#childe is a different beast

[chompmon]

The scream i scrumpt he just cant catch a break

[boarcide]

I truly think that one of the biggest tragedies in BEAST in regards to the Akutagawa siblings is that, at the core of it, Ryuunosuke viewed himself as a beast, and showed his love in a way a beast would, while Gin was the only person who ever saw him as human and judged him accordingly. She did not see a beast acting like a beast, the way everybody else did, she saw a human acting like a beast and it’s part of what drove her away.

The ADA saw their rookie detective at his worst, and watched—and continues to watch—him grow from a beast to a human over time. Consumed by hatred and only knowing how to be cruel, and slowly learning how to become human.

Gin saw her brother at his best—the best he could be in their situation—and then watched him grow from a boy to a beast within moments. The scraps of humanity that he had, all disappearing into rage so primal it no longer made him seem human.

[ryllen]

said wolf,

🐺

[deinodevilmaus]

I give you all another one of my siren designs for EPIC: The Musical! This one is the child siren, Odysseus' "daughter" though, I guess we all know that's not true ;)

[pyrosomatic-metamorphosis]

im gonna be honest i dont care that the eggs bedrooms at NINHO look super scary rn. NINHO is a nuclear bunker built for survival, and that should ALWAYS be the #1 priority when building a space meant to be safe. If it isn't safe, then it has failed as a safe space, just by definition. That SAID- gaining functionality doesn't mean they have to give up a nice room entirely. There's still ways to decorate. The space has to be different now, but remember that each room started out as a double-block layered square box. even a nuclear bunker can have paintings on the wall

[lord-squiggletits]

What is the Tarnma penpals au? I've seen you mention it a couple times and am super curious about it!

Hiiii

So the Pen Pals AU is an idea that I got a couple of weeks ago. Kind of self-explanatory by the name, but the idea is it's a post-war scenario with a diplomatic ending b/t the Autobots and Decepticons. One of the many efforts to normalize relations is a pen pals program that's set up to pair Autobots with Decepticons under randomized pseudonyms. The goal is to try and create positive relationships based only on these letters and not any preconceived notions based on faction or identity. (Also it's pre-Earth which means it's pre-Delphi for Pharma, so his normal non-traumatized personality features.)

Pharma and Tarn naturally get paired up under this program, and the first part of the AU/fic (yes I'm going to write it eventually) is them basically having their pen pals relationship turn from friendship to heavily implied mutual romantic attachment. Their individual daily lives are also shown bc each of them is dealing with their own identity-related crisis: Tarn struggling with depression and addiction in the aftermath of all the things he did for the DJD and confusion over why Megatron just had them change so suddenly. Pharma with the realization that his whole life has just been defined by his accomplishments and he's lived his life in a way where he's oft-respected and admired, but never loved for who he is as a person rather than what he does.

The whole AU was originally meant to be fluffy and slice-of-life-esque (there was even an arranged marriage component in the very first conception of the idea), but as I fleshed out the setting more, I realized I wanted to actually delve deep into the implications of a post-war setting. So the Pen Pals AU has taken a darker turn recently; not darker as in fluffy romance to dead dove, but it's more like, the fluffy romance develops and then the past/war comes back to haunt Tarn and Pharma's relationship in a way that's very (re)traumatizing, both for them individually and their chances of being able to stay together as a couple.

So the fact that Tarn was in the DJD/oversaw Grindcore and did countless atrocities is very much an element of the story that's explored rather than shied away from. At first he deals with it on his own, and for a while he lives in blissful ignorance knowing that his pen pal is the one relationship he has with a "normal person" (he knows that his pen pal is a doctor, aka not a hardened soldier and criminal). Unfortunately things get complicated when his pen pal asks to meet IRL because he wants them to be more than friends, and Tarn realizes that he can't move forward with this new, blooming relationship without being honest about who he is. On Pharma's end, he has to grapple with the idea of choosing love over reputation, following his heart rather than his fear of social rejection/ostracization. Especially when the consequences of continuing to date Tarn could go from just "people judging him" to.... well, that's what me eventually writing the fic is meant to reveal. :)

TLDR: Tarn and Pharma meet as anonymous pen pals, end up having a lot of shared issues re: loneliness and isolated public personas, help each other solve their personal problems, share a mutual love of music, and fall in love, then realize who the other is. Complications ensue.

[thetwilightroadtonightfall]

very very self indulgent doodle of my blorbinos, the marshmallow gang 🤍

in the wise words of me from the past:

[front-facing-pokemon]

[chickenmcnuggies]

figured i'd post the full creature list for my bravely default bestiary mod for dwarf fort since the mod is basically finished ignoring my indecisiveness under read more since it's like 50 miles long

chompers of all kinds. and chompettes. and war trained gobblers :)

the first of the sprites i made, and what i consider the mascots of the mod

(BD1+BS)

ratbitt, badbitt, uniconey unibitt (BD2)

alraune, mandragora, and rafflesia (BD1+BS)

green, fire, and ice d'gons (BD1+BS)

brimstone stallion, sagari, and nightmare (BD2)

drake (BS)

land turtle (BD1+BS)

magician, mephisto, and zauberer (BD1+BS)

hybrid (BD1+BS)

catamount, and valtora

killer ant, magic ant, peraponera, and shooterbug (BS, BD2)

anzu, and regulus (BS)

cu sith! technically cheating since it's from final fantasy 4 heroes of light and not BD, but 4hol is bravely adjacent and originally i was going to do cait sith as well, and wanted them to be a pair. in the end i couldn't make a cait sith sprite i was happy with so it ended up just being this guy.

kaiser cobra, sea serpent cobra (BD1+BS)

fungoo (BD2)

rock golem, inferno golem, ice golem (BD1 + BS) and wood golem (BD2)

one golem type assigned to each main race in DF

hellhound. every bravely game has a hellhound in it but in all of them they're just regular wolves recolored red, or blue in BD2. So it's instead based on it's 4HoL design.

imp, teufel (BD1 + BS)

mailed dragon (BD1 + BS)

megalodon (BD1 + BS)

minotaur, and amber horn (BD1 + BS)

ogre (in all 3 games but based on the BD2 design)

orc, orc leader, orc chieftain, orc lord, orc king. (in all 3 games but based on the BD2 designs)

ratatoskr, and frosti (BD1 + BS)

sizzlemoth (BD2)

slime, red flan, and black pudding (BD1 + BS)

soil eater (BD1 + BS)

wiki-wiki, big wiki-wiki, metal wiki-wiki, queen wiki-wiki, and king wiki-wiki (BD2)

behemoth behemouth. renamed since i already did a 'behemoth' for my other mod. still less bad than it's 4HoL name of "bighugemore"

a megabeast with a deafening roar and a lethal bite laced with venom. based on a mix of it's BD1 and BS fights (venom from BD1 and roar from BS)

greaps, the second full creature from 4HoL. put in simply because she's very cool and it felt weird to only have 1 4HoL monster.

a megabeast that specializes on using different forms of magic from her 3 different battles from 4hol.

[zhongven]

i wonder if andrius will get a human form like cloud retainer is

[freedomforthewin]

April Fool’s Prank

(Part 1 of The Chosen Ones series)

It was teatime, and Newt, Theseus, and seven-year-old cousins Juliet and Judette went into the kitchen to prepare for it. Theseus and Newt washed their hands before going to the cupboards. Then, Juliet pushed the stepping stool in front of the sink and stepped on that stool. She tucked her nearly shoulder-length black hair behind her ears, rolled up the gray long-sleeves of her light pink shirt, and washed her hands. When she was done, Judette got on the stepping stool, quickly smoothed her dark blue t-shirt down, and washed her hands.

The kids got the placemats, utensils, and napkins, and started setting the table. Newt got the teabags, sugar, cups, and spoons for his and Theseus’s teas, and Theseus took out the plates and cups and set them on the counter within the girls’ reach. The girls took them and finished setting the table.

Newt sped up the steeping process, then took the sugar container and poured the sugar into the teas. Juliet and Judette saw that, and their eyes widened and they pressed their lips together, trying to suppress their smiles. Meanwhile, Theseus set out some scones, strawberry jam, cantaloupe that he had sliced earlier, and dairy-free milk.

Then, everyone sat at the table and got their food. The kids weren’t strong enough to pour the milk without making a mess, so Newt poured milk into Judette’s cup, and Theseus poured milk into Juliet’s cup.

Then, Theseus took his spoon and started to stir his tea. Newt did the same.

The girls quickly glanced between Newt’s and Theseus’s cups and their own food as they ate, trying not to be too obvious. Theseus was a highly observant auror after all.

When the brothers were done stirring their teas, they raised their cups to their lips and took a sip.

They sputtered in disgust.

The tea was salty!

The girls burst out laughing. Theseus and Newt, looked at them and then at each other, confused.

“We got you!” they exclaimed gleefully.

“What—” Theseus stammered.

“We switched the salt and sugar,” Juliet said, smiling.

“You did?” Newt asked incredulously.

“Yeah! We used magic to take them out of their containers and put them in the other ones,” Judette said excitedly.

Newt and Theseus were quiet for a few moments. Then, Newt remembered.

“It’s April Fool’s Day,” he said, smiling at Theseus. Theseus’s eyes widened in realization.

The girls giggled.

Theseus chuckled and shook his head.

“Alright, you got us,” he said in mock defeat. He held his arms out toward them. “Come here, you two.”

When Juliet reached him, he wrapped his arms around her and hugged her, rocking her gently. After he pulled out of the hug, his hands lingered on her shoulders and he smiled at her.

When he let her go, he turned to Judette, ruffled her short black hair, and pulled her closer to him so he could kiss her head. He then laid his hand on the edge of her shoulder, smiling at her.

Like her dad, Judette didn’t like hugs.

Theseus let her go and then turned towards Newt. He chuckled, and Newt shook his head in amusement.

The girls walked over to Newt.

“April Fool’s, Daddy,” Judette said as she looked up at Newt, a big smile on her face.

Newt laughed and shook his head.

“April Fool’s, Judette.”

He kissed his daughter on the top of her head and cupped her cheek before letting go and giving the same affection to his niece.

[coffeeaddictandinsomniac]

Banging my head on the table trying to tell my brain to focus on one thing for a longer amount of time. Like, bro please, I have too many wips. I want to finish them!!!!!!!!

[deinodevilmaus]

And here we have one of my Siren designs!

This is my design for the siren masquerading as Penelope in EPIC: The Musical, the Thunder Saga by Jorge Rivera-Herrans

I dearly hope you all like it!

[galedekkarios]

is gale actually the worst guy alive or do people just have personal issues that give them a complex whenever someone else is a master of their craft and confident about it 🤔 hmmmmmmm

[blujayonthewing]

relearning and actually practicing some simple coin tricks on the concept of 'it might be fun to give gold coins to little kids sometimes', blithely ignoring that this would require me to be capable of coming up with some rudimentary patter to put the coin trick into context and then also not be too shy to ever actually do it

[fifireadingcorner]

Eventually the creatures would get old enough to feed on the children themselves??