#and itd be sorta. like it means nothing

[wackywatchdotcom]

on a roll today with a bunch of posts of me talking abt a bunch of diff details about this show today and i remmebered i need to look at the different directions the characters are facing on their door icons. pomni and kinger and queenie faceg directly forwards. jax ragatha and zooble all face their right while looking to their left. gangle is facing her left. kaufmo directly faced his right. this means nothing but it means something in my heart

[pwnyta]

Noble- lol kinda want an AU where that pink haired guy is Stones ex and Robotnik fucking hates him.

Me- LOL

Also me for the next few weeks-

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I call this AU ''The Lost Prince (of Wendimoor)'' right? sketchy cover page concept-

If I had a nickle for every time I locked on on a doe-eyed, yearner played by Lee Majdoub in love(allegedly) with a 6'2'', red-tinted man who is a master at his craft from a series with world warping technology, a fucked up moon, and a child hero...

I would have 2 nickles etc.

ANYWAYS. The story is about Agent Stone who is secretly Silas Dengdamor. Somehow he got warped/trapped on Earth and had to rebuild his life since Earth is a far less forgiving place than the planet of Wendimoor and he had to accept that Panto might not be able to help him. BUT he finally managed to apply all the fighting skills taught to him by Wygar and eventually ended up in GUN which lands him in Robotnik's circle.

Little did he know Panto has been trying to find Silas this entire time, using warp rings to traverse the galaxy when the search for him on Wendimoor resulted in nothing. (Hes left the defense and care for the kingdoms to Litzi and Wygar)

Panto finally makes it to Earth after escaping some shenanigans on some other planet and in the chaos lost his warp rings somewhere. SO he too has been stuck on Earth which is fine for him because he was gonna be searching for Silas anyways. (He actually loses his rings on Earth and Sonic finds them and is a little concerned/excited for another alien to meet... I didnt draw any of that LMAO) ANYWAYS after nearly a decade Pantos search finally comes to an end.

(V Im putting the rest under the cut cuz theres a lot of doodles V)

Ivo doesnt share food, of course.

Panto can only tolerate so much.

A rock stuck between a hard and harder place bout to be ground into a fine DUST.

BETRAYAL!! (?)

SO ANYWAYS. something something Sonic shenanigans but before the final battle somehow Sonic and Panto meet... maybe like Panto sees the little pouch he kept his rings in and gets them back. Something... Panto returns to Silas (& Ivo) and tells them he has a way back home for them (he and Silas) but Silas hesitates and then cant bring himself to go... not when Ivo is watching them (TOTALLY NOT BOTHERED AT ALL. HES NEVER BEEN BOTHERED EVER IN HIS ENTIRE LIFE IN FACT). Panto understands and says he has 2 warp rings left (Sonic used a few to fuck around maybe IDK) and should at least visit Wendimoor because Wygar and Farson (and even his mother) miss him and he should get a proper good bye. Stone invites Ivo to Wendimoor... whether or not he goes to check it out IDK... I feel like might be curious enough but also maybe he'd think itd be too awkward IDK I DIDNT DRAW THIS PART BECAUSE I DONT KNOW.

When they get back shenanigans, Sonic v Ivo fight and Ivo ends up on the Mushroom planet. Stone insists on waiting for Ivo at Mean Bean and Panto stays with him and they reconnect nice and proper! Panto accepts his life of villainy as long as he can please Silas.

something something... S3 where Ivo is injured and is being taken care by mostly Stone... and Stone is being helped by Panto (Ivo rejects Pantos help at any given moment but also kinda feels bad about it because Stone has been running himself ragged.)

Some misc Stobotnik and Pantlas! doodles-

Panto doesnt understand SIlas' affection for Ivo but then after sorta getting to know the guy he starts seeing Ivos dumb way of kinda returning affection (something that Silas is a little blind to himself). BUT if Ivo is SO important to Silas, Panto will keep him safe.

Eventually Panto brings up the stuff between Ivo and Silas as well as Silas' love for the other man and Silas feels bad but Panto WILL share food... if it means so much to Silas. And frankly Ivo is a jackass and maybe wont even do anything so he wont have to bother worrying.

IVO STILL DOESNT SHARE FOOD.... (The food wasnt his to begin with BUT IT DOESNT MATTER.)

The only thing that keeps them from killing each other is the fact the person they care most about would be upset by it.

I thought WAY too hard about this and yet...

NOT HARD ENOUGH.

[spookberry]

Izuru Kamukura's design is interesting to me cuz like what was the point of having all that hair.

I feel like usually the metaphor in design would be to make the hair shorter. To signify the way hes stripped of identity and remade. But they go the opposite route. Izuru's hair is long and all over the place.

Also with an in world perspective, why would the people who created him give him/let him have long hair like that. What was the motive there?

Not that its a design that says nothing about him or is out of place either. I think it actually says a LOT about Izuru. The lack of styling reveals a disinterest in his appearance to some degree, or maybe a lack of identity. He doesnt even bother to push it out of his face, just sorta leaves it. He could've just as easily cut it all off though, seems like itd get in the way or be more of a hassle to worry about, and hes not one for hassles either. Having long hair involves caring for it to some degree thats just a fact.

Also cutting it all off after everything, I get its symbolic of Hajime and whatever, But I cant help but think it wouldve been more interesting to go an alternative route. Finding some kind of inbetween, not quite Hajime anymore but certainly not Izuru either. Ya know? I feel like that be more in line with the point. Not going back to the past, but looking towards the future and whatever that means.

[thebestjjenthusiast]

carolina’s children

06 | 07 | 08

“being a singer means i have the y/n driving me around? why didnt i audition earlier?” jj joked as i parked my car temporarily outside his porch.

“i just dont trust you with maps and coordinates” i shrugged as i unlocked the doors, watching him as he walked over to the passenger seat

“so, are you finally relaxed about tonight?” he looked at me as i revved

“relaxed is… not exactly my state right now” i looked at him for a brief moment and hit the gas

“well me and the pogues have a little surprise for you after the concert. y’know, to make you feel better” he smiled, and i felt my checks heating up just a little bit

“a surprise huh?” i smiled as he hummed. we are now on our way to chris’ house to start working.

i mean the fact that he had covid didnt mean we couldnt use the garage right? open space (sorta), a whole different floor than the rest of the house and all the gear we needed. i figured we’d be alright, and pope the big brain already said itd be okay.

chris of course agreed. he actually really loved each and every single one of us, bandmates and our friends. and i did love him back. if he discretely disliked the band as in working in it had nothing to do with our friendship (unlike mike).

“rafe where had you been hiding those skills?” jj trolled him ironically, making rafes temper rise.

“will you shut it” rafe shot back and tried his best to focus.

“how about instead of mocking him you start singing boy?” i growled as i continued studying my sheets.

pope was focusing on his bass, especially since we decided to cover a lot of red hot chili peppers. it was easier for jj and his vocal chords.

after what felt like ages, the time was six pm, and we were doing fairly well considering the circumstances. rafe was not acing it, but he was pulling it off. jj was messing up a few lyrics here, cracking his voice slightly there, but i had faith in him.

now, it wouldnt be a classic the band performance, but the audience will at least have live music to hear.

just as soon as we finished revising our last song, song,we heard my phone ringing, then suddenly stopping as i got a notification.

“that was a good one well done guys” i said removing the belt of my guitar and putting it on a sofa near me.

i grabbed my phone to see i has a few missed calls and a text message from trixie

❛ trixie.. or trixie the pic tricky as many called her around the island for her insane photography skills. she often worked for us during our concert days, mostly photographing and then posting them on her platfrom, boosting ours and her career. but since we bonded so fast, and her dad owned the bar we were performing, she took some manager duties from time to time, such as telling us when we needed to head over there to start preping up just like she was doing now ❜

“guys tricky just texted me” i announced, earning two confused looks and a response only from pope

“oh shoot, we gotta go guys come on” he ordered as he started placing his bass inside its case

i started taking my stuff too as rafe took the drumsticks and jj took the sheets he didnt fully remember

“may i ask whos tricky?” jj breathed as we we’re basically running towards my car to take off

“shes our photographer slice manager” i stated “her names actually trixie” i continued

“wait trixie with the bob and the bangs?” rafe questioned

“yea thats the one” i replied getting on my drivers seat “now buckle up”

“why do i know her” rafe was mumbling to himself as pope turned from the seat next to me to look at him

“you went to the same high school probably, shes rich as shit” he stated as he watched rafe fading a smile with agreement

“yea shes really sweet but will kill us if things go south” i pulled pope to sit properly on his seat as i was speeding a little too much “did you tell her the news? shes off twitter” i asked him

“uh.. i forgot” he squinted his eyes and an elbow came right towards his ribcage

“i will kill you heyward” i shouted as questions begun flying from the back seats.

taglist: @rafeysworldim19, @amterasuu, @bee-43, @eviepostssometimes, @imsiriuslyreal, @sarahmaybank

an: i love doing random introductions i feel like im tarantino😛but no splatter here 🙏

[echantedtoon]

can I ask why you chose to ship Angel with Karaku out of all the clones?

Mostly because of the lack of attention he seems to get compared to the other clones. A lot of other Oc x cannon artists usually pick out one of the other three main four clones or Hantengu himself, which there's nothing wrong with that but it makes me frustrated seeing everyone sorta make Karaku a one dimensional 'h0rndog only thinking nymphomaniac' while exploring the depths of Aizetsu's depression, where Sekido's wrath stems from, or even how much Urogi compared to actual hawks and how much different his appearance is compared to literally everyone else.

On top of that I think he can be an interesting character if looked at. Out of all the clones he's the only one seen depicting one of two emotions depending on which depiction of him you look at(aka Pleasure and Relaxation). So does that mean he embodies two emotions instead of one, or was some of the translations changed? If so he's the only one who does embody more than one emotion(I'm not counting Zokakutan when he absorbs the main four or Hantengu when the other six clones are dormant in his body just to clarify. I mean representative emotion as individuals.), and the concept can be played around with. It also makes him stand out against the other 6 parts of Hantengu.

The second half is because their personalities would better mesh. Sekido and Aizetsu's depressive and wrathful attitudes would only clash with her because of her traumatic experiences associated with the abuse she experienced growing up. And Urogi's spuratic loud attitude would only put her on edge most of the time if they were in a relationship. Karaku being the clone of relaxation(and/or pleasure if you want to interpret that) would be a more calmer form to base a mutual friendship upon and the potential to build from there.

I also feel like her own personality wouldn't be a good fit for the other clones. Sekido already finds her annoying because of the dismissive way she waves off his comments, Aizetsu's in need of self therapy before even thinking about a relationship, and as said Urogi is too spuratic so even if they did get involved itd be short lived at most before he eventually gets bored of the relationship. Where as with Karaku she's able to hold conversations with him and he's calm enough to actually listen, he might get bored of some topics and want to go on a wild streak of fun but that doesn't mean he's going to just run off the moment he loses interest.

[ppnuggie]

slides in,, claps hands together,, crosses legs,,

hello tumblr user ppnuggie i say ominously

i have a tarn request for you 🦀

first contact au where they dock on earth to snag a run away thats posing as reader's truck!! reader livin their best life pampering their old truck and driving on the beach and then theirs just a massive ass space ship on the beach and then giant ass robots come out and reader "nopes" the fuck outta there but when she gets to the parking lot her trUCK DUMPED HER and now shes having a very awkward staring competition with some purple man thats like "what is that thing?? its so small and squishy?? what do we do with it??" but also "its so cute,, it sounds adorable,, i like it,, i like this thing" and just fuckin,, nabs her

itd be absolutely delicious of you if there was a language barrier

　　　　　　TARN x fem reader

　　　　『　tarn ,, female reader 』

　　-> first contact au w/ tarn

　　— fluff ,, sfw ,, lil crack ,, kidnapping

　　— kaon takes reader ,, lmk if you want another part to continue w/ this 🙏

        " are you sure he's here kaon ? i don't remember this planet or sector ." voice gruff and questioning the smaller bot . the red mech nodded ,, optics dark and empty as he smiled . " i'm sure of it , tarn ." he replied . the mech known as tarn nodded in return ,, looking at the scanners aboard the ship known as the peaceful tyranny . there was barely any trace of a cybertronian signal . barely ,, that is . there was a faint dot on the screen ,, showing one life signal .

        " prepare yourselves for departure . lets make this quick ,," tarn said to his crew ,, the djd ,, or better known as the decepticon justice division . " watch out for the life here ,, theyre .... organic ." he said slowly ,, disgust dripping from his words .

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        thankfully there werent a lot of people here today . not exactly hot enough for a beach day ,, per say ,, but you didnt mind that one bit . resting in the driver's seat of your old truck ,, you smothered your face with sunscreen . just because it was 70 degrees out didnt mean you were gonna risk getting toasted by the sun .

        glad there werent too many little kids around ,, you were able to enjoy your little day off without many interruptions . or so you thought ,, when all the sudden a gigantic ass space ship came outta nowhere . aint no way in hell you were gonna let this moment go though ,, knowing the ufos exist and the government was keeping those aliens locked up and away from public . fishing for your phone in your bag ,, you quickly drew it out and snapped your camera app open .

        switching to video ,, you got out your truck and starting to tape the spaceship . this was something outta star wars because aint no way this was government property and a thing for a movie . or maybe it was ? you werent too sure ,, busy being in awe of this majestic ship . until it had landed and out popped its crewmates .

        this had to be for a movie ,, it had to be . nothing like just happens on a wednesday . the most that happens is that commercial with the camel saying its hump day . this sorta thing happens on a friday or sunday . one of the robotic beings opened their mouth ,, static and chirps coming out . you werent too sure what it was saying though .

        it was all fine until they started looking around and one spotted you . it was quite big ,, purple with tank treads maybe ? it surely didnt look like something from the government ,, but it did look like it was some sort of military machine . a shorter yet more lanky one stomped forward ,, water splashing up against its legs as its hands wrapped around your body .

        your phone slipped from your hand ,, eyes wide with shock and jaw dropped open . " hey !" you yelled ,, pointing accusingly at it . " put me down this instant ! who do you think you are ?!" you spat at it . the being looked curious ,, chirping at the purple one you were just looking at .

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        " boss ! look ! its one of those organice you told us about !" kaon exclaimed ,, vos coming up beside him and looking at the creature . " it even gave me its goo ! that must mean we've bonded ! oh boss ,, can i keep it ?" kaok rushed excitedly towards tarn . he shoved the creature up at him ,," just look how cute it is ! please boss ! i promise to take care of it !"

        tarn backed away a bit ,, leaning down slightly to get a better look at it . " fine fine ,, just focus on the task at hand . as long as you keep it in your habsuite only ." the mech grunted ,, waving kaon away as he pulled up his internal scanners .

        tarn would later question his decision . the bot they were looking for had gone into hiding and with night falling ,, the leader had become quite irritated . he would just have to wait ,, it would seem .

[catamaurrr-star]

actually can you rant to me about ena dream bbq. enrichment hour

hmm ummm i really wonder if we're gonna go to the crowd door or the horse door next. like it makes narrative sense for the crowd door to be last since itd probbably be harder for ena to get there since shes just Banned from it compared to the horse door thats just missing a guy. but like at the same time what if theres some sorta Twist. also theres so many things in this game that feel like theyre foreshadowing for something but i cant even tell what. like the main theme of the trailer. its called anemoia which means nostalgia for someething youve never been through and ???? How the fuck does tthat relate to ena. whats going on hereeee,,, also i'd get really upset if in the end they do a massive plot twist that nothing in this silly world is actually real and its just Ena's dream barbecue or she's just high or she's hallucianting it all in a coma etc etc etc. i like incomprehensible worlds they feel so like. naturally alien? its just such a creative world and throwing it all away would b such a waste.... im also REALLY REEALLY interested in the worldbuilding of this world like tehres this one npc in the purge event. bunrako man i think. its a ninja thats using some 90s guy as a puppet but the thing is That puppet actually holds Some sort of significance?

like this screenshot i took at a bus stop. cclearly this guy seems to be famois or something? doesnt look like hes at the purge event. and who are tthose little guys???. and 90s guy himself actually has legs here. whats going onnnnnnnn. i have to stop now cause my eyes are starting to hurt looking at words

[cepheusgalaxy]

My Father is formatting my laptop but he will take annungodly amount of time to even get started because he takes very long to start stuff he said he'd start but I can't write on it and risk getting In The Zone (TM) just to be broken outta it as soon as he is ready to do his thing SO have some anima saga lore dump from what i madeup the other day. As in a lot of transcription from my notebook. All is subject to change. Yay

first part: QUINTESSENCE

Quintessence is the building block of the world, magic and life. It exists as the very existence, and the only things that are not made of quintessence are the very Gods (which are, technically, nothing and devoid of existence because they aren't made of quintessence. so they're basically madeup of nothing). Quintessence has a lot of... forms. Flavors. Kindss. Types. And by "lot" I mean four:

Soul stuff

Soul Stuff Quintessence is the kind that builds souls. Every being that is "alive" in this setting has a soul. And alive between quotes because there are a few things. Like trees. That sort of have a soul but theirs is different and made of a slightly different sub-flavor of this quintessence but dw I'll get into it in a sec

The beings that have typical souls are, notoriously, humans, humanoid races and animals in general. Hold that thought.

Souls are pretty neatly organized, too! A soul is technically divided into sections. They are sorta blurry between each other and you can't really tell where one starts and the other ends as a human but it is divided. There is a section for the memories. One for the sense of self. One for the emotions. One for the magic too. Soul Stuff Quintessence is the strongest form, and a soul and its bits are very resilient and regenerative. A soul part can't be broken or lost; weakened, rarely, or by use of magic, blocked out, but never erased. Maybe a God could do it. Not a mage. A soul will stay a soul and a whole soul until it dies.

*plant souls are a bit funny because they aren't divided into "sections" like this. And because the quintessence flavor is slightly different.

**also also one of the sections of a proper soul, the sense of self, is also responsible for restaurating nearby sections (because it functions like an organism bc i thought itd be funny) so when it is damaged itself it's one of the hardest to auto repair because it IS the part doing the repairing thing.

The World

Material World Quintessence is the one that encompasses matter and everything tangible. It is the most stable, and a key characteristis is that it can only interact with itself. Other kinds can mess with it, but it can't influence them directly like they do. Since it is so stable. Not much to say about it you could say it isnt even magical! Quintessence is more like Existence than magic energy after all

The Actual Magic Energy

The Magic Energy (TM) Quintessence is a pure, explosive and energetic kind, and it can technically be considered a subset of Soul Stuff Quintessence but it's sorta different. It is its very own thing.

While we could say Soul Stuff "makes" and Material World "is", Magic quintessence does. It is an active thing, and as such it can never stop. It can fade into a background buzz, but never cease, for when it ceases to "do", it ceases to exist. Magic Energy Quintessence only exists when it's moving and doing and happening, basically. It is the last stable form of quintessence, and also the one that interacts with World Stuff the most, altering and molding it all the time

Will

The fourth and last kind. Some could call it "fate". It is bled from the will of the gods and poured into Existence, a sub (sub as in lesser) sort of quintessence, not quite being, betwen the nothing and something. It is the weakest and subtlest and can meddle with every other form, seeping into the cracks and making itself be, unnoticed. Molding and shaping, or more like influencing.

Its actually incredibly easy to mess with it once you figure out how to.

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second part: THE ANIMA

(The animas are, from my original concepts, sort of animal-like parts of your soul. You know a stand from JoJo? Like that. Sorta. Ish. Bear with me)

The anime are a funny phenomena involving Soul Stuff Quint. and Will Quint. Humanoid souls, specifically, have a hint of Will/Fate to them. Fate Stuff is a characteristic of Thinking and Sapient beings, thats also why it is sorta made up from a god's intentions. Like a gravitational field, the Fate Stuff attracts spare souls of animals into itself, attaching them to the soul, since veeeery early on its development (conception/birth/etc)

That's why the anima are gonna have hybrid-liike, animal/chimera-ish appearences, all pretty unique. Theyre a mix and match of soul stuff, after all! Anima are also naturally "dormant" so pretty... it's like theyre not even there tbh

A Soul is divided into multiple tricky, sturdy, fluid and delicate parts, yes? The anima, or what might become an anima, the dormant version of it (which we call an animus) is buried pretty deep below the surface, resting between the other sections. Different sorts of energy or quintessence in certain ways can excite the animus and awaken it, pushing it a little towards the border as well and effectivelly trigger it into an anima.

Animas can take a...sort of physical form when invocated and interfer directly with Material World quintessence, despite being mostly (mostly) soul stuff. Anima mages/users are often very powerful.

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third part: MAGIC

Ok. Magic Quint., magic energy is, again, just to reiterate, something that cant really be without doing. It is less of a Thing on itself and more of a Force that can move everything else. Its action and movement, magic energy that is unnmoving, in inertia, by definition is no more.

Magic is cast by a part of the soul near the anima, probably, which is also tricky to wield and master, but never dormant and still like an animus. It can connct/mess with the material quintessence and other types and induce movements, transformations and reactions. Magic is then, technically, a tool sapient beings can use to mold the world.

Im still sorting how exactly this will work (as if i am not bullshitting this whole lore and everything ive said and written is very much something im unsure of how it'll work. shhhhh) but, aside from a silly "physical magic" and "chemical magic" category i have in my head, magic is sorted into these handy categories:

Amalgamation

Amalgamation magic is about reuniting particles of a given element, like water drops, into something big enough to wield. The smaller the particles, the more precise you have to be.

Invocation

Invocation is technicallyyyyyyy a subset of amalgamation magic, where the particles are just so so so little that managing to gather enough of them into something to bend could only be described as conjuring stuff out of thin air. There is also what is called True Invocation, which is a different sort of magic altogether, where things are actually made out of thin air, but the end result looks like the same. Invocation and True Invocation are both a bit rare and hard to master.

Transmutation

Transmutation is a type of magic in which one takes particles of something and turns them into another element. It's easier than gathering trillions of little microscopic dust specks to make a rock, for sure. Hardening a sand handful will do just fine.

Kynesis

Most basic kind. Just moving stuff around

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fourth part: RACES

There are overall three races of sapient/humanoid spcies with hints of Fate in their souls, and, consequentially, animus/anima. They are called aer (plural: aera, from "aether", in opposition to the gods, "naer/naera", from "nether").

The aer are the following:

Humans

Vampires

Fae

The fae are a tricky thing I'm not sure what exactly they entail. I want to give the vampires a different name because they can be in the sun and all but are very directly based off vampires so i want something that obviously hints at that. Each of them is gonna be based off a few different cultures (humans are asia/africa, vampires are europe and fae are everyone else) and live in a different continent. They are just different parts of land but people call them "realms". Or lands. Human Land, Fae Continent or Vampire Realm. Don't matter, really.

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Thats about what i have for now. I want to elaborate more on magic, i was gonna go for elemental magic a few concepts ago but i do like this better. I also want to fogure out more things about the races and the gods (im patting myself in the back for calling them Naer its so clever and fun and the races being Aer in opposition is fantastic too. To me. I was struggling to comeup with something to call them in general) but im onto something with this ive dumped into my notes book at school lunchbreak i think

[flying-mochis]

ok finally watched X Men Last Stand so now ive seen all of the main series x men movies-

i see why people dont like it. i mean its not the worst like my life isnt worse having watched it. i honestly thought first ~half~ of it wasnt too bad. it was a little goofy and Jean switched up to Phoenix real fast and they did Cyclops dirty but theyre been doing that the whole run. But once Jean got yoinked by Magneto and basiaclly became a non character things started really falling apart.

i agree w other people that doing both the Phoenix storyline and the Mutant Cure sotryline is one movie is way too much, especially a movie that is not even Two Hours Long?? as a result neither storylines got nearly the amount of attention they deserved.

And Jean really had nothing to do after she killed Charles and was pulled in my Magneto. She just sorta stood there silently for an hour and a half until the end when she got a little scared by some bullets and then continued to stand silently while she exploded things. And then Logan killed her with his finger knives, somehow. I find that doubtful but ok. Then it ends?? happily ever after? I mean not really because Days of Future Past is next but idk of they really set up for that. (cuz Charles is alive again and Magneto has his powers?)

I liked the stuff with Warren. They made him a sad boy like they did with Nightcrawler which is fine tho I also want to see his other side. I wish there was more of him. In general I hope him and Nightcrawler get to do more stuff in future movies with a bit more focus and depth. Just cuz I like them and I want to see them shine a bit more in a way the current movies havent really allowed for...

Magneto just leaving Mystique behind is crazy. I wouldnt claim to be enough of a Magneto expert to say whether that was in character or not but its also just stupid like shes still a crazy good spy/fighter/contortionist even if she cant shapeshift. I guess it just cuz he hates humans and he thinks she human now idk. Kinda a dick move.

The Wolverine fights were ridiculous. I kinda loved them for that tho they didnt really fit w the tone of the movie. But silly nonetheless.

Overall not the worst, just very rushed throughout and especially near the end, and I can see how itd be an extremely disapointing conclusion(ish) to a franchise.

[fairys-dream]

it was getting restless again.

this is not just a story of a soul thats lived many many lifetimes, but the Everything.

the Source.

its lived it all, wondering if theres anything more to all this, some other way of existing….whats the alternative to Everything?

it’d thought of the cheesy simple stuff like Nothing, Love, Experiencing…..any answer seemed like itd been said before, and it had.

it thought of all the complex answers, answers that were basically just word garbage. any meaning it applied, it was an answer it answered for itself.

an answer it made up. an answer that wasnt real.

problem was, it couldnt ask anything outside itself…..or could it?

how could there be another Everything?

wait...what was it that the humans had made….

a mirror. yeah, that could work.

the Source, being the way it was, couldnt help making some sorta poetic twist to it. it wasnt going to be some regular ol’ mirror of course.

so, the Source conjured the mirror.

in the reflection, it saw itself, but slightly different.

not just visually, the Everything in the reflection worked in slightly mirrored ways as well.

same, but different.

and equally as sentient.

thus began the discussion between the Source and the Reflection.

the Reflection was convinced it conjured the Source, that the Source was it’s Reflection.

this argument lasted awhile.

but the conclusion they came to was that they both conjured eachother.

if they wanted an answer, it was vital that they saw eachother as seperate beings, seperated by the glass.

they talked n talked, about all the things that happened in them, and what those things made them think about.

they gave eachother the answers they couldnt come to from their own perspective.

answers that still felt right, answers that felt new.

one day(conceptually speaking, not literally, since theres not really any days in infinity), it clicked.

Stories.

not just Experiences, but Stories.

Stories held all the answers in One.

the Source was alive so it could tell Stories.

and it took talking to someone else in order to realize that.

so, the Source n the Reflection, the Reflection n the Source, spent the rest of eternity telling eachother stories.

sometimes those Stories werent even Stories at all, they were just…creations. which were, in their own way, also Stories.

sometimes they would just observe. then talk about their observations afterwards, similar to a Story.

Everything was just Stories. and the Source was happier now that it got to share them.

[im-smart-i-swear]

funky guys rant below

the more i think abt it the more confused i become abt what exactly to call the kind of relationship all the funky guys have. like i guess found family, in the way the term is used in fandom, describes it well.... but idk as someone who goes way back w the trope & who used to forcefully cram characters i liked into neat family shaped boxes, the term does carry a kind of... weight to it? one might even call it cringe, but i feel like its more of a frustration with pidgeon-holeing and fandomisation as a whole. i think i just read one too many fics where characters in a found family start calling eachother siblings and mom and dad and uncle and honestly that kinda feels sorta. culty, even, to me rn?

which one the other hand thematically speaking does kinda fit - not literally as a cult but more in the way theyre all so codependent and struggle to find a life outside of these dynamics. these ppl DO love each other bc they HAD to to survive and stay relatively sane but also that means this is not a very healthy arrangement. i think that rigid language might fit here thematically bc it represents them all unconciously replicating all the flaws and problems a regular family would have instead of trying to make something better. they (mostly tashi) are falling back on what they know abt how ppl who love each other should act and view each other. which also on a more meta level is just me being rlly fascinated with the fandom idea of a found family and deciding to kinda. bring the idea as far as i can? showing what fucked up dynamics could sprout if you threw a bunch of traumatised freaks together and forced them to play house lest they die in the wilderness alone.

like. when i started dabbling in trying to write for this au, i quickly found that describing them all as a family felt kinda. weird? it just didnt feel right. it felt trope-y, fandomised, flanderised (which is really funny if you consider that this au is in many aspects just that, as much as id like to pretend otherwise). and i have to wonder how much of that is the term not fitting in-universe, and how much is just me looking back at my younger self's less nuanced takes and wanting to have nothing to do with them?

in the end, in-universe, as much as it kinda cringes me out i think the funky guys do very much describe themselves as a family & as siblings - partially bc they do love each other platonically very much and thats just the only term they really knew to describe what they are, and partly for convinience bc its way easier to tell ppl theyre just a bunch of siblings than itd be to 1. explain the whole clone thing and 2. delve into the complexities of all of their relationships in great detail.

and also bc i think describing it as a family makes them more eager to stick together? i think tashi does very much weaponise that, either conciously or subconciously ('we are family, you cant leave!! im your big brother, i know whats best for you')(the thing abt tashi is that hes very good at reading ppl AND hes got separation anxiety AND is a bit of a self righteous idiot and this results in him being kinda manipulative and guilt trippy at times, esp when hes in distress.)

so like. the thing im trying to get at is. the love was there, the love IS still there, and thats kinda the whole problem! they all trapped themselves in this rigid form of relationship, but also around the stickbug mind control arc it all starts to kinda fall apart(sticks Whole deal, webby turning 18, soup wanting to branch out and develop new relationships, buds crippling guilt making them kinda an asshole, tashi getting progressively worse and worse to be around as he falls apart, and ryou being 13 and stuck in the middle of all of it) and none of them rlly know how to handle it.

i dont rlly have a solid idea to what happens after the mind control stuff, aside from the kuro stuff and the fact stick and een do definetely move out again after stick recovers. but the rest? its kinda one big vague 'its slowly and painfully and messily gets better'. this story has always been about making the best of a shitty situation, i think. about people forming deep meaningful bonds but still being messy and stupid and hurting each other, and abt how you can never turn back time and fix all the shit you did wrong in the past, but maybe, if the love is there, if you still want the love to be there after all of that shit, maybe you can try again.

[insideoreoshack]

3.25.2025

i hate it here and i want to to home i hate that theres no coverage bc if i work through my lunch im the bad guy right? but curlina be in her office lily is offsite bc keri made her go early instead of the afternoon which would have made more sense but whatever okay. nothing they do makes sense here. mind you my grade is pissing me off because that stupid funky professor pissed me off. like you graded me INCORRECTLY for at least two things i dont understand his process behind grading at all. like im not gonna let that B taint my GPA when im literally not even a full point from being at an A. All he has to do is adjust my grade for the final assignment 2 points ans i get a 90 in the class. im gonna fight this shit bc i deserve my A

~later: its midday now and the feelings above are still real but now im just wondering what its like to be rich and finacially free. i mean bc lizzo had time and money she literally had the body she wants now i wish i had money and time to do whatever i wanted like i know i wpuld spend hella time at first just relaxing until i feel like im bored of relaxing and wanting a routine again

like i dont think we should not have jobs i just think itd be nice to have the financial freedom to have my own place and downtime but no instead i have to be a fucking corporate slave and spend half my paycheck to my tuition and GOD KNOWS where the rest of my money goes deargod like i seriously want to knowi dont understand

bottom line is i wish i was rich and slim thick and highly educated but instead i am middle class poor whos lucky enough to have a job, tubby, sorta smart and mostly invisible (especially at home)

[pwnyta]

I was thinking about if LOST characters had powers... sorta like HEROES or XMEN or something... So heres what I got-

Jack- Healing touch. Obviously. Its not like super POWERFUL healing but it does fluctuate with his emotions. Like the more stressed he gets the better his healing is. I think that fits Jack real well. Also its only his hands & he cant heal himself if he cant properly reach the spot (like his back)).

Kate- Shapeshifting! OBVIOUSLY. At first its limited to people similar to herself (thin white women) but as time goes on she starts learning to go crazy. But its still limited to humans.

Sawyer- Anger Empowerment! Hulk-like but without the cool transformation.

Juliet- Time Acceleration (by touch). Hear me out... she CAN heal as a doctor but if she's not paying attention the time acceleration could go so far as to even ROT whats in her hands. So shes mostly scared to use her powers.

John- Danger Detection. The trouble is hes more confident in his power than himself which causes problems(see Ben).

Ben- Mental Manipulation (voice activated, sorta like the persuasion power from HEROES). OBVIOUSLY. Ben's mental manipulation can also override Johns Danger Detection which is why John keeps getting clowned on by that gremlin. However he has a far harder time dealing with people with stronger wills.

Hurley- Empathetic Mimicry. He can use others powers with an associated feeling. Like Hurley getting pissed at Sawyer and kicking the shit outta him using his own rage based power enhancement.

Sayid- Absolute Superpower Opposition. From defending himself against Sawyer, to surviving all of Rousseaus nonsense to outplaying Ben... I think it works for him. However he can be hurt by like... guns and be regular manipulated by Ben if hes sad. But since the mundane is still a threat itd give a reason why hes still the hyper prepared little freak he is.

Sun- Mental Pressure. Her power can cause paranoia and such things. She didnt use it basically at all before the crash... but after returning home without Jin she started exercising that power. Freaking her father out and even screwing with Ben.

Jin- Enhanced Durability. Nothing has ever happened to him. Hes fine guys and if hes fine Suns fine. Guys believe me.

Charlie- Inaudibility (can be completely silent (in an AOE). Ironically (since hes a bloody rock GOD). He hated it before his addiction but then he found it to be quite useful for sneaking around.

Claire- Enhanced Survivability. She was in a house when it fuckin EXPLODED. And also lived in the woods all by herself. Shes just a creature.

Michael- Drawing Creation. Its not something hes ever thought to push. He just creates little animated cards for his son but later uses his creations to torment the people on the boat till they take themselves out.

Desmond- Precognition. Obviously. But his powers are pretty scrambled and especially so after he gets to the island. Weirdly his precog works weirdly on Sayid sometimes he gets absolutely nothing, sometimes he gets visions so clear its suspicious. He doesnt ask(it depends on whether his vision might hurt or help Sayid due Sayids ability. It either completely blocks it or enhances it).

Rousseau- Improbable Weapon Proficiency. DUH. All her weird little traps. Let her cook.

...I could do others but... I think this is good enough. I mean most are either very obvious or... like I HAVE NO IDEA. Frank has flight. Miles can talk to ghosts. Shannon... IDFK? BOONE? Honestly who cares.

[tryhardgwen]

rs archive 02/12/2024:

hello! reader with intense ‘all my love’ universe brainrot, I’m pretty sure your work actually changed my life lowkey HAHA I explored the music that you put into it and I can now say I’m listening to more 80s’ rock/alt and the song from the title was my top Spotify song for the last few weeks! (along with the 80s’ stuff heh) I literally made a playlist dedicated to this fic and I even was able to sorta reconnect a little with my older brother over the music which.. has shaped aspects of our siblingship..? (lol) now but I can’t thank you even more, I feel like the title itself reflects the amount of care and love you yourself put into this, anyways (sorry about the rambling LOL) I just wanted to reach out with a lowkey very angsty headcanon I had LMAO basically, and maybe because it was like semi recent idk I’m terrible with time HAHA, I was wondering/exploring how wooje’s birthdays were celebrated while he was still in his no-contact era away from home. I thought that it would be a day everyone would always remember and it would be this unspoken heavy weight that intensified the almost-family’s longing for their baby, I was like maybe minseok would bake his favorite flavor of cake or whatever and just have it sit on their dining table untouched, staring at it and spacing out till minhyung brought him back, or maybe all of them would meet up and just do something as a collective that reminded them of wooje without saying anything but would kinda wait to see who would be the first to say his name out loud. at the same time wooje celebrating with jojo, the idea of jojo just failing to attempt to bake smth for wooje and somehow trying to incorporate mayonnaise into it (ew I’m sorry HAHA) always makes me smile (cause I don’t wanna dump too much angst LOL) but anyways those were just some thoughts I had circulating my head along with ones just regarding more deeply on what the almost family had experienced and felt during this distance (ofc feel free to give your input), as always I’m so thankful for your amazing writing and I’m always supporting and heavily admiring your work, take care of yourself! <3

okay i think you blew my mind with this submit um. thank you. you're welcome? im so happy you loved the music and i am so. SO happy/glad/astonished that you managed to reconnect with your older brother. bonding over music>>> (also um wow.)

as for the headcanon ih my GOD just stab me through the heart will you?? THATS SO ANGSTY... HELP MEEE... tho minseok in aml universe is such an interesting character because like... while wooje is no functioning/low functioning depression, minseok is definitely high functioning depression. he pretends nothings wrong but he's still falling apart on the inside. during the four years he mainly focuses on starting his business and working every day. hes a people pleaser. i think really the only person he would ever open up to would be minhyung, really. everything he does is unspoken from caring for woojes grandpa to cleaning woojes house when it became vacant. he'll do things and not talk about the reasoning or emotions behind them. he bottles stuff up until he explodes. while this headcanon is so good and sad i honestly think they wouldnt do anything in particular..? i mean, itd be a harder day for them. they miss him, so any time of year wooje would typically be in--birthdays, halloween, christmas--would be hard. rather than an outward display of their heartache i think it'd be more internal. they feel lonelier than usual, so minhyung and minseok would have each other, and hyunjoon would probably go to sanghyeok's and seongwoong's for dinner. they just cant be alone, because theres a wooje-shaped hole there. but all that being sad, four years is a long time. it gets a little easier each year. it hurts a little more each milestone. i think, when woojes gone, they do talk about him in passing, though its a tough subject at times. you know, sometimes its cheery and "i wonder how woojes doing!" and other times its.. "i wonder how hes doing." back and forth. some have healed more from it than others. i think its a partly healed scar until he arrives back home, and he sort of rips them open again (but thats sort of necessary to properly patch it back up. like they were wonky and badly fitted stitches that didnt allow for proper healing.) whew that was an accidental paragraph im so sorry.

as for jojo he is so low effort he probably buys a safeway cake and they eat it with their hands. cutie pies :> i love them

again, thank you soo much for the comment and the headcanon i loved them so much and brainrotted and though abt it bc... i never really thought about how they would treat woojes birthdays before this!! im so glad and so touched you like this fic so much. i hope you have an amazing day <3

[cielospeaks]

-dv livestream!

thoughts:

-so first of all, mY ABSOLUTE MADLADS HOLY SHIT JOSEPH JOESTAR VOICE RICKY BOI IS GOING TO WIN THE DEDUCTION STAR OH MY GOSHHhhhh ok. i am normal abt this. i would really like it if he wins but im terrified at what sorta skin they will give him.

neutral ending: he gets like. a chopin biopic theme outfit (or even another composer. monteverdi maybe if they want to hammer in the references to orfeo or whatever). playing it safe but thats fine tbh. you want me to suffer (affectionate) ending: its amadeus the movie and idk if ricky would be mozboi or sal but either way im screaming and crying on the ground. bad ending: its none of these options and its something predictable/boring/shipping related and im like. angery face. expanded galaxy brain it will not happen but i can hope: any of my shitpost rickys. music man ricky. froderick fronkensteen ricky. beet from batea ricky. ricky wearing a nightgown and nothing else absolutely losing it ricky (that being said i have no idea but a jekyll and hyde ricky would be a bit goated)

-and for the actual livestream stuff. the three new characters are neat. i think im more attached to them than other ones- memory and adaemil were very lore heavy, lily and friends were fine but i dont feel so invested (esp when operas backstory was just a more marketable rehash of antonios -angry face emoji- ). i like the gambler lady. shes fancy yes but shes got an air of like. elegance and politeness i dont get from other characters in the series. idk i just think shes pretty and shes got them gantsby vibes -pacha hand-. goatman seems nice, like bane or burk or someone. knight seems like a cool guy or could be just the "polite guy villified for plot" and i guess that means either way ill prolly like him -le shrug-. that being said i hope hes well written and isnt a character i wont end up liking. itd be cool if he and ricky can be bros. he gives me those vibes. also gambler lady and antonio being gambling buds would be so cute. the friend he deserves. everyone can be buds with goat man bc he seems nice too.

-not so interested in the crossovers/events besides the holmes one which is big interest omg. the new lady seems like shed be a cool irene adler if shes added. detective as holmes pls. (its prlly gonna b novelist or maybe mercenary bc of mr inference? but listen cone boi is detective so holmes should be too, since his apprentice is lol)

-sept the first school au hunter gets revealed. im like :| bc this series hasnt had any faves yet but it also seems mostly harmless and gives less popular characters skins occasionally so tbh im fine w it. itll prolly be a popular hunter and not my boi antonio but whatever. -shrug emoji-

-rest of lore: ok this is fine. like tbh id rather they dont focus on the journalist plot bc i really dont like it lmao. i find the animation kinda ugly and the characters are all really unlikeable. its also just impossible to talk abt the plot to anyone since everyone has such different takes on it lol

-that being said i am looking forward to maybe the next essence/season (w gambler lady? antonio a/b tier pls he needs it. pretty lady who is also gambler i think he needs this)

[steel--fairy]

also, ive been thinking about who to make the protag of jirachific and have come to a conundrum

on one hand, i want it to be available to anyone who hasnt read blue skies ahead bc its not meant to be a sequel. on the other, i want it to fit into my specific verse.

and thats the problem. my choices are

brendan protag (wont work bc brendan is not a battler in my verse and thats kinda important)

may protag (not as fun bc if she exists in my verse (still deciding on that lol) she doesnt know any of the people who have ancestors and its therefore less impactful)

ivy protag (oc protag comes with more baggage and again i didnt concieve of this story as a sequel to her story)

I've considered wally being the protag but it sorta runs into the same thing as may. altho there is the nice parallel between him and ken both having illnesses (tho wallys asthma is obvs very different from kens cancer) but im also just ehhh

ig i could go with ivy? i mean, even if i did have a more generic brendan/may, id still have to allude to how their first adventure around hoenn went and ig its better to have an already made story than come up with something thats slightly different

or i could also just pull a 'this is totally my verse but the brendan/may here is from another universe' but that feels cheap djnsjs i mean, itd mean nothing to the readers probably but *I* wouldn't like it jsnsjsn

plbbbthh idk