#but that doesnt stop it from being bad design

[rawme-price]

Lowkey socially inept ghost who has NO CLUE just how horny reader is for him😔

You've pulled out all the stops, complimented his outfits, pointed out how tall he is, how warm he is. Fuck, you even compared hand sizes! But nothing! Ur pretty sure hes just dense, bc its not like hes rejected you yet, just nods along with whatever you say but he doesnt *do* anything!

You learn that ghost has a bad back and send him sex positions designed to reduce back pain, nothing but a thumbs up. Its not even you that ends up telling him, gaz sees you offer chapstick after *just* applying some and he denies it. He cant take it anymore, watching u is becoming actually painful.

"Ghost, mate, she wants to fuck you." He says blunty, dodging the indignant slap aimed at him "preferably sooner than later." Gaz gives you both a firm pat on the shoulder then walks away.

....anyways ghost ends up railing u into the mattress and u learn that u just need to be blunt with him. From then on you either drag him to ur room or say it to his face, only mildly embarrassed abt being so bold but the dick is worth it.

[thegreatyin]

WoD is often regarded as a "bad" warcraft expansion- despite the actual content being good- because there was nothing to do. it had an infamously slow release cadence, infamously extensive levels of cut content, and several fundamental issues with its design philosophy that, while ignorable when left by themselves, combined together to make the game unplayable. it's a manifestation of blizzard's complacency, overconfidence, and hubris.

dawntrail is the rough (emphasis on rough) equivalent to this. it's where of all the "quiet problems" that have always existed in ffxiv suddenly become unignorable. the patch schedule is proving unsustainable, the quest design is no longer something easily brushed aside via the backing of excellent writing- it's not, in of itself, an inherently bad experience. i'm confident it'll be great to come back to in 3-4 years. its individual elements are great! i will fight and kill anyone who tries to insult wuk lamat in my household! but the way square enix is approaching content design is fundamentally flawed, and if left unattended, it can snowball into something actually like shadowlands.

and nobody wants the actual ffxiv equivalent of shadowlands.

people keep calling dawntrail the ffxiv equivalent of shadowlands and it just betrays their lack of knowledge of both ffxiv and world of warcraft. shadowlands was an unthinkable defcon 1 disaster that doubled as the final hit from a snowball that was building for over a decade prior to its release. dawntrail is nowhere near close to that. dawntrail is more like ffxiv's warlords of draenor

[neoflect]

I totally agree on pt 5 I'm sorry but giorno has got to be the worst jojo of all time to me. Absolute waste of potential and not a single ounce of personality compared to the jojo before AND after him. Just hype moments and aura

and its not JUST giorno, either, the saddest thing about pt5 is that so much of the front half is loaded with potential and absolutely none of it plays out. i can work with a boring protagonist. i have a lot of issues with pt3 but there is at least enough happening in jotaros proximity to compensate for the fact that he doesnt start to get interesting until after he gets divorced.

pt5 has a boring protagonist, a boring antagonist, a boring conflict with boring execution and, most egregious of all, does not connect to the overarching story of jojo in any meaningful or consequential way. when i say "you can skip pt5" i dont mean that as a value judgement (although it is, because pt5 is bad), i mean you can literally skip straight from the last chapter of pt4 to the first chapter of pt6 without missing any information at all. none of the characters or concepts ever resurface (requiems? the origin of the golden arrow? completely fucking inconsequential); cameo appearances by characters from prior parts, rather than enhancing the story or grounding it within the jojo universe, imo make pt5 actively worse because those appearances never lead to satisfying resolutions! koichi working on the spw foundation's behalf to pursue giorno is meaningless because he just stops doing that as soon as he feels like it (and apparently jotaro & the foundation just dont give a shit because it never comes up again), and polnareffs appearance is maybe the single aspect of pt5 i find most infuriating. ill explain why in a minute.

giorno, narratively, has absolutely no fucking business being the main character of pt5. the story is literally not about him. his being the main character would be an odd choice even if he did have the personality and charisma to justify the outsized focus on him, which he doesnt. the story is about bruno, and/or trish - they bear the pathos and the actual plot threads that drive the narrative. giorno gets the designated protagonist role solely because he has joestar lineage, which makes him the titular JoJo. and in a better story, giornos ancestry and the bizarre circumstances of his paternity might be a plot point, or perhaps a recurring theme, or have literally any remarkable influence at all on the events of the story or even just mentioned by anyone, even once, just once for the love of god im begging you. but it isnt! we see the photo of dio in his wallet and learn that the spw foundation is pursuing him on that basis, and... nothing. koichi goes home. its never mentioned again.

like, up to a certain point, i get it. giorno doesnt seem like the kind of guy who would spill his daddy issues, and obviously the other passione guys dont know his family situation and dont have any reason to press him on it. its understandable that it never comes up. but then... but then... polnareff shows up! someone with established connections to the spw foundation that was pursuing giorno at the beginning of the story, who was one of the very last people to see giornos dad alive and even worked for him for a time, someone who has every reason in the world to know who giornos dad is and presumably to have some feelings about the subject. and he never, ever mentions it once. its totally reasonable that the topic doesnt get broached beforehand but it is fucking narrative malpractice that polnareff never brings it up. and then he gets turned into a turtle.

and on top of all this everything that surrounds the fucking black hole of charisma that is giorno giovanna is just so, so boring. i would still rather be reading jojo at its worst (and make no mistake, pt5 is jojo at its worst) than any other shonen manga on earth, but pt5 is the closest araki ever gets to writing something i would describe as "generic battle-shonen". one of the biggest issues i have with pt3 is how incredibly formulaic it is - the crusaders arrive at a location, they fight an enemy stand user, they move on. but even in pt3 araki occasionally puts a twist on the formula and features stand 'battles' with little to no combat: the sun, oingo boingo bros, d'arby the gambler (one of the best "fights" in the whole series and nobody ever throws a single punch). in fact, araki is often at his best when hes not writing combat: lets go out for italian is a high point in pt4; same for sugar mountain in pt7. pt5 is boring and exhausting because it is all combat all the time. i like king crimson vs metallica just as much as the next guy (definitely the peak of pt5 - probably because giorno isnt in it) but you need to give me any reason at all to get invested in the outcome other than that its really cool and badass.

i know some people really like pt5. i dont fault them for it, in the same way i dont fault babies for being excited by jingling keys. some people dont give a shit about character writing or narrative or pathos and only read jojo for the sexy twinks and the cool fights. and pt5 definitely has those two things, in spades! but its so incredibly frustrating because i can see so easily how pt5 could have been a masterpiece if araki had any interest at all in writing the things i think hes good at. i might hate it less if it didnt have so much potential

[threepandas]

Bad End: No Good Turn

I rushed to catch up, as I saw the party leaving. Advisor Leukippos was a hopelessly busy man after all. Seeming to drift, with elegant unhurried steps, from appointment to appointment at a somehow impossible speed. It was near impossible to actually catch him NOT in the middle of something. And believe me, I'd been TRYING!

"Advisor! Respected One! Please wait!" I did not so much... shout (as that would be RUDE. One must NEVER be RUDE around the Yanderians. They take GREAT exception. I've looked them up. Have even started taking classes on the subject.) as sorta? Pitched my voice to carry? Kinda the verbal equivalent of that awkward half jog, not run, people do.

My Yanderian pronunciation is god awful. Probably butchering the words, since I can't, you know, actually HEAR any of the nuanced under or over tones. The slight inflections. Yanderian is a language of SONG. Poetry. Composing some of the most beautiful audible art in the known universe. Some of the pieces I've heard? Are like whale song made of starlight. Birdsong made of thunder.

And that's the RECORDINGS! Which are said to miss SO MUCH of the in person nuances, due to technological limitations!

I, being a human, literally don't have the philosophy to even speak the language properly. Never will.

Not the voice box, not the HEARING, and certainly not the lung capacity. But I wanted to at least try, you know? If nothing else, maybe learn the language. There WERE after all, auditory aids for Yanderians with ear injuries. And! I theoretically? Could contact the company? To see if they would be willing to design a set of nuance readers for a human sized head! Adjusted for human hearing and visual ranges!

To be honest? I just was waiting to be able to send my message in Yanderian first. To prove that it wouldn't be a waste of time. Nuance readers were a time consuming project after all! Had to be customized to the life form wearing them.

Leukippos and his entourage had stopped, turned. Some fully, some only half way, to glance in bemused and startled confusion at the (no doubt strange) little creature trying to hacksaw her way through a sentence in their language. None the less, they DID stop for me, for which I was grateful. Their people were fuckin TALL, man. Long legs. Holy SHIT long legs. G-gimme a second! Gotta...! Breathe...!

I could practically feel their amusement from behind the assorted fans. Eyes curving up to match hidden grins.

"No drink to spill upon me, little one? How shall I recognize you now?" Comes teasing song speech from the man I've been trying, for DAYS, to catch outside of any one of his many responsibilities. I think? That particular rumbling quality? Means "playfully said, not insulting you?"

His body language certainly suggests it.

The laugh that forces its way out of my body? Is the sort that you make, while contemplating throwing yourself into the fucking SEA or a bottomless pit, after dumping your breakfast on like... a world leader.

Because I Basically DID.

Which? Ha ha... oh god, kill me. They wear FUCKING WHITE. The higher the rank? The MORE WHITE! (It's the color of Divinity and Honor! Which DOESNT FUCKING HELP! Oh GOD, does this mean what I did was SACRILEGIOUS TOO?!) Nothing but pale, easily and irreversibly stain-able colors, as far as the eye can see! And I accidentally? Dumped my shitty break room "whatever has caffeine and is still in stock" on him!

FIVE TIMES.

I've literally GIVEN UP open air caffeinated drinks because of this! They are the devil! Evil! Trying to ruin both my sanity AND my life! I don't CARE if canned coffee is more expensive! At least I can't DUMP IT ON A DIGNITARY.

The worst part? The ABSOLUTE WORST? Was how understanding and calm Leukippos was, while I lost my shit. It wasn't even MY outfit. He was the one covered in probably still burning coffee! As I hyperventilated and blubbered apologies and cried at him. Hair a mess! Sleep deprived as FUCK because my boss is an asshole. Well... WAS an asshole.

He came over to yell at me.

Did not go well for him. What with that being Rude™ and me having already spilled the beans that the whole incident was CAUSED by me being overworked. Sleep deprivation slows reaction times, you know?

But then... but THEN! It? Kept?? HAPPENING!!!

Turn a corner? Bump! Right down his front. Leaving a lift? Bump! Splash! There goes my cup! Oh but what about a SAFETY cup? I, like FOOL, naively think! Ha ha...

I nearly concuss him! Somehow! Right over the edge of some railing! Slams into the ground at his feet. Nearly hitting him from THREE STORIES UP, right on the head! Pretty sure the sound I made? Was just as painful to HEAR as it was to rip out of my own throat in panic.

No More Cups! Cups are BAD. This? Anti-cup having household.

We'll drink from fucking SPOONS if we have too! Bowls!

NO CUPS!

And every? Single?? Time??? Leukippos not only stops, in the middle of his unspeakably busy schedule, to calm down and reassure this random ass low ranking alien, who's dumped potentially toxic or dangerous unknown alien foodstuffs, just ALL over his incredibly expensive clothes? He's KIND about it! Polite! Makes light hearted little jokes and says not to worry!

It would be one thing, if he was an asshole about it? But!? He's so politely understanding instead? You just end up standing there. Staring in HORROR. At the slowly spreading stains, on that beautiful, delicate, lovely embroidered white fabric. Clothes that are HAND CRAFTED. Take months if not YEARS to make!!! And you just? Feel your soul... die inside.

Kill me. Fucking END me. I deserve it.

Oh my god.... What Have I Done?

But, hey! If he wants to turn my Horrifying Drink Based Trauma Crimes into a cute friendship meet cute? I'm so unbelievably down for that. Literally ANYTHING so I stop feeling like I'm constantly setting this man's ceremonial robes on fire in front of him, then having him ask if I'M okay or need anything.

Speaking of which? Excitedly I reach into my messages bag, asking if he remembers the over robe he lent me. Another victim to our coffee attacks, the over robe was of a style that traditionally hung open, so it only slightly got hit. His main robe suffering the worst of it. Most importantly, though? The over robe is the main decorative one! Heavy on the subtle off white on white embroidery.

It creates a kind of magical looking effect as the light hits it, it's hard to explain.

But! I got coffee'd too, right? Right down my front! So what does he do? Leukippos slides off his over robe and puts it on me. So I won't be walking around in state that would get me socially embarrassed. Cause a scandal. Still not sure if it's a Yanderian or a "their region of the galaxy" thing.

However, that? Left me with a beautiful, BEAUTIFUL and quickly staining white over robe. Not Today, Satan! So I looked up how to save it. Rushed it to a professional cleaners. They kept it from getting worse but couldn't help me, due to the unique fibers the robe was made off, but knew who COULD and sent me on my way.

I ended up in a breathing mask in little Kkbrixxtttishky. And I know, okay? It's mostly oxygen in that dome. Yeah, it IS, but there are enough fatally toxic trace elements in the atmosphere that unless you have a REALLY good filter mask? It's just safer to go full breathing mask. It's not fucking "paranoid" or "racist" or whatever garbage they'll tell you.

Half those fuckers saying that? Wouldn't even TRAVEL there if their LIVES depended on it! For ALL sorts of VERY reasonable excuses, I'm SURE. Bastards. One breathing mask and an uncomfortable decontamination shower between domes is all it takes! It's barely a few minutes delay between domes. Then you're in!

And? The whole area is beautiful. Everyone is super nice, deeply kind (especially when you get lost... like... A LOT). And oh my god? Do you know how badly I wish I could eat the food without, you know, dying? (God those little pie thingies looked so fucking GOOD...)

Anyway! Long and short of it? The Kkbrixxtttishky cleaner knew how to clean the robe! Even stored it in an air tight container so it could be decontaminated for my safe handling. They? Were so sympathetic? Shared my absolute horror at the situation. We're and ARE an absolute gem. Swear to God I plan to recommend them to anyone who can breathe that grade of atmosphere.

It was worth every unit.

Pulling out a clean, neatly folded robe to return? Feels like a triumph.

"The robe of which I gave you, clean once more." He says, recognizing it on sight. The smile behind his fan seems to grow, from what charmed expression I can see of his face, as he steps closer. "Such care, in trusted hands, this robe has found. Little one, you have gone to great lengths. No easy thing, the cleansing of such cloth. And to return it? None would think you less, should you have kept a gift..."

The songspeech has a distinctly warm tone to it, more then the already fond tone that had been there before. Heck yeah~ Knew it! I KNEW I did the right thing! And besides, it WAS the right thing. I tell him as much. He didn't really GIVE me his robe, he leant me it to help me save face.

The Galactic Senate is unspeakably vast. He was running the risk of never seeing it again but did it ANYWAY. Just so I wouldn't be seen walking around covered in a mess. I was just sorry I couldn't fix the OTHER robes my clumsiness had ruined.

"Virtuous little one~" Leukippos says sings, the nuanced tones, which I could only barely hear, suggesting his words were meant to be both teasing and praise. He driftes closer. His other hand elegantly raising to join the first. Both gripping his fan in an... almost coy sort of way? Ah, I'm probably reading that one wrong. Still learning, after all...

"Won't you join me? A walk with good company, is a pleasant one indeed. I have not had chance to speech casually with you before. We would have sent you correspondence; In accordance with tradition and regard, however..."

Leukippos trailed off. Politely not saying the obvious. Which was that it was fuckin impossible to find me in the G.S. directory, since I was effectively a Nobody, and you'd have to know Going IN which Embassy I worked for. Even then, it'd be rough as hell, dragging me name out of that thing. I was the afterthought of an afterthought, that the forgettable once might of had.

But hey, it pays the bills.

I grin. Of course, I'd love to join him. If I'm not getting in the way! The robe is handed off to one of the smiling members of the entourage. Tucked away somewhere. And I am swallowed into the center of the group. Holy SHIT, they are tall. Like? I knew that. On average? Yanderians were about a foot and a half taller then humans... but STILL? I think these guys might be tall for Yanderians? I feel dainty. Wild.

Leukippos helps with my pronunciation, as we walk. Recommends a few new up and coming artists who's works sound fascinating. Distracted by it all, I don't notice our path meandering away from what I know is his next appointment, and towards his office. At least, I don't until we're alone.

His fan lower gently from his face, revealing handsome features.

I startle, don't know where to look. Uuuuuuuh?! No, wait, what!? No. See, I REMEMBER my basics of Yanderian etiquette block, from the sociology lessons I'm taking. He's not allowed to DO that! He can't DO THAT! Illegal! Naked! Why is he FACE NAKED!? That's like taking your SHIRT OFF! Fine around close friends and family. But JUST around them! ONLY them.

Going 0 to 150 REAL FAST, my guy!

Sputtering, I spin around. I saw NOTHING. Sexy lil fangs WHOMS'T? Ha ha! Jawline whaaaat? No, no! I'm actually BLIND. As of just a bit ago! Terrible, really. Should probably see a doctor! Now actually! Yeah. Now sounds good. I'm just gonna-!!

Softly, elegantly, like a dancer's pose, an arm in billowing white reaches over my should to delicately press against the door. It's the old fashioned kind. Swinging, not slide, made of wood. Must of cost more then I make in a year. The hand presses one finger at a time, a precise little sequence of tap tap tap.

Each finger accompanied by the softest sound of sharp nail tips.

I am suddenly hyperaware. H..How did he move that-?

The friendly atmosphere, the comfort, seems to have been sucked out of the room as thoroughly as an open airlock straight to the void. I am alone with a man I do not... now that I think about it... actually know. I FELT like I knew him. We keep meeting. I've been learning about his people. But do I know HIM? Personally? The nature of HIS character?

I... I do not.

And he is a very, VERY powerful man.

My eyes are locked on the hand, gently holding the door shut. I haven't tried my strength against his. Yet. But the numbers are in my head. The odds. Cold sweat prickles and beads along my skin, my breathe shallow, as I stand utterly frozen. It's a beautifully manicured hand, I note. Strong wrist, there a hint of true muscle, under all those robes.

He smells of trees and musk, spices and flowers not native to earth. The sleeve flowing over my shoulder is dangerously soft. His existence a pillar of heat, right behind me, not touching... but close enough. He seems perfectly content to wait me out. My mind is static.

"We fall in love quite easily, did you know? Oh little one..." His words are sighed confession, sung like falling leaves. Another hand comes up, on the other side of me. "My people greatest folly. Our weakness, our despair. Oh little one, we love too much. It frightens people. How quickly and deeply we fall..."

Why was he telling me that? I... I know the most obvious reason why he MIGHT be. B-but surely not! Ha ha. No way. C-can't be! So Why Is He TELLING ME THAT?!

"Courtship requires planning of course. Research. 'Meet-Cutes' I believe they are titled? Did you enjoy them? Were they proper? I'm to take you on outings next, yes? Flowers and material goods. To prove I can provide and know you well, and ah~"

There was mouth pressed to the nape of my neck, breathing deep against my skin. I could feel the almost lazy hunter's grin, splitting those lips into a smirk. Sharp teeth and hot breathe, dangerously close and already lusting to leave behind marks.

"And I DO know you so well. I have made certain of that, my little one. Dearest little one. Jewel of my heart, soon to be keeper of my name. I will court you in your ways, then I will court you in mine. Our wedding will be beautiful."

My heart was racing. I had to get out of here. Go and never, EVER come back. Oh god, at this distance? There was no WAY he couldn't hear everything. I had to lie! Do something! Anything! Just get out of this room. Back to Earth's embassy!

I... I couldn't move. Afraid. I was afraid.

He's so big. So much stronger then me. I have to get out.

"You shall such peace and love on Yanderia, darling. The other partners will rejoice for a new friend and you will be welcomed. Isn't that lovely? There is so much we do not show outsiders. But you, little one?"

"You will have the rest of your life to learn it ALL~"

[capitalisticveins]

EA Thoughts (spoilers!)

Not even a minute in and he got me kicking my feet n clenching my cheeks

He swapped with Vincent I can TELL so easily i know my boys

Im pretty sure this is like, the first time a speaker referred a non designated listener by their petname?? Aka Sam called Lovely “Lovely” even tho thats Vincent’s petname for them and other characters usually refer to the listener as the character’s partner. I LOVE IT

I know this is a Sam audio but I need to listen to a Vincent audio right after this

HE WANNA BE PORTER SO BAD

AND IM INTO IT

I MIGHT LOVE THIS SAM MORE THAN OG SAM DONT @ ME

STOP STOP STOP THIS MIGHT BE THE BEST THING TO COME FROM AN ANTHOLOGY EVER, AND I GOT INTO REDACTED BC OF A GUY ANTHOLOGY

DARLIN BEING FLUSTERED AWWWWWWW

“Maybe I am an idiot, but it made ya smile. It’s worth it to see that again” I CANNOT DRAW IN THESE CONDITIONSNUIFEWHUIGBPWGRH

HES LAUGHING MORE IN THIS AUDIO THSN HE HAS IN THE OG UNIVERSE IN GENERAL THIS IS HEALING MY SOULLLL

FUCK FUCK FUCK OW OW OW AROUND THE END HE SAID SOMETHING CUTE AND I CLENCHED MY CALVE AND HELD IT TO MY THIGH AND NOW ITS CRAMPING THIS IS THE SECOND TIME MY CALVE CRAMPED BC OF A REDACTED CHARACTER SHITSHITHOE OW

MAYBE THERE IS AGOD

WHY WAS IT ONLY 13 MINUTES FUUUUCK

AY MIJO THAT WAS BEAUTIFUL

10/10 THIS WAS GENUINELY ADORABLE😭😭😭 QUINN’S DEAD, DARLIN DOESNT NEED TO HAVE A VENDETTA AGAINST HIM AND RISK THEIR LIFE TRYING TO KILL HIM, SINCE HES DEAD, SAM’S TURNING WASNT UNCONSENSUAL OR SEEMINGLY TRAUMATIC, HES SMILING, HES ADORABLE

WHAT MORE COULD I ASK FOR OTHER THAN MORE TIME???

[oh-no-its-bird]

Mmm. young Kagami accidental time travel gone wrong when Danzo is the first to find him,,

Danzo wants him as a loyal ROOT shinobi soooo baddd, it would fix all of his issues and give him 30 new ones and also make all of his everything so much worse

Ichigo comes with him too, but Danzo doesnt really give a shit ab her she's only here so that Danzo can make Kagami kill her to further his own ROOT training. She is having the worst time ever in the bg and also really mad that she's being ignored

Both kids have so much clan pride too,, the time they're from, they're only a couple years into Konoha being a thing, their clans make up the foundation of their personalities and lives. So them being forced to "forget" ab it,,, ough,,,

Being put through the process of forgetting themes to devote everything to ROOT, made so much worse because they don't even have 'true' Konoha loyalty to amplify like a modern shinobi kid might,, their clans are all they have,,, u cant just take it away,,

Ichigo especially I think would react SO violently to the concept of being forced to forget her clan. She is a HATAKE, she was raised in isolation and her clan is literally all she's ever had. They are raised into insane levels of loyalty to eachother and the spirit of their clans, Ichigo herself would have one day become her clans spiritual leader—in general too shes just. Very, very clan focused. All warring state era kids are.

Anyways, Kagami and Danzo

I think Kagami doesnt want to believe it's Danzo behind all of their suffering. And Danzo also probably does not present himself as the cause of it, at first anyways.

As is, Kagami is PRIMED for being groomed and gaslit tbh. The power imbalances are off the charts— he wants to be loyal and put his trust in Danzo so bad bc thats his best friend but also a whole adult now. A big, strong adult who Kagami is predisposed to trust.

Danzo is in the perfect position to present himself as a saving grace to Kagami. Slowly easing him into the realization that he's the one forcing him to go through all of this,,, by the time Kagami fully understands it was all Danzo's plans this whole time, he's already too thoroughly wrapped in his web to really see the facts straight

He also just has like. NO one left. Danzo is his only source of comfort in the darkness he carefully designed and submerged him into </3

Mmmm. Just Kagami and Ichigo depression hours up in ROOT club. They are having THE worst time ever in the world. When they're first caught, Ichigo tries to howl for help (with howling being a legitimate chakra technique all Hatake are taught as kids, often used to signal and communicate over long distances) so they have to fucking muzzle her as they go to get the chakra suppressants (its probably mostly a statement tbh, they could totally just get the suppresants and leave it at that)

Only a bit away, Kakashi hears the howl of a wolf in the distance and for a second, he is filled with the urge to run towards it. But the howling stops, and with it the strange urge. How odd. He'll have forgotten about it, not even a week later.

No one is coming for them btw, back in their time they're presumed dead in the lab explosion that sent them here. They're stuck in the torture machine with no rescue in sight <///3

I do wanna to see them escape together ,, but like Ichigo is now half feral and ready to fucking bite anyone who so much as looks at her and Kagami is now dissociating 80% of the time and cant seem to recognize anyone anymore

meanwhile the Uchiha massacre is only a week or two away, and their escape and subsequent discovery is a tipping point for the uchiha that makes them do the coup sooner rather than later,,,

No one other than Danzo knows ab the time travel and both the kids are a) very disoriented + dont super understand whats happening themselves, and b) filled to the fucking brim with trust issues now, thanks Danzo, so when they show up it's just. Kind of understood that Danzo was kidnapping actual babies. Like, no one recognizes Kagami, but he's clearly an Uchiha and the girl with him is insisting he's part of the clan (Kagami himself is fucking dead to the world and way too deep in his head to hold a conversation rn)

Meanwhile someone goes to get Kakashi and now Kakashi is understanding that Danzo was straight up kidnapping Hatake babies.

This is around the point where Kakashi was debating killing the Hokage for Danzo anyways so he's just kinda. Throwing down the towel. Man, FUCK this shit. Fuck ALL of this shit.

Uhhh Kakashi joins the Uchiha in their coup anyone? Anyone? No? Ok well he's doing it anyways.

The Uchiha overthrow the government and they peer pressure Shikaku into being new Hokage bc he serves as a good neutral figure for most in Konoha (and itd look bad if an Uchiha took the seat directly) and Ichigo and Kagami get to heal in the Uchiha compound, yayyy <3

Only they spent a few solid years with Danzo so they are for sure irreversibly fucked now. There is no true recovery because they have been changed as people at their core, and even free they've been permanently separated from the time, clans, and people that they once knew. They lost their childhoods and are now being forced to start from scratch in a world they can't fully recognize.

Eventually the time travel thing will probably be found out, but by that point shit already hit the fan and the walls were repainted anyways, so no one. Really cares. All's well that ends well...?

Then ofc, obligatory bad ending where they dont escape, Kagami kills Ichigo as part of his ROOT trials and becomes a full-fledged ROOT shinobi fully loyal to Danzo (and also gains his mangekyou)

The uchiha massacre happens and things happen as they do in canon— and when ROOT is finally "officially" disbanded, a curly haired Uchiha shows up among the ex agents struggling to relearn how to be human

Yayyyy <33 the end

Anyways the entire time I was typing this I was listening to Sub Urban - DIAMOND on loop, which is a really good song so Im gonna go ahead and plug it here bc like. It's really good. Highly reccomend.

[quxyivs]

hey pooks im here to once again request a fic OKAY so u take of his clothes or something then spill something on the shirt and he gets mad and starts yelling! im so sigma i know help preferably hyunjin or chan

Overreaction

Pairings - Hyunjin x GN! Reader / Genre- Angst, fluff

CW- yelling, crying, cursing, being called annoying. Lmk if I missed anything!

୧ __ Authors note ‿‿ thank you for the request<3! been gone for a while since I been busy with work and animating but I’m here to give you lovely people fics<3 also I will be setting up a master list soon!

You were watching Hyunjin paint his latest art piece. The room was filled with a nice relaxing hum from Hyunjin. You had been watching him for about an hour now, looking at him skillfully gliding his brush up and down the canvas, each color lighting up the painting more. Sipping your coffee, watching him paint.. it was relaxing. A nice way to detox from all the shit at work. You had even got so engraved by the painting you didn’t even realize he was calling you.

“Hey! Didn’t you hear me?” He said raising an eyebrow and tilting his head as he looked at you. “Ah sorry I didn’t.. what’s up?” “Could you move that shirt right there? It’s very expensive and I don’t want paint on it.” You, being the nice spouse you are, got up to move the shirt, however on your way to his bed where the shirt was your foot got caught by the extension cord on the floor that you were using. Causing the coffee in your hand to go flying.

His shirt, specifically his personal designer shirt was now stained in coffee. “Shit-!!” He looked over seeing his shirt and sheets covered in coffee. “What the fuck y/n!?” You ran to grab a towel to wipe it off. “I-I’m sorry I tripped and I accidentally spilt my coffee-“ “Jesus fucking Christ! You can’t do anything right can you?! All I ask was that you move my shirt so it DOESNT get messed up and look at you now! Messing up the one thing I said to NOT mess up!!!”

His voice was sharp, cold and angry. Hearing his harsh words made you shrink back. “I-I’m sorry I didn’t-..” “Y/n please stop talking to me. You’ve been a bother all damn day. I told you I wanted peace but then you came in the room to watch me paint, fine. I didn’t mind. Then you just kept on talking. Thankfully you got the memo when I didn’t answer you. And now you’re spilling coffee all over my shirt AND my bed.” Your eyes burned with tears as you felt your throat start to burn and just left out the room.

You walked to the balcony sitting there and crying softly to yourself. You’ve seen Hyunjin mad but never that mad.. I mean yeah he was in a bad mood today but he always said your company made him feel better so you thought you were helping!.. not making it worse.. more tears poured out like a fountain for about 15 minutes before the balcony door slid open and you felt a fluffy blanket being thrown over you. You turn around to see Hyunjin looking at you before taking a seat next to you.

It was quiet for a minute until he spoke up. “My muse..I’m..I’m so fucking sorry I..I was stupid. What I did was nothing less than dumb…I know you probably don’t want to talk or hear my voice…but I’m sorry.. I overreacted.” He admitted with his head low and his voice shaky like he too had been crying. You sniff before you hug him. “It’s okay.. you were having a bad day and I should’ve given you space… I’m sorry too.” You snuggled into him and he returned the hug snuggling into you as well. “Let’s go back inside and sleep yeah..?” “Okay….” As you two cleaned up and laid in bed he rubbed your back and kissed you. “Goodnight my muse. I love you.” “Goodnight hyune… I love you too..

A/N- kinda short but I hope you guys like this! Also as of now commissions are closed to I’m back on track! Thank you!

[ferigrievous]

Can I get some headcanons about Asahi from HQ pls? I read ur others ones and LOVED them

ASAHI AZUMANE HCS ⋆˚࿔

believes in ghosts but would never admit to it outloud

allergic to sunscreen (gets a rash)

that one guy who doesnt play about his nighttime routine

scared of birds but could not tell you why

i personally hc him post timeskip as a flight attendant (fashion designer on the side) 

always packs too much for any type of trip. six pairs of underwear on a three day trip just incase you shit yourself twice a day kind of guy

guilty pleasure is shitty mobile games. probably level a million on candy crush

allergic to cats but found a stray in his neighborhood and couldnt just leave it so he took it home anyway. he is still allergic to cats.

really terrified of bugs but will not kill them and will escort them outside even if he’s crying

thicks socks with sandals are peak practicality even if he knows its ugly. does not gaf

tried to be vegan once because he suddenly got self conscious eating calamari (it wasnt breaded thick enough and he could see the parts of the tentacles) and it lasted four days

still refuses to eat meat that he can make out what it was though unless its hidden

that one guy who can just figure out the different notes of a fragrance

has very strong opinions on when things need to be washed 

lovesss romcoms dude he does NOT play about queereye bro

keeps his nails trimmed short and clean even after graduating. doesnt understand how some people (tanaka and noya) live with the feeling of long nails

takes incredibly long showers

actually wears glasses but suga used to make fun of him for it because he said it made him look like a hippie so he started wearing contacts in second year until he stopped after graduating

doesnt leave the store without buying one thing because he’s afraid people will think he's stealing but the way he walks out of the store all nervous and clutching the item makes people think he’s stealing anyway but doesnt ever stop doing this and he has so much useless shit

thinks about deleting all his socials at least once a week. isnt even online enough that it would make a difference. has 0 posts and 0 tagged but like 4k followers

always burns his bread. he’ll put it on the toaster oven and it wont even be hot, so he’ll turn the crank a little further, and then the next time he checks on it itll be charred

gets emotional seeing old people and has cried multiple times during outings and still refuses to tell anyone what it was about

walked into a glass door once and still thinks about it every time he sees one

always overestimates how much food he needs to cook and ends up having leftovers for the next two days

thinks iced tea is disgusting and is not afraid to say so

has a weirdly formal email signature

will never admit it, but he really likes being needed, even if its just to reach the high shelf 

can lift an insane amount of weight but still lets old ladies cut in line at the grocery store

learned how to play the guitar just enough to accompany himself when he sings, but never tells people he sing

loyal to a fault. the kind of guy who stays at jobs too long because he doesn’t want to leave people hanging and would feel bad. thankful everyday he doesn't work at a black company

[rawrawaw]

OK. SO.

i basically just watched kpop demon hunters, and OH BOYY i have a lot to say (first timer doing a writing essay, kinda nervous!! ^_^) (oh and spoiler alert lmao)

First off, THE AMAZING DELICIOUS ARTSTYLE. oh my god, this movie is such an eye candy, like the main girls look absolutely beautiful (especially zoey, zoey is a great character and my precious angel, she never did anything wrong btw!!) and their outfits?!?! The makeup??? The hairstyles??? Were they designed especially to attract me??? wtf dude... Oh, and the saja boys were fine ig ;/// (baby saja best boy i need 200 fanarts RN.) The animation style is also great, reminds me of spiderverse and arcane SM. And the songs. OHH, THE SONGS. i'm not interested in kpop one bit (idk if alien stage counts lolol) but i listened to this soundtrack two times after watching the movie, which doesnt happen that often with animated musicals, so plus 10 points for them. From artistic perspective, this movie is absolutely 10/10.

Okay!! Now the characters. Rumi is a genius MC tbh. Her character arc is so beautiful and engaging, and her perfectionist personality made me chuckle a bit throught the movie. Her bandmates, although... Dont get me wrong, i loved them and their quirks (like i said, ZOEY BEST GIRL.) but...i feel like their character arcs could be more fleshed throught the movie, like Zoey felt that she was too much and never enough, and a bit of a people pleaser, right?? It was handled alright, but i think a few scenes where shes anxious and overthinks her behavior like while after the concert scenes wouldnt hurt ig;-; About Mira... I didnt understood her character a bit, like i guess she had issues with her parents and felt like she failed them and doesnt deserve someone who loves her?? I hope i read that right... And it wasnt show throught the movie that shes closed off and avoids displaying affection, and only when she said that she doesnt deserve a family when gwi ma was manipulating her it was noticeable?? Thats my only remark about the girls, i feel like the chemistry was so genuine and heartfelt i couldnt help but love them :DD. Now the main antagonists... Ofc, Jinu was like also a character with a lot of depth put into him. His interactions with Rumi were sometimes hilarious, but also pretty tearjerking. Just seeing them find someone with similar trauma and who thinks that they deserve to be shamed and bonding was do beautiful ;-; Also, i LOVED the scene when gwi ma manipulates him by making him hear his family members' screams and saying hell make it go away if he listens to him. Made me understand why the demons want a human soul and stop hearing his voice inside his head. Overall, the concept that demons are just regular people that made a mistake and are being eternally punished for that, is SO COOL. What a shame that it wasnt used more :[[ oh, and the rest of the saja boys were pretty... dissapointing?? Like some of them almost never spoke a word, and they were nothing but just pretty and good at singing the whole movie... No motivations, arc, NOT A THING!!! they were just next bad guys that our girlsband had to defeat and it was kinda underwhelming... Theyre one of the reasons i hope this movie sheds light on their backstories more :\ the secondary character were pretty dope tbh. Like Bobby, i loved, absolutely loved that he was supportive and caring towards the girls instead of another money hungry abusive twist villain ^^ huntrix' mentor was genius too, she was honestly a so paranoid and fixated on the girls being perfect and not flawed that it hurt more than helped them/_\ her unability to accept flaws was huge influence for rumi and reason for her breaking point and i adored that bit :]

The plot was so silly, like when i saw the trailer i wasnt expecting a movie about accepting who you are and the real darkness can be defeated when you come to terms with that you do not need to be perfect and appealing to everyone lololl ^=^the motive of korean myths clashing with present popculture was a nice add and the message was cool and all but the plot structure.... jesus it was a mess. For example, Rumi being part demon was a cool plot point and i hoped for it to be expanded in the climax of the movie and answer some questions, like how she cant hear gwi ma's voice but it was just put aside for some reason??? Also the ending was SUCH A MISS. i hoped for them to realize that demons were actually misunderstood and there was a deeper reasons for them to steal souls, and, for example, free their souls and make them reunite with their loved ones to say sorry and be content with themselves or sth like that?? Instead they just killed the big bad guy and all the demons are still eternally suffering??? Its really dissapointing, considering all this buildup...

Anyways, that's all i have to say abt the movie !!! It has more plot holes than swiss cheese and character arcs are all over the place, but it was a fun experience overall!! Solid 8/10, SONY PLEASE GIVE US A SEQUELL/TV SERIESSSS.

[alotsgonnachange]

Why I can’t stop thinking about emmrich and a crow rook

-obviously there’s fun to be had with any companion and any faction but this one is just so juicy to me

-I think they BOTH would have experienced initial distrust/concern/judgment from the team and others in general. So you’re an assassin-for-hire? Are you gonna kill me? So you’re a necromancer? Do you do weird stuff with corpses?

-So when Emmrich was like “I’m getting some weird looks from team members about my skulls!” and Rook is just like yeah they were the same about my knife collection and various poisons but you get used to it

-I think a crow rook would LOVE the idea of grave gold — Like wait you guys want to look really cunty when you die? we do the same thing but more like looking cute in case u get assassinated on the job (check out the designs for crow uniforms! these bitches are dramatic)

-Likeeee grave gold shopping in nevarra or antivan leather glove shopping in treviso are you kidding me

-Obv emmrich already wants to hear your weird crow stories to which a crow rook could be like, you wanna hear about me doing espionage and Murder??? Like for real???

-cremation discourse is so funny because I do think Rook could take Lucanis’ side too and legit be like i’m not gonna lie if my target got turned into undead i would be a little pissed i worked hard to get that guy Dead

-I think both crows and watchers kind of have similar vibes of ostentatiousness and extraness and drama. The ceremony and design and coloring of the mourn watch and the grand necropolis and the general ceremony surrounding death as a whole in Nevarra. the italianx/antivanx obsession with fine wines and leathers and needing to look like the Maker’s Cuntiest Assassin of all time and going to the knife store and having intricate designs cut into the handles of your weapons

-You can go a lot of ways with it too with maybe a disillusioned rook who doesnt even want to be an assassin and emmrich helps them to realize that or maybe a very proud and confident rook who stands on business

-I do think Emmrich will find the whole talon situation to be insane and I need to see him interact with Viago so bad

-Like him pulling rook aside one day and being like “Hey darling, so i actually think Viago making you guys build tolerances for poison is crazy and maybe not good for y’all long term” and Rook has to be like i thought everyone did that because you could get poisoned at any time! And emmrich has to be like no 🩷

-“i’m familiar with the finer points of anatomy” bitch me too. i just use them to kill people. the fuck.

-I think the mourn watch and crows both enjoy a formal expensive fancy ball/gala which is great content

-Both are kind of different versions of goth … mourn watch death goth vs antivan crow black purple goth

[the-sol-eater]

so gang....there's this historian...who's only had approximately 21 minutes of screentime...

unhinged rambling over a fictional character under the cut

I have always loved ulysses ever since the prologue came out back in december 2022, but after my recent rewatch in preparation for chapter 1 coming out later this year, my interest in his character has sparked into a full-blown hyperfixation??? it feels like ulysses wilhelm was designed specifically for me I'm going to be so honest. like, there's the surface level being that he's a boyfailure twink and that kind of character always seems to attract me, but everything else about his character from his design, his personality, his voice, the little aspects of him like the fact that him specifically noting down classmate birthdays and him updating a common phrase to sound more modern shows a genuine desire to connect with his class despite his clear social ineptitude, and also just...him having knowledge about the internet enough to know about internet arguments despite disliking computers?? silly ass. I've also like, never really seriously headcannoned a character with a mental disorder before, even ones that I have myself, but I am actually being so serious when I say that ulysses is literally just my inattentive adhd manifested into a person. I have not felt so represented in so long, and its by a character who doesn't even canonically have it, and I think its very special and a testament to how talented the writing crew behind p:eg is that they can make me feel that or anything I'm typing in this post despite, again, this character only being on screen for 21 minutes he is literally just me in every single way possible, actually. we literally even have the same birthday. I'm not a supernatural person, but like..I think me saying that this character was made for me might not be hyperbole after all. ...he's also just so fucking cute. Can I say that?? LOOK at this fucker??

his slightly scruffy hair that looks like he just woke up from one of his naps, his small but silly little smile, his dumb eyebags, his fucking VOICE, his lame as fuck sense of humor, his sprites, his dumbass sleepy noises, the fact that he's the shortest out of all the male characters, his everything?? I want to be his friend and listen to him yap about history, and I also want to make out with him sloppy style. I am sleepy all the time but he is sleepier, which means I can spoon him. I'd imagine his lifestyle of constantly being in his office doesnt really lend itself well to him receiving affection. he is probably very touch-starved... what if he encountered my persona. would he initially think the lack of sleep has finally caused him to hallucinate, considering I doubt you see slutty demons with big wings in real life. when he finally realizes that I am actually there, would he be fascinated at the sight of such a nonhuman creature being right in front of him? a new piece of history he has yet to discover? what if we become best friends. what if we become best boyfriends. my brain is moving at 200 miles an hour and I cannot stop it, I need him so fucking bad. if you have read this far, I'm not sorry and I'm not ashamed for my actions. except if you happen to be doctor pap (ulysses' va), in which case I politely ask you that you forget everything I have said today. thanks for reading

[headcanonsfromthecabin]

OK I HAVE. SO MANY CHEATED HEADCANONS. CLEARS MY THROAT

necessary preface, i imagine that in a post-construct setting the voices only have scars for injuries they put mental significance on! because if they think its not a big deal, why would it be a big deal and scar?? yknow! so like my smitten design only has the scar from dying in chapter 1 vs cheated is COVERED in scars which leads into...

cheated fixates HEAVILY on how unfair razor was/how much she killed him without him having any chance!! thats not fair at all!

unfortunately cheated thinks abt his injuries and dying so much that he has chronic pain

that was long BUT IM NOT DONE. cheated ALSO has adhd and that results in pretty bad emotional regulation skills! and his thoughts wander easily when he isnt in a situation that is Glaringly Obvious [like the princess 5 feet away about to stab you]. cheated doesnt LIKE getting mad so much but hes about righteous anger so he gets mad when things arent fair [and sadly in the construct expecting things to be unfair makes them unfair a lot... and contrarian and cold both see him as an easy target to rile up for enrichment

cheated also has ptsd. the voices are usually at their "worst"/"most extreme" in their chapter 2s and i think cheated would be very quick to spiral if he thinks hes back in "nothing you do helps anything and just gets you stabbed forever"-type situations. i didnt come to this idea as a result of ptsd i just accidentally envisioned him with ptsd symptoms separate from the concept of ptsd and this is the easiest one to articulate

with all of this the rest of the flock also doesnt know WHY hes like this and assumes its just "well thats how cheated is!" which sadly means it takes until he finally admits he hates getting mad for anyone to try and help him with emotional regulation. and cold takes this opportunity when he shares that info to go "just stop feeling" and cheated decks him for it.

i know small cheated designs are common but i actually really like the idea of him being one of the tallest/biggest voices. make that bird loom over the others when hes pissed. i love when characters scare their friends for understandable reasons that dont excuse the behavior.

oh yeah he/it cheated. i only used he/him in this for clarity but im right trust btg told them themselves /j

ok thats all. for now. the rest of my thoughts are like a bajillion wordless concepts. i love cheated. can you tell who my favorite voice is.

ohhh oh I love this. big blocks of info my beloved <3 /gen jokes aside, all of these are SO GOOD??? OH MY GOD?? you, my friend, have cooked here 🙏 I really love the idea of the Voices post-construct only keeping the scars that matter to them like that is actually so important to me <333

[aizakkyu]

(EYESTRAIN WARNING)

i am cringe yet i am free

yeah i wanted to make a robot master sona for myself because mega man robot designs are fun

i dont have too much information about him at the moment but my current idea for him is that he was created by a company that only recently stopped being a record label, and they wanted to """experiment""". so they created a robot who took all of the music from the artists they previously worked with and would make "new music" for them. eventually the music that was released got pretty stale and homogenous and even vinyl man started to get tired of it, so he left the company to try and figure out how to make something truly his own. maybe all of this is stupid and makes no sense idk

he's shy and polite, but has pretty bad self-esteem issues due to his original functions making him feel like a fraud. he doesnt have a strong sense of identity. poor guy

im gonna think of his weapon n stuff soon!

[wackywatchdotcom]

on the subject of pomni and zooble im deeply invested in seeing how their dynamic plays out. theyve had like.... two proper interactions. one of which is barely even both people like zooble delivers Bad News to pomni and pomni doesnt really seem like shes noting whos saying it so much as the fact that shes being told things by a bunch of strangers and is panicking about it and then zooble scowls in the bg for the next five minutes before jax drags ragatha and pomni off. the most theyve actually interacted is in ep 4 when zooble asks pomni abt ep 3, pomni tells them and then they get deeply upset for a reason that revolves around 'why did caine think i would enjoy possession'

we generally dont really know what their dynamic even is they just kinda exist around each other. that said zooble tends to sound harsh like half the time but like... theyre not mean theyrw just blunt. i think above all else zooble is actually more concerned w the safety of the other cast members than one would assume. we see it best in eps 2 and 4 i think. in ep 2 theyre patient w ragatha, smth theyre not in the pilot. but the circumstances are different. in the pilot this is just another shitty day, that keeps getting worse. they dont even get to sit out the adventure despite being told they can. but ep 2 they get time to themself, and know ragathas probably not really handling things well

and i think abt it a lot but them being ragathas designated driver is like. really notable imo actually. because ragatha isnt in danger. its unclear where theyre driving or if theyre driving, but zooble goes oh, ragatha cant be trusted to drive. even though ragathas been pissing them off all day. even though if ragatha actually got herself injured it would be fixable and its unclear if ragatha would even notice. if zooble didnt care they couldve just left. if zooble was worried abt gangle theyd have stayed (theyre clearly concerned for her, but i dont think they read it as danger- so making sure ragatha stays physically safe becomes a higher priority. it also says smth abt the amnt of faith they have in gangle, even if it was technically misplaced here. i think they get worried about gangle but to them the highest risk member is kinger, not gangle. on some level i dont know if theyve been in the circus long enough to see any patterns in when people abstract). but they make sure ragatha gets back safe. because she pissed them off that day but could tell something was up, and that even if shed be okay in the end, they wanted to be sure that ragatha wasnt hurt

i think it speaks to the actual level of concern they exhibit for the others. theyre cautious. them and pomni ar ethe most visibly distrusting of caine. and i think it relates to zooble not having been here long. jax and ragatha in particular may ebe able to ignore the slapstick bullshit of the circus, may be able to walk off an injury just fine because its just part of life, but as far as zoobles concerned they want to avoid it if possible. i think they know its not normal for things to be this way and they cant change it but they can stop pointlessly harmful things from happening

i think their spiel abt the others in ep 3 is also very telling in that they actually have a really flattering description for ragatha and gangle. ragathas too nice, and i dont think thats obliviousness. i think zooble is one of the more emotionally intelligent characters, they just have little patience and arent 'sweet' about it. theyre extremely aware of the other characters imo. they just... genuinely think ragathas nice. i dont think ep 4 even changed that. and gangles too ahy to speak up. they say this not in a way thats critical. in fact its one of the calmest things theyve said in the whole show im pretty sure. they care abt her and know how she feels even if shes not confident enough to say it to caine

and getting back to pomni is that their assessment of pomni is that 'she looks traumatized everytime she comes back for one' (iirc some other translations are even more explicit in this description of pomni as being impacted by the adventures). implying theyve not only been very much paying attention, but q the way they say it they seem Genuinely Concerned. i think on some level theyre irritated by pomni, not on a personal level but bc pomni is The New One. she hasnt settled in, and i think zooble gets irritated by the song and dance of a person finding out that what they already have to cope with as being Their Life Forever, Now is also theirs. but its not personal, and i dont think its smth zooble holds against her. but i think zooble has definitely picked up on the fact that pomni is having a very rough go at it for her first days- esp since the harshest they get is before caine gives his spiel abt the fake exit door or before its clear that pomni saw kaufmo, too. and from the start of ep 4 its clear that they heavily dislike the measures caine is taking to appeal to them (and id argue that part of their response to caine is in part frustration at him putting the others at risk, but thats getting more into my personal speculation without a huge basis)

i think zooble is a person who largely expresses care for others through concern and, honestly to some degree, helping people. which now that i say it is fascinating considering ragathas whole deal. and the trajectory pomnis going in. or the fact that im not sure they know kinger all that well yet (they know a bit abt him but i think without talking to him in the dark a person would miss a large amount of context). or their deeply interesting dynamic with caine, a person who prides himself on his role as an entertainer for others and has no other goals at all. it creates an interesting contrast when i think theyre one of the few characters who even helps others successfully at all

anyway, this all got off track and wasnt what i actually even made this post to talk about. my intent was to mention that i dont think zooble has actually seen pomni when shes more stressed. i mean theyve seen her post ep 2, which is notable, and theyve seen her get panicked in the pilot and probably saw her Not Looking Well at the feast. but ehile the audience has seen pomni Freak Out and be jumpscared or launch herself at a gate (plus select members of the cast), zooble has certainly not. we also have that advert where ahe attacks jax that is noncanon but depicts a aide of pomni not seen super clearly in the eps yet, that of which being violence. all of this is to say im not sure zooble actually knows about pomnis capacity to attack things and i find it funny to imagine zooble finding out and getting startled because they knew pomni was nervous but they havent seen that side of it yet

(and to a lesser extent, i think gangle- and ragatha sort of- are the only characters whove actually seen pomnis capacity to be patient with people. gummigoo doesnt remember. its implied kinger forgot- even if its vague how much he forgot pomni was scared thru most of that and the brief moment of patience she had was VERY short-lived. ragatha got pomnis little apology type thing in ep 3 but thats it. i think gangle is the one whos actually seen the most of this from pomni. so i imagine gangle probably has one of if not the most flattering image of her of the entire main cast, despite the fact that pomni does actually say smth that upsets gangle too earlier- which ive been meaning to make a post abt how each of the cast members upset gangle in a way unique to that persons own issues but thats smth ill talk abt later- and i think gangle wouldnt blatantly state this in detail to zooble, maybe say that pomni helped her out, but i think if gangle told zooble abt this at all itd make zoobles image of pomni even more skewed. and way more likely that seeing pomni attack someone would startle them)

[the-s1lly-corner]

If you could indulge me, can I ask for something with The Amazing Digital Circus gang, with an s/o who is seen as an anchor for the others? They are strong willed, happy go lucky, supportive, a mediator and ect. Well, could they stumble upon their s/o just having an episode, just crying in frustration and like punching a wall to calm down and go back to acting like nothing happened?

I have a thing with strong willed characters hiding their weakness for the benefit of others.

TADC cast x emotional anchor!reader !

oh ho ho you silly lil fella, you have literally just described my TADC oc down to a T, i am going to have so much fun writing this because im literally just. going to use my oc as a place holder for the reader, just without describing any lore bits unique to them and their design ngl i think i went insane with this one, tally hall music is doing something to me

CAINE:

if you thought you were good at hiding your human despair just know that caine already knows. the only reason i feel he wouldnt initially come to you in your lesser moments of weakness is that he can acknowledge that youre trying to hide this part of you. does he go comfort you, and risk making you try harder to surpress your feelings; risking you to just blow up one day and have your mental state just totally collapse in one go? would you feel put off at the knowledge that in this world you never really have full privacy? that definitely wouldnt make you feel any better. but when it gets to the point where you're screaming and crying in your room and punching the walls he would step in. drags you away from the walls, and if he has to this man will restrain you if it means making sure you stop swinging. hes seen the downfall of many people within the circus, but seeing it from someone he so deeply cares for hits a different way. he may be an AI, but he can still simulate feeling. its a harrowing sensation as he lets you cling onto him. i think he makes an effort to make in house adventures less overwhelming and intense, too scared to push you over the edge but also too scared to leave you with nothing to do to distract you. i think he would stay with you for the night, too

POMNI:

as selfish as it sounds, pomni cant help but feel.. something in her chest. seeing you, the groups beacon of light falter fills her with some kind of fear and despair that she cant put into words. it reminds her that no one is above helplessness, and that at the end of the day youre just as capable of abstracting as everyone else. i think, when she finally sees your fake demeanor finally slip when you thought you were totally alone, she feels bad. i mean shes your partner, and she didnt pick up on any hints that may have indicated your true state of health. i dont think she would try to force you to speak, as much as i want to say that she would try to push for you to talk about how you feel i think her attempts to reach out to you would fall on deaf ears. i think she would put her hand on your shoulder, making you jump back to the present moment. its an awkward gesture, with the jester herself being a little lost with these new feelings... i think you two would just sit in silence

JAX:

similar to pomni, he feels this intense and unexplainable pang at the sight of the most hopeful and brightest person in the circus crumble. ive already said it but ill say it again, its like being splashed with cold water, with how hard that sinking cold feeling hits him. makes half hearted attempts to cheer you up. its not that he doesnt care, its that hes stuck in the shock of seeing the happiest person he knows flip into... this.. for a split second he thought you were abstracting, that pit his stomach becoming colder for a second before he realizes whats going on. ive said this before as well, but jax is not the best comforter, in fact i think he might be one of the worst out of the main cast. but i think so far for the characters ive written for this post, he makes an effort to try to pull you up out of your hole. at least he lets you cry your feelings out, and he wont make you feel bad for doing so

RAGATHA:

stands there in shock like pomni, before immediately rushing to your side and tugging you away from a coat stand you were kicking and beating. hands on your shoulders she tries to snap you back to the present moment, trying to tell you that shes here. any feelings of the helplessness that she shares with the previous two characters is shoved down. this isnt about her, its about you. runs her fingers through your hair, if your digital body has any, and just. rocks you. when you finally calm down enough to be able to form clear words, she reassures you once more that shes here for you. the two of you stay in that position, holding onto one another for the entire night. i think it should be said, but for most of these theyre going to try to keep a closer eye on you and make it a point to ask you how youre feeling. ragatha especially.

KINGER:

it reminds him of queenie. the sight brings back so so so many terrible memories. for a second he doesnt even register that hes standing in the present, standing in your doorway. stuck and frozen for a solid minute before you finally notice him, and you hold each others gaze. finally, you crumble. what was the point of hiding your mounting anguish now that it was discovered by the one you care for most? at the sight of your crumpled form i think kinger would snap back, and rush to your side. he's pause, afraid that you would abstract like the queen, before forcing himself to push through that fear in the back of his mind. a moment where he is not fumbling with himself or shaking; be it because he wants to be there for you or perhaps he still holds some guilt aimed towards himself for not being able to save his old queen, he refuses to leave your side even if you tell him to leave. theres this caution in his actions, mixed with this sort of determination to make sure you're okay. like ragatha, he would make it a point to make sure you're okay long after this incident

ZOOBLE:

zooble would probably be the only one who doesnt make their presence known to you while you're in that state. not because they wont care about you, in fact they care about you a lot. but theyre so unsure of what to do, that they give to you what they would have wanted for themselves, if they were in your shoes. they want to grant you privacy, and to at least keep a shred of the now ruined façade you had been putting on for everyone. if it means keeping it will give you comfort, then they wont take that away from you. they wait outside your door, waiting for the height of your episode to pass before cracking the door open. they dont say anything about what they had just heard, but you seem to know that they know.. i mean they came in so soon after you had calmed yourself down enough.

"are you okay?" a dumb question, but what else was there for them to say? you so obviously werent okay, and you likely werent for a long time. they offer to leave, to give you some time to pick yourself back up, but they also make it clear that they wont go anywhere if you dont want to be alone. the night is tense and awkward, filled with conversation before they eventually broach the topic... i think you guys would develop some sort of secret code. i mean youve been hiding your true feelings for so long, and outwardly saying you need help would compromise that mask you put up for yourself. be it a certain sentence or arrangement of objects, you two come up with a indirect way of asking for security

GANGLE:

she feels so helpless, the most out of everyone. she tries to get your attention, but her words fall on deaf ears, if they even manage to pry themselves out of her mouth. far too weak to pull you away and keep you from hurting yourself, but too soft spoken to bark out a word to draw your attention to her. truly, she feels useless. she isnt able to capture your attention until you finally notice her. similar to kingers part, you fall. she takes an unsure step towards you, hands half raised in front of her as she debates if you want to be touched or not. she settles to sitting in front of you, just barely holding eye contact... she looks down when you tear your eyes away from her. finally finding her voice, i think she would ask if you want her to stay, or if you need anything. she tries to word it the best she can, but she lets you know that she doesnt think any less of you for your outburst. it happens to the best of us, really it does. if you want her too, she wraps herself around you and tries to soothe your shaking form

[korpsewax]

some more non-human terror au musings under the cut!!!

original post here !!

the marines are inspired by the van helsing werewolves. they have individual colors and coat patterns. they're incredibly loyal to jirv because thats where sol's own loyalties lie, and given that he's their leader, they go where he does. (once again i say, this started out as a tozirvitage au) also heres the van helsing werewolf design, for those unfamiliar. (needless to say, theres pleanty of spare clothing on board for the marines Just In Case)

tuunbaaq is still a thing in this, but focuses more on attacking the erebus than it does the terror.

the avians on the terror (jirv, hodgson, peglar & occasionally billy due to him having wings) have the responsibility of scouting ahead of the boats for danger or passage, which, once they're ice-locked, switches to them scouting for a way out/land under crozier's command. sir john is adamantly against this as he still believes they'll be fine by the summer, but almost daily, crozier sends two of them out early in the morning at a time, and they dont return until nightfall to avoid sir john finding out. henry is the main scout simply because there isnt much for the captain of the foretop to do on an icelocked ship.

yes, bridglar is canon. you'll have to rip them away from my cold, dead hands. john's pillow is stuffed with henry's feathers, and as the years pass, henry brings him feathers to sew into his coat to help keep him warm. he also has a small collection of trinkets henry has given him over the years. teaching henry to read and lending him books is his way of "courting" henry back.

the men on the erebus steer as clear of the men on the terror as they possibly can. theres a lot of anti-non-human sentiment among them, and a lot of stories about how "vicious and evil" non-humans are. its bad to the point that the erebites point fingers at certain terrors when tuunbaaq first starts attacking. it isn't until tuunbaaq is seen outright that every erebite gives up on believing the worst of the terrors.

sir john is a bit TOO accepting of the non-human nature of terror's crew in the way that he's a bit too kind to crozier in the beginning. he's overcompensating. he still holds a lot of distaste for non-humans (part of why he discouraged any kind of engagement between cracroft and crozier), he just disguises it because he doesn't want to come across as rude. he commits a ridiculous amount of microaggressions before he dies, though. (tommy wasn't too particularly inclined to tell anybody how sir john would die after he implied that sol and the marines should be "house trained")

fitzjames hasnt changed much, aside from now being a monsterfucker. he doesnt really care about the existence of non-humans unless one of them is actively hurting him or his loved ones. contrary to popular belief, he doesnt like crozier (at first) because of his attitude, not because of what he is. really not a change outside of him being a monsterfucker now. he needs that Creature so bad.

okay i'm going to stop there because i could genuinely go on and on about this au. i am, for once, actually planning this fic out! i normally just write in a fugue state and then read whatever i wrote back the next day, then post without beta reading lol. heres hoping i actually end up getting it written instead of keeping it in the planning stage! knock on wood!