#but idk how it'd work

[catsafari25]

It's been nice getting back into writing (it's been... too long since i had the headspace to write more than a lone oneshot for a fandom) but the downside of it is that the brain gets such a dopamine high from finishing something, it immediately wants to replicate that by starting a new fic, even if i don't have any plot bunnies available

[icewindandboringhorror]

(also feel free in the tags to clarify Why you made the choice you made!! :0c)

[taeillustration]

The full ALNST set. Which one is your favourite? :>

[crypticsketchpad]

hate this guy. fuck you (affectionate) (it's quickly become one of my favorite epics)

(even if it did steal the thunder from my latest post which you should totally go check out please i beg you i spent so long on it-)

last two are references to this and this respectively

[magician-under-the-m00nlight]

aptx!kaito au in which Shinichi doesn't know aptx exists and feels insane that his leading theory is "a six year old is the mastermind behind Kaitou Kid"

[sporeclan]

Oh, dear... Petuina..... Maybe Cheesy and Spotty will bond then?

Gosh, I really hope so! They could both really benefit from having eachother as a shoulder to cry on :'[

In game? His profile described his pelt as classic (tabby) and short furred. I believe it was some variety of lightbrown(???) with some kind of tint???? Here's his sprite, since you're curious!

[thefallenangel2008]

Yesterday I heard that audio that goes like "what are you doing? Why are you still holding back?" Yk the one? Anyway. And the theater kid/author/Stan Pines lover in me awakened. So like, consider this: Bill keeps trying to get Ford to join him but fails. Nothing works. So he decides to get Stan. I mean, hey, if you can't have the original, the copy is always the second best, right? So now idk how or what sort of mind games he played with Stan, my guess is that he used his family against him, but he joined Bill. So now not only Ford has to go against Bill, but he also has to go against his brother.

[transingthoseformers]

Saw that one post from a while back about terrible pregnancy symptoms sentinel and now I declare a sister idea: Horrible Period Issues Sentinel.

Tf one pushes his way through with excess pampering, he’s spending most of his time with decadent little treats, massages, and baths alongside staying comfy in his quarters. He’s whiny the whole time and complaijs about the pain, but only to airachnid, putting on a fake grin otherwise.

TFA gives me that he would be one of those people to try and exercise through the pain to reduce it. Usually ends up doing that and then crashing back at home, doesn’t quite help. Caters to some of his cravings but also tries not to miss work. Gets nauseous and is consistently twitchy. Tried to power through it. Elita and Optimus used to massage him back in the academy to help and he misses frequently during his cycle.

>:3

Yes, of course

Now I'm thinking about what it must be like while Sentinel is with the Elite Guard

[akemiiya]

thinking abt an au where siffrin joins the party first before mirabelle gets to jouvente...

[bumblingbabooshka]

I hate when Chakotay is watered down to be Janeway's yes man because their disagreements are actually very interesting. [A lot of rambling analysis of this debate in particular below]

Chakotay in Parallax is very interesting in that he has to navigate a lot of different dynamics. Balance a lot of plates while being watched keenly by everyone around him. Immediately preceding this scene we see him ask B'Elanna for her opinion on the bridge - both as a chance to show her knowledge in his bid to make her chief engineer (because she wouldn't get a chance to otherwise as Janeway has clearly indicated that at this point she views B'Elanna as a troublemaker who won't be considered for the position) and because he just thinks she's a better engineer than Carey and wants the best possible chance of them succeeding. Janeway sees this as unacceptable. Carey is the chief engineer and so he should be called and Chakotay NOT asking for his opinion is an insult to Carey, Janeway, and might make the crew doubt Chakotay (and by extension the Maquis') loyalty to the Starfleet crew.

At this point it seems that to Janeway integration ["They're not your people"] means the path of least resistance, specifically tailored towards the Starfleet crew. She wants Chakotay by her side to keep the Maquis crew calm but also seems unwilling to consider them for important positions aboard the ship. Though she says that the Maquis are not Chakotay's people, not his crew, she certainly doesn't seem to consider them hers [Compare this to later instances where she stresses 'our' crew, here she simply says they aren't Chakotay's: Whose crew are they? Are they crew at all?]. This less leaves the impression of "We need to be a cohesive team" and more "You're not in charge here." She essentially accuses Chakotay of playing favorites. In her mind Chakotay's actions are not conducive to integrating the crews which would (again, in her mind) mean the Maquis being docile and accepting, obedient and content - not making trouble for the Starfleet crew. Chakotay counters Janeway's accusation with one of his own: That he IS trying to integrate them into the crew but her not allowing the Maquis any opportunity to prove themselves or succeed, not showing any trust in any of them (except, implicitly at this point, him) is making things difficult. At this point the Maquis crew are ready to mutiny on his word at any time. He knows this for a fact. Aside from that looming threat (the threat being that tensions are high and if nothing changes and they remain high there might be a mutiny even without his word) - Chakotay knows these people and trusts them. Though Starfleet and Janeway think of the Maquis as a violent bunch of criminal terrorists, Chakotay and a good number of the Maquis joined because they believed in the cause they were fighting for. These are people Chakotay knows WILL fight fiercely for what they believe in and conversely, AGAINST what they perceive as injustice. Even if they're not in the majority - they're used to picking fights which seem impossible to win. At this point Janeway admits that she ISN'T making it easy for Chakotay to integrate the Maquis - specifically talking about practical concerns; how she doesn't feel she can let Maquis crew have roles of importance on the ship because they lack the ability to hold them. "They don't have the discipline, they don't have the training," - asserting that they just aren't prepared for any such roles and it doesn't have to do with them being Maquis specifically. Ostensibly, she's treating them as she might treat anyone unqualified for the job.

Chakotay maintains that some of them, like B'Elanna, have the ability to be trained - challenging her point by saying that IF they're trained there's no reason for any Maquis member NOT to be given a more prominent role on the ship. He isn't suggesting they just unqualified people important jobs. If the problem is that they aren't trained, let's train them. These people have the ability to succeed if you give them the tools they need and a fair chance, he insists. Janeway then switches gears and her argument becomes not "The Maquis are untrained so they can't be given those jobs" but "The Maquis crew are unworthy of those jobs when compared to Starfleet personnel" saying that it'll cause insult and upset among the Starfleet crew if any member of the Maquis were to be promoted above them. Again, her idea of integration is based more on Maquis subservience to the Starfleet crew than it is the two crews working together. (Not that I believe she looks at it that way, it's just where her 'path of least resistance' leads) - though she accuses Chakotay of being too focused on "his" crew, she is admitting here that she believes her real crew are the Starfleet officers aboard, not the Maquis. She also admits here that the system she wishes to maintain (and is asking Chakotay to enforce) is one where there will ostensibly never be any chance of a Maquis crew member being promoted because no Maquis crew member will ever be more qualified, more worthy, than a member of Starfleet. We can see how it'd be difficult for Chakotay to convince his crew to remain calm under these circumstances. There's also Tuvok's behavior toward him at the beginning of the episode where the Vulcan nearly goes over Chakotay's head and when he doesn't do so (as Chakotay reminds him that HE'S the superior officer, the First Officer in fact,) Tuvok acts as if him backing down (partially) and conceding (partially) to Chakotay's authority is a favor to Chakotay.

Tuvok in this conversation is downright insubordinate to Chakotay. Despite Chakotay being the first officer, he doesn't take what he says seriously, argues that his own opinion on what should be done should be followed rather than Chakotay's, lectures the first officer about his conduct, and then almost seems to threaten him with a report. In Starfleet's rigidly hierarchical rules, acting like this to a superior officer (ESPECIALLY the first officer) wouldn't be tolerated and Tuvok knows this perfectly well. He isn't a rebellious character and clearly in other episodes adheres to these Starfleet hierarchies and codes of conduct very strictly. He values them highly. But Chakotay, a Maquis, shouldn't be First Officer. Why should he be given respect for a title he didn't earn? [Affirming Janeway's argument about how Starfleet officers won't be eager to follow a Maquis senior officer] Even though Chakotay tells Tuvok off for it ["I don't have to explain myself to you"] he doesn't threaten to put Tuvok on report or explicitly mention his insubordination. It's unclear if this is Chakotay's personality or if he just doesn't feel he CAN do that. Tuvok is one of the three most senior officers aboard and very close to Janeway. Chakotay has to think of the optics of any situation at all times - we see seconds after this conversation that rumors have already started swirling around B'Elanna being relegated to quarters that've fanned the flames of mutiny. Though we know Tuvok has personal reasons for behaving the way he does toward Chakotay (which he later admits), I really don't think it'd be out of the ordinary for this to be how most Starfleet personnel would treat the Maquis if they weren't outright hostile: Like they're only pretend crewmen. To a lesser extent we even see this with Janeway: In the following staff meeting, she clearly doesn't consider B'Elanna a viable option when Chakotay brings her up and almost ignores the suggestion entirely.

It also, again, leaves Chakotay in an impossible position. If he doesn't protect and fight for the Maquis crew, they won't ever be considered a true part of the crew and dissatisfaction will likely spread among them. Dissatisfaction which the Starfleet crew will then use to further label the Maquis as insubordinate, uncontrollable, unfit. Not to mention that if he doesn't advocate for them, he might lose their trust. However, if he DOES try to help the Maquis crew advance the Starfleet crew will view this as 'favoritism' and will further distrust him, won't respect the people he puts forth as worthy. Janeway seems to be intent on not advocating for any of the Maquis crew and also seems unwilling to ask that the Starfleet crew grant leniency. She implies that the Maquis crew need to learn to get in line and keep quiet and it seems almost like [we must remember the optics] she has Chakotay as the only Maquis in a position of power to facilitate that. Chakotay recognizes and pushes against that, saying that he won't just be her token Maquis - there only so she can point to him and say "See? We don't discriminate against the Maquis here." effectively a tool used to shut down any arguments of unfair treatment and a tool to quell the Maquis if any talk of mutiny DOES arise. In this model, Janeway can just tell Chakotay to calm them down and they'll listen because they trust him. She also doesn't have to really listen to anything he says: A token First Officer has no authority; his words don't hold weight. [Chakotay isn't Maquis anymore, they aren't his crew anymore - ok. What is he then? What are they? Nothing, without respect.] This plan seems untenable, as much as Janeway frames it as sensible: "I can't make it easy, Commander. Surely you can understand that," and alternatives as impossible "How am I supposed to ask them to accept a Maquis as their superior officer just because circumstances have forced us together?" - in the long run, how would this be sustainable? In any power structure, you cannot expect a group of people you're unwilling to grant trust or agency to obediently follow you forever. This proposed form of 'integration' in which the Maquis are kept on the bottom rung and told intermittently to stay there quietly by the only one of them granted permission to stand at the top would never be sustainable - especially with a group like the Maquis who again, were founded on the belief that its members should fight against inequity and are already on the verge of mutiny.

I specifically find the statement "How am I supposed to ask them to accept a Maquis as their superior officer just because circumstances have forced us together?" to be interesting because personally I'd say that being forced together for the rest of almost everyone's natural life is a pretty good reason to ask people to adapt and Janeway does understand this but only applies it to the Maquis - the Maquis are the ones who have to adapt, not Starfleet. The only thing the Starfleet crew have to do is tolerate their presence on board.

At this point Janeway again claims that if Chakotay can show her a 'qualified' Maquis candidate she'll consider them. I believe this is true but we already know that Janeway's standards for qualification will likely not fit the vast majority of the Maquis and Chakotay ignores the claim in favor of putting forth B'Elanna again, firmly. Janeway predictably dismisses her as unqualified and Chakotay disagrees, arguing that he knows her. He's worked with her. He KNOWS that B'Elanna can excel at the job even if she doesn't meet Starfleet/Janeway's qualifications. He doesn't value those qualifications over what he's observed about her - just as he didn't value Carey's title over what he knew about the gap between his and B'Elanna's abilities. Then, Chakotay switches gears. He admits that Janeway's right - he does view the Maquis as his crew but that's because Janeway (almost self admittingly) doesn't and if he doesn't, who will they have? [What kind of captain, kind of man, would he be?] "You're going to have to give them more authority if you want their loyalty." "Theirs or yours, Commander?" Janeway frames Chakotay's words pointing out the flaws in this plan which I outlined earlier, as almost a threat (if she doesn't have Chakotay's loyalty it'll most definitely mean mutiny). Chakotay asserts that it wasn't a threat, he's only trying to help by telling her how the Maquis crew will react to what she's telling him. "I'm sorry you can't see that" - not an apology for what he said but that she isn't willing to budge, not willing to listen to him and acknowledge that she might be as biased towards her crew as he is towards his. Chakotay is trying his best to acclimate his crew but if Janeway isn't willing to do the same, to talk to her people as he's talking to his, then this will not end well and that isn't a threat. It's just the reality of the situation. He then asks permission to leave, showing he is willing to observe Starfleet protocol (just as when he asked permission to speak freely), and Janeway lets him go, exhaling at the intensity of their debate when alone in her ready room.

[ghostfish-cookie]

Happy(slightly late) Valentines <3 Take a Marigold Doodle before bed 👍

[1bibypersecond]

So, did Viktor have to watch Sky die again in every universe? Or did he just fast-forward???

[shallowseeker]

JOHN ROWENA FIGHT?!!!!

You see? Yes!!!! Specifically, I want her to make him cry.

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Ref to John versus later-seasons characters:

John is butting heads with Rowena:

Because it would amuse me personally if she were able to make him cry. Also, no one would stop her. That's just Rowena's way. She gets away with things like this.

On a serious note, Rowena is shifting much of self-hatred of her Past Self onto John, and it’s delicious. All of her failures as a parent can now be safely expressed, and she’s petty enough to indulge (because John is a dick and he *reacts* like one of those kindergarten volcanoes)

John likes to stir shit up? Well, he can’t out-shit-stir Rowena MacLeod. No siree.

RE: The potential of a John & Cas fight

It's not that I think he wouldn't fight with Cas. I just think Cas, at least in later seasons, might be relatively disciplined and composed in the face of John Winchester's anger. (I think a bit about how Cas is pretty successful in gray-rocking Lucifer, for example.)

Also, Cas's background as a soldier means John might even suck up to Cas in some respects.

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But I think there's a strong element of it arising from a situational issue... John pushes people away (at least part of the reason for so many falling out situations later in life), but he seems particularly triggered and afraid when people leave. (Or lie. Or underprepare him. Or treat him like a damsel/child.)

In the fight with Sam in Dead Man's Blood, John is totally freaking out because he’s paranoid/afraid of everything being too much to handle and not being able to protect everyone, but also he prominently screams at Sam:

JOHN: “You left. Your brother and me, we needed you. You walked away, Sam. (Yelling in SAM’S face) You walked away!”

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I think it’d be so cool if through Plot Reasons, it’s when Cas left and came *back* that John got triggered.

Maybe after Cas does one of his abrupt, unannounced departures that has Dean frantically checking the phone. And John gets Weird(TM) about it because it gets all tied up with John’s unresolved feelings about Henry leaving.

It's about the whiplash, about how someone who's been up now unreliable and unshakeable suddenly leaves out of the blue. John could come unglued. Also. Like Sam, I think John wouldn't like a dose of his own medicine very much...

Imagine if we carry it further: Imagine transference. Imagine John getting mad at Cas on Dean’s behalf. Like, Dean would be struck silent, and very very confused.

JOHN: “DEAN NEEDS YOU HERE!” etc etc. The delicious hypocrisy!

And just... it’d be such a delicious mess! Not to mention, it could echo Dean getting mad at Henry on John’s behalf in As Time Goes By:

DEAN: “He thought you ran out on him! Your responsibility was to your family, not some glorified book club!”

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Other thoughts:

Cas is, on the whole, I think more composed than John, and much more barbed when he wants to make a point, maybe.

If Cas ever lost his temper with John, I can easily see it being over Jack’s safety. And Cas would say something low and angry, meant only for John's ears, like, “If something happens to Jack because of YOUR stupidity, I will tear you limb from limb.”

Then we’d get a long shot of John after the fact, staring after Cas in an impressed way, thinking, “Hell yeah. This guy would tear me limb from limb over his kid and I am so approving of that attitude.”

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Otherwise, I think they’re the type to fight about specific things, like disagreeing on strategy.

Anyway, I just love when everything is discordant and confusing. <3

[emeraldsk]

Me: Ooh I wanna start writing that OCxCanon Thing I've wanted to do for a day or so...

Me: *Proceeds to search up Shadow Milk's Sage Of Truth fit and finds the gifs in the fandom wiki* Perfect! Now I just gotta analyze the fit, cause I only got Truthless in game so far.

Me, 15 minutes later, finishing at glancing at the gifs: He's just such a goof oh my gosh that's so cute- Wait. DAMNIT I WAS LOOKING AT HIS ACTIONS AND FACE NOOOO-

So uh yeah I guess I'm not a 'always focused on butts and feet' kind of gal LOL. I look at eyes and shiz all the time, but this and getting a perfect score on a Genshin eyes quiz really made me realize it more LOL-

Anyway here's a silly plushie :D

[essenceofarda]

ngl Bridgerton is SO fun to watch but at least half the reason it's so fun to watch is because it's just SO campy and ridiculously sensationalized and over-dramatic abt literally everything LMAO

Anyway! I'm still wanting to make a bridgerton/lotr au... still haven't fully settled on whether to make it Eothiriel + Farawyn ORRRR Celrond ORRR silm themed and by that I mean I'm suddenly wanting to do something like...

So lately i haven't stopped being able to think about if I made the "Family" was the feanorians, and one of the main ships is Haleth (who comes from a non-noble merchant family who made great military achievements but are relatively rejected by high society for being originally from common class) and Caranthir is the Fearnorian who falls in love with her 🥺 OR idk--IF the main "Family" featured in the story is the Finweans, then we could also feature Galadriel and Celeborn as one of the main ships, and Beren and Luthien could even make a guest appearance lol, like if I squish the timeline and there's actually all kinds of ships that i could sneak cameos in for.

Granted the kin slaying probably wouldn't have happened in this au or uh,,, awkward 😳😬

But still. Idk. What are y'all thoughts?!

[lifesteal-tournaments]

I NEED TO COOK UP LORE HOLD ON IM GONNA SPEW RANDOM BULLSHIT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! AND MAYBE IT WILL BE GOOD IDK

ok so. frauders didn't know they were gonna be in tourney until it happened because they were busy frolicking in their fields or wjatever. so i imagime the first time they gots included in polls idk maybe. juniper zombieslab (god) like called them and was like "hey gangalang can u meet me over by the Area?" and they all went and they got block trapped and fell into the poll area. thing. idk. 2 me its a bunch of lounge rooms where they just hang out and yap while the polls happen

maybe they went up to juniper zombieslab (god) and were like "mannnnnnnn immmm booooorrreeeeedd..." before the tourney. and juniper zombieslab (god) said like "bored? heh, i can handle that.." and put them in tourney. which is why they were redacted. to catch frauders off guard and the element of surprise

so they frauders were a little freaked out at first BUT if they lose they don't die they just get to walk out. but they kinda wanna play it out because you knows... fun ..... they can also interact with more contestants and see if theres anyone worth frauding for in the future... they put whoever they up against into a petri dish and stare at them....

uh uh uh yeah. also im loreifying wubers hypothetical wemmbu v spep fraud swap for wuber v spep fraud as. wemmbu DIES again, wuber just spectates. which is normal. and they wants wemmbu to yk not die again because that's how u are with ur fraud muse...

ANYWAYS yeah idk wooohoooooooo hooray! lore?

if i may add onto this a little bit..... i think i've already mentioned somewhere that lstrn!juniper zombieslab's whole Thing is being like. completely detached from the concepts of mortality and suffering and humanity and that he's doing this in part just for fun but mostly to understand what this whole empathy and compassion and love thing is. and if we're going with the interpretation that submissions are like prayers or something similar then i imagine when someone asked for juniper zombieslab himself to be put in the tournament he went what the hell sure this could be fun.. & then like you said dragged the frauders into it too for shits and giggles