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[veinsfullofstars]

Veins’ Kintsugi AU Masterpost

(AU started some time btw 11/23 and 12/23, info updated as of 02/28/25)

A collection of art, comics, and info pertaining to my Kirby series AU about what might've happened in the Mirror World leading up to the events of K&tAM, starring the Wave 2 gang and how their friendship came to be, with a generous helping of Darkroach to complicate things even more. It technically occurs within the Childhood Friends AU, but only in parallel, overlapping very little with the main story there and not fully canon compliant (seeing as I'm making up a lot of stuff about the way the Mirror World works as well as changing certain characters' backstories). If you have any questions about the AU (or you just wanna know my Darkroach headcanons, haha), please feel free to send me an Ask! Fair warning: this AU may contain angst and suggestive content.

Here’s what we have so far in roughly timeline order (subject to change as I add more stuff):

Pre-Canon (before Shadow Kirby arrives)

The village bullies (the Mirror World gang as kids)

M!Bow's scars

A witch and her ward (a glimpse at Adeleine's past)

In-Canon (after Shadow Kirby arrives)

Pre-Wave 2 meeting

Skirby training montage doodles

Mid-Wave 2 meeting

The one time Dark was cool in front of his new friends temporary allies [warning: blood, violence against Dark Matter scouts]

Post-Wave 2 meeting

Distracted during a meeting (one-off comic)

"Tell us your thoughts about..." (non-canon Darkroach interviews) [warning: suggestive]

Scratches (one-off comic) [warning: suggestive]

Post-Canon (after the events of Kirby Stars Allies)

Mirror Galacta Knight concept (possible post-story glimpse?)

Additional Notes

Mirror Daroach & the Squeaks

Darkroach & magic

Daroach's scar

Not directly related but thematically relevant

Skirby vs DMK & SD

Skirby & Wave 2

Skirby & Squeaks comp

Other

Tag link | Chrono tag link

Childhood Friends AU

[butchfalin]

the funniest meltdown ive ever had was in college when i got so overstimulated that i could Not speak, including over text. one of my friends was trying to talk me through it but i was solely using emojis because they were easier than trying to come up with words so he started using primarily emojis as well just to make things feel balanced. this was not the Most effective strategy... until. he tried to ask me "you okay?" but the way he chose to do that was by sending "👉🏼👌🏼❓" and i was so shocked by suddenly being asked if i was dtf that i was like WHAT???? WHAT DID YOU JUST SAY TO ME?????????? and thus was verbal again

[hyperbali]

Dragon Age: The Veilguard - Outfit Coords by @desertedinurban

[bluestonewings]

ACES!!! Look at this Scientific American article!!! It makes me genuinely so happy to read. We’re making it!!!!

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/asexuality-is-finally-breaking-free-from-medical-stigma/

[exceptionally-stupid]

Kabru trying his usual approach to undermining people against Laios is so funny. It’s like he’s a grandmaster at chess, poker, and everything else that requires mind-games coming up to a guy, fully expecting to beat him at any game under any circumstances, only to realize he didn’t prepare for the one thing he’d actually be faced with, which is a hotdog eating contest against a guy whose friends call him “the vacuum cleaner”.

Edit: my blog’s pinned post adds on to this

[egophiliac]

this is the moment that broke me

[wickcipher]

You've Been Portal Jacked! Part 11

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Everyone you know, huh?

[starcurtain]

Teyvat's "Most Down Bad" Award Goes to Alhaitham for a Second Year Running

Seeing everyone making fun of Alhaitham for his "stalkerish" tendencies in this event is funny, because I feel like a lot of people missed that "Be literally everywhere Kaveh is" has been Alhaitham's MO from the day Kaveh appeared in the game.

From only grabbing his house keys after Kaveh returned from the desert (he couldn't have had both sets of keys at the end of the Archon Quest unless he went home and got Kaveh's copy) to ditching conversations to get back to his house only after Kaveh came home, to showing up without any warning or explanation in Kaveh's hangout with some ridiculous excuse about hearing his voice through noise-cancelling headphones... Refusing to offer any help in the Temple of Silence story quest other than staying in the library with Kaveh...

Since when does Alhaitham willingly cover anyone else's duties?

But this trend of "Be everywhere Kaveh is" didn't start when they were adults. It was already in place when they were still Akademiya students--and it's a trend that didn't end even when they had their fight.

Even when they weren't speaking, Alhaitham dogged Kaveh's every step through published responses to Kaveh's research articles in academic journals. He insisted on keeping a line of communication between himself and Kaveh open, even if the only way to do that was through very public ideological clashes. Pulling Kaveh's pigtails to get his attention lolol. It's implied that, for at least the few years between their fight and Kaveh moving in, this was the only communication between them--Alhaitham's refusal to allow their connection to entirely fade away. (And the fact that this is revealed in Kaveh's character stories--through his precious journal that records the moments of his life that had the most impact on him--shows just how deeply he values the fact that Alhaitham didn't give up.)

Another relevant side note: Alhaitham never asked Kaveh to give up his half of their house. Knowing half of it belonged to Kaveh, knowing that Kaveh may one day want to reclaim his part of it, knowing that it was listed as theirs, Alhaitham moved into the house and made zero effort to change its ownership. He was completely fine with living in "his and Kaveh's house." The stories suggest it was only months later (or even longer) that Kaveh even noticed he had the house, and he transferred away ownership of his portion without Alhaitham ever asking him (or even seemingly wanting him) to do so.

Please, let that sink in. Alhaitham actively left his grandmother's (presumably comfortable) house to move into "his and Kaveh's house," with no apparent explanation for why, and after doing so, he made no attempt to change that "his and Kaveh's" label. He moved into the house with no promise that Kaveh wouldn't show up on the doorstep the very next day and move in too. It almost feels like another deliberate provocation--I've moved into our house, are you going to come stop me? LBR, if Alhaitham had had his way, Kaveh would have been living there with him from Day 1...

There's also the fact that Kaveh literally can't write on a single message board anywhere in the entire nation of Sumeru without Alhaitham hunting his messages down and responding to them (which absolutely no one else does, by the way).

"NUH-UH!" "UH-HUH." "NUH-UH!"

Alhaitham's own character stories tell us explicitly that one of Alhaitham's defining character traits is "He is never where you need him to be," yet somehow...

Shot, and chaser:

Any time Kaveh is in the slightest bit of need or danger or just wants Alhaitham near, Alhaitham is "coincidentally" exactly where Kaveh needs him to be, whenever Kaveh needs him to be there.

Alhaitham didn't just "happen" to run into Kaveh in Port Ormos, an entirely different city from where he was supposed to be working. He didn't just "happen" to read the same terrible book as Kaveh when we know he otherwise would not waste a moment of his time on poorly-written literature...

He didn't just "happen" to appear when Kaveh was upset and needed a distraction in the House of Daena during Kaveh's hangout. He didn't just "happen" to be sitting around waiting when Kaveh needed answers after the Archon Quest. He didn't just "happen" to find Kaveh's academic publications and every single message board posting and respond to them at length and in public.

Which is exactly what Kaveh's mother told Kaveh he needed.

What level of down bad is "Abusing your powers as an Akademiya employee to keep tabs on your crush's library loans"? Just asking for a friend.

The only person for whom Alhaitham just "happens" to be available is Kaveh, over and over and over again--because he is very deliberately making himself a constant presence in Kaveh's life.

(Like, out of all things, I think people really underestimate the devs deliberately paralleling the romantic relationship between Kaveh's mother and father with Kaveh and Alhaitham's relationship. If you want to point to one thing that says "These two characters are intentionally queer-coded," it doesn't get any more obvious than this.)

Alhaitham, are you not embarrassed to be this transparent??? 🫣

[badolmen]

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[galaghiel]

Both Jack and Maddie stared at him, speechless. Silence blanketed the lab, everything but Danny’s strangled crying, his hand pressed over the muzzle as if to hide it. No- to hold it still, to still the dozen wicked barbs that were digging into his tongue, probably ripping it with each sob.

a little sketch of @liketolaugh-writes amazing one-shot fanfic that you can read here

[news4nose]

You may wonder why you can’t simply unsend that message on iMessage in iOS 16. Know how you can fix this issue.

[veinsfullofstars]

Veins’ Childhood Friends AU Masterpost

(AU started some time btw 09/23 and 10/23, info updated as of 02/28/25)

A collection of art, comics, and info pertaining to my Kirby series AU where King Dedede and Meta Knight first met as children, spanning from their youth growing up together all the way to present day (with all the hope and hurt that comes with it), featuring several OCs and characters from canon who grow up alongside them. If you have any questions about the AU, the characters, or just Kirby headcanons in general, please please please feel free to toss me an Ask - I love talking about the silly adventures these kids get up to and would love nothing more than to gab about them!

Anyway, here’s everything we have so far, organized roughly in timeline order (subject to change as I add more stuff):

• The very first doodles of the boys (with some establishing notes/headcanons)

Pre-Canon (before Kirby arrives)

Kid Years

A shooting star…?

Friendship doodles (with some notes/headcanons)

The Ghost Pepper Fiasco

Book buds

A discussion of leadership (one-off comic)

“This… is Galacta Knight.” (one-off comic)

Spring - rain

Summer - campfire sillies

Autumn - trick-or-treating (with some notes/headcanons)

Winter (part 1 - snow day) 

Winter (part 2 - aurora)

Teen Years

A real italicized “Oh” moment - DDD edition (one-off comic)

Took you long enough (Metadede first kiss aftermath)

Adult Years

TBD

In-Canon (after Kirby arrives)

A old promise recalled… and finally fulfilled (future MetaDede fluff)

Additional Info

Fun Facts

Favorite foods

Favorite music

Para’s many bowties

Bandee & Bow (from Dedede’s perspective)

Character Info

Para Dee & Bow Dee ref sheet (children)

The Library Turtle | Paige & Sir Tort’s bond

Other

Tag link | Chrono tag link

Kintsugi AU

[aspennntree]

kid who’s met god voice: no im agnostic

[psychicbby]

imagine being one of dan’s flatmates in his first yr of uni lmfaoo??? like ok here comes this guy and like the first day he shuts himself in his room to play video games. ok cool whatever maybe he’s nervous. most of the time you never see him bc apparently he has an older friend nearby that he’s always with. when he is in the hall he’s burning pasta bc he’s cooking inept and staring down the washer bc he doesn’t understand how to do his own laundry. oh and he makes videos for youtube where he talks to himself (again this is like 2010). so after barely seeing this man the entire term you find out he’s dropped out of uni. ok whatever you never really think about him again until you’re on youtube and you see his face on the homepage. his video has like millions of views and thousands of likes. oh, there’s the friend he was spending all that time with. somehow he’s become some sort of an internet celebrity??? lmfaooooo. what a serve on dan’s part.

[xhiale]

Sooo i found out (on tiktok from all places lol) that the fanfic was updated, and after reading it while also revisiting old chapters i felt like drawing for the first time in a long time, so here´s this silly thing of the greens.

[ducktracy]

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