#basically they are the center of a polycule

[aki-bara]

i love percabeth so much that the idea of shipping either one of them with anyone else short circuits my brain. like percy jackson is dedicated to his one true love why would he kiss another person…..

OKAY.

BUT- CONSIDER: Percy and Annabeth are two halves of the same whole.

Like to the point where they are the same person.

They move in sync. They can perfectly predict the others thoughts and movement patterns. They have entire conversations without saying a single word. And they are so much greater because of it! Because they have each other! And if you were a part of this unit, this astounding pillar of strength that is two in one wouldn't you want more? To share that WHOLENESS?

And if your other half did want to share that joy with others, would you resent them for it? Would you, who are their other half, not understand their need for more as your own? Would you not recognize it as your very own desire? If they wanted someone wouldn't you want that too?

[melled42]

Idk if this is a huge request or not, but could you explain more about Bell? (The shitten in your au)

I would be thankful, take care.

Yeah, ive done like... 3 pieces of her max but she gets SO many asks lol. the story isn't really ready for her yet, and i'd like to finish what im working on before i do more with her, but i'll give the basic rundown.

she LITTERALY started as a joke baby post but she got so much interaction i said i'd expand on her design and now she seems to just have a following of simps (oops, like lamb like daughter)

most of the old ideas for ewen and nari with her are out of date now on the art, but heres a bunch of plot and some unposted sketches under cut

Nari and Ewen are married and leading the cult still. all the siblings have kids, grandkids and even great grandkids (excluding shamura). Its only after they decide having a child is someone for them to love and raise, not someone who they're forcing the cycle of trauma on that they have Bell. And they adore her. While growing up, one by one, the former bishops, all her aunts, uncles, and shamura decided it was time to peacefully end their long lives. So she sees death as a good thing, the satisfying end to a long life story. So when Ewen and Narinder are ready to die together, even though they say she doesn't have to, she takes on the crown and ends if for them with a last "i love you" between them. She runs the cult now which is more themed around their shared neck wound "rings" and their relationship than just the lamb. She's called "the black sheep" by her followers (or queen if they're kinky, princess when shes younger). she wields the crown as a pair of horns and a sythe, sine the cult of the black rings also referenced Ewen's large black horns and she keeps up the theme.

Baal and Aym are her "brothers" (more of her body guards and technically her cousins but she refuses to call them anything else) and her body guards, staying after their master's death. They've known her since she was a baby and still treat her as one sometimes. She's VERY protective over them, but also will bully them sometimes, like kicking their asses when training and saying they're just going easy on her like when she was a kid, knowing full well she's overpowered by the crown.

Because shes such an oddity, the mystic seller assigned one of their followers to keep an eye on her and, much like her "ba ba" she found the overpowered demigod shes now obsessed with. With some help from Ewen before they passed, they were able to translate their glyphs. Now that helper follows her around disguised as a poor imitation of a regular mortal to better understand her and the mortal realm. Or at least thats what she convinced them to do since she wants them around <3 probably not to their masters liking lol. I haven't decided on a name yet. Bell eventually give them the purple crown (they/it)

Before they left, Narinder was trying to reawaken the crowns, whether for the memory of his siblings, or that the cult was growing too large to be centered on the red crown. They're not very powerful right now and Bell is the leader of the others, more like a babysitter.

The blue crown is with Kalliope (kalli for short) (she/her), a distant relative of Kallamar's who had to fight, both physically and socially, with all her other of age relatives to get the chance, since Kallamar's polycule made a LOT of kids and grand kids. She's kind of bitchy about it and whines about everyone not respecting her or how hard she worked. shes a flamboyant cuttlefish and trans femme. also the crown is worn like an earring. Bell has little tolerance for her and they have a lot of bitchy girl fights.

The green crown is with isop (a kinda combo of isopod and aesop) (he/him) who is a rubber ducky isopod. he's Leshy's great great grandkid, and really only god the crown because no one else on the peaceful forest farm leshy put together in his later years really wanted it and figured it meant free babysitting. he's pretty young and small with a fascination for chaos and violence that only little kids without developed social perception can have, though he more watches at this point. The others tend to carry him or he rolls around in a little ball. The crown is worn like glasses.

The orange crown is with Mycelia (lia for short) (they/them plural) who is a homunculus mushroomo made through experimentation by Heket and Sozo before they died. they're the only one who is actually older than Bell. They're undying because they're a hive mind of all the mushroomo, who have been progressively growing. They can see everything the others see, can spout new bodies when needed and even feed on their own dead bodies. Bell sometimes just kills them when they're frustrated with them or other things. They'd be a threat but they're very monotone and emotionless about pretty much everything and don't care. They've worked with the red crown just because death is a natural boon to fungus and keeps them alive. The orange crown is worn as a necklace.

Heres some sketches since I haven't been able to get the designs to my liking but people keep asking so :T

[bimbroad]

long-winded ramble about melvik and the arcane fandom

I really do believe the boom in the melvik ship has nothing to do with the show (obviously since they barely interacted) and more with black fans and fans of mel ( a black female character that they, by proxy, would have to be exposed to misogynoir when trying to engage with her content) separating themselves from the anti-black fandom into more niche places where outsiders are less likely to scrutinize. especially when you consider that the ship really started gaining more traction months after the show’s end (as opposed to right after or during, which is usually the case) and I think that correlates to the online harassment of mel (and meljay) fans ramping up. if someone is looking for non-art fan content of a character, most of it is revolved around shipping since solo, non-romantic fan fiction is unpopular and un-incentivized.

anybody who’s been a fan of mel since s1 (or has scrolled more than 3 times in her tags on social media) knows that meljay, despite being one of the few actually canon ships on the show, was disparaged, minimized and scrutinized basically since its inception, with most of the onus being on Mel. as her most popular ship arguably until now, that meant if you were somebody that enjoyed mel (or meljay) you were basically getting flashbanged by vitriol to the point a lot of her content was a) people trashing her character or ship b) people fighting back against that undue backlash and coming in dead last c) actual content for the ship in question. This got significantly worse after the arcane writers took 3 percs each during the s2 writing period and validated fanon malice against her character within the show, further emboldening them. if you were a fan of mel or her most popular ship (and once again, canon relationship), you were signing up to be bombarded by bad takes (im being generous) every time you wanted to engage.

sometimes what happens in huge fandoms amongst marginalized fans, I’ve seen people exhausted of dealing with the vitriol branch off into an unlikely, unpopular ship and make that the new “safe space” and I definitely think that’s what happened here.

with that being said, there’s something very funny (/positive) about melvik now compared to its earliest iterations. a lot of early fan-content had a mean-spirited slant to their interactions that you can tell was adopted from the larger, jayvik fanon that they despised each other. there were also a fair amount of consolation prize polycule fan fiction that felt like the writers weren’t confident in mel and viktor’s relationship on its own and the only thing that glued the love triangle together was wanting to appease jayce which is…lol. now it has its own fanon (e.i. pre-canon bitter exes) and better recognizes the merit of these characters outside of a polyamorous relationship. I’ve also noticed that there seems to be an uptick in fan content (art and fan fiction) that centers mel, or just outright de-centers jayce even if there is polyamorous relationship which wasn’t as common before. i wonder how much that has to do with mel fans using the ship as an escape from the hatred in her other tags.

i think now, despite the parallels the writers either unintentionally created or failed to capitalize on, one of the biggest appeals to the ship (and fandom) is that it just embraces absurdism as a crack-ship that could’ve actually had some merit in the show if arcane wasn’t written like that™️. meljay is always diminished and those two character’s love for each other gets debated every day ending in y, but with melvik there’s no real need to prove itself. it’s a “why the hell not” ship and now that the arcane fandom at large is starting to catch onto the fact it exists, it’s very funny seeing people argue about how a relationship like that could never happen in canon, as if fandom has ever upheld the original content as something non-transformative and above individual interpretation LMAO….

anyway. all of this to say that im a #nooticer and i #nootice things

[the-eeveekins]

I'm not very active on tumblr much these days, but as a Gundam fan I should probably pop in to talk about GQuuuuuuX. Because I sure have some opinions on it.

The basic overview is that I think the show had a very interesting framework. But everything was so rushed that I found it all to be very shallow, and I didn't enjoy it as a result. It especially hurts in my case because Beginning and the early episodes really drew me into Machu, Nyaan, and Shuji, and they were the part of the show I was most interested in. Unfortunately they felt completely overshadowed by all UC stuff in the 2nd half, which did not interest me anywhere near as much. That said, there are two things from the finale that I'm particularly upset by:

1. Bringing back Furuya as Amuro.

I don't care that production on the show started before his behavior came out. I don't buy any of the excuses. Bringing him back was an awful mistake, full stop. He confessed to his actions long enough ago that even if his line was recorded before hand, there has been plenty of time to recast and re-record one line. Having him there is a black mark against the show.

2. The Machu x Shuji Confession.

You can go through my post history on bsky and see that I never expected GQ to be yuri. In fact, you can find me rooting for the polycule more than anything. But damn, was the het absolutely terrible. Machu's attraction to Shuji is completely one-sided, and they don't even see each other for half the show. There is even a whole moment in the final episode that built up to "Shuji loves Lalah." It all perfectly clicked into place. And then it's like someone burst into the writing room and shouted "NOOOOOO! You have to make Shuji get with one of the girls, or people might think it's gay again!" What follows is a completely out of left field kiss and love confession, none of which felt remotely earned.

Meanwhile, the relationship between Suletta and Miorine was the core of G-Witch's story. They share multiple moments of mutual affection throughout the show. They end the show married. And yet, they couldn't kiss on screen. They couldn't directly say the words "I love you" to each other. By all accounts the staff were handicaped by Bandai in how they were allowed to depict Sulemio's relationship. And while the staff did succeed at making it textual, they had to get creative to do it.

In any other context I would say "Ah, forced het because he's a boy and she's a girl. Must be a day ending in Y." But to get served that right after G-Witch? After all the hoops Sulemio had to jump through? Yeah, I'm a little insulted here.

Sapphic romances work so hard and can be so good, they can be the core theme of the story. And they still get less than the most lazy and uninspired het romances in media. And make no mistake, bigots will be tripping over themselves for years to say that Machu and Shuji getting a kiss and "I love you" makes it a better/more legitimate relationship than Sulemio.

I don't outright hate GQuuuuuuX. Like any Gundam series I don't like, there are still things I enjoyed. Nyaan, Shiiko, Deux, the Gyan and GFreD, the animation, the ED and the fact Machu & Nyaan live together after the finale. Conch, my precious robot crab son, who I'am so proud of. Hell, I'm still talking about it over two days later, something I can't say about other recent Gundam entries I didn't like (Metaverse, RfV, Silver Phantom). But this entry missed the mark for me.

On a personal note, I am so glad that this got delayed and Suletta was our first female MC. Suletta was such a great starting point for female MCs: she felt like the main character of her own show (a show actually centered around women!), and her personality and motivations didn't revolve around a boy. And GQuuuuuuX had far far more misogyny problems than G-Witch; they wanted to make a show about a female Gundam MC and they failed Machu in just about every way. Considering Gundam's often problematic issues relating to it's female characters throughout the franchise, Suletta feels like a miracle, and we somehow dodged the bullet of first female MC being plagued by those exact same issues.

[haroun31]

Fluffy/romantic and stupid polycule Chifuyu x reader x Baji maybe as adults drinking together and enjoying eachother's company as maybe drunk reader and drunk baji tease a flustered Chifuyu for being a lightweight or something 😼

An apology for the last one shot I see. . .

A glass or two

Warnings: Alcohol | MC is gender neutral | Fluff | Everyone is an adult |

The vibes were on, the lights dimmed to a warm orange and the Playlist of your choice blasting off music ranging from making you sing at the top of your lungs to sob your heart up. Or at least, that's how you felt when under the influence. "OHHHH No I don't need you but I miss you come here!" You lifted your arm before looping it around Chifuyu's shoulders and pulling him closer to you in a hug.

The poor black haired guy yelped at the sudden movement, finding your face mere inches away from his as you sang 'Love me not' by Ravyn Lenae with Keisuke on the other end of the couch. From this distance he could see your cheeks warm from the alcohol you drank and the smell of cherry and vodka, due to some weird mix, reached his nose. Not that he was better–well, better than you and Keisuke that's for sure, but also his cheeks were tinted with red and the wine glass in his hand wasn't helping him.

"God, I'm damn hungry" Baji grumbled, pushing away your legs from his lap and standing up. Uhh. . .at least as much as he could without totally losing his balance and fall face first on the hard floor. "Oi ____, do we have some chips in the pantry!?" He shouted too loud for someone far away mere feet from the living room "Check near the fridge! The. . .the one to the left!?" You replied as loud as him, if not more, and Chifuyu, with his slight dazed mind, quickly hid your face against the crook of his neck before police comes knocking to your door for a noise complaint.

Despite that you kept talking, even if you voice was muffled, as Chifuyu simply sipped his wine nonchalantly "Will you guys remain to help me clean or are yall like. . .disappear like it was an one night stand?" You turned your head around, just as Baji let himself fall down on the other side of Matsuno "What the fuck are you talking about? We moved here like six months ago" he opened the bag of chips just as another song started.

"Oh. . ." You slowly blinked, processing his words as quickly as you could while being drunk, before blissfully smiling "You are right! How nice! We need to celebrate our half anniversary of living together with another glass!" Today was a really important day, after many years of sacrifices and sleepless nights, you finally received permission to buy a small shop in the center of the city. It took several months, but finally you could open your pet shop to the public with Baji, Chifuyu and Kazutora.

Today was the inauguration, and once you got home, you three decided to celebrate the milestone with a glass of wine and some music. (Tora had to go back to his home early since he was the one opening the shop tomorrow) Soon, however, that glass of wine turned into two, then three, and later Baji began mixing different alcoholic beverages to cleanse his mouth of the wine, since it wasn't exactly his favorite.

He soon enough got drunk, pushing you to try some on his mixes and that's how you followed him down the road. Chifuyu was the only one who was functioning well enough between the three of you, especially since he was only on his second glass of wine. "Why don't ya try some of this? I bet you will like it" Baji pushed an half empty bottle of vodka mixed with something toward Chifuyu, who simply rolled his eyes "Who is gonna tuck you two in bed if im equally wasted?"

You groaned at his words, sounding a bit too much serious for the situation and, like a cat, you ended up basically draped over him. When drunk, you were known for being clingy and turning into a chatterbox while Baji was the clumsy type sprinkled with bad decision making, which led at more than one car set on fire. But you never saw Chifuyu getting drunk and you oh so wanted to know what type he was.

"You know that I love you, right?" You started and his cheeks immediately flared into a bright red as he awkwardly patted your back with a nod, voice betraying him at the last second "But you need to let yourself go! That's just your second glass of wine, did I choose a shitty brand?" The short haired guy chuckled, shaking his head, however before he could speak, Baji interrupted him.

"Wanna know why he doesn't drink so much?" He asked, lifting your chin with his finger so that you could look at him. At his words, Chifuyu complexion paled before bursting into a vivid red, probably having understood what the other male had in mind "Don't you da–" "Oh my god, yes!" You cut him off with sparkles in your eyes.

The ravenette chuckled, showing off his fangs "Well, that's because if he drink anything stronger than wine he is good as gone. Like, he is ridiculously lightweight." He grinned at the way the poor man's eyebrow twitched in what might have been shame or embarassment "The only time he ever got drunk has been when we were teenagers at some waky party and god! That shit had been hilarious! No wonder he doesn’t drink anymore to the point of passing out!" Chifuyu whole neck was now deep red at the memory, something that he tried to bury for a long time.

"No way!" You jumped up, leaning towards Baji with a loud snicker "You HAVE to tell me what happened" you grinned, before you felt Chifuyu letting out a squeak of embarassment and drag you away from Baji, like that would do something "You DON'T have to! Don't you dare Keisuke! Seriously!" However the ravenette in question just grinned in that way that just means trouble "Kei no!" Chifuyu warned as you tried your best to wiggle out of his grip but the motherfucker was strong "Kei yes! I wanna know!"

"Nope, you don't wanna! Now shut up!"

"You can't kiss us both to shut up, just give up and tell me!"

Chifuyu could feel his cheeks getting redder and redder when Baji just looked at him so teasingly "I swear to god Baji, if you open your mouth I'm gonna make Kazutora the head department of the shop and you will stuck with the cleanings" at that the red-eyed man chuckled, lifting his hands in the air "Not fair doll, you are tying my hands like this. Even in my drunkeness I can recognize a threath"

You, however, were not satisfied "Kei, if you don't tell me such earth breaking gossip I'm gonna take you both off the lea–" the next you knew, two lips came crashing on your own, effectively shutting you up for good. Chifuyu might not be drunk but you can bet that he is tipsy as hell and that was the first thing that came into his mind to deflect the situation.

He soon broke the kiss, leaving you dazed and confused on what the hell just happened "Yes, I cas kiss you shut up" then he turned around toward Baji, cheeks still red as hell "Try to talk and see what happens" the ravenette laughed, lifting his hands in the air "Don't treat me with a good time"

[tmmyhug]

cozy game where every npc is simultaneously romanceable but instead of each of them acting like you’re only dating them they all acknowledge and are fine with this. so instead of basically cheating on everyone at once you are the center of a town-wide polycule

[foone]

I haven't watched MLP:FiM since I got married but I do like how even today people are drawing fanart of it and basically all of it that comes across my dash is one of either:

* silly memes, the particular irreverent kind that the star wars prequels get.

* all the other mares desire Applejack carnally

And it's amusing that in the year of our gourd 2024, that's the remaining MLP fandom I see. Just silly jokes and every other woman on that show wanting to fuck Applejack.

The jokes were always there, and shipping was always a thing with the fandom, of course, but somehow it seems the sole remaining part is just Applejack/EVERYBODY.

Individually, at least. I've not specifically seen art where it's a big polycule centered around Applejack, but I'm sure it exists.

[antiques-anon-tma]

// ooc

I'm curious if syl got his own domain like Martin what would it be like

that's something I've been trying to figure out. Bc he's going to

You're not in the discord server so I don't think you know the plans but we are very much working towards The Eyepocalypse. It's why we keep marking Syl

(you're going to have to pardon me, I was working it out as I typed which means this got a bit long, but you get to see my entire thought process basically)

I think because his connection to The Eye is the strongest, he'd maybe get a section of London that's like... his.

It's interesting because there were so few eyevatars (and I think that was very much intentional in the show's writing) I think really it was just Jon and Elias. So we don't really know what happens with an eyevatar who isn't The Archivist.

It's possible that, because The Archivist functions as a living archive, Syl has or will actually meet the requirements to technically be The Archivist, and as a result will be free to wander the domains.

But I don't think I like that idea, even if it makes sense. Because it's been done. And I like doing new things when I can.

The only thing I'm not totally sure how to navigate is what his domain is going to look like for him vs everyone else

because it's supposed to be less unpleasant for whoever is in charge of the domain. I wouldn't say it's pleasant for them, but it's not as bad as it is for those trapped in it.

With Syl's fear of being judged I'd say there's a good chance his domain looks a lot like what was described in the last episode of protocol, where those trapped in it have all their worst moments and qualities on display for everyone to see. They're ridiculed, made fun of, and judged by everyone for anything they're even mildly insecure about. It's basically The Spotlight Effect but your brain isn't lying to you, you're actually the center of everyone's attention /neg.

That would be hell for him

But he doesn't have to experience it. He just watches it. And maybe that is hell enough for him. Watching those who are trapped in the domain, feeding on them, not being able to help or reassure them in any way.

I was tempted to say that there should be something similar to Martin's conversation with himself to reach a sort of catharsis, but I don't think Syl needs to have that happen within his domain. I think that can happen with Elias.

I mean this is his happily ever after

It may not look like what he was expecting but he gets to spend the rest of eternity with his true love. (And Alex. I suppose you also don't know about the Brutal Pipe Murder Polycule but shhh spoilers hehehe)

They rule together as kings of a ruined world.

Uuuuuntil someone blows up the tower. Which it would be nice if that didn't happen. In this timeline. But what can you do?

[spookystree]

Time to think about a fame au because I thought of the cat king being a model/actor for my other au

!!!

Charles is both a popular streamer and a singer/songwriter

Edwin is an actor (he's also kind of a nepo baby)

The cat king is still a model and an actor but he's more successful in the actor one in this au

Niko is a streamer/youtuber

Crystal is a singer/songwriter and an actress

Monty was a child actor but now he does some modeling here and there sometimes other stuff

Esther is an actress and Monty's stepmom again

David isn't really famous himself but him and Crystal had a VERY public breakup

He was using her for fame and now he writes songs

His songs are really milking the breakup too

Jenny is Niko's landlord and she gets dragged into SOME of the shenanigans

Some is downplaying it

I think this will be where I have the majority of my catwin stuff

Might evolve into one of the polycule things but for now catwin

Monty and Edwin are actually exes in this

Their break up was pretty messy as well but now they're good friends

Charles and Niko collab a lot

Crystal is also still psychic in this au!

Edwin still doesn't believe her

I think that's funny

Crystal and Edwin grew up together

They're also roommates

Niko sleeps over at their place once a month and it's like a big proper sleepover with a movie marathon

Crystal and Niko are dating cause I love them and yeah that's it

Still mad we won't see them together in the show

When they start getting crushes on each other Crystal goes to Edwin and Niko goes to Charles about it

Crystal basically gets a "what do you want me to do? Tell her? Or just listen to you?" And then she just rants about how she doesn't think she's ready yet and they have a very nice conversation

Charles and Niko just be silly about it and Charles pushes her to say something and be really cute and romantic about it

Crystal ends up saying something first and Niko is disappointed that she couldn't show up with flowers and a note for Crystal first 😭😭

Do you like how ALL my au ideas are Edwin centered? Think I got a favorite guys 😔😔

[redsavant]

Though I Am An Inept Villainess (Nakamura Satsuki)

"In the Kingdom of Ei, five clans put forth their maidens as imperial consorts--but only one will be crowned empress. Just when frail and beautiful "court butterfly" Kou Reirin seems poised to marry the crown prince, jealous "court rat" Shu Keigetsu steals her body! Reirin wakes up in the dungeons as the conspirator, and things look dire…or do they? Now that she's got a robust new body, not even the looming threat of execution can stop her!"

Since this series has basically no presence on the English-speaking net that I can find, I figured I should try to get the name out there. Inept Villainess is the story of a head consort-in-training in a not-historical-China rear palace who gets body-swapped with the lowest-ranked consort-in-training, and from there, she works to figure out how to get back to her own body and also stop an assassination or two while she's at it.

One thing to note up front is that this series wears its influences strongly on its sleeve for the first two or so books, The Apothecary Diaries most noticeably. It's not quite as realistic in setting or heavy in tone as Kusuriya, which might strike some readers as disappointing, but on the flip side, if you were hoping for magic in Kusuriya, you're in luck here.

But what's it about? Why the tags? The story starts out with Reirin, darling princess of the Kou clan and favorite to win the crown prince's favor as Empress, getting bodyswapped with Keigetsu, the envious and widely disliked Maiden of the Shu clan. The first two books of the light novel (first four manga volumes) center around Reirin, an absolute dynamo now that she has a body that isn't actively trying to kill itself, trying to get her own body back because she feels bad that Keigetsu, a socially awkward and abrasive girl, is stuck in said body-trying-to-kill-itself, while trying to not out herself since Daoist magic is frowned upon. Thus, Reirin takes it upon herself to be a villainess - though she's not a very good one.

The first two books are honestly a little weak! Some clunky exposition and a slight feeling of making Reirin Too Good For This Sinful Earth may put people off, and if you're hoping for yuri, the possessive crown prince Gyoumei and handsome crownguard Shin-u might rub you the wrong way. But forge ahead! As soon as the second arc begins, which sees Reirin and Keigetsu teaming up with their unique skills to bust more conspiracies around the Maiden Court, the chemistry doesn't stop sparking. Make it through the first two books and you're in for a treat, as the character writing only gets better and better. There's even a confession in LN volume 5 - though there's plenty of affection between Reirin and Keigetsu before that. (And I can't not mention the canonical lesbian love story in volume 2!)

If you like the sound of A) a bisexual polycule branching out from a central WLW couple with realistic and layered personalities, bouncing off of a lot of very colorful supporting characters; B) magic-assisted scrapes and conspiracies, wuxia-lite action, and scoundrels getting comeuppance; C) prose that can handle swinging from character jokes to taking a quite realistic look at issues like abuse, forgiveness (whether and how to give it), the pressure to conform to a role you don't know if you're ready for, and other such topics, check the series out! As of this posting there's been no announcement for an anime, but the light novels are translated into English up to volume 7.

[actualbird]

UHM HELLO!! idk how to use tumblr tbh and im awkward so this is gonna be. uh. yeah HOW DO YOU GO BACK TO ANOTHER LINE - moving on. i love ur polynxx hcs soooo so much please i need more more more 🤲🤲

wahhh, hello and welcome to tumblr :D!!! im so glad i enjoy my nxx polycule stuff hehe and it's been a While since ive written for them (be it for fic or hcs) so this ask came at a lovely time. without further ado, here's some:

the nxx polycule date permutation hcs

due to everybody's schedules being immensely packed all the time, all 5 of them cant go out on dates/get-togethers very often with everybody in attendance. like, when theyre All together it's often for NXX Work OR they save it for special occasions (ex. christmas, new years, any of the team's bdays)

that being said, the Top 1 most common not-everybody date permutations are: artem + mc + luke, and then marius + vyn

-

artem + mc + luke can meet up often and easily because artem and mc work at the same place (so they can quickly figure out when their schedules align, quickly meet up), AND all three of them LIVE IN THE SAME STELLIS CITY DISTRICT!!!

they all live in South Stellis (mc's address was mentioned in The Birth of Stellis | Tears of Themis "Behind The Scenes" Episode, and artem's and luke's can be seen easily in the Stellis Explore function) so i can imagine just like

artem and mc finishing up with work and wanting to go out to dinner together and both of them independently and intuitively understanding that on the drive to the restaurant, they should go pick up luke because if left to his own devices he'll probably only chips and a stale salad for dinner.

mc shoots luke a quick text like "let's have dinner! artem's treat!" 5 minutes prior to them arriving at his shop, and luke panics trying to find something nice to wear because if it's Artem's Treat then that means the restaurant is gonna be QUITE UPSCALE AND FANCY and he doesnt want to look like their boyfriend who they picked off the street from a dumpster because earlier today he had just so happened to be tailing a lead for a case that sent him into the forest so hes all muddy. but hes only got like two (2) sweaters that he himself finds viable for a Fancy Restaurant Date

so when mc and artem arrive to pick him up, hes wearing the blocky xmas partyland sweater. at which mc visibly winces at and at which artem internally winces at

but they all go out for a nice dinner out anyway

-

MEANWHILE, marius + vyn's homes are in completely different stellis city districts: orchideshine and long beach, hemingway heights respectively. and the Stellis Explore function seems to posit these two locations as pretty far-ish away from each other, yeah, BUT....

marius' PERSONAL STUDIO is right in the same neighborhood as vyn's place

i assume marius' personal studio is in this area because another thing thats in hemingway heights (that's just not mentioned in the Stellis Explore function) is Stellis University, where marius is taking his masters. so right after his classes, he can drop by his studio and destress before heading over to the CBD for work

ORRRR HE CAN DROP BY VYN'S PLACE UNANNOUNCED AND SWEEP HIM OFF HIS FEET FOR AN IMPROMPTU DATE

marius has mastered this art. he comes to learn vyn's schedule at the university, at the research center, and at his home so that he only shows up when vyn isnt busy and is most likely to actually say yes to an impromptu fancy lunch

and vyn acts like hes Bothered but he really isnt, especially when marius has the money to treat him out to the High End Pastry Places that even vyn "pastry master" richter can appreciate

basically it goes

marius, yelling on vyn's yard: hey vyn! let's go out on a date!

vyn: get off my yard

marius: PLLEEEAAASSSEEEE, i'll take you to that bougie place you like!

vyn: fine (secretly pleased to be spoiled)

-

that being said, while these are the most common date permutations due to the simple reason of proximity, they all still find time to meet up in different permutations and all together

vyn appreciates luke taking him out on dates to more simple places, like a family owned diner or a hole in the wall ramen place. while it's not his usual kind of place, he enjoys the food and seeing luke light up talking about the memories hes had in this particular establishment ("one time, i ate here immediately after a mission and i was still bleeding out!!" "....please take care of all open wounds before you have ramen")

marius and luke and mc often meet up online and video call to game together. sometimes artem will join in on the call, despite not being much of a gamer himself, but he just likes hearing their voices and enthusiasm and yelling in the background while he cooks or works

ARTEM AND VYN GO TO THE FARMER'S MARKET TOGETHER. theyre both culinary Geniuses after all, and together they are extremely picky about produce and honey and handicrafts like an old married couple

and of course, they all get together every once in a while when their schedules permit and have a lovely time and enjoy each other's company

-

bonus, what kind of dates each of their residences are best for

artem's residence: best for full-team dinners and movie marathons in his home theatre

mc's residence: best for cozy afternoons because her place is so homey!!

vyn's residence: best for full-team outdoor brunches and tea times and also if you want a touch of nature relaxing in his garden

marius' residence: best for THAT WALK-IN WINE CELLAR and also movie marathons because have you seen the wall-mounted flat screen TV in his bedroom??? phew

luke's residence: best for uhhh...if you wanna slip on stray files on the floor or stub your toe on his palette bedframe? JHFKJ JUST KIDDING, best for in-person gaming hangouts

[jev-urisk]

Writing thrupples with a 'hinge', from someone who falls asleep in the middle every night.

A hinge thrupple is where two people are dating the same person, but not one another. So, not a triangle.

I don't know any thrupples with a childish Jacob-Edward rivalry over the 3rd person (annoying, overplayed)

I don't know any always lovey-dovey thrupples where the two suitors don't do anything outside constantly showering their 3rd with affection (honestly a bit creepy to me)

I'm bi/pan and nonbinary/fluid. My partners are a big burly cis dude and a tall snarky androgynous lesbian, they're not at all attracted to one another. Sexuality/gender plays a big part in dynamics and what I'm called (one calls me Wife and the other calls me Boyfriend).

Many poly peeps set out with intention to have multiple partners, my situation happened accidentally with some help from my autism. Basically I fell in love with two people like the movies but instead of drama I had an honest conversation and they both agreed to try it out. 🤷

I call both my partners 'babe' which in hindsight maybe I should've used 'hun' for one of them, but it's also so cute when I say babe and have two people turn to me. ❤️ They do have some unique, less appropriate pet names tho.

So so so much communication is needed to make sure you're on the same page as your partners. Google calendar helps, as do chore charts. I have 2 date nights a week, one for each partner. Holiday plans are discussed months ahead of time.

Relationships develop at different speeds! One partner may be ready for a milestone a month in, a different partner may be ready for the same milestone in 4 years.

So many perks! Splitting bills, splitting chores, coordinating when emergencies happen, and VOTING! With 3, the discourse for deciding anything from what to eat to what color to paint a room is SO much quicker.

I think the biggest difficulty was getting over my fear that I was doing something wrong, that I was selfishly drawing 2 people into something that would end in heartbreak. I was also afraid my partners wouldn't get along. 😵‍💫

Minor difficulties include deciding who to take for events that are +1 only, remembering who we've come out to, and getting crushed in the middle of the night when both partners roll towards the center of the bed where I sleep. 🪦

I can only be legally married to 1 partner where I live, but my other partner hates the idea of doing joint taxes so 😂 when we have a wedding one day, we're going to get legal permissions to, say, visit me in the hospital when I'm dying and call it good.

Yes, I can have another wedding and it will be just as beautiful and symbolic as the one that included legal paperwork.

Only two people can be on a marriage certificate, but three people can be on a mortgage! We've jointly owned a house for almost a year and a half and it's been so much work but so nice to have our privacy.

My partners get jealous of one another, that's normal. They know to communicate that feeling with me so I can give them some 1 on 1 time or special attention.

If me and one of my partners are struggling in our relationship, I DONT vent to my other partner and just give a basic 'I'm working through something with X right now'. I know too many polycules that have become a drama mosh-pit. 😓

My partners can be friends, or lovers, or simple acquaintances but THEY decide that and I don't push them to do anything except communicate when needed. My partners are introverts and it's taken years for them to build up their platonic relationship lol

Yes, I do occasionally get double-teamed in sexy ways (less than you'd think). 90% of the double-teaming I get is both of them calling me short or agreeing that I'm cute when I'm angy about trivial things, though. 😾

My partners now consider each other metamores, friends, and team-mates. My lesbian partner calls my male partner their 'husband in-law' sometimes, particularly when they want something from him.

Sometimes my partners bicker and I think it's cute bc it means they've become very comfortable with each other. If they have an actual issue I just encourage them to talk about it/I don't try to fix it for them.

We generally live a comfy, laid-back life and do all the mundane things you'd expect of mid-twenties to early-thirties folk- raising two dogs, fixing the sink, caving and ordering taco bell, forgetting to make that appointment, griping about the economy, bringing home plants, watching birds fight over the bird feeder, and sleeping in on the weekends. We just do it with 3. ☘���

Extra note: Polygamy is a term used in religious and male-centric plural partner situations. We use polyamory, polyfidelity, harem (jokingly), and thrupple to describe ourselves. Maybe some use polygamy and like it, but where we live (Utah) the term is generally reserved for fundentalist mormons.

There's probably a lot more to say, so maybe this is just a part 1. Feel free to ask me questions or comment with your own hinge experience (or tell me about your thrupple ocs)!

[a-cat-in-toffee]

THE AU MASTERPOST. YAYAY ^-^

#au shennanigans - tag for talking about crossovers/how different aus would interact. BASICALLY ITS OWN CONTINUITY NOW. USED ALSO AS MY RP TAG.

#greater rockfall area polycule - theyre all dating thats kinda the whole thing. not really an au but it has a tag so it's being included. me and noctivagant-corvid and gracklinging-electricboogaloo have a fic with them :)

#pd band au - mutual circle au. they're in a band!!! set post season 2

main aus/frequent posting

#civilian dakota au - au where dakota doesn't have powers! he meets ashe through online school and William at rustys. general funsies idiot teen vibes.

#prime destroyers - villain au :) contains codependent ghostkicks and ashe wavelength. also virion is there. general premise is the villain one-shot + ashe is a lizard and mark went missing so she has to be wavelength. I enjoy tormenting wight. vibes flip between domestic and gutwrenching.

edit: destroyers masterpost !!

#pd space au - THEYRE IN SPACE!! also william is a ghost. ashe and dakota are scrappers (they break on abandoned/ghost ship and take out any useful and valuable parts) who buy a haunted ship (the winnebago) also vyncent is an alien they picked up <3

#belltech villains au - au where William is a villain who works at belltech. name is mildly misleading cause the others are doing other things. dakota got yoinked by belltech and is experimented on :( and vyncent is a vigilante. this au generally tends to have heavier topics and is about morality and recovering from trauma lmao

#pd racing au - scifi racing au where they race hoverbikes and get gay with it. technically a jrwi as a whole au since the otehr campaigns are canon but it mainly focuses on pd and i dont want to change the tag cause i'm lazy.

edit: this au now has a masterpost!!!

#hellfire DC au - cantrip and dakota swap!! Dakota is a villain named Hellfire :)

#pd homestuck au - I put their asses in sburb. most art and little pesterlogs !

i also have a list of all the nicknames used for the different aus when talking about them

banished to the shadow realm aus under cut

just generally aus that are smaller or talked about less <3

#pd pirate au - they're pirates!!! generally just me outfit posting lol with occasional art.

#rockfall athletic center au - au that came to me in a dream (not. a joke.) where William and Dakota work at a pool. that's it. they all work at an athletic center and William and Dakota dick around after hours gaystyle.

#ashe conway au - ashe runs away from home following her mother's death, she is then taken in by Mal and taught how to use the rae'shal. I really like this au but it doesn't get posted much.

#bitb suckening au - pretty self explanatory, au where nbr are vampires and get gay with it.

[three--rings]

So it turns out there were a lot of things from S2 I was waiting to pass judgement on until I saw how they played out and...I ended up not thrilled about. And it's all these little things that keep bothering me.

Things I'm not happy with in OFMD S2:

-Jim and Olu feel retconned into not being in love. Like I know we want to talk about happy polycule but it feels like they aren't even very close this season? They were even more of a secondary ship than Lucius and Pete in S1 but we got essentially no good Jim/Olu stuff in S2. Instead we got the Olu/Zheng Yi Sao romance which on paper sounds good, but lacked chemistry. Especially from Olu's side. I feel like they kept repeating that "break in your day" thing cause they didn't have anything else. IDK weird weird decisions were made. I don't mind the Jim/Archie stuff at all but that was also not given any real romance time. They kissed and then I guess that was that?

-While on the subject of Zhang Yi Sao...why was she there? Like, don't get me wrong, I love her character and her inclusion in the show, but while the build-up in the first few episodes was great, then...they did basically nothing with her. Her entire plan was foiled by a moron in a split second and then..IDK she's now just riding on the Revenge and not even in charge? She's come way down in the world and I don't like it.

-Izzy dying. I don't mind the death scene itself, (though i wanted Izzy's friends on the crew more involved) but I think having him die shifts the genre and is disappointing in a way that feels unlike this show. more to be said obviously but not in this post.

-Speaking of that scene I grow more and more annoyed with Izzy saying "they love you, Ed." Not because it's not a great sentiment that would be narratively meaningful, but because it's NOT DEMONSTRABLY TRUE. Who loves Ed on that crew? Maybe Fang? There was absolutely no moments between Ed and crew after ep 3. They tolerate him for Stede's sake is all I can say. They love Stede. They love Izzy. And then Ed just leaves them and they are probably relieved.

-the way the central problem the whole season with Ed and Stede was communication but they never actually do anything about that, just declare victory.

-the way there was no climax or resolution with any antagonist in the last episode, they just barely escape, swear revenge like they're gonna head into battle, and then retire. Which makes ZERO sense and it bothers me SO MUCH.

-The lack of Stede and Ed costuming. IDK if it's because I've been writing a fic for a year centered around the clothing but like the show feels incomplete if they're not getting to dress up. I was looking forward to Ed wearing more than his leathers and we got a rice sack. This is entirely a personal gripe and not important but, yeah.

-Zero focus on the crew and no new info about any of them. I was really, really looking forward to getting more backstory, more personal info on characters like Roach, Frenchie, Wee John, but no.

And yanno, the thing is that I'm not unhappy with what S2 GAVE us. I like most of it. I love eps 1-6. Though 6 is showing the pacing issues badly. But what I miss is what we DIDN'T get. None of the stuff on screen was bad per se or couldn't have fit into a very excellent, cohesive season of TV. But I feel like all the connective tissue, all the thematic resolution, all the stuff that would have made it shine was missing.

Like they had a bunch of notecards of great scenes and filmed them but forgot to write the parts to connect them in a meaningful way? IDK this season feels a little like a first draft?

Not eps 1-3 though. I feel like they were perfect, and then they ran out of time/energy to polish the rest. (4-5 were also great, but they could have fit in with the rest better ultimately.)

I feel like people who are happy with this season are like 'we got this moment and this scene!' and that's great and cool and I also love that moment but I'm still left unsatisfied by the whole, yanno. Sigh.

[stephanies-polycule]

Remember this post?

Yeah, well, I decided to do it. So, here is the blog for Stephanie's polycule. I'm gonna be posting about how I think each character interacts with eachother, how they joined the polycule, reblogging any related ship posts, stuff like that. Feel free to send any asks, I'd be happy to answer them.

The polycule consists of Steph (obviously), Pete, Ruth, Grace, and Richie.

Of course this is set in an au where the events of both npmd and Abstinence camp didn't play out the same. Everyone is alive (yay!)

Pete is dating Steph. Steph, Grace, and Ruth are all dating eachother. Steph is basically the center of it, which is why it's her polycule. Richie is the only one not dating her. Actually, he's not dating anyone. He's aroace in this au, and has a qpr with Pete and Ruth

My posts will be under the tag #stephanie's polycule

Reblogs will be tagged with #stephanie's reblogs

I'll be posting more about specifics, and again, asks are welcome

[justpottytime]

okay so I’m starting this off by saying that most of these don’t include omo but this is a thought that I really want to get out there

so I have basically no idea how to explain the thought process of this but it seems, to me at least, and it has been brought to my attention due to Turning Red…. but it feels like there is a stigmatized view of men and women regarding the different things they go through. (Periods, stereotypes, private parts) which creates a lot of shame and embarrassment whenever it’s brought up and some end up making fun of or getting outright angry about those things (just look at the Turning Red reviews)

I honestly have no idea if what I’m saying makes sense but a thought has been circulating in my brain about this friend group (or polycule if you want) being extremely comforting and assuring whenever these things are the center of attention

before I get into this, in this group there is an equal amount of boys and girls, there can be as many friends in this friend group as you want. But in these prompts, they’re all from the same friend group :)

So you know how in media a guy sometimes gets hit in the balls and it’s played for laughs. I get the comedy aspect but what about the comfort aspect? So character (A) with a penis ends up getting hit in the balls, however that happens is up to you. But he kneels over and grips his crotch as pain radiates through his cock. A’s friends call out to him, obviously concerned. Not only is he in immense pain at the moment but he is also extremely embarrassed and self-conscious now as everyone’s attention is now on him and what he’s holding. The guys, of course, are sympathetic and ask a lot of questions and help him get back on his feet. But A is mostly worried about the girls’ reactions, he had quite a lot of girls kick him in the balls when he was in school for fun, which resulted in him getting laughed at. But the girls of this friend group don’t act like that, they check to make sure he’s okay and stuff like that, much to his shock. About ten minutes later or so they can still tell that he’s still pretty embarrassed about it. And everyone is quick to cuddle A and assure him that it’s fine and no one’s judging him

Character with a vagina (B) is on her period, and she is currently hanging out with a character with a penis (C) so they are chilling and everything’s fine… until B freezes, looks down, and runs to the bathroom. C is very much confused, but then he looks down at the couch that they were sitting on to see a noticeable sized blood patch on the furniture. C immediately understands and goes to clean it up. But when they do, B still hasn’t come out of the bathroom yet. C checks on B and hears slight sniffling and B sheepishly asks if C has a change of clothes and a pad or tampon. C actually does have those things since he keeps period products on hand in case if one of his friends has an emergency like this. So he gets her the stuff followed by a sheepish “Thank you…” and B later comes out, all red-faced and teary-eyed. C is surprised to see his friend so distraught but gives her a hug anyway. The embarrassment + the period hormones are making her emotional and she just starts apologizing for staining the couch, crying over something so silly, etc. Basically things she doesn’t need to apologize for. C shushes her and assured her there’s nothing to be embarrassed about and that it happens to all girls

Character with a vagina (D) and character with a penis (E) are on a nature walk together. E notices that D is getting squirmy and asks what’s wrong. D shyly admits they need to pee, E just says to go outside which D immediately refuses. D doesn’t have a dick like E has and she doesn’t want to take all her clothes off just to pop a two minute squat, she also admits she can’t hold a squat that long. E then agrees and says “Fair enough” but an hour later and D is whimpering, holding her crotch, anything to keep the flood in. E then just tells D to go, he doesn���t want her to end up hurting herself from holding it in. E says that if D has a hard time squatting, he could help hold her up, he just won’t look. D immediately refuses and it’s revealed that she’s also bladder shy. E comes up with an idea and just goes “Take your pants off, I promise I won’t look. And I have an idea, but I need you to trust me.” D finally does and takes her pants and panties off. And now she’s just standing there pantsless in the middle of the route, her face is burning up right now. Sure, this route is very vacant but that doesn’t mean no one will come around! Hastily, D calls for E and states that she’s ready and she’s potty dancing at this point, E leads her behind a tree and encourages her to squat and that he’ll hold her up, keep in mind he’s aiming his eyes toward the sky out of respect. D whimpers and squats down and E, sticking to his word, holds her up. D whimpers and goes “E… E, I can’t. I-It won’t come out!” E starts rubbing over where her sore bladder is and pushes down lightly, he gives her little tickles too and soon, D moans and lets the floodgates open. The pee lasts for a while and E is rubbing her back reassuringly, very proud of her

I don’t know, just something about people with opposite genitalia reassuring their friends when something “embarrassing” happens is a surprisingly wholesome thought

apologies if the first part didn’t make much sense, I’m tired. But holy shit did this get long

Ok but I actually kinda love this - it's so ingrained in our culture to laugh or be grossed out about these things, but it's really nice to flip the script and respond with comfort and reassurance instead! Yeah, being kicked in the balls DOES suck, getting period blood on the couch IS embarrassing, that doesn't always need to be the butt of a joke! We can be nice about things instead... And of course, the pee shyness thing is one of my favourite tropes honestly, holding someone up because they're bad at squatting is just too adorable!

Thanks for the ask!

... @littleleaks172257 doesn't this sound like things we'd do to our OCs? XD