#and interactions thus far

[reginrokkr]

Tiny soft starter call. Since Christmas is also known for a holiday of love (unless my brain is playing tricks on me, if it is then now it's of love too), like this for a soft starter!

[autisticaradiamegido]

day 232

roommate brought this one up and u know what. u know what!! i think its fun.

[mipexch]

been thinking about something wicked a little too much lately. no harm in romanticizing the ominous dreadful unstoppable force

[redo-rewind-if]

Sorry for the lack of snippets lately, I figured since it's so close to release that I wouldn't do anymore atm but... I couldn't resist sharing some of this scene lol.

[nabaath-areng]

I feel like a terrified animal on Bluesky and I just found out you can't make your profile private so WELP

[schrodingersschlong]

I genuinely love the discussion part of working on commissions because sometimes it's really just like

"This your guy?"

"Yup!"

"How you want em?"

"Fucked."

"Fucked to shreds?"

"Yes indeed."

[apritellointeractive]

Sworn to Devotion: Chapter 1 - Part 3

(Proofread by @lovelyladylavie / AlienMadame22 (AO3)! Thanks!)

(Art by @lovelyladylavie)

>> Donnie decides to help Leo.

There is a brief moment—a fraction of a second if Donnie really wants to be specific—where he considers using the boom cannon to deal with the problem in front of him. Only three problems with that.

First, the boom cannon was left within the walls of his kingdom, so he couldn’t even use it if he wanted to.

Second, he could expend his ninpo to create something similar, but he doesn’t have the experience nor the time to test the limits of his power.

And last but certainly not least, the boom cannon would just kill everyone at point-blank range. 

Donnie doesn’t even need Mind Raph to tell him that!

Instead, he takes the remaining fraction of a second to reassess the situation. The human guards seem to be holding their own just fine, as he doesn’t need to race to the princess’s aid. Leo, on the other hand, looks like he’s about to get walloped.

And the only one who’s allowed to kick Leo’s ass is his twin!

The purple-clad samurai runs over, avoiding the few dead bodies littering the dirt path to get to his blue-clad brother. 

“Get away from my brother, your honorless craven!” Donnie yells as he swings his katana, managing to nick the burly man’s bicep, blood dripping down his blade.

The man roars, swinging around his fists wildly to push the two turtles away from them. While it catches Donnie off-guard—forcing him to stumble backward to avoid getting hit—Leo successfully ducks and avoids the attack. He tries to swipe at the man’s legs, but the tips of his blades just barely miss his opponent’s kneecaps. 

Donnie quickly regains his balance after stumbling backward as the burly man’s attention narrows in on him. He barely has a second to dodge another hit, the man’s fist smashing into the ground which sends dirt flying.

“Hey! No one gets to beat up my egghead brother except me!” 

The man whips around but he doesn’t have time to defend himself before Leo’s blade is on him, slashing diagonally into the man’s chest. The man roars and stumbles, his body twisting toward Donnie. The purple-clad turtle takes advantage of the situation and lands a hit, his sword also cutting diagonally but in the opposite direction. 

Their foot-branded opponent takes several steps back, his hand cradling the actively bleeding “X” mark on his chest. He glares at the two turtles, a frown contorting his wide face.

“Maybe you should have considered wearing some armor!” Donnie pats the custom light-weight armor adorning his chest. “It would have certainly helped.”

The man’s eyes flicker to something behind them briefly before his attention returns to Leo and Donnie, a sickening smile replacing his frown. “And yet, we will still accomplish our goal!” 

Donnie doesn’t have a chance to respond before the man disappears in a familiar cloud of red smoke.

He also doesn’t have time to ask what the man meant before someone screams behind him.

“They kidnapping the princess!”

Oh no.

Both of the turtles turn around and see some of the black-clad assailants pulling the princess from her carriage. She’s putting up a fight, her legs swinging wildly and nailing a few of her kidnappers in the head. However, her iron grip on the carriage door doesn’t last long, and with one violent tug, she’s ripped away from it.

Before Mind Raph has a chance to yell at him, Donnie’s sprinting forward.

It’s a bit of a blur as Donnie charges toward the princess, stepping over dead human soldiers and shoving enemies aside. He reaches the princess just as one of the black-clad assailants lifts something in the air. He’s not sure what it is, but he doesn’t like the way it glints in the sunlight.

Without hesitation, Donnie… >> sucker punches the assailant in the stomach.

[botanikos]

I understand both sides to the oc & canon thing. Honestly, I think much of it goes in hand with the occasional (it was much more rampant back in Ye Olde Days) lack of boundaries and assumptions of pre-established relationships. A lack of communication and available information can be unsettling! And cause a great deal of discomfort.

Things are definitely different now, or maybe my own perspective is much more open? I don't know. But I hope everyone who sees this and is a friend, close or not, keeps tossing their OC's into the tides. Ride the storm. Build them up. ♡

You made that! You poured your heart and soul into it! Don't let go. I'll be joining you as soon as I'm not lazy ☆ with 2 OC's of my own. (whether or not you actually see them in action is another thing altogether)

[welcometogrouchland]

Anyway since they're apparently not going to go with the "Steph leading/babysitting a team of young heroes" book idea (pause for despair) I'd like to pitch MY idea for Steph: Steph gets back into playing piano (she already started doing so in Batgirls #18!) and ends up taking on a mystery related to the basement rock scene in Gotham (I know the underground concert game there is INSANE absolutely prime serial killer territory)

[opens-up-4-nobody]

...

[rosemirmir]

I keep thinking about that scene where Geryon is there with Fuga for many reasons but this post is about one such reason:

Does this mean Rinne has two dads?

I keep joking about this with friends but that scene really can be read as Rinne having two entire dads with Geryon having been there when she got the book if you wanted to read it that way... And then Geryon and Fuga having a really messy divorce later on. XD

The list of Geryon's exes continues to grow

[vhstown]

can i just say ive been on character ai for a while and based on how certain bots act... i can tell that the way some of y'all choose to interact w these characters is NOT wholesome

[book-quotes-i-found]

“Can I choose a different buddy?”

“Nope. You’re stuck with me.”

“Damn.”

“Blame genetics, bitch.”

Page 81 of The Nightmare Before Kissmas by Sara Raasch

[tryingforthedelicatehopeofitall]

it's insane how much serotonin this interaction brought home to me 🥹🫶🏼

[retro-system]

i didnt realise how much i'd miss starlow til she was gone

[yuelun]

/takes a little breath amidst a quiet dash. Starter call!

Though I have threads/asks to get to, I'm curious if one of these would catch anyone's attention. I know sending in sentence starters isn't always up everyone's alley and it's a little harder when it comes to interacting with a character who's canonically dead in present day, like mine. Although (I need to write up the details for the first iteration of it) I do have her resurrected in a present timeline (see tags). If you're interested in me either coming to you, or fishing up something with a bit of a red line, give this a like and I'll see what I can do! Trust me when I say, if we're mutuals, I'm interested in writing with you. See this as a little cheat to grab my attention if you want it!