#and i'm actually getting decently close to the end of the event I'm working on for hsr

[violetsareblue-selfships]

good morning!! <3

[thatrandomsarahchick]

DC x DP short

I'm picturing Danny moving to Gotham once he's an adult. He came out to his parents, and it went fine. More than fine. They listened to how he was struggling at school because he kept having to chase down the ghosts they let out by leaving the portal open. Jack was super proud of his son for being a ghost hunter even as a ghost, but Maddie understood his concern and set up some new protocols for the portal.

It now automatically closes after two minutes unless a specific command is put in by Danny to keep it open while he is in the Zone, and the shielding around it actually works to stop ghosts coming trig without hurting them now.

The shine of the mortal world has worn off for most of his regulars now, and those that come through have figured out compromises so they can still fulfil their obsessions without hurting others. The meta-protection act officially disbands the GIW, and Red Huntress is given a very thorough speaking to about personal bias and vendettas. She's not allowed back in the field until she comes to the realisation that ghosts are people too, and that she been the bad guy by hunting them the way she did. Phantom is officially recognised as a Hero, but he turns down working for any teams or joining the Big Leagues. He agrees to act as a back up though, in case of any world ending event.

By the time senior year rolls around, Danny has gotten his grades up enough that he can go to a pretty decent university if he wants to. He chooses Gotham University for his engineering degree because they're a feeder school for Wayne Enterprises, who in turn are a feeder company for working for the Justice League as a civilian engineer. Tucker also chooses GU for their tech program, while Sam elects not to go to university straight away.

Tucker and Danny move into an apartment right on the borders of Crime Alley and The Narrows. Tucker manages an impressive 4 months as a local hacker before Oracle notices him, but Danny only manages 3 weeks before he's spotted by a Bat.

He's lying down a foot above his building's roof, looking at the stars. It's a very rare cloudless night, and the power is out in his area. Poison Ivy had launched an attack earlier in the day that had taken cut the power lines, with her mutant plants feeding on the smog and pollution to get stronger.

Duke was up late, finishing the day shift by a quick loop of The Narrows, when he noticed a slightly glowing teenager(?) floating on one of the roofs. He takes note that the man isn't causing any harm and is just peacefully stargazing, before calling it in to Jason. He was technically supposed to be off the clock an hour ago, and besides, the building was on the Crime Alley side of this street. It's Jason's problem now.

Jason, on the other hand, is exhausted and just wants to have a quiet patrol before collapsing in bed. He hadn't been hit by Ivy's plants, but had taken a couple of tumbles while dodging them. He heads over to the address Duke gave him, to find the guy still floating there staring at the sky. He gets it, he does, he would float above the grime that coats Gotham rooftops if he could, but it's dangerous for a meta to be so unawares of his surroundings like this while obviously displaying his powers.

Danny, meanwhile, had clocked both of the vigilantes coming near him, but was really hoping that they would leave him alone. It had been a very long day for him. He'd finally managed to get to campus for his class, only to find that the place was covered in overgrown plants. He'd had to freeze a few to get into the building, and had then spent most of the afternoon in the library due to his class being cancelled. Unfortunately for him, his nearly finished assignment that he'd spent the day working on was eaten by one of the giant flowers on his way home. He'd been 'saved' by the stabby Robin, which had caused him to then also lose his laptop as they crashed to the rooftop a few streets over.

Thankfully, he had an amazing best friend in Tucker, who was doing his best to recover as much data as possible. On the downside, though, Tucker was mad at him for now having saved a backup of his files since they left Amity. He'd fled to the roof to escape his wrath, plans of bribes in the form of food running through his mind, when he'd caught sight of the Stars. Holy shit. It was so clear tonight!

He didn't even realise he'd begun to glow and float, too caught up in naming all of the stars and constellations he could see. His Obsession was feeling very satisfied tonight. Usually he had to invisibly fly above the cloud cover to see such a sight. Sure, the light pollution was still bad, but his mind was able to fill in the blanks across the sky.

The moment Jason landed on his roof, Danny heaved a great sigh. Damnit. The fun police were here. He wrenched his eyes from the sky, only to notice that - oh, shit - he was floating again. He fell to the roof with a light thump.

"Heeeyyy stranger, come here often?" Danny asked, as he rolled over to his side, propping his head up on his hand.

[peppermint-pearl]

Free will !!!

It has come to my attention that I can do literally whatever I want , so here’s a Mouthwashing OC !

Her name's Hope , she's another mechanic intern on the Tulpar (my justification for this is that an internship under Swansea was always part of the plan but Pony ended up saddling him with two--) .

She was in college for aerospace engineering but after tuition prices increased she was forced to drop out and find work , which lead her to the position at Pony Express . So she's decently qualified for the position but she's like . bitter about it because it's a mere shadow of the dreams she once had for it herself .

She acts pretty jaded / tries to be pessimistic about everything because she believes her life is over and she's afraid of further disappointment , but still holds a bit of that same naivety she thinks she stomped out of herself . I think maybe she tries to act a little like Swansea but it doesn't really land the same way because she's got literally none of the life experience to justify how completely over everything she is KASLHFJ - she's like . 'ah yes . kindred spirits' but still gets flustered at making little mistakes in a way that makes it obvious she really just wants to be liked and do a good job .

I think she's most comfortable around Anya partially because she'd be the only other girl on the ship , and partially because Hope sees her as an older woman (older than her at least SDKHJ) still working to achieve her dreams (getting into medical school!) and feels better knowing there's still time for her to do what she wants . Maybe also Hope had an older sister at home Anya reminds her of ? that one's a little up in the air but I'm thinking thoughtfully of it !!

I think she'd also be close with Daisuke because he's her age and she's able to see him more as a peer than an authority like she does everyone else on the ship (and what if they kissed . just a little bit . for my happiness .) . She probably tried very hard not to like him at first due to his general lack of ability with . internship things . but pretty quickly warmed up to him just because of how earnest and well-meaning he is . I think they'd speak to each other in niche pop culture references no one else on the ship knows ASFLHJ

Swansea and her would constantly be insulting each other but in a way that feels familiar if that makes sense ? I think she does get under Swansea's skin a lot but 'at least she can get the job done' . He definitely thinks it's funny to point out little imperfections in her work to get her a little panicked -- like 'ah , you scratched the reflection here , unacceptable . we'll need to throw you into space for this .' and then laugh at the split second Hope actually believes it ALSDJKF.

I think she holds some respect for Curly and Jimmy as authority figures , but would probably feel better being friendly with Curly just because Jimmy is . unfriendly . and horrible KLJHSD

When the crash happens , she probably slips deeper back into the doom spiral she'd been on before - if she thought her life was over before , it's suPER NOT LOOKING BETTER BY THIS POINT ,, Taking a leaf from Swansea's book , she'd probably try getting absolutely blasted off the 3498239478 Dragons Breath bottles they'd been transporting .

As for how she dies , I think . as pathetic as it is . she either drinks too much of the mouthwash or she chokes on her own vomit from it . Which also makes me think that if she was actually in the story she'd be maybe the first to die ? Like it's maybe the least directly violent / most unrelated to the final spiral of events that leads to everyone else's death but it IS also partially a result of negligence and another sign of what's to come . Jimmy would probably have tried to sweep it under the rug , saying it was her own fault , but it super would noT have helped tensions on the ship .

UHH YEAH that's all I have brainstormed , I might do some stuff with her later -- if you got this far thank you for humoring my brainrot ASDFLJH

[xmalereader]

• Private Time •

Feel free to ask for headcanons! You can also check the MKSugardaddy tag for more along with checking the Main Masterlist!

Ask made by: @uwiuwi - I'm curious about their relationship and their sex life? I mean,are their relationship ever gonna move forward to something more deep? Or is it stuck to just hugging and cuddling? And 100% is curious about their position when they have decided to do it. I mean, marc and jake will be in reader and Steven relationship too right? Or not. I'm truly sorry if i passed the line.

Steven is a bit of a shy guy.

Due to his lack of dating in the past he’s turned out to be quite vanilla during the relationship, at first. Doesn’t mean that he isn’t willing to try new things or perhaps go out of his comfort zone to try new things. When he first got into a business-ship with Y/n as his sugar baby he expected a lot of sexual favors only to get the total opposite.

Steven expected things to be rushed once their relationship became official, but instead Y/n was always gentle with Steven. He was always given morning kisses, either when he wakes up in bed with Y/n or when arriving to work. Steven loved his gentle kisses and cuddles, but there were times where he wanted more.

But, each time Steven tried to take things further he’d chicken out, growing afraid and nervous that he wasn’t going to be good enough for his boyfriend. Steven knew about Y/n’s past relationships, none lasted long, but he knew that the man had done stuff with them. Which only made him doubt if he’d ever be good in bed.

It wasn’t until they were six months into the relationship that Steven asked to take things further. He’d randomly blurted it out one night when the two were making out in bed after his boyfriend’s return home from a trip in Spain. His tie lose, buttons undone on his dress shirt, and his hair was messy. The moment between the two was tense and heated that Steven had blurted out his confession.

“Are you sure?”

Steven’s never been so sure in his entire life.

He didn’t think he’d grow addicted to him.

After their first time together, Steven grew needy. Everytime he was alone with Y/n he took advantage of the moment to get into his boyfriend’s pants. The shy and closed up Steven that Y/n knew suddenly changed into a very clingy and needy one after that night. Steven grew confident and whenever they were in the mood he’d sometimes gain the courage to try something new.

He tried leading once only to grow flustered when he ends up in a position he found strange. He gave up on his attempt and let Y/n take control, he’d rather have someone tell him what to do when it comes towards sex since he was still a bit inexperienced in that area.

There was one time that Steven grew curious about the different things that people did during sex that he actually goggled porn videos in hopes of finding something new to try, let’s just say that the man was very traumatized by the things he saw and instead decided to stick with doing the decent stuff during sex before doing something more.

Marc on the other hand loved to tease Steven about his sex life, always poking fun of him whenever he made attempts to act dominate when he failed terribly at it. There were times that Marc wasn’t present during Steven and Y/n’s nights alone, but he did take a peek every one an awhile. He couldn’t help it!

Even though Y/n knew about Marc there were times where the two bonded with each other whenever it was Marc’s turn to take over the body while Steven sat back. Marc was more blunt and the total opposite of Steven, Y/n treated Marc as a friend when the two were together. The two cared for Steven and looked out for him, even though they shared the same body.

Marc was treated more as a friend whenever the were together he’d find ways to steal Y/n’s credit cards, using them to buy himself very expensive and luxurious things. Y/n didn’t mind at all, always getting money and no matter how many charity events he hosts or participates in, he always has a little extra left.

Jake on the other hand was far different from the two. He was far more serious and rarely talked to others unless he felt like speaking to them. Both Jake and Y/n see eye to eye, reaching each other’s level. There relationship is unique, neither Steven or Marc know about him, nor do they know that they are still under Khonshus control due to Jake still partaking into the deal with the god.

One would say that they are more partners when it comes towards working with the god of Death and the god of the Moon. There time together is rare which is why he rarely sees or hears from him, letting the man decide when it’s best to finally reveal himself to both Marc and Steven.

[kannawandering]

Well since I'll be in the turning trenches for the foreseeable future, I guess I should start speaking a little more seriously about the characters. I guess I'll be freestyling my thoughts about Katchian and Yuder.

Don't you find it funny how the older adult figures in Katchian's and Yuder's life were setting them up to be totally different kind of people, their characters made to take entirely opposite directions?

Katchian has been picked to be the Crown Prince because Duke Diarca wanted an access to the throne. His formation to being the Crown Prince is characterised by a lack or thereof. He's never got the proper education to be a good leader, let alone being a good emperor. Because he wasn't supposed to be. He was picked when raised as a Commoner for that reason, he should've stayed dependent on the Diarca Duchy. Duke Diarca used him as an access to the Crown and it should've been all he was.

Alternatively, Yuder's relationship with Kishiar in 1TL was all about making Yuder being able to stand on his own, for Kishiar to prepare Yuder to face a future he himself had no place in. He set up everything to get the best possible for both Yuder and the empire, and Yuder would be able to act freely (which I mean... was a weird hill to die on. even events of Yuder's 2nd gender manifestion, everything about the connection, their mentor/mentee relationship aside. especially when the guy's reaction to Kishiar life being threatened was committing straight up treason to ask him about it but we're not here to judge previous game Kishiar now.)

What's funnier is that because the Duke Diarca didn't teach him anything that would be useful to him to be a leader, it would ultimately make it easier for Katchian to break from his influence, seeking the autonomy he never was allowed to have. While Yuder had every aspect of his current life being more or less closely related to Kishiar and a lot (I mean A LOT) of baggage when it came to his relationship with Kishiar.

Hence why you could argue that Katchian managed to break from the Duke Diarca's influence. In another hand, Yuder wasn't able to break from Kishiar's. You can see it in his behaviour as a Yudrein. Most of the things he clung to were things that reminded him of Kishiar, including his position as the Commander. Hell, he was never supposed to stay in the Cavalry for that long in the first place after he understands how the empire works. But he couldn't bring himself to leave behind the cavalry that Kishiar left to him. And the very first event that has been used to cause his frame him was Kishiar's murder. What I mean is that Kishiar's influence on him never really left him alone.

Katchian was set up for failure because he never was formed to actually do things on his own, and the Diarcas being all about being arrogant, of course he wouldn't have let himself be used by the Duke. Because of that, the empire was... not doing well. But still, ever since the Red Field rebellion, his position stayed mostly steady. Yuder got set up for the best outcome possible (to be fair, calling it even ‘decent’ would be generous) and it still managed to be worse than anticipated because Kishiar failed to take Yuder's feelings into consideration. At the end of the day, Yuder even lost the position he was holding on for so long.

Am I trying to make a point here? Not really. I'm just trying to write out stuff so I try to make sense of my thoughts.

[mneiai]

What's your rating of Ikevil suitors?

Hmm okay I've been holding off on this because I'm on the fence about a few of them, but here goes lol I'm leaving off the newest guys because while I've got high hopes for the one, I don't know enough about any of them.

I'll go in rating order:

Elbert: 9/10

Love this guy, just such a traumatized little meow meow and eventual cannibal (used to think he's equally likely to stuff or eat MC if she died first, now leaning more towards eating her). I dislike his power in the grand scheme of things, seems like they thought of his backstory/trauma and then created a power to work well with that instead of the other way around and didn't really think through that power. Not actually that big of a fan of his looks, alas, firstly because I don't think he's drawn particularly more beautiful than most of the others despite what everyone says about him in canon and secondly blonde hair and blue eyes is blah to me. If he looked more like Ellis he'd be perfect. Only real yandere so far and the reason I started playing the game.

Ellis: 8/10

Love his looks, love his relationships with Jude and some of the others. His power is ridiculously bad and I'm constantly bummed out he's not darker than he is--they kept giving these like creepy phrases and dark looks and then he ends up being pretty green flag, actually. Like he thinks dark thoughts, but would never act on them. He's a bit darker in some events, at least. Also I like the juxtaposition of how he wants to make everyone happy with being a cold blooded killer.

Victor: 7/10

There's only so high I can rate the guys whose English routes haven't been released yet and some of the spoilers I've read make me a little worried. His constant hot and cold is pretty frustrating (like the recent election epilogue ugh). I like most of his character design and like the mystery, the political power, the way he's a total mom and so indulgent about even the worst aspects of his boys. But ugh monarchists, why did they all have to be monarchists?

William: 7/10

My major problem with William is the MC in his route, but that's not an issue with him personally. He's blessedly villainous compared to most of the others, was sort of a breath of fresh air coming off of some of the nicer guys' routes, and I like his looks a lot. He actually feels like a character that deserves to be in a game about Villains, like if this was a world like in US comic books or something he'd be a vigilante the other vigilantes thought of as a villain. His whole thing about freedom and how it's contradicted by his powers is also pretty fun.

Jude: 6/10

Well, in all his events and other routes, he comes across as hilariously tsundere, he clearly actually cares a lot about the people close to him but is a complete ass about it, which I don't mind since most of the others are so overtly caring. I like his looks (though not the smoking) and I'm hoping all his commentary on the MC being a masochist means we get some sadomasochism in his route. Though a little worried he'll be less villainous than I'm hoping.

Liam: 6/10

He's adorable! He's sweet! He's totally in need of modern mental health treatments! Someone give this guy a gacha game and you'll have solved half his issues, though. Honestly he has little impact on me because I like him, but similar stories if you take away the power/curse aspect are really common so it was just a little blah. Also insecurity in LIs is not something I personally like. Would have loved a platonic route with him most of all, though, that would have rocked so hard.

Harrison: 5/10

I like him decently and in another game, he'd probably be higher up, but as a starter LI in a game called "Ikemen Villains," I'm underwhelmed. If he were one of the later LIs, especially if he was more suspicious in more of the routes, I think he would have worked better. I don't know if he'll have a big part of the new LIs' routes, but I would love it if he did. In events, he's also normally pretty bland and a lot of them you could literally forget what game you're playing imo Would love to just be a group of platonic lifemates with him and Liam, though.

Roger: 4/10

I haven't read spoilers for his route except for the stuff related to his work and so all his personality and stuff comes from other routes/events. Those are a mixed bag, I love him when he's interacting with others, but I can't really get a handle on his actual personality, yet. Except for the glasses, I'm blah about his looks (he looks like he's the token American guy in a Dracula knock-off). Also wary of his curse and what it means for MC and how they're going to make that relationship go, I'm not a huge fan of the MC themselves being betrayed even if everyone else is, you know?

Alfons: 0/10

He's literally a rapist. Like he rapes the MC at the end of the very first chapter of his route! I thought the issue with his route was that thing where he pretends it was someone else that always comes up when people talk about it, I didn't realize he literally does the equivalent of roofying the MC first chapter and second chapter everyone (but Elbert) jokes about it. He was so cool in other people's routes and a lot of the events that I was just a little wary of him, but the fact everyone is okay with him and also treats it like a fun quirk actually makes me think less of the other characters. Only route in all four Ikemen games I've played so far where I had to stop because I was disgusted as opposed to bored (it's a shame because his curse and end are definitely the coolest and most creative). For my own peace of mind, I pretend like he doesn't have a route and he's a permanent side character.

[vincentbriggs]

Hi! I’ve been sewing historical gowns for about 15 years. My parents ended up getting really into historical dancing after we went to a few events together. Our next event is 1810s-1820s, an era which I’m not that familiar with. Previously, we’ve been able to find decent garments for my dad while I make the dresses for me and my mom. I’d like to make something for my dad for this event, especially as there were some problems with the jacket he found. I’m a little uncertain about the canvas-usually I can just throw in a quick close-fitting coutil or twill interlining and some steel and call it a day. Do you have any advice about the structural components? Also, do you have any advice about fitting someone quite short (5 feet 6 inches) with a waist 2 inches larger than his chest? I’m not as familiar with that alteration, particularly in a jacket, and I’d really like this to be nice and make him feel good. Photos of us in 1860s/1920s included if it helps. Thanks for all the great posts!

Hello! I am definitely the wrong person to ask about this, since I have done zero 1810's-20's things. The only early 19th century tailoring I've done is that 1830's patchwork dressing gown, which I'm sure I didn't put together in the "correct" way, since I'm more comfortable with 18th century construction. And I also had to do a lot of things weirdly because the patchwork was so bulky and bumpy.

I am pretty familiar with the 1780's and 90's, but there was such a huge shift in tailoring around the turn of the century that I don't think that would help much at all with Regency/Romantic era stuff.

There are some patterns in The Cut of Men's Clothes, but that book doesn't have much of anything on the actual construction. For an introduction to canvas & all those other tailoring supplies I highly recommend this video.

I'm also not very experienced in fitting clothing on other people, despite being an alterations tailor. It's been years since I've drafted or sewn anything for someone else, and at work I just sew what the salesmen have pinned and marked.

@rowzien makes a lot of 1820's stuff though, so perhaps he can suggest some resources!

[twig-tea]

Going out on a limb and writing out my convoluted, very flimsily supported by what we've seen and easy to be retconned theory for 4 Minutes to date (as of ep3):

I am taking as granted that the reigning theory is correct and Great is in a cardiac arrest event, during which he is seeing part of his past replaying, except with the ability to see 4 minutes into the future.

In both timelines, Tyme is in debt, and so works with Nan to inflitrate Great and Korn's secret illegal family business. As part of this, he's researched all of the family, including Great. He sees Great--the younger 'screw up'--as his easiest 'in'. In the 'redo' timeline (stealing your nomenclature, @lurkingshan), because of Great's choices on rewind, he finds out who Great is and takes the opportunity to get to know him to see if that gets him closer to his goals of taking down the illegal gambling business. But, also because of Great's choices, he sees Great as a decent person, someone who stays and makes sure the person who he hit and run was ok, who brings flowers but doesn't push for selfies to prove anything, who stops to help pick up papers if he accidentally knocked you over, who rescues kidnapped people and makes sure they get medical attention. So by the time they go on their date, he's actually interested in him as a person, and doesn't go through with seducing him (stops before they kiss). By the time he infiltrates the gambling ring to rescue Nan, when he's caught by Great, he trusts him enough to reveal who he is.

But in the original timeline, Tyme and Great don't meet at the hospital. Instead, Tyme finds out who Great is and finds him another way--Maybe his school. In the original timeline, they fucked, but didn't trust each other. And so, in the original timeline, when shit hit the fan, they were isolated and so more likely to die as a result of whatever takes place. It is this original timeline's events that Great is occasionally seeing in the redo timeline as just visions of things that haven't happened and don't seem to be happening immediately.

In this new timeline, because of Great's rewinds, Tyme trusts him more, and so in this new timeline they'll be able to scheme together, and though they'll end up in the same place, having worked together to get there, they'll end up surviving. Tyme will still have been shot but not fatally, and Great will have still flatlined but will recover. The timelines will meet back up at 11:04; and it will be after those timelines re-merge that we'll get TongKla's revenge killing and Win being faced with the choice of whether or not to arrest the man he's fucking. Because those events are happening parallel-ly, I think they will only tangentally be affected by the timeline changes Great is making, and I'm not sure how yet--if TongKla's brother's death is related to Title or Korn, maybe by taking down Korn and Great's family business, the payment for police corruption ends and so the police are free to actually close TongKla's brother's case, for example?

There's a WHOLE lot in there I am not confident in at all, but this is where my head's at as my favourite theory today!

[cheekinpermission]

Hey! You still wanna hear people yap about their yuusonas? Well I'm gonna do it anyway because any chance I get to yap about Oyuki I will happily take. Behold the blorbo

Yea she has two designs. The first one is pre-book 6 and the second is post book 6 after the idiot threw herself into the underworld to save Grim and almost died in the process. Aside from the vitiligo and white tips, she also lost an arm. The Shrouds gave her a prosthetic arm with a cloaking mode that makes it look like just any other organic arm definitely not so I don't need to draw it everytime.

She's a liiittle (a lot) insecure about her new look since she sees the vitiligo patches as a reminder that even when she tries to help, she just ends up worrying everyone anyway but she's working on it! (⁠o⁠´⁠･⁠_⁠･⁠)⁠っ

Here's her arm when it's not in cloaking mode:

I like defaulting to her post-book 6 design (minus the arm lol) whenever I make art for events cuz it's just more fun to draw but sometimes I'll use the pre-book 6 one. Here she is in different outfits:

Her face doesn't move a lot huh? Well, that's just how she is. Has major RBF especially towards people she's not close with but her ahoge gives a good indication of how she's feeling.

She's a pretty good cook and finds that the easiest way to people's hearts is through their stomach (especially a plate of curry!) so food became one of her love languages since she's not very good at articulating herself. Her actual hobby is painting, though she didn't really get many chances to do that even before being run over by the carriage. She has a lot of things she would like to do/try now that she has spare time actually.

Her love interest is Leona because if you spend any amount of time on my blog you know I'm down extremely bad. She thinks it's hot when Leona locks in and actually shows off how competent he is. She tries to emulate his confidence. It does wonders for her self-esteem which was pretty low after years of just following what her parents wanted her to do and treating all her achievements as something that was expected of her instead of actual achievements.

Leona finds her presence comforting, it demands nothing but for him to stay right next to her, flaws and all. He also loves seeing her in the zone, whether it's when she's doing homework, chores, or cooking, he loves the steely determination in her eyes when she's focused (In short they both love watching each other lock in lol). Gets such an ego boost when she rants and laughs around him because he knows she feels safe enough to be more expressive/animated.

Other characters she's also quite fond of are:

- Ruggie because she sees how hard he works and she wants nothing but good things (and financial security) to come his way.

- Grim, Ace, and Deuce because they've been with her since day one (particularly appreciates how earnest Deuce is).

- The Shroud brothers, Ortho gets little brother privileges and her heart clenches at the thought of going through what Idia's gone through.

- Kalim, she knows he's capable of doing things by himself, he just needs to have the opportunity to actually do things , fail in a spectacular fashion, and deal with the damage himself. She tries to teach him how to cook simple dishes (it's not going well, he thought the onion fumes were poisonous and freaked out).

Aaaand that's about it, for now at least. Hope it wasn't too cringey and at least made for a decent read for you!

First, you guys never have to worry about your characters being too "cringe" for me. I honestly love all OCs, whatever form they come in. Whether they're non-human, stronger than even Malleus himself, or have the entire cast simping over them - I'll take them all. I grew up in the anti-Mary Sue age and, honestly, it's all nonsense. This is all for fun and the love of TWST so go nuts

Second, ty for all this yummy content!!

Poor Oyuki got messed up by that trip into the Underworld, huh? AND ALL FOR GRIM SMH (jk i'd do it too that's my son right there)

She sounds very sweet. I guess she would have to be to get along with people like Leona and Idia lmao

"The Shrouds gave her a prosthetic arm with a cloaking mode that makes it look like just any other organic arm definitely not so I don't need to draw it everytime." <- Felt that

[anonymousreader4d7]

WRIOLETTE SPINOFF PLEASE?

I'VE BEEN ROTATING THEM IN MY MIND 24/7 SINCE STARTING MY OWN

*delighted giggles* Okay, first off, that's SO fair!!! Second of all... I'm not sure when this will get written, if it even will (I hope it does, buuuut), so I'm gonna share the whole idea, details and all!

So, this would take place after the (YCBA)SOTM-Verse's Fontaine Archon Quest, or at least after "A Dragon's Treasure (The First Contract)" since I haven't fully decided/figured out how the Archon Quest would work, but probably after the full Archon Quest. Whenever it takes place, this version of Wrio and Neuvi have been having regular meetings for a while, ones that started out about work, and then, over time, they've started out hanging out and just chatting about life and whatever after finishing dealing with work. Also, Zhongli is probably a bigger deal in this version of the Archon Quest, considering if HIS Ajax ends up in the Abyss (however he would get there despite not being in prison, cause Zhongli kept him from going to prison but I'm not sure the Archon Quest really works without him being in the Abyss/fighting the Whale, lol), he's gonna pitch a fit about him being missing and be doing everything he can to find him, which would probably lead him and Neuvilette to interact a decent amount...

So, they're having one of their usual meetings, the first one after everything has gone down, and after talking about the events of the quest, Wriothesley asks Neuvillette about it/what has him so stressed and busy. So Neuvillette explains - all of it. All the little details, like Draconic claims and what they mean, and the First Contract, etc. Wriothesley is curious, and takes the chance to confirm his suspicions about Neuvillette being the Hydro Dragon - which Neuvillette confirms. So, Wriothesley asks Neuvillette if he's ever claimed someone like Morax claimed Ajax. Neuvillette, startled, says he hasn't, he'd never met someone he'd considered both intriguing and been close enough to to consider his. Well, until… Wriothesley prods him to finish the sentence, and Neuvillette hesitantly admits it's Wriothesley himself. Wriothesley hums, before asking if this is Neuvillette actually asking. Neuvillette cautiously decides and confirms that it is. Wriothesley grins and agrees, before asking what he needs to do. Neuvillette is shocked, but recovers quickly, and has to smother a purr (leaving Wriothesley amused) as he explains what needs to be done and they do it - very little in actuality, just Neuvillette's hand on Wriothesley's neck, leaving his own personal sigil on Wriothesley. Wriothesley hums delightedly, and Neuvillette surrenders to his own delighted purring, before they slowly return to the original purpose of their meeting.

And that's pretty much the whole idea I have right now, but there are so many ways you could go with this afterwards. Especially if, perhaps, Neuvilette being the Hydro Dragon Sovereign that his sigil is strong enough to imbue Wriothesley with the ability to use Hydro even without Neuvilette meaning to... Then you've got Wriothesley learning to run a one-man freeze-comp... Which could be really neat, XD. And even if not that, there's the Sigewinne reaction to consider... And potentially even Furina! Plus, I think the Traveler might have a fun reaction too, XD.

But yeah, that's what I have for the Wrio&Neuvi Spinoff of (YCBA)SOTM! Thanks so much for asking, this was a lot of fun to get to talk about - I hope you like it!!!

[kitsune-oji]

Hi! It's me again! How are you doing? :D

I would have another request, if they are open and if it's within the rules and not too overwhelming for you.

I would like to request the brothers (and Barbatos if it's not too much) tucking a gn MC to bed.

I'm not projecting because I'm tired (I say like a lying liar), but I think this scenario might be a huge source of fluff.

I wanted to write it myself for myself actually, but the writer block hit hard, and sharing it might be a better idea.

I'm done rambling, I thank you for your attention and I wish you a good day. :D

-🐨

Tucking You In

I made little drabbles for each one, going a bit into what situations would make them tug you in. I hope this is the comfort you were craving and that you like it ♡

Characters: Brothers, Barbatos

Gn! Mc (you/yours)

Tags/Warnings: fluff, some forehead kisses, comfort, can be platonic or romantic, reader is described as/implied to be hardworking (Lucifer) having trouble sleeping (Beel, Belphie), Levi is a tiny bit creepy? Depends on your boundaries, reader likes tea (Barbatos)

Lucifer pinches the bridge of his nose between his eyes and runs his hand through his hair. He's been working most of the day again and for some reason he felt like it was getting to him more than usual. Perhaps it was because he had spent so little time with you recently that he felt so exhausted. Your mere presence made Lucifer feel more at ease than anything else. With that in mind, he stands up to search you out. If you asked, he could just say that he wanted to check if you went to bed on time and didn't overwork yourself like he did. Fair enough, you're just about ready to go hop into bed when Lucifer knocks at your door. You ask him what he wants and he tells you his excuse but by the suspicious narrowing of your eyes, you don't fully believe him. It's ok though. You get into bed and look at Lucifer expectantly, as if to say "I'm in bed now. Are you happy?". The first born smiles fondly and walks over to you, tucking the blanket in around you so that you're snug and warm. The action makes your expression soften too and after a chaste kiss to your forehead, Lucifer tells you to sleep well and moves to leave the room. "You too", you whisper and the demon softly closes the door. Maybe he should go to bed early today.

Mammon has been keeping close to you the whole day, not letting you do anything alone. It was a bit suffocating but you couldn't bring yourself to tell him to leave you alone because there was a desperation in the way Mammon kept trying to make sure you're ok. Maybe he had a bad dream last night but asking him didn't help. The question made him tense up and deny it vehemently, taking a step back and keeping out of your bubble for a while before he forgot about that and coddled you again. So you decided to let it be for today. If he was still so overprotective tomorrow you would speak up, you told yourself. The day came to an end and though it wasn't too eventful, you felt incredibly exhausted. Mammon brought over his toothbrush and everything just so he could get ready for bed by your side and you were happier than ever to just get into bed already. Yet he was still there as you climbed into bed, standing near you fidgeting around. Before you could ask, Mammon took your blanket from your hands and pulled it up to your shoulders in your stead. He tugged you in without a word and clearly he was embarrassed but it made him feel more at ease to do this for you. It made you think that in situations like this, Mammon really looked like an older brother after all.

Leviathan and you had been playing games and watching anime all evening. Time ran by and before you knew it, it had become so late that you dozed off next to Levi. He was used to staying up late but you had tried to keep a decent sleeping schedule because of classes and thus couldn't keep your eyes open at this hour. Levi was so focused on the anime that he didn't notice much of anything else. Only when he turned to you to talk about what just happened, voice raised in excitement, did he see you almost asleep in the beanbag. Oh, you looked so cute in his eyes and before he knew it, he had already taken a picture of you. Immediately shame washed over him for just taking pictures of you without asking. What if you got mad at him for it? You mumbled something incoherent and blinked an eye open to peer at him. Levi stared at you like a deer caught in headlights before quickly placing the phone behind him and taking the blanket that had fallen to your lap. He covered you with it again up to your chin and tucked you in gently. "You can sleep, I'll turn down the volume a bit, ok?" Hopefully you couldn't see the mortified blush on his cheeks in the darkness of his room.

Satan was such a calm presence, belying what you would expect from the avatar of wrath. Quiet evenings together with him consisted of warm drinks and good books read side by side. It was your favorite way to spend time with him after a long day and you were sure he shared the sentiment. As it was, it didn't take too long for your eyes to grow tired and your head to demand sleep. It was so comfortable and warm and safe here that it really was no surprise. Your yawn alerted Satan and he looked at the clock. "You should sleep if you're tired. Here, you can sleep over tonight. No need to go back to your room tonight." Your response was a tired nod before you put in your bookmark and put your book away. Already in comfortable clothes, you crawled on top of Satan's matress and let yourself flop down. You hadn't even noticed him stand up but the demon was at your side already, pulling the blanket over you and tugging you in all snug. A pleased smile grazed your lips and you nuzzled your face into the pillow below your head. It smelled like him. As you fell asleep, you saw Satan sit back down in his armchair and pick up his book once more.

Asmodeus loved to host sleepovers. Especially if it was just the two of you, of course. However, this night you were already so exhausted from the events of the day that you were yawning and struggling to stay awake much sooner than usual. Asmo made a tutting sound and shook his head softly but there was no bite behind it. The timer for your face masks rung in right that moment and Asmo took care of the rest of the treatment he had planned for tonight for both you and him himself. It was nice to have him take care of you like this, so you merely let him do his thing. Soft explanations of what he would do next, what he was applying and what it would do accompanied his actions and it only made you sleepier as time went by. "There you go", Asmo whispers, "We're done here. Why don't you go to sleep early? I'll even tug you in, ok honey?" There was something playful about his proposition but you just nodded and scooted up the bed to lay your head on the pillows proper. You thought you heard him call you cute before he went ahead and tugged you in. So meticulous and gentle, with a kiss to your forehead and a little "goodnight" before the lights dimmed so much they were practically off but not quite. It was a good thing Asmo could see so well in the dark, since he still had quite a bit to clean up before he could join you and sleep himself.

Beelzebub could be found in the kitchen basically every night and sometimes that fact gave you a sense of comfort. Because on nights like this, when you struggled to sleep, you could almost definitely search him out. Without having to wake him, he'd just be there and you could talk to him in the middle of the night. You'd walk into the kitchen and Beel took a moment to notice you but when he did, he looked first surprised and then a hit apologetic. "Did I wake you? I'm sorry, I tried to be quiet." But you shook your head no in response. He wasn't the reason you couldn't sleep after all. You sat on the table in the middle of the room and swung your legs back and forth lazily as you watched him clear out the rest of the fridge in record time. While he munched on the leftovers from dinner, Beel regarded you once more. You told him how you couldn't sleep and that you knew he'd be here and you just wished to be in his company. The blush on his cheeks was endearing, as was the way he touched his wrist like he always did when something flustered him. When he was done with the food, Beel asked if you wanted him to come to your room with you and you agreed. Going back to your room alone again made you feel so alone, sort of empty. When you crawled into bed, Beel took care to bundle you up warm and comfy in your blanket and after you were all tugged in, he smiled softly at you. Gently petting your head, he told you he'd be here until you fell asleep again or if you wanted, he could stay the night too. Whatever comfort you needed, he'd be there.

Belphegor was the go to demon when you had trouble sleeping. Though he may be a bit grumpy when woken up and liked to play into his little brother role often, he wouldn't say no if you wanted his help, his attention or his care. Sometimes it was all three and he reveled in the fact you came to him. Since his sin was sloth, it should have been no surprise that he could manipulate and influence people's sleep and dreams. Making you drowsy, helping you fall asleep and setting the tone for your dreams was no trouble for him. Only he could help you this way, he knew. Laying next to you, Belphie pulled th blanket up to your shoulders and tugged you in as well as he could. Being comfortable was one of the most important aspects if you wanted to rest well and the blanket was more than just a source of warmth. Holding your hands in his, he let his powers wash over you in gentle waves. You needn't worry about nightmares or waking up during the night before morning. Not as long as he was by your side and that knowledge alone made you relax as the sweet embrace of sleep enveloped you.

Barbatos was known for finding joy in taking care of others. At least if he was fond of them and it should be no surprise that that included you as well. If you ever doubted it, he'd have no qualms about telling you of his feelings and reassuring you. Though most days Barbatos was hugely occupied with assisting Diavolo, sometimes he found the time to show you his care as well. You had spent the day together and when it was time to rest for the night, Barbatos asked if he could take care of you now as well. While you brushed your teeth and washed your face, the butler had brewed you a tea. The blend was meant to calm your mind and nerves and help you get a good night's rest. Your night clothes laid on your bed for you to change into them and Barbatos took the clothes you had changed out of to put them away too. It was a bit strange, to be assisted like this every step of the way but you couldn't say you minded. It was nice in a way, to get this level of attention and care from someone you liked. When you finally laid down, he was there to tug you in and when he cradled your cheek, brushing his thumb over you brow and asked if he may, you nodded. You knew what he meant, expecting the soft kiss to your forehead. "Goodnight", he told you and took the empty tea cup with him, turning off the lights and giving you one last smile before closing the door to let you sleep.

[maleficore]

How many references of the same damn character can I make before I get bored?

Yes.

Some design and related rambles below because I'm in A Mood

There's uhh, selfharm mentions in there on top of the typical Durge shit. Just in case anyone needs a heads up.

I keep tweaking his design every time I draw him, but I think I'm decently happy with it now? It's mainly the burn scar that has been annoying me because I both want it to unique but still somewhat fit the game texture..

I wish I knew how to mess with texture maps to make him custom ones so that all the scars in game match The Lore, but ughh learning that is way too much work.

The scar run down so far:

THE BURN SCAR is a souvenir from Cania. It covers almost the entire upper left half of his body, but on his arm it ends abruptly at the elbow because the explosion that caused it took off his whole forearm so the limb is "brand new" and therefore, scarless.

Yes, he can regrow limbs like an axolotl. However here, I think healing magic was involved too. Just because of how extensive the damage was. I'm imagining his forearm blown off and what's left of his arm charred nearly to the bone. Same with his face, his cheek was definitely gone. An absolutely terrifying image and one that's for sure seared into Gortash's brain forever.

THE VIVISECTION SCAR is Kressa's work of course, but its shape is pretty atypical for how most of the fandom does Durge's scars. The arms of the Y incision don't extend towards his shoulders and go underneath his pectorals instead. It's mostly because his organs have fuck all to do with the tadpole Kressa was studying so I headcanon those experiments to have been done purely for sexual gratification, not scientific at all. Which makes cracking open his ribcage feel like too much of a hassle to me, she can still get in there for a rummage through his stomach after all.

THE SMALL STOMACH AND CHEST SCARS are all stab wounds. I like to think they would've healed fully long ago, but Ezra subconsciously keeps that from happening because they're like mementos to him. It was... a religious/masochism thing between him and Helena. A tad messed up, but he liked her a lot okay.

THE THIGH SCARS are self inflicted. Some are cuts, some poor, frenzied attempts at flaying the skin off to maximise the pain. They start to fade and heal post tadpole because he forgot about the habit thanks to the orinbotomy, but he used to pretty much selfharm his emotions away. Sad? Pain. Affectionate? Pain. Guilty? Nothing some more pain can't fix! It started in his youth when selfharm was his only way to get some clarity of mind when the Urge started to muddy his thoughts and it escalated from there to using it for everything.

THE HAND SCAR is also of the self inflicted kind, but that one is really old. He was around 12 when he stabbed his hand out of fear that if he didn't use the knife he was given to hurt himself, he was going to cause harm to someone else. It was pretty soon after killing his foster parents so the panic was understandable, got him banned from the kitchen for years tho. The scar never faded completely because he was really weak and sickly as a kid due to not feeding the Urge, which messed with his healing abilities (amongst other things) making it stick.

THE HEART SCAR is an another old one. It's from the wound he was killed with when he transformed into the Slayer for the first time. It's symbolic and one of those scars that don't heal because he doesn't want them to. It marks the death of the person he was before Bhaal and serves as a reminder of that whole event. The paladin who killed him (a close friend and mentor actually so that's fun) ran him straight through with a sword so there's a matching scar on his back too.

Those have all pretty much always been there and the only change is the lore of the stab wound scars, though. I just felt like talking about them because I like giving those things A Story.

And since I'm already babbling, I also added some stuff!

He didn't use to have his nails painted post nautiloid, but I had the bright idea of Shadowheart seeing the remnants of chipped off nail polish and because of that offering to do them for him at some point. Probably not until act 3 when they finally reach civilization, but still!

I once mentioned in passing that he collects rings and never implemented that into his design, but here it is now! It's mostly a case of him feeling like he should wear a ring out of habit and ending up going a bit ham with it.

Old wedding band mark :) only sticks around for a bit post nautiloid and eventually disappears, but I still included it anyway for the angst. You understand.

One day I'll do a proper colour reference and decent art of his clothing to go with it, but this will do for now. I just love him so much, he can fit so much lore on him and it's driving me a bit crazy. My beloved hairy bastard man.

[noah-moth-cursed-chaos]

Delphine was idly preparing for events to come when she heard Azaril Avalaron reenter the secret room.

She turned to see if he actually looked presentable enough to enter a sophisticated establishment and-

Well.

He cleaned up well.

It even looked like he'd shaved.

He still needed to do something with all that damn hair however. Don't get her wrong it doesn't look bad, there was a certain appeal to it. But. It'd get in his face while he was fighting and this would already be dangerous enough.

"So? Am I up to your standards?" He asked, giving the outfit a little spin.

"The outfit looks decent on you, but your hair needs work." She stated.

"What's wrong with my hair?" He sounded affronted, "I like my hair."

"It looks nice, but if you're found out, you're going to need to be able to fight without it in your eyes. You'll already be fighting at closer quarters than you're used to, it's best not to put yourself at any further of a disadvantage."

"I'll put it in a ponytail then." He said, turning towards the stairs, likely to grab a hairtie from his other clothing.

"Sit down."

"Excuse me?"

"I'm doing your hair, Avalaron, sit down."

"On the floor?"

"Or go back upstairs and sit on my bed, your choice. But I'm doing your hair."

"... Fine." He went upstairs and she followed. He sat on the edge of her bed, and she kicked off her shoes, grabbed her brush, and sat behind him.

There was silence between the two for a couple minutes, before Delphine decided to take this rare... Calm moment to maybe get to know her most valuable ally a little better.

"So, what draws someone like you to the thieve's guild anyway?"

"I told you, I'm not part of that anymore."

"Yeah but, why were you? I'm not attacking you, Azaril. I'm curious." She didn't often call him his first name, but maybe it'd make him feel less defensive, for once.

"... It's. A stupid story."

"I want to hear it. We have nothing better to talk about."

He went silent for a moment before, "I uhm... I was found as a baby on the doorstep of Honorhall Orphanage." Oh she didn't know his whole life story was involved. Well. Might as well take her sweet time doing his hair then. "I never had any idea who my parents were, or why they didn't want me. I stopped caring eventually, if they never cared enough to reach out why should I care enough to look I guess... But uhm... I was. The only elf at the orphanage." There was a slight pause, "... I. Got used to watching the other kids outgrow me I guess? They ended up adults and I was barely older. New kids would end up there, they'd either get adopted or age out, and then they'd find their own lives, probably somewhere far from Riften."

"... And leave you behind?"

"... Yeah." His voice was softer, it wasn't the same exactly, but she did know the pain of being the last one standing. She could almost imagine over decades, again and again, Azaril saying goodbye to people he knew wouldn't remember him as much as he would them.

It had to be a lonely childhood.

"When I was uh. 40 I think, Grelod the Kind took over the orphanage... She doesn't deserve the name, let's just say."

"So I've heard."

"Whatever you heard, she's probably worse than the stories." He chuckled, pausing, "... It. Sucked. There were a couple other kids there at the time who I had been really close with, but most of them were close to aging out. I was particularly close with this one guy, I remember the week before he left he swore to me he was going to find a way to take me with him. I didn't believe him at the time."

"But he did?"

"He managed to get a letter to me, told me that if I could find the thieve's guild and manage to convince them I was grown, I'd have a roof over my head and a job." Azaril said, "... At the time I had a pretty extreme baby face, and nobody in charge believed for a second I was an adult. But they let me stay, had me do cleaning and stuff to earn my keep, and taught me how to be a thief." He took a deep breath, "The uh-leader and second are probably the closest thing to parents I ever had."

Delphine went silent for a moment, before, softly, "That must have hurt to walk away from."

"I didn't want to." He mumbled, "I got chased out. The leader died and the second went missing and well-the third took over and he... I think he had something to do with the leader's death, he said the second was responsible but I at least don't think she acted alone if she was... And he realized I was onto him." He paused, "I... Ran to Solstheim for a while to get away... Came back... I dunno, to try and start a new life? Find a home? I've failed pretty miserably, clearly."

She went silent for a moment, staring at the now finished braid.

Her voice was softer when she spoke again, she hadn't previously realized just how alone the dragonborn must be. Somehow you'd expect someone with a title like that to have it all figured out, but he was just as afraid and isolated as she was.

"You could have a home here."

Azaril laughed bitterly, "Don't lie to me, Delphine."

"You could. If we manage to put a stop to the dragons so there's a world to have a home in, but you could. Riverwood isn't anything grand, it's certainly no place for a thief but. You're not a thief anymore. And you could be a blade, I think. Just put down the bottle a bit more often."

"... Thank you."

"How does the braid feel? Did I make it too tight?"

"No, it's nice." He got up, "I guess I have a party to crash, huh?" She gave a curt nod.

"Stay safe, Azaril."

[inkofamethyst]

May 14, 2025

Too much social activity rn.

Kayaking last Thrusday with some folks from the department (not super close friends). Speakeasy on Friday with my turquoise-friend (plus her bf who is just ok) and another friend in our cohort to celebrate us passing quals which turned into a much longer night as we ended up at a party for a few hours which I was not prepared for socially and tbh it wasn't all that much fun. Celebrated a lab mate's graduation on Saturday, mostly with people I wasn't very close with. Holed up on Sunday and Monday working for like fifteen hours straight both days on problem sets and final projects (a little annoyed that I missed an A in a class by .25 points out of like 100 total but also need to accept that this is a terminal degree program and therefore grades don't really matter all that much.. I'll be over it soon), so couldn't recharge my social battery. Had lunch with the graduating lab mate and my island-friend which was like four hours and it was sooooo fantastic but I think I dropped in energy pretty suddenly because I still hadn't recharged. Celebrated a different lab mate's graduation today over lunch with a bunch of folks in the lab and then had DnD this evening. Department social on Friday. Brunch and a movie with my island-friend and her partner on Saturday (but that will honest to god be fine, maybe even healing).

I promise I do enjoy having a full social calendar but like with two or three events max in a week. This week felt especially heinous because not only did I have those major assignments due, I also wasn't able to recharge very much at all between these events. I know I have things to do tomorrow, but I don't want to talk to anyone. I need to regain some personal peace. Else I might snap at the department social on Friday.

HOWEVER. I have been playing my bass :) Yesterday was day one (woo!) and I watched some lessons on youtube and they were fairly useful, but I went to the library between work and practice today to pick up a few workbooks (still haven't been able to come across the three I actually want), and I started on them today! I really like the workbook approach a lot. I need to get a music stand situation sorted, though. Also need to get a new set of corded headphones; the ones I've been using for years now and have spent the past year or so aggressively repairing to delay the inevitable are just bad. I would like to avoid unnecessary e-waste when possible, but I've used these bedragled audio devices for over half my life. It's time.

I also started using an app called Fret Pro which is like quizlet/knowt for guitarists/bassists, and I think ending my practice time with ten minutes or so of plucking each fret to familiarize myself with where the notes are will be sooooo good.

Getting close to finishing my second sweater. I don't think I'm going to have the yarn to complete full length sleeves so they might end above the elbow. We'll see what I can manage. I wore my first finished sweater out and about yesterday and it was practically perfect for mid-60s weather plus I felt so cute in it. I think slightly longer arms could be nice but they work as-is.

Today I'm thankful that my island-friend and I got lunch with our graduating lab mate. He shared so so so many candid thoughts with us about his perspectives on the lab, the department, and academia as a whole.

I know I want to chill tomorrow but I might also go see Thunderbolts maybe. Like idk how many more times I'll get to see Seb in a silly superhero costume on the big screen, and I need to catch it while still in theaters.

Think I might take out my twists tomorrow. They've been in long enough, and if I want a decent twistout by idk Saturday, they'll need time to cook. I'm going to miss them; I think these are the best twists I've done ever. Length and bounce. Small enough to play around with. They took ages but I am very happy with them.

[yours-the-author]

Hey, so...

Does anyone remember this post I made recently?

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I made some art for it...

If you wanna see it...

Here it is:

I'M SO MAD AT MYSELF IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE SURVIVING THE MANSION BUT I DIDN'T REALIZE UNTIL AFTER I FINISHED IT AAAGGH

...Aside from that little oopsie, though, I'm actually really proud of how the logo came out? I based the font off a style called "Micro 5 Charted". Thank goodness I was using graph paper!

I'm not sure if that Kanji is correct; Google Translate doesn't seem to like the word "oni" or "stick", especially together, so I spelled out the Romanji in the English box and then tried to copy the characters Google offered me as closely as possible. I think I'd be more surprised if I got the Kanji correct, honestly.

Henry Stickmin title screens usually have two different fonts for the verb and the noun, and I thought about trying to make "Mansion" look like an actual house, but that made my brain hurt to much to conceptualize, so I stuck with different colored fonts. Hmm, that clock sure is there. I wonder what it means gets hit by a bus

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Anyway, here's some theoretical scenarios of what the main gameplay would look like! This one stars General Hubert Galeforce and some other guy:

Option 1: Shoot

Result: The monster hears you move as soon as you pull your gun from its holster. No time to defend yourself.

FAILURE (DiE!)

Option 2: Backup

Result: Your radio refuses to work, even though it was just fine before you entered the mansion. The monster waits until you've realized this, then goes for your throat.

FAILURE (No one will hear your screams...)

Option 3: Time Out

Result: The monster does not hear you and goes into a separate room, out of sight and out of mind. Galeforce survives... for now. But what was that thing...?

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I don't know how feasible it would be, but I imagine this would be a cross between typical RPG Maker-styled games (pixels, speech boxes with pictures of the characters, moving around a set floor plan, puzzle solving, etc) and typical Henry Stickmin-styled game play (cutscenes, choices, possible interactivity [grabbing items/bios], the occasional quick time event, etc) (voice acting would be a stretch). Most of the gameplay, like exploring the mansion, puzzle solving, and running/fighting the monster, would be RPG style, and then occasionally switch into a cutscene that requires you to make a choice; usually with just one correct answer but possibly others that could result in diverging dialogue/interaction/paths/endings? Something to think about.

Anyway, Galeforce! Poor man has no idea what he almost walked into, haha. I experimented with perspective and limb placement here, which was exhausting but also a lot of fun! Dynamics are hard with stick figures, but considering that they're they only character medium I've ever been decent at, I made it work.

And the Oni... I tried to give it some sort of anatomy, but quickly realized that I do not have the skills to pay those bills. I opted for a more of a shadowy figure looking thing with a big smile instead (you can see some of the lines where I tried to make it have arms, I think). I opted for Ao Oni's purple-y blue color scheme verses HetaOni's gray alien look. Back in the day of fan made Ao Oni games, people would usually try to put their own unique spin on the Oni sprite, with HetaOni's being the most unique I ever saw (keep in mind, it was one of the few designs I ever saw, so there might be cooler ones out there, who knows). In theory, a game called Sutikku Oni would use a stick figure shaped monster, but with my current art skills, that would just look like a normal stick person with a big head (look! Geoffrey Plumb's cousin!). I think the less we see, the better; all good horror games know when to leave things to the imagination!

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I also made a second one, featuring my boy Dave Panpa!

...Dave, I'm so sorry... *MAKES HIM PEEP THE HORROR*

Option 1: Call for Help

Result: You call for help...

FAILURE (...but nobody came.)

Option 2: Run

Result: You tense your muscles in preparation to run. The monster is faster.

FAILURE (YoU... wOn'T... eScApE...!)

Option 3: Pretend to be a Piano

Result: Frozen with fear in front of the piano, it's all you can do to hope the monster thinks you're also a piano (a sopping wet piano, but still). It's deadly quiet. You can hardly breathe, and you're afraid to. The monster stares at you for an uncomfortably long time, before walking away, out of sight and out of mind. You stay still a little longer before collapsing to the ground. Dave Panpa survives... for now. How on Earth did that work? Or... did that thing let you live out of pity...?

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UGH the piano! Pianos are so hard to draw! Luckily, I had an almost head on reference that I was able to use for the first picture. For the above view shot, I had to do some wild guessing. The red stuff near Dave's head in the second picture is the red stuff he was referring to. Is it blood? Paint? Something else? Who knows! But as we all know, any self respecting Ao Oni fan game needs a piano puzzle!

I imagine Dave was dragged along for the ride when the Toppats decided to find the treasure of the mansion (or something to that degree), fully intending to leave him there to die if there was, in fact, a monster inside. Poor Dave... Maybe there could be an ending where amends are made? Or maybe not...

I mostly put the smile on the monster's shadow as a means of showing that, indeed, it is the monster, but now I'm wondering if the monster's mouth glows or something? Hot fires of Hell, delivered right to you! Can you beat the heat?

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Thank you all for coming to my fixation ramble that absolutely no one else except me finds interesting! Any thoughts before you go?

(A cricket chirps, then leaves because it's in the wrong conference room)

...Yeah, I figured.

[melancholy-of-nadia]

La La Lost You (m) (teaser) | cyj

title: La La Lost You (m) << one-shot prequel to love u lately >> pairing: choi yeonjun x f. reader feat. bits of yoongi x f. reader, namjoon x f. reader, jimin x f. reader rating/genre: m (18+) ; angst , fluff, smut ; fake dating au; post-high school au, lowkey tatbilb au summary: choi yeonjun was simply just your academic rival, competing for honors at graduation during your senior year. however, when one of your (distant) friends' brothers is getting married, your 3 guy best friends all have dates to the event except you. in order not to feel like a loser, you decide to call up the only other tolerable male you know: Yeonjun, to be your fake date. what will happen when a childish fake date scheme actually ends up turning into your first real relationship lasting an entire summer. it may ultimately.. not end well note: i KNOW i have yet to finish Love U Lately, but i wanted to present this prequel idea to you guys!! i know many of y'all may not be a txt moa, but this one shot will definitely add a lot more insight on previous events and character insight to other bts characters in LUL that don't get much of a spotlight note 2: you do not have to read LUL to understand this fic. honestly might be better if you haven't read it! it will heavily focused on the mentioned previous relationship reader had with yeonjun before starting college and well as the perspectives of yoonminjoon and their attitudes towards it as they were still struggling with their romantic feelings for reader warnings: language, sexual innuendo mentions, maybe some smut, underage drinking, yeonjun has a band, soobin appearance, jungkook has a small crush on reader, halsey shows up!, yoonminjoon being jealous and overprotective, typical things that happen in a summer romance, bonfire party, eventual breakup smut warnings: tba drop date: spring 2024 word count: 15k (projected)

"Look, Choi, I need you to-"

"Need me? Sounds kinda erotic." The taller boy chuckles, and your face scowls, turning a heavy shade of red.

"Huh? You're gross! As if I would EVER do anything trashy with you!" You cross your arms, feeling impatient. Jimin should be here any minute from his last class across campus so you can both go home together. This isn't gonna work, and you don't have any more time for this. "You know what, never mind. I don't even know why I bothered to think of asking you. I should've asked Mark instead." You turn around, deciding to walk away from the situation. You'll take the L! You'll go to Seokjin's dumb brother's wedding by yourself like the loser you are while everyone else has dates.

"Hey, wait!" Yeonjun pulls your arm toward him, making you turn back around. "Alright. Fine, princess, I'm listening. What is it?" He looks at you, finally with sincerity in his eyes.

God, I guess if he actually wants to listen, then you'll say it. What could go wrong?

You tiptoe and lean in close to his ear, catching Yeonjun slightly off guard. "Okay. I need you to be my fake date to my friend's brother's wedding."

Yeonjun blinks repeated, processing the request. After realizing he was frozen, he immediately goes back to his usual expression and smirks. "Well, well, well. Looks like someone couldn't resist the charm of Choi Yeonjun after all."

You roll your eyes, "Hell no. Please, I'd rather dance with a cactus."

He raises an eyebrow, "You sure about that? Cacti can be quite prickly, you know."

You huff, "Just shut up and play along. I need you to act like a decent human being for one evening. You owe me anyways., remember?"

Yeonjun smirks again, his eyes sparkling with mischief. "Decent human being? That's a stretch," he grins, clearly enjoying this. "But sure, why not? It's not every day someone gets to be in the presence of greatness."

You scoff, shaking your head, "Greatness? Please. Just don't embarrass me, okay?"

Yeonjun's grin widens, "No promises, sweetheart. But I'll do my best. After all, I owe you."

"Yeah, yeah. Just be ready to suffer through a night of pretending to like me," you retort with a wry smile.

"Oh, the sacrifices I make for you," he replies, sarcasm dripping from every word.

As you walk away, hoping to meet jimin halfway (where the hell is he?) you can't help but mutter under your breath, "This is gonna be a disaster."

Yeonjun's laughter follows you from a very short distance, "Oh, sweetheart, you have no idea."

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