#brainplayer

[ar-mage-ddon]

to put it lightly i was possessed

[thetwilightroadtonightfall]

it’s always sunny in scala ad caelum

(s/o to @magechancellor for Trojan’s name :))

[ok4ru]

What if we kiss and we're both from the past?

[dailymailcoid]

Cerita Medali Pertama Timnas Indonesia di Asian Games, Ada Diplomasi Soekarno dan Josip Broz Tito

Jakarta – Timnas Indonesia merebut medali perunggu pada Asian Games 1958 di Tokyo, Jepang. Ini satu-satunya medali bagi tim merah putih sepanjang sejarah.

Laporan seleksi dan pertandingan Timnas Indonesia ini dimuat di rubrik Brainplayer Indonesia No 1 di satu harian terbitan tahun 1958 dan koran Harian Umum tahun 1954-1958.

Perjalanan tim Garuda meraih perunggu pada pesta olahraga Asia itu…

[thetwilightroadtonightfall]

little aliens forever twitter meme, plain edition :)

[thetwilightroadtonightfall]

KHML x The Good Place meets astra inclinant sed non obligant because whatever man! WHATEVER! plain copium!

[thetwilightroadtonightfall]

dear followers, today I offer you: missing link copium. tomorrow? who knows

(alternatively: the first song in the breakup plainlist @kwoojii)

[original]

[thetwilightroadtonightfall]

(non)binary stars

a short brainplayer comic strip about reincarnation and gender

-> part 1 of the “astra inclinant, sed non obligant” series

[concept art + notes available on ko-fi]

[thetwilightroadtonightfall]

happy khux finale anniversary… <:’)

inspired by this post + me re-reading ataraxia and getting blasted with these lines:

[My notes on each universe]

[thetwilightroadtonightfall]

will you be my other half? 🥯

based off of this and this :)

[thetwilightroadtonightfall]

plain / brainplayer is such a good ship 😌

original:

[thetwilightroadtonightfall]

when stars collide

another short brainplayer comic strip, about first(?) meetings

-> part 2 of the “astra inclinant, sed non obligant” series

[thetwilightroadtonightfall]

Notes on “do you think we’re together in every universe?” (skulmerayer multiverse post):

Putting pain aside for a moment, this was a really neat mini project to make! I put some thought into what kinds of universes I wanted to have a peek into. There are just so many to choose from! This ain’t even the tip of the iceberg, I’m sure. But I hope the ones I did choose were interesting enough to think about and/or familiar to some of y’all :)

On an artistic note: I love using grayscale every now and then! I have some experience with charcoal and ink wash drawings so the style here is lightly inspired by that (even though I used pencil and gouache brushes 😅)

Composition-wise: Allow me to introduce you to the multiverse rubix cube lol!! The placements of each universe are meant to parallel each other. Universe A and C are branches off of union cross canon, so they’re across from each other. D and F are branches off of missing link. G and I are branches off of the era between. And B and H are about childhood innocence.

Here are each of their descriptions, in order:

Main Universe [in the context of the art]

The ataraxia universe, where Skuld, Ephemer and Player get together and stay together (my khux/skulmerayer copium universe)

Universe A

In which Darkness says “We could take over one of you here and now.” and actually commits to it, choosing Ephemer as its vessel.

Universe B

A universe in which Skuld is not Subject χ. After she and Ephemer awaken in Daybreak Town’s rubble, they found Scala and raise a family together.

Universe C

AU where the lifeboat roles were switched. Ven, Ephemer, Skuld, and Player escape the data world first, while Brain, Lauriam and Elrena stay behind. But it was never supposed to be this way.

Universe D

@corishadowfang’s Fallen Stars universe, in which Skuld arrives in Scala during Missing Link’s era.

Universe E

The current presumed canon universe, unless Skuld being Subject χ is proven otherwise.

Universe F

A universe where Brain and Player2 become close friends (perhaps more?) in Scala. Also known as the plain universe, because what’s a multiverse post without mentioning a bagel or two? 😄🥯

Universe G

I had my fic A Light That Never Goes Out in mind, but this is pretty much any universe in which the whole gang gets to stay together, and Ephemer and Player have the chance to properly build on their relationship. lots of copium in this one

Universe H

High school/modern/real life AU. (Special shoutout to @rosie-kairi’s idea of giving Ephemer braces!)

Universe I

Ephemer lives his life. Open to interpretation!

and finally, a Bonus (Everything Everywhere All At Once reference):

[thetwilightroadtonightfall]

Thinking about Ephelayer and Brainplayer, and it's like when you imagine your life with someone else, but then you end up with someone different. Like, Ephemer is that first love but Brain is who you probably grow as a person with

yes!!!! I absolutely love this interpretation

Ephemer and Player always gave me first love/high school crush vibes. I don’t think they would’ve really been on the same level of emotional maturity for a potential romantic relationship to last long. But what they had was real and powerful, and it still mattered to both of them, even if it didn’t pan out the way they wanted it to.

I have all sorts of feelings about a multiverse that can explore other interpretations of the two of them. Like in my mind, there are some universes in which they get to have the chance to sort things out and grow up together as romantic partners (wrote a whole fic about that haha), or other universes where I can 100% see them being in a queerplatonic relationship and growing that way. And so on and so forth. Basically, at some point in every place and time, they loved each other in some way, and that’s what matters :)

Now with Brain, I agree with what you said: Him and Player growing together. We assume/desire the two of them to bond over the past and their complicated feelings towards being in Scala, and man, what if they did? Wouldn’t that be beautiful? To have someone who understands you on such a profound level, and cares about who you are presently rather than who you were before? Player has changed. I’m sure Brain has too. Their future would be uncertain, but at least if they have each other, they wouldn’t have to walk the path alone.

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Blainplayer is slow burn, THE GOOD SLOW BURN that ends with mutual pinning, like, stolen glances, slowly enjoy each other's company. Little touches like brushing fingers. Getting closer…

Blain: I was thinking...

Player: Hm?

Blain: I never properly got to see the other worlds.

Player: Oh...

Blain: Maybe we could go back when this is all over? When everything's back like it was?

Player: [sighs] I don't think anything will ever be like it was again, Blain.

Blain, resting his hand on theirs. His voice softly, nearly a whisper: It will be better.

dialogue based from tv series

lovely lovely, slow burn is always good 🥹👍👍 I want them to start off hurt and afraid, reluctant to open up after all that they’ve been through…and then slowly learn to trust one another, through the good and the bad. They can see the worlds in a whole new light because they give each other the strength to do it 🤍

[thetwilightroadtonightfall]

resisting the urge to make a brainplayer/plain ship playlist that consists of only Lauren Aquilina songs and nothing else