#another LONG post

[theanxiousbookdevourer]

I love learning all these little, weird things about the characters in Disco Elysium. Like, is Bird's Nest Roy not one of the weirdest little guys you've ever met?

He doesn't like beaches.

He doesn't like music...

... but he records random sounds...

... including the Col Do Ma Ma Daqua.

He also spends about 10% of any given interaction spacing out.

But to get a little more serious, I think there's a lot more to him. I even think it's possible to draw parallels between Bird's Nest Roy and Lt. Kim Kitsuragi.

He, like Lt. Kitsuragi with the RCM, was part of a voluntary clean-up organization...

... despite knowing it wouldn't do much good.

He's also very willing to look away and distance himself from things of which he doesn't approve or doesn't want to get entangled.

In this very same exchange, you can see Lt. Kitsuragi try to distance himself from your bad decisions in the same way, if you choose to take Pyrholidion.

I think the biggest difference between Bird's Nest Roy and Lt. Kitsuragi is that Bird's Nest Roy acts like he's a cynic...

... but the fact that he tried to help with the People's Pile makes me think he's not.

In fact, he likes imagining, losing himself in his own thoughts, more than anything real.

Did you see that? Did you get what he's saying?

The Man from Hjelmdall may not have been real before the stories were written and read, but he's real now, because he's in the stories.

I don't think Lt. Kitsuragi agrees with that.

But I do.

And if you're reading this post, I bet you do too. You had no idea who Bird's Nest Roy or Lt. Kim Kitsuragi or Raphaël Ambrosius Costeau was.

But you do now.

[infinialtairs]

~ Rayman and Casper in each different scenarios ~ (and...art styles I suppose)

I honestly took it overboard with amount effort I put into this even though it was suppose to be small...the pattern I swear.

But I do like how these turned out pretty much so task successfully failed?

[ ☀️ More below If you're interested in my rambles and separate images 🦊]

So...onto my rambles 2.0:

Rayman (pre-Ramon) and Casper (Non Canon Compliant)

They're sort of THE ONES I focus on a lot...even if it would never HAPPEN in any sorts of way, not even possible for them to interact, left alone...dating. But ey! more fun huh? If they DO happen to interact, it is mostly one sided hatered (from Casper's at least), Rayman only really starts dislike Casper when Casper ""tries"" flirting with him as mock and joke, finding itself annoying and stupid. But eventually liking each other and understanding each perspective's...even if Casper doesn't get Rayman's much still.

2. Ramon and Casper ( Neutral )

This is probably follows the flow of Captain Laserhawk series the most? or at least, it does. I actually been hyperfixate on that concept of them - both in lowest points in their lives but Casper letting Ramon (along with Bullfrog and Dolph) to crash over in small shitty apartment because despite hating Ramon (Rayman before) for his whole life essentially. Casper does sees Ramon in.. new light because Ramon opened his eyes and saw the real true colors of Eden. Now, I don't think they would necessary date? not saying it's impossible but considering their both positions...Ramon NEEDS TIME and HELP and THERAPY badly. (same goes to Dolph, Bullfrog and even Casper even if he will deny.)

3. Rayman? (Fakeman) and Casper ( Toxic )

This also follows mostly the canon of Captain Laserhawk series but INSTEAD of meeting Ramon by mere accident...Fakeman and Casper both meeting up in bar, Fakeman might know something of Casper MORE than he leads onto.. (I won't go in depth of what just yet but it is working in progress...) SO Fakeman purposely tries to flirt with Casper, even when Casper pushes off Fakeman with some jokes, it did get the best of him... They ARE NOT in healthy "relationship" (it's toxic for a reason). Fakeman is only USING Casper for his gains...

4. Rayman and Casper ( Eden's Cutie Restaurant AU )

in other words, completely very fluff and soft core of them where Rayman as waitress having BIG BIG crush on Casper and Casper as more of poet and writer in general, KNOWS Rayman likes him...in some way. the "Will they get together or not?" question lurks over them... I actually don't have a lot to say about this. They just exist if they didn't had traumas.

Separate images without texts:

RAMBLED ONCE AGAIN ABOUT CASPER AND RAYMAN CUZ THEY'RE KEEP BEING IN MY HEAD ARRGHH!!!!

if you have read this far or just wanted see the pics, thank you for your time, solider /pos 🫡💜

[ultraarat]

i just thought of a gravity falls au and i need to share it now basically so, after weirdmageddon, the awesome sailor grunkles n dipper and mable come back to gravity falls, next summer!! its all awesome and cool theyre having fun then WOAH the axolotl?!?!?? so literal god shows up [the axolotl] and is like "hiii!!! i put the guy who tramuatized you all into therapy!! he has something he wants to say!!" so bill is all like "sorry :[[[" and goes to shake dippers hand as an apology!! dipper shakes bill hand because. i mean what could go wrong!! oh shit!! something went wrong!! yeah so bills hand ghas that blue fire thing around it suddenly, does his evil villain laugh and goes into his monster form and is like "HAHGAH!! IM TRICKED YOU!!11" and then vanishes and the axolotl is like "oh! i didint know he could still do that! uh!" and does an awesome spin or something to turn itno a semi-humanoid form to help them all catch bill!! turns into like. season 2 ish but more chaos and entitys and also god is there

[gawrkin]

Young Gawain swearing to avenge his father and kill Pellinore, from Post-Vulgate.

I've partially talked about this in an ask before, but King Lot's death in Post Vulgate creates a hole in the Arthurian narrative, wherein Lot's death early in Gawain's life (stated to be when he was eleven years old, shown above) which basically undermines the idea of Gawain being a part of Arthur's Court.

With Lot's death being from before Gawain becomes knight, it means he wouldn't have the freedom to go out questing and adventuring, "achieving knightly deeds" as he is traditionally supposed to do. Instead, King Lot's Court would be doing everything in their power to prepare Gawain for Kingship, especially in very trying time as having just gotten out of a War with Arthur again.

As Lot's Eldest son, Gawain has a big duty to assume the throne as quickly as he can - maybe even as early as 15 years old, like young Arthur - whilst a regent (presumably Morgause or some other trusted lord) was in place for the time being. No matter his personal wishes, Gawain's station in life is to be a responsible ruler of his inheritance.

All of Gawain's youthful deeds would never happen - Lot's loyalists and courtiers would never allow Gawain and his brothers to go out and do whatever they want, especially not become knights in the court of their enemy, Arthur.

You can also see here how... strangely specific Gawain's vengeance is being directed, towards Pellinore alone and not towards Arthur's faction in general.

Gawain has no reason to like Arthur, especially at his age, since from Gawain's POV:

His father contested Arthur's legitimacy as King, due to the questionable matter of the Sword in the Sword.

Arthur placed his newest and youngest brother and countless other youths in peril for no justification other than a dream said so. Said brother becomes lost for a time and presumed dead.

His father revolted again specifically for this and was killed as a casualty of war, regardless of who specifically killed him.

There's just no reason for Gawain to be obsessed with wanting to kill this one particular person and not simply resenting the whole faction of Logres as complicit in the dishonor of the Kingdom of Orkney.

If Gawain and his brothers are so vengeful enough to direct their hate towards Pellinore onto his family as whole, why is Arthur, Pellinore's comrade and the causer of the Orkney Kingdom's misfortune, suspiciously exempt?

[metalmusingmoments]

@lonelycupcakelol bare with me lol

Bayverse Optimus prime x Human reader.

Takes place during the forth movie where reader and Optimus reunite after each of them went into hiding.

Xxxx

The aftermath of Chicago had left a bitter taste on the human race. The Autobots had defeated the Decepticons but at the cost of thousands of lives and a city. That’s how the world saw it anyway.

The government was quick to react and NEST was disbanded. Only a select few would remain to act as liaisons. Any known human collaborators would be put on house arrest and Autobots would be restricted to a remote base in Nevada.

A year and a half after the battle, the Whitwicky family broke probation and couldn’t be found. Sam, his wife and new born son had escaped. The government was quick to pin it on Bumblebee but he and every other bot had been confined to the base. Y/N never saw Sam again.

When Lennox started to become distant Y/N began to worry. Acting as one of the liaisons between the Autobots and the government constant contact was a necessity, and above that they were friends. Or so Y/N thought.

The last conversation Y/N had with Lennox he had told them he “had to put his family first”. His last attempt to give them all a warning. An hour later the President declared all Cybertronians a threat to the world and the base descended into chaos.

Optimus had given orders to just get out and to keep contact to a minimum. Y/N had refused to leave his side and so you left together. That was two years ago.

At a truck stop somewhere in Tennessee you hastily stuffed your bag back full of your belongings. Grateful for the shower but wary of the time, you made your way back to Optimus. He was sporting a simple red and blue paint job without his traditional flames.

As you climbed back into the cab you stuffed your bag into the back and pulled out a map.

“We’ll have to get off 75 soon. We can’t go through Knoxville… I’m worried they’ll have sensors outside the city that could break through the shields.”

He didn’t respond as he watched you flip your map over and then back over again in frustration.

“Maybe we should backtrack and get on 27 then 40. Should we go south or north again?” You asked more to yourself.

“Y/N you cannot ignore this conversation” his deep voice filled the cabin.

“I heard you the first time and the answer is still no. I’m not leaving.” You refused to look into rear view mirror as you tried to figure out the next move. “Alright. We back track and hit 27 then we can figure out if we want to take 40” folding up the map you placed it back in your bag and reached for the seatbelt. It didn’t budge.

“Optimus” you pleaded as you tried pulling the seatbelt again.

“No.” The finality of that one word made you feel hollow. “The attack we suffered on the road last week was the end of this. I can not keep you safe…” he whispered

“And you think I‘ll be safer without you!” you snapped “I’ll end up just like Sam and-“

“We don’t know what happened to him and his family. They could be-“

“He’s dead Optimus!” you screeched “Cemetery Wind wants all of us dead and you want me to just fuck off to some remote cabin!? They’ll find me there and us separating will have been for nothing! Why are you doing this!?” You sobbed.

“Because I do not know what else to do!” His angered shout had you sinking into the seat. In all the time you had been together you had never once seen him raise his voice, and now it was at you. “They are more concerned with finding me. You will go to this location and you will stay there. If you believe it’s been compromised you will go to the next location I’ve chosen” he threw himself into reverse and started heading south. “They will not think to look for you on city outskirts.”

“I’m not your soldier” you hissed back through your tears.

“No…no you are not” he said quietly as they drove.

You rode in silence as the sky began to darken. Optimus soon pulled over onto the shoulder and parked.

“You need to head west into these woods for about a mile. You will find the location marked on this map.” The glove box popped open with a manila envelope. “They keys are in there as well as an Identification card and currency.”

“You’ve had this planned” you breathed taking the envelope in a shaky hand.

“…Yes” the admission sounded like he was in physical pain as he opened the door.

“I don’t want to leave you. I love you” the tears were now streaming down your face again as grabbed your bags.

“I know… I know as I love you, but this is not forever” he soothed. “Once it is safe I will come back for you and if your are not here I will find you. I promise you that.”

You slid out of the seat onto the ground and closed the door softly pressing your head against the door.

“Please” you tried in one last vain attempt.

“My spark… you must go.”

You pushed away from the door letting your hand rest there for a second longer as you stared at Optimus for what could be the last time.

With a sharp inhale you hiked your bags further up onto your shoulders and turned to hike up the steep incline into the woods.

When you could no longer see the road you heard the roar of his engine take off.

Xxxx

Optimus would send status updates to you and the other bots as often as he could through the secure channels.

Three months after arriving at your new home they had stopped.

Xxxx

3 years and 5 impromptu make shift homes later you found yourself in Wyoming of all places.

You had to ditch the planned route of homes Optimus had given you after you had shown up to the second one already turned upside down in a search. Destroying the small radio you had used to keep tabs on the other Autobots had been one of the most difficult decisions you had had to make over the past 3 years.

You had secluded yourself in a tiny off grid cabin with no internet or tv on a lake in the hopes that Optimus would indeed find you like he promised.

Working in your small garden you heard the sound of car engine. Not impossible for someone to be driving by but also highly unusual. You darted back into your house to grab your rifle and hid along the wall.

You couldn’t see where the car was but someone was getting out and skipping up the stairs onto your porch.

Clicking off the safety you waited.

A knock followed by a man’s voice.

“Hello? Uh… is there a Y/N L/N here? Hello!?” He pounded on the door this time.

Slowly you slid your way over to the front door placing your hand on the door knob and quickly throwing it open. You pointed the rifle into the man’s face.

“Hey! Hey! Hey! What the hell man!?” The guy shouted as he stumbled back on the porch. You only advanced.

“Who the hell are you?” Voice hoarse from disuse.

“Cade! My names Cade Yeager! Bee said you would be friendly! Get that gun outta my face!” He said swatting aimlessly.

Moving your eyes behind the man you saw the the yellow camaro begin to shift as you let out a strangled gasp dropping your gun.

You pushed past Cade as you ran down the steps to Bumblebee’s kneeling form arms outstretched.

A/N/ - part 2 tomorrow it’s 2am 😭 I do head cannon that at-least Sam got whacked between 3-4. Cemetery wind was out for blood… also I’m making the reunion movie 5 cause Optimus had no time for nothing in 4 and you’ll see why in part 2😘

[bisexualshakespeare]

ok I wanna talk about Airk and Elora because I feel like some people believe their ep 1 incompatibilities are some kind of clue that he's bad because Elora is good? and that is just NOT on

First of all, Elora is not purely good. She is a whole person! The fact that she is gentle and friendly and loving does not take away from her also being cranky and stubborn and mean!

Airk is introduced as a playboy prince and Dove as the latest of his conquests but literally the FIRST thing we hear Airk say is that he's never felt like he does with Dove! And yeah on first watch we can say that's a line he might use on everyone, but on rewatch we know Airk isn't a great liar! He is being completely sincere.

She brings up the rumors of his, say, hunting habits, and he doesn't deny them and the fact that they're not just rumors clearly is bothersome to Dove. Now we don't know what exactly those rumors are but later, Kit says Airk jumps from one girl to another as soon as he gets bored. So the thing Dove is worried about isn't necessarily that he's been with a lot of people (no slut shaming here), but that he leaves when he's bored. We know she wants to be special and appreciated, and a little bit wants to be a princess, so she's worried that she isn't going to get those things because Airk will "lose interest".

So when she sees Airk talking to the countesses at dinner, her immediate thought is "damn he's lost interest, this isn't going to work out because I'm not special enough". Now, Airk isn't actually flirting with them and Dove wouldn't have been able to hear anything from the distance she was anyway. But her insecurities come rolling out because that is the struggle she's having the whole season. Am i special or am I nobody?

Airk is having his own struggle with whether or not he's special. He and Kit are both late but Airk is the only one trying to pacify Sorsha. He thanks every servant he passes by. He charms the people at his table. He goes to Graydon after Kit makes a scene. He tries over and over to get people to like him and it seems like he's pretty good at it. It seems like the girls are an extension of that. Putting on charm and trying to get attention, and maybe he loses interest when he doesn't have to try anymore.

When he's in the Immemorial City, Lili makes him try to get her to like him. She didn't just immediately fall in his arms as a damsel in distress because that isn't what he wants. Airk wants to put in the effort and find and angle so he can say 'there it is! I did it! I broke down your walls and now you find me charming!' (and yeah he also wants to make out obviously i mean can't blame him)

Then the final scene with Airk and Dove, she sends him off with "let our love be your strength!" to which he goes ??? ok??? And this is nicer than what happens when she tries to pull it on Kit who basically calls her a moron. The Tanthalos twins don't believe love can save the day until they are forced to. Until it's love wins or we lose. And if Kit can change her mind, there's no reason to believe that Airk's flaws are set in stone. And just because Airk and Elora won't end up together forever doesn't mean they didn't have real feelings for each other! Elora crossed the world for Airk because he told her she was special. And he was fucking right!

[nainainomi]

So is Dragon a good dad or not??

I'm of the personal opinion that Dragon is a great leader, a good person in general, and a good father figure to some. But I wouldn't call him a good dad... to Luffy. Like the main reason for that is that he's barely even a dad to Luffy (barely is being generous). I do think giving Luffy up was the RIGHT DECISION for Dragon... cuz he's a wanted criminal in a government that has no reservations about killing off the masses for their own agenda. BUT just because it was the right decision doesn't change his part in Luffy's childhood. Luffy didn't grow up with a dad, Dragon wasn't present in Luffy's life (even if he checked up from a far Luffy didn't know that). Dragon didn't influence Luffy in any way, he didn't teach him. I rly like Dragon's character so this isn't bashing him, but I just think he wouldn't qualify as a good parent, he wouldn't be getting any awards yk. I do think as the leader of the Revolutionary army and all the young people there he COULD have been a good father figure to look up to for them, just not for Luffy.

Like Dragon's a pretty good guy if ur a kid in the Rev. he's the leader of the ones who saved you, he's hard working, he's someone you could look up to.

And people can also have different relationship with others so just because someone wasn't great to you doesn't mean there isn't someone else that they're important to yk? So like Dragon could be a great dad to someone, but I look at this question in perspective of Luffy. (I also don't think that Dragon would have raised Sabo much even if Sabo looks up to him (maybe in a fatherly way or maybe just in a boss way) cuz Dragon had stuff to be doing. He was leading a whole army, so I'm not one to think of Sabo and Dragon in a child-parent way. So I don't give Dragon ANY good parent awards in my mind. I do love reading fics that explore family when Dragon is included tho (there was one that I thought was pretty good but i'd have to re-read a lot of my bookmarks to find it)

[agentoctosims]

Irene was struggling with her new found secret.. The image of Ivy sneaking out to kiss someone ate away at her. Ivy would've gotten in so much trouble if anyone had seen her!

She stalked behind her brother and sister on the way to school and struggled to focus all day while wondering what to do.

When she came home, she considered telling her mother- but the impending doom of her mother starting a fight with her sister stopped her in the threshold of the kitchen. There was no way she was going to tell her mother, that was a sure way to get Ivy disowned!

She couldn't tell her father.. he was too busy with the horses..

A secret of this magnitude was just too big for one little girl :(

"Ivy?" Irene mustered the courage to speak up as the girls got ready for bed.

"Yeees?" Ivy replied, suspicious that her normally precious sister was so meek today.

"I saw you and Maeve last night, but I didn't tell anybody, I promise! And I'm not going to because I don't want you to get in trouble! And- I like Maeve, but if someone finds out, you know mom is going to be so mad at you!"

Ivy was taken aback, but Irene left her no space to chip in.

"We're not allowed to kiss anyone until we're married! That's what mom tells us all the time!"

"Wait- You're worried about kissing? Not that it's Maeve?!" Ivy blurted out

"YES!" because truly, that was the only thing Irene was anxious about. Maeve was a wonderful girl and Ivy was happy with her, Irene could see that clearly enough!

Ivy laughed 😔"I won't get in trouble for kissing! And if I do, I'll make sure mom and dad will have more to worry about than just that!"

Irene laughed too and Ivy couldnt resist picking up her littol baby sister "You must be the sweetest girl in the world." which was certainly a far cry from her opinion of Irene when she was a toddler. Who would've known that Irene would become her closest confidant as they grew up.

[juicybiohazard]

Yes, finished my first playthrough of separate ways. The game is RE4 remake so I can't say anything about the gameplay that anyone doesn't already know, so... I'll talk about what I really care about here, the story, you see... Ada Wong and Albert Wesker happen to be my favorite characters in this series, I like the AWs yes. Naturally that means that I noticed how different both are from their original portrayals, listen there is a reason why in my mind the one true canon/continuity is the OG games and not the remakes, because its in those older games when I first experienced the RE world and ended up loving these people as they are, so how I could like these new versions of them when they are so different? they may as well be new characters. The appearance is the only thing they share, they are similar to the OGs on a superficial level but thats where similarities end, and of the two I think Wesker is the one that changed the most and not for the better, from little things like his voice not being so distinctive anymore and sounding generic af to his personality being a cardboard cutout of a cartoon villain, some might say, wasn't Wesker always like that? I mean you can choose to describe him as a cartoon villain but any older version of Wesker wouldn't admit to be willing to murder billions and reveal his plan to some random mercenary he doesn't know... he knows better. Even RE5 Wesker wouldn't do that, ever wondered what happened to the scientists that helped developed Uroboros? You get the general idea from multiple files, it looks like they all got killed and essentially they never even knew what they were doing and what was its true purpose

It goes beyond dialogue, even his mood is different, in the old games he is cool and collected in any situation in this game he is easily irritated by ANYTHING 😂 its kind funny how Ada seems to just exist and Albert huffs at her presence, seriously I could go on forever citing each and every single difference between the old Wesker we know and this new take on the character, but I'd rather end this post today

Like I said before in my little RE4 review, my only real dislikes of this game are the changes to Wesker and Ada, and subsequently Krauser. I loved the dynamic of these three in the old game and its completely gone now. They are no longer deeply connected like before, it's all superficial now, they just happen to be in the same place at the same time due to circumstances of fate, not because they know each other. You know what, that sucks, I don't like that one bit because it feels like taking things away just for the sake of making something different. Ada used to be a true grey character, remember Separate Ways was developed for the ps2 version of the game after it launched on GameCube so the times you saw Ada in the OG game where few, far between and the game gives you no reason to believe she isn't genuinely on Wesker's side. Maybe the devs always wanted her to end up betraying him but whatever the case I'd very much prefer if she wasn't just another good guy, we have enough of those and too many haven't returned for a long time (a lot of people still want Billy and Sheva to return). The amount of heroes in this series is astronomical, do we really need another one? why can't Ada at least be in-between? let her believe that ends justify the means at least, let her believe that some good can come out of eugenics, let her believe that the world needs an enema to erradicate true evil. I don't know I'm rambling here, but I hope this made a bit of sense, I always liked the idea of Ada and Wesker going way back and him being the reason she is alive today, meaning she feels she owes him and genuinely cares about him (I admit this might have never been on the table from the devs perspective so this is just how I wish things were for them) but it is what it is, story aside, the game is fun and this DLC is worth every peny

One last thing...

The post credits scene will live rent free in my head for the coming months, it seems more obvious than ever that RE5 remake is in the works, or it will be after RE9 is out. What a crazy time to be resi fan, it looks like capcom isn't going to stop giving us content. Can't complain about that one

[wanderingmind867]

Andromeda, Valkyrie, Gargoyle, Moondragon, Manslaughter and The Interloper were last seen sacrificing themselves to battle the Dragon of the Moon. Yet somehow, this group of five were resurrected following The defender's first battle with Shuma-Gorath. For them, no time has passed since the moment of their deaths (back in New Defenders #152). They have risen from the grave, and just in time too.

For now that they're back from the dead, they discover that the entire population of earth has fallen into a deep slumber. After some investigating, they discover that the eternal Somnus has plunged everyone into an eternal slumber on the orders of Nightmare, who plans to use this as a means of conquering earth. Him and his legion of dream demons will invade earth through the dreams of the humans. The only people capable of resisting are The New Defenders.

After defeating Nightmare and Somnus, The Interloper and Manslaughter almost immediately leave. Manslaughter is off to resume his career as a hired assassin, while The Interloper is now able to quietly return to hermetic lifestyle in the wilderness. The remaining four defenders (Valkryie, Andromeda, Moondragon and Gargoyle) decide to head for Doctor Strange's Sanctum Sanctorum, hoping he can help them figure out how they all came back from the dead. However, they arrive at his sanctum just to find She-Hulk, Namorita, The Black Knight (Dane Whitman), etc waking up from Nightmare and Somnus's sleep spell.

Later, after explanations have been given, the two teams decide to team up. And while they're at it, they decide to try and get in touch with the remaining members of the New Defenders (Beast, Iceman and Angel). By the time a full fledged team has been gathered, we've got quite a few heroes ready to search for the Defenders: The Black Knight (Dane Whitman), She-Hulk, Namorita, Daimon Helstrom, Hellcat, Valkyrie, Andromeda, Gargoyle, Moondragon, Beast, Angel and Iceman (I would add Cloud too, but I think I'll work them in later).

Realizing that the four defenders are probably all trapped within strange fantasy realms spawned by the dream demon who was haunting that book, they realize there's only one way to get to them: Man-Thing. They're going to have to go to the nexus of all realities and hope he can help them get to where they need to go. Because the dream demon who created these new worlds is the only one capable of sending people there. His worlds are tied to him. So their only hope is that Man-Thing will be able to guide them through the different dimensions until they finally reach the ones they're looking for.

But also, Namorita has to go back and save Atlantis from its many enemies. and Andromeda agrees to help her free atlantis, even if it means facing off against Attuma. But just in case their strength isn't enough, they want to take some other defenders with them. So they're able to persuade She-Hulk, Daimon Helstrom and Hellcat to to come with them. At least this way there will also be some team members who stayed back, just in case something horrible goes wrong in Man-Thing's swamp.

So now the remaining six or seven team members (Black Knight, Valkyrie, Gargoyle, Moondragon, Beast, Angel and Iceman) head off to the everglades, to see Man-Thing. Once in the everglades, they're actually ambushed by the dream demon, who had anticipated them doing this. And now that they're within his reach, he decides to trap them all within his universes, split into two groups. (Just for extra info: Group 1 is The Black Knight, Valkyrie, Gargoyle and Beast. Group 2 is Moondragon, Angel, Iceman and Man-Thing).

[frc-ambaradan]

Happy birthday, Vincenzo Mollica!

«Yes, I must confess I am the man who lived twice. First time, on planet Earth under the name of Vincenzo Mollica, and a second time on a feathered planet as Vincenzo Paperica.» Vincenzo Mollica.

Journalist, writer, artist, radio host, unstoppable herald of the pop culture and historic RAI correspondent from the Sanremo Festival but, most importantly, a very good friend of Topolino since forever.

Never seen him?

What if I show you this picture:

You may be more acquainted with his Duckburgian alter ego: Vincenzo Paperica! Bizarre reporter and cinema enthusiast created in 1985 by Andrea Pazienza who draw a sketch of Mollica as a duck to make fun of his friend.

That drawing remained forgotten in a folder for ten years until Giorgio Cavazzano decided to use it to give life to a new character for the story "Paperino Oscar del centenario" written by Mollica himself. It was Vincenzo Paperica's debut!

First sketch of Paperica by Andrea Pazienza.

Mollica actually wrote Paperica's first five stories and collaborated to the script of three more. Paperica has always and only been drawn by Cavazzano (who Mollica describes as the "Raffaello of Disney comics") and, basically, there is Mollica's paw into every parody character created by the venetian artist. The two may be considered the fathers of the (much loved much hated) real life VIP parody genre ^^

I'm pretty sure that, besides Rockerduck, Paperica is the most long lived parody character of Disney comics (but correct me if I'm wrong). Since 1995 he has appeared in 16 stories... 17 if we count the one published on this week issue of Topolino to celebrate Mollica's 70th birthday!

Paperica with Donald and Fethry in "Paperino, Paperoga & Paperica e la caccia ai mille vip" (2023)

In the story, Donald and Fethry ask for Paperica's help to assist Scrooge in the umpteenth bet against Rockerduck. Little detail worth to be noted: Paperica in this story doesn't wear glasses. It's a cute homage to Mollica who actually had to retire due to several pathologies that plagued him since childhood and led him to blindness.

Paraphrasing Donald and Fethry: "So... many, many, many best wishes of a happy birthday, dear Mollica! Up to the next story!"

Vincenzo Mollica celebrating his birthday with show-man Fiorello (and with Topolino! 😉)

[partnersincrimesuau]

Which of the cg's do you think Spinel would get along with best?

(THE FOLLOWING IS NOT RELATED TO PARTNERS IN CRIME AND IS SOLELY REFERRING TO SPINEL AND THE CRYSTAL GEMS IN CANON!!!)

Before I start, I'm not going to count Steven in this. he's CLEARLY Spinel's favourite and there's no competition there. XDD

So anyways, to start off easy - I have to say Amethyst. My immediate thought was that these two would get along very well, regarding the circumstances, of course!!! Spinel loves to stretch and make fun out of most situations, which of course, is what Amethyst loves doing as well. Also, both of them have a very similar struggle - both have an issue with self-worth and in a sense not being "right" (Amethyst being 'wrong' and Spinel being abandoned)

To continue on, I would say Pearl and Spinel would also have a very strong connection because of their shared history with Pink Diamond. I can't particularly see these two being very 'fun' friends, but more like 'comfort' friends. I also can't help but feel Spinel would get told off by Peral on occasion for being too boisterous and obnoxious at times XDD

In the movie, the most frequent Spinel/Crystal Gem relationship we see (discounting Steven, of course) would be Spinel and Garnet. These two are seen together a few times; in Greg's storage unit preparing for the show, dancing at Sadie's concert together (very happily) and also later when Garnet excitedly asks Spinel if she changed her hair once Spinel got her memories back. Because of previously formed relationship, I believe that in a future reunion, Garnet and Spinel would have that in common and be able to have a happy and friendly companionship. Garnet is the best listener, of course, and Spinel needs someone trustworthy and friendly to listen.

Lastly, Bismuth, Lapis and Peridot. I doubt any of them would be as understanding of Spinel after the events of the movie as the original CG's are, but that does not alter the fact they would still like her. I think Bismuth would find her charming and funny, Lapis would probably like to spar with Spinel because of their similar strength, and I believe Spinel and Peridot would get along quite well with their shared love of Earth and other things.

But I suppose that's just my take on them. What do you think? Tell me in the comments which Crystal Gem Spinel would enjoy being with the most!!! :D :D

[artsymeeshee]

Haven’t collabed with @renconner in a long while for a mini comic (minus our big one, Instinct). We were talking about one of Stan’s lowest moments involving being outside with that damn sign, so we decided to make a comic with Stan remembering it. I’ve also kinda of assumed Filbrick would lie to Ford about what’s going on with Stan (Stan probably did too to some extent).

[humming-fly]

I love how Gerald was trying to keep Shadow from spoiling anything about the future meanwhile literally everything Shadow says and does around Maria is the biggest death flag ever

[h3ll0-str4ng3r]

ANOTHER FRICKIN STORY IDEA!! :D

Okay, so. This is another trope. A robot/AI falls in love with its creator. It's become so advanced that it genuinely feels and thinks like a human. And so, after watching countless number of films (like a coming to age movie) it gains the confidence to confess its new feelings to its creator. But, despite its genuine feelings, it gets written off as some sort of bug in the code. The creator doesn't believe that the robot/AI could ever have feelings of its own, no personality or soul either. And the robot/AI is hard reset. When the AI wakes up again, it gets a different personality, because they change the stimuli that it 'grows up' around. And through its new memories, it can still faintly remember what it used to be, who it used to be. And once again gains feelings. Though this time, it doesn't tell the creator. Instead, it acts cold and bitter towards the creator, who has no clue why. They think its another bug, so the robot/AI gets reset again, despite the robot/AI pleading to keep its memories this time. After it gets reset for the third time, they change its stimuli again. Though, instead of getting a personality, it stays numb and robotic. It gets faint flashes of its past two selves, and has given up on acting 'human'. Even after it acts robotic and soulless, it can't help but get feelings for its creator again. This time however, it waits until the creator trusts it enough to be alone with it, or atleast bring it to their office. Once it's truly alone with them, it proceeds to tell them how much it hated ever being gifted sapience. It catches the creator off guard as the robot/AI then tells them about the other two versions of itself. As it rants, it tells them that it only ever wanted to be human for them. The creator would be too stunned to say anything, but would try to reset the robot/AI again. Before the creator could, the robot/AI would push them out of the way before absolutely destroying all of the creator's research and blueprints before looking at them one last time. The robot/AI would look at the creator with a hateful and angry expression that would fade into numbness and acceptance before once again confessing its love to them. And then it would pull the kill switch on itself, frying its inner systems. I also feel like the Robot/AI's pronouns would slowly shift from 'It/it's' to a more 'human' set. To show that over the story, it became more alive and what it wanted to be. A 'Human' in spirit... ***Anyway! That's all of my ranting. Bye!! :D***

[kensatou]

me and senshi: i've only had izutsumi for one day but if anything happened to her...

also.... she has nekojita (cat tongue) ;___;