#as an adult she uses that as best she can.

[destinedfordiapers]

No One Mourns The Wicked

This story is set in the Your Change of Plans universe. So read that first. Or don’t. Either way.

I’ll be honest. When Claire’s parents first told me they were sending her to the Little’s Program™️, I tried my best to stop them.

In my defense, Claire was beautiful and who wants to date a girl in diapers?

I mean, sure, she was stuck-up, shallow, and superficial. And yeah, she thought she was the Queen Bee wearing designer clothes and ruthlessly controlling our friend group.

She was a mean girl. Think Regina George. That kind of girl.

But now that I see her, stripped from her fancy, expensive clothes and attitude wearing that adorable diaper—I can’t help but agree it’s for the best.

“Awww, Clairebear! Don’t be shy!!! It’s just me!”

As you can see, Claire hid her face in her stuffies, too embarrassed to respond.

“Claire, honey,” her mom says, “Ryan came all this way to see you. We don’t ignore our guests, do we?”

A few weeks ago, Claire would’ve bit her mom’s head off for talking to her like that.

But now look at her.

Her mom turns to me, smiling. “She might need a few minutes to warm up to you. She’s still adjusting to her new life.”

Claire digs her face further into her stuffies, whimpering.

“It’s okay, I’m sure it’s a big transition for her. I mean, she did go from Prada to Pampers! Gucci to Gerber! Cartier to cribs! But she’s just so cute in that diaper!”

“Well she does have the best diapers on the market! Only the best for Claire,” her mom says, “Plus she’s been much better behaved since she got back. Sure, she still throws tantrums—all Littles do!—but now they’re about not wanting her poopy diaper changed instead of throwing a fit because we got her the wrong Hermes bag!”

“Now that is something I gotta see! Clairebear throwing a tantrum in a poopy diaper?! How cute is that?”

More whimpers from Claire.

“Well, you’re in luck! She’s past due for her afternoon boom boom. She usually goes during her nap but not today. Should be any minute!”

She pats Claire’s diaper playfully.

“It’s just so crazy,” I say astonished, “Claire poops her diapers now.”

“Yep, the Littles Center recommended the full package to fix her attitude after meeting Claire. Complete unpotty-training, inability to orgasm, and strict reliance on the Littles Center’s special baby formula. She can’t eat any adult food without getting an icky tummy!”

“Well, judging by the fact I haven’t heard Claire talk back at all, I’d say it’s working!”

“Like a charm! She did have a meltdown after we gave her fancy clothes to her cousins, but Littles don’t need fancy clothes, do they Claire?”

“M-maawmmmyyyyy,” Claire lisp’s adorably.

“Sorry, honey, but you need onesies and diapers! And I almost forgot, Claire also got the Babble Package™️, so she sounds just like a toddler! How cute is that?”

“I na a tawdwa!!” Claire shrieks.

It’s the cutest thing I’ve ever heard.

“Of course you’re not,” I coo, “You’re our Clairebear!”

Claire’s mom smiles, “Well, why don’t I leave you two alone so you can catch up. Let me know if she makes a poopy!”

Claire moans again.

For the first time since her regression, I’m alone with Claire.

It’s strange, seeing her there in her diaper, completely docile. Nothing like the bossy, sexy woman she used to be.

I sit on the bed next to her, rubbing her shoulder. “Hey, Clairebear.”

She lifts her head from her stuffies. “H-hi Wyan.” Hearing herself she hides her head again.

Doing my best not to laugh, I push forward. “Don’t be embarrassed, sweetie. Not with me. You know I love you. Even if things are different.”

Hearing the “I love you,” Claire immediately turns around. “P-pwomith?”

“Yes, Claire, I promise.”

For the first time since I got there, Claire smiled and sat up against her pillows.

“Is this your stuffy?”

“Mhm! It’s Wy-Wy Dog!” she says excitedly, showing me her stuffed dog.

“Awww, did you name him after me?”

“Yeah!” she says, blushing a bit.

“Well I think he’s the cutest little stuffy in the whole world!”

Her smile fades slightly. “Don wan stuffies, wan you!”

I sigh. I knew it would come to this eventually. I wasn’t lying, I did love her. But I can’t date a Little. I need a woman, not a pamper packer.

“Clairebear, I love you, I really do. But you’re…you’re a Little now. It’s not appropriate for you to be in an adult relationship anymore.”

“Buh, buh!” she starts, stomping her hands and feet, “Na fawr!!! I you guwlfwien!!!”

As I look into her eyes, I no longer see the sophisticated, sexy woman she used to be. Whatever she used to be, whatever fun we used to have, a distant memory.

“Sorry, little one. I need a woman—an adult—and you’re not that anymore. You’re not even potty trained, it’s just not meant to be. Maybe you’ll find a nice guy at daycare!”

I knew I went too far right away. The tantrum started right away.

“NOOOOO!” she shouted, kicking her feet more than ever! Na a baby! Na na na!”

The kicking of her feet caused an immediate reaction. Her screaming suddenly stopped as her eyes grew wide.

“What’s wrong, honey?” I ask before a grunt answers my question.

A loud, bubbly toot trumpets out of her diaper, leaving no ambiguity of what’s happening. Her eyes furrow in concentration at the task at hand.

Her diaper expands rapidly as she grunts. Her eyes still unfocused as she works to fill her diaper.

All I can do is watch as the woman I once revered poops her diaper in front of me, no different from an actual toddler.

Well, I guess she basically is a toddler now.

After a few bubbly toots, her grunting stops. Though the smell immediately attacks my nose, barely mitigated by the baby powder in her diaper.

“Did someone just make a poopoo?” I ask in a babyish voice. I couldn’t help myself. It was instinctual.

It’s just how you talk to pamper packers.

“No poopies!” she shrieks, legs kicking again. Her diaper swaying dangerously.

“Are you sure about that, little one?”

“I didn’! You did!” she squeals, trying to kick me.

“Excuse me, Claire? This is not how a Little should behave! You do not fib about your diaper and you definitely do not try to kick adults!”

“Don care! Na baby!!”

“If you keep acting like this you’re gonna learn what happens to misbehaving Littles. I’ll give you one more chance before you end up on my lap.”

I almost felt bad. The last thing I did was want to cause Claire to throw a tantrum. But here we are.

“You na my mawmy! You dum baby too!” she retorted, still trying to kick me.

“No, but I am,” her mom says walking in, “I could hear your tantrum all the way down the hall! Were you trying to kick Ryan?”

Claire’s eyes grew wide. “I-I-I b-but!!”

“We do not kick our babysitters, do you understand me?” her mom said in that deeply maternal voice you hear when you’re in trouble.

In a flash, Claire’s mom is sitting on the bed, pulling her kicking and screaming Little on her lap.

Claire’s diaper is already browning, bulging under the weight of its contents.

She turns to me and says over Claire’s whining, “I’m sorry, Ryan. I did warn you about her poopy diaper tantrums! I’ll take care of this one, are you still on to babysit her Friday night?”

“Of course, I wouldn’t miss it for the world!”

“Great, you go on, I’ll see you then. I have to teach this little one some manners.”

As I walk out, I hear SMACK! SMACK! SMACK!

I may have lost my girlfriend, but I can’t argue this isn’t for the best.

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Like a Stuffed Whore

Joel Miller x StuffedAnimal!Reader x unnamed stepdaughter

Summary: You're one of a million stuffed animals manufactured every year. What happens when you meet the love of your life...and he's Joel Miller?

Ya'll I mentioned it briefly once and here it is: a plushies fic from the perspective of a PLUSHIE who's got a massive crush on Joel Miller. Please note this is NOT the same couple as Plushies!Joel x Reader series. This is a standalone with stepdad Joel x unnamed stepdaughter , and is from her stuffed animal's POV.

Warnings: you are an inanimate stuffed animal. Stepdad x step!daughter (not reader), cheating, unrequited feelings, pisskink (whoops how'd that get in there?), plushie humping, delusional and one sided, dirty talk,

18+ ONLY

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Life as a stuffed bunny had no meaning. From the moment your eyeball was stitched on in the factory, to being shipped in a box with a thousand others, put on a shelf, and sat under the bleak florescent light of a department store for weeks, you had no thoughts. No desires. You were nothing.

That is, until he found you.

Plucked from the shelf was a rougher grip than you'd experienced in a while. He inspected you briefly before tossing you into the cart. You stared up at him, his broad shape and gruff look shadowing you as he scanned your tag and took you home.

But you weren't meant to be his. At least, not yet. And not that he knew yet either.

You were a gift: newly presented to his newly acclimated step daughter. Even you knew she was too old for stuffed animals, a grown adult by now and halfway out of college. But her childhood bedroom suggested otherwise. She shrugged, ungrateful, and chucked you to the soft, plush bed of pink and frilly pillows, and the dozen of other cuddly animals that would be your new roommates.

Joel Miller was his name. And you were infatuated with him from the day he first chose you.

He comes in to his step daughter's room, slinking like a prowler at night, and uses you when she's away. All the other plushies shrink away when they hear his burly steps approach the room, but you tingle all over with excitement. You only became more and more obsessed with each love making session.

He loves you. Loves the way you feel, more fluffier and more squishy then the rest. He always presses you to his nose. Your little cotton tail practically twitches in excitement to be held so naughtily, so intimately. It gives you goosebumps when that gorgeously endowed snout of his nudges so close to your crotch as he takes a big inhale of your scent.

What he's really smelling is his step daughters leftover pussy juices from the last time she used you for her masturbation, but you can stand to ignore that part in favor of him smelling just you and your own scent...

She's always so annoying with those high pitched squeals she makes. Chanting "Daddy Daddy Daddy!" into her pillow as she grinds her naked pussy on you, your body smashed under her weight against the mattress.

You'd practically lose your plump lush shape of perfection were it not for Joel. Joel, who comes in every night, always fluffing you back up to your rounded and naturally supple state with such care and delicacy. As if he knew you deserved that precious treatment from him. Knew you deserved better than how she treated you. Knew you were better than her.

The other plushies only wanted to be played with for cuddles and tea parties. But you were different. You wanted to be played with and uses like an adult, with wet pussies and hard cocks, spanked and chained like a slutty whore plushie you were meant to be.

The best was when he'd always crush you against that massive crotch of his. Fuck, a bunny could drool at the sheer size. You'd let him grind your face and misshapen you any day if you could spend forever pressed against that fat, drooling cock.

After the months of his teasing and affair with you, your body had started to tear slightly at the seam between your nubby legs. You know he'll hopefully soon notice. Maybe he'd been prepping you, not wanting to rush your affair so soon. He'd been undoubtedly considering engaging in more intimate time with you aside from his rough ministrations and dry humping. No, he was planning to deflower you.

Don't get me wrong, you loved when he grinds on you. Unlike your abusive girlie, Joel knows how to slowly rolls his hips so that you're under him. Suffocated by his masculine shape, damn near crushed, but in the best way possible as he rocks himself into you. He groans into her pillow carnally. It makes you dizzy when you feel his cock pulse against you, knowing that you're bringing him such unrestricted pleasure.

He doesn't have to hide your relationship anymore.

Sometimes he likes looking at you, laying in her bed with you all set up on his lap as he grinds his cock into your belly. You feel so exposed, so sexy for him to see you on top. He grits his teeth, his errection trying to tear you in half before blowing his massive load all over your tummy and face.

He tries to clean you up best he can, but you like that he does a sloppy job of it. He intentionally leaves some of his sticky mess behind in hopes his daughter might catch on.

You never thought she would. You wanted it to just be you and Joel against the world. That some day he'd rescue you from this shitty room. Take you to his own bed and make sweet love for everyone to know and see that you belong to Joel Miller. The only one for him.

So it shattered your heart when the two of them drunkenly stumble into her room--together-- glued to one another in a mess of hot kisses and tangled limbs undressing. They keep giggling loudly, putting their fingers to their mouths to whisper "shhh!"

They fall on top of the bed, sending your long forgotten and neglected sisters off the side like they're just common pillows. You can't tell If it's worse that you're still here, laid perfectly to watch him almost in slow motion descent on her mound voraciously, or if it'd be better that you can watch the whole thing take place like a dream. You want it to be you that he eats out. You that he kisses like a forbidden fruit. You that he betrays his vows and cheats on his wife for.

You're about to tumble off the bed in defeat when a soft hand grasps you and places you right between them.

"Remember Bunny?" he whispers with a wolfish grin. Your girlie nods, smiling widely.

"I've been fucking her, thinking about you," she admits with a not so innocent hushed voice.

Oh they know. They both knew what they did with you separately. They both used you to get this far, this close to one another.

And here you were between it all. Used. like a toy.

He wedges your plush body between their crotches, right above where they're joined in a wet display of cock and pussy. She whines as she rolls her hips, her clit smothered by you at the same time pressing against Joel's happy trail.

He grins above, taking her hips and grinding her down on him until they're both equally humping you.

"Daddy--I'm gonna cum--" she whines desperately.

"Me too, baby. Where do you want it?"

Oh god, this is it! He's going to toss her aside, bring you close, and give you all the hot man seed your little bunny tail could possibly desire, stuff you full until you're leaking his litter of baby rabbits and--

"I gotta do it inside you."

You...you...you.

It echoes in your big ears. You could almost taste it, the way his hips drive into hers, the desperation, the need.

"I love you," she chokes into his mouth. The final ruts of their passionate fucking coming to a high.

"Fuck--I love you too," he growls, greedily sucking her tongue into his mouth. It should be you, he should be saying it to you!

You feel cold, shunned and abandoned as they release in euphoria in one another's tight embrace.

When all is said and done, they fall asleep together. You lay on your side, watching his chest rise and fall with her next to him.

You wonder if either of them will ever play with you again, now that they've found one another.

Joel stirs awake and grabs you. He's groggy, eyes barely lidded, but holding you in those veiny hands. You had missed him so much, had worried he'd never want you again. His calloused lips find your forehead. You can feel your entire body run warm as he plants his delicate kiss on you.

He's always so delicate with you before he gets rough.

Entranced by his touch, you barely notice the way he slowly positions you at his dick like so many times before. He glances at his step daughter, careful not to arouse her from rest.

Just when you'd thought he'd forgotten you, here he is, looking at you. Only you, and ensuring this moment is all between you and him.

You're giddy with inanimate excitement when he finally nudges his tip at your torn entrance below, only this time, he presses upward, splitting you open with a slight rip and plunges his length fully inside you.

If you could let out a sound, you'd scream the happiest noise you could. Finally, finally! Your insides are so filled by the man you love, his cock making way through your cotton fluff, belly denting from his sheer size. Deer god, his girth is the width of your entire body. He practically drills your abdomen, until he starts thrusting. Pushing your cotton aside to make a cavern fit for his dick inside you.

"Fuck--fuck--fuck," he whispers, brows scrunched in pleasured concentration. "That's my Bunnygirl. Gonna take it. Gonna take what I'm givin' ya, cuz ya so grateful f'me. Shit--my little stuffed whore!"

You're too blissed to notice nor care that he says that last part sideways at his sleeping step daughter.

He stops too quickly, and you feel his hips stutter with a guttural sigh.

Then... oh god, you feel it: his tip pulsing deliciously inside you, spreading warmth. Your stomach's cotton gets heavier, rapidly expanding with liquid as your belly inflates, dampening wetter and wetter, spreading until you feel 10 pounds heavier with the weight of his warm juices filling you up. You don't want any of it to seep out of your body. You want to keep it all safe and warm inside you, for him to use and relieve himself again. But you're so overwhelmed from the sheer weight and warmth and wetness of it all, that the next moment you are dropped to the ground, left face down in a puddle of his piss dripping out of you like a discarded toilet rag.

He falls alseep quickly again, wrapped around his stepdaughter. Meanwhile, you're dribbling all over the floor, leaking his love and promise everywhere. His little stuffed whore.

You always knew he wanted you too.

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[parker-artio]

So I’ve said it a couple times, but I come from a huge family, which is mostly foster family. But I’m from a small town and live in a five bedroom house (one for my mom, one for my brothers, one for my younger sisters, one for my older sister since she’s 18 and can’t share a room w/ foster kids, then mine.)

But rooms aren’t anyone’s hiding spots- Yk what I mean, when you need to destress and get away from everyone but your room is too obvious- so, it got me thinking.

The Wayne manor is massive, all of the bat kids definitely all have that spot. The hiding spot.

So here’s what I think all of them are!

Dick: He had three. The one he lets everyone know about, the one he only lets his siblings know about, and his secret one. He trusts them to only come annoy him in the first one, because he only ever uses it when he crashes out (it’s his best past-time). This one I think would be an ‘on the nose’ place, like his bedroom closet, in the ceilings, on a random chandelier, on the roof, somewhere where they would think to look (they being Bruce and the other adults.) The second is more likely a not so obvious place, but everyone would consider thinking about it. Like, the guest room next to his room- but not just the room, like the closet, or under the bed in there, maybe the shed in the backyard. But his place- the place he tells no one about, that’s the attic. He’ll go up there and hide under and behind a fortress of boxes and pillows and blankets he’s slowly added to since he was 9. No one questions when he goes into the laundry room with a full tote of blankets and pillows or carry’s around cleaning supplies upstairs.

Cass: She hides in the pool house. No one knows. No one finds out.

Jason: When Dick told him about his hiding spot(s) he immediately scoured the library for a hidden spot, his logic was: it’s an old house, there’s gotta be a hidden room somewhere, right? And there was. So when he disappears into the library for three hours and someone goes in after him and doesn’t find him anywhere, they assume he’s escaped through the library in the window.

Tim: He grew up in an old house, he knows all of the hiding spots. Which is how he knew there was a hidden door under the left stairs that led to a panic room, which’s he’s officially transformed into a safe haven, and no one but him can get into or out of. He’s gotta pad lock with a code he can’t even remember. Good thing for patterns.

Duke: When he moved into his room (pretend Bruce is fostering him and he doesn’t live w/ his cousin okay?) He always heard a weird sound coming from his closet. At first he thought it was haunted and refused to put anything in there, but one day when it actually happened during the day and not at night he decided to inspect it, and found a small vent, just big enough for him to crawl through. He obviously went into it, he found himself in a small room where all of the vents connected, just above the batcave- which is where the noise came from. He added a few battery powered fairy string lights, and a small beanbag with a blanket and chair.

Damian: He insists he doesn’t need one despite everyone saying it would be beneficial. But if anyone claims when he goes missing for hours when the barn lights are on, he denies it all. But as he gets older, he doesn’t keep hiding the fact that the barns his hidden space- and a room where he hides the animals from Bruce when he first smuggles them into the house. But no one knows where that is.

BONUS:

Barbara: She used to have a hiding spot in one of the many hidden cliffs in the batcave where she has a very nice fluffy pillow and her baby blanket with a fluffy blanket to accompany it. Her backup-laptop a very strong charger, and a couple books for her college classes. But she can’t get up there, so it’s kinda a hidden relic stuck in time. Now she hides in an unused room back by the back door with enough space for her to move around in her wheelchair, but no one knows where it is.

Steph: She went into the batcave once and saw a door that was labeled ‘Batman only’ so obviously she went inside. The room was empty beside a small door and the shelves of backup generators. So obviously she went into the small door and found herself in a small cozy dark room. She’s managed to decorate it like her room, and even put a lock that can only be opened by her phone. Bruce definitely noticed the room was tampered with when he went to go get a generator, but he didn’t ask about it. He knows everyone has a hiding spot.

Harper: She doesn’t have a place, but she will go into the upstairs bathroom next to the upstairs living room and lock the door and sit in the tub. It’s very therapeutic.

Luke: He’s not at the manor or batcave enough to have a hiding spot, but at his mom and dads he’s got a small section of the basement where he terraformed into a small ‘man cave’ but in actuality he just sits in there on the gaming chair he took from his sister and listens to music or relaxes.

That’s everyone I can think of right now, I might add other characters in a pt. 2? Like maybe Maps, Tiffany, Kate, ect.

[kkpaaw]

Meet Esther

I spent all day yesterday thinking about her

She's SO much fun

Ok so some basic info:

Her name is Esther

She's 25 as of current - post Merge

She is a Sky Folk who live in Shintaro obviously, but as of current she isn't there, preferring to travel around and see more of the merged lands and discover new constellations and stars she hasn't seen before.

She's the master of Astral, space and whatnot. She actually only got this power after the merge happened, she didn't have it prior to the merge.

She sees it as a divine blessng as she is somefolk who had always been fascinated with the stars and other celestial bodies even as a kid. Her most prized possession is her telescope and she used it all the time as a kid and even still do now as an adult.

She quite literally woke up the next day post merge with elemental powers and was ecstatic that it was based around her deep love of space. She had prompy went to show her parents who were in awe and were also concerned. They were already trying to grasp what had just happened and now this with their daughter caused much confusion.

Once the merge happened and she gained her elemental power, she promptly utilized this moment to travel around the merged lands against her parents wishes.

Since then she's rarely been seen.

___

Folks who do see her describe her as a mysterious untrustworthy person, but this is mostly due to her general appearance rather than her actually being untrustworthy.

She doesn't say much to others, nor does she hang out with anyone, preferring isolation so she can study the stars over anything else. When she does speak it's a friendly albiet direct approach

The way she speaks makes it sound like she's always up to something even if she isn't which doesn't help her reputation

She is very rarely seen and most who do see her describe her as a ghost. You'll see her in one moment and then the next it's like she vanishes.

She's not one to emote much, and always has a calm demeanor even if she's panicking inside. Her Horns function as mood rings that give away how she really feels so it's best to pay attention to them to see how she's feeling at any given moment.

Her Voice:

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Literally all my ocs for Ninjago are girls and women LOL

If u wish to find the origin of the voice just look up Ruan Mei Voice lines it's literally the very first video

Credit to THUNDER on YouTube for the audio!

[dreamin4smth]

Maria Robotnik VS Sonic 3

So I watched Sonic 3 last december and I can’t stop thinking abt it. Especially what they did with the Shadow and Maria story, so now Ive come here to speak my mind and go through just how GOOD of an adaption they are in the movie. Holy shit. That was wild.

Ill be comparing Game!Maria and Movie!Maria and how their characters work in the story. Im sure there are hundreds of analyzis out there of them that might be saying the same things I will. Idk I havent watched any, but these are my own thoughts Ive gathered from watching the movies and the games. So I hope they make as much sense to you as they do to me lmao.

Because, good lord, it must have been difficult for the writers to handle the question “how do you adapt the story of a hedgehog made by the blood of space alien colonizers all in favour of saving sick child from dying?“

What did the writers do? Well lets see.

To understand the difference between Movie!Maria and Game!Maria we need to understand what Maria as a character does to the story. So lets start there.

Game!Maria

Maria robotnik in the games serves a special roll that promotes her to something more than just a character. Game Maria is a symbol. Her story is set from the moment we learn of her, and her character is more there for plot reasons rather than being an independent veichle in her story. The Maria we meet is soft spoken, compassionate, a fanatic and an inspiration for Shadow. She’s dressed in blue with golden hair and with a leap in her step. There is little fault to be found in her because thats not what she’s ment to be. Maria is a representation of innocence.

She’s a sick child who wishes for everyone on earth to be happy, and all of this is ment to lead you to the horrors of her then being killed. But the point is, Maria in the games is stagnant. She represents the life that Shadow had on the ARK, but more importantly, she represents SHADOWS innocence. Maria as a character is not her own story but rather a subpart of Shadows, and that is where we find the biggest difference with the Games and the movie. Dont even get me started on the almost religious imagery that follows her around. I mean, her names MARIA. Her roll is to be the center of love in Shadow’s life. Shes a sister, a best friend and even motherly at times. And while Shadow generations definetly gives us more of a laid back version of her, we can still see her maintain that untouchable rightousness that makes her character almost age-less. In a sense. She’s a child to highlight her innocence, yet in all other terms she really isn’t. Game Maria is an idea.

So what does the movies do then?

Movie!Maria

Sonic 3 saw all this and decided to do smth a bit different. To introduce such a compex narrative in a movie for children would definetly have been... Difficult, so instead they tone down the version a bit and make it their own thing. Who does Maria become? She becomes a CHARACTER.

Movie Maria is a child who is going to be living at a base filled with adults and scientists. She walks into the first scene with caution and nervousness, and yet as she meets Shadow, she finds a kin. And who we meet is a Maria that is goofy, mischevous, gleeful and daring. She’s a child here. She builds blanket forts, throws pop-corn at her brother, makes him driver her around on roller-skates and plays the guitar. Movie Maria is not ment to represent more than what she is, and still, it works. Movie Maria is innocent but she’s not the definition of it. She’s a person that shadow lost rather than an idea that he lost. The Maria we meet in the movie is a moving character that was abruptly stopped by external forces. She was always ment to have a future and a story, and yet she lost that. Movie Maria’s tragedy lies in her lost potential while Game Maria’s tragedy lies in her inevitable outcome. This also creates a difference in what they do to Shadows own personal journey, which ill get into more later.

So before that one more thing I love that they do with Movie Maria is that they still let her keep that inspirational part. She’s the one to inteoduce the line “the light shines even though the star is gone“ to Shadow and unknowingly ends up helping Shadow in his grief. While Game Maria is activly trying to bring positive change to Shadow’s life, Movie Maria uninentionally does that simply by showing kindness and love. She is still Shadows sister who was always there for him and loved him, just in a different light. She is still his moral compass. Shadow can be a good person because of her impact on his life, and in my opinion, as long as she fits the afformentioned categories then Maria can be whatever the writers want her to be.

So last but not least, lets talk abt her sickness.

Maria’s Sickness

Game Maria is deathly sick. Her days are numbered until a cure can be found, and the only hope left for her is Shadow. This creates a dependency between the two because suddenly, Shadow’s life isnt his own. He is alive for and because of Maria. She’s a part of his identity, so what happens when he loses that part of himself? This internal conflict directly influences Shadow’s self worth. Shadow is as much angry for losing her as he’s angry for losing himself. The very reason to why he says “goodbye shadow the hedgehog“ in Shadow 05 is because he can no longer be the same person after losing Maria. His goals and his dreams are haltered when the ARK gets invaded, ans it all leads back to Maria’s sickness.

Which is why... Well... The fact that the movie removes this part of Maria sure is... A choice.

And while I understand that showing a sick child who is then killed by the military would probbaly raise a few eyebrows from adults, that still doesnt change the fact that a very unique and important part of Shadows story was removed.

Movie Maria is there more or less on her own ackord. She has a future ahead of her. Her and Shadows relationship isn’t built on mutual depenency but rather as a circumstantional one. Which still works, dont get me wrong, but it does make the story just a tad more generic. Shadow is no longer angry for losing such a big part of his identity, he’s just doing the former part now. Grieving the most important person in his life, as well as his home.

This hardly ruins the story ofc, its just a different take on the story that, in all fairness, fits the vibe of the movie better. Bringing in terminal illness and conversations around that would definetly be a tough one. And because of them making Maria more of a character now it still works. She’s already an innocent and tragic character. She’s not ment to be innocence and tragedy incarnate like she is in the games. You get the point.

All in all. Almost perfect adaption of Maria in my opinion. I love movie Maria and it was such a clever way to go with the character. She and Shadow will always have a special place in my heart.

Hope you liked my little thought essay. I can talk abt Sonic characters all damn day 🫶

[is-today-tomorrow-in-nz]

Why Nikolai is more of a villain than Aleksander

This post is an inspiration from one of anon asks.

Time and time again antis have accused Aleksander of several hideous crimes without understanding the monarchy of 19th century Feudal Russia and what serfdom entails. Due to this lack of understanding(or willful ignorance), Aleksander is studied under a harsher light than Nikolai and other characters. I blame the author entirely for this, as she never gave Aleksander a voice until much later. In books 1-3, he is only projected to us through Alina who had nothing but disdain for him.

On the other hand, we see Nikolai, who was a prince and then a king, who did not do much for the country or Grisha. However, his actions are softened by LB and antis. He is considered a 'flawed' human who did his best. His manipulative actions are treated as an act of strategic brilliance while his mistakes are treated as an act of desperation/helplessness.

So, let me first start by explaining some of the vile accusations thrown at Aleksander and then contrast it with some of Nikolai's actions.

He sex-trafficked Genya.

In Book 1, the author herself says two key points 1) Grisha are no better than serfs and 2) After their training, Grisha are either posted in the borders or sent to serve in affluent households. So Genya was not a unique case. This, again, is the price Aleksander had to pay for the Grisha to live. Genya had to be sent as a child because an adult Genya could not get as close to the Queen as a child would and it worked for a while until the Queen turned on her. This were an understanding of serfdom is needed. A serf can be released only by the master not by anyone else. Aleksander cannot take her away and relocate her somewhere else. And if the antis had read the 'The Tailor' they would know that in spite of the challenges, Aleksander did give her a choice- to disappear forever or exact her revenge and it was Genya who chose to stay.

He committed genocide in Novokribirsk.

Even if we ignore Alina's unreliable POV, Zoya's POV tells us that only a part of the city, near the docks was destroyed. So what Aleksander did was just a warning and not a 'genocide'. Antis keep forgetting that Grisha's enemies were not just Fjerda and Shu Han but Ravka itself. Had the coup had succeeded, he not just wanted Fjerda and Shu Han to back off but the First Army soldiers as well. Book 2 shows how his paranoia were not unwarranted. Through Fedyor's story we learn how they were attacked in their sleep and how First Army conducted sham trials and slaughtered them. This alone shows how Ravka's sentiments about Grisha was not much different from Fjerda or Shu Han. So in the event of the coup, Aleksander had no choice but to issue a warning all of his enemies.

He is a predator/abuser.

This is the one that makes me laugh the most. Girl, he is an immortal. He has no choice. All his age-appropriate past lovers are long dead and buried. What is he supposed to do? Remain celibate? They often bring up the kiss near Baghra's hut as an example of his predatory nature. But what manipulation happened? That dummy fell for Alina and high-tailed from there.

Let me draw a comparison to show what actual manipulation and predatory behaviour looks like. (1) Nikolai who is about 7-8 years older than Alina, forcibly kissing her, against her will, in front of hundreds of people just to better his chances for the throne. (2) Mal who punishes Alina for flinching at his advances by getting it on with Zoya. (3) Baghra, who preys on Alina's fears/insecurities and turns her son's one true immortal companion, against him. These are actual manipulations, not the one Aleksander did.

A predator/abuser needs to have constant access to his victims. In LB, own words, Aleksander rarely stayed at the Little Palace. Compared to him, Nikolai, Mal and Baghra had more access to Alina and they did actually succeed isolating her.

The Stag amplifier

Then the stag incident is treated as a sign of his manipulation and perversion. This where we need to apply our critical thinking and ask the important question who benefits from this act? It certainly was not Aleksander.

Let's rewind the clock a bit, Alina who was the Sun Summoner and a key political figure ran away from the Little Palace. Aleksander did not know if it was an enemy attack or something more sinister. He lies to King, who would have his head for this mishap and, searches for her only to learn that she run away on her own violation. So the girl, he hoped to be his ally became a threat. He was forced to reveal his hand sooner and speed up the coup. People need to understand that Aleksander is not an ordinary, lovesick boy, he is a war general and Alina has proved herself to be unworthy of his trust. So he put a leash on her. This not a question of morality but a question of ethics, much like the trolley problem.

He turned on his own Grisha.

They were deserters for god's sake! and was fighting opposite him. They forfeited his protection the moment they joined hands with the enemy. So he was treating them as a normal enemy.

He stole Grisha children.

He did what Charles Xavier did in X-Men. Grisha powers were tied to emotions and are instinctive. Without proper training they are bound to hurt normal people. Not to mention, if the Grisha were born outside they were either killed or sold to pleasure houses. And considering Ravka's anti-Grisha sentiments, he did what he had to do to keep them safe from actual predators.

Now let's talk about some of Nikolai's actions and let's not forget that he was the King/Prince of Ravka.

Sent his father on a luxury retirement instead of punishing him for his crimes.

Used Genya's trauma to make himself the king instead of offering her justice.

Did not care or investigate the genocide of the Second Army soldiers even if the said soldiers were serving the crown. He punished none of the First Army soldiers and was happily brown-nosing them.

Was happy to start a Civil war even after knowing the kind of king his father was. For a 'peace-loving' person (we have seen him in KoS and RoW ass-kissing useless feudal lords instead of using his authority), he did not attempt to negotiate with Aleksander.

Starved his people so Aleksander would have no choice but to use his Grisha to cross the Fold to get supplies. Again for the antis crowing about Novokribirsk, what do you call this?

Stole Grisha inventions like corecloth etc in the name of unification and supplied it to First Army. Read point 2 once more to understand the cruel nature of this act. He felt Grisha were hoarding better supplies but did not question why the First Army were having subpar things because if he did then the blame would rest on his father and his corrupt noble supporters. So he chooses to steal using the unification propaganda. How noble!

Sent Grisha who were not of age to war fronts and missions. Why not send the First Army? Are there no highly skilled people in the First Army for such things?

Manipulated and used Alina to establish himself. Atleast Aleksander 'manipulated' her for the betterment of Grisha, Nikolai did it for himself.

Destroyed everything Aleksander did for Grisha in the name of unification. Or should we call it erasure? He erased centuries of progress and left them without protection.

He claimed Aleksander used his Grisha selfishly for 'his' wars and then shamelessly sends his minions to recruit them from other countries.

If Nikolai was indeed a just and kind king as the antis claim him to be, why didn't he announce Grisha as a protected class? Why didn't he offer them equal rights as a Ravkan citizen? Through his own spies he knows what is happening to them in Fjerda, Shu-Han and Kerch and yet knowingly he lets Zoya abolish the rule of finding and securing the Grisha children (which mind you, saved Zoya from child marriage).

Aleksander was not just a person, he carried the history of the Grisha that was rapidly being erased. He built a place to pass down that knowledge, their culture and practices. If Grisha were not tested and found, who would save them if they died from wasting sickness, who would offer them protection from slavers and Fjerdans? Once again in the name of 'liberation' Nikolai had truly pushed them into hiding. Without these laws what happens when anti-grisha sentiments raise again after a few centuries? He removed every true protection and erased a targeted group's shared history in the name of liberation.

In the end, Nikolai did not protect his country nor the Grisha. He is in no way the hero of this story nor is his echo chambers whom he calls friends. I could go on and on. Truth is, it is not my intention to minimize things like SA or genocide. These are heavy topics and should be treated as such. Readers or antis who throw around such words should know the weight of such words. I hope this sheds some light on the hypocrisy that resides in this fandom.

Thanks for coming to my TED Talk!

[dykekarkat]

HI um. can i ask about your httyd aftg au?

omg yes ofc!!! this is one of my fave aus rn i love httyd so much :) here's the first post i made about this au for reference i have maybe two chaps written but i want to get solidly into it before i post anything on ao3 cause im planning for this to be a longer fic!!

just some basics before i get into it neil = hiccup, andrew = astrid, kevin = toothless, nathan = stoic (i love stoic and i do believe he loves hiccup and is trying his best however im having a lot of fun making nathan the evil chief/father)

OKAYYYY this au is actually so fun to write for i love dragons and i love being able to fuck around with the traditional aftg character dynamics :) the fic largely follows httyd 1's plot not aftg's. the most fun to write so far has been neil and kevin's dynamic. ive decided the dragons use dragonese here and neil is fluent in it like hiccup from the books. neil's fluency comes from mary pre-death (wink) and pure spite for his father. while nathan has whipped berk into a dragon killing frenzy and never ending war, neil is going behind his back (at major risk to himself) to try and foil his plans.

neil does still hit kevin and injure his tail but it's a lesser of two evils situation, where lola was aiming at the same time and she would've for sure killed kevin. neil immediately is running off to try and find the night fury and get it the fuck outta berk before his father can kill it. this leads to kevin and neil are fighting like cats and dogs in the beginning but there's this consistent underlayer of "why havent you killed me yet??". kevin is also frantic to get back to the Nest and due to the fact they can communicate they end up making a deal where neil will try and make a mechanism for kevin to fly again and kevin will give him info on dragons. the first time they fly together its like Oh. I Get It Now. Besties for Life.

while this is happening dragon training is basically a punishment for neil Not a privilege. all of the teens/young adults are forced into dragon training so that they'll continue popping out soldiers for war with a few exceptions (aaron training to be a healer, neil originally training to be a blacksmith but is forced into it). for the longest time neil forcibly distanced himself from his peers (the foxes) because he was terrified of nathan using them against him or hurting them because he made friends. the fact he's nathan's son is also offputting to a lot of ppl (its not quite as us vs them as the upperclassmen and the monsters but its similar). so we're emphasizing the neil weird loner who seems desperate for connection but every time ur nice to him he flat out runs away dynamic.

neil does his best to stay under the radar during the training sessions which eventually fails miserably (not spoiling this part bcus its one of the first scenes i thought of. its good tho prommy). andrew is basically quietly obsessing over him and trying to figure out what the fuck is going on with him. he sees himself in neil but he also doesn't understand Why. neil of course is fully oblivious to this, until uh oh. neil's pet kevin has been found out. cue andreil truth games :)

anyway this got long and idk if i even said anything of importance or coherence but its one of my fave aus just because its really fun <3

[queereads-bracket]

Queer Fiction Free-for-All Book Bracket Tournament: Round 1A

Book summaries and submitted endorsements below:

The School for Good and Evil series (The School for Good and Evil, A World Without Princes, The Last Ever After, Quests for Glory, A Crystal of Time, One True King, and other stories) by Soman Chainani

Endorsement from submitter: "Not very known nowadays, and even back when these books were famous they were not that popular, but they’re a wonderful discussion of romantic and platonic love, what that can mean to each person, and what does it mean to have a happy ever after - and what one would do to get it. It’s a very queer story even if rarely any sexualities are explicitly confirmed - especially because this is not a context in which the language we use is known. The author himself is openly gay and the two main characters are heavily coded as somewhere on the aromantic spectrum, especially Sophie. It also has themes of expectations of love and romance and of course, above all of that, said discussion on morality and what does it mean to be Good or Evil. Side characters present even more aspects of queerness."

The first kidnappings happened two hundred years before. Some years it was two boys taken, some years two girls, sometimes one of each. But if at first the choices seemed random, soon the pattern became clear. One was always beautiful and good, the child every parent wanted as their own. The other was homely and odd, an outcast from birth. An opposing pair, plucked from youth and spirited away.

This year, best friends Sophie and Agatha are about to discover where all the lost children go: the fabled School for Good & Evil, where ordinary boys and girls are trained to be fairy tale heroes and villains. As the most beautiful girl in Gavaldon, Sophie has dreamed of being kidnapped into an enchanted world her whole life. With her pink dresses, glass slippers, and devotion to good deeds, she knows she’ll earn top marks at the School for Good and graduate a storybook princess. Meanwhile Agatha, with her shapeless black frocks, wicked pet cat, and dislike of nearly everyone, seems a natural fit for the School for Evil.

But when the two girls are swept into the Endless Woods, they find their fortunes reversed—Sophie’s dumped in the School for Evil to take Uglification, Death Curses, and Henchmen Training, while Agatha finds herself in the School For Good, thrust amongst handsome princes and fair maidens for classes in Princess Etiquette and Animal Communication. But what if the mistake is actually the first clue to discovering who Sophie and Agatha really are…?

Fantasy, fairytale, boarding school, series, middle grade

Running Close to the Wind by Alexandra Rowland

Avra Helvaçi, former field agent of the Araşti Ministry of Intelligence, has accidentally stolen the single most expensive secret in the world―and the only place to flee with a secret that big is the open sea.

To find a buyer with deep enough pockets, Avra must ask for help from his on-again, off-again ex, the pirate Captain Teveri az-Ḥaffār. They are far from happy to see him, but together, they hatch a plan: take the information to the isolated pirate republic of the Isles of Lost Souls, fence it, profit. The only things in their way? A calculating new Araşti ambassador to the Isles of Lost Souls who’s got his eyes on Avra’s every move; Brother Julian, a beautiful, mysterious new member of the crew with secrets of his own and a frankly inconvenient vow of celibacy; the fact that they’re sailing straight into sea serpent breeding season and almost certain doom.

But if they can find a way to survive and sell the secret on the black market, they’ll all be as wealthy as kings―and, more important, they’ll be legends.

Fantasy, humor, adventure, secondary world, queernorm, adult

[maddy-k-reads-all-day]

Welcome to the Neighborhood! Everything's Fine AU Episode 5!

Episode 4:

“Hi friends! I’m Amanda!” Amanda smiles and waves at the audience. 

“And I’m Wooly!” Wooly grins. 

“Today we’re going to hang out and do crafts!” Amanda says, “Which means… it’s time for…” 

Amanda’s Craft Time!

“Yay…” Wooly says, clapping his hands. 

“Today we’re making cards for someone special to us! Who’s someone special to you? For me it’s my Da-” 

🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶

“Huh?” Amanda mumbles. The music gets louder, playing the Amanda theme song. 

“Yo-you know what that sound means!” Wooly laughs nervously. 

“Riiiight! A new friend is joining the neighborhood!”

“We better go check it out!” 

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Amanda and Wooly run outside to find Sam and the others already there. The adults wear worried expressions. A moving van pulls into an empty house lot and stops. Out from the van steps a new character. She has curly black hair tied back in a ponytail and red glasses. She smiles at the cast sweetly. 

“H-hello everyone… Why do you all look like you’ve seen a ghost?” she asks nervously. 

“No no no no! We are SO screwed!” Riley says in a complete panic. Sophie makes a panicked glance towards the children. 

“What are you talking about Riley? I told you I’ve always wanted to come to the neighborhood! Now I’m finally here!” she darts her eyes between Riley and the kids. 

“I know… I just… um…” Riley also looks towards the kids' concerned faces. “Sam and I were planning a surprise to welcome you!” 

“Huh?!” Sam gasps. Riley elbows him sharply. 

“We just weren’t ready yet! Isn’t that right?” 

“Riiiight!” Sam says, glaring daggers at Riley. Kate facepalms. 

“We can help you plan the surprise!” Amanda offers excitedly. Riley’s eyes widen. 

“No no Amanda, it's fine. We don’t need a surprise anyway.” Riley deflects. Amanda stares at them suspiciously. 

“WAIT A MINUTE!” Amanda shouts, “You knew someone new was coming and you didn’t TELL us?!” 

“Oh right… whoops. Amanda… let me introduce you to my girlfriend Sophie!” Riley says. 

“You have a GIRLFRIEND and you didn’t tell ME?!” Amanda gasps dramatically. 

“It’s nice to meet you, Amanda.” Sophie smiles, “And you must be Wooly…” She turns to Wooly who hides behind Amanda and waves silently. 

“Well now that’s out of the way, Sophie let me help you get settled. It’s been awhile since we’ve been able to talk!” 

“I would love that Riley-” 

🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶

“Again?” Riley snaps.

“You can’t be serious…” Wooly groans. Another van pulls up right next to Wooly’s house. A mouse girl in a completely pink outfit jumps out and runs up to the group. 

“What’s everyone crowding around here?” the mouse girl asks. She does not wait for an answer. “Silly me, I should introduce myself! I’m Piper! I just moved into the neighborhood today!” 

“Nice to meet you Piper!” Amanda smiles.

“Yeah, welcome to the neighborhood.” Sam says politely. Piper shakes both of their hands firmly. 

“I’m happy to be here!” she beams, “Oh and by the way I babysit!” 

“Heh. Good to know…” Sam replies, pushing her hand away from Amanda. 

“I hope we can all become the best of friends!” she says. Amanda frowns. 

“Well, we’ll let you get to packing… hope we can talk more soon!” Amanda says, forcing a smile before whispering to Wooly “Now let’s get back to our crafts!”

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“Two new people in one day. That’s new…” Amanda remarks, glancing at Wooly. 

“Sophie seems nice… Piper too…” Wooly replies, focusing on his drawing. 

“Yeah… Piper seems like a different type of nice though.” Wooly looks up and then back at his drawing. “You noticed too, right? Something seems off about her… I just can’t put my finger on it…” ‘

“We’ll just have to be careful…” Wooly replies. He frowns, staring at his card. “It kind of bugs me… that she moved into Mr. Fox’s old house.” 

“Yeah… I noticed too… It’s too soon…” Amanda sighs. 

 “So who are you going to make a card for Wooly?” Amanda asks. 

“Fleecy!” Wooly beams showing her. 

“Ooooh! Neat! I’m making one for my Dad! Where is Fleecy anyway?” 

“Playing at Jordan’s house.” 

“Neat.” Amanda says, “Can I have the white.” 

“In a minute…” 

“You’ve had it forever!” 

“I’m still using it!” 

“Fine.” Amanda looks through the crayon box. Wooly hands her the white. “Thanks.” he nods and makes a motion with his hand. Amanda hands him the crayon box. 

“Thanks.” 

“By the way, why did you put your bracelet on the table?” 

“It kept making noise when I moved the crayon and I didn’t like it. I’ll put it back on when I’m done.” 

“Okay…” Amanda pouts. 

“There! I’m done.” Wooly announces. He puts his bracelet back on. “See, I’m not going to lose it!” 

“And now I’m done too! Let’s go show Dad!” Amanda suggests. Wooly nods. “First one there is a rotten egg!” She pushes Wooly back and runs out of the room. 

“HEY!” Wooly shouts running after her. They reach Sam in his writing room, completely out of breath. 

“What’s going on?” Sam asks, slightly concerned. 

“Made. This. For you.” Amanda wheezed, handing him the card. 

“To the best Dad ever…” Sam looks like he’s about to cry. “This is so sweet!” She gives him a big hug. “I’m going to hang it on the fridge!” 

“And I made a card for Fleecy for when she gets back, do you think she’ll like it?” Wooly asks. Sam looks at Wooly’s card for a moment. 

“I’m sure she’ll love it.” They walk out into the kitchen and Sam hangs Amanda’s picture on the fridge with all the others. Wooly looks at it kind of sadly. The doorbell rings. 

“First one to the door-” Amanda shouts. 

“Nope.” Sam says seriously, stopping Amanda. “Just wait here.” he walks to the door and opens it. 

“Hiii! I finished unpacking! I wanted to know if I could play with Amanda and Wooly.” Piper beams. 

“Oh sorry! I was just about to take them to get some ice cream so… not today.” 

“Aw that’s too bad. Can I come?” she asks. Sam just stands there smiling awkwardly. 

“I guess?” 

So there they were. All together in Sam’s car. As soon as the car starts the radio comes on blasting. Sam gets so startled he accidentally slams the car horn. Wooly covers his ears. Piper quickly turns the music down and changes the station. The Amanda the Adventurer theme song starts playing. Sam changes the station back to regular radio music. Piper changes it back to the Amanda theme. 

“I’m sorry, is this your car?” Sam asks nicely. 

“I was just putting something on that I thought the kids would like.” Piper smiles. 

“Personally I like the station where they talk about serial killers that Riley puts on for me…” Amanda sighs. “But Wooly hates it.” 

“I’m sorry- Riley puts on WHAT?!” Sam gasps. 

“Can we just turn the radio off…?” Wooly whimpers. 

“What but that’s boring.” Piper groans. Sam turns the radio off. Piper glares at him and turns it back on. Sam turns the radio back off. Wooly covers his ears and groans. Piper keeps turning the radio back on. 

“KEEP IT OFF!” Amanda screams. The episode glitches a little. Everyone stares at her in silence. “All this on and off is clearly hurting his ears!” 

“Also please stop touching buttons in my car!” Sam scolds. “I am trying to drive!”  

“Okaaaay.” Piper sighs. She stretches and yawns. “I can’t believe summer vacation will be over soon…” 

“What are you talking about?” Amanda asks. 

“I mean we’ll have to go back to school soon.” Piper adds, “have you done your school shopping yet?” Sam’s eyebrows flatten. 

“Actually we’re homeschooled.” Wooly says. “So no big changes for us… haha…”

“Yeah Dad’s flashcard games are the best!” Amanda beams. 

“Awww but wouldn’t you rather go to regular school?” Piper questions. Sam narrows his eyes at her. Amanda frowns, somewhat unsure how to respond.

“No! It’s great for us actually! It means Amanda and I can go on adventures all the time! As long as we get our work done of course…” 

“Let’s change the subject shall we?” Sam suggests. Wooly gives a relieved sigh. “Erm… Piper… why don’t you tell us a bit about yourself?” 

“Ooooh! Okay! I love raspberries. I’m 15 years old… My favorite color is pink and I love to babysit kids! I also love jewelry making, hair styling, and doing makeup!” 

“Oh! I make jewelry sometimes! I made friendship bracelets for me and Wooly, see?” 

“Ooooh! I like it!” Piper beams. “Oh my gosh! You should let me do your hair sometime!” 

“Um… no thanks. I only let Dad and Wooly do it. They’re both really good at it!” 

“But I’m a girl! Which means I’m waaaaaay better!” 

“Hey! I do Fleecy’s hair every day and she always loves it!” Wooly argues, crossing his arms. 

“The way you do her hair is always so cute!” Amanda grins. Wooly chuckles bashfully. 

“I could do your hair really cute too.” Piper pouts. 

“I don’t really like people doing my hair. It’s not really my thing…” Amanda mumbles. “And ‘cute’ isn’t really my thing either.” 

“But-” “Amanda said no, so drop it.” Sam says sternly. Piper sits back up straight in her seat. Sam stops the car. “Actually, get out of my car.” 

“Huh?” 

“You’re making everyone in this car extremely uncomfortable and quite frankly I do not like it.” 

“But we’re literally 5 feet from the ice cream place!” Piper groans. 

“I’ll give you some cash and you can take the bus home.” Sam sighs. 

“You can’t be serious! Think about the message you’re sending to the kids!” 

“I am. They need to know how to set boundaries.” 

“Boundaries- I’m not doing anything wrong! I’m just doing what I was to-” Piper freezes. Sam’s eyes widen. “I’m sorry, I realize I overstepped today. I’ll see myself out.” she says passively. She steps out of the car and starts walking home. “I’ll have to be more careful next time…” she whispers under her breath. 

“I told her she could take the bus… the bus stop is right there…” Sam mumbles, completely dumbfounded. Everyone sits in silence for a bit and then Sam starts the car again. He drives a few feet and pulls into the ice cream place. 

“What’s your favorite flavor?” Amanda asks the viewers. “Mine’s chocolate!” 

“Ooooh! I like that flavor a lot!” Wooly says. “But my favorite is vanilla!” 

“You two go play on the playground while I order, alright?” Sam says. Amanda and Wooly nod and run over to the playground. 

“Okay was it just me or was that really weird?” Wooly asks. 

“Oh no, that was definitely strange. I’ve never seen my Dad act like that before.” 

“She’s really pushy too…” 

“Yeah, way more bossy than you!” 

“Yea- HEY! I’m not bossy!” Wooly retorts. 

“You are, but only sometimes.” Amanda replies. Wooly doesn’t argue. 

“This whole thing just kind of… bugs me…” 

“Yeah…”

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“So it’s weird that she’s a mouse right? Like… Hameln’s logo and mascot?” Riley points out. 

“Riley… let’s not jump to conclusions.” Sophie says softly. 

“Sam thinks it’s suspicious too! That’s why he didn’t come today! There is no way he’s leaving Amanda and Wooly by themselves with her lurking around!”

“We don’t even know if she’s involved with them yet!” Sophie argues. “She could be another victim!” 

“There was something… off about her…” Kate admits.

“Yeah I guess you’re right…” Riley sighs.

“Speaking of, how much do they know anyway?” Sophie asks. “The kids, I mean.”  

“As little as possible.” Kate says sternly, glaring at Riley. “And we’re going to keep it that way.” 

“Of course.” Riley says firmly.

Authors Note: Everything's Fine! Or is it? Hmm... something seems to be happening here... I will admit, Piper and the other's behavior might be a little confusing in this fic but I swear I'm just trying to practice foreshadowing and if I do this right it SHOULD work out later! This is the most lore-heavy fic of the series yet! ^^

I just realized since Everything's Fine AU takes place during the summer that would technically mean Wooly's been sheared already! 😂

[a-roguish-gambit]

Continuation of my Weeb x men evolution Rogue Thoughts, Romy edition

In order to "vet" him, Kurt makes him sit through Rogue's favorite anime

Remy, being a bit older and not likely having cable, never had anime tv blocks growing up and instead watched most anime through pirated copies the guild would trade around, and as a result is more familiar with the adult side of anime than the young demographic aimed stuff (outside of really little kid stuff like the tezuka studio stuff) is genuinely concerned at first how Xavier is letting his students get ahold of weird, creepy OVAs and envelope pushing series like Excel Saga; and violent animations like Berserk, Akira, and fist of the north star and why Kurt of all people is into watching them

agrees to watch and make sure this kid didn't get ahold of something he wasn't supposed to. He may be a criminal but he has standards. He hopes it's just stuff like Astro boy, Kimba, and Ghibli...

Relaxes when he realizes she is watching shonens and shojo anime for 10 year olds mostly, with a few edgier things thrown in

Unrelaxed when he sees the Nina tucker scene, comes to the conclusion that all anime is a little fucked

Kurt meanwhile, watching Remy's body language thinking "wow, he's this on edge from Fullmetal alchemist, how is he gonna be able to handle hellsing or death note???" And is completely unaware that remy even knew what anime was before this

Both manage to pass each others test unaware the other was testing them

Gambit becomes the defacto ride to anime cons, stores, and of course getting pirated vhs tapes/dvds of new anime before official releases or airings, because simuldubs were not a thing until the mid 2010s

Rogue ends up watching the "conquerors of shamballa" movie before it can be officially dubbed for foreign audiences thanks to him. The sub is bad but she adores him for it.

He is now the one they go to for torrenting anything. He knows all the best spots.

Helps them avoid the shitty side of 2000s con culture by keeping an eye out for suspicious stereotypical bad actors at cons.

Rogue and gambit do a few couples cosplays.

One time they do one where rogue is edward, gambit is winry, and kurt is alphonse with the full suit of armor. Easily one of their favorites

When Ouran comes around gambit absolutely insists on doing a tamaki and haruhi cosplay with her

Gambit finds out about yugioh cards and totally starts using some of them for special occasions

Cute image: rogue reading a manga and laying over gambit so he cant get up. He's playing ds but his battery is dying and he cant reach the charger cable without disturbing her. Boy is trapped.

[marythebitchasscanary]

Total multishipper here but my primary is sonadow. Just gonna throw my hat into the ring.

So I have this theory. Sonamy reminded me a lot of the whole Naruto x Sakura anti debacle pre/early shippuden and other than pink girl I think it’s this.

1.) Girl is portrayed in a specific and at the time what was considered an empowering way while maintaining girlhood. 2000s wise.

Some of the innate problem with that is that it’s written by grown adults who are basing things off of tropes born in the 80-90s but maintain some status quo.

When an adult is writing kids for kids they tend toward silly and not taking kid’s emotions fully seriously. Such as love and crushes. Which leads into 2.

2.) Kids will look to the coolest representation of themselves and take what those characters say and do seriously, even if the adult writing it didn’t.

This I think is partly why the emo goth characters get a bombardment of love but that’s neither here nor there.

When you’re attached to a character early on it becomes The Best character and you want them to come out on top. You want their goals and dreams realized, nothing wrong with that, but blinders lead to clashes with other’s favorites. And younger fans, especially kids, will have the “my dad can beat up your dad” mentality with their favorites.

3.) In the case of Sonic, the first favorites (the starter pokemon if you will) are typically Sonic, Amy, and Shadow. These groups having such a range of ages will expose the newbies to fandom space to things they were not prepared for and ill equipped to deal with.

How do you deal with conflicting characterizations? What are ship wars? How does character criticism and character critique differ from character bashing?

While I love a good bash fic, there is a difference between using a stereotypical archtype for fun plot reasons and juat pumping villain(ess) evilness into a character you don’t enjoy. New fans, but specifically new to fandom fans will see abundance of content and not be able to navigate.

Sonic itself is a fandom that is many people’s first fandom. So it’s almost a testing ground for understanding how things work. Good and bad.

4.) Unfortunately for Amy, she gets the newest fans for shipping. Default heteroromance, as close to canon as a ship can get without committing, and a long standing base. The caveat is that because she and sonic are “baseline” romance and the wave of younger (but no longer new) fans to branch out to OCs or few steps removed canon self inserts realize their personas can date. In trying to create distance and reason for Amy not to date Sonic, the trope of obsessive girl or mean girl is used. Base girl is almost always ending up labeled as juvenile and cringey, reason one and two kinda feed into that.

Young fans who haven’t really learned kind internet etiquette then attack in the way they think is right.

Ideally they’ll grow out of it and learn not to engage but some just get stuck.

5.) Internalized misogyny. Pick me mindset wrecks young fans, they want an independence and coolness that the writers denied their reflection. It’s a whole other rant but it’s also self explanatory.

Some of this can be explained by the guys in the fandom, the whole “Amy is annoying” crap. Does not help anything

6.) Characterization division. Between crap translation and purposeful changing of intention and word use, the characters of Sonic have the disadvantage of inconsistency and weird stereotypes. Amy suffered some flattening from what I can tell, right as she was getting characterized. Her purpose was flat before but it kinda nipped her arc in the bud especially for english audiences.

It created a nasty rift. Really with all the characters but it seems to have hurt Amy the most.

Really what it comes down to though is people not being able to separate themselves from the bad habit of “my way or no way” and expecting there to be a singular path to enjoy in fandom. Fandom is for exploration, and canon isn’t the law. We need to be better 🙂‍↕️

Sonamy gets so much hate on Tumblr and I'm tired of pretending it's not

By few bad apples, specially on tiktok and Instagram all the community has to suffer from it

I can see how many fans who have Sonic x oc hate sonamy and Amy with a passion that have dedicated tags for "anti Amy" "Anti SonAmy" and make up it's comments by saying "I'm an Amy fan too" "I just care too much for characterization"

But majority of these users misunderstood Amy, fix their narrative to fits with their opinions, and you know for what? To make fun of fans who like the character and ship

I've seen how majority of sonelise fans also hate us, how majority of sonadow fans hate us, how majority of sonaze fans hate us, majority of sonally fans hate us. almost all Sonic's ships hate us.

Many say we sonamy fans "exaggerate" the bullying and just shows the lack of enpathy

Not all sonamy shippers are toxic people just like not all Sonic shippers are toxic

By few we have to suffer. Go to any tik tok about Sonamy and you would almost find a sonadow fan making fun of it.

I've seen how majority of users who dislike sonamy of had beef with them have say they like when sonamy fans get bullied or get "what they deserve" (not in a good way) of in general when the community gets as the punching bag they get happy.

Many have asked to get respected when their ship gest disrespected but the moment it's a ship you hate then that changes it🧐

Users complain that the Sonic ships sides is toxic but majority are not helping with it in anything. Many think that keeping with the cycle of hate will get things better but it keeps them WORSE

I've seen how many shippers hate us by "misunderstood" Amy or how we disgust them for hypocrecy but they are not the best people to say it when many users have spreed hate when people don't Get their pov's. Get mad when sonamy fans call out then or say something like "hey I don't agree with it" "UHH those sonamy fans are hypocrite and annoying Am I right?" :/

If you hate sonamy and Amy so much. Let it go. Better focus on what you like in Sonic. Better grow to keep your ship community to be healthy and strong 'cause the more You spend your time hating on something it can affects your health and how you interact with people inside and outside internet.

And you would say, why you keep talking about this? BECAUSE THEY TAG SONAMY AND AMY SO WE CAN SEE HOW MUCH THEY HATE THE SHIP AND THE CHARACTER 😅

I couldn't care for my non-ships as sonelise, sonadow, sonaze and sonally. You won't almost NEVER see me there 'cause I don't like tonsoend time on things i don't like for the sake of my mental healthy.

I've met beautiful and toxic fans of all these ships. I won't get all my energy in making fun of them or writing pretentious analysis about what's wrong with them

I will have fun in the sonamy tag and they can have fun with their ships

I don't vibe with those ship and considering them as anti or even hate them is wasting my time

Why would I want a Tag of my Anti ship being part of My Tumblr. Waste of time

I'm not defending toxic sonamy fans I defending fans who want to have a good time on the tag, who don't bother other fans. Fans who try to make better community

Cause Sonic shippers love to pointing us to resolve all problems but this is a work in community not individual.

We need to be better

[puppybearuniverse]

thinking about the tragedy that is never truly getting to be close with my family. i feel guilty about it sometimes. but then i remember how hard I've tried, my entire life, to connect. and i remember the things they did to me in return. and i remember that it's okay not to have a relationship with them.

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

Council of lovefools.

[First] Prev <–-> Next

[eikichi-supremacy]

If nothing else Koenma is a Kuwabara stan and I'm right there with him o7 (I need to write the kuwameshi fic that goes with this fr)

[felix-mateo]

Ok, the idea i have is that this takes place before Canon RWBY. Idk if this is rwby universe or poppy world, so I gave my idea the best I can using the timeline of the little post you gave.

Prototype: as winter. I can see this because winter is a soldier in cannon. But she is also old enough to know and see through her father's BS. And has the spine not to back down. After being brought back and seeing what her father has done to so many innocent children, human or faunus. I can see her hatching the plan for the hour of joy. I can even see her wanting to go outside and re-enter society and get revenge on the higher-ups that try to hide and cover up everything.

Jaune as catnap: makes sense to me because I can see jaune thinking proto-winter as an imaginary friend. And dumb enough to help with jaune getting electrocuted in cannon. I can see winter taking jaune to get help and him becoming catnap. With a loya cat following her.

Weiss as Yarnaby: The idea being Weiss died young, so the idea of Jacques learning weiss is in yarnaby i can see him doing what the doctor did to yarnaby. Isolating the poor thing so it is only loyal to them.

Willow as mommy long legs: From the short description you gave of willow, I can see her crashing out hard during the hour of joy. He targets more towards the adults who did the horrible experiments to the children. Also, the way it is written, Willow may have tried to fill the hole in her heart using the children at the orphanage because her children "died/went missing."

Wheatley as huggy wuggy: i can see him being this character because of how he acts in the show. Also, the video I sent before I can sea Wheatley broken.

The protagonist: this either will be RUBY ROSE or her uncle Qrow. If ruby, it is to learn what happened to her sister and dad many years ago. If it is qrow, it will be because of ozpin sending him on a mission. One last look before they destroy the abandoned factory. Only for crown to stumble into a trap. And he is forced to see how deep it goes. While learning the horrors of what went down.

If I were to make RWBY Poppy's Playtime AU as @felix-mateo mentioned...

Starting off with the premise, there's a toy factory in Remnant called "Guten" and is a branch-off of the Schnee Dust Company. After the mining operation went bust, following the death of Nicholas Schnee, his daughter Willow Schnee soon took over as CEO. Sadly, each of her children had already passed, but that was when she decided to use her talent for crafting to make toys for other children. Seeing their smiles reminded her of her own children, then realized there were children out there with no parents. From there, she opened the "Guten Garten" orphanage within her factory. And she and the orphan children lived happily ever after.

...Until her husband took over. Jacques Schnee, a man who did not share his wife's kindness, saw the children as a blight on his lien. However, he was convinced to continue allowing these children to live in his factory under the condition that they also served another purpose for himself, Arthur Watts, and Dr. Merlot. Under their abuse, the children were subjected to many a horrible experiment, including the development of toy soldiers using the souls of children.

This is all learned when our hero, who is as of yet unnamed, breaks into the long-abandoned factory, and finds his way down into a secret room, where he opens a case containing a real, living doll.

"You opened my case..." - Whitley

[radioroxx]

hey guys 🤲 spare nille thoughts? s’il vous plaît???