#because i wanted her scythe and i wanted to show off her outfit

[dailypearldoodles]

I noticed that a while back y'all did a PRISIM design for hermit pearl and the tags mentioned maybe doing an empires version, would you possibly give that a go? I like to think she'd be unassuming but very powerful, like her kingdom (people don't really think about food production but it drives the world!)

Day 450

Thanks for reminding me i totally forgot about that!

This Pearl has two main colors (yellow and green) and one accent (dark pink). I kept her outfit pretty simple though and focused more on like, embroidery and smaller details instead of more outfit elements, so it's easy to mistake one of her main colors as an accent.

She's very powerful, more powerful than False and probably just a little bit weaker than Neneko. Her weapon is a big scythe and she can summon as many scythes as she wants at a time.

Her prism's name is Duck Or Duckling :D

[andi-dromeda]

This is a rough idea of what their god forms could be. I’m sure they have many though and definitely too many for me to draw.

I gave Grant sheep eyes, sheep horns, a wolf tail and a wolf cut to show his sheep and wolf thing. Then for the Hunter I decided to give him a scythe.

Tara’s hair is supposed to look like sea foam, I gave her vines for her earth connections and then to show her sky stuff I gave her lots of stars and one eye to be sun-like and one eye to be moon-like. @autisticrosewilson said that so I did that because they are very smart and have good taste.

@autisticrosewilson also talked about Jason being the most split of the three and having other versions of himself following him around and whilst he can hear them, he can’t see them. He also just generally can’t see magic that well. Until they all ascend, some massive part of their powers is kept from them. Jason can’t see magic correctly and has something like the mist from Percy Jackson going on. To him they’re certainly in new outfits but Tara’s just wearing a sundress, some heels, a slinky on both legs and a top hat. Then Grant’s just wearing a crop top, a mini skirt and some sandals. He’s enjoying the view but is aware he isn’t seeing what’s really there.

Tara’s vines aren’t glowing because the way she’s held back is she can’t use any of her sea and sky powers. She’s limited to just earth until she ascends.

Grant has bad hearing when it comes to magic but most crucially danger. Sheep have similar hearing to humans but wolves have amazing hearing. As a god he’d have super hearing on par if not better than superman’s but he can’t access it until he ascends. His bad hearing was one of the things that made his first death kind of inevitable as a mercenary. If it hadn’t been the serum that killed him, it would’ve been him not being able to hear threats. At some point Slade started to think Grant as a kid just kept ignoring him but in reality until Slade got close enough Grant couldn’t hear a thing. (Because Slade sucked!)

For Jason’s design I kind of just slapped Shera together with a slightly altered colour palette and I was done. @autisticrosewilson mentioned Jason’s birds being robins and shrikes so I decided to give him grey, see through wings.

Then you have the Ghost and the Robin. I didn’t read Gotham war because I’m a Jason fan and whilst I can enjoy angst, I can’t stand DC fucking him over all the time and never having anything get resolved. However, I did enjoy the artists using his hood to completely cover his face in darkness and just showing the whites of his domino. For Robin I just copied his Robin costume pretty much. I drew both of them with smaller lines to make them look less there, if you get me? They’re both holding weighing scales which is Jason’s thing.

Tara has a harp because she plays with the strings of fate. Grant has a scythe because I thought he deserved it. Jason got scales because justice stuff but also I thought it’d be funny if he ever tried to use them for baking. I know those are different scales but I think Jason deserves to use his scales and all blades for dumb stuff.

Also Grant has yellow eyes. Tara has one yellow, one white. Jason has white eyes but black and white to resemble his domino masks. Even with a bare face, his masks and personas have become such a part of him that now he’s got domino eyes. In my au, Jason started off with brown eyes. After dying, his eyes went kind of grey. I’m a golden Lazarus pit truther especially because in lost days the Lazarus pit is literally gold so when he crawled out his eyes were gold but after a week or so they went green. After he died again by the batarang Bruce threw, he woke up with blue eyes and he figured it was the universe mocking him for wanting his father’s love. The only thing he will ever have of Bruce is his training, his trauma, his hatred and his eyes. Also, whenever he uses the all blades, his eyes go black because the all caste have fully black eyes and white hair. When he ascends or whenever he gets close to ascending, his eyes go black and white.

[hawfstuff]

Who-lahan's your favorite Dulahan?

Short answer, very few aside from my own. Long answer, I'm not a terribly big fan of the Headless Horseman from Sleepy Hollow over shadowing all Dullahans in a pop-cultural sense. I feel like The HH under utilizes the Dullahans more interesting quirks. (no spine whips, no blood throwing, no fear of gold, no name calling, etc) He's fine. Bunch of examples under cut.

First off the classic 1949 Disney Sleepy Hollow

He's a lot of fun but just too simple. No substance other than to be something fast and scary to terrorize Ichabod Crane.

Fun to watch but WHATEVER. 1999 Timmy Burty Sleepy Hollow HH is pretty cool.

like this is fantastic atmosphere, until he finds his head.

Oh cool, a skull.

oh god put it back. This is hideous.

The HH from Fox's Sleepy Hollow is actually pretty excellent.

Making him generally faceless is an improvement.

The shotgun bandolier adds A LOT. I think this is a great Dullahan but it's really hard to find good photos of him online that aren't super underexposed or horribly compressed. I'm also not a terribly big fan of how Dullahans are used in anime, the vibe they give off in anime feels nasty. Celty from Durarara I don't actually mind that much. I think a motorcycle in place of a horse is a good way to adapt the Dullahan to more contemporary settings. But she's like the only GOOD example.

This however is just disappointing.

If I recall correctly this one was used to write a lot of "head gags" around including but not limited to "repeatedly being groped by one of her friends while her head is far away from her body and unable to maintain agency over it"

And I just fucking hate looking at this THING.

Also what's with all the scythes? Dullahans don't fuckin' use those, get that shit outta here. There are more examples but I don't care enough for them to post any more. They're all pretty bad, and they are all harem filler. GROSS. I also wish the Dullahan was used more in games, their depictions are usually pretty cool but it's almost exclusive to Japanese developers. Western game devs are sleeping on the Dullahan and I want to rectify that.

Golden Sun Dullahan is cool but I don't typically think of them as "super tanky armoured dudes", too bulky imo.

Castlevania Curse of Darkness Dullahan has a great outfit, but that sword and shield combo looks worse that the Final Fantasy 14 grapes, awful weapon design. Speaking of FF14

Cool design, but same issue. Far too bulky for my tastes. Dullahan also makes an appearance in SMT

This just kinda sucks. More recently we got one in Dragons Dogma 2

He's alright. And then there's the beloved Horseless Headless Horsemann from TF2.

He's just too goofy, I don't like him. There are also dozens of Headless horsemen in card games, but they all feel like they are just there to pad out the monster menagerie. My biggest issue with Dullahans in games is that they are almost exclusively a throw away boss/miniboss and never get to be a real primary focus of their respective games, despite how cool they are. For these reasons there hasn't ever been a Dullahan in popular culture I've REALLY latched on to. Out of all of these I only really like 1999 Sleepy Hollow HH and Fox's Sleepy Hollow HH, because they are the primary focus of their respective stories but this all keeps coming back to Washington Irving's "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" as it's the only REAL substantive piece of fiction that uses the Dullahan in a strong manner, and even then he only shows up for the finale. A lot of this is pretty surface level, I'm sure there are far better depictions of Dullahans out there but none of them have made it back to me.

[sir-subpar]

Apparently Tumblr deleted this post so here I am posting it again.

Nifty Redesign!

Is it Niffty or Nifty??? I need answers

So far- My fav redesign I've done!

Details under the cut!

Here's what I learned researching her:

From what I was able to find, Nifty died in the 1950s at the age of 22. She's Japanese, boy crazy, and hyperactive.

She's meant to be based off of a ladybug. She's obsessed with chores but is secretly very dirty: even crushing bugs with her bare hands.

.. yet she doesn't look anything like a ladybug. Which boggles my mind concerning the fact that many ladybugs are red or brown, and have patterns, yet Viv doesn't take advantage if that at all??

Overly complicated patterns mixed with the color red are Vivziepop's favorite thing of all time. Why doesn't Nifty look anything like a ladybug?

So, I decided to give her more bug features, I took a little bit of inspiration from things like The Jetsons and 1950s wallpaper patterns. I wanted to mix ladybug, hotel staff, and 1950s housewife together (since she's so boy crazy, I figured she'd want to look like her time periods standard of the quote on quote: "ideal woman" if that makes sense.)

I decided just to use my skin tone markers for her face, because I didn't want to make her the same white color that all the other characters are, and I did not want to make a Japanese character yellow. (Yes I know that they made her Japanese *after* making her yellow, but still.) I also made her hair black, but I kind of kept the Jetsons style hair. I'm aware that show technically came out in the '60s, but a lot of the fashion in that show was very 50s inspired

I did however, use yellow for some of the accents to the outfit like her gloves. Since yellow did seem to be like a popular color in the 1950s from what I could tell. Though it was a very colorful time period in general lol

I've seen some people give her a feather duster tail, and I honestly thought that was super cute so I did the same. I gave her four legs to match the bug thing and to make sense of how fast she is. And I gave her antenna, she's a bug, she should have them.

I gave her a ladybug themed apron.

I mostly used color palettes that were really popular on dresses from back in the day. And I gave her lipstick, since I noticed it seemed to be kind of popular back then, but maybe that's just me over thinking it.

So yeah, what do y'all think?

Next up I'm either going to do Cherri Bomb or Velvette. Velvette has been incredibly difficult, I want to cry aaaa

Edit: here are some of the early concept / reject designs I did. Lmao

Like I said, usually I have to draw a character a few times before I'm happy. And I don't want to make it seem like I think I'm so brilliant when I'm doing this. I'm showing you guys part of my process, including my mistakes

At some point I was going to make her a praying mantis. Because they're really cool bugs, but then I realized cleaning was going to be much harder with scythe hands

[the-ninja-legacy-whip]

so can you tell us anything about the second aftershock oc child which would end up inheriting earth

Listen he's currently in limbo until we see how the Geo stuff pans out cuz I dun wanna make another probably impossible kid.....BUT-

*jazz hands* very quick sleep deprived sketch GO

His name is Adrien Cole, which you may already know if you've been following the next-gen stuff!

He's adopted by Cole (most likely during his ~Wu Quest~ that we won't get to see rip, hence the last name) when he's 4-5 years old (still kinda waiting on some more DR info before locking that in) after being orphaned as a result of The Merge, but regardless of when he's adopted, he's still about five years younger than Cam.

Jesse: Who is that?!

Cole, sipping a smoothie: Our new son :3

Lloyd: My god he's collecting children like Pokemon, somebody stop him

Kai: At least that one didn't appear out of thin air

Jesse: ...I think he still kinda did!!!

...okay, it doesn't actually happen like that, as after their reunion post-merge, Cole and Jesse did discuss adopting another child (as Cole still felt terrible about missing a solid chunk of Cam's childhood). It just happened a little sooner and more abruptly than Jesse planned for. Cole was off on his quest and this sad, lost, merge-ruined child just started following him because he seemed like a safe person to be with ;w;)/

And Cole's not gonna turn away a child in need

It takes Adrien a really long time to warm up to Jesse, and even longer to call Cole or Jesse any form of 'Dad', but he's 100% all in on having Cam as a sister.

(And Cam is so excited to have a sibling that she doesn't even care if he's a sourpuss for most the time. He finds her constant zeal for life overwhelming, but refreshing. She's always teaching him new things when she asks without teasing him, which he appreciates)

He's not as energetic as Finn, Quinn, Blaire, Luci, or his sister, but not nearly as uptight Blythe, Seven, or Briar either. He is, however, a lot quicker to get upset with things than anyone else, and is probably the deadpan snarker of the group. Think Kid!Lloyd if he went all in on his emo and/or goth phases snksnksnk

He's a punk drummer! And a painter! But unlike the rest of the family he has a horrible case of stage fright + public speaking, so don't ever expect him to willingly show off....Unless Briar is around (one thing he can relate to Jesse with: having a hopeless crush lmao).

He and Finn have a similar dynamic as Cole and Jay, which Kai thinks is the funniest thing ever. He also gets competitive in physical activities with Quinn and Blair, and he bullies Blythe all the time for "being a nerd" (and is only nice when Briar scolds him for it). He and Seven are chill besties, and Lucina terrifies him (but he'll never say so).

Cole only gives up his powers to Adrien when Adrien says he's ready for it, but Cole does kind of want to do it ASAP, because he fears waiting too long will yield the results of what ended happening to his mom. On the other hand, with all the chaos going on during DR and beyond, Cole fears that he won't be able to protect his family or friends without his powers/strength and that makes him hesitate (even if they have the Blue Crystal exploitation).

Adrien, however, has exceedingly low attunement with the Element of Earth, due to a) his personality and b) not actually being a Descendant, and struggles with his powers even after he get them. His superstength isn't consistent, either (which scares the hell out of Jesse, because what if an accident happens—) but his Vibration Tracing is leagues better than Cole's is/was (to the point of being able to see just with vibrations in the earth. Like Toph, but not quite as cool).

ALSO his weapon is twin sickles which are not actually designed for fighting but are still enough to freak a person out when combined with superstrength hell yeah. it's basically Cole's Scythe + Jesse's Twin Naginata

ALSO he has pink in his outfit not just to rep his other dad BUT because in some older color schemes for Cole he has pink in there especially in his NRG form and I wanted to shoutout to that-

When he uses his equivalent of Earth Punch, instead of getting new markings, the scars along his arms glow instead. Where did the scars along his arms come from? I dunno! Accident as a child, weird birthmark, did it himself.......it's pending.

Anywaaaaay, that's about all I got for now. I didn't want to develop him too much if he was going to be doing even less than every other kid anyway :V

. . .

Adrien: Sooooo. ...were you adopted too, orrrrrr...?

Cam: I consider myself a ✨Bio-Magical✨ miracle child~

Adrien: Andddd I'm not gonna dig into THAT

[iniziare]

Seele's attire. Alright, as much as I don't like going 'screw it' at canonical attire 'cause I'm (mocking voice:) 'canon strict' and all that, I do want to elaborate on the kind of diversity you'd find her wearing. Because just like how she likely got a Silvermane Guard rifle refashioned into her trademark melee weapon, the scythe, I think that Seele is very much someone who makes the best out of anything she can find. After all, she lived on the streets for a very long time, and in a way still does.

When quite young, and well into her teenage years, Seele would have worn the same things for as long as they were no longer usable, and usually that would mean when they got ruined in one way or another, which usually was because they got very torn up (a reminder that she was homeless for numerous of her very young years, 'dirty' wouldn't have been a reason to discard anything). As she aged a little bit, she would literally take a discarded shirt or pair of pants that she would find in the streets, and fashion it into something wearable. As a kid, this meant, for instance, gathering the oversized bulk of a shirt, and tying it into a knot at her back or side— and as a teenager, it meant tearing away what was impractical, or cutting the legs off a pair of jeans, or rolling them up so it was more cuffed. 'Style' didn't matter, it was all about surviving the cold, and then as she got more versed in combat (and became part of Wildfire), it also had to be practical. Because she stays so very active, but also due to having spent so much time outside as she grew up before she ever 'became part of' the Underworld's orphanage (quotation marks used, because nothing indicates that she ever stayed in it, whether by her own choice or otherwise), she has acclimated more to the cold than others. This is why she will more commonly be found in shorts, with mismatched high socks, legwarmers, or even tights, along with t-shirts (sleeves rolled up, and kept rolled up during intense activity with hair-ties, or bits of rope/string wrapped around) or sleeveless tops that will be complimented with gloves or arm-warmers. In adulthood, Seele has only become more practical, and does actively choose to wear things that keep her warm, but it's mainly due to the fabrics of the clothing that she wears, choosing things that absorb and retain body heat that comes from her highly active lifestyle. From afar, it might not dawn on people that these items of clothing actually do that for her, but if you look closer— you'll notice that a lot of her outfits consist of nylon, fleece, and cotton flannel. Not ideal, but they get the job done decently well. As for when she's 'home', you'll find her putting on random old hoodies, or oversized sweaters, cardigans, flannels, and she'd throw them over whatever she's already wearing, colors or matching don't matter. Seele personifies the 'mix and match' concept, though not out of preference, but simply because she'll wear whatever's most practical. As for shoes? Most appear to be combat boots, usually without heel, but she'll also wear sneakers, or whatever she gets her hands on when her previous pair of shoes got ruined. She'll wear something beyond the last inch of its life and then some.

But most importantly, and the only thing that's fundamental to her: is that she will always have, in one way or another, the scarf that Oleg gave her (or once it inevitably got torn and ruined, one to replace it), the one that marks her place in Wildfire. Not to show-off, but so that people can see that they're there, always, and that they'll never stop fighting to make the Underworld a better place. No matter what she wears, it'll either be around her wrist, or arm, or neck, or tied to a belt. It'll be somewhere on her. Always.

"Wear this red scarf, and then we shall share each other's pain." "We are family. We are Wildfire."

[rxin3akamallory]

Magril Ref Sheet WIP

So I’m currently working on this ref sheet on Magril but it’s been taking a little bit because she wears different outfits and/or has a different appearance depending on the event/film/media

It feels like I’ve been playing dress up with her for the past couple days while drawing the outfits, it’s kinda fun despite it taking a while

The video below is a little sneak peek without showing too much because I wanted to give it a proper reveal once done

And for reference, here’s the list of outfits/looks I’m gonna provide:

Halfworld [Done]

Ravager Garb (Because former Ravager) [Done]

Vol. 1/T.V. Series (Default) [Done]

Vol. 1/T.V. Series (Second Variant) [Done]

Vol 2. (And possibly Infinity War too but I haven’t decided yet) [Done]

Night Wear/Southern Nights scene (just because I love the pajamas I gave her!) [WIP]

Holiday Special [WIP]

Vol. 3 (Casual) [WIP]

Vol. 3 (Guardian Suit) [WIP]

I also wanna do a separate smaller ref sheet for her weapon(s). I was gonna include it in this ref sheet but I have no room now, plus it would be jarring if they were both clashed together.

But yeah for those who want context because I haven’t drawn Magril with her weapon recently, it’s normal default state is a baton with a couple buttons.

Depending on which one, the baton can transform into a pole arm, a whip, and later on between Vol. 1 and 2, Rocket adds a scythe to the mechanics.

Magril is one of the most physically agile of the Guardians, her metallic/endoskeleton like tail is one of the biggest examples. When I was making Magril I researched to see if it was true that opossums can hang upside down for long periods of time or even sleep upside down. Irl they can hang upside down but not for long periods of time. Magril’s tail as well as her waist, hip, spine and skull modifications, makes it easier for her to tolerate being upside down for long periods of time, so she doesn’t experience things like blood rush.

Her pole arm/vault pole is able to get her into the air and away from enemy obstacles without the need for rocket boots. Magril can also use it in combat in a similar vein to a bokken, or a wooden sword. She can use her whip like a normal whip but when she’s in the air after vault poleing or launching herself off where she was hanging on from via her tail, her whip sort of act like the spider webs someone like Peter Parker would use to travel, but more manual and aren’t actual webs that can stick to anything, like Miguel O’Hara from Across the Spiderverse for example.

Magril’s scythe was included as an upgrade, thanks to Rocket. He gave her baton that upgrade because as much as he agreed her whip and pole arm were effective in combat, just a whip and a pole arm weren’t enough combative strength compared to something like Gamora’s sword or Quill’s element blasters.

Rocket also wanted to make up for how he treated her in Vol. 1 after reuniting with her, and because mf’s in love with her but he doesn’t tell Magril until after he realizes his feelings and after they became official. She thought that was very sweet but also funny of him to do as a means to make amends, but hey, it worked!

But anyways ok ok I ranted LONG ENOUGH here, I just wanted to give a preview of the WIP before I finish this! I hope I don’t end up taking eons  to finish this istg ;-;

☆彡 @raccoonfallsharder

[huntinglove]

Cosplay couple & meet and greet for whoever you want!

Hi hi!! I'll answer these for all my mains!!

Cosplay Couple - If you and your F/Os were to cosplay who would you dress up as and why?

Elijah would absolutely suggest for us to dress up as Yoonbum and Sangwoo, I'd agree to have him be all giddy and excited

He'd be overjoyed when people compliment his "makeup skills" when talking about his bruises and scars

Sir Pentious would be a bit confused about the idea of cosplaying at first, but once I've explained it to him he'd ask me to choose characters for us to dress up as!

I'd probably choose Ciel and Sebastian, both because his outfits would already fit the theme and so I can have an excuse to see him without his hat hehe

Simon would definitely be shy about dressing up but he'd eventually get comfortable with the idea the more we talk about it.

He'd most likely choose characters from books and feel a bit disappointed when most people don't recognize us

Napstablook would suggest for us to dress up as King Boo and Booette, mostly because they wouldn't know how to make props so a crown would be easy to craft

They'd also ask me to carry their headphones just in case things get overwhelmed

Sal would be a bit shy about cosplaying any characters that don't wear masks so we'd most likely go with slashers!

He'd absolutely love to dress up as Michael Myers and have me dress up as Laurie Strode! He'd also have a lot of fun asking for kisses while we're around people hehe

Grell would absolutely want to dress up as the queen of hearts and have me dress up as Alice!!

She'd add a bit of steampunk twist to our outfits, mostly so she can have an excuse to take her death scythe with her!

John Doe is a shapeshifter so any costume is easy for him! I think it'd be fun to have them dress up as Orochimaru and have me be Kabuto!

People would be terrified very impressed when he's able to mimick some of Orochi's contortions and body transformations

Muichiro would be fond of the idea of us dressing up as Neji and Hinata, both because we'd match and our personalities wouldn't have to be too different from the usual

Hunter would absolutely want to dress up as O'Bailey from Cosmic Frontier! He already has the costume and everything

This would most likely cause him to go on a rant about the show and teach me about all the characters so I can choose one that fits well with his!

Meet and Greet - How do you and your F/O greet each other everyday? What is the greeting like when you haven’t seen each other in a while?

Elijah is usually really affectionate and clingy whenever he sees me, so he'll immediately have his arms wrapped around me while he nuzzles away at my hair. He's a bit quiet when he's just gotten up so he just groans and hums while being very handsy with me

When we haven't seen each other in a while, he'll be very serviceable, offering various favors and being as helpful as possible. The praise and attention makes his heart beat faster than ever

Sir Pentious is usually very energetic when the day starts so it's not surprising to have him be loud and cheerful when he greets me in the morning. He usually peppers my face in kisses and talks about his plans for the day while we both get ready

If we haven't seen each other in a while, he usually writes me love letters and welds me gifts in his free time. When we're able to see each other again, he'll give me everything he's made and talk about how hard it was to be apart for so long (even if it was just for a day)

Simon is very routine oriented and usually wakes up before our alarm goes off, if he's feeling affectionate, he'll wake me up with light kisses and gentle caresses over my cheeks. Once we're both up we get ready for the day together and spend most of the morning just chatting while having breakfast!

If we haven't seen each other in a while he becomes very protective and reassuring. He'll put his coat over my shoulders and hug me for a long time, telling me how much he's missed me and how he wants us to be together forever

Napstablook is always a bit surprised whenever I want to spend time with them, even though we've been together for years. They're really shy and usually waits for me to be affectionate first, so they won't make me uncomfortable. They usually greet me by asking me to make myself at home whenever I go to their place!

If we haven't been spending a lot of time together, they'll message me whenever they miss me, sending me songs and texts about little things that reminded them of me. When we're able to see each other again they'll be more forward about wanting affection and will ask for specific comforts and words of reassurance

Sal gets caught up in strange situations fairly often so we never know what the next day will be like. We usually start our days by telling each other about the dreams we had during the night, then having a nice shower together before getting back in bed to just hold each other for a while

When we're apart for a while he finds comfort in thinking about his favorite memories of us, sometimes he looks at the sky and stops to think about whether or not we're looking at the same stars. When we see each other again he's very clingy but shy, like he gets a crush on me all over again. He'll want to be held and kissed constantly and I'm more than happy to indulge him

Grell has a tight schedule so it's a bit hard to have a routine because of it, but she always finds the time to stop by and greet me during the day! We usually spend a few minutes just chit chatting and flirting back and forth before she has to get to work!

When we spend a lot of time apart she'll be very dramatic when we see each other again. She'll act as if being away from me makes her genuinely ill and the only cure for her woes is my love and affection, and who am I to deny her?

John Doe doesn't do time apart. He'll sneak into my pockets, backpack or just lurk around me wherever I am if I can't pay direct attention to him.

Most days, however, I'm more than happy to be as close to them as possible! We're always walking together or spending time with one another.

Muichiro is a bit spacey and grumpy in the morning, so he'll just wrap his arms around me while I'm making us breakfast and grumble until I give him kisses and hugs. When we stay apart for a long time he gets worried about my safety and usually tells his crow to check in on me, she's not a fan of this chore specifically but she's also happy that he's happy.

When we finally see each other again he's contrastingly loving and full of compliments to tell me. He's very gentle when it comes to affection and usually stares at me for a long time, just watching and memorizing my features

Hunter is still stuck in the routine he used to have in the emperor's coven, so he gets up very early and prepares himself for the day as quietly as possible. When I get up as well he'll be very hyper and loving, usually giving me a long kiss while holding on to me as tightly as he possibly can!

When we can't see each other for some time he'll whittle little figures of my favorite animals and random trinkets he thinks I'll like, so he can gift them to me when we reunite! When we're together again he becomes even more passionate and protective, he even takes a few days off so we can just be together for a long time

[paradoxical-catastrophe]

I’m here to scream about some of my favorite little tid bits about Kousei and his twin

- So since Riley made an oc to take place of Joker (named jester) I did one for Akechi!!!! Except as I usually do I make it Different enough to have plot holes. But!!! The plot holes are being fixed!!!!

- he is trans ftm while his twin is trans mtf

- his persona is apollo while his twins is artemis <3

- im drawing parallels between the twins story and the gods story because I thrive off symbolism

- because self insert I’ve decided the two are from Texas so I find it funny to think that they have the most atrocious southern accent. Or at least Kousei does

- they grew up speaking Japanese because their mother was Japanese… but they really struggle writing it and I think that’s funny

- boring jail palace? NO!!! The palace is built on Kousei feeling ruled by his past self’s actions. There are two cognitions, a younger version of himself named Chief and a current version of himself named Inmate. Hhhh… and I know technically someone can’t spend much time in their own palace but my oc my rules I add whatever I want

- Kousei knows of his palace but refuses to let anyone take it down, he doesn’t believe he deserves to be helped

- there’s also a graveyard, a small fenced off area that’s attached to Inmates cell by a metal door, with the graves of those involved in the Incident in his past

- oh yeah I never talked about that. Ok so the Incident. The twins mother suddenly went missing one day, and Kousei has suspicions that it was his father, so he starts studying to become a detective, and starts collecting evidence, enough to plan an arrest. But he hesitates too long, and soon the info he has about Risks becomes out of date. During the bust, the father shoots several officers and then burns the place down

- hoshino doesn’t know the entire story, and Kousei refuses to tell her, so she grows up disliking the police and adults. However, to kousei, his ass was saved by his coworkers. He could have easily died without them! So he grew up trusting and believing in law

- they then move to Japan to move in with some of their family on their mothers side. The twins grow more and more distant, to the point hoshino grows actually terrified that kousei would hurt her

- everything after that isn’t fleshed out, im working on it..

- he has Trauma but it’s okay <3 (he’s not okay he was involved in a horrific case gone wrong due to his own weaknesses)

- ‘I was weak back then? I was too hesitant?? Fine I’ll be egotistical instead’ no girl that’s not what u should do (it’s ok he can be a little messed up as a treat)

- instead of ‘prim and proper’ like akechi, he built his popularity on being ‘relatable’ and such. He’s vocal about interests, he is a bit timid and shy and easily flustered, he has ‘slip ups’ and stutters on tv, etc. He is entirely built on being understandable and seemingly open

- Also he follows Jester around like a lost puppy

- poor Hoshino, who’s apart of the Phantom Thieves, watching her brother who’s investigating them but also follows Jester around and is clingy

HEY YOU WHO HAVENT PLAYED P5, BELOW HERE IS SPOILERS, DONT READ FURTHER

- ok so technically apollo is his ‘second’ persona but for those who don’t know spoilers I shall pretend apollo is his persona… because he’s cool

- but his personas and outfits!! Are cool!

- the one he initially shows the phantom thieves is actually dark which I find cool. The outfit resembles a samurai’s outfit with a chain sickle, black with red splotches. But it also has hints of bold color and skulls, small little hidden designs. The persona is a sugar skull with a snake coming out of the head. It’s supposed to be a mix of his mothers Japanese history and his fathers American/Hispanic history!!

- meanwhile his second one (the ‘black mask’) isn’t dark at all, it’s not based on hate. It’s white and god-like, with gold metal accents and a golden scythe. It’s based on his growing ego, his hate to his past weakness. He addresses himself as superior and a deity

- instead of ‘call of chaos’, his version is akin to worship. He summons shadows that he inflicts this on, and it’s like brainwash to the extreme. They take hits for him, sacrifice their health to heal him, etc. This also makes him extremely egotistical and cocky he’s so silly

- third semester he chills out slightly… but he spends most of his time being pissy and angry because… he’s watching his twin being lured into this false reality, ofc he’s gonna be angry and accidentally take it out on the others

- also I have a rough story that after Sae’s palace the PTs also take down kouseis behind his back but I have to rewrite that bc I sketched it out before Shido’s </3 tbf during all of that I had bigger more pressing plot holes to fix

- so anyways I wrote out the boiler scene please take some of these pics of it. Most of it is word for word of the scene but I changed some things <3 I’ll actually write it out someday I just wrote the dialogue…

Dozing off. Gets cool idea for oc. Frantically jots it down on my phone. Is now awake. Rinse repeat

[accidental-host]

Wanted to do this in a separate post so it shows up in tags better

Ranting: Why I think Eggnog’s design sucks actually

Readmore time, you know how it is with my rants

First thoughts:

When it comes to character design, devsis is generally really really good at it. They’re not all winners, but devsis has made COUNTLESS really good designs with incredible charm and personality even at first glance, they know what they’re doing.

And the point of this post is to highlight the They’re Not All Winners point, because this one isn’t that great.

When it comes to character design in a style like this, there are three important aspects.

Theming

Color palette

Silhouette

All of the best designs devsis have done are really strong in all three. A good design has to be strong in at least one. Eggnog has none.

Theming:

This is generally based on flavor/profession with cookie run designs. It’s what the character immediately reads as at first glance, and if you’re able to guess a character’s name/profession correctly before knowing it and only looking at them once, that means the theming was good.

Characters I think have some of the best theming:

Croissant: She’s an engineer, you can see it in everything pretty quickly. The tank top and bulky pants + belt, the tied up hair and steampunk goggles, it is extremely easily readable as Engineer

Marshmallow: With her tall hat and fancy outfit and horn, you can instantly tell she’s in some kind of marching band. And the hat mimicking the shape of a marshmallow just adds to the theme by referencing back to her flavor

Licorice: The reoccurring bones and skulls in his necklace and scythe immediately give off him being a villain, every part of his design is perfect for a cheesy stereotypical villain and that exactly what he is

With this, I don’t think Eggnog’s theming is nearly strong enough to instantly read as particularly anything. With his outfit not being a classic Santa look, he doesn’t immediately read as Santa well enough to come across that way. But he also doesn’t particularly look like eggnog. He doesn’t look like any one thing, which just leads into a confusing design that looks like an NPC.

Color Palette:

Color is EXTREMELY important to me, so I think this part pisses me off the most. His palette is all over the place, the green and red paired with the offwhite just seem tragically dull, which makes an awful combination with his bright orange skin tone that’s far too saturated.

This is his palette pulled directly from his sprite seen in the update video. The bright orange skin tone doesn’t go well with the rest AT ALL for a Christmasy theme, I know it’s the standard Ovenbreak character skin tone but they are very capable of changing that on a character-to-character basis. Meanwhile the green, red, and offwhite create the exact opposite problem, they feel so dull and lifeless, especially since they’re both used pretty sparingly in the grand scheme of his design.

Looking at actual eggnog, it’s a gorgeous color palette. The offwhite is there, as well as great shades of brown from cinnamon and star anise, Eggnog has NONE of that in his design. It’s just a very odd red and green, the offwhite is there but it has none of the backing from any colors that actually look good with it.

Silhouette:

This is probably the most important one, this is where so much of the charm comes in. This category doesn’t only apply to the silhouette, but mainly it’s the idea of big logic-defying elements that make designs interesting. It’s the exaggeration to get a visually striking character.

Most of this exaggeration comes in the form of either hair or clothes for cookie run characters.

Espresso: The main point of visual exaggeration is his cape, a big unrealistic shape with a massive collar that makes him extremely memorable looking. As well as the huge glasses in the shapes of coffee mugs seen from above, which ties back into the theming point as well.

Timekeeper: Their outfit is relatively normal, you CAN find a lot of it irl. But one big thing with their design is the hair, huge perfectly circular hair makes a super striking looking character that would not be nearly as visually interesting without it.

Cream Unicorn: Once again, so much of it is in the hair. The huge ponytail frames the rest of their design perfectly, and they’ve got an amazing color palette and theming as well.

So much of what makes cookie run characters look good is that exact exaggeration. Devsis picks a design element and leans into it HARD, and that focus is what creates a character that doesn’t just look like some guy. These unrealistic fantastical elements are the best fucking part, and Eggnog is completely missing it.

His beard and hair are normal. A sorta unrealistic color, but normal. His outfit is normal. His body type is normal. His face is normal. Everything is so NORMAL, which makes his design painfully unappealing.

More thoughts:

I’ve seen a lot of people comparing him to Almond, which I will now do as well to address that.

If you take my complaints about Eggnog into account, it seems like a lot of it would apply to him too. But it really doesn’t.

Almond’s theming is obvious, the attire being formal but with the chest strap, the trenchcoat, he reads as Detective very well. It’s his entire thing and he sticks to it, and it reflects in his design as well.

His color palette is amazing, monochrome but not boring, with the desaturated blue eyes being a great contrast that isn’t too distracting.

And when it comes to silhouette, his trenchcoat does most of the work. It’s too big for his body, absolutely massive, and this aspect of logic-defying cartoonishness makes him much more visually interesting than if he lacked it.

These things do not apply to any part of Eggnog. His design is so lacking, in pretty much every department.

Final thoughts:

I plan to do a redesign of him when I get transparent sprites so I can put my money where my mouth is, but for now all I can do is complain. I’ve really not liked the look of this update, and I didn’t much like the recent Kingdom one either, so I’ve got a lot to talk about.

I think the Chess Twins’s costume is ADORABLE, I really really like it, and the Cookiemals costume is cute too. I’m honestly indifferent on Tiramisu, I don’t have much to say.

That’s pretty much the gist of it. I’ve gone on for long enough by now, thanks for making it this goddamn far into hearing me complain.

[coffee-or-murder]

Tahmira AKA “Mantis”

Tahmira was adopted as an infant by a polycule of five and raised on their farm. She is the oldest daughter of fourteen kids, some adopted some not, and grew up helping deal with the animals on the farm and learning to make fabrics from her parents. On the trips they took into town to sell their goods her parents would occasionally stop by the gladiator arena, and Tahmira was hooked. After the first show what pocket money she had was spent on tickets to see the shows, and she decided then and there she would join the arena one day. Sadly the pocket money dried up as the family struggled to make ends meet, and at age 12 Tahmira and five of her siblings (aged 16-11) were given to the monks of the temple one of her parents used to train with. It was supposed to be temporary, but Tahmira did so well at the temple when her parents came to collect her she chose to stay behind.

When she finally felt she’d learned enough to debut, she traveled back to the city and tried out for the arena. She was accepted, given the stage name Mantis for her fighting style and chain scythes, put into a ridiculous leather outfit, and teamed up with Hornet as a heel duo. The two fighters bonded over Hornet sharing some gifted baklava with her after a match, and they were fairly successful as a duo. Mantis’ solo performance however was not so successful. The whole silent and cocky yet slightly feral antagonist character didn’t really work without another heel to play off of, and after a few years she started to feel like she was holding back her friend's performance. One of her few fans, a noble human man and head of the city guard, offered her a job working for him as a bounty hunter. Mantis said goodbye to the arena and her friend to put her fighting skills to use bringing in criminals. Along the way she started up a secret relationship with her new patron’s son, which ended quite poorly. She decided to travel instead, picking up bounties as she went, and ran into Hornet and joined up with her little group.

Tahmira AKA Mantis Zariel Tiefling / 25 Years old Way of the Open Hand Monk / CN Urban Bounty Hunter FORMER Gladiator

STATS AT LVL 6:

Saves - Strength, Dexterity Equipment - Simple weapons, short swords, monk Weapons

Tools - Thieves’ Tools(from bounty hunter), Weaver’s Tools(from monk), castanets(from bounty hunter) Equipment - Explorer’s pack, Set of clothes for hunting, pouch with 20gp, sickle, chain sickle, 10 darts Languages - Common, Infernal

RACE/SUBRACE NOTES: Medium +2 cha / +1 strength Darkvision 60 ft Fire resistance Spells use Charisma Cantrip: Thaumaturgy @ lvl 3: 1/long rest - Searing Smite (lvl 2) @ lvl 5: 1/long rest - Branding Smite (lvl 3)

PERSONALITY: Traits- I would rather make a new friend than an enemy. The best way to get me to do something is to tell me I can’t do it. (Hold her beer, she's gonna try it.) I love a good insult, even one directed at me.

Ideals- Chains are meant to be broken, as are those who would forge them. Material goods come and go. Bonds of friendship last forever.

Bonds- Those who fight beside me are worth dying for. I’m trying to pay off an old debt I owe to a generous benefactor. (She still feels a little guilty about her relationship with her previous patron’s son, and knows his social standing was damaged slightly because of it. She wants to do what she can to make it up to him since he was so kind to her.)

Flaws- I have a “tell” that reveals when I’m lying. (The tell is just Her. Her face, tail, eyes, all of it. She’s just too damn obvious. Hornet always knows she’s lying, and Mantis tends to just run instead of trying to lie to her.) I can be short sighted and myopic, pursuing a single goal tenaciously, while overlooking other peripheral matters. I have a tendency to be unintentionally insulting or boastful.

EXTRA FLAVOR What’s her love language? Sexuality? Gift giving, acts of devotion, and quality time are the biggest ones. She is a pretty touchy person in general though. Mantis is poly/pan! Currently unattached but has some annoyingly persistent feelings for Cricket. She ends up bunking with him a lot, and he dances with her, calls her his dance partner, occasionally shortens it just to partner. Look, can you blame her for catching feelings? He’s way out of her league though so she’ll stick to pining during their sleepovers and going out at night to bring in extra bounties to avoid him until she can look at him without wanting to confess again.

What visual queues would Hornet have to figure that Mantis fancies Cricket? The tip of her tail wiggles when she looks at him (she’s trying to keep it from outright wagging), and if he’s performing she doesn’t talk during it, but also tries not to look directly at him either (if she does look she knows her face will give it away). She also always looks for him when she enters a room, and looks vaguely disappointed if he isn’t there. When he's talking she may not always know the word he uses, so she bought a little pocket dictionary and will glance at it later.

What kind of gifts does Mantis like? Dark liquors, wood/bone bracelets or earrings, roasted/spiced nuts, honey or fruity candies, and basically any carb in existence but especially bread. Honey bread is the very best. Hornet would know her favorite gift she got when she was a gladiator was a bag of candied oranges, and she was so happy her tail was wagging and she was churring loudly.

How does Mantis feel about chocolate? She prefers it very dark, and more as an enhancer then the main star if that makes any sense. Like chocolate covered candied oranges would be her first choice of a chocolate treat. Plain chocolate would be less interesting but still appreciated. Mantis honestly is easy to impress. Most gifts would be fawned over just because they bothered to give her a gift thinking of her.

Does Mantis like wearing chokers? Not at all :D They activate her flight or fight response, and sadly this girl is all fight when it comes to this. The noble guy she dated after leaving the arena used to put her in a collar during their Play Time, which was okay the first few times and then progressively got Bad. The first time he ignored her safeword she broke the chain, decked him, and left. Now she can’t wear anything too close to her neck or she starts to get a bit of an adrenaline rush.

[doodler17]

PREPARE YOURSELF FOR THIS I THINK ITS PRETTY SAD

OK SO KASAIS NAME ISNT ACTUALLY KASAI IT WAS GIVEN TO HER BY SOMEONE SHE CARES ABOUT (ILL TALK ABOUT THAT LATER) HER GIVEN NAME BY HER MOM IS ETSU. SO BEFORE SHE WAS BORN HER "FATHER" MADE A DEAL WITH THE NEIGHBORING KINGDOM THAT HIS SECOND BORN CHILD WOULD MARRY THEIR FIRST BORN CHILD. SO WHEN ETSU WAS BORN SHE WASNT ALOUD TO BE TAUGHT HOW TO READ AND WRITE AND WAS STEAD TAUGHT HOW TO BE A GOOD WIFE. SHE WAS ALSO NEVER ALOUD TO LOOK OUTSIDE OR BE OUTSIDE BECAUSE IT WOULD "TAINT" HER. SHE REALLY WANTED TO GO OUTSIDE AND WAS JEALOUS OF HER BROTHER KAI BECAUSE HE ACTUALLY GOT TO GO OUTSIDE. ONE DAY WHEN SHE WAS AROUND 8 OR 9 SHE WAS DRAWN TO HER FAMILIES CROWNING ROOM WITH HER FAMILES CAPE AND SCYTHE. SHE KNEW IT WAS MEANT FOR HER BROTHER BUT THERE WAS JUST SOMETHING TELLING HER TO TOUCH THE SCYTHE. SO SHE DID AND SHE FELT A SEVERE AMPUNT OF FIRE ENERGY ENTER HER BODY AND SHE JUST NEW SHE MESSED UP SO SHE RAN OUT OF THE ROOM AND BACK TO HER BEDROOM TRYING NOT THINK ABOUT IT. WHEN HER BROTHERS CROWNING CAME HE TRIED TO TOUCH THE SCYTHE BUT IT GAVE HIM A REALLY BAD BURN (AS A PROTECTION MECHANISM THE SCYTHE KNOWS WHEN THE RULER IS NOT TOUCHING IT AND WILL BURN ANYONE TRYING TO HOLD IT) THE SCYTHE FLOATED OVER TO ETSU AND CROWNED HER AS THE NEXT RULER. AND HER DAD WAS PISSED. HE WAS SCREAMING AT HER TELLING THAT THAT IF THEIR KINGDOM FELL IT WAS HER FAULT. BUT HE WAS QUICKLY SHUT UP BY AASIM STABBING HIM IN THE ABDOMEN.

FAST FORWARD A COUPLE HUNDRED YEARS ETSU IS TRYING TO SURVIVE THIS WORLD WAR GOING ON. SHE AWAKENS HER DRAGON FORM AFTER A RUN IN WITH A BUNCH OF BAD GUYS AND IS FLYING AROUND TRYING TO DODGE ICE ATTACKS GETTING THROWN AT HER. BUT SHE ENDS UP GETTING HIT AND LETS OUT A PEIRCING SCREECH WHILE TUMBLING OUT OF THE AIR. A WITCH HAD HAPPEND TO BE TAKING A WALK WHILE TRYING TO AVOID CONFLICT WHEN SHE HEARD THIS SCREECH AND ETSU LANDED RIGHT INFRONT OF HER. SHE HAD RECOGNIZED HER AS THE QUEEN AND QUICKLY PICKED HER UP AND MADE HERSELF INVISIBLE. A LADY SHOWS UP A FEW MOMENTS LATER WITH A BUNCH OF FROST FOLLOWING HER PATH. (SHE IS IMPORTANT) THE WITCH QUICKLY RAN OFF TO A NEARBY CAVE AND STARTED PATCHING UP ETSUS WOUNDS. WHEN SHE WAKES UP SHE NEARLY KILLED THE WITCH BEFORE SHE REALISED THAT SHE PATCHED HER UP. THE LADY INTRODUCED HERSELF AS ASTRELLA AND QUICKLY GIVES HER SOME FOOD. ETSU WAS STARVING AT THIS POINT AND WHO WOULD TURN DOWN FREE FOOD. SHE CALMS DOWN AND DECIDES TO PROTECT ASTRELLA FOR THE REST OF THE WAR. THEY TO BE PRETTY CLOSE FRIENDS AND SURVIVE FOR 2 WHOLE YEARS. UNTIL ONE DAY THEY WERE ON A WALK AND BOTH OF ASTRELLAS FEET GET CAUGHT IN MUD. ETSUS HURRIDLY TRYING TO GET HER OUT BUT SHE CANT. THE SAME LADY FROM BEFOEE APPEARS AND SHOOTS A ICE BLAST AT ASTRELLA. SPECIFICALLY SHE SHOT SPREADING ICE (NAME IS SELF EXPLANNATORY) AND THE ICE QUICKLY STARTS STICKING TO ASTRELLAS SKIN. AND RIGHT BEFORE SHE GETS FULLY FROZEN SHE TELLS ETSU THAT KASAI WOULD FIT HER NAME A LOT BETTER SINCE IT MEANS FIRE. AND ETSU HURRIDLY WITHOUT THINKING PUNCHES THE ICECTRYING TO FREE HER WITHOUT KNOWING THAT IT STUCK TO HER SKIN. SO WHEN SHE PUNCHED IT, IT TORE ASTRELLAS BODY APART. LEAVING ONLY HER SHOES AND A LITTLE GEMSTONE THAT SHE WORE LEFT. ETSU HAD PICKED UP WHAT WAS LEFT OF HER AND RAN AWAY. AND WHEN SHE GOT BACK AND FINALLY PROCESSED WHAT HAD HAPPENED SHE WAS BEYOND PISSED AND HURRIDLY PUT HER SHOES AND GEMSTONE ON AND WENT ON A KILLING RAMPAGE. AND SHES STILL TRYING TO FIND THE WOMAN THAT KILLED ASTRELLA (THE SHOES AND GEM ON HER OUTFIT IS ACTUALLY ASTRELLAS)

AS YOU CAN SEE I PUT A LOT OF WORK INTO HER BACKSTORY

Since I'm not really using this account for anything I'll just post stuff about my character on here and if anyone comes across this they can ask like questions about her and I'll answer them

This is her, her name is Kasai (yes I'm aware it's technically a guy name but idc if fits her) She's a god of fire and war and queen of a giant kingdom. She's kinda stupid and illiterate but is a genius when it comes to manipulation and war tactics. She always tries to smile to keep the people around her at ease so when she's not smiling it's a very bad sign. She views mortal people sort of like glass and if she gets into a close friendship with a mortal she'll kill anyone trying to harm them in anyway. She uses a scythe but also likes collecting various weapons. She also is can't feel romantic love and thinks it's kind of weird that people get into relationships.

If anyone has any questions about her you can ask (I'd love some questions honestly I love talking about her)

[imonthinice]

The Criminal Psychology Majors, Jason Todd x Fem!Reader Part 18/?

Word Count: 2.5k

Author's Note: Y/N - your name, A/N - any name (your best friend's name)

Warnings: Mentions of court, mentions of Jason's injuries, swearing, No beta bitch we die like Jason Todd

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Jason walked out in a few minutes, just in his boxers. She looked at him before letting out a slight laugh at the absurdity of it.

"Don't laugh, you're the one who tore my clothes."

She sighed, "And you're going to have to go home in torn boxers, Bruce is going to kill you."

"God, don't remind me," he said before sitting beside her.

She laughed, "You could just not go home?"

"I wish. But I have a life. You have a life."

"It's unfortunate, isn't it. Can't spend all day with you but you're all I want to do."

"Funny."

"Thank you, I really tried," she thought, "You remember how I seem to have a fascination with vigilantes?"

"Yes, why?"

"I remembered why. So, when I was in high school, graduating year, I had law class. I was bored, so I did law, don't question it," she laughed. "Anyway, in my law class, they split us into groups. Specifically, Pro-Justice-League-Association and Anti-Justice-League-Association."

"Pro and Anti?"

"Yeah, apparently it was relevant? I guess the JLA doesn't use conventional methods to get evidence? Don't care though. Anyway, I was on the side of Pro, obviously."

"Obviously."

"Wait I'm not done! By the end of the class, I had debated every member of the Anti team and converted them. It actually introduced me to the Robin-Forums, which is just smack dab full of conspiracies."

"Robin-Forums?"

"Oh my god? You don't know those? You're all over them. Some people are convinced you're Kid Flash, some are convinced you're Robin, it's crazy."

"That is crazy but seems funny. What about my family?"

"Someone in my class posted "Why Clark Kent is Batman: An Essay" which has like, 20k likes? It's very popular."

"Well, I swear he isn't Batman. He's just very fond of the night."

"That's what I said, but that man is convinced otherwise."

"You would know if any of us were vigilantes. We're not good at hiding secrets."

"I'm sure you have your secrets, I just find it funny people think you have time to be Kid Flash."

"People spend all their time worrying about me, when will it end?"

"Ha! That's fair. Tabloids running your name probably doesn't help the conspiracies."

"I remember one of my ex-friends from high school mentioned me being Kid Flash, I was so confused, I guess it makes sense now. I'm going to have to show everyone that. They'll get a kick out of it."

"I bet they would. I'm waiting for the day I'm on it as someone who's a hero. Hoping they say I'm Wonder Woman or something. I think it would be funny."

"You get Miss Martin because everyone thinks you're too beautiful to be human."

"Aw. That's so corny that I hate it! Well done."

"Thank you. I learned it from Dick."

"Of course you did."

"Where else would I learn it from?"

"If you're genuinely asking, the internet, probably."

"That's fair. That's completely fair. I think Dick learns a lot of his lines from the internet, honestly."

"Oh yeah, there's no way he comes up with everything on his own. No way."

"So, what other dumb stories do you have?"

"Well, I think my sister is either a vigilante or really, really, weird."

"You think your sister is a vigilante?"

"Okay so, she's a businesswoman. No big deal, right? Wrong. She's always out, more often than she has to be, she's always spending nights away from home."

"That doesn't mean anything."

"Okay well Adrianna, Aria, whatever you want to call her, she's being suspicious."

"I'm sure you're looking too far into it."

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The Night Jason Was Stabbed.

Aria clutched the scythe in her life hand. She had failed. She had worn her best dresses that she could hide beneath her capes, she had drugged him, she had stabbed him 6 bloody times, and he had still survived!

She was angry. She walked up to the Red Hood on his time off while he was catching a drink, looking stressed. She didn't care if he accepted her offer to go to her room, she just cared about that moment. The one where she could slip in the crushed-up pills and no one would stop her.

And she had done it. She waited until after he chugged the whole drink to strike. He was stumbling around, like an idiot. She hit his head with the back of her blade, knocking him to the ground where she proceeded to stab him 6 times in his right side.

She kissed his forehead before leaving, which required her to removed her mask a bit, saying "Goodnight, sweet Prince," before running into the darkness.

But the blue one, Nightwing. He got to the Red Hood before he could die. And she was pissed. All that hard work, just for him to not even die.

The scythe was still bloodied from the Red Hood. Her lips were still warm from his forehead. But now, he had possibly seen her face! Her plans were foiled every way when of her goblins came up to her.

"Ma'am, your weapon."

She passed it over without second thought. She wanted it rid of the blood of a living man, she wanted it soaked in the blood of a dead man.

Her plague doctor mask fell a bit as she began to tear up. She had failed. She had never failed at knocking "Heroes" down a peg.

Call it crazy, but she knew the fights between her and the Red Hood were far from over. She even felt as they'd grow closer.

As she looked at the walls covered in the photos of the vigilantes of the world, she knew this was only the first battle. The war was hers. They didn't know what was going to hit them.

But there was an issue. Her sister, Y/N had become close with one of the Waynes. She needed the Waynes to get to the "Heroes" which meant possibly hurting her sister.

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"I hope I'm looking too far into it."

She wasn't.

One night when they were both 17, it was just Aria and Y/N in the house when Y/N was awoken by a loud crash from the downstairs window.

She went to investigate, bat in hand, to find her sister, stumbling over the coffee table. Bleeding out and clutching her side from the blood. Stabbed.

Y/N took no hesitation to take care of Aria. Stitching her up like they had as kids when Y/N would sitch up Aria after shut cut herself on skates, or if Y/N ran straight into a car.

Those images still dance in Y/N's mind to this day. Something was up with the way that her sister had a mask, a long bird-Esque plague doctor mask. A cloak. Knives. Guns. A scythe.

The best outcome would be her sister was attacked while LARPing in the park. The worst? She was a villain. Midway? A hero of the night, a vigilante. Anything was better than a villain.

If only she knew the pain Aria had caused her until this point. The fact that Aria was the one who drugged and tried to kill Jason. The pieces of the story were unravelling in front of everyone's eyes, they just needed to connect them properly.

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Aria had a plan. Kidnap her sister and her lover's family. Get ransom. Get them hurting. Locate the "Heroes". The only issue was that Y/N would recognise the cloak, the mask. She knew the get-up.

Aria was not about to redesign her entire outfit for the sake of not alerting her sister. She figured it would be unlikely that Y/N would focus on the cloak when she's being used for ransom money.

Or at least she hoped. She wasn't certain her plan would even work. Breaking into the Wayne Manor, after one of the kids had been stabbed, in a mugging was going to be difficult.

They had employed security, something that was never common at the Wayne Manor before this moment. She was upset. If only her sister had met the Waynes before the stabbing.

Then she thought.

Red Hood is a Wayne?

It made sense, sure. They got stabbed at the same time. But was it reasonable? She didn't know. Why would an 18-20-year-old be a vigilante? He couldn't even legally drink?

She thought it didn't make sense. That the Red Hood was never, could never be the Wayne kid. But if he was, what could that mean?

She was certain he wasn't. But the thoughts swirled in her mind as if beckoning her to come to the conclusion.

She was crazy, she knew that. She was obviously crazy, she became the villain, the opposite of her twin in every way. She was insane. Arkham would like her. But there was something about the Red Hood being a Wayne that kept coming back to her. Haunting her like the night she was stabbed by Green Arrow back in Metropolis.

She was on their radar. They knew her. They would come to get the Waynes.

She knew the Justice League Association knew of her. But the people didn't. This stunt would make the people know of her.

The name Hour will ring through the streets of Gotham. The streets of Metropolis. Smallville. Anywhere she could get her hands on. She would begin her reign of terror.

No one could stop her now.

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Jason had left after Bruce had called him. She assumed he needed to work or one of his siblings did a dumbass move. It was upsetting that they couldn't spend every moment together, but she knew that it was par for the course with Jason.

She was bored. She didn't have a job, her parents paid her bills if she focused on school. But she wasn't something to do, a reason to be having down days. She knew school gave her this, but it wasn't like it was every damn day.

A job would be every damn day. Hopefully. A reason to do so much in her life.

She figured she could work at Wayne Enterprises. But she didn't want to be that girl. The one who's fucking the CEO and is subsequently untouchable. You can't befriend her and talk sit, she'll tattle.

She wanted to be a normal working person. A colleague, not a boss.

Wayne Enterprises was a last resort for her. If she couldn't get hired anywhere else, she'd go apply thee. You don't fuck company property, she thought.

But she also thought fucking Wanye Enterprises "Property" was fun. and no one was really going to stop her, not even Bruce. Even though Bruce tried to lecture her and Jason, there was only so much he'd do. Barbara and Dick both worked at Wayne Enterprises and hadn't been reprimanded for that.

And obviously, they were having sex. They had been together for a while, Jason said.

Which, obviously they were having sex if they were together for that long.

She scrolled a little while for jobs, marking down a few she'd look further into. Not really anything exciting, she was still young, 1st year in college, a freshman. Not many prestigious places would hire someone her age. Especially while they're still in school.

There were only unpaid intern jobs in her field. And she wasn't about to fuck with not getting paid, even if it was her line of schooling. She didn't think it was worth it to put all of your efforts into a job that you weren't getting paid for.

A lot of kids thought her way, including her sister. Both of them grew up thinking that getting paid for work was necessary, her parents had always told them that. Even if her parents had strict religious views, they would still back her up if someone wasn't paying her, even if they fell out.

She thought if Bruce felt the same, that kids should be paid for what they do. He figured he did since he employed all of his kids once they were old enough to work at Wayne Enterprises.

She noticed Lexcorp, who had recently put up a building in Gotham, was hiring. She thought it would be funny if she went to work for her boyfriend's dad's competitor. She was tempted.

Worst comes to worst, she'd be a Lexcorp employee.

She, of course, would have to dress up for these interviews, and she had the clothes to do so, but she didn't, per se, want to wear them.

She also didn't want to go outside when trials were still raging. So, she figured she'd call Christopher's parents about getting him a lawyer and then scroll the pages for shopping. His parents finally had the time to deal with their son, because Christopher didn't want to interrupt his parents with him being an idiot.

She dialled.

"Hello?" his mom asked.

"Hey, Laura. It's Y/N."

"Y/N! Sweetheart, we've been wondering about you ever since, you know."

"Yeah, yeah. We can talk about it later I swear. So, I already told you about what Christopher did, right?"

"You did."

"He needs a lawyer, the man is pressing charges."

"Well, that's stupid. He has no right."

"Apparently he does."

"We'll get Christopher a lawyer. But how are you, darling?"

"I'm okay. Could be a hell of a lot better. I have faith in the court system."

"We're all worried about you, kiddo. You've wrapped yourself up in a lot of a mess recently."

"I know. It's weird. But I swear I'm strong enough to pull through, you've known me for what, 13 years? Give or take? I know how to handle myself."

"That doesn't mean we can't worry."

"I know, new city, new people. I swear behind the scandals I'm in that I actually have friends."

"I assume we'll meet this Jason eventually?"

"Eventually. We need to find the time between court dates, work. Adulting."

"You don't have a job?"

"Jason does. And I'm thinking about getting one to pass the time."

"Working to pass the time is a new thing, fascinating, you kids are."

"Nothing can make sense of all these things I've done, I know."

"Those sound like song lyrics."

"Sometimes songs are the best way to get all your thoughts compiled into one place, you know. I starred as Katherine Howard, Laura. I know how to convey emotion through art."

"I know. That's still one of the performances Metropolis holds on to, you know."

"I wish they didn't. But it is what it is."

"It's a good performance, kiddo."

She laughed, "Anyway. You get onto that lawyer. Christopher needs it right now."

"I will. Be safe. We love you."

"I love you lot."

Click. She thought about Christopher, and the bullshit he went through to save her.

She brushed the thoughts off and pulled out her journal. Scribbling down her sister's bird mask. She couldn't get that off of her mind. She could have sworn her sister made the thing out of actual bone.

It was like she threw a steampunk aesthetic into a plague doctor. She was certain there was more to it that she didn't know.

Literally Aria LMFAO

[writers-in-moominvalley]

🍃A Tale in Moominvalley🍃

Okay so I made this post a while ago about Jane stopping the Christmas Ghosts before she could go through a thousandth iteration of A Christmas Carol but what if, hear me out:

Following the humor and writing style of the comics, the ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Future try to find temporary replacements to deal with Aunt Jane and finally knock some sense into her. In their search, they find the Oshun Oxtra and see them as perfect fits.

Moominpappa becomes the Ghost of Christmas Past because he's always reminiscing about his youth and even whole a whole book about it, he's rather stuck in the past already and he exhibits this by rambling to Hodgkins about it.

Joxter becomes the Ghost of Christmas Present because he's the fun-loving one who doesn't bother himself with "what if"s or "why"s, his desires are simply to live and live in the moment (mostly through sleeping), he exhibits this by dismissing and joking about the concerns for the past or future.

Muddler becomes the Ghost of Christmas Future because he has constant anxieties about the future of "What will this person think?" or "What if I fail?" or "What should I do for this and that?", his anxiety is running rampant and goes to the worst case scenarios, he exhibits this by... Being himself.

The Ghosts see this and talk to them about this problem person they keep failing to win over and are hoping the Oxtra could take their place for the night, they agree and the ghosts back up with suitcases for a first Christmas vacation after who knows how long.

The trio dress up and visit Aunt Jane who already getting ready for bed and just as she's about to turn off the lamp Moominpappa appears and scares her. She asks why her nephew is wearing a silly outfit and he enthusiastically tells her he's going to get her spirits (haha) up by traveling to the past and finding out what went wrong. Jane is terribly horrified by this and is completely unwilling to go along but alas she gets dragged by her nephew into the past where... Alot of things were different.

She was but a young woman with two brothers, parents and a fiance, and though they didn't go away on Christmas, it still hurts to remember them and how it used to be. They were hosting a grand party, as Moomins usually do, and the golden glow of the walls, the great decor of, well, everything, and the loud guests laughing about felt so far removed from the atmosphere she's been used to for so many years at a time like this.

Jane sits down on the table her family were sitting at and explains all of this to Moominpappa, who gives her some sympathy and comfort over it all. She doesn't want to be alone anymore, she never wanted to in the first place, but it's so hard when you're either afraid of losing everyone or them turning out to be selfish and only tolerating you for your wealth. Moominpappa says that it's hard to let go of the past especially if it seems better and more exciting than the present, but still, the present has alot of things to offer, and that's when Jane is handed over to the Joxter.

The Joxter is excited to show Aunt Jane all the wonders of the current moment, the lack of worries and anxieties and everyone simply having a wonderful time on Christmas! With champagne and games and song and dance! Some of the past might've been great but alot of it has also been terrible and cruel, but the current moment in time has stopped being cruel! So she better enjoy it while it lasts! Because the future, well, it bears alot of worry, and that's when Jane is left with Muddler's mess.

Holding a sickle (because scythes are too big and scary), the Muddler shakes fearfully with all the future possibilities he has seen and had laid out before him, he lists every terrible timeline of events that could happen to poor Jane, those of rotting alone, those of painful death, having everything taken away from her, her inheritance being misused, being stabbed, poisoned, thrown off a cliff, wacked, drowned, tortured, imprisoned, burned, and finally... Burried alive.

They could still hear Jane's own muffled yelling below the ground as her tombstone reads with every-changing quotes about her, all of them showing contempt or pity for the woman she was. Jane falls to her knees, horrified but also expecting this. Muddler apologizes sincerely and frantically over this, saying he's just showing the bad futures because that's what he was afraid of the most, and even if she wasn't the nicest woman he still wouldn't wish of these futures upon her.

Things like the future aren't set in stone and are always changing based on the present and they're always going to be affected by the past, they just have to make an effort to get a good ending no matter how hopeless or bleak the current situation seems to be, things aren't going to get any better if she doesn't try to make it so. Muddler apologizes again before gently sending her off back to her home.

Jane wakes up. Christmas morning. Recollecting her memories on the dream she had.

The Oshun Oxtra get drunk on Christmas wine and Muddler and Joxter get really sick.

[niqhtlord01]

Bet you thought we were dead didn’t you!?!?!? Well the plague hasn’t gotten us yet so you can kiss our ass 2020; because it’s time for the next installment of Rooster Teeth Championship!!!!! Our contestants are aching for some good old fashioned bloodshed and we’re covered in enough facemasks that someone could pour coffee on us and it’d take 3 minutes before we felt a thing so let’s get this festival of fisticuffs going!  Roman: *Walks in twirling cane* Grif: I swear to go if you break out into song I’m going to break your knee caps.  Roman: Do I look like a performer to you?  Grif: *Hefts rocket launcher* You want me to answer that truthfully, or just bullshit? -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Nomad: *Walks in intimidating, but trips over rock* Winter: Leave now and maybe I’ll let you live a bit longer.  Nomad: *Starts shaking in waving hands frantically*  Winter: *Draws sword* I can’t tell if you’re stupid or stupidly brave.  -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Yang: *Drives in on motorcycle and leaps off* Kazu: If you were attempting to impress me, it worked. Yang: Some guys are just too easy impress. Kazu: *Cracks knuckles* And some girls, are just too eager to show off. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Don: *Walks in picking lint off jacket*  Glynda: Please tell me this is some sort of joke and that my real opponent is behind you. Don: The only joke here is that collection of rags you call an outfit.  Glynda: *Snaps riding crop* Why does everyone keep mocking my clothes?!? -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Sun: *Leaps from above while eating a stolen Banana*  Wash: People like you can never be reformed.  Sun: Funny talk coming from the guy who tried to murder all his friends.  Wash: *Cocks battle rifle* Let’s not get off subject.  ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Julian: *Hologram appears* Caboose: Wait a minute, you’re not santa; the colors are all wrong!  Julian: Oooookay.....first time I’ve been called that before.  Caboose: *Pulls out spartan laser from nowhere* Give me back santa! -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Sarge: *Walks in loading shotgun* Ruby: We shouldn’t be fighting.  Sarge: I know; us reds need to stick together!  Ruby: *Twirls scythe* No, I mean we shouldn’t be fighting because I don’t want to hurt an old man. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Skout: *Sets down heavy backpack*  Valentina: The only supply you should ever have is a good knife. Skout: Wow, you sound just like Toth.  Valentina: *Draws several more knives* You should listen to her more then, it’ll help you stay alive longer. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Santa: *Hologram appears* Cammie: What’s the craziest thing you’ve every done my computerized friend? Santa: Triggered a planet wide orgy that lasted for several days as the entire population was thrown into a wave of sexually charged frenzy. Cammie: *covers nuggest ears* Holy shite; I was thinking it was just signing your enemies up for spam mail!

[killjoy-prince]

@azuresuu aaaaaaaaaa thank you for showing interest!! tbh i feel a little flustered bc i didn't think anyone would be interested in them but OK here's what I got! (if they make you cringe, I apologize in advance) I'll start with the ones that aren't well defined. (it's long so I'll put it under a Read More)

First off is a vampire. She lives in a castle far removed from the world, one could say it's out of this world.... bc it is. It exists in its own bubble where it's nighttime all the time. She comes off as cold and aloof but shows a loving side if you can ever get that close to her. Thing is, she hasn't opened herself up to people in centuries. She usually goes to the human world for food and then leaves, quick and done. However, one night she goes and sees someone who intrigues her. So much so, she's takes this person back to her castle after feeding on them. Why did she kidnap them and do they have what it takes to open her heart? [Last updated: 5 years ago] Only thing I have for appearance is she's very tall with freckles and long wavy dark hair that sometimes covers half her face. (can vampires have freckles? who cares it's my OC!)

Second is a magical girl! Their color motif would be blue and their ability is to use music to do damage. So like, depending on the song they play, they can buff themselves and their fellow magical girls, de-buff enemies, hurt enemies, whatever they manipulate the beat to do for them. If attacks are done to the beat of the song, they do more damage. So for example, a song that gets people hype can be used to boost their power up and by attacking to the beat, they can do even more damage. As for wear the music comes from, i haven't decided in I was gonna have the speakers worn on their head, hover above and behind them or hung around their hips or just magic it. I was thinking of also giving them a secondary trait called Subliminal where if the target is listening to music, they can use it to manipulate the target's mind to do what they want. Not sure about that one yet) but the downside to that is they have to be able to hear the music for them to be able to use that ability. It only works on humans though, not on the monsters they fight on a weekly basis. As for how they look, I was thinking when they're transformed, they have short light blue hair with an undercut, their outfit having a long coat that can flutter in the wind, a button down with a vest, pants and knee high boots. When they're not transformed, their appearance is very plain, long brown hair in a ponytail and always wearing black.

Lastly is my most developed OC, a grim reaper. I had this idea of different reapers being in charge of collecting souls depending on the weather. The one I started off with was one in charge of souls that die when it rains. Their tentative name is Rainy Reaper or Rainy for short (I would like to change it to something else but idk what so Rainy for now) They are a quiet sort, just going around their territory collecting the poor souls who need help crossing over. They carry an umbrella with them that doubles as a weapon against souls that refuse to cross over and get corrupted by their strong desire to stay past their time. The idea for the umbrella was to have it transform into a scythe but I had trouble figuring out how it would change into that from the umbrella form. Another idea I had was to just have it be a fortified umbrella that can be a shield or a lance depending on if it's open or not. Unfortunately I haven't developed how the umbrella works that much. Sometimes, if they run but have accepted their fate deep down, they'll disappear but all souls turn into pale blue flames and end up in Rainy's hand where they are taken care of. Random fact about them, they like going to cafes when it rains. They'll stop by one in between jobs. Now I put this one last because unlike the other two, I have drawings of this OC! I used them for an art project 3 years ago and while I don't agree with some of the choices I made for it (tho it was for school, I had a deadline so I scrambled to put something out) it's at least something I can show you guys

This is the earliest drawing I have of them. Then I was thinking of having them kinda like a shadow to make it clear to the souls that they're not human. (Tho I think at the time I didnt want to draw any details and coloring them in was easier to do lol) But then I took the class that had me use this character and that's when I drew them like this

My idea here was since the art project was an animatic of sorts and I wanted the setting to be grays, I wanted the main character to stand out like a beacon to the souls. I'm not crazy about the white outline for the face I liked it more when it was dark in the hood except for the eyes. I looked in my files and I actually do still have the animatic that I showed. I watched it. I cringed. But Idk how well uploading it here would go so I'll just show some scenes.

It was a rush job but hey I passed and that what mattered at the time! Anyway, after that project I didn't really do anything with them but I do have these two little drawings I did earlier this year with an altered look

I just like how bite sized they look. I'm still trying to figure them out but to see the slight changes they've been through over the years is interesting.

And that's all of them! Thank you for coming to my OC TED Talk! ^_^