#but the scientist is pretty much the reason why i started this au in the first place

[deconstructthesoup]

On my hands and knees praying that one of the chapters I'll get to write for Slay the Professor is the Scientist

[nataliedecorsair]

I wanted to give you some of Pticenoga's Borderlands AU backstory, how she was raised by Shade and before starting her shenanigans with Vaughn.

Plus a bonus comic about how she decided to set up a meeting for Vaughn and Shade, but didn't tell Vaughn who is supposed to be there x) Mostly because Vaughn has met Shade before in his macabre World of Curiosities museum and thought that Shade is too weird for him. Well, that's the kind of person that would raise a feral harpy siren, gotta deal with it!

When she was very young, nothing bothered her much as she was just a wild baby exploring the world x) And Shade was a good father figure to her. However, as she grew older, she realized that she doesn't really "fit in": yeah, Pandora is a crazy planet, but not every person there is crazy. There are plenty of "regular folk" like Shade or other people from their town - and many others. And she was frequently called a monster, a mutant and many other things by the regular kids and even adults. She was wild though, could bite them or fight with them in a pretty feral manner, and, even though she protected herself, it didn't help the situation much. She wasn't crazy enough (and too small) to fit in with the psychos or bandits, was "too human" for actual monsters living on Pandora, and for a long time she had no idea she was a Siren, as even for Sirens she looked too different. Only when she hit her teens, she was able to confirm that she is one, started using her powers, and in her human form she could see the full extension of the glowing pattern she had on her skin. She still, however, didn't know why she wasn't born "normal", and there were no older Sirens around.

At some point, she decided to become independent and live on her own. Her "wild" upbringing was helping that a lot, and she felt fine being away from people. She'd still visit Shade frequently, of course, and at some point she'd even met Zer0 and could hang out with him for some time. As Zer0 is a mystery himself, they had some common ground between them (though constantly listening to his haiku were exhausting xD). Sadly, Vault Hunters attract attention, not always positive, and that was the reason why she got spotted by a big bandit gang (could be the beginning of Vallory's gang, but before she took over). And local scientists like Tannis already declared that there may be some connection between Sirens and the Vaults. And they noticed that she's a Siren, but also pretty young (and dumb). After the first Vault on Pandora was opened, there was plenty of weird and valuable stuff around, but it wasn't so easy to get it when you're just regular bandits. And when Eridians, the aliens that are guarding the Vault, are everywhere. The Sirens like Lilith were too strong for them, and hiring a Vault Hunter is expensive, so they decided to wriggle into her favor and use her to gain access to the area. She didn't know she was dealing with bandits first, she naively thought it's a rare case of nice fellows just wanting to be friends and such, plus the Vault could have answers about her origin, and the new "friends" confirmed it.

At some point, she realized she was being used, and got into a fight with the bandits - and lost, as there were too many of them, and she had too little experience, and they knew about Shade. She got kidnapped and told that she'd do everything they told her to do, or they'd kill Shade, so she had to obey. She helped them to fight the way to the Vault and get some of the riches, and during the process she felt that she really does have a connection with Eridians - they boosted her powers and helped her to get free, and kill every presenting member of the gang. She was worried about Shade though, so she left immediately to find him before the remaining members found out what happened and could harm him. But she was too late - the water source in their town of Oasis was poisoned, and every single person there died. Except Shade though - he lasted longer, but dehydration made him insane, and he turned corpses into the stuffed dummies he could talk to (though she didn't have much of a problem with this part). As she was gone for at least several months, he didn't believe she's real, and she had to adapt to the new reality.

She never got back to the Vault after that as she felt it was a source of more trouble than anything good (in her view, the price was too much for a bunch of physical stuff).

That lasted for years, and became a bit easier as her powers, enhanced by the Eridians, wasn't only serving the destruction,  but could eventually "heal" some part of Shade's mind, so the moments of clarity became more frequent (she didn't know it's the reason, though). And you still need money, whether you like it or not, so, when Shade decided to use his World of Curiosities as a spot of illegal deals and smuggling, she didn't resist, but would watch over him in the shadows in case something goes wrong.

Eventually, she calmed down and just embraced herself. And, after some time, she met Vaughn, whose personal struggles she could sense right away, as she had to experience "being different" herself.

[sunny-knight]

What Kind Of Monster Was He?

A @forgettable-au fan (colored) animatic

MINOR BLOOD WARNING!

*Was he the kind to do too much, or not enough?

…OK, SO WHAT HAD HAPPENED WAS-

I had planned to finish this into a full fledged animation, but a lot of the parts I did end up finishing just didnt live up to what I imagined…I waited for more motivation to happen, but it just didnt so HERES THE COLORED ANIMATIC CAUSE IM REALLLY HAPPY WITH WHAT I HAVE and ive sat on posting this for like a 2 weeks 😭 which is an eternity in my time

Im gonna post the unfinished “finished” part on my side account @o-sunny-day though! and probably have people yell at me cause it actually isnt that bad AND IT TOTALLY ISNT I just… art. You get it. ENOUGH YAPPING! ITS TIME TO YAP!

except not yet, MORE BACKGROUND INFO HUCDHUC- but its background info on explaining the lore…

The explaining is much less expansive than in Dear My Dear just because I didnt work on it long enough to think every bit of it through. This is just a clean, nicer looking, and colored version of the very first storyboard.

I usually think about and put more effort into the little stuff while making the FINISHED bits since ive had so much more time to think about that in all the preppin n sketching.

BUT I liked the explaining format I did for Dear My Dear so im sticking with it!

The main idea for this was to do a study of Wingdings’ character from what we’ve been given, mainly focusing in on the expectations he puts on himself because holy shit the lyrics for this works so stupidly well it makes me mad LOOK AT THIS???

its ridiculous. i love it. I didnt know Jack Stauber helped write Forgettable AU???? woww!!! ANYWHO thats the gist of it, not much context is needed past that. Onto the sillies!!!! (per usual excuse the shitty quality of the pngs idk why Tumblr does that-)

Did you know love? Will you rest in peace?

Wingdings and Sans holding hands as kids, before turning to a casket like appearance for adult WD. The flowers hes holding are pretty important too, Marigolds to represent grief, Lilys, new life, and Forget Me Nots for this lovely little line I found when looking up good flowers to use-

“a promise to always remember” ….stop that.

That actually also has a double meaning in this case too. 1, ofc the forgetting of Wingdings. But ALSO Wingdings forgetting something himself. Forgetting who he is. Almost like a Zuko ATLA situation.

Did you have a family?

Who knows where theyre parents are, but this is HAPPY TIME and we’re gonna assume they were so awesome and very kind but had to leave or went to a farm in the sky for whatever reason.

The colors here I had a lot of fun with. Their parents had warm colors but the boys have cold, still with warm accents. Its said they more or less raised each other being very independent as shown in the second part with them running out the door by themselves.

How was the view from the shelf? Did you ever believe in yourself?

Before, we started with the beginnings. The good things, the only thing Wingdings cares to even recall. Now we’re seeing his life really start to turn upside down- making first contact with The Player :D

He’s hesitant to reach out, but is intrigued, before getting a rushing revelation of his reality and how it isnt “real”

Rather than feeling crushing existential dread, he more feels pressured to be BETTER, to figure a solution, to do something. Thats what white represents here

WHAT KIND OF MILK WERE YOU?

We then switch to more examples of how Wingdings is taking this pressure (not well) The soft tones of yellow that were shown before, turn to way brighter, intensifying that feeling that he should be fine, he should be happy, drowning in success of being the Royal Scientist.

But he just desperately wants to just go back to a time of nice coldness.

The warm vs cold tones in this I had so much fun with, coldness is supposed to represent hostility usually, while warm is nice and happy. (same with Black and white. Scary, relieving,) But these points often contradict each other, its hard to tell what you’re feeling vs what you’re supposed to be feeling. Just like Wingdings!

WHAT KIND OF LIFE DID YOU LIVE THROUGH?

The white lab coats, the expectations, theyre on all of them. But Wingdings has essentially become his expectations.

He questions what life he wants to live, one being himself and alone (speaking in wingdings) or not himself and with company (speaking in a “normal” font) Still, he frames it in past tense as he believes theres no going back now, based on what he knows.

“One of the last happy moments they had together” stop that. (i cant find a link to when that was said but I know it was once, about them taking a photo together….)

DID YOUR LIFE RUN RICH WITH CALCIUM?

Calcium….bonesss :3 Hehehehdhehfhehehheheheh still dont know why he has holes in his hands so we’re movin on

DID THEY LAUGH AT YOU OR DID YOU LAUGH AT THEM?

Compared to the childhood Wingdings remembered, heres the sadder, bleaker, more realistic version. He always thought they were laughing at him but… maybe they werent.

DAIRY BELOVED. YOUR DAYS ARE GONE,

It doesnt matter now though. Because in the NOW, Wingdings has become consumed by his expectations of himself, seeing this has the “only option” to do the only thing that he feels will give his life meaning and purpose, establishing connection with THE PLAYER

But the grocery list goes on…

And yet life continues on without him, and his room is transformed into a more livable space now that someone is…living in it. Always hurts so much making the differences between Wingdings and Papyrus’ room. It feels like making something out of the man Wingdings COULD HAVE been. Because honestly thats just what Papyrus is,

Thank you to my bestie @fruitytrip for helping me with all of my art in general but especially the storyboarding on this :3 <3

[no-psi-nan]

Now that I've been thinking about Kusuke more, I think I can better articulate what makes Kusuke different from Makoto.

My latest understanding is that while Makoto doesn't think he's doing anything wrong and wants to escalate his involvement with his sister, there's a lot of evidence that Kusuke is actually trying to END his weird fascination with his brother and shift to a normal sibling relationship.

To support this theory, I'm gonna roughly describe Kusuke's appearances / timeline and what I think his motivations were.

Obviously this all starts when Kusuo is born. Pretty normal sibling rivalry for a while, though it escalates as they both get older and stronger and their parents don't stop them.

Kusuke creates the limiters. One limiter was supposed to stop Saiki's powers while inserted, and the other one was to keep Kusuo hostage for their games. I believe Kusuke thought that by suppressing Kusuo's powers, he could establish the "proper" hierarchy of older brother beating younger brother. But it wouldn't be a complete win for him without beating Saiki at full power, so the second limiter ensures Saiki will still compete with him. Kusuke's trying to get better at games and fighting, so he's thinking that if he can beat Kusuo with the limiter in, then he just has to train until he can beat Kusuo with the limiter out.

Up till this point, there's no evidence that there was any sexual component going on. And conveniently, right as he would be hitting puberty, Kusuke high-tailed it to Cambridge. At this time he still thought that by working with other scientists, they could figure out how to completely remove Kusuo's powers.

After that, Kusuke doesn't make an appearance until Kusuo goes to him about the broken limiter. He's left cameras all over the Saiki house which is bizarre and wrong, but to be slightly fair to him, he grew up without any privacy due to Telepathy, so it kinda makes sense. And technically if something went wrong with Kusuo, Kusuke is the only person who could help, so it would make sense that he should keep an eye on things. Still fucked, but he's not exactly an ethical guy overall.

Once Kusuo needs his help, Kusuke tests to see if he can finally beat Kusuo conclusively. He hasn't done this since he left Japan, and it's actually entirely possible that this is the first time that he ever reacted like that to a loss. Still, despite apparently having the best time of his life, he's annoyed enough by the next morning to bully Nendo and Kaido for no reason. Perhaps he realized that his excitement was messed up??

After this, Kusuke doesn't show up again for a while, except to warn Kusuo and their parents that there was a defective part in the limiter. The fact that Kusuo accidentally screwed up the past and met the WWIII AU Dr. Kusuke isn't technically Kusuke's fault and was definitely not his intention.

Almost every single Kusuke appearance after this point is directly related to The Final Game, in which Kusuke will defeat Kusuo in a super epic battle and then cement his dominance forever (and destroy the rivalry / humiliation kink potential) by slam-dunking the power deleter into Kusuo's brain.

Kusuke's next appearance is scamming his grandpa. Not very nice, but I think he was actually testing how much his grandpa loves him before moving in with his grandparents and launching his "elderly robot gang" plan of attack on Kusuo. Notice that his grandmother, who Kusuke likes better and brings gifts for, doesn't get put in a robot suit later on, she gets eternal youth like she wanted (well, at least Kusuke's best shot at it). But Grandpa was definitely going to be used against Kusuo as a hostage and to Kusuke it's justified because his Grandpa doesn't love him.

The elderly robot gang plan is revealed and fails, so Kusuke has to think of some other way to defeat Kusuo in a super cool matter.

In the next new year's chapter, both Kusuke and Teruhashi show up at the Saiki household. It's not clear why Kusuke showed up (perhaps he just wanted to hang out with his family and mess with Kuniharu), but he does seem to test whether Teruhashi could be good hostage material - the grandpa plan failed and we know he later recruits Toritsuka. Luckily for Teruhashi, she's able to prove that she is NOT to be messed with, so that's another angle that's been shut down.

Next Kusuke sends the birthday bomb trials. This is explicitly to measure Kusuo's strength as Kusuke comes up with the perfect counter weapons. He's not trying to kill Kusuo after all, and later he actually gets nervous that the cat tank blast might be too powerful.

Then there's the KochiKame parody chapter, where Kusuke has a little fun getting Kuniharu his job back. No attempts to mess with Kusuo in this one and they interact super normally.

Then Warp the robot cat debuts. Since roboticizing humans didn't work for him, it seems Kusuke is going all-in on developing robots with as much functionality stuffed into them as possible. While Warp also serves as a gift for Kurumi, I think its also a step towards developing Kusuomega.

Ok there's also a chapter where Kusuke tries to get his grandma to divorce his grandpa. Just Kusuke being an asshole lol.

Kusuomega appears!! Since Kusuke's original plan was to throw a bunch of robot old people at Kusuo, it makes sense to test whether throwing a bunch of normal robots at Kusuo would work. Yeah, making Kusuomega lick his shoes is fucking bizarre and making him "fully featured" is also messed up. But Kusuke does also have to prove that he's willing and able to make Kusuomega do freaky shit at Kusuo's school to "properly motivate" Kusuo to fight back at full power. Kusuke puts a lot of effort into ensuring Kusuo doesn't half-ass their games and fights, going all the way back to the installation of the limiters.

Kusuomega was easily defeated, but instead of making more robots, Kusuke realizes he can use Toritsuka as both a weapon and a hostage. He immediately gets to work on that.

Then the cat tank arc, The Final Game. Kusuke was going to win Once And For All.

Except he didn't. Still, he gives Kusuo the option of whether to use the power deleter or not, without the leverage of publicizing his powers. Kusuke has accepted that he can't beat Kusuo, and that he's never going to get another chance to beat him full strength, because he knows Kusuo is going to use that power deleter. This is the ultimate sacrifice for Kusuke, since Kusuo's powers are his one interest and passion in life.

From then on, Kusuke is completely cooperative, helping Kusuo with the volcano problem and giving him genuine advice in trying to prevent his powers from returning. Naturally he gets a little excited at the prospect that Kusuo's powers might be back, but he does respect Kusuo's attempts to deny them back out of existence, setting up Kuniharu to fight the meteor instead of insisting Kusuo do it, even if this might mean they all die.

So in summary, it seems like:

Normal sibling rivalry -> limiters to try to end sibling rivalry -> escape to England -> Kusuo shows up so Kusuke tries to beat him for the first time in years and gets off on the loss -> Kusuke works towards a final conclusive game where he can win and then delete Kusuo's powers

While Kusuke justifies it as older siblings should always be superior to younger siblings, he clearly senses there's something wrong about their dynamic and he works hard to "fix" it in the only way he knows how: with an overwhelming win. And when even his biggest efforts fail, he accepts that he'll never win this way and lets go of their rivalry, shifting into a more normal sibling relationship. And Kusuo recognizes that and even seeks his help with the volcano for the first time.

So while their situation is definitely fucked for most of the series and Kusuke definitely did pretty much everything wrong... Things aren't QUITE as bad as they seem and it looks like the "bro-con" issue is gone by the end of canon.

Which sets Kusuke pretty far from Makoto, imo, who never recognizes for a second that his attraction is problematic and that even if that wasn't his sister, he should never treat another person that way.

Anyways, I figured it might be helpful to explain my thinking on Kusuke in more detail like this, so hopefully this was interesting and makes sense!

[gabessquishytum]

I'm having a galaxy brain moment: Winter Soldier AU 👀

Hob and Dream both grew up together in the same neighborhood. Initially, Hob was the lanky one, as he was from a family significantly more poor than Dream. But he always fought everything and everyone, especially those who dared pick on Dream. His beautiful, dark, lonely friend.

When they grow up, Hob wants to be a soldier, fight in wars, but his physique doesn't let him. Dream, who volunteers at the same time, is sent to the front, to their mutual dismay as they are now separated.

Until a scientist named Death because the experiments haven't gone tremendously well sees Hob and asks him if he wants to be their next lab rat for their "Immortality Serum", a treatment that will make him incredibly strong and pretty much indestructible. Hob, being the Himbo we know and love, and thinking how impressed Dream will be with his new muscles, says yes.

Cut to Hob in tight Spandex and other cute outfits being shipped to the front, where he is reunited with Dream. On a mission together, Dream falls off their train and is declared dead. What's worse, right before hia descent he told Hob he loved him.

Hob is devastated. His one true love is gone, there is little for him to move forward. Eventually he crushes into some ice, and is declared Deep Frozen, until 100 years later.

The reason he was defrosted? He is believed to be the only one able to go after The Winter Soldier, a deadly assassin hiding behind a horrifying mask who seems to be taking orders from some dark master he can't refuse. It's because his master, Burgess, is using some specific magic words and runes that bind Dream to him.

Yes, the Winter Soldier is Dream. Deprived of his memories, his empathy, his identity. Hob doesn't know who he is, and they fight, until during a hand-to-hand he curses a swearword that was an inside joke between him and Dream. The Soldier freezes, and in that split second Hob is able to remove his mask. Imagine his shock when he sees Dream, his Dream, staring back at him with no recognition. But it is Dream, without any doubt. Nobody has eyes this blue, lips this pink, skin this beautifully pale.

He weeps for his friend, both happy he is still alive but also desperate because he isn't his friend? The Soldier goes back to trying to kill him, and Hob is about to let him finish the job, he won't fight Dream, he won't hurt him ever ever ever.

That gives the Soldier pause, he doesn't understand why his target doesn't fight back. That gives Hob hope, that maybe his beloved is still in there.

How will Hob bring him back?

Ahhh, this is a great au for them!! Mostly because I want to see Hob’s butt in the spandex. He would definitely cheer on the morale of the troops!

And Dream would look so cool in the Winter Soldier gear, maybe with his hair grown out and flying wildly around his face. Fighting hard against the brain washing as he tries to remember why this unfamiliar man might be important to him. None of it makes any sense, and Dream is just so tired. Burgess doesn't let him sleep properly, and although it doesn't impact his physic capabilities, it's just another method of torture because his mind can't rest. He can't dream.

He stops fighting Hob, because he's confused and because he's tired. He steps back. Hob sees an opportunity, and he seizes it! He starts telling stories from their childhood. All the games they invented, the raven that Dream nursed back to health, all the times Hob got beat up by other kids because he defended Dream’s "weirdness". Everything he can remember, finishing up with the moment Dream finally declared his love for Hob. Hob is weeping the whole time as he speaks, and Dream just listens in stoic silence.

And then his eyes fix on Hob’s face. There's the barest hint of recognition amid those dazzling blue irises. He's fighting hard against the magic. "I never got to hear your answer. If you loved me too, or not." He whispers.

"I did." Hob manages to sob. "And I still do."

And maybe it's enough to break the magic, at least for a moment. And even if Hob can't save Dream, at least he'll know. That he's loved. Even if Hob can't save him, Dream will fight for that love with his own hands, until he's free of Burgess. Hob’s fought for Dream often enough, and now it's Dream's turn to fight for him.

[snawbeanart]

a small tribute to those 2010's character tribute videos (some context under the Read More)

(Copied from the YT description)

Tribute video for Fawfuigi, a "what-if" scenario if Fawful had fawfulized Luigi early on during Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story. Also a tribute to those really old Mario tribute videos from the late 2000's - early 2010's (especially the Luigi and Mr. L ones that'd use this same song). Set quality to 144p for the optimal viewing experience. Song used is Animal I Have Become by Three Days Grace, and I drew all the artwork (though some are edited Nintendo renders / artwork. also some backgrounds are from Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story).

If you're not familiar with the Mario & Luigi series and are wondering what's gone wrong with Luigi, he's been turned into a goofy prankster bean man by a genius evil bean scientist / engineer named Fawful. Fawful sparked chaos throughout the Mushroom Kingdom by starting an epidemic of bloated Toads, hijacking Bowser's Castle, stealing a forbidden object of great dark power, with the kingdom's authorities trapped in Bowser's stomach all the while.

Fawful does something called fawfulization throughout the kingdom during his conquest- this usually means he stamped his face and/or likeness onto something. He fawfulized statues, carpets, castles, animals, and even clouds. So what would be a bigger middle finger to Mario than fawfulizing his own brother?

The story of this scenario / AU (note this is an unfinished and pretty condensed retelling, I didn't want to write out all the elements of BIS that'd still happen but weren't really plot-relevant):

The morning that Mario and Luigi were supposed to appear at the Blorbs epidemic conference held at Peach's Castle, Luigi was strangely absent. Luigi is assumed to be late and the meeting continues until Bowser barges in and, under the influence of Fawful's Vacuum Mushroom, inhales all of the participants.

Meanwhile, the now-fawfulized Fawfuigi is running amuck, further adding insult to injury to the befuddled kingdom. He doesn't mean much harm most of the time, but his sense of humor can be very mean-spirited. His objective is to stall Mario from getting anywhere near Fawful, but can't seem to find the red plumber for a while.

Mario has been struggling without his brother. When he finally leaves Bowser's body, he's too late. The Dark Star the princess had warned him of was stolen. Things were only going to get worse.

When Mario leaves the town's caves and hobbles home to take a breather, he finds that his door has been slathered with rotten eggs. His shelves have been unconventionally reorganized. Someone had drawn over his family portrait with marker. Mario was infuriated but also baffled. Who and why?

He finds out soon enough. When he sees Fawfuigi, he knows that must be Luigi, but he doesn't want to believe it. He found him at Bumpsy Plains, setting up banana peels on the pathway to Bowser Path. When Fawfuigi spots him, he hurls a ball of electricity at Mario intending to start a fight, but Mario doesn't want to hurt him. Starlow urges Mario to do something to stop him, but after Mario fails to reason with Fawfuigi, he flees.

[teecupangel]

I am so sorry, I just now realized I sent my rant to you via an ask, I don't know if that is the correct way or if a dm would have been more appropriate. I don't know if I even made a whole lot of sense in the last 'ask' but I hope you will understand what I mean.

So that this one will be a ask/request, I wanted to ask you if you have still the ideas for the HZD AltDes Au? I scrolled through your notes ideas post and that one immediately catched my eyes. Like I can kind of imagine that either one would have a similar plot like Aloy? Maybe someone who worked either alongside Elisabeth Sobeck or would replace her(and therefore Aloy) and then it could follow a similar route like base HZD and Forbidden west. Maybe Desmond would be the genetical clone to the scientist working alongside Elisabeth like Aloy is to her but instead of just having the genetic necessary code he would retain the memory's or regain them to fight the rogue AI (I don't know the name anymore, I really have to play the games again, love them). If Desmond/Altaïr would replace Aloy or have similar plot like her, maybe the other one could either be like a childhood friend/stepbrother like in your fic Old Mentor or another 'clone' (with the explanation why there are two clones, so that it is guaranteed that at least one will see the light of day and potentially save the world from further destruction with the right genetic code (Hehe)). OR to connect it to the AC universe (and I kind of just got the idea from your Old Mentor fic) like, Desmond survives the solar flare, Altaïr is for whatever reason with him in the 21th century, helps him survive the eye etc. From some Isu crap or whatever they have a like a vision or something from the future (HZD, more like the war with the machines who absorb biomatter), they work on it to not really prevent it but like ensure that humanity will live through the catasrophe and put their DNA like Elisabeth Sobeck into the project for the future.

I just scrolled up and realized I might have just grabbed the plot bunny and ran like a mad man, ups

Nah, you’re good. I like reading rants hahahaha

I can’t find the HZD AltDes AU idea post so I’m not sure what I’ve already written and what I didn’t include in the post itself sooooo…

Let’s just make this a separate idea where AltDes happens during HZD lollol.

We’ll borrow a bit from my HFW x AC crossover oneshot Falconry for this one.

In this one, Altaïr would be Aloy’s twin although they look nothing alike. The real reason for this is that they were both born at the same time with Aloy being born from Sobek’s DNA but Altaïr is a bit of an anomaly.

The plan had been for Desmond to be cloned using Sample 17 but Sobek only had a small sample of an already small sample.

Not to mention, due to Ted Faro’s actions, the sample wasn’t in its best state but it did manage to create an imperfect clone unlike Aloy.

The two of them were raised together and Aloy acts more like an older sister to Altaïr who preferred to be quiet and seemed to see things that others cannot see.

Many things he’s weird and Aloy always try to beat them up because of this.

Aloy is pretty good with figuring how machines work while Altaïr likes to make new things based on the scraps and metal they get.

They were a constant headache to Rost, that was for sure.

The thing about Altaïr is… he has a friend.

A friend that only he could see.

Someone who grows with him and talks to him and play with him whenever Aloy was busy or Rost wasn’t looking.

The boy’s name is ‘Desmond Miles’.

Desmond thinks he’s a ghost. A person who had died and was now haunting Altaïr.

And he knows a lot of things. Not the machines but the much older tech.

Desmond likes to say that they were living in a distant future after humanity probably ‘fucked up so badly’.

It took years for Altaïr to understand everything that Desmond was saying.

To Desmond, his life ended when the world was just ‘starting’ to bring what he liked to call ‘sci-fi-esque’ technology to life.

The machines they hunt are part of that sci-fi-esque future that Desmond never saw.

But the really older artifacts that Desmond liked to call ‘technology’, those he knows or can guess what they do.

He’s ramblings are what give Altaïr an idea of how he can make new inventions using those parts.

At the very least, the parts that Rost didn’t take away because he didn’t want them messing with machines and stuff.

Altaïr knows that Desmond knows more than he’s letting on but it was fine if Desmond doesn’t want to share them yet.

Sooner or later, he will.

That was the kind of person Desmond was, after all.

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Unorganized Notes:

Yes, in this one, Desmond is the ‘Bleed’ XD

To be more exact, because of the botched cloning, Altaïr is like Aloy, his own person who shared the DNA of their source (Sobek/Sample 17)

Unfortunately, because of both Sample 17’s current state when it was used and the genetic makeup of Desmond himself, Altaïr gets a ‘genetic ghost’ for the ride.

Desmond remembers everything. He does think that Altaïr is not really Altaïr but a person who just coincidentally got Altaïr’s name. He acts as a friend and companion to Altaïr growing up and he does see Aloy as a younger sister.

Which is funny because Aloy thinks she’s older than Altaïr and Altaïr never tried to complain about that and went along with it.

HZD and HFW plot go along with Altaïr for the ride as Aloy’s tagalong brother. Aloy gets a lot of sweet tools and weapons because the two of them together… well… Desmond is just glad they don’t have the drive and time to try and figure out how to make nuclear weapons

Altaïr (and Desmond) learned the truth behind his birth at the same time as Aloy and it doesn’t change the fact that Aloy sees Altaïr as her brother and Altaïr sees her as his sister.

(Rost lives because I say so)

Towards the start of HFW, Altaïr (with GAIA’s help) managed to create a small eagle machine that can show Desmond as a hologram by staying connected to Altaïr’s focus so Aloy and the others can finally see him. Before that, towards the end of HZD, they can hear Desmond if they connect with Altaïr’s focus with their own focus

Now the twist of HFW connected to Beta and Far Zenith also happens but this is where we get a few more plot points from Falconry

Far Zenith has a puppet by the name of Seventeen

And after GAIA talked to Beta, she believed she can use Seventeen to give Desmond his own body

[danpops]

My brain is unable to stop thinking about Dr. Robotnik (swaps with Tails) in my Sonic swap AU (that I have decided to call "Cough Cough Rolesies Swappies" because it's the first thing that came to mind and it's too funny for me to think of anything else). Despite having a pretty rough childhood, this version of Dr. Robotnik would end up deciding to use his machines to make the world a better place instead of completely conquering it. He says that he's doing it because he cares about the world, but it's really just spite for his father thinking he wouldn't amount to anything.

He would end up discovering the Chaos Emeralds at some point, more specifically the red Chaos Emerald, and see them as something that could be really useful for powering his machines. And that's how he would see them for a while, until a certain red echidna would pretty much burst into his garage (he works in a garage because that's funny) due to feeling a connection to it. Dr. Robotnik would end up being pretty pissed by this, not exactly seeing a reason to give some random echidna a Chaos Emerald HE found.

But that would pretty soon change when the echidna would explain why he was even looking for the Emeralds. The thought of having found something that was MORE than just a battery for his machines would very much end up interesting the doctor (not actually a doctor), despite not allowing himself to fully believe it.

Then Dr. Robotnik would get an idea. An idea to strike up a deal with the echidna, that he could assist him find those Chaos Emeralds with his inventions and HE would get the chance to experiment on them, figure out just what these mysterious gemstones were capable of.

Knuckles would, reluctantly, agree to the deal (mostly due to feeling kind of guilty for bursting into someone's garage without warning).

At first, Dr. Robotnik wouldn't exactly care much for the echidna, seeing him as more of an asset to help him continue experimenting on the Chaos Emeralds. But over time however, he would start seeing him as less of a means to an end and more like a friend (a son, but Dr. Robotnik would never admit it, and neither would Knuckles admit to seeing Dr. Robotnik as his father).

Pretty soon, Dr. Robotnik would pretty much end up being a mad scientist who spends most of his days either assisting Knuckles in finding an Emerald or make some random machine to either help the world or just because he wanted to prove it was possible. This would also serve as a reason for Metal Sonic and Metal Knuckles existing in this AU, since Dr. Robotnik wanted to see how well he could replicate another person in robotic form.

Sonic would end up finding Metal Sonic to be really cool when the robot was first brought to Angel Island, especially due to the fact Metal Sonic can pretty closely match his speed.

Knuckles, however, would end up not exactly being a fan of his robotic doppelganger. Whenever those two would end up in a room together they would just... stare at each other until one of them left the room.

And that's pretty much all the thoughts I have for Dr. Robotnik in this AU (for now, at least). My brain has been all tuckered out and I shall now slumber for

[klonoafan5]

Reverse AU

The Black Sun

“Testing. One, two, three. Is this on? Ah, there we go. Ahem.”

“My name is Dr. Jacob Freeman, Scientist of the White Wood Research Facility in San Dimas. I’m here in my lab to gather information on the town's strangest phenomenon. The Black Sun.”

“No one knows what it is or where it came from. For all we know, it has always been there which is why no one has really thought about it, let alone try to figure it out.”

“Which is why I volunteer to be the first. I’m going to keep an eye on it and record my findings on these tapes. That way if anyone else decides to follow my lead, they can use these as a source.”

“Or they can just call me a madman and throw them into the garbage.”

“...”

“Well, no time like the present.”

------

“Alright. I’m currently on day four.”

“The sun hasn’t moved any inch since I’ve started, but I’m not going to give up.”

“Einstein and all the other late great scientists didn’t give up on the first days and I won’t either. Some people call that stubbornness, I call it progress. Moving on.”

------

“Day Six.”

“I’ve been sitting here waiting for it to move or do something, but no dice.”

“Either this ball of…whatever it’s making of is really stubborn or just wants me to quit. If I didn’t know any better, I would say that this feels like I’m having a staring contest.”

“God, that sounds like a joke Paul would say.”

“Look who it is, everyone! It’s Dr. Freeman, ready to go on another round! Let’s wish him luck and pray that he doesn’t fail this time! Oh, who am I kidding? He won’t last the first few minutes, let alone a day! In fact, let’s get him some blankets so he can have a sleepover!”

“I despise that man. Thinks he’s so smart just because Tucker chose him as the Head Scientist. I can think of people much more suitable for the job. Like Emily or Shawn. Hell, I could’ve been  a better choice!”

“I only need one chance. One chance to show him what I’m capable of, then maybe..!”

He takes a moment to breathe.

“I’ll show him. I’ll show them all.”

------

The sound of breathing can be heard in the background. It’s slow and even. The audio begins to distort as the buzz of static seeps in.

The recording stops. And starts back up again with Jacob coming to.

“What time is it?”

“Shoot! I was asleep for that long? Did anything happen? Did the sun-”

“...No. Still there.”

He sighs, then lets out a groan.

“I can’t believe I’ve slept on the job! If Paul was here, I would never hear the end of it-!”

“...How will anyone see me as a professional if I do stupid things like this?”

“...”

“Okay. The time for moping around is over. Now, where’s that darn record..?”

He stops. “Is that...a sticky note?”

“‘Don’t close your eyes. Who knows who could be watching.’”

“I know this handwriting. I-It’s…”

“No. You’re a scientist, Jacob, not a conspiracy theorist. You have to think logically.”

“There could only be one of two things. Either a certain someone whose name I shall not mention snuck in and wrote this to mess with me. Or, against all logic and scientific reasoning, I’m sleepwalking.”

“But if that one is true, then what’s with the note? I’ve read stories about the things people do, but I’m pretty sure that writing messages isn’t one of them. Unless I happen to miss some.”

“I guess that’s one more thing to figure out then. For now, I should get some rest. God knows I need it.”

“...Why do I feel like I’m forgetting something? Ah right, the tapes. I should-”

“It’s on.”

“Why is it on?”

The faint sound of static creeps back up.

“Okay, whoever is doing this needs to stop right now. I know that pulling jokes on me is a common thing you all like to do here, but this is going too far.”

He turns the recorder off. It turns back on the moment he walks away.

“What? How?”

The static gets heavier.

“This can’t be happening. It can’t. I-I must be dreaming or…”

“I..”

“I need to go.”

-----

“Day Eleven.”

“After what happened yesterday, I’ve decided to take a break from my research and go back home to relax. Hopefully whatever is causing all these things to happen back in the lab doesn’t follow me.”

“It's nicer here. Cozier too. It even has a good view of the sky and…”

The moment he locks eyes with the sun, his body goes still. The static fades in.

“That’s right. I have a job. I must go back.”

“I’ll show them. I’ll show them all.”

The recorder stops. And comes back on with Jacob breathing heavily.

“W-What? Where?”

He looks around and sees everyone looking back at him. Emily, Shawn, and even Tucker.

“The facility? When did I..?”

His ears pick up someone groaning. He turns and sees a familiar face.

“Paul..? Oh God, what happened to you-”

“S-Stay back! Don’t come any closer!”

While Paul is being helped up from the floor by some of their coworkers, Jacob backs away and runs off, leaving the recorder and tapes behind.

[lover-of-skellies]

I'm surprised I haven't seen this yet. But if all sanses must be ranked for smooches. We can't forget who started it all.

So UT sans

Just regular old sans. Tell us the rating! Come on it must be good? Right?!

Sans Classic gets an 11! It’s not the absolute best rating he could get, but it’s pretty damn close

1) Is Sans’ mouth dangerous? From the looks of it, nope. His teeth are flat, so there’s very little risk of your lips getting pinched or cut or anything. That being said, he gets 2 points for safety

2) Would he bite? Frankly,, I can’t see him being a biter. Even when he’s surprised, he seems like he’d be more likely to teleport away than chomp down on your lip. Is he aggressive? Like anyone else, he can be kinda aggressive if the situation calls for it and there’s no other way to handle said situation, but still. This is a smooch, not a surprise attack. If you smooched him, I can’t see him getting aggressive about it. For being chill and not biting people, he gets 2 points

3) Are there any health hazards to the smoocher? Unless ketchup and/or hotdog water breath counts, then no, he’s perfectly safe. He could be a little smelly if he didn’t shower that day and was in dire need of it, but that’s not something that poses a risk to anyone’s wellbeing. 2 more points for not being a walking health code violation

4) Does Sans have a sympathetic backstory? We don’t actually know much about that. He’s very mysterious about his past, and all we know is that he used to be a scientist, and that he’s probably the one financially supporting himself and Papyrus. He did agree to take care of Frisk and he does a fairly good job of that, even if there was a time when he did kinda sorta threaten them. Since there’s not much information about how he and Papyrus grew up or what kind of childhood they had, he won’t be getting full points, sadly. I’ll give him 1 point though, because lord knows it’s not easy raising and supporting a younger sibling

5) Does he deserve a smooch? He typically looks like he’s being lazy and doesn’t seem to do very much, but I’m inclined to believe that he actually does a lot more than we get to see. He works at multiple little pop up stalls/vendors throughout the game, he basically gets stuck babysitting some random kid that he knows nothing about for however long (and he’s a pretty good sport about that, all things considered), and then he’s the final defense In judgement hall, keeping Chara/the player from getting to Asgore if they’re deemed dangerous. His puns and gremlin behavior could get old pretty fast, but with all that he does, yeah, I’d say he deserves a smooch. He gets 2 more points for all of that

6) Is he cute or cool? I’m not sure if I’d call him cute, but he does deserve something for being the original, and the reason why his AU counterparts exist. He’s the start of all of it, so even if he’s a little basic in design and seems pretty lazy with a decently apathetic personality, he’s still cool enough to get points here for this area. 2 points for being the OG garbage boy stink man that everyone knows and loves

In total, his smooch-ability rating is an 11 out of 12. He’s a safe one to smooch, assuming you don’t mind his potentially stinky breath. The worst he’d probably do is ask you not to do it again, and the best thing that could happen is that he’d allow it and then proceed to get flustered and blushy, and attempt to play it off with some joke or pun that he thinks is relevant at the moment

[swimming-karyss]

(zoom in to see her freckles better)

More about Rouge, Makino and Goa(there is a simple map! to know who's where) under cut

In this au Rouge tries to hide her presence and identity as much as she can, and flees to Earth, as it's the most quiet and uneventful human settlement she could think of. She was able to find a place to live and not attract much attention, but her pregnancy isn't going so well, and her health is deteriorating, and then Garp finds her-

... to proclaim her as his daughter? ..?

Roger's last wish was for Garp to take care of his child, so obviously it also extends to the mother, right? right. And the least suspicious excuse for his help would be blood connection. Plus some protection from Garp's status. And the excuse for him not telling anyone about his daughter? also his status. He has too many enemies in the criminal word to let anyone get such information. Plus his actual son pretty much hates him too, so not much change there👍

With Garp's help Rouge was put in a good hospital, and while Ace was born without any complications, her health left much to be desired. She stayed under doctors's care for a couple of years, (I think Garp has brought both Ace and Dadan to visit her in the hospital on some occasions, once the boy was old enough). When her health has gotten better she and Ace moved to the Wind turbines district, because air there isn't as polluted as in the city, and it may help with her health a bit. She still can't be very active but slow strolls near the forest are already something. Rouge gets along with Dadan, because on good days she can match her temper very well, and while neither Rouge nor Ace really know how to approach each other, they will come to it one day. Her days are very uneventful, she tries to keep in touch with the news, and keep tabs on friends, but most of them lay low, so she doesn't get much information, and she can't contact them because it will bring attention to her. Another highlight of her days is Garp visiting during his vacation to check in on them. Rouge would rather not see him at all, but he complains about her friends specifically and some of the stuff he says can't be found in news (it's restricted information, Garp! you can't just- ah whatever), so only for this reason his presence is tolerable. It becomes more tolerable once he starts to bring Luffy with him(oh so what's why he spends half of his vacation month elsewhere), usually only for the duration of Garp's vacation, but after a couple of years the boy just stays for the whole summer. Rouge doesn't respect Garp in the slightest, and isn't afraid to show it (he knows he deserves it) but his sunshine grandson has nothing to do with it! plus, honestly, Ace and his sad kitten of a friend really could use some company. .....and they try to avoid him as much as they can. oh, these children....... But at least Ace seems to start to grow on Luffy as time goes on.

Also has anyone read Yokohama Kaidashi Kikō/Yokohama Shopping Log? bc that's pretty much the state the Earth is in in this AU. In a sense that the civilisation there is slowly deteriorating, many things happened there, it's greatly scarred by wars and poisoned by humanity's negligence. But all of it is in the past, many humans left to conquer other stars, hoping not to repeat past mistakes, ecosystems have recovered with the help from humanity (it's our beloved home planet after all), and now it was left to nature to reclaim, while only some sparks of human activity remain. Goa kingdom is one of them.

(Also Moon&Mars were the first places humanity colonized, so to simplify, Moon is something like a countryside you go to visit your grandparents, and Mars is an industrial city that was built for the plant, and the plant long since stopped working, so while the city didn't stop existing, it's definitely not as active or populous as it used to be)

(Venus is known for its scientists and researchers, civilians don't live there. Some moons of gas giants are colonised, and gas giants themselves have research stations. Same with asteroids)

(inner circle serves as the Romance Dawn East blue, (the weakest of the seas and the quietest star system) , I couldn't really think about something for the Red Line, but as some kind of treacherous entrance to more dangerous world, asteroid belt would work just fine. I'll think what to do with Crocus and Laboon later... outer circle is a couple of first islands of the grand line. The whole galaxy is divided into six parts. Four sectors of the habitable galaxy(four blues), inner core(Mary Geoise) and the edge of the galaxy (the grand line) or something like that)

Kingdom of Goa is a coastal city-state on Earth. (king is more of a figurehead than a real ruler, in actuality it's an Oligarchy). It's a rather prosperous city, but only the central District of the city enjoys it fully. There is still a problem with wealthy people disposing of their stuff just because it's out of fashion, but the trash managing is a bit better thanks to sci-fi, so there isn't a giant area of trash heap.

'Countryside' is where Wind turbines district is! I've decided that it's more of a countryside than suburbs, bc I prefer to subject my beloveds to other kind of horrors. This district gets most of its energy thanks to wind turbines, hence the name. Some people have person wind generators, and most of the wind turbines is on the shore. Of course this means that the access to the sea is restricted, but. it's as close to the big city as it can be. I really wouldn't advise to swim in there anyway. even going to the mountains to swim in the river is less hazardous.

Makino's bar (simplified) ↓. It's a really cool bar with futuristic interior and neon lights. It's near the spaceport, too far to get a ton of visitors, but close enough to still see interesting clients. On the floor above is Makino's apartment.

Also Makino is older in this au, because I cannot put the task of raising a child and managing a bar on a teenager! Once Luffy started staying with Rouge for the whole summer Makino got her number to check in on Luffy. They continued communication throughout the rest of the year, because both of them could use both company(mostly Rouge) and friendly advice(mostly Makino). While Makino's bar is small enough for her to manage it by herself, there is actually a part-time employee here. Luffy found a concerningly intelligent kid somewhere, and she's not a big fan of letting children stay on the street. Plus he helps Luffy with his studies, and the boy really needs some help with that. (funnily enough, Luffy is the only one of the ASL who went to school... at least for a while)

Also while Makino and Rouge have never actually met personally, they have developed a great friendship! Once Rouge is confident enough in her health she decides to pay a visit to her and brings Ace with her. Makino is delighted. Particularly because she'll finally meet a dear friend! (yay!) and partially because she came to a certain realisation, and she is sure to have some fun once these people all come together.

I'm not really sure what to make of Shanks yet, so I'll leave him for a while. All I know is that he visited Earth in the end of August, to spend a year there. And it was the main reason why Garp decided to let Luffy stay with Rouge for the whole summer, to keep him away from that red haired idiot.

[zwy01]

Werewolves! OCs!! Headcanons!! AUs!!!

More doodles yayyy!! I love noblesse werewolves so here’s more stuff on them. I’ll never get enough of them haha. Here I have my Maduke x Ignes kid OC, Ashleen and Erin headcanons, and my Muzaka x Erin kid OCs, lol.

1. Oswald “Oz” Kravei: Half-werewolf, half-noble hybrid. The biological son of Maduke and Ignes Kravei. 210cm tall. He has heterochromia, which is the most distinctive feature that highlights his extremely rare hybrid blood. He gets his slender, chiseled face shape and no-eyebrows from Maduke, and elegant features and wavy hair from Ignes. Oswald’s birth happens post-ending, after the werewolf arc and the series finale, which makes him the youngest out of all of Maduke’s children. After all the canon drama ends and with Muzaka’s return, the surviving werewolves start to truly settle back into their clan. As they go through and clean up after the things that remained from Maduke’s reign, they come across a strange existence growing in one of Ignes’ labs. This existence was kept inside a special piece of equipment, similar to the one that Titan was developed in, but much more complicated, indicating that whatever Maduke and Ignes were up to, this was very likely intended to be one of their hidden trump cards. Though, Maduke and Ignes are very much dead so no one can ask them exactly what they were scheming. This “being” did not take the form of a traditional fetus, but they all could sense that it was alive, and it was one of them. A werewolf. Well, at least partially. Something felt a little off, but no one was able to tell exactly why. The identity of this being only became clear after it was “born” and manifested into a humanoid form. Boom. This is the child between their tyrannical ex-Lord and his mad scientist. A very confused and unsure Muzaka contacts Lukedonia, and the equally confused and unsure nobles eventually come to the conclusion that this child should be raised by the werewolves. Roctis and Ignes may have been traitors, but this child is innocent, so the nobles have no reason intervene. But what surprises all of them is that Raskreia, out of good will and to mark the start of the era of the newfound peace between the nobles and werewolves, bestows the Kravei surname to the half-werewolf, half-noble child as acknowledgement of his existence. It is also an unofficial invitation for him to visit and/or return Lukedonia if he desires to, because it is in his heritage. And so, back at home the werewolves hold a little conference and collectively name this child Oswald.

Oswald basically grows up being raised by everyone here and there, with his remaining living half-siblings as his main caretakers. He is often called “Oz” by his fellow clan members. In his childhood, Oswald was a strange person and often just stared at his peers when they tried to talk to him. He didn’t really react to things and people, which caused some concern because some thought he was mute. When they brought this up to Muzaka, he just laughed and said Oz is probably fine and just let him be. Muzaka was right. The truth is, aside from the knockoff bloodstones, nothing really interested Oswald. No tree-climbing, no hunting, no chatting, literally nothing interested him. Just bloodstones. He would just pick them up and hold them in his hands, or fiddle with them like a toy. Nothing deep, just a hyperfixation. It does get better as he matures and by the time he becomes a teen/adult, he can comfortably converse with others and engage in activities that are typical for werewolves. Oswald’s life as a peace mascot between the werewolves and nobles is a pretty comfortable one. He would often travel between werewolf island and Lukedonia on errands, and the Lukedonians like him quite a lot for his politeness and insightfulness. Sometimes, he would also stay at Lukedonia for a week or two because it is his other home. Though, to him, his “true” home is back at werewolf island, where he belongs. He identifies as both werewolf and noble but prefers the lifestyle of a werewolf. Oswald is also a peace mascot between supernatural beings and humans. He is a public figure loved by all for his charisma. His activities in the human world include being a waiter at his half-brother Kentas and “uncle” M-21’s burger restaurant Wolves Burgers, modeling for clothing companies, tutoring math, training new employees as a supermarket cashier, fishing with the local elderly, volunteering for cleanup events, etc. Both the werewolves and nobles are extremely thankful to him for doing this work while representing both sides of his heritage, which is an important factor in the humans’ positive attitude towards supernatural beings.

Oswald’s powers are an interesting one. He inherits both werewolf and noble powers, but also lacks many of them. He has the typical enhanced strength, durability, and speed of both werewolves and nobles. From his werewolf side, he gets their enhanced healing, fangs, and claws. From his noble side, he gets aura manipulation, and can conjure aura like a Kravei. However, his werewolf transformation ability is incomplete and limited to his arms only. He cannot transform past that, e.g. his back and body won’t be covered with fur. He is also completely incapable of telepathy and telekinesis, so he can’t communicate via mind link like a typical noble. He gets by just fine. There’s a lot of other stuff he can do. Bet none of you can play bowling with bloodstones, lol.

2. Ashleen and Erin Headcanons! This is what I’d imagine them to look like. To be specific, Ashleen as an adult and her momma Erin in general. Ashleen dies young in canon but if she somehow survives, revives, and/or ever got the chance to fully mature (you get it) this is what she’d probably look like, to me. So her death is still canon to me but in my HCs (and AUs) this is her appearance. Erin is a very very pretty lady with soft features. Lovely momma. Good momma.

3. AU time!!! Now this is an AU where Ashleen and Erin don’t get killed, and are alive and thriving. Because in this AU, Maduke isn’t an evil asshole, no one’s evil, the werewolves and nobles never plot anything, there’s no scheming, no war, basically a peaceful world where life goes on aaaand no one dies. A happy-end AU pretty much. Muzaka is still werewolf Lord and falls in love with Erin, and they still have Ashleen. Except in this AU they don’t stop there. They go on and have an entire herd of kids. They have six more kids and with Ashleen included, they have seven kids total. Yup, that’s correct. The more the merrier! Isn’t that neat lol. Muzaka and Erin absolutely love their big family. Also because there are no threats in this world, Muzaka and Erin don’t hide the children’s mixed heritage from them, and they all know that Muzaka is their father. All of the kids know that they are half-werewolf, half-humans. Now onto the characters of this AU!

Erin: Muzaka’s human wife. She and her now-husband first met when he was on one of his usual travels and came by her village. Erin is beautiful person and has a lovely personality, and before she got married she was very popular and many sought after her love. Though, instead of some of the (perhaps) more eligible candidates, she chose the weird werewolf vagabond. Aiyo, he’s just special and kinda cute. The two of them simply had great chemistry. Muzaka and Erin had a small, informal wedding in the middle of a flower field next to a lake, with no one else present, just the two of them in this blissful place. Erin’s hobby and special talent is weaving tapestry and making clothes, the main source of her income. She is also very good at catching fish freehand, which is something not even Muzaka can beat her at. Her first child Ashleen’s obsession with fish also comes from her. Erin is usually soft spoken and elegant but she can also be humorous and witty. She loves to flirt with Muzaka and can say something mildly or very inappropriate with a completely straight face and thinks her husband’s flustered reaction is very cute, lol. Her favorite food is fresh-picked mushrooms.

Ashleen: The eldest child and first daughter of Muzaka and Erin. Ashleen is lively, always full of energy, and highly talkative. She is altruistic and enjoys helping other, so she uses her werewolf powers to aid others with mundane tasks such as moving heavy boulders, building houses, etc. Ashleen continues to live with her mother into adulthood and helps take care of her younger siblings, whom she loves very dearly. As her parents’ first child, she also has the most firsthand experience as a werewolf-human hybrid so she helps her siblings get used to their unique ways of experiencing the world. Ashleen likes to live as both a werewolf and a human, and often accompanies Muzaka when he attends to his duties as Lord back at werewolf island. Calls Muzaka “Dad” and Erin “Mom”.

Felix: The second child and first son of Muzaka and Erin. Has Muzaka’s grey eyes and Erin’s brown hair. Felix is enthusiastic, optimistic, and straightforward. Though he may be a little impulsive at times, he has a good heart. He also speaks with a very loud voice, and many people think he’s yelling but that’s just the way he talks. As a baby he had given his parents way too many heart attacks from doing things such as escaping from his crib to wrestle a bear or something, except he’s only half-werewolf so he shouldn’t be doing typical werewolf baby things. In fact he got his scars from provoking a wild animal, and he would’ve gotten more scars if Muzaka hadn’t swooped in and grabbed him before things got worse. Felix loves to spar with Muzaka. He’s also a big, dumb Momma’s boy at heart and would hunt for Erin whenever she had cravings. Felix prefers to live as a werewolf, and upon adulthood adopts a wandering-traveler lifestyle just like Muzaka. Calls Muzaka “Pa” and Erin “Ma”.

Luca: The third child and second son of Muzaka and Erin. Has silver-brown hair and Muzaka’s grey eyes. Luca is confident, clever, and creative. That doesn’t necessarily mean a good thing, because he’s a very accomplished con artist. On the outside he is very polite and courteous, and his appearance is quite adorable too, so all the villagers love him. Luca knows this very well and uses his strengths to his advantage. You see, he loves money. Like a LOT. Luca doesn’t need more money but he just loves the thrill of getting money… by shady means and dirty tricks. He loves manipulating and tricking people into believing false things and getting his pockets filled, and his victims don’t notice a thing. He just tells his parents and siblings he’s been into doing “little investments”, that’s where the money is coming from, lol. Totally. Luca prefers to live as a human, and upon adulthood moves to… actually, no one knows where he lives. He is wherever his scammer business is, and just comes home for dinner sometimes. Calls Muzaka “Sir” and Erin “Ma’am”.

Juno: The fourth child and second daughter of Muzaka and Erin. Has Muzaka’s silver hair and Erin’s blue eyes. Just like how Ashleen is their mother’s clone, Juno is their father’s clone. Juno is friendly, imaginative, and a great listener. Being a half-werewolf means that she has enhanced senses, and to her this is a blessing because she loves to experience nature and her senses are perfect for this. Her enhanced hearing allows her to listen to things in the distance like the wind in the grass, the wing flaps and footsteps of animals, and the water ripples across the lake. Her enhanced smelling helps her find acorns, berries, flowers, etc. Juno enjoys baking pies with older sister Ashleen. She also loves to make flower crowns with her mother Erin. Juno prefers to live as a human, and stays with her mother at home together with Ashleen. Calls Muzaka “Papa” and Erin “Mama”.

Rollo: The fifth child and third son of Muzaka and Erin. Has silver-brown hair and Muzaka’s grey eyes. Rollo is quiet, observant, and alert. But, these qualities are usually buried because of the assumptions people make before they even get to know him. He looks angry even when he’s neutral and on top of that he rarely ever smiles so naturally people are afraid of him. He’s also the tallest and biggest of his sibling, so people think he’s dangerous but he’s actually a sweetheart. In fact, Rollo is the opposite of his older brother Luca, who looks like an angel but is actually a douchebag. Rollo admires and greatly respects his father Muzaka and aspires to be like him one day, despite being half-werewolf which makes that goal unrealistic. He finds fulfillment in training and hopes to tap into his latent werewolf strength one day by taking the traditional werewolf path. He wishes to become a warrior one day. Rollo prefers to live as a werewolf, and upon adulthood moves to werewolf island. Calls Muzaka “Father” and Erin “Mother”.

Jalia: The sixth child and third daughter of Muzaka and Erin. Has Muzaka’s silver hair and Erin’s blue eyes. Jalia is easy-going, diplomatic, and hardworking. Unlike her siblings who all have traditionally werewolf-aligned or human-alinged interests and hobbies, Jalia is attracted to something a little more unconventional: magic. Her siblings have more strength-based quirks from their half-werewolf heritage, while hers manifested as abilities in spell-based aura manipulation. No one at home really understands how magic works, so Muzaka brings his daughter with him to werewolf island and introduces her to Zaiga, their most proficient magic user. Jalia is overjoyed and starts to study under Zaiga’s tutelage. One of Jalia’s hobbies is making jewelry, and she owns a small workshop in her human village. Jalia prefers to live as a werewolf, and travels back and forth between werewolf island and her mother’s home. She would’ve fully committed and moved to werewolf island just like her brother Rollo, but she has a human lover back at the village so that’s where home is to her. Calls Muzaka “Daddy” and Erin “Mommy”.

Rudi: The youngest child and fourth son of Muzaka and Erin. Has Erin’s brown hair and blue eyes. Rudi is shy, reserved, and patient. He is the baby of the family. His older sister Ashleen and older brother Felix love to squish his cheeks! All of his siblings want to hug him when they see him. Muzaka affectionately calls his youngest son “fluffy” and “pup”. Rudi is very happy to receive all the love from his big family. Though, Rudi doesn’t have a very high noise tolerance and growing up with so many siblings in the house means thats sometimes he would get a little overwhelmed. When that happens, his mother Erin would hold his hand and take him on a walk, and it is very comforting to him. Rudi hasn’t found his calling yet, but hopes that one day he will find his passion. He oftens has a weird expression on his face because he has a condition where there is always a mild pain his hands and arms, and sometimes those turn into uncontrollable, random transformations. This never happened with his other siblings, so he is very confused. As of now, Rudi does not know which side of his heritage he identifies with, or both, or neither. Currently living at home with his mother and older sisters Ashleen and Juno. Calls Muzaka “Da” and Erin “Ma”.

Also for context, the age difference between the siblings is something like this. Say, if Ashleen is 30, then Felix is 28, Luca is 27, Juno is 25, Rollo is 24, Jalia is 22, and Rudi is 17.

Not sure if I’ll draw them again in the future but I like them a lot so maybe!

[a-legacy-not-to-be-forgotten]

OG Undertale characters in SequenceShift.

Pretty sure some folks are wondering what happened to the canon characters in this timeline, so I figured I'd briefly go over what happened to the major ones by this point.

Frisk and Chara

Still a WIP honestly. All I have so far is Chara wasn't the first human to fall down (that was the Integrity Soul) and the Determination Soul is one of the first human souls. This is gonna stay on the back burner for a bit.

Toriel and Asgore

Unfortunately, our favorite goats aren't around anymore. While they did exist and started as the Royal Family, the Dreemurs sadly lost their lives during the Great War. Instead, a royal advisor to the King (aka Ceroba's mom) would take the reins of leadership in the Underground and become the first Empress. Her influence is why the Underground in SS's continuity has a more East Asian influence to it compared to the original.

Also, for obvious reasons, Asriel doesn't exist in this AU.

Sans and Papyrus

Gonna say off the bat, don't expect much concerning Sans in this AU. Look, I enjoy him as a character, but I find him WAAAAAY to oversaturated within the Undertale fandom and I'm pretty sick of it. In fact, one the big reasons I like Undertale Yellow is because it's one of the few fan projects which doesn't have him involved at all lol. And because of that, he and his bro have a pretty small presence in this AU. Because of that, I don't have anything planned for either of them, but if they are around in the AU, it's probably gonna be as minor characters in the Lakeside Region.

Undyne

Undyne here is Captain of the Honor Guard. This group is an elite team of soldiers that's responsible for the defense of the Empress, as well as New Kingdom. These are made up of UT's Royal Guard characters, since their SS equivalent, the Rangers, is made up of the Feisty Five and OCs. Undyne's mostly the same passionate, steadfast, anime-loving warrior she is in the original. She actually is a pretty close friend/sparring partner with Ceroba. She's also the only one so far who's managed to beat the Empress in an arm-wrestling competition (not even Ed has come close to that).

Alphys

Alphys is still around. Since she never became the Royal Scientist, she still hangs out with Bratty and Catty. She's a tech student living in the Sand Dunes with a good mind for robotics. Not too much fleshed out for her yet, but I do have the idea of a sideplot concerning her building a Mettaton prototype or whatnot.

And that's it for the main cast so far. Got a couple ideas for the minibosses, but still working on the deets. Lemme know what you think so far.

[viro-lil-goat]

ghost au

Again shoutout to this post

For now im skipping 🔴👁️ hyde and 🟢👁️ jekyll since theres more info on it

Theres also another ghost au by @/bansheeoftheforest ^^ dont remember that much about it from discord except the fact that jekyll is a singular ghost there, since its been a long time. But if anyone's interested you can check it out too, i think theres also a fanfic on it.

Anyway! Heres a VERY old drawing (like, 2021 probably) i had to edit it bc the quality is dogshit.

So yeah its pretty old i dont remember much but here we go In this au, i didnt really made a particular reason for their/his death, either something like accidental poisoning, murder or just soul leaving the body as its in a coma state.

Rachel and Robert notice that Jekyll is missing, and at the same time weird things happenning in Society of Mad Scientists. Like is there was a ghost or perhaps a poltergeist.?

So of course, they go to Maijabi, the only person in Society who specialises on that kind of thing

He investigates, and does notice that there is infact a new ghost in society. He only needs for it/them to cooparate. He does something like a summoning ritual, and gives Rachel and Robert mixture that would let them see this ghost.

(new addition ) Meanwhile ghost Henry dosent want to show up, but Edward does. He wants to come in contact with Rachel . They summon them, and as they see that it's Jekyll, they are in shock, but its only the start, as ghost turns around they notice Hyde. And at this point they are stunned and dont know what to say, is this real? Are they dead? Why? And most importantly, why the hell they are connected into one?

I remember also imagining j&h ghost being kinda zomby like for some reason, like when R, L, and M summon them i imagined them saying something like:

Я ø b ë r t ЯR æ ç h ê l

As they try to reach their shocked friends. (Ooo body horror too 👻)

The first summoning ends, and Rachel and Robert dont know how to process what they have just witnessed.

Maijabi is also stunned, he remarks he has never seen anything like that before

R and L dont understand how that could be explained, Robert is especially in denial. As they calm down a little with a cup of tea, Maijabi tries to explain what he thinks about this, but the main conclusion is that Jekyll and Hyde are dead (duh XD) and thats not some sort of illusion. He knows an actual ghost when he sees one. Lanyon and Rachel cant believe it, their precious friend is dead, for Rachel its even worse because Hyde is also.

On the second summoning Maijabi finally gets to examine this strange case. His conclusion from this time, is that its not two souls tied together, but instead one soul split in two, and yet, not fully.

(new addition) And then its most likely Hyde is the one to tell the truth, Jekyll is so stubborn he wouldn't tell it even when hes dead.

Now that i think about it, i recall they are all goopy and zomby like because their soul is literally falling apart (since its already split).

The ending, as i recall, was something like Jekyll finally accepting himself, and his soul becoming one again, by that they fuse and Jekyll becomes fully himself again, and finding peace. And Lanyon, Rachel and lodgers as they find out of course – mourning.

(New addition) but if his body was in a coma state, after fusing, he would wake up, but finally fully himself again(could be an alternative ending if them fully dying is too sad ^^).

Thats it with the au , but on topic, of back then and still i believe that before drinking the amongus potion™ back in University, and basically his whole life he was fully himself, except for the fact he had a facade, but after drinking the potion, at first it was still his self, but with time they sapatated more and more. Now rarely able to control each other (red eyed hyde and green eyed jekyll), they can only watch and feel physical sences of the other half while they are in control.

Well, at least thats from my logical standpoint, but in general despite that, i still see them as sapatate, for example i really like Hyde but kinda neutral towards Jekyll, not negative, just don't like him just as much even tho they're the same person.

[utilitycaster]

I spaced on sending this when you initially made the post, but if you were ever so inclined to make that full list of recommendations on metafiction/the liminal space of tangential genres, I would be very interested to see it! (the original list was 100% some of my favorite books/media)

Oh man I've been uh. bad at reading as regularly/much as I'd like for the past few years, something I'm attempting to remedy, and I've never been the biggest of film buffs, and as such that covers a lot of the high points.

(obligatory reminiscing): Truly the the most "not actually a real problem" tragedies of my life is that I was a teenager before the Goodreads era and so I was shaped, indelibly, by whatever Collected Science Fiction Anthologies of the Latter 20th Century my local library had circa 2004. As a result there's like a thousand 70s and 80s sci fi stories the titles of which I cannot remember but which are etched deep within the recesses of my brain. Occasionally I have enough details to go to some thread on the internet and say "pretty please can you find it," but often I don't. There's definitely one I'm thinking of in which a group of scientists keep doing an experiment to change the time line and they keep believing that it fails, but as a reader you clearly see the list of names and various details is changing. This is not super helpful to anyone other than to say "go read short speculative fiction." ANYWAY here's a few more.

On the topic of short fiction, Sword Stone Table is a collection of short stories inspired by Arthurian legend which I read last year, and not all of them worked but there were enough to make it worth it (and it's a quick read). Hilariously, the coffee shop AU was one of the more metafictional examples.

A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan. I don't remember this well but I own a copy and might re-read it; I distinctly recall purchasing it because she made a chapter in the form of a PowerPoint presentation and got interviewed by NPR about it since she could see how many people quit reading at that chapter thanks to eReader data, and I was like "sounds cool". I love when authors are hostile to their audience in a way that's good for them, and I remember enjoying that chapter very much.

I mean your bio quotes Calvino so I'm assuming you're good there but like...I have not read all their work, but I trust Calvino, Borges, Le Guin, and Susanna Clarke to always deliver.

Jules Feiffer's A Barrel of Laughs, A Vale of Tears; Diana Wynne Jones' Fire and Hemlock (among other Diana Wynne Jones books); The Phantom Tollbooth; and the various works of Ellen Raskin (best known for The Westing Game but I read so many of her books) are middle-grade or YA but they are in fact a big reason why I eventually became a college student who would read House of Leaves and Calvino for fun and why I became an adult who devoured Piranesi in one sitting.

The Diamond Age by Neal Stephenson

It's also been a hot minute since I read Possession by A. S. Byatt but I do remember loving it at the time.

For...the best I can put it is "popcorn reads?" low postmodernism? mass-market metafiction? Fun shit? Jasper Fforde is your guy.

Technically The Princess Bride is metafiction. Fun fact: a good friend of mine in college did not realize it was not legit a translation when he read the book. His undergrad thesis was in part about translation. We made fun of him for this.

David Mitchell's literary universe, notably Cloud Atlas. David Mitchell is a very good writer who does tend to have a pretty dark interpretation of our world's future and so I sort of fell off following his works because they were particularly depressing but like, that's a me problem because he's immensely talented. (note: did not see the film adaptation, cannot speak to that.)

I am also going to plug the Teixcalaan books (two so far, starting with A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine which is a bit of a stretch but I'm doing it anyway because I think it’s underappreciated (it occupies the same space in my mind tbh as Ada Palmer’s Terra Ignota and to an extent Yoon Ha Lee's Machineries of Empire, both of which I’ve mentioned before, of an incredibly intelligent SF story with queer characters and relationships that was well received but just doesn't have the buzz of some other modern sf series). It’s not metafictional per se, but it does have an incredibly strong theme running through it of engaging with narrative and controlling it (honestly? Similar to Black Sails in that regard.) The Teixcalaan Empire is hyper-aware of language and legend, naming patterns are a number and a word, and the cool thing to do is write complex forms of poetry. The second book also has a character purchasing an indie comic and drawing all sorts of interesting comparisons to her ongoing situation... a little bit like Tales of the Black Freighter within Watchmen.

Run Lola Run/Lola Rennt (I watched it as a non-German speaker with subtitles and enjoyed it)

[luke0maker]

Game!Tale

Hey, so... I saw a while ago about Jakei doing her last Underverse episode... and that took me back to when I started doing my own AU... so I wanted to talk about it!

I never did much with that really, I wanted to express myself with writing since I gave up on drawing... but I discovered that was another thing I was not really good with.

What I'm good with is having ideas, even though I can't fit it all together so why not sharing it all? If someone still wants to do something with it, feel free... but the main point here is sharing it.

So, starting with the world, it would follow the basics of undertale, but heavily focused on puzzles.

The Royal Guard members would be Royal Scientist devoted to make weapons and creating ways to defeat humans, some would use puzzles, others would use robots or even improve their bodies with science.

Most regular monsters would give riddles, puzzles and things that test your mind in general instead of the usual fights.

The usual puzzles from room to room would be much more deadly like the lasers we see in the final stages of the game.

As for the main monsters that are treated as area bosses (or something similar), I will give a resume about them:

Toriel would be one of the few people to not rely on puzzles nor machinery but her magic alone would be used in such smart way that dodging her attacks could be considered a puzzle by itself;

Papyrus would be a brilliant Royal Scientist, but he was unable to join as a official member, the reason? He would be focused way too much in doing traps (which is not his specialty) instead of Puzzles that is what he excels at... his traps would be very non-letal, showing both his incompatibility with the method and his naivety;

Undyne as a member of the Royal Scientists would develop a variety of melee weapons with special properties, she would not be as strong as her original counterpart but she would use special armor to make up for it, you can think of her like a technological Erza Scarlet;

Alphys would be the creator of the armor Undyne uses, her monster chimeras not only would be way more stable but would also be the Royal Guard of this AU, because of that she does not to work as much anymore, resulting in something similar to what we see in the game;

Mettaton would be another member of the Royal Guard of this AU, being way more combat focused with samurai-like swords, Alphys would pretty much design Mettaton with her anime mindset and instead of the TV shows, Mettaton would do vlods of the daily jobs and similar stuff, mainly focusing in being something similar as a youtuber;

Asgore would be very similar to Toriel in the meaning that his magic and attacks would almost act as living puzzles. Before fighting him Frisk would have to travel a entire room made of traps using Asgore's fire magic, all of them being very letal;

For Asriel/Flowey there's no need to change his focal points, only difference being he was unable to stay determined due to Sans being even more aware of timeline changes and directly fighting against him;

Sans would be the most different one, as a ex member of the Royal Scientists he had direct contact with the first human to die there after Chara and would later be responsible for doing experiments related to human souls, resulting on him absorbing the soul of the same human he had contact with in the past. The reason why his design was full of stars is because that human would share the same love of stars that the monsters who live in the underground have.

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At some point I even did think about Sans having some kind of time chamber in his lab that would be unaffected by timeline changes and such. All around cool ideas but I could never fit this huge puzzle together... Anyway, my usage of tumblr is very low in the past years and I even doubt someone will read it but if you did, I hope you liked what you saw.