#but like. they're only gonna get older. and i also don't think anybody gives a fuck about that on tumblr

[artphantom]

orrrr alternatively i could start going through my drafts

for some reason i've picked up this unfortunate habit i thought i dropped ages ago of just saving reblogs to my drafts instead of posting em

maybe i'll finally figure out how queueing works

if i don't and you're not interested in seeing a whole bunch of hatchetfield related reblogs — blacklist 'hatchetverse' i'll be using that tag if i ever get around to clearing my drafts

nooo ao3 i was procrastinating sleeping...

guess i'll actually work on my own writing now

[7s3ven]

Hear me out guys… retired soldiers now bodyguards! task force 141 x spoiled heiress! reader

( just an idea )

You’re like, a nutcase. Your father adores you but sometimes you can go out of control. Like for instance, the time you jumped off a cliff into the ocean below to impress a boy.

Yeah, your father wasn’t very impressed with your behaviour.

On top of your recklessness, your father has enemies who always seem to target you. You’re his obvious weakness and he can’t spend another moment of anxiously wondering if you’re okay while he’s working.

So, he hires the best bodyguards he can find. And they turn out to be retired soldiers from an elite unit known as Task Force 141. Perfect.

You don’t take kindly to being continuously followed by four large men who don’t even try to be subtle. It’s not like taking care of you is easy either. You’re a troublemaker, you always have been since your mother left you for another family (your reckless tendencies tend to stem from the fact that you’re causing trouble to get her to notice you again).

Task Force 141 has had enough when you attempt to sneak out of the house to a party on a Friday night. But it seems apart from shopping and acting like a brat, you aren’t good at anything else.

They hear a crash and someone swearing loudly before you roll off the roof, landing in the bushes right outside the window where the four men have a perfect view of you. They were watching a football came until you interrupted.

Jonny bursts into laughter, slapping Gaz out of amusement, while Price fetches you and forces you back inside.

“You know, your house has a back door for a reason.” Simon utters as he cleans your scratches but there’s a mocking indication to his tone.

“Yeah but like, going out the window felt more cool.” You argue back, furrowing your eyebrows.

“Was it cool when you face planted into the ground?”

You can only pout in annoyance.

From then on, they don’t leave you alone, especially not on Friday nights. You have to deal with being squished between Price and Simon as they watch a boring documentary on… fish? Jonny definitely chose that one.

But hey, you aren’t exactly complaining. Being stuck between the two men means being able to feel their muscles and smell their strong cologne. You tolerate the four men more after they cleaned your scratches from landing in a bush and carried you to your bed.

And so what if you catch feelings? Anybody else in your position would have done the same.

“We can’t date ya, lovie. We’re too old and we work for your dad.”

Do you care? Not really.

“My dad literally hired you because I was a troublemaker. Ya think I give a shit? ‘Sides, the older the better.”

Jonny jabs a thumb in Price’s direction, “Even the captain? You should’ve seen ‘im in his prime. Way better looking.” He hands you a picture that he just happens to have of Price.

You glance at it then lift your head to look at Price. Your lips curve into a teasing smile. “Yeah, you’re right. What happened, Captain?” You joke.

INCORRECT QUOTES FOR THE LAUGHS:

Kidnapper, negotiating with TF 141: We have the annoying heiress. Give us ten thousand dollars and they will be returned to you unharmed

Y/N: Whoa, whoa, wait, you think I’m only worth ten thousand dollars. MAKE IT ONE MILLION–

Price: Y/N, STOP

Simon: Can I be frank with you guys?

Jonny: Sure, but I don’t see how changing your name is gonna help.

Gaz: Can I still be Gaz?

Y/N: Shh, let Frank speak.

Gaz: In your opinion, what’s the height of stupidity?

Simon: *turning to Y/N* How tall are you?

Price: Where's Simon, Gaz, and Y/N?

Jonny: They're playing hide and seek.

Price: Where?

Jonny: I don't think you get how this game works.

Y/N: You really put aside everything and came all this way for me? How did you even get here so fast?

Simon: Several traffic violations.

Gaz: Three counts of resisting arrest.

Jonny: Roughly thirteen cans of energy drinks.

Price: Also, that’s not our car.

[theworldvsyoshiko]

So, as I settled in today to prepare for succubus things, I decided that I should take a look at the Steam workshop to see if any weird new Rimworld mods have come out in the past month or so. There were a few mods that probably merit checking out sooner or later, but nothing immediately applicable.

And then I found this.

This ideology addresses two of the biggest issues I had when I was playing Yoshiko. It gives you an on-demand source of new children (via ritual rewards) and it lets you banish them once they become adults. Mood changes are reflected in all of this as you'd expect. After some testing, it also seems pretty reliable to keep an 'older' character around by resetting their age with various methods such as dark rituals. I can have my main character hit 18, eat somebody's youth to reset her age to 13, and she's happy again and exempt from banishment.

But, I did have to do that testing. This is a new mod, so I needed to make sure it wasn't gonna implode. I set up a scenario that starts you off with 13-year-olds, picked out my starting location and stuff... and then started with the wrong character. Like not even on a full run. The wrong character for testing. I wanted somebody with a bazillion skill ranks so they could set up a little base without me having to mess around in godmode. I was trying to get a hyper-competent Succubus or Nekomata.

Instead I got this weird chicken:

Harriet here isn't bad by any standards. She's got decent proficiencies and her traits are great. She's awful at Construction and Plants, which are a real slog to start a settlement without, and also Medical, which is only a nice-to-have until somebody gets an eye shot out. With Very Diligent Student and Great Memory, though, she can pick up just about anything long-term. In the short term she kinda sucks, but she's a little better off than Yoshiko. ... on a personal level, at least. Yoshiko had robots helping her out, which counts for a lot. Harriet's gonna have a lot less food poisoning though, which also counts for a lot.

Harriet's a Lilim, which is... mostly to her advantage.

It's kinda a much more low-key version of succubus. Still unaging past 18, still ridiculously pretty, still delighted by violence, but no blood-drinking, no soul-eating, and no giant demon form henshin. A bit more combat-focused otherwise, though. On the other hand: while Talons means they're better at unarmed combat, it lowers their Manipulation, which is probably the second-most-important stat in the game. (Although I think CE offsets that a bit.)

Since I was testing the ideology anyway, that's safely in place.

Adults have fucked this world up, and it's gonna take a team of teenagers with attitude to fix it.

Features of this ideology include:

Anybody over 18 is fucking dead to these kids. Anybody over 25 has a -70 social modifier with them. They would rather hang out with a 17-year-old who just murdered their best friend than somebody in their late twenties.

Anybody over 18 will be expected to leave the group in short order. There's a ritual for this. If the ritual goes poorly enough, the newly-minted adult might get pissed off and start attacking children. This goes by physical age, not chronological age, so Harriet herself can cheat with a Biosculptor Pod or the Chronophagy ritual. And she will. She starts off with the former, because she's probably gonna hit 18 before she can research either of these.

They have five different styles: Childish, Bushido, Steampunk, Corsair (pirates), and Ocular. Who has time for a cohesive aesthetic when you're going through puberty. let's be fucking steampunk samurai pirates. There are overriding priorities on this stuff, so I might have to shuffle them around to get more than the first one or two to show up.

They have rituals that can summon other children to join them, cause a transport pod with a baby to crash nearby (don't think about it), or enrich the learning of all the kids who participate. I can pretty much recruit kids on demand.

Apart from their intense distrust of adults, these kids are generally pretty moral. However: I twisted the usual ideology rules to give them a gladiator duel ritual. You can't tell me that a settlement of vindictive children wouldn't make adults fight to the death for their own amusement.

[lunalucykat]

what's your favorite thing about your favorite character?

Crazy ask tbh!! Cause this gives me free rein to talk about any favorite character in anything and that's so many options!!!

(Also I've been sat here staring at this question in my inbox for a week cause I was like, who do I even choose??? lol)

After a long and hard deliberation I said, Fuck it! Might as well pick the characters that I have been rotating in my head for the past few months. Sorry I'm gonna be a little One Piece lover for a minute because legit the storylines are SO good and I love SO many of the characters!

I'm gonna give love to the ASL brothers because I love each and every one of them so much (even though I haven't even met Sabo, but I know about him, so it's chill lol)

One Piece spoilers below if you care, also I anticipate this getting absurdly long lmao

Like, I am actually sorry how long this got, cause I went off on some tangents. But if you give me a platform to talk about One Piece I am Going to TALK about One Piece (and, I think, get off prompt way too often.) That being said, I am still REALLY sorry about the WALL of text. You don't have to - nor should you - read this whole thing. orz

Ah, yes. The Age, Sex, Location brothers (lmao I feel like this joke shows my age cause I would make this joke, but TJ would make the joke as: the Am.erican Sign Language Brothers.)

This is definitely more than you asked for because you asked what is your favorite thing about your favorite character, but I'm doing things about characters, so... sorry lol!

Sibling characters are so important to me in general, and any group of siblings are usually gonna be some of my favorites (e.g. Sand Siblings from Naruto.) I have two older siblings and one younger so that might contribute to why, but I usually love the dynamics. And I love these guys all separately and as a package deal.

Ace- TBH what's not to love about Ace? He is the epitome of cool! Everybody wants to be him (or maybe I'm just projecting, but GOD he's so cool!) He is Literally The Cool Older Brother, and I love that for him. He also sort of has the cowboy look too, so that gives him bonus points lol!

Something I really love about Ace is that he loves so fiercely and it's obvious in everything he does. It's the way he's protective over Luffy and makes sure he gives his baby brother some way to find him again if he ever needs. But it's also the way he freaks out when he realizes said baby brother comes to rescue him when he's in a dire situation. He definitely has eldest child vibes in that regard; giving help but not accepting help. It feels like a very eldest sibling thing to do. It's also the way he adamantly refuses to call his biological father his dad, and insists that his father is Whitebeard because he was the man who took him in and cared for him as his son. He literally states it to the world. He loves Whitebeard and won't let anybody tell him that he's not his father.

He is literally all about his family. And that feels stupid to say cause this whole show is about found/ forged families, but Ace wears his heart on his sleeve and isn't afraid to show just how much he loves his family, not only in his actions and words, but also in the things he wears. He's so sentimental that he keeps all of his most precious people with him in some sort of memento. (Some of these are more canonical than others, but most of them you can read a certain way and it makes sense, so bear with me).

The most obvious (and canon) is his back tattoo which is Whitebeard's symbol. He literally calls it his pride and displays it as such. That's his father, and he is happy to show it off. (I don't know if these next few are canonically correct, but the vast majority of fans agree on their symbolism connecting to his other family members.) The red beads around his hat and necklace are the same as the ones his foster mom, Dadan, wears, so they're likely a memento to remember her by. The next one I think has a lot of legitimacy to it, because for some reason I think some people still don't believe it, but the X'd out S in his arm tattoo ASCE is to remember Sabo by. (Textual evidence for this is the "what if" cover story Oda drew where the brothers were never separated and in that scenario Ace's arm tattoo it literally just written as ACE.) The X through the S I think has a double meaning because when he got it Sabo was presumed dead so it could be crossed out because his younger brother was gone, but also the X through the S could be because that was Sabo's mark. Like, it was his jolly roger when he set out to sea. Some people also like to say the little buttons on Ace's hat resemble a goggle-like appearance to mimic Sabo's goggles on his top hat, which I think is cute, but maybe not as legitimate lol. That just leaves Luffy. I'm not gonna lie, there's not a lot on his design that points specifically to Luffy, probably because he was confident he'd see him around. But if we wanna stretch we could say maybe his hat symbolizes Luffy (and probably Sabo too). He got a hat so he could join his little brothers' cool hat club lmao!!

The Symbolism on this boy goes WILD!!! He LITERALLY wears his heart on his sleeve, or back, or around his neck, or his arm, or his head lol!

I also love that he's also susceptible to sibling dumbassery. I'm talking about that shit where you're polite and respectable towards peers and shit, but the moment you're around your siblings you revert to little gremlin mode. Cause Ace met all the Strawhats and was like "Hello, yes, nice to meet you. I am Luffy's respectable older brother, thank you so much for taking care of him all this time, I know he's a lot to handle :)" But when he was alone with Luffy literally 5 minutes ago he was like "What's up fucker? Wanna arm wrestle you little bitch baby?" It's hilarious. I love it.

Also his character design is hot! What can I say? lol! ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Sabo- I am actually insane about Sabo and it makes no sense cause I haven't even met the dude yet! Like, I'm looking for some excuse to change my icon to him but it's going to be like at least 3 whole arcs until I meet him so idk lol (that probably won't stop me lmao! Sanji's days are numbered lol)

So I haven't technically met Sabo yet, but I do know a bit about him (because my brain decided to snatch him up into my "3 more of these little blonde bitches club [consists of Sanji, Sabo, and Rosinante/Corazon (WHOM I ALSO HAVEN'T MET BUT I LOVE HIM)]" and now I know more about him than I did like 4 months ago) so I'll talk about what I do know.

Erm, it's him being the middle child (as a middle child myself I heavily fuck with middle children characters.) As a kid he looks mostly well-adjusted and like, the peacekeeper of the three, but as a young adult he looks literally so unhinged, and that's the middle child experience babeeeyyyyyyyyy!!! (I'm only half kidding lol)

I also headcannon him as aroace. It's so easy to do that with any of Oda's characters tbh because he doesn't really focus on romance (which I'm thrilled about, because it means he's most likely not gonna do that thing that every mangaka does that everyone fucking hates which is to pair off characters who have no chemistry together or never interacted in canon, but they get married in the end just because he needs everyone to end up with someone and have a family in order to continue the story, but with the kids this time! I am literally looking at Naruto. Cause when the fuck did Choji and Karui ever interact? Literally never. Also, God. Don't EVEN get me started with Sasuke and Sakura.) ANYWAY!!!!! The way Oda writes his story makes it easy to headcannon characters as aroace, and I do with Sabo at least cause I'm also aroace and he's one of my favies, so.... rejoice! Aroace be upon ye! :) Idk, he just gives the vibe :) Also it's funny to make the joke that they're all "Ace."

He's also got that steampunk drip. Love that for him. Go whiteboy, go! Not only does he dress like he's smart, but I'm almost CERTAIN he IS the smartest of the three brothers. I mean like, he probably has similar qualities about him that he shares with Ace and Luffy in terms of general dumbassery, but he definitely gives the vibe that he Knows what the fuck he's doing. Probably helps that I'm pretty sure he was the only one of the three that received a proper education lol. But I love the potential for the duality of him ping-ponging between being really smart and doing something really dumb and reckless.

I think Sabo was the softer of the older brothers. Like, Ace wanted to check in on Luffy and make sure he was okay and everything, but also he and Luffy seemed rougher towards each other (literally arm wrestling upon first meeting again after 3 years of not seeing each other.) Sabo gives the vibe that instead of armwrestling upon seeing each other, he would instead give hugs. I LOVE soft interactions with siblings just as much as I love interactions with them roasting the shit out of each other, and I think Sabo brings the softness needed. I mean, had he and Ace interacted in their early 20s I think there would definitely be sibling ribbing, but I guess I'll never know that for sure :) :) :) I'd've loved to see it though! :) :) :)

But at least Sabo can be soft and baby the baby brother. And you know what? Luffy deserves hugs! And I'm sure Sabo does too! And hell! Throw Ace in there too! He also deserves hugs!

He's also part of the Revolutionary Army, that much I know for sure, so he is absolutely out there doing some much needed shit (Luffy also does liberation every now and then, but he doesn't exactly go out of his way to do it like the R.A. does, he more happens upon it as he goes lol) And we've already met some cool-ass R.A. members (IVA!!!), so he's in good company. Also - side tangent - but Luffy adopted him as his brother, Garp adopted him as his grandson, and Dragon essentially adopted him as a son, so all I'm sayin' is..... Monkey D. Sabo?????? (eyes emoji) [I'm on desktop so I can't do emojis]

Anyway! Can't wait to meet Sabo! Can't wait to see him be absolutely baller!! Can't wait for him to see Luffy again!!! Can't wait to find more reasons to love him than the bare minimum I know about him!!!!

Luffy- Luffy is literally The best MC of any shōnen anime ever and nothing can change my mind about that. I have watched nearly 500 episodes of One Piece and Luffy is one of my top favorite characters, and that says something cause the MC's are usually never even close to my top favorites. Ever.

Like, I watched all 720 episodes of Naruto, and Team 7 (Naruto, Sasuke, Sakura) are some of my least favorite guys in the show, I'm not gonna lie!! Like, I don't hate Naruto or Sakura, but because of their obsession with Sasuke (worst character, sorry Sasuke stans) it makes them SO boring to me. (I could so easily rant about Naruto, but this isn't about him lol, but I'm just sayin' you hit Shippuden and he gets real dull. And just to compare- 500 episodes of Naruto counts the first 220 from the original and then 280 of Shippuden so 500 in is a little over halfway through Shippuden, so I was basically over Naruto as an MC by then. ANYWAY! Enough about him!)

There's so much to love about Luffy. He comes out of the gate being Iconic as fuck in episode 1 and he STAYS that way! He stays that way but he also grows, but even after character growth moments he stays the same goofy guy in the end and I love that! He has a death grip around embodying joyous whimsy. It probably helps that he starts his journey already knowing who he is and what he wants. There is little in the way of self-doubt, and I love the confidence he has in himself and his dream and in others.

I also love that sometimes he's a little rude-ass! Okay, well he's blunt, so sometimes he comes off as rude, but it's funny as fuck. I also love that he displays many AuDHD symptoms, it makes him feel more relatable in some ways.

He's also just so emotionally intelligent. I mean, can he read the room most of the time? Not to save his goddamn life! But is he a great judge of character? Always. He is a ride or die homie! He often feels overly optimistic, but he's also so realistic in those tougher situations or decisions he has to make and I appreciate that kind of depth in a character, and it's SO important for an MC to have those traits! He knows when it's okay to be silly and when he HAS to be serious. And he doesn't mind relying on his friends!!! I see so many main characters insisting they can do something on their own, but Luffy admits time and time again that he DOES need to rely on his friends because they have skills he doesn't! He lifts others up and values them for the qualities they don't always see in themselves! I love him so much.

HE IS ASEXUAL!!! Like it's actually been very heavily implied and there is contextual evidence for it in canon. For example: he has these interactions with Boa Hancock whose Devil Fruit power turns horny people to stone (yeah), and when she tried using it on Luffy LITERALLY nothing happens to him. Aro/Ace King!!! (Again, I'm also aroace so that's why this scores big points with me!) Luffy will never go to horny jail, and good for him!

I also think there is a subtle but noticeable shift in his behavior when his brothers are around (well I can only really use Ace as an example here). But in a different way than Ace, because Luffy is the baby. Like Ace goes gremlin mode, and I think Luffy slips a bit into baby mode. It's harder to see the difference because Luffy is always kind of silly, but when Ace was around he feels a little more like he's clinging to his brother in a way. And to be fair Ace sort of lets him. Like in Alabasta before Luffy realized Ace was there, he was doing his damndest to use the one braincell he has to think through his predicament when encountering Smoker, even if it meant just running away from a fight he probably wanted to have but knew he couldn't win so he didn't engage. But the moment Ace stepped in and told Luffy not to worry about Smoker he was kind of like "oh yippie! :) Okay! Yayyy! <3" and just did what big bro said.

Idk how he'd be with Sabo, but I think he'd be even MORE of a baby around him because I feel like Sabo would let him get away with it more than Ace would.

Anyway!

I just like imagining the siblings having fun and doing sibling things together and everyone is happy and alive :) I love them! I I love the potential! I love what we could have haaaaaaaaaaad!!!!

Sorry this is so long. I love One Piece if you couldn't tell. And this could've been WAY longer. I really, really tried to hold back. But, erm, Your Honor, I love One Piece... I know some crimes can never be forgiven -_-'

[seth-burroughs]

What drinks do you think the Amaterasu peeps would have

While the game only mentions coffee I cannot accept them all drinking coffee that's boring

I hardly know what even constitutes as a drink in the common understanding of the term as I'm a polish man living under a rock, and thus I have done extensive research on the classification of liquids and it basically turns out anything that's liquid is a drink unless it isn't -- which, okay, fuck you. I have forgotten what the original ask might've entailed and thus the answer evolved into "assigning every character affiliated with amaterasu corp what drinks they'll like" which *scrolls up* close enough whatever, forcing you to listen anyway. List of characters I count for the amaterasu folks: makoto, huesca, akira, swank, seth, martina, yomi, dominic, guillaume, fake zilch (amaterasu's officially licensed hitman & one of """yomi's closest advisors""" whatever the fuck that means because you and I both know that yomi wouldn't accept advice from anybody unless that's just a fancy word for a very platonic companion whom he has a very strong, passionate, very platonic mind you brotherly bond a bromance a comradeship if you will,)

Swank is goldwasser personified. He loves that shit. Also always has a bimber (or vodka/starka. but preferably bimber) bottle on hand too, no one knows where he stores it he just kinda reaches into his coat and gets it

Me 🤝 Seth (tea drinkers). Has to have tea at least two times a day, doesn't matter what kind they'll drink anything as long as it has leaves in it. Favourites include black tea (optional honey and lemon), mint, chamimole, melissa and sage. He's also partial to pickle juice (makes his own pickles in the basement, they're not wasting any of that pickle water he's chugging that shit just to feel something) and pouring cucumber soup (filtered) to a cup and just drinking it. I don't know what's with Seth and cucumbers. Also would like kefir, probably.

Guillaume likes anything that's sweet or fizzy or whatever, has to have a stash of oranżada and coca-cola somewhere in his house at all times. Sometimes she just opens the cola and lets it degas in the fridge call that a. I don't know. Often makes hot chocolate. Once it offered to give Seth some but was extremely disturbed when he ate the milk skins too and that was the last time she did it for him. Not a drink, but she also eats tangerines and grapefruit via biting it with her shark teeth and sucking out the juices then tossing up the dried fruit remains into the trash can

Dominic makes kompot, you know, the polish juice that's warm and significantly worse and watery as fuck and all your older family members love it for some reason even though. But we all got our preferences whatever. Get this man some wine too.

Speaking of wine, Yomi is Kanai Ward's resident wine man if it has wine in it's name he's gonna drink it, especially mulled wine. Also likes champagne and nalewka. Plus has a fondness for fanta (or any carbonated drink with fruit flavors) but he took it into his head that it's cringe now or not respectable anymore or for 12 year olds only. No one cares except for him, it's a fucking drink. But he also thinks soy feminizes men and Makoto is putting chemicals in the rain so that's not the worst one of his beliefs by a long shot

Martina nominated for #1 coffee drinker, also really likes inka which is just polish coffee but without caffeine. probably a cappuchino enjoyer i don't know never had coffee it smells like shit

Dr. Huesca has sworn off alcohol, to be honest he has sworn off everything that isn't essential to survival because he's always on that fucking grind (unethical research), and probably hates himself or something. He likes water that's preferably fresh. Doesn't have to be though it's not like it can expire right.

Akira... probably likes soured milk. also, he eat kogel mogel like it's a drink you're supposed to eat it with a spoon not sip it like like a fine cup of cocoa

Fake Zilch survives off of 7 cans of monster a day. As a rule of thumb, the more genuinely terrible a drink is, the more he likes it

Makoto probably also has an egregious taste (his profile says he likes raw ham and dislikes olives, which in my eyes makes every opinion that man has automatically invalid) but I don't think humanity has yet discovered the kinda drinks he'd like yet so- oh wait, theres the leftover salad sauce/juice. and kefir. and mountain dew.

[cwarscars]

ivory-paragon

Send me a url and I'll write some positivity for it.

@ivory-paragon

consider this a fuckin duel answer of multi-positivity goodness cause im gonna sperge over u both like some weird stalker who admires your shit from afar but is too terrible ( lazy? overworked and not around enough? idk lets ignore the fine deets ) to interact more ( as much as id love to shhhh )

SO firstly;

james aka my boy rufus - heid's boy rufus? lmao, probs not. everytime i see james on my dash, i see the fuckin' king you know what i mean? i see a passion that is inspiring, a love for the character that spans decades (im pretty certain, how long is a decade?) in a strange way, james' portrayal / love for rufus makes me feel nostalgia. i have flashbacks to advent children being realised, i remember my sister ( i wonder if she'll see this she follows me lol ) fawning over rufus in the og. it's a cosy feeling. like watching toonami or playing dirge of cerberus, i feel snuggly.

that's a weird way to describe somebody and their portrayal - but i hope it makes some sense. it's a warm, comforting feeling. i can see the appreciation for the original source material in james' portrayal and writing whilst also seeing a nice blend / respect for the newer stuff / way that rufus is written now. i know a fair few people who write with james and whenever i see the threads appear on my dash - they're the sort that i stop and read. i find james' take on rufus interesting and intrigueing, and it makes me really think about how my heid and his rufus would interact. i know that i could get something there that wouldnt be a 'typical' kinda ship. yknow? it would be something complex, potentially dark but also not without the family(sorta) aspect that comes from the shinra line & heidegger.

another thing i wanna note here in my admiration towards james is the two of yous interactions / the entire scenario that you've shaped around rufus/cloud's relationships. i find your combined passion admirable and it's very clear, i think, to anybody on the dash that the two of you have a lot of chemistry when it comes to writing. it's the kind of writing partnership a lot of rpers dream of; i love that.

@spec-b

AS FOR YOU, i know you didn't send this in for your url but fuggit, im a rebel, a bad boy -

you know i'm an absolute grade a simp for anybody appreciative of the og. for anybody willing to give it a shot ( too many turn their noses up at the older graphics ) and anybody who actually runs with it, admires and appreciates it. you do that. you not only appreciate it - but you do it justice. you insert the nuances both suggested and outright shown in the original into your portrayal and i see 'em - i see you doing it, goddamn i admire it.

it's so refreshing being able to actually reccomend something as silly as new threat to someone and see them play it, enjoy it - have fun and speak about it with such a passion / joy. it's so refreshing and so, so lovely to see. i know that if i threw up some headcanon garble to you about how heid is fearful of the north crater because in the og, he doesn't leave the highway - you'd GET IT. like, i know you'd probably see my silly ramble and understand it because your passion for the original game is as prominent ( if not more so ) than my own love for it.

i adore the depth you give cloud that he had in the original; i love that you not only play with that depth but also add your own take onto it. you play with things suggested, stuff that could have been canon had the story shifted in a slightly different direction. seeing your both extremely loyal / to-character but also alternative take on cloud is both refreshing and respectful to the original. i admire that a great deal.

i don't write with the two of you anywhere near as much as i'd like to - and that's entirely on me. i'm awful for finding the time to just write these days outside of starter calls or asks but i want you both to know that i really do admire you, i love seeing your stuff on my dash and i appreciate you both hugely as people. keep doing you, keep loving the original, keep loving your characters. you're inspirational and i hope you both know it. <3

[discofama]

Okay, I'm a nobody but i wanna talk about Ford Pines' ego, I just feel like it is more complex than we give it credit.

The fandom always has been pretty much devided between those who think he had a huge ego, and those who think he had a diminute ego. I lean to this last thing, not gonna lie, but I do think it was a more gray or fluid thing than a yes or no.

Ford always had two groups of people in his life: the people who despised him and made him feel like a freak and a too socially awkward guy, and the people who told him he would accomplish great things, who called him a genius. I feel like his life was a tug of war game. He needed to accomplish all those things, or he would end up as the only other option according to the people in his life. There was no other choices or chances. And when he feels like he is actually making it, it does get to his head. Don't get me wrong; ego and self-esteem are different things. Have you ever met someone who yelled everywhere how great they were and actually kinda believed it but deep inside were very insecure? I have. That is the dangerous big ego-low self esteem combination.

Bill gets to him because of this combination of traits. Now, hear me out: if his ego wasn't big, why would he actually believe the things Bill told him? And think he knew better than Fiddleford and pretty much anybody? And want to be the greatest scientist? And his dismissive behaviour towards his brother? Yes, because someone else made him believe all of that, because if it wasn't true, then Ford was not that great of a guy or a genius and he was scared of that. This is what made him seemingly be such a proud person, but with a huge insecurity inside. He needed to have this ego and believe himself a superior being because, for him, the only other option was to be a freak.

And if his self esteem wasn't low, why would he need so badly that reassurance? A person who actually trusts themselves and love themselves usually don't fall for manipulation, because people who accept and take care of themselves run away the second they're uncomfortable or get hurt. They know what makes themselves happy. Ford doesn't; Ford doesn't try to reconciliate with his brother, doesn't try to make a life that's not under people's expectations, he also mentioned how alone he felt those years in Gravity Falls even if he loved the place. His best friend was probably the only healthy relationship he had at the moment, but it gets corrupted by Bill's manipulations. Again, he first believes Bill because Bill being wrong or lying is an idea that would destroy his ego completely, not only because it would imply he lied to him about the other stuff, but because believing him in the first place would make him feel "stupid". That's why finding out about his plans was so devastating for him, apart from, well, almost destroying the world.

Wanna mention that I don't see these traits in the older version of Ford. It's like he grew up a slightly better self esteem and turn off his ego for the best. Not that he was actually in a much better situation, no, but he doesn't get himself under anyone's thumb anymore. He interacts with the kids because he enjoys it, he plays a board game even if he had a mission because it made him happy. He wants to help the world, to save it, but it's not to prove his value anymore. Well, yes, but not exactly because of other people. He felt too guilty, but that doesn't prevent him to actually take breaks and enjoy some stuff in the way of fixing "his" mistake. He wants to impress the kids, that's obvious, but I don't feel he wants that because of some deep insecurity; most people in general want to show only their best part to children and/or people you just met. And about Stan... Their fight is not a matter of ego or treason anymore, he just couldn't be thankful when what Stan did would allow the weirdmaggedon to happen. He doesn't seem that resentful, he is polite with him after that first day and kinda tries to get along. It's Stan who, understandably, is mad at him.

Idk just my very confusing thoughts about this character I'm kinda in love with even if I am an aromantic? Honestly, all other aromantic people i met also simp a lot for characters and never for real people. I wonder why. Anyway i'm going to sleep now.

[easilydistractedbyfanfic]

Miss your murven fics <3

Hey, friend! I don't know what's up with my inbox but I never got a notification for mail & I think this might actually have been sitting there a while! So apologies if you thought I was ignoring you!

Honestly I'm right there with you - I miss my Murven fics too! It's been ages since I've written them and believe me I KNOW IT! I kinda thought my kiddos getting older (and more independent) would mean more time for me to write but that's not really the case. They do more stuff & I drive them more places and our schedule is more packed! So writing time usually means me staying up late while everyone is asleep, and while I do that sometimes, I can't always. Maybe you will be happy to know, though, that I HAVE been writing Murven - I just haven't posted anything. I've got over 10k more written for Dance With Me that I just need to split up and figure out chapter length & such. It's not finished yet (shocker - it's going long), but it's definitely getting there!! I also have over 6k more written on Better Than Revenge that I haven't published/broken into chapters yet but it's not finished yet either.

I have also added quite a few story ideas to my inspiration sheet and have sketched out this weird idea I have for an AU Murven story set in the Harry Potter universe that I think about a lot. I don't know why I'm fixating on it but it's set before HP and Raven is a muggle Ravenclaw and Murphy is a pureblood Slytherin and they're definitely an "enemies to reluctant mutual respect friends to dubious consent lovers" so you know, it's complicated! LMAOOOOO Honestly that's just how I like them though. So my point is that I think about Raven & Murphy all the time & I haven't forgotten them and to be honest they're probably always gonna be my #1 OTP couple as far as writing them goes. It's been great stepping into the FtWS fandom and I'm not done there either but I don't think any ship is going to grab me by the throat like Raven & Murphy do. Also let me just out myself completely here - the amount of Murven videos I watch would probably be embarrassing but I'm past caring what anybody thinks so lets just say it's a LOT when I need a little pick me up.

Anyway I hope this gives you a bit of hope to know that I'm still here and I'm still fixating and I'm still writing! Sometimes writer's block has me stuck but I always manage to pull out of it somehow. Thank you for still being interested & I hope you're not the only one!

[francesderwent]

Troy and Gabriella, also reylo

TROY AND GABRIELLA

first of all screaaaaaaming because I adore the crap out of them and firmly believe that they are extraordinarily valid!!!

my FAVORITE moment? has GOT to be "Can I Have This Dance", because it's all about the fact that what they have is a MIRACLE, and it's worth fighting for!! but they're not trying to stay in the same moment forever, they're gonna lead and follow through life, they're gonna keep on getting better.

WHOLESOME, all caps!! more wholesome than anybody else, maybe!!!!!

I'm legit going to fully seriously say "Love Story" because they absolutely epitomize the Fearless kind of pure, sincere teenage love, and they are kind of the Romeo and Juliet of jocks and nerds. and also! I believe in my heart that those crazy kids made it, and they got married and had the white dress and everything!! "Romeo, save me, they're trying to tell me how to feel / this love is difficult, but it's real / don't be afraid, we'll make it out of this mess / it's a love story, baby, just say yes"

ship: it's crazy how few teenage ships from the gajillion teenage shows I've seen even come close to the sheer perfection of their energy. closest would be Scott and Allison from Teen Wolf, probably! EDIT: I am an idiot and the correct answer was obviously Scott and Kira.

a childhood friends AU! we'll make it so they only see each other in the summers so starting school together DOES change everything, but I love the "just like kindergarten" line so much that I think it would be fun to make it true. that singing together feels like when you met a kid and started playing together and suddenly were best friends, because that's what happened for them! and they're growing all the time but they never leave that behind.

I'm gonna throw them in the honorable mentions because they deserve it!!!!!

REY AND BEN

they are a ship of MOMENTS, aren't they?? I think my favorite, the one that took my breath away in theaters, is when their eyes meet in that last battle in tros and she sees him and she knows it's really him, knows that he's shed every mask he's ever worn and is looking at her with his own eyes!! both younger and older than he's ever been!!!! and he nods at her and that gives her the courage she needs! this connection that has been like a haunting is now a lifeline!!

I have absolutely no idea what to say here because there is a part of my brain that is absolutely refusing to give any ground in the reylo battles of late 2019 by even thinking the phrase fucked up when it comes to them, but also I feel like calling them wholesome might be a stretch? too bad, I'm going to!! because they've both got their issues and they hurt each other in deep ways but in the end they're honest with each other and they save each other!!!!!!! and isn't that what counts?

"Only Love" by Mumford and Sons!! "I didn't fool you but I failed you / in short, made a fool out of you and a younger heart / and I rage and I rage / but perhaps I will come of age and be ready for you / and you saw me low, alone again / didn't they say that only love will win in the end?"

I already connected them with Zutara, so now I'm gonna draw a line between them and Jude and Cardan. I think my reasoning basically boils down to "big snake paradoxically and symbolically healed by violence" but I don't think that means I'm wrong, necessarily

I love the idea of a Ben never goes dark AU in a million different ways, but especially when he's just not especially force-sensitive, not especially good at it, except that he has this deep force connection to this random scavenger out in the middle of nowhere who's really good with the force. despite this, Ben is Leia's favorite child and Rey is Han's favorite not-child.

they did not make the list!

[motorclit]

ANYTIME I bring up to my parents how something in the bible is meant to be one thing and not the other, they spend the whole goddamn time arguing either giving me a non-answer as to why I'm somehow wrong, they talk about OTHER things in the bible, or they trash on Muslims in some way, depending on how Islamophobic they feel that day.

He'll? Actual place, but not in the afterlife. It was a burning garbage dump used sometimes to punish people or used as a threat to punish people.

There are also a couple of quotes talking about how "you have a better chance of putting a camel through the eye of a needle than you do a rich man into the kingdom of heaven" as well as "YOU CANNOT WORSHIP MONEY AND GOD" but greedy cheetoh supporters (especially my dad who dreams of being rich) will ignore that.

Also I think the whole Sodom and Gomorrah thing where men should not sleep with men as if they were a woman was actually a mistranslation, and it's men should not sleep with BOYS as they do with women, meaning the bible condemns pedophilia.

The Bible is just so famously mistranslated so many times and so many xtians don't read the damn thing. That book is obsessed with punishment and incest and shit like that. Why do you think I switched to a Pagan path?

Shockingly, my parents don't mind that I'm pagan? I don't get it either. They're open-minded on some of the weirdest shit but never where we need it to count, and I believe this boils down to personal experiences. (Both of my parents have experienced some heavy paranormal shit in their lives.) I think they secretly like the fact that I can banish bad things if need be (like my grandma's ghost since she was not very nice (to say the least) when she was alive and was hostile as a ghost). My parents went to 2 mediums (who seemed legit?) when my brother died back in 2011. Me banishing grandma allowed my brother's spirit to be comfortable visiting because he didn't like her even in the afterlife.

My parents also accept the concept of evolution. Their justification? "God works in mysterious ways." But apparently that doesn't work when it comes to the existence of the LGBTQ+ community? Like I said, they're open-minded about some of the weirdest shit. Aliens are fine but coexistence with Muslims is not? Earth ain't flat and dinosaurs existed, but anybody outside of cishet norms is.. well you know what they accuse them of.

I think the biggest reason they are fine with me being Pagan is because I'm going back to my Serbian roots... so far back thay I'm taking as much of the church aspects out of my practice. And my parents seem to like that because I've been also trying to learn more about dad's side of the family. Once my uncle (dad's brother) gets his moving situation straightened out, he's gonna give me a copy of the family tree from that side of the family.

Then there's a part of me wondering if they think it's only a matter of time before I "come back to jesus" because they've "strayed from the path back in their day too."

I'm older than my mom was when she had me (which is still freaky for me to comprehend) and she "came back to jesus" several years before she was pregnant with me. So I doubt it.

I'm still convinced of the correlations of leaded fuel and its affects of my parents' generation though, and that might be why they are the way they are right now. (This is based on my speculation trying to make sense of why they're so susceptible to right-wing fear-mongering.)

Sorry for the long rant but just.. Holy shit. If I use the Bible to call them out on their shit, somehow they're exempt, and it doesn't make any sense. And the more I demand that they explain, the more hostility I'm met with. AND THIS GOES FOR ANYTHING. INCLUDING IF THE CHEETOH SUDDENLY CHANGES HIS TUNE AND MY PARENTS ACT LIKE HE NEVER SAID THEBOTHER THING BEFORE EVEN WHEN SHOWING THEM A VIDEO. MY PARENTS ARE LITERALLY THE BRAINWASHED MASSES OF GEORGE ORWELL'S 1984.

[nicolemarieeh]

3/10/2024

Am I really that shit of a person? Am I really such a bad daughter? Maybe they're right after all...maybe I'm just a selfish useless bitch who don't love anybody except for herself, maybe I'm that horrible person who doesn't care at all about her family and loved ones, maybe that's how they always perceived it and I'm starting to think that maybe they're not so wrong after all...But why If they're right does it hurts so much? Why does it burns when your own father tells you that he did wrong as a father, that he failed raising you and that he tries to understand all the things that he did wrong so I end up being like that, a selfish person who doesn't love her own family.

I'm trying to figure out at what point of my childhood I became so damaged, when all of these problems started happening? When was the moment when I started to feel this rejection for my father and even some kind of resentment and anger, for something I can't seem to fully understand, because, in the big picture I know he was a good father, one that made plenty of mistakes and things that hurted me a lot, but I can't seem to find the moment when I started pushing him away, pushing everyone away, It's some kind of detachment I can't understand the reason why. Now that I'm older I realize I've always been lonely, a very lonely person, is it something wrong with me?

Is it wrong for me wanting that the people that lives with you recognizes at least once that you're enough? that you're worth it and that you're actually trying to be better every day? But no, they don't see it, nobody is able to see the good in you, and I hate to be this sensitive and I hate that everything affects me more than what it affects others, I hate it when they make me feel like I'm so useless in this house, that I do absolutely nothing and I'm just storbing and causing problems. How do they think I feel when my own father tell me that I have abandoned him since he left this house, that I just care about what he can give me, that I haven't even asked to go and visit him or to see how is it going...and I know I haven't done that, but that doesnt mean I hate him or that I dont care for him, it's just....I dont know, I find it so hard to show affection, I dont know why, I find it so hard to keep in touch with people, I find it so hard to be more united, and it's not that I don't want to, I wish I could heal my relationship with my parents before it's too late...I just simply don't know how to do it, and they're also not helping much let's say.

Some days, like this moment, I feel like I'm drowning, I just want to let loose and disappear from everyone, I have my bottle of wine here with me, flirting as if we both know that we need each other...I must confess I didn't feel in control a moment ago, my thoughts...they were taking me back to previous dark places, places where I dont want to come back, places where I used to harm myself to numb the pain and I thought about it right now...I really thought that I got over this mental state, but I just realized...that weakness comes unpredictable like a cold breeze in a summer day and leave you with your guard down... The saddes thing about this story, is that this blog is the only entity that I can actually express myself with, cause at the end, I realized I'm really, really lonely, when there's no one on your side to calm you down, to give you some support words, no one you can trust enough to open up and be vulnerable with... it's just me, this wine, and this blog. But hey, we're gonna get out of this one... just like we've alway do.

[theskyexists]

Sad that theyre now milking the premise: ana is too competitive and literally an idiot for it

Also somehow the dude who doesn't know anything about babies and left the woman he promised to be with forever when an abortion was no longer an option gets to....? Be in the right? 'He's her dad! He gets to do whatever with her!' uh ......... No? He only got to see her bc Mariana wanted the best for Regina and hes so incredibly fucking dumb

It's getting old that Ana is always fucking wrong. Doesn't anybody else get to be wrong sometimes

And now it turns out that Mariana's dad was actually perfectly fine or something it was her mum who decided to keep him out or whatever

Come on....

Are we going to make the endless point that having a career as a woman and also having fun and having a husband and family is simply completely impossible. Jezus Christ.

I thought this was gonna be a pretty feminist show with interesting choices so far but now im like.... Come on

This is getting in the area of: this is too embarrassing.

God. The woman in a man's world shit. I've never seen Ana be actually good at her job. Can we please have Ana do some actual work.

Has anybody looked at that baby in the past hour.

Mariana had the cutest girlfriend who was willing to go all out who supported her when she was pregnant and giving birth and etc etc. and told her she's not alone yet she didn't want to call her a girlfriend. Elena get the HELL OUT LOLOLOL

So you hooked up with your best friend??? And then you were like: eh let's just be friends? Mariana what the FUCK. And then comes crying back for her friend. Ok well. Maybe just, don't date your lesbian friend and be completely unserious maybe.

'i came to realise he'd a good dad' IS HE THOUGH????? IS HE??? COS HE GAVE UP THE WIN ONCE? just because his intentions are good don't make him a good dad.

Huh??? So Ana just took the loss???? Shes not upset about missing the presentation????

Why the fuck didn't Mariana take him to task for breaking his fucking promise again. God he's so fucking dumb. I have no patience for that shit. He broke trust at least four times and horrifically. And yet you'll let him take your kid with him??? Come ON

All I want from this goddamn show is for them to show me Ana beating the fucking competition

Ana's work continues to be: standing around a room looking devastatingly attractive

I don't care about Pablo I don't care about Elena or ceci or the babies ALL I CARE ABOUT IS ANA WINNING. I care a little bit about Tere and Juan Carlos

He shouldn't care if she's just a throwaway woman. Or maybe he cares because it was fucking shitty

Ok so Ana just WON. THANK GOD.

Het ex gf is the front woman of a band???? Jezus Christ Mariana what are you DOING

Oh my god. The sexism at the table is insane. Oh my god. FUCK YEAH somehow it's like Ana won anyway

And fuck yeah! Somebody finally fucking told Mariana that wasn't cool. Girl didn't have to be so mean about it though I guess

Seriously, spying on the girls? Mariana come on....I mean I thought she might play it off as dropping her thing or whatever.

Oh ok. I wouldn't go so far as to equate being called a fake lesbian the same as sitting at a table full of sexist fucking colleagues

Well it's good Mariana got a wake-up call that she needed to be a littleeeee kinder to Elena

It's crazy that she's only 22

They're definitely hiding how ana and Mariana are growing closer and closer very naturally

Ana winning at work!!! Politics!!!!

How in the hell is Ana's mother like ten years older than her at most

If I didn't know that Ana and Mariana end up in a relationship somehow in some way for some time I don't think... I would even catch it? No I would. I mean the salsa dancing is really a step too far. No wait, it isnt. It REMAINS SO SUBTLE. that ana will take instruction from Mariana and NO ONE ELSE. BUT subtle bc no camera angles no nothing that suggest anything. And the narrative is so sincere in cheering on Juan Carlos and Ana

Ana....why r u an idiot

He's like: I love you! And she's like: I've moved on. She should maybe repeat that and say: you LEFT ME PREGNANT AFTER SAYING YOU WANTED TO BE TOGETHER FOREVER.

Ok Mariana is such a fucking idiot. What the fuckkkkk. Poor Pablo oh my GOD. WHAT!!!

Rodrigo said: hey I'll do your homework but you better be my girlfriend. And Paloma did that. What is this weird prostitution plot for grade schoolers

Why does Pablo suddenly have a brain and Mariana doesnt

These people are so unbelievably rich

Damn. Endlessly men misinterpreting shit again and again. Though Mariana and Teresa both have a problem with mixed signals for sure. The men sure like to go from: oh she put a hand on my leg - she must want sex!! despite clear verbal and sometimes years-long rejection or a context of formality.

I guess Juan Carlos and Ana simply want different things.

Elena, despite being thin as a rack, is really hot.

Teresa is such a fucking dick. Truly Mariana and Teresa are Soooooooo Selfish when it comes to people who like them. Oh i need you to do something so fuck your feelings!

Mariana trusting Ana almost without question. They're building this soooooo slow

WHY WOULD YOU SAY 'TERESA NO ONE MUST FIND OUT THAT WE WERE LOVERS' OUT LOUD WITH PEOPLE IN THE HOUSE!!!!

She's literally in the hallway!!!! Sjisodjdkjfkdnd

Jezus everybody doing so much adultery. This show basically normalises it as idk very natural. This sentiment is then verbally proposed.

Ana INSTANTLY tells Mariana that she cheated on her husband. The moment she sees her..dude....

Why would she do this thing with Anuar some more if Mariana already knows

Anyway somehow Pablo was super dumb in the beginning but later hes smart

Oh so they put in an 'i love you' and a kiss and INSTANTLY play it off for the character and the audience. AMAZING. AMAZING!!! I LOVE IT

Fucking sucks that i dont even ship the poly bait of Elena/Mariana/Pablo..because Mariana so clearly is not into them??

Juan Carlos blaming the break on Ana sleeping with someone else when she had the guts to tell him when he didnt is fucked.

Pablo proposes out of the blue. Gets rejected. Just leaves the babies. Losldbfldbfjf..i thought you were doing these things for the BABIES

Ah they're doing some sort of vows in the guise of a maternity ritual. Amazing

They keep putting in a shot to Elena when they have these moments. Like the resident lesbian going: Harold.....

AND NOW MARIANA ACTUALLY LOOKS AT ELENA WHOS LIKE LOL BITCH COME ON

oh no.... Seriously. Did she just pull the 'youre just confused' card on a fellow sapphic??? Or is she trying to protect her?

Pablo is such a selfish bitch. 'ive been trying so hard for something that I threw away like it was shit once already!!' somebody warn Cynthia about this man

Ok so now Ana is being a shit head and not mentioning she also cheated hello

I mean Mariana you've been such a piece of shit to your mother the whole time

Seriously? Doesn't Juan Carlos think to fucking say: this was BEFORE. Jezus Christ. Now its getting stupid. I hate that shit

Seriously. So she's going to ask the question and then Mariana is going to answer without explainin that it was BEFORE

Shut UP

Seriously he didn't tell the kids the reality either? Think this is damn unfeminist for the dude to get blamed now for eveything. Come ON

Hate when seasons end on everything being shit

And I bet next season it all gets spun even more into shit. Hate that

God.

Ana really in one day, instead of making it a good day for her daughters, actually blamed her husband for everything, alienated the whole family, and her bestest friend as well.

What the FUCK

Anyway season 2 really sucks

[timbrrwolfe]

Just a little mainline Zelda game tier list. Figured I'd make it now for posterity as I intend to (eventually, at some point) play through more of the series, and I wanted to have a record of where stuff stood in my mind before playing. TL;DR I have a bias for both 2D zeldas and newer games in general. Longer explanations under the cut for anybody who wants to read my ramblings

The Oracles games are my favorites, with Ages being one of the first games I ever beat, especially without cheating (though I did use a game guide. Miss those things, honestly. Online walkthroughs just aren't the same). Breath of the Wild does a lot of things right but there are some things that very much annoy me (weapon degradation being the main issue that some of the other issues kind of have their roots in), but overall it's a pretty good time. Ignore that I'm technically about halfway through it and still want to finish it before Tears of the Kingdom comes out even though I don't expect to get that right away (because money). Link to the Past is the only other one I've actually played at length, and despite never finishing it, it was a pretty good time. I don't know if it's a good or bad thing that I played the GBA port. Just not quite as good as the others, though it's been a few years since I played it so maybe I'll replay it before I redo the tier list. TotK does look interesting, and while it still keeps the weapon degradation it's got some stuff to mitigate that (hopefully), so I'm definitely interested in getting it. Link Between Worlds is very much on my radar but that's gonna require me to pick up (ideally) a New 3DS/XL(LL) since my own 3DS XL broke years back and I missed it at the time. Minish Cap has been on my list for a while, and I even played a little bit of it but got distracted and haven't gone back to it. Still, I expect if I give it a proper chance I'll enjoy it, and I intend to do that some point soon. Link to the Past I also wanna get to, though I'm not sure which version I'll do. Maybe I'll get the Switch version and play through the OG first to see how it compares.

Windwaker honestly probably should be in the middle haven't played tier, on further reflection. I haven't played it but honestly I've seen a lot of it played so I don't think it would hold my attention to play through it myself. Also it seems like a refinement of OoT and MM which is both good and bad. Twilight Princess through Spirit Tracks I don't know a ton about but what I've seen of gameplay or heard about them haven't really appealed much to me. The Four Swords Adventures games I basically know nothing about, and Triforce Quest I know even less about.

It's a bit disingenuous to say I haven't played some of the games in the final tier, but I definitely haven't put much time into them. I gave OoT something like 20 minutes years after it's initial release but I think I missed the boat on how stunning it was to have huge 3D environments after years of smaller 2D games. So without that aspect of spectacle the gameplay didn't grab me much in the short time I spent with it. Maybe if I had played it alongside, for instance, Banjo Tooie, I'd feel differently about it (since I enjoy Banjo Tooie a lot despite being similar games outside of the tones and details) Majora's Mask is basically just more of Ocarina of Time, with a more sinister atmosphere. So, similar issues, with the added obstacle for me in that it's a game with a countdown, which give me hives. I've also seen at least parts of these games played so it's not like I have 0 idea what they're like. Having said that I'm not completely closed off to the idea of playing certain versions of the games. (Unofficial PC port of OoT, 3DS remakes of both) Zelda 2 I gave about 10 minutes, had no idea what i was supposed to be doing, and never went back to it. The OG is a similar story. Plus, as I said, I am very biased against older games in general. I don't play games to overcome difficulty (if it's fun I'll push through a challenge until I beat it but a lot of older games are hard without being fun. So.)

Just my personal thoughts on the series. I like certain kinds of things and not other things.

[hahanoiwont]

Sorry for sending another ask I am just ADHD and have had your writing on the brain- is Red aware of Frisk in some way viewed going to meet Asgore as protecting their brothers/ the idea that they want to break the barrier for him and Fell? Was he aware of that when he made his decision? I want to study this mans mind and motivations

Red is eminently studyable. He also has literally no idea that Frisk was trying to help him. This got long, so under the cut!

As far as Red is aware, he has never once even implied that Frisk should do anything but grow up safe. He doesn't want the Barrier to fall, he's clear and public with this opinion; and he thinks Frisk going to fight Fellgore is suicide. He thinks other people have pressured them into thinking that they have to save monsterkind by fighting the king, and that it's all a farce because the simple fact that they'd let Frisk be a sacrificial lamb proves that monsterkind is beyond saving. He hasn't even considered that they might be doing it for Fell, either, because he's so certain that it's other people's fault that Frisk is going to die. He does not believe that they can take down the Barrier, and even if they somehow could, he wouldn't allow it. He'd be miserable about it, but he'd feel it's his responsibility to stop them from opening Pandora's box on the innocent people on the Surface. If anything, he would want them to cross the Barrier alone.

I haven't mentioned it more than once or twice in the fic, but Red toyed with the idea of sending them to another world for a long time with no intention of doing it. He didn't think he'd be able to give them up. He loved them and wanted to keep them. In fact, he was convincing himself not to send them off and to maybe wait until they're older, or even see what Fell's whole revolution thing ends up doing, before something like this happened:

Sans catches up to the kid when they're alone. It's a bad feeling, nothing but a bad feeling, but his bad feelings are never just feelings so even he knows that's BS. Something is wrong. And when he catches up to them, all alone and soft and small, they're in a cavern that's empty except for the fresh dust.

They haven't killed anybody. They look up at him with dull, dark eyes, and he feels that spark of terror--they don't look DETERMINED. They need to be DETERMINED. They won't come back if they're not DETERMINED.

He needs to get them home.

They don't whine or protest when he tugs them through a shortcut. Don't fight him on it at all. They sit there and tolerate him patting them down, watching their face like a Loox for any hint of pain. They don't wince. Their hands are cold and clammy.

"the fuck happened out there," he mutters, more to fill the quiet than because he thinks they'll answer. It doesn't matter, ultimately, what exactly it was: it was monsters being monsters, and it hurt his kid sibling. There's only so many horrors a kid can see before their will to keep slogging through hell starts to slip.

"probably haven't eaten today." He whips a bag of chisps out of his pocket. It's comfort food, more or less. "you need water? a blanket? you're cold."

They're starting to shiver.

Finally, the kid's lips move. Their voice breaks and gives out, and he can't tell what the hell they're trying to say to him, but he listens anyway. It could keep them alive for another minute. Fuck, even a handful of seconds--he'd give it all up if he could only figure out how to keep them from fading away. Can humans Fall Down?

The kid tries again. This time their voice is clearer--their hands are shaking, but their bleak eyes are steady. "Lie to me."

"what?"

"L-lie to me, Sans. Tell me..." They cling to his fingertips, and he doesn't dare to breathe. "Tell me we're safe. Tell me it's gonna be OK."

Lie to me. They don't believe they're going to be alright. They don't believe they're going to survive.

Everything that's warm snuffs out under the freezing cold.

He's seen it time and time again. They won't survive long without hope. There's not a damned thing he can do to save them if they don't have hope.

"you're ok." Sans whispers. He pulls them in close, tucks them away like he can keep them safe. "you're gonna be ok. i've got you."

"Please." They can't muffle the word in his shirt.

"i'll fix it. don't you worry, it's ok. i'll make it better. shh, you're gonna be alright." He can't keep them safe. They're dying by inches right in front of him, and none of the naive hopes he's wanted to foster will save them.

Nothing but one. One last Hail Mary is the only thing he's got left up his sleeve.

Fuck, he really didn't want to do this.

"i promise." he mutters into their hair, taking in the softness of it and how it feels to have them close. "you'll be ok. you're gonna grow up safe. it's all gonna get better." He doesn't let his voice so much as waver. "just hold on a little bit longer and everything's gonna be ok."

He'll make it happen. No matter what.

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...anyway that's about how it went! I've meant to write this up forever, and I still might clean it up and post it at some point, but Red decided he was going to send them to Underswap due to one specific encounter. But saying that is a little misleading, since there was almost certainly going to be something at some point that pushed him over the edge...there was a chance for him not to send them away, but it was narrow and perilous. He might have believed it was a toss-up, but in reality he did spend several years developing this technology and several more hating himself for not using it.

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Alright, so notice. Most of you probably know this, since you're following me for the Autistic Levi stuff (thank you, we're closing in on 100 followers!!!!), but people with autism can have "tantrums". I've kinda touched on this in a previous post (it's a full meltdown, but you can see that post here https://www-artforoddballs.tumblr.com/post/644803780958879744/autistic-levi-angstkinda-i-guess-this-is-him). For those of you who DON'T know, an autistic tantrum is not the same thing as what you'd think of in regards to a toddler or kid, it's just the word used for it. This is a mistake my mother and I made when getting the paperwork done while I was going through testing that later got cleared up lol

I had a tantrum yesterday, and so I figured that I could post about Leviathan having a tantrum, since it's still ready on my mind. I don't care if anyone else is proud of me for coping with it as well as I did, since it's a major improvement from last time I had one, but I am proud of myself!...with that in mind, here we go!!

There will be some angst in this post, like the last post in relation to this one, but like the last post, it turns out fine.

However.

Trigger warning for things such as self harm, both physical and verbal. If you or a loved one is self harming, either reach out to someone for help or reach out to that person to help, yeah?

OK on with the post.

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First of all, Levi's autism is part of why his brothers always agree to help when there's a raffle for tickets or something like that on the DDD messages, because he can get overwhelmed if they don't at least help, even if he doesn't win in the end.

They figured out that his autism was the culprit for this shortly after his diagnosis.

Now when I'm writing for Levi, I like to think that his diagnosis was around the early 1990s since, while autism was a separate diagnosis in 1980, it didn't really start becoming fairly accepted and expanded upon until 1987. Hence why everyone is mostly used to it by now, but are still sometimes off put by his odd behavior; for them, as beings that have been around since...the beginning of the universe, pretty much as far as we know, but for at LEAST since humans were around (so at VERY least 2.5 million years now, but potentially up to around 7 million years (if they haven't been around since the beginning of creation)), this would be like...I dunno, give me a second.

Waiting

Waiting...

Okay, so from 1990(earliest year I have in mind) to 2019 (the year it was released) is 29 years. That's a minimum of 1/86,206.89th of their lifespan, and a maximum of 1/475,862,068.96th of their total lifetime.

So this is a VERY recent development for them on the grand scheme of things, but I digress.

So they're still figuring everything out, especially as the human race continues to learn about the condition itself.

So the first time Levi threw a tantrum and they recognized it for what it was...it was certainly interesting.

What had happened was exactly the situation described; Levi had wanted to go to a concert in the human world and they were raffling off free tickets. Except, unlike now, his brothers hadn't offered their support. They hadn't in the past, why would this time be any different?

Except now they viewed it through a different light. Leviathan had an image in his head that he desired so badly and had asked his brothers to support him, hopeful, only to be rejected at every turn. That he was used to, but it was still upsetting.

He put that to the side, though. He really wanted to see this band, and these were VIP tickets where you got to hang out with the band for a few hours after the concert! They'd cost a LOT of human money, and while they COULD afford it, he knew Lucifer would be bringing hell down upon him if he used that amount of family funds on a concert. And his anxiety was already somewhat raised, so he decided to enter the raffle on his own.

He sat there for hours, waiting for the results to come in. He'd hyped this up in his brain the entire time; He'd win, go to an amazing concert, have dinner with the band, maybe even make some friends....!...and then the results came back. He hadn't won.

As per usual, our snek boi went into one of his rants about how unfair it was, but instead of going on a rampage or something like that, locked himself up in his room and cried, hating himself for getting so excited over nothing.

As I mentioned before, I've made another post about a tantrum/getting too overwhelmed slipping into something even more dire, as that's almost always what happens to me. This would be in the 90s, so this would be their first real incident with one of these moments where they had the proper diagnosis, so bear with me, there will be some angst here, but like the other post, it'll be fine.

So Mammon ends up feeling bad for rejecting his little brother, and, not knowing it was too late, decided to go to his room and offer his support. It was almost Leviathan's birthday anyways, and Mammon knew how rejection felt and how much it sucked. So, he knocked on Leviathan's door.

No response. He knocked again...still no response, but a quiet sob.

Right away, Mammon switched from semi-carefree to worried. "Levi...?"

Again, no response. He decided to just go in and check on his brother...

The door was locked. And he smelled blood.

"Leviathan, I need you to open the door," Mammon said with a half hearted chuckle, his voice now becoming slightly strained. "Because if ya don't, I'm gonna have t' break the door down."

"Just go away!" Leviathan cried from inside his room. "Just leave me alone, you jerk!"

"I ain't goin' anywhere. Either open the door or I'm gonna break it down. Those are your two choices."

A moment of silence, before Mammon sighs, stretching, as he transforms into his demon form.

"Alright, option two it is."

He rammed into the door repeatedly, before the wood finally splintered and fell to the ground with a loud thud. Mammon quickly looked around, eyes widening as he saw Leviathan digging his own sharpened nails into his arms, multiple raked wounds, made by the same culprit, carved into his skin.

"Levi...look at ya..." Mammon said, voice faltering, tears welling up in his eyes. "I...how long has..."

"Just shut up! Don't act like you care about me, I'm the freak of our family, remember?! I'm the one whose brain isn't right, I'm just a shut-in, good for nothing, re-!"

He was quickly cut off by Mammon going to him and hugging him.

"I don't care who you are. You talk about my brother like that again and I'll kill you. Alright? You're a little off, but you ain't a freak, and your brain works just fine as is. You're perfect just the way you are, and if anybody else says any different, I'm gonna beat them the fuck up. Including you. Got that? So what if you've got that fancy lable on ya now...? Labels like that matter, but it didn't change ya. You're still my cringe, annoying as hell little weirdo of a brother...and I wouldn't have ya any other way."

Leviathan fully listened to Mammon talk, before clinging to him, breaking down sobbing again, and trying to explain what happened through his tears, the older demon gently rubbing his back and allowing him to cry it out, making sure no more harm was done.

A while later, once Levi had calmed down, Mammon ruffled his hair.

"Let's get you cleaned up, yeah? Lucifer is already gonna kill me for breaking your door, but he'd be even more pissed if I just left you here with those wounds."

So they did. And Mammon, after telling a VERY angry Lucifer what had happened hours later, had surprisingly NOT gotten chewed out by the eldest brother. Instead, that day, the entire family had a long discussion, and they all agreed that if it was something as small as entering a raffle, or even if it was bigger but not an inconvenience to anyone in the slightest, they'd all help out from then on. It's not like it was hard, and it would save Levi from hours of stress and negativity toward himself and others around him.

They also made a plan for if a tantrum were to happen while someone was around, or if he became too overwhelmed and started to spiral...because, as annoying as he could be, Leviathan was still family. And they loved him, oddities and all.

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Alright, so...that was the post! I hope it was okay. I know I've written about this type of thing before a little, but different situations can end up with the same negative outcome, like being in an overwhelming situation, or not being able to change your thinking and not easily being able to get over your expectations. I've personally suffered with both, and it's a regular thing for me, so I like writing about it, because maybe, just maybe, it'll help someone out, or help someone that isn't autistic understand a friend or relative or classmate or employee better. And I love these characters, I really do. The only ironic thing is that I see so much of myself in Leviathan, but I adore him and despise myself. Go figure 😂

Regardless, I hope you enjoyed, and if there's anything you guys have questions about (in regards to me and my experience), or any specific writing requests, asks are fully open!

Thanks so much for being here to support me, you have no idea how much it means to a little oddball such as myself.

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Chapter 4: Sypha Belnades and Meilė’s Promise

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“Isn't there a head man in Gresit you could go to?” Trevor asked. The Elder shook his head.  “He died in the first horde attack. Our searches have been unsuccessful.” The Elder said. Arn looked at the two, not noticing that the other was gone.  “So, what are your plans?” He asked. Ramybė shrugged.  “Find some more food, find some drink, watch this idiot get drunk,” 

“I take offence to that.” Trevor said, not looking at the older twin. 

“That was the point,” she said. “Eat some food, move on.” She said. The Elder frowned. 

“That's it?” He asked. Trevor shrugged. 

“Maybe find a tall tree, sit in it with Meilė and Ramybė, watch the show before we move on, all the good little people dying horribly, all that.” Trevor said. The Elder frowned.  

“You two feel no compassion?” He asked. Ramybė looked at him, frowning.

“This is what the church wanted. The Belmonts and the Gelbėtojais were the only people who could've fought Dracula and his army, but they didn't want us.” She said. Trevor looked down. 

“They wanted to fight the darkness on their own terms, good luck to them.” He said. 

“But the ordinary people of Wallachia, they didn't get the choice.” The Elder said. Ramybė turned away. 

“For evil bastards to win power, all ordinary people have to do is stand aside and keep quiet.” She said. 

“There's always a choice.” Trevor finished. The Elder sighed. 

“Well, find a good tall tree. You can watch us die, too.” The Elder said. Suddenly, Ramybė gasped and clutched at her heart. Trevor’s eyes widened. 

“Ramybė!” He caught her before her knees buckled. “Ramybė, what’s the matter?” He asked. Ramybė looked at him. 

“Meilė, somethings happened to her. I don’t know what, but it’s not good.” She said. The twins had an extremely strong spiritual connection. The connection allowed them to feel if one of them was hurt or not. 

“It's his grandchild.” Arn suddenly said. Ramybė looked at the man as Trevor helped her straighten up. The Elder looked at him. 

“Arn!” He reprimanded. Arn shook his head. 

“I don't care! It's the elder's grandchild down there. We can't even bury them. It's not our way to just leave our dead unattended to!” Arn argued. Both Ramybė and Trevor’s eyes widened. This is why they refused to leave. The Elder frowned.

“We stay for the people of Gresit.” He said. Arn nodded, looked down at the Elder. “Yes, we do. But we also stay because we hope.” Arn said. “So, you're staying to die with the good people of Gresit, not just because it's a good thing to do, but because you don't have your grandchild's body?” Trevor asked, sounding astonished.  

“If you want to put it that way.” The Elder said. Trevor sighed. Ramybė looked a the Elder. 

“If Trevor and I go and recover your kid's body, as well as rescue my sister, will you please leave?” She asked. Trevor looked at the Speakers. 

“Wait outside the city. Give your aid to the survivors when the night horde finally just rips through this place.” Trevor said. Arn frowned.  “Why would you do that?” He asked. Ramybė turned and faced the unlit fireplace.  “They're going to come for you soon,” she said. Trevor and the Speakers looked at her. “The good people.” She turned and faced them. “It's gonna be a pogrom.” She said. Trevor walked over and stood next to her.

“Ramybė’s right. They were talking about it in the marketplace this morning.” Arn frowned. 

“I don't think you answered my question.” Arn said. Trevor walked up to him. 

“Ramybė, Meilė and I know what it's like to be persecuted by your own country for the accident of your birth. Meilė means the world to me. I am not going to leave her alone in those damn catacombs.” Trevor said. Ramybė placed her hand on Trevor’s shoulder, silently telling him to calm down. 

“If Trevor and I find your grandchild, will you leave this city before nightfall?” She asked, looking at the Elder. The Elder sighed. 

“If that is the condition of your recovering, then yes.” The Elder said. Trevor and Ramybė turned, facing the door.  “We’re leaving now.” Ramybė said. Trevor turned and looked at the Speakers.  “Don't go walkabouts looking for people to give support to. Stay right here.” Trevor commanded before turning. 

“Belmont. Gelbėtojai,” the two froze, listening to what the Elder had to say. 

“It is not dying that frightens us. It's living without ever having done our best.” The Elder said. Trevor opened the door.  “I don't care.” He whispered. Ramybė sighed and looked back at the Speakers. 

“We’ll be back soon.” She said, closing the door. 

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The wind whistled as the two ex-monster hunters made their way across the town of Gresit to the opening of the catacombs. 

“Ramybė, can you still feel Meilė’s spiritual energy?” Trevor asked her. Ramybė stopped walking for a moment and closed her eyes, concentrating. 

“Yes. It’s faint, but it’s still there.” She said. Trevor nodded. 

“Good.” He said. The made their way up to what looked like the statue of a person and a snake. Ramybė narrowed her eyes. She moved to the side a little and smirked. 

“Hmm. There,” she said, pointing to an opening between the snake. Trevor smiled. 

“Good eye.” He said. They walked closer to the snake. Ramybė bent her knees and lifted up with her arms, creating a sort of platform of earth for the two to stand on. Moving her arms up, the platform moved up. It stopped right at the entrance. Trevor hopped off first and grabbed Ramybė’s hand, helping her across. “Have I told you how awesome it is that you have powers?” Trevor asked. Ramybė smiled. 

“You could probably mention it more often.” She said. Trevor chuckled. Ramybė turned and stomped, pushing her arms down. The platform sunk into the ground again. Trevor looked at her and cocked an eyebrow. She shrugged. “What? Don’t want people following us up here.” She said. Trevor nodded. 

“Right, but, how are we going to get down?” He asked. Ramybė started to walk forward. 

“We’ll cross that bridge when we get to it.” She said. They walked further in and saw some torches. Trevor walked forward and picked up a torch. He sniffed at it. 

“Hmm,” he turned to Ramybė. “Does this smell like fresh oil to you?” He asked. He held it out for her to sniff it. Ramybė did so. She nodded. 

“Yup. Fresh oil,” she confirmed. Trevor looked at her. He held the torch out. 

“Will you do the honors?” He asked. Ramybė smiled. 

“Gladly,” she stood back a little. Trevor held the torch a little ways in front of him. Ramybė took a breath in. Pointing with her index and middle finger, she thrust forward with her arm. A small flame shot forward and lit the torch. Trevor started to walk forward, Ramybė following. 

“Anybody home?” He shouted. Ramybė rolled her eyes. 

“Do you really think a person would respond if you asked if they were home?” She asked. Trevor looked at her and shrugged. 

“What? Just wanting to make sure.” He said. A hallow clang caught their attention. Ramybė frowned and walked over to a golden pipe. She placed her hand against it. 

“Warm. That's weird.” She said. Trevor and Ramybė continued forward. A faint rustling caused Ramybė to draw her sword and Trevor his short sword. 

“We can hear you. We’re armed, and a lot less happy than you are so you want to stay well out of our way.” Trevor said. All of the sudden, the ground beneath the two collapsed. 

“Whoa! Oh!” The two landed on their feet. Trevor looked up and smirked. 

“Ha! Reflexes like a cat.” He said. As if the universe wanted to prove them wrong, the floor broke open again. 

“Must you always jinx things?!” Ramybė shouted as the fell again. They landed on a pile of rubble. The two groaned in pain. Ramybė looked up as lights turned on. She gasped as she saw the statue of a Speaker and the statue of her sister. 

“Meilė!” She shouted. She scrambled to get up, and rushed to the statue. Ramybė placed her hands on the sides of the statue’s face. Trevor walked up to the statue of the Speaker. He knocked his dagger against it.

“Either someone left a statue of a Speaker down here, or,” his sentence was cut off when laid footsteps filled the empty catacombs. Ramybė gasped and whirled around.

“Cyclops!” She shouted. The two dodged as the Cyclops opened its eye. Purple light shot through. The two hid behind pillars.

“Stone-eye cyclops.” Trevor said. Ramybė nodded.

“Yup. Right out of the family bestiary.” She said. The cyclops shot at the two again and they dodged it.

“God shits in our dinner once again.” Trevor said. Ramybė frowned.

“Trevor, stop complaining about God shitting in our dinner and try to kill this damn thing!” She shouted. Ramybė shot fire at it. The fire didn’t affect it at all. Using his whip and his dagger, Trevor moved the whip so that it shot at the cyclops’ chest.

“Come on. Come on! You're dead! Stop and notice you're dead.” Trevor shouted. Ramybė rolled her eyes, running in front of him.

“Idiot! The only way to kill a Stone-Eye Cyclops,” she jumped and flipped midair. Thrusting her hand backwards, a spike of earth shot through and stabbed the cyclops in the eye. “Is to hit its eye.” She said. The cyclops fell to the ground, blood oozing from its eye. Ramybė landed on the ground. Trevor rushed over to Meliė, who’s body was returning to normal. Ramybė rushed over to the Speaker. She caught the Speaker in her arms.

Trevor caught Meilė in his arms. He waited for her to wake up, but she didn’t move. Trevor gently shook her.

“Meilė?” He shook her again. “Meilė!” He turned and looked at Ramybė. “Ramybė, Meilė isn’t waking up!” He shouted. Ramybė rubbed the back of the Speaker as she vomited. Hearing what Trevor said, Ramybė gasped and ran over. Trevor gently set Meilė on the ground. He gently cupped her cheek. Ramybė looked at him as she knelt next to her sister.

“She’s still breathing, right?” She asked. Trevor nodded.

“Yeah. She’s still breathing.” He said. Ramybė nodded. She placed one hand on Meilė’s chest and one on her forehead. Ramybė closed her eyes and concentrated. When she opened them, her eyes, the were glowing white. After a few moments, Ramybė’s eyes returned to their normal light brown color. Ramybė cupped Meilė’s cheeks. Meilė’s eyes opened and glowed white. She then gasped and started coughing. Both Trevor and Ramybė sighed in relief. Meilė slowly opened her eyes and saw her best friend and her sister.

“Trevor? Ramybė?” She asked quietly. Trevor chuckled and pulled her into a hug, gently caressing the back of Meilė’s head. When they pulled away, Trevor helped her sit up. He looked at the Speaker.

“Granddaughter, then,” he helped Meilė stand up. Ramybė rushed over and pulled her sister into a hug. Trevor rubbed the back of his head. “Ah. I wish Speakers wouldn't do that.” He said. The Speaker frowned.

“What?” She asked.

“Dress the girls like boys.” Trevor said, as if it were the most obvious thing in the world.

“It's safer when we travel.” The Speaker explained.

“What happened?” Meilė asked, looking at her sister.

“Both you and the Speaker walked into a cyclops.” Ramybė said, gesturing to the now dead thing.

“Turns you to stone with its eyeball and feeds on your terror while you're trapped in your own body.” Trevor said. Meilė shivered with fright, causing Ramybė wrap her arms around her sister’s shoulders in comfort. The Speaker frowned.

“Did... did you two climb on me?” She asked. Ramybė shook her head.

“Nope. But he did.” She said, pointing at Trevor. Trevor crossed his arms and nodded. The Speaker frowned.

“That was rude.” She said. She looked at the three who were in the catacombs with her. “Who are you three, anyway?” She asked.

“We met your grandfather,” Trevor said, not answering the Speaker’s question. “He wouldn't leave the city until he had your body.” Trevor said. Ramybė jutted her thumb at him.

“We came down to recover your remains so the Speakers would go to safety. And to get my idiot sister out of danger.” Ramybė frowned, looking at Meilė. Meilė crossed her arms.

“I had it covered.” She said. Ramybė scoffed.

“Yeah, if you call being turned to stone and scaring the shit out of your twin sister and your best friend having it covered, then you did a splendid job, Sister.” Ramybė said, sarcasm in her voice. The Speaker frowned.

“But the Sleeping Warrior is still down here.” She said. Trevor shook his head.

“There is no Sleeping Warrior,” he gestured to the dead monster. “Just a cyclops waiting for people stupid enough to go looking. And someone kind enough, like Meilė, who go looking for people who disappear. It's a trap for gullible Speakers. You're not popular around here.” Trevor said. The Speaker frowned. 

“The Old Wisdom says the tomb is guarded...” 

“Yeah, yeah. Come on. Time to go home.” Trevor said, interrupting her. Ramybė looked at the Speaker.

“Your people think you're dead. The least you can do is set that old man's mind to rest.” She said. The Speaker looked shocked. 

“He thinks I'm dead?” She asked. Meilė nodded, placing her hand on her hip. 

“He wasn't much wrong. Killing a cyclops is the only way to restore a victim.” She said. Ramybė looked at her sister. 

“Oh, and I can see you managed to kill it.” She didn’t want to be mean to her sister, but she nearly lost her. 

“Ramybė, you know that I don’t have very much control over my powers as much as you do!” She shouted. Trevor sighed. 

“Can we please save the sibling argument for when we’re not in the catacombs?” He asked. The twins sighed. 

“In agreeing with what Meilė said, Didn't think Ramybė and I’d manage it. The whole Cyclops thing.” Trevor said. The Speaker frowned.

“Who are you three?” She asked again. Trevor looked down.

“Trevor Belmont.” He said. The Speaker looked at the twins. Ramynė took Meliė’s hand.

“My name is Ramybė Gelbėtojai.” She said. Meliė placed her hand on her chest.

“And my name is Meilė Gelbėtojai.” She said. The Speaker didn’t look too impressed.

“But the Belmonts and the Gelbėtojais fight monsters.” She said.

“We’re out of practice. Let's show you to your grandfather, and then you can come down here and get killed again. Deal?” He asked. Meilė looked at him in shock.

“Trevor!” She shouted. Trevor looked at her.

“What?” He asked innocently.

“Very well,” the Speaker said, slightly shocking Meilė. The Speaker placed her hand on her chest. “I'm Sypha Belnades.” She introduced.

“I don't care.” Trevor whispered. Meilė sighed and shook her head. She smiled at her sister and rushed to catch up to him.

“You scared the shit out of me and your sister.” Trevor said, not looking at her. Meilė frowned.

“Trevor, both you and Ramybė know that I’m not the kind of person to leave someone. I have to go and help.” She said. Trevor stopped walking and looked at her.

“Meilė, you almost died! You could have died if Ramybė and I hadn’t come for you! I almost lost you.” He said. Meilė’s eyes widened at her best friend’s words. Trevor sighed and pulled her into a hug. Meilė hugged back.

“I’m sorry I scared you, Trevor. I promise I’ll never do it again.” She said.

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//I apologize. This took me longer than I thought to get this done. Chapter 5 will be coming out soon.//