#distortion would LOVE it

[malthedreamer]

we get tma the musical

And if I said Elias Bouchard looks like Lin Manuel what then

[imsosleepyofyourbull]

I firmly believe that Kabru is autistic but masks so hard that he’s convinced himself and (almost) everyone around him that he’s neurotypical.

That man’s special interest is people and how they work, but he just thinks it’s him Being So Good At Socializing — like he doesn’t spend 95% of his time people watching and adjusting his personality in response to the traits he witnesses and obsessing over the intricacies of human interaction while mapping an ever growing relationship chart in his head. For fun. He even admits it in the manga!

Like, look at him!!!

It’s such a shame that — because he’s the narrative foil to Laios and his interest is generally considered more “socially acceptable” in both their world and our own — more people don’t realize this about him. He’s constantly misinterpreted as a horribly manipulative person who only acts the way he does to use the people around him, when that’s explicitly shown to not be the case at all. Kabru is naturally empathetic and is almost always thinking about other people, regardless of whether or not they’re right there with him or a thousand miles away.

I mean, his most defining motivation is his desire to do everything he can to avoid another tragedy like the one at Utaya. Someone who doesn’t care wouldn’t have a goal like that, and they most certainly wouldn’t go about it the way he does. He’s constantly working to help people who can help everyone else and tries so hard to make sure that anyone who seems like a threat is actually someone he needs to worry about before doing anything about it. His supposed aversion to Laios is only because of the ridiculous trolley problem he’s set up in his own head.

Outside of that, he (rather justifiably) hates monsters but is desperate to understand Laios’ love for them and his apparently most selfish goal in getting close to the guy was literally just to become friends with him.

When he’s interacting with the canaries and they imply that they’re going to take him and all of his friends to the West, his first thought is of Rin and how much she’d hate to be stuck in the place that gave her so many bad memories.

He helps Kuro learn Common when Mickbell is asleep and firmly looks forward to the day that the half-foot and Kuro can communicate properly so that their relationship can get properly started without any miscommunication.

And he understands Mithrun with only a handful of weeks AT BEST interacting with him, getting enraged when the elf seems to give up and immediately trying to help him find a new motivation for life.

I’m excited just thinking about the day that Kabru starts unmasking more and more around his friends — both new and old — because if being with my current friend group has taught me anything, it’s that hanging out with anyone so unabashedly themselves is bound to make you more comfortable with yourself too. It’s part of the reason why I like Labru so much! There’s something nice about imagining them hanging out in the throne room or laying in the grass outside and talking for hours on end about their special interests. They might not strictly understand what the other finds so fascinating about monsters or people, but they can grasp that shared feeling of love.

They probably influence each other in really good ways too, with Kabru helping Laios figure out what people are thinking even when it doesn’t make sense or Laios helping Kabru understand that not everyone and everything needs to be analyzed a thousand times over. They both get to learn that there are people like them and people who will love them without them ever having to change a thing about themselves. They deserve to know that they’re fine the way they are.

[wyvernity]

been thinking about the sinnohtrio lately......plus misc other stuff

also, casual ko-fi drop!! get something in this sketchy style starting at $10 woop woop

[annamationsart]

bit chilly innit (surely it will be warm inside this door!)

[ascendingconures]

just gonna post this bc i could never come up with a spirally background i liked & i dont want this to die in my saves folder

[moodnor]

AU where Michael constantly terrorises John into going to thrift shopping with him cuz he's bored.

I found these sketches in my sketchbook from 3 years ago so i thought i should post them

[voidedsoul5]

Gerry Keay the man you are <3

Ft. My Michael design. Listen, I know Uncanny Valley is The Stranger not The Spiral TECHNICALLY but I've always viewed Micheal/The Distortion as looking like something you'd see in shitty analog horror tapes. Just something not right yk? Original images below the cut for anyone who wants them :)

[rozugold]

I was rereading your amazing AUs and a thought occurred to me. The main divergent difference between the two aus, Painted and Distorted, is if Tommy kills Tubbo or not.

But, Ranboo had been the one to pay for help, which had everyone arrive to help stop Dream.

Perhaps earlier in the Distorted timeline there was a word or action that made the difference between Ranboo getting help or not (Or just plot reasons), but what would have happened if everyone had shown up after Tommy killed Tubbo?

Oughh Some strange neutral route would happen i guess…

This would be the only au where Dream is imprisoned instead of killed, since Tommy is too shocked and wouldn’t have let go of Tubbo. I think Tubbo would still be revived eventually, clingy would be on better terms. Tommy isn’t left to fester so he’s in a better state than in Di but worse than in Pi. Neutral middle route sskdhdj

[spider-centrall]

"Even sharper than the joy of becoming is the agony of being opened and remade. To have your who torn bloody from your what, and another crudely lashed into its place. To become Michael. And to do so at such a crucial point in our Twisting, in our becoming, well of course it destroyed it. The impossible altar collapsed."

[ellieloves2draw]

i support bigb’s rights to lie for literally no reason and also unintentionally mirror one of my favorite characters in a certain horror podcast <3

(ID: two ink sketches of bigb and grian. bigb is a black man with short hair, a beard, and a sweater with the sleeves partially rolled up. he’s drawn as the distortion from the magnus archives, meaning he is unnaturally tall, has too many joints, and has incredibly large, sharp-fingered hands. grian is a white man with short, light hair, circular glasses, and a sweater vest.

in one sketch, bigb is leaning over grian. one hand is resting on his shoulder, and the other is held slightly out, palm up. he’s smiling at grian. grian looks up at him with a nervous, confused expression. the words “there is no hole” are written next to them, along with a smiley face. in the other sketch, bigb is standing in an open doorway. the door is a minecraft oak door. spirals can be seen behind bigb. his left hand is holding the doorknob, and he’s holding a chocolate chip cookie in the other hand. he is looking directly at the camera, smiling. end ID.)

[one-of-many-mothmen]

I feel like jons love language is books. Like if he cares about someone, he gives them book he think they'll like, like poetry books for martin or architecture books for tim. Romance novels fir Sasha.

I feel like he wouldnt admit to having thought it out tho. Like he would be like "i just found it and decided to give it to you on a whim" but spend days researching what books would make the best present.

[driedlillies]

Michael the Distortion would wear this exact fucking shirt prove me wrong

[luck-of-the-drawings]

OOH YEAH BABY ITS THE SURGERY EPISODE BABY!!! ME AND THE HOMIES NEED SOME NEW FACES FOR OUR NEW PLAN, AND WHO BETTER TO GET THE JOB DONE THAN THE TWO MOST EVIL PEOPLE WE'VE EVER HAD THE MISFORTUNE OF HAVING OUR LIVES VIOLATED BY? I MEAN IT WOULD BE FUNNY. IT WOULD BE FUNNY.

[short666bread]

Get Haunted

[vieramars]

Weird sketch request: Doorkeay as furbies. Like, those customized furbies? I imagine Michael being a long furby. Alternatively I think it'd be cute if Michael very proudly presented Gerry with a furby and Gerry either pretending not to be scared of it or comically trying to escape it (think floating-boy-chasing-running-boy meme)

I think Michael as a long furby would be horrifying in theory but in practice very cuddly.

Thank you for this very fun prompt lmao I spent a while trying to figure out what exactly I wanted to do with it

Now I'm imagining what if all Leitner books were replaced by haunted furbies...

[laughable-umbrella]

i’m 90% sure willy wonka is an avatar of the spiral

(both of them)