#and then the universe was destroyed after the kids won and another one was born and it was supposed to be a touching moment but I was like

[felixravinstills]

Do you think it shows in my writing that the two most impactful fanfics I read when I was in middle school were:

A series of one-shots set in the post-canon of an anime where a bunch of children were tricked into piloting a mech that would kill them, but if they don’t fight, their entire world will die. The one-shots followed the friends, family, and acquaintances of those children in the aftermath of their deaths. (Throughout the series, property damage and casualties made the public hate them (no one outside them and later the government knew the whole details. Later they found out that each time they fought and won, they were fighting against people in an alternate universe and winning destroyed that other universe.)

A finding aid for the documents of a fictional academic (this is a different anime from the above, but it is the anime where King Arthur is an anime girl who looks almost exactly the same as Mordred (this makes sense) but also Emperor Nero?)

[thechaoticcheese]

I present to you, PFP of Karma, her basic info and her lore.

Basic Info

Name- Karma

Age- 27

Species- Human

Gender/Pronouns- Female/She/Her

Height- 5'6

Weight- 169

Clothes- Karma usually wears her Mando armor (seen above) and black sweats with dark brown boots.

Body Build- Buff

Extra- Karma has tattoos, but no one ever sees them. She has wings in her back, underneath that are 2 symbols of Mando'a, both 8s with a dot between, and arm sleeves with flowers, left arm has flowers symbolizing death and life while the right is of rebirth and strength.

Lore

Karma was raised by Mandalorians, her parents were Mandalorians, but disappeared when she was young. Karma was born with 2 colored hair, blonde and brown, heterochromia eyes, green and yellow, and showing Blaschko lines. She was often teased so around the age of 8 she started to fist fight everyone who made fun of her looks after the ghosts of her parents offered advice, unfortunately it would be the very last time she saw her parents.

Karma did get in trouble for fighting kids before she told them if the adults weren't going to help her she'd help herself, and the talks stopped.

At 13, Karma was undefeated by most people she fought. The only ones she couldn't, were those responsible to make sure everyone was ready to start bounty hunting for the group. Though that day fatefully came.

When she turned 18 she went into the ring to face the Guardians. She easily defeated all of them, except for the last one who proved to be a slight challenge, but she ultimately won. She got her armor, requesting it to be a male helmet with a vocoder that made her voice gender neutral, wanting to confuse her enemies, which sometimes worked. Her coloring came from the paints that were rarely used, cotton candy pink and blue. Karma was ready to start bounty hunting. She was really good at it too, able to get bounties in quickly and effectively.

When she turned 24, she returned from a bounty mission and her group was gone. It was as if everyone was taken on the spot. She mourned everyone before going to a very slowly growing planet where she still did bounties, but with her home base more hidden, she wasn't worried about it being destroyed.

On one of her bounties, she met another bounty hunter who was after her bounty as well. After a combat battle, the two agreed to take the bounty together and split the reward. They did this successfully.

The Bounty Hunter wanted to learn more about Karma so asked if they could meet outside of their jobs, surprised to find out they lived on the same planet.

Karma went on their first meeting in her armor while the other party was in a nice dress. She introduced herself as Andro, which shocked Karma a bit, assuming that Andro was male. Andro then explained the reason she was doing bounties was to get the body she wanted, which unfortunately, had to be done on another planet which not only is expensive, it also takes a while to get there. Karma listened thoughtfully to Andro's story and smiled, glad there were people out in the universe that cared.

Andro and Karma soon started to date, but it took a year after they started to date for Karma to finally show Andro her face.

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"I don't understand why you keep the helmet on... Sometimes it feels like you're staring into my soul wanting me to die. I don't even know what you sound like! How do I know that you aren't changing out with people?!" Andro expressed with sadness and a bit of anger, her eyes were on the bed sheets between her legs, then over at Karma, widening. She had messed up. "I'll... I'll go". It was their one year anniversary and this was crossing a line Andro knew well about.

Andro stood up, and started to leave. She reached the door before she felt something warm against her wrist which made her stop.

"Please stay." It was a feminine voice, not the normal gender neutral vocoder of Karma's helmet.

Andro turned around and teared up her beautiful girlfriend stood there, in shock, sadness and horror, but without her Mandalorian helmet and gloves, them resting in the bed.

"I'm.... I'm sorry." She whispered before Andro pulled her close. "I never wan-"

"Shhh... It's ok... It's ok my sweet treat." Andro's voice was soft, but something chocked her throat as she was finally able to kiss her girlfriend's forehead. "You're beautiful. I don't want anyone to tell you differently." She looked down at her heterochromia eyes, there was something mischievous about them, despite them beginning to water.

The next thing Andro knew is the two were on the bed making out.

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After that, the two were more prone to going out, Karma slowly not wearing her armor, but still wearing long sleeved clothes and using her cape to cover her head except for a slit for her eyes.

For their 2nd year anniversary, Andro was planning to propose, but both were weary due to reports of a local mob becoming more violent for supposedly no reason.

The two were walking through a flower field with a few very walked on trails, making it clear those who walked cared about the floral life that lived there. Large bushes spotted here and there in the field, and an occasional huge tree. The couple were smiling and laughing.

A nearby bush was rustling, and without a second thought, Andro drew her pistol and shot at the noise as a trandoshan stumbled through the bush, right into the blaster's bolt. It hit him square in the chest, him falling over into the grass as a few other sentient creatures came out with wide eyes and raising their hands, but informing the two about their horrendous boss and needing to leave.

Instead of the two leaving, they requested to see the boss, and when they were granted that permission...

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Karma walked in with her new normal wear. Her eye slit the only thing showing any identifying features, her heterochromia eyes and showing Blaschko lines were the most obvious. The two creatures led her and Andro through the town and down an alley way that turned into stares, and at the bottom were two armed guards and a door, a big insignia covering the door in purple and red. One of their escorts flashed a card then the door opened.

The inside sounded like a bustling city, but looked like the underside of a house. They had to snake their way through the crowd, sandstone pillers holding up the ceiling, carvings being filled with some sort of plaster that could be easily seen as they walked by. Andro and Karma held hands, not willing to let go of each other.

The four had arrived at a giant metal door, the same insignia being more vibrant than the one outside. One of the people opened it. They walked in and the two lovers kneeled down, bowing slightly before looking at the mob boss. It was another reptilian species, but definitely not a Trandoshan. Whatever he was, he was fat, snacking on grapes, staring dully at the two.

One of their escorts went and whispered what happened, his expression hardened. He sat up straight and waved, someone quickly grabbing the plate he put his grapes on, the clacking of chains making Karma tense a bit.

"You killed one of my goons, what brings you here in front of me?" He asked with a booming, enraged voice.

"Forgiveness sir." Andro responded level headed, bowing down. "He had spooked us and without warning I fired." Karma glanced over at her lover with concern, but Andro wasn't looking, her eyes closed. "I ask for your forgiveness and we will pay for his life in any way we can."

There was silence in the room. Karma has leaned forward a bit to mimic Andro's bow, but she was entirely wary of what would happen.

"I decline your request human. You killed a member now it's your turn to pay with your life, but since you had the gull to ask me for something, I will give you until the moon is at the highest point in the sky to flee this planet, if we find you here after then, you will die."

Karma was about to get up, but Andro squeezed her leg before speaking, "We accept your offer graciously. Thank you for the opportunity of life." With that, Andro got up, and made Karma follow, the building now buzzing softly with what just transpired. Thousands of eyes tract them leaving.

Karma wasn't happy, but left with Andro as they went to pack...

They were nearly done packing as the moon was starting to rise.

"I need to go grab some stuff from the kitchen. I will be back princess." Karma said before gently kissing Andro on the lips. "Always loved your lipstick, maybe I can steal it on the next planet." She joked softly, gently wiping her thumb over Andro's lips as if to attempt to take some of the pomegranate colored lipstick for herself.

"In your dreams sweet treat." Andro teased back before Karma left with a wide smile.

In the kitchen, Karma opened a secret compartment that held something dear to her, a bunny-like stuffed animal from her home planet. Carefully, she got up and headed back to the room with that and a few plates.

Creaking open the door, Karma took a few steps in, smiling before looking up. Her heterochromia eyes widened as she dropped the plates and the stuffed animal. The plates broke as they shattered to the floor, cutting up the fabric of the stuffed animal a bit, but that didn't matter.

(TW: Gore, skip to the end of this section of squeamish)

In front of Karma was Andro, propped up with her back against the wall by their only window in their room. Andro sat there, holding two things, her own still beating heart in her right hand, and a black rose in her left. Her heart was trying to pump blood, but that wasn't happening. What was, was blood softly gushing out of it, along with blood pooling out of the human's chest where her heart used to be.

Karma ran over and kneeled by her, tears streaming down her face as she noticed Andro was barely alive, a single tear drizzling down the side of her face before her head slightly leaned forward, as if to be thankful Karma was here in her last seconds as life left her body.

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Afterwards, Karma put Andro back together before building a fire and burning her body, noticing that the moon had just risen from the horizon and started to plan revenge.

This would be something she would get a year later, but it started with Karma signing herself up to join the mob, wearing her Mandolorian gear instead. She fought her way to the top, beating everyone that was pitted against her. This was something done in the mob to see where you'd be best, but when Karma was placed, she was placed way lower than she was supposed to, the mob boss being suspicious of her. Many people were upset about this, but not knowing the reason she wasn't promoted higher.

It didn't matter to Karma. Over the next year, she rose through the ranks, gaining a group of people who started to follow her. The Mandalorian having a secret code phrase to indicate those with her.

Once the mob boss finally went on his "yearly mission", Karma struck. She staged a coup with most of the mob, easily overthrowing those who outranked her and waiting for him to return, already enacting changes to the mob.

Then the mob boss came back. He found the symbol was repainted and the place was clean and organized. He arrived in his room to Karma sitting on his chair, staring to the left. His close friends were being held against their will in a line. When he went further in, they were dragged out and the door was closed behind them.

It was just him and Karma now. Karma stared at him, a kiss mark in pomegranate colored lipstick on the left side of her helmet. She then got up and beat him until he couldn't move, before executing him with Andro's blaster.

Karma dragged his body out, tossing it in front of the crowd and demanding those who wish to live leave if they were a part of the old mob boss's rule and catered to his corruption, otherwise they'd be killed. Most left, a couple stayed and were executed exactly like the mob boss.

Karma became the new mob boss, and everything was fine for a few months. Then the Separatists attacked a scouting squad Karma had ordered to check out a mysterious spaceship that had landed.

During this attack, the group radioed it into Karma and she was quick to get to the location, her bringing along a few others. Though when she got there with the others, she found the squad dead with blaster wounds, dead clones and droids.

Something moved from her peripherals and she raised her blasters and turned around to see a clone with his hands up, a few others near him with theirs up as well.

Karma was outraged and demanded to know the situation, not sparing to mention that their lives would be wasted if she wasn't told. That's when she found out that the group was first attacked by droids, then clones. The clones had gotten confused from a miscommunication about who to shoot and during the firefight it was hard to see who shot first.

The armored woman was filled to the brim with emotions. She demanded to speak to whoever is in charge and when she was refused, she shot a clone's shoulder and demanded again, stating she would hit his head next. She was granted permission before discussing it with a jedi, who apologized for those who died and agreed to try to get her voice heard to leave the planet alone.

For a while, it was a work in progress. Karma having the clones stay in a certain area and refusing them to access any of the planet. Her having ordered her mob to check the planet carefully and more battle training just in case.

Karma watched the clones carefully until they were approved of the planet being left alone. The Republic did offer an alliance, which Karma reluctantly agreed with due to it being the only way the clones would be forced to leave, but check in every so often.

Things having calmed down since then, but Karma is now on edge with everything, being more caring of her mob and hating almost everything that isn't on her planet. She still does bounties here and there, but mainly stays on her planet to help protect them if any Separatist forces strike again.

[shyrose57]

AUs:

Not Mine But Still Awesome: AUs that others dropped on here to talk about, or expand. They’re all pretty cool.

Brothers AU: A lovely little AU by Brothers Anon, in which Ran and Ranbob from ‘Tales of the SMP’ are brothers, and Ranbob’s massacre of Mizu was entirely unwilling. Years down the line, Ran works in the Pit, Ranbob runs with the Fishermen, and their paths cross again. 

Tip Of The Iceberg AU: Another fun AU by Brothers Anon, where all the Tales characters end up in present day SMP, uniting together to stand against the growing threat of the Egg.

From Future To Past AU: The 3rd AU by Brothers Anon! Ran ends up in present time, and falls under the care of the Syndicate.

Pantheon Of Moms AU: This neat little AU by 🌹 Anon, where the various moms of the SMP are goddesses, and their kids have various blessings from them.

Shapeshifting SBI AU: AU by imdedinsidex-x, where all of the SBI can shapeshift to varying degrees.

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3rd Life/Empires AUs/Hermitcraft:

Your Eyes Are Flashing All Again: Sequel AU to Your Eyes Betray The Change, where Last Life comes to be, and causes problems for everyone.

Responsibility AU: When four kids adopt him as their own, Xornoth goes to find his brother, seeking aid. He finds a boy wearing a crown too big, and decides to embrace his status as an older brother. Who could have known it’d end like this.

Tables Turned AU: Xornoth won a long time ago, and his reign seemed assured by his generals. And then explosives merchant Fwhip drags his siblings up a forbidden mountain, and wake the one person capable of stopping him.

Can’t Say We’re Unaffected By The Things We’ve Seen: Everyone in Empires remembers a different past life.

Boatem’s Bruce Wayne Rip Off: Mumbo is Bruce Wayne, and the other Boatem members are his rogue gallery, wish him luck.

AU: Jimmy is long-presumed dead, and nobody knows who the Codfather is.

The Totally Normal Grians Family: The Grians are the Minecraft branch of the Addams family.

AU: Evo and the other servers in general were the new universe born after YHS’ destruction. Grian and his two friends are the eldritch gods that survived to see it, and became more in the process.

AU: A respawn glitch lands the former 3rd Life players in each other’s servers, with Cleo and Grian in Empires, and Joel and Jimmy in Hermitcraft.

Mistakes Gem Would Make Again: Gemini tries to summon some mystical help for the demon issue. She gets the now disbanded Dreamon Team, and all of their issues.

Yes, I Remember You(But I Have To Wonder Why): Scott remembers everything from 3rd Life...except for falling in love with Jimmy.

AU: AU where ghosts of each person appear after each death, only remembering what happened during that life.

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Named Dream SMP AUs: These will either probably be expanded by me later, I just liked enough to name, or have some asks about them and stuff.

And Who Would You Have Me Be: In a world of cryptids, the Organization is an elite force of hunters trained to take them down, run by Tobias Schlatt-except, as said cryptids soon discover, it’s not. Tobias Schlatt has been gone a long time, and the sudden awareness is about to destroy Tubbo Underscore’s life.

Big Button Eyes: Coraline AU, where Fundy was the beldam’s former victim, and now that the server’s kids are all missing, he has to delve back into the fray with the only other two to know about it.

Underway AU: Undertale AU, suggested by Anon. Tubbo as Frisk, Wilbur as Chara, Flowey as Tommy, and pain all around!

The Ran Soots: AU by Anon. Wilbur and Ranboo are brothers, but neither remembered, until Wilbur’s revival triggers his transformation, and Ranboo begins to remember.

The Mission Gone Wrong: Quackity’s a spy seeking to prove himself to the Badlands agency, and his father. But when he finally gets his chance, everything flies off the handle, thanks to a mix up in paperwork, questionable experiments, his exes, and an alien egg.

(Wouldn’t Wanna) Be Immortals AU: Quackity invited Tubbo to Las Nevadas because he needed him. It doesn’t go well. Tubbo spends the next hundred years of his now immortal life running, but that all falls apart when he crashes into the people he once knew-and who aren’t so keen on being left behind again, even if they don’t remember why.

Atlas Has Nothing On Me: Eret’s got a little godliness left. It changes nothing for the fate of L’manberg, but it’s what saves her people.

Tearing Through The Stars: Voltron AU.

Rewriting It Right AU: AU suggested by Anon where the events of Mizu never happen, and Ranbob travels the world making sure history is remembered right.

And These Woods, They Don’t Play Fair: Small town horror AU where the woods are hungry, trios are cursed, and everyone’s more willing to spill blood than they are the truth.

Realigned Allegiance AU: Everyone swaps countries.

Eldritch Soot AU: Wilbur’s an Eldritch god who’s on his healing arc, by Eldritch Anon.

Tubbo Trouble AU: Tubbo messes with magic, and now he and his past selves get swapped around through time randomly like it’s a game of musical chairs.

To Rediscover The Once Worn Roads: XD comes to the conclusion that the problem is that all the different personalities meeting is like a powderkeg, and so erases all of their history, replacing it with lives in their current nations. The illusion starts to unravel when George gets a magic map and starts reaching out for the once was.

DM Wilbur Soot AU: AU suggested by Anon where Wilbur has the powers of a DM, and causes problems with it.

Snowbound Guardian AU: Fundy inherits a family curse, dips from the mainlands, and finds a nice snowy village to protect, along with a kid and a legacy he never realized he had.

Why Tubbo Hates Weekdays: Superpowers AU where Tubbo’s best friends are developing main character energy, and all his big brother figures are considering the benefits of villainy while he screams and regrets everything.

The Contingency Plan AU: Tubbo plans ahead and Ghostbo has some work to do.

Invisibly Miserable AU: Suggested by an Anon, and based of a book series called Moominvalley. Tubbo starts turning invisible after the election.

Patrons Of The Sharp Tongued Children: MD and the other Dreamers are gods, and they adopt the minors and kick butt.

The Search AU: Ranboo is a young Endermen hybrid seeking out the lost grandson of Ianite to prove himself. It’s not easy, but luckily he’s got Tubbo to help him out.

My (Unwanted) Arch Nemesis’: Wilbur Soot is a retired villain who everyone’s determined to claim as their rival-he’s less than thrilled with that.

Echoes Of The Once Weres: Tubbo is Ianita reincarnated, and this causes him many problems.

So Past The End We Went AU: XD puts Tubbo, Wilbur, Phil, and Sapnap in the End for timeout because they were being too chaotic.

The Good Place AU: As it says.

Starlit Boutique AU: Tommy’s a human tailor, trying to keep his late mother’s boutique afloat. Everyone else is a supernatural creature under the impression that he’s a fae.

Monster AU: Tubbo and Dream are brothers. XD turns Dream into a kid so he won’t be hurt anymore, which backfires horriby, so he gets Tubbo instead, who performs a jailbreak, dies, and then comes back as a ghost to aid his now little brother on the run.

Takeover In Snowchester AU: Techno and Dream break out of prison and takeover Snowchester. With Tubbo missing, Ranboo stuck in Enderwalk, and Wilbur and Tommy having to rally the server together alone, everyone’s in for quite the time.

Dead By Daylight AU: As it says, an AU based on Dead By Daylight.

The Bad Guys: Catching the attention of a malicious entity, Dream, Wilbur, and Quackity are caught in a time loop, in which the only way to advance is to be the ‘villains’ of the story.

And We Are Why They Stand AU: Tubbo, Philza, Fundy, Niki, and Sapnap all get tossed into the past. Typically considered the supporting characters to their friends story, now they’ll do anything to ensure a happy ending for their loved ones-even if it means taking the consequences on as their own.

I’m Not Supposed To Be The Grim Reaper!: The Dream of the SMP finds himself swapped out with a much harsher version when their worlds collide, and is forced to take up his alternate self’s mantel of reaper while he searches for a way back home.

Sins Of The Fathers AU: Tubbo and Fundy are shunned for the sins of their fathers in New L’manberg. Eventually, they have enough.

Stranded In The Timestream AU: The Inbetween loses Karl, and decides to go after the server instead. Things go wrong, and everyone’s left stranded throughout eras without their memories. It’s up to Karl, a reluctant Glatt, and Connor to save them.

Stagnant Until You Call: Bench Trio are three cursed princes from forgotten kingdoms of magic. The SBI unintentionally break their curses, and free them, choosing to take them in and introduce them to the modern world.

We Used To Call Him Brother AU: Dream adopted the minors years ago, and raised them as his younger siblings. Their happy childhood memories turn sour when he begins to change.

Fear Him AU: The SMP learns of Dream’s fear of a certain Hermit. Rumors build up a bit too high, and everyone’s left shaking in their boots from the images they’ve built...which is pretty funny, considering just how far from true they are.

Lifetimes Ago We Could’ve: The smp falls apart, and it’s residents are left free-falling into the void and back into the past, thousands of years ago, the face versions of them that have entirely different lives.

Sweet Dreams: Schlatt cast a sleeping curse upon Pogtopia and it’s allies. Two years later, a father comes searching for both his son and his friend, and in turn, uncovers a mystery long left to waste.

‘Bo And ‘Bur AU: Tubbo and Wilbur are biological brothers, that haven’t had the best relationship in quite awhile. It changes as much as it doesn’t. Suggested by Anon.

Interdimensional Cat Cafe AU: Tommy starts repairing the Cat Cafe as a distraction from his issues. His customers are from alternate universes, and seem equally determined to get a drink as they are to talk with him.

Cling Eternally AU: The Clingy Duo and Eternal Duo swap places, with Tommy and Tubbo now being a duo trying to reconnect after Tommy’s apparent amnesia, and Eret and Foolish being two kids caught up in two many wars.

Beloved Ones We Care: Tommy, Fundy, Tubbo, and Eret were once the cherished ones of gods. Locked away memories begin to resurface in the wake of Dream’s imprisonment. 

Despicable Philza AU: It’s a Despicable Me AU. Phil’s the supervillain, Techno’s his fellow villainous best friend/slash evil scientist, Chat’s their minions, and Wilbur, Tommy, and Tubbo are the orphans that send their lives into disarray.

Can You Call Yourself A Sire: Ancient vampire Philza and his only fledgling Techno move into a new town, adopt four newly turned vampires, and terrify the rest of the supernatural community.

Your Eyes Betray The Change AU: Tommy stumbles into the corrupted server of 3rd Life, and falls victim to it himself. Under it’s influence, he returns to take Tubbo down with him, and it’s going to take everything the other boy has to keep himself together and save his friend, as well as the others the server has in it’s grasp.

Because He Deserves To Smile: Ghostbur’s train in limbo takes him to the world of Origins Smp, long before it’s residents find each other. He carves a kinder life for himself and these other versions of his loved ones there.

Reluctantly Taking The World In Our Hands: In the early days of the SMP, Fundy realizes something’s wrong with the code-or, well, a lot of somethings. He takes it to fellow hackers/coders George and Tubbo, and long story short, they realize XD’s not doing his job, so they do it themselves. And whoops, everyone thinks they’re gods now.

Congratulations AU: Tommy and Tubbo are siblings, who used to live on the streets. When Tubbo realized the Sleepy Bois wanted to take his brother in, he ran away so Tommy would have a better life with them, eventually meeting his brother again as Tubbo, his best friend. For years, he’s kept the secret close to his heart. In the aftermath of Wilbur’s revival, he can’t help when it spills out.

Sally’s Brother: Tubbo is Sally’s younger brother, taken in by Wilbur after her death. He’s always done his best to stay out of the way, but when Quackity starts trying to manipulate his nephew, he steps in.

Snowbound Buddies AU: Tubbo leaves L’manberg just before the elections, wanting to travel the world. He eventually returns to settle in a cozy snow biome outside the Smp, where he soon meets the man known as the Blade. Life goes sideways from there.

The Space They Left: The SBI is a happy family that never drifts apart or goes to the SMP. It has it’s consequences, but when Tommy comes home with two battered strangers, well. Fate has a way of correcting things.

Magic In The Water AU: H20/Magical Girl AU. The Clingy Duo become magical mermaids after going to a creepy island, and now have to fight evil sea monsters for some reason.

Aliens in Vegas: Purpled, Sam, Charlie, Foolish, Wilbur, and Fundy are aliens that crash on earth. Quackity’s the down-on-his-luck casino owner that takes them in.

Necromancer’s Guild: Tubbo, Schlatt, Puffy, and Dream are all a family of necromancers. This changes some things, but others remain the same, for better or worse.

Happily Nether After AU: Tubbo and Tommy decide to dip when Dream’s trying to pressure him to choose between his country and his friend. Two years later, they come back to a world as changed as they are.

Bloodline of Pestilence: Bad is the child of Pestilence, and Tubbo is his nephew.

Bench/Dream Swap: Role swap between Bench Trio and Dream Team. Ranboo has Dream’s role, Tubbo has George’s, and Tommy has Sapnap’s. 

And The Universe Said: Bench Trio are forgotten gods that start to remember their previous life, and go looking to piece their world back together.

Feral Preteens: The Feral Boys end up de-aged back into pre-teens. After breaking a now young Dream out of prison, and going on the run, the Bench Trio accidentally become their older brothers.

Jumanji AU: Students Purpled, Tubbo, Tommy, and Ranboo find their detention day taking quite the odd turn when they end up dragged into a video game.

Villains Have More Fun: Supervillain AU. Snowchester is a gang of not-so-willingly-villains-turned-heroes, everybody else is a super villain group, and chaos follows them all.

It’s Definitely Not A Comedy AU: Fundy, Quackity, Tubbo, and George are supernatural hunters-which is kind of a problem, considering they’ve started to exhibit some supernatural qualities themselves. Solution? Fake their deaths and run away to a suburban neighborhood with it’s own fair share of weirdness.

Musical Chair(acter)s: AU in which an attempt as time travel goes wonky. The minors are certainly in the right time, but they seem to have been displaced...into each other’s positions. And further more, only Tubbo and Purpled recall their previous lives.

Hacking’s A Hobby AU: AU idea by an Anon, based off a fun little fic. Tubbo’s a hacker, and the SMP is a server that claims to be unhackable. Can anyone guess what happens next?

L’manberg Cafe: Pokemon Cafe Mix AU. Wilbur Soot inherits the cafe from his great-grandfather, and along with his staff, and partner pokemon, Milo, intends to make it great again.

Serverstuck: Homestuck AU. Minors are the trolls, the Dreams are the equivalent of Cherubs, and there is a lot of adoption and time fuckery ongoing. 

Where Dragons Soar: Dragons have been dead for centuries-except, apparently not, as four teens and their obligatory adult discover when a hike in the woods goes so sideways, they end up lost in another world. More than one secret is waiting for them there.

Switched Dynamics AU: In which the family dynamics get a bit mixed up. Tubbo, Eret, and Dream are raised by Philza, Wilbur, Techno, and Tommy are raised by Captain Sparklez, and so on. 

From Our Cold Dark Hearts: Philza, Puffy, Bad, and Sam are a group of dangerous villains, who are widely feared. They also have soft spots for kids, so when the heroes keep sending children to fight their battles, well. You reap what you sow.

So We’ll Give It A Try: Tubbo gets tossed into a different universe, full of supernatural creatures, adopts two kids, and then is adopted himself. 

 A Cry Muffled By Porcelain: Dream and Tubbo are siblings, Dream manipulates Tubbo into helping him, Tubbo is sad, and Enderboo will not stand for this.

How A Whisper Becomes A Shout AU: There are infinite timelines, and infinite travelers, who lose themselves to their duty. So what happens when one of them comes back, and says fuck it all?

At Moonrise We Become: The minors and Fundy all have supernatural heritage they aren’t aware of, and it’s triggered after a Blood Moon. Now every full moon, they go feral, and wake up unable to remember anything. It’s kind of starting to be an issue.

Plus Some: AU an Anon came up with, where some of the Tales character of the siblings of the Smp members. You can imagine how this goes.

Shared Respawn AU: The Bench Trio shares a Respawn Space due to their bond in a past life. They grow up a little different for it.

A Casino’s Scheme To Murder AU: Dream does manage to escape in the confusion of Wilbur’s revival, and the first thing he does? Murder Tubbo, with plans to use his return as a bargaining chip. Unfortunately for him, he’s no longer the only one with the knowledge of the revival book anymore, and Quackity has plans of his own.

Las Nevadas’ Sweet Revenge: Wilbur is revived the same time Tommy is. After they leave the prison, they are taken in by Quackity, who decides the best way to infuriate Dream will be to heal from him. Over time, the rest of the minors join them as well, working the Casino.

No You Can’t Call Me Brother: Tubbo and Dream are brothers, who, though close, chose to go their separate ways as they explored the world. Years later, Tubbo gets a worrying letter from Tommyinnit, a boy he considers his best friend, asking him to come to this place called the Dream SMP.

Her Beloved Children: Eldritch AU. Mumza(aka, Death) once granted her husband some new abilities to help protect him. As she meets the children he’s adopted during his travels, she does the same to them. The thing is...it’s making them a bit less than human.

Dress Up SMP: A Dress Up Niki Styled AU. Tubbo’s a secret prince from Pigeon searching for the maker of his brother’s now corrupted mask. The rest of the SBI just happen to get dragged along with him, and maybe find a family while they’re at it.

Warrior Cats AU: Tumblepaw and Kestrelpaw are from two clans that have been at war for generations. A message from Starclan sends them off to escape the fighting, as well as unknowing complete a prophecy set in motion moons ago.

Embodiments Of A Thousand Wishes AU: In which, nations and settlements can become personified.

A Rat Filled Piano At My Fingertips AU: The minors are murdered. They don’t stay dead. Hundreds of years later, the cozy town of Rutabagville is in for a shock as they discover what lies beneath the earth.

Gotham City’s Bench Trio: A young Bench Trio ends up in Gotham City before they ever met. The Gotham Sirens(though not yet that) take them in, and Gotham itself gets three new rogues to run circles around it’s streets. 

Successors To Their Bloody Nations AU: SMP Earth was real, but also thousands and thousands of years ago. Some of the SMP residents are reincarnations of their previous selves, and Philza, an immortal, starts taking notice as they start getting weird dreams and regaining old habits.

The Crimson Color Of Our Hearts: That crack theory about Velvet being in the Egg, except I make it serious, and angsty.

Bits And Bobs Of AUs And Mods: A bunch of AUs based off up of Tommy’s mod videos, plus a few others, end up in canon. The AUs can be discussed themselves though.

Snowchester’s Menagerie: Upon being tasked with the care of Jack’s creatures, Lizzie does the smart thing-pawn them off on some poor fools with the necessary supplies and head off before they realize what just happened. The fools currently in question are Tubbo and Jack.

DC SMP AU: SMP, but it’s a DC styled universe.

Totally Spies AU: Purpled, Tubbo, and Tommy are teen spies under the command of their handler Sam. They do cool stuff like save the world, find a family, and try not to miss class.

The Fox Early To Bed: Fundy’s visions start when he is but a child, and in order for his younger mind to handle the strain, they take a form more suitable for him-a world inside his dreams, born of both a child’s imagination and his future knowledge. A world where he will learn some of the hardest lessons there are, at the hands of these mismatched versions of his loved ones.

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Unnamed AUs: Little AUs that I never got around to naming, and probably never will unless someone takes interest in them. Feel free to ask about them though.

AU: Claytons are villains, Tubbo’s an advisor, Tommy’s a prince, and the trio gets a villlain arc.

AU: Tubbo’s siblings with Dream, who gives himself to a Dreamon young, and the aftermath follows his little brother for years to come. Or, Tubbo, on growing up with demons and those destined for tragedy.

AU: Tubbo makes a deal with a time deity, and goes back in time. His attempts to save everyone may end up with him losing himself.

AU: Tommy and Ranboo get nabbed to be Watchers, Pearl rescues them and crashes into Season Eight of Hermitcraft with her new minions and Gemini, and Tubbo drags Philza and Techno across worlds to find their friends while having even more of a BAMF arc.

AU: Dream and Techno end up in Empires SMP.

AU: Dream, mortal son of XD, goes down to the human realm and learns(fails) to be human alongside his new brother Charlie.

AU: Punz can see the fates of those around him, and time and time again, has chosen to change them. But with the Egg’s appearance, he may finally need to ask for some help, if he doesn’t want the server to meet a fate worse than death.

AU: Dream and Wilbur are the oldest mortal siblings of several not-mortal kids, and they’re just doing their best, guys.

AU: Tommy’s prison video was actually a past life for all it’s participants. Tommy’s the only one who fully remembers and knows what it all means, though he’s shared plenty with Tubbo. When he hears Techno’s gotten stuck in prison, still caring for his older brother despite it all, he gathers the gang back together and offers their services to the Syndicate.

AU: Animal Sanctuary AU. Dream and Phil can speak to animals, and everyone is either an employee or a common visitor to the Sanctuary.

AU: Dream and Ranboo are royal siblings, and Dream is an evil king. After the Antarctic Empire overthrows him, Dream is adopted by an immortal pirate, and dragged into a redemption arc, and Ranboo gets adopted by mentioned overthrowers. 

AU: Dream was once a human, on a quest to save the world with his party. Only one of them left the End alive, and it wasn’t him. A hundred years later, he climbs out of his grave with the features of the very creature that got him killed, and a whole lot to do,

AU: It’s a Bench Trio Band AU, but Tommy’s a siren, Tubbo’s a demon, Ranboo’s a fae, and the band is a cover for their investigation.

AU: Jurassic Park AU, with the SBI, and some others.

AU: Suggested by Anon. Breakfast club AU.

AU: The minors learn of the power of the puppy eyes. Dream is reverse-adopted as their older brother.

AU: Charlie is the sole human of the Smp, everybody else are slimes that saw him and wanted to be human too.

AU: Ranboo and Dream are siblings, caught in a time loop on the Smp. 

AU: Croods AU. SBI, Sally, and Fundy are the Sleepies, some of the last cavemen alive. Ranboo is the guy who got dragged into it after saving Tommy. And Tubbo, Eret, and Niki are just happy to see new people.

AU: A Detroit: Become Human AU. Wilbur Soot was a famous inventor-was. In the wake of his murder, the deviants he called family are determined to protect his legacy and prove his death isn’t what it seemed-his family may prove to be an issue though...

AU: The minors, Wilbur Soot, and Karl Jacobs are all bunny hybrids, except nobody but Wilbur knows what he’s doing. So it seems he will be reluctantly taking them under his wing. Sure hope he doesn’t get attached.

AU: Karlnapity, but in Penny & Flo format. Quackity’s a young lawyer who feels like his life is moving too fast, Sapnap is a party planner trying to make a name for himself outside his father’s shadow, and Karl is the new owner of his grandmother’s mansion, which...could use some work.

AU: In the wake of Foolish’s revival, the energy that goes out ends up causing some problems...namely, making everyone a bit younger, and leaving very few people with their full sets of memories. 

AU: Tubbo died young, and was later revived and raised by Quackity, the reluctant co-ruler of a corrupt Manberg. As Tubbo grows, he begins to realize just how corrupt his home really is, and sets out to fix things. First step? Free the infamous Speedrunner. 

AU: Ghostbur escapes limbo to be reincarnated as a young sheep hybrid. The Bench Trio raises him alongside Michael, unaware of who he was.

AU: Everyone but Techno is a god. Chat’s the equivalent of the Fates that want Techno to become the new Blood God-Techno is not so impressed.

AU: Bench Trio Greek Gods AU. Tubbo is Hades, and Ranboo and Tommy share the role of Persephone. 

AU: In which, Inbetween!Karl, Voidbur, and Egg/Dreamon!Tubbo go around the multiverse giving therapy to everyone but themselves.

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Other MCYT AUs:

To Let Sleeping Gods Lie: Joel is the God of Life. Nobody calls him that anymore. 

.Your Eyes Betray The Change/Your Eyes Are Flashing All Again/The Lines Crossed And Shared Between Us: Tommy stumbles upon 3rd Life, Tubbo follows. The universe follows the changes with it’s own, and the game plays on.

This Life And The Next: In which, the members of X-life are long lived immortals, certain members of the Dsmp are their long-lost apprentices, and the worlds are determined to see them reunite.

SMP Swap AU: Dsmp, Hermitcraft, and X-life all sort of swap around. The Dsmp is now X-life, X-life is now Hermitcraft, and Hermitcraft is now the Dsmp.

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Dream SMP AUs: 

Seas The Memories AU: A tragic case of magical amnesia made Tubbo who he is. And a delayed curse made him forget it all. There’s more to his life than anyone would have ever shared-unforunately, the choice leaves everyone’s hands when his family comes looking for him.

The World’s Not Black or White: Eret, Niki, and Tubbo are are three kids who’ve been stirring up trouble on the orders of the Inbetween for all their life. The SBI are the chaotic guardians of the Other Side who keep foiling their plans and trying to adopt them. And Ranboo’s the disillusioned time traveler trying to sway the youngest to his side.

L’manberg Magic AU: After L’manberg fell, the magic that had built up within it spread out to scatter in it’s founders. Armed with strange new abilities, a snazzy new costume, and a connection they all thought gone, the founders now have to try and keep the fact that they can level a city under wraps while fighting seriously scary monsters. Because apparently that’s their problem now.

From Me To You(Who’s Kind Of Me) AU: In the midst of an inventing spree, Tubbo and Fundy’s redstone skills backfire and land them in an unfamiliar universe with some very familiar faces.

Mixed Up Origins AU: When over half of the SMP disappears, those left go searching. Unfortunately, the friends they find aren’t the same ones that vanished, with false lives in their heads, and no memory of what once was. And who’s to say they should have to remember at all?

We Are The Darkness Before The Dawn: The minors end up tossed back in time to Pogtopia, and are determined to change things for the better-and they’re just dark enough to see it through regardless of what it costs. 

To Fix History You’ll Need...: When history is being tampered with, local all-knowing deity XD throws together a team to set things right. But these time heroes are up against the Inbetween, their mysterious traveler, and the unfortunate souls who’s history’s been tampered with. They have their work cut out for them.

The Wastaken’s Sanctuary For Magical Creatures: All Dreams’ and Dream Counterparts make up the Wastaken family, that run a sanctuary for magical creatures, many of whom may live their for the sole purpose of causing havoc.

Therapy Tales Of The SMP: The Inhabitants of ‘Tales lives are the definition of ‘Everything is Beautiful And Nothing Hurts’, so divine forces decide they’re probably all mentally stable enough to give their modern counterparts therapy-they’ll probably all need therapy of their own by the time this is over. 

Fairycore Minors AU: After getting shrunk into tiny people, the minors pack up Michael and go off to live their best cottagecore life.

Tropes AU: After making up in a world where Tropes & cliches quite literally make the world go round, the minors find themselves trying to run through the increasingly ridiculous stories and find a way home-hopefully before they’re too attached to leave this almost perfect world.

Dresempii Region AU: Age-swapped Pokemon Adventure. Twins Wilbur and Techno set off on their journey to defeat Champion Tommy. Unfortunately, that takes a backseat as more and more drama and danger claws it’s way to the light.

L’Presidents In The Past: Suggested by Anon. After dying at Dream’s hands during the Finale, Tubbo wakes up in the past-and a Ghostbur-like Wilbur has come along for the ride. With one bitter from what’s to come, and the other desperately trying to prevent their family from falling apart, the Minecrafts are in for a strange few years.

Reset And Restart AU: When the server resets for the latest Update, a glitch in the system results in Dream being reset with it. Fifteen years old again and tossed into the wilderness by a god, the amnesiac promptly proceeds to live his best life.

What’s The Meaning Of Moral: When their mentors abandoned their city, sidekicks Tommy, Tubbo, and Fundy are left scrambling in the wake of it, trying to protect everyone they can. In an ironic turn of events, the villains they’re meant to be protecting everyone against are the ones coming to their aid.

Experimental Lifestyles: After losing his last life, Tommy wakes up in a lab. Three years later, Tubbo’s still trying to piece himself back together in the aftermath of it all, when his dead best friend returns back to life alongside others who were buried, and shakes everything up.

Biome Borne AU: The Server resets, and it’s members do with it. Given new lives and homes, everything they thought they knew threatens to crumble when two Nether dwellers find each other again, and set out seeking answers.

Chat AU: I say AU, but it’s really just headcanons about the various Chats.

Of Blood And Void AU: Two twins blessed by Blood and Void, carrying the burdens of each other’s curses until they no longer can-unfortunately for what’s left of the twins and their little family, their gifts don’t die with them. 

Smp(okemon) AU: Another Pokemon AU for your plate, featuring Tubbo’s Banette, Bee, being introduced to the concept of family friendly, and wondering where her life went wrong as she‘s put on babysitting duty. She should have chased his husband off when she had the chance.

Two Kits Of A Kind AU: Tubbo is born a fox hybrid, sharing a lesser gift to Fundy’s. Their bloodline intertwined through Sally, they look out for each other as best they can. Unfortunately, changing fate is no easy feat.

The Depths Of Our Souls AU: The Pit Soul Eater AU. Mysterious Meister Ran is on a mission from the Syndicate, and Jackie is the oddball opponent who seems to stand in his way at every turn-until he’s standing at his side instead.

Syndicate Minors AU: Philza is a good father, who takes all the minors under his wing and protection, Technoblade is rapidly becoming a tired older brother, and everyone who wants to hurt any of them should really think twice, because the Syndicate is a dangerous force.

Extended Family AU: In which Tubbo has a very large family, and after growing up with the SBI, reunites with them on the Dream SMP. Of course, it’s not quite as simple as said.

It’s Quiet Out Here AU: An AU that didn’t age well, honestly. After the deaths of those they cared for, Techno invites Tubbo and Michael to the Arctic, wanting to protect what’s left of Ranboo’s family. Fireworks Duo supports each other and tries to heal in the aftermath of it all.

My Present Or Your Past AU: AU by Anon, where Jackie from ‘The Pit’ accidentally time travels to the present, gets amnesia, and becomes Tubbo, to much hilarity later.

Bee And Boo’s Identity Shenanigans: Superhero AU, in which a villain Tubbo and hero apprentice Ranboo are sleep deprived and impulsive, get married, accidentally reveal each other’s identity and now have to figure out where to go from there.

Kings And Fools(Are Often The Same): AU based of that one post, where Prince Tubbo teams up with his father’s ‘harem’ to bring the kingdom back to it’s glory days, and ends up involved in a much bigger mess as a result.

Cryptid Club AU: Everyone’s some brand of strange or another, and are doing their best to keep that under wraps. But between several determined children, and a tired time traveler, they’d have better luck with literally anything else.

Time’s Champion AU: In a world of gods, Wilbur Soot finds himself a puppet of the cruel god of Chaos. Saved by the god of Time, he becomes their champion, working to repay them for his second chance.

The War Of Tubbo: A joking rivalry devolves into a playful war for Tubbo’s favor, and everyone learns to heal along the way.

Witches AU: In which, Witches are a bit more, Lizzie adopts a child, and Tubbo is just doing his best.

Hardly Need A Hero For A Fairytale AU: Descendants AU. The minors are children from the Isle, tasked with stealing back Maleficent’s wand when they get carted off to Auradon-unfortunately for her, they have different ideas in mind.

Raze The World And Raise Your Crown AU: Descendants AU. SBI, Bad, Dram, Ranboo, and Puffy are the lucky Isle kids to be selected for Auradon’s newest pet project, only to arrive and find it’s not as free as it’d suggest. Together, with the students that have lived their whole lives working with loop holes and crumbs, they’re going to flip the system on it’s head.

Three Princes Crowned Of Ice AU: Descendants AU. Techno, Wilbur, and Tommy are Isle children, brought over to Auradon over the summer to try out the new program. Left in King Philza’s care, the two parties have to reconcile everything they thought they knew about about another in order to forge a better life for those who come after them, and potentially become a family along the way.

Gem AU: Steven Universe AU, where 3/4 SBI + Niki are the Diamonds, Wilbur learns you can’t really outsmart fate, and the L’manberg gang are just trying to make the most of the time they have left.

The Library Under The Sea AU: Karl’s powers keep him a passive observer as the world falls apart, up until his final moments. Face to face with another aftermath of Dream’s reign, Karl gives the scattered librarian a new name and purpose-to write history as it was, in honor of the man who saved him.

God Killers They Called Us: Business Bay is more than it seems, and it’s legacy remains in the darting eyes of deities, and gold blood staibing their blades. A legacy that returns to bite them once more, after all these years apart.

Shadow Over Snowchester AU: Snowchester starts out as a quiet little seaside town, but the boy who builds it makes it a haven. And in turn, those he welcomes, make it more. And in a hilarious twist, everyone assumes Snowchester’s residents’ oddness is instead Tubbo’s own.

Soul Eater AU: AU where Meisters, Weapons, and all that comes with them exist in the SMP, following along the plot as it’s altered to follow the connections it creates.

Rainbow Ghosts AU: After Tommy’s death at Dream’s hand, tragedy seems intent on digging it’s roots further into the server, as four others befall his fate, and perish. Unfortunately, the SMP isn’t quite ready to let them rest, and whether or not that will fall in their favor has yet to be decided.

SMP Sanctuary AU: Mer AU, where some pods have found themselves living in a Aquatic Sanctuary, befriending the humans among them, and working alongside them to discover more of the worlds each side knows so little of.

Smp(eople)notfound AU: What was never comes to be. The Dream SMP doesn’t exist, and it’s would-be inhabitants remain in their own worlds. Then Bad falls through a glitching portal, and everything they though they knew falls into question.

Smptale: An Undertale AU!Ranboo does a TRUE RESET, but something goes wrong, and instead of just turning back time, it also swaps him with his canon counterpart. Now, C!Ranboo has to try his hand at this strange Underground.

Friskboo AU: Undertale AU, where Ranboo serves as our lovable protagonist journeys through the Underground while a snarky ghost narrates his thoughts and jokingly suggest murder every five minutes, a chicken is out to actually commit murder, and-well, actually, everyone in general wants him dead. Weird.

All For The Blood God(Tommy) AU: Niki and Jack succeed in taking Tommy’s last life. Tubbo, desperate and hopeless, is approached by the god that laid claim to his second life, and offered a deal. A life for a life-his devotion for his best friend’s second chance. And, well. What other choice did he have?

Esempi Guild AU: Celestial mage Tubbo joins the Esempi Guild, hoping to do more for the world his spirits have always sheltered him from. Unfortunately, the road to hell is paved with good intentions.

Assassin Tubbo/Anarchist Tommy AU: A hand outstretched by a boy unseen leads to everything turning on it’s head. Tubbo disappears from the world with nothing but blood and a death message. And Tommy, left in the aftermath, decides he’s tired of L’manberg ripping away everything he loves-so he’ll rip it down instead.

Fallen Angel AU: Quackity is a fallen angel, willingly leaving the Aether for the thrill of humanity. 

The Deities Of Mizu: Belief kept them alive, and as time went on, it made them more. It made them gods.

DreamXD Adults AU: DreamXD decides to step up to the plate, and try their best to help the minors heal, since it was kind of his vessel’s fault they’re all traumatized. Success with this, well. He’s trying?

Esempii Pokemon AU: The Esempii Archipelago is a sanctuary for far more than pokemon-unfortunately, those who’ve taken refuge here may soon find themselves tangled with it’s history, good and bad alike. And if they aren’t careful, it’ll repeat itself through them.

Eggs Throughout The Ages: The Egg has overtaken the world, and Karl’s last hope lies in the very person this mess began with. In his final moments, he gives Skeppy his powers, so he can fix things-unfortunately, the Eggpire is right on his heels as he desperately tries to make things right.

Follow The Locket AU: Their wedding day arrives, and Karl does not. Two years later, Sapnap’s ready to give up hope, but Quackity’s still searching for a miracle. Falling through a rotted library wall, he might just have found one.

Time Traveling Therapist AU: A roleswap au following the life of Puffy in Karl’s role, as she tries to juggle her life on the server with the issues her new abilities saddle her with, and ultimately fails, relinquishing her ties to the server, and diving fully into her travels.

Timeless Melody: Chirp and Far are two lost souls who must use their new blessings to make this new timeline a better place, and in turn, hope to receive their own happy endings among it.

Time Travelerverse: A collection of AUs themed around if all of these time travelers came into a Spiderverse situation with canon.

Red Pawn AU: Tubbo visits the Egg without Tommy, and it decides to take a different route. What better way to keep it’s followers loyalties than to show that it really can make people happy?

Esempii Pokemon AU: The Esempii Archipelago is a safe haven for pokemon and certain trainers alike. Unfortunately, it’s an island with it’s secrets, good and bad alike, and someone’s bound to trip into one eventually.

We Could Be Heroes: BNHA AU. The Bench Trio are hoping to be heroes. But they and their friends end up tangled in the dangerously grey areas that make up this profession as they face the paths before them.

Gentle Seafoam, Wild Laughter: Former Selkie turned Sea Spirit Wilbur gives his coat to Tommy, leaving him to escape exile to the sea. Meanwhile, Tubbo, beaten down by his failures and everyone’s attempted manipulations, cries out and is answered by the ocean in the form of razor sharp teeth, a voice to call storms, and a dark tail.

Demigod AU: In a world where the gods are declining, those with a shard of their power and the potential to join their ranks are forever hunted by creatures hungry for their power. Wilbur Soot is just another apparent victim of it-but Tommy knows his brother is alive, and he’s determined to bring him back home.

By The Fae: Quackity belongs to the Summer Court, a fae of sunlight and summer. After years in the mortal realm, the emergence of a young Spring descendant into his life leads to some things changing. He can’t complain.

Ghostbur’s Cottagecore: While wandering lost, Ghostbur runs into some pillagers who need a test subject while they play with forces they shouldn’t. The result is a ghost given a body which sits outside of time’s claim, and the beginning of what will come to be a myth.

Roleswap AU: My beloved first AU. Your typical roleswap, which I’ve tried to take some interesting turns with.

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Unnamed AUs: Little AUs that never really got developed, thus remaining nameless. However, if you’d like to ask about them, feel free too! 

AU: Dream is the mortal sibling to powerful deity XD and devil Drista. Tired of life under their overprotective gazes, he proposes a wager. Bring them the dragon’s head in a month’s time, or never touch the mortal realm again. With three hunters on his tail, and time ticking down, it’ll take every trick he knows to win.

AU: The use of the resurrection book releases millenia old dark magic that takes the form of the server’s darker counterparts. Unfortunately, when your opponent is yourself, defeating them becomes a lot harder.

AU: Local introvert Techno is determined to drive his new neighbor off and return to his peaceful people-free life. Unfortunately, Phil is not only completely oblivious to his attempts, but he seems to be further mistaking them for friendliness. And he might be trying to adopt him.

AU: Based off the Sixth Swans Fairytale. After discovering a chilling secret, young witch Tubbo finds himself trying to undo the curse his best friend took for him. It all goes sideways when another prince finds his way to them.

AU: A Ranbob that knows C!Dream’s true history ends up reluctantly housing a displaced Manhunt!Dream, who’s determined to win his new roommate over. If only the world didn’t keep foiling his attempts...

AU: The Dream Team are the heart, soul, and body of the Dream SMP. With Dream imprisoned, both of his other halves and the land itself begin to decay.

AU: Haunted Mansion AU. On one of their resident adventures, the group stumbles across the wrong mansion, and nearly fall prey to the Blood Vines. Unfortunately, despite their narrow escape, the Crimson has no been freed from it’s prison, so it’s up the group to go Pro-Omlette and save the day.

AU: Haunted Mansion AU. The gang are paranormal investigators for hire, and they’re all a bit supernatural themselves.

AU: Seventeen years ago, a little doll was loved so much, it was brought to life. But with Dream imprison, and his family in shambles, the magic that created him begins to falter. Between destroying the server’s fragile peace or losing his new life to what he once was, Tubbo’s choices are going fast.

AU: Ranbob is an unconventional hybrid, being an Enderman/merling. He meets the fishermen, who are all in the same boat. Faced with people who understand his struggles, he makes a different choice, and forges a kinder fate for them all.

AU: Tubbo dies at the hands of the Eggpire while supervising a play date between Michael and Foolish Jr. Foolish feels him die, and revives him so he can continue protecting the kids. Tubbo comes back with a few new traits, and the daunting title of Foolish’s champion.

AU: Penny and Flo inspired AU, where local thieves Tommy and Tubbo pretend to be interior designers to prevent famous actor Wilbur Soot from suing them, and get adopted in the process.

AU: Dream and Tubbo were siblings. Tubbo learns how to let go of the brother he lost, and the secret of shared blood dies between them.

AU: Tubbo meets his mother-in-law, the Enderdragon. They get along like a house on fire.

AU: Tubbo’s the reincarnation of the witch who wrote the Revival Book. Dream, XD, and Ranboo, are the split shards of the god that was once his best friend.

AU: Tubbo lives with the ghosts of the people he used to be following after him, and doing whatever it takes to make sure he survives where they did not.

AU: It’s been fifty years since Dream was freed, and the land devolved into war once more. Tubbo remains a prisoner and a trophy in one, held above the heads of those who continue to care for him even under Dream’s control.

AU: Karl jumps back in time, and prevents Tommy from going to prison, thus leading to him never losing his last life, and everyone gets to be happy and heal.

AU: An eighteen year old Michael accidentally jumps back in time, meeting his younger father, Tubbo. Complications arise when he realizes that his dad is, for some reason, married to Dream’s right hand man...and the pieces begin to come together.

AU: During the early Manberg era, Quackity comes to the realization that things are taking a dangerous turn. So he leaves for the Badlands, and he takes Tubbo with him.

AU: Tubbo, in the aftermath of an Endermen attack, falls under a mysterious illness. Ranboo sets out on a journey for the only hope they have.

AU: Tommy dies, and those left decide to take hold of the legacies put upon them and make the worst of themselves.

AU: The minors find themselves falling through the worlds that shaped the lives of the people of came to fail them.

AU: A ghost and a monster of a life long gone watch the world end together.

AU: Inspired by Epic III. Centuries after the Dream SMP, Tommy has become the cold-hearted King Theseus, ruling over the Antarctic Empire with an iron fist. Karl’s travels throw him into the midst of the court-perhaps with a song, and the help of some familiar ghosts, he can warm the king’s heart again.

AU: Inspired by Lullaby For A Princess. Wilbur and Tommy share the role of Luna, while Phil and Techno share that of Celestia-fate’s whims fall cruelest upon the beloved twins.

AU: The four horsemen are the four war torn children of the server. Nobody notices, despite every sign before them.

AU: Fireworks Duo-centric AU. Techno decides to train Tubbo after he temporarily loses his sight as a result of the festival. The two become closer, which effects later events, in either a big plot twist, or some quiet reconciliation.

[takerfoxx]

So long as I'm getting caught up on all my stuff, here's the next installment of the Walpurgis Nights girls watch The Rebellion Story, this time stretching from Homura shooting herself in the head to her talk with Sayaka the vague-poster!

Reminder:

G=Gretchen

H=Homulilly

Op=Ophelia

Ok=Oktavia

Ca=Candeloro/Mami

Ch=Charlotte

...

=still screaming=

G: Turn it off, TURN IT OFF!

Ok, panicking: I got it, I got it! Off!

=TV winks out=

Ch: Sweet Christ!

=long pause, and then Gretchen gets up and runs off. Homulilly quickly follows=

Ch: This was a mistake.

Op: What. The fuck?

Ca: I should have known. I should have known it would go this way.

Ch: Candy, there’s no way you could have-

Ca: No! There was! I knew how bad it could get! I knew how far we could have fallen! I shouldn’t have let you guys see any of this.

Ok: It’s not your fault.

Ca: I still should have known. I should have at least screened this!

Ch: Yeah, one of us probably should have.

=another long pause=

Ok: So, uh, are we, like, done?

=suddenly Gretchen reenters the room, followed by Homulilly. They silently return to their seats=

G: Okay. Play it.

Op: Gretch, are you sure?

G: I need to know. I need to know what happens to her. I need to know if we turn out okay. Play it.

=everyone exchanges uncomfortable glances, and then look to Homulilly, who slowly nods=

Ok: Okay, if you say so…

Op: We’d better ease it with the commentary. I mean, this isn’t something we can-

G: No! Please, no. The talking��and the jokes…well, it makes it easier.

Op: Sure.

Ch: It’ll be kind of hard to find anything funny about this.

Ca: We can try to do what we can.

=they start the movie, and silently watch as Homura falls in slow motion, blood and brains spewing out. And then…=

Op: Wait, hold up! How is she still moving?

Ca: As I said, something like that won’t kill her. You would need to destroy her soul gem.

Op: So she can straight up just blow her own head off and walk it off?

Ca: So long as the act of healing didn’t use up too much magic, yes.

H: Okay, but why? Why would I do something like that?

Ca: Let’s find out.

…

Ok: Uh…Ooooh.

H: Oh. Really?

G: What’s going on?

H: I couldn’t get rid of the ribbon on my ankle. Every time I tried to shoot it off, Mami would just grow it back. So I tried shocking her so badly that she wouldn’t think to regenerate the ribbon long enough for her to be caught in the time-stop.

Op: By shooting yourself in the head?!

H: Clearly, I have a considerable amount of emotional issues.

Ch: You know, it’s really starting to concern me how you keep referring to her as yourself just now.

H: I apologize. I will try to differentiate between my alternate selves.

Ok: Oh great, now I’ve gone cross-eyed.

…

Ch: So…this is really uncomfortable. Again.

G: Is she going to shoot Cand-I mean, Mami?

Ca: I mean, there’s clearly a moral struggle.

H: Well. At least I didn’t turn out as a complete sociopath.

Ok: This is seriously gross. Can we just skip this part?

Ca: No.

Ok: But-

Ca: No.

Ok: Okay.

…

Op: In the leg. Well, I guess that’s not as-

Ok: HOLY!

G: What’s happening? What’s going on?

Op: Sweet flames, she’s…a ribbon monster? The fuck?

=pause, and then Charlotte starts laughing hard while Candeloro just sighs=

Ok: Charlotte! Explain! Now!

Ch: She did it! She actually did it!

Ok: Did what?!

Ch: You’ll see!

H: Wow, I am…I mean, she is just all tied up now.

G: Wait, Mami’s there? But I thought…then what was…

Ca: Oh, good grief.

Ok: Wait. Wait a second, you can clone yourself?!

Ca: It’s…not so much a clone as it is a puppet.

Ok: Since when could you do that?!

Ca: Um, well, I had figured it out a short time before our, um, deaths. I was training with Kyo…with Ophelia, and we were practicing with her illusion magic. You know, the duplicates?

Op: Uh-huh.

Ca: Well, she suggested that perhaps I could do something similar with my ribbons, since I could use my ribbons to form other objects. And, well…it worked.

Op: Ooooh. Okay, that’s actually kind of awesome.

H: I was fighting a copy the whole time?! How is that fair?

Ch: You can literally freeze time!

H: Hey, wait. How do you know that she could do that, Charlotte?

Ch: How do you think?

Ca: Like we said: our therapist suggested building positive associations around my change. We had to get creative.

Op: Oh, come on, that’s not fair!

Ok: Wait, you were the one betting on her!

Op: I’m not talking about that! When I do my duplicate trick all I can do with them is give Tavi a show! It’s not like she can touch any of them!

Ok: Babe. Relax. It’s honestly fine.

Op: All I’m saying I should be able to give you a lap dance while the striptease is going on.

G: TMI! TMI!

Ch: You, uh, do know that you can give her the lap dance and let your illusions handle the striptease, right?

Op: Do you know how hard it is to handle two kinds of dancing at the same time when you’re horny?

G: Please, I am begging you to stop!

…

Ch: So…I think someone owes me and Fee-Fee some talents.

Ok: Fight’s not over yet!

Ch: It clearly is…

G: You don’t know that! Maybe Homura will drop a hand-grenade to blow the ribbons up! Or maybe Kyoko will come to save her.

Op: Look, if other-me tags in, that’s an automatic forfeit. This is supposed to be one-on-one, and that clone trick is stretching things as it is.

H: Wait, wait, shut up. Wraiths? What are wraiths?

Ok: Dunno.

Ch: Did we miss something? I get that that nightmares replaced the witches, but what are wraiths?

G: Maybe…after I erased witches, wraiths are what replaced them!

Op: We should’ve just watched the damn show first.

Ch: Do you really think it’ll make things make more sense?

Op: Probably not, but at least we’d know about half of these names!

Ch: Jesus Christ, the fuck is that?

Ok: The sky wants to eat that giant walnut, apparently.

Ch: I can see that, but what does it mean?!

G: I think that’s an eye, actually.

Ok: An eye with teeth.

Ch: None of that answers any of my questions.

Op: Nope, this would still be just as weird even if we watched the show.

…

Ch: And here comes the rescue! Via…fire extinguisher for some reason. Sorry girls, Mami takes this.

Ok: Fine, fine. Thanks a lot, Homulilly.

H: Not my fault. None of us knew about the duplicate thing. I had her beat until then.

Ok: Wait, is that a sword?

Op: Guess it ain’t me with the steel chair, then!

G: Well, of course not. It’s a sword.

Op: That’s not…never mind.

Ok: It’s me! I’m coming in to save you!

H: I’m touched. But…why?

Ok: Because I had fifty talents riding on you, and you let me down.

H: Oh, don’t start.

Op: Wait. That ain’t your voice, Tavi.

Ok: Who else has a sword?!

G: Um, who is that?

Ch: Some kind of kid. Candy, do you recognize her back from before?

Ca: No, I really don’t…

Op: Wait, BEBE?!

Ch: Excuse me?!

H: Um…this is…a turn.

Ca: Don’t look at me, I’m as bewildered as you are.

Ch: Oh, so first I’m a creepy idiot doll, and now I’m a fucking child?!

Op: What is this, some kind of alternate universe bullshit?

Ok: I mean, basically. Uh, you okay over there, Charlotte.

Ch: Nope!

Ok: Wanna take a break?

Ch: Yes!

…

=everyone returns after half-an-hour=

Ch: I think I’ve figured it out.

H: Oh?

Ch: Butterfly effect. Like, okay, in this universe, Madoka somehow erased all witches, right? I mean, made it so magical girls don’t turn into witches anymore, right? And did it all through history, right?

H: Presumably.

Ch: So that means that there has to be major repercussions! Like, like, this girl doesn’t turn into a witch fifty years ago, so she doesn’t eat some random passerby, and that rando goes and marries someone that would have married someone else in the original timeline, so they have a completely different set of kids, so the kids they would have had originally don’t get born! So somewhere down the line, things got all screwy and I ended up being born a few years later!

G: Wow, that actually makes a lot of sense.

Op: I guess we’re all super-lucky that we got born at all. And that the rest of us ended up more-or-less the same. Um, no offense.

Ch: Right. That’s all it is. Different timeline, things happened differently, and I’m a little girl in this world. That’s it.

Ok: So…are you okay with this then?

Ch: Oh, absolutely not! But I can at least deal with it now!

Op: Bet’cha anything that good ol’ Bebe here still has a major crush on Mami.

Ch: Oh, God! Don’t even go there!

Op: I’m just sayin’…

Ca: Ophelia…

Op: Stopping, stopping.

H: Shall we continue?

Ch: Yeah, I guess. I’m gonna need major therapy after all this is over, though.

G: We all will.

…

Ok: Okay, I know this is probably a bad time to point this out, but Sayaka has style!

Op: I mean, you’re not wrong. Look at you, being all effortlessly cool! Not that you aren’t already.

Ok: Nice save there.

Ch: Haha, Sayaka’s got it right! Taking on Mami was a dumb idea. Speaking of which…

Ok: Oh, come on! That clone trick was dirty and you know it!

Ch: Oh, I’m sorry. Are you upset that she so happened to have something that counters Homura’s extremely unfair timestop power?

Op: She’s got a point. A bet’s a bet.

G: All right, I guess it’s official. Mami won.

=Candeloro smirks=

H; You don’t have to be all smug about it.

Ca: True. I don’t.

…

G: Wait…

Op: So, what, Sayaka knows what’s going on?

Ok: Of course I do! I mean, I’m the brains of the bunch!

=Homulilly coughs=

Ok: I heard that.

H: I didn’t say anything.

Ch: Well, finally some exposition!

G: I do sort of wish that she’d just tell Homura what is going on without being so vague about it.

Ok: Look, I’ve been pretty much on the wayside this whole movie. Let me have my monologue.

Ch: What’s she getting at though?

H: Oh.

Ch: Huh?

H: I think…Never mind.

G: What is it?

H: I just had sort of a realization, but I’d rather not say it now.

Op: Eh?

H: Hang on. Let’s just watch a bit more.

…

Op: Jesus, Tavi! No need to show Homura up like that!

Ok: Let! Me! Have! This!

Ch: That was pretty cool, though. Shwing! Stopped her cold!

G: Wait, so one of us is the…

=voice trails off=

G: Is it me?

H: Um…

Op: Oh.

Ok: Oh.

Ch: What? Oh, okay. I get it now.

Ca: I sort of put it together too.

G: What? What are…Oh.

=everyone looks at Homulilly=

H: Well, it only makes sense. I guess.

Ch: You don’t seem all that upset about it.

H: Well, at least I get to become my best self in this movie.

G: But…how though? I thought I erased witches or whatever!

Ok: Let’s find out.

Ch: If your other self can ever get to the point.

Ok: Shhh…

…

Ca: Wait, I’m the witch? Is that what she’s implying?

Ch: Pretty sure that’s just a red herring.

Ok: You know, it’s nice that Sayaka is actually being all sympathetic toward witches. I mean, it’s kind of fucked up, isn’t it? That even the magical girls that know the score still hunt down witches instead of trying to help them.

G: I mean, it can’t really be helped, can it?

Ok: I know, I just like that I’m saying it.

G: The Law of Cycles? What’s that?

Op: Probably whatever trippy business you replaced the witch stuff with.

H: Oh, now I’m finally just saying it out loud! Madoka erased witches. Took us long enough to get to that point.

Op: Wait, sacrificed herself? Only Homura remembers her? What?

Ch: Pretty sure this was all explained in the show.

Op: Well, that’s what we get for watching this first. Should we go back and-

Everyone: No.

Op: Cool.

…

Op: Oh, freaky!

Ok: Wait, so I’m the witch now?

Ch: Could mean that in this timeline you turned into a witch before Madoka did her un-witching…thing.

Ca: That is what you looked like. Right before you became one with Charlotte, I mean.

Ch: Er…

Ok: Phrasing…

Ca: Oh, for Heaven’s sake. It is literally what happened. You turned into a witch while we were fighting Charlotte, and then the two of you fused. Then I became a witch and fused with that witch. And then Ophelia became a witch and we all fused together.

Ok: Yeah, but the way you said it…

…

H: Where’d she go?

Ok: Clumsy? You have the gall to call me clumsy? Who just saved who’s ass, just now!

H: Cut me some slack, it’s been a long evening.

Ch: Y’know you still got blood and brains all over your cheek, right?

H: I am certain that Homura does not care.

Op: I am certain that Homura is about to blow the brains out of the first punk-ass that looks at her wrong right about now.

Ok: Headshots for everybody!

H: Except Madoka.

Ok: Except Madoka. She can be the token un-brain-slushee.

G: Gee. Thanks.

Ca: I’d like to just point out that Homura came very close to turning me into a brain-slushee, but changed her mind.

Op: I doubt she’ll let you off so easy a second time.

Ch: Easy. Hey, may I remind you who won that fight?

H: You’re not going to let that go, are you?

Op: Tell yah what. Losing party treats the winners to dinner at the Tradewinds. Fair?

H: Fair.

Ch: Seriously? With the prices they have down there it’ll be cheaper just to cough up the fifty talents.

G: Yeah, but onion volcanoes!

Ch: Hard to argue with that logic.

Ok: So…on a scale of one to ten, how badly is Homura going to flip out when she realized that she’s the witch.

H: I will accept nothing less than a massacre.

Ok: Cool. Just so long as it’s not of us.

Op: I don’t know. The way this movie is going I wouldn’t be surprised if this turned into a straight-up snuff film.

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How “Invader Zim” Introduced Children to their Impending Doom | by K. Albasi | Medium

“Doom” is the single most commonly used word in the early 2000s television show Invader Zim. I didn’t do any sort of analysis to come to that conclusion — I just know it to be true. Now, you may be thinking, “That can’t possibly be it. It’s gotta be like ‘the’ or something,” and you’re probably right. The point is that “doom” in all its tenses and conjugations is a constant refrain for the characters of this short-lived but beloved children’s show.

From the very first episode, Zim’s alien race, the Irkens, embark on operation “Impending Doom 2” (the first having failed when Zim started destroying things before leaving their home planet), Zim announces they’re going to “reign some doom down upon the filthy heads of our doomed enemies,” GIR sings his “doom song,” Ms. Bitters teaches a lesson on how “the universe is just doomed, doomed, doomed, doomed,” and so on. It starts to lose its meaning after a while. Doom. There’s something phonetically appealing about that long o͞o sound. But I want to pause on the word for a moment and really consider what it means.

While the show won over many kids with its random rubber piggies, adorably incompetent robot, and taquito-related non-sequiturs, Invader Zim was ultimately a children’s show about death, destruction, and other terrible fates.

Its history goes back to the late 90s when a Nickelodeon producer stumbled upon the comic book Squee! by series creator Jhonen Vasquez. The four-issue series is a spin-off of another comic, Johnny the Homicidal Maniac, and features a young boy who is trying his best to live in a world of hideous monsters, alien abductions, resentful parents, cruel classmates, and abject terror in general. It is a comedy of sorts, but one born out of our darkest fears."

"This philosophy is often best articulated by their “skool” teacher, Ms. Bitters, who is sort of like the teacher from Pink Floyd’s The Wall meets a nihilistic vampire. She has so many great lines it was hard to choose which to include here. In one episode the class gets a pet hamsters, it’s running in place on a little hamster wheel, and she says, “Take a good look, children: It will prepare you for your adult lives in our nightmarish corporate system.”"

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(also, it's possible that GIR was partially based on someone my husband knew back in the 90s which fascinates me because apparently he also influenced the creators of Megas XLR.)

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I Knew You Were Trouble

I got really inspired today. This is another crossover fic. It’s actually with one of my all-time favorite childhood movies. Can you guess the crossover before the end?

 Marinette knew he was trouble the second he walked in.

           Like there was nothing Marinette was surer about than the fact that she was in some serious trouble.

           Not school trouble. Not friend trouble. Not boy trouble. Not bully trouble.

           No. The trouble that resulted in Marinette’s parents attending her funeral.

“Care to introduce yourself,” Bustier smiled at her newest student.

           The boy gave the class a polite smile, “Kal.”

           Marinette swallowed hard as she fought the urge to run from the classroom; run, call her grandmother, never look back. But she wouldn’t. She couldn’t. Her Aunt Aggie had always told her to be brave when faced when the forces of evil.

           She wouldn’t run from the likes of Kal.

           Marinette just had one question.

           How was he here? How was he alive? How did he look exactly the same now as he did in the pictures from twenty years ago?

           Her cousin had destroyed him, like she did his father. In the battle of light versus darkness; good versus evil, Good won. Light won. Kal had been sucked into an endless void, dead, never to be seen or heard from again.

           …Until today.

           The handsome dark haired boy looked around the class with clear distaste. He wore a shirt and black pants. He eyed the students, with a bored expression on his face. The girls swooned when he smirked there way. Marinette kept her face black as his eyes looked over her; doing her best not to draw attention to herself.

           Then the oddest thing happen; Kal didn’t blink twice at Marinette. He barely looked like he knew she was in the room. That didn’t mean much to Marinette. The bluenette practically radiated magic some days. He’d figure her out in no time. No, Marinette couldn’t play defense with the likes of Kal. Offense only.

           Bustier directed him to the back of the class, to the only empty seat available… Next to Marinette. And once again, the bluenette cursed her rotten luck. However, her heart was filled with hope with Lila got involved.

“Maybe Kal can seat next to me,” Lila said. “There’s enough room with me and Adrien. I know what it’s like to be new. I can help you.”

           Kal rolled his eyes, “I’m good. But thank you.” And swaggered to the seat in back. As he sat down, he winked at Marinette. Marinette smiled brightly at him like she would at nearly anyone. Though to do so, she had to stab herself in the leg with a pen to stop herself from stabbing him.

           The class started. Bustier began teaching her lesson unaware of the drama that was just about to happen in her class.

“Must be my lucky day,” He leaned in and whispered to her. “I get to sit next to the prettiest girl in school.”

           Marinette kept the smile on her face, as to not draw any attention their way, though not it felt more like baring her teeth, the same way some animals did when they attacked. “How’s your father?” Marinette whispered back. “Kalabar, wasn’t it?”

           Kal’s black eyes widened in shock before settled on a pleased expression. “A witch,” He stated. “Good. I’d thought I’d end up killing myself stuck around mortals.”

“They’re not that bad,” Marinette was quick to defend. Her mother was mortal after all. “Mortals that is. The kids in this class,” Most of which were now her ex-friends. “Kind of suck. Why are you here?”

“They suck,” Kal chuckled. “And yet you’re here. A long way from...” He seemed to remember where they were as he cast a quick look around and his voice lowered, “Our native land.”

Marinette pretended to flip through the pages of her textbook. “You’re a long way from the dark pit in hell you crawled out of,” She hissed. “Planning on taking over the world again? Because I have no problem kicking you right back there.”

Kal snorted. “Such righteous fury. You remind me of…” The amused looked turned into a glare. “Cromwell?”

Marinette giggled and nodded, “Marnie’s my cousin.”

Rage overtook Kal’s face. All the lights in the classroom suddenly exploded. Shadows grew stronger as Kal’s magic was unleashed, and seemed to overtake half of the class room. The only light came from the sunlight behind Marinette, and radiated from the bluenette as she let her magic rise in all its glory.

And once again, the darkness of a son of Kalabar and the light of a daughter of Cromwell battled against other.

           The kids panicked.

“Everyone remain calm,” Bustier said. “If there is an akuma we’ll be alerted. Ladybug will take care of it. Everything will be fine.”

“Akuma?” Kal asked, his eyes still trained on the Bluenette, with a raised eyebrow.

           Marinette shrugged, “Welcome to Paris.”

           Then he smiled at her; really, honestly smiled. It was the most mesmerizing sight. And she forgot. For one second, she forgot the evil that she was always warned lurked in the heart of a Kalabar.

           But now she understood why her cousin had fallen so hard for him when she was a teenager. Marnie hadn’t just been a foolish, naïve teenager head over heels for some guy she just met. No, there was more to it. There was something alluring about the way Kal held himself, the aura he projected; the way his magic sang to hers.

           Marinette just wondered one thing…

Why does the devil look so much like an angel when he smiles as you?

The class went by quickly. Witch and warlock feigned relaxation, while going over every spell they had ever learned in their heads.

When the bell rang, Marinette was gone. She flew out the door as fast as her feet could take her. She couldn’t go home, she knew; not yet. So instead, she headed to the library. In the far back where they put all the outdated computers.

She sat down on the top of an old table and tried to catch her breath. Then out of the shadows, literally, walked Kal. He shook his head at her, “Don’t you know?” He asked the Cromwell witch. “No matter how fast light travels, it finds the darkness has always got there first, and is waiting for it.”

Marinette crossed her arms, “And yet all the darkness in the world cannot extinguish the light of a single candle.”

Kal raised in hands in surrender, “I don’t mean you any harm.”

“That sounds like a lie.”

“I’m serious,” The dark haired teen stated. “You can tell. I know you can. It’s a Cromwell gift. You can always tell when someone is lying. Listen to me carefully. I, Kal, son of Kalabar do not mean you any harm. I was not aware you went to this school. I was not aware any witch of the Cromwell bloodline was in France. Okay?”

           Marinette wanted to stomp her foot in protest. He was telling the truth. “Why are you even? Why do you look like that? Aren’t you like in your late thirties?”

“I should be,” Kal frowned, “I should be thirty-five. I should be a graduate of Witch University. I should be back home, in the family mansion, with a family of my own. Or about to start one.  I should be an adult, living a life of my own. Do you want to know why I’m not?”

“Why?”

Kal sat on top of the table across from Marinette, “Because after the fight with Marnie was sent somewhere; in a prison the forces of light and dark had created during our battle. I was stuck in a place outside of space and time. Outside of reality. That existed everywhere and nowhere. An endless void. Every world and realm I went to was frozen on the moment I was sent there. Just after midnight on Halloween night. And it never changed. The clocks never ticked, not once. The sun never rose or set. The moon was never full or new; just a crescent in the sky. The flowers never bloomed. There was nothing and no one but me; wandering from empty town to empty town. I never knew how much time had passed. Sometimes it felt like an eternity had gone by, sometimes just a few minutes. It didn’t matter one way or another; I never aged. The tricky party was not going completely insane. And I spent a lot of time wondering I had or not. If I deserved this what I did, for the people I hurt.”

Marinette remained silent as he talked; truth ringing in his words.

“I read every book in the Witch University library,” Kal continued. “I read every book in the Oxford University library. Half to keep myself from going crazy, half to try to figure out a way home. I never did. Some things just don’t make sense. Like a bunch of Cromwells being powerful enough to break the barrier between our world and mortal realm.” He laughed a bit there. “Then one day, the entire world shook, literally. And then I’m falling, and the next thing I know I’m landing in the middle of your Agatha Cromwell’s kitchen. She looked exactly the same too so I think I hadn’t been gone that long. Then she tells me with this pitying look on her face; twenty had gone by.”

           Kal closed his eyes as anger coursed through his veins. He clenched his fists. “Twenty years. I had been gone for twenty years. In twenty years, do you even know can happen? You were born. You grew up. You are the exact age I was when I left. And still you are younger than the amount of time I was there. When you said you were a Cromwell; for five seconds I thought you were Marnie’s daughter. Because that’s how long it’s been. Both realms have changed and left me behind. My friends are all grown up; they have kids and lives and stories. My mother passed away while I was gone. I don’t recognize my own home; the place I was born, raised, lived, laughed, and loved. And that same place doesn’t recognize me either. Saint Agatha Cromwell took mercy on me and sent me here. You were right, I did crawl out of hell.”

           It went quiet. Neither knowing entirely what to say. She couldn’t believe her aunt didn’t warn her she was sending a Kalabar her way. Oh, she was so telling her grandma.

           Marinette broke first. “You didn’t deserve that,” She said. “Sure, you turned everyone in your world into human. And everyone here into monsters but no one hurt. Most don’t even remember. You didn’t deserve an eternity of nothingness. Prison, yes. But not that. You were just a kid. You’re just a kid.” Like me, she didn’t answered.

           He nodded stiffly.

“If it means anything…” She said. “Marnie still swears you were the toughest villain she ever fought. And she took down a guy who tried to steal her family magic, hired a witch killing knight, and tried to destroy the doorway between the worlds forever.”

           Kal blinked, a bit stunned, “That’s a compliment if I ever heard one.”

           Marinette giggled. He smiled. And once more, Marinette fought not to look away. She was a Cromwell witch. She would not go weak in the knees over a Kalabar.  “Let’s just agree to stay away from each other.”

           He got off the desk, letting the darkness of his magic flair up, and he leaned toward her, “I don’t make deals with Cromwells,” He whispered. Marinette’s breath caught in her throat. “So why don’t you be a good little witch and stay off my bad side.”

“I’m not afraid of you,” Marinette whispered. “This is my city.”

“Then prepare to see it burn.”

           Marinette couldn’t stop the giggle that came from her. “You’ve already had time to catch up on Batman movies?”

           Kal grinned, “That was the first thing I did.” He smirked. “I think you and I could have a lot of fun, Marinette. Teach the mortals a thing or two. I’ve been here less than a day and I already want to turn half the class into toads. Specifically that Lila girl.”

“Yeah,” Marinette shrugged. “That feeling never quite goes away.” It gotten worse, if anything. Her friends had all turned against her; fell one by one to Lila’s lies. “But I’m a big witch. I can handle them myself.”

           Kal stuffed his hands in his pockets, “Yet you haven’t. And I don’t think you want to. Even though every part of you screams you should.”

           Marinette shook her head, “We’ve evolved past that.”

           Kal shrugged, “If you ever change your mind…” He moved to leave but then turned back around, a rose was in his hand, “Or maybe I really did inherit my father's attraction to Cromwell witches.” He gave her the rose.

           Marinette took it, a small smile on her face. “You shouldn’t let your magic do you’re talking for you.”

           He didn’t answer; just disappeared back into the shadows.

           Yep, Kal was trouble.

           And Marinette was definitely in trouble.

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🌺🖤-Fate prototype backstory-🖤🌺 (STEVEN UNIVERSE AU)

*note: This is still relatable to steven universe (future) Alter Universe but legit some of the logic change. Ex their gem won't be shown but the diamonds. The diamond's gem will be shown out of their chest. Another word exposing their hearts. The gems stone are their hearts and most of the gem (besides diamonds) have their gemstone inside of them, acting as a heart.

This is a pink diamond. The youngest absolute monarchy diamond in the universe. Sadly she was born defected by a purple rose vine, one of the toxic planet known to life source. She lives in a strict life. Every time they are having a party, she must apply makeup, to cover up her contaminated pigments, and forced to wear an eyepatch yet in a formal fashion taste. Pink diamond hates to be treated like this. She actually loves how she looks, even tho its a terrible infected look for a diamond but it gives off some uniqueness. she doesn't care as long it doesn't affect her life. However, in her everyday life, she spends time in her room, waiting until the bigger diamond orders her to come out.

She spends time playing with her only friend, spinel. She is her entertainer. Spinel loves to brighten her day, even when there is most time, pink has a meltdown. However spinel is wary to try to make pink better, the fact is that pink goes feral, destroying things that are in her way. But luckily it's only lasted for 1-2 minutes.

everyday pink lives in total isolation till years later, in 1995, in earth years.

pink decide to sneak out of the palace. However, the diamonds gave her very own pearl. The pearl can be used for sending down a message to the diamonds and escorting pink to any certain room, sadly she had to wear a hoodie coat to hide her looks. The diamonds also give her very own garden. This gives pink an idea to escape. She told her pearl that she'll go to the garden with her spinel. Since the pad is close to her room, she insists that she can go by herself, the pearl can notify the diamonds that she'll be in the garden for a while with her spinel. Her plan work apparently, there is some few guards so she has to be cautious of her footstep and to be sighted.

after the escape, spinel comes along with pink.

They found themself in a forest in Canada. Pink was elated by the planet they're on, called earth. Pink and spinel roam around till they see a small social area of people, camping. Looks like they're having a party. Pink thought about coming in, however before she about to meet them, she becomes cautious of her looks. Every since the diamonds force her to look normal, she becomes concerned about how people see her in her infected looks. She brainstorms how to make it look normal, spinel burst up a clever idea about being like their species, a human being. Pink shift into a human she can think of, spinel. She enters into their party, some of the people got surprised by her, a lost woman and a young teen. At the party it was great. Greg asks some question to pink if she lost, are she and the kid hurt. Etc.

That day is when Greg fell in love with a mystery woman from the forest.

thus, a few years later.

Pink was pregnant with a baby boy, steven. In her 8th month of pregnancy, the diamonds discover the planet and try to get pink back. Pink refuses to leave and have a brawl argument. They threatened that they'll destroy this planet and her child.suddenly she went in labor enduring the argument, the diamonds got fully aware. Greg tries to take her to the hospital. The baby was already coming so they have to deliver at home. Sadly pink gave up her crystalline diamond heart to steven since they can't both exist. Spinel was with her side and grief of the loss of her diamond, knowing she is still here, within her son's body. The diamonds then change, knowing what she wanted all the long, love and freedom. Steven grew up clueless about who he is. He grew up with spinel and one of the diamonds, mostly they visit him and cherish his love as if steven was pink.steven also meet Connie, Connie and steven were best friends ever since pre-k. Sadly, in 3rd grade, Connie moves away leaving steven heartbroken. Hopefully one day he'll see Connie again.

steven got accepted to college "Anthem Feild university". He went to college with spinel in winter. Since everyone knows about the gem species, people are not so surprised seeing a nonhuman being... So far steven lives a wealthy life. However, he still doesn't know he is a half diamond.

Years later, in his 19th years of age.

speaking of diamonds,

there are more diamonds in separated light-years. All in the rainbow...however, the brown diamond is no longer in the logo for unknown reasons....however...white diamond wasn't the first...blood diamond was the first. He was label as white diamond till then when pink was born in infection from the purple rose vine, he went in the rage of imperfection. Thus he is in so much rage plus very wrathful, he develops a rare disorder called " bloodlust core". All the rage and wrath went straight to his crystalline heart. All the diamonds try to banish him from a far distance. All the diamonds failed except one, Black diamond. He never participated in any party, was not anything. Black diamond was known as the shadow of the colony. Black diamond sees all the diamonds fall to their knees, black diamond avenge them. Black diamond and blood diamond has a massive battle. Both got fatal, permanent wounds. However black diamond won for all of the diamonds in victorious. They all weaken black diamonds and send him in a far lightyears distance. A good ridence for all the diamonds and life source...

for now on....

[maladaptive-ninja-returns]

Infinity War (6)

CHAPTER 6: TRUST

Loki & The Avengers

Summary: A work inspired by @queencfthestarsdrfoster ‘s post of the universe where Loki is alive and Thor is avenged.

Series: Will contain all- and more- that we saw in Infinity War. Will not contain smut and fluff for obvious reasons. Might contain weird humor though.

Chapter content: story time. emotions time. new science bros time?

Warnings: talk about the past

Word count: So my cousin wanted to make sure I knew how to smoke before I wasted his precious joint. I wasted good five drags of his cigarette because I kept ‘mouth-fagging’ (heard that for the first time) but when it came to the joint, I kinda (in my sister-in-law’s words) aced it. Now, this in no way means any of you little ones reading this are encouraged to do this. I am a twenty-five year old idiot who does not know how to breathe right. You guys are better than me. And I kinda impressed my cousin by showing them Tari’s little pet. Hehe.

MASTERLIST & Taglist in bio, my love

“We’ll be landing in ten minutes. You better have something up your sleeve for these people.”

Loki smirks at Rhodey. “Is our beloved Captain going to be there?” The curiosity is laced with pure mischief. So much that even Tony can smell it from the cockpit.

Rhodey crosses his arms across his chest and tilts his head at the God. “What is it with you and Steve? You have a crush on him or something?”

Loki shrugs and leaves the silence to be taken as whatever answer they please. Giving up, Rhodey walks and seats himself down in the cockpit next to Tony, who does not seem as welcoming to the company. “What are you doing here? Go in sit the back with the Grinch.”

“Relax, he’ll be fine,” Rhodey reassures, lying back into the seat.

“I didn’t mean-”

“I know who you mean. The wizard is back there too.”

“That guy is on some meditative high floating about like-”

“Relax!”

Loki looks in the direction before easing himself into his seat. The soft streak of light coming in from ahead falls on his dehydrated and wounded skin. For a simple moment, the warmth on his face feels beautiful. It feels free. This star always had a different effect on him; to the point that Loki closes his eyes for a brief moment and soaks up as much of that warmth as it can. His Jotun form feels a different comfort for those minute specs of time and all the memories of the day he has had, float in the space of his mind. No noise. Just the inaudible pictures running at a slow pace, every grain of colour remembered just as it was. Every fire, every explosion, every tear down the eyes, every tear in the enemy’s skin, every drop of blood lost, every drop of blood avenged. The space shows it all till it brings him back on earth, in this jet, under the sun rays falling on him till he starts to feel a chill on his neck.

Loki opens his eyes and sighs, tired as he is. He knows what is the cause of his discomfort- nothing harmless. It’s just that he is still not used to the little human looking at him with the curiosity of a child with those huge dark eyes and surprisingly not scared of him or judging him unlike his father. Scratch that; from his mentor.

“I know you are curious,” Loki utters, his head still resting on the headrest of the seat, tired of life in general, “just ask what you want.”

Peter’s eyes light up, his body adjusting itself in the seat next to Loki on its own. “Oh, okay,” he begins, making Loki wonder in slight surprise how long has this kid been holding himself back, “why did Thanos use you in Battle of New York? How did he get to you? Like did he leave you a text or something or was a like a proper meeting where he called you in his dungeon? Or did he booby trap you to get there? And once you said no, did he like put some spell on you? And why didn’t you tell your brother about it? Thor would’ve helped you, right? And I heard he’d taken you back to Asgard once the battle ended. So, like, you guys must have talked then. Thor must know about Thanos too. Did you make a plan on how to take him down? Are there more necklaces out there like Doctor Strange has? What do they do? Are they here? On earth? Will Thanos be coming to earth to get them? Do we make up a battle plan to stop him? Will we be able to stop him? If we don’t stop him what’s gonna happen?”

Peter finally breathes, something Loki is surprised to witness. Such concern weighing down those young bright eyes. And to think he once had the same fervour. Once. The pocket dimension is accessed to bring out a green packet. Peter eyes it as pale fingers tear it apart from one side to reveal little violet spheres inside, their smell reaching those inquisitive little nostrils.

“Here,” Loki offers them to him.

“Kids don’t take things from strangers here,” Tony announces from the cockpit. Rhodey looks back while Strange opens one eye to observe whatever it is Loki holds.

“It’s chocolate, Stark. Calm down and fly your toy. Take one while you’re at it. It will help get rid of your anxiety for a while,” the God declares.

 “It’s fine, Stark,” Strange adds, going back into his meditative pose, “it’s harmless.”

Peter has already popped one in his mouth, the expression on his face reflecting- without any filters- how good it must be. “It’s better than any I’ve ever tasted before!”

Loki smiles at him, feeling one softly crunch under his teeth. With a content sigh, he begins.

“Before the battle of New York, the last time I saw my family was when I tried to take over Asgard. I had a falling out with my...with the Allfather. And Thor. He was to be announced the king by Odin but I felt it was not the right thing to do because he was not ready to take over that role yet. So, I did what I thought the best. I conspired with the Jotuns. They are...were at one time a species bent on dominating the world, monsters in the eyes of all. I did so to delay Thor’s kingship and destroy the Jotuns once and for all. What I did not know at that time was that I...was one of them.”

“The Jotuns?”

“Yes. I was a Jotun who, when an infant, had been taken away by Odin to be raised as his own. I had been abandoned by my father because unlike those frost giants, I was weak and small and hence a disgrace to the king to whom I was born as a son. So, I was left at the alters of forgotten temples where Odin decided my fate after he won the battle against the Jotuns. I was raised just like my brother to look at the frost giants as monsters; the greatest evil of the world. Once I realised what I was, and tried to do right by...Odin, I killed my father, the Jotuns and when that did not suffice...I killed myself.”

Loki can see the emotions brewing in Peter’s eyes. He notices the silence going further than just these puppy eyes, at the foreign ears pretending to be in a world of their own but paying full attention to whatever history is unfurling around them.

“Then?” Peter is almost too afraid to ask.

“Then the universe decided to intervene,” he continues, “I was supposed to die once sucked into a wormhole. But somehow I survived. I figured it was the accelerated healing due to the Jotun blood that flows through me. Or maybe it was a magic that had long protected me from the world. Either way, I found myself on a barren moon, half alive, waiting to die till it felt much arduous than living itself. I gathered whatever strength I had to walk. And walk I did till I found the lowest of life living in the dark corners. I mixed within, to survive before I found resources to move to other planets and lay low. It was an easy task once I regained my strength. I was able to shapeshift into what people wanted to see. The underbelly of certain galaxies found my talents with magic quite useful, which got them objects nowhere within the reach of normal aliens and I got to live on the highest price paid for my efforts. They did not go unnoticed by the assassins who were looking for someone like me to do their bidding. The only downside was they belonged to Thanos and I was going to be paid in kind.”

“In kind?”

“In kind.”

“I don’t ge-oh...Oh...I’m so sorry.”

“Their kindness came with the price of my sanity. Not that I was a completely balanced being before. But Thanos made sure I was moulded into a weapon he could use to wage war on Earth to get him the stone he desired. The space stone. It was-”

“In the tesseract that SHIELD discovered with Captain Rogers,” Peter quips in enthusiastically before he absorbs the hint of amusement lining Loki’s face. “I uh...went through some of their files,” he whispers.

“Illegally?” Loki asks in a whisper himself, bending a little in the little one’s direction.

“...maybe,” Peter shrugs, making Loki chuckle. “Good boy.” The praise takes him by surprise, but it makes his eyes lighter nonetheless.

“Now, Thanos would have invaded earth ages ago if he wanted to. But he did not do it because the last time his henchmen tried to, someone had sent them running back with their tails between their legs. Some say it was a witch that glowed. Others said it was a demon. And the ones with brittle egos announced that the earth had sent a God in the shape of a woman to throw them off their guard. Of course, I thought they were making excuses until I saw it for myself.”

“How?”

“It’s a whole story for another day, child. But to be brief, Barton helped me understand a lot of this planet’s history when he was under the influence of the mind stone. And Nicholas Fury has been one busy man.”

“Son of a bitch,” curses come flying from the front of the jet, “I knew it.”

“So, I was a mere pawn in Thanos’ plan to invade earth. I was controlled and forced to bend to his wishes of procuring the stone in exchange for my life. He was inside my head the entire time I was here on earth. Except for all the moments the sceptre was separated from me. That was the only time I was able to keep a part of my conscience alive and sane enough to think of ways to survive while making sure the stones never got into Thanos’ hands again.”

The blue ocean gives way to African lands beneath them, deserts and grasslands stretching for miles. The sun directly above them makes the inside of the flying machine glow brighter, striking off every reflective surface it can find once it finds its way through the glass. And in that brightness, a thought washes away those long-forgotten anxious bugs sitting in some dark corners of Tony’s mind. The bugs that had sucked on his own rationality ever since the battle of New York. The questions he wanted to ask the God himself but never had the time or resources for it.

“It was you,” Tony declares as his dark honey eyes looked at some void in the distance outside, “you built the failsafe in the portal.”

“Of course, I built the failsafe in the portal. What am I, a monster?” Loki scoffs in Tony’s direction, clearly being bothered by the fact that it only dawned the genius now. “Doctor Selvig helped me with the restricted technology you people had and I made sure there was a way to stop the attack. And a way to stop me. And not to mention I could not have let the earth be destroyed or I would not have heard the end of it from Thor or his girlfriend.”

“Oh tone it down, Maleficent, you killed Phil,” Tony fumes.

“Oh relax, he is alive!” Loki sings back, annoyed.

The jet feels a turbulent jerk before finding its balance but throwing Strange off his. Turning on autopilot, Tony gets up and walks in the back to face Loki. “What did you just say?”

Loki can see all the shades slowly crawling over Tony’s face- anger, denial, resentment, shock, more denial, fury…

“Go ahead,” Loki challenges, “ask Fury.”

“...you killed eighty people.”

“Collateral damage. I’m not a saint either.”

Only the hum of the engine makes up for this deafening silence between these two that makes Rhodey, Peter and Strange uncomfortable. Soon enough, Tony sits down opposite Loki, taking all three of them by surprise.

“Ignoring that statement for now,” Tony narrowed his eyes at Loki, “after Thor took you back-”

“I was imprisoned, Thor’s girlfriend discovered the aether and my mother was killed, the dark elves were destroyed and Thor was given the freedom to go back to the love of his life.”

“That was you too, wasn’t it?” Tony added without a pause. “You sent Thor away. And if I’ve seen the pattern correctly, you sent the aether away and kept the Tesseract on Asgard.”

Loki lets the smirk play on his lips. He is impressed by Stark’s deductions and the same time is internally a little envious of not having met this man during a better time. The things we could have achieved together.

“Yeah,” Tony nods only slightly, giving that two-second smirk that vanishes as quickly as it had appeared, “smart move. Sending your family away. Keeping the stones apart. Thor told me his father made peace treaties when he left. So, adding to the previous list you increased Asgard’s defences in case Thanos ever came looking for you or the stones there.”

“Stop before you start sounding impressed, Stark,” Loki mentions with a gentle smile, “this colour does not suit you.”

“Rest it, daddy issues,” Tony chimes, “I’m only appreciating your strategies. Not really a fan of this persona. Never have been.”

Loki does not miss the tick in Tony’s beard as his fingers move in some calculative thought. “What has been bothering me is you had it all- every piece of information on that bastard and never once did you bother to warn anyone. Not even your brother. Do you have any idea how much lives could have been saved had you kept your fucking ego aside and tried to make amends for all the crap you put people through.”

It isn’t much but the reflection of the warm glow from the sun outside touches Loki’s eyes enough to reflect a veiled pain behind those few fast blinks and the movement of his fingers on his other palm. If hadn’t been for his own experience, Tony would have missed reading Loki’s shallow breaths, the urge to fight off the tears building in those tired edges, the sweat collecting on his neck.

“Tell me honestly, Anthony Stark,” Loki states, catching Tony off guard for a fraction of second, “Why, for the love of all things alive, did you not tell your family about the threat you saw coming earlier? And when you did, what exactly did they do?”

Tony opens his mouth just to shut it back up, a thing out of the usual for the people who know this man all too well. He stands up, turns around, only to turn back at Loki and point his finger at him, to try and speak again. And again, he fails. Hands on his hips, he clinches his jaw. “That doesn’t make us the same.”

“Oh, no, it does not,” Loki agrees, “it only shows our shortcomings. Battles on the field are much easier to run into than the battles in our minds.”

There is much disbelief internally but a part of him cannot help but look at Loki in a new light. And Tony curses this part again and again for no reason but the imminent truth that comes out of that Silvertongue.

“We’re here,” Rhodey announces from the cockpit, trying to get Tony to come back and breathe.

“Don’t listen to any advice he gives you,” Tony warns Peter, making the boy nod in uncertainty and the God chuckle in delight. Tony goes back but not before he has taken those exotic chocolates from Peter’s grasp. “First rule of stranges, kid!”

“Those are chocolates, Mr Stark,” Peter whines as he watches Tony walk to the cockpit and take a seat.

He pops one in his mouth, feeling the silken magic work in his mouth.

“You ready?” Rhodey asks his friend, “you’re going in a completely foreign country with a criminal, a magician and a whole lot of unresolved emotions with Cap.”

“Yeah yeah yeah, we’ll cross that bridge when we get to it,” Tony remarks, popping another one in his mouth.

“Dammit, why are they so good!” He whispers in surprise, making his best friend roll his eyes and pray for whatever was about to come.

[crmsndragonwngss]

If Goku made it in time to help out Gohan, Tien, Chaotzu, Krillin and Piccolo to beat Nappa and Vegeta, what would happen if both of those saiyans left Earth? And what happens if Earth's Special Forces never went to Namek and kept on using the Dragon Balls they already have (especially if the gang can just use those things to resurrect Yamcha after he was killed by a Cyberman)?

Sorry I took so long to answer! I wanted to give this some thought before I replied 😅

The short answer is I don’t know but it would have been a totally different story lol. There are a lot of variables in this what if, and it definitely would have changed a LOT in later sagas to say the least

A big sticking point for me would be how the fight would have progressed had Goku arrived before Nappa killed the other Z fighters. Or well, Piccolo, since Tien and Chiaotzu sorta killed themselves. There are a lot of different ways this could have played out, and I’m gonna try to lay out the ones I think might be the most viable. I’m not going to talk about a scenario in which the Z fighters ganged up on the Saiyans because that’s just not really a thing that happens in the series as a general rule. The good guys are terribly concerned with honor and fairness, and so I don’t think they all would have jumped in to fight all at once. At the very least, I don’t think Goku would have allowed it. It likely would have been two on two at the most, and then it would have been Goku and Piccolo vs Vegeta and Nappa.

First, there is a question of how far Goku might have been in his training had King Kai not lost track of time. This all depends on how soon he would have left. The only reason he gets back down Snake Way so quickly is because he’s panicking, so it stands to reason that, if King Kai had been paying attention, he probably would have sent Goku on his way a week or so before the arrival date. Had Goku left sooner, there’s a possibility that he might not have mastered kaio-ken, which was absolutely essential to defeating both Saiyans. Now of course time means literally nothing in this universe, so I could be COMPLETELY off-base with this, but just humor me for a sec.

Anyway, If he hadn’t mastered kaio-ken, then one of two things might have happened. One, he could have just not been able to effectively use the technique, and Vegeta likely would have won without needing to transform. Two, he might have been able to use it, but perhaps not for long and/or not multiplied. Now, Goku is a skilled fighter and probably could have held his own with intermittent use of the technique, so the question becomes one of whether he would have been able to successfully back Vegeta into a corner and force him to transform. Vegeta using a power ball to transform is pivotal in the fight, because the only thing that actually stops him is Gohan’s own transformation. So if Goku hadn’t been able to force him into using that last resort, our hero probably would have lost. A third option would be that the technique would have just ripped his body apart, which is why I’m not elaborating on that one lol. So if he hadn’t had a chance to fully master kaio-ken, he more than likely would have lost, which would have resulted in the destruction of all life on earth.

There is something to be said of Nappa here. Goku doesn’t use kaio-ken in the fight with Nappa, so the fight likely would have played out the same as canon. In this case, then, it would depend on if he were able to break Nappa’s back without kaio-ken, resulting in Nappa’s death at Vegeta’s hand. Nappa died because he disobeyed Vegeta’s order to stand down and attacked Gohan and Krillin. Goku uses kaio-ken to intercept the attack and snaps Nappa’s spine, paralyzing him, which prompts Vegeta to kill him.

I’m not covering the Spirit Bomb as it relates to the Saiyan saga because it didn’t fucking work and was a giant waste of time. It really doesn’t matter until the Buu saga, and the gist of that is, if Goku hadn’t learned Spirit Bomb, Buu probably would have killed him and Vegeta and the entire universe would have been in peril for as long as Buu lived, which one assumes would be an eternity.

So now let’s assume that Goku arrives on time and he HAD mastered kaio-ken before leaving King Kai’s planet. I personally think the fight with Nappa would have played out exactly the same as canon had Tien and Chiaotzu survived. Tien and Chiaotzu, for all intents and purposes, do very little to help in the fight with Nappa as it stands in canon, and so I have no reason to believe that they would have changed that particular outcome. Nappa still would have lost to Goku, he still would have gotten pissed that he’d been so thoroughly humiliated by a low-class Saiyan in front of his prince, and he still would have tried to attack Goku’s friends/family. Goku’s reaction would have been the same, and thus Vegeta’s reaction as well.

But let’s say, for the purposes of this hypothetical, that Nappa does survive. There are two ways this might have happened. One, let’s say that Goku DOES break Nappa’s back, but Vegeta spares him. Maybe he called Nappa’s attack ball and sent him off to Frieza’s planet and out of harm’s way. In this scenario, the rest of the Saiyan saga would have progressed the same.

Two, let’s say that Nappa, for whatever reason, does has he is told and stands down. As I said before, I don’t see the Z fighters ganging up on the two Saiyans, so I think Goku vs Vegeta would have played out the same UNTIL Goku backs Vegeta into a corner. Perhaps Vegeta would have commanded Nappa to fight alongside him, and Goku would have teamed up with Piccolo or Krillin (but probably Piccolo). It’s hard to say how a fight like this might have played out. Either Goku and company would have lost and that would have been game over, or they would have pushed the Saiyans into transforming.

I truly believe that if both Vegeta and Nappa had transformed, that would have been it. One Oozaru was difficult enough, let alone two, and even if Gohan had transformed as well, there’s no way he would have stood a chance against two highly trained and experienced Oozaru, at least one of whom retained his ability to think and reason. Actually, depending on how Saiyan social structures work while in a transformed state, there’s a possibility that Gohan might have instinctively fallen in line behind a more dominant Oozaru, but that’s another post entirely.

But let’s assume that Yajirobe and/or Krillin manage to cut off both Vegeta’s and Nappa’s tails, and both of them are squished by Great Ape Gohan, and they both call their attack balls and leave.

This is actually where it gets really tricky.

There is a moral dilemma here that all depends on whether or not anyone actually thinks about the implications of the Saiyans mentioning Namek in the event that they themselves are unable to use Earth’s dragon balls.

Let’s assume first that the Z fighters DO realize that Namek is definitely going to be invaded by at LEAST the Saiyans, and they decide to go lend a hand since it’s basically Piccolo’s fault that they even know about the dragon balls in the first place. Lots of things could happen here, but let’s assume for the sake of brevity that everything plays out more or less the same. Vegeta and Nappa would have come back to earth, had kids, got redemption arcs, maybe wish back Raditz, and all is right and good with the world. Yay!

But, to finally get to the heart of your question, what if they don’t think about it at all, and the Z fighters never go to Namek? Then Frieza would have still gone to Namek and killed everybody. Vegeta and Nappa likely would have gone to Namek as well, and they would have been killed by Frieza. I honestly don’t see how the outcome could be any different in this scenario. And honestly, I don’t think Frieza would have bothered with earth if he’d never fought Goku, so that storyline would have been over.

If Vegeta had been killed on Namek and stayed dead, then Trunks would have never been born. Dr. Gero would have still been gunning for Goku, but there would have been no Trunks to come back to warn them about the androids. Sure, Bulma could have still built a time machine and maybe sent back Gohan or something, but honestly I think Gohan might have died with the other Z fighters. If Vegeta hadn’t been there to fight, Gohan might have had to step up and play a more involved role in the initial battle. In a scenario where Gohan takes Vegeta’s place and dies, then neither Gohan nor Trunks would have been around to defend Bulma and what’s left of Capsule Corp, and it’s possible that Bulma would have been killed as well, thus dooming any and all alternate timelines that might have been affected by the time machine. The story would have ended there and absolutely nobody would have been happy about it lol

It’s hard to say what might have happened in the Buu saga in this scenario. There would have been no one to defend and then wish back earth (and no way to do it besides), so if Babidi had unleashed Buu then earth would have just been destroyed or whatever it was he wanted to do (I honestly can’t remember and I haven’t gotten to the Buu saga yet in my little rewatch adventure lol)

I do like the idea of Nappa surviving and the Z fighters being like, “oh shit, we gotta help the Namekians.” I don’t think that particular scenario would have changed much outside of more half Saiyans being born, which would have been fun. I do genuinely think Nappa would have eventually wished back Raditz. He expressed interest in doing so, and he was much more sentimental than Vegeta, if his concern for the Saibamen is any indication. I could see him wishing back some of his friends too. Perhaps he might have wished back the two squadmates we see in Broly? That might have been fun. If he’d wished back Raditz, then perhaps Raditz would have wished back his parents. And of course, all these resurrected Saiyans might have been compelled to wish back their own friends and family (if they had any), but I digress

Aaaaanyway, I hope this answered your question! And thank you for asking! This was a lot of fun to think about ❤️❤️

[goldstonegolem64]

Book 1 Hope returns  Chapter 46 Vanguard By goldstonegolem64

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h9HJV1Ben6k

Galra central command

It had been about  eight teen hours since Root rot was sent to conquer and Zarkon was starting to get frustrated  with how long it was taking. 

“ Any word from the weed or any of the ship captains that were sent with him?” Zarkon asked 

After a few second of wait one of the transition officers spoke”  No my lord We are getting nothing but static . But before he did go dark we did receive a message from Root Rot group saying that they had run in with the Valkyrie. “ .

‘ I know that but it was seventeen vs one how could one man take on so many at once or maybe Voltron and or that titan was there as well  “ Zarkon said as he got up from his throne 

“ Should we send the twin or Skyver to assisted Root Rot in his mission?”

“ No he either succeed or he dies. I would rather not send those three to their  deaths. We will deal with at in do time “   Zarkon said as he was leaving the room “ Recall any Sub-commanders and commander that nearest to us, call back the nearest mobile repair bay and tell every refinery to double their work load we are going to need as many mans on deck just in case we are attacked In the coming days” Zarkon left the control room and walked towards Haggar’s lab. As he moved he walked passed dozens of soldiers  each one moved out of his way as they could see he was visibly angered by the failure of his commanders for not capturing voltron, for not stomping out the rebel cells that had been cropping up recently after voltron showed back up.

But then again he had grown complacent over the centuries believing that no foe could stand up to him and the empires might . But that all came back to bite him for not handling this problem himself. But that what project Titan was for .Zarkon stopped in front of the door way to Haggar’s lad then entered the room. As he entered the room he found Haggar looking out of a window .

“So how is the constructs of the Titan project going “   Zarkon said as he walked over to look out the same window 

‘ We are putting on the finishing touches from the data we’ve collected from ever battle that both the Valkyrie and Voltron had been in the past two months and have made the proper adjustments to face both of them at once but there is a draw back  to this upgrade.” 

“ And what is that my dear  “

“  You will need a full on neural link for it to control so if titan is destroyed it will most likely kill you.”

“Well we have the Lazarus protocol . Now on the statue of Root Rot and his men ?”

“All but two are alive and counted for. K-38 and K-2″

“So Root Rot Is dead then”

“ No he is most likely still alive,recovering and adapting  from this defeat. Now should we send a recover team to collect him along with an invasion force to the planet ?” Haggar asked 

“ No We have lost already to many men and recourses on one world and if Voltron and The Valkyrie are there we will lose so many more and with the twins and Skyver mechs being rebuild and upgrade and the new batch of Kurons being grown  and trained we would most likely lost . Speaking of which how is batch two training coming along?”

“ Worst then the first . We tried to lean more into the silver paladins altean d.n.a But this as caused those to come out mindless.”  Haggar walked over to her desk and showed a video of a Kuron in its test tube it looked liked an Altean with tan skin, red cheek marks and pink hair in their mid teens . They were just floating there in it’s pod doing nothing but growing  then the monitor at the front of the pod started to glow red. Then the scientists  in the lab moved  toward the pod and tried to figure out what was going on. Then the Kuron inside started to violently  morphing from a normal body and into a  gray scaled beast. It then Burst through the pod’s glass and attacked the scientist and ripped then apart. It then let out a roar that caused the surrounding kuronsin there pods to start to change as well. They then burst out and started to rampage through out the lad ripping into each other.

“   It seems like they have reverted to a more primitive Mind set if you remove the human D.n.a and try to fill in the gapes with Altean or Galran D.n.a.” Haggar said as she stopped the video 

“ So the silver Paladin is human and Altean so there are other Alteans still alive on the planet Earth then “  Zarkon said as a smile came across his face

“ Yes and no. The Silver paladin dose share some D.n.a with the black paladin but there seems to be small changes to their d.n.a . Like how the Silver paladin heart pumps blood slower then the Black paladins that tends to happen a kid is born in zero or artificial gravity.”

“So he was born on another world then. But there was no other planets in that solar system that could host life.” 

“ Well the first humans we had captured were on the ninth planet of their system. So there ma be colonies on other worlds or moons.”  

“ Alright then we’ll send a scouting ship to find this colony. Now have you found the traitor in are midst yet

“No I haven’t. “

“But we have “ Another voice said 

Both Zarkon and Haggar turned to look at the voice and were supriesd by who they saw.

Else where in the universe

Jay was sitting in the Med bay playing a game of chess against Pidge 

“  Are you sure your ok jay “Pidge  asked as she moved one of her pawns 

“ I’m fine my suit took most of damage and I’ve been through worse “ Jay replied as he moved his knight

“Jay your skin is bright ready and your smoking still are you sure your fine” pidge said as she moved another pawn .

“  It’s fine I’ll just shed of the dead skin of next time I shower next “ 

“ Wait you shed like a lizard  “ Pidge had a strange image in her head of Jay shedding like a snake 

Jay looked up from the chess board and looked perplexed by pidge’s statement “ Yes like a lizard would. “  Then he remembered pidge was not from mars “Sometimes I forget we come from different planets. So something normal to me is weird to you  and Vic-versa”  

“ That is true but still are you going to be alright after all that happened yesterday “ 

“Pigeon I’ve been sitting in this room four hours . I think I’m good at this point. Also Checkmate “

“What. “ Pidge looked at the board and saw that jay had moved his  rook right in front of her king then notice that the queen was behind it and had the bishop that move on black spaces was also aimed toward the rook” Uh didn’t see that coming.Good game jay “ 

“Finally after six game I won once and now I retire on top” Jay said as he shot both his hands up in joy.

“ Alright then so what do we do now “

“ We will jst a bit more before the others show “

“And what do when they ask about the big one sitting just out side of the city’s limits “

“Will let the others deal with at when they get here “ Jay replied 

‘[Captain The castle of lions as entered the planet’s orbit and Allura wishes for both of you to meet them at the as soon as possible}

“ Speak of the devil i guess we should head out then” jay said as he got up from his seat . “Hey Val did you leave the speeder here or is it still in your chest “ his said in his minded 

“ I left it just out the Prometheus’s cargo by door.” Val said 

“ Thank you” Jay said as he and pidge walked out of the med bay 

“ Your welcome  ‘ Val replied  

“ So were taking the not the green lion. “ Pidge asked 

“ Pidge it’s “ looked at his phone” 5 in the morning and people are sleeping so the bikes will do for now” Jay said as he walked down the ramp and saw his silver speeder which he called quick Silver. As he sat down and wait for pidge he saw the castle of lions slowly starting to descend from the clouds  on the other side of the city. As he watched the castle. Pidge riding her speeder” Alright lets go” Jay said as he and pidge drive towards where the castle was landing.

As the castle landed both Jay and Pidge arrived

“ So how do you think the others are going to react to see the big one ‘ Jay asked still sitting as the castle landed a few feet away 

“Don’t know but it’s going to be fun when they learn what happened here. Also do you wonder what happened on their missions “ pidge said as the door they were in front of started to open

“ Why don’t we ask them are selves “ Jay replied as he walked into the castle of lions  followed by Pidge the two walked onto the kitchen first and Found most of the crew  which was Matt, Hunk , Nyma, Rolo , Keith and Shiro sitting  at the table eating the food goo” Sup Guys how did your missions 

Adam spoke first “ We had some trouble but it was a” Adam was cut off by  a blueish green furred ferreteped  as Jay called them suddenly appeared in front of him and grabbed him by the face which kind hurt do to the electrical burns he suffered from the fight 

“ Oh no we truly are in the worst possible reality to be in . Unless it the reality . . What is your name boy “ Slav asked

Jay with his cheeks being stretched out spoke “ Jay Sorin and I’m guesting your Slav ” he replied 

“ Yes .Also if our here now then this realty still has a chance “ Slav said then he was grabbed by the back of the collar by Shiro and was pulled away

“ Sorry Jay He’ s been raving about of end of the world ending conspiracy theory the moment We said anything about the Valkyrie.”  Shiro said as he put Slav down

“ It’s not a Conspiracy it’s a strong possibility” Slav Counters 

Shiro and Slav started to argue about this while Jay and Adam watch and laughed a bit  

“So Hunk Keith Rolo, Nyma how did your mission go?” Pidge asked

“ Keith made a friend with a GAlra pilot “Hunk said

“ They were no my friend I just helped them out see as the five of us were inside of a giant space worm.” Keith replied 

“ but they liked you the most “ Nyma said jokingly 

“ Maybe Galra just know when their in the presents of one any other “ Hunk said 

“ That is true but only for pure bloods seeing as they are all fucking purple “  Jay yelled

“ Thank Jay for the info “ Keith said 

“ So they just were being polite because Keith saved them ok if it comes back to bite us in the butt that’ s on Keith then agreed ” Hunk said 

“ Agreed”  Everyone said 

“ That’s fair .Now Pidge What did you and Jay do while we were away ?” Pidge asked

“ Fought some robeasts and the guy who took my leg nothing to big “Pidge said like it was no big deal 

Everyone was quite for a few seconds before Matt speaking up “  Are you alright did you have a panic attack . Jay where were you during all this”  Matt asked as he looked towards jay 

“ I was being electrocuted for info you shmuck. Also I to was having a panic attack but no one asked if I was ok “ Jay said and that was followed by everyone asking what happened, Why the empire was here did they find out about the plan. As Jay and Pidge were bombard with questions 

“ Ok well answer all this questions but first we need everyone here to fully explained what happened here “ Pidge said 

In the bridge of the castle of lions Allura and coran were talking 

“Princess I have sent a message to the blade and Asmo  telling them about are success on all three of are mission. Is there anything else you would like me to do”   Coran asked 

“  I would like to Have Pidge, Jay, Beau, La-sai ,N-7 and Ace here to get me their mission nreport Also I would like to Talk with Ryner and Isara seeing as she and the Queens Sayers are hear. But besides that I’m good”  Allura said 

Coran could tell something was up with her.” Allura what is wrong you seem off’

Allura bite her lower lip then spoke “ I’m just a little bit worried about the Mission coming up . Maybe we should wait a little bit longer and train more so we can truly be ready for it”

Coran knew that wasn’t the full truth ” I feel the same they have only been paladins for a few months now and they lack the train or at time maturity, Hundreds of years of experience of fighting massive battles. But  I have watched them be on the same level of the original Paladins and I believe that they could be better then them and lead the universe in to a better tomorrow “ Coran smiles thinking about it”  

“ You know just what to say to put me at ease Coran.”She smiled and looked up to coran “ But I’m still worried about the others their so young and I kind of fell like I forced them into this roles with out truly thinking this through. Each one of them nearly at less once on this journey and I’m sending them into a Fight that decide the fate of the universe. “

“I may not know much about humans but from what I’ve seen they have sir pasted all of my expectation and beat ever challenge that came to face them. An I will bet on my life that they will beat this next challenge with flying colors  “ Coran said as he pulled Allura into a huge

“ I hope your right Coran I hope your right.” Allura said 

As the two hugged The door to the bridge opened to revel  the rest of the crew with Pidge and Jay at the front 

“ Hi boss sorry to interrupted but we have something important  to tell you.” Jay said 

“ What is it  “Allura asked 

The team wait for the rest of the crew to join and when they did Jay and Pidge explained what had happened from when they arrived to the fight with Robeast and the squad of copy Valkyrie then the fight with the Thunder Bird and Dread wing. Then the Battle with Root Rot. Everyone stood there in shook as they listened to how Jay was for the second time was nearly killed by the plant man again.

“ So This IronWood guy Called you Dad ?” Lance said just a little weirded out 

“Yeah an the other guy black thorn said like me when I was a teenager witch confused me as well . If they were still alive we could have asked them about that but we still have one of those pilot’s still alive hows that memory collecting going anyway ?”   Jay asked Coran 

“ It’s been going fine and we will fine out soon what that pilot knows in about two more days .” Coran replied ]

‘Ok Is there any thing else you too want to tell Us “Allura asked as she looked at the both of them .

“ Oh that  Jay call Val “Pidge said 

“ On it “ Jay said before talking in his mind “Val It’s time” 

“ We are on are way” Val said This was followed by Music started to play over the comm and the world started to shake 

“ What is that “ Shiro asked

“ That would be are Ace in the hole “Pidge said as she walked up to the terminal punched in a location and a scan appeared showing the Vanguard walking from a massive crated that had something in it covered in Ice and Vines.”   Ladies and Gentlemen we give you the colossus Vanguard the unbreakable and Allura she would like to speak to you and Voltron I don’ t know what that means but I think Shiro might know” 

“ I Do Pidge. Paladin to your lion “ shiro said as he and the rest of the paladins left the bridge

Back a Galra central command 

Thace had decide to move the chip he place in the control room .As he walked to the control room  he felt for just a moment that someone was watching him again. HE looked behind him to see no one behind him. This sent a chill down his spine but he continued to walk towards the control room as he entered the control room. Some one tried to stab him. He quickly grabbed the wrist of his assailant and was about to punch them only to have his free hand grabbed  by someone else in the room followed by a knife stabbing into his leg. He fell to his knee and then was punched in the face. He looked to his right to see Harley smiling at him Then he looked to his left to see Quinn. Both were standing over him. Then they started to whale on him . Each punch  cracked against his face and he could fell his skull crack and his jaw being dislocated. after a few minutes of being beaten on. With his jaw busted he could only say one word “ Why?” 

Quinn moved in closer and whispered in Thace’s ear  “Sorry about this Thace but it’s the only way to make whatever your planning work in are favor “  

Then Harley leaned in “ Look around the room “ 

He looked up again to see serval things about the room. The first thing was that the cameras were destroyed and there was a body of a control room officer knocked out. Then he noticed that the console in the room had a familiar  looking blade in it. Then something clicked in his mind he remembered that there was two blade members that started a family they had kids twins. Both parents dead on a mission leaving the twin. The blade wanted to take the twins in but sadly they had disappeared before and could be found. “  You”

“ Yes we are but we aren’t going to join your little group we just want out of the empires control “Quinn whispered as she and her brother picked up and dragged him out of the room towards Lady Haggar’s lab 

Back with the Paladin

Voltron flow towards the Vanguard with the Valkyrie in toe

Allura stood in the cockpit of the black lion and started at the colossal purple Knight as it stopped and looked up towards the two mechs 

“Shiro before we talk to the Vanguard my I ask when pidge said  that the vanguard wanted to talk to Voltron and you knew what she meant. I just wonder how”

“ I though you knew about me seeing as you are bonded lion” Shiro replied

“ No I don’ t maybe your bond with the black lion is deeper then my own.”

“ Yes and no. You know how Val is Different from the Valkyrie.”  

“ Yes “ Allura replied as she started to see where this was going 

“ Well besides the lions that live in each part of Voltron I’m guessing he is the “

“ I am the Lions young Shiro “ Leonidas said out loud in all the lions  

Everyone was quiet for a few seconds before Hunk spoke up 

“ Who the heck was that?” Hunk asked 

“ I am Leonidas the prideful or as you all call me Voltron “ 

“ So You final decide to reveal yourself good I was tired of waiting “Val said

“ So this guy is the same as Val right . So dose that mean he can fight on his own when were not around to pilot the lions?” Lance asked 

“No I was not build that way.  Where The Valkyrie can pilot  herself do to the fact that she doesn't  have to split herself into five different pieces. But I make up for that by being more flexible with my pilots and each pilot will unlock different abilities. “  

“ But I can manipulate time and I can scan anything and turn it into a weapon. “ 

“ I can rip a hole in the fabric of reality “

Everyone could felt tension between the two that only sibling would have. It was a little awkward until the Vanguard spoke over the comms 

“ And I can open portals to any where I’ve been to which is all of what you called the know universe. Make barriers around me and I can came gravity balls that can pull in and destroy it. “ The vanguard sounded happy to be able to take to other of their kind and completely missed the tension between the Valkyrie and Voltron. “ Sorry if I interrupted what you were doing I’ m just happy to finally meet more of my own kind after being alone for so long a can’t wait to hear everything you’ve seem the past billion years “

“  Before we do that Lady Allura must ask you something” Val said 

“ Yes this is of most important that we know your awnser “ Leonidas said 

“ Oh ok” Vanguard replied 

“ Your up Princess” Shiro said as he turned on the Black lions Outer p.a System 

Allura then spoke “ Hello Vangaurd I am princess Allura of Altea and I request your in are battle against the Galra Empire You do now about the empire right?” Allura asked

“ Thank you for asking. They are current in control of 80 percent of the knew universe and have been draining world of their quintessence to furl their war machines and to keep their Leader and  his wife alive for the passed ten thousand years. And I would like to join you in stopping them. But I will save this I don’  t like fighting all that much. I only fight in self defends and to protect the animals that live inside of me . But what I can do is open wormhole that allow you and the rebels you work with to any place you want to go and any planet or place you want protected I can do that. But I will not put the creatures I care for in harms way but if yo are in dyer need of my help I will fight but only as a last resort  ”   Vanguard said 

“Well at least they know their boundaries . “ Lance said 

“ And where their loyalty lay “ Keith replied 

“ Ok as long as we can count on you when we need you must. That is fine by me “  Allura said 

“ Ok with that out of the way can I ask Both Val and Leonidas a few things ?”  Vangaurd asked 

“ I see no problem with That” Val said 

“ Neither do I”  Leonidas add 

“ Alright time to wait a the next few hours while this three talk “ Pidge said 

As The Vanguard , Val And Leonidas started Talk they switched to a Language that the universal translator couldn’t  understand. But that didn’t really matter to the paladins at the moment they were just happy to have the Vangaurd now truly on there side. But Allura still felt nervous about the battle to come.

Else where in the Crate the cyclone covered in ice and Vines lay there motionless but near the head there was the sounds slamming and sizzling as Root Rot started to break free of his frozen prison . As he burst free from the finally layer of ice. he let out a roar of anger and  as his body had turn from green to brown do to how cold it was. He started to pull  himself out of the exit hole he made and As he did his legs broke of as he continued to pull himself out and crawled to the edge of what remained of the Cyclones head and rolled himself of and ihit the ground hard shattering most of his body leaving only his left arm and head in tacked 

“Cold I H-h-hate the cold” He tried to regrow his missing limbs only for nothing to happen. His body was dying and he need to reset.So he unraveled himself and started digging into the soft earth that the rain and the melting ice had made for him .It would take a few years for him to heal completely  from this fight but it would be all worth it as while he rested he would adapted to the cold an along with that he would start to grow a new colony for his clan with the only thing fueling them is Revenge Bloodlust and a need for fresh meat 

[a-m-e-t-h-y-s-t-r-o-s-e]

Universe Charm AU

So this is my weird little AU for SU (lol,) Universe Charm. 

The short version is; Greg had children with more than just Rose Quartz, resulting in a lot of changes but moreover, making him a dad with tons of magic children.

The ridiculously long version nobody wants to read is under the cut. I tried my best to include major events (so basically, what led to Greg dating all the gems.)

I got loosey-goosey with ages/years/time gaps, so eeeh. Take it as you will.

Greg falls in love with Rose, yadda yadda, and she gets pregnant with Steven. Pearl gets upset, obviously, but in this universe, she decides to see what the big deal is with Greg. Turns out, Pearl doesn’t mind spending time with Greg. She really likes it. Amethyst likes hanging out with Greg too, and both of them end up pregnant too. All three of the gems decide to prepare together, and Greg’s gonna be a father of three.

Pearl empties out her gem in preparation for the new baby (so it doesn’t pull anything harmful out of the gem), revealing the mirror with Lapis Lazuli’s gem in it. Greg befriends the mirror (like in Mirror Gem) and it grows a crush on him. He frees Lapis from the mirror and she loves him for it, but she’s cracked. He takes her to Rose for healing, and she lets herself be healed, but flees to Homeworld to get away from the Crystal Gems.

Shortly after Rose, Pearl, and Amethyst’s babies are born, Lapis comes back with Peridot and Jasper, who are now aware gems are still on Earth. They easily defeat Garnet and destabilize her, but seeing the infants have the gems of the CG, they kidnap everyone and take them into space.

Greg, being human, can’t be destabilized by the prisons, so he breaks out of space jail and saves his three babies before saving Ruby and Sapphire. Garnet re-fuses, beats Jasper, Peridot escapes, and Greg makes a last-ditch attempt to save Lapis before the ship crashes into the beach (only saved by Steven’s bubble, summoned entirely by instinct.)

Jasper demands Lapis fuse with her to beat Garnet, but Lapis loves Greg too much. Jasper runs off.

A couple of years pass, Lapis has a baby, and it’s just Garnet and Greg raising a brood of kids. The house starts getting crazy cramped, and Steven accidentally frees Bismuth, who expands the house and adds another responsible adult in the mix.

Meanwhile, Garnet’s been looking for Peridot and Jasper while hunting down the corrupted gems, and she finds the fusion experiments (this is still years before it happens in canon.) Since she went on her own and Steven isn’t there to talk her down, she unfuses and blames herself for everything. When Ruby comes back home alone, Greg comforts her (and then finds Sapphire and calms her down) and both of them start falling under the Universe charm. The two reunite, and Garnet feels attached to Greg.

SO NATURALLY A BABY HAPPENS.

but anyway

Now they have an idea of where Peridot is, so Bismuth decides to go capture Peridot. Peridot warns Bismuth about the cluster, so instead of shattering her, Bismuth lets her reform without her limb enhancers and they team up to stop the cluster.

They work at the barn and build the drill, but since Steven is still too young (think beginning of the series age) he’s not there to soothe the cluster that desperately wants to take form. It starts to erupt from the crust and forms the giant hand, and threatens Greg and the family Universe.

Bismuth knows Greg has a supernatural charm, so she convinces him to try to communicate with the Cluster. He essentially tells it what Steven told it in canon, and that if it really needed someone, he’d be a friend. The Cluster is soothed immensely and rips a chunk of Greg’s hair out before disappearing beneath the ground again (hence why Greg is balding.)

A couple months later, Jasper shows up with her army of corrupted quartzes ready to battle, but the only opponents are Bismuth, Peridot, Greg, and the children/toddlers. She mostly wants to take on Rose Quartz (12 year old Steven,) so everyone’s set to defend him. Jasper easily defeats Peridot and Bismuth, and she threatens to kill Greg, so ALL OF THE CHILDREN use their wild and uncontrollable magic powers to BTFO Jasper to protect their dad. The final blow to Jasper and her army is a new challenger; CLUSTER UNIVERSE, an ethereal ghost-like fusion of Greg’s DNA (his hair) and the Cluster’s many gem shards.

Jasper flees with her tail between her legs (metaphorically, she didn’t corrupt this time) and Bismuth agrees to help train Greg so he can protect his kids instead of it being the other way around.

Andy eventually comes back to find the barn ransacked by Bismuth and Peridot, and while he’s pissed at first, he reconnects with Greg and the magical family. He offers to take Greg on a flight to reconnect and celebrate the reunion of the Demayos/Universes, and on their flight they run into Blue Diamond in korea mourning Pink. Blue kidnaps Greg just like in the show, and Andy goes back to Beach City to get Bismuth and Peridot’s help.

It takes a while, but the CG’s construct a ship and fly to the zoo to save Greg. BUT, it turns out he didn’t stay in the zoo; Blue Diamond was so charmed by Greg, she made him a court musician. AND the father of her half-human offspring.

The CG’s save Greg and flee Homeworld, leaving a pregnant Blue Diamond. Soon after, though, Yellow comes to Earth to bring BD’s baby and Blue Pearl as its attendant. She also demands to know what it is Greg does that makes even Diamonds fall for his charms, so Greg courts Yellow Diamond.

By the time Jasper comes back a second time, YD already gave up her form. She challenges Greg to a fight, one-on-one, no armies or magic gem hybrids, but despite his training Greg just can’t beat the perfect quartz soldier. His family comes to his defense and Jasper insists she won because his family intervened, but he tells her that nobody should have to be alone. True power isn’t found in brute strength, but in the bonds you form with others.

They poof Jasper this time, and when she reforms she reluctantly asks Greg to teach her what he knows. She allies herself with the man who took down her diamond, blue diamond, AND the one who defeated Rose Quartz, shatterer of Pink Diamond.

Bismuth is confused AF at this point because “wait, Rose didn’t shatter Pink Diamond, I suggested that,” and since Pearl is now gone, Lion is the one who has the answer. They open the chest inside Lion’s mane and discover the truth among the things Pearl had cleared out of her gem, and while it’s shocking to everyone, Greg is the one who keeps everybody together and reminds them that who Rose was in the end was a loving person.

After all of this, Steven expresses concern about the corrupted gems. He and his younger diamond half-siblings try to heal the gems but they need White’s help. The whole fam damily goes back to Homeworld where they’re revered as conquerors in their own right, but White Diamond is having none of that. She tries to take everyone’s gems out, but nobody reforms like they ought to. Greg reaches out to White Diamond and gets through to her, and everybody goes back to Earth and heals the corrupted gems.

Years later, Spinel shows up while they’re building Little Homeworld and wants to destroy the Earth, but she’s no match for all of the Universes + Jasper. Andy, who’s been visiting more often, finds Spinel, and uses his own meager charm to relate to her. They both felt left out by people who should’ve loved them, both missed long stretches of time even though they had the ability to go at any time, both show up out of nowhere to cause drama, etc. They form a relationship and eventually, also have a child.

So by the time SU Future is, in canon, the children are as follows:

Rose (Steven Quartz Universe) male

Pearl (Nora Pearl Universe) female

Amethyst (Butler Universe) male

Lapis (Ocean Universe) female

Garnet (S.R. Universe) male

Cluster (Cluster Universe) n/a

Blue Diamond (Harmony Blue-Note Universe) female

Yellow Diamond (Ochre Universe) male

Spinel (with Andy) (Spinner Andrew DeMayo) male

Bismuth never had a relationship with Greg, Peridot is asexual, and Jasper isn't very sentimental but respects Greg/the Universes.

[hannahcallaghanmu]

Is that GIGI HADID on campus? Oh no, that’s HANNAH CALLAGHAN. From LONDON, ENGLAND, the TWENTY-TWO year old has come to study PSYCHOLOGY. Rumor has it she is LOYAL and CONFIDENT, but SHORT-TEMPERED and AGGRESSIVE, which is why she is known as THE SPITFIRE. She resides in OFF CAMPUS and can’t wait to graduate.

OMG so Hannah is a character I played for YEARS in another rp I’m so excited to play her again. I’ve already reblogged a bunch of muse posts here to give you a good idea of Hannah’s personality, but, here’s some tidbits to go along:

ya girl has a major attitude problems

she’s judgmental AF and makes no attempt whatsoever to hide that 

she’s from kensington, london but did a year of uni in ireland and has lived with her big bro in la for about a year

oh yeah her brother is a famous reality tv personality but she gets annoyed when people go crazy over him bc she wants to be the center of attention  a l w a y s

drama is her oxygen. she will create it when she’s bored for her own amusement

major commitment and fear of falling in love. her mom died when she was 4 and that destroyed her father, so that’s been her one impression of what love does to ya

had 1 long term boyfriend when she was living in ireland. she got pregnant and he proposed, so naturally she lied about whose baby it was and they broke up

technically has a 2 year old son but her son lives with the guy who she convinced was the baby daddy. hannah doesn’t have much contact with him bc she’s uninterested in mom life. 

hannah was pretty much raised by her older twin siblings bc her dad distanced himself after their mom died. so she’s super close with her siblings although she resents her entire family bc no one talks about her mom. also resents her mom for dying and leaving the fam

she hasn’t told anyone but she found out at eighteen she carried the genetic mutation that often causes breast cancer. it’s another big part of why she doesn’t want to fall in love. she doesn’t want to break her s/o’s heart like her mom did to her dad when she died. also why she doesn’t want to be an active part of her son’s life

she’s a bit of a lost soul. never had a serious job. she’s waitressed, bartended, done a bit of hair/makeup and modeling here and there. but she spends most of her free time partying and causing drama

hannah’s a bit of an acquired taste but when it comes to family and friends (lmao what friends?) she’s loyal to a fault 

she’s studying psych with the goal of becoming a grief counselor. she wants to offer the support to people that she wished she had growing up

also bartending at mars bar

basically hannah knows how fucked up she is from her mom’s death and copes with it by being angry at the world. she’ll pretend she’s perfect tho

As if that wasn’t enough, here’s a more official bio:

Hannah Callaghan was born in Kensington, London, on July 10, 1998. She lived here with her father, older twin brother and sister and younger sister. Shortly after she’d turned four, her mother died of breast cancer. Even with the time Hannah had with her mother, all Hannah really remembers was her mum being sick, constantly in and out of hospitals and undergoing treatments. Because of this, Hannah was the one who asked about her mother the most out of her siblings but, the subject of their mother wasn’t one the Callaghans spoke of. For that, Hannah has always had a bit of resentment towards her family

If they’d gained anything from the death of their mother, the Callaghans were at least a close knit family. Despite the constant bickering and fighting between four kids within the same age group, the four were always open and supportive with one another. Hannah’s bond with her family is the main reason why she’d never confess to her true feelings about her mother. She’d turned to alcohol and drug use as her way of coping with that instead.

In addition to this, her mother’s sickness has instilled some fear on Hannah. The possibility of breast cancer being hereditary isn’t one that she takes lightly. When she turned eighteen, she made the decision to have genetic testing done, where she found out she was a carrier for the gene that often causes breast cancer. Although Hannah has kept the test results to herself, she’s given up on the idea of ever having children, not willing to risk the fact that they’d have to watch her go through what her mother did, and ultimately have to grow up without a mother as Hannah had to. This all changed shortly after Hannah turned twenty.

Hannah originally went to university in Ireland, without having declared a major. She was drawn to the social aspect of university life and the independence that came with moving on her own to a new country. She quickly met her ex-boyfriend who, despite Hannah’s reluctance, won her over. Although Hannah ended up failing out of university after the first semester, she stayed in Ireland to live with her boyfriend. Life went pretty smoothly for the two, although they did have their own fights and short lived “breaks” during which Hannah would often binge drink and spend the nights in the arms of random strangers. She was twenty when she found out she was pregnant with her boyfriend’s baby. When he found out, he proposed. Given her fear of love and commitment, Hannah’s first instinct was to lie. She told her boyfriend the child wasn’t his. The couple broke up and Hannah moved home to London. Although she went through with the pregnancy, her son, who’s now two, lives with the man who she convinced was the baby’s father. Hannah’s family stays in close contact with her son, but Hannah wants no part of motherhood.

Whilst Hannah was spiraling out of control in her own chaotic life, her older brother had moved to LA and became a reality TV star. Drawn to his life of luxury, Hannah decided to move to LA with him shortly after giving birth. She quickly became fed up with people’s fascination with her brother and needed to separate herself from that. Hannah decided to finish her education in order to get a job that would allow her to support herself. It didn’t take her long to find Monarch and use her brother’s fame to get herself accepted. 

[arcticdementor]

To be sure, this is a man speaking. But the fundamental quality of this kind of approach to art, culture, the public square, and the rest of it, is evidence of a disordered and out of control femininity. And an equally dysfunctional and abdicating masculinity. A comment left by Youngamconreader on another thread got me thinking about this. I think there is a direct connection between the sexual orientation and gender identity and "alternative family" topics that this blog often discusses, and what's going on in a story like this one, here. I think we are collectively experiencing a massive breakdown/derangement of sex, of masculinity and femininity, and the damage is felt in every single corner of our society and our politics. The "pink police state" (Poulos--check him out) that is coming into being is the product of a miserable and frustrated femininity, which holds the field almost without opposition due to the near-complete abdication of men, who are, sometimes I think almost "to a man," in today's society, nihilistic and disengaged. For those who would say Trump proves that this is not true, I would say look at how he stands alone--at least in America and indeed in the Anglosphere. Everybody agrees that he is sui generis; all of the establishment of his own party just wants things to go back to the way they were; there is nobody who even remotely resembles something like a successor. Also, it is telling that one of the major reasons he won is because he is an online troll, but rich and famous enough to do it under his own name; he is the stand-in for huge numbers of men who have nothing but contempt for today's world but who only reveal their views and feelings anonymously. In large measure, men are opting out. Our bourgeois and hugely wealthy and powerful nation is decadent and its people are soft and domesticated; and, what is worse, the men of sensitivity and intelligence, of taste and discernment, are disgusted by what they see -- a rotten culture of placelessness, hideous architecture and built environments, unbelievably bad art and culture, degenerate music, films made for lowest-common-denominator global audiences, films that are so much more hideous than what was being done for decades, even as early as the 1930s, that it boggles the mind (every single person involved in CGI production should be lined up and shot), universities that have destroyed their own liberal arts programs -- OK, I need to stop myself, but you get the point, they are disgusted by what they see -- primarily they are disgusted by the *domestication* of the people they are supposed to look up to and/or emulate -- and they withdraw. We know about the video game and pornography addicts, the shut-ins, the "incels," but there is very much more to it all even than that. In the meantime, there is relentless, endless, earnest propaganda directed at women like a fire hose, constantly telling them that the essence of their own womanhood is bound up with their bourgeois career success. Nonstop messages received during their schooling, on TV and the movies and the internet, from bougie parents, tell them that they should reach for the stars (by *working*, always by working) and never to settle for just being a mother or just a wife. This has been going on for a long time, and many Boomers are certainly true believers in it -- my Boomer mother certainly believes it like a religion, God bless her -- and it is certainly true that if you have no training or career you are going to be more financially dependent and/or more financially precarious, and the Boomers, who divorce at the drop of a hat, greatly fear that. But my generation and the generations after (I was born in the early/mid 80s) have been taught constantly and relentlessly that work/career is identity, is the *point* of life, and quite frankly women got it MUCH more than men did, since the idea was to correct or change the unfairnesses/biases/power imbalances of the past. And it has resulted in a huge number of women who are unhappy and unfulfilled. It turns out that a life of making PowerPoints or pushing papers or running workplace conflict-resolution trainings or whatever do not really fulfill people; those women who substitute career for family entirely, or who find themselves torn between the two and not very sure they are finding a balance that they will ultimately be very happy about when they look back on their life, know that something is not right. I think we all used to have a much saner approach back in the day, before "career" was a word much used, and before resume/CV culture was so widespread; people may have been a lot poorer, but at least they understood that a job was about doing something that somebody or other had to do, and putting food on the table and a roof over the head of their kids; at least people weren't being sold a bill of goods by their parents, their teachers, authority figures, and the culture as a whole about what the point of being human and living life really is. I don't blame women for being unhappy -- I think the way our culture *relentlessly* propagandizes women that their very femininity and their very identity is bound up in bourgeois career success is one of the very cruelest aspects of life in "late capitalism." It is worse for them than for us men. It is not just that there is nothing wrong with having and raising children -- an incredibly difficult and honorable job. It is that the vast majority of people are not going to find true purpose and meaning in a consumer capitalist society (or probably any other society) just via their work alone. Selling phones or cutting hair or writing ad copy or processing loan applications or playing the Pachabel Canon for the three billionth time at weddings might not be so bad, you might even like it OK most of the time, but it is not the same thing as, say, raising your child, at least not for most people, and certainly bourgeois career success should not be so incredibly inappropriately stressed in our society to the point where increasing numbers of women -- women who want kids! -- are waiting until they are 37 to start families and freezing their eggs and the rest of it. It is just cruel and it alone by itself is enough to make me strongly dislike this consumer capitalist system we live in. Women are unhappy and are sort of flailing about projecting their unmet needs and frustrated desires in numerous directions. They are frustrated with the aforementioned nihilistic and disengaged men, they are pissed that they work outside the home and inside it too and they still struggle to make ends meet and especially to find the time they need, they lose out because a consumer capitalist society constantly f***s them over by creating an arms-race situation for intrasexual competition. In a more conservative and traditional society, say a society that frowns on makeup, women do not have to compete in that sphere. But in a society like ours, if certain women have the money and time to do a lot with makeup, then suddenly large numbers of women have to spend the time and money on it too just to compete or keep up. This does not make women better off. A consumer capitalist society squeezes them constantly. A society in which the health-care system is a disaster -- and I don't care if you hold the typical liberal views about why it's a disaster or the typical conservative views about why it's a disaster -- hurts women more because they rely on it more for basic biological reasons. Woman carry a human being inside them for a significant period of time (if they have kids) -- nothing men have to deal with ever compares to that health/biological-wise. All that said, women today -- who are not being well served by our current economic/cultural/social orthodoxy, at all -- are playing a major/primary role in this disordered and I think semiapocalyptic woke politics. Chesterton was not afraid to write, and did write, about why he opposed women's suffrage, and he said that in human history, women *have* been queens (including some very good ones), have been monarchs, have certainly wielded power -- but it is precisely in the context of *democracy* that they have not had the vote, not in human history or at least Western history. And, indeed, as he put it, women have/had not been given the vote precisely because they are in some sense too powerful, they are absolute rulers in their bones in a way that men are not. There is something to this, even if in our age we cannot tolerate or hear it. One of the things that amuses me is the way -- and they used to do it more often than they do now, but perhaps you know what I mean -- conservatives often lament or attack depictions, in TV or movies, of the married couple where the man is a stupid shlub while the woman is the smart, knowing, sensitive, and competent one. I agree with the conservatives who see this as anti-male---sure. But to me, it really means something else. The reason we see men depicted this way and women depicted that way is because men tolerate it and women would not tolerate the reverse. What it means is that men give in, don't want to deal with it, don't want to fight, while women will NOT let it go, will do what it takes to make the man understand that it is NOT worth his time and energy to go there, to do X annoying or undesired thing, etc. So, we have men depicted as losers, and women depicted as anything but. There is a lesson here. This is *exactly* the same dynamic that we see with conservatives and liberals, with the Republican and Democratic parties! If, for example, Roe v. Wade was overturned, there would be an efficient, effective, organized, identify-every-single-pressure-point-and-*squeeze* response from upper middle class women that would bring the entire Republican Party to its knees within days. It would be a massacre the likes of which you have never seen. Every single HR and public relations department of every single company on the Fortune 500 list would tell the wholly owned and wholly craven Republican Party exactly what to do--stand now right now-- and that would be that. I don't mean to say that conservatives are all men and liberals are all women, but the conservative "spirit" of the current moment is very male (the natural law arguments! Good Lord!) and the liberal "spirit" of the moment is very female. And it is no contest, at all. Women understand that men are less socially adept (quick: what is the ratio of male autists to female autists?) and that men, while unquestionably stronger physically, are more conflict-averse and more predictable (as everybody knows, men want certain things and it's pretty easy to know exactly what they are and to use that information to one's advantage; whereas, as Freud so perfectly distilled, the question of what women want is itself so difficult to answer as to be a kind of female superpower) -- and women use this for everything it's worth. And today, in our democracy, we see the consequences, as a kind of feminine disordered or frustrated impulse holds the field basically unopposed. This idea that this mural -- to get back to the topic of the original post! -- needs to be torn down because "it makes the children feel unsafe" -- here we see a feminine sensibility both disordered and displaced but winning the field because there's hardly anything else with the will to stand up to it. The masculine counterpoint to this smothering mother has withdrawn -- perhaps to 4chan, perhaps to Pr0ntube. Conservatives used to love pointing out that in the inner city, the family had completely broken down to the point where the matriarch/mother was the only influence in childrens' lives and husbands and fathers had ceased to exist. Well, we see that now in our society/culture as a whole. Somehow, the mother alone, the feminine quality alone, does not yield great results, when not counterbalanced with the masculine.* Things become disordered and even monstrous. I am a gay man, and I can't help but think that, when I do this, when I write about this stuff, Camille Paglia (PBUH) should be my model and my inspiration, because she saw so clearly, and so strikingly, from the outside, so to speak, the great and immortal interplay and relationship between male and female that produces *all* of us, and that is essential to -- not only beauty and art, but order, form, and *lastingness*, things that do not die. We all and every one of us need a society in which the male and the female are counterbalanced and juxtaposed and brought together in a great tension and a great union. The disordered and indeed cataclysmic collapse of the male and female counterbalance is impacting us everywhere, and in ways we do not even realize -- I firmly believe that. There must be a return and rediscovery of the masculine force and the masculine will -- to connect this to the posts about open borders, to a masculine will that says "no, I am drawing a line" -- how many of you have read Sexual Personae, and the CENTRAL role that the idea of "drawing the line" plays in that book? Men "draw the line," which is why men have dominated almost beyond measure the realm of visual art in human history. There must be a return to this, or the nation will dissolve into the primordial swamp that Paglia says represents--not the feminine, but the feminine when outside of civilization, the feminine in a state of nature and crude and unformed.

Matt in VA

[aspiestvmusings]

THE PROBLEM WITH ENDGAME

SPOILERS, BEWARE 

This is, in my opinion, the problem with the whole plot of Endgame. And I will focus on Planet Earth in my example, even though the same was happening everywhere...on all planets of the universe...as they stated in the film. 

Including time Travel & Multi-verses & all those things in your film make me automatically find “issues” in your film. The choice leads to “problems”: 

 As the film established their one rule about “undoing the snap” - on how the time travel works in MCU & what was Tony’s condition for agreeing to make this happen... they created so many new issues. 

The film’s only rule says that they cannot change the past, and hence cannot change their “future” (nothing that happens until the snap or between the snap and that moment). There is a causality. Cause & Effect. Snap & snap aftermath. You cannot re-write history, but you can write a new future history. They cannot undo the snap, but they can do their own snap. They cannot stop Thanos making his wish, but they can make their own wish that basically undos the purple evil’s wish...from that point on. 

So... the  2018 snap happens & 50% of all living creatures (humans, animals, plants...) are gone... Thanos cuts everything in half. Randomly. 

So...the 2018 second snap (23 days later) happens. Thanos destroys the stones (but wait...what’s this the writers/directors are claiming in some interviews... Gamora is gone-gone, because with destroying the soul stone the mad titan also destroyed the soul world within it...and hence no resurrections for Gamora. This makes me ask: where were the dusted during all this time? Where did they go? How were they able to been brought back...from wherever they were? And where did Tony go in the end? Into the now atom-sized pieces of the soul stone? And since the stones still...exist...even if they’re “dust”, therefore Tony still exists within?...cause strangely enough they filmed a scene with Tony inside the soul world in the soul stone. Tony, not Nat in there. Or instead of Tony visiting Nat in there & telling her they won...it was something else they filmed?!? I think it’s good they cut that, cause it should’ve been Nat shown in there, not Morgan. Tony seeing Nat in there after he snaps... would’ve made more sense IMO)  

Everything that happens between that moment & their heist plan...happens: Pepperony married, Morgan born, Hulk + Bruce joined as one, Clint turning to Ronin, the world in ruins... before slowly trying to move on and rebuild “life”. But as we see not everyone is able to move on. We see that within our group (avengers), but the same applies to population/world as general. We are witnesses to the 5 STAGES OF GRIEF...within the team + within the whole population (via the boy on the bike & the support group members + Nat’s summary of past 5 years events - cause those are the only moments where we see/hear about the impact to the general public...) 

Some people move on and start new relationships, jobs, lives. Some can't get over it and remain stuck in the past. All in the aftermath of the 2018 Thanos snap. Also... 

Since it is basically established in the film that everyone returns to the exact place they disappeared 5 years ago (5 seconds or so for them)... it’s even more awkward. Cause things have changed...landscapes have changed since then. And since the one condition was that everything that happened in the past 5 years...doesn’t change, then that means some people find that new people are living in their home...the house they re-appeared to. Some people find out that their spouse re-married. Some find out that people close to them didn’t cope with the loss and are not there anymore. Younger siblings are now older siblings (kids...with age difference less than 5 years pre-first-snap). Jobs: missing peoples positions are placed with new people. And so on & so on... 

And let’s not even consider the circumstances of the return of the snapped ones. Of those, who were on operating tables, in airplanes (and other vehicles which had their drivers/pilots dusted)...and such situations. Unless the unsnap wish was for everyone to return not only to the exact place they were gone, but also safely (so instead of mid-air... on ground...at the same spot on Earth), it’s all kinds of...not good. Unless the unsnap wish was for the returned not to return to the exact moment they left, but just the same place (in general...so same room, but different spot, so they would not return and find themselves sitting on the lap of someone else occupying that armchair they were sitting on 5 years ago), it’s all kinds of awkward. 

Every change made...every things happening during the 5-year period happened... while the dusted were taking a 5-second/5-year nap. They return to a completely new, futuristic, world. They will find it hard to cope with the new reality. Nothing’s the same... since “original snap”. And as much as the ones who had been mourning the lost ones are happy to get them back, the return is another drastic change for them, too. The unsnapping does not fix anything besides bring back the people who disappeared. And as much as the fairytale fictional film wants to sell the disney story... that simply getting your loved ones back heals all wounds & sadness & problems.... it actually doesn’t. Nothing except turning back time... to a moment before the original snap...would fix the MCU world. But that, according to their own time-travel rules is not possible. And while they do “break” (bend) their own rules... kinda... at times... in general the rule is that nothing they do will un-do what’s already happened - any changes just create parallel timelines, in the main MCU timeline everything happens as we’ve seen in the films so far. 

Now there are about 3,7 billion people in 2023, who have the same issue in the MCU as Steve Rogers did in the MCU canon timeline in the past decade. Sure, he was "asleep” for 70 years, not just 5, and the changes he “wakes up to” are bigger than the ones that half of the population from 2018 wake up to five years later, in 2023. But... the “cultural shock” is similar - half of the population will have “Steve syndrome” in MCU. If they’d want to be honest about the snap & unsnap effects on humans. So... will the solution be...to have the returned ones, who can’t move on (some will be able to, bbut not everyone)... do what Steve did..and go live in the past of a new/different timeline), because they can’t adapt to the “present” future? 

Or in other words: (and this might sound cruel, but it’s the canon...sadly) The unsnapping did nothing else than to somewhat ease the heartbreak of those left behind. While creating new, different heartbreak. And it only served the people who were not able to move on & go through all stages of grief and move on. And yes, Tony could help them, and he did, and it’s great that they brought everyone back. But the whole reason behind the operation was some characters inability to see death as part of life. Accept that however unfair & painful... what’s done is done. They only acted because they missed their loved ones. Without taking anything else into consideration. They fixed nothing...except physically bring back those who were gone. The emotional toll...for both sides... still existed and exists. The remained ones won’t un-remember anything. The gone ones will remain unaware of the missing time. 

I keep remembering the TXF episode 7x21 “Je souhaite” (I wish...), where characters, who find a genie (in this film “who gathers the stones”), get three wishes (in this film “one wish per snap”). But if you don’t word/phrase the wish correctly, you don’t get your wish. Wishing for a boat  gets you a boat in your backyard...with no means to get it to water...hundreds of miles away. Wishing for a deceased loved ones return gives you a zombie, not the sibling you remember....cause you get them back in the condition they are now, not who they were when they were before “death”. So.. I keep thinking that unless the snap “wishes” were very specific & very selfless, they can manifest differently that the wish-maker intends to.  

Their plan was conceived & action taken only considering the emotional side of things. Their motivation came from just missing the people gone. And though they were aware of the actual ramifications & they did say “whatever it takes” (meaning they realized what’s at stake & what it might/will cost them), it was essentially a plan considering only the emotions, Even though I agree with Pepper . Tony (and the Team) could help, so he/they did. But still... 

The 2018!Thanos-snap created the first chaos within the film & the 2023!Avengers-Unsnap created the second chaos within the film. Both had huge impacts on the world. Yes, the people who were “gone”, returned, so loved ones were “returned”, physically, but while everyone got everyone else back... the film did not portray the reality of it - it isn’t the same - it’s “awkward” (to put it mildly) either way. Plus... the 2018!Thanos 2nd Snap possibly also created an issue in the MCU Main Timeline (the stones keep the reality & timeline in check...removing them can lead to all kinds of issues & imbalance... so destroying them/reducing them to “small bits” (atoms) could create more issues for the timeline (maybe this caused that the FFH trailer claims happened...  -- multiverse...) 

Based on their own rules they could not have returned to the past...before the Infinity War events... cause nothing that they could have done would have changed anything in their timeline... cause you can’t change the past... going back will just create an alternate timeline where they make those changes, while things stay as they were in their own past...cause you can’t go into your own past to make changes... They also can’t go to a time between the two Thanos snaps in 2018 (that were 23 days apart)...because of the films time travel rules. And these rules are also why they can’t ”turn back time” using the time stone... at the end of Endgame... cause doing what Thanos did with Vision in A3 for Tony in A4 would’ve meant that by saving Tony they would also undo his snap & their victory over the bad guys. So the end result was a constant... and the story to get there was crafted to fit that one ending they had in mind. The writers had decided that one thing had to happen (Tony’s sacrifice) - everything else was written to get us there, everything else was done so that there’d be no other options. This was all clear and well explained in the film. 

Thanos plan in general was silly/stupid - his intention was obviously not noble (save the resources so that the remaining living beings could strive), but just to destroy. Cause otherwise he'd doubled the resources instead....for example. Also... by cutting earth’s population to half... he only took the planet back to 1970s or so... (current population: 7.5 billion VS 3,7 billion then). He totally didn’t count for reproduction... (sure, for endangered species...it doesn’t matter, but all other species, including humans... life continues... with new generations & population growth) His plan was only changing the scales for that one particular moment. He would have been in the same situation soon. If he really was the genius he’s supposed to be, then he’d figured that one out before the snap. Population regrowth. It’s a thing. So his plan was always stupid. It made no sense to me... not real-world sense, not superhero fiction sense. 

Same with his second plan - destroying the stones. If the stones are necessary to keep the universe “functioning”,  then destroying them would mean destroying the Universe. Which was against the A3 Thanos motto - balance. I didn’t believe his  claims & always saw him as a destroyer, but if we’d take his words as the truth.. But if they are just turned to “dust” (reduced to atoms), then they still exists, therefore can still be used. Someone just has to invent the technology to collect the stone “atoms” & recretate the stones and/or use them in their current state (since thsi is fiction, you can write anything you want...) So since the main timeline still seems to exist, and you need the stones to do that...it means they work even when they’re reduced to atoms. So... for me the whole premise of the infinity saga falls apart... because it makes no sense (and I am aware that I’m thinking & expecting things to make sense, while watching some superhero fiction, but I can’t help myself)

And what some don’t realize from the film is that in the end Thanos did manage to do exactly what he said he’d do. Cause while Tony might’ve won..and turned him into dust in return... the purple evil really was inevitable..in some ways. Because while the whole universe isn’t 50% smaller, he managed to cut the Team Avengers into half - 3 original characters gone (Tony, Nat, Steve), 3 remaining (Clint, Bruce, Thor) And on top of that...he managed to take the team apart - Thor went to travel the universe with GotG, Clint went back to “retirement” with his family & Bruce is just enjoying eating ice-cream & taking selfies with kids, while being injured..probably forever. So... he managed to reduce the Avengers universe in half... seemingly, while really taking it completely apart. 

Yes, everyone who was dust turned back to humans, but at what cost? It cost...everything. It cost Tony’s life. It cost Nat’s life. It cost the team (though they were never a team...because they never got to really turn into a united family...for more than a few moments during battles). It cost them everything. High price to pay...to be able to have your friends back. (Not that anyone wouldn’t do the same to save their kid, parent, spouse, friend... But still...) 

ETA: And based on “Spiderman: Far From Home” trailer the new chaos created by the unsnap (5 years after the original chaos created by the original snap) isn’t the only issue. Either the infinity stones “missing” (turned/reduced into atoms..therefore making them useless for any future snapping...but apparently still making it possible for them to keep the main timeline in order... but maybe not as well as in their original form) or in the wrong form (atoms/cosmic dust instead of stones/gems) or just simply messing with time & space during their time travels... they have created more issues (between the universes created). << this only applies if the FFH trailer isn’t misleading. 

[axelsandwich]

yuzuru hanyu: an exhaustive introduction

YUZURU HANYU IN 8 SECONDS: A SUMMARY 

the weird goat noise crying at the end is yuzu himself basically going ‘nooo no way, no I don’t want this, that was scary, so scaryyy’

THIS IS ALSO YUZURU HANYU IN 13 SECONDS

YUZURU HANYU JUST BEING HIMSELF (PART 2)

choose your fighter

he’s happy a lot

basically the embodiment of the n__n emoji

and cute

the cutest 

ever

loves nature on the rare occasions he goes outside

hitting his coach with a fan

scaring his other coach and then running away

adorable w kids

loves teaching

but also falls down a lot. very cutely.

sometimes in a stupidly beautiful way

factual info you could probably Wikipedia but are too lazy to do so: Yuzuru Hanyu is a Japanese figure skater from Sendai, born 7 December 1994 who competes in the men's singles discipline.

PSA: YUZURU HANYU IS NOT THE MODEL FOR KATSUKI YUURI FROM YURI ON ICE (yuuri katsuki is canonically based on tatsuki machida thank u)

japanese media (esp in sendai) basically filmed him growing up and called him a young prodigy so we’re lucky to get footage of chipmunk-cheeked yuzu with his (flying) mushroom hair 

look at this tiny bean

he was interviewed in ice rink sendai with japan’s other figure skating gold medallist shizuka arakawa. to quote, when asked “can you become a gold medallist too?”, he said “probably”. and then he went and did exactly that.

he would get into fights with his rinkmates, used to ball up skate rink magazine flyers to hit like a baseball and basically had a 5min attention span after which he would get bored

he also remained top 5 in his class academically while competing internationally during high school and does online education at waseda university, which is one of the most prestigious universities in Japan (this kid was away the day God handed out laziness and procrastination I s2g)

he’s studying Human Informatics and Cognitive Sciences (ie. basically a massive maths nerd)

my favourite in-depth and extended interviews with yuzu are his press conferences with the foreign correspondents club in japan, he really lets his intelligence and thoughtfulness shine here in particular:

2014 post-sochi olympics

2018 post-pyeongchang olympics

2018 post-pyeongchang olympics (japanese media)

memelord mc memeface (no, I am serious)

literally can’t control his face

I could go on.........

for a long time

(this is my fave)

the duality of man

10 expressions for the price of one

‘yuzuru will also respond in english’

yuzuru was a victim of the 2011 Japanese earthquake and tsunami and lived in an emergency shelter with his family for about a week. spent the summer afterwards skating 60 different ice shows to raise money for the victims. he lost his home rink because of the earthquake and so would go to the show rinks early to practice ): 

it’s heartbreaking that he’s still very affected by the memories. he’s said he doesn’t take anything for granted and is always grateful to have a rink to skate on, and the impact he had on the survivors had a profound effect on his skating

he mentioned it in his post olympics interview

if you feel like crying really really hard today, watch yuzuru visiting sendai’s disaster affected areas and where he stayed initially in the days after the disaster

he donated all his olympic winnings to helping tohoku recover

the only regular TV appearance he does every year is 24hr TV which is a charity marathon to raise money for various causes, especially for areas affected by natural disaster 

“If it is because I visited them that those who suffered from the disaster can forget about their hardships for even just a moment, to me that would be something very meaningful. Therefore, at that moment, I thought that I wanted to get another Gold medal at the next Olympics.” 

the reason why he’s going for another olympic medal. cry with us

gets on with nobunari oda like a house on fire and carries out shenanigans whenever they meet

nobu and ex-tennis player matsuoka shuzo have been his most zealous and purest hype men since he was sixteen, it’s the cutest thing in the world, they’re regularly worried about him, stunned by him and moved to tears by his performances

here they are reacting to his olympics programs

here’s yuzu thanking shuzo for his support by putting his gold medal around shuzo-san’s neck

has the cutest bromance ever with training mate javier fernandez (eg. when he cried bc he didn’t win but was also super happy for javi, and when he watched javi’s free skate)

gives the best hugs to javi

iconic(TM)

just before the Olympic medal ceremony, yuzuru cried after javi told him this would be his last olympics and saying ‘no I can’t do it without you’ wow I didn’t need my heart or anything today

has the cutest interactions with all skaters including his direct competitors

here’s boyang jin giggling about how he got a hug from ‘the guy who likes Pooh’

nathan chen commenting on yuzu & both of them complimenting each other

dodges media attempts to pit him against shoma uno as bitter rivals bc they are NOT ABOUT THAT LIFE 

olympic gold medallist checking to make sure the olympic silver medallist has his jacket on straight and teaching shoma to wave bc he is actually just a mother

the only person who has the ability to make him lose focus: his forever-idol evgeni plushenko (now in motion) 

probably the only asian boy who willingly opted for a bowl cut 

who he shamelessly cheers on during ice shows

literally not capable of not being extra as fuck

here’s his pre-competition rituals aka. lipsyncing silently at a wall

he does it a lot

where every other male skater is in sensible shirts and pants, you will find yuzu standing there BEDECKED IN SEQUINS AND FEATHERS

he don’t give a fuck about your gender norms

and looks excellent while doing so

here he is, single-handedly destroying toxic masculinity

here he is just generally being Extra, with the rest of the men, bullying junhwan, bullying boyang... speed skating

tbh his milkshake seems to bring all the boys to the yard...seriously. and obviously most of the girls...

famous for his death glare murder face of hyper-competitive intensity

scariest thing is how quickly he can switch it on

there’s literally a collection of photos of yuzu - from when he was a bb to presently - eyeing the gold medal from another podium position like ‘my precious will be mine soon’ (here’s another one)

but also for being the sweetest kid ever 

he is truly SUPER polite wherever he goes

hugging his competitors at the 2018 pyeongchang olympics

staying behind to answer all questions from media at the competition

CRAWLING ON HIS HANDS AND KNEES behind competitor shoma uno so he doesn’t get in the background of shoma’s interview

mr worldwide (he thanked reporters at the Olympics in five languages)

watch him say thank you in korean

JP TV basically had entire TV segments where they were like ‘OBSERVE HIS GOD-LIKE BEHAVIOUR’. It continues to this day

there’s literally a shrine with kanji similar to his name and fans pray for him there

he has three dedicated shrines that his fans make pilgrimmages to - yuzuruha and the two seimei shrines. 

oda nobunari visited one and basically all the ema wishes were for him (yuzuru himself also visited the shrine to pray as well)

helping people repair the rink after competitions

single-handedly keeping the winnie the pooh soft toy industry alive.  

Disney-senpai finally noticed him in 2018

he donates all the toys he gets to local orphanages and charities

gives his fans regular heart attacks

watch him save jumps that shouldn’t have been physically possible

changing program halfway through when he failed a jump to accommodate #emergencyquad and #yolotripleaxel 

casually breaks world records because he was annoyed with himself

casual jump combinations during practices

casually says shit like wanting to jump hithero impossible jumps

jumped new quad when pissed off at the world team trophy It is REALLY IMPORTANT to know that the main reason for fan heart attacks is because he’s dealt with a distressing number of injuries, illnesses and misfortunes in his skating life but has somehow managed to come back and succeed in spite of them

a really scary accident that happened at cup of china 2014 and he decided to skate anyway because he wanted to qualify for the Grand Prix Final (which he then went on to win) and he really should not have been allowed to but he.......did that > <;

he then came back a month later to win the Grand Prix Final for the 2nd year in a row

he then had abdominal pain and surgery right after winning Japanese Nationals in 2014

and after spending a month recuperating, still managed to win a silver medal at worlds 2014

this is why we don’t talk about boston

important to note he skated his iconic chopin/seimei 2015 grand prix final programs WITH THAT INJURY

but then he came back and won the world championships in Helsinki in 2017

he missed almost the entire 2017-2018 olympic season he severely injured his ankle while practising the 4Lz in practice at the NHK Trophy, while recovering from a fever

is making his comeback from injury either at the pyeongchang team event or potentially yolo-ing it and going just for the individual event, we have no idea, we just know heart attacks are imminent

update: he skipped the team event and made his COMEBACK SKATE FROM INJURY after 3 months of no competitions and 1 month of prep at the individual mens event of the pyeongchang olympics.... AND FRIKKIN WON HIS SECOND OLYMPIC GOLD 

he then...injured himself again for the 2018-19 season, went out and skated anyway, won the event and showed up to the victory ceremony on crutches. he made a comeback at the world championships 2019 on painkillers yet again and still managed to get a silver medal

is proficient at disappearing like a ninja and subjecting his fans to radio silence for months on end, usually bc he injured himself ))):

so his fans made him a banner

(he has some ridiculously talented fans tbh)

a helpful guide to stanning yuzu (warning: you may feel Attacked)

did I mention he happens to be pretty good at figure skating? 

he’s broken the world record 16 times and counting (the video is his reaction to the first 11 (most of them are his own records)

he’s the first man in 66yrs since Dick Button to win back-to-back Olympic gold medals in mens figure skating (sochi 2014 and pyeongchang 2018)

I cannot emphasise HOW FRIKKIN #YOLO HIS 2018 OLYMPIC SEASON WAS. this was the medal he wanted his ENTIRE LIFE, which he had literally planned since he was a novice skater and had seriously begun planning since right after he won the gold in Sochi. this plan had to be adjusted due to the truly distressing number of injuries, illnesses and misfortunes he sustained during the last quad (his Olympic athlete profile has PARAGRAPHS dedicated to all his injuries - and note these are only the post-2014 ones). but yuzuru started the 2017-18 olympic season with a plan to basically break all 3 of his WRs at the olympics by recycling his Chopin and Seimei programs but upgrading the layout and introducing a new quad - the 4Lz - which he had been preparing for years. and then this plan was, once again, thrown out the window when he sustained the injury in NHK in early November, which was much more severe than he first thought. he sat out of competition for 3mths despite hoping to return first at Japanese Nationals and then to the Pyeongchang team event, but pulled out of both as well. yuzuru made his comeback from injury debut at the individual men’s event, aka. the BIG DEAL, after marching into the airport like a BOSS. we were told he had only recovered his triple axel 3 weeks ago and his quads 2 weeks ago, but post-Olympics, he’s slowly revealing that it was even more dire than that. he skated the entire Olympics on painkillers that were not working 100% which meant every jump landing hurt.  and he. frikkin. WON. by doing this. and this.  (it was also the 1000th medal in Winter Olympics history because destiny rewards those who are Most Extra)

seimei is arguably one of the greatest masterpieces of skating programs and yuzuru was involved in every step of putting it together

his iconic moves ; _ ; 

edges, have you seen anything more ridiculous

romeo and juliet 1.0 at worlds, less than 1yr after the tsunami disaster and really launched him onto the international stage

sochi olympic short program (the thing that won him the gold lbr)

sub point: his reaction to gold

sub point: his reactions to BOTH HIS GOLD MEDALS

chopin and seimei at Grand Prix Finals 2015/16 

WR for highest short program and total program score and he’s gonna bring them both back and try to surpass them for the Olympic season because he wasn’t already under enough pressure.........

hope and legacy FS at Worlds 2016/17 where he came back from 5th place in the short program to win the free and break his own world record yet again (annotated version)

broke his 12th WR in the first event of the 2017-2018 Olympic season at the ACI Challenger event with a sore knee and downgraded jump layout

hilariously, his coach brian orser was - uncharacteristically - warning everyone that his first skates of the season are like ‘first pancakes’ and to not expect too much from him before the SP

his fans, needless to say, were amused

he did go ahead and die in the free skate the following day though, and finished with his obligatory Canadian silver

Jumped and landed his first 4Lz in competition at the Rostelecom Cup 2017 (watch it clean - it’s a THING OF BEAUTY) and now has landed 4 types of quads in competition (4T, 4S, 4Lo and 4Lz). Has now said that being the first person ever to land the 4A - his childhood dream - is one of his key motivations. 

just go watch all his programs lol

has a majestic jump face. it’s art. literally. 

seemingly endless appetite for getting better and continually challenging himself

his favourite word: kuyashii (ie. frustrated)

one of my favourite interviews of him ever was right after his broke all 3 world records and went over 200 and 300 for the FS and total competition score for the first time at NHK 2015.  “[On losing to Patrick Chan at Skate Canada & the fact he was practising during gala rehearsal where everyone else was chilling] I thought I want to improve, even here right now.  Patrick was nearby and it was a really good motivation.   It’s like, ‘Watch me.'  I will definitely practise all kinds of jumps and I will grow for sure.  I will win the next time for sure, I have been practising with that in mind.”   Then 3 weeks later, at NHK Trophy, he had a different lay-out. Yuzu:  This is not related to Patrick anymore.  I was really fired up this time. Boyang Jin got 95 points in SP, right?  When I saw that score, I thought, wow NO MISTAKES!!  He gave the best of his abilities!  OH YES!!!! Matsu: You didn’t think OH NO!!!  You thought OH YES???? Yuzu:  I thought “It’s here!!!"  Since I was a child, I have never liked winning a competition when others made mistakes.  Everyone skates to their best, but I still come first, above all.  That is what I like. I like pushing myself to the edge—.” (translation cr: yuzusorbet) says volumes about his competitive mentality.

this is also iconic AF. ‘In your mind, what do you mean by wanting to win with a commanding lead?’ yuzuru (no hesitation and immediately): after everyone goes clean, I go clean and win. (matsuoka shuzo’s face is a MOOD)

oh, also he’s had asthma since he was two 

he talks about it here

it was referenced in a movie

he got an asthma attack 2wks before the World Championships in Helsinki 2017 and still went out and Did That

the new york times did a long feature on him and it’s mostly a pretty comprehensive article if you want an overview

has remained at number one in the world standings for the entire olympic cycle since 2013 despite aforementioned heart-attack-inducing injuries and illnesses

sucks at finding suits that fit him. because he needs one imperfection

questionable fashion sense in general (generally remains stuck at ‘japanese teenage boy circa 2005′)

he wears toe socks and has been seen wearing crocs once, ho n e st l y

Good Guy Yuzuru: doesn’t wear fitted suits often because he knows it’ll kill his fans and/or will only do so if he gets paid for it tbh

unless he’s wearing under armour

he can keep wearing under armour

seriously, why isn’t he being sponsored by under armour

why

really obsessed with earphones and has like 50 pairs, many of which are custom-made and cost over $1000. he gets really excited about sound quality & bonds with sound technicians over their headphones. basically it’s the only thing he talks about when interviewers want to know what he likes to do in his spare time

that and play games in his room by himself

he’s hyper-competitive about games too

is this a surprise at this point

he’s basically a shut in when he’s not on the ice rink, in competition or at an ice show. he is not v exciting

he got really obsessed with kendama and now has like 8 of them

can’t dance but has no shame (yeah) (YEAH. you’ve been warned). werq it boi

made his japanese film debut in a bald cap, playing the young lord of Sendai which he SORT OF BASICALLY IS

get you a man that loves you like the entire city of Sendai loves yuzuru

their cheer video for sochi and pyeongchang

as of originally writing this intro post - part of the top six men in figure skating right now. probably possesses the Most Lack of Chill, being world champion, olympic champion and holder of all 3 figure skating records. we’re all drinking heavily this olympic season, not in the least because Olympic season has been a Pretty Big Disaster So Far

BUT HE WON THE GOLD MEDAL AND THE MENS EVENT WAS - FOR THE MOST PART - PRETTY DAMN BRILLIANT, especially given all the disasters that happened this season.......so I recommend watching it all. ; __ ; 

alas Patrick Chan and Javier Fernandez have now retired ;;

he’s also b e a u t i f u l 

um excuse me, rude

VERY RUDE

apparently not interested in sex appeal......... 

‘acting’

want to research more? 

here’s a recommended watchpost

a compilation of interesting interviews by tsukihoshi14

gif cr: balladestorm

in conclusion, thank you for reading and I hope you know more about this special, brilliant boy ( : 

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How X of Swords Changed the Marvel Universe Future of the X-Men

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After 22 chapters, Marvel’s massive X-Men crossover event, X of Swords has come to a close, and with it, the Dawn of X era. The story touched every book in the X-Men family and brought us answers to a few of the lingering questions that were casually tossed at the audience during House of X/Powers of X. But X of Swords asked more questions than it answered. And heading into the next phase of X-Mastermind Jonathan Hickman and the rest of the magnificent team of X-Men creators’ big plan, that’s a very good thing.

To set the stage going into Reign of X, we’ve decided to lay out some of the big questions asked in X of Swords (and by the Reign of X teaser image you see at the top of the page).

WHAT HAPPENED IN X OF SWORDS?

X of Swords was primarily three stories: Betsy Braddock’s journey towards fully becoming Captain Britain; Saturnyne trying to get Betsy to accept being Captain Britain (and trying to nail her brother Brian, the previous Captain Britain); and the payoff to the Krakoa/Arakko schism first introduced in Powers of X. It did all of those things magnificently, telling what ended up being a definitive Apocalypse story reuniting him with his long lost family, and reestablishing the Captain Britain Corps of multiversal guardians under Saturnyne’s control. 

Along the way, the story also gave the X-team of creators a chance to cut loose and have a blast. The setup promised what was essentially a season of Dragon Ball Super in an X-Men comic: the battle for control of Krakoa and Arakko would come down to a tournament between 10 champions for each side, with each champion wielding a unique sword. The first half of the crossover followed several heroes as they tracked down their blades, and gave us some wonderful character moments with Magik, Cypher, Storm, the Braddocks, and others. 

But once the tournament started, it ended up being the fighting equivalent of Whose Line Is It Anyway – the rules were made up and the points didn’t matter. There were definitely sword fights, and when they happened they were usually excellent, but there was also a drinking contest between Storm and Wolverine, and Gorgon and Magik did a jigsaw puzzle together, Doug married Bei the Blood Moon, and Gorgon banged a boulder. 

When it came down to it, X of Swords was an Excalibur story, and it honored that book’s roots by being multiversal, very silly, and full of effective character growth. And very, very good.

In the end, Krakoa won the tournament when Apocalypse defeated his wife and the Annihilation Helm in single combat. Amenth did not take the loss well, and unleashed the full might of its army on Saturnyne and the Krakoans, but they were saved three times; first by the return of the full Captain Britain Corps; again when the X-Men rode in on the once and future S.W.O.R.D. headquarters and dumped a swarm of extradimensional cyborg virus people on the Amenthi monsters; and finally when Apocalypse claimed the Annihilation helmet, and ended the battle by surrendering to Saturnyne.

And at the end, when Saturnyne demanded an exchange of prisoners (sort of) between the two sides to seal the peace, Apocalypse decided to join his family on Amenth, and in return sent all of Arakko to join the Krakoans on Earth.

MILLIONS OF NEW MUTANTS AND A NEW LAND MASS JUST SHOWING UP IS PROBABLY GOING TO BE A THING, ISN’T IT?

For some people, sure. Presumably the already tense geopolitical situation created by a new mutant nation leveraging Krakoan superscience is going to have a little more pressure added to it when Krakoa doubles in physical size and adds millions of super powered beings born and raised in (approximately) hell.

Add to that the two open seats on the Quiet Council and you have a ton of politics that need examining, something that both X-Men and X-Force have done gladly since the relaunch.

WHAT TWO OPEN SEATS?

Apocalypse’s departure to wander Amenth with his wife and kids (honestly, this crossover is God-tier just for believably turning Apocalypse into a Wife Guy) left one Autumn seat open. The other open seat came when Marvel Girl joined Cyclops in some light insubordination at the climax of the story.

The Council repeatedly ruled against outside involvement in the Otherworld tournament – the 9 fighters could compete, but they weren’t sending anybody else (who mattered – more in a second), both because it wasn’t deemed safe for Krakoa to leave it unguarded, and because death on Otherworld scrambled the resurrection protocols. Cyclops and Marvel Girl decided that they couldn’t abide by that and rounded up an enormous crew of mutants, who they brought through on The Peak to save the day. However, when Marvel Girl joined, she resigned her seat on the Council.

That leaves two open seats, and speculation abounds about who might join their ranks. 

The Spring seat vacated by Marvel Girl should be filled by someone with more traditional X-Men ties. Smart money here is on Angel, with Penance being another possible addition, in part because of the teaser. It looks like the long-rumored (and subtly referenced in Empyre: X-Men) X-Corp book is finally on its way, and we know that the heads of the mutants’ non-Hellfire corporate interests are Warren Worthington III and Monet St. Croix. They would be a logical addition and a nice counterbalance to the Hellfire Trading Company, which looks like it’s about to descend into chaos as Marauders follows up on Kitty Pryde’s murder at the hands of Sebastian Shaw from before the crossover.

Apocalypse’s seat is a complete wild card. Other Autumn seats are held by Professor X and Magneto, and with Apocalypse, the three represented three pillars of mutant philosophy. It’s not immediately clear who might be a suitable fit in that framework, but an Amenthi representative does make a certain amount of sense. Some have speculated Isca the Unbeaten might join the council, but I’m not sure the mutants would want to include in private strategic discussions someone whose mutant power compels them to switch sides if they’re going to lose. 

WHAT IF THAT LAST SEAT GOES TO THE SHADOW KING?

Oh yeah that would really suck. Also, he’s prominently featured in the teaser, and it looks like he might be joining the cast of New Mutants when Vita Ayala takes over. That would be very, very bad. For the mutants. For us, that’s probably some good story.

WHAT HAPPENED TO BETSY?

It’s not entirely clear. She “died” in one of the earliest battles of the tournament, and we know from Rockslide’s death at the start of the crossover that dying on Otherworld scrambles your backups. What comes out of that egg is approximately whatever a slot machine that contains all of that person’s personalities from throughout the multiverse decides to shoot out.

However, when Captain Britain died in the tournament, she shattered into shards of stained glass. Shards that Saturnyne had collected, and then as all looked grim in the tournament, she pieced them back together and resurrected Betsy, and with her, a full Captain Britain Corps comprised of all the various Betsys from throughout the multiverse. 

The Captain Britain Corps, as a refresher, was created by Merlin as a group of protectors of every corner of the omniverse. They served in that function largely uninterrupted until the multiverse was destroyed in Jonathan Hickman’s massive Avengers story that culminated in Secret Wars, when the Corps was demolished in battle by the Beyonders. That destruction caused Saturnyne to close off the Starlight Citadel and led to turmoil among the realms of Otherworld, so presumably the return of the Corps is going to help with stability there. 

That said, Avalon is still governed by Jamie Braddock; Sevalith is a realm of vampires and has a possibly turned Death on it; Mercator is an unknown region, but sounds like it’s governed by another reality-altering omega mutant, Mister M; and the Crooked Market is administered by yet another reality warper, Mad Jim Jaspers. And Betsy Prime (or Betsy 616, as the main Marvel universe also reclaims its original number for the first time post-Secret Wars) is apparently missing. It would seem all of this will be followed up on in the pages of Tini Howard’s stellar Excalibur. 

Skipping the obvious ones that are asked in the story – what kind of drama will grow out of Storm’s theft of the Wakandan sword; can Bei, Doug and Warlock manage a throuple; what happens when arakko and krakoa bang it out; where’s solem.

DID ALL THOSE HELLIONS DIE ON OTHERWORLD?

The only book that was functionally superfluous to X of Swords was Hellions, but that’s okay because it was such a riot. Mister Sinister gathered up his team on a Quite Council-sanctioned mission into Otherworld to try and steal the Amenthi swords before the tournament started. Unfortunately, they were extremely late and couldn’t do anything to help their Krakoan countrymen. On the other hand, that was exactly Sinister’s plan. 

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Sinister went to Amenth to get genetic material from the Amenthi mutants, to add to his collection. While there, he and his team met Tarn the Uncaring, Sinister’s Amenthi equivalent. Tarn unleashed his Vile School mutants on the Hellions, and absolutely wrecked them: Nanny and Orphan Maker were killed very quickly; Wild Child stayed behind to buy Psylocke, Havok, Empath, and Greycrow time to escape with the genetic goods Sinister stole; and Sinister himself is pulled apart by Tarn in the fight (it’s fine, he was a clone).

However, it’s not entirely clear where those four died or if it will have any bearing on their resurrection (Sinister is fine, he’s got another clone waiting for the Hellions on the Krakoan side of the Otherworld gate so he can shoot them before they tell anyone what happened). Also, Tarn survived, and it looks like he’s coming back to haunt this team of misfits in upcoming issues of Hellions. 

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