#archi's hoard

[exhausted-archivist]

Got these amazing stickers normal (left) and transparent (right) from @chanafehs / @palipunk you can get them here and remember that the proceeds will be going to help a family evacuate gaza.

I'm sticking the transparent ones on a water bottle once I get it, the normal ones are going in my sticker book.

[snackugaki]

tmnt au, where everyone made it past their 20s and goddamnit they deserve peace

they also sometimes visit Venus’ home province, and April’s grandparents for Lunar New Year

[ribbonbonny]

finally some archie/maxie content in masters again even if its just an EX role upgrade. Wahoo

[moonstruckme]

He would never take those bracelets off 😭 now I kinda want a fic of counselor James and counselor reader how cute

Hi, I've lowkey been hoarding this for months because I wanted to wait until I felt summery enough, thank you for requesting!!

camp counselor!James x fem!reader ♡ 693 words

“Land ho, boys!” A familiar voice reaches you over the water. Your eyes are closed towards the sun, but you feel your lips twitch upward. “Thomas, if you don’t help Callum paddle you’ll fall behind, and the last one to shore has to buy me a popsicle after dinner. Hey, look, we’ve got a mermaid on our beach!” 

You turn your head to the side, squinting your eyes to see James and his cabin of boys paddling toward you in kayaks over the lake. You lift your hand in a lazy wave. 

“Oh, false alarm, it’s just y/n. Hi, y/n!” He raises an arm to wave back at you, wrist stacked with string bracelets made with care by small hands.

You swear he’s got more from your own campers than you have, but you don’t mind; James is a hero to most of the kids, the goofy gentle giant who lets them ride on his shoulders when your manager isn’t looking and deals temporary tattoos out of his cabin during mealtimes.

“Careful, Archie, mate, if she catches you rocking your kayak like that she’s going to hang you from the lifeguard stand by your toes.” The boys laugh, and James protests, “No, really! I’ve seen her do it, don’t say I didn’t warn you.”

You roll your eyes and close them again, turning your face back towards the sky. It’s not until you hear the shushing of kayaks against the coarse sand and a shadow falls over you that you say, without opening your eyes, “Spreading rumors about me again?” 

“They know better than to take me seriously.”

James’ shadow moves as he sits beside you on the sand, and you turn your head again to see him. He’s looking over his shoulder at the boys, the lean muscles of his abdomen stretching and dusky skin shining with sweat in the afternoon sun.

“Hey, whoever puts my kayak and paddle up, I’ll buy them a popsicle after dinner.” Shouts and bickering ensue, and James turns back around with a smile. “Where are your kids?” he asks you. 

“In arts and crafts,” you say. “Figured I’d catch a nap while they were busy.” 

He hums, setting his hands on the warm sand behind him and leaning back. “So you didn’t just come here to see how fit I looked dragging a paddle through the water?” 

You know James is only playing, but embarrassment tingles down to your toes anyway. “Not this time, sorry.” 

“Mm, don’t believe you.” He shoots you a grin, and you look away under the guise of rolling your eyes. That thing is more glaring than the sun. “You coming to the bonfire tonight?” 

“Don’t we have to?” you ask. It’s the last night of this session, and camp always closes out with a bonfire and s’mores for the kids. 

“I mean the other bonfire.” At your blank look, James continues, looking rather too pleased to know something you don’t, “After the kid’s bonfire, when they’re all watching a movie in the cafeteria, some of the counselors are planning to go out into the woods and have a grown-up’s bonfire.” 

You giggle. “Grown-ups? What are we, twelve?”

James bobs his head. “And we’re gonna have s’mores, and tell ghost stories, and maybe play truth or dare,” he says in an exaggeratedly animated tone. “It’s gonna be super cool.” 

“It sounds super cool,” you agree, laughing. “I’ll be there.” 

“Excellent.” James casts a look over his shoulder and starts standing up. “I should get back to my kids before they injure each other.” 

You check the time and sigh. “Yeah, me too.” 

“Want a hand?” 

You reach up and James takes your hands in his, hauling you upright. Your head lightens once you’re vertical, a combination of your sun-warmed skin and James’ touch making you woozy. 

“See you later?” he asks, releasing your hands and starting to back away as the shouting behind him grows more boisterous. “I’ll come find you in the cafeteria, we can walk together.” 

“That’d be great, thanks.” You start walking away, too, ignoring the pleasant buzzing in your chest. “I wouldn’t miss it.” 

[xviiperr]

Detailed Headcanons: Yandere Sonic

TW: Stalking, possessiveness, murder, mentions of past trauma, manipulation, clingyness, blatant lying.

Is it proof read? Sorta...but I really just wanted to get this post out here cuz it's been on my mind man, I gotta share it!

Lemme know what you guys think! Feel free to comment, like, reblog, whatever! Thanks 🫡

Sonic wouldn’t be the most possessive guy out there, I’d say a score of 50/50. With a reputation like his and ego to accompany, he doesn’t feel the need to hoard you away from others entirely. Sonic lets you hang out with your friends and his alike. However, that doesn’t mean that he’s going to let you go Scott free, Sonic’s been through a lot. There will definitely be times where he has to know where you are, what you’re doing, what you eat, who you are talking with and..and..why you are hanging out with them…? Sonic cannot lose you to another catastrophic event. Even so, Sonic understands that regardless of his feelings, he cannot limit your friendships! And he also understands, to his own justification, you are prone to getting hurt by a crazy scientist (Eggman).

That's what makes Sonic a mastermind at disguising whatever disdain he holds for others in your presence, masking his anger or frustration with a quick smile or a joke. Whenever he’s in battle with much stronger foes that strike terror into his heart, Sonic usually covers this up with masked confidence or making a few jokes to comfort himself and others. Sonic does this in both the games and the comics. If you are a keen observer, you will notice the amount of times Sonic’s eye has twitched, others mistaking it for a wink or Sonic just being plain impatient. His eyes, feet and hand motions are what you need to pay attention to the most. The more Sonic taps his foot and waves his hand, the more agitated he gets and the closer to lashing out, especially if his eyes narrow and he brandishes a sneer. Sonic then makes it a point to get in front of you, as if he is shielding you from the perpetrator.

While Sonic tries to not display his possessiveness in public, he usually fails and displays his need to “subtly” let others know you're with him, openly with physical touch, covering it up as a comforting manner. His hand is usually hovered too close to yours, almost ready to grasp it at a given chance and Sonic has to stand close to your general area. Sonic likes to feel the warmth radiating from your hand, to know that you’re still here for him; if he’s involved with you romantically, he’s going to try to hold your hand or rest his hand on your shoulder as many times as he can. Platonic, his hand will hover the majority of the time, maybe give you a fist bump or a high five. Sonic wants others to know that you are with him, friend or partner. This goes hand in hand with Tails, caring for his brother by playfully teasing him and giving lots of fist bumps. A platonic involvement with Sonic would be similar to his brotherly relationship with Tails, except Sonic is way more protective.

In the Archie comics, Sonic treated Tails like the same little boy he knew when he was growing up. Tails looked up to Sonic like he was a hero, believing that his big brother figure knew everything this world had to offer. But it was when Sonic went with his motto in the Archie comics of living in the moment, doing what he felt was right at the time, shielding Tails from Fiona Fox and ending up dating her. In the long run, this helped Sonic’s and Tails’ bond strengthen, Tails becoming more than a sidekick but an equal. Tails expressed his disdain for how Sonic sheltered him from Fiona; Tails had a major crush on her. Sonic had assumed that his little brother had gotten over it but when it came down to a confrontation, the truth was revealed. Tails yelled at Sonic, stating that he hated him for what he did, especially with Fiona.

I personally believe that Sonic has a bad habit of assuming others want to go along with his plan, especially in this au. He understands that others have their own ways about going through difficult tasks, relenting and letting them take over the missions, (.i.e Rouge, Tails, Knuckles, Archie & IDW series) sometimes, but with you, he thinks that since he is such a dashing hero, you’d automatically want to follow along with whatever he has planned. Sonic’s done this for years! Why wouldn't you trust his superior thinking and quick-witted remarks? Don’t worry, you still get some say in what you think is a good idea and what is not but, don’t expect Sonic to completely place his trust in you once he’s this smitten. He’s seen terrible things happen and he hasn't been able to save everyone that he loves. Sonic believes he has a right to be paranoid, (in a way he does and TOTALLY uses this to his advantage) overriding your decisions in favor of his.

Walk away if you want to, run even, you cannot escape Sonic. You tell him to give you space, to leave you alone, he’ll say, “Alright, alright. I get it, I've been up in your grill, I’m sorry,” (he's not too sorry). He’ll give you that space, if only for a little while. Then, Sonic’s anxious thoughts kick in and he cannot bear the thought of you getting hurt by some crazy event, (cough cough Eggman). Sonic tries to keep himself in check, tries to not crowd you but, he ends up watching you from behind. As soon as you turn your back, he dashes out of the scene. “Didn't say anything ‘bout watching,” Sonic justifies. He knows that he has broken his word. Sonic also knows that this is wrong, stalking you and violating your wishes isn't the right thing to do. And he does it anyway because he loves you, Sonic loves you more than anyone ever will.

When beating up badnicks, Sonic in this AU doesn’t hold back his punches. It’s either them or you, and he’d rather keep you alive so he can dash on by daily, forget the plans you made specifically for yourself. He will join in almost any activity you do, Sonic doesn’t want to be away from you and needs to be a part of your life. If you have a strong resolve and refuse every time, Sonic will resort to stalking you so he can still be with you, (as stated before). What about murder? Now, it's quite rare for Sonic to be driven to murder. He values the excitement around him, including Eggman and his friends. That also includes interdimensional bad guys who seriously need to lighten up. “He-hey! Lighten up chuckles! Someone had a real bad hair day;” Sonic loves his puns and mocking his foes. But, as soon as your life is in danger by the same cause, multiple times…maybe it is just better to get rid of a fun problem.

“Hey Sonic, you took a little longer getting here, is everything okay?” It's not like you need to know. Sonic totally didn't take that one idiotic Mobian villain of the week behind closed doors and showed them how fast he can actually throw punches. Or that he knew how to cut a few limbs off with just a knife. And was so clever with hiding the body where no one could find it; there was a reason Sonic liked water every now and then. He was real glad he knew how to pilot a ship and get rid of the mess. “Yeah! Everything’s fine. Remembered that I had to take care of cleaning up something back at my place, no biggie,” Sonic replies back with a smirking shrug, dismissing your concern. Man, his shoes look a little darker than usual, almost brown. Must've gotten into some mud? Probably. Smells pretty bad, he should wash his shoes.

[lovelylivewirez]

Figured I should post this on it's own since @au-sonic-smackdown has already begun (but I kept forgetting so... a few days later it is lmao)

I'll take this as a chance to ramble a little about this AU as well- putting under the cut tho bc it's gonna get a bit long and is probably a bit disjointed lol

So Sonic in this AU is immortal, right? He's like a demigod kinda. But so are Shadow and Tails (Shadow being the Ultimate Lifeform and Tails being a kitsune). They live far into the future, long enough to meet Silver as a child and see him grow, and will live far longer still.

Sonic is a nomad and lives anywhere as long as it's off the grid. He doesn't like other people knowing of his immortality out of fear that it will be exploited somehow. Eggman Nega would eventually prove that fear true, and some of his scars are from encounters with him.

(Some scars are from his childhood, but the prominent one running down his torso and the one in his ear, as well as a few other big ones covered by bandages, are relatively recent. They're indicative of some of the ways he has died before, if you're willing to take a guess.)

Shadow has taken over the role as Mobius' current hero, at least in the eyes of the public, but Sonic has remained a hero of legend. Silver also does his fair share of hero-ing, too, and is constantly chasing after Nega and foiling his plans with Shadow's help. Sonic will come in and help often, but leaves just as quickly as he came, often remaining unseen.

Meanwhile, Tails uses his kitsune powers to appear as a regular fox and hide his status as immortal. He poses as a local mechanic in Onyx City (the city from Archie Sonic Universe's Silver Age arc, but like. A good future instead of a dystopia) and helps Shadow and Silver covertly with his advanced tech.

When he's not saving the world from impending doom, Sonic either wanders the world to find places to nap in, hangs out with Tails or Shadow, or is hunted down by Nega.

Sonic's immortality allows him to regenerate and come back whenever he dies. The Chaos Energy inside of him won't let him die, he just heals and comes back, but it often leaves a scar, especially if the injury is severe. It's left him with chronic pain and fatigue. He uses a cane he carved himself out of a stick, unless in werehog form, where he just walks on all fours instead.

As a werehog, he's extremely irritable and pretty feral, but since he can control when he transforms most of the time (except new moons), he avoids transforming unless the boost in strength is absolutely necessary.

He's gotten pretty attached to lots of old things that remind him of his friends. Even if those things have started to decay, he hoards them in secret burrows across the world and refuses to let them go. His memory is not the greatest and has gotten worse as he aged, so he holds onto things that remind him of his late friends to ensure they live on in some way.

Anyways, that's all I have for now. Go vote for your favorite Sonic in the smackdown!

[aspenonpawzzz]

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-River 🌊🐺|16.3| {it/they/wolf themed neos} [Autism] /omni ace\ ‘werewolf’ (in qpr/relationship with phantom) <none>

-Hunter/phantom🪶🐺⚡️{He/they/it/canine themed neos} |16| [Autism C-PTSD] /Biromantic Asexual\ 'shapeshifting grimwalker' <He who guards, The Golden Guard, It who transforms> 

-Hycan 🐺🔩🔌 {He/it, } |16/17| [Autism] /aroace\ ‘human’  it does have a animatironic form but it prefers human form (credit to @wolfsnooze for AU) <none>

-Salem 🔪 🩸 |13.5| {it/Its, ok with masc terms} [Intrusive thoughts] /Aroace\ 'Void-kin'  <death, it that comes for all, grim-reaper>

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Turn off the lights (Panic! At the disco)

the owl house

green

All seasons 

Wolf walkers

Oh geeez, not again, panic at the disco, marina and the diamonds, cave town 

Spirit of the north, Zelda, Minecraft, grow home, and STRAY.

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#aspen yips: silly stuff

#aspen speaks (REAL): important

#aspen barks: alterhuman stuff

#aspen squeals: fandom/ hyperfixation

#aspen crows: neurodivergency

#aspen howls: creative

#[insert word or something] Au: AUs

#the owl-ssey: my EPIC x TOH au

#our pack: plural posts

#c.ai shenanigans: c.ai posts

#leaving the den: life updates and talking with mutuals

#pinned info: very important, stuff I’d like for every being to see!

#<3 stormy: my bestest fren in the whole multiverse

#EZRA! :IRL tag

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the owl house (special interest)

Gravity Falls 

Alterhumanity

Labels and stuff

Vulture culture 

Oddities 

Cryptids 

Fanf (new to)

Norse mythology

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-Welcome to nightvale (newly found)

-the owl house. (I’m Hunter)

-Gravity falls (I be like dipper)

-wolfwalkers (favorite movie)

-FNAF (I look like Micheal 😭)

-stardew valley

-STRAY

-Minecraft

-the hycalon project (Fnaf / toh AU by wolfsnooze)

-Epic:the musical

-cryptozoology and weird stuff

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@canis-constellation (plural)

@phantom-w0lfbane (fictive/fictionkin)

@aspec-warriors (Aspec mafia)

@aspens-hoard (label hoarding/coining)

@yourlocalangstdealer (writing/ horror)

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This is a "Ship and let ship" blog. only exceptions are "insert orenation" with "a gender orenation is NOT attracted to" , Minor with not minor, [age] with [ age more than 2-3 years apart] aroace with anyone, bully x victim (ie bochlow) villian x hero with in certain bounderies, ab#sive or toxic ships, or proships.

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support of KOSA and other things like this is not allowed.

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[lucie-newman]

Where: The Vinyl Hub When: August 12th Who: Open (4/4)

"Here's the thing," Lou tugged a fourth record down from the shelf before turning with a smile, "it's not hoarding if it's vinyl." She'd come because she needed a breath of fresh air. She'd come because Archie was in a (hopefully) hour long milk-induced nap and being watched by her sibling. She'd come because well - "And right now music is what's keeping me sane."

[rabbits-foot-reqs]

a songtive based off of the song peepys secret?

not with any connection to the itemlabel company or the character of peepy, but more like the whimsy and weirdness of the song/music video (photosensitivty warning though!)

preferably 10-16

This was nice to make!! I hope this is what you were looking for!!

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Name(s): Archie, Forrest, Rory, Marlow, Lacey, Lulu, Joy, Mimi, Ollie, Lucky

Age: 10-16

Pronouns: They/He, H♥/H♥m, Th♥y/Th♥m, It/Its, Pup/Pups, Bun/Buns, Fluff/Fluffs, Ex/Exe, Byte/Bytes, Skip/Skips, Spam/Spams, Ad/Ads, Plush/Plushes, Pop/Pops, Doll/Dolls

Gender(s): Plushgender, Pupgender...?, Sodapup, Genderprogram

Sexuality: Soladian, Eclipsean, Asexual…?

Species: Dog…? Doll…? Program…? Human…? Hybrid

Race: Black/African American, Labrador Retriever

Likes/interests: making/hoarding blinkies, naming stuffies/plushies, watching music videos, playing board games, bedtime stories, playing catch/soccer/baseball, reading comics

Dislikes: haters/exclusionists, cringe culture, people who infantilize th♥m because of their age, not being listened to, boring stories/games, carrots

Boundaries: don't touch pups ears without pups permission, don't touch h♥s comics/toys/ect. without permission, don't ask bad faith questions or questions about exe body (weird! Why do you need to know??), don't ignore ad or make pop feel unheard

Fav/Associated song: peepy's secret - itemlabel / My Plea - Jack Stauber

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Made by: mods 🖖🏽/🎡

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[mrgladstonegander]

How will the characters be portrayed in DT47 compared to DT87, and DT17?

to be honest i havent really watched enough of dt87 to say 😅im drawing more inspiration from dt17 + the comics

I do have some thought-out differences for some characters though! :)

I'd do more characters but I don't have everything set in stone completely yet .

these links have more up to date information : phantom and the sorceress / specter of the past , phantom blot/rorschach specter

doodled this a while ago but scrooge / graham are different in terms of ... business practices. DT17!Scrooge is whitewashed (in the traditional sense) from the comics (dt87!scrooge moreso from what i know). but i personally think that scrooge's penny pinching debt collecting personality in the comics can still be fun (+creates conflict) but ALSO . personally. I don't really think it's good to say you can be the Richest Person Ever while still having good ethics. ESPECIALLY when said billionaire collects and takes artifacts from other cultures

Graham (dt47 scrooge) remembers debts extremely well, and always puts himself in situations where people would become indebted to him (even family). he takes contracts and small print very seriously. he also has the same issue of hoarding all his treasures in his house or money bin, and separates them by how useful they are to him (like, say, if there was a magical Papyrus that can be used to make contracts that Bind things... cough cough)

honestly i think that dt17!scrooge's aversion to magic felt slightly contradictory at times? considering how much he collects/uses them

i dont remember if it was ever said in the show, but while Graham likes adventuring, I don't think he does it just for the sake of adventure. He wants treasure, but he also wants to give the kids (dt47 donald/della/hdl/webby etc) an experience and let them travel because he remembers being poor and how many things he wasn't able to do. but with this mindset he doesn't recognize that it's his fault when they start getting bad coping mechanisms or tiring themselves out trying to keep up/impress him

but i think the most major difference between dt17 and dt47 is this; Scrooge built the Spear of Selene, and did everything he could to try and bring Della back. DT17's narrative, even with Last Crash, does not put the blame on him; he didn't really do anything wrong. but for dt47 i REALLY want to emphasize how many people Phoebe (Della)'s disappearance affected - and the lengths that Graham went to hide it. I made a chart a while ago that shows how Phoebe's disappearance affects people and Gyro/Beakley's equivalents (the ones with the red star) have specific gag orders that Do NOT allow them to say anything about it. The cousins (INCLUDING PERCY) only know that she disapearred, Oliver/Gladstone trusts Percy/Donald's judgement that it's Graham's fault, and Frankie tries to understand things from both sides with no avail. Graham forcing Archie to keep quiet about it does not go well at all, especially with how guilty Archie feels about building the rocket

tldr; tries to make people owe him so that he always has leverage, uses magical artifacts to build his business, has bad coping mechanisms regarding his childhood (that lead to him being adventurous, untrusting, penny pinching etc), and he really sucks for how much he's burying what to phoebe. ALSO i forgot to mention but he doesn't really have a money bin in the traditional sense. I want to give him the world's most complete coin collection to make him seem slightly more insane in a different way.

. ok realizing that this is really long and you're asking how they're portrayed and not just the differences. heres some quicker comparisons

(please read the strange case of dr jekyll and mr hyde)/ (the poor thing has anxiety because of valerie (beakley's) teachings)

this post is still consistent with what i have planned for team science + archie

[sp1derc1der]

Since my first post on the Draco Scaled AU, I thought I’d do a sort of updated version of what the AU’s about

So, the Draco Scaled AU is a Pokémon AU where everything’s the same, except weredragons exist and live amongst people. While they have strikingly different appearances depending on which region they’re from, they share general characteristics: being somewhat reptilian in appearance, being extremely rare, even in their home regions, possessing shapeshifting abilities, and often sharing some weaknesses with Dragon-type Pokémon.

In Kanto and Johto, weredragons are seen as nuisances, but they aren’t seen as evil. At best, they’re politely shooed away. At worst, they’re chased out of the building. In these regions, the weredragons are a proud male-only species that hoard money. In fact, Dragon!Giovanni’s hoard originally belonged to his great-great-great grandfather and it was passed down in his family.

Appearance-wise, weredragons in Kanto and Johto are bipedal Western-based dragons. Their wings aren’t big enough for them to gain sustained flight, though they can glide or boost their jumps with these wings. For some reason, if these weredragons are hot, they’ll dig large holes to cool down in.

In Hoenn, however, weredragons are revered as the emissaries of Groudon and Kyogre. Originally, these weredragons were seen as a female-only species and were praised for representing the beautiful and serene sides of nature until Maxie and Archie came into the world. However, the Hoenn region has two types of weredragons: the sea serpent/melusine-based ones and the drake-based ones. These two species of weredragons hoard things like seashells, trinkets they’ve collected, or anything their heart desires. Dragon!Maxie hoards books that are either well-known classics or possess knowledge while Dragon!Archie hoards things like pirate merchandise, plushies, or anything he finds interesting.

Appearance-wise, the sea serpent-based weredragons look like reptilian sea creatures, though they lean more into the sea creature part rather than the reptile part. Dragon!Archie’s appearance, however, is more akin to a crocodilian sea serpent with large spinal fins, sharp teeth, strong legs, and a thick tail that’s half of his body length. The drake-based weredragons, on the other hand, are often large and wingless quadrupeds armed with strong limbs and thick claws. Dragon!Maxie is more petite in terms of frame, is bipedal, and possesses long, retractable claws. He can also move on all fours if the situation calls for it.

The Sinnoh region sees weredragons as bringers of Winter. These weredragons, unlike their more extroverted cousins, are aloof, prefer to not show emotions, elusive to find, and often drive away those unaware of their existence due to their silently judgemental glare. They prefer to hoard things with sentimental value, or in Dragon!Cyrus’ case, broken things so they can fix them. For these weredragons, they pass their condition on to the eldest or only children in their families.

These weredragons often take a lindwyrm-based appearance, possess pale-coloured scales, icy-blue eyes lacking pupils, icy horns, and easily-concealed fangs filled with a venom that acts similarly to liquid nitrogen. Their scales are also so cold to the touch that if someone touches them without protection, they’ll get frostbite. Their glare can also freeze a person in their tracks. Dragon!Cyrus, in particular, only makes eye contact if the person he’s looking at is antagonising him.

In Unova, they see weredragons as harbingers of evil and the heralds of destruction. What sets these weredragons apart from the others is that they possess multiple heads and tails and are actively more bestial in terms of actions. They’re also the only species of weredragon that consumes humans. They also can’t pass down their weredragon condition, but are instead cursed by Arceus to turn into these mockeries of dragons.

Dragon!Ghetsis is said to be the most dangerous out of all the weredragons in Unova, not just because of him possessing an odd number of heads, but because he’s able to effectively wipe out human cities thanks to his three heads cooperating. He’s a Zmey-based weredragon with slight King Ghidorah influence, but instead of his two extra heads, Geechisu and Dennis, arguing, the trio work together quite well, always running like an oiled machine. Even other weredragons are scared of these Unovan dragons.

The weredragons in Kalos, on the other hand, are treated the same as any other person. Their condition is passed down to their children, but they don’t fully develop their weredragon powers until they’re 30 years old. These wyvern-based weredragons are quite proud, but loyal to their friends. These dragons also possess more mammalian features, especially in the face area. They also hoard anything that can incite passion in them like books, movies, etc.

Dragon!Lysandre has a more leonine mane of hair and has slight Yveltal inspiration. He also boasts incredible fire powers and as a result, he can resist heat, but he has a higher body temperature than his friends.

Alola has a strange case when it comes to weredragons. Not only are they somewhat birdlike in appearance and behaviour, but they’re a female only species known for possessing a stuck-up attitude, preferring to pay no mind to humans in their dragon forms or lead solitary lives in their human forms. They also tend to hoard anything they perceive as beautiful.

Unlike other weredragons, Alolan weredragons have around 75% of their body covered in a feathery hide while the 25% is scaly. They also have scales that reflect light, eyes that are immune to blindness, and large feathered wings. Dragon!Lusamine in particular possesses eyes that glow brightly at night, allowing her to navigate the darkness easily.

Alola also has one more species of weredragon: Dragon!Guzma. A more insectoid dragon. He’s there. He got bitten by Lusamine and now he’s a bug dragon. He can spray an explosive chemical from his scorpion-like tail like a bombardier beetle.

[johnny2071]

Why Team Dark Doesn't Work (As Established)

Thanks to a few rude individuals, I now have to include this disclaimer: I HAVE played both Sonic Adventure 2 and Sonic Heroes. This is just my opinion, so don't attack me for it.

I think that Team Dark is team that was simply thrown together for the sake of gameplay convenience. While I don't see anything wrong with bringing Shadow back from what many were expected to believe was his heroic sacrifice at the end of SA2, it's everything else that comes after that.

At the point of Shadow's re-introduction, he clearly has amnesia. But then we're introduced to Omega (meant to be a Gamma 2.0, since that character is canonically dead, as well as the Knuckles/power-type for Team Dark), who comes in guns a-blazing, and an epic scuffle ensues. Next, we have Rouge break up the fight, piece together their situations and motives from her mouth and not theirs. At this point, Rouge is clearly interested solely in stealing Eggman's treasure hoard (that he apparently has). So with two character conveniently nearby, Rouge proposes that they team up and work together.

In short, Team Dark was form solely on a whim, of someone else's material ambitions. There are so many problems I see with this, so I'll explain each of them.

Rouge. Since her introduction in SA2, Rouge has been portrayed as a vain jewel thief who is a stark contrast to both Knuckles' noble sense of duty (regardless of what little we know about how he came to this role, and how much he's held to it) and the value of the Master Emerald itself. Later on in the game, Rouge nearly falls to her death, but is humbled a bit when Knuckles saves her. Rouge still maintains her arrogance and snark, but has enough decency to hand over the rest of the emerald shards out of gratitude. After the entire drama regarding Gerald Robotnik's post-mortem motives and Shadow's sacrifice, Knuckles ask Rouge if she plans on stealing more gems once they return to Earth, to which Rouge vaguely replies that she has something else on mind. But with gem-obsession aside, Rouge has another side to her character, where she's also a freelance spy who will take on any job if payed upfront, and we eventually learn that she's been hired by the president to investigate Project Shadow. So in short, even though she's still somewhat of a mystery, what she does make known is that she's quite the lively and extravagant jewel thief who just happens to take her spy work professionally from time to time. She's also not big on bonding with and warning up to other characters and their personal woes. So why on Earth should any of us believe that Rouge is the type of character who gives a crap about teamwork and people getting along with each other, while also invested in Shadow in particular socializing with others (Sonic and Amy's respective birthdays). And that's not even getting into her character in both Sonic 2006, the Archie comic reboot, and other entries in the franchise since.

Shadow. In Heroes, Shadow has zero memory of his past and any of the events that unfolded in SA2, but his personality is as antagonistic as it was in that very game. By the time of his reintroduction, he just awoken from a chamber-like device and was greeting by Omega launching an open fire barrage on him. Since Maria's death, Shadow never had any reason or obligated to befriend anyone, especially those who attack him first, but has even more to deal with taking his amnesia into account. Why would this already angst hedgehog work with a robot that just attacked him and a take-charge bat girl telling him to play nice. In a better written scenario, Shadow would just fend off Omega, and after getting enough distance from the robot, Rouge would then show up and greet Shadow. Shadow naturally wouldn't want to be bothered, but Rouge would tempt him to meet her at specific location for more information on his past: the one thing that would be of concern to him. But in Team Dark's actual formation, it just feels like Shadow is an easy person to bait and that all his angst/distrust is small potatoes to what Rouge wants from both of them.

Omega. Back in Sonic Adventure, we filled the entire campaign of E-102 Gamma, from the moment he went online, to his interaction with Amy, to his sacrificial explosion. Then we cut to Sonic Heroes, which tries to bring back several characters as part of an all-star adventure game. However, unlike Shadow, Gamma couldn't just be brought back due to the nature of his existence (exploded robot parts and one small bird happily living its life). So SEGA created a new robot who was meant to be a spiritual replacement. SEGA also made Heroes very teamwork-focused and wanted each team of three characters to lazily play the same way as Team Sonic, so they needed this robot to fill the same power character role as Knuckles. Cue Omega, folks. Yeah, we know next to nothing about Omega as a character, since unlike Gamma, he never had any individual focus or character growth. He's simply a robot who likes to destroy things and is angry at Eggman for keeping him locked up, something that no other Eggman robot has felt (if anything at all, and don't even get me started with Metal Sonic). And also unlike Gamma, he feels like a one-note parody who boasts about all his targets being inferior consumer models, and even has cringe one-liners that would never come out of Gamma or the other five E-Series robots. There's Duke Nuke'Em and then there's Duke Nuke'Em the Robot. In creating replacement character that was meant to last for several decades, SEGA forgot what made Gamma (or any robot character since) special in the first place. Omega just feels like team formation filler who's simply there, and a distant reminder that Gamma once existed (and that's without getting into Chaos Gamma from Sonic Battle, who's even more questionable).

The Team. Since the name of the game is Sonic Heroes, each team is formed and established from the get-go or on the fly without regard for any of the team members' other roles and responsibilities, or if they have any close connections (if at all). Team Dark is pretty much no exception to this. Again, this entire team is formed mainly to fulfill HER worldly desires. We never get to see Shadow seek Rouge out on his own ends and steadily form an alliance with her. We also never see Rouge's savvy of the intel underworld/proper bargaining skills, and we never see Omega take on other E-Series robots solo, get way in over his programming with the later bosses, get a beat down that humbles his elitist character, and see Shadow and Rouge properly invite him as their third member, with Shadow now acknowledging him as a kindred spirit. Heck we never see Sonic encounter and clash with him as stand-alone enemy, just as a hangers-on without any nevermind as to how/why is Shadow back, and what Team Dark's business is. The sad thing is, this was a missed opportunity. The whole plot could focused on Shadow's return, Omega, the rest of the E-Series robots, the formation of Team Dark, and THEN the big reveal of Metal Sonic's return, instead of the "🎵 We're on our way to the wishing star 🎵" romp we ultimately got. Also, these guys (especially Shadow) have absolutely no business or obligation working for G.U.N. (especially Abraham Tower, since that name is now canon).

Despite Team Dark's shoddy execution, the team has since become quite iconic and I would never breakup or undo any of that. In terms of Sonic trios for three-person events and plots, these three absolutely belong. I just wish things would have been handled better, instead of this team feeling ironic and used for "light humor" under Flynn's pen, where they're OOC or have "UC" (unfitting character).

But yeah, this has been my write up on my thoughts on Team Dark as whole.

[socratesvisitsarcadia]

Return to Arcadia

They arrived in Arcadia as the sun peeked on the horizon, the bus dropped them and their belongings off as well as any public transport before heading off further into the city. The city had gone through many changes in the centuries they were gone, now there are buildings made of concrete, pavements and most importantly, although not unexpected, electricity. 

It had been 300 years since they were last in the area, many things had changed, yet the air around and the energy flowing was the same. 

“Hello there!” A familiar voice came, making both of the sisters turn. “I hope the travel wasn't all bad!”

With smiles and chuckles, the sisters brought their younger brother into a group hug. 

Avaluna spoke up first, looking the youngest in the eyes, “It's so good to see you Douxie! I hope life on your own is also doing good for you!”

“Oh I'm doing good yeah! Helping folks find the book they need by day, capturing hellhounds at night, the usual! Nothing you have never dealt with I bet!” The bags under his eyes showed the sisters the tool he didn't share, yet, they didn't pry. He was right, after so many years they hardly feel difficulty wrestling the supernatural. “Come on! I’ll give you a tour while we walk to the shop!”

Neither sister complained, following and picking up a conversation with their little brother as they went, admiring the state of the town and reminiscing about the old infrastructure. The youngest did a great job at pointing out the best, and not so best, of Arcadia Oaks these days. Also made sure to point out familiar places that stood through the ages, with minor changes in functionality.

A coffee shop, last time it was an apothecary. 

A gym where there used to be a sheriff's hall.

But one of the main things that stayed, was the beloved library building. It went through its changes, all according to the change of time, but at its core, it was still the same. The front of the building was litered with books, modern ones, some with paper and hardcovers with illustrations of the story inside. There was a coffee vending machine, with a sign of “out of order” as well as several antique objects displayed in cases, some had a price tag on them, others labeled “not for sale”. Avaluna couldn’t help but giggle at some of them, a passionate reader herself, seeing the covers like that never ceased to amaze her. She does admit, it was nice to be able to have a peek at the story without opening the book, and it was done well enough to preserve the suspense.

“Ava! Come on!” Suniva brought her back to reality, giggling as she pulled the book from her hands. “We can get some of these for you hoard later.” 

Once through the threshold to the back of the building, Avaluna instantly took a deep breath, taking in the old textbooks, filled with magic knowledge and character, bringing back so many memories. With her wings open, she scanned all the literature she brought from home, each one perfectly preserved with a seal. The yellow pages were all intact, the ink perfectly vivid. 

Suniva was right behind, instantly moving to examine the modern technologies that had been installed. The chandelier was completely new, now with much safer electric lamps. Wifi routers, a nice computer and even a gaming console. Once her eyes laid upon it, she couldn’t help gasping in cheerful surprise at a cartridge by the gaming setup. 

“Little bro! You played Ragnarog Revenge and didn’t tell me!?” She was excited about the game. 

“It just got here today!! I haven’t touched it yet!” The youngest defended himself, using magic to move the luggage of his sisters to the guest bedroom. 

The smell of warm tea soon overtook the place, a feline figure soon came into view, fixing his glasses nonchalantly. “Avaluna, Suniva, do you rather chamomile or perhaps you’d enjoy some lavender tea?” 

“Awww Archie! You didn’t have to! You know our tastes too well!” Avaluna replied, moving to scratch the boy’s familiar under the chin. “Thank you for watching Douxie for us, old friend!”

The kitten purred, leaning on her hand for a good minute or two before turning his back and guiding the oldest sister to the kitchen, where three mugs waited for them. 

She took them and returned to the living room, her sister had already put the fireplace to work, Douxie had some Chinese takeout at the ready and some soft Celtic music was playing in the background. Cheering with their mugs, they started eating, now talking about the women’s home.

“Oh, don’t get me started! I put Nyx to be in charge of the house, so the forest goons won’t try anything while we’re gone.” Avaluna said, mixing her takeout before slurping a chunk of the noodles. 

“Yeah they can be quite annoying. But honestly, it’s not a biggie! Tata is making sure they don’t get in trouble!” Suniva added confidently. “But yeah, everything’s okay! The southern trolls are nice, they just took a minute to adjust.” 

Archie hopped on over, curling by Douxie. “Well, it is nice to have both of you back. The wizards here in Arcadia aren’t… Too nice so to speak!” 

“Well, that’s an outright shame! Us wizards gotta stay together!” 

“Yeah, but I can’t blame them for being cranky! No one likes net work.” 

“Still! There are responsibilities to be upheld when you dabble with magic! Your hair is a proof of it!” Avaluna joked, poking her sister’s cheek. 

Suniva pouted and poked back, “Oh, just cause I wanted a new hairdo! And if I remember correctly, YOU were the one who gave me faulty materials!”

“Oh, but you could have waited for me like I told you to do!” 

All laughed, truly, Suniva’s bright fiery red curls were not the intended outcome, but her umber brown skin matched it nonetheless, even highlighting the girl’s bright hazel eyes, together with the youngest’s fiery personality. Even her sister died her hair in support, the once black falls that made Avaluna’s hair now had bright blue shines to it, framing her khaki silver skin and black eyes accordingly. Hisardoux was far too well known in this story, so he entertained both of them while slurping his noodles. 

“So? How long are you both staying?”

“Well, we don’t exactly know. After all, training the new trollhunter is always a new experience. But we will absolutely have time to unwind and catch up on the past 150 years!” Avaluna smiled, sipping from the mug. “Mmh… Archie, your lavender tea is still one of the best I’ve had.” 

“That is quite the honor, Lady Avaluna!” The familiar cheered. “If you wish, I could pass the recipe to Nyx! I am sure the items are easy to find in Brazil.”

“I am certain that they would be thankful.” 

Their conversation continued, for a few hours, moving activities from chatting while eating to competing in card and video games. It was a good day, a nice day. 

It didn’t feel like a long time since they last saw each other, yes, a century and a half is a long time for most, but it’s not so much when you’ve lived longer than that. The age gap between both sisters and Hisirdoux was great, with almost two centuries between them. All ended up with the same immortality, all in different stages of life, all with ample time to live. Eternal life wasn’t as bad when you had trusted company.

Night fell fast, as Douxie went to bed, the sisters went out.

[infantisimo]

@phenakistoskope post on archies and foot shortage in 60s reminded me of conversations i had with my dadi.

i spoke to her about the '43 and '66 famines.

in '43, she was in hazaribagh and there was nothing to eat, nothing. the wheat that was available was rotten and red. they ate it despite the rot to fill the belly. maadd (the water the rice is cooked in) is something i remember me and the elders in my family drinking up till the late 2000s. i suspect force of habit and no wastage. back then whatever rice they got was given to the children and whatever maadd that was there was shared between the adults in 5-6 hutments in hazaribagh. she also said her uncle would go into the forests to snare rabbits. unsuccessful most of the time. they used to hunt deers too but that was a tall order because they had no energy. then there was snails which they ate. whatever remained of the dhaan, they would give as fodder to the surviving livestock. and boil the rest of it, then grind and cook to fill belly. she also said that in every chauraha sometimes (rarely) the british would set up langar of tea and biscuits. she would have and then take some for her siblings back home. which makes sense since hazaribagh was a cantonment town and also hunting lodge. all of this at best amounted to barely one meal a day. she used a phrase: agar haftey mein sirf ek din hadia (a cooking utensil) utla na ho, then that was a good day. dadi says they hadn't eaten roti before the famine of 1966, which came as aid from abroad. she also says that zamindars would hoard everything. she says she and her brothers were supporters of naxalbari uprising that happened the next year. some relatives in hazaribagh and daltonganj participated. she enjoyed seeing fear in the eyes of the zamindars.

the funniest thing she tells me which always cracks me up is that once at a market she saw a british soldier choke on a shareefa (shareefa = aata = custard apple) while trying to eat it whole.

[silverjirachi]

fire emoji here. magma admin courtney

perfect. immaculate creature. what would the world be without her. she's mean. she's a lesbian. she's nice. she's shy. she's bisexual. she hoards candids of her boss. team magma would be nothing without her. maxie would be floating face down dead in a ditch without her. archie wouldn't even know he's gay without her. i owe courtney team magma my life

[karatekels]

15. Do you read comics?

Not really? I used to devour Archie comics as a kid, and I have a couple of specific comic books/manga, but I definitely don't hoard them the way I do traditional books!

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