#can't promise that i'll post more frequently but here's to trying

[epiphlyte]

aaugh i never thought i would procrastinate so hard on posting here but whaddaya know this has been sitting in my drafts for days.. mostly because school has started up again for me and im too tired in the evenings to write out my thoughts on things SJKKHJ

anyways, ive been feeling extremely nostalgic recently, so as a bit of a warmup-gone-out-of-control here are the fake (well, backup) prophecy dragonets! remember this reveal absolutely shocking me reading the books as a kid. their dynamic is wacky.

an in depth explanation of their designs under the cut!

something i initially didnt like, but now think is a striking visual, is the fact that their designs really don’t go together - especially compared to the actual prophecy dragonets. was puzzling over this for ages, trying to figure out how to make them more cohesive, but eventually just decided to leave it. i think it fits since they really dont get along lol.

the problem with making starflight (check previous posts/tags) purplish is that now fatespeaker has to be a more saturated purple to distinguish the two - she additionally has faint teardrop scales by her eyes to add some spice to her design. i think canon should give nightwings more unique silver scale patterns as well, like fatespeaker's "bracelets" (sadly not included here)!

i want to eventually revisit flames scar, it didnt really come out how i wanted it to. other than that, i like his colours and his pose! you might notice that as i recall how to draw dragons again ive slowly been working on my poses and expressions, making them more dynamic.

seawings are one of my favourite tribes to draw so i really liked designing squid, although he hasn’t really made that much of an impression on me. i should eventually make a palette tracker of all the colours for the tribes, to make them more unified? or alternatively, focus more on the shapes and attributes of each one. i like making seawings squishy and frilly, like some sea animals!

viper is probably my favourite design out of this batch! i really like her colours, although they border more on the palette id use for ocs - eg. is she recognizable as a canon character? i do like her pose though!

and finally ochre - i seriously can’t remember any of this guys dialogue. with this though i did manage to nail down my mudwing designs, varying horns and tusks. maybe i’ll draw clay’s sibs next?? no one knows, not even i.. but i am currently in a character designing mood!

[katiefrog217]

My piece for the 2024 Good Omens Spooky Bang, in collaboration with the always lovely @quoththemaiden !!

Read their story HERE!!

Thank you to the Bang organizers @eviebane , Mason, Milo, and Acey! (I couldn't get all the tags to link them, but they can be found on the Spooky Bang Blog!)

I kinda got to work on this last minute, and it was quite the challenge for me perspective and color wise, but I'm really happy with how it came out!! I hope all of you enjoy this piece and the wonderful story that goes with it!!

Also, sorry for not posting in a long time, can't promise I'll post more frequently or even if it will be Good Omens related, as life is kind of in the way right now, but I'll try!

Vgen | AO3 | RedBubble | KoFi

[incorrectfmaquotes]

Today marks 6 years since I started this blog!

Thank you all for following! Whether you followed back in October 2017 or earlier today, I appreciate every single one of you.

And for some other things I wanna say, which I don't think affects anyone and isn't exactly news, especially to anyone who might be paying attention, but more just me acknowledging it: I haven't really been attending to this blog that much in the past couple of years, but especially this one. I've largely just let the queue run and fill it up with older quotes every couple of months. I made this blog when I was in high school and had more free time; I am now something that somewhat resembles an actual adult (if you squint maybe) with more Adult Responsibilities and Situations (but as I have unfortunately realized, adulthood does not erase feeling teenage emotions all that much). I've had less time and frankly less bandwidth to devote more time to this blog - especially to create quotes at the rate I did the first 3 years. And something that has hindered me even more in attending to this blog and is in part why I started to do so was that starting around 2020, a lot of times, I could not open my inbox, direct messages, or activity page on this site. I don't know if the culprit of that was my browser, my old laptop, or our famously well-functioning website Tumblr, but this would frequently happen and would do so for weeks at a time. I'm not saying this was the only reason why there have been unanswered asks and submissions for years (see above: increasing Adult Situations and the Toll they have taken on me), but that certainly played a heavy hand.

I'm in some new circumstances and over the past couple weeks, they have been a bit more stable and consistent - I've actually made about 85 new incorrect quotes and have put them in the queue, an amount I don't think I've been able to manage since the early months of 2020 before quarantine. Opening the inbox and DMs seem to be less of a problem lately, so I've also put in the queue a good amount of those submissions I've had sitting in my inbox for a while and will try to do more, though unfortunately some of the blogs that have submitted quotes have since been deactivated. I'm going to try to answer some asks in the coming days, but again, a lot of these are months and years old, and a part of me feels a bit awkward only just responding now and I'm wondering if it's respectful at all, but I still wanna do it.

That is to say, even though I am in a more manageable situation, I'm not promising that I am now going to attend to this blog like I did in the beginning, or even that much more than I have the past few years. I have learned that circumstances can change with no notice at all. I'm also not saying there's no guarantee that I'll be even less present here or won't stop running this blog altogether when the current queue runs out - not that I'm planning on it, but I can't completely rule that out as a possibility. But even if I ever stop attending to this blog, I don't think I'll ever delete it altogether, if you're worried about that.

So, thank you for sticking around with this blog for the past 6 years! And for sticking with this post that got a lot longer than I thought it would be. This post probably sounds like a whole lot of nothing, but I still wanted to say it, and I thank you for putting up with it. Hope you have a good day! 💕💕💕

[voidandabyssal]

Can I get add the swap and swapfell brothers to the Amalgam request? Maybe even Horrortale?

Of course you can! here's the link to the first amalgram post! I'll just do the Swap and SwapFell brothers for now though.

Blue:

when you go missing he's the first to notice. Both of you text pretty frequently when your not around each other (which is pretty rare in of itself). He visits your home, then your job, then any other areas your known to frequently vist. Getting more and more worried as you remain missing for longer and don't respond to his calls.

He calls Stretch out to help with looking for you, his brother knows a lot of people so they'd both find out pretty soon that you were last seen visiting Undyne.

Blue decides to sneak into Undyne's lab. Though he does think the best, "probably just some medical check up you forgot to tell him about. Nothing big!"

Immediately goes to comforting you when he does find you.

Keeps hugging you even when you try and push him away, apologising for melting over him.

He confronts Undyne he confesses to hiding both yourself and the rest of the amalgamites away.

Blue calls in Alphys to help deal with the situation and re-unite everyone. Then he and Stretch take you back home. He promises to help you in any way.

He tries to do what you want, if you want to find a cure, then he's recruiting Stretch, even a regretful Undyne to the cause. You just want to learn to live again? Yep and he's by your side every step of the way

Stretch:

Immediately suspicious when you just disappear. That's unusual for you. He asks around and finds that a few of his bar friends saw you and Undyne together. Weird, especially cause you don't really know her.

He shoots a text to Undyne asking her where you are. When she starts acting weird, changing subject, ignoring phone calls, asking dumb questions, he gets really suspicious

He goes down into the old lab his father used to work in. Guessing that Undyne still uses it.

Imagine his surprise (and horror) when he finds you, malformed, melting and in constant pain.

He carries you up and confronts Undyne. It's not a confrontation that goes well...

Of course Undyne is heartbroken and riddled with guilt. She had never thought that determination could do something like that.

Stretch keeps you in the lab. Hoping that with him and Undyne's intelligence, a cure could be found quickly.

He grabs things from your home that he knows would comfort you. Blankets, clothes, books, anything that keeps you stable and happy.

Somehow still manages to make time for cuddles.

Black (SF Sans)

boy if you even think you're leaving his eyesight!!!

seriously tho, I can only imagine Black would ever let someone like, euugh, Undyne, if you were in serious trouble.

Likely you had some serious health issues, or maybe you even fell down.

Whatever the case, he was desperate to help you and Undyne's kind of the only qualified doctor they have left. So off you go...

yeah, it doesn't go well. Black genuinely tries to murder Undyne. He takes this not only as a slight against you, but as action against him.

You're under HIS protection, meaning when someone fucks with you, they fuck with him.

Mutt steps in and manages to calm his brother down, pointing out that Undyne may actually be one of the only people to be able to help you.

Black keeps a VERY close eye on you. If you haven't already moved in with him, you are now!

Tasks his brother with keeping you safe when he has to leave.

Mutt (SF Papyrus):

probably the one to fuck up this time, ngl.

He was actually apart of the royal scientists before he left it. Like Black, he wouldn't want any science experiment stuff going on and he tries to keep you seperate from it.

We don't always get what we want though, from one reason to another, bad timing, thoughtless decisions, etc. You ended up overdosing from two much determination.

the guilt almost cracks his soul in two. He can't look you in the eye after what happened.

Keeps you hidden away in the true lab, occasionally popping in when he's either really drunk, high, or holding some new serum that's supposed to cure you.

Poor boy already struggled with substance abuse, this just makes it worse.

When he shortcuts in drunk; he just cries, holding your malformed body and crying apologies and begging for forgiveness.

Then he disappears in the morning when he wakes up hungover as hell and realises what he'd done.

[kitsaystransrights]

It'sa me, Kit!

Woah, hey, you can make pinned posts! I totally didn't forget about this feature. I should probably do that, huh?

Weeeeell anyway, howdy! I'm Maddie, I go by Kit online sometimes, you can call me whichever you prefer. She/Her pronouns only, please. I'm a 22 year-old trans furry who is chronically online and geeky, so if you have a problem with that, I'm putting you in a box and then launching that box into the sun. I'm a YouTuber, Twitch streamer, filmmaker, and game dev, so I'm basically every stereotypical geeky trans-girl thing except for an artist. Can't draw to save my life.

On my YouTube, I usually make reviews or video essays about games I like, though I occasionally do stuff on other media as well. Currently, my big long-term projects are the "Splatoon 3 vs Splatoon 2" series, which is AAAAALMOST finished at the time of writing this, and my series on Leilani Wilson's Elancia Chronicles novels, (which are REALLY FREAKING GOOD and you should check them out!) I've linked a few of the videos I'm proudest of down below :)

I also stream pretty frequently on Twitch! I have a PNGtuber of my fursona, Stormy, with art done by EmmalemmaMewmew on Twitter. Stills of her will also start showing up in my YouTube videos eventually, hehe. Currently, the schedule is every Sunday, Tuesday, and Thursday, with each day being a different game. These streams always start at 7 PM Mountain Time (that's 9 PM Eastern and 6 PM Pacific) and go for around 4 hours. Sundays are Splatoon Sundays, currently the Anarchy Challenge, where I attempt to win an Anarchy Series with EVERY SINGLE WEAPON in Splatoon 3. It's hell lol. Then there's Triple-A Tuesdays, where I'm currently marathoning the Zelda series, and Indie Thursdays, where I work through my back catalog of indie games! There are also occasional bonus streams, usually around the releases of new games I'm interested in or events in ones I already play (like Splatfests!) Below is a link to my Twitch channel and my current stream schedule. I'll try to update this post as often as I can, but uh, no promises haha.

Last but not least, here's some of the other stuff I'm into/working on! Currently working on a Secret Game Project that I can't tell you about yet >:) But if you know, you know.

I'm a big fan of video games and animation (clearly), with some of my favorite stuff being, in no particular order... Sonic the Hedgehog, The Legend of Zelda, Persona, Fire Emblem, Pokemon, Elancia Chronicles, Super Lesbian Animal RPG, Splatoon, Hazbin Hotel, Helluva Boss, The Owl House, Gravity Falls, Amphibia, Steven Universe, Avatar: The Last Airbender, the Marvel Cinematic Universe, the Spider-Verse films, Dreamworks animation, Pixar animation, Insomniac's Spider-Man gams, Ratchet and Clank, aaaaaaaaaand that's all I could think of off the top of my head but I'm sure there's more junk buried in there somewhere lol.

Anyway, thanks for reading all the way to the bottom! You must really have nothing better to do with your life XD. Here's some links to my other socials, if you wanna follow me there. Here I'm mostly just be posting random rambling and updates for my YouTube and Twitch. See ya around!

https://www.instagram.com/kitthegoddess/

[mbirnsings-71]

*looks at how many new different fandoms I've gotten into/old fandoms I've been revisiting this past week* Ah fuck okay so I should probably make an actual bio post-

Hi! I'm Madi/Angel, pronouns are They/she, and This is my tumblr blog where I tend to be a little bit of a menace- not really but like I tend to get very silly on here! Now with that out of the way, I should probably tell you guys my fandoms and certain tags I use! the fandoms I'll put under the keep reading but here's the quick stuff about tags I use!

Tags that frequently get used here:

#Madi's art :> - What I tag all my art with! This is where you will find all of it that I post on tumblr!

#Madi's writing :> - Literally exactly what my art tag is for except for my writing if I ever do write-

#WAADW AU :> - That is for my Wedding planner!Grian and Florist!Scar au that I've been brain rotting about for a solid two months?? it's been a long one and I have plenty of stuff planned for it!

#ESRMT AU :> - This one is for my newest snowbugs au because something about Necromancer Scott got a hold on me and now I'm world building for it it's awful the doc is long and I promise you guys will get more content for it eventually-

#madi's 9-1-1 DC au tag - What it says on the Tin, for my DC x 9-1-1 au because good god those firefighters got a grip on me and back when I was super into DC I had to mush those two hyperfixations together-

Fandoms that I might reblog/make content for on here, in no particular order:

- 9-1-1 (Both The main series and Lone star but Lone star never ends up on my dash so I forget to reblog stuff from it-)

- Minecraft content (Parkciv and Life SMP are spinning in my head constantly)

- Whitepine (PLEASE GO WATCH IT IT IS ONLY AN HOUR OF YOUR TIME PLEASE-)

- Critical Role (I WAS ON TOP OF IT BUT THEN I FELL BEHIND ON CR3 AND I NEED TO PLAY CATCH UP SO BADLY AAAAA)

- DC comics (Stares at my gigantic reading pile that's threatening to squash me-)

- D20 (Love Dropout and the chaos those campaigns bring very silly and love being able to watch them in my own time-)

- Pokémon (Love Pokémon sm man-)

- Sonic the Hedgehog (Big childhood special interest you can try to pry it away from me-)

- Welcome to night vale (I NEED TO CATCH UP MAN I NEED TO-)

- The Magnus Archives (again need to finish it cause Raaah-)

- Supernatural (I miss you Castiel you did not deserve superhell-)

- Ace Attorney (I miss my gay lawyers occasionally-)

- Danganronpa (I'm not as big of a fan of it as I was back during covid but some of the characters come back to whack me with a stick and remind me they exist it's wild-)

- Gravity Falls (God this show is part of the reason why I have such a love of supernatural/horror concepts amen-)

- The Owl House (Magic? Found Family? A silly cast of characters? Sign me up honestly-)

- Miraculous ladybug (these teenagers are traumatized and I feel the need to immensely give them therapy because hey! No 14 year old should have to hold that much responsibility on god!)

- Ouran Highschool Host club (the Nostalgia and also reading the Manga now has been wild and I still stand by Haruhi being my favorite character ever-)

- Blue Exorcist (I MISS MY GUY RIN OKAMURA I MISS HIM A LOT-)

- Vocaloid / Kagerou Daze / Evillious chronicles (Putting this all in one category cause the stories are primarily told through Vocaloid BUT GOD I love Kagerou daze and Evillious Chronicles so much it's insane-)

- Madoka Magica (the Magical girls are so sad man they make me SAD)

Now if you made it this far, congrats! You made it through my long list of fandoms! If you think my blog is kinda fun and end up following it, well that's just great for both of us! I can't promise regular content but I can at least be silly and fill your notifications with reblogs occassionally-

[alairmena]

Do you have a life

Good question!

Since i gained some kinda following (70 of you guys now, that's insane 🤯) I'll have to drop a tiny lil update to my blog...

Big ass update thingy.

Now it's already been awhile since I started this blog, and let's just say -- I didn't quite think this through the moment I posted for the first time on here. So yeah I took some time to think and here's the deal:

I am Alair Mena, a comic artist and a writer

and this blog is meant for: - helping other writers achieve their writing dreams - achieve my own writing dream and build a fandom for my upcoming comic! However, it's not running away. I don't have to focus on building the community asap, as it will gradually form by itself, just like all 60 of you have showed me. I want to chill, to help all of you on your projects as well. Go around, give writing advice to more people, draw more of other people's OCs. The fun stuff, yknow. There's plenty of time to get famous 😌

Now the thing that interests you guys:

I'll be doing fanarts from the asks for free. It might sometimes take some time for me to process the inbox request... But I don't see myself doing commissions for money at this stage of blog development, because, guys...

You're promoted to my official Tumblr family!

Yes that's right! Follow this blog, I'll follow you back, and you're officially in my tumblr family of creatives! But here's the catch. Only first 1k of my followers will be my tumblr family. Once I have 1k, I will be opening commissions for people that are outside of our little community.

What this means for you, if you belong to golden 1000: you will ALWAYS be in my heart first and foremost. And you will get free art from me forever, because you were the realest ones out there :))

So now, lets help each other in this complex world of creative spaces, and make the world a better place together 😎

Happy writing!!

Additional info below:

So, my blog is supposed to be something like a treasure box full of useful information (be it about writing advice, or feed for my future fandom), and I'm trying to keep it that way. So don't be all tinfoil hat mode when you find out that some posts may disappear after a few days - they're not deleted, they're just privated - I do that so I can make this blog as easy to navigate as it can be. But here's some further help to find specific something that you need:

Tags to search:

#writing advice is going to return only the posts where I wrote writing advice.

#key's unwilling assistant is going to return all the posts relating to Key's Unwilling Assistant (my webcomic)

It ain't much but it's honest work 🥺👉👈

Also, I'll try to be frequent with answering my asks. Can't promise anything tho. But I'll give my best. One day I will beat my adhd if I continue fighting.

Shout out

If you're still reading this far you're a real one. Shout out to you. Here's the pay: your weight in cookies 🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪

[circuit-if]

Hey everyone! This is just a quick frequently asked questions post with a couple answers to repeated questions in my inbox. Hopefully this addresses them all, but if you have anything not included here just shoot me an ask and I'll get back to you if I can.

★ Circuit Content Warnings: Circuit is rated 18+ for the following: sexual themes, drug and alcohol use, explicit language, and violence. This blog is ALSO 18+.

★ Ask Guidelines: I'm willing to answer general asks surrounding the story, characters, and mechanics of the game and blog. I'm also willing to answer asks of the following (more specific) types - "how would [char] react to," prompts, and NSFW prompts. I'm NOT willing to answer any asks relating to self harm, SA, SH, or explicit asks about pregnancy. I also won't answer asks offering unsolicited and unwanted criticism or advertising your own work.

★ Romancing Multiple Characters: You can romance multiple different ROs, but there will be points where you need to choose. I advise choosing 1 per play through if you're interested in more than 1.

★ Can we choose our characters ____? Here are a couple things you can choose about your character thus far into the story. These may grow as the story progresses.

First and last name

Pronouns, including set she/her, he/him, and they/them as well as an option to enter your own pronouns.

Preferences pertaining to physical appearance, such as hair colour (dyed or natural, can dye a natural colour), hair length, hair style, clothing style, eye colour.

Team colours, primary and secondary

Car design

Pre-race habits

Racing nickname

However, there are a couple things coded into the game allowing it to naturally pick up on your characters actions and label your character as such. Here's a little info on that:

Based on actions/choices during races, your character can be labelled a wildcard, a patient and cautious prowler, or a vicious daredevil, which the world around will take note of and respond to your character with. You can actively manipulate which of the three you are during races, but you cannot manually choose.

Actions/choices made in the public eye impact how the world responds to your character. You can hate the press or love it, ignore your fans or cherish them. Again, you can actively manipulate which of them you are during press/fan interactions, but you cannot manually choose.

★ Can my character be [personality]? I try to be as inclusive with my personality options as possible, so I'm inclined to say yes. However, I can't promise that every option will pertain to an ultra specific personality. In that case, I always make sure to include neutral options that cater to a wide variety of characters.

★ Any Romances Besides the ROs? Yes, but these will not be nearly as fleshed out as the main four. These will take the role of flings and will be short, without any particularly happy endings.

★ Do we have to participate in a romance route to play the story? A large part of the story is romance, but it is not its centre, so no. You can be best friends with each of the ROs and that can be the extent of your relationship.

★ Character perspectives: I'm definitely willing to write character perspectives on certain situations that happen in the story, however that will likely stay reserved to a future patreon page.

★ Fanfiction: Sure, you can write fanfiction.

★ Fan art: Sure, you can create fan art, so long as art including my characters remains generally true to the physical appearance given, which can be found here for the ROs.

★ Can we ditch Roman? Absolutely.

[xerith-42]

An objectively too long post about Brian (for @mac-audcheese )

Uhm... Ah...

Okay no I can do this...

So like, Brain. He was born. Sorry, there's so little to work with I need to let this stew a little more I'll get something.

Okay! So! Brian. Brian is one of those characters that fan interpretation really needs to make work, and by fan interpretation I mean taking canon out to a farm where it has all the free time it wants to roam around, while you load the double barrel.

Because in canon Brian was the baby of Molly and Dale very abruptly in the early episodes, back when these characters were just villagers with extra dialogue options, and Aph could literally decide to marry them or make them hook up on a whim. And Brain came from that, so some re interpretation is necessary.

I love the idea of Brian being a natural born citizen of Phoenix Drop who's truly lived there all his life. He was always wanting to give back to his village, and decided to be like his father and become a guard. So once he's like 16, he's shipped off to the guard academy!

It's here that whatever changes, changes. What was that change? Uhm. Ah fuck. WAIT I GOT IT!! Okay as Zane is like trying to take over other villages in the background, he makes frequent visits to the guard academy to scope out those who may be future head guards. And most of them are pretty hyped about it, like their instructor says that the Zane Ro'maeve is observing their training session!!

Brian grew up while Phoenix Drop was alive and active, but he was also around the entire year that they were without a lord. He saw how a single accident can send an entire village spiraling out of control with little hope to recover. He knows the importance of a lord and it's why he wants to be a guard. When Zane hears that this one cadet is from Phoenix Drop, the first one from that village in years, he takes interest.

That's a name he hasn't heard in a while. And after having a single talk with Brian, Zane knows that he's got the entire village wrapped around his finger if he plays his cards right. He takes it upon himself to help oversee Brian's training and spends quite a bit of time speaking with the young cadet, about what it means to be a lord, to be a guard, to exist in this system. It's easy to twist said system in Zane's favor, explain the value of O'Khasis taking over Ru'aun and centralizing the entire system.

Cohesion in Ru'aun. O'Khasis having control means that villages can be better supported. If a lord dies, there's someone to replace them, or at least resources to keep a village going without one. Phoenix Drop would never be able to fall into ruin again. All Brian has to do is swear his loyalty to Zane, help him achieve this goal, and he has a Jury of Nine position in his future.

How could anyone say no to that?

Zane does warn him that the road to the Nether is pathed with good intentions. He might ask Brian to do some things that are... Questionable. And his lord might not agree with what Zane wants, something both of them have anticipated. Zane promised that when the smoke is clear, Brian will be rewarded for his efforts. When Zane has victory, O'Khasis will regard him as a hero.

And then Brian returns. He comes back and while everyone is happy he's returned, fully trained, ready to take the position, and nothing seems to be amiss. Except for Molly. Molly can tell something is off, but she can't put her finger on what. Brian was always quite naive and earnest, it's hard to tell what's so strange when he acts the same he always does.

Now this is where things get a little shaky. Because I think Zane can do a lot of manipulation, he is the king of manipulate mansplain malewife, but I don't know how far it would be able to go. A Jury of Nine position is great, but is it enough to sacrifice your own family? When Zane appears in Phoenix Drop, Brian realizes that Zane is willing to use force to make Aph submit to his rule, and that might involve hurting his family.

That's when Zane reveals to Brian before anyone else knows that this is a family matter. That he's ready to even threaten his own brother if he has to. Whatever it takes. Zane frames this as something he doesn't want to do, but rather must do in order to ensure O'Khasis and Ru'aun can prosper. A small price to pay for salvation type shit, and it's enough to win Brian over. And if Zane can stomach harming his own family, Brian should be able to do the same.

It's still hard to watch his sister be hurt. In fact, Zane instructed him to assist in evacuation of Phoenix Drop if things went south, largely so Brian didn't have to see what happened to Alexis and possibly doubt his dedication to Zane and O'Khasis. And when Zane leaves, Brian pretends to despise him with the rest of his family. It's an easy thing to do, but he doesn't enjoy it. Brian sincerely believes that Zane wants a brighter future and that his continued support is contributing to that.

The only time Brian doubts himself is when he goes upstairs in his home and sees his sister completely bedridden. She's breathing thanks to Irene's blessing, but he's afraid she won't wake up. But she has to. Zane promised him she would. He doesn't spend a lot of time home, preferring to busy himself with constant patrols and often falling asleep in one of the guard towers or sometimes he falls asleep at his post.

Whenever questioned on this behaviour by his family, he sells them the story that he just doesn't know if he can see her. He doesn't want to give himself false hope that she'll wake up in case she doesn't. He hates that he isn't even lying when he says it. He wishes he was.

And when Zane calls on him again, Brian is ready to answer. He's so sure that this is going to be worth it. It has to be. If he can't see this through-- He can't let himself think like that. He has to see it through. He'll follow any and all of Zane's orders.

Where does he go after betraying Phoenix Drop...? Great question! 😃 👍

Well, I'm legit out of ideas, it actually took a lot to come up with some of this. Usually I make these posts and just have a ton of ideas all at once, but with Brian I was checking back to the wiki and being disappointed constantly. He seems, I dunno, a little important but clearly Jess didn't think so. Hope I was able to get the ball rolling on fleshing out this character who desperately needs it.

[miss-sturn]

tysm for the 200 followers!

200 followers??!

THANK YOU SO MUCH!!

i literally love u guys like im not even on here alot and i js saw this now 😭

idk what im supposed to say but i really love writing on this blog, and i'm looking forward to adding much more, thanks to yall 🫶

i PROMISE ill be more active (you can't quite take my word on this) but i'll be trying to post more frequently!!!!!!

e.g - working on ghostface series / developing snap out of it p.2 , and looking at my drafts.

love you guys always,

Sarah ♥

[invsibl]

hey! i'm super excited to be here and start writing with all of you. you can call me xion (25, she/her). let me introduce my odd little (tall) boy who has a knack for stealing borrowing things. he's a bit grumpy, but also a major goofball. if you want to know more in depth details about jaeyeol, check out my pinned post. if you want to plot with me, just like this post and i'll slide into your dms (respectfully) <3 (we can also plot on dc, just let me know your preference). also, a little heads up, i might be a bit slow with replies since i work a full-time job, but i promise to reply within a week. it just depends on my schedule.

summarized backstory:

yoon jaeyeol grew up as the middle child in a large family, quickly developing middle child syndrome. he always felt like an imposter, as if he didn't quite belong. though his parents loved all their children, jaeyeol often felt invisible to them.

being a quiet kid only made him fade more into the background, harming his self-image. it was as if he didn't even exist. when his main ability eventually manifested, jaeyeol took it as a sign that he was meant to stay unseen.

though jaeyeol wanted to be noticed by his family, he eventually grew accustomed to being invisible and used his ability to his advantage, hiding from his family whenever he wanted to be alone.

most of the time, they were embarrassing and unbearable to be around, so coming home late or staying invisible in his room became the norm.

the moment he turned 18, jaeyeol moved out without telling his family where he was going. they keep trying to locate him, but he never allows them to get close. he calls them occasionally, but only on special occasions like their birthdays.

he hasn't seen his family face-to-face since he moved out, and he doesn't plan on changing that anytime soon.

a bit more info about jaeyeol:

jaeyeol prefers to go by his alias, zed. it's a nickname he gave himself when he was trying to become part of the aeternals. even after being rejected, he decided to keep the name and now uses it at work as a news journalist.

he works at the herald, often roaming around town to report on odd stories, many of which he doubts are even worth reporting.

his neighbors frequently complain about their stuff going missing, unaware that jaeyeol lives by the rule: finders keepers.

jaeyeol's main ability is invisibility, complemented by his minor ability of mimicry. both powers have made him feel lost and out of place. he struggles with his self-image and self-worth, constantly questioning who he truly is.

oddly enough, jaeyeol has a peculiar obsession with the bakery next door. he's a regular and eats there every single day. if he doesn't get his favorite bread daily, he becomes grumpy and takes it out on his peers.

he's an introvert who prefers to stay unseen, finding it easier to be alone than to deal with other people and their issues. unfortunately for him, others interpret his silence as an invitation to overshare and talk nonstop around him, but he hasn't made any effort to change this narrative either.

some vague plot ideas:

co-workers who: get along or don't get along. have to work on a major project together but fail miserably.

neighbors who: can't stand each other or get along really well.

friends who: are inseparable or only hang out from time to time, but are still really close with each other.

let's put their abilities to use: either your muse's abilities can be tested out on jaeyeol or he can annoy your muse with going invisible or turning himself into them.

[the-thieves-gambit]

Saw your post. Sending you and your love. I don’t have discord or I’d out that way. Hope to see you back on the dash sometime.

just kidding.

thanks this really meant a lot <3 i only logged in because I got notification of this message in an email totally forgot to log in here the last couple of days ( and probably will in the next to come). we are as good as we can be. lots of traveling back and forth , issues with family and insurance policies, and funeral homes and blah blah blah

I'll try to come on here and check the DM's more frequently but I can't promise that :( but i have discord on mobile and have been chatting with friends that way so if you ever decide to hop on there. hmu!

I am holding back from replying to anything just because in my mental state, it tanks things into the dark depressing shit right now and I don't want to do that to anyone.

but this isn't good bye. this is see you later.

[deadn30n]

𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐫:          hello, my name is alexandra  &&  i've been writing on tumblr since 2012. i'm AuDHD, meaning i get distracted easily and struggle to hold conversations consistently outside writing. if for some reason i forget to reply to you, please don't take it personally, i promise it's nothing against you, i just suck at keeping my attention span. i work two jobs and am often gone for 10-12hrs a day, at least 5 days a week, hence my low activity. i am also an active vtuber who recently hit 1k followers, yippee!! if you have any questions, please don't hesitate to ask me. my discord is private and per-request only if we're close. as a head's up, i post a lot of ooc ( that i frequently delete later on ) so if that's something you dislike, you can filter out my ooc tag.

𝐨𝐧 𝐝𝐫𝐚𝐦𝐚:          just don't do it. don't involve me in needless bullshit, and don't give me an ultimatum. if you see me interacting with someone who's a danger to the rpc, inform me immediately. i am not all-seeing, i am barely around, so i an unfamiliar with all the truly horrible people. do not vague me. i can't read minds. if you have a problem, say something to me privately, ‘cause i can guarantee i will grant the same courtesy. if we can hash it out and fix the problem, i'm happy to listen it. i never want to be the reason someone's upset. i’m too old and too tired to play games. i know all of this makes me sound like a cunt, but if i don't set clear boundaries, they get stepped on.

𝐨𝐧 𝐰𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠  &&  𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐬:          i literally do not care what you do or how you do it. it's your blog, go crazy. i'm not here to police how you run your blog, just don't be a fucking weirdo is all i ask. as for my blog, i tend to have little to no graphics whatsoever out of pure laziness. for threads, i prefer shorter paragraphis  (  3-4 give or take  )  but am more than capable of writing novella. just know that longer threads will have a longer wait time with me. since my life is as hectic as it is, it's easier for me to write short stuff, but as i said, i rly don't mind longer stuff and happily indulge in it. when it comes to replies, please give me at least one week before reminding me of a reply. if you consistently pester me, i'll probably softblock you.

𝐨𝐧 𝐛𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠  &&  𝐝𝐧𝐢:          i very rarely softblock,  &&  very rarely hardblock. if i do, it's 90% probably nothing personal. sometimes i just like to keep a clean feed or i feel we just have no chance of interacting. for dni, i have nobody in particular in the rpc that i have beef with. people i dislike? sure. but it's so minimal it doesn't require a dni list, lol. it's mostly a case of; ‘you’re kinda annoying' or ‘you rub me the wrong way’. however, do not interact with me if you're homophobic, transphobic, a zionist, racist, p*do, sexualize characters that are minors, write fetish porn of real life trauma events  (  ex:  r*p*  )  use AI generated artwork, or steal from other creators. fuck off with that bullshit. black lives matter, stop asian hate, free palestine bitches.

𝐨𝐧 𝐟𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐠:          i rarely follow first due to a mixture of low activity  &&  just generally being shy. but if i do follow, it means i intend to write with you and can see our characters interacting. it's difficult for me to reach out and make the first move, but i will try nevertheless. a lot of people struggle to do it, so i get it. if we haven't had our first interaction in a month or there seems to be lack of interest, i will softblock. no hard feelings! i don't do follow for follow, and if you constantly unfollow and refollow me to get my attention, i'll just hardblock you.

𝐨𝐧 𝐝𝐮𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬:          do not mind ‘em in the slightest. in fact, i encourage duplicates and would even love writing with them  /  comparing headcanons  &  ideas! but if you aren’t duplicate friendly, i do understand. there is no pressure from me to follow me, and you're more than free to sb me if i've followed but i write a duplicate of your character and you aren't comfortable with that. remember to always curate your space!

𝐨𝐧 𝐧𝐬𝐟𝐰  &  𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐠𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨𝐩𝐢𝐜𝐬:          there will be nsfw content here, and not just of the sexual kind. i will not write anything deemed ‘taboo’  (  ex: inc*st, r*p*, etc.  ) so don't even try to ask. some things i do enjoy and will be writing things like gore, cosmic horror, suspense, eldritch horror, violence, biblically accurate angels,  and pretty much anything that goes bump in the night. this doesn't mean i won't write lighter topics, in fact, one of my favourite genre is modern slice of life aus!

𝐨𝐧 𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐠  &  𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩𝐬:          i'm open to the idea of it, but it must be discussed privately ahead of time. i do not autoship any of my muses. i prefer to build my relationships slowly over time with nuance. if you followed me for the sole purpose of shipping, you'll be sorely disappointed. for everything else that isn't romantic, i am absolutely open to all types of dynamics. familial, friendship, enemies, etc! i love exploring all different kinds of dynamics, so count me in.

if i think of anything else, i'll add it here. otherwise, here are some of my socials to reach me outside of tumblr:

twitch        twitter        ffxiv: solstice maltyr@rafflesia        pso2NGS: solstice cielo@ship 4

[johaerys-writes]

Do you block these people who spend their time complaining about TSOA, Patrochilles, Patroclus, Achilles, etc etc? Bc before I wouldn't block it unless it was a bot or really unbearable because I thought "ah unnecessary", but then I started blocking more people simply bc they frequently showed up bringing topics I didn't care about and my life on Tumblr became really great. But if you block it and it continues to appear, then idk... maybe your algorithm is simply more infernal than mine

Yeah same, I used to be really reluctant and didn't want to block anyone but honestly blocking and muting and blacklisting is the only way one can have a positive online experience imo and I suggest everyone do it! But unfortunately there are certain topics that are brought up again and again ad nauseum and Tumblr likes to throw those posts in my recommended and FYP pages for some reason, and as much as I block I can't catch everything lol! So like I often scroll in bed in the morning before getting up (bad habit lmao) and then I'll see some random post regurgitating the same tired discourse and it sucks, man! It blows!! It hurts my feelings lmao!!!! Like these are my blorbos you're talking about, be kind 😂 Some are easier to ignore than others, and like I GET that a lot of people don't have the same understanding of tsoa and the iliad and patroclus and patrochilles etc etc that I do and that’s fine, everyone's entitled to their own opinion but like...... a lot of it is based on wrong information or complete misinterpretation of the canon or someone managing to read a passage or event in the shallowest way possible and idk WHY the algorithm decides I have to read these things every few days lmao. I just think it would be sooooo much simpler if we could all enjoy the things we enjoy and not shit on what others enjoy, there is enough room for everyone and no one has to be excluded! If you love warrior Pat for instance and aren't a fan of non warrior Pat, just engage with that and hype the works that show that or better yet create your own art/writing/whatever, without trying to take those that love non warrior Pat down a peg. It's literally so unnecessary and ruins everyone's time. Especially when we're talking about characters who have been around for millennia and there are bound to be hundreds if not thousands of different versions of them. From Homer to Shakespeare to Madeline Miller to Hades game, everyone created their own versions of those characters and they're all valid and no one's worse or lesser. It's simply a matter of preference (or if you're REALLY brave and wrinkly brained you love every single one of those versions and go feral thinking about them and never know a moment of true peace LMAO)

I don’t often talk about it here bc I don't like to spread negativity or start drama or rain on anyone’s parade, and ignoring those posts is the simplest thing in the world (just keep scrolling), but like there are certain topics that keep coming up over and over and over again and I WISH ppl would see beyond that, it's literally not that hard and I promise you'll be soooo much happier for it

[zuzusexytiems]

Idk when it was that I stopped typing with proper capitalization but maybe I ought to bring that back, lmao

Anyway. Hello, Tumblr 🥹 It's been a while (again). I have a lot of thoughts on Twitter's X revamp, but the gist is that I'm going through a little ~migration~ process atm and trying to ween myself off Twitter entirely (so I can be more active again here) 😭

It's not an easy decision to make, but unless things get better on Twitter, I feel like going back here and making this my main platform again is something that needs to be done.

So if you're a fan of my work here on Tumblr, I'd like to ask for a little favor.

One of the reasons I've been hesitant to go back to this site is because my engagements here (and elsewhere) just aren't the same compared to the bird app. If I post something on Twitter, I'd get 200 to 500 likes on average (and that's within the span of 5 days).

Here, I'd be lucky to get 30 in a month.

I know that engagements aren't the end-all and be-all of making fanwork, but realistically speaking, when you work on something for days and pour your heart into it, it can be pretty demotivating to see it flopping 😞

So the favor I'd like to ask you guys is this! Reblogging. That's it. :')

For new Tumblr users, this site doesn't have an algorithm, and the only way things spread around here is through reblogs.

Unlike Twitter, likes, unfortunately, don't do anything here 😞 And with only likes and no reblogs, a post on Tumblr dies out and remains in obscurity—unless people start reblogging it.

So yes! I hope it's not too much to ask, but reblogs will help a lot—even if it's old posts from years ago, I really don't mind (and in fact appreciate that you like my stuff enough to go through them 🥺 I see some of you guys in the notifs, thank you so much 🥹🙏🏽)

If you'd like to see some of my original stuff (and would like to reblog any of them 🥺) you can find them under the #jeanpikutiems tag, the #my-art tag, or the #my-writing tag. :)

Second (and only if you want, of course!) please feel free to interact with me here 🥹💜 Whether it's through asks or replying to my posts, or even just adding your reactions in tags.

A huge reason as to why I stayed on Twitter for so long and (preferred it over Tumblr) was because people talked to me frequently there. I made friends and connections, exchanged headcanons with people, and gushed about my love for Jeanpiku freely. So if I'm able to interact with you guys here, I would honestly love that! (especially since it's getting kind of lonely shipping a small ship like Jeanpiku 😭).

I can't always promise to respond on time, but I'll definitely see your stuff and will be happy to interact with all of you whenever my schedule loosens up. 🥺💜

Anyway, I think that's it! Again, these aren't really ~requirements~ and I hope it doesn't sound like I'm asking for too much 😭 But I'm ngl, it will mean a huge, huge deal to me, especially the reblogs. 🥺

If you read through all of this, thank you for your time, and I'll see you around! 🥹💜

[light-lanterne]

okie, so bad news: about a week ago a beloved anon informed me of the fact that someone was posting screenshots of my dark / cannibalism byler stories on twitter (the ones i've been harassed over for months, mind you -_- ) and claiming them as their own. they weren't getting many notes, thankfully, but one of their reposts (for my story on survival cannibalism, which is a proper little fic) was getting quite a bit of traction —still under 100 notes, but certainly more than what i got— and the others weren't doing much differently than when i post them here.

so,,, i messaged them and requested for the deletion of my stories from their profile, and immediately got blocked. then i used an old account i have for another fandom and tried again (with the same result). then i considered using yet another old account to just link to my original work in their replies so at least people would see it,,,

,,,and then the survival cannibalism thing breached containment and reached a group of nasties who immediately attacked and harassed the reposter, and within a few hours their account was gone altogether.

so i guess problem solved ? albeit in a rather foul and unfortunate way that i wish hadn't had to happen; from what i saw the stuff the reposter was sent was akin to the more horrid things i've been sent on anon (including photos of actual gore and dead people) so ultimately i just hope they're fine and those messages didn't fuck with their heads too much :(

alas, it is what it is and i hope the reposter doesn't come back and that random twitter users don't give mental credit to that user for my work. of course, i also hope nasties would just stop playing cop and attacking anyone who writes dark stuff >.<

(and that they don't come for me next, if they realise i'm the actual source. i don't need double the hate i already get x.x)

anyway. i guess i just wanted to share this because i've been dealing with that nonsense all week, which has resulted in a lot of inactivity on my side. i'll try to correct that and actually get back to interacting with people and making up dark little concepts and whatnot, promise ~!! also, please take this as my reminder to not steal other people's stories and work and repost it to sites you believe we don't frequent >.< it's incredibly sucky and demoralising and it'll always lead to stress on all sides so please don't >:(

to the beloved anon who informed me of all this and to whom i can't reply in lieu of exposing the reposter's identity: thank you immensely ;-; i'm giving you a warm hug and cookies and all of my love <3