#chara be telling the truth btw

[akanemnon]

They're starting to become more and more alike.

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[rainystarshower]

Hello!! Just saying a love your work!! Can I request ratio x gn! Demon reader? Like a bit enemies to lovers type of troupe, start of reader is like really annoying to ratio always bothering him where ever he goes no what time or day they still can find him in a blink of an eye, ratio thinks they're an idiot and a total air head but in reality reader is actually very smart they just acted dumb to get under ratio's skin (reader can be a member of the guild or co workers or even roomates hehe whichever you prefer) one day ratio finds reader in herta's space station badly injured and passed out but quickly ratio catches them and went to the station infirmary, after a while reader woke up in a room they never seen before it looks luxurious and expensive they look a bit confused until they heard a familiar voice next to them, and it's ratio usual scolding asking them what happened and ofc reader explains reader got attacked by some monster I forgot what they're called (reader is lying btw they just wanted ratio's attention, but they did injured themselves just to act like they were telling the truth) ratio knows it all ofc he's not stupid. The rest of the scenario you can finished it your way I'm happy if you actually writes my little rambles okay stay safe and stay healthy (hehe maybe they kissed at the end? Who knows)

Dr. Ratio x Reader

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chara : Dr. Ratio

cw : fluff, gn!demon!reader, ratio being mean and ignoring you 😭 demon reader although it’s not mentioned too much whoops...

a/n : Hi Anon!! Thank you for the request, I’m really happy!! 🎉🎉 Sorry if some parts are different from what you requested, I didn’t proofread and wrote this at 2am — very sleepy and exhausted after my period pains kicked in hard 😅

Fic under the cut!

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You were the most infuriating to Dr. Ratio. He couldn’t stand you, whatsoever. The most simplest of questions, you’d manage to get them wrong. ‘How could someone get such an easy question, wrong?!’ He would always ponder to himself. You were the devil on his left shoulder, constantly annoying him.

Ratio was a man you couldn’t just so easily forget. Aside from the fact he was your roommate, something about him was so captivating to you. You craved his attention, being a demon made it much more easier. You constantly poked at him, like a rock in his shoe.

“Ratio!” Your ebullient call of his name went unheard to him as you leaned over his shoulder, staring at his desk. “You’re heading to Herta Space Station in a while?” You halted, yet he had no response. As if he’s chosen to ignore the malign echo inside of his head — which was you obviously...

Ratio took a deep jaded sigh, uprising from his seat and, departing. Taking his way to Herta Space Station. You being yourself, of course, followed him. Though, he simply chose to ignore you the entire time!!

Arriving at Herta Space Station, no matter how much you provoked the guy, he gave you no response. You could see his muscles slightly twitch, continuing to agitate him further yet no response! Much more patient than he normally was!

So, when Ratio started engaging in a conversation with Ruan Mei, you took it into your own hands to try and get Ratio’s attention. You wandered off, further into Herta Space Station and perhaps an area you shouldn’t luckily came across. A bunch of dead antimatter legion creatures. All torn up into shreds and piled one ontop of the other.

Whilst examining the bodies, an idea came across you. Maybe it was a bit extreme but, it might be worth it? You took the blade of one of them, gulping down your clear choked up throat and sense of common knowledge — you held your breath, slashing it across your stomach. You were sure you’d be fine. You’re a demon after all!

Oh, but how you regretted it. The pain was unbearable. Those blades are not to be underestimated, they hurt like hell. You went dizzy, losing your sense of stability. You wobbled to the door, holding your stomach and dragging your feet. If only you could find Ratio right now, if only you didn’t do something as foolish as that...

...

It’s bright. Too bright. Where am I?

Augh, my stomach hurts a little...

Wait, wasn’t I at Herta Space Station?

This room... It’s so —

“You’re up.” The familiar voice rang in your head. Was that...?

You jumped up, sitting in the middle of a large bed, confused. You scanned your eyes around the room, immediately locking them when your view is bestowed by Ratio sitting on the chair besides the bed, looking at you rather upset.

“Ra—” before you could even utter out his name, he abruptly interrupted you. “You. How idiotic must you be?” He breathed out. “You’re smart, aren’t you? Didn’t you figure out how bad you could’ve gotten injured before deciding to wander off?” He scolded, you could sense the slight tone of worry in his voice. “I didn’t know there’d be that many of those antimatter legion pests roaming around!” You fend for yourself, lying to him. You couldn’t admit you did it yourself just to gain his attention after all!

Ratio let out a disheartening sigh, sitting besides you on the bed. “You deceived me. Again.” His voice, soft, and culpable. Again? Was he indicating he knew about your little ‘act’?

That however, wasn’t going to put you down. You weren’t admitting until you were absolutely certain. “Deceived? When have I ever deceived you?” You played dumb, confident he wouldn’t see through you.

He only looked at you, a bit perplexed, tucking your hair behind your ear. “I was cleaning up your one awful mess of a room, and I found your study book.” He moved closer to you on the bed, sitting right besides you. His eyes, unable to leave your face. Your heart was pounding. He found the very study book that proved you were indeed simply acting as if you were dumb, just to get under his skin?

“You’re... Rather smart. And, I must apologize.” He reluctantly moved back a little, his eyes redirecting to anywhere else in the room aside from you. Which made your heart break a little, but you didn’t lift your gaze off him. “I was ignoring you, I was frustrated you were hiding your true potential. Just to get under my skin... I had decided to ignore you out of my own pettiness.” An apologetic, sincere tone coating his words — his eyes moved to your stomach. “I truly... Apologize.” It was’t easy for him to say, but he said it anyways. Just because he couldn’t stand the fact he brought pain upon you.

“However, don’t do such things to get my attention — ever again.” A flip in his apologetic tone turned into a demanding one. He moved back closer to you, you could feel your breath hitch as you realized how close your faces were. “Right... I think I learnt my lesson...” You sheepishly chuckle, Ratio’s frown turning into a soft smile. He noticed your little demon tail wagging a little, almost like a puppy!

He cupped your face with one hand, looking directly into your eyes. “You are truly one idiot, you little demon.” He amorously expressed his concern. You held his wrist, slightly nodding — Ratio unexpectedly pulling you in for a chaste kiss. You didn’t deny it, at all — it was nice basking in Ratio’s slight affection and worry for you. “Doesn’t that make you a bigger idiot for kissing me?” You teased him, to which he scoffed endearingly. Maybe it wasn’t such a bad idea? Though, think of other ways next time...

[best-at-episode]

Round 3 - Poll 3 of 8

The Music Hole:

Finn hears a mysterious song while judging a Battle of the Bands.

Ketchup:

BMO and Marceline swap stories about their recent adventures.

propaganda under the cut

The Music Hole:

This is another one that just feels so profound and warm to me in a way I can’t explain, but I love the genuine connection Finn makes with the Music Hole. Also, Mitski.

BLEW MY MIND first time I saw it. It’s got this PERFECT melancholy tone when needed but also really funny at some points… big moment in the story with Finn’s guilt and grief over the finn-sword, the Music Hole is such a quintessential odd Adventure Time concept, Jake and PB having the “divorced co-parents” dynamic…

"that's what friends are for right? Just people to observe you...people to share your song." btw...if you even care..

A beautiful exploration of the power of solidarity in coping with grief and depression

Ketchup:

Extremely. Harming, beautiful and emotionally truthful episode. The special animation for each story is great, and I love how it uses the way we tell stories, the way charas tell their own stories, to deal with very complex and difficult emotions. Also, Bmo :) It left me wanting for more Marcy-Bmo interactions, that's one winning combo.

[the-white-soul]

*Flowey stares at Noelle for a moment, wide-eyed with surprise.*

I was joking about the possessed Dess thing! I didn't think that would actually be the truth! But hey, monsters are made of magic after all. I should have expected that.

Now, what do I do with you? This is a pretty big opportunity you're giving me. Hmmm… I could have you ignore Kara for a full day. That would be pretty funny. Just too short-lived… Maybe no matter what, you can't hurt me? Not too sure that favor will be used often though… Oh, I got it.

*Flowey pulls Noelle down to his level with a vine so he can whisper his request into their ear.*

I want you to assist me in getting Frisk to realize they do want to love. They know it deep down; they just need a little push. I'm not exactly sure how, but that's where I need your help. They don't understand how painful it is for me. I was given the new emotion of love only to be ignored. You will help me make them understand, and if you give up, I’d make sure everyone knows who you truly are.

And don’t be a tattletale. No one besides you and Frisk needs to know I’m stoll persisting until I have them on my side. That or I can tell Kara your little secret.

(Noelle) "Sure, I'll do that if you wish."

(Chara) "I'll admit that even though I've seen some dumb stuff, this takes the cake. Pfft, you think they like you? You've clearly never seen our Frisk. You should keep on looking. *Sees a helicopter landing* There they are. I'll talk to them first so neither the puppet nor the flower who's been trying to get a kid to love them through manipulation tactics. Haleluia, and holy shit!!!"

(Noelle) "I don't have any say in whether this is good or bad. I have to go along with it."

(Chara) "I was hoping you'd pick something fun. Do you know what I picked? I made her put soap in her eyes! Why couldn't yours have been any fun? *The plane lands right next to Chara. Everyone gathers around the plane* Now Frisk was being nice that time talking to you. They get much worse when you meet them/"

(Kara) "What do you mean by that?"

(Chara) "I'm going to have fun watching this. Alright Frisk it's me your best friend!"

(Frisk) "Shut the fuck up I'm on a work call! *into the phone* If you don't get Mettaton on all the posters I'll cut this deal off. *Listens* You think I care about some dumb family you have to feed, if I don't get this done a human could be robbed of the chance to learn monsters are good. You miss one poster and you're FIRED!!! *Hangs up* Sorry about that. I get a bit carried away sometimes. You know me, a growing kid."

(Chara) "Hey, BTW what's your opinion on Buttercup."

(Frisk) "Honestly I'd rather make out with my own mother than that looser. I mean he's just a dumb flower! Why would I love a flower? Anyway, I know he wants me to be in love with him. *Looks at Flowey* Hey buddy, if you even attempt to make me love you I'll turn around and leave Asgore to die. Understand?"

(Chara) "What a catch right Buttercup? *Frisk and Chara both laugh*"

[bubblep0ppy]

hello, i’m nine and i’m here to tell my truth, as ridiculous and stupid that sounds, because you people have been only reading one side of the situation and i don’t think that’s fair. 

i joined with nailea devora to a group recently after more than a year of not even getting near to groups in general because as a lot of us know, people can’t control themselves and the hate they throw on a daily basis is honestly gross and my mental health can’t deal with that, but alas i was back for something i thought was fun, playing a dumb nepo baby who gets whatever she wants and plays dumb about it but in reality she had her ups and downs. she took me a while to figure out because i do love my characters and writing them 

during the first party of said group, there was a mixup and characters had to dress up and poppy’s group (she was the manager) decided on cowboys, now tell me, what would you do? because i jumped onto pinterest and found several pictures of nailea wearing a cowboy hat and i picked the cutest ones i found

did i check her age at the moment? no, because nailea is 21 years old and my character as well... why would i (and i quote someone from said rp) carbon date the pictures of my character? 

so i posted it and kept the party, poppy was around all day and as of the day i dropped her, she had the most tweet count in the entire group (if that tells you anything) 

during the party she was flirting with another character she liked since day 1 and they’ve been talking and it wasn’t a sexual relationship, just flirting like literally everyone in that group or the entire rpc for that matters 

him qrt that picture and poppy jokingly said “you let a cowboy ride you” or something like that, she never said anything actually inappropriate on main because she didn’t even say it on dms. 

and this is when things get wild because the yuqi fc started fights with everyone and i get that some characters are just assholes, i love villains in media, but in my opinion, some kind of ooc talk must exist before you right on attack someone on main, out of good manners at least (but we all know not everyone has that privilege) 

poppy ended up blocking the yuqi fc out of principle, she wasn’t gonna let some biter bitch to ruin her night (which ended with her sleeping alone btw, seeing as how much they care about my character’s sexual life) 

after that, the yuqi fc kept posting indirects or very direct attacks to my character, at one point it was all they posted and ignored it, i don’t like to get into drama that way and if they couldn’t kept poppy out of their mind.. well everyone has haters, right? 

this went on for WEEKS and poppy only cared about it when her friends sent her ss of the post cai made, and she was annoyed because her friends used to confront xem only for cai to laugh about it and not even give a good explanation 

i talked to the admins about changing my fc or even drop the group but i was convinced to stay because i haven’t been done anything bad. 

guess what? the bullying kept going. 

when i dropped the group for a day, i was tired of it (and other problems my chara found herself into even though it wasn’t plotted, again) and as soon as i left, cai mun posted an “apology” to the tl saying how it was a ooc thing that went ic for some reason. 

now to clarify, i have no idea who this person is and honestly i don’t want to give them the privilege to meet me or talk to me because someone with that much hate in their person is just not someone i want in my life. 

they claimed that the picture with the cowboy hat was of nailea being underage, which i can’t say 100% sure, but nailea deleted all of her underage pictures from instagram and this one was posted 3 years ago, when she was 18/19 years old. 

yes, younger than the limit for the group, but that doesn’t mean she was underage or even that i was using that to “infantilize” her, poppy was a very complex character and i don’t see how someone who was blocked for 90% of the time could say something about the way i played her... 

and speaking about the “sexting on main” i never did that and feel free to stalk my old account, the only “racy” thing i posted was a tiktok and it wasn’t even that graphic and again, it was posted for another person poppy was talking (not in a romantic way) 

but i don’t know, let the person obsessed with mario bros and calling themselves a “princess” for the entirety of the group to tell you who’s being childish 

[sanchoyo]

sorry hi again. want a queen ship mocumentary.

^_^)/)🌵

touching the cactus.

oh me too.... I don't think there's a single character thats NOT a hot mess, and theres so many of them that it would have a few full seasons of shenanigans. the character dynamics...

-everyone having a crush on pereskia. (she is extremely aro and too focused on Important Matters to actually notice)

-arilla doing way more jobs than he SHOULD be and being an exasperated babysitter to everyone. please just let him eat an entire cake alone and drop into a food coma. thats all he wants hes already half dead!! let him rest!!!

-queen's the horribly demanding boss that you dont want to say no to, because..she IS nice, don't wanna hurt her FEELINGS, but...my goodness she asks a LOT. but she asks it so nicely!!! (the running gag of her being so proper and pretty in public vs in the lab when shes a mess, too) + queen and arilla both being the worst at fighting. the episode where pereskia, worried queen might not do so well if shes not there to act as a body guard, tries to teach her to fight and its the most pathetic flailing youve ever seen in your life. she gets a LITTLE sweaty and just curls up bc its TOO HARD and shes SORE and doesnt want to be sweaty anymore :( (she has done (1) push-up, with shaky arms)

-sapote and cara being an entire comedic duo. cara's culture shock abt the aliens vs sapote never being shocked by humans bc shes so down for anything. (all of the other aliens are shocked by how unphased sapote always is) sapote and her sister being SOOO opposites (her sister is older, more mature, and way sweeter. and also a crybaby) +the daycare shenanigans vs how...it would very quickly devolve into an r rated series if sapote was the main focus and we werent around any kid or teen charas jkdhfkj it would turn into. magical girl rick and morty im sorry to say but its the truth

-saguaro and queen's little passive aggressive talks every time they speak to each other. 'oh im sorry was it SCIENCE that brought deep blue back the first time? noo it was the miracle of mew aqua miss queen ^_^' 'mew aqua IS science from our ancestors ^_^' 'no, i think you're mistaken! there's no way thats true it was a gift from deep blue ^___^' ...everyone deciding saguaro is a weirdo (they are ALL weirdos) but then it cuts to saguaro explaining WHY they do things in their particular way (explaining deep blue cult stuff) and its like oh ok! theres an entire cult on this ship! haha thats probably fine! but they keep insisting its SUPER normal guys cmon. also using it to justify anything they do. deep blue sama WOULD want you to give them that bag of tea and pastries u stole from the cafe btw he told them himself. not lying btw. true and if you dont well. PERHAPS deep blue will tell them to put a tack on your chair.

-erdisia having to take a workplace sensitivity class bc she keeps trash talking humans. sure, we want to kill ALL OF THEM, but! you ought to speak nicer abt them when cara's around!!! :/ (none of them see the irony in this btw except arilla whos regularly just staring directly into the camera like :\ ) every ep she tries to sabotage cara so SHE can work with sapote senpai instead. this is always thwarted in extremely looney toons fashion and its so frustrating to her but hilarious to watch. tunillo is in the same sensitivity class. but they, and this is important, cannot STAND each other and refuse to believe they have any of the same issues (or their humanphobia is even an issue)

-tunillo refusing to sleep for a week and starts being increasingly paranoid and hallucinating things on the screens he monitors bc hes so sleep deprived. so every other hour hes setting off red alerts and everyones panicked trying to find the. fake threats...that increasingly become more absurd...but by the end everyones incredibly unhinged and worn out by the end because theyve been on high alert all day...so they dont believe tunillo when he spots team tm2 actually breaking into the ship HAHA

-cara catches a (mild, normal) human cold, and everyone else catches it and are convinced theyre gonna die of Human Cooties. rip. and like, queen is a doctor. like, shes a scientist, and shes a doctor, technically speaking! but no one with a brain* TRUSTS her to do regular doctor things (*sapote and arilla are outliers adn should not be counted.) but in the event of everyone getting sick, she WANTS to play doctor!!! please just let her poke you with a LITTLE needle 🥺 she wont do anything weird she promisessss u wont wake up tomorrow glowing purple or anything 🥺🥺🥺

-cara calling tunillo an incel gamer type and he has NO idea what ANY of those DIRTY EARTH WORDS mean but hes SO insulted bc of her tone that he goes and rats on her to queen. queens like, cara honey sweetie my dear little snake child. what does gamer mean? and cara turning red trying not to to laugh. and shes like ohh no worries maam. gamer is a COMPLIMENT. and her and sapote and arilla are trying SO hard. so hard. not to laugh bc queen spends the week telling everyone theyre being such GOOD gamers!!!

-sapote continuing to bring human things on the ship, and people asking cara what they are since shes their resident human. and cara just starts, at some point. lying? for her own entertainment? theres not much else To Do when ur So Watched all the time. so its like oh yeah! well THAT is an item of HUGE importance to us, used in very sacred ceremonies. very ancient and beloved. and it cuts to a shot of a toilet plunger.

-cara and sapote dont have clearance to certain areas. (cara even less than sapote!) they want to GO in certain areas sometimes. (well. sapote does, and cara is obligated to follow her) so it stands to reason they just. they just gotta get the fingerprint of someone who DOES have that clearance! like arilla! sapote knocks him over the head and the entire episode is them trying to weekend at burnies him around to explore the ships more closed off areas. but they keep being stopped by EVERYONE because EVERYONE needs SOMETHING from arilla, all of the time. forever.

-the running joke of erdisia being some kind of Creeture, like. why is she like that in general? crouched in the rafters hissing. can someone get her down. shes tiny but so so so mean. there would be erdisia roast comp videos of all her sickest burns.

-all of them enabling each others worst behaviors. its like if its always sunny was set in a scifi setting. an episode where mira gets kidnapped or something and is like wow! all of you are really messed up :/

-...the quiche commentary corner where it cuts to him in his cell making comments on everything (dont ask how he can know whats going on. its not important whats important are his opinions) he hears abt mira and is like ohh. so. do you think them having a mew kid is gonna add stress? to like, ichigo and masaya's marriage? u think theres a chance of divorce? think I got a shot maybe? ik its been 20+ years but 🤔 instead of caring abt the drama of queens upper circle, LMAO

[officialralsei]

he's telling the truth btw. chara is encouraging people to commit mass murder it's kinda urgent i'd say

I know, haha. I've been paying attention to them, too.

Umm. I hope it goes well, haha...

[frisiunia]

Scientists Squad

I finally post it, Yay! :D Sooooo, here ya have Scientists Squad. Let me short it - SS. Yes, it’s like short form “Storyshift”, I know =w=

So, Scientists from SS are - Lamef, Numbert, Simon, Bratty and Catty. Yes, those last two are this suprise, but unfortunetly someone guess correctly who are those robotics specialists from game. 

I need to tell, that though everyone from SS are specialists from something else, everyone of them has knowledge from other fields. They’re just specialist from their field becuase they have best knowledge and skills, and they taking this role in th squad. 

Now, I’ll tell something about everyone of them separatly. (BTW, I had terrible problem with pictures TwT)

First - Simon. So, well... SNAKE! ARMS! GLOVES FROM OLD CARTOONS!

I’ll explain that for a moment. First - Simon is snake monster with good programming skills. He is programming specialist. He was hacker in the past (but not type of hacker that Chara is...). His family knew about what he was doing and they didn’t approve of it. But, when kingdom needed scientists, they talked him into this function. He finally agreed and now, he making money legally, working for community instead of hacking and stealing. 

Yea, he was clever son of the... pair of another snake monsters. He actually still is clever, but he’s good pal now. Unfortunetly, he is also impetuous. Most of people know to DO NOT MAKE HIM ANGRY. That is one reason why does he usually works in quiet place, where is no other people. Second reason is that he simply likes being alone and needs silence to focus.

And yes, as snake monster he doesn’t have arms, BUT roboticts specialists made for him robotic arms. Thank to this it’s easier for him to use keyboard and mouse. And why does he have those gloves? Becuase they’re cool!... And I’m into Cuphead and it’s Show too much ._. + Yes, he usually looks pretty short compared to others in the squad, but actually he is not that short. He is long. 1,84. This pose is just comfy for him.

And here is criousty - Simon was drawn based on the longest snake in my country. Aesculapius Snake.

Next, about Lamef. As I said, a hot gal, huh? Of course, she is chemistry specialist. Yea, she���s same type of monster as Grillby, but she isn’t related to him. She doesn’t have any bad past, like Simon does. She just finished education, had qualifications and went to the work. The kingdom needed scientist, so she decided it might be good work.

Lamef is pretty calm and quiet person. She doesn’t have any problem to concentrate, even in noise. She is able to work alone and in team. She just working and giving her best. Even though having important function, after work she is just normal person. Ya know, grey person from background. 

By the way, probably everyone notice that, but if you take “F” from end of her name and put it at beginning we have “Flame”. Yea, I cannot into anagrams =w=

Numbert, biology specialist... well, SS don’t really have a leader. However, Numbert often takes this role. He is very conscientious about his work. He always giving his best and even watches over others’ work. Work is only thing that he talks about with his co-workers and he isn't laid back at all. That is why his co-workers doesn't really like him and thinks that he's boring.

The truth is that he is just very conscientious as I said. After work, he shows more dreamy and unprofessional demeanor. While in work he is cold and professional, then after it he is carefree and sympathetic.

Actually, only co-worker with he has more friendly relationship than professional is Lamef.

And I have to say one more thing... I LOVE HIS NAME! I mean, his name is from word “numb” and names like “Hubert” or “Albert”.

So.... BRATTY AND CATTY! Like ya see, they’re looks more professional, but I still wanted to left some elements from their old style.

When they heard that royal scientist function is unoccupied they decide that they could teach theirselves something about various fields of science and get this job. Why? Well... Mettaton! That is why they are robotics scientists - to could work on their beloved TV Star. After all, Undyne is queen in this AU. They didn’t have to get to much knowledge to Undyne recognized them as a nerds and hire them.

Bratty and Catty haven’t taken this work seriously at the start. But the time spend in this job let they be more responsible and less lighthearted. While in the game they acted more like teenagers, here they still have some behaviors like this, but they act more like fully mature women

And criousty - In Undermouring “Bratty and Catty” are just a nicknames. They’re actually Britney (Bratty) and Catherine (Catty). Formally they are Doctor Britney and Doctor Catherine. But everyone call them just Bratty and Catty ;P

So! That was Scientist Squad. I hope you like some of new charackters. Maybe Bratty and Catty weren’t suprise, becuase someone guessed that it was they . . . but stil! Hope ya like them and now, let’s just left a candle for poor Alphys [*]

[A minute of silence]

[ancha-aus]

hihihihi >:D (and i apologise. it is long... again.)

killer is a slippery snail and he will get out. Always did! It was just to test chara after all (who failed their test btw. very badly >:( ) And because he doens't need to babysit his FAKE bestie anymore he has free time. So sure. He will check out this new god. See what the deal is.

And he feels meh about Dream. He is large and powerful and has this slight crazed look on his face. (Like dreamswap i think maybe?) but then he spots Nightmare and Ccino and holy shit that servant is the most beautiful person he has ever seen...

So he sneaks closer and closer and then just starts talking with him! (and he learns that his name is Ccino and that he has this small sassy smile and seems amused by Killer and Killer is already so in love.) And Killer makes sure to stay respectful. He doesnt want tot he other to dislike him. He would LOVE to hold his hand but killer knows they only met 5 minutes ago and so he just talks with him. learns what he can as quickly as possible before he needs to go hide.

Ccino actually felt charmed. It felt nice how this random noble skeleton seemed honestly interested. and Ccino met a LOT of people at this point. He can point out fake and real interest. He knows when people are only interested in sex. So to have someone talk to him who just looks at him with awe and honest interest? Ccino is happy. And Nightmare? Who sees someone being nice and respectful to ccino? He approves. And then it turns out he is a criminal. Nightmare just frowns because that won't do. what if this guy is captured nad punished? Yeah no that doens't work. He goes to dream and gets his older twin to pardon the guy. Drema shrugs and does it because why not? It makes nightmare happy so of course he will. (Ccino just sadly in his room. Sad because aparently the only person who would be honestly nice and respectful to him is a criminal. That fits. why did he expect anything else?)

Ccino in this version is just so tired and exhausted. He has been kicked down so many times he can't even fully get back up again. Evne with the support and his cheat sheet with the castle. It is too much. there is no break from it. Not until Nightmare one day discovers him hurting after a lashing and nightmare is furious. (before they did it much more sneakily that type of punishment and healing because he had to stay pretty for dream. dream clearly doesn't care about ccino so they don't bother with healing anymore. and ccino's magic is so weak and he is weak so he can't fully recover from his injuries anymore. probbaly leaving very nausty and painful scars) anyway. Nightmare finds out. and pretty much forces ccino to just tell him (part of the slave contract. cant ignore direct orders. so an Order to Tell him the truth? Yeah. Ccino is unhappy about having to share but shares.) and Nightmare is so mad. He goes to dream to get dream to smite those idiots for hurting his bbaysitter. (and then later dream lets it happen AGAIN just to get som guard to like him? Ngihtmare is furious and refuses to speak to drema for months as he just sits with ccino who is so hurt from the lashing. it is one of the few times a small crack appears in the perfect appearance and illusion that dream lives in.)

Ink and Killer is just such a funny friendship. because as you said. cross gave routine and structure while killer just embraced the chaos! (the difference in how ink remembers them? Cross through physical presence while he remembers killer because of their btis and jokes and conversations? Him still doing both actions when neither is there? it is so sweet) and ink protecting killer!! Ink making sure killer is out first because. he can portal? of course he lets killer escape first? that just makes sense? but to killer it means so much more. it means that ink actually cares. that ink wants to make sure killer is safe. Killer isn't used to that but it helps so much and ink never fully knows. and Ink bringing back tiny trinkets for killer!! small little things! Killer holds unto them all. he has so many little random charms and trinkets and everything! (his favourite is this little cat charm. he can't explain why. he just loves it so much)

and yeah i believe that Kilelr would have by now lost any faith he may have had. fully on atheist. Killer doenst believe in godhood and rejects it. But then he and ink come back from a trip and Killer sees how the country is now a military state. and Killer feels so worried and he goes to the old castle and sees it completely gone (the army never found the new tree. that still exists thanks to the small amount of faith ccino had in it and its power) and killer is just... heart broken. Because sure he was just playing around with the idea that he would get money and gold and settle somewehre and then one day come back and he isn't sure like... sneak in to see ccino? Just hang out with him but then also flirt and maybe get somethign? Killer could ahve convinced him to run away with him and bring ccino to this little safe space and and... and sure he wasn't SERIOUS about it (he was) but it was still nice to think about! And now... it is gone... his plan and plans for the future... gone. lets be real. Ink knows a surprising amount about Ccino. Because Killer LOVES talking about his little sweetheart that he plans on wooing. Ink is of course a good supportive best friend but also chaotic so he gives the wildest ideas for killer. (The kidnape option was thought of by ink. but ink also offered 'sending him money' 'sending like a bunch of flowers and gifts like clothes.' and ink's favourite 'let ink paint a naked painting of killer and send that ti him.' These two being best friends is fucking hilarious.)

And these two getting lost all the time is so funny. Like sure they have missions and jobs to do and they get them done. it is just a matter of when because the duo may get lost on another continent in between getting and completing the mission. so they get lost and Ink somehow knows that there should be a tower nearby? something like that? a building?

and they find a VERY tall wizard tower (outer is a mage of the space/sky/nightsky he has to have a tall tower) so they go there and as you said. Ink is one of a kind so Outer knows who he is and invites him inside. okay but the bit that outer calls out that they have guests and ccino immediantly getting up and standing ready. Outer trying to reassure him as soon as he sees him but killer is faster. Killer so happy and rushes over to ccino and twirling him around. ccino is so shocked. why... why is this guy... the criminal of way before happy to see him? Why doe she even remember him? (and oof... that is go good. Ccino made an effort to get healthy. Maybe back when dream first told people to leave ccino alone as king. Maybe ccino back then tried and made the effort to eat a bit more (he just always felt sick adn exhausted and dizzy with how little he ate) and dream noticed and probbaly made some offhand comment about him 'eating again?' or 'i do always find you eating.' and ccino stopped it. Then maybe later much later when they are with outer and outer had been trying to encourage hi to eat (outer saw ccino only eating once a week and very little and it horrified him.) only for tiny dream to see and ask him 'why are you eating again? you never are this much before.' and there goes any healing process AGAIN. (outer has come very close to hitting dream but dream is a child so he won't be he will give him a very strict talking to)) But now Kiler is here nad Killer is so very invested in geting Ccino to be happy and healthy. and it takes so much time but it works. Killer gets him to eat and do some light exercise and they try hobbies together and cino discovers his love for cooking. (which causes ccino to probably start crying because he remembers his parents baking together and it hits so hard) and you are so right. Killer can see that Ccino can't stnad anyone mentioning his appearance. He can't handle it. so Killer just focusses on being there for him.

(okay but killer and ccino 100% platonically cuddle. Killer also has no trouble telling ccino he loves him but that he doens't need to do anything with that. ccino does admit he doens't feel the same. It is much to early for him to even think about loving someone like that. Killer is okay wiht it as killer just holds the other close. instead killer just asks ccino what he does feel for killer. and ccino has to think for a while before he settles on one thing 'safe'. killer feels safe to him. and killer is so happy and just keeps holding ccino. wiht time killer wants their relationship to grow into love but he knows that ccino isn't ready. so he waits. he is patient and just takes care and hold ccino in the wasys he is allowed. Killer knows ccino may never be ready for any type of relationship and that is also okay iwth killer. as long as he is allowed to do this. which he is.)

And yeah. for the four in the house it is at this point an open secret that ccino is stuck in a magical contract. Killer doesnt know it yet. and he means so well. he asks ccino to just come with him, that it is okay that Outer is good for the twins and can handle them. and over time ccino admits what is wrong with him. that he loves the twins still. that he cares so deeply about them. and then also the fact he is physically unable to leave them. that he will die if he leaves the king's side (reason why ccino didn't in the main story. the contract said he was to remain by the FUTURE KING'S side. and that ended up being nightmare. nightmare of course freed ccino as soon as he found out. but ccino willingly remained by his side.) the twins hear this conversation as well.

(And yeah the twins eavesdrop on EVERYONE. these two have no sense of boundaries or anything. They were NEVER punished for anything. this is a whole change for them to no be allowed everything and to have to learn all the wrong they did.)

And they hear killer talk about getting someone to break the contract. that killer can go search for someone who can breka it. ccino isn't the first person stuck wiht a contract like that and there has to be ways to break it. and ccino just so softly and gently admitting that even if he was free... he doens't think he could leave them. he loves them. Killer mentions that it is unhealthy and will end up killing ccino, killer notices those signs, and ccino just so sad but smiling as he mentions that he knows.

I love the idea that they make a little cafe. That they go to another country and set up shop somewhere. Killer goes out and does jobs to make sure ccino doens't have to worry about money. ccino gets to make food and nice drinks and make people happy. the twins learn more about being responsible and how the normal people live. (nightmare planning on how to get the contract back. so he can break it. even if it breaks his heart to have to say goodbye to ccino. Because nightmare doesn't see why ccino would want to stay with them if he had any other option. Dream being unwilling. he is 13 and hurt and ccino is the ONE constant in his life and he is at his core just a scared and hurt kid. Maybe over time he can learn to be brave enoguh to let ccino go and free him. but he is so afraid that ccino will leave. that it will be another person not actually caring about him at all. that another person only cared and love him because he had power. (ccino wouldn't leave them even if he was free. as mentioned before. his motivation is all centered on love and care. even if they both hurt him he can't just leave them)) And i agree it would be a great ending for their story line in this. the twins helping ccino recover and regaining something that nim took from him. a normal life. ccino would with time be able to recover and heal with killer's help. but it is a rough journey. (and yeah. ccino has no confidence whatsoever but over time killer will help him feel okay again)

Omg that was only the killer and ccino bit. This is gonna be long.

And yes! I went nuts with the Dust bit hihihi.

Dust showing up just after Ccino and the twins. Outer making sure they are not interrupted (the twins try to listen in but can't see what is going on) nad outer looking at dust's soul. and being so gentle about how outer can't help him. how sorry he is but he needs to meet someone who can actualyl help him. and as you said. outer went to the same school as sci and geno. so he references him to geno. Geno will know. and you are right that outer would know. If Geno can't solve this? no one can. (i do think that outer would warn dust. that geno gets intense about magic. that it isn't his fault and that geno is just like that.)

(dust doens't dislike outer like geno. because outer remained respectful and tried to make sure to not overstep dust's boundaries. he asked minimal stuff just about the spell and never mentions the soul aside from how it interacts with the spell and how the spell interacts with the soul. it made dust not feel like an experiment but like a patient. still rough but much better.)

And it makes sense that Geno, and fresha nd error, don't have the private feelng about souls. they were raised by geno and geno raised himself. their parents never had the talk with them about how the souls are a private matter. about how the soul is who they are and all they could ever be. all three just see it as a source of magic and that is it. He tries to respect it but then geno hears about the situation?He HAS to see.... and to see Dust's Kintsugi soul together with the beautiful storm spell around it? Geno is OBSESSED! He wants to know everything! He wants to mess with the soul and prode and poke and it is horribly invasive but he remains strong and powers through it.

because outer is right. geno is a fucking genius about this. geno figures out how the spell works and what is does and how it interacts and how geno will place fail saves to keep the spell running but also to make sure it doesn't harm dust's soul as they work on getting dust's soul strong enough to handle the storm fully.

Dust isn't an idiot. He sees the geno doesn't care at all. he is just the case study. the only thing that matters about him is that he holds the soul and the storm and that is dust dies geno can't study and poke and prod it anymore. so that is why he is being saved. he is a labrat and that is it. it hurts but dust doesn't care. he knows it is either healing and going home. or dying. so whatever what happens. he already was a crime lord before. aparently this is his karma so this is hwat he deserves.

the longer dust remains there the more geno and reaper see the person behind the soul and magic. get to know him. see how smart and sassy he can be. How good he is with horses and how handsome he is. They fall at the same time but reaper figures it out first. and geno only figures it out because reaper pointed it out. Geno just realising he fell in love with this person and only connecting that he is working on this person's soul and magic while sitting there working on the spell and soul as he holds that beautiful fragile soul in his hands and he feels like such an idiot for not figuring it out quicker. but it is fine! Because geno is already healing him! He can just... make it obvious he cares? that he wants a relationship?

and it seems to work! they spend time togehter. they go on dates. geno ends up holding his hand and he isn't shoved away. kisses him feels amazing and then they invite him to spend the night with them and dust is a bit hesitant at first but lets them love him and make love to him afterwards nad it is perfect and great and-

what... what do you mean repaying your debt...?

And you are so right with dust. it is just another dirty deal. it is just another debt he needs to repay. he just endures. sure it is nice none of the actions hurt before or that they never asked him to do... things with others or anythign. but still. for dust there were no feelings of love or attraction behind the actions. He just did what he felt like he had to do because he owned them for their help...

Which really makes reaper and geno relaise how much they messed up. and it takes awhile before they manage to get dust to talk about it (before they foudn the silent and mysterious aspect of him attractive and cool but oh man is it hard to get him to admit anything and share information with them) and tehn they learn dust just saw it as a debt he had to repay. that he agreed because clearly they wanted it and he hoped that would repay it all. that dust doens't like them like that AT all. and that he doens't believe they actually like him. geno tries to reassure him when dust just says something liek "you don't need to act as if you give a shit about me. You already look and touch and prode my soul whenever... what else can you want?" becuase dust already gave everything he had to give... not freely but because he had to. and he just wants to be done with it.

It hurts them a lot but they both know they NEED to let dust go. all those teasured and swet memories they made together? those dates? thos sweet and long loving nights? yeah. aparently? they very much forced dust into those and dust never actually wanted to do any of those actions. they both feel sick about it. (geno feels especially terrible. realising that he messed it up since the very fucking start. just because he couldn't stay respectful about dust's soula dn health? just because he once again couldn't be a normal person when it came to magic. Dust TRUSTED them to help him. and Geno made him feel terrible... and then they boht pretty much harrassed him over and over and over. yeah geno feels sick)

they tried to fix things. show him they do hoenstly love him. that he is important. but nothing works. dust doesn't trust easily and well... they ruined their chance. it hurt s alot. Geno redoes everything about his session work. scraps it all and is so careful and makes sure to only work on the spell and not even look at that beautiful soul. but it is too late. there is no fixing it.

and once they helped dust and made sure he would be fine? they had to let him go. even if it hurts so badly.

(maybe when dust's homecountry gets invaded or soemthing dust ever returns. even if he dislikes both geno and reaper he knows it is a save land to travel to and settle. so dust returns. and geno and reaper KNOW this. but they have to act as if they don't because they doubt dust will be happy with the tracking spells. maybe error or fresh can run into him! and they eventually do.) ((sidenote. dust deserves to get a job on a ranch. just work with horses to his soul contents.))

and yes! fresh and Error are there too! Dust still helps Fresh with his parasite (which just makes geno feel ever WORSE about how he ended up hurting dust. because dust helped his brother!) and Error just sneaking up on the cool mysterious powerful mage with the horses.

only to learn that dust doens't do magic. Which is so weird to error. error can FEEL you are powerful. why don't you use spells. Dust just shrugs and says he doens't know how. because that is the truth. he doesn't now how to cast. Nightmare helped him learn that nad no nightmare this timeline. Error frowns and watches dust work with the very hostile horse and error is the one who sees how dust makes large progress with actually taming it and is so impressed. Error tells dust that fresh can do that with other animals so maybe they can exchange notes? (error also offers that maybe his own tutors can help teach dust magic stuff? but dust declines. he has enough of one mage messing with his magic. thanks,)

just. dust still getting a relationship/friendship with error. dust and fresh becoming buds over their animal hnadling skills... and yet dust still being so hurt and going back home. because he can't trust geno and reaper. that just hurts.

That Error TRIES to be penpals. but that dust has to shut it down. he sends a message back that error is a great kid and that dust wishes him the best but that after what happened he can't do this. it hurts. he is sorry. he hopes error gets friends who ARE worthy of his friendship because dust isn't.

Error is heartbroken. first with dust leaving and then the rejection. he cries because he had a friend! he finally was able to make a friend who could be a cool extra brother!

(geno feeling even more horrible after learnign all of this)

I feel so bad that i just don't have alot fo say about horror. he just has a chill life! I can't even lie. he sticks with his family and lives a happy life even if it isn't fullfilled in a way it was in the other timeline.

exactly for cross! It isn't the high stress job of before but it enables him to stay busy. work out a bit. and stay in contact with people! all things that are good for him. he enjoys getting his crushes and imagine how things could be. (he never tries. lust was the only one for him) but epic!! Him and the bruh! the bro and bro!! they have to become friends!! and yes i love the idea that it was epic who gave him the future talk in the mian story with frisk and chara. which is why he KNOWS this isn't suposed to be the future that was planned for cross. that was writen in the timeline. but epic holds their friendship very near and dear. he cares a lot about his friend. though maybe epic would still try to fit the pieces together. to make it right again. but that is hard because he doesn't know what the pieces are! (he can look into the future. not the past after all)

i dom't have specific plans for epic hahaha just thought of it as i was typing the reblog hihih

I love that blue got to be a knight. it is sad he had to battle his old mentor to death to get there but he gets his justice! He gets to be the knight he always wanted to be.

(on that side note... 16 year old dream meeting 21 year old knight blue. Maybe dream tries to run away after freeing ccino. feeling like he did one thing correct only to learn ccino will still stay. dream is convinced he messes things up and ruins everything. he just wanted to make one thing right and he messed up somehow again because ccino isn't leaving even when freed.

so dream runs away himself. trying to give them the freedom. he knows now that HE was the problem. he messed everything up by not trusting nighty all those years ago that the ritual was bad news. he just brought more pain and more pain and ruin to everything! He ends up getting stuck or maybe some bandits and blue saves him.

Dream is in love. instantly. Blue is everything he liked before and now even more. because blue saved him. blue doens't even know who dream is and he still saved him!

blue makes sure to set up camp and make sure to check if dream is hurt. adn tehy talk. dream tries to confess he likes him. right away. (that is how the story books go right? a prince/princess is saved by a brave knight. they confess their feelings and get married? happily ever after?) but blue, because blue is a good guy, gently rejects dream.

Dream just breaks. he cries and cries and confesses EVERYTHING to this stranger. how he only makes things worse and how he is a selfish and horrible and he shouldn't BE trusted at all. how he makes everything harder and he only causes bad things to happen.

blue listens in shock. he heard of course of the old king and crown prince going missing... but this? he never expected this? but blue also sees that this is a very hurt kid. Blue does the math... who forces a 13 year old child to grow into an adult? before they even have a chance to become themselves? No wonder dream did those things. he was set up to be one way and wasn't offered another choice. Blue just holds him. holds him and supports him and lets dream cry it out.

at the end blue is gently. says he didn't reject the other becuase he doesn't like him. says that blue is sure that dream is going to be okay and do good. that dream is already a much better person than he used to be because he cares. he is trying to be better. but that blue is just too old for dream. that dream is young and has his whole life ahead of him. no need to lock himself down with a too old guy.

Dream feels a bit better. and goes back home. (his soul very much in love) blue feels better. because this is why he wanted to be a knight. to save people. to help people. blue returns home with more hope to make things better.

I do like the idea that eventually they manage to end up meeting again. all of them. relationships will be different and their future and past will be different. but in the end they all find each other again and slowly get better and healthy. as much as this timeline allows.

Hiiii!!!!! I'm sending this from the main account (curse) because it's easier than making it anon lol- But I'm tagging myself jic ( @spotaus )

So!!!! The thing I was thinking about for New Age that I wanted to send to you was about that alternate ending for the story where Dream gets the apple, but more specifically: What about the side characters? These aren't entirely thought out, but I like to think about the 'what if' being like that episode of My Little Pony where there was no sonic rainboom (and if that reference means nothing then ignore it, hehe!)

Killer goes first! So, Killer *was* caught when Nightmare strolled through town, I'd say about a year/few months after rising to power. Dream, I don't think, would be touring like Nightmare was at that point, because he doesn't have to rebuild anything, so no reason to personally go to the guard camps in the first place to search for knights. He has plenty of guys right here! So, here is when Killer actually slips his cuffs and goes off on his own, the opposite direction of where Chara would have been waiting on him, because even though he knows he can't trust them any more, he also doesn't know where to go. Instead of following, he'll go anywhere they aren't. I like to think that at this realization, he just... keeps living the way that he used to. Moving from town to town, just barely scraping by. That's when he runs into the King's caravan, visiting one of the big port cities, and decides to have some fun. Live a little. And that *does* mean that he sneaks around during the event to see just how close to the king he can get without setting anyone off. And... wow, this is the heir to Nim? It makes sense, but looking at him makes Killer feel sick, he knows what he use to do to please Nim, and he knows what people still do now to please Dream, even when he'll never ever notice them. Eventually he gets fed up with it, and wants to leave, but before he does he notices THE most gorgeous skeleton he's ever seen. So he approaches rapidly, and there's this moment of conversation that no one recognizes that Killer is absolutely NOT supposed to be there. He walked with purpose, so they thought nothing of it, and Ccino assumes he has to be one of the new members of a noble family, so he and Nightmare talk with Killer for a bit. It's a nice this farce for Killer. It isn't until after, when Nightmare mentions he liked that one noble with the funny target soul to Dream, that they find out that he was just. Some guy. Dream puts some people on research, and it comes back that Killer is a criminal. Night asks if they could pardon him, and Dream agrees easily. So, out of nowhere, Killer is free of all previous, and future, transgressions. He doesn't even know it until he's caught again, before being released because of the king. Killer isn't quite sure what to do with himself, so I like to think that his travels eventually lead him to meet Ink! They'd make a great assassin duo, and it gives opportunities for him to be outside the kingdom.

Dust. Dust, I think, actually continues to be a crime lord. Because Nightmare didn't hear about the black market from Killer, there's no reason for anyone to try hunting it down now. The weather magic blocker stays up, at least until Dream is usurped, and that's how long he stays in power as a crime lord. A few months after, when the weather returns and the rituals fade? His magic is almost too much. He can hardly move anywhere without causing a tornado or hurricane, until he learns to control himself, which takes at least a week to be able to drain the initial build-up. In that time his soul is shocked back to life fairly often, and he decides he needs to find a mage to deal with this, because if he couldn't be at home before, he can't be *anywhere* now. I actually think that Dust would end up seeking Outer. He's not very well known, but he's a mage of the sky, and that's the kind of thing Dust needs to figure this thing out, or he's going to die and lose out on all he's been working on. Maybe he would come back to get a check-up from Outer when Dream, Night, and Ccino are there and get a nasty surprise. (Dust has a very slight chance of still meeting Geno and Reaper, but I do think their relationship would start up with Dust being a sort of case study for Geno, just like Dust in the usual time is afraid of. He might be able to see his family again someday too, depending on how efficient I want Outer to be with storm magic lol.)

Horror. I actually don't think Horror managed to move into the kingdom. His generation of family slipped into the borders during Nightmare's chaotic start, and with Dream there was none of that. So, they just couldn't ever sneak in to take over that old abandoned settlement. I think they might have set up camp just outside the borders on the unclaimed territory, and tried to help their relatives living inside the kingdom. Horror lives a fine life, he's happy, but his injury has already happened by then, so his family coddles him. No one to train him, so he has to live like that, never really fulfilled (Never meeting Farm for sure)

Cross? Tbh I like the idea that he went off to Reaper's kingdom! Just another refugee, slipping away into the land of peace away from all the chaos and war across the bay. He's happy there, for sure! Maybe he starts to work at someplace with a routine like a restaurant, or joins Reaper's military which is a lot more relaxed. He never really gets to fully complete his independance arc, and never actually meets Lust :(

Bonus!!! Error! Error doesn't run away and end up in Night's kingdom until almost 7 years of Night's rule. Dream barely makes it to five years. So when Error tries to run away, the kingdom he stumbles into is full of chaos, and trying to learn to govern itself amidst what feels like the apocalypse to them. And without a mage contest and a King to get scooped up by? Fresh actually manages to find Error! He gets to give him that big bear hug and tell him to never run away like that again and ask why he did it. And Error gets to tell him he felt forgotten and left behind, and Fresh insists that's not it. That dumb school wasn't for him either, he's sure that when Geno comes to visit, he can teach him a little more. Fresh manages to coax him home, and though he eventually comes clean about his parasite, there's never a resolution to it. Reaper, when they finally meet, can pacify it a bit, but that's all they can do. Error doesn't become a full mage, but Geno teaches him a little and he's still insanely powerful. Just, now a second powerful mage living with Reaper, running around causing havoc.

Okay, those are my thoughts for now! Horror and Cross are a bit shorter because there was less/no Nightmare involvement, and Killer ended up being my golden child as always. Dust is ???? I got a little tired, but you know what I mean haha- Anyways hope you have a good one!!!

AAH!! I love it so much!!

Okay let me just. Get to this :D

And don't worry. I get the reference hihihi

Okay but I LOVE the fact that Killer would have just escaped and make a run for it. Now that i think about it you did mention Killer was just watiing for Chara to save him but would have slipped the cuffs himself. Him just going around and being on his own. Traveling. And then. He sees the NEW KING. and Killer already feeling a little sick for the things that were done in Nim's name. That he did in Nim's name. So he wants to sneak closer and just. Just see how close he can get. Just for fun. No other reason at all.

And as you said. people just didn't mind because well. Killer played the part. He was confident and certain in his movements so people just let him. And Killer seeing and meeting Ccino. There is no rules to stay away. No king that Killer is trying to stay on the good terms off. So he just rushes over to introduce himself and learn the tiny bit he can before he needs to leave. I like the idea that Killer is just smitten at first sight and Ccino feels a bit flattered. There have been nobles before who were interested but they were pushy and grabby. Killer isn't. Killer is just... nice... respectful. Sure he flirsts but he keeps his hands to himself. It is nice.

And then it turns out that Killer was no noble at all but a criminal. I like that Nightmare still wants to pardon him. But in this case it would be because Nightmare SAW that Killer was nice and respectful towards Ccino. So he only sees the freedom as a good reward for the other. (poor Ccino though. Thinks he may finally meet a noble who is nice and actually may be able to interact more with- Nope. a criminal. because of course the only person who would be nice ot Ccino would be a criminal)

OMG Ink and Killer the assassin duo. Glorious.

Also. I think that Killer would eventually learn about the rebellion in the kingdom. And Killer doens't care that the king is gone, he sees that as a good thing. Killer thinks it is a shame the crown prince is gone too as he seemed nice enough. But he regrets not going back and just grabbing Ccino. Because he knows that it is unlikely anyone in that castle survived. So You just have Killer mourning what never was and never got to be.

I like the idea that Killer and Ink eventually come by Outer (why? they got lost and happened upon that) and Killer just SEES Ccino there. Looking so so so tired but alive. and He just grabs him and hugs him and spins him around. A second chance at last. (also if ccino put on a bit of weight. Killer would be shocked that ccino managed ot get even more gorgeous while ccino is self concious about 'letting himself go' instead of the fact that he is healing and FINALLY eating full meals. If ccino is still thin Killer can help the healing process <3)

Killer probably asks Ccino to run away so many times then. To just run off together! The princes can handle themselves now. They are out and one is an adult-ish. Ccino just so tiredly and quietly admiting the slave contract. he can't leave even if he wanted. Then ever softer. that he doesn't want to leave. even if they both hate him... they are still his... ccino loves them.

Killer mentions that it isn't healthy for ccino to love them and ccino just shrugging as he mentions that he was never suposed to hav e along life spam anyway. Killer just holding him. They probbaly have so many heart-to-hearts. ccino would be so much more broken in this one while killer woudl be more put togehter. Ccino just having been kicked down one too many times to get back up fully. And Killer having seen the world more and been out with ink, getting an ACTUAL friend.

(God jsut thought of like. Killer holding ccino and mentioning that killer loves ccino. ccino just so tired muttering that he shouldn't. That ccino is too broken to love or deserve love. Killer doens't agree. He is okay with just being allowed to hold ccino.) Dust!!

FRIEND!! I got THOUGHTS about Dust!

I fully agree wiht him staying a crime lord and just being undefeated. Untill!! The magic disapears and normal weather returns. It getting out of control SO FAST. Dust losing control of the stronger storma dn his soul having had the time it needed to fully grow to be able to handle it better (the two year difference and what it does) Dust is terrified the spell will end up killing him over just knocking him out. (in reality it DOES kill him a few times. It just zaps his soul so harshly it cracks before melting it back togehter. I imagine that Dust's soul, both here and in the real newage story, looks like Kintsugi pots. you know like repaired with gold but here it is like solidified mana which in dust's case is purple)

Anyway, Dust goes searching for a mage to help him. Maybe he finds outer first and outer after checking just shaking his skull. this is too complex for him. He can't do that. He is so sorry... But outer mentions... that there is a genius mage in another land. on another continent. If anyway knows how to help you handle that spell? It is Geno.

Outer writes Dust a note. Like a magical summon adn reference kinda deal wiht a magical seal. To enable Dsut to travel to the heart of the kingdom and request an auditions with the royal mage of reaper. The highest Mage and most powerful mage in the fucking lands. (mage and wizard priviledges. Using one of those seals is SERIOUS business. Because if you use the seal for something not worthy? you lose those seal priviledges.)

Dust travels there. Shows the note and is let in. and gets to meet the royal mage and king of the land. Geno and reaper.

Dust first gives the note. Geno reads it and looks curious. a spell encasing a soul? Sharing power and energy? That is a VERY fascinating concept.

Dust doens't like being looked at like the case study. Because it happens RIGHT away. but geno agrees to help. Which means showing the soula dn spell. Dust HATES it but he needs ti. worse is the way that Geno looks fucking excited. He looks THRILLED when Dust shows him the very thing Killing him. (and reviving but Dust doens't know that.)

And that is how it goes. They find him magic dampers to help him control the storm and make it less painful. Then Genoa dn dsut have the magical sessions and soul sessions and Dust feels so exposed and feels ill with being looked at like an experiment but dust NEEDS this. He needs to life and learn to control this stupid storm if he ever wants to see his family again. So he endures.

Worse is that Geno and Reaper still fall in love. Because Dust needs to stay in the castle for his own health reasons. (Dust dropped a few times. His soul starting to give out and had to be revived a few times. so they make sure dust remains close to where the healers and they are to help him back up) Dust still learns his gift and love for horses. He sneaks around. He is still mysterious and aloof. And Geno and Reaper can't help but fall.

Problem? Because of the whole... being looked at like a study case fro the start? I don't think dust will EVER fall for either Geno or Reaepr in this timeline. He can't. Not after what happened. Not after the very thing he fears and hates happening. He can't see them in any other way (in normal Newage dust falls in love BEFORE Geno does his mess up. Meaning that even if it hurt Dust was still in love. Which jsut makes the hurt worse)

Anyway. So Dust doens't love or like Geno and Reaper but knows he owns them so much. So when Geno just starts to feel things for Dust? Dust is even less in a position to say no or decline. Becuase before it was nightmare's treaty on the line. Now? Dust quite literally has a life debt to them both AND they are still helping him recover enough to even be able to life wihtout his magic overcharging and killer himself and everyone around him.

Dust is terrified that if he says no to anything that the support would stop (it wouldn't stop. they would still help him) so... he agrees to it all... It isn't like it is that big of a deal anyway. What is handholding and kissing and making out or even sex compared to them already having seen your soul because you are their science experiment?

Eventually it comes out. Probbaly at the WORST possible moment. Because Reaepr and geno both think the three of them are just dating. Like going WELL dating as they are already sleeping together and everything.

Then geno just says something like "That was perfect" or "That was amazing!" or just that he is so happy.

And dsut wonders and just asks "is... does that mean..." And he frowns and Reaper and Geno are SO SURE Dust will ask if they love him or that he loves them and then "Is the debt repaid?"

It is like a fucking stab through their souls. So after some very pointed questions and Dust realising he messed up and trying to backtrack because damnit aparentyl he wasn't suposed to mention it? but they were kinda joking and talking about marriage and Dust had been nervous because that is a bit far to have to repay but he is only alive because of them so maybe?

Adn it gets out just how Dust saw the relationship. Geno and Reaper are HORRIFIED.

And there is no fixing it. Because Dust is convinced he is just an science experiment and fun past time. There is no convincing him otherwise because that was the reality. ANd it had been the reality for a while.

It does explain to geno and Reaper why Dust would reject any presents or gifts or anything. Dust didn't want to add to his debt and it makes them both sick that that is how he thought about their relationship.

The worst part is... Dust is soon healed. Which means he can leave. and Reaper and Geno don't WANT him to leave because they do love him. hoenstly. And they want to hav eDust with them. Mostly because they just love him but also to make sure that they can prove to him that they hoenstly love him. to prove to him that they honestly care.

But for that they would have to lock him up because Dust WANTS to leave. it is obvious.

In the end Geno adn Reaper just had to let Dust go. (they obviously made sure he got things for the trip and extra money nad gold and had a crystal in case of emergencies if his soul and storm gave him trouble.) they wouldn't let him go without at least making sure he is ready for the trip. Dust muttered about just owning them more and both tried to reassure him there is no debt. (which is what they had been trying since they found out.)

Dust also gets his own horse from them. and he leaves. (geno has SO MANY tracking spells on him. Just because they ARE worried and want to make sure he is okay.)

dust meanwhile? He just goes home. He is mostly cured now. He knows how to handle his spell and storm. So he goes back home. His family is very happy to have him home and he is happy there.

Horror honestly has the least going on with him with this chance. As you said. The family never managed to move in. Or maybe they moved in when Dream lost the crown? but only then.

But as we established. horror woudl never get the chance to grow and become a trusted worker becuase well...everyone was worried about him and so careful with him. Horror is sad aboutit but he loves his family and knows they love him so much and just show they care.

I think Horror woudl always remain with his family. Feeling like he is a burden because he can't do anything to help them. But he is loved and he loves them. And In many ways he is one of the ones with the better faith even if he feels unfulfilled nad aimless and without direction.

Cross is the refuge! He makes his way to reaper's country (and because he is just another refuge and just another person trying to find his way he never got the chance to directly interact with Reaper, Geno or Dust.)

Cross settles and does some odd jobs until he manages to find a more secure job. Maybe he becomes a guard. or maybe. after what happened before he just doens't trust himself with those type of jobs. He can't trust his judgement and doens't want people to connect the dots between the old cross who was the most loyal soldier of xgaster. instead. he just does odd jobs until he finds a good and wellpaying job in the tavern and on the docks as someone who helps thes hips unload (yes cross has two jobs ebcause this boy can not stand staying still and having time for himself and his thoguhts. He wants to keep busy so two jobs) as a result he has a reasonable amount of money for who he is.

I don't think Cross ever falls in love. everyone who flirts with him is a bit TOO direct and makes cross anxious. He of course continues to have many many many crushes but those are just for him to enjoy and talk about with his fellow tavern workers.

I DO however think. It would only be fair that this cross gets to meet epic. another refuge. They hit it off and become besties. Cross deserves the chance to have a bestie. Epic and Cross laugh and hang out. (also. Epic is 100% clairvoyant and keeps talking about how things are all wrong and this shouldn't be this way. epic adores and love shis friend. but he knows this isn't how it is meant to be.) ((on that note. I think Epic should still be in the main story. still the same clairvoyant. the catch is that epic is the same across all the different timelines. the other people change. Epic is just always the same. (same for N lmao). Like how his magic eye plays into it lmao but that is just a random idea))

Error!! OMG! I am so happy for Fresh?! Fresh manages to catch Error, probably causing CHAOS in the already chaotic state of affairs. You just know that the guards were rude and manhandled error. Only for fresh to finally catch up to his little brother and probably USE the parasite power to make sure that whoever touched his little brother can never do that ever again.

Fresh adn Error hug and Fresh just holding Error and just muttering 'thank you gods. thank you for giving him back to him. thank you.' because he is so relieved.

and error. error who was convinced fresha dn geno jsut didn't love him anymore and didn't want him around anymore. being held close as fresh just MURDERED people who hurt him.

Error mentions he doens't understand... he thought they didn't want to deal with error anymore...why else did you both leave?

and fresh just holding error so close because that hurt to hear and he just mutters to error that he loves him so much and he swears he will explain everything to him and why he acted the way he did but fresh reassures him that it was NEVER him. it was never error who did anything wrong. (fresh now also being painfully aware of how he always rejected error when error wanted to hug him or get close. fresh did it to protect his little brother of course but that doesn't chance the fact he still did. Fresh realising just how much he has hurt Error be doing this over and over again.

Dude you thought your killer and dust parts were long ahhaha I am jsut as bad.

I just can't go as far wth horror and cross either because well. as you said. limited options that are realistic for them. because cross didn't get on the boat because of innk and ink was there because of dream planning the revolution (at least partly) so that stops there.

and you mentioned how horror sneaks into the kingdom with his fam to help their fam when it was chaotic with nightmare tkaing over the ruling. which also never happened so they remained locked outside.

okay! That was the reply!! No more holding it hostage :3

[dodo-begone]

ALRIGHTY! LOYAL HERE COMING IN WITH THE CIRCUS HAHAHA

Btw, I’m like 90% sure that I fell asleep while writing so it just stops. Like, there’s no ending/summary/whatever word I’m looking for but can’t think of at the moment and my bird is currently chewing on my phone case oh my god can she please stop—

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I believe the concept of yanderes ft. a isekai-d reader has been mentioned by Shepard and her anons, tho it’s been mainly for Origins SMP. So, I come to you with ideas for the Dream SMP because that’s all I’m familiar with HAHAH—

Also, I apologize in advance because this thing is borderline an essay with how long it is. I’m so sorry—

For example *cue dramatic lighting and a cheesy flashback monologue thingie* oh my god I think I’m losing it, I’m so tired

Y/n and their younger sibling, Frisk, had just finished up another press conference regarding Monsters being back on the surface. All seems to be going well until the ground beneath their feet vanishes and they fall unconscious a few moments later. When they awaken, they notice they’re surrounded by humans���wait they aren’t all humans, what the fuck, since when are there hybrids? They knew everyone from the underground—by name, no less—and had never heard of any currently living hybrids. Only of ones from before the war. Besides, Monsters have been on the surface for a month at most, so there is no way for... oh boy, their head is spinning.

After some very...tense...introductions (“Hi, I never saw you guys Underground, nor have I heard of you, no offense. So, uh, which monsters are you guys related to?” “OI, I’LL HAVE YOU KNOW THAT TUBBO IS NOT A MONSTER!”) they come to the realization that y/n is most definitely not from this world, or even this universe. Y/n’s adamant refusal to fight the “real monsters” that roam this land (“I did not spend countless timelines weeks putting my life on the line to befriend every monster, break the barrier that trapped them Underground, and defend them against my own god forsaken race just to turn my back on them.”) was a pretty big sign, after all. That, along with species of monsters that the SMP members have never heard of and how y/n talked about Souls as if they were a tangible thing.

It’s a rocky start before any sort of friendship is formed: y/n, wanting to be cautious, (and also not having Sans there to CHECK for them) decides to ask everyone what their LV is. It’s risky, and they had no way to prove if anyone is (or isn’t) telling the truth, but it was worth a shot. “Our levels?” A small goat hybrid asked, his head slightly tilting to the side. Everyone assumes that y/n is talking about enchantment levels. “I’m at 26! Ranboo, you’re at 30, right?” “I’m at 37 now, actually.” “Well, I’M at 58. Clearly I’m the superior one here. A real big man, a very manly man, aren’t I?” And a few others pipe in. Color drains from y/n’s face and they take a few steps back, hands shaking as their eyes dart between each person in the room and the exit. ‘How many lives have they each taken to make their LOVE so high? Why do they seem so proud of it?’ Yeah... that was an interesting experience.

- even though they have been reassured multiple times that the monsters of this world are nothing like the ones from their home, y/n still refuses to kill a single one, as I had mentioned earlier. They also refuse to kill animals. It takes a couple tries at explaining LV or LOVE—Level Of ViolencE—along with EXP—EXecution Points—but eventually everyone is on the same page

- Y/n is hesitant to bring out their SOUL when asked. First off, though they’re now friends with those from the Underground, they can’t help but be reminded of every spear, knife, bone, petal, gaster blaster, and fireball that has been aimed at them with the intent to kill whenever their SOUL was drawn into an encounter back then. Second of all, showing your SOUL is something you do with those you trust with your life—after all, you’re literally putting your lifeline out on display when you do so. There are so many different ways that the SMP members can see it

- Perhaps a monster appears

- Eggpire or Dream attack

- Someone forces y/n into an encounter because everyone is too curious to just let this opportunity slip by

- When y/n discovers that the people of this land have more than one life, they’re confused. There is no way that all of these people have SOULS of Determination, and there’d definitely be some issues if people kept rewinding time to their last save point. Besides, only one Determination SOUL—the strongest one—should be able to respawn. Then again, they only know what Frisk had explained to them. They were never able to see the save stars that Frisk would interact with in the different sections of the Underground. So they only have so much to go off of.

- Battle for them is completely different. Despite being in a different world, the mechanics from their world still apply. They can FIGHT, ACT, use an ITEM or show MERCY.

- They use Frisk’s tactic and flirt their way out of a fight or two. They never understood why Frisk did it until now... ‘I mean, I...wow. That was actually effective.’ They’re impressed.

- Oh no, maybe that wasn’t the best idea...they might have some yanderes after them bc of it...

- They probably have accidentally called Philza ‘Asgore’ and Tubbo ‘Asriel’ because both hybrids remind her of the two males from her world. Similar personalities AND Tubbo is a goat hybrid. The poor child is going to be so confused

- If Tubbo’s a yandere oh boy it’s going to be so easy for him. Y/n will probably be constantly at his side and telling him stories about the first fallen child and how they were adopted by the royal family, who are goat monsters! And just explaining the history of the underground and how important the goat family is. Talks about Asriel a lot as well. Probably makes him butterscotch cinnamon pie and tries to recreate golden flower tea to share with him as well. Or, they do that and he’s not yandere and it’s just wholesome.

- If we follow the headcanons that some fans have made, perhaps Frisk (and/or y/n) gave up half of their SOUL to give to either (or both) Chara or Asriel so they’d have another chance at life

- Not only does y/n refuse to kill, which leaves them vulnerable, they also only have half a SOUL, which means they’re incredibly weak. Someone needs to protect them, someone needs to keep them safe, someone needs to—

- Y/n is incredibly agile thanks to all the battles they’ve faced Underground. With their SOUL always out in the open during an encounter and the fact that they refuse to harm anyone, it’s required. I’m imagining them moving like a dancer, using jumps and spins to help them avoid any weapons swung at them.

- This is gonna be annoying for any yandere that wishes to lock y/n up. Even if they won’t physically hurt someone, they WILL put up a fight and make it as hard as they possibly can to be dragged into isolation or imprisonment

- When it comes to who goes yandere, I believe what color of SOUL y/n has (their personality, in summary) would play a big role. Here’s a few of my ideas, feel free to move people around or add to it, I’m really tired and can’t think of many characters LOL

- Red (determination): Wilbur, Technoblade

- Orange (bravery): Technoblade, Dream, Tommy

- Yellow (justice): Sam, Technoblade

- Green (kindness): the kids of the server, Fundy, and Ghostbur

- Cyan (patience): Ranboo, Ghostbur, Karl

- Dark blue (integrity): Tubbo, Philza, Sam

- Purple (perseverance): Dream—this man would love to see how long it would take for your perseverance to run out. I wouldn’t be surprised if your perseverance is the only reason he’s interested.

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From what I saw of the end of what I wrote, it is DEFINITELY cut short. At least I mentioned every SOUL type lolol.

Also, I found a whole other note that’s a continuation of this concept but for y/n being from another game what the hell was I doing—

Expect that to come in another ask once I eat dinner

Sorry i took so long to answer!! I kept getting distracted!

That stuff is so pog man!!!! Puffy might be called “Toriel” once in a while because mom energy and she sheep,,, close to goat!

Gosh all the flirting will bring in so many yanderes or make ppl like “yo wtf??” And there’s a very small amount that are inbetween.

OKAY BUT WITH THE MONSTER STUFF ON THE DSMP- they’d keep the monsters in their house. They’d give them food and everything. Some def become very friendly and will defend. Haha giant spider go prrrrrr

I’d write more but there is so much amazing stuff I don’t think I could add to some of them anyways!!! Plus my mind is just racing other places rn haha

[logically-asexual]

Hold me like you mean it

summary:

Logan’s feelings for Virgil and the fact that now Virgil barely notices him are stopping him from getting any work done. Janus offers a way for Logan to cope, by disguising himself into Anxiety. but is this really what Logan needs? and what’s in it for Janus, anyway?

Alternatively, an angsty story about rejection, denial, and manipulation.

warnings: (for the whole fic) unrequited love, rejection, manipulation, unhealthy relationships, gaslighting, dependency, dubious consent and non consent for kissing, sad ending, depression (vaguely described), angst in general, nightmares, self harm. let me know what else i should add.

taglist: @gummibearbullet @chara-07 @the-sympathetic-villain @whatishappeningrightnow

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Logan had mentioned to Janus how hard he found the transition from his room to the outside, and vice versa, so now Virgil came to get him to his room and accompanied him on the way to their meeting and back. At first, Logan was concerned that the others would see them and ask unsolicited questions, so they decided that only during that transition Virgil would wear his normal attire.

Today Virgil was at his door quite early, but Logan didn’t mind. He wouldn’t explicitly ask for it, but he had become more flexible and enjoyed the additional time they could have. When Logan opened the door, he was taken aback by Virgil’s disapproving frown. Had he done something to insult Janus lately? It had happened before that their entire date felt strained when he had made an out-of-place comment or hadn’t responded well to Janus’ hospitality. He didn’t have to wonder out loud, though, since the other began speaking as he walked in.

“Hey, Teach. I’m sorry, I didn’t mean to startle you,” he said, looking Logan over, still frowning. “Are you alright?”

Ah. Of course he was worried, Logan thought, since he surely did look quite disheveled. He was in the middle of working, after all, and the others didn’t usually see Logan like this.

“I’m more than fine Virgil. Very glad now that you’re here, in fact.”

Virgil stammered. “You- you are?”

“Of course.” He wouldn’t admit that either, but he also enjoyed it when Janus allowed him to be the one making Virgil flustered sometimes. He stepped forward and took Virgil’s hand in his. His lips quirked in a small smile when the other’s eyes widened, but it disappeared when he abruptly pulled his hand away.

“What the hell do you think you’re doing?!”

Logan stuttered, completely at a loss for words, and Virgil continued, his volume gradually increasing.

“Is something wrong with you? First you act all nice around us out of nowhere, which I guessed made sense because you were clearly only intending to get us to listen to you, but at the same time you’re closed off and disappear constantly and no one has any idea where you go. And don’t say you’re working because I know you don’t have that much work to do. Seriously, what are you doing here all day? Writing in your useless calendar? Making a new list of ways to stress everyone out to meet your insane standards?”

Logan froze and felt his muscles tense at the harsh words, but the other didn’t stop.

“I wanted to try to be kind to you and find out if something was bothering you, even though Patton and Roman insisted it wasn’t necessary, but when I come here the first thing you do is ignore my personal boundaries? How many times do I have to tell all of you not to touch me without permission?!” Virgil’s eyes looked almost hurt at the end of the sentence. “You used to be the only one that respected me.”

Speechless, Logan searched desperately for something he could say or do, but both his mind and his body were petrified. All of a sudden, a string of words felt out of his mouth with ease.

“I apologize, Virgil. Remus came here earlier impersonating you and I thought this was him again. I was planning to take him off-guard and twist his wrist with a new self defense maneuver I learned, in order to convince him to leave me alone.”

Virgil looked just as surprised as Logan felt, but he was able to school his expression and keep it neutral, as the anxious Side cooled down from his outburst. When Virgil began apologizing, Logan spotted Janus behind him, leaning on the door frame with his arms crossed. Their eyes met for an instant, before Logan glanced back at the Side speaking, who had just finished expressing regret for his previous comments and suspicions.

“Don’t worry about it, Virge. Your reaction was understandable. I’ll make sure to check before I assume I have someone else in front of me.” This time, he was telling the truth.

Virgil nodded, and apologized once more and, seemingly too ashamed to continue the conversation, began turning around to leave. Logan looked to where he had seen Janus standing, but he was no longer there. Suppressing a sigh of relief, he walked the other Side to the door.

Right before leaving, Anxiety hesitantly added: “Hey, uh- either way… Can you stop pretending that you care about us? It’s… weird to see you act like that. I prefer it when you just stick to getting stuff done, you know?”

Logan didn’t respond, only looking away and biting the inside of his cheek as Virgil went back to his room. Logan closed the door behind him and let out the breath he was holding. He was immediately startled by a hand resting on his shoulder. He turned around to meet Janus.

“You did well.” He said, earnestly.

“I have to thank you, since you were the one to come up with that lie to amend the situation. Otherwise I wouldn’t- I wouldn’t have known what to do.” His voice cracked as he looked behind him to the door, where Virgil had just been standing, and he tried to cover it up with a cough.

“Oh, love.” Janus said, his low voice sorrowful as a gloved hand guided his face back towards him, lifting it from his chin with one finger. “Let’s get you out of here.” With that, Deceit sank them both out into his own room.

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notes: >:) there we go

btw i didn't mean to write patton and roman as particularly unsympathetic or anything. remember this fic is very biased and they're only brought up in specific moments, it just happened that they seem to be in a little bad light each time, but it's up to your interpretation.

also... that seems like a hella lot control janus has over logan to make him just lie like that, doesn't it?

[theworldiswhispering]

So, I saw that you're into LOTR, the Wingfeather Saga, The Silver Eye, and Hunt for The Wilderpeople, and I love ALL of those, so please please will you tell me your favorite parts/books/scenes and favorite characters? (Spoilers are not a concern, BTW)

Aaa really?? That's so cool fam!! I got really excited to answer this when I saw it, tbh all of those are so good and I don't know where to begin so thank you.

For LOTR, my favorites are probably Faramir, Eowyn, Sam, and I'm going to stop myself there on characters for now because there are too many that I could write essays on. Also shoutout to Boromir and Frodo who I used to dislike but I did not give enough credit to and now are favorites also. I've watched the movies more recently than I've read the books and I am not going to list the scenes that just make me want to scream because there are too many. But Eowyn/Gimli friendship and tbh just all of the Gimli friendships in general deserve more love. Very wholesome. Also Boromir death scene??? Absolutely kills me. Denethor/Faramir cut back and forth scene while Pippin is singing? Ouch. Sir Mr. Professor Tolkien and Peter Jackson I'm going to have to ask you to stop.

It's also been a while since I read the Wingfeather Saga, but it's in my top three core favorite series/pieces of media in of all time (there are concentric circles of favorites) along with LOTR and the Chronicles of Narnia. Sometimes I wonder how good old AP would feel about being placed there but that is HIS fault for writing such a good book series and not mine. I grew up reading it and it is just....mmmgood. I love the sibling relationships in that book, tbh definitely made an impact on me and how I treat the people around me (esp. being an oldest/older sibling haha). He works truth into good storytelling so well. Favorite characters...once again difficult but Janner (hmm project much), Artham, Maraly, the Florid Sword, Nia, Leeli, Kal....there are not a lot of characters I dislike in that series. There is just so much redemption going on all around and each of the characters are lovable yet have profound flaws and hurts that they have to work through in a very real way. I really need to do a reread lol.

TSE is not quite in the core circle but one of my favorite pieces of media of all time and definitely my favorite webcomic. There's so much detail in the story and Laura does such a good job writing dialogue and characters, along with having just...astounding art? Apen and Berlyne have both been favorites for a long time but Chara has grown on me a lot and tbh is very underrated. Joe is great and tbh I think knows everything going on because he's standing in the background of pretty much every conversation that's supposed to be a secret, shoutout to Idony for being in the Least Problematic Club with Joe and Chara. Alvarados ftw I guess. There are more characters I dislike in this comic but none because they're badly written, more because they get on my nerves or have made....poor choices....things which I am apt to rant about at length and thus will save for another time. But all the characters are entertaining and really essential to make up the group and have potential so there is that. I'm excited for them to get to Levant and meet more characters (I really wanna see the Shephard sisters). Also if anybody sees me liking TSE posts that they made years ago it's because I've been dredging the depths of this site for more TSE content and I apologize in advance.

I watched Hunt for the Wilderpeople for the first time like two weeks ago and it was just...so good?? The potential for stories with a quirky setting or tone to be a setting for the deeply profound is something I love to see tapped into and Taika Waititi does that beautifully. It's a genre? I dunno how to describe it that reflects the confusion and chaos of the real world very well while still creating a good story. 10/10 will make my friends and family watch.

Anyways thanks for reading my dissertation, I could talk about most of these for hours and have before so this ask just made me go ham.

[kekisu]

TOP 5 CHARAS AND 5 REASONS WHY YOU LIKE THEM GO GO GO

AHHHH OKAY OKAY. I LITERALLY LIT UP WHEN I SAW THIS IN MY INBOX YOU HAVE NOOOO IDEA THANK YOU SO MUCH ah okay. i hope its ok if i leave it to just one or two of my fav things about them though cause NFHBGDF I DONT WANT THIS TO BE MILES LONG i hope you understand!!!!!

1. LIGHT YAGAMI

now. i dont think anybodys surprised. MFKSKFMFMHNGJN honestly, though i dont care about death note much at all anymore, hes like gum stuck to my shoe and i just cannot get him off no matter what i do. i tell myself that i dont give a fuck about anything in death note until i see him on my dash and i go apeshit. hes completely changed me and how i approach analyzing complex characters. i think hes the first character that ive ever actually cared about in that sense? the sense where i look into every detail about him i mean. its really just so fun...

my absolute favorite thing about him... i really love how funny he is. this isnt to say hes a humorous guy im saying hes funny as in he makes such stupid decisions and its hilarious to see him struggle so hard constantly. the entire ending of death note is fucking insane it sends me into laughing fits every time. theres so many funny moments in death note despite it being considered a psychological horror animanga because of him being a genuine fucking idiot 24/7. hes supposed to be a genius but he truly does lack so much self awareness sometimes.

if you wanna know more of my thoughts in depth, i have an analysis of him here that you can check out :) ID LOVE FEEDBACK ON IT so if you disagree with me or have questions etc feel free to shoot an ask and ill try to answer!!!!!

2. GORO AKECHI

god... hes perfect. he and light are on the same level of favoritism for me, dont let the numbers fool you. hes hands down my absolute favorite in persona 5 and it blows my mind knowing that the majority of the fandom feels the exact opposite or are torn over him ITS ALMOST FRUSTRATING because its mostly due to the amount of misinformation/mischaracterization spread about him!!!! but no he just happens to be the best written character in that piece of shit of a game! MFDKDHNGJJ AND PERSONA FANS CANT COMPREHEND GOOD WRITING

my favorite thing about him.. i love how hes written. and i know this sounds really basic and predictable, but its the truth i just really love his growth as a character, especially in royals third semester when he gets a chance to properly shine and oh my god! did he shine! hes literally so perfect in 3rd sem

theres just something so captivating about an angry teenager who truly thinks of his life as worthless and doesnt bother making bonds with others because of it who suddenly finds himself questioning his choices of self isolation when he finally meets a group of people he can resonate with and feel seen by. a group of people who are willing to reach out and listen to him despite his past mistakes. theres just something so perfect about seeing that same angry teenager want to take his life into his own hands and strive to grow... that same angry teenager who didnt value his own life start to see meaning in things because of bonds...

i love goro so so much he makes me so emotional if it isnt obvious enough NGFHGDGBDFH I THINK ABOUT HIM A LOT. i think about him healing so much.

(btw im working on an analysis for him atm thats similar to lights so! stay tuned for that dropping when its done in like a million years NFHFBGFHDBGHF)

3. AKIRA KURUSU

DAMN 2 PERSONA 5 CHARACTERS IN A ROW

OKAY SO i know Technically akira is supposed to be a blank slate silent protagonist but let me tell you THATS SO FAR FROM WHAT HE ACTUALLY IS. IM NEVER FORGIVING ATLUS FOR TRYING TO SHOVE HIM INTO THE SILENT PROTAG BOX AND NOT LETTING HIM BE HIS OWN CHARACTER! BECAUSE HE HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BE AMAZINGGGGG ugh sorryfor caps im so fuckng mad MKDFKMGMHMGMG

it really does get on my nerves how because of atlus trying to make him a silent protag, the majority of the p5 fandom sees him as that. blank slate. nothing. when in reality he very much has a ton of spunk and id argue that hes his own character entirely if you just look a little deeper past the surface Like... its not even that hard to see personality in him. beneath the mask is literally his theme song, have you Not seen the lyrics to that? HAVE YOU NOT SEEN THE ENTIRE THEME OF THE GAME? this little dude is so traumatized and angry at those who wronged him (aka the justice system! shitty adults!) and people have the nerve to say hes the worst persona protagonist? lmfao

my favorite thing about akira is how he looks like a cat and how cocky and annoying he can be.. he is such a jokester hes the absolute dumbest. i enjoy this silly guy. *holds him under the armpits like a longcat*

4. SHIGEO KAGEYAMA

ahhh mob. he makes me do this -> :)

mp100, of course, changed my fucking life. mp100 is the reason i am the way i am and though all the characters are incredibly relatable and memorable and i cherish them so dearly, i, like most people, cherish mob the absolute most. seriously his strength really is incredible and though hes just a fictional character he is so inspiring and i wish to carry as much gentleness in my heart as he does.

im so so proud of him on his development he started off so.. i wouldnt say he was weak, but i would say that he lacked experience. he lived in his own little bubble not knowing what the world was like and throughout the story he grew to learn so much.. he learned to make such. mature decisions at such a young age. hes so so wise. hes so powerful not only because of his psychic powers but because of his compassion for others. he can befriend even the worst of people...

my favorite thing about him is his determination to become the best version of himself he can be. and also his relationship with ritsu (not me, i mean ritsu kageyama <3) i always gravitate towards siblings in fiction because im an only child and well <3 i dont experience that. so i like projecting onto them GHBFBBHFG they care so much for each other.. sniffle sniffle

5. RYO ASUKA

ok im going to be real even though im into devilman i dont have much of a reason to enjoy him this much. i just think hes hilarious and really cool and his satan form gives me gender envy. i love it when he commits random easily avoidable acts of violence for no reason at all its just because he wants to. and thats just fine. i think he can kill people and get away with it because hes ryo asuka. gay rights

[with-the-same-tattoos]

Btw honestly i should just do like a full round up of Monarda essentially roasting the slashers, (psychologically twisting their intentions and playing with what if's until they become truths) esp the artsy ones... they're just a fun chara ro study others w bc they judge w/out judgement and its fun

I think theyd like get ALONG w Asa too and that would be their FAVE artist. Defi!!!! They also both have creepy big glowing eyes and both of them purr so. Rip. A horrible combo. At least Mona would still b v cruel to asa :> its what he deserves.

Also if any character / anyones oc needs a psychological "👁 👄 👁 im gonna play w ur hair playfully but simultaniously tangle my fingers into ur hair so that when i suddenly yank its gonna be so painful" from mona pls do tell theyre so fun to write u v u

[ao3feed-p5-boyslove]

by seatoriver

"So…" Akechi started, breaking the silence. "What do you think of Tokyo so far? I know you only just got here, but you know, I am quite curious."

How does Akira tell him that it's exactly as he remembered and yet so very different? As if he was coming home again but as a ghost, a stranger to all he loved dearly. How could Akira even begin to tell him how guilty he feels for being here, leaving his team behind from who knows where, all because he sacrificed his life for the same man walking beside him? How does he tell him that he just wants to go home ― not his hometown, not Leblanc ― but back to a time where he actually felt like he belonged for once?

"It's different," Akira simply said, because it was the truth.

Words: 9645, Chapters: 1/?, Language: English

Fandoms: Persona 5

Rating: Teen And Up Audiences

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Categories: F/F, M/M

Characters: Akechi Goro, Kurusu Akira, Persona 5 Protagonist, Amamiya Ren (Persona Series), Sakura Futaba, Sakura Sojiro, Niijima Sae, Takamaki Ann, Sakamoto Ryuji, Niijima Makoto, Okumura Haru, Yoshizawa Sumire | Yoshizawa Kasumi

Relationships: Akechi Goro/Kurusu Akira, Akechi Goro/Persona 5 Protagonist, Akechi Goro/Amamiya Ren, Akechi Goro & Kurusu Akira, Akechi Goro & Persona 5 Protagonist, Suzui Shiho/Takamaki Ann

Additional Tags: shuake, akeshu - Freeform, thats the main r/s im developing but theres gonna be more prob, Alternate Universe, Alternate Universe - Time Travel, Time Travel Fix-It, Slow Burn, Comfort/Angst, Alternate Universe - No Personas (Persona Series), Persona 5 Spoilers, Persona 5: The Royal, im implementing royal stuff in here so kasumi is gonna be a chara, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, oh btw akechi and akira are like basically roleplaying sherlock and watson as partners here, Ill add more as I go along - Freeform, no third semester stuff... yet, Eventual Relationships

[sleepymarmot]

MEA liveblog #6

Spoilers!

Kadara

Alright, let's hope this virus sample is as harmless as SAM said... Why doesn't this scene have an interrupt? Why does Andromeda have so few?

Oh, right, there's still a quest with Reyes and Drack's story about Spender

I think I should also try the monolith again. Regardless of politics, activating the vaults for Ryder is like closing rifts for the Inquisitor.

Thank you internet for telling me how to activate the southernmost monolith! There's a cave entrance at the base of the mountain, on the road to the east of the monolith and north-east of the forward station.

Ugh, navigating this vault and trying not to die took a long time...

Why do I get flirt options with Reyes in 90% of dialogue wheels?

Okay, I finally crafted something. Chest and legs for armor. Iitiative V. Together they give +11% XP instead of +15 I had on the pre-order set, but I could put lots of bonuses onto them. Used "25% shields on kill" as enhancement and "+50% recharge speed, -30% weapon damage" as a mod.

Yikes! It looks so ugly! Here I thought Deep Space looked mediocre compared to Scavenger, but this...

My adept profile is now rank 4!

Zia's voice sounds terribly familiar.

I literally met murderers disposing of a body, why can't I interact with them?

Two Hydras, more like "run around the entire time". Ugh, why are biotics in this game so weak against armor? And where's the fall damage? The entire point of biotics is killing enemies with physics! Why does a combo, on normal difficulty, not kill a mook, but throw him somewhere I can't see him with a sliver of health so he continues to shoot at me? This is ridiculous!

Me: Ugh I don't wanna do Kadara Also me: *does every single sidequest in the Badlands, raises viability to 70%*

Tempest

Peebee: idk why I wanted to write to you -- Aww :D

Yay, finally I can make my inventory bigger!

"I like it when you flirt" is still an option smh. Clicked it because I think someone mentioned that the zero-g scene is repeatable, but nope.

Alright, time to finally move on to the loyalty missions!

Cora's LM

Convenient when you can reuse an entire map huh :D

TBH most of the things people are saying are flying right past me. I'm just following the quest markers. So, is the arc pretty much empty now? 

Asari sword V!!! Something I wanted to craft or find a long time ago. 

This ascendant wasn't even dangerous. Just a boring bullet sponge. I need to get more weight capacity so I could always carry a sniper rifle just for those guys...

I'm a biotic too!!! I walked through this entire mission as an adept! Why am I not helping with the shield?

Revealed the truth, then said Sarissa should stay as the Pathfinder. Not a difficult decision.

Tempest

"Outcast HQ" sounds ridiculous...

Meanwhile, my Bronze/Silver strike team has five positive traits and no negatives...

Nexus

Good thing I went here before moving on to Vetra's mission! There's a follow-up scene. And apparently, there were a lot of asari still in cryo?

Is this the guy who already sent me a grateful email? This game really fails at continuity sometimes.

Fuck! Jien Garson "died alone"?! All this time I was suspicious about her absence, but people talked about her death so confidently I was sure there were witnesses!

lmao a burned body in an unexpected place. suuuuure

Oh, so she is dead :(

Okay, this is simpler than I thought. The Initiative was about escaping the Reapers. And I thought they were looking for something in Andromeda...

If there's really nothing more to it -- I'd actually be disappointed. The game just continues to subvert its own most ridiculous statements. Pretty much everyone assumed that building something called Arcs and moving to another galaxy right before the Reaper invasion is an attempt to preserve people and culture. The game insisted that wasn't the case, except of course it is. There were only two new races, suspiciously alike -- are they related? Nobody even mentioned the possibility in the game until it was confirmed. On the one hand, it's a relief that the game doesn't believe its own bullshit. On the other, I'd like not to be treated like an idiot. I'd like a story with a premise that makes sense by itself, and with reveals that are genuinely surprising. What's next on the list of predictable "plot twists"? Is Alec alive? Is Reyes the Charlatan?

Tempest

What, I got a bunch of AVP just for promising to do Drack's mission?

Fuck yeah vanadium

H-047c

When you land, the subtitles just disappear...

I almost fell off a cliff and Liam shouted "Ryder!!" in a very startled voice

Whoa, a Reegar!

Took the interrupt, of course.

After Liam's mission, the other two seemed bland...

Havarl

Thanks to the internet, finally found the Fusion Mod of Adrenaline. How can anyone find that by themselves?!

Archon's ship

I'm tired of messing around, let's get on with the plot

Let me guess, I'll have to choose between the map to the Meridian and the salarian arc's survival?

This Pathfinder actually sounds like a Salarian!

A new carfalon, nice

this fight didn't go well lmao

Oh great, now we wiped everything but the ascendant and then he killed me

Ughh, on the third try...

Poor Ryder

Yeah, yeah, we've already heard all that from Harbinger...

Archon's chamber, health and ammo packs... Annoying boss battle, here we go

oh great, it's the Krogett

ah, so it's a mix of Virmire and Priority: Tuchanka

Ouch, I wish I didn't take Drack on this mission...

Well thanks I feel like a monster now

And of course, the autosave is after the choice. I've long suspected that the lack of saving in priority mission is designed to make us live with our decisions...

Honestly when I was making a choice it seemed simply whether a bunch of krogan or salarians are saved from exaltation, the krogan are connected to your friend but the salarians have a Pathfinder. But then the game seems to present it as "many krogans, your friend's friends, vs one Pathfinder"?

So, where to now? After the Nexus.

I have 3 loyalty missions in progress, Peebee, Jaal and Drack, and the last one seems pretty urgent. 

I need to go to Elaaden, especially because after this I need to restore my relationship with the krogan.

I need to activate the vault on Voeld, people in my outpost and my angaran allies has been freezing their limbs of for a long time.

Kadara is the only place where nothing important is happening, but I need to get it to 90% asap to unlock the fusion mod perk.

Tempest

Poured some more points into combat to decrease the weight of sniper rifles, and crafted a Vintage Isharay V. Now I can carry it along with the Hornet and a shotgun of my choice. Some power user I am... :D

No, Gil, I don't really want to meet your friend. Though on second thought, maybe if the Pathfinder tells her we're not here just to breed, maybe she'd believe...

"My mother created the implant in my head, and my father created the AI that uses it. I haven't lost them either" ;_;

Suvi organized a comparative religion seminar, and Jaal and Kallo signed up!

Got myself a bald space mouse

"Okay, I'll learn a new party trick" :D

"You are daring. I had to up my game" It's just a casual option, but sure sounds like flirting... :D

"Just don't get yourself exalted" -> "Just don't relax too much" The translation is getting worse and worse... There's some nonsense in almost every conversation.

Aw, Vetra!

Nexus

Thanks, Tann! Now I have time to do sidequests and loyalty missions without guilt!

No thanks to other Pathfinders, seems like I have to rush the main plot after all :(

Scott!!!

Why is Ryder asking him about things she must know just as well?

Honestly, this game design is super stupid! Kadara opens up a lot of new quests, but also the rushes the main plot like hell! Am I supposed to do the loyalty missions and shit after the end of the story??

Wait, how exactly did Keri scare people? Why was she arrested? I don't understand.

Tempest

Aw, Liam is worried about how I'm coping with my clinical death! *Shepard sighs with envy from another galaxy*

Kadara

Why does the game shower me with shippy Reyes material even when I'm not trying to romance him?

Finally another interrupt lol

"Try to settle here, and I'll consider it an act of war" If I took the story seriously and roleplayed honestly, this would be the point I'd abandon this planet forever, even if I didn't do it far earlier. There's no reason for Ryder to plan for an outpost here -- and I only do because of the queat description. Ughh, the writing in this game is killing me.

How do you take a recipe anyway? How do you make sure there isn't a copy left on the person's computer? Anyway, took it from the asari because I assumed I could destroy the info instead of giving it to the doctor, but had to give it back anyway.

Whoa, the date with Vetra is incredibly romantic

Was it really necessary for two freaking eirochs to greet us as we exit the cave?!

People who lit Sloane from behind so that every time there's a closeup on her, the camera adjusts to that bright light and her face becomes a pitch black blob: please don't ever stage anything again

Travel from the Badlands to the Port, meet Sloane, immediately travel back to almost the same place in the Badlands. Is the game intentionally trying to waste as much of our time as possible?

I think my game ran out of save slots... Without any warning. When you try to write in a new slot everything seems normal but the save just doesn't appear.

Whoa! Ryder WASN'T surprised that Reyes is the Charlatan! I didn't expect her to figure that out...

I'm not sure how Reyes's actions were supposed to weaken Sloane but whatever

First I shot him because I use interrupts instinctively, then replayed and didn't. I don't give enough fucks about this petty war.

100%! Now I can finally leave this snake pit.

BTW, re: the choice: Sloane is almost as bad as Aria at this point, the only redeeming quality is her backstory. And she's proven herself a bad leader, while Reyes could turn out to be better. But deciding to let her die within a split second -- that's not something I or my idealistic character could do. And now Reyes has a potential for a cool comeback story, and Sloane -- for a redemption arc. We have both characters alive and active, while the other option kills one off. (Which, I realize, is a reason that we might never see an interesting follow-up.)

Tempest

Reyes bothered to send a letter! I hope we'll see his dramatic return in a sequel or a DLC. Imagine if you romance him and then save Sloane -- that's a good story! Also, glad I didn't shoot, because the internet says the letter is very bitter and ominous in that case.

Aaand what some people on the internet were saying is true. Fusion Mod Support, which was the sole reason I went to complete Kadara, is broken and deprives you of all buffs. Well, whatever.

Drack doesn't tell me to fuck off anymore. Does this mean I don't need to "give him space" anymore and can plausibly do his loyalty mission? It's weird that the game just ignores all that's happened -- it's not like he tells me he forgave or anything. Consequences my ass. Just lazy writing.

And Lexi just repeats her first description of Drack -- that he's "always good". Ugh. No, he's not!

NOW you want to talk about my death, Cora! Not when I approached you after that mission!

Elaaden

The krogan have a nice flag!

Logical: "Don't make me headbutt you. I absolutely will" Ha! The emotional option was some shit about friendship... 

The worm? That thing from the promo pictures, right? Is it the same thing as the Architects people on the internet are mentioning?

Aww, is this a letter from multiplayer's krogan engineer?

A krogan LARP!

The krogan are literally the only people whom I can understand and support in a decision to jump galaxies

Drack's LM

I don't understand how Vorn got here...

For once I'm not the one with a dilemma lol

"There's only one thing getting destroyed today (...) So there are a lot of things getting destroyed today, actually"

Drack please don't talk during fights, I don't hear a single word, too busy charging people and slashing them with my sword

I still don't understand what all of this has to do with Spender, and don't remember Drack ever mentioning before that the botanist is so important and irreplaceable.

I love being a vanguard on normal because even with an incomplete build you can tank two hydras. To be fair I was standing right on top of a health box...

That's all?? So short...

At least Drack hasn't forgotten my choice...

Ah, so the botanist who sent us on this mission and the botanist we rescued are two different people? Okay, one question answered.

Elaaden

Hmm, this puzzle seems more difficult...

The second monolith has a console puzzle instead of sudoku. I spent a pretty long time on it before realizing there were three consoles, not two...

WHy am I breaking into this base and slaughtering everyone inside??

Couldn't solve the console puzzle in the vault, looked it up, didn't understand the explanation, clicked some more and activated it by accident.

Shit, is this the same puzzle but on pillars?

I fell into the water and the game respawned me into the same fall -- but in the Nomad.

Jumped around and activated the bridge somehow, but the door behind it is still closed

How am I supposed not to fall from the pillars? It's impossible to know if you're jumping not far enough, too far, or not high enough.

Oh, here's that difficult sudoku. I spent like 15 minutes on it and still can't solve it...

Holy crap, I solved it! Took me about 25 minutes...

The purification field was already in the room when I closed the door on it...

Lmao apparently the main krogan on this planet is right in the starting zone... I searched the entire colony for him! And now, with the planet at 83% viability, I finally meet the guy I came here for :D

I clearly was meant to do all of this right in the beginning lmao. But I was in a rush to do Drack's mission...

Pressuring women into childbirth is bad enough in normal circumstances, but when children have about 1% chance of surviving? Back the fuck off.

Messages on the terminal are interesting. I don't like the confirmation of too-earthlike misogyny on Tuchanka, but at least things are getting better here. And I'm still impressed by the letters from the krogan engineer -- do other multiplayer character have presence in the main game too?

And here's the deal with the Remnant ship! I was waiting for the reason to visit it...

I like Morda. I hope I won't have to fight or depose her.

(Btw she's Norda in translation because "morda" means "face, mug")

It'd be much more fun to fight fiends if they weren't sync-killers. I can't even use a shotgun -- the entire fight consists of running away, throwing powers at them when at safe distance, turning around to run again, and if I'm very lucky, finding a moment for a sniper rifle shot a couple of times.

Btw this entire time I thought fiends were exalted eirochs -- but they're just a normal local species? What?

Lmao the viability is at 99% now

The Remnant Ship is a lovechild of the Collector ship/Derelict Reaper and all those veilfire dungeons from DAI

The Nomad looks bad in this planet's lighting... Or is it because I raised texture quality? On Eos and Voeld the entire hull looked the same, now I can see the difference between two areas.

Oh. Is this why I was supposed to break into the scavenger base lol

Well, this was a good planet to bring Drack and Peebee with you everywhere! Sorry Peebs, but even you didn't feel joy when we finally found that drive core after all the bloodshed; plus it's your own philisophy to look into the future instead of the past; plus we might find other Remnant ships but this diplomatic opportunity is huge and unique. It's a laughably small price to pay for so many good things -- not just the outpost, but paying our debts and renewing friendship with a good ally led by an admirable woman. This makes me feel really good, unlike Kadara. New Tuchanka in generally is a feel-good place. The krogan look more real with their occupations and interests, their reason for being here makes perfect sense unlike the rest of the Initiative, and they're happier than in the Milky Way (at least until the end of ME3. Yeah, they have the genophage here, but also the Reapers aren't killing and harvesting them, so I'll call it a draw).

Oh my god, the translators misread "fiends" as "friends"! "Even if it means taking out three friends at once"! L M A O

"We're all a little krogan in here" That sounds pretty racist, Ryder

Nexus

Wait, how is exile harsher sentence for Spender than jail? In exile he'd just be free to continue his racist criminal activities.

"It is the will to continue living" Ugh, don't give me that Padme bullshit

Eos

That's all? This short rude conversation is why Gil called me to meet his shitty friend?

Aw, Cora started a garden! Right on a nest of poison-spitting bugs, but still cute. 

Just as I switch from Flamethrower to Annihilation, I get attacked by two fiends -_- Where's my biotic armor damage, Bioware?!

Btw the Nomad now looks plastic on Eos too :(

And here's the Architect! I avoided looking up videos because I wanted to find out how this fight goes by myself.

And of course, when I died the autosave was glitched and froze my entire game -_-

And it happened again -_- The cutscene doesn't start and I can't do anything

For fuck's sake, on its leg WHERE?

Managed to shot down a leg, got killed trying to shoot its head

Whoa, I won! Ate like 20 shield boosters, though. What a bullet sponge, I felt like I was doing no damage at all. And in the final section of the fight it spent like 5 minutes just shooting and throwing grenades at me without ever exposing the vulnerable spot, I thought that maybe the game just forgot to indicate it. I used Vanguard, Charge/melee/Lance for adds, gun/Lance/Charge for the Architect itself. For some reason it didn't occur to me to switch to Infiltrator or Soldier or even Explorer for sniping lol

Now that I finally leveled up Lance today, I tried a lot of setups... Flamethrower/Energy Drain/Lance (Sentinel), Annihilation/Energy Drain/Lance (Sentinel), Annihilation/Charge/Lance (Vanguard), Pull/Charge/Lance (Vanguard). Next time I'll try Singularity as the first primer. I don't have the final evolution of Annihilation yet, so it's not at full synergy. I really don't know what I like better -- ED/Sentinel or Charge/Vanguard. The latter is novaguard reborn, basically, but I already have one Vanguard profile, which is melee/tank oriented, and I don't want to remove Backlash, especially to replace it with a power that slows down Charge. Four favorites are not enough, Bioware! At least seven -- one for each profile. I still don't have a build for Remnant VI and I really want to use it! Btw, my final blow to the Architect was with Lance -- ending the testing session with style!

I can craft N7 armor X already! Wow. Why no level requirement? I'll replace my chestpiece -- massive buffs to biotics >> 4% XP. Don't know if I should disassemble my old armor or just buy more enhancements...

I just (re-)realized that Charge/Lance/asari sword is basically N7 Slayer... I definitely need that N7 armor!

I'm watching other people's Architect fights -- and turns out, Backlash can deflect its attacks! That's what I should have used as the third skill.

Not related at all, but I hate how people put spoilers in thread titles on Reddit :/ I guess the most obvious ones get filtered out, but indirect spoilers stay. "What are your theories about [thing]?" -- thanks a lot for telling me it won't be explained in the game, dude!! >:[