much she enjoys actively coming up with ways to make everyone at the table squeamish. Matt and Aabria both helped create Morri--Ashley did have tons of input though. Lots of Fearne also came from ExU--she reflects some of Aabria's playfulness. Liam: "Nana is fucking dangerous." Ashley: "Noooooo!" Liam: "She is at BEST true neutral, right in the middle, and Fearne is her darling little Rapunzel child imp while she is dark, dark, dark and twisted."
Why was Ruidus affecting Chetney specifically? Travis has no idea. He can't tell if Predathos is growing in power or if it's a quality from the consumed deities. Is this a pulse, a harbinger of something to be unleashed? Chetney traditionally only transforms from a full Catha, and he normally maintains control the whole time; this was the first time Ruidus had forced him to change and had caused him to lose control.
FCG wants to do things like smell, love, and taste, so baking is meant to help them understand how taste works.
Block break, gosh dang it tumblr.
Chetney dissing Orym's wolf figurine went about as well as could be expected. Chet was very kind when Orym told him about Will, and he wanted to repay him with something Chetney valued. Liam did order a wooden wolf figurine from Etsy, but it was too good for both Orym's skill and compared to Travis's gifts, and now he feels weird about dragging this poor Etsy seller through the muck, so he's just going to keep it at home.
Ashley couldn't look Marisha in the eyes after a coin flip. She was depressed for a full week. She hated holding their lives in her hands. Having to do that has affected Fearne in a very big way (more protective); she's starting to learn how to experience human feelings. "This makes my stomach really anxious and I don't know why." After talking with Laudna, Ashley isn't sure if either she or Fearne feel better.
It's too early to tell if Chetney's beast is better tamed. Travis doesn't trust Mercer at all.
What's the deal with Imogen's weird fire alien? Exciting stuff!
What did FCG think of the Speak with Dead spell? It's super creepy and gets into soul stuff--if you can just talk to someone after you're dead, what does that mean? "What do I believe? I don't actually know yet!"
Orym, despite his high history, knows nothing about the history of other realms. His history comes from overhearing Exandrian conversations about local issues, not other-planar stuff. Sam: "For the record, I don't just willy-nilly choose which rules to follow or not. I just don't follow the stupid ones. Like luck. Luck's a stupid rule."
Fearne felt incredibly special that Laudna asked her to pass something on to her. Fearne has a fascination with what makes people tick, and getting to work on that with Laudna was special.
It hurt that Chet's original howl went unanswered. Still, Travis liked the metaphor. Alone, not enough; together, we start the party.
Tower of Inquiry: What would be your characters' Smash Ultimates? Boy, this is not the crew for this question. They immediately misinterpret it as to which character they would play. Orym: Princess Peach. Fearne: Bowser. Sam: Lucario, the first name he sees while Googling; Liam suggests Kirby; Sam suggests Rob. Chetney doesn't even try.
A minigame to preface the break: Sam, Name That Staff! He's been given a dossier with names and faces and he's worked closely with all of today's contestants. First crew member: a lovely fellow in teal shorts who's been an editor at CR for over four years. He talked with Sam for half an hour about Donkey Kong at the recent holiday party. Sam suggests: "Dave, or something with a D." Alas, it's Max Schapiro.
Contestant two: a TALL guy who's been a producer on the show for three years. "He burned his crotch while helping you do an ad read bit." Sam: "Eric?" No, no, it's Kyle.
Contestant three: it's Marisha. Just Marisha in a sweatshirt. Sam: "I feel like I should know this one. It's tip of my tongue. I know that you're one of the two women on the show. Two women? Maybe there's only one." Dani: "It's definitely three." Sam: "You're not Ashley, because Ashley's here on the show. It's a trick question. She doesn't work here." Marisha: "You were at my wedding!"
There is a very funny ad over the break featuring Travis and Laura in a straight-to-TV holiday romcom spoof.
Post-Break Shenanigans! Quiplash, for the first time for most of them, it looks like. FCG is desperate for guidance and has been reaching out to the Changebringer for guidance, but if she doesn't answer soon, he might start reaching out to other gods. After the first round, Travis has by far the most points.
Ashley is beyond excited about the potential to visit the Fey Realm and meet Nana. (Oof, I am behind on these, yikes.). After the second round, Sam is in the lead. Travis, as promised by Jenga, runs around the set shrieking like a little schoolgirl. However, he wins the last round and asks a question instead.
Travis was super grumpy after the first game of the M9 reunion because he so immediately lost his orb. He hated that he had to give up the fight.
Caleb in Liam's head is so "gasp, point" about everything going on with the Cerberus Assembly. Liam loves/hates every development.
Our last development: the lights cut out, and when we can see again, we are shocked, SHOCKED to see that the set broom has been broken bloodily in half and has a kitchen knife sticking out of it. Murder? On MY Critical Role set? To be continued, it seems...
And that's a wrap. Is it Thursday yet?
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My brain has been eating an idea of Ghost and Toast being a evil gay duo and now I think I've got like a whole swap AU with Ghost/Toast and Jimmy/Gavin
Gavin steals this object that he has no clue what it does. At first he was just going to sell it for a quick buck, but further inspection (and some dead guy freaking out when they spot it) suggests something more paranormal. Gavin doesn't deal with that kinda stuff so he begrudgingly calls Johnny and gives it to him and makes it P.I.E's problem.
Then things start having over the next months. For one: there's been an increase in murders recently, but surprisingly, Gavin can't seem to see their spirits. Usually when a murder happens, he'll note the victim's ghost somewhere nearby, but that hasn't happened. Odd.
Second: Johnny might have something to do with it. gossip he's picked up often mentions suspicions surrounding his twin. That gives Gavin pause: yeah, Johnny can be violent and he's commited manslaughter, but murder? No.
Then it gets worse one late night, when Gavin gets woken by frantic knocks on the window and a familiar voice: "heyy GavGav! Can you let me in?" He opens the blinds to see Jimmy on the window sill looking... Oddly alive, and uncharacteristically nervous. He lets him in (because what other option is there?) And demands an explanation.
Turns out, that device he gave Johnny has the ability to remove ghosts from their dimension. Full on gone, never to be seen again. At first they used it sparingly, but after one of Jimmy's possession, something in Ghost snapped - and he started killing on his own.
At first Jimmy was proud: he's just like him now! Yippee! Then Toast started using the device to remove the victims, and they started feeling a bit invincible. After all, why worry about hauntings when you can just delete them in a matter of seconds? Then came Ghost's comments about issues with "a certain someone" - Jimmy knew it was him. And he was starting to feel a tiny bit of panic... Probably.
So one night, enough was enough: Jimmy didn't like how things were going (and that's saying something) and he wanted them to stop. So he possessed Ghost and tried to talk to Toast about it.
He used the device on him. And they split.
Ghost groggily woke up to a knocked out Jimmy and worried Toast checking to see if he was ok. He was fine, but came the question: what to do with Jimmy? They can't use the device how that he's somewhat alive, and it's too risky to kill him again, so they just lock him in the basement until they work out the details.
Jimmy felt like pray in those few days. He had no idea if he was alive again (he's similar to Spooker, except more obvious) or what they'd do to him, and felt fear for the first time. Of course, he found a way to break out. The rope they used to tie him up was old and weathered, so it was easy to use friction to snap them, and a slow and careful search in Ghost's bag led to him getting his knife.
He knew he should've just stabbed them right then and there. He didn't know why he didn't. Instead he scampered off to a safe hiding spot, and decided to head to the only person he knew that was nearby: Gavin.
Gavin is stunned. This had gone way out of hand: there's a new killer duo at hand, one being his brother; noone could trace back to them; and the only person that could've done something is in his apartment.
So yeah: the Johnnys get a taste for blood and Gavin and Jimmy now have to work out how to deal with them, considering they have the power to full on delete you before you can say anything, and Jimmy can't possess Ghost anymore.
Sounds like a hectic plot in the making— I’d read that fic! ^^
I do wonder how the other members of PIE are handling this descent into the “dark side”, and if opposition is even possible, considering the banishment thing.
The turn toward violence and stuff from our main guys could be the influence of something paranormal as well, since Gavin’s assessment of the PIE guys not being really violent before this does make the downward spiral more difficult to do without a nudge. It’ll be both easier to solve and explain if there’s something else at the root of this.
I do wonder what PIE intends to get out of active murder and ghost vanishing. Maybe there’s a goal they’re working toward that they always knew was an option but never had the guts to risk so many people to do it?
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Blurb #43
I got distracted with the holidays. I'm going to try to share 70 blurbs from my WIPs and unfinished fics to celebrate reaching 70 posted fics! To help with this endeavor, please feel free to send me a word or a fandom you know I write for, and I'll share the blurb. IDK if I'll get 70 prompts, but let's try it! Send as many as you want!
“We have to conclude that whoever this was…they took your mother. I’m sorry.” 
Jim just kinda stared at Detective Scott for a moment after he finished speaking. It was like he couldn’t comprehend what he said. Yes, he understood that his mother was kidnapped, but she couldn’t actually be kidnapped, right? That couldn’t happen. He made sure she would be safe and—
The game. Everyone was at the game. Draal and Strickler…there was no one home to protect her. 
“Jim?” Detective Scott asked, resting a hand on his shoulder. The boy had grown very pale and very quiet. 
“It’s my fault…” Jim whispered. 
Detective Scott actually laughed at that. “No, no no no, Jim, this was far from your fault. You know that, right?” 
“I wasn’t here…I was a distraction…” 
“Jim,” Claire spoke evenly. “Detective Scott is right. You didn’t do anything wrong.” 
Their words bounced off of him, unheard by the boy. He walked toward the house, leaving them behind to talk. 
The house was trashed. Furniture was upturned. A dining chair was on the ground, legless, and the legs were strewn around the floor, bloody. The coffee table was smashed, pictures had fallen off the wall, cracked. Just a huge mess. No wonder James was being taken to the hospital, if not dead. 
The officer had said Toby’s grandma had called the police. Maybe James wouldn’t have been hospitalized if she hadn’t. 
He’d have probably been killed. 
James’s phone suddenly started to vibrate in his hand. Jim looked at the screen, still in shock. 
Rudy.
Who was that? Maybe one of the people that took his mom?!
He answered, placing the phone to his ear, but not saying a word. 
“Jimmy? What the hell is going on at your wife’s house?” A woman’s voice spoke. “I’m around the corner and I can see the police lights from here! What did you do?!” 
This had to be James’ girlfriend, the driver of the car he had seen a few times. “I’m…I’m not James.” He said. 
The woman was quiet for a moment, and then asked in a deeper tone. “Who is this?” 
“I’m Jim. Jim Lake Jr.” 
“Oh you’re his kid! The blue one, right? Jesus kid, you freaked me the hell out! What’s going on? Where’s James? He never leaves his phone lying around.” 
“He…he just got taken by the ambulance. The men that he owes money to…it had to be them. They beat him badly…and they took my mom…” he choked on that last word, horrified, angry, sad, all sorts of overwhelming emotions. 
“Whoa whoa! Kid kid! It’s okay! Aww don’t cry, I can’t handle crying kids!” 
“I’m not crying, I’m just…worried sick.” 
“I knew that protest they were holding was going to be a bad idea. And did he leave like I suggested? Nope!” She muttered. “Alright, look, I’ll be there in a minute, okay? Don’t talk to the police.” 
“Okay.” 
And she hung up, presumably to arrive shortly.
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