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justanotherblogger · 4 months ago
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A World Without Him
Chapter 14
Tang was uncomfortable in the taxi. The sun was barely above the horizon now, and he just felt plain awful from his apparently non-hallucinated “ghost of debatable deals”. He also noticed how Zach gave him nervous glances through the mirror, probably noticing how he had talked to himself and gave a wide variety of meaningless expressions to the empty seat.
The tension, for Tang at least, was so thick he could probably cut it with a butter knife. Zach had tried to make everything less weird; putting on music, rolling down the windows, and making small talk to name a few examples. Nothing really lifted the atmosphere though, leaving Tang to stew as Zach continued on that third option to fill the awkward silence.
“... but yeah, I don't get why her sister would up and leave with a guy she didn't know, right? I would obviously be pissed too if someone I cared about, even if we didn't talk much-” The car hitched up, causing the passengers to jump in their seats.
“OOF! Dang, another pothole. Gotta watch the road Zach… anyways, as I was saying, I don't blame Elsie for freaking out at her sister for what she did-” He had been going on for about half an hour at this point, rambling about some movie by a corporate overlord rat Tang didn't bother remembering the name of. He had been shocked out of his trance by the bump, making him refocus onto his surroundings as he started to hear the driver's talk again.
But as soon as he came out of it, he tried going back into that dull state of mind immediately. He hadn't been paying that much attention in the first place anyway, zoning in and out the entire ride as he tried to get his mind to blank. Zach didn't seem to mind. Tang just didn't like how many thoughts were swirling around his head at the moment.
Then his hands had started to twitch as he tried to zone out, needing something to do as a mindless distraction. He went to the bell around his wrist, examining it closely to see if it was still solid (and how maybe he was just imagining it all of this… a baseless wish).
It seemed to be made of some sort of metal based on the signs of rust inside of it. On a closer look, he saw there were intricate designs carved into the outside, so thin Tang wondered how it was even possible.
The images were mainly shapes; circles, diamonds, and waves were all around the outside. It seemed to have a dark color highlighting the markings, making them noticeable compared to the color of the bell.
He felt it in his hands; it was rough, chipped, and definitely aged from the amount of wear on its sides. He rolled it in his palm, unconsciously tuning back into what Zach was saying.
“... which is the most pointless reveal ever! There was almost no buildup, and nothing we could've seen to clue in that he was a villain! I know they probably wanted a twist villain to finally be impactful and unseen, but some clues in his behavior or what people could say about him with Anne would have been nice to clue in that he's not who he exactly seems!” Zach took a breath, readjusting his mirror, slowing down for a sharp turn, then going back to his rant.
“But noooooo. They had to resort to almost no clues whatsoever because the writing team couldn't think up anything clever or interesting!”
Tang nodded along to what Zach was talking about, even though he didn't understand much of it. He looked back out the window as Zach started to go on about unnecessary sequels, tuning the driver's voice out as he saw the last bit of orange trying to fight off the coming night. Tall pine trees covered the light's effort, gifting the road with long, fading shadows.
He closes his eyes again, letting the white noise lull him into a sense of peace as the bumpy road comforted him. He was actually going. Leaving and going to figure out how to fix himself.
The diminishing light covered the car in a soft golden hue. Zach paused his blabbering as he noticed the movement in the back seat ceased, then looking back and seeing Tang dozing off with his face squished against the window. A look of concern flitted across Zach's face briefly, but he only shook his head before looking back at the empty dirt road.
With the new silence, Zach looked around the back road and found he could see the mountain ranges around them: how they towered in the distance with trees all over until the top, which glistened with pure white snow. Fog had started to appear after Tang went to sleep, refracting the remaining light in all sorts of directions as it obscured the tops of the trees.
Zach didn't pay the thin fog much mind, turning on the headlights and continuing down the dirt road. This part of the Golden South province didn't have many towns or man-made settlements, mainly because of disputes with the unresponsive locals and zoning issues which in turn, let nature take its own course on the place most of the time.
Today, only some original settlements from before these disputes were littered near the middle of the place, making them basically shut out from the outside world except for each other. Zach couldn't remember what the names were as he didn't drive in the area often, but those quaint towns seemed to be doing alright as he’d seen people from those places more often lately. They seemed happy enough.
Zach smiles at the oncoming memory. I hope they’re doing alright. They seemed like a nice family. That girl ran all over the place with that poor man trying to run after her through the grocery aisles. I guess that's where the guy’s gray hairs came from. The old woman next to them kept talking with me until the other two came back and then they had left together. They looked at peace with each other.
He glanced back to Tang’s sleeping form leaning against the taxi window. Zach wondered if Tang had that same type of support, remembering how the guy seemed exhausted, falling over and mumbling stuff to himself. He probably needs that rest.
Looking back to the road, a deer suddenly jumped in front of the taxi, displacing the fog and staring the headlights down-
*SCREEEEEEEEECH*
The driver slammed on the brakes, his heart beating rapidly into his ears as his chest was slammed into his seat belt. The deer just continued to stare into the lights, almost looking Zach Right in the eyes. He quickly honked the horn once, startling the thing as it jumped back into the trees.
Looking to the back seat to check on his passenger, Zach saw how Tang was still fast asleep, just leaning forward onto his seat belt from the sudden stop. He saw the guy was breathing just fine, snoring quietly as he continued to hang over the seat belt. Zach sighed and decided not to do anything with that: now he knew the guy really needed that sleep.
He took a deep breath before continuing down the road, trying to get his heart to stop beating so fast. Zach saw how the fog had thickened quite a bit as he went deeper into the woods, the barest hint of light only creating shadows through the branches.
After he got his bearings, Zach realized he hadn't been on one of these back roads this late at night before. That deer was weird. It was unsettling him, and he started to drive a bit slower. The fog seemed to settle onto the floor, causing the ground to be shrouded in the cloud-like cover.
Only the headlights could help them see where to go now; the road was barely recognizable under the fog and the sun had finally set, leaving the woods in complete darkness. Cell service was basically non-existent out here, which is why he couldn't use any GPS in the first place, relying on his memory. Zach tightened his grip on the steering wheel as an uncomfortable feeling welled in his gut.
Tang only then started to stir as he pushed himself off of the taxi window, wiping the drool off of his mouth and sitting up straight. He took off his glasses and rubbed his eyes, putting them back on a blinking a few times to refocus.
He looks at Zach. “How long was I asleep?” He asked, his voice heavy with exhaustion.
“Just about half an hour. I haven't been out here this late before, and I think all this fog is pretty neat, along with all those deer! If a bit creepy, heh…” Zach awkwardly replied, nervously sweating and avoiding eye contact.
“Uh huh.” Tang said with disinterest, looking back to his wrist and seeing the bell still securely stuck to it. He grimaced at his hand heavily.
A sudden stutter in the car has him snapping his head back up, seeing how the headlights began to flicker through the road, and eventually go out entirely. The inside lights were still on, with the engine running fine; only the headlights had shorted out.
Tang anxiously spoke up. “What just happened?”
Zach looked worried, sweat forming above his brow. “I don't know. This hasn't happened before. I'll get a flashlight and go check it out. You can stay in the car.”
Tang just nodded, a bit tense as Zach unbuckled and reached for the glove box, grabbing a small flashlight and getting out of the car. His steps displaced the thick fog on the floor, making a ghostly trail behind him as he looked at the front of the car.
Shining a flashlight onto the bulbs showed they were shattered; pieces of glass were rattling behind the plastic covers. A cold sweat ran down Zach's neck as he walked back and opened the driver's door, leaning his head in.
“The bulbs are shattered. Can't replace them unless you have any extra light bulbs in that backpack of yours.” He said lightly, trying to make sure Tang wouldn't freak out.
He reacted better than Zach expected. “Heh, just great. Well, these things happen, I guess. Is there anywhere nearby to pick up more; we can't go on without them, right?” Tang asked, wringing his hands together nervously.
Zach nodded. “Yeah, we kind of need them to get through the fog. Moonlight can't get through, so we're stuck here until we can get new bulbs or the fog clears. Now I'm totally gonna be late…” He mumbled. He started moving to get inside, hand on the door handle.
“But yeah, there isn't anywhere modern that close by, but there's one of those remote places past some of the trees that way. I think it was called something starting with a B-”
A shrill scream echoed through the woods as Zach was pulled violently out of the car, leaving the door he was about to close wide open. Tang quickly unbuckled his seat belt, scrambling to duck under the back seats on the floor next to his backpack.
The outside was unnaturally silent as Tang covered his mouth with his hands, trying to quiet down his erratic breathing. He was hunched over trying to hear anything else happening outside. The lights in the car went out after a few seconds, the car shutting off as it left Tang in the dark.
Then long, heavy footsteps sounded from the side of the car. Slow and deliberate, as if whatever was making them was looking for something- trying to find its prey. Tang continued his attempt at silencing his breathing, digging his nails into his cheeks in a panic.
Whatever was out there sniffed the air, growling something deep that shook Tang's resolve. The footsteps trailed off in his ears, almost like they were leaving… He carefully took his hands off of his face, looking up at a nearby window.
Fast steps suddenly bombarded his ears, growing louder as they got closer and closer. He had barely any time to react as something rammed into the side of the car, making it flip towards the wooded area.
He screamed as he was thrown about, his voice burning as it was already raw from before. His head hit the ceiling, then he landed on his right shoulder as he rolled and got thrown onto his back. It flipped again as he got his nose slammed into the side door, and then landed harshly onto his stomach as the car finally came to a stop, causing him to cough violently.
His glasses were hanging off of one ear, with his bag on top of one of his legs. He groaned in pain as he tried to push himself up by his elbows, making it to his knees before the thing ran into the car again, crumbling the two front seats as Tang stared in horror.
OH MY GOD OH MY GOD OH MY GOD OH MY GOD, I CAN'T STAY IN HERE THAT MUCH LONGER-
He heard the thing start to back up again, leaving the area in complete, utter silence. Tang knew what would happen next as he scrambled to open his side door that was luckily unblocked from the crash. The door clicked and swung open after a few pulls; Tang quickly tried to run out but his leg got caught onto his backpack strap, making him tumble face first into the floor of fog, grass, and pine needles with his bag still hanging off his foot.
He was just in time too, as almost right after he fell he heard the fast footsteps again, and a deafening crash behind him from what he assumed was the rest of the taxi he was in. All he could hear was ringing in his ears as he grabbed his bag strap and his behind a nearby tree, begging to whoever listened that he wouldn't be found so fast.
He heard the thing's steps slow, stalking the area again presumably looking for him. His breathing was heavy and he felt something drip from his nose but he couldn't really think about those things right now. What is that thing!? Why am I being attacked!? How do I get out of here!? Is Zach okay?! Oh no oh no oh no-
He heard sniffing again, then heavy steps coming towards his hiding place. This stopped his spiraling as the world seemed to stop. The steps got closer as Tang's heart beat faster, trying to break out of his ribcage if he had to guess.
It crushed the dead leaves on the forest floor, walking through the trees loudly, as if to taunt him. Suddenly, he heard the steps grow a bit faster, heading in his direction. He was panicking as the sounds got closer and closer, not knowing what that thing would do if it found him.
He could feel the tremors coming from its direction, and he knew that he didn't have much time left to make a decision. He quickly rubbed his nose, blood now covering his scarf and hand as he saw his blood flow through the crevices of the bell on his wrist-
*Ding*
A small chime rang out, echoing through the trees. The bell started to glow as a huge gust of wind blew around him, picking up the fog and displacing it everywhere creating a smokescreen. Tang could only shield himself with his arms, scared of what was happening.
‘I see you've already gotten yourself into trouble’
Tang's head shot up (getting a bit dizzy in the process). “What the hell…?”
Cian stood in front of him, in all its golden glowing glory, leaning over Tang in a mocking manner. It stared into his eyes.
‘You don't have that much time. I have done what I could, but I can't help you anymore unless I lend you my strength.’ It explained briefly, grabbing Tang’s bell and lifting him up to his feet with ease.
Tang quickly spoke up in defense, shock and fear clearly on his face. “What?! I can't do that! I know that-”
A loud, furious growl interrupted him. It sounded dangerously close, as if it would jump out at him at any moment. He was right, yet again, as the fog suddenly parted. All he could catch were red eyes and black fur before it pounced. Tang dodged, tumbling out of the way as its claws got embedded into the tree he was hiding behind, struggling to get them out.
‘You know you won't make it out of this alive without me.’
Tang shook his head as he got up and started to run. He weaved through trees and fog as he heard a crunch from behind. Out of instinct, he looked back and only paled at what was looking straight back at him.
It stood on two legs. Long black hair cascaded from its head to its back as its red eyes stared Tang down, locking onto him as it flicked the remaining bark out of its claws.
Tang ran faster. His legs felt strained and his ankles felt like they were about to collapse but he had to run. Hide. Do anything to get away from that demon.
Cian just floated with Tang’s vision, hovering in front of him as he ran. ‘Just let me help you. You need to make it back to those friends of yours, right?’
He grunted angrily at Cian as he made it back to the road somehow, running across it, going into the opposite piece of woods and sliding to a stop back against another tree.
Putting a hand on his chest, his legs wobble as he doesn't think he can take anymore running on his ankles. The ringing in his ears hasn't stopped. He doesn't think he'll make it out of here in one piece.
He focussed back into reality as loud steps came closer and closer yet again, making Tang freeze in his hiding spot. The steps thankfully passed behind him, going further away as he slumped down for the moment, resting his legs.
“*cough**cough* Ugh…”
This isn't something from the demon. He quickly looked towards the noise, glancing anxiously past the tree to a nearby one. The fog obscured most of it, but he could see a vaguely human body slumped on a tree a few feet down.
It was Zach. It had to be Zach. Who else could it be? Tang didn't know what to do. Zach could be dead. Should he help? Will that get them both killed…?
He decides to risk it, trying to run over to Zach’s (hopefully) unconscious body. The demon immediately knew what he was doing, locking its eyes onto him and starting to run at full speed towards the open shot. It was faster than before, with Tang stumbling back as it caught up to him in seconds and aimed for his neck.
He raised his arms subconsciously, fortunately only costing him only some skin on a forearm instead of his limb as he fell back. The gash was still deep, though, causing blood to slowly drip through the ripped cloth as he landed on his side into the thick fog.
Tears ran hot down his face. He looked around frantically for a way out before the demon's next strike, seeing how it rolled its shoulders back, as if preparing a final blow before taking slow, heavy steps towards him.
‘You know this won't end well.’
Shut up.
Pure red looked deeply into his eyes as he scrambled backwards.
‘Just agree to my offer. I can help you break this pathetic worm in no time.’
No, no, stop talking.
Its slow steps echoed in the silence, continuing its pursuit even when its prey was already cornered.
‘LISTEN. If you die here, what was the point? In making your bonds, maintaining everything you have, trying to fix yourself?’
I can't change anything…
It started to move faster. A brisk pace as it snarled and dragged its claws through the fog. Agitation started to build in Tang’s gut.
‘You would leave everything behind without showing everyone who you could’ve become from this feeble failure that you insist on dying as.’
His breathing was too shallow. It was coming at him fast. 12 feet, 8 feet, 3 feet-
‘You could have been someone special. They could have DEPENDED on you, had you not selfishly given up. You could finally be someone worth living for.’
“FINE!” Tang screamed, shaking the trees and parting the fog around him.
This seemed to shock the demon out of its reverence, making it step back at the sudden noise and hold its ears in pain. It narrowed its eyes at Tang, who couldn't care less at the moment.
Blood and tears mixed onto Tang's scarf as he continued. “I accept! I will take this fucking deal if that's what you want! Just do whatever you like, because what's the point anyway! I'm a lost cause, MIGHT AS WELL DIE KICKING AND SCREAMING!”
The wind started to pick up as Tang's words became more heated, with the trees bending in all sorts of ways at the force and the fog colliding and becoming some sort of tornado around him, forcing the demon to stumble away further.
Orange light started to build up in the middle, growing brighter and brighter until it became blinding to anyone witnessing it. A beam of orange light shot into the sky, parting any fog, trees, or clouds in its way.
Then the light thinned almost immediately, clearing out the remaining fog as Tang's body fell to its knees. His hair was wild as it blew in the harsh winds whipping through the forest. Both the demon and Tang had regained their composure, Tang standing up tall as the demon went defensive, a sliver of fear in its eyes.
Rolling up his sleeves, Tang ran a hand through his hair, sporting an unnatural grin on his face as his forearm glowed orange in the wound. He laughed, cracking his knuckles before staring the demon down, now dawning pure white eyes.
“Now, let's finally get this started!”
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Tang woke up sitting against a tree. His head was killing him, with his hands feeling like they were thrown into a blender overnight. He rubbed his temples and lazily looked to his side, seeing Zach in a similar position as him, with the crushed taxi in the distance.
Seeing those sprung Tang into action as he stumbled over to Zach, feeling that his pulse and breaths were steady. He did see a big bruise on the guy's back peeking through the shirt, but he couldn't really help with something like that at the moment.
He fell back against the tree in relief, seeing the moon high in the sky as it graced everything in soft shades of gray. Looking back at his hands through his dirty glasses, he saw the knuckles were bloody, with dirt and black blood covering his arms and hands.
He also saw the bell was still on his wrist, maybe it was a part of whatever deal he made… oh no.
He groaned heavily into his hands, remembering that he had made a deal with that pest he's still 15% sure is a hallucination. “Awwgh… just great.” He groaned, crossing his legs and leaning back. He is alive though, and that has to count for something, he guesses.
All he remembers was yelling at Cian, then agreeing panicked to that offer, then… nothing. He decides not to think too much about it, as Cian isn't here, that demon isn't here, and he has an unconscious body to take care of plus find somewhere to crash for the both of them.
He readjusted the backpack on his back before trying to wake Zach up. He yelled, hit, and shook the guy with everything he had. Apparently, that wasn't enough as Zach was still unconscious after all that effort. Sighing internally, Tang decided to lift him onto his shoulder, and start dragging.
As you probably expected, this wore him out. By a lot. He had to take breaks every 2 minutes just to be able to carry the guy again. But he still did so, as he didn't want that demon coming after him again and staying in the same place he was attacked was not good for that sort of thing.
He remembered Zach saying there was a place past a few trees over… that way, he guessed. So, now with direction, Tang began to drag this guy's body through the woods, hopefully going to find some help.
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After what felt like hours maneuvering through the forest, getting lost, and then yelling at the sky that Zach was still unconscious, Tang finally found something other than trees and weird deer. It was a billboard next to a small dirt path. The writing was so faded that he couldn't make much out, but anything man-made here was a good sign.
Quickly taking a breath before throwing Zach over his shoulder again, he started going along the dirt trail, hoping to find literally anyone with something to at least wake the driver up.
After a couple of minutes, Tang saw smoke rising in the distance. He immediately brightened, going faster than his usual pace. His face was definitely red with exertion at this point, but he really didn't care as he got closer and closer to the smoke, seeing light through the branches.
When he finally emerged, he saw houses, people, and campfires littered everywhere. He collapsed almost immediately after getting there, with his ankles and upper body strength suffering at the sudden use. He could hear people stand up and crowd around them, but farther than Tang would usually think of crowding. Raising his head, he saw everyone there was at least 6 feet away from him, whispering to each other.
When he tried to sit up after a few seconds, everyone went deathly silent, he only got to his knees when every single person drew a gun on him and Zach, some with lasers even aiming at their heads.
He was shocked at the response, looking around the area trying to make sense of the harsh treatment when he saw a wooden sign behind some of the crowd. A very familiar sign, he might add. it said “Welcome to Bellfield: part of the 4TA!” in a loopy font.
His face dropped immediately, shooting daggers at the sign as fell (slowly, don't wanna get shot here) back onto the floor, trying to erase that stupid sign from memory.
“Of course, it had to be Bellfield…”
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akkivee · 2 years ago
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remember when jyushi’s speakers destroyed kuukou’s temple lmao
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nosyrobin · 3 months ago
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THE WHITE BAT
prologue | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7
Summary: relaxing with the white knight vigilante, it soon ends with a small answer to what they are.
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You both were sitting on a random roof. Admiring the stars of the night.“So why were you waiting for me? You couldn’t help but miss me?”
Damian usually would just scoff and right out deny, which he did without the scoffing. He had to admit, the white allured him towards you a lot. “I didn’t miss you, I just rather…” he paused, knitted brows as he now chewed his bottom lip.
You caught him right where you wanted him, smirking as your sharp canines showed. “Ah~, Robin himself missing little ol me..” you said as you look up in the sky. Damian rolled his eyes, but couldn’t help as a smile crept onto his face. “So..how did you forgive out I was Robin, you’re working for someone?” He narrowed his eyes at you, you started at him with this enchanting eyes that kept him hypnotized.
“It’s easy to figure who you are, who else is the only kid with hair and a grumpy attitude like you.” You said as you looked back into the moon and stars. Damian only snicker, eyes widening before stopping. He was acting like a girl who had a crush on a guy. For crying out loud he was an ex assassin and is now a vigilante. But he couldn’t help but act differently around you.
You had some kinda of magic aura that made him feel comfortable to be himself….
Your ear twitches, hearing someone swinging across buildings. You chuckle before getting up, missing the begging long for you to stay by the boy that say seated. You went to the edge of the roof, the wind blowing the white silky cape as wide white bat wings sprout from the bat of yours. Damian’s eyes widened with amusement as he couldn’t help but ask…
“What are you?” You turned around, your cloak still covering your face. “What am I?”
“Yes…”
“Well…im a bat.”
And that was the last he’d seen of you before you transformed and flew away
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thesharktanksdriver · 14 days ago
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The witch boy and magical girl (platonic)
Sorry the ending is a bit rushed, I have a wake This weekend and a funeral plus exam on Monday
I still wanted to get this out tho so enjoy!
Magical girl y/n masterlist
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Bruce could deal with a lot more than the average person could ever imagine
He’s dealt with a literal killer manic clown
Aliens
Vampires
56 assassins attacking him at once
Literal end of the world events once a year at least
But he doesn’t think anything compares to what he finds himself peering in on now
When he adopted a daughter who fights shadow creatures that feed off of negative human emotions and want to literally eat the universe he knew he was gonna see some weird shit
The weird cosmic ferret, he’d mentally dealt with that already
Same with the Magical weapons that transform and how his new daughter could change her appearance at will
That he could all deal with
But watching his daughter paint her nails with Klarion the witch boy, lord of chaos while they talked about sailor moon wasn’t something he thought he’d have to grapple with
So instead he closes the door and ponders his life and how it got to this point
How you somehow befriended the witch boy started as all good things do
Accidentally finding a someone being tormented by Shadowmites that you have to then kill
But oddly enough instead of the usual human it was…a cat?
An orange cat with distinct blood red eyes and striped black rigged markings
It hissed and scratched at the Shadowmites but was unable to harm them much to its confusion
Until you whacked its assailants with a hammer making them dissipate into nothing
It stared at you and you stared at the cat
And it just kinda tagged along with you for the rest of your patrol
To be fair…having a ultra intelligent possibly eldritch creature in the disguise of a regular animal wasn’t really a “new” thing to you
So when the cat began to follow you it didn’t really bother you much
If anything it was kinda funny especially since Rigel seemed to have an almost silent companionship with the feline
Staring down at the ginger cat from his perch on your shoulders as you continued your nightly patrol
Chittering and barking as the cat meowed back occasionally
If at this point you questioned anything in life anymore you’d be curious as to how their seemingly communicating but now you couldn’t really care
You were just happy the seemingly demon cat got along with your ex-deity ferret
Along with the fact that this seemingly aggressive cat who tried to scratch the eyes out of anyone who got too close for its liking seemed to enjoy your presence
Even at one point during your food break curling up in your lap wanting to be lavished in attention
The violent cat being reduced to a softly purring mass of fluffy orange hair
Black leather collar and red gemstone attached to it
This was definitely some bougie cat, almost definitely a supernatural one as well considering it saw Shadowmites
But the collar definitely implied an owner
A rich one at that too
So you post online with a picture of yourself and the cat asking for its owner
Mostly since the collar had some type of ancient language not spoken by you in a hieroglyphic type of alphabet
Cool as hell
But impractical to you as you tried to Google translate it
He’ll you’d even sent a picture to dick and all you got back was garbled nonsense that looked like he slammed his face against a keyboard
Which was probable since he was on yet another coffee bender where he stayed up for too long
Alfred would definitely not be pleased
But back on topic of the eldritch Garfield cat, eventually you got a response
But not via online
More like in person since a figure then materialized in front of you via scarlet fire
And there floating in all his glory was lord of chaos Klarion the witch boy
Looking back maybe you should have payed more attention during that one league meeting your dad took you to where they talked about him
To be fair though, at the time you were surviving on 2 hours of sleep, a combination of redbull and monsters along with hopes and dreams
So you couldn’t be blamed in remembering he had a cat familiar
Or said cat familiar was likely an eldritch level entity in the form of a cat
A cat with red eyes
….ok maybe there were more obvious warnings and you were just excited about the weird cat to notice
As you had a mental debate with yourself there he stood, hair pointed upwards into what looked to be horns and in a suit
Magic twisting around him in a scarlet aura
Distinctly you notice patches of ice blue on the tips of his fingers that quickly distort to the flesh tone consistent with him
And from then on out the encounter with him is…odd to say the least
His cat (whom you then learned was named Teekl) getting up from your lap
Klarion is….odd
He scoops up his familiar fretting over the ginger cat, making subtle threats your way the entire time
Asking the kitty if he had to “erase someone from existence” once again
But luckily for you whatever the cat meows to him is enough for him to cast a glance back to you
Though now not out of suspicion but instead curiosity
(Something perhaps to others would be just as bad)
He quirks an eye at you, looking you up and down once more but now giving you a proper look
Now seeming to notice your own magical aura and companion of otherworldly nature
And suddenly something clicks in his head
“You’re that magic girl I’ve heard about.” He says gliding a hand through the fur of his familiar, the demonic cat purring in content.
“Bit vague of a statement, but yeah that’s one way to describe me I guess” you respond shrugging your shoulders laxly, he seems on edge even with your demeanour.
“And your…not attacking me? Not trying to play goody-two shoes? And “bring me to justice” with a big speech about doing good” He almost seems to hiss this out. A defensive air to him.
“Look dude, I deal with weird inter-dimensional shadow creatures that feed on negative human emotions” you explain pulling out your magical weapon in the shape of an axe, you close an eye and aim while biting your tongue before throwing it to hit said shadowmite clinging to his shoulder. The creature gives out a cry, before dissipating into a melting puddle of inky black sizzling liquid, he stares down now seemingly more intrigued. “I don’t deal with robberies or anything besides those things and the occasional helping someone. Plus I’m decent friends with a few villains of the city”
“I’ve been trying to kill that thing for ages…” he pauses whisky looking down at the creature. Teekl hisses at the disappearing remnants of the creature. “How come your able to destroy them?”
“Only magic from their realm can kill them, I’m the only one with access to it ”
For a long moment the witch boy goes quiet, staring at the spot the puddle used to be. He turns his face to you once more, a smile on his face. “I think I like you Magic girl. Your more interesting than I thought.” He says this so suddenly that your left a bit baffled yet you give him a thumbs up. This seems to make him more amused as a portal opens beneath him, “I’ll be in touch”. With that he left
As he said Klarion would appear to you a few nights later on your lunch break during patrol
Quite literally appearing from nowhere as he laid down kicking his legs back and forth
Along with stealing some of your fries
You had to resist the urge from stopping him from stealing your food, it was still hard getting used to having an abundance of food now
There was no more scraping together to afford cup ramen from the 711 cashier who’d pretend not to notice the missing 50 cents
No more going to go to bed hungry because of the free lunch program at Gotham academy and reasoning you’d save your scraps for dinner the next day
No more barely scraping by just to survive
But never truly live though, surving was different to truly living
You couldn’t call your much of life before your adoption as living
The only moments you did truly feel alive was when you’d save someone or watch old reruns of sailor moon or cardcaptor sakura
Forever dreaming to be a better hero like them
To be a pretty sailor scout who saved the day despite being scared
To be able to enjoy something as mundane as skating on roller blades without potentially being mugged
Though your trying to get used to having free time
Having a Better sleeping schedules
Having Food
And having free time
It’s still feels odd
Still is weird to finally have time to yourself with nothing to fill it with
Even like now on your break during patrol you don’t know how to spend it
But now at least you have more company to fill that uncertainty of what to do
Curiously Klarion eyes your weapon, before finally speaking aloud
For awhile he asks mostly about your abilities
The extent of your power and what type of magic you could do
Showing him your weapon and transformation seems to cause him more questions
Especially since he mumbles to himself about your magic being different to anything he’s seen
As a lord of chaos it was safe to say he was adverse to almost all types of magic there was to offer
So seeing something this new and odd after millenniums of years of being alive is certainly a sight
He even says so to your face
Which brings up the question to you, after so long he’s still a kid?
You get that he probably ages slower than most, almost all magical creatures or people did
But after so long he was still a kid?
You can’t say you relate
You grew up too fast
But maybe that’s why your equally intrigued by the horned boy
You begin to notice that at some point he began to watch you from afar during missions
Sometimes from a rooftop
Other times it’s from an alleyway
Klarion watches and you always find yourself waving to him
But as time goes on he gets closer
Even if Damien or Jason tag along with you
But neither seem to notice him
No one but yourself ever does even if in a crowd of people he’d be someone they’d be fleeing from
Definitely some sort of magic stuff
Or maybe he was just oddly good at blending in
Either way you see him and wave and he gets closer each time
As does his vists during your break where he asks you questions of your magic
Your abilities
What the shadowmites are and what their goals are?
Are they fully sentient?
Their all things that you answer him as best you can, now bringing extra food for him so he didn’t steal from you anymore
Yet despite that he always steals a fry
Probably something he finds funny and something you find yourself less anxious about now
In a lot of ways he reminds you of a cat which is funny considering his familiar
He watched from a distance before getting closer and closer as time went on
Mischievous and sometimes a bit spiteful but with a playful edge like a cat pushing something off a shelf with fluffy claws
Positive interaction usually being something that pushes him farther away at first but now gravitates him closer
It’s odd
He’s odd
But so are you
A lord of chaos and a magical girl definitely weren’t titles that upheld the pillars of normality
So it’s perhaps not odd either of you are the way you are
And yet it draws you both closer like magnets all the same
Meetings get more frequent
As do more topics of much more mundane things being brought up
He asks you about human things he doesn’t understand, questions he’d feel to embarrassed to ask any of his “allies” due to not wanting to be written off as an oblivious kid
Because for as much as Klarion tries to be taken seriously he’s still subtly looked down upon
His chaos seen as little more than that of a child being given godly power to wield at his command
But over your talks you come to see there’s much more to it all
Lords of chaos function differently to humans both physically, emotionally and mentally
What was seen as mindless abject chaos to others was an art form and way of living and expression to them
A means to express and delight in the non-orderly nature of the universe, to live not constricted to the boundaries of reality itself
Constructing a landscape of Picasso paintings come to life or making a smiley face by moving the stars out of their places in their solar systems are a sort of expression to him
They viewed the universe as their canvas
That could be both good and bad in various ways
It’s the same in the fact too much order could be bad
Because chaos and order are a revolving door that need one another
They weren’t objectively good or bad, just neutral in nature until the scales tipped too much in one direction
Because complete anarchy is objectively terrible but so it a totalitarian police state
Both are bad in different ways because the scales are unbalanced
And now he’s left one of the last of his kind, for better or worse
And he’s a lot more lonely than he’d like to admit
Because he’s surrounded in a sea of beings too unfamiliar to his own
Orderly creatures in an orderly society in an orderly world and in an orderly universe or at least that’s how it feels to him
Human bodies function in certain predicable patterns as do the ways their societies work. Cogs and Gears working orderly in a intricate machine
And that makes it all the more confusing and alien to him in a bad way
But you can understand feeling alike to society even if you are human
So you try your best to explain to him
And even if at times he still seems confused he seems appreciative that you try
That you don’t seem to look down on him for not understanding humans and how humanity works as a whole
Because how can anyone assume that he would when he’s a lord of chaos
It’s literally in the name
And from then on it grows
The interest beyond the supernatural to the mundane
You show him the little things in life
Taking him in disguise to your favourite hotdog stand on a corner of a dodgy street down to walking him around Gotham and almost getting shanked along the way
All the while you show him that humanity is quite as orderly as he thought
He sees graffiti sprayed on brick walls, tags of neon colour of names that people try to scrub off but stubbornly and triumphantly remain
A person in odd dress on the street corner waiting for a bus, the way in which their clothes don’t mesh at all and the colour clash but they wear it anyways in style
The little shortcuts you take him to through alleyways and through abandoned buildings still standing to the test of time.
By his smile you think he comes to appreciate it all
The small signs that the machine he assumed humanity to be wasn’t just that
Cogs and gears too big or too small, bringing a bit of chaos in their wake
He knows your identity, you’ve known that he’s known for a long while now, and yet for some reason you trust him with it
Just as he trusts you to treat him all the same while in his true form
Blue skin, red eyes and all
And he’s seen you too
The girl behind the dramatic cutesy clothes, magically changing eyes, hair, face and height
You were just you
Klarion was just Klarion
And Tekyl and Rigel tagging along with it all
But to be honest you’d never thought he’d trust you enough for this
Whats this exactly? Oh well just him dragging you along to a meeting the Light was having as his quote on quote “human translator”
Aka explaining to him human things he didn’t understand
Aka him just wanting you there to sit with him for the duration of said meeting
Your not sure how this happened
Neither is any other member except the old man your pretty sure is Damien’s assassin grandfather
You can tell by the pointed emerald green eyes, similarly deathly composed demeanour and the same look of surprised/somehow impressed he gives you similar to when Damien sees half the shit you deal with
Speaking of which you’ll need to get him on board with Klarion to have another member for clue night
But that was a later issue
The real issue was right now
Klarion arguing with half the people here as you stand there more exasperated than anything
The witch boy occasionally shaking you by the shoulders…and climbing on you hissing and swiping at people who got too close
You see why a demon cat is his familiar
But even Teykl seemed a bit annoyed by his behaviour by how she rolled their eyes
Didn’t know cats could do that but hey, teykl’s also a demon cat so there’s probably a lot she can do compared to regular cats
Just as cute, but more lethal though instead of just getting a quick swipe at your hand
A door opens, a new contender for the fight
Though luckily (or unluckily for you) it’s Deathstroke
Instinctively you wave
And that pauses the fight
“Hey, how was that job abroad? I haven’t seen any dictators dead yet”
“You’ll be seeing it in the news soon, but what are you doing here?”
“Klarion brought me”
“Ah”
“You have a shadowmite on your shoulder, hold on, lemme get get it for you” and with that you transform you magical weapon, sparkles fly as a bright light momentarily flashes the room. In your hands was a battle axe, pink with bows and ribbons flowing as you chuck it at the invisible creature now made visible on Slade’s shoulder when the blade imbeds itself into the things flesh. It screeches reaching a shadowy hand as it’s pinned to the wall, prying your axe from the wall it falls to the floor but can’t get free as you hold it down beneath your foot. There’s no last words for the creature, just hungry screaming for its next victim until the axe comes down on its head severing the tie from this world.
The room is silent for a few moments, “you could’ve killed it with just the throw if you aimed a bit more to the left. Besides that you had good form”
You get to sit between both Klarion and Slade for the meeting
Somehow you doing your hero job impressed (more like terrified) this group of villains
Maybe it was manifesting your weapon from thin air within the blink of an eye
Maybe the fact you threw it at Mach 1
Maybe it was the fact that you could’ve summoned it at any time, make it any weapon you wanted including a bazooka at will
Or maybe it was learning your keeping the literal universe from being eaten on a daily basis from inter-dimensional shadow creatures who’ve eaten countless realities already
Fun thing to explain to such a diverse group ranging from a evil billionaire, a dictator and two immortal men who were older than dirt
The entire meeting you end up keeping Klarion from impulsively deciding to leave because he found it boring and drawn out
To be fair to him it definitely was, but how he’s gotten away with disappearing 30 minutes in each time was beyond you
So somehow you do the impossible
He stays the duration of the full meeting
It’s a first for everyone
What’s also a first is that Tekyl hasn’t gone off and scratched some unfortunate members leg like a scratching post
Mostly because she stayed perched in your lap along with Rigel
Later on when hanging out with Klarion on a roof your not surprised when he mentions that you’ve been offered a “partial membership”
He laughs and burns the letter for you
You’d think that the meeting between Damien and Klarion wouldn’t go well
And you’d be mostly right
At least until Damien spotted Tekyl on klarions shoulder and somehow the two ended up talking about things
And looking past the being a hero and being an super villain they got along well
Well enough that your now slightly worried for anyone who sent you weird messages online again
Because now they’ll have to deal with Tim giving these two their up address
But beyond that you feel bad for Bruce
Because dear god when he finds out Damien invited the lord of chaos to movie night
Jason was gonna love him
Your iffy about Tim but you know Dick is gonna practically wedge himself into the three of you hanging out before Damine threatens him or Klarion sends him halfway across the world or something
Besides all of that though your happy he gets along with Damien
That he has another human friend
Your also proud of Damien as well
Though you do wish he’d stop giving Klarion new ideas for his schemes
Showing him MLP wants a good idea when the character of discord existed
Yeah he had a field day when he was introduced
Chocolate rain and literal actual cotton candy clouds had a lot more of an environmental impact than shown in the kids show
Thankfully it was only the UK that suffered the side effects
And a very pissed off John Constantine
At some point you and Damien begin to sneak him into the manor
Somehow Alfred knew and can only smile and warn the lord of chaos to turn things back to normal before he leaves
And so the fun begins
Damien shows him his swords collection and bat cow
You end up binging madoka magica with him and your collection of magical girl figures
He ends up showing you and Damien some of his magic
And the infinite pillow fort in the corner of your room is born
It literally goes on forever…you think
Is there an end? You don’t know, but all you do know is that at some point you went in there and emerged 7 hours later still not reaching the end
Kinda like the backrooms but with less monsters and piss stained looked walls and carpet but instead with pastel pillows and my melody and kuromi merch scattered around
Now having permission to appear in the manor, or at least in yours or Damien’s rooms he sometimes appears at odd hours of the night
Like you’ll wake up at 4 am and find him hanging out in your room
Sometimes resting in a corner quietly with Tykl
Other times just poking around your room with curiosity, examine various nick knacks you have
Photographs and poosters
High class Jewelry and handmade bracelets
Old magical girl shows on equally old cds and the new HD releases on blue-ray
Books that were yellowed and brand new ones piled on a shelf
He admires them all
Turning them over in his blue palms or tracing them fondly with a pointed finger
He sees the wear and tear in the old and the loving upkeep behind it all
The new items that you gratefully covet like the old
There’s an unexpected and uncharacteristic fragility to his actions
A certain look in his eyes that faulted under the weight of your own once he realizes your awake
In which he then finds himself sitting at your side
Crossing his legs and pretending to stare at nothing in particular
Though you see his gaze occasionally flicker from your window showing the Gotham night and then back to you
It continues like this until you take his hand and get up from bed
Dragging him through the darkened halls
Depending on the night schedule of that particular day sometimes the two of you go to the gardens
Sitting down on the marble benches to listen to the calming sound of water flowing from the fountain
His hands shifting and turning to create illusionary magic
A rabbit hopping through the air in streams of starlight
Like the white rabbit of Alice in wonderland, then slowly leading you to the land of dreams
The next morning you wake up in your bed as if nothing happened
The only proof of the night before being the flower crown he made for you to match the one you made him still on your head
Woven in messy hair
Other times you show him to the library but not before a small detour to the kitchen
Taking the secret stash of Alfred’s beloved cookies to snack on as you read together by the fire
Your duvet blanket wrapped around the two of you and was dragged halfway across the mansion floor
Surely leaving a small trail of feathers in its wake that’ll lead Alfred to you in the morning
And depending on if Damien is there that night you go to knock on his door
Your brother in everything but blood opening his door and inviting the two of you in
Thankfully Damien’s bed was renovated to be big enough to fit him and his pets
So the three of you can laze on it comfortably without being pressed for space
Sometimes a board game is pulled out
Other times you all just talking until passing out
And sometimes when you fall asleep first both he and Damien talk heart to heart
About what exactly your not privy to
But your just happy both get along so well after the bumpy meeting
Sometimes Bruce calls you along with the justice league if they need your help with him
Honestly it’s flattering and funny at the same time
You can’t help but feel a bit bad for his teammates who see your pastels and instantly known that Klarion is gonna pull out the battle in an instant
He used to complain about it
But now the minute you show up and politely chid him for nearly exploding a building he snaps his fingers and things are back to normal
And then he teleports you away to hang out as per usual
Is this usual to everyone but yourself and him and maybe Damien? Highly
But do you care? Not exactly when you have a friend
And also end up helping Bruce/dad
To be honest your still unused to calling him dad yet
You definitely view him as your dad, he’s been the only one besides Rigel to fill that role
But it’s weird saying it aloud
Of carving it in stone
Putting it to paper
Saying how you feel and being emotionally intimate when you’d built up walls and barriers
Opening up is still hard for you, even after various times you had let people in
You’d think it would get easier to open the gate around your heart but there’s always a hint of hesitation each time
Like a twitch in your fingers
A whisper in your mind
Because you care for people
You care about your new family, your friends, Klarion included
And it’s hard each time to feel the guilt of hesitation
Because it isn’t them but it’s you
You feel it now as you sit atop the top of Gotham
Watching the skyline as the cool air blows past
You wish to be open
To speak your mind and break down the walls but it feels so hard in the moment
So odd showing your hand
The cards up your sleeve
Opening the always shut door
How do you even introduce that? Hey here’s my heartfelt feelings
Each time you’ve done it beforehand it’s felt so awkward
So weird starting off
And then you get emotional
And start getting teary eyed and people ask if your ok and that makes you break-
Klarion is the one who starts first
It comes from nowhere, like a sudden burst of chaos that makes sense for him and a surprise for you
He explains to you that “when I gaze at you i see mortality incarnate”
Something that will last moments to him in his life yet will haunt him for the rest of eternity
Like a glass doll that will inevitably break and yet in its fragility holds incomprehensible beauty
A blazing fire that’ll eventually burn out yet it’s gentle warmth lingers
A memory never forgotten and always there even if the moments is long gone
He’s lived so long and will continue to live even when your long gone
He’s similar to Rigel in that regard
Something and someone so consequential that they’ll last millions of years
You’d only become important from chance compared to him and many others
They were born great, with powers or had qualities that made them special
You became a magical girl because Rigel picked you by chance (or at least that’s how you felt)
And yet here’s a lord of chaos, an god in almost human form saying you were important
That you were special besides your powers
He explains to you that he’s met many magic users
Some competent others masters
Yet none were like you
But what was initial the thing that drew him in didn’t matter
One day he would’ve forgot, it would’ve faded from his chaos filled brain eventually
But what remains is you
Not the magic, the thing that made you special
But you
Just you at your most plain and simple
It wasn’t the magical girl who saves Gotham from an invisible force that not even he could fight
Not the frills and magical transformations or weapons
Not the limited magical abilities that could make you level a building easily
It was just you
All the times you’d shown him through the streets of Gotham
The willingness to explain to him concepts of humanity he didn’t understand
The kindness in your gaze when he shows you his true form without a hint of apprehension
“And it’s there” he says that he comes to value you for all your worth, humans for all their worth
Because despite their fate set in stone
The fact that they can die so easily compared to just about everything in the galaxy
Despite it all they shine the brightest somehow
Because beings like himself have hundreds of millions of years to do something with their lives
To shine slowly and at a snails pace becomes stars
But humans with their short lives make the most of it all
They may die but in those terminally short years to others in this large universe they become a supernova
And their impact is heard and felt across time and space itself
Because sometimes despite it all an ant can move a mountain and that’s a whole lot more impressive than when a god does it
And an ant doing it will always be more impactful when it knows that at the end it’ll die moving that mountain
But does it anyways
“This…may be be a weird question but in a hundred years when I’m dead and gone…will you remember me?” You ask this in a moment of fragility, looking up to the smoggy night sky. Distantly you see the small glimmer of starlight hundreds of millions of lightyears away behind the pollution. “Even if I’m a blip in the grand scheme of things”
Klarion looks to those same stars, with a swipe of his hand the sky clears. For the first time in a hundred years Gotham sees the natural night sky. The dark navy blue of midnight and the hundreds of thousands of speckles of light dot the sky. “I will, somehow you humans make longer impacts than any creature I’ve ever met. For better or worse” it’s spoken in sincerity as he looks with you at the night, and distantly he chooses a star and decides that it’s you. A star he’ll one day look at when your dead and gone, a star that might already be dead and fizzled out and yet its light and impact still crosses the galaxy hundreds of thousands of years later to still shine, to still meet his eyes in the infinite dark if night.
A star that he would nurture and protect
To keep its light from going out
A star that one day he’ll clutch closely as the universe comes to a close from natural causes or the ravenous mouths of the creatures you fight
He says his piece and opens the way to say your own.
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alanaartdream · 4 months ago
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Sketches before bed with my ideas of Fairy Timmy and nicktoons unite /
Jimmy
Timmy power hour
Might add some more to this in the morning but here
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Was going with Jimmy trying to figure out how Timmy’s universe functions so he can better help Timmy learn to use his new powers better
It’s also around this time (well more like when Timmy was missing (getting turned into a fairy) and had to go looking for where Timmy went) that he realised he was rather found of Timmy (also didn’t help when one gets turned into a fairy one tends to get cuter than they were before; and we all know Timmy had the baby girl vibes before he was turned into a fairy so now he’s just dripping those vibes now when before he was just giving out a few hints of it)
Now unlike when he studies ghosts from Danny’s universe Jimmy cannot help but be extremely careful now while he’s trying to study fairies that pop in now to ask for photos of Timmy and Poof/peri before Wanda goes mama bear on them and shoos them away while cosmo hides Timmy & Peri/poof behind him
Or Jorgen comes checking in to make sure everything going well or my fairy oc comes checking in making sure Timmy handing the change to forever fairy now and teaching him a few things she had to do to get use to the change (she ends up acting like a big sister and Jorgen like a Uncle) Jorgen will have things to help test out both Timmy & peri’s powers most of the time while felicity will now only have helpful advice will sometimes bring comics manga for them she thinks they’ll be interested in
(( now Wanda makes sure both Timmy & peri/poof get all the help they need with their schooling so Jimmy / Danny are at their schools (or college in Danny’s case) Timmy & peri go to fairy school; also to keep Wanda happy to let Timmy visit his lab he sometimes offers to tutor Timmy a little bit helping Timmy become more of a C-B grades kinda student with math and science (witch is much more than that crazy Cocker could ever hope for being as he just liked to Fail Timmy all the time) )
To Jimmy now that Timmy is a fairy 🧚‍♀️ it’s like the first time he’s actually gets a proper look at fairies; Jimmy’s trying not to think too much on why he’s so interested in trying to understand how fairies work all of the sudden until Carl pops into the laboratory results in Wanda Cosmo & poof/peri to magically transform themselves into lab equipment while Timmy who’s not had the chance yet to practice transformation magic yet ends up diving into Jimmy’s hair to hide
So Jimmy has to lead Carl out of his laboratory without giving him hints About Timmy Wanda cosmo peri/poof being there but this ends up taking awhile because Carl came over because he needed some help on a school math homework test thing and being as Carl has been his friend for ages Jimmy isn’t the type to say no to his good friends so helps him so when Carl finally leaves it’s pretty late in the day so Timmy has fallen asleep in Jimmy’s hair while Wanda cosmo and poof/peri were sleeping as lab equipment so Jimmy has to gently get Timmy out of his hair and gets a closer look at him as a fairy and part of Jimmy thinks Timmy looks so tiny and vulnerable and like some kinda instinct that he needs to protect Timmy seems to come over him
But then Wanda & Cosmo wakes up so he quickly hands Timmy over to his fairy parents to cover up how he couldn’t help but stare at tiny fairy Timmy in his hands while Wanda & Cosmo are just awing over sleeping Timmy and peri struggling each other in their sleep in their arms while they bit Jimmy goodbye and head back to fairyworld to put the boys to bed not taking note of that Jimmy lost in his own thoughts while they poof away
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abrakuxas · 6 months ago
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Should I do a part 2 with Lilith, Mal, Gnarrk Karen and Duela?
Hey, it's the Teen Titans!
My iteration of the fab5 with both Donna's costumes
Current headcanons of this version:
- Dick Grayson | Robin (14): mostly the same but I'd say he kinda forced Bruce to accept him. Bruce kept saying he would deal with Zucco with his billionaire influence but Dick would not accept it, telling Bruce he can and would escape the mansion to take revenge. When Bruce noticed Dick would end up in the same path as him, he decided it would be best to guide him through it and that having an adult around to help him do it right is better than letting him do it alone with no training and Dick would 100% do it alone if necessary.
- Wally West | Kid Flash (14): I'll be honest, I don't think I have any relevant or little difference in my head for Wally. Mostly because I haven't read him outside of Titans comics and I think he's cool there. He starts off a little annoying but then he drops off and as Flash he is just a great friend to Dick and everyone so idk?? Not enough knowledge about him.
- Garth | Aqualad (13): My immediate headcanon for Garth is him already being able to use hydrokinesis. I feel like he'd be the youngest and least experienced of them along with Donna as both of them came from other places and are still learning about other cultures and all that. He has particular beef with Roy who mocks his whole dependency of water thing but he comes to learn that Roy is just trying to feel better about his insecurity as Garth is not only capable of doing magic but also being raised underwater means he is actually very very strong while Roy feels shooting arrows makes him the weakest member of the group so messing with the youngest kid, the fish out of water makes him feel more powerful. I'd say Garth and Donna would be easy friends as they know about each other's culture far more. Garth is also the wisest and calmest of them, I'd say but when he does get angry it's a very scary thing as his magic powers are no joke.
- Donna Troy | Wonder Girl (14): Donna Troy is a mystery. She's not the only child in Themyscira as Amazons here are quite capable of having children with each other (hello, DC comics, you don't need to make them r*pists if your canonize trans Amazons. They can literally just have women centered pregnancies without magic or abusing men for it), but Donna was adopted by none other than Queen Hippolyta. As far as she knows, Wonder Woman saved her from a burning building but after never finding her parents and sensing something different about her, she decided to take her back home where they found out Donna is not only quite similar to Amazons, but quite similar to Diana specifically... But Donna is NOT an Amazon, nor a clone. Donna was created by the Titans of myth, from clay to life, just as Diana once was, she was named Troia by them as she was designed to work similarly as the Trojan Horse, infiltrating the Amazons and eventually growing into their champion to destroy the gods and free them from Tartaros. What they did not expect is that Donna would follow Diana's footsteps and go to men's world in her younger years where she would meet her best friends and learn not to be a warrior but a human girl. She is a great fighter, of course, the strongest of the team, she became fast friends with them and even thought at first they could even be demigods: Aqualad had power over water and came from Poseidon's Atlantis, Kid Flash ran like Hermes, Robin was a strategist as Athena and that Speedy boy? His bow and arrow and handsomeness could only be taken from Apollo, right? It took a while for Donna to learn about humanity and teenagers but she fell in love with that world, even developing her own sense of style and fashion, changing a lot from the Amazon warrior into a teenage girl. A superhero teenage girl. (Maybe I'll develop this more with her transformation into Troia later down the line)
- Roy Harper | Speedy (15): My biggest headcanon is that Roy's mother (who as far as I know we have no info about) was Navajo and died in childbirth. Roy's dad raised him until dying saving Brave Bow and Brave Bow took Roy and raised him knowing who his mother was. I'd just like to make him a little bit less of the white guy raised by natives trope that lots of golden age comics did for some reason. Well, Roy here was not much different, eventually being adopted by Ollie and training with him and Dinah. In the Team, Roy is the rival to Dick. He is flirty, a showoff and wants really bad to be a badass not only to impress Donna but to come on top of Robin as he feels GA and Batman are rivals and so should they as the only regular humans on the team and at points he even denies being part of the Titans, only being at the same place at the same time. After his insecurities and anxieties take him to a dangerous path and conflict with Ollie, he learns to warm to the Titans as friends and family after they take care of him and don't judge him, trying their best to help and understand him.
What do you guys think? :)
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foone · 11 months ago
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So I watched @atopfourthwall 's latest (and possibly last!) History of Power Rangers (Cosmic Fury) and I have to say that I'm very happy to learn that Power Rangers said Trans Rights.
But... It seems like they could have definitely done it better, easily: just make the alien who hates being in a human body have a different gender of human body (than their alien form). Then you don't need to do anything extra in the dialogue, but now the "trans rights" subtext is much clearer.
Or hey, remember that you're a show about TEENAGERS THAT TRANSFORM INTO NEW BODIES. You've basically had a built in trans allegory, you just need to use it.
Introduce a new side character in the ranger's civilian life. A coworker or fellow student or something. Then you introduce a Sixth Ranger character: mysterious and powerful! And you have them be different genders... And then when the rangers finally befriend them, you reveal that they're the same person! A teenage girl who morphs into a man, or a teenage boy who morphs into a woman.
You could even have someone ask if it's weird that they switch genders when morphing, and they go "at first, but then I realized I really like it. Now it feels weird to not be morphed."
And then in the finale you tie it all together: they make a big sacrifice in the fight against the bad guy, and then get restored by The Morphing Grid or whatever. Except now their unmorphed form matches their morphed gender, they got a magic transition.
Bonus points if you brought this up beforehand in the penultimate episode: have them say that they're gonna miss being able to morph after they finally defeat the local gravely-voiced bad guy, since then they'll have to give up their morpher and won't get to be their morphed form anymore. The ranger they're talking to goes like "yeah... I'm gonna kinda miss being this powerful!" because they don't get why they like being morphed.
Extra bonus points: in your season requisite clip show, have it be dream-based... And show that, a la Batman in Batman Beyond not calling themselves "Bruce" in their head, their dream self is the morphed form, while the other rangers are in their civilian mode. You could even use this as part of the plot: they're attacked by some kind of dream monster, which is trying to defeat them in their dreams like Freddy Krueger. The rangers are powerless in their dreams, until they manage to meet up with the sixth ranger, who is morphed in their dream, and thus able to fight the monster, while the other rangers use their dreams to help out: flashing back to great moments in the season, with the dream monster greenscreened in.
(Help, I'm writing fanfic for a show I don't watch!)
Anyway... It just seems they could have easily done quite a bit better without making it too obvious to the point where it feels like a PSA.
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lemongrasstea1677 · 23 days ago
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Ghouls turns into Demons that Grants Wishes
i have a theory that the demons that ghouls made a wish on are ghouls themselves, and just turned into a demon that can grant a wish in exchange for something in return. (like how Luca's wish somehow took away his brother) and someday the ghouls we are with now will turn to demons like those someday
it's basically like madoka magica the magical girls turn into witches themselves once their seed goes muddy and dark but in tkdb once the wishes has been fullfilled i think they soon will turn slowly into a demon (i am theorizing that Towa's eyes is somehow part of the transformation and Taiga's hunger and amnesia from time to time yet somehow getting knowledge is also a process of becoming a demon)
the stigma they get from these wishes is some sort of a boon on what kind of demon they'll be, like for example during MC's first enhancement on Luca, it seems that Kaito, MC and Romeo saw what creature Luca's stigma is but somehow Luca doesn't seem to see it but feel it instead of how powerful it is (in his 2nd affinity chat the MC pointed out how glad she is that hus stigma creature is protecting him and he says that he doesn't know what the MC is talking about and blamed the language barrier because he thinks he somehow still doesn't understand japanese fully yet, i also kinda theorize that its the demon that granted Luca's wish)
and this whole "The Champion" deal would probably be the person who'd rid of these demons/aka ghouls, this extends to how normal people becomes curses themselves once infected and the theory that anomalies are products or remnants of curses that had been destroyed or somehow produced by the curses themselves.
(if someone can point out something from this theory lmk cuz itd be crazy if this was the case and its the reason why the boy you'll choose in the prologue commits because he doesn't want to turn into a demon)
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nanami1chu · 8 months ago
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I’m sorry for any spelling errors!!
I just wanna put this out here, I been dreaming about for like two weeks it’s like a series in my head. So this happens when Alastor was still alive, he falls in love with a woman who was a bit younger than him, she was a sweet doll. They slept together once!(sexually, they were each others first) But they were never officially a couple, Alastor wanted to but hasn’t made a move on it (cuz he was busy killing). So after they slept together she founds out she’s pregnant, since she was younger than him she was scared to tell him because they weren’t even in a relationship and didn’t want to ruin his career and reputation,  (she kinda knew what he did at night another reason why she was scared that he was gonna hurt her or the baby, still loved him)  but she was just scared so she told her family and her family sent her way and she never told Alastor. He was kinda of heartbroken when he found out couple days later that she moved away. Her family wouldn’t give him any information where or how to contact her. So he never saw her again. 
That’s the basics of it! 
Anywho, so she’s pregnant with twins one boy one girl (girl looked like her mom while the boy is a copy of their father), Alastor dies 3 week later when the twins where born, a hard working single mother. She did talk about their father to her kids and what he was like also looked like with the one picture she had. Years later mother dies of a sickness when the twins are 18 years old. (Mother goes to heaven)
The point of this is that the twins took up, dark magic, same as their father, but didn’t know that he did that to.
(Idk why but I like the names Maddie(boy) and Louisa(girl) for the twins, the boy is older by a couple minutes or months idk how the twin thing works )
By now the twins are 20 years old and for some reason Lou (short for Louisa) wants to know more about the mysterious Alastor, who is known to be their father. So she’s going through looking for information, anything about him. She just feels a little sad she never got a dad like the other girls she went to school with or when in middle school she couldn’t go to the Father daughter dance. She just wanted a little bit of a father figure while Maddie wasn’t really interested in knowing about their father, he sees their “father” as a guy who’s just a guy.
(As you can see both Daddy issues in two different ways, Maddie more of a mommy’s boy also was very protective of their mother when alive, and sister. Promising his mother to look after his sister) 
I have more to this but I wanna get into what kind of powers the twins have.
Louisa ability is more of a witch more like the Scarlet witch but she’s more a soft girl so she doesn’t really use it for evil. She very more connected to nature (like kiri from Avatar). She is the kindest person you’ll meet, she’s every understanding about others (she’s someone you can talk to without feeling judged) she doesn’t really care if she’s hurt physically, but emotionally not just to her but to the ones she loves… things get dark.
Maddie is more of a… fuck around and found out will inflict pain on you for just looking at them or his sister in the wrong way , like Alastor smiles a lot too, I wouldn’t say he’s soft but he’s very aware of his emotions but it’s hard for him to talk about it( rather suffer in silence)  ability is… it’s kind a like Alastor, but not really, but the form of it is also a Wendigo. he does know dark magic like spells, but he transforms into a beast like a Wendigo. (yk how Alastor and his shadow are like “friends?” They talk to each other and stuff) well Maddie has that too but it’s not a shadow kinda more a (venom) thing of his Wendigo who is his friend and they are bound together.
I have more but I can’t put it into words for right now Alastor does come up in this and meets the twins but this right here is more about them
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fuedalreesespieces · 10 months ago
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one of their downtimes in the present after school, kagome braids inuyasha's hair (twins, french, dutch, etc.) while they watch magical girl anime. inuyasha is surprisingly into it (the anime and having his hair played with)
oh, you are so right about this.
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"So he's the other guy?"
Kagome's fingers raked through his hair, parting it in two. He had no idea what she was doing, but it felt nice. So nice, in fact, that his attention was starting to wane from the television screen in front of him, if that was possible.
"Sort-of," Kagome amended, bringing a comb to the right side of his hair. Silver locks spilled down his shoulders, brushing against the enormous bowl of potato chips they shared. "He's kinda like a vessel for him, but he doesn't know it."
"Geez," Inuyasha grumbled. "All that power and he doesn't even know it exists."
Kagome let out an airy laugh. On screen, the boy called Yukito transformed into Yue. The bright colors fascinated him just as much as the feeling of Kagome's hands carding through his hair. He didn't quite get the concept of animation until she made him an example and even then, that simple jumping ball she'd created was leagues away from...whatever this was.
How did this even get on the screen, anyway? He'd suspected there was someone trapped in the back, but the box was much too tiny for even a kit like Shippo, and it was all clogged up with tangled wires. She'd explained the broadcasting system to him, but he still didn't understand how waves could translate to pictures. Eventually he'd given up on working out the concept, and his confusion never kept him from settling under her gentle hands and letting the story unfold in front of them.
She'd called it anime, a category for the style of art and animation used in the show they were watching, and Inuyasha had to admit it was wildly entertaining. Convoluted plots be damned, the fights were terribly engaging. Sota had told him that the sort of shows Kagome dragged him into were called magical girl anime, and which thereafter prompted a giggle from the younger boy. Inuyasha didn't quite get the joke, if there was one to be had. The way he saw it, the magical girls were just like the metal golems ("Mechs," Sota had corrected him) in the things Sota liked to watch - albeit better dressed.
On screen, Yue spoke, voice eerily cold compared to his counterpart. A chill ran down Inuyasha's spine. "He looks like Sesshomaru," he muttered.
Kagome finished one his braids and peered over his ears, her chin digging into his shoulder as she leaned in to see what she'd missed. "You know...I haven't really thought about it, but he sort of does. Minus the angel wings, of course." At Inuyasha's bark of laughter, she inched closer and smirked. "Think he'd make a good magical girl?"
An image of Sesshomaru wearing a skirt seemed to enter their minds at the same time, and upon making eye contact, they both collapsed in a fit of laughter. "Evil," he said between breaths, "absolutely fuckin' evil, what you just said."
"I was merely asking a question," she said innocently, her grin wicked. "But now that I think about it, I think you'd fit in better than him."
"Me?" he said incredulously.
"Why not? You've got a weapon-"
"A massive sword, not a magic wand-"
"-transformations-"
"One of 'em is useless and the other kills people-"
"You are not useless," she said immediately. "You're wonderful just as you are."
He was thankful the room was dark. "Kagome-"
"All you really need," she said, "is a change of clothes. Have you ever even been out of the Fire Rat?"
He scoffed. "Why should I? It's my armor. Why, you suggestin' I wear your clothes?" His attention returned to the television, where Yue was drawing an arrow back, but Kagome's ridiculous smile quickly emerged in his vision. She'd finished his hair and had come to sit beside him, fiddling with one of the two braids she'd done.
"Well...I do have an old school uniform-"
"No."
"Oh, come on, Inuyasha! Please?"
"I'm not wearing one of your skirts!" he shouted, face as bright as a plucked tomato.
"But I just finished your hair!"
"And what the hell does that have to do with it?"
"You would look good, I promise!" she assured. "Nobody's around."
"Your entire family is in the house, Kagome."
"And I'm sure they would all support your decision to finally be the magical girl you were born to be."
He rolled his eyes and twisted his head so she couldn't tempt him with that smile of hers. "You're crazy."
She slipped into his view and batted her eyelashes. "For me?"
"Woman, if you don't-"
"Please, Inuyasha?"
He told himself not to look. Her voice alone couldn't tempt him. He thought of happy things in his mind, like ramen, or cooked steak, but the image of her sad, droopy eyes kept tainting the images, and when he eventually cracked one eye open, she was still kneeling in front of him, hands clasped and wide, grey eyes lit up like silver by the artificial light of the television. The decision to keep staring at her, like a stubborn fool, damned him. She had him wrapped around her finger the second he chose not to close his eyes - or perhaps he'd been doomed to agree from the start.
Either way, all paths lead to him wearing the skirt.
"Oh my god," Kagome whispered. "Oh my god."
"Shut up," he snapped. The waistline was too tight, but he'd somehow managed it. The outfit he wore was simply a spare uniform she had stashed away in case hers was ripped up in the feudal realm, but she insisted that plenty magical girls wore similar clothing (did the schools purposefully let their girls dress up as magical girls?) At her request, he'd worn a pair of elbow length gloves, boots, and "Happy?"
"Oh, Inuyasha," she sighed, and his face turned another shade of red. "You have no idea."
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moonlightreal · 3 months ago
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The Mermaid Magic post
I guess Rainbow needed a show to prove they could still make shows with season 9 taking so long, so they made a little Netflix-length thing called Mermaid Magic. And it’s good fun!
And, I think, it’s the practice run for season 9.
Mermaid Magic stars young mermaids Merlinda, Sasha and Nerissa. Merlinda is the princess of Mertropia, and is basically Bloom with different hair. Her color scheme is even aqua and pink. She’s brave and determined and when she discovers that her father and the kingdom are in danger she heads to the mystic portal to Earth to find the magic pearls they need.
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Sasha has the name they almost gave Stella, and she’s kind of an airhead and very social media obsessed. Sasha also gets the most derp faces. The animation is quite good in general but when it does go wrong it seems to always go wrong by stretching Sasha’s face in weird ways. Sasha has a pet merpuppy named Beau Junior who runs around being cute.
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Nerissa is leader of the royal guard and the princess’ bodyguard. She’s athletic and very protective of Merlinda. And yeah, she’s kinda Aisha.
I really like the look of the show. Yeah, Sasha gets weird-face but in general the characters are able to make facial expressions and have some body language. The male characters are noticeably less good than the female ones, so I’m not sure how the Specialists are gonna look. There are a lot of background citizens in Mertropia and they all look different from each other so that’s good. And it’s pretty! The transformations when the girls turn into their warrior form are really good! Their magical girl-ed up tridents look great!
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When I first was the warrior mermaid forms my thought was, “Ooh, I hope the Winx get a transformation like that!” and… wish granted, in the video we talked about last time! Now my wish is, “I hope the Winx get transformations that AREN’T like that, eventually!” The look is very structured and warriorish, so this CG can definitely handle something like Bloomix. But softer looks like Enchantix? We’ll have to wait and see if the animation program can handle something that looks like softer fabric.
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As for the story of Mermaid Magic, it is in a word, predictable. Not one single thing happened that I didn’t see coming a mile away. Gee, I wonder if they’ll get rescued by a cute human boy? Gee I wonder if they’ll find themselves having to go to human school and be humorously fish-out-of-water? Gee I wonder if there will be signs of Merlinda’s lost Mom? Gee, I wonder if they’ll do a bit of idol singer-ing sooner or later?” “Gee, I wonder if that mysterious merman is Merlinda’s uncle?” So yeah, the story didn't surprise me or wow me or even make me laugh, but it was a nice chill time watching the tropes unroll. I do hope Winx doesn’t go quite THIS predictable though. The joy of Winx is how it does dumb stuff with style and panache and that’s why it’s the show I love!
Mermaid Magic is ten episodes. It does tell a complete story but there are some threads left dangling for a second season, and I hope it gets one. In the last episode we have one villain still undefeated, Merlinda’s mother still missing, and the school’s mean girl just discovered our heroines are mermaids.
And I think this mean girl will have a big part in future seasons, because she has interesting hair.
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So since I had good luck predicting season one, I’ll have a go at predicting season 2! The remaining villainess will recruit the mean girl and give her a magic doodad that turns her into a mermaid. They’ll start making trouble and the cute boy and his sister will call their mermaid friends to come help. Then... hmm... Merlinda's going to want to get her mother's magic ring back from the villain and well, of course in the end they find Merlinda's mother. Yeah. Now we can wait and see if I'm right or not!
My friend Lisa over at The Princess Blog is more of an actual professional blogger than I am, here’s what she thought of Mermaid Magic.
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neonmetro · 3 months ago
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OMG MERMAID MELODY ?????? OMG IM GOING TO FUCKING EXPLODE I LOVE THAT SHOW SO FUCKING MUCH. AND SHUGO CHARA......OH BROTHER... THOSE TWO I LOVE SOOOO MUCH AS A KID BUT COULD NEVERR FIND THE TITLES FOR THEM BECAUSE I COULD ONLY FIND EPISODES ON YOUTUBE RIGHT ?? BUT HOLY SHIT MY NEW SCHOOL ACTUALLY HAS LIKE 10 FUCKING BOOKS OF SHUGO CHARA IM THEIR LIBRARY AND I LOST MY SHIT OVER IT ( I'm literally such a die hard for Shugo chara I'm so glad someone shares the love for it like I do )
IM PRECURE WAS LITERALLY MY LIFE I FEAR.........I've watched every single one and ohhh boy 😭😭😭😭 AND IVE WANTED THE TOYS SINCE I WAS LITTLE.....BUT THEIR SO EXPENSIVE ONLINE !!!!!!! *shakes fist in the sky* BUT GLITTER FORCE WAS DEFINITELY INTERESTING ? SO SAY THE LEAST LMAO *cries*
I remember when I first watched madoka magica......God bless I cried so much ( I still loved it though ) I tried to watch it a second time and completely forgot my little sister was in the room LMAO and had to turn it off because she got scared 😞😞😞😞
But another mahou shojo I LOVE TO DEATH is Ojamajo doremi. THAT TOOK UP ALOT OF MY CHILDHOOD......I JUST LOVE THE WAY THEY TRANSFORMMMMM THE MUSIC AND EVERYTHING IS SO AWESOME AND JUST SO...RAHHHHHH
I also have the card captor sakura Clow cards sitting in my room rn.....( and up to book 6 of sailor moon ) I stare at it everyday THEIR SO PRETTY. I also have sailor moon figures and I sailor moon.... GUYS, I THINK PARIS ANON LIKE MAGICAL GIRL....!!!!!
while I'm on this may, I recommend some precure you might like based on other magical girl shows you seem interested in.......
Star twinkle precure - I LOVE THIS ONE SOOOO MUCH.....it's about a girl who meets an alien girl, and it's so sweet *wipes tear in yuri* the way they transform is to DIEEE FOR. they draw out their transformations while singing, and it's AWESOME they also collect zodiac pins and can transform into said Zodiac :3
Go ! Princess Precure - this one kinda reminded me of pitchi pitchi mermaid melody for some reason.....probably because theirs a mermaid cure but ANYWAYS it's about a girl who goes to an elite school and it's so awesome, especially with the princess theme
Kira Kira al a mode - this one is about food.....which is so awesome it's about how food provides happiness and if you don't put love into the food you make then the world becomes sad....( they also run a cafe similar to Tokyo mew mew ) they are also based on animals :3
Heart catch - that one is always everyone's favorite, and I swear anyone who has watched precure has recommended this one first. It's honestly just peak
I COULD RECOMMEND THE WHOLE FRANCHISE BUT.......THANK YOU NEON I LOVE RANTING ABOUT MAGICAL GIRLS.....
-paris anon
SHUGO CHARA LEGIT CHANGED MY BRAIN CHEMISTRY. THE SHEER STYLE AND TOPICS THAT THEY DELVE INTO (that aren't about that fuck ass emo cat) ARE DONE SO WELL....
PRECURE LOOKS SO FUCKING GOOD 😢😭😭😭 i really need to watch it but idk if it has a dub and my little goldfish needs it to be dub otherwise i get bored.... (so um. that's why i watched glitter force .)
THE TOYS ARE GENUINELY SO COOL LIKE i got 4 big ones but these are the ones i can immediately find)
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YEAH THAT'S THE UNFORTUNATE PART OF PMMM YOU WILL IN FACT GET TRAUMATIZED IF YOU'RE TOO YOUNG AND BE SCARED OF PEAK...
OHHH I SAW DOREMI BEFORE .... tbh taiwan has so much gacha of it ??? didn't know it was so popular there but their designs are sooo cutes
SAILOR MOON COVERS IS GENUINELY SO PEAK. i got a random assortment...?? idk i also got 2 vols of the japanese ver but their covers are of my fav characters so its so awesome
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OHHH MY GOD SAILOR MOON FIGURES...... THAT SOUNDS SO AWESOMEEE SAKURA MERCH IS SOOO PRETTYYYY like how do they do it. what crack cocaine do they feed those merch artists
been thinking about getting some bc i just rewatched crystal but also I Don't Think I Have The Room for more figures lol...
I'LL DEF HAVE TO CHECK THESE SHOWS OUTTTTT TY PARIS ANON FOR THE RECOMMENDATIONS!!!! houghhgg you got me at mermaid and zodiac i am a SUCKER for that stuff I NEED MORE FRILLY MAGICAL GIRLS I'VE BEEN DEPRIVED OF IT FOR TOO LONG (RIPS OFF MY SHIRT
(QUICK EDIT I JUST READ THE 2ND ASK)
OFCCC I LOVE HEARING OTHER PEOPLE RANT ABOUT MAHOU SHOUJO ITS SO NICE TO TALK TO OTHERS ABOUT THIS AWESOME GENRE.......
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Please please please tell me more about Dziady
Okay this took me waaay to long and it will be several far-too-verbose posts (i'm really sorry but that's what you get for asking about my special interest lol). So anyway fasten your seatbelts, my man, cause you're in for a ride, you'll love this one!
1. Cultural/Historical/Political Context
Dziady, or Forefather's Eve, is an ancient (?) Slavic ritual held on October 31st. It was originally Pagan and had to do with summoning with the dead. Since Poland is a Christian country (I'll die on this hill), the very beginning of its existence being its baptism, after Poles became Christians, the Pagan rituals naturally got ✨Christified✨. Dziady, then, as All Hallow's Eve, became about helping souls in purgatory reach Heaven. Seems all fine and good, right? The only problem was, it still was spiritual seances and magic basically, and it wasn't held by a Christian priest but instead by a Guślarz (for some reason translated as "Wizard" in English versions??? lol), who was kinda like a Slavic shaman.
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Now for the history, in XVIII and XIX century Poland was partitioned by Russia, Prussia (Germany) and Austria. It meant that formally it didn't exist as a country, it was erased from the maps - but as a nation it continued to live in the hearts of its people for over a hundred years before we regained our independence after WWI. The four part Dziady play was written in XIX century, Polish Romanticism, a time of bards, prophets, dreamers, and revolutionists, and in itself it was an act of defiance to the occupants.
2. Summary (yes the order is weird, no one knows why)
Dziady II
People of the town hold a Dziady ritual. A few spirits come and state their needs - two children who never experienced anything difficult in life get a bitter mustard seed, an evil lord who made poor people die of hunger and now is torn apart by them in the form of wild birds doesn't get anything as he's beyond help for now, and a girl who selfishly rejected every boy who loved her and never made any meaningful human connection (i'm giving the author the benefit of doubt here) gets a reassurance that after two years she will reach Heaven. With Dziady nearly finished, suddenly there comes a weird, spooky spirit who doesn't act like he's supposed to, doesn't obey commands, and follows one of the girls...
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Dziady IV
In this one we find out the spirit's name is Gustaw, he's a young poet from the town in unrequited love with the girl he followed, Maryna. Due to being so dead inside and to a suicide attempt (it's a little unclear how it ended?) he's in between being dead and alive and thus can attend Dziady as a spirit. He visits a priest who used to teach him when he was a child to wallow in his woes and whine that all women are evil (he's cringe in this one but we still love him) and to ask the priest not to fight the Dziady tradition. The Church condemned it as a Pagan ritual but Gustaw insists it's one of the things that keep Polish nation together during the occupation.
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Dziady I
Another Dziady ritual is held but this time it's Gustaw's turn to be visited and followed by a spirit of a mysterious, spooky girl. Unfortunately, this work was never finished so we don't know who the girl is, what happens next, or even when it all falls in Dziady timeline :(
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Dziady III. Poema
Okay this is the longest one and the only one i've seen translated to English so i'll try to be brief and also focus on Gustaw's arc. We have a timeskip, Gustaw is in prison because Russians hate Polish people and want them all dead, gone, and unable to make an(other) uprising. It's in here that Gustaw transforms into Konrad - a new name, a new identity, a whole new self. He talks with his cellmates, they're buddies, they tell each other stories, news from the town, they sing songs. Konrad is hit with ✨bardic inspiration✨, he sings about becoming a vampire and taking revenge, then goes into the (Little) Improvisation about becoming an eagle and battling a black raven - he's in a prophetic trance but faints before he can finish his vision. He's left alone. When he comes around, oh hohoho, he goes into the Great Improvisation!!! It's Hamlet's Soliloquy for Poles, maybe even more than that. In it he achieves the heights of his poetic power, feeling, and love, so he metaphysically flies before the throne of God to plead for his people. He wants to rule over souls like God does to make the world a better place. Not receiving an answer, he starts blaspheming out of desperation. He faints just before speaking the worst offence and is then possessed by the devil and exorcized by the prison priest, Fr. Piotr, a bernardine monk. The demon tells the priest about another prisoner who is heavily tempted and needs his help, Jan Rollison. It's also revealed that it was Mother Mary who saved Konrad from offending God because he'd defended Her in an earlier scene ❤️ Then we have three other visions: a little patriot girl gets a sweet and cutesy one about flowers (it's got a beautiful line about St. John), Fr. Piotr gets a prophetic one in which he sees Poland crucified as the Christ of Nations that will resurrect eventually and by its suffering bless all other nations, along with a hero through which it will come - the mysterious Fourty-and-Four, and lastly the Russian Senator gets a haunting nightmare from demons about his falling out of grace with the Tsar. Then there's the Warsaw Salon and the Ball at Senator's, scenes filled with conversations about politics and revolutions, more stories, and a lot of Russians' hypocrisy. We find out Janek Rollison is tortured and was nearly killed by his tormentors who claimed his defenestration was a suicide attempt. His mother comes with Fr. Piotr to plead for him, but the Senator is cruel and unyielding, even the priest's warnings of divine punishment don't sway him. During the ball one of Senator's evil subordinates/"friends" dies, struck by lightning attracted by silver Russian coins (a Judas reference). Senator is prophecised to die, too. Just then Konrad is lead by two soldiers to be banished, his worst fear becoming reality. Though he doesn't remember Fr. Piotr, his heart recognizes him and so he bids him farewell and gives him a ring to sell and give money for the poor. In exchange he receives a prophecy. The last scene is another Dziady ritual, in which we see spirits of Senator and his subordinate, punished by God. Maryna tries to find Gustaw's spirit again but cannot summon him by his old name. At last she sees him in a wagon, his chest riddled with deep, piercing wounds, with a tiny wound on his forehead.
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Epilogue to Part III
Now i don't know this one as well as the others, it's also more of a narrative poem than of a play, but from what i remember it follows a mysterious Pilgrim character on his adventures in foreign lands. To my (and my Polish teacher's hehe) interpretation the pilgrim is Konrad who lost his name and identity after his banishment and now roams the world as a mere no-name pilgrim, unable to create poetry in his language no one understands 💔
3. An English version for you to enjoy!
It's only part III and it's not perfect but i really encourage all of you reading this to give it a go!
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ibusukiss · 1 day ago
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Boueibu Rewatch
Thursday's for the Boys! 9
Boueibu OVA
Here's what I remember: "That took forever! It was lazy, too!"
At least they created a new opening for the OVA
When HK dragged me back into Boueibu after a bit of time that I wasnt super into it (freshman and sophomore year of college) I started back up by listening to the music from the OVA so i kinda associate this OP with HK haha
Atsushi dont say his name
I have never forgotten the thing En says about sakura trees being a graduation thing rather than a beginning of school thing - i think about it every spring when the blooms start up where i live
SEITOKAI ILY
"come take a bath" Ata cover your ears
Kinchan I relate to you so much
i am so glad they put the Zundar bit from the seitokai manga in this!!!!
god i wish Kinchan were in more of the show post-redeem he's so cute
ah yes, the flashbacks hath begun - really makes me wonder why they didnt just make a 24-minute ep
yep theres that kinchan line that represents the whole OVA
AKOYAAAA
i have a newfound appreciation for Io that i didnt expect - hes just so pretty haha
same, ryuu
I...have not heard Akoya's character song in YEARS. It was my fucking ANTHEM in 2015.
this rly shows how little Akoya is in the show T_T
Good looking boy! Precious human being!!!!
I guess this is a good episode for be to muse on character songs bc they are near and dear to my heart
My fav character song awards go to Akoya, Io, En, and Kinchan.
ok...with the recent trailer where Io is definitely older and has a ponytail (which i still am in disbelieve is even happening) - long hair isnt really a hallmark of 'successful business man' in anime. do you think.....he had offscreen character developement? do you think he isnt the money guy anymore????
hotaru really gives the gifts that keep on giving, their lyrics are so choice
"Oh is it that kind of episode?" Unfortunately, Arima
Arima is funny bc the fandom calls everyone their surname except for him - i know very few ppl that call him Ibushi, even Akorima has his family name lmao
EN'S SONG SLAPS
on the note of the recent trailer - the thing is, i dont trust boueibu staff with good-looking adult redesigns. so Im gonna take what they give us and infuse my own flavor where I can. Long hair Io is incredible tho - the last one i expected them to give long hair was him
kinchan's song is the one i can sing the best
oh boy im so glad that took almost 30 minutes :)
thank you En for reiterating that
kinchan is such a great character genuinely - hes so emotional and petty and so obviously repressed (reminds me of another boy i love *ahem*)
pon pon pon pon pon is a good bit
im glad we get to see all the 2nd years as friends
tawarayama sensei is a gilf
kinchan leg is still best transformation
at least there is a little bit more character plot in this ep than a normal one
"your love is in letting things go" has anyone understood what that even means
flying train is such an old anime thing, i remember watching Sasami Magical Girls Club as a kid and thinking the flying train was the coolest shit lol
Way-too-long story time: Kokoro to kokoro de is probs my favorite defense club song - its genuinely really emotional. I have a very meaningful memory involving it: like I mentioned before, HK dragged me back into Boueibu hell when it started airing and i went back and downloaded the OVA songs and that one non-sequitur Summer album. I was driving from college to my dad's house for a weekend and it started POURING rain, the most rain I have ever seen - and this is the Seattle area I'm talking about. It was A LOT of rain. So I'm pretty tense while driving, its dark out and pouring rain, traffic was way too fast for how many cars were on the road going through Renton that evening (google 'renton s-curves') and I'd just put my new boueibu songs playlist on - Ole Lovless Oblige had already played and I was HYPED about how much I already loved the new student council. And then Kokoro to kokoro de comes on - now I had heard it before so I knew it kinda well but i hadnt really emotionally connected with it during the OVA bc, ya know, the OVA was Like That. But with all my excitement about HK, and how heightened my emotions were from the insane weather, I start SOBBING listening to this fuckin song - singing along terribly because im crying so hard, trying my best to not completely fuck up driving. That memory feels like a fuckin emotional rebirth for me, it was a dang catabasis. I genuinely cant explain it - i think being able to feel nothing but unbridled joy and excitement about something despite a very stressful environment did something to me. I have never felt a high like that since LMAO
ANYWAY - next week HK!! and then MOVIE AFTER THAT!! Lets fuckin go!
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queensy-asmodeus123x · 3 days ago
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Part 2 of the previous post!
Bruce went to school, it was awkward at first because of Damian, but eventually it wasn’t so bad, and they actually hang out pretty often, and then eventually Bruce met Damian’s friend Danielle (Danielle is pronounced Daniel btw, and he’s an OC not a canon character, he has ginger hair some freckles and has buck teeth, and also has large round glasses, he is also the same age as dami, and he will be Damian’s love interest-) and they get along well, one day during school, he meets a flying creature that calls itself “chiffon” and she starts telling him about how the world is in danger by a group called “labyrinth” and turns his phone into a transformation device (if you haven’t guessed, I made a Bruce Wayne x precure type of thing, Bruce is a kid that becomes a magical boy, and there are several other Au’s with him as a magical boy but he’s a pre-teen a teen and a kid in all of them, and pls note there is no romance between the girls and Bruce as they see each other as siblings, and for the sake of plot and friendship, the precure shows will take place in the same year, which is 2025) confused as heck, he asked what the labyrinth is, and she explained it was a group of powerful people who wants to take over the world, Bruce decides to trust her, Bruce transforms into a green magical boy, and fights off a bunch of monsters called Nakewameke’s and learned he had becomes something called a Precure, he is confused but since she’s helping him out, he decides to learn more about her, she tells Bruce he was chosen as a Precure to protect the people of earth and became cure kiwi and represents entertainment through the symbol of the question mark, the learns there’s a few other Precure’s and becomes curious and was teleported to there location, he meets cure peach and cure berry and cure pine, they were all pretty surpised to see a boy Cure, chiffon mentions that she’s using her magic to translate what each other are saying, to Bruce they are all speaking English but to the girls they are speaking Japanese, they become friends and starts to learn more about each other, they were surpised to find out he’s from America, and they start asking him questions about what it’s like they’re, he gets kinda overwhelmed and says it’s almost the same as living in Japan but America is way easier to live in if you know the rules and laws, they stopped asking questions and starts to learn more about each other, they were pretty surpised to find out he’s rich as heck, and in the end it was time to leave, they were disappointed by the fact they most likely won’t hang out often bc of how far away he lives, but he assures them he has tons of time to spend with them since he doesn’t have much to do in America except school and spend time at home, but he has tons of free time anyways so it probably won’t get in the way, plus his school has a 4 hour break at school (schools don’t have that much break time, I made the break time like that for the sake of the friendship and the plot) and a crap tons of privacy and his family mostly leaves him alone for an entire day if he ask them too, and won’t bother him unless he tells them he wants to spend time with them again, they trust he knows what he’s doing and also trust he can be safe independent mature and trusted alone, so their moods are lifted, he left and went back to America via teleportation, and doesn’t tells anyone a thing about what happened-
Welp, that’s part 2 of the post, there will most likely to be a part 3 but I’m not so sure, but since I don’t wanna disappoint people with unwanted cliffhangers, I will be adding a pole to see if you want a part 3!
Bye!
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mellowyellow236 · 2 months ago
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Introduction And Masterlist
Introduction And Masterlist
Hello! Thank you for coming to my blog! It’s nice to meet you, or welcome back! 
Requests and asks are open! My dms are also open but I get nervous so you’ll have to message me first for a while <3 Also, please have interacted with me before some other way before going into my dms, I’ve had a lot of scams/bots/weird people dm me in the past.
I mostly write for TWST, but I will also write for Obey Me, Tokyo Debunker, or Genshin. I also have my original characters/worlds I will gladly talk about if you’d like to know. I will write most things, but I draw the line at incest/steepcest, any kind of pedophilia, and smut, with more to be added if necessary. I reserve the right to reject any request that makes me uncomfortable. I mostly write Character x Reader, but I will write Character x Character depending on the pairing/on a case-by-case basis.
Some of my posts are on Ao3, some aren’t, and some are only on my Ao3. Here is my account:
About Me:
Hello!! You may call me my username or any nickname you can think of for it. I don’t like sharing personal information but you’re free to ask about my life, just don’t be surprised if I don’t give an answer. I use she/her pronouns and I’m questioning but probably on the aroace spectrum. My favorite color is pink, I love baking, and my favorite foods are chicken alfredo pasta and Easter Pavlova. <3
Masterlist: 
Twisted Wonderland: 
Headcanons/Drabbles: 
How Would the TWST Boys react to a Yuu/Reader like the “Princess” in their movie? - All NRC Characters except the staff, fluff + angst depending on character 
TWST Boys General Headcanons - Most Characters, fluff + angst depending on character
How would the TWST boys act when they had a crush on the Reader/Yuu? - All Characters minus the staff, fluff
The TWST boys write letters to Yuu/The Prefect! - All Characters minus the staff, fluff + kinda angst depending on character
How Would Ace and Sebek React To A Reader Followed By Animals? (Request) - Fluff, romance
The TWST First Years With A Reader In The Tangled Dance Scene - Fluff, platonic or romantic
TWST First Years Dancing (To APT) With Yuu/The Reader! - Fluff, platonic or romantic
(Most of the links keep breaking for some reason... I periodicallly check and update them, but if you notice one of them is broken, please tell me!)
Fanfics: 
Poor And Fortunate Souls - Azul x Reader, angst/unrequited love  
Seven Chairs - A story featuring multiple creators' Yuusonas, told like a children's book or nursery ryhme.
Meeting (Child) - Manhwa AU 
Playdate Fic - Manhwa AU 
Royally Screwed (1) - Concubine/Royalty AU Pt.2 in progress!
DokiDoki! Wonderland - Magical Girl AU Pt.2in progress!
I made memes once?  I did it a second time for the magical girl AU
That time I drew Chibi Riddle
Yuusona/OC Things: 
Introduction (Yuri)
Yuri Intro #2
Introduction (Yue)
Introduction (Yumi/Yuki)
Yuri Intro for Manhwa AU
Dress Designs! - Manhwa AU
Tokyo Debunker: 
Headcanons/Drabbles: 
N/A
Fanfics: 
i love you. - Kylos x MC, horror poetry 
DND/OC Stories:
A Weeks' Worth of Wakeups - KuriMidi, fluff, ~8000 words
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