#and more importantly why tf would some of you want him to ?

[dreamings-free]

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[smoothriverrocksrock]

GOD I WOULD KILL FOR TF1 DECEPTICON BEE!! The thought of him not wanting to leave Megatron alone after something so horrific warms my heart. I need a fic of them becoming friends. (do you have any more headcanons?)

I really hope to get to writing a fic for this, and I’ll definitely link it if I do! Kinda busy with other fics tho and since one is close to finishing I wanna start it after I’m done with that one

Well first and most obvious headcanon is that Bee has to have some MAJOR respect for D-16/Megatron purely because of that scene with him standing up to Sentinel. Genuinely, seeing Bee watch that had me in the theaters wondering why tf Bee would be horrified by D-16 killing him. B-127 is a better person than me because of I saw one of my friends get CARVED INTO it would be my last straw

My main idea for a Decepticon tf1 Bee story kinda looks like this (warning this gets LONG):

-He sees Megatron and the High Guard leaving, and he can’t believe it. He just got a friend group, he can’t just let it split apart! Especially not like this!

-With a quick number exchange, Bee tells Elita that he’s going with Megatron and it’s nothing personal he just wants to stay with him ok byeeeee

-Elita is kinda baffled, and Optimus absolutely takes it personally but in a sad “wait what if I’m in the wrong, oh no, now I lost two friends” way. Optimus wants to go after him and Megatron but Elita stops him. They both agree it’s probably best to give them all space and let Bee try and figure it out

-Megatron is also baffled that this guy is coming with him, but he feels relieved that at least *someone* familiar agrees with him. He won’t admit it tho, it’s a cold comfort after everything else that’s happened

-The High guard doesn’t really care rn, they just got banished (AGAIN!) and a friend of their new leader is probably good enough to keep around

-I imagine some of them are probably injured (most importantly Megatron), so Soundwave helps them highjack a train where they can take temporary shelter, get supplies/food, and rest. Starscream finds out the base got blown up and appropriately grieves about the loss of his awesome throne. Shockwave is revealed to be the best thing they have to a doctor. Rough times.

-Bee keeps trying to get Megatron to talk about what just happened, but he refuses. Bee eventually talks about how horrible sublevel 50 was because of the isolation, and promises Megatron that he won’t leave him alone

-Still cold comfort to Megatron. He just lost his longest companion, and he knows Bee could never compare. Bee also realizes this, but he’s trying his best

Lotta places the story could go from there, but I wanna keep it as a “Bumblebee inadvertently becomes the moral backbone of the Decepticons” type of story. I also wanna clarify that Bee is still totally down for murder, he just convinces Megatron to keep the guns pointed at the Quintessons for now

He also shares soooo much Decepticon gossip to Optimus and Elita, but never anything that could ever compromise the Decepticons. He’ll be like “You’ll NEVER guess what Skywarp just said today” and Elita will ask for boring stuff like “where are you based” and “are you eating enough” and Bumblebee refuses to have his friendships compromised by politics. Optimus appreciates this, and does the same. Eventually Elita will conform and send him memes

Also Soundwave and Bee become scout friends. This is the law. Bee is one of the only people who will contribute to the community playlist

[fansids]

Hi so I saw some your anon asks about lmk s4 and SWK so I am curious about what you think of the special and if I solved anything about not seeing SWK POV and him always the one with mistakes

The special does nothing to remedy any of my issues with the show and especially with season 4. Even though it places the 3 Demon Kings as firmly (mostly firmly?) villains, it's also kind of weird about it.

But my main issue is with SWK and Macaque.

Oh my God. If my biggest issue is how the show treats SWK, and my second biggest issue is the world ending after world ending stakes, then my third biggest problem is Macaque. Or, more importantly, his relationship to SWK and the rest of the cast. Like the more Macaque becomes a good guy the more I hate him. But that's besides the point, let's talk about the show's weird framing around these two to put some context to my problems with the special.

When Macaque is first introduced pretty much everything about him is meant to scream deceitful. From his appearance as looking like SWK, but not (to the point where MK mistakes the two until he gets close), to his very powers which are shadows (which tend to symbolize mystery, deceit, and general evilness) that are also very similar to SWK's powers. His purpose in that episode is gaining MK's trust so he can betray him. Okay, fine first episode, lesson learned.

The second time he's shown is in Shadow Play. The way the story telling is framed (through use of shadows, Macaque tricking the gang into thinking he's someone else, and later forcing MK to fight his shadow-fied friends just to push a message he projects onto MK for the crime of being SWK's apprentice and vaguely similar to him) would say that Macaque was either outright lying or twisting the details about his and SWK's past to put himself in a more favorable light (or more importantly, to put SWK into a less favorable one). MK defeats him, and we're still meant to not trust him. Fine. Cool.

Skipping over S3...

THEN WE GET TO THE SPECIAL. Macaque is not only shown to be completely in the right, but SWK is even worse than what was shown in shadow play. TF. Mind you, the whole point of the scroll was to show SWK's past, AND WE NEVER GET TO SEE IT FROM HIS PERSPECTIVE. It is only through Macaque's telling of the story that we see it, and this time it's framed as being the honest truth. It is SWK's fault for being so power hungry and full of himself that they have their falling out. Bro WHAT??? Mind you, since SWK is literally trapped under a mountain Macaque is also the one who leaves instead of the other way around. WHAT???

Let's put jttw aside entirely. This is just poor storytelling because it makes Macaque as a character not make sense. Why is he the one obsessed with SWK? Why does he want to be shown "the real Sun Wukong" in S1? Why is he upset that Sun Wukong abandoned him? He didn't abandon him. MACAQUE left.

And all of that really really begs the question WHY DID SUN WUKONG KILL HIM??? You can at least infer that if SWK was the one who left, and knowing the violence Macaque is willing to enact on others to get revenge, then Macaque likely did, or tried to do, something to the jttw crew that SWK was not too happy about. But Macaque was the one who chose to leave the relationship, so... what happened??? Why was Macaque even there? Why would he care?

Not to mention, for me at least, it destroyed what was left of my interest in Macaque after S3.

Sorry for the rant, but to answer your question, no, the special does not fix anything about the issue with SWK's lack of pov. It makes it worse.

[loveislandthegame]

thoughts on todays volume! we're not even halfway through the season and i'm already over it . i'm lowkey struggling to write these posts 😭

first up is excess baggage, where we get another glimpse into our forced backstory: MC didn't go to her season's afterparty, and later on it's revealed that finn was the host (i'm just like, why the hell has he been a host twice? what was he even doing in love island australia? but FB is putting zero thought into writing these seasons, so i should just put zero thought into analysing them)

like i've said before, it wouldn't be a LITG challenge without some bullshit. they decided to make finn's baggage "saying that MC is the sexiest love island star," that's great for people romancing him, but i was just grossed out 🫠 unfortunately it only gets worse from here

melissa and henri got dumped . at least it wasn't natasha or kelly, though kelly suddenly no longer cares about my MC, so it seems like that chat with melissa did lock in one wlw LI

kelly and finn get everyone together to play one of those guessing games, idk what it's actually called. but more importantly, tf is wrong with these people ? you weren't thinking that MC would be tired of everyone and their mother constantly bringing up the guy she was with for two weeks? at this point i wouldn't be surprised if they revealed that MC and stefan were engaged or some shit

side note, lyle's evening outfit looks beyond ridiculous but i kinda love that (tbh it looks like some shit tyler the creator would wear)

MC gets a note inviting her to the pool, i thought it was gonna be chen or maybe natasha, turns out it's fucking finn. we should've had the option to cuss him out 👹 (and a scene like this should've only been triggered if you're on his route, but FB cannot be bothered to branch, we're forced into this for the ridiculous drama/cliffhanger later)

i cant lie, this was freakin adorable, i would be a little tempted if i wasn't focused on natasha ... and if he didn't dump my ozzy route s6 MC for ivy 😫 (side note: with the amount of times he's been calling the other guys attractive...it goes without saying that straight dudes can compliment each other, but idk, make him bi/pan you cowards)

we barely had time with natasha this volume, so i had the gem scene date with her. cuteeee

i didn't screenshot it and i'm too lazy to go back for it, but she said something about us being in the hideaway together. (if you didn't see my other post, i did want to go with her but stuck with chen because i thought it'd be too awkward) i don't know what's up with all the glitches, i hope it doesn't cause issues later on, like in a movie night or some shit 😭

we return from our dates, and shocker, finn's note has kelly fighting with kat. i just hope we can clear everything up immediately, i'll be so damn mad if they drag this out for the whole volume 🤦🏽‍♀️

[hanamiyama-basketball-club]

losing my fucking mind over bravern ep 11 and my usual victims are either not caught up or not off work in preparation for going to a tf convention like I am, so

ep 11 spoilers below the cut

I don't like to engage in serious speculation bc I don't know what the fuck is going to happen in this show (in a good way) and I don't want to work myself up for something that doesn't happen and end up feeling disappointed just bc a different great thing happened

but like we've got one episode left (? though *some* kind of announcement is coming on Monday in Hobby Japan magazine apparently) and one of our leads is dead again (again) and also I think it's fairly likely they fucked on the beach?? so some disorganized thoughts

WHO DREW THE AIAIGASA. BRAVERN'S FINGERS ARE TOO BIG or is that why bravern's name is too large to fit under the umbrella (which is especially funny bc bravern, too, is too large to fit under the umbrella but he would try) WAS IT ISAMI THIS IS CRUCIAL

they might not have had the campfire time in the bad end timeline bc they said that was partly bc superbia told them about the remaining deathdrives. but if they DID there wasn't anyone to interrupt them. so. at least they didn't die virgins (for the purposes of this joke bravern is a virgin bc he's only existed for a week)

does superbia know they fucked

it is kind of funny that lulu going back in time made things *worse* (or so it seems, I'm sure smith/bravern will be fine somehow) bc yeah they both died but at least they saved the world first. separate post about heroism in bravern being about the people you love and not about saving the world incoming tho (I am sure it will work out for the best but I just said elsewhere that at least bad end means they won't die! *LOUD INCORRECT BUZZER*)

we've had two time travels and you'd expect either one or three. and isami has been fairly passive narratively. is this when isami finally takes control of his own destiny and activates bravern's core to go back and fix (something)

there's a version of this story where he goes back and redoes the entire situation, smith never dies and never becomes bravern and accepts himself and his human limitations. and that could be good or bad but I don't personally think this is it

more importantly imo: HE NEEDS TO SAY IT BACK. if I was writing this that would be the key. he needs the courage to admit he loves bravern too. it's pretty obvious now (I mean. he was lying back with his arms up waiting to be kissed-and-more, bro was READY) but saying it is another thing entirely. If Smith realising his love created Bravern then Isami accepting his love can activate the core

smith/bravern constantly saying "yuuki bakuhatsu/brave bang" at death feels like it should mean more than just "title drop lol". first time it felt like "bro don't tell him how brave you are for blowing yourself up right as you die live on zoom" but the fact that he did it again? or maybe it's just that that's going to be what makes isami figure it out, like the curry was for lulu. but I want it to mean that isami, specifically, needs to explode his courage. hopefully not literally, but I think he needs to do something emotionally brave that he initiates

then again it might just be title drop lol bc I'm pretty sure some stuff is literally just there bc obari thinks it's cool and honestly if following his heart has gotten us this far then he's doing something right

there's enough of a hole in bravern's side for isami to climb back inside him and whatever happens next I hope he does. get in the robot boyfriend isami

bravern sounded more and more human when talking at the campfire. like he wasn't as blustery as he usually is as bravern, and he wasn't pretending not to have ever been human. (though he is still watashi-ing rather than ore-ing, when he slipped up in ep 9) idk if isami noticed though, he kind of had some other stuff going on

I do now think this will end with smith accepting his human limitations and the things that humans can do when they work together (not a euphemism) (not not a euphemism either). maybe human smith is still in there, if he could bring robot parts from death maybe he could also bring and reassemble his flesh. it doesn't require any *more* stretch of the imagination. isami climbs inside, finds him, loves him, and brings him out to help save the day (superbia can gattai with what's left of bravern or something idk)

"aren't you writing a story where becoming bravern is a transition analogy" A. how do you know that B. yes and I'm going to try to finish it before the finale bc it is still a fun story, but that isn't the story that bravern was ever telling and I didn't think it was. it's just an adjacent and overlapping story. (Also, sometimes the opposite of a trans story is also a trans story! Sometimes the big robot is transition and sometimes the big robot is the closet! Being trans is both about changing to something new and accepting who you were born to be; it's just a matter of how you look at it.)

ira's hot though

ilu segnities. big kansai robo

WHY CAN'T BRAVERN EAT what's sustaining him, is it pure love. the deathdrives power themselves by absorbing lulus but he's not doing that, and superbia clearly absorbs power through his hole (serious face). he can't accept love (home cooked food) in this body... this isn't a "what a plot hole" btw this is a "this feels thematic"

did isami actually own a hawaiian shirt this whole time bc I don't think we've ever seen him in civvies so that feels unlikely. was it smith's and isami brought it in memory of him. did bravern 3D print it

can't believe they fucked on the beach though

like the kiss scene is kind of a joke but also. like. only in that it was so dramatic and lulu walking in on her parents about to do it. isami was so ready to go

and then they frolicked on the beach

wow

please I don't want it to end but I also don't want it to end there please please please

I literally broke my N key in half typing OH NO OH NO OH NO in the chat

love is a spiral, an intersecting spiral

they have to get married now right

what is this series

[autisticcassandracain]

Batkids ranked from best to worst candidate to take over the Batman mantle according to my very objective (/sarcasm) opinions:

Cass: Cass is loyal to the bat symbol before all else; the bat pulled her out of an aimless, guilt-ridden existance and gave her purpose, a chance to help others, and she takes this very very seriously. She's canonically the most similar to Bruce out of everyone, and values the no killing rule more than him. She wants the job so bad, because to her, Batman is everything she could ever hope to be. Continuing the bat symbol into a new generation, to help and inspire others like her, would be the greatest honor for her. Becoming Batman would be the natural conclusion of her arc.

Dick: Has canonically been Batman and did very well at it, better even than Bruce, canonically. But Nightwing fits him better. He adapted to the Batman mantle, and eventually stopped being miserable in it, but it was a choice made out of necessity, not personal drive. Nightwing was his own creation and fits him like a second skin. He can do Batman, he can do it well, but it won't be natural for him like it would be for Cass.

Steph: There's a fucking curveball for you. Honestly Steph is here bc other than Cass and Dick I don't think there's a good choice for Batman, if Bruce kicks it and neither of them are around I think Batman should just die, but for the sake of this list we will look at how much I'd enjoy seeing the other kids take up the mantle in canon. Steph becoming Batman would be so funny. It'd be a great storytelling opportunity because there's no way she should even be in line so what happened? How does she deal with it? But most importantly, once again, it'd be SO FUNNY if Steph got the mantle of Batman after Bruce treated her as shittily as he did. That's what you get old man.

Tim: idk he'd handle the job badly and would be miserable but this is my list and I don't really care about him so he's here as a placeholder. If Tim became Batman I'd be annoyed but not enraged. So there.

Duke: Perhaps an unpopular opinion among Duke fans but I fucking hate the idea of Batman!Duke. It can work in very specific Elseworld circumstances like Dark Knights Metal but in the mainline continuity? Absolutely tf not. Duke's whole Thing is a radical departure from the batfam's status quo. He's thematically and literally attached to daylight, he has superpowers. Both of those are already wildly antithetical to Batman. In addition: his current hero identity is an homage to his mother. Why would he throw that away? Batman!Duke could be interesting for an arc or two, because all this WOULD make for interesting narrative conflict, but permanently? It'd be a wild misuse of Duke's character to take a character designed to defy the status quo and stick him in a mantle that exists to uphold it. If Bruce dies and Duke's the only one that could take over, Batman should die and Signal should take his place.

Damian: FUCK Batman!Damian all my homies HATE Batman!Damian. All those arcs and character development about how blood doesn't define him only for him to let blood define him, just on the other side of his family? You're all so fucking boring and you should feel bad. And while we're here, no he shouldn't be Nightwing either, that's only slightly less bad, why would stepping from one Dick Grayson legacy mantle to another denote character growth? I have OPINIONS on this. Damian should create his own identity to show that he's grown into his own and found his own path outside of his families. Also 90% of the arguments for Batman!Damian hinge on blood relations which is weird and creepy and also very very very boring.

Jason: I don't think I need to explain this.

Any variant of sharing the mantle: Every time the 'who should be the next batman' debate comes up there's always SOME motherfucker insisting that x and y can just share and two things to that: 1) coward, are you gonna hand out participation trophies next? 2) Batman should not be a status symbol. The batfam should not be a hierarchy with Batman at the top. That's the most boring way possible to approach the Batman mantle. I get that's what DC does in canon, but in canon, they won't ever let Bruce die permanently anyway, so what canon does is kinda a moot point. And frankly? Pretty much all 'x and y should share' arguments seem to be based in the idea that Batman is automatically a better, more prestigious mantle than all others, and that being deprived of it means you're worse than whoever took it. They want everyone to hold the mantle simulaneously because they don't want their fave(s) to 'lose'. It's not a competition of skill, it's a matter of narrative satisfaction. And the only character whose arc would be actively strengthened by becoming Batman is Cass. She shouldn't get it because she's the best fighter, or lose/share it because she's not the best detective; she should get it because it would be a perfect bookend to her arc of self hatred and self determination via the bat. Everyone else is better off with a solo identity or a different legacy mantle. So no, sharing is not a magic solution; it's a cop out.

[away-ward]

from pen.d's goodreads qna:

Lottie asked Penelope Douglas:

Hi Pen! I just wondered is there any chance you will write a bonus scene for Aydin and Alex? I’d love to have seen more of them (their wedding night particularly haha), Aydin was such an interesting character. Also, what is the gift Damon received from Christiane in Fire Night? Damon is my favourite character of yours, I loved every tidbit we get about him and will miss reading about him. Thanks :)

Penelope Douglas Hi, Lorrie! Always possible!  And Christiane gave Damon and journal--the left page is for the parent to fill out and the right is for the child. Like "List your top 10 favorite movies" It's a way for parents and children to learn about each other, communicate, etc. She's filled it out for most of Damon's life, and she finally passed it on to him.  Thanks for the question!

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oh? so they're actually not done with this series? 🙃 aydin and alex 😶🔫 just k-word me already. No bcs why tf will it be aydinalex, kaibanks and willemmy's fans have been asking extra since forever but there were so little? but aydin and alex could be possible? i thought they said so many times before that they were SOOOOOOO fucking done with this series and the books, and hoped that fans will move on and be happy, didnt want to change anything blablabla, emory was heavily disliked yadayadayada, but they just kept on firing shit up, AND include these two imbecile ass characters that were hated by many, in everything? 😤😕

sometimes i wonder where they even got their insights? Like who did they even listen to when they said their readers hated emory and love alex more? Beta readers? Pendragon FB fan group? PR lists? Publishers? Editors? Because they're definitely not coming fom the majority of their fans everywhere else. It's like they have a secret society of feedback givers that we dont know about and kept on putting content that we never asked for because they listened to that unknown society, and again was surprised when their content got so many backlash! And they never owned up to anything too!! God! We at least could've gotten a bonus of emmy being pregnant or some shit, or how will is faring with his college degree, or some more domestic willemmy things, but ughhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!! This? pd's just so full of shit 😓

ahhhh, I see. I had to check goodreads to see when they posted it.

My understanding is that PD will always leave the door open to write a scene here or there, but they have no plans (read: intentions) to continue the series or pick up with their children.

As for the Alex bit, you best believe that PD is all too happy to write about her, Rika, and Damon. It's confirmed that Damon is their favorite.

But look at this from their website:

"As an adolescent, I was quiet, shy, and afraid. No mistakes could be made, because people would hate me or I’d be alone. So rather than run, I walked. Rather than climb, I kept my feet on the ground. And rather than say “yes,” I always said “no.” And as a result, I didn’t live.

And I still felt disposable, fearful, and alone.

What would they say about me when I was gone? Would I have regrets? Every day that I didn’t blaze a trail swallowed me up.

So I decided I wouldn’t be invisible or waste another second. I left home, went to college, and traveled. I took trains from Atsugi to Tokyo all by myself. I jumped Hiji Falls when others joked I wouldn’t do it. (I did it twice.) I climbed Mt. Fuji, and I moved to New Orleans for graduate school without knowing a single person in the city. I did what I dreamed, and I was a lot happier.

I don’t worry so much anymore, and I don’t let others’ opinions hold me back.

Be yourself, and OWN it. You know what that means? Be loud and proud. Nurture who you are and good things will come. Most importantly, your happiness."

Sounds a little like Rika's character arc, no?

And in Corrupt, Alex was everything Rika wasn't; bold, sexual, loud and proud. Since Corrupt was a stand alone, I think the relationship between Rika and Alex is special to PD. There's something about Rika, Alex, and Damon that has a tight hold on PD, so we should always expect that if we're getting new content, it will strongly feature one of them.

Unfortunately, there are a lot of readers who hate Emory and love Alex. I wish neither character was hated and that there wasn't competition in the fandom over them. That's so exhausting. I wish PD had planned on writing a series from the start, so that they balanced all these characters better. I wish they enjoyed writing about Kai and Will, and Banks and Emory, as much as they enjoyed writing about Rika and Damon. I wish that they didn't listen to fans so much - there're those that enjoy Alex and those who don't. They're always going to get contradictory requests over her.

Just be happy willemmy was clearly always endgame and nothing changed that for them. Not even all the fans that were rooting for Alex. And be happy that the less PD touches willemmy, the more we can imagine our own scenarios for them.

Sorry for the disappointing q&a. PD's q&a's are always... interesting to me.

Thanks for the message!!

KO

[minalblood]

Ok so my brain decided to deepen its own damage last night as I was rewatching The Winchesters (season 1) finale so buckle up it’s a long one fellas.

So I was listening and when I heard Keep on Rambling come on during the bar scene with Joan, my mind went huh, I wonder where this is placed in the album. So I went and checked. Mainly I was curious cuz usually an album tells a story and Jensen made it pretty clear that unlike the previous two albums where they were just trying shit out, this one was meant to be more consistent and have a clear throughline. So as I said, I checked.

It’s the 6th song btw, the 1st of the 2nd half of the album. I kind lost it after that tbh. Let me explain why ok:

So if we go by the logic that the album tells a story and we tie it to Dean (and destiel cuz duh tbh) we have this shit happening: Right Kind of Trouble - you can tie this to SPN directly, this is Dean realizing that Cas is basically it for him despite the constant fights they’ve been having and more so allowing himself to acknowledge that. Basically this is the Purgatory apology. Like legit this song is to me what Dean really wanted to tell Cas, that Cas didn’t allow him to. This is a love confession itself, one that says I know I fucked up, but If you give me a chance again I will do so much better cuz you’re it for me, we match. Like look at this shit guys:

Like this is pure divorce era Deancas and you can’t tell me otherwise, but more specifically, Dean thoughts as he eventually apologized in 15x09 The Trap.

Then we got Forever ain’t Long. This for me can of course still be about the divorce era, sure, but more so it feels like 15x18 Despair and regretting having gotten to this point and now it being too late to change anything cuz Cas is dead. Like how much clearer can it be? Like it’s literally a plea for time to turn back and for the relationship to go back to being as it was before all the mess Chuck and just the divorce era caused, but cannot since Cas is dead (Take me forever/forever ain’t long). And also, just this song screams Despair to me, it’s one of the saddest ones on the whole album, it reeks of grief. And it’s a direct call for Cas with the heaven line off the bat:

Also this part? This is mindspace for sobbing on the floor and 15x19 vibes for me.

Next is Every Light, the ultimate Dean song right? Well specifically this ties into 15x19 - telling Chuck he can just have his ending, just bring Cas back - and more importantly, and it’s also something I think we all heard, it’s about what shall not be named, the fucking 15x20 finale. I don’t need to bang on too much here but like, it’s even more than that. Because with TW 1x13 we find out he decided to stray from heaven while we were still mid ep 15x20 which means these are him going, hey I need to do sth about this, I need to figure out what’s wrong here, make sense of it and make it right cuz fuck this, I ain’t just taking this shit hand I’ve been given. Like I could literally put the whole song here but like imma put just some:

This is pure intergenerational trauma banging around in his head.

Ain’t no telling is next on the list and this is now heading into Winchester territory a bit, but not quite fully there. I see it as a continuation of the above aka I don’t want to go, but now that I’m gone and it’s not good, why is it not good, who am I after all, does anyone really know and does it really matter? And by anyone I do mean Cas tbh cuz like yea, it would make sense. The song literally says hey, you love me through all of it, despite me not always being sure who tf I am or how far away from each other we are, but we are still going to take advantage of every second we have. Basically this to me feels like a retrospective of the divorce arc put into context by the confession and this restlessness and need to find something Dean gets while in heaven. Like the 1st verse if soooo Dean I just can’t.

Ok now we get into shady waters a bit because You make me Blue is a bit of an outlier tbh, which considering I think this was written just by Steve, it makes sense, buuut I can still fit it in here seamlessly like this: this is sung to Chuck. This is the realization or resolution to the question posed by Ain’t no telling essentially. This unsureness of self isn’t lying with Dean alone, this was brought on by Chuck and his machinations so the anger in the song matches perfectly. Again, all of this til now has been gearing up to leave heaven but still on the road so to speak, still matching the 15x20 set of events, but his mind is running and trying to make sense of things. And what do we get with this song? We get “I’m finally happy being free/me”. We get a concretised sense of self once it’s been made clear in Dean’s mind just how much Chuck fucked with him (and if you’re a Chuck Won truther like me, how much Chuck is still doing, has the realisation that maybe Jack isn’t quite Jack here cuz sth is clearly wrong, but it doesn’t matter anymore, he knows who he is so Chuck/Jack’s influence can’t affect him anymore). And again this is the one song that matches least, but if we take it to be Dean having trusted Chuck to not be the villain (see him going to shoot Jack for that and promising to bring Mary back), then this still fits for me.

And now that we close this chapter we get to our 1st offender again: Keen on Rambling and the 1st one that is without any doubt taking place during The Winchesters. Like the whole song states everything that we’ve just been told happened throughout season 1. Like ok, verse 1 is deciding to leave heaven even though heaven is meant to be a place to rest (find peace whatever). Then verse 2 is giving the AU he finds himself in with the Akrida a nudge in the right direction (I’m sorry with the calvary in tow??, headed southbound for the season???)  And finally we get to the last one which to me is meeting the Core 4 but especially Mary and John and giving them the journal (I have a story to tell — do tell). So yea, but he’s not done tho. The song is constantly saying to keep on rambling so there’s more to do to get to where he needs to be, he’s still restless. But it is the beginning of this next chapter and the beginning of the second half of the album like I said. It matches soo fuckign well tbh and I’m going a bit insane here so take all this with a grain of salt tbh.

Ok so now that we’ve reached the current point in the Dean story we have 4 more songs. Which to me is basically where Dean needs to get to. 

And honestly a bit of Sweet Escape still fits into the finale for season 1 of TW so let’s get to it. This one is very much saying I’ve been caught red handed and people are trying to keep me contained but I refuse to stay put cuz there’s still shit I need to do/find. Like this is where my Chuck Won truthing hits worst tbh, but it could just be the Jack’s non interference thing too as well tbh, but the other voices that need to be drowned out are def Jack here, who took him back to heaven at the end of 1x13 of TW so this is basically saying you may have gotten me back here, but I’ll break outta the inclosure anyways, you can’t stop me, I’m not done. And with the 1st verse’ ending it feels like not only is he not done, but there’s a plan in motion here. Also I CANNOT overstate how much the 2nd verse makes me think of the Empty.

Return to Me is self explanatory tbh, but I’ll ramble a bit here too. This one answers the question of what he’s searching for, why he can’t stop moving, what’s missing for him to be happy. And what’s missing is a person that he lost aka Cas. Like I really don’t even need to say much here, this song is literally Dean going hey this is what I need to be happy, this is how that can happen. It fucking has the lakeside and raincoat mentions, it’s blatant tbh. And moreso, the last verse is just a reiteration of what we all lost our shit about with Watching over Me aka how did I not know you loved me back, how did I miss that until it was literally too late. 

Restless Man is a prayer to me basically and also the song I relate to the most tbh. So I’ll try not to get lost in the meanings here. But basically it’s Dean asking Cas to give him the space and reason to slow down. Not stop, because it’s still Dean and he can’t do that, but to give him a place or person where he can feel safe to take a break, where he can just be, where he can learn how to just be instead of constantly needing to do everything for everyone else. To have a place where he can just focus on himself a bit and what he needs and wants and how to embrace being happy. And more than just that, it’s saying that he’s finally ready to allow someone to take care of him for a bit, to have a place where he doesn’t need to be constantly on guard.

And it wraps up with Velvet Sky which in this case is the happy ending. Happy not because there’s “peace when you are done” like Jack says, but because now they have a place of their own to go to whenever they are weary of the road. The 1st verse to me is referring to Dean travels through the multiverse - literally seen all the land, every beach and grain of sand  because he literally went and saw all the possibilities for things, saw the wide expanse of the multiverse in search for this place and this person that he can now be with. And it’s not peace here, the sea is angry still, but it’s what works for them. It’ll never be perfect and it doesn’t need to be, Dean just needs this place and person to be free to just be himself and that no one else can reach or affect again, have his story be his own. 

So yea, this is the insanity my brain concocted last night after rewatching The Winchesters season 1 finale and having a random thought about Radio Company. And like I could’ve left it be and not traced any connections, but they fucking used the song in the show and then used Ramble On as the song to send the episode off. I couldn’t just ignore the relevance of that. 

But anyway, none of this could be accurate at the end of the day, but I had to get it out cuz it was stuck on repeat all night. Let me know what you guys think.

[the-type-a]

would you happen to have any hcs with duncan and courtney being college dorm neighbors??

i can just imagine the classic “my next door neighbor is playing music obnoxiously loud while i’m trying to study, now i need to go yell at him” that leads to a beautiful enemies to lovers storyline.

I can come up with some!

Now, I went a private college so the dorms were completely separated and I’m not too sure if a regular college/uni does the same. So I’ll just make it like they’re college neighbors in some apartment building 💀

The semester is about to start so everyone’s moving in. More importantly, one specific building is a major hotspot for students since it’s off campus yet close enough to walk over.

The applications for this building are insane, you basically have to send yours in before you even graduate high school to even be considered.

Courtney, who plans ahead knows this already. She’s made sure to send her application, along with reasons why she’s a great tenant, the second she send her college app.

Duncan on the other hand does not. He could care less and probably hasn’t even filled out any type of dorm application. BUT since his parents are respectable people in the community, he gets a free pass and into the apartment building.

Courtney wants to be a good, nice, neighbor so she decides to introduce herself to everyone on her side of the floor. She meets Bridgette, just to the left of her. DJ, who’s just across the hallway. Geoff, who’s to the left of DJ. There’s only one more door, to the right of her (Duncan). The rest of the floor is unimportant tbh

When she knocks on the door she can’t help but get pissed when she hears a voice from behind the door asking her to go away.

She says she’s just wanting to introduce herself to her closest neighbors and is staying until she meets who’s there.

Duncan opens the door, not giving one fuck that he’s only dressed from the waist down.

This is where is all begins. 💀

Courtney’s just appalled by Duncan. His lack of concern for his surroundings, his attitude, and quite frankly his appearance all together.

Duncan truly does not care and just wants to get back to whatever he was doing, probably smoking from the terrace or getting ready to give himself a new tattoo/piercing.

Right off gate they don’t get along, obvi.

Courtney’s alarm goes off before 6am and since her bedroom aligns with Duncan’s, he bangs his fist against the wall. If it’s the middle of the night she’ll hear his tv blaring off until she’s banging her fist on the wall.

Duncan has a habit of listening to his rock/punk music in the shower, and honestly, just about all the time. And it’s super freaking loud. So loud that Courtney can feel the vibrations and is pissed.

Courtney’s constantly knocking on his door until she figures out how to kick him off the Bluetooth. Then Duncan’s the one at her door flipping shit. Courtney’s just like, “I have no idea what you’re talking about.”

Duncan is always asking if Courtney has extra toilet paper, milk, sugar, etc. and since Courtney wants to be a good neighbor she lends him some, but now it’s just getting annoying.

Duncan hates when Courtney cooks her dinners but won’t offer to share. He can smell it and he’s starving most of the time because he literally eats like a 5 years old.

There’s a issue with the plumbing at one point, so the floor has to be extra careful when it comes to hot water. Duncan, not caring, takes a 2 hour steaming hot shower, which leaves Courtney with ice cold water.

When she flips tf out at him in her bathrobe he just opens the door and offers for her to join him instead. She punches him.

One time Courtney locks herself out. She didn’t even notice she didn’t have her key because she was with her study group late. The only person up is Duncan, she can hear his tv, so she knocks on his door asking him to help her.

You know Duncan, can’t just do it out of the kindness of his heart, always has to add his two lines in there for dramatic effect.

He picks her lock and now she’s paranoid he’ll do that at random just to freak her out. Duncan swears he would never do that, but was thinking about it regardless.

Sometimes they get each others mail and it’s very awkward when they have to exchange it.

Duncan teases Courtney on what she wears and is completely dumbfounded when she steps out in some hot af outfit when she goes out with Bridgette.

Courtney purposely picked that outfit to shut him up, but thinks he’s gross for eyeing her so openly like that (but let’s face it she also likes it).

The tense elevator rides when they have class around the time?? Insane.

Don’t even get me started on the Duncan randomly checking his peephole for Courtney. He did it once when she went out late and wanted to make sure she made it back alive, and ever since then it’s a habit. He catches himself a lot but can’t stop.

Whenever Courtney doesn’t hear Duncan’s tv at night she wonders if he’s at some random girls dorm. She hates herself for even being mad about it.

Holy shit. If the fire alarm goes off and Duncan doesn’t see Courtney immediately leave her apartment he’s picking the lock… just to find out she wasn’t even there in the first place 💀

That’s all I can come up with rn lmao

[eabevella]

Transformers: Earthspark

I am out of the TF fandom for years and this is the first TF show that I’ve watched after... can’t even remember... RID? And really, just any TF media I’ve touched since forever.

So far, TFE is promising.

The introduction of the Maltos is good. The human kids are kids in a realistic way instead of being annoying for the sake of plots. I also really like how they didn’t make the human kids overpower.

The introduction of the Terrans is interesting take of the lore. I’m curious to know whether this evolutionary division could be the solution to the Cybertronian’s energy crisis (water/hydrogen for fusion power (?) is easier to get than energon - whatever that is lol)

I like the adoptive family vibe. The Maltos are not perfect, but they communicate and compromise because that’s what it take to have two human adults, two human kids, and two Terrans kids to live and adopt a new environment while hiding from the authority.

Speaking of authority, I like how GHOST is shady from the start. And most importantly, it’s clear that Optimus Prime doesn’t think GHOST is trust worthy. He hides Bumblebee. He shows (I think it’s deliberate once he sees the chance) Dot the off-the-grid jail that holds the Decepticons. This is a OP who is good hearted, tries his best to do human-autobots PR, but not a naive person who thinks all human are pure and innocent. He clearly knows this deal with GHOST is a compromise, and I think compromise is one of the main theme of this show.

Megatron clearly made more compromise than OP in this situation. He knew the Cybertronian war is a dead end, so he made a deal with OP and GHOST in extension. He is more visually upset with the GHOST’s shady treatment to his former subordinates, but he is able to form genuine friendship with a human (Dot), who and her family of mixed human and Terrans would be a big deal when GHOST inevitably reveal their true nature.

I suspect GHOST is trying to control the Cybertronians, much like what Mandroid is doing now, who was their former employee. And when GHOST turns on OP and Megs, it would be interesting to see where it goes.

They also brought in a lot of good diversities that feel like part of the story instead of the corporation trying to tick some woke boxes. Dot’s prosthetic leg is part of her war story. You can see it as part of her, but the show only made it a deal when she showed it to Mandroid in order to show him that she doesn’t judge him because he has a giant disproportional robot hand. Alex shares his tradition and cultural history as a family and friendship bond, helping both his kids and Bumblebee to find a place that is home. I’m really happy that they gave him this deeper side instead of just a Bumblebee fanboy (as fun as it is, it could be shallow and annoying if it’s just a gig). A new born Terran decided they prefer the they/them pronoun just made sense.

PS: Soundwave superior. Really want to know what happened to him and the cassettes. If what Bumblebee said is true... ouch that would explain why Frenzy (FIRRIB but I love Frenzy’s new look so I’ll take it lol) and Laserbeak left him when the chance arrived.

PPS: Seekers are hot?

[skylermadness]

Epistolary Phase (Captain K.P. Hob TF/MC)

(Original Date of Upload: October 5, 2022)

Original Description:

I'M ALIVE!!! Now to disappear for another month- Anyway, today is the day the finale of Dimension 20: A Court of Fey and Flowers is released! Actually, at the time of uploading this it should be out now. Nonetheless, I wanted to write something in celebration of it, and here is that something! I'm quite glad with how it turned out, especially since I'm still trying to learn the way of the goo triggered TF. Seriously, those triggers are hard sometimes, which is ironic since goo is soft and squishy. Here's to another Dimension 20 season reaching it's climax! I look forward to seeing what else this show has up its sleeve~ ...I hate how these sites eat my formatting...

   To the churlish Captain K.P. Hob, venerated soldier of the goblin court…

   We hope you are in good health and, perhaps for once, in a period of downtime. We also wish to congratulate you once again for your extraordinary efforts in the war. While it may be a time long gone, your accomplishments are ones that live on in the hearts of all in the realms of the Fae.

   More importantly, we here at the Court of Wonder and Seafoam Court humbly wish to invite you and your court to celebrate this year's Bloom. While you as a court do not seem to harness magic to a notable degree, we see it fitting to invite you as a show of gratitude. The Bloom is a grand spectacle to not just celebrate the strengthening of the world's magic, but also celebrate the strengthening of the bonds of the innumerable courts of the Fae. While you are just a soldier, your acts are some that have helped forge the bonds we hold so dearly. So please, consider celebrating this year's Bloom with us.

   Sincerely,

   The Court of Wonder

   The Seafoam Court

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   …

   What?!

   Antonio stares down at the letter, his eyes reading and re-reading the finely written words. An assortment of questions flow through his mind as he stands in his living room stunned. Who is this Captain K.P. Hob? What the heck is the Bloom? What is this letter even talking about?!

   He sighs. "Is this some kind of… roleplay thing?"

   If it is, it's pretty clearly sent to the wrong person. However, taking a look at the envelope seems to only prove it was meant to be sent to his address. That information made this more confusing…

   "Perhaps I was signed up for some kind of spam mail?" he says in an attempt to rationalize this. He takes a seat on the couch behind him. "This letter seems a little too fancy to be spam mail though."

   Antonio stares back down at the letter. The words all contained a curvature that made them look perfectly handwritten. The letters of each word bordered on being cursive. The overall message read out as something fancy, like it had a regal tone to it. 

   Maybe it being a roleplay thing isn't out of the question.

   Still, why would it be sent to him?

   He pulls the envelope from behind the letter and back into his view. Putting it further up towards his face he tries to inspect it for any indication of where this could've come from. He takes note of how intricate the envelope looks to be as well, it being a seafoam blue with spirals of gold rising from the bottom.

   He also notices how it breaks standard mailing conventions.

   There's a stark contrast between his address and the sender's address, mainly due to the fact the sender's address isn't an address.

   He repeats the sight to himself. "Castle of the Seafoam Court…?" There was something after it which he presumed to be the region it resided. However, trying to speak that out loud felt… impossible. As if he wasn't able, or perhaps even allowed to.

   There was also a noticeable lack of a stamp, but that was beside the point.

   All of this was just one big confusing mess at this point. Folding up the note he sighs in disappointment. "Perhaps I should just mark this as junk mail and run it through a shredder…"

   Something begins to change the moment he finishes that sentence.

   An odd warmth enters both hands as they hold the letter, the letter itself starting to glow. Antonio looks down to find the warmth's source. "Huh…?"

   He curiously opens the letter back up. The words are glowing a bright gold now, sparkles emanating off of them. The content of the letter seems to be the same, but something strange emanates from it. Something… magical.

   "W-what's going on-"

   Motes of light arise from the words, dancing in the air gracefully. They didn't really seem to do much besides that though. It just… confused him.

   He then felt something on his hands.

   A few fingers were currently on some of the writing. However, the longer they stayed on the more he started to feel like something was rubbing off of them. After a few moments he decided to investigate, removing a hand from the letter and inspecting it.

   Ink had rubbed onto his skin.

   "What the…" he cuts himself off and tries to wipe some of it into his shirt, but it only smudged the shirt and remained on his hand. "Uhhhh…"

   Attention moving back down at the letter, the ink of the writing seems to start bubbling. Gobs of ink begin to emerge from the sheet of paper, cascading downwards. Cascading onto the one hand that remained on the paper.

   "Ah-" he screamed meekly, quickly throwing the letter down onto the table in front of him in an attempt to keep it away from him. But the damage has already been done.

   He looks down at his hands to find the ink accumulating around the fingers of the right one. The left one looked unharmed at first, but the ink that smudged onto it seemed to begin rippling before starting to leak the same liquid.

   At first he was stunned. Antonio stared down at his hands, watching the strange inky goo twist around his fingers. It's a slow process at first with the mysterious substance dribbling down each finger. However it soon begins to speed up as it all starts to converge onto his palms.

   His hands tremble for a moment as he watches idly, but Antonio's senses snap back together as he starts to feel an almost glue-like feeling seeping onto his hands. The liquid flows around each palm, cascading down the back of each hand and encapsulating them. Antonio soon starts to try and pull at it.

   Webs of goo are all he can seem to grasp. Laws of physics seem to break as every attempt at pulling off the expanding fluid results in stringy tendrils forming and breaking between each finger and hand. Each broken tendril then seems to seamlessly integrate back into where it came from.

   "Damn it," he says dejectedly. "What is this stuff???"

   He still attempts to pull at it, but all it seems to do is continue its descent down his hands. It's not long until almost latexy mitts are around each one, moving downward to his wrists at a steady pace. His eyes then catch a new irregularity in the substance. Its color was shifting!

   Ink-like black seemed to be slightly brightening, a simple brown easily overtaking it. But that didn't seem to be the only change introduced as the fluid started rippling. A new sensation entered his hands as he could feel the substance pressurize, pushing itself into them. Itching then started to occur, Antonio watching as the strange liquid seemed to harden, morphing into…

   "I-is that hair??"

   It was actually technically fur. Dense brown fur embedded itself into each hand. Thick and fluffy with a noticeable roughness to it all. Goo seemed to consistently shift itself into fur at a rapid rate, solidifying into a new pelage. At the same time he could feel something else settling in each hand, massaging them to a larger size. Forcing his now furry fingers to grow longer. He even watched as some goo extended from each finger, ends becoming sharp and pointed as the substance transitioned into a hard keratin. Almost bestial claws had formed. Antonio looked for any remaining signs of goo, the man quickly finding that the boundaries of his wrist were crossed and his arms were next to follow in encapsulation. But he can't seem to fully get his focus off his hands. The soft fur and monstrous claws.

   "What is happening to me…?" he wonders to himself. Was this goo transforming him into some sort of monster?? Antonio was worrying about the prospect of what would happen at the end of this.

   Continuing to worry, he watches as the goo spirals up his arms. Latexy brown washes over his skin, tightly pressing, squeezing his forearms. His elbows are next to be consumed, then his upper arms. It was like having one big blood pressure cuff on each arm. It wasn't painful, but it was easily discomforting.

   Then there was the feeling. The feeling of squelching liquid that had the texture of melted plastic. Having all of that constantly pressing into his skin, trying to force itself in each pore of his arm. He wasn't even given the chance to feel the fabric of the shirt sleeves of his T-shirt, the goo quickly moving beneath each sleeve and taking over his shoulders.

   Another sense of pressure then tugged at each arm. The goo's influence was getting deep within his bones. It was hard to notice at first, but after a few seconds Antonio started to realize that both arms were lengthening. Longer than his usual arm length, perhaps even longer than a standard length. Multiple inches being added in a short amount of time. It did stop after about forty seconds, but it left him with arms of quite the abnormal length.

   This was then followed by a new pressure in his muscles, tugging them almost outwards while the substance pushed inwards. Goo became his new skin and beneath that skin was a new strength building up within him. His skinny arms were filling up with muscle, although the musculature he was getting wasn't extreme. It was enough to show a clear strength was building within the young man.

   Itching then started to occur again with a new pelt of fur started to formulate around his arms. Brown, fuzzy, and thick enough that it hid his new muscles well. Antonio placed a hand on one arm and gave it a squeeze, feeling the new fur and muscle. He could also still feel some residual gooeyness to it, as if portions of his fur hadn't fully hardened yet.

   Alongside this was a weird feeling. This new strength was… something. It felt empowering, but that feeling wasn't enough to subside his worries. It had become hard to articulate those worries, though. This entire experience was beyond his knowledge, beyond his control. He was becoming something else and he wasn't sure what to do about it all. He's just forced to bear witness to these changes. Forced to see what might be the outcome. 

   Beneath his shirt he could feel more of the goo do it's work. The feeling of fabric was subsumed, replaced by latex covering his chest and back. Breathing started to hurt a little as his torso was squeezed tightly. He could even feel the paunch in his gut be forced up against his body as his abdomen was squished by the substance, forcing his body to conform to a shape it currently wasn't.

   A bud of curiosity still formed, however. He placed a hand at the hem of his T-shirt and raised it, Antonio noting the odd length of his arm and the few droplets of furry brown goo that dripped off of it.

   The substance that encapsulated his body seemed to form a bodysuit. Crevices that formed noticeable pecs and a small six pack of abs could be seen within it, and he could feel as if his body was being squeezed into that shape. His torso easing into the new mold while his belly was squished, the small amounts of fat being redirected. It was a surreal feeling to endure as his muscles were transforming beneath the goo itself, all while the goo was pushing further into his skin. His shirt was even starting to fill out slightly, his form broadening at the same pace as his muscle growth.

   A slight sting entered his back, Antonio hissing a little at the pain. A new feeling budded as he started to notice his legs getting further from him. Aches and pressure occurred at random intervals across his back, but he could notice them around his spinal cord the most. Every so often he'd hear a small crack as he felt his body be forced to shift and readjust itself. Curious again, he dropped his shirt to find that his belly was getting more and more visible. He was getting taller too it seemed.

   The fur was the final piece of his body. The fur on his body seemed almost thicker than that on his hands and arms. Pulling up his shirt again, he could even find portions of it to be slightly darker. The darker colorations seemed to etch into a Y-shape, nestling beneath his pecs and coursing down his midline before stopping at where his belly button was. With his free hand he gave the fuzz a run through, feeling it in all of its fluffy glory. However, it still seemed to share the same problem of consistency as it did with his arms. This became evident once he found himself finished with his chest, Antonio dropping his shirt down and noticing a few spots darkening. Goo was slowly seeping from his body and getting into the fabric, it seemed. But Antonio seemed to be a little proccupied with the fact he was seeing a bit of muscle from beneath his shirt, which had now gained a new snugness on his frame.

   While it still lingered, his previous worry was slowly dispelling. Something about this strength, something about this warmth. It was easing his fears, giving him a sense of calmness. It was a peculiar feeling, but oddly it was not one he found unwelcome.

   He moved his gaze to his legs next. Strangely, the next set of changes started to occur in a different format as his eyes caught his pants starting to get covered in goo. His waist was widening as his skin was forced to rub up against the cotton of his undergarments which in themselves were being squeezed into the denim of his pants. It was quickly becoming an awkward experience as that entire area was squeezed together in a mess of skin and clothing.

   His legs seemed to follow the same example, although not in any more comfortable of an experience as the feeling of rough denim was forced onto the skin of his legs. Antonio sighs in discomfort. "Damn it, why did this part have to go like this-"

   It only seems to get more confusing from there.

   The goo continued to flow downward and compressed his legwear. It wasn't long before it overtook his thighs, then went beneath his knees and consumed the crus of his legs. Peculiarities started to stack up as fur was beginning to poke out of the substance before it even embedded in his skin.

   Instead, he felt his clothing push into his skin more. Cloth of his underwear shoving into his waist, the denim of his jeans squeezing more into his legs. And then, he was assaulted with the sense of the very fabric he wore phasing into him. 

   "W-what- are my… pants merging with me…?"

   It was hard to tell with all the goo shrouding his lower half, but he could sense it. His skin being melded with hard denim and soft cotton, merging together with his flesh. What was even weirder was it didn't hurt, but he could feel his legwear becoming a part of him. And the goo only seemed to continue to compress the form of his legs. His thigh muscles being bloated, noticeably thickening in size. In contrast, the area beneath his knees seemed to maintain its previous thickness. 

   Pressure then built in his bones. His thigh bones got larger, meanwhile the bones in his crus seemed to compress slightly. At the same time they seemed to extend in length causing his previous height to extend further. So much so that his feet seemed to get further from the couch he sat upon.

   Then, in an instant, Antonio felt the entirety of his leg pelt connect to his legs. Fur phased into legs, follicles integrating into his skin seamlessly. A sizable gob of goo also formulated at his rear, quickly hardening into a thick furry deer-like tail. Concurrent with the fur addition came the last change in the lower part of his body.

   Goo quickly consumed his ankles. It spiralled around his sock-clad feet and quickly encased them in brown latex. Globs of goo also dribbled to the ground as well.

   Similar to his legs, a pressure was applied to his feet. Socks pushed into his skin, melding with his flesh as the shape of his feet was forced to change. Unlike his hands his feet gained even more of a bestial look. Toes squeezing together until only three remained, claws poking out of each toe. The bone structure of his feet compresses slightly, gaining a rigid shape to it. 

   The most drastic change came to his heels. The structure of each heel elongated, bones lengthening and reshaping as his leg structure seemed to reshape a second time. Additional height was added with this new structural addition. His stance had become that of being digitigrade. Following this came another solidification in fur which finished the changes in his feet.

   Antonio shifted in his seat, trying to readjust himself in his new shifting form. He could feel goo begin to creep up his neck, warm latexy fluid twisting around his throat. He could also still feel bits and pieces of his form dripping off of him with globs of brown goo with fur in it dropping onto the couch and ground. There were even gobs still seeping in his clothing.

   Antonio looked back at his shirt, staring at the increasing expanse of goo getting into his clothing. Eyes widening in surprise he noticed that the goo seemed to be doing something with his shirt as well.

   The color of his shirt started to steadily darken around each area of increasing dampness. Its previous color shifted, darkening into a clean black. The shirt's size expanded with the hem lengthening, covering his belly and settling at his hips. The short sleeves of the shirt extended downwards, encapsulating his already lengthy arms completely. The ends even seemed to roll themselves up into cuffs. Cufflinks extended from the the insides of each sleeve and fastened their respective cuffs.

   Various add-ons proceeded to ripple from the shifting fabric. Erupting from each shoulder came golden epaulets, their tassels draping over the upper portion of his arms. From the right epaulet came multiple gold ropes that connected to a materializing metallic gold badge. Manifesting from thin air was a blood red sash that wrapped diagonally around his body, the various badges accumulating around his form pinning themselves to that sash.

   Various gold-colored lines formed around his shirt, splitting it and giving it a standard military garb look. This was reinforced by buttons lining themselves on one end of each line. A white belt then materialized, slithering and tightening around his waist before being buckled by a clean gold belt buckle. The last addition came around his neck, a large brocade collar rising from the shirt's neckline and nestling around his neck.

   Once the collar touched Antonio's neck the goo that was upon it became stimulated, starting to rise upward yet again. It wasn't as intense of an experience as the other changes, with only the neck being stretched to become a thicker size. But Antonio didn't care much about that. His main focus seemed to be in his new clothing.

   He couldn't help but feel the new fabrics. Nerves tingling as his fur met the oddly soft feeling material of his military garb. It was… strange. His original thoughts of transforming into a monster seemed subdued as he started to question what this was about.

   "Wait…"

   His eyes darted to the note. The very catalyst to his changes. He tries to snatch it from the table, but the new length of his arms resulted in some fumbling as he hasn't gotten a chance to get used to them yet.

   Ink continues to drip off the paper, but his eyes attempt to scan the document again. It was addressed to a venerated war hero. It was addressed to…

   "This can't be… can it…?"

   It's shifting him into its reciever. The very military general that it was meant to go to.

   His heart beat faster. How should he feel about this? There's no easy way to really determine that. The very experience of this entire transformation is enough to induce a swath of confusion. His plain humanity was fleeting, being replaced by the form of that of some kind of highly esteemed beastman.

   How is one supposed to take that in?

   It's a thought he can't dwell on for long as he begins to feel goop start to crawl onto his chin and the sides of his face. And judging by the feeling of pricks entering his skin, the fur seemed to be accompanying it rather quickly as well.

   The facial changes had quickly ended up becoming quite visceral. Skin becomes subsumed by brown goo, each and every inch of his face's surface area getting covered. Fur and strange substances swirled around at rapid paces with thick chops settling on his cheeks and sides while a lengthy beard started to drape from his chin. More and more fuzz continued to settle around his face, and soon enough fur started crawling further inward.

   Goo started rushing towards his mouth, cascading into it as the substances swirled around his facial area. Breathing was quickly becoming a challenge as goo rushed into his mouth and nose, and soon his sight became impacted as it entered his eyes.

   Assuming the goo was trying to seal his mouth completely, Antonio started to paw at it. He could feel strands slipping and disconnecting, settling into his lips as the skin around them darkened to black. As goo washed down his mouth, his teeth were coated in it and began to change. Previously omnivorous structuring shifted into a predominantly carnivorous one, each tooth sharpening into ferocious fangs. A couple teeth from the bottom row seemed to sharpen further than that of their top row counterparts, protruding from his bottom lip like some kind of tusks.

   As the goo continuously covered his face his skull structure started to change. The lower half pushed out a few inches, his nose widening as the goo surrounding it became a deep black. The bridge of his nose seemed to widen as well, a bestial, almost feline look settling into it. His jawline squeezed and squared off, and his facial shape became more boxy beneath the fur. The goo surrounding his actual face then started to fade into his skin, fur not showing itself as actual skin was being formed. Admittedly it was rugged, rough and scruffy, but it was still skin. The only goo that seemed to manifest into fluff was above his eyes where long, thick, bushy eyebrows extended above each one.

   Goo then started traveling upwards and back, running across his scalp and the back of his head. His hair was buried beneath it all for a moment before the latexy liquid started to sink away. The hair on his head was given a chance to rise and show its new scruffy and furry consistency that matched the rest of his pelage. Some goo did seem to remain, and that goo seemed to detach itself from his scalp and shift its own shape. It hardened into a slanted cylindrical shape, black in collar with a gold and red band and a protrusion extending beneath that band. A hat for a cavalry officer seemed to be what formed, one that covered much of his scalp with ease.

   Fur seemed to continue to rush out the sides of his head, thickening and growing even fluffier. It was rapidly becoming similar to that of a lion's mane. Goo would sometimes drip from these new follicles, falling onto his shoulders before slowly cascading down to the couch. Nonetheless, he was getting quite furry. 

   Blinking his eyes a few times, Antonio slowly tried regaining his senses. He could still feel goo running through his throat, splitting through the various paths and going down both his esophagus and his trachea. A severely uncomfortable tingling could be felt throughout it, the man swearing he could feel his own vocal cords being morphed. It was forcing him to cough a few times, each cough seeming deeper and deeper.

   Discomfort seemed to pile up once the goop reached his ears. He could feel the cartilage within them being tugged, pulled upwards with each ear being forced into a point. Inside each ear the goo quickly accumulated itself and large tufts of fur rapidly solidified and poked out of them. But within his ears the goo started to work its way inward, the structure of them softening and shifting. All sound deadened to Antonio for roughly fifteen seconds, and in those fifteen seconds the goo had managed to travel from his ear canals to reach his brain.

   In an instant everything was numbed. Touch, sound, sight, everything. All Antonio could feel was a weird sensation within his skull, like some kind of internal massage on his brain.

   At the same time his thoughts were broken. Coherency fell through quickly as his confusion and questioning of his situation seemed to get lost in a newly developing mental fog. However, as the goo spiralled throughout his cranium, flowing into the wrinkles of his brain, his mind was starting to get vastly influenced by it.

   First he was promoted to stand up from the couch as if to stand at attention to something. In the process of standing he ends up bumping the table in front of him, pushing it forward slightly. Residual goo seems to drip down from his body, cascading down his legs and dripping from within his sleeves.

   He wasn't even aware that the goo that was on the ground was shifting again. Gobs became dirt while grass sprouted out of them.

   His breathing became calm, collected and slowed. It was even quiet with the small exception of the occasional rumble that would escape his newly restructured throat. His standing form lacked movement as well, rigid and statuesque like a good soldier's stance should.

   What is he paying attention to? His ears can't detect anything and his vision felt rather obscured. Looking at anything felt like staring at an endless amount of floaters that swirled around one's eyes. But he still felt a need to stand like this for some reason, and what would it hurt to give into that need?

   With time progressing, more and more desires filled the former human's mind. An undying loyalty to his people was first and foremost, a thought that went alongside the firm military feelings that were welling up within him. Attentive, commanding, soldierly. Knowledge of warfare and battlefield; memories of the very wars he's fought in, the troops he commanded and the victories he's secured. All of these was what was settling within his mind, rooting themselves into his brain as his personality shifted into that of a churlish soldier.

   His identity was reshaping as well. Humanity was fleeting, buried beneath the thoughts that the substance was filling his head with. Any memories of his home, or even residing on a material plane were being replaced with residency in realms of the Fae. Normalcy was drowned out with extraordinary achievements to where he now resided. He is a soldier of the Goblin Court, and he is a large imposing bugbear.

   And more importantly: he is one K.P. Hob.

   Another residual mental changes such as fae knowledge and military process then started getting pumped into his mind, but for the most part the mental changes were coming to an end. Feeling was getting restored to the unwittingly newly made bugbear with the feeling of grass on his feet and the chill of the air in his fur. He could also feel some sticky wetness on his skin, which confused him slightly.

   …then everything broke when his sense of taste was restored.

   "Ough, gracious, what is in my mouth?"

   He blinked his eyes a few times, vision restoring as a bright yellow filled his sclera and his pupils slit. He ran his tongue over his lips, trying to identify the foreign taste.

   "Fur, mud… finely pressed military garb? And… an earthy aftertaste that-" Hob shivers, "-makes me reminisce…"

   Deciding he was done with that, Hob takes a few moments to take in his surroundings. He was in a tent within a temporary military encampment, a massive war table sprawled in front of him. It took a few seconds to fully recall what was going on here, but he remembered something about a temporary setup for a few days before his troops got back on the road to get back to goblin territory.

   His eyes then laid on a peculiar note on the table. That his memory could instantly recall. An invitation to this year's Bloom. A rather peculiar notice, especially for someone like him, but it wasn't one he was willing to turn down. With a clawed hand he picks up the note and gives it one more look through, the beast noticing running ink and the weirdly pungent smell of dirt and grass. That odor seemed to awaken an oddly primal instinct in the usually stiff bugbear as the moment he finishes the letter…

   He eats it.

   Gustation kicked up again as he was assaulted by the taste of paper and ink. One of Hob's ears also flicked in recognition as he realized that the ink shared the exact taste of what he was tasting earlier. Grass and dirt, military garb, even that earthy aftertaste that brings him back to times from the war. It sends another shiver down his spine as he savors the taste for another few moments, then fully swallows.

   "Hm. Appetizing. Now I'll have to bring all of this up with the court leaders…"

   He nestles a finger beneath his chin to ponder, but his thoughts can't seem to break from this other peculiar sensation he seems to have. After a few seconds he starts feeling something begin to roll down his cheek and onto his chin. He presumed it to be sweat, but as it reaches the peak of his chin and dribbles onto his finger, he can't help but try and inspect it.

   What he finds is a mysterious brown substance. The same rich brown as his fur. It even seemed to contain some fur as well. Hob tilts his head and raises a brow in perplexity. "Strange…"

   He shakes his hand to get the liquid off, then resolves to investigate another source of that feeling. He rolls up a sleeve to find a few gobs of substance starting to drop from his arm. The dripping seems to be slow, implying that it's coming to some kind of end. Partially satisfied, he rolls his sleeve back down. 

   "I'm… curious what kind of substance this is. But something is telling me not to worry much about it, and… I feel oddly compelled to comply…"

   Perhaps it was just another one of those Fae realm things. These realms always seem to possess weird and confusing phenomena that seem to function far beyond what anyone can understand. It was nothing to worry about, but if something like this were to progress he'd know where to get it checked.

   "Well, it's safe to say that's enough diversions." 

   Hob turns around from the war table and begins to walk to the tent's exit.     "GORBLADDER!" He yells out in a commanding tone, "TELL THE SALT GOBLINS IT'S TIME TO PACK EVERYTHING! AN URGENT MATTER MUST BE BROUGHT TO THE GOBLIN COURT AT ONCE!"

[idleorbitals]

OF ep 2 watch through part 1

ok! ok. ok. goddamnit this show has me wrapped around it's pinky. this got long so I am cutting it in hopefully only two

come relive with me let's talk about this beast

#1 this scene does so much so fast to establish:

mew again as someone with his own agency...the way he talks about top is like surprisingly? healthy? idk I'm glad they're making these characters so smart and nuanced you know they're feeding us well

ray's feelings for mew as (again, surprising to me) relatively pure seeming. he's going to suffer but he's not going to take it out on mew he's probably going to take it out mostly on himself and secondarily on people he doesn't think matter to him (*cough* sa– *gunshot noises*) also ray starting this scene day drinking alone 💀

the power play is so loud in this laser tag arena. why do I feel like top is going to get hurt and they're going to make me care. I don't want to care

side note but very distracting to me personally isn't anyone going to fix mew's one squished up ear? bookie that's not uncomfy??

same ray. god they're both going to get hurt so bad

ok we're in the club now. can't believe the one frame of ray smiling at the dancer is the only moment he's acting to hide from sand and not trying to crawl out of the scene. they were really playing us with that trailer huh. also ray being so polite to everyone there even though they're all just in his way hashtag not as much of an asshole as he'd like to think

lots to say about bostonnick but more importantly about mark pakin eating this pose for breakfast

boston is a rich boy too? did we know this? he's definitely a terrible person playing with nick's insecurities "if you weren't cute I wouldn't sleep with you a second time" boston shut tf up. lmao I'm sorry but atp I love neo in this role so much I'm just enjoying it

not sand this invested in what ray thinks of his wine and ray this flattered by him calling him someone with good taste. now sand likes ray's music too, or at least his dead mom's music. "how and when did your mother die?" sand back off a little baby

okay the cut from the bottle and glass next to her body to him drinking? yikes. I bet we're going to learn more about this and I'm ready and already torn up about it. was it an accident? was it intentional? or mirror on the secret third thing where ray is self-sabotaging himself into oblivion because wealth and privelege don't make you happy but do give you the tools to feed your worst tendencies

not to detract but on the first watch I was so hyped up and fully did not get that was supposed to be baby ray and was like: murder suspect? no it was the maid???

sand noticing he introduced too many feelings and going to lighten the mood: cute. correct

sand starting his forecasted "sugar daddy" storyline by saying very loudly that he doesn't want to call ray sugar daddy but also, you know, he would, you know, if he had too, but only if he really /had to/, you know

this totally-uninvested-gaze lasts for so many frames my screencapping fingers got lazy

okay we're at the water now. some people are shirtless and some people look hotter than they should in rash guards (*cough* khaotung *cough* nonnie wtf)

this devastated me I had to pause and add precious seconds to my live watch to recover

ray is really one of those people crashing through life taking psychic damage at every turn huh. I'm sorry I am so weak for characters that think they are terrible people

april and namcheum interactions so cute. april unfortunately looks and is styled so much like my ex in these scenes that I'm having trouble seeing objectively

this is so intriguing god damnit. boston is playing aggressor but top is into it? a little? swear he's smiling in this scene. but also not engaging. does he want it a little but not as much as he wants to not wreck things with mew? did something else happen in that photo booth? how does he like it

...top secretly loves to bottom and boston's going to woo his seme-acting ass by seeing through to the real him

jk jk.

or? 👀

yeah same top honestly. I don't trust either of y'all

📣 multiple types of queer sex on screen 📣 p'jojo we love you!

oh god the friends with benefits vs fuck buddies talk. Nick's going to get so screwed. does he already know this? he sort of knows, right

the problem is that even though they are clearly winning the most-uneven-investment contest I am enjoying both these characters more than top and mew atp. maybe just because I enjoy a trajectory I can visualize a bit even if it's fucked up who knows

alright we're back at the bar and ray is trying to pick up a girl with his plant line. this is relatively wholesome but ray is not watching the show he's in. buddy you only get to sleep with people if at least one person is going to be fucked up about it

(part 2) (all ofts watch throughs)

[bookshelfdreams]

A brief conversation I had with @mikimeiko on their lovely meta about the motive of loss and abandonment made me think about miscommunication some more, and how horrible Calico Jack was to Stede.

When Stede meets Calico Jack for the first time this is what he says to him:

Who's the big gal?

Off to a terrible start, and it only goes downhill from there.

As others have pointed out, this is a very mean thing to say in general and absolutely unacceptable to say to a queer man in particular, and Ed knows that. He's trying to do damage control

He's fucking joking. You're not a girl.

but he's laughing along with Jack - or maybe trying to laugh it off? He immediately gets physical with Jack as well, and it looks to me like the sort of thing you might do, when someone you like just has said something that makes you intensely uncomfortable but you really don't want it to be a big deal. He's performing closeness with Jack: Look, I like this guy he wouldn't say something like that he doesn't mean it. While at the same time he literally jumps on him almost as if that would distract from the really hurtful thing Jack has just said.

But. Look at Stede's face while Ed does this.

He knows guys like Jack. All his life guys like this have shamed him for being "weak" and effeminate. And he knows the kind of guy who would laugh along with that for whatever reason - to protect his own image, to not cause a conflict. He's already tired of this interaction. Look at this sad little nod after Ed says "You're not a girl." (sorry for bad quality, this is not art, just to illustrate my point)

God this is. Painful. I feel this expression in my soul.

And he's still trying to play nice with Jack! He's offering his hand, he's welcoming him. He's even ignoring Jack's sarcastic little "Lovely", as they shake hands. Because Jack's a friend of Ed's and he's used to putting up with a little bit of bullying. But the disappointment here is palpable. And so is the resignation. Because Ed may not be a bully, but (from Stede's perspective) he doesn't defend Stede from abuse either, and part of Stede expected this to happen eventually. I'm not even sure he thinks about it as betrayal per say - it's one of the things that just happen. Bullying is inevitable and people are only friendly with him as long as no one can see.

But! From Ed's perspective, this isn't what's happening at all! I'm not saying he doesn't have baggage, but he probably didn't grow up with this specific kind of constant ostracizing. To him, it's all just friendly banter. He doesn't notice how hurt Stede is because, well, Stede is very good at not letting it on when something really hits him. To Ed, he's just averted a crisis, introduced his old best friend to his new best friend, and now they're all gonna go have breakfast together :D

It gets even worse later on, when Stede asks Jack about his ship. If you've ever been bullied tell me if this sounds familiar: You were just trying to defend yourself, but the bully suddenly starts a crying performance, and now you're the mean one. Meanwhile, all the bully's friends flock to them and comfort them because you really hurt their feelings, how dare you! I don't even think I need to talk about this further.

And then. It all culminates in the beach scene. After being literally peed on, Steve has finally had enough. He's an adult; he doesn't have to put up with this shit. He's still avoiding confrontation though, he simply extracts himself from the situation.

But Ed, who was just having a fun day at the beach, doesn't understand why Stede is suddenly leaving. Ed wants Stede to be there and share in the fun! More importantly, he wants to show this part of himself to Stede. He wants this to be a bonding experience, and he's really excited about it. So he tries to convince him to stay.

I might just head back to the ship.

But Ed (contrary to Stede tbh) is actually good at communication, and he wants to know what tf is going on, so he asks again.

And I think it's actually a testament to how close Stede's gotten to him that he actually tries to communicate his feelings for once.

What he says: "I'm not finding any of this a blast actually! I don't like to drink 'til I puke, or get pelted with coconuts. Or making a turtle fight a crab? That's just mean!" Now it's not that he finds any of these actions distasteful in particular. These are all just stand-ins for what Stede is actually angry about. Which is that Jack is hurting him in a way he's been hurt all his life, but he's not saying that. Because the first rule of the bullied kid is, you do not let the abuser (or their allies) know when they got to you. And in this moment, to him, Ed is an ally of Jack's.

Ed doesn't have all the context though. He doesn't know this about Stede's past, he doesn't know how sensitive of a subject this is for Stede. Fuck, he doesn't even know about all the interactions Stede had with Jack. Look at his expressions, as Stede goes on his little rant:

Why would you say this I thought we were friends :(

In this moment, Stede is triggering all of Ed's insecurities. To him, Stede just described a fun afternoon. He feels judged, like Stede is shaming him for his lack of sophistication.

Then Stede delivers the killing blow: "Honestly Ed? I don't like who you are around this guy." And he means: I thought I could trust you, I thought you wouldn't find this kind of behaviour acceptable.

What Ed hears is: You aren't good enough for me. I have seen a less refined side of you and I don't like it.

Which is why he says "But this is who I am." He's a pirate, and he'll never be an aristocrat, and if Stede doesn't like it, well, Ed also thought Stede was one of the good ones :'(

Just. A masterclass in miscommunication.

[thedoctorisinlove]

eddie munson ; if you were getting bullied headcanons

genre : fluff?? in a way 😭

pairing : eddie munson x gender neutral reader

disclaimer : mentions of killing someone, mentions of beating someone up, implied stalking, violent implications

author's note : request i received from wattpad! established relationship, this was so fucking fun to write oh my god.

⋆ if you come to eddie's place all of a sudden, he wouldn't bat an eye since it was a daily occurrence. however, if your face is etched with horror and your bodh is filled with bruises, eddie's mind is wandering places. he's wondering whether you're okay (obviously tf not), what happened, but most importantly, who does he need to kill.

⋆ he's absolutely fucking angry once he takes in the sight in front of him but concealed his emotions for you. "shit, shit, shit, hold on i'll come back let me get the medkit."

⋆ would be patching you up very gently as to not irritate your wounds and bruises more, pestering you with questions on what happened. he's not going to let you leave his house without an answer from you. he's wants you to be open to him just like he is to you.

⋆ once he gets the details and name of the perpetrator, he'll be muttering under his breath of the shit he's going to do to them. "i'm going to cut that piece of.." "eddie!" your tone playfully exasperated, soon faltered with the sound of your laughing. "what? it's true." he whined back, a small smirk forming on his lips from your surprise (okay but no really, he's serious, he's going to ruin this person's life).

⋆ you literally can't change eddie's mind once he's decided this. he'd literally do anything you ask of him, but if you tell him not to beat the living shit out of your bully? nah, he's already planning it all out. you literally cannot convince him to back out, especially since this is regarding over someone who laid a hand on you. he's fucking beyond angry, more than what he's displaying to you.

⋆ he'd publicly humiliate your bully in front of dozens of people. he'd slide in sarcastic comments that's hinted to be directly towards your bully. even though he's labeled as a "freak", it's easy for eddie to turn the tables back to him and have people side for him. he has that natural charm, and he won't stop until people start laughing at your bully from eddie's snarky remarks.

⋆ would go far as to dig up some of your bully's past humiliating actions. he'd even be able to find concrete evidence, even if that something that doesn't even have concrete evidence. eddie is just crazy like that i don't know how he does it either 😭. still hot nonetheless.

⋆ he'd even turn into that "creepy" metalhead stereotype to scare your bully. like that one scene in halloween 2009 when michael myers is stalking his sister through the opening of the trees? that's what eddie's going to do 😭.

⋆ he's going to be beating up some people after treating your words. he doesn't care about the punishment. he's going to be suspended and repeat another year? so be it, he's not going to let your bully get away from hitting you.

⋆ and now let me tell you how hot this man is when he's beating someone up. he'll literally bring you along to a random place, saying he has a surprise for you. once you arrive, you'll realize how your bully is there as well. he'll place you on top of a high counter and give you a quick kiss, giving you hurried reassurance that you're safe up there. "watch this doll." and then beat the living shit out of your bully before your bully can question why eddie wanted to meet up with them all of a sudden 😭.

⋆ breaking news! eddie is suspended for the rest of the school year and repeating another year and probably also landed your bully in the hospital for the next 3 months. but the more time away from school, the more he gets to be with you so it's a win-win in his book.

[stellocchia]

Ok but stell why TF haven't we, as a fandom, made Dreams a Warden hybrid the second we got the chance?

He already has the whole thing of wearing a mask or a lot of designs specifically covering his eyes and then the whole thing with the stomache he's got going on thanks to that fucking MC skin just that now it's not his face but his fuckinnnnn terrifying warden heart ribcage thing.

He's weirdly territorial and has no chill when he he perceives someone as an intruder and goes straight to excessive violence.

It makes the whole "Tommy hiding in technos home" scene so much better/worse by having dream literally know where he is because he can smell him and genuinely hear his terrified noises thanks to his weird senses

Like. I can't express enough how terrifying it would be if "he can hear my heart beating loudly in my chest" was an actual thought Tommy can have that we'd have to consider ass potentially possible

He fucking. Burrows down all the time (his attachment vault, his tunnels in Tommy's base)

Which would also be something Tommy and him would have in common and could "bond" over. By which I mean it's another seemingly random thing he likes about Tommy a lot.

And more importantly

We could combine the whole "Tommy is one of very few, if not the last human alive" with the whole "Tommy was made in a lab" and have extinct humanity have been the ones who made those underground cities. Tommy is kinda a Jurassic park-esque recreation of humans made in an attempt to... Be scientific i guess. Then someone got too attached to the gremlin and he got lose and now he's just. Walking around, being a person, living a life.

Now obviously, warden hybrids are far from normal wardens. And noone really knows a lot about those fuckers anyways.

But there's still a lot of instincts and most of those were about protecting and defending humans and their settlements.

Now. Obviously Dream knows how to handle those instincts flaring up for territory.

Now. For humans? How TF would he be prepared for that.

Anyways, I am thinking about a very long very slow exploration of instinctual protectiveness turning into a friendship turning into obsession and possessiveness and a godcomplex and doing anything he deems necessary to keep Tommy with him.

Obviously having Dreams first kinda "signs of descent somewhere he shouldn't" be when he stops holding back his protectiveness regarding territory and his increasingly becoming more excessive violence and carelessness regarding anyone but him and Tommy

Also, Dream, while being a Warden hybrid, also does not know all that much about himself.

Later on he does some research because his need for control makes him want to obviously have as little blind spots as possible.

Just that at that point he's already so far up his own ass and delusional that he choses to interpret the little knowledge there is of "wardens were there to protect humans and their shit and wreck anyone's ass if crossed" as "I am literally almost a god by nature and Tommy is more than these other bores

Also gives him more victim blaming potential with "oh Tommy's loud and sounds trigger wardens so of course when Tommy yells at him he has to hit him Tommy leaves him no choice"

Also because thinking about the prison arc, I think being trapped with a warden in a small obsidian Minecraft room, I think I would've fucking shat myself like no thanks I'd jump into the lava the second j heard those sounds

Speaking of

Just

The less Dream holds himself back, the more he starts just. Making those fucking warden sounds on the side

Which means that being in that room before the fucking obsidian box, you just get the wardens ambiance except the shulker sensors

So I can even better understand why Sam lost his fucking mind

Also. Heh. Warden. Of a warden. Heh

I LOVE THIS IDEA!

Leaving aside the fact that wardens in Minecraft are just objectively the coolest mob, I also wanna point out that they add an element of 'you're not always supposed to fight, sometimes you're supposed to hide' that I think works fantastically with primeboys.

After all, Tommy's first instinct used to always be fighting. Even in exile, the stated reason of why he made the secret chest room was to maybe one day put up a final stand against Dream. But exile forced him to spend A LOT of time alone with the warden hybrid and by the end, he knows that's just not a fucking option on his own. So he deals with Dream like you're supposed to deal with wardens for once in his life and hides as much as he can, which obviously infuriates Dream.

Because, while they're seekers, wardens have some severe limitations. If Tommy stays still enough or walks on wool Dream can't hear him. And his sight itself is shit, so he can't rely on that to find Tommy. And, after he just moved in with Techno, Tommy's scent would have changed because he got to fucking use a shower for one thing.

So I imagine the scene as Tommy hiding in the box, terrified out of his skin because "what if Dream hears my fucking heartbeat" while Dream is wandering extremely confused around Techno's cabin trying to put hints together like, points at vaguely Tommy-shaped plant "Ah ha! I could recognize that smell of dirt anywhere! You thoughts you could hide from me!". All the while Techno is struggling to keep from laughing in his face.

Like, do you get my vision here?

[marsgod]

helloo how would mammon , barbatos and lucifer react to a kirari momobami like mc ?

Hey hey! I had to look this character up and tbh the anime looks interesting..

⇢ “Barbatos, Lucifer, and Mammon with a Kirari Momobami-like mc”

⇢ Warnings; cussing, fem! reader, this is meant for the reader to be toxic and narcissistic but I haven’t tried to write some1 like that before so it might be watered down a bit;-;

Lucifer • Avatar of Pride

Lucifer likes how proper you are at first, thinking because of how quiet you are that you wouldn’t cause problems, get your work done, and stay out of his way for as long as it could

Of course, He’s Lucifer, and life will inconvenience Lucifer for as long as he naturally lives

It starts with the belittling, he’s the avatar of pride; and in being so, any degradation towards himself, any insinuating of him being ‘lesser’, especially towards a human?

It absolutely does not sit well, you don’t have to see the way he bites his lip or hear his deep sigh, you can feel how much he wants to tear your throat out

“Is that so, say, [Name], why don’t you come and see me in the hallway for a moment?”

Ohh boy, when Lucifer finds out (accidentally, through mammon), that you’re gambling large amounts of money? When you’ve barely been working, so how tf did you get that? Omg he is pissed

He literally sits in the living room waiting for you and Mammon to get back, waiting with only a single lamp on

“Where have you both been?”

When he see’s that you haven’t lost, miraculously, that doesn’t stop him from punishing the both of you

Probably makes it worse ngl

Lucifer doesn’t forget abt the entire “gambling but never losing” but is lowkey highkey lowkey really confused when demons are actively scared of gambling against you,

and then accidentally crosses paths with you while you and Mammon are surrounded, another demon at the opposite side of the lunch table and takes a deep breath at how calm you look (he’s waiting for you both to fail miserably)

Lucifer doesn’t calm down when you win, if anything he grows more pissed cause that means you’ve done this a lot

Overall doesn’t like you, you piss him off to extreme amounts and any narcissistic comments (especially towards himself or Diavolo) bring him exactly one step closer to saying fuck it and throwing you to Cerberus

Mammon • Avatar of Greed

Mammon thinks you have a huge stick up your ass ngl, he tries to retort against you but.. Well, you’ve seen how that usually goes

If you hadn’t..

“Should’ve expected that from you, you’re so predictable, Mammon.”

“What the hell are you talkin’ ‘bout?! Well at least I’m not- At least I can do- .. Ugh, Just shut up already.”

That being said, he knows you like to take risks, just didn’t know it was necessarily gambling

THAT being said, he nearly shits himself when he see’s you at his usual place, surrounded by competitors, a group of spectators, and most importantly, GRIMM!

That also being said, he’s sliding up with an arm around your shoulder or waist and grinning at the table

“Hahah! Yeah, that’s my human!”

From that day forth, he goes with you wherever, builds you up and mocks the opposing side

Tbh you can see the soul zooming out his body when you belittle Lucifer, or, as I’ve said, insinuate that you’re smarter than him

Compulsive gambler buddies, except w/o the ‘buddy’, you just find it funny when he loses so bad that he has to resort to promising himself away

Like, you genuinely laugh when he’s getting yelled at

“Ah, if only you were actually smart enough to win a game.”

Eventually, I can maybe see him as becoming one of the people you care deeply about, but then some ppl asmodeus will start pestering you cause they don’t know why Mammon gets special treatment

One of you gambles everything away, and the other wins it all back; What’s not to love?

Barbatos • Prince of Hell’s Personal Butler

Barb is damn near bewildered (not rlly) if you attempt to manipulate or belittle the literal Prince of Hell, mostly at the audacity..

He also somewhat finds the audacity amusing, but not “omg your so funny” but “haha your so funny but if you say that again i will boil your tongue”😥

He doesn’t care about your gambling issues, it literally does not affect him in any way so long as you don’t attempt to steal any artifacts from the castle

He hears about you “never losing a single gamble” from a conversation with Lucifer and Lord Diavolo, and Lucifer complaining about Mammon being worse now that he’s actually good at gambling

He believes it, he can literally see the future and honestly it wouldn’t have been the weirdest thing he’s come across (being the butler of a prince of hell, etc.) but Barbatos is extremely curious!

“So long as she doesn’t cause too much trouble with the Prince.”

”About what?” Well, he’s simply curious on why you keep doing it if you seem to find it so boring, but doesn’t care to pursue any answers

In short, ya’ll don’t talk to each other by yourselves

Unless, of course, you suddenly become interested in him and are trying to actively piss him off