#but she can only make one thing at a time and it disolves if she looses concentration

[eneiryu]

While I wait for my cough drop to disolve so I can go back to sleep, I pose you with these ideas that have come to me at 4am:

I'm not entirely sure how the whole werewolf memory claws-in-the-neck thing works, but I'm picturing a scene like with the nogitsune where Liam and Scott go into Theo's memories to retrieve some kind of important long-burried information and they see something really terrible being done to Theo while he was with the Dread Doctors like with the white room and the nogitsune and Stiles.

Another sort of Motel California scenario where there's a supernatural or something that makes everyone dream of their absolute worst nightmares and makes them real and tangable until somebody snaps them out of it, so they stick together as much as possible and because Theo "isn't afriad of anything" he spends most of the time waking everyone else up. (Eg. like for Isaac he dreams of his dad and Theo has to literally pull him out of a freezer that disappears.) Except when it comes to his turn and Tara keeps pulling out his heart and talking to the rest of them like nothing was wrong until he healed and she could do it all over again and nobody knows how to make her stop.

They find an operating theatre and actually see footage of young Theo throughout the years of torture and training and experiments and Theo just sorta tries to wave it off but hearing about it and seeing it is actually pretty horrifying to the rest of the pack.

Thank you for listening to my rant, you've been a great audience, goodnight.

I hope the cough drop did in fact dissolve, and you were able to not only get some sleep, but to kick whatever it was that was necessitating the cough drop.

1. Interestingly, I have plans for something very similar to this to come up in a fic I’m working on now.

2. Hmmm, I feel like I would end up modifying this one slightly? Because I think if something like that was going on, Theo would be absolutely terrified, mostly because he’s smart enough to know what would be coming for him, and he’d be focusing on the others to distract himself from it. But then, yes, I could see an “others getting to see what Theo’s time loop experience is like” (similar to pay attention to the accident), and exploring their reactions.

3. Ah yes, always an interesting idea. I’ve played around with it here and there (all waves with the stolen memories reveal, down in the shallows with the pack finding that record of experiments the Doctors performed on Theo), but I’m always open to doing more with it.

You’ve been a great show, thanks for the ideas!

[ggren-mainz]

Umineko - question arcs playthrough -> ep 1 - 11

last part - All parts and episodes - next part

Things are getting worse and worse

she's been telling y'all who the culprit was all along, y'all just don't want to listen.

Also I was looking on reddit at memes and one umineko one was like making fun of people who assume the answer arc will answer shit and that they finished ep 8 and still didn't know the culprit like ....that can.,,happen? God no wait i gotta lock in huh?? no more 'NONBELIVERS"???? well i think for now it's ok since i sincerely doubt you can solve anything with half of ch1 only, but still.... Ig ill have to think *disolves into a puddle and dies*

Wouldn't Kinzo's room be the closest to a safe one? I mean i remember them saying that only Genji had the key to his room, and in rest it's all done with an automated system.

Am i smart or am i smart ? (I think i'll become the queen of pointing out the obvious atp.)

Sooo true, save this here to keep it in mind, but yeah while something may seem like the most logical answer for the opponent, they might've not done it because perhaps they haven't thought of it. Variables variables...

they all go to hide in Kinzo's room, and at the entrance, Maria says how the door is built to not let magical entities in, having the same symbol drawn on it as the charms she gave to Jessica and Battler. So Beatrice couldn't have entered this room with her magic, and instead the theory that Kinzo left it of his own accord is probably right. That or Eva was right about Natsuhi or she lied about the receipt OR a secret door exists.

oookay this changes things quite a lot. Basically, he said that Beatrice existed but she died. So does this suddenly turn into a ghost story? No i don't think so.

Yk what would be the funniest thing Beatrice could do rn? Appear lmao. But yeah no good resolution too bad it's almost definitely not the real one. Or at least not the entire story for sure.

Wait wait wait, will this imply that Kanon and/or Shannon were Kinzo's children?? Hmm i mean, maybe it could explain Kanon's words. Or maybe just someone in that orphanage. I don't know if I'm sold in any way but i'd argue it's something to keep in mind.

Ok they say he used the orphans as human sacrifices which we know isn't true cause Kanon kind of died of his own will...to some extent. Idk i don't believe it rn, but again, good to keep in mind.

FINALLY. Took them this long huh.

Huh so my earlier theory was wrong, the twilight doesn't literally mean twilight. Then i sure wonder what will happen at the end.

If this isn't magic and someone is doing all of this than props to them they sure are a good actor.

Look i get it these people are very worried and do not know what to do. I'm not gonna call them stupid or say they should've acted another way, but i hope next time loop/whatever going back in time will happen they will figure out that maybe they should take the "get my gold" threat more seriously.

She's so cool but at the same time she's so getting stabbed soon. I can just feel it.

They're dying.

:C poor Maria....She deserves better parents. Pls guys fix it fic with Maria found family,

so later they realize the whole purpose of the letter was to divide them, and bring fear. A phone call comes in which you can only hear Maria's distant singing, and the people in the room panic and go out as to find and help her.

Oh god...she'll be singing next to the corpses, won't she? Also, i wonder what she's singing.

ofc i was right. Also *points finger* I know this image! it's the one in the thumbnail of the "Answers to all Umineko crimes and murders" video that kept being recommended to me on youtube! I cannot wait to watch it tbh, i bet I'll be like"HUH??? NO WAY!? HOW WAS I SUPPOSED TO GUESS THAT?!" the whole time.

So she is somehow blood related to Kinzo? I mean it being his wife would also work but I'd say daughter works better. Idk I'm saying bullshit, I'll just make a note of this.

ok so Natsuhi is invited to a duel with Beatrice and when the children find her, she has apparently shot herself. Maria then starts running towards the portrait where apparently Beatrice was, and we can hear her voice laughing. Then we cut to a sort of retelling of the events from the police's perspective, and apparently, they found the story about what happened on the island in a journal written by the one and only....*drum rolls* ....MARIA! now this wouldn't be that big of a surprise except we are also given the last line of the journal which says...

WHICH IS WEIRD ASF! because of obvious reasons. Why is she saying to find out the truth?? Does this mean she didn't actually believe in the witch? Or well maybe not that but did something else also happen? This doesn't sound like Maria at all. so ig another mystery to be discovered.

And this is it, the end of the chapter. The next part will be the tea party and my final thoughts and theories. Also just a thought but yeah, although i obviously wish to find the answers, this would be a metal way to end the game, and like not continue at all. Would be quite an end lol.

next part

[xaiviah-sinnmoimoi-moi]

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[digeethegenie]

Drink Deep

Day 12 - Quary Stormblood (4.0) - The Time Between the Seconds Mild spoilers: Stormblood - Stormblood CW: General Zenos Bullshit.

Zenos sat in his throne in the controll room of The Gestahlt. He inspected his broken mask like a child would spend hours with their new toy.

"Of all things in this rotting star, a lalafel." he mused to himself.

He recalled the battle he had just had and how the lalafell they called the Warrior of Light- someone he had thought he had slain at Rhalgar's Reach- and had not only had returned to fight him again but, with but one shot, had been the closest out of any blighted thing in existant to have finally give his life meaning.

It was then he understood the lalafell for what she was.

And in his own twisted mind, he had formed a kinship.

"U-Uh, Lord Zenos, Sir!" He looked up to see one of his grunts, a rogadyn, salute him. "We are on route to Ala Migo with no interfence. Estimated time of arivial is 1300 Eorezan Standard Time." He waved the grunt off who in turn wasted no time in getting as far away from the viceroy as was he was allowed.

"Lord Zenos, appologies, Sir!" He looked up to see the rogadyn again. Or maybe this one was another rogadyn. Every person he met lasted just long enough to disolve into sludge in the back of his mind. A sigh of disgust rattled out of Zeno's mouth.

"Make it quick."

"Sir! We have a missive from the Skull Regiment. They have captured a lalafell who was reported to have Aetherial Awareness, sir!"

It was then that another thought- one that (had Zenos not been cast in history as he was) would have had him noted in history as a brilliant man- came to mind.

"Tell me. Is Aulus Mal Asina still in Ala Mhigo?"

Aulus Mal Asina was a magiteck enginear and the person who had personaly seen to his equipment. It was his theories on aether and cerulium that helped take magitek from the stuff of tanks and warmachina to something that otherwise magic-blind garleans could make use of.

He was also as cruel as he was brillant.

Be that of birth or make, Zenos didn't care.

The soldier quickly had a back and forth via linkpearl and then confirmed that the scientist was indeed still at the castle.

"Excelent." The smile on the viceroy's face was twisted by his malace. "Send for him to meet me when we land."

Then his plan came together in full.

"And have the Skull Regiment ready for me as well. It wouldn't do to have their efforts go unrewarded…"

The Roegadyn did just enough not to make his disgust of the viceroy evident- or rather, evident enough for him to care- as he saluted, called out "Sir!" again and made his leave, to allow Zenos the solitude of his thoughts.

Zenos drew his plans. The lalafell would not take long to demolish the meager leavings of defense he left in Doman. She will have that land. It was of little import to him, and if it allowed them to become stronger, to potentialy become even closer to stiking him down, then it served his ends so much the better.

"Grow strong, my new quary. Sink your fangs into that worthless Doman woman's neck, and drink deep, so we can burn our one light in the field of battle once more."

[paopukairi]

Drakengard/Nier - Red Eyes and the true villain of the series

So it seems that in the Drakengard/Nier universe red eyes seems to be a prevalent theme throughout the game. It usually signifies loss of free will for a character, whether they be human or android.

Post Drakengard 3: Drag-On Dragoon Shi ni Itaru Aka

The first case of the red eyes is in Drakengard 1 which is set years and years after Drakengard 3. Due to One's (brother) existence as an extension of his Intoner sister, the red eye disease began and existed through him. In the manga named Drag-On Dragoon Shi ni Itaru Aka [translated as Drakengard: The Red Unto Death] it follows the quest of One (brother) who is trying to rid the world of the Red Eye Disease. However he finds out a shocking discovery, the Red Eye Disease is spreading because of his existence. Feeling guilty, he asks his comrade Nero, an elf, to put an end to him. Unfortunately, Nero cuts his head off, with a regular sword (Intoners can only be killed by dragons) and keeps him alive so that the Red Eye Disease can still continue on.

Drakengard: The Rise of the Red Eye Disease

So the Red Eye Disease continued onto the main game of Drakengard. Seeing as One (brother) did not die from the manga, the disease had spread across Midgard. The Watchers are a group of beings who were created to be servants of the Gods in the universe, and was their way to bring destruction upon humanity. They were known to possess weak minded people within Midgard to do their evil bidding, like Manah and Inuart. The Empire was one of the great armies of Midgard who always warred against the Union since when the Intoners were alive. The Watchers used soldiers from the Empire to do their bidding, destroying the Seals (the thing which keeps the world from chaos). Their soldiers had the distinguishable Red Eyes and did anything to bring chaos into their world, destroying cities and killing innocents.

Drakengard Ending E: the End of the dragon sphere

Meant to be a joke ending by Yoko Taro, this is the ending which leads into the events of Nier. The Queen Beast, who is the leader of the Watchers, is about to destroy midgard. Angelus, who is our character's pact partner, states 'To catch the lion's cub, you must enter the lion's den'. It may not make sense, but what she means is that to defeat the Queen Beast, we must do so in another area of time and space (something which the Queen Beast can warp). So the fight is moved from Midgard to our world. Tokyo, 2003. The Queen Beast falls from the portal, with our character Caim and Angelus to fight her. The fight is a rhythym game, where the Queen sings a song. After Caim and Angelus are victorious, the Queen Beast's body falls and dissolves into a material named Maso. Unfortunately, Caim and Angelus are shot by the army. More Maso was disolved from Angelus's body.

Post Drakengard Ending E: White Chloronation Syndrome and the Legion

This is when things start to become interesting. The Maso which was dissolved from the Queen Beast's body causes the White Chloronation Syndrome (WCS), which is basically a disease spread via oxygen. Now this disease isn't your average plague, the cause has come from something not of this world. Humans who are infected with WCS are forced into a choice; either they enter a pact with the Gods of Midgard, which will transform them as servants of the Legion or refuse and turn into statues of salt. The Humans who would accept the pact become mindless and lose everything which makes them human. The Legion are led by someone named Red Eye. This is something very similar to what we saw in Drakengard. The Legion are just like the Empire, mindless services wanting annihalate humanity! And its leader has red eyes! There's no way that this is a coincidence! My theory is that the Gods from Midgard, so badly wanted to destroy humanity that they found a way to do so in another world.

Nier Automata: Logic Virus

Now I know this is a big jump and you've noticed I've completely missed out one game and approximately 8480 years from the prologue of Nier Replicant. Not much happens, apart from the fact that all Maso and the Legion had been dealt with. However, humanity has come to an end because of the failure of Project Gestalt, thanks to our character, Nier. The Gods have achieved what they wanted! The annihalation of humanity, although not in Midgard, but of Earth. So thousands of years pass and Androids and Machines inhabit the Earth and Moon. So the Logic Virus is a thing in Nier Automata. It is a condition which affects many of our beloved characters in the game. You see the Androids believe in the lie that humanity has survived, they think that we're bunking on the moon. On earth the Androids are fighting Machines. In order to maintain battle morale, the Logic Virus was spread to YoRHa units after set period of time, to make sure they don't find out that humanity has gone exitinct. So the Logic Virus works very similarly to how those infected with WCS in a pact with God would act. But there aren't any humans are there? No there isn't. Instead Androids go berserk and attack their comrades (just like the Legion/Empire did with other humans). In a way, it's mimicking the Red Eye Disease and WCS. It's safe to say now, that there is a connection between all three. The Red Eye Disease had survived, through time and space, even until humans had gone extinct.

And that ladies and gentleman of this series. The thing with Drakengard/Nier, is that there are many people we think is the villain; the Intoners from Drakengard 3, One (brother) from Drag-On Dragoon Shi ni Itaru Aka, The Watchers from Drakengard, Manah the High Priestess of the Empire, the humans from Nier, Nier himself, Popola/Devola.

But none of these characters are truly to blame are they? They are victims in all this. The Intoners, they were never supposed to be created, they just came into being. One (brother) did his best to get rid of the Red Eye Disease, he went through the worst lengths to do so, to save humanity. The Watchers were just created to destroy humanity, that was their purpose and had no free will. Manah, poor Manah, was a victim of her mother's negligience, who was manipulated and controlled by the Watchers to do their bidding to destroy the seals. The humans in Nier, did some very bad things which were immoral, but they did anything they could to survive a disease from another world. Popola and Devola, did what they were programmed to do, and tried to make progress of a shit situation. And Nier, Nier who is responsible for the extinction of humanity, the boy who's sister was affected with a disease, the boy who tried to help people, he was the most innocent of all!

But in my opinion, I think it is the Gods of Drakengard. They wanted humanity to suffer and did anything to do so. Ordering the Watchers to make it happen, who controlled the Empire to bring about chaos. It is them, who created the Black Flower I mentioned in this post, which basically set the whole Drakengard/Nier universe in motion!

[cognitosclowns]

your food asks always make me so happy SO WHAT DO YOU THINK THE GANG (and your robot husbands) FAVORITE CHRISTMAS-TIME TREATS??

AWE FUCK <3333 IM SO SOFT THIS IS ADORABLE

SFW BELOW

tw : food and baking mentions!! Also brief alcohol mention!!

WEEEE THIS IS GONNA BE FUN <333

Reagan

Christmas was never that big?? Like Rand wasn't a great cook it was usually just,, going out to eat, if anything.

<3 she really likes chocolates though - like specifically chocolate truffles? She always buys herself one of those big La Suissa chocolate box-bags to munch <33

OH HER FAVORITE IS HAZELNUT CHOCOLATES <333 she'd probably adore Ferrero Rocher <3

Brett

WHAT DOESN'T HE EAT DURING THE HOLIDAYS-

LISTEN BAKING IS HIS HAPPY PLACE <333 HE COLLECTS RECIPES AND BAKES CONSTANTLY.

plus then <333 his house smells like christmas, its fantastic <333 all the sugary goodness

if he had to pick, its gotta be a classic! Chocolate Chip Cookies <333 with these Big Chunks of dark + milk chocolate?? Like the cookies are MASSIVE and GOOEY and you feel full after eating like,, half of one BUT HE LOVES THEM <333

Gigi

MOUSSE CAKE, MACARONS, JUST,, ALL BAKED GOODS. Wheat and Butter and Sugar can never go wrong <33

She loves super dense, fudge-y desserts?? Like cake so dense and fluffy and buttery that it feels like your mouth is being cemented shut.

she has a tradition of stopping by this,, Small Bakery near where she used to live and buying WAY TOO MUCH LMAO.

She goes in for one, maybe two things and gets distracted because,, who can say no to fresh baked eclairs that just popped out of the oven <3

<3333 her favorite is this,, Super Dense Cheesecake?? She can feel her arteries closing up, its decadent. She coats it in Raspberry Sauce and Ganache and has never looked happier.

Glenn

<3333 you wouldn't guess it but he's very good at baking - as the youngest, he was too young for a long time to go out with his Siblings to their parties so instead he'd watch his mum cook!!

<3 usually its either pumpkin or sweet potato pie??? The farmers down the road always had them for cheap so his mum would snag a few for both christmas and halloween!!!

IF NOT THEN <333 yule log yule log he swears his mother used to put crack in there bc,, no matter what he does he can't make it taste the same as hers!!

he's also a sucker for cider <3 he purposefully stops by a local orchard to pick out apples and makes it himself!!!

Andre

TURKISH DELIGHTS <3333 some of his only happy memories of Christmas were when him and his siblings would make towers out of them while waiting for dinner to finish cooking <33

SO NOW HE JUST MUNCHES THEM DURING THE HOLIDAYS BC,, IT GIVES HIM THAT NICE COZY FEELING. No nuts or anything inside, just plain sugar-dusted Rosewater Turkish Delights <333

On that note he'd probably like any,, gummy candies. Like not specifically christmas but he'll absolutely be munching down on some Gummy Bears and Jellybeans during the holidays <33

Myc

I HC that he eats kinda like a Gelatinous Cube?? Like he just Shoves it into his orb hard enough and it,, pops through and disolves?? Not directly associated to this ask but,, Yknow lmao

<333 HARD CANDYYYYY. Especially like,,

this is one of the rare moments he'll swap into a human form to eat smth because,, the experience of shoving a bunch of Ribbon Hard Candy into his mouth and crunching is fantastic.

OH FUCK,, he'd totally love like,, Liquor Hard Candy?? <3333

JR

I don't know why but he strikes me as a Mincemeat Tart kinda guy?? Its the only thing that he goes out of his way to get during the holidays <33

Alternatively if he's feeling super nostalgic and wants to wallow in self pity, he'll go to that Dinner him and Rand used to go to.

Back before Rand got hitched, that was their christmas tradition?? They usually worked through the holiday season to get a leg up on Other Shadow Organizations and stuff but,,, after everything was finished up?? They'd head to the diner and order a Massive Cherry Pie to celebrate a good year. (yes JR always footed the bill but its still one of his last good memories of Rand)

AB

THIS IS ALL CONSIDERING HE UPGRADED HIS MOUTH TO BE ABLE TO TASTE OKAY? OKAY

he says he ''''''DoESn'T LiKe cAnDY''''' but he's still gonna get caught sneaking mints from the Sweets Bowl <3

ITS,, Cold-Sugary?? The flavor of mint is just <33 he adores mint and Christmastime means he's completely surrounded by it.

I love the idea of him having a massive sweet tooth but being too Prideful to admit it, so he just,,, steals baked goods and candies from ppl at random intervals. Little bastard <3

[mari-lair]

Norray halloween week Day 1: Ghosts!

If curious, below are some random info about this Teacher/ghost AU

Ray got a gun and he can use it. The ghost gun isn’t able to touch, much less physically hurt anyone, but it replicate the sound of a real gun, which contributed a lot to how low priced his haunted house rent has become. It nearly gave Norman a heart attack the first time he heard it.

After being dead for a while, Ray learned how to turn visible and invisible at will and play around small objects such as paper, shoes and butcher knives. He can control up to 4 small objects at a time or something relativaly heavy like a chair if he really concentrate. The more he got the hang of controling and moving small objects the lower his house rent become, rarely getting aggressive but still able to physically hurt people. On All Hallows Eve he can posses people’s bodies and get out of the house he haunts, but he always ends up back to his empty ‘home’ when the night is over.

Ray is an incredibly fast learner. Just by observing the people that visits his house, he learned a decent amount of modern english and understand the basics of how tecnology is a  thing now -he wished this advanced tecnology was invented when he was alive. It would make the of lack of food and nutrients less of a deadly nightmare in open sea.

As a pirate, Ray used to be the one in charge of doing most of the bloody work and take the night watch, protecting his captain’s back from both outside and inside forces. He was constantly alert, borderline paranoic. But as the years in death passed, he grew more calm, very patient. He usually don’t mind new people in his house, happy to learn more modern english and befriend the guests willing to tolerate him. If a new guest cross a line however,  Ray will do his best to scare them away. Hurt them or kill them by manipulating knives if he sees fit.

It’s very rare for adults to see Ray as anything other than a nonsense they have no energy to deal with or a warning sign for their crumbling lives, so he usually hang around kids. The childish company mellows him with time.

Ray is from a time where death was common and getting hurt was inevitable so what people consider pretty serious is something Ray considers mild “Why are you being so dramatic about seeing some bone? Be grateful your hand is still attached to your wrist after you slaped your daughter. If it wasn’t for her wishes you wouldn’t have legs to run away.”

Norman is considered a genius and have countless prizes under his belt. He wanted to go to the moon when he was a kid but because of his weak health, he knew he would not be acepted in the space program. He decided teaching was the next best thing later on, accepted as a teacher in a prestigious school while still young. He enjoys and understand all subjects but love history the most, unable to deny it was hard and frustrating to teach a whole class of teens at times but still liking his job. Having one student that was genuinaly interested in his class was more than enough to make his day.

When Norman first started teaching, he felt more responsable than he had his whole life. It wasn’t a bad feeling per see, but it made him anxious so he called his little sister Cherry once a week to ask her questions about her teachers and make sure he was doing a good job.

Norman may not be the funniest of teacher but he’s still a favorite for his palpable cares for his students. He does not make the subject easier than is requested but he put a lot of effort into making people enjoy their world history, teaching with passion and seriously answering any questions, no matter how silly or joking it sounds. He’s understanding and try his best to help those with dificulty with the subject, always giving people second chances, having lost countless nights of sleep correcting re-writen essays after deadlines and turning his test questions into podcasts for students with adhd, aware the big historical excerpts are fundamental for answering the test but too hard to focus, specially with limited time.

The lambda crew are problem children. Norman went the extra mile to save Barbara and Zazie from failing classes even outside history and left Vincent startruck with his wide knowladge about not only world history but a ton of subjects he could be teaching too if he wasn’t overworking himself. Norman is both happy to inspire the squad to study hard and also very awkward by their blind admiration.

The teacher had a firm “ghost don’t exist”  mentality, which is one of the reasons he brought the haunted house in the first place. He had chalked Ray up as an halucination from his sleep deprived brain, having the rotten luck of buying the house right after a bad guest owned. The ghost got more annoyed than usual from things as insignificant as Norman keeping the lights on for too long, putting music Ray doesn’t vibe with, or just acting unfairly cute, to more personal matters such as Norman studying about Ray and his family lives. They used to have a distant and bad relationship but once Ray noticed Norman had only admiration for history, being genuinaly kind when trying to talk instead of mocking his existence, Ray apologised. Norman was still wary at first but they quickly hit off, enjoying to learn what the other had to offer and matching in wits.

When Norman catch a fever or a bad cold Ray gets wary. He know, on some level, that medicine have evolved a lot, but he remenbers way too clearly how serious even the weakest of diseases could get if not imediatly treated.  He always stick by Norman’s side when the teacher sneezes, not taking his eyes off him. Usually Norman keep working when he catch a cold, so Ray learned to float Norman’s grading papers out of his reach when coughing joined his sneezes. Floating a paper is enough to get Norman to take a break most of the time, but if the get stubborn Ray will stop playing nice. Just lower his voice to comander mode and order “Rest. Now. Or I’ll make your life a living hell.” and Norman does what he’s told, it’s very unconfortable to have a gun in the face and he does feel very tired.

When Norman is seriously sick, not just coughing but stuck to his bed. Ray freak out and fear for his life. When it reached this level, most of his crewmates died or had to be thrown in the sea to not infect other. Yes Ray know it’s not as bad anymore, but even when he observed guests, they rarely got sick, and when it got bad they where taken to a doctor. Norman lives alone so he got no one to feed him and bring him blankets or take him to the doctor if he lies for hours in bed. Ray was all the help he would get and he is fucking dead, he can’t measure his temperature or take care of him properly. Ray does tries his best though. He concentrated a lot to float heavy blankets and pillows towards Norman. Imediatly fetching any pills asked of him and doing his best to make him tea. It isn’t tasty, but Norman still appreciates his care.

Ray is the first to fall in love, he think “If only I could  kiss this fool and hug him, I would do it on the daily. I wish he was alive back then... He would love meeting Emma...” at least once a week but a big part of him is just “Forget scurvy! Norman would die of cold or malnutricion before he reached 10. Thank god the helpless bastard took his sweet time to be born.”

Ray cannot touch any eletronics, he can’t even come close without phones, computers, and tvs turning to statics, so Norman buys an illustrated book about the Red Mane Pirates for Ray to see his crew again. He know is not perfect but is the best he can offer whenever Ray expresses missing his family.

They read together. Norman occasionally teaching a new word to his ghost and Ray correcting any historical inacuracy. It’s fun.

Norman finds an illustration of an alive Ray sleeping in the mast waaay too beautiful. Ray snort at the romantized draw, disolving into laughter by how Norman failed to hide his blush.

It became a habit to read history books together and tease each other. More often then not, it lead to a history class and way to much sass on both ends.

“Wait, so there really was a world war? I heard about it from old guests but I thought they were exagerating when they called world war! And what do you mean 2? There was a second one??”

“How did miss the second one? It was HUGE, quite horribl-”

“You were not even alive when it happened.”                                        

“Tecnically, you weren’t either Ray-” 

Ray is a bit scared of how attached he got to Norman, knowing eventually the man would die. He hopes it will take a long time, and that once he had a painless death, he will become a ghost too, but he doesn’t really believe Norman will ever turn into a ghost. Ray knows not everyone that dies became a ghost. Since someone as compassionable as Emma -even if she was forced to have blood and dirty choises on her hand to survive the merciless seas- was not cursed to became a ghost, he was confident someone as kind as Norman would dissapear from Ray’s afterlife once he died too.

More of this AU here

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And since you reached the end of this text wall. You can have this bonus Norman being awkward/excited about their growing friendship.

[flockofdoves]

made beef kidney with mushrooms and onions in a mustard sauce largely using this recipe last week!

added some cayenne

used some fresh button mushrooms in addition to the dried porcini bc i didnt have that much

i ended up doubling the amount of the creme fraiche and mustard sauce

i used a spicy dijon but also ground up a mix of black and yellow whole mustard seeds roughly along with some colmans mustard powder to give it a bit more texture and flavor

i dont really drink much wine and didnt want to waste opening a whole bottle just for this so i used some cheapo cab sauv merlot blend that came in tiny not even full serving bottles in a pack. maybe not the most economic by volume but worth it for how i use wine. also tbh i ended up liking just drinking the rest of the bottle so thats good too lol expected it to be more shit from reviews but im no sommelier so all the better i can enjoy it w/o being discerning

took out all the fat from the kidney then let it sit in milk in the fridge for 2 days (was gonna do one but then couldnt cook that night) it was so funny it was pink when i took it out even tho i rinsed it well before then

then i did the blanching with vinegar water as described in this recipe but then i couldnt really do anythin with it for a while anyway so i then soaked it in water with vinegar in it for like an hour or so on the counter afterwards too like id seen in other recipes

was kinda nervous when i started cooking it bc i remembered a thing i read from some julia childs recipe where she said you should cook the kidney whole so that the liquids dont all come out and just steam it but i just didnt know how to compromise that with other recipes saying to take out all the fat bc kidney fat increases the piss flavor lol. so a Lot of liquid came out and it def steamed a bit but i wasnt able to really slow cook it either so im sure it couldve been more tender if i could possibly find a way to balance both those needs or did a more slow cooking recipe but honestly it was barely an issue it still was plenty good imo as someone whos never had kidney before. recipes were making me so worried when they all hated on beef kidney as compared to other types of kidney meats

on a similar note ppl said that beef kidneys were much stronger flavored than other kidneys maybe besides pig and a lot of similar recipes said they would avoid beef kidney so that got me a bit worried about flavor too. especially when i read in one recipe to not trust recipes that tell you to cook in the liquids of the kidney instead of taking out the kidney and wiping out the pan or just cooking everything beyond the meat separately until the end. but since a lot of the liquids disolved anyway and i tasted it and honestly it was fine i just trusted this recipe and i dont think the flavor was too strong or anything even though i didnt cook it separately

as for the potatoes i used this recipe

and i kinda wish i had gone with my gut and avoided putting in the onions and garlic right at the beginning

the potatoes were very nicely crispy but the onions and garlic got absolutely burnt to a crisp (was not a problem with my oven temperature! i have a second thermometer to check that)

if i did this again i’d put the onions like idk maybe halfway through and the garlic only right at the end

but yeah!!! it turned out good! excited to finally have used up all the organ meat i got on sale literally a year to almost a year and a half ago that i froze and then forgot about bc i got so busy and didnt have the time to figure out something fun to do with all of it. also i really like the creme fraiche i wanna use the leftover of it on stuff this week

[mojaves]

🌹🌱🍀🌙🌈 for jason my beloved jason AND marcus

OURGRTGHF AAAA banner time again (^:< eheoeheehe

🌹- What's this oc's biggest fear

well one of them is definitely just. ruthie in general. she had far too much power over him + damaged him beyond repair so now he's just stuck with the pieces trying to glue them back together,, every time he thinks about her he's like a terrified little kid all over again. as big and intimidating as he is, she can very easily make him want to curl up in a ball and disappear completely from the world never to be seen again. he's not as brave or as confident as everyone thinks he is and he does NOT want people to know that. losing control of himself is another Big Fear bc there were many moments where he felt like he wasnt even part of his own body when ruthie was there, he was just a bystander who was frozen and couldnt do Anything which is <3 not very nice

🌱- Does this oc have any pets? Do they have any pets they want?

ALL HE NEEDS IS A BIG DOG WHO HE CAN RUN AROUND WITH AND HUG AND CRY INTO SOMETIMES. THATS ALL HE NEEDS

🍀- Around when does this oc get up in the morning?

he doesnt need to sleep so he doesnt really get up he's just On His Bullshit 24/7. but on the rare occasion he DOES sleep, it takes him a million years to Wake Up and Get Out Of Bed. and by that point it's probably 1pm and he doesnt know who he is or where he is. good luck trying to make him wake up early it wont happen <3

🌙- Does this oc have any unusual hobbies?

i think killing people is a bit of an unusual hobby. maybe. not for him though thats just Life baybeyy. he collects bottle caps but thats one of the more Normal things he does actually

🌈- What does this oc like and dislike about themselves?

GOING TO MAKE ME ABSOLUTELY INSANE WITH THIS ONE. the damage has already been done and it's taking Forever to try and undo it all, if it's even possible. so. he has 0 self esteem whatsoever. there is not a single thing he likes about himself. your bf cheating on you and then Killing You definitely doesnt do a whole lot of good for your self-worth. he's still trucking on regardless bc, if he doesnt wipe all these shitty people off the face of the earth, who will?? yknow. at least he's using the skills he has For Good instead of his own personal gain. he's got 0 sense of self preservation either so he just does whatever whenever. he acts confident and definitely Looks the part considering what he wears 99% of the time, but thats nothing more than a front he's putting on as part of the job - it lures in victims easier. like who's going to be drawn to a guy who is on the floor crying about how much he hates himself?? No One! anyway where was i going with this. Ah., yes he doesnt like himself. thank you

🌹- What's this oc's biggest fear

he doesn't want people to think less of him because he's kind of shy and very much Struggles to hold conversationd with people sometimes. yes he has a lot of self-confidence but he also worries Far Too Much about first impressions and other people's opinions about him. we love a walking contradiction <3 idk if this is even much of a fear but this is the only thing i can think of qjhfeghg. also public speaking. he can talk to a camera but put him in front of hundreds of people?? he will disolve right then and there thats TOO many people all at once

🌱- Does this oc have any pets? Do they have any pets they want?

not necessarily his pets bc they're lou and morgan's but he lives with them. so theyre basically his too. butterbean and barry are the cats. and they also have a lizard called walter. i KNOW their names have changed a lot over time but this is it now ive decided. im stamping it im sending it off theres no going back now. also he would like a small dog of some sort one day perhaps

🍀- Around when does this oc get up in the morning?

he wakes up around 8-8:30 he is a very Up and Go person he hates being in bed for longer than he has to be. earlier is good but any later and he feels like his whole day has been thrown off

🌙- Does this oc have any unusual hobbies?

not so much now but he and morgan used to collect worms. like actual worms. they had a little worm farm. now they both collect worms on strings instead

🌈- What does this oc like and dislike about themselves?

he likes his hair + his silly little moustache bc he pulls it off very well and he's SO SO SO happy about it. he likes that he's good at art and very kind. he does NOT like his laugh though bc he snorts but it's a fun laugh and everyone tells him that all the time but he is Still not convinced. also with what i said earlier he doesnt like that he's worried about what other people think of him because he knows it doesn't matter even a little bit but he can't shake it

[thelastbraincellofthehive]

"Okay, Amity... You can do this". She took a deep breath, staring at the blank sheet of pink paper in front of her, and picked up her pen.

Dear Luz the Human

"Wait, you don't even know her real lastname?"

Startled, the teal haired witch hurried to cover the paper with her arms, successfully covering the text from the mischievous amber eyes that were looking over her shoulder. Not that it did any good when they had obviously already seen what she'd been writing of course, but still...

"What do you want Emira?" Amity asked annoyed, ignoring as best as she could the bright blush she knew was showing up on her cheeks. "I'm... busy."

Emira's grin grew, as did Amity's embarrasing blush.

"Yeah, I can see. Working on your grom-posal must be hard." Amity hated the annoying, singing way her sister talked. "Do you need any tips about that, little sis? You only need to ask."

Amity rolled her eyes, hard. "What do you even know about writting a Gromposal?" She asked, her tone just midly bitter.

People surely tripped over themselves to be Ed&Em's Grom dates! She knew it, they were cool and popular, people liked them. And Amity... She had spent the last half of her life making sure to keep at bay anyone who might actually like her.

Aside from Luz. She had tried for sure, but the human girl was stubborn, maybe even more stubborn than Amity herself, she hadn't stopped pushing until she managed to break a little hole in Amity's walls and fill it with sunshine and...happiness, for the first time in years, she had made Amity happy.

So she decided: what if she really had a crush on Luz? That couldn't be bad! What if Boscha's gang thought she was stupid for hanging out with a human? What if her parents find out and tell her it was way below a Blight to have... feelings, for a human? ...well, yeah, that was pretty scary... But Luz was worth it! And Amity would be cursed before letting go the chance to be with her without trying!

Because it was just that, a chance. There was a chance just as good that Luz wouldn't like her back, even that she might think Amity was weird and crazy... After all, shd had been horrible to Luz when they first met! What if she laughed on face?! God, that was even scarier than ver parents finding out and...

"You know? I think the whole Dear Luz Lastname thing it's a little too formal." Emira's voice brought her out of the pool of thoughts she was about to drown in. Amity shook ver head and looked up at her sister, finding she had taken the paper sheet while she was distracted and was looking at it with a critical eye. "Like...she strikes me more like the casual type."

"Give that back!" Amity snatched her 'letter', blush creeping up to her ears in anger. "B-Besides! It's just a first draft, it's not like I'm gonna give this one to her!"

"Oh, cool! Then you have time to figure out her actual lastname too!"

"I will! Just leave me alone-!"

"It's Noceda."

"What?" She turned towards the open door of her room (probably Emira had left it open when she entered, Amity hated her door being open), where Edric was casually leaning against the frame, hands in his pockets in a nonchalant fashion he didn't have any right to hold when Amity was just about to explode in annoyance.

"Luz's lastname. It's Noceda."

Amity eyed him suspiciously. "How do you know that?"

"The girl has been in our school for weeks now Mittens. Have you really not being paying attention?" Edric shook his head with over-dramatic disapointment. "And here we tought you liked her!"

"Or maybe it's because she likes her so much!" Joined his twin, pinching one of Amity's bright red cheeks, totally unaffected by the way the younger Blight was basically shaking in her anger. "She just sees Luz and her brain stops responding!"

Edric awww'ed, coming inside just so he could hold Amity in a crushing embrace, holding her face in a vicegrip-like hug against his, masterfully ignoring her struggles free herself. "That's so cute Mittens! Your big Top student brain just go all mushy when you see Luz?"

"That sounds about right, it just disolves into abomination goo all over her head!"

"Maybe it's even ...when she hears her voice!"

"Se should try calling her to see!"

"Wait, do you have her number?"

Finally, taking advantage of the small distraction to get Edric's arms from around her head, Amity pushed both twins towards the door, hair charmingly tussled and an angry face on ver featueres that would've scared probably any other witch.

"GET OUT OF MY ROOM!"

The door slammed behind the Blight twins with enough force to make a couple windows around shake. Amity might be tiny, but her strenght was well known between the siblings. Still, things wouldn't stop being funny.

So they laughed loudly, and even a little louder –, doubling over and holding their aching bellies –, when they were barely able to hear their sister crumppling the paper of ver first note in a ball and throwing it against the door. She was so adorable.

"You totally asked Luz about it, right?" Emira checked, arms crossed and trademark grin still on her lips as they walked away from Amity's room "Everyone at Hexcide keeps calling her 'Luz the Human', just like Mittens."

"I mean, somebody had to give her a hand with that!" Laughed Ed. "You know Mittens, she was gonna spend the next whole week trying to gather courage to ask her her lastname."

"Yeah... Now at least she can spend that much time working the courage to actually deliver the letter."

A loud, frustrated groan comming from behind them made the twins stop on their tracks, directing an amused look towards the room they had just left behind. They looked at eachother for a moment, and without a word smiled and turned to go back.

Their Mittens was gonna need all the help they could give.

[spookberry]

Toe Beans!!!

Aika has an explosion based quirk but it doesnt function like Bakugou's. Her hero name is Bombay and she's like a superfan of Wild Wild Pussycats.

Briar's hero name is Aurora! She can make things out of light but can only do one thing at a time.

Toshiko doesn't have a hero name quite yet, but her quirk allows her to speed up/age someones body which she uses to help wounds heal faster.

My bnha ocs in the style for funsies

[spanishskulduggery]

Pobres almas en desgracia / Poor Unfortunate Souls [Esp/Eng translation]

Pobres almas en desgracia La Sirenita (español latino)

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Úrsula: Ahora... Estás aquí porque estás enamorada de un humano, del príncipe ese. ¡Y no te culpo! Qué ejemplar, linda. Bueno, pecesita, la solución a tu problema es simple...

Ursula: Now then... You’re here because you’re in love with a human, (in love with) that prince. And I don’t blame you! He’s quite a catch, sweetie. Well, little fishy, the answer to your problem is simple...

[ejemplar = exemplary, but used of beauty is like “a catch” or “quite a specimen”]

Úrsula: Para obtener lo que quieres, deberás convertirte en humano. Ariel: ¡Ah! ¿Y usted podría hacerlo? Ú: Pero, pequeña y dulce niña, eso hago. Para eso vivo. Para ayudar almas en infortunio como la tuya. Sola, triste, y sin tener con quien contar...

Ursula: To get what you want, you’ll have to turn into a human. Ariel: Ah! And you could do that? U: Oh, sweet little child, that’s what I do. That’s what I live for. Helping souls in distress like yours. Alone, sad, and not having anyone on whom they can rely...

Yo admito que solía ser muy mala No bromeaban al decir que bruja soy Pero ahora encontrarás Que mi camino enmendé Que firmemente arrepentida estoy Cierto es...

I admit that I used to be very bad They weren’t joking when they said that I’m a witch But now you’ll find That I mended my way That I’m definitely reformed It’s true...

Por fortuna conozco algo de magia Un talento que yo siempre poseí Y últimamente, no te rías, lo uso en favor De miserables que sufren depresión (Patético)

Luckily I know something of magic A talent that I always possessed And lately, don’t laugh, I use it on behalf Of the unfortunates that suffer from depression (Pathetic)

Pobres almas en desgracia Que sufren necesidad

Poor unfortunate souls That suffer in need

[la desgracia is literally “disgrace” but it can colloquially mean “an accident” or “an unfortunate event”; it carries more weight than English’s “unfortunate” since it reads like “poor souls in pain/distress/agony”, not simply “disgrace” or “misfortune”]

Ésta quiere ser delgada Y éste quiere una pareja ¿Quién los ayudó? Yo lo hice

She wants to be skinny And he wants a partner Who helped them? I did

[It’s unusual to see the éste and ésta today except to be very clear; but it marks a vocal stress when you’re pointing at different things (or people); “THIS ONE (female) wants to be skinny and THIS ONE (male) wants to be in a relationship”. The é is used to match what someone’s voice does normally, which is to raise when specifically pointing at something in particular]

Pobres almas en desgracia Tan tristes, tan solas Vienen rogando a mi caldera Implorando mis hechizos ¿Quién les ayudó? Lo hice yo

Poor unfortunate souls So sad, so alone They come begging to my cauldron Beseeching my spells Who gave them help? It was me

Un par de veces ha pasado Que el precio no han pagado Y tuve que sus cuerpos disolver

A couple of times it has happened That they didn’t pay the price And I had to dissolve their bodies

[A prime example of Spanish using a different word order for the rhyme; it literally reads as “a couple of times it has happened / the the price they had not paid / and I had to their bodies dissolve”. Spanish has a very flexible syntax that allows this kind of sentence but it’s usually done for dramatic or poetic effect rather than normal Spanish]

Todos se han quejado Pero una santa me han llamado Estas pobres almas en desgracia

Everyone’s complained But I’ve been called a saint (By) those poor unfortunate souls

Úrsula: Este es el trato. Haré una poción mágica que te convertirá en ser humano por tres días. ¿Entiendes? Tres días. ¡Pon atención que esto es importante! Antes de que se ponga el sol el tercer día tú tendrás que haber logrado que el príncipe se enamore de ti. Es decir que te dé un beso. No uno cualquiera, sino un beso de amor verdadero. Si te besa antes del anochecer del tercer día seguirás siendo humana ¡para siempre! Pero si no lo hace... volverás a convertirte en sirena... y pertenecerás ¡a mí!

Ursula: This is the deal. I’ll make a magic potion that will turn you into a human being for three days. Understand? Three days. Pay attention because this important! Before the sun sets on the third day you’ll have to have gotten the prince to fall in love with you. In other words, for him to give you a kiss. Not just any old (kiss), but a kiss of true love. If he kisses you before sundown on the third day you’ll keep being a human, forever! But if he doesn’t... you’ll turn back into a mermaid... and you’ll belong to me!

Úrsula: ¿Aceptas, querida? Ariel: Si me convierto en humana, ya no veré a mi padre ni a mis hermanas... Ú: ¡Así es! Pero tendrás a tu hombre... Es difícil decidir en la vida, ¿no crees, Ariel? ¡Oh! Y además hay otro pequeño detalle. No hemos hablado de cómo me pagarás... No se puede recibir sin dar nada a cambio. A: Pero yo no tengo nada que- Ú: No es mucho lo que pido. Solo es una insignificancia. No lo extrañarás. Lo que quiero es... tu voz... A: ¿Mi voz? Ú: ¿Qué comes que adivinas? No hablarás, ni cantarás. ¡Zip! A: Pero sin mi voz, ¿cómo...? Ú: ¡Eso no importa! ¡Te ves muy bien! No olvides que tan solo tu belleza es más que suficiente, ¡ja!

Ursula: Do you accept, my dear? Ariel: If I turn into a human, I won’t ever see my father or my sisters again... U: That’s right! But you’ll have your man... It’s hard to decide in life, don’t you think so, Ariel? Oh! And what’s more there’s one more little detail. We haven’t talked about how you’ll pay me... You can’t get (something) without giving something in exchange. A: But I don’t have anything to- U: I’m not asking for much. It’s an insignificant thing. You won’t miss it. What I want is... your voice... A: My voice? U: How’d you ever guess? You won’t speak, or sing. Zip! A: But without my voice, how...? U: It doesn’t matter! You’re very pretty! Don’t forget that your beauty alone is more than enough, hah!

[¿Qué comes que adivinas? is literally “What did you eat to guess?”; it’s kind of like “oh wow how did you ever guess?” or “what made you guess that?”... it’s used (often sarcastically) as “what tipped you off?”]

Los hombres no te buscan si les hablas No creo que los quieras aburrir Allá arriba es preferido que las damas no conversen A no ser que no te quieras divertir

Men won’t seek you out if you talk to them I don’t think you would want to bore them Up there it’s preferred that ladies not converse Unless you don’t want to enjoy yourself

Verás que no logras nada conversando Al menos que los pienses ahuyentar Admirada tu serás si callada siempre estás Sujeta bien tu lengua y triunfarás, Ariel

You’ll find you won’t achieve anything conversing Unless you plan on scaring them away You’ll be admired if you’re always quiet Hold your tongue well and you’ll triumph, Ariel

Pobre alma en desgracia ¿Qué harás? ¡Piensa ya! No me queda mucho tiempo Ocupada voy a estar Y solamente es tu voz

Poor unfortunate soul What will you do? Think it over (already)! I don’t have a lot of time I’m going to be very busy And it’s only your voice

Pobre alma en desgracia ¿Qué haré por ti? Si tú quieres ser feliz Entonces tienes que pagar No te vas a arrepentir ¡No dudes más y firma ya! (Qué sencillo fue, qué tonta es)

Poor unfortunate soul What shall I do for you? If you want to be happy Then you have to pay You don’t regret it Don’t hesitate anymore and sign already! (That was so simple, what a fool she is)

[dudar is “to doubt”, no dudar is “to not doubt”, but often as a command no dudes (or an equivalent command) is used as “don’t hesitate” or “don’t waiver”]

Muy pronto sacaré A esta pobre alma de aquí...

Very soon I will get This poor unfortunate soul out of here...

La magia de bruja Yo comienzo a convocar... Hechizos marinos que laringitis, Ven, acudan a mí

Witch’s magic I begin to call upon... Marine spells may laryngitis, come, gather to me

Canta ya... ¡Más fuerte!

Now sing... Louder!

[the-faultofdaedalus]

i think its funny that even inside my head i tend to massively simplify the gender/sexuality of MANY of my ocs for convience’s sake (like listen i do fucking shorform inside my head as well because i KNOW the thought but i do not want to take the time to think it in words) but like,,,, i’ve been having Thoughts, you know?

so uhhhh case study of various ocs of mine and their “condensed” gender identities/sexualities vs what they Actually Are because hey! im having those kinds of thoughts (and yes im also thinking about my Own deal as well but we are doing that through the medium of fictional made up characters it’s Fine)

cutting here because uhhhh not everyone wants to see a long-ass post of rambly garbage about oc queer stuff even though i am really only doing the characters i find to have the most interesting bits w/ this, that i have thought out the most. i bet tally’s whole deal is super interesting! but i also have not developed them very much whereas i think about the others Fucking Constantly.

1. Kat: ace lesbian (cis)

like, ok that Works, for her, she’s cis, she’s definitely only ever been romantically attracted to woman (no not a typo she saw her gf/wife and decided That One and this has never changed) and ranges from “doesn’t give much of a shit abt sex but would attempt if partner so desired” to “ew”. likely lesbian demiromantic, definitely still ace.

she was assigned female at birth, mostly still presents as such, and goes by she/her pronouns. so like, cis. but ALSO she has little to no concept of what “gender” even is (the francaphoneness makes this Worse because everything apparently has a gender and it’s all apparently entirely arbitrary) and mostly just guesses and goes along with whatever people say. definitely gets “misgendered” (she doesn’t give a shit) on a fairly regular basis because she can and does still pass for a teenage boy well into adulthood. if she had grown up not largely isolated from most of human society? who knows. maybe she still would’ve just continued to present as and ID as female because it’s Easy and not harming her to do so. maybe the rigidity of the slowly disolving (thank god) gender binary would’ve made her feel trapped and she would’ve done something about it. i have no idea.

2. Lily: also a cis ace lesbian

yes but also no. for a WHILE (into her late teens) she IDs as aroace lesbian because she just,,,, does not have any romantic or sexual attraction to really anyone. she still fucks and has a lot of one-night-stands through uni (it’s fun, it feels good, she’s good at it, she likes being good at things, she’s also definitely some form of ADHD and is almost constantly both over and understimulated and is constantly seeking novel and interesting sensations and sex (especially w/ kink) has a READY supply of those) mostly all with women or NP people and maybe even a dude or two because Science and Curiosity before she decides that actually, no thanks. eventually after meetng endgame GF realizes that she might, in fact, actually be demi (because ohhhhh That’s what a crush feels like) and then mostly sticks w/ that for a while

gender is uhhhhh well she’s definitely involved enough with human society to have Thought about this and to have like, context for gender n shit and has generally decided on “a woman, but like, very gay about it” and is fine with that. BUT she also... doesn’t really have that much emotion about gender and how it applies to her specifically, and for... a good couple years at the beginning of her superhero career gives out zero pronouns for her Changeling (her alter ego) and has her team to do the same. most people end up going with he/him for Changeling bc wooooooo misogyny (robot-looking fucker doesn’t have visible tits? clearly a man) but some go with they/them, or she/her, or even it/its. Lily doesn’t care at all and keeps a careful tally of all the pronouns that are used for Science. there’s multiple reasons for playing it this way, partially to refuse to narrow down her secret identity at all, partially for the data, and partially to fuck with people, but.... maybe just to see what it’s like, yknow?

also she goes by almost exclusively male pronouns for a year and a half when she’s 29/30 because she has to fake her death and steal the identity of her murderer but that’s more like,,,,,, disguised as a man trope as opposed to actual gender fuckery but like at some point we’ll have to unpack Why i have So Goddamn Many of my characters Do This, and specifically have lily go by alt identities with different pronouns all the goddamn time.

(all she’s sure of is that she’s fine being a woman, and also that she’s definitely doesn’t have the same feelings re: gender that Tally, her nonbinary teammate, does. doesn’t mean she’s not not cis! but like. listen she’s dealing with enough.)

3. Ve: triple A baeby (aroace agender)

no because Ve is an alien bug and everything is more complicated than that SOOOOOOO. ok. aro? check. no romantic attraction, but that’s not queer in terms of her species because that IS the norm that IS the centre. ace? check, but same as above. no sexual attraction is normal. Technically, Ve isn’t even sexually mature because she’s never moulted into a drone, AND she (and all other workers) are haploid and so don’t even really have sex organs/produce gametes. it’s really more like spores? since it’s just mitosis to produce the gametes that then get sprinkled like icing sugar onto the eggs the queens produce. sexual reproduction HAPPENS but it’s entirely external, and yy’vae as a whole have never really developed any form of.... mating behaviour or model for sexual attraction. not to say that yy’vae CAN’T develop those feelings, because who am i to say, but the vast vast majority do not. really any sexual “attraction” that yy’vae ever feel is more repulsion because there’s in-built anti-inbreeding functions when they moult into drones, but the way it works is like,,, still just through their pheromone senses which is used for All communication w/ others of their species so like. not really.

gender-wise, uh, yeah they’re alien bugs. technically there are two to three sexes, depending on how you look at it (diploid egg-laying queens, haploid sterile workers, and fertile spore-producing drones (which are just a different moult stage of workers)) and the gender/pronoun system IS based on that but also not really because it’s also based on the function an individual serves in society. there’s behaviours that only queens or only workers or only drones take part in, there’s roles that only one gender can fill, ect ect. it’s a biological caste system but with a sapient species it’s GONNA be weird. most yy’vae go by she/her or they/them pronouns if they have to use human/english pronouns (queens tend to favour she/her, workers tend to favour they/them, drones tend to keep whatever human pronoun they went by before moulting, mostly they just kinda go with it) and ve personally mostly goes by she/they (i am using she/her in this for Consistency). again! that’s the norm! that’s the centre! in a societal sense, she isn’t queer at all.

but then, she is also somewhat outside of the normal caste structure because she’s queenless, in a society where connection to your queen/leader/mother is a Big part of the social structure (which ties heavily into gender!!!!!). To the point that she has to take meds to prevent herself from involuntarily moulting into a drone because she can’t prevent that the “natural”/”normal” way, which is routine semi-ritual groomings by a closely related queen to exchange pheromones and solidify that You Are A Worker In This Colony (and therefor do not have to moult and fly off to pollinate some other queen’s eggs)

And what’s more, when she meets her queen, she does not fall into that social structure, either. Specifically, when Ve meets her mother queen for the first time, and finds out who she is, Ve explicitly does not submit to the normal queen/child grooming pheromone exchange, and instead, actually postures at that queen. which is a thing only queens should ever do at eachother. which is a thing that workers should not even Do (some workers will mimic it at eachother to establish who will take a leadership position, but it doesn’t really like. Do anything functionally)

so, in that case, as a queenless worker who preformed queen-like behaviour and disobeyed her queen, she’s definitely queer as in “fuck you”

[radreactions]

How would each of the companions come out?

Gosh, I can remember when I came out to everyone...interesting times!

Cait - She'd come out in spectacular fashion. Probably snogging a woman in a place not so private enough for it to be considered that they were discovered by 'accident'. Either way, she's unapologetic and even a little bit smug. If there's one thing that Cait definitely isn't, it's shy. Even about things like this.

Curie - It takes a considerable amount of time after she realised her true identity for Curie to even think about coming out to anyone. But when she does, it's when Sole and her are gathered around a quietly crackling fire, where she feels safe enough to bare her soul to her dearest friend in a voice so soft and vulnerable that Sole can't help but hug her gently.

Danse - He'd planned to do it a bit more...tastefully? Discreetly? Either way, his coming out moment went a bit differently to what he had planned. It happened after a motivational speech he gave the settlers of his resident settlement. They had word of Gunners comimg in and Sole needed him to give them all a pep talk before the big battle. Well, at the end of said pep talk, Danse was so nervous that he blurted out "I'm a homosexual" right at the very end. Cue Sole's facepalm and Deacon's exclamation of "I fucking knew it!"

Deacon - He was as discreet as ever, really. Tinted sunglasses. Sassy swagger. Skin tight rainbow leotard showing off a whole lot more than anyone ever really needed to see. Plus sensible shoes, of course. He would've worn stilletos but the HQ was a bit too heavy on the slime for him to risk those bad boys.

Hancock - Sole literally discovers the Mayor of Goodneighbour's sexuality when they walked in on him in the middle of a chem induced erotic interlude. To this day they still don't know the exact number of people that were in that room with him. All they know is, it looked a whole like a hell of a lot of fun.

Gage - It's a normal, routine day when it happens. When Gage just makes one suposedly innocent comment that grinds Sole's cognotive functions to a halt. Mason had just finished addressing his pack when Gage muttered, seemingly forgetting the presence of Sole entirely: "Who I wouldn't kill for him to suck my dick..."

MacCready - Everyone kind of already knew it ages ago, due to Mac being so positively obsessed with Grognak the Barbarian and his 'abs of granite' or whatever the comic books said. But when he officially came out to Sole, it was after a heabily muscled man wearing a skin tight shirt brushed close to Mac at the bar in Bunker Hill and Mac's furiously blushing face pretty much did all the talking for him. And no, he'll never live it down so long as Sole lives.

Maxson - The Elder doesn't really need to come out. Not that anyone ever really needs to, but nonetheless, the entire Brotherhood pretty much knows their Elder's preference for the muscular, no nonsense and importantly male type. Let's just say that while nothing is said and no overt actions are made by the Elder, that his wandering eyes and skintight flightsuit - especially tight around his crotch - does the talking for him whenever a soldier of his type reports in for duty.

Old Longfellow - The old geezer came out in the most unspectacular of ways on a late autumn evening around the campfire, sipping from his bottle of whiskey. He described his first boyfriend as being one of the most caring, compassionate people he had ever met. So much so, that it had gotten them nearly killed on occasion, ranging from taking Mirelurk egfs back to their nests or helping an injured Gulper. Ultimately, it was sickness that claimed him, but Longfellow was smiling when he said that the man was the truest love he had ever known. Despite driving him batshit crazy, of course.

Nick Valentine - Jenny was of course the woman he was going to marry, but old Nick had revealed on a quiet evening with Sole that he had once been pretty sweet on a young male recruit back in the day. They made a great team despite the unspoken tension between them, and when it finally happened at the precinct in the middle of a chem smuggling case, they agreed it could never happen again. Nick had Jenny, the recruit had a lady of his own with a baby on the way, and they mutually agreed it was better to indulge in each other just once but never again. The old synth smiles coyly when he recalls the story, seeming to be almost bragging when he reveals that they'd had sex on the police comissioner's desk.

Piper Wright - She comes out to Nat first of course, just casually mentioning other women with lifestyles like her just days before in an attempt to gauge her little sister's reaction. She's nervous and rambles, her hands uncontrollably fiddling in her lap until Nat grabs hugs her, at which point Piper disolves into relieved tears. She doesn't care what anybody else thinks, so long as Nat is behind her.

Preston Garvey - He's a furiously blushing mess when he quietly mutters his sweet truth to Sole one day while travelling to the latest settlement in need of their assistance. He scuffs his boots and fiddles with the safety of his gun, eyes diverted to the cracked and uneven ground while he bares everything to the quiet Sole. He only looks up once it's all out, and when he sees acceptance in Sole's eyes, it's the first time that he himself truly accepts that it's okay. That it's nothing to be ashamed about. That it's something to be proud of.

X6-88 - The Courser is as clinical as ever when he tells Sole his sexual preference. His eyes unwavering, hands by his side and lips firm as he states the truth about himself. He doesn't know what to expect and his uncertainty is as foreign as an irradiated, two headed goat, but he's quickly calmed when Sole hugs him and tells him in no uncertain terms that they're proud of him. It's funny, he thinks, because he's a little proud of himself too.

[hypexion]

Death in Heaven is the big finale of Series Eight, which is why it puts the main plotline on hold for half the episode for no good reason. Then it finally gets round to bludgeoning you with the series’ “theme“, and then ends.

When we left the Doctor, he was aghast at finding out that the Master was back, as Missy. Also Clara was about to Get Got by Cybermen. In true Doctor Who style, the first cliffhanger is completely disolved by having UNIT show up and abduct everyone. Then they make the Doctor be the President of Earth, which is actually a really stupid and extraneous plot detail. You could excise the entire plane ride and the only change would be that Osgood doesn’t die. Hooray for padding! Also would all nations agree to put a space alien in charge during an alien invasion? Our survey says no.

While the Doctor is jetting around and being ineffectual, Clara decides to pretend to be the Doctor to not die. She pretends so hard that the title sequence changes! I don’t know why, given that the audience knows that Clara Oswald does exist, and is an actual real person with a true real backstory. It was a whole thing last series. This act also goes nowhere, as Clara fails to achieve anything beyond “staying alive“, and is then abducted by Cyber-Danny. Dark Water had a lot of talking, but at least was advancing the plot. Death in Heaven, on the other hand, spends a lot of time not getting to the point. So much so that it’s longer than a normal episode.

Once again, it falls to the Mistress to actually achieve things. And by “achieve things“ I mean “trim down the cast”. Although contrary to her claims of being “bananas“, Missy’s plan and reasons for killing people are actually quite concrete. Osgood doesn’t die because Missy felt like a spot of murder - Osgood dies because Missy is jealous. It’s the same reason Kate Steward gets dropped out of a plane and why Missy wants to kill Clara. Anyone who gets between Missy and the Doctor dies, because the Mistress has a questionable idea of what friendship is. In fact, her whole plan is to give the Doctor an army as a gift, and threaten to kill everyone to make sure he accepts.

Really, Missy is doing a lot of work trying to tie together the disparate themes of Series Eight into something coherent. She wants the Doctor to choose a friend, uses an army as a tool in that choice, and has a Big Mistress Speech about how only “good men” need armies. It’s a neat trap, since there are plently of times when the Doctor absolutely would have accepted. However it turns out that the Twelfth Doctor’s constant angsting about whether constantly saving lives or not makes you a good man is useful for something, and he refuses. So Missy kills everyone.

No, wait, that doesn’t happen. Danny is still here. Rather than confronting the horrific state of technological undeath he’s been forced into, Death in Heaven instead uses Danny as fix-it button. This isn’t really a Cybermen episode, it turns out, they’re just here to give a recongnisable face to Missy’s army. Apparently, inhibiting Danny’s emotions doesn’t cause him to become part of the Cybercollective, implying he has an equally hardcore devotion to something as Yvonne Hartman did to Torchwood, which we all know he doesn’t. He rattles off some big speech about the promise of a soldier, then self-destructs. The world is saved because Danny did a child killing. Yaaaaay.

If Danny’s backstory had actually been relevant to the theme, this might have worked. But no, he’s still complaining that the Doctor... wants to save the world? How terrible that the Doctor refuses to removal the essential essence of humanity from Danny, even when it would help to save the world. The Doctor gives Clara and Danny exactly what they asked for, and Danny has the audacity to complain that the Doctor do it himself. The Doctor, who was willing to destroy his own people with his own hands to stop the Time War, knowing full well the consequences of such an action. Meanwhile Danny has apparently decided to shift the blame for his negilence onto the command structure of the army. Our “hero“, everyone.

But it doesn’t stop there! Once the Cyber-army is Cyber-defeated, Clara decides it’s Missy’s time to die. The Doctor, not wanting Clara to do a murder, commits to killing his oldest friend and enemy in order to save one person’s soul. Will he do it? Can he do it? Lol it doesn’t matter the Cyber-Brigadier blasts her. Because it wouldn’t be Doctor Who without the moral cop-out, now would it? The Doctor salutes him for taking the difficult decision out of his hands, and then the Cyber-Brig flies away, never to be seen again. Such writing, truly unparalleled.

Death in Heaven ends with everyone being miserible. The Doctor tells Clara he found Gallifrey, but he didn’t. Clara tells the Doctor that Danny escaped from the Nethersphere, but instead a child came out. Thus, the tragedy of errors occurs, and Clara leaves Doctor Who dejected and defeated. So Father Christmas himself intereupts the end credits to say that it isn’t actully over, and that it can’t end this way.

Honestly, Death in Heaven is about ten minutes of a good episode buried in filler, misery and the end of Danny Pink. But is it a good ending? Does it wrap up the themes of Series Eight? Not particularly. Sure, the Doctor realises he’s an old guy in his Blue Box, but that’s not news to the audience. Lots of pointless things happened, and it’s just not that statisfying.

[adulthoodoverload]

Dating in COVID-land

Well, I thought dating as an adult was hard enough before we got taken out by a damn pandemic. So far my experience with online dating has been about 3 layers of awful. First I met a pretty kick ass guy and things were going great until he ghosted me two weeks before Christmas 2020. But that's fine. I had enough going on at that point, it was probably for the best that I didn't have another person demanding my time. In January 2021 I met this girl and she was just unbelievable. I thought for sure it was too good to be true. The part of me that has been broken so many times said to hesitate and protect my heart, but the part of me that is still hopeful and believes in love said screw that and jumped right in. I didn't think it was possible to fall that hard for someone that fast.. but that's exactly what happened. And then one day, completely out of the blue, she broke up with me with no explanation. And that was shattering. This on the heals of the ghosting and the disolving of my family and I was just devastated. I met another girl a month or so after that and she was different but seemed fun. Things were going really well with her until she had a breakdown one weekend during one of her benders, that seemed to happen surprisingly often, and she made me social work her. She threatened suicide and then pretended like it never happened. I had to set a boundary for myself after that. Suicide is not something to joke around about for me. So that was pretty much the end of that. Now it's 3 months later and I'm having no luck meeting anyone. Maybe it's because I cannot trust anymore or maybe it's because I'm looking in the wrong places but how else do you meet people in a pandemic? Online dating doesn't seem to be the way though. At least, not for me. I'm just starting to settle in to my loneliness now and I think I may just have to ride it out. So I adopted a dog and I'm spending what time I can with my kiddo and my best friends. Seeing my parents a lot. Trying to avoid the bullshit that streams in from men on multiple dating platforms daily. At this point, any conversation seems to be better than none at all. I'm just tired of COVID, tired of being scared of people, tired of being alone. The worst part is that I know I want to be with a woman. I'm bisexual so I'm pretty happy to hang out with and date men but I also think I am homoromantic and I only fall truly in love with AFAB people, it seems. I want to be in love again. So I'm now ranting to no one on Tumblr and praying it helps cleanse out some of the crazy so I can make it through this pandemic with some semblance of sanity.