#cause is fitted them better then the first design

[scarletiswailing347]

getting back into the swing of things

[sweet-honey-fruit]

You asked for requests and so I shall deliver! How about Zhongli, Kazuha and childe with an S/O who's a sleepy drunk? Not like, pass out drunk, but definitely dozing off when its quiet enough.

Have fun!

Sleepy Drunk Headcanons

Genre: Fluff

Warnings: drunk reader, alcohol, mentions of drugging and being taken advantage of in Childe’s part but none of that actually happens, talking about murder in Childe’s too cause it’s Childe and that’s what he does best.

Pairings: Zhongli, Kazuha, Childe

Childe

Childe finds it both adorable and downright terrifying

When he first witnessed it, he was about to throw hands

You two were on a minature date at a local bar. This was the first time you both were fully letting loose with one another without the everlasting thought of work

Naturally, you both were drinking away till your livers decided that it’s had enough. Drinking wine and rum mixtures glass after glass, laughing and joking around

He turned his head away from you to ask the bartender for another shot

Then when he turned back, he saw you were slumped over, looking noticeably tired. You were no longer energized and bubbly. No, you looked liked you’ve been awake for a week straight and it finally caught up to you

The look of surprise transferred to concern, then to outrage. His hypervigilant mind jumped to one conclusion: someone must have drugged your drink when he turned away for a few seconds

If it wasn’t for his rational side kicking in and telling him that that’s impossible cause nothing could ever work that fast, he might have killed every patron in that bar excluding you

He decided to call it quits for the night and carried you back home despite your ineffectual protesting

The next morning, after downing water and painkillers, Childe brought up your sudden tiredness

Upon your explanation, he stared before bursting into fits of laughter

“Holy shit, that’s adorable”

Even though he finds it the cutest thing in the world, he never lets you go that far in public

He fears someone might take advantage of you in your drunken-tired state. Not that that would even be possible cause he’ll leave them dead in a dumpster before they even think about it

But it’s better to be safe than sorry

He only lets you drink yourself to drowsiness when you’re in the comfort of y’alls homes

During those times, he’s a mixture of the best company and an annoying piece of shit

“Well, look at that. My precious darling seems to have taken in too much to drink already. Look so tired when it’s only ten o’clock. Aren’t you lucky to have me by your side to take care of you in such a state?”

“Childe- *yawn* shut the fuck up,”

Anywhere else? This man has memorized your tolerance and put in a cut off limit depending on what you’re drinking

Kazuha

The wind has a funny way of bringing two lovers with similarities together, doesn’t it?

He found out about your state after drinking too much the same day he found out about his

Sitting at Diluc’s tavern with Venti and Xinyan, he felt himself starting to doze off with the buzz of the alcohol. When he turned to look at you, he saw you were in a similar state, albeit a tad more alert. He was about to mention something about going back home before he let his head rest on the table and fell asleep there

When you saw your lover passed out, you were already too tired to move

Xinyan offered to take you both home, but you only muttered, “No, no it’s alright, I’ll just..I’ll just sleep on the table-“

Venti only laughed at the comment, feeling his own buzz clouding his senses to the point where he was of no help either

It took both Xinyan and Diluc to carry you two and venti home

Since then, Kazuha has been your designated carrier whenever you indulge in alcohol with the crew members on the Alcor

He himself doesn’t drink, but he doesn’t want to stop your fun if you like it

He’ll always be there to carry you to y’alls rooms when you’re too tired to move your legs

He finds it cute, especially with how your tired and drunken words come out in shambles

You sometimes even talk about the strangest things, in which he finds entertaining

“Kazu-..kazu, what ifs, what if grass was able to..to eat people?”

“Then I would be impossibly more grateful to be on the Alcor.”

Although in the rare times you both drink, someone has to be the person to handle you both

One is passed out and the other doesn’t want to move and just wants to nap on the bench

Usually Beidou is the one to handle you two and she, like always, will never let you two live it down

Zhongli

Genuinely thought it was Venti’s fault you were so tired and drunk till he realized the anemo archon wasn’t even around

Hu Tao had to be the one to knock on his door while you were slumped against her figure, awake but too weary to care about moving, or doing anything for that matter

“I thought that as your director that it was my job to bring your dearest back home safe and sound! Figured you didn’t want her six feet under in a box.”

He just gave her an unamused look before thanking her and bringing you back inside

Now, he’s aware that you have your own free will and can do as you please as long as it doesn’t hurt you or anyone else

And he also knows that being a tired drunk isn’t harming anyone or you since you rarely drink

But even still, he tries to talk you out of drinking so much that you get too tired to do anything like last time

He just wants you safe. You’re already vulnerable when drunk, but being tired and drunk? Makes him worry even more

He’s always with you when you decide to go out drinking, keeping a hand over yours while lovingly watching you

He’ll ask you to drink water after every drink or so to keep you from getting too drunk too fast

And if you say no? Well, he has a way with words and always manages to convince you

[aficionadoenthusiast]

anybody else notice how convoluted and honestly bad the Hogwarts housing system is? I've been thinking a lot about it lately, and there are some things that really don't sit right with me.

first, the sorting hat supposedly decides a person's house by which one will bring a person to their greatest potential, whether bad or good being decided by the individual, completely ignoring if a person values happiness over success or vice versa. for example, snape. the man would have done just fine in ravenclaw (and he had the mind for it), and he would have been happier as he wouldn't have fallen in with the death eaters, thereby wouldn't have been influenced into their bloodpurists views, subsequently keeping his friendship with Lily all the while not forming a rivalry with the marauders. this is not to say he wouldn't have found bad influences in racenclaw or wouldn't ever have found himself on the marauders' bad side, but I think we can all agree his social network wouldn't have been nearly as toxic had he been placed in ravenclaw. nevertheless, the sorting hat saw the potential slytherin offered him as a future spy and dumbledore's right hand man, resulting in snape losing all chance of a happy life in which he didn't bully innocent children because they might've saved his obsession's life in another timeline. with that in mind, the marauders would have done incredibly well as slytherins. they were cunning, enough to figure out how to become animagi before they were even halfway through school, without anyone figuring it out (besides McGonagall, i refuse to believe she didn't know). they also created the marauders' map, a stunning mosaic of advanced spellwork and potions. they kept remus' werewolf secret for their whole lives (except for The Prank obviously). they spent countless hours creating pranks specifically designed to screw with people they didn't like. this seems a bit familiar, yes? draco malfoy, goblet of fire, those stupid badges he made about harry and cedric, and then later "weasley is our king" in ootp. now, while the other pranksters of the wizarding world were certainly just as smart and creative in their pranking, there is one important difference. the weasley twins mainly just wanted to cause chaos and a bit of fun in an otherwise boring (at least to them) environment. the marauders and draco often specifically targeted someone or a group of people (*cough* slytherins *cough*) whether obvious or not. while Peter is the outlier in this example, he was not without cunning. he spent a significant part of the war betraying his best friends just to make sure he would come out on top, again, without anyone realizing. the marauders may have been courageous, but I think that their cunning overshadowed their bravery by a long shot, but the sorting hat saw the path Gryffindor offered them: direct ties to the greatest hero known to the wizarding world. the only excuse for these housing mistakes is that the sorting hat is dumbledore's dramatic little weasel.

speaking of the sorting hat, its blood status bias is off the charts. how else can we explain the uneven distribution of purebloods and muggleborns? are there no cunning muggleborns? we know that's not true because of hermione, who also would have been a great candidate for slytherin. also, regulus. I can't imagine he would have done any worse in ravenclaw than he did in slytherin. the biggest reason he was in slytherin was cowardice born from fear of disappointing his parents as his older brother did. this only ruled him out of gryffindor, though, not ravenclaw. however, as the "pure blood" house, the sorting thought it a better fit for him. in slytherin, he suffered, and his cowardice continued to be nurtured along with pureblood ideals until the moment his conflicting character traits went head to head and he died at the tragic age of 18, estranged from his brother and stuck in a war he had no choice but to join but finally having let his conscience win. this is the great potential the sorting hat gave him. if the sorting had ignored his blood status, he could have been a hero of the war alongside his brother, or, more than likely, he would've still died young in a war he had no choice but to join. despite this, the sorting hat placed yet another pureblood in slytherin while keeping other more deserving characters such as Hermione and Remus in gryffindor. yet another example is Neville. he would have done so much better in Hufflepuff where he would have been nurtured instead of mocked. snape wouldn't have hated him as much because of the rivalry. and he would have had better access to the greenhouses with sprout as his head of house. instead, the sorting hat put him in Gryffindor where so many other purebloods had been put before because it is one of the two "main" houses where people are more likely to be noticed.

finally, distribution. there is no way to place people evenly and equally in the houses as first years while still doing justice to their potentials and personalities. if the sorting hat were to give an equal number of students to each house every year, there would absolutely be kids in houses completely unfit for them. this is not a slight against the sorting hat; this is plain fact. there is just no way that each year of students could be evenly distributed between houses. however, if one house gets say 12 students and another gets 2, that isn't fair to each house. the house that gets more students would have more responsibility to keep their kids in line, keep their grades up, stuff like that, but they would have a better chance of winning the house cup (more kids to win house points) and quidditch cup (more kids to choose from with a greater variety of skills). meanwhile, the smaller house could have two super smart kids, bringing up their yearly average, but they would be less likely to win house points, and it would be difficult to be picky about who was on the quidditch team. another danger would be if there was only one kid in a house in one year. the kid would be more isolated and would have a hard time making friends. it would be a very lonely 7 years. beyond that, what if there were no kids sorted into a house in one year? one seventh of house points are lost, and that whole grade loses an entire section of people who are meant to help them develop. either way, equal distribution with bad housing placements or unequal distribution with unfairness, many kids each year suffer.

in conclusion, while funky and fun on paper, the housing system has many flaws, including but not limited to potential prioritized over happiness, obvious bias, and bad distribution management. this is not even accounting for the stereotypes and prejudices that come with each house, yet another mark that people have to live with but get no choice in. it would be far better if the kids were sorted by age with specific interests being available through clubs and allowing kids to choose their roommates as they grow up. however, no system will ever be perfect, but we can at least try to minimize the negative effects kids have to deal with because of a choice they didn't even get to make.

[amgeryporcupine]

Hi :)

This is for that one anon whose request I've mistaken for something else.

Hmm where do I start? Honestly, this whole TobiMada family thing that I thought of first came out to be angsty lol.

Like how Tobirama and Madara get together, or how it's possible for Madara to get preggo (not a/b/o). The original back story I had in mind can be defined as "it gets worse before it gets better".

But enough of that- let's just say they both lived happily ever after with many kids.

Please know that I'm poop with names so I just reused a bunch.

1st born - Quadruplets

Izuna (1st) was named after his late uncle. He is the Uchiha clan heir and the biggest troll Konoha has ever seen. He is also Itama's shoulder to cry/whine on. He may act carefree but he is the best when handling diplomatic missions.

Kawarama (2nd) is very much a grump, short-tempered, and has the issue of people standing behind him. He also happens to be a sensor as strong as his dad but would often get overwhelmed so his brothers are always there for him in case it gets too much. He is very protective of his siblings but he can be overbearing sometimes.

Itama (3rd) is a moody crybaby. He's like the combination of his uncle Hashi and his late uncle Itama. He loves to annoy his brother Kawarama for the sole reason of: "it's because Kawa-Chan makes funny faces when he's mad" even if he gets hit in the head and loses a few brain cells. He is also very well-loved by the people of Konoha as his character and behavior remind them of their previous Hokage (Hashirama). He is also expected to be the 3rd Hokage when Tobirama retires from the position.

Sousuke (4th) loves playing with fire. No words can describe the number of forest fires he's caused or the small villages he accidentally burned down. He's a pretty chill guy and very very straightforward with his words. He is socially awkward but he tries his best. He is considered a good team leader and would often be sent on S-rank missions, even if he prefers to do it alone. Some would say that his strength and thirst for a good fight came from his mother (they're not wrong tho).

2nd born - Triplets

Satsuki (1st) has a very poised and dignified persona. She loves dressing up in expensive kimonos with intricate designs. She doesn't listen to anyone's bs unless they wish for a painful death by drowning. She has received many suitors from different clans but none fit her high standards (Tobirama's practically leaping with joy as his daughter will stay as his princess forever. Or so he thought). She is also an Iryo-nin along with her two sisters.

Makoto (2nd) is a perfectionist. She is also a clean freak and practically tidies up any mess her sisters make. She loves to read books let be they novels, or medical texts. She's not one to dress as fancy as Satsuki but she'll let herself be dressed up like a doll as long as her sisters won't bother her for the next hour. Most of the time oblivious when someone is interested in courting her. She has a history of "accidentally" sending her suitors to a friend zone.

Nagisa (3rd) is very energetic and adventurous. Not disgusted with handling anything, even bugs (for which Satsuki and Makoto would lose their vocal cords). She loves trying out new things and would often encourage her sisters to join her in it. She is also the mediator when her sisters bicker too much. Has been in many relationships before but it doesn't last because her partners couldn't keep up with her. (her dad and older brothers take very much care of her exes, and the twins are glad to have another to add to their collection).

3rd born - Twins

Hikaru (1st) and Kaoru (2nd) are two peas in a pod. They won't do anything without each other. Are born prodigies and have made many of their own jutsus. Unintentionally handling S-rank missions (only because of how often they get the unfortunate chance of being dragged into one) leads to gaining Jonin-rank at a young age. They dissect (animals) to study the organ system, skeletal structure, find the cause of death, etc. They received a human cadaver on their 10th birthday after presenting the things they've studied through years of dissecting and the council found it beneficial to give them the chance in order to contribute to the greater good of medicine.

4th born

Harumi is the epitome of sunshine and rainbows. It would take a lot of convincing for people outside Konoha to believe that this little girl is a spawn of Senju Tobirama and Uchiha Madara. She has mastered the deadly "puppy dog eyes" and has made uncle Hashi her favorite victim. She was a surprise to the family. Madara never thought that he'd conceive again with his age, but nonetheless, he and his husband were ecstatic to meet their youngest. Tobirama would drop everything he was doing if his little Harumi ever requested to be carried. Harumi got called "Hime" as a joke at first but the Senju and Uchiha both agreed that she is indeed a "Hime" and nothing would change that.

Wips related to this au

The whole family goes to the beach but in a modern setting, the quads as babies, and all 10 of them in one photo.

There's another fanart of this au in my old account @angeryporcupine

[providencehq]

More Danny Phantom/Batman crossover doodles.

Red Hood out of all of the Bat family dislikes Phantom the most aside from Batman himself. Much of the Wayne family has quickly become protective of their newest member of the family, especially with how reckless he is both outside of crimefighting and in it. Red Hood ends up being more confrontational than much of the other bats, he hasn't hesitated shooting at Phantom when facts don't quite add up. It also has the added perk that he knows they'll only serve as warning shots since Phantom will generally turn intangible so he isn't shot.

At one point, somewhat early in Danny becoming a crime fighter, known as Shrike (I thought it was a very fitting bird) he ends up going missing on the bat's end. In reality, a situation arose in which being Phantom would be much better to take down some villains. The whole bat family is riled up due to Danny/Shrike suddenly missing on what was suppose to be an average day of patrolling. While Phantom is getting ready to transform back to Shrike, he is confronted by Red Hood who had snuck up on him, asking where Shrike is. Phantom plays dumb and says he hasn't seen the bird the whole night. Red Hood instead attacks Phantom, asking him again where he's at. During the fight, Shrike's communicator falls from one of Phantom's pouches, giving Red Hood proof of something being up. He tries to harm the meta Phantom as much as he can, trying to force him to answer both where Shrike is and why he attacked Shrike. Phantom manages to get away and takes the high ground, the air, to try and reasonably talk to Red Hood. He tells Red Hood that he found the communicator and decided to search for any bat he could since he knew something was wrong (nice lie Danny!). Phantom asks that maybe next time, instead of attacking on sight, to ask him what he needs first. Phantom flies off and manages to transform in private. He ends up using the excuse that he was chasing after some shady people who ended up getting the upper hand on him and during the fight or maybe the chase, he lost his communicator and couldn't call for back up. Red Hood pesters him about if Phantom was involved in any way and Shrike tells him no, he hadn't seen the meta the whole night.

Generally interactions between the Batfamily and Phantom are kept as peaceful as possible both on Phantom's part as well as Batman not wanting to get a meta in Gotham upset and cause destruction. Shrike/Phantom hold similar thoughts towards the bat family. He looks up to them and wants to help but understands with either being inexperienced as a normal crime fighter or trying to restrain his powers when fightings, he understands on some level he is a nuisance to the bats. The only person he actively tries to avoid is Nightwing due to his fighting style and preferences of electricity, doesn't bring back good memories and wants to avoid it at all costs.

Danny and Phantom also look somewhat different! I like to think that injuries done from side of himself doesn't transform over into his other self. As a result, his ghost form sports very different scars than his human form. It also helps to further hide his identity when posing as a meta vs when he is human aside from one scar.

Lastly we have Danny's outfit for when he out patrolling as Shrike. It is meant for him to be able to blend into the shadows more so than Robin's or Nightwing's outfits. Very sleek design overall. It is designed somewhat after Red Hood's outfit since I think it is cool and no other reason.

[leidensygdom]

"Go forth, valiant one, and bring radiance to our impure foes: Let them know of my truth in such a misguided world." These were the worlds the Shining Queen had spoken to you when you first got a hold on her sacred sword, the Candlelight. Even since you were born, you knew you were meant to serve celestials. An impossible mission, you had thought, in a world devoid of them. Finding her was a prophecy come true, and under her guidance, you've felt your purpose fulfilled. At this point, you no longer ask yourself why was she hiding, nor do you hear the screams of your foes when they talk about your twisted cause. You now know better than to question her commands: She knows better, after all.

So, second sword for swordtember! This one is a brand new design made to fit the second prompt, "Candle". Probably very suiting for a paladin, a celestial warlock, or a cleric with the right proficiencies. Who doesn't love the trope of blindy trusting a questionable divine entity? Anyways, I had so much fun rendering the golds!

[watermelonsugacry]

HARRYCHELLA N.2

A/N: Hey lovies!! 💚 Finally on Summer break so expect more content soon!

GENRE: harry x 1dbandmember!reader, fiancé!harry

SUMMARY: It’s Harry’s second night performing for Coachella and he finally reveals to YN who his surprise guest is. (2.5k)

WARNING: barely anything there smut at the end

Since 2010 Masterlist Read Pt.1 Here!

“It’s Mack Fleetwood, isn't it.” Harry chuckles at YN’s guesses for who will be his surprise guest for tomorrow night; she hasn’t stopped her inquiries since this morning. They walk hand in hand towards Harry’s designated white tent where he gets ready before the show. It’s the day before his second performance so the fields are void of any Coachella comers with the exception of the stage crew for the other various artists and their respected stages.

“Nope.”

Harry pulls back the tarped entrance of the lavish tent for YN and she’s instantly greeted by the cool air of the A.C. from inside. She really doesn’t know how he’s able to wear his yellow Pleasing hoodie despite the excruciating heat. 

“You know, this person better be someone good by the way you’re keeping it from me.” YN crosses her arms over her chest as she sees Harry card his fingers through his hair before perking his sunglasses on his head.

“They are.” Harry shrugs his shoulder nonchalantly. He smirks through chewing his gum, loving the way she’s getting all worked up about this. His lips tug further up at the sight of YN making her eyes into slits.

“You’re a jerk.” 

“Oh? Cause that’s not what you called me last ni—”

“YN, my darling.” Alessandro approaches the couple with his arms extended wide beside him. “How are you?” He asks, kissing both of her cheeks before doing the same to Harry.

“Frustrated.” YN huffs out with a soft chuckle.

“Whatever for, my love?” The designer quickly wears a worried expression. 

“This bugger—” YN playfully backhands Harry’s arm. “—won’t tell me who his surprise guest is for tonight.”

“You still haven’t told her?” Lambert comes out from one of the screen door dividers to change behind. “The show’s in less than 24 hours.”

“Hence the word surprise.” Harry draws out the word as he gets close to YN’s pouty face but all she does is push him away, making the fashion experts chuckle. 

“Alright, alright.” Harry takes a hold of her hands before she can pull away completely, bringing them to his chest. “Since you’ve been real good so far, I’ve decided to give you a hint at who it is, alright?”

Alessandro and Lambert share a knowing look before walking further into the tent to the changing/wardrobe area. 

“No, I don’t want any hints. I just want you to tell me already.”  Harry can’t resist giving her pouted lip a quick peck, loving the way YN tries to keep from smiling. He loves this woman with every fiber of his being. He still can’t wrap his mind around the fact that he was able to get her to be his after so many years, for her to finally agree to marry him. He grows more and more impatient everyday in anticipation for their wedding day to finally arrive. 

Harry kisses the ring on her left hand before leading her to one of the huge black crates that they use to store Harry’s performance outfits for when he goes on tour. 

“But once you see this hint, y’going to know it in an instant. I promise.” He gives a nod to Lambert and his stylist unclasps the latch before pushing the crate open. On one side, she sees his pink, leather performance outfit along with a matching fluffy coat that she remembers seeing a couple weeks ago at his final fitting. 

YN’s stare softens at the sight of what’s hanging on the adjacent side. Harry gazes fondly at the woman in front of him as she goes over to move the hanging outfit around and her lips part in a quiet gasp at one particular piece. The surprise guest’s name—or quite literally, their initials—was written over the material to match Harry’s. 

She’s pulled back from her surprised daze as Lambert is the first to break the silence. “Think she finally figured it out?”

...

Harry and YN find themselves in the same position they were in last week: backstage, minutes before he needs to be raised onto the top of the white staircase and perform to hundreds of thousands of people.

YN doesn’t hold back from shamelessly ogling at her fiancé. He looks absolutely delicious in his pink and silver leather suit. She can’t get over the thoughtful details put into his outfit, down to his strawberry belt buckle sitting below his butterfly tattoo. 

“M’eyes are up here, lovie.” It shouldn’t come to a surprise to anyone that when she meets his eyes, a smirk sits comfortably on his face.

“So are mine.” YN fires back, knowing full well that Harry hasn’t been able to keep his eyes off of her, let alone keep his hands from wondering everywhere he can reach, ever since they’ve gotten dressed for the night. 

“M’well aware.” Harry kisses her lips before giving her bum a cheeky pat. “See you in a bit.” He says, repeating his words from his last performance.

Well he’s certainly in a good mood, YN thinks as he hops up onto the platform that gets him to the top of the staircase, leaving both of them with silly, lovesick smiles.

YN watches him perform his little heart out from backstage along with her manager. She thinks back to the 16-year old boy who she comforted when he came crying to her after reading the criticism about him online. There are no words to express her feelings of seeing that same boy—now man—prance around the stage in a pink leather, cowboy outfit without a care in the world. Not to mention the way he sings Medicine with his whole chest, relishing in the way the crowd sings back the implied explicit lyrics.

It’s not long before she feels Jenny, her manager, squeeze her hand. With a quick hug and reminder to have fun, YN leaves her spot next to the older woman and follows some of the crew members further backstage.

After pushing her arms through the huge, fluffy coat, YN crouches down below the metal structure of Harry’s staircase on stage. Once she’s in position, she sees the crew member give her a thumbs up, signaling that everything is set. YN adjusts her ear pieces as she begins to hear the ending of Treat People With Kindness. It’s not long before the platform she’s perched on begins to move up and she hears the piano introduction for the next song.

YN hears the crowd scream even louder as she finally gets on top of the staircase. She’s posed with her chin up and head turned to the side, her microphone in hand and to her mouth in a classic pop star pose. 

“At first I was afraid, I was petrified. Kept thinking how I could never live without you by my side.” Underneath her fluffy orange and pink coat, YN’s performance outfit can be seen peeking through. It’s made in the same style as Harry’s: a red leather mini skirt with a slit up the side, a matching bra-like top, and silver thigh high, heeled boots.

“But then I spent so many nights just thinking how you did me wrong, but I grew strong,” YN lifts her other arm in a flexing motion. “And I learned how to get along. And so you’re back.” YN can’t wipe the smile off her face as she descends down the white stairs to see Harry wearing his own pink coat and lively smile.

It’s no secret that the two love to bring out one another on stage at their shows every once in a while. It’s always nostalgic to perform with one another ever since the band split up and the two lovedto see the fans go absolutely crazy when it happens. Whenever they plan to do this, it’s usually a last minute decision that has both of their managers almost pulling their hair out for having to make some quick arrangements. This time, Harry had all of this planned out since around the time he was told he would headline, making sure their managers kept in close contact while keeping the information close to their chests. 

It always works out in the end and makes all the trouble totally worth it. 

So when YN found out that she was his special guest for the night, she couldn’t even form a witty comeback or get playfully annoyed with Jenny for withholding the secret; she was truly at a loss for words.

Being the gentleman that he is, YN takes Harry’s outreached hand as he helps her down the short steps of the catwalk and they begin to strut their way down the stage.

There’s truly no other feeling than being on stage. It’s in moments like these—the adrenaline racing through their veins, the sound of screaming fans, and the joy of singing one’s heart out—where she’s reminded of how addicting and intoxicating performing can become. YN remembers how when she was younger, she never thought that she could make a career out of her singing. Now, she thanks God every day for being able to do something she loves as her job.

"It took everything I had not to fall apart." While Harry sings, YN slowly sheds the big coat off of her shoulders, revealing the two cherries  decorated on each cup of her top. “Kept trying hard to mend the pieces of my broken heart. And I spent oh so many nights just feeling sorry for myself. I used to cry,” The couple dramatically pretends to be worried for each other but it doesn’t last very long as they both break out into bright smiles. “And now I hold my head up high. You see me—”

YN swings her coat over her shoulder and turns around. She juts her hip out and cheekily looks over her shoulder to show off her initials on her bum making the crowd scream even louder. 

As they continue to parade around the stage side by side, YN looks to her love and gets flashbacks from seven years ago.

The musicians of One Direction’s band began to play their own rendition of I Will Survive after YN off-handedly sang the song’s opening lyrics. 

Harry’s long hair flowed in the wind behind him as he playfully struted towards her with a beaming smile. They stood facing close to each other as they belted out the words. YN laughed when Harry squeezed his eyes shut, threw his head and sang the words with all his might. 

It didn’t take long for the other boys and the crowd to join in. Harry grabbed her hand and spun each other around dramatically. The fans zoomed in and captured every second of their interaction as it would become a part of the various compilation videos on YouTube for the band.

Now, instead of all black t-shirts and skinny jeans, the two adorn matching pink leather Gucci outfits and oversized feathery coats.

"And I've got all my life to live and I've got all my love to give. And I'll survive. I will survive—" 

"Oh!" Yn draws out, throwing her head back as she closes her eyes. When she looks back to Harry, his eyes have lustfully darkened. Her eyes flicker down over his body and then back up to his, giving him a once over before throwing a wink his way.

"Go on, now. Go!"

As the couple walks back up the main stage, she feels Harry give her a quick pat on her bum like he did backstage. As discreet as it was, nothing truly goes by unseen when hundreds of thousands people’s eyes are solely fixated on them, watching and capturing their every move with their phones. The cheeky grin on Harry’s face and the increased volume of the crowd behind them confirms this as they toss their coats aside. 

Who can blame him? He’s doing what he loves most with the person he loves most.

As YN sings the last lines of the song, she poses with her hip out with her arms down to her sides. A smile etches on her face as she hears Mitch play the beginning of What Makes You Beautiful. The crowd is going absolutely wild. 

“If you know the words to this one—Lord knows that we do—” YN gives Harry a dramatic nod, making both of them laugh, “Please do join in!”

YN didn’t think in a million years that she’d be on stage with the man she loves, singing the song that started it all almost 12 years ago, to this amount of people. It’s utterly out of this world. 

“So c-come on. You got it wrong. To prove I’m right I put it in a song.” Harry sings, following close behind YN as she slowly walks across the main stage. “I don’t know why, you’re being shy and turn away when I look into your eyes.” YN playfully throws her hair behind her shoulder with a dramatic flutter of her eyelashes. 

“Sing it out!” YN says before directing her microphone towards the crowd. It truly feels like nothing has changed. Well, aside from the fact that during the ‘na na na’s of the song, Harry and YN repeatedly mouth I love you to each other despite the booming sound of the band and crowd.

Soon enough, her, Harry and Pauli are huddled in a circle as they jump and dance together as they did on tour. The band dramatically draws out the end of the song making the couple encourage the audience to cheer and scream. She doesn’t think the crowd could get anymore louder yet she’s quickly proven wrong as Harry pulls YN into a tight hug.

He tugs off one of her ear pieces and re-declares his love for her over and over again above the loud music. He playfully bites at her cheek, making her laugh and push him away but his grip on her is tight. 

It’s clear that Harry is incredibly grateful to have YN in his life. He can see them both having to be dragged off of the stage once they reach a certain age but he wouldn’t have it any other way. He wants this to be his forever. He can’t imagine a future without this woman. On stage is where they met and it’s where they’ll continue to grow old together. 

He reluctantly pulls away but it’s only to applaud her along with the rest of the audience as she takes a quick bow, blows a couple of kisses to the crowd, her fiancé and the band before exiting the stage.

...

Aside from the sound of blaring music outside, the sound of Harry and YN’s pants and moans ring through the tent.

Both are still fully clothed as he has YN sitting at the edge of the vanity table. Her skirt is bunched up at her hips and his pants are tugged low enough to press himself into her, both desperately writhing against one another. Harry groans at the way YN pulls him closer by his bum, tugging at his initials printed there. What gets him even more riled up is the fact that she’ll have his last initial—his last name—soon.

It was an understatement to say YN was pleasantly surprised and extremely flattered by Harry’s surprise guest for tonight.

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Ice-Spider

Spidersona time :D

the design was done through commission by @/itsr0okie on Instagram, which is also the credit for the reference sheet picture

This is my spidersona Ice-Spider. They're not from 616 and are the Spider-Man in their universe.

Art credit to probablyError on DeviantArt

Their real name is Luke Marshall (they/she, amab non-binary), the youngest sibling of the Marshalls (older brothers include Sammy Marshall, aka Deathpool and Anden Marshal, aka Flaredevil)

Lore/backstory below

Before the vigilante antics, Luke worked as an off-the-grid hitman for a few years, gaining somewhat of a "legend" reputation as the Spider, since anyone who was lucky enough to see them after a kill would often see them running up walls using parkour techniques. On top of that, the victim always had 2 puncture holes (like the fangs from spiders).

Eventually they left the job to work semi-anonymously under Rookie Industries (this universe's variant of Stark Industries) in a group studying a weird alien arachnid species that evolved specifically to survive in cold climates, down to artic climates.

Luke ended up in a classified accident that ended in them getting bitten. At first it was thought they would die, but slowly they recovered and actually came out better. They gained strength equal to (mcu spidey strength + super soldier serum strength). A hyperaware sense of their surroundings caused them to do a lot more things blinded, but also anticipate incoming danger.

Luke was quarantined in Flaredevil's facility for a while, as Flaredevil and Deathpool were already experienced vigilantes with powers, leaving Luke to be the only one left without up until that point. Over the course of a few months, Luke discovered their powers. These consist of: Ice Powers/Kenesis, Super Strength, Sticking to walls, Spidersense, Extremely resilient to cold temperatures, Snow Camouflage.

One day out of the blue they recieved a package from Rookie Industries, with the new suit.

After the extensive training, experience as a hitman and knowledge from being on a research team, Luke eventually set out to join their brothers as one of the many city's vigilantes, taking their old title and making it more fit to their current situation, going by Ice-Spider to the public.

There's deeper lore but i'm not gonna write that rn, bc it also includes characters that don't belong to me 😭 every main character in Ice-Spider's story are owned by friends of mine

[phantom-of-innaovitch]

We’ve seen in wings of fire that different tribes can get variants of abilities. Skywings have firescales, Nightwings have their mind reading and foresight abilities, Mudwings have fire resistant scales, Silkwings have flamesilk, Leafwings have leafspeak, and Hivewings have all sorts of variations in abilities from Nerve poison, to stingers or to boiling acid able to be shot from their tails.

This made me wonder, what would other tribes have? Seawings, Icewings, Sandwings, and Rainwings don’t have ability variations, unless you count Chameleons lack of ability to change his scales. So I was trying to think of what those variations could’ve been and here’s what I came up with.

Some Seawings could be born with the ability to speak to ocean life through frequencies in the waves. From plants to animals to the ocean itself, Seawings could hear all sorts of stories from the deep. There could’ve been Seawings in the war of the Sandwing succession who sent out spies, or simply asked for any news that the creatures have seen. Seawings told of Albatross’s massacre by the shells on the shore, Kelp passing along a message that the summer palace was going to be attacked. Octopodes who witnessed Whirlpool attacking Tsunami, Animus touched coral that can tell others what their enchantment is. Maybe this ability could be called “Marine Messaging” and maybe the first Marine Messenger to discover this ability was a Seawing named Starfish. There could’ve been a dangerous substance corroding the ocean, and the waves were able to warn Starfish of the threat so their tribe could evacuate and take care of the problem. As for dragons in canon who I believe could’ve been a Marine Messenger, I think it would be interesting if Whirlpool or Riptide had it. Or Typhoon, the Seawing/Icewing hybrid who delivered Qibli’s enchanted earrings to the Ice kingdom during the plague. He could’ve heard of said plague from the narwhals or the killer whales who live in the freezing waters.

Icewings could have something called “Rime Affixing” this idea was born out of a headcannon I have for Icewings, but I think it works better in this context. A Rime Affixiated Icewing would have large ice crystals constantly forming around them. These crystals would build up and eventually grow into large chunks of ice attached to their scales. This ice could then be carved into whatever they wish. During the war of the Sandwing succession, most Rime Affixiated Icewings chose to carve themselves into a better weapon or better shield. By having their tails have sharp icicles that could easily impale, chest plates to keep them safe from spears or projectile weapons. A thin sheet of ice spread all over their body making them slippery and hard to grab, built in shields on their arms for both protection and as a bludgeon, or small shards that could be ripped off and used as a weapon if they had none left. If not used for battle though, they could carve it into anything else they saw fit. Maybe there was a Queen named Queen Avalanche who was Rime Affixiated, and she made her crown from her own ice. A traveller who carved little pockets onto themselves for any trinkets they encounter. A healer who has vials on them at all times. A flightless Icewing who decided “well my wings aren’t gonna take me anywhere, so let’s have fun with them!” And carved another pair of wings out of ice, or drew beautiful designs onto their scales that wouldn’t be able to stay if they were able to fly. But like Firescales on Skywings, Rime Affixiation can be dangerous if left unchecked. If any ice were to grow on their wings, it would have to be regularly cut off cause they wouldn’t be able to fly with it. Or if you’re stranded somewhere alone and have your claws incased in ice, it’s just going to grow and grow until you freeze completely. So you have to regularly get it carved. For dragons in canon who I think could’ve had it, I think Winter’s sister, Icicle, could have it. Queen Scarlet loved dragons with peculiar abilities after all. Loved to see all the ways they could entertain her on the battlefield, so it makes sense she would recruit Icicle. Darkstalker and Whiteout also having it would be interesting. Whiteout would have it on any white part of her body, and would love to draw designs of what to turn it into. I imagine Foeslayer would carve it out, clumsy at first but she soon gets the hang of it. As for Darkstalker, due to the white scales being under his wings, it would grow to encase them in the time he spent asleep under the mountain. He would wake up thousands of years later to his wings completely incased in ice, unable to be moved. It’s as if the Icewings were still out to get him after all that time.

As for our stupendous SandWings, they could have “Depascent Mimicry” an ability which allows them to copy any sort of injectable toxin they have eaten or otherwise absorbed. DepaMimic Sandwings would also be immune to poisons and other toxins since they have to come into contact with it to absorb the ability. For example, if a Rainwing were to shoot their venom at a DepaMimic Sandwing and it made contact with their bloodstream, it wouldn’t kill them, and would instead allow them to use the venom from their tail barb. Any Rainwing venom that landed on their scales however would melt the affected area like normal. This applies to the Hivewings nerve toxin as well. If a Hivewing were to sting them, it wouldn’t fully paralyze them. It would freeze around the affected area and the DepaMimic would gain the ability to use the nerve toxin too. This affect wouldn’t last forever though. Depending on the dosage they’re exposed to, DepaMimic SandWings could retain the ability to use other poisons for three to thirteen days. They need to have constant access to the poisons to be able to constantly use them, which can be easily achieved by ingesting poisoned food or other objects. During the war of the SandWing succession, DepaMimic Sandwings were often put on the front lines, and because their opponents didn’t know what poison they were injected with, they didn’t know the cure. Manchineel, Elderberry, Iris, Rosary Pea, Death Camas and Mountain Laurel were popular with Burns army. Burn was happy to experiment with the poisons her allies had access to, and would often force her DepaMimics to test the toxin on traitors. Manchineel was also popular with Blisters army, along with Castor Beans, Wild Poinsettia, Angels Trumpet, and Arrowgrass. Many were puzzled by her poisons. Blister was allied with the Seawings, so naturally they looked for the plant responsible along the sea. Which while some were found, others just weren’t. Unbeknownst to them Blister was also allied with the Nightwings, who had learned a bit about the poisonous plants in the rainforest from their expeditions. Blister also would force DepaMimics to pair up, trying to add more to her forces as she learned more and more about toxic plants. It was also a DepaMimic who got her the Dragonbite Vipers she gifted to Burn, their immunity making the job easy. Blaze didn’t care too much for toxins. She was willing to tell Sunny the cure to normal Sandwing venom without much probing, so I don’t think it’s a concern of hers. She also had no Sandwings with Depascent Mimicry allied with her, other than herself of course. Which makes her sisters so mad and she can’t help but find that funny. Glacier however, does care more for the toxins. She mostly wants to know so she can get a good supply of antidotes for all sorts of venom. On the very rare occasions Glacier convinces Blaze to use her abilities, she’ll supply her with some Eranthis flowers or the occasional Winterberry.

Now for the RainWings! I was thinking they could have something related to the passage of time, or more specifically, the past. During Darkstalker’s time, RainWings weren’t seen as useless and lazy. I’ve always wondered what happened with RainWings between then and the Dragonet prophecy, but since they couldn’t read (and had little interest of learning to do so before Glory became queen) they couldn’t consult scrolls or other historical text to fill in the blanks of their history. But what about visuals? RainWings adore pretty things, bright colours and visual wonders. So what if they told stories through paintings? They could have huge murals of rainbow dragons, fluffy sloths and dancing flowers painted onto platforms and woven into huts. And some RainWings could even create such visuals on their own scales. “Vivid Elocution” is what I’ve chosen to call this ability. It would be the ability to create complex visuals like a living projector on their scales and across their wings. RainWings with this ability often are storytellers, fictional and non-fictional. They typically have bigger wings and frills than most RainWings do, allowing more space to tell their tale. Vivid RainWings also have their scales change when they’re dreaming, showing off the unique images our minds create when we’re asleep, and allowing other dragons to better research how dreams work. For canonical dragons who have this ability, I think Orchid and Peacemaker would be cool. Mastermind could’ve paid special attention to Orchid while she was locked in the volcanic Night Kingdom. Studying memories and dreams that swirled through her scales to hopefully gain a better understanding of both the RainWings venom and their habitat. I imagine Orchid would make her scales shift to things that would scare Mastermind, like the volcano erupting early or the RainWings breaking free and melting his scales till he was a puddle. Orchid is a rather docile dragon, but it’s easy to see her willing to to do something like that out of anger for her captors. As for Peacemaker, his NightWing traits are heavily dominant over his RainWing ones, so he wouldn’t be able to fully visualize images across his scales. The most he could do would be on his wings and frills, on the coloured stars sparkling amongst his dark sky. The images he would be able to show would appear as more of a sketch, a moving dot to dot. I’d imagine he also has very little control over it, his projections mostly happening when he’s dreaming or having a very vivid thought. It’s easy to imagine Hope quickly covering his wings with hers when constellations of a huge NightWing with white scales under his wings appeared on her dragonet. Or when he dreamed of a crown made of twisted metal atop someone’s head, or a peculiar hourglass filled with white sand. But also warmer memories, memories of a violet Nightwing and a green SeaWing with bright glowing sapphires in each of their talons. A family of four dragons, one white, one green, one blue, and one a mix of bright whites and deep blues shimmering across their scales.

[sarcasticassian]

Please a Legally Blonde Steddie AU could bang

Steve is sick of everyone thinking he’s an idiot just because he decided to study cosmetology and not something ‘academic’, he’s even pretty sure that his ex girlfriend Nancy Wheeler broke up with him because he was too ‘stupid’ (she didn’t, they just weren’t very compatible in the end but he doesn’t realise this yet) so after hearing that she’s going to Harvard Law he decides that this is the perfect way to show everyone that he is smart and hey if it makes Nancy change her mind about dating him then he won’t stop her

In place of the Delta Nu squad the kids Steve babysits come in to help him study, they’re all little geniuses anyway, especially Dustin (who is not his favourite, he doesn’t play favourites), and with their help he passes his LSAT and gets in, his dad who is just happy that his son is finally doing something ‘respectable’ is happy to pay for Steve once he’s in

Steve turns up and it becomes clear to everyone apart from him that he Does Not Fit In but he manages to bump into Nancy (you go into Harvard Law?) and it turns out she’s dating someone else now, her new boyfriend Johnathan is also a student at Harvard

(they’re kinda Warner and Vivian but I don’t want them being mean so they’re just maybe slightly stand offish because this guy that Nancy dated in college is suddenly at Harvard and is that not slightly weird to anyone else? Plus I want Steve and Johnathan being friends by the end cause if they’re not getting it in canon they deserve it here)

Steve’s first class is with Professor Hopper who kicks him out after embarrassing him in front of the rest of the class and some asshole called Jason suggested he be removed and this is where he meets Eddie for the first time, Eddie sees this random guy angrily muttering to himself and he also immediately can tell he doesn’t fit in, just like Eddie doesn’t, so he decides to be nice and offer him so advice, he tells him that Hopper isn’t always like that, gives him tips on how to impress in his class, tells him Professor Byers likes when you speak up and Owens is nice but he spits a little

(Eddie is smart like I just know he is and here he’s driven to study because he wants to work in family law and work with domestic violence/abuse victims because he spent his entire childhood watching his dad being a grade A asshole until he was eventually moved to live with his Uncle who he’s planning on buying a swanky new house when he wins his first big case etc but that doesn’t mean he fits in at Harvard, he got in on his smarts but also a long list of scholarships and his ripped jeans and leather jacket stand out against the designer, muted clothes a majority of the other students wear)

Steve is grateful for the advice from this random but kind (and cute) student but their meeting is cut short when Nancy and Johnathan approach him after class, Steve spirals a little and this is when he finds Robin’s coffee shop (unless you think she’d work at a hair salon or something but I thought coffee worked better for them), they fall into a grand friendship and Steve watches as Robin gazes longingly at the cute UPS girl (Chrissy or Vickie, whichever floats your boat) and *insert boobies conversation here*

With Robin’s encouragement and Eddie’s help Steve actually progresses really well in his classes and even Nancy Wheeler is impressed when he verbal smacks down Jason in *Callahan equivalent*’s class (idk who Callahan would be so take your pick) and Steve, Nancy, Johnathan and Jason (ew) are picked to intern on a big case

Idk who Brooke would be or what the case is but maybe something to do with family law because I feel like that’s the sort of thing Steve would be interested in, he’s dealt with parental neglect his whole life and he watched Max having to go through court proceedings when she was younger etc and he’s seen how passionate Eddie is about it and he’s a little inspired

If you’re following the musical instead of taking Eddie to the mall for a makeover Steve takes him to a hair salon to properly do his hair and it is so, so soft after

idk if here Steve is sexually assaulted by his professor like Elle or if it’s something else, perhaps outed against his will, it kinda depends on the year it’s set in and who Callahan is but something shitty happens to him and he decides to go home ‘because who is he kidding’ but when he goes to say goodbye to Robin she smacks him across the back of the head and is like don’t be a dingus you got this and Hopper, who happens to be getting coffee as well agrees and so Steve charges back to the courtroom

If it is a similar court case to Brooke’s in the film then I lowkey want Billy to be the daughter equivalent because imagine he gets caught because he perms his mullet lmao)

But happy ending, Steve and Eddie are in love, Robin gets her UPS girl, Nancy and Johnathan graduate with Steve and Jason doesn’t, Eddie wins his first big case and buys Wayne that house and the kids road trip to Boston to come annoy Steve

[aloeverified]

elumax headcanons pLease <3

elumax my beloved

el has a hard time understanding a lot of movies because of all the references to thing she doesn't understand, so when the three have movie night, they turn it into a lesson where they basically explain different parts of life she hasn't been able to experience yet.

this has caused them to make a bucket list with things to do with el; such as go to theme parks or take her to a museum.

after getting a bit of a better understanding of movies, the group usually settles for horror. max likes them the most, whereas lucas hates them but pretends he likes them to seem cool, and el enjoys them because they're easy to understand.

max often talks about how she misses california, and lucas once made her a promise that he'd take them on a roadtrip there once he gets his license. he loves traveling and seeing new places, and el is excited to see more than just hawkins.

after el comes back to hawkins, she tells max that california wasn't nearly as fun without her there. max tells her that they'll just have to replace her bad memories with better ones and lucas subtlety chimes in that he has his license.

max spends a couple of months in a wheelchair as her arms and legs heal. el and lucas worry that she feels left out and do their absolute best to make sure she's still having fun. lucas thought fun meant going on walks with her in parks where she can smell all the flowers and hear what's going on around her — el though fun meant riding down the largest hill in the park. max liked the second idea, lucas did not.

joyce taught el how to sew while they lived in california, and she actually became very good at it. so when max mentioned that she hated how boring her wheelchair must look, el offered to sew some designs into it. it eventually lead to a group family project, with erica and will coming up with designs that fit max, lucas getting all the sewing supplies, and jonathan helping el with the actual sewing. by the end of it, max has a couple rainbows on the sides below her armrests, mad max spelled out on the back in her favorite colors, and jonathan even made some little skulls in construction class that they were able to attach to the middle of her wheels.

with max being blind, lucas and el decide to come up with alternative date night ideas so that she doesn't feel leftout when they watch movies. they eventually agree on reading to max before bed during their sleepovers. el reads while lucas helps to correct her on words she doesn't understand, all while max enjoys listening to the two before falling asleep.

with joyce's expertise from finding jobs, she's able to find a braille reading class. she signs el and max up for it, and lucas' parents cover his classes. already having experience with learning things like morse code, lucas catches on pretty easily, along with max who has always been a fast learner. el struggles a bit, but tries her best in order to support her girlfriend.

joyce and max's mom actually become good friends, as joyce knows what it's like to struggle with money and lost. the two family's eventually start having dinner together once a week, and joyce always allows max over.

hopper off-handly mentions how much he prefers max and lucas to mike, making both el and will blush for separate reasons.

still, hopper is sure to give lucas a stern talking to about how to treat girls, and erica doesn't hold back when threatening max and el to never hurt her brother.

when max is able to start walking again, el and lucas are always there to help her. she finds it a bit overwhelming at first, and the three are able to establish boundaries about what she does or doesn't want help with.

lucas helps her find the best walking cane, and is even able to add a device that beeps when in contact with certain materials so she can navigate easier when alone.

when max decides she's finally ready to start relearning how to skate, the three of them go down to an abandoned parking lot so she doesn't have to worry about being judged. el even brings her rollerskates and borrows a pair from will so lucas can try too. max struggles through a lot of it, but el is there to catch her and lucas helps in reminding her that they have all the time in the world to practice.

when max was still recovering, she listened to lucas' games on the radio and talked back and forth with dustin on the walkie talkies to see how it was going.

once when el was away and especially homesick, she used her powers to watch lucas during his game. she worried she was breaking their boundaries, however, and didn't do it again despite how badly she wanted to watch his games.

knowing that max is more lenient about her using her powers, el would check on her in the hospital and at night sometimes just to make sure she was okay.

el is always cold at night, whereas max and lucas get too hot with a blanket on, so el just sleeps between them for body heat. occasionally she'll use a weighted blanket and have the others sleep onto of it next to her.

[adobe-outdesign]

Thoughts on Grafaiai?

I’m really excited to have a new ‘art’ themed pokemon

(You guys know the drill! Special review today for the new 'mon. Requests will resume in the standard first-come-first-serve order after this.)

Anyone who's read enough of my blog knows that I am a big fan of gremlin and goblin Pokemon, so unsurprisingly I really like this terrible little gremlin (affectionate) a lot.

Conceptually, it's perfect. I was trying to parse together the design from what we knew from leaks, and I was assuming it sprayed fluid from its tail, like Smeargle, but I wasn't sure what that had to do with aye-ayes. But the actual concept is way cooler: the poison fluid is sprayed from their mouth, and they instead use their fingers to paint! The fluid in turn lures bug Pokemon in and causes paralysis. This is a brilliant spin on how actual aye-ayes hunt, not to mention the obvious finger painting reference.

(For anyone unaware, as this Pokemon has made me aware that there are a lot of people that apparently don't know what aye-ayes are: aye-ayes tap wood with one of their fingers as a form of ecolocation to find insects, then use their elongated fingers to dig the insect out. They're strange critters.)

And to make things even better, the face is designed to look like a painter's gas mask, and the trees it paints are a reference to the painted trees in Spains' Oma Forest. And on top of that, they use the fluid to mark their territory, and get into turf wars with each other by painting over markings to claim territory, like many graffiti taggers do! There are just so many levels to this concept, and I adore all of them.

I also appreciate the amount of thought that was put into it from a biological standpoint. Gen 7 did a good job with this as well, but Gen 8 was really lacking in the interesting semi-believable fantasy biology aspect. Between Grafaiai here and Koraidon, the writers have really been doing a bang-up job putting real thought behind their cool monsters.

Visually, it's also quite good. It captures the aye-ayes ugly cute look very well, and gives off a Stitch-like gremlin vibe, which is always a win in my book. The bright colors are a nice nod to its markings and really make the design pop, while the body is more subtle to avoid making it too garish or clashy. And the way it looks like it's wearing a hoodie with its hair poking out is perfect; noticeable enough to enhance the theme without being too on-the-nose about it.

My only real nitpicky complaint is that when I first saw it in the gameplay trailer, I was like, wait, the graffiti aye-aye is a robot like Miraidon? Something about the face is just very plastic-like, and it's the only part of the design that doesn't read like an animal to me.

First, why the random line down the face? It adds nothing and only serves to make it look less organic. Maybe it was meant to lean into the mask idea, but I don't think gas masks are well known for their forehead lines.

And secondly, the eyes look very fake and hard, like they're lenses or compound bug eyes. Don't get me wrong, I do love how they're pupil-less; they not only fit an aye-aye, but they give off strong gremlin energy and add to the mask idea. I think the problem is more how they're handled. Here's an assortment of Pokemon eyes that don't have pupils or corneas:

Notice how all the highlights in these eyes are rounded, and how they all have a darker area followed by a highlight at the bottom. With Grafaiai, the highlights are rectangular for some strange reason, and the eye is a completely flat gradient that has no shading at all. The result is that it looks very alien-like instead of organic.

And finally, minor thing, but why is the fur on top of the head cream when it could just be black or white? Aside from adding another unnecessary color, it also would make the face look less separate from the rest of the body if the color matched the rest of the fur.

With that said, though, that by no means ruin the design for me. Everything else about it is perfect in my book, and I'll likely have one on my team(s) if I end up getting S/V.

Side note: the mention of how the poison color changes depending on its diet makes me wish it had something where the colors on its fingertips would change if you fed it a berry during battle. It's little details like that can really make a Pokemon, but I doubt Gamefreak would ever bother implementing something like that, unfortunately.

Side side note: also, the nature documentary-style teaser introducing this thing was incredible, and I would kill a person to get an entire series of Pokemon shorts like that.

[aloneinthehellfire]

Raining Hellfire [Snippet]: Misunderstanding

Raining Hellfire Series | Season One

Pairing: Eddie Munson x Fem!Reader

Word Count: 721 words

Warnings: Swearing, bit of fluff, bit of angst, bad writing i can't lie.

[A/N: Hey, this is a little snippet from my fanfic Raining Hellfire which I am currently uploading to Wattpad (under the same name if you wanna check it out)! It's Y/N and Eddie's first meeting where they are both just defensive idiots so enjoy :) ]

Snippet: Misunderstanding

You hadn’t thought about that night in a long time. You stop and take a breath. To think that the year only went downhill from there.

Shrugging off the thought, you quicken your pace, turning the corner at such a fast pace that anyone coming the other way would surely collide with you.

Which is exactly what happened.

“OW!” A loud, slightly higher pitched voice rung out as your forehead most certainly hit theirs. The force was powerful enough to send you backwards, sending your books to the floor and scattering the pages that you had hoped would stay tucked into them.

“I’m so so so sorry.” You said hurriedly, wincing as you grabbed your head. That was gonna bruise.

“Well yeah I should hope-”

The voice stopped for a second and you removed the hand from you head to get a better view. And immediately, you blushed. Before you was a boy, which normally wouldn’t phase you but this boy looked… cool. His clothes, first of all, were incredibly cool. All black with a long sleeve shirt that read ‘WELCOME TO HELL’ in bold red letters, hidden beneath a black jacket. And then his hair was just… wow. It was messy, but the good kind. It fell to his shoulders but was layered so it made it fluffier. Lastly, his left hand held three chunky rings, designs that you couldn’t very well due to the aching in your forehead. That very hand was now held out to you as he looked upon you with concern written on his face. He was just, well, beautiful. All that staring at him caused you to become temporarily deaf.

“Helloooo?” He sang, waving his hand to get your attention. He most certainly already had it.

“Sorry?” You said, blushing even harder. What was happening.

“I asked if you were alright.” He smiled. God you loved that smile.

“I, uh, yeah. Well, um, yes.” You rambled, attempting to pick up your books before you embarrassed yourself any further. You needed to get it together.

“As long as you’re sure.” He laughed, handing you a book.

Both of you slowly stood with you attempting to shuffle your books into a more comfortable manner. Why did you leave your bag in your locker? Ugh. When you looked back up at him, you opened your mouth but found you had nothing to say. Why was your brain just malfunctioning?

“Look-” you began, ready to apologise again and again. You didn’t want to make an enemy.

“Don’t worry I won’t tell anyone” he cut you off, crossing his arms.

“What?”

“I get it. Avoid the freak or you’ll be thrown from your little group.”

“I… what?” Confusion was setting in.

He leaned in, looking around the hallway before speaking.

“I get that you and the other clearly superior beings don’t like people like me or, well, just me. And seeing as I’ve never seen you around before, I will spare you the traumatising experience of having to admit that you and I bumped heads.” His voice had changed along with his demeanour. You were seriously missing that smile now.

“I’m not with them.” You were shaking your head now, and his eyes fell to your journal.

“Ah. Y/N. I’ve heard quite a few rumours about you.”

“What?” There were rumours?

“Hm. Yeah, you’re the one that’s trying to fit in with all the other pricks in here because you didn’t make it at your last school. So please, don’t use me as your way to prove your shallow heart to your glorious leaders.” He took a step back, clearly waiting for you to throw an insult his way.

Your heart sunk. You knew he had to have a good reason to hate them, the same way you did too. But you definitely weren’t expecting him to speak to you like that. You were wrong about him, the same way he is completely wrong about you. He was just like every other boy.

“Fuck you.” You said, barging past him, trying not to notice the way his eyes widened. You think you heard him say something but you just needed to find a bathroom fast. Tears were threatening to spill. It’s not what he said, but the mention of your last school tore at something inside you. Pain. Anger. Regret.

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this'll hopefully be my last and most conclusive post on the matter re:isshu(/ferriswheel)shipping discourse. please read this before sending me anything regarding the matter:

what masuda said in 2012 is not absolute word of god, or an unchallengeable truth- at least one person involved with bw's story writing has stated that the protagonists were intended to be 16. hilda and hilbert were advertised as being older than any previous protagonists, and n is, according to pash! magazine, 20 in the anime- during the same arc where cherens bw2 role + design is used.

also, pokemon itself isn't afraid to change around characters' ages to better fit their circumstances. anipoke serena, for example, is 10, while her game counterpart appears to be in her late teens. this is to say that while there is a definite, set range for a character's age to be within, ultimately no singular number is going to be universal.

the reason why i personally use 16 over 14 for the bw protag ages has to do with the contents of the actual game first and foremost. all things considered- unova taking inspiration from america where 16 is typically when coming of age occurs, cheren and bianca having adult designs and careers only two years later, and ns role as a narrative foil to the protagonist, 16 is the age that makes the most sense. to add to that, the protagonist and their friends are remarked to be on the cusp of adulthood at least twice in game:

there's also the matter of the protagonist and n's relationship itself. the two are, by all means, meant to both contradict and compliment each other, to act as inverted mirrors. n checks all the boxes for what would usually be considered a protagonist (his design, his narrative as a hero, obtainment of a box legendary- pretty much everything except being playable), and he has physical traits that mirror both hilbert and hilda. most importantly, he is canonically obsessed with the protagonist. he thinks that they are meant to be his counterpart, so much so that he wholly believes that they will be able to awaken the opposite dragon without issue. in bw2, he misses them deeply enough to linger in the place they last saw each other, and comment on how he wonders if they'll meet again, and that he wants to tell them how he feels.

then, on the protagonist's end, they literally drop EVERYTHING, leave behind all their friends and family, to search for n when he leaves. that's the only thing they do that we, the player, have no control over.

finally, although pokemon masters is noncanon material, there is just. so much. alluding to their dynamic leaning towards romantic. the best badge you can earn from their reunion event is "N-describable Love". n has dialogue where he indirectly states that he loves hilbert-

and hilberts well. hilbert

all these things would be INCREDIBLY uncomfortable and inappropriate if the audience was meant to see the two of them as definitively an adult and a minor. a two year max age difference just works the best in this context, and the ages of 16 and 18 have evidence to back them. i understand any apprehension and/or discomfort anyone may have with shipping them, and i'm also not going to tell you that you can't headcanon them with a different dynamic (because thatd defeat the whole purpose of pokemon and its encouragement of creative liberty) but this topic has much, much more to it than a glance at the first google result.

tl;dr : while masuda is a respectable source to draw from, his claim doesn't align with pash!, toshinobu matsumiya, or the marketing surrounding hilbert and hilda during bw's release, neither does it fit the story of bw without causing some very uncomfortable dynamics and scenarios. overall isshushipping/ferriswheelshipping is fine. who cares

[papuhater]

Nolan Crane (cause I love the way you write him) having a chat with one of police woman about recent Scarecrow attack

"For someone who looks not so scary he sure know how to put fear in people."

He takes offence to that and says that in his opinion Scarecrow costume is pretty scary

"It's a dude with suit wearing bag on his head." Ok, now he is pissed and ask how in her opinion he would look scary.

Next day she shows him her sketches where Scarecrow has more comic book accurate costume that actually works.

"I wanted to add noose to his neck but I think it would be too much. Also it would be too easy to grab him by it."

They get to meet more often to talk about what in their opinion is scary and starts having conversations.

am i scary (pretty) enough?

pairing: jonathan crane x fem!police!reader

a/n: nya nya nya nya (my friend said that when i asked for a/n ideas)

summary: [ask]

☤) jon hated cops, he despised how nosy they were, after the scarecrow incident, some of them had to go to the asylum to check on his work, with the rumors going around of him being the scarecrow.

☤) when the noisy gcpd was asking him questions, the police who were writing the notes started speaking, which jon expected due to nosiness, and he responded rather nicely in a sarcastic way.

☤) until he heard a comment that piqued his interest, it was about scarecrow. it seemed you didn't find him (the scarecrow) scary enough, and doctor crane had the urge to find out why.

☤) he found out that she was named y/n, and he became the interrogator in the interrogation, he asked why you didn't think his disguise was terrifying, and you responded with:

"doctor crane you are giving him more credit than his costume deserves, for example, remember the joker? yeah, he wears a whole purple suit, has green hair and scary clown makeup, which can be considered a costume, while scarecrow literaly threw a potato sack into his head while wearing a nice suit and called it a day."

☤) first seconds of it slowly sinking in, he was offended, he seethed on the inside at the idea of being compared to the weird murderous clown, and refuted your opinion with his, thinking that the disguise was scary enough until it hit him,

you were right, his costume was really stupid,

"so, if you had to change anything on his disguise, what would it be?"

☤) the conversation flowed from there, the awkward ambient that could have ended in an argument became a pleasant meeting, you rambled about how he could theme the suit more around scarecrows and less about a weird businessman, and how scarecrows are used for crops he could use a scythe as a physical weapon and the fear gas as mental.

☤) jon actually started liking tolerating cop visits you had to do, looking forward to his one (1) social interaction of the week he actually enjoyed, tolerated. the topics of your conversation grew and it turned more into catching up in life.

☤) and in this visit, he is waiting outside of the asylum for you and when y/n arrives he feels his day just got a bit better, but different this time you came with an excited smile, and while you both walked into his office the chatter began and the conversation fell into the scarecrow again. but instead of asking, you pulled out a notebook with a sketch and handed it to him.

☤) the second jon laid his eyes on it, he was amazed,they weren't any sketches, they were scarecrow sketches, each trace of line was giving him the image of a scarier mask with a hood and a whole outfit, not to forget the scythe, he really liked the detail you put into the sketches.

☤) it was a whole character design you did, and he couldn't separate his eyes from it, it was marvelous, the curves and lines fitted perfectly and it looked like something he could pull off. you continued to ramble about how this disguise and how it was scary and thematic.

"i would've placed a noose, but i felt i was going overboard, so i erased it."

☤) he completely changed his outfit after that  

[pencilscratchins]

Have you watched the first episode of Strange New Worlds yet? I wanna know your thoughts

THANK YOU FOR THE OPPURTUNITY, DISTINGUISHED PANEL OF JUDGES (spoilers, seriously do not read if you havent watched it! its so good, you should do it unsullied)

okay so first and foremost: i fucking loved it. it was the best live action pilot of a star trek show since DS9- i thought the writing was so fun and energetic, and the characters/ cast are POPPING off the screen. im so excited for this season, i think its going to be a return to form in a lot of ways and i think that'll be a breath of fresh air. (i know some people are sad SNW doesn't seem to be taking risks, format wise, and you know; i like that picard and disco did something new and broke the serial mold that DS9 cracked for them. but i also love episodic television and i think having SNW be episodic functions as a great connective tissue between DISCO and TOS!)

the cast is FUCKING STELLAR!!!!! THEYRE SO GOOD! we know i love ethan & anton & rebecca's takes already, but what little we got of everyone else has me DROOLING. also im in love with ortegas already so. lesbian me, confirmed. (also set design & lighting is so much better than disco... holy shit)

i also loved the choice to open with a mission that the Red Angel incident caused; i think its a great way to introduce how that situation is still heavily affecting both pike AND spock, as well as how Starfleet was clearly not equipped for that level of conflict and now have to grow as well.

now... that's not to say i don't have critiques. because obviously, im not pleased with the spock/ t'pring stuff. i don't like how either character was written in their interactions and i think their scenes weaken the relationship we see in TOS. i know im a gay spock truther and people love to give me shit about that, (which you know... is another issue we wont get into here) but setting my personal spock truth aside; it was still a weak choice. i think tpring and spock work best when presented as foils and peers who are forced into a bad situation. the way they both get OUT of that situation (their engagement) is what defines both them and the fundamental difference b/w vulcans & humans: tpring functions within the traditional system to dissolve their union, as where spock breaks form completely and creates a new solution. framing their relationship like they did in the pilot weakens that decision on a whole. (& im not someone whos like "oh you have to stay totally adherent to established canon!" either but these interactions also felt out place when compared to how t'pol's engagement went? or is that just me?)

however, im also holding judgement. because i think one way to interpret this spock trying to follow michael's final advice (yeah yeah i have michael brain rot, sue me i dont care.) in spock's head, tpring IS the person farthest from him (she, again, represents the archetypical vulcan and everything about that society that he doesn't fit- and, they don't really like each other. they were forced together, they did not chose this.) this is spock reaching out, trying his damnest to respect what his sister wanted for him, even though she meant something totally different (canonically, or metacanonically at least, she was talking about kirk-) so it could very much crumble into the relationship we see between tpring and spock in TOS.

regardless, i like how spock was written outside these scenes and you can tell ethan loves playing him. and the tpring actress is really serving, i hope she gets more outside of spock! uhura is already a delight, i cannot wait to dive more into her and see what celia does because theyre so talented; i love la'an's voice and presence and i can't wait for her and #1 to have scenes together! pike is so charming and well written and i love how he interacts with his crew. chapel is deranged and i love that choice, m'benga is such a good CMO. i am so pleased with this episode, i really am!

oh also this is a sam kirk stan blog now. called it, i called it SO HARD. AGAIN I CALLED IT AGAIN--