#dunno if it'll show up later or if it's actually there and i just can't see it or what

[cawsket]

So here's how Mel can survive. The bomb definitely gonna hit her, right? She basically has a target on her back. But hear me out:

Gold prosthetics.

We've got Finn's jaw thing, which I dunno if it's even a prosthetic but it's a big gold thing integrated with his body, and we've got two councillors with large gold parts of their body: that woman with the giant rings, which I think is just meant to be an accessory based on the ndebele people's neck rings, but the thing is about those rings irl is they may not TECHNICALLY be a prosthetic but they do deform the body of the wearer over time and I imagine they're hard as fuck to remove, so the line between them and the body is thin - and then there's the councillor whose entire body is just gold prosthetics to the point where you can't even tell what race he is under there!

So, yeah, there's precedent for gold prosthetics already, and Mel is absolutely COVERED in gold. It's an incredibly obvious visual motif - and not only is it obvious, but the parts where the gold ends and she starts are actually incredibly unclear already.

Like, what's going on with her shoulders and neck? How are those gold plates staying on there if they're not embedded into her skin? She's literally sleeping and they're still in there. You're telling me this isn't foreshadowing that she's gonna get gold prosthetics later on? Maybe something on her shoulders and back, where the bomb is definitely going to blow her the fuck up?

The arcane is a show absolutely full of prosthetics, to the point where if anyone loses any part of themselves at any point, however small, you can guarantee it'll come back as a prosthetic at some point (even Jayce's mum's fingers are visibly frostbitten in his flashback and in the future she has finger prosthetics!), so if they're injuring this woman who they've also very intentionally SMOTHERED in gold, there's no way she isn't gonna become some sort of gold cyborg.

And who's gonna do it to her? Mr. Glorious Evolution, of course. That or Jayce, but... I dunno, if I was to take bets on who's gonna make her a goldborg I'd go for mr. transhumanism.

[heroes-villains-side-blog]

so, i’ve always wanted to write hero/villain OCs .. pretty much ever since i stumbled upon the prompts and drabbles and OCs..

but the issue is.. i dunno where to start! i only have vauge vibes in my head and one half vauge OC idea! help !!

And help you I shall (try)!

First, write down ideas you do have! Or what you want to see. Your vague OC idea (and vibes too!) will come here 🙂 Do you want a romance? Do you want a fight? Do you want a focus on superpowers? Do you want slice of life? 

If you can identify what's missing, then just use a randomizer to start. Maybe you automatically see what idea works for you and what doesn't. like if your character needs a superpower, but you can't decide on one just use the first superpower that comes to your mind or you look up the list of superpowers and choose one. Don’t try to find the perfect idea right now. Just choose one that’s good enough to get the ball rolling. Always remember that you can change it all later. 

But that's when you have most of her character ready. You said you only have vague vibes in your head. Where did those ideas come from? Are there any specific prompts or cartoon characters that led to that idea? Or scenarios that you came up with – like a singular dialogue exchange?

Try making a mood board, or my version of a mood board - aka a list 🤓

Keeping your ideas all in your head will seem overwhelming like you don't know where to start, but just plotting them down on paper or a document or a white board will show you what exactly is going on in your head. It'll make things neater, easier, clearer and less vague. You'll also have something right in front of you, and that can be motivating. 

Now, you may feel like you don't want to choose something random. But what's actually going on in your mind is that you're looking for perfection instead of the first draft. And that happens to everyone. You have to consciously make the decision to stop looking for a perfection on the first try. Go with random. Go with mistakes. Go with guesses. Go with placeholders. Go with the first thing is that pops into your head. 

If doing this seems overwhelming, and it very well could be at first if you're just starting out, try to do it with someone - a sibling, mutual, friend, or me! :D

Additionally, @just-a-space-rabbit suggested starting out with small dialogues or prompts instead of diving head first into snippets 🌟

Take small steps. Try making a cliche character then putting your own spin on them before spending time thinking of totally original idea.

Start with 1 archetype (is that the word?) and expanding them till you start loving them :)

Example. Using this random word generator, I got the word "factory". Now I'm going to expand on that in front of your very eyes :P

(Tip: Use voice dictation or record yourself because you can think faster than you can type. I'm going to use voice dictation right now :))

OK, so my OC is a hero or villain who works in a factory. I'm going to give them a cliche that they fall into a vat and developed the first power that I saw on the superpower wiki.

I got voodoo lol.

I don't know much about voodoo, so what characters do I know? 

Mama Odie from The Princess and the Frog

That silly con artist from that one episode of The Powerpuff Girls?

Shrunken heads

Voodoo dolls

Now, I’m too sleepy to think of a good enough connection between falling into a vat and developing voodoo powers. So instead I'm going to edit my old idea of them falling into a vat. 

Now they're just a civilian who practices voodoo magic. And their day-job is a factory worker. 

At night, they could be a stereotypical villain, because voodoo magic is associated with black magic. 

Or I could subvert it. So instead, they're a hero who uses voodoo magic. 

Ohh wait. Turns out I know more heroes with voodoo magic than villains. There's Mama Odie and Zecora.

Anyway, so that's my hero. Their villain could be a scientist since science and magic are “rivals”. Since the hero does have voodoo magic, it doesn't make sense for the villain not to believe in it, but it does still make sense for the science villain to think science is better than magic. 

In Rogues Gallery fashion, my hero can have multiple villains. And this villain is a… fae! So it's a different type of magic. And so my hero could be rescuing people from the fae trying to kidnap them to the fairy world. 

Now, I don't know about you, but I prefer the 2nd villain over the 1st and I wouldn't have gotten to the 2nd without the 1st. So by just drafting, I found a better idea on the 2nd try. And so I'm going to focus on the 2nd idea more than the 1st :)

[crehador]

brother crab's winter 2024 parting thoughts: majo to yajuu

GUIDEAU MY MOST BELOVED SHE/HE/THEY GUYGIRL OF ALL TIME I LOVE YOUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU

I MUST ONCE AGAIN STRESS THAT THESE ARE THE SAME GUY:

ok so first

banging beginning and banging finale to this season, the show as a whole as some really fascinating worldbuilding (the most fascinating of which we only got to in the final minutes of the final episode) so i really hope we get another season sooner or later

the middle was a little less memorable to me but at no point did i feel overly disappointed or bored, it wasn't always outstanding but it was consistently enjoyable and entertaining to me

but now back to guideau

GUIDEAUUUUUUUUU WHAT A CHARACTER!!! i will be using his pronouns interchangeably bc it is what she deserves uwu (tho tbh i do not think guideau would ever give a single fuck about pronouns and that is a huge part of what i love about them)

it's almost a shame that one of my favorite guideau scenes only came in the last episode, he's pissed at a witch who fed her some stew that she can't stop thinking about and wanting more of

so she confronts the witch all like "UNDO THE SPELL YOU PUT ON ME" and the guy he's traveling with has to gently explain to them like "guideau... do you think you maybe just... liked the soup..."

speaking of the guy

looove his eyes, love the way eyes in general are drawn in this series in fact. also love his voice morikawa-san absolutely killed it and i'm thrilled we will continue to hear him this season in the omegaverse anime (lol but no seriously)

ashaf is overall such a striking character to me, not just in terms of his appearance but his whole demeanor and everything. i feel like we haven't even scratched the surface of who he really is or why he's like that yet, so i hope we get more story to flesh that out

i think ashaf and guideau work so well together as the main pair (not necessarily in a romantic way, bit more on that later) because their personalities are just perfectly complementary. it made the middle... i dunno, detour? to phanora feel a bit, i dunno, just misplaced. i actually really enjoyed phanora and johan too, but their story just felt more like an ova and less like it belonged smack in the middle of this season? anyway

absolutely obsessed with the final scene of the season where ashaf says there's still one thing he wants to teach guideau, and that that's love. LIKE HELLO??? ironically this actually made me ship them romantically less, because i really enjoy the idea of this being a sweeping notion of love. nothing so constrained as romantic love, but love for the world, for others, for soup! and for guideau themself

i would love to see more of this animated because the cast is amazing, but if it doesn't get a continuation i'll definitely pick up the manga (probably once it's finished... hopefully it'll be finished...... we'll see)

[revserrayyu]

2.5 trailer thoughts

I usually keep all my thoughts together for the story events, but I'm far too excited thanks to a certain character to contain all my excitement, so.. allow me to fangirl about the new trailer from today's livestream a little bit.

(there's really no spoilers but i'll kindly put everything below since it'll be a lot of chatter anyways)

Starting off with how bestest boy Luka is here! Not exactly sure how he hopped planets.. but I'll speculate about his arrival later. I do remember reading some people bring up a npc in the Shackling Prison who mentioned seeing a dude with a metal arm, but I never imagined it to be our boy and that he would actually physically be here!

I'm still a tiny bit bitter he never showed up during any main story mission, though it makes sense since he was released after the events of Belobog happened, so any time he's mentioned or we catch a glimpse of him makes me happy. Letting him get his own side event during this 2.5 patch too will be nice for him too!

I'm so fond of him and I'm always surprised how many people just don't care for the guy. I can understand how he could be a bit forgettable or not an impressive unit though, since I don't even have him built up either despite all the instances I told myself I would.

I know some people aren't fans of his design either, but c'mon, he's cute! Look at this buff, cheerful man with those pretty blue eyes, piercings and little ponytail! Aahhh.. he's precious to me.

Time to add Luka to the 'beat up Yanqing' squad alongside Blade, Jingliu, Dan Heng, Yunli and whomever else I'm forgetting. I hope our favorite boxer knocks his lights out.

Now for the spectators! I didn't notice her while first watching the livesteam, but Topaz is here! With Numby on her lap too, of course. And I was gonna assume that perhaps that's how Luka managed to arrive on the Xianzhou, courtesy of the IPC and their many connections, but then I remembered Topaz was just in Penacony.. so unless she went back and forth between planets then who knows how our boy ended up here. We can always guess the Express picked him up too. I dunno.

We even got Hook cheering on her fellow Moles member! Hard to miss Svarog there too though I wonder if Clara is with him and perhaps we just don't see her in this shot? I wanna say he trusts her enough to be on her own but then that brings up why would he even leave her side in the first place and not keep watch of the Underground, unless Svarog decided to join just to support Luka. That would be a nice little form of respect carried over from our boxer's mission. And Lynx which naturally leads me to question where Serval and Geppie could be right now. I can't imagine Gepard would be fine with having Lynx travel all the way to a new planet when the guy gets stressed out about her simply venturing into the snow plains during her job. Serval on the other hand.. yeah, she's totally let Lynx travel. But I'd still much rather see all the siblings around more! I miss them terribly! I'd love it if there were more Belobogians in the crowd that we just didn't get to see yet but I'm thankful we even get a few and learn that they're finally able to venture away from their cold, icy planet and experience new places like this.

And lastly we have the most handsome man in all of space and Qingque who is undoubtedly avoiding work. The two of them did actually meet previously during that silly hotel checkout event in Penacony so it's fun to seem them be friendly still.

Yeah, okay, so here's where I start to go crazy over our Lacking General more. What a surprise, right? I mean, how could I not after seeing her storm into battle whilst riding a ship like this??

At first, I also didn't notice it was Yukong who said the "Feixiao, the ports of Starskiff Haven are crawling with wolf-like creatures. They're moving fast," lines. My excitement for Feixiao clearly took priority. (I am curious why she bothered to say wolf-like instead of Borisin though? If Yanqing knows about them then surely Yukong knows what they are, right?)

Even if it's just a quick cutscene, I'm so thrilled for us to finally see Yukong fight! We've heard enough of her pilot days so something as simple as this is great, though I'd love to see her fly again too.

Feixiao coming in hot to aide her war buddy, still looking badass as ever, let's gooo!

Ma'am do you know how amazing you are??

She told Yukong to "Hold them back, I will be there immediately" and she definitely kept her word! Even using her follow up attack, or something visually similar to it.

That grin… oh god. I would willingly stand on the other end of her gunblade in order to see that prideful smirk of hers. (also never realized that pattern on the inside of her jacket before. that's pretty neat.)

*Mandatory screenshot for me to giggle and kick my feet to while I obsess over how beautiful her design is* tee-hee~

Okay so for this bow and arrow shot, there could always be the chance that this style of bow is standard and that all military personal use them, but since we don't see that many archers, I'm gonna blissfully assume she's borrowing Yukong's bow here. I was kinda amazed to see Feixiao capable of wielding a bow and arrow too, considering she's already mastered her gunblades and battleaxe, but hey, it just adds to her talent. It makes more sense after seeing that teaser of her upcoming myriad video though.

Ohhh buddy.. I know our lady experiences Moon Rage but I wasn't expecting her to go off quite like this!

Not only is she strong as fuck already but she's gonna end up as a boss fight too? Brooo.. that's insane. I love it. I pray she gets an awesome battle theme.

Now while her condition is certainly a big problem, I don't think she just decided "hey let me go insane at this very moment" and gave into it willingly. I'm sure she's gained a certain amount of control over it throughout the years, so my assumption coupled with her statement of her "lacking in worries" leads me to believe that something or someone (aka Hoolay) forced her into this state..

.. because hot damn, she looks positively possessed. It's such a simple detail but the red ring around her eyes is so effectively chilling, like you know you're in danger when you see her like this. I love this shot of her, honestly. I'm not gonna straight up say that Hoolay is controlling her somehow either, but more like Feixiao lost control of herself. What would get her to snap? I dunno, perhaps any bad news surrounding Jiaoqiu. You know, her right hand man who's supposed to keep her in good health. He wasn't spotted anywhere in the trailer, so who knows what happened to our master chef.

Huaiyan can be heard saying "Merlin's Claw, you have betrayed the alliance," but with how deep Feixiao's hatred is for Hoolay and the Borisin, I have my doubts about that. Of course, we could've all been played for fools and the two could actually be acquaintances of some sort, but it still wouldn't make sense to me. The only similarity these two could possibly bond over is Hoolay's line of them both being "monsters that were born for war and die for war."

I'm not saying I wouldn't love an evil Feixiao, since I do have my fair share of villains, but yeah. Anyways, obligatory screenshot to make me swoon even more.

Also I haven't a clue about what this light is or who or what it's coming from either but I for sure thought it was gonna wipe out our General the first time I watched the trailer..

only for her to just.. ignore it completely. Or re-direct it ever so slightly away from her. Either way, I'm impressed.

Naturally the trailers go by real quickly and are never in story sequence order so I could be totally wrong about this, but I wanna assume Feixiao regains control over herself during the fight to take down Hoolay? If her normal eyes and confident grin are anything to go by anyways.

After hearing bits and pieces about how Jingliu was the one who originally defeated Hoolay, the master of ice does indeed show up again for the upcoming patch! Oohhh I'm so excited. I wonder if Jing Yuan had anything to do with her sudden appearance considering she was locked up on another ship. Imagine if we get to see her and Feixiao team up in order to take down the beast? Oh my god, I think I'd pass out if we get such a scene!

It may just be this one screenshot, but her expression doesn't really seem like she's accepting an alliance with Hoolay. Still feels like there's some anger there to me. Maybe distrust. But nothing close to joy or calm. Or this scene could just be an illusion. Who knows.

Wouldn't it be grand though, if all of this was sorta planned? To get this close to Hoolay but instead of siding with him (because why on earth would Feixiao do such a thing) but to figure out if the war head is truly capable of providing a cure for her condition like Jiaoqiu hoped? Or perhaps she's just getting close to him to get her revenge in a sort of 'keep your friends close but your enemies closer' sort of way, yeah?

Many ideas and many days left until we get our answers. One thing is certain though: we need Jiaoqiu back at her side please, like now! Sir, please come back and calm down your General!

[bomberqueen17]

the home stretch

Went over to the house yesterday morning and Jim was there sawing a hole in the exterior wall.

Not alarming at all once I remembered part of this remodel that i'm really excited about is that we're getting an actual exhaust hood for over the stove. Not one of those ones that goes through a microwave either, a real exhaust hood that goes to the outdoors. (The real ones are mounted 30" above the stove top. Microwave ones have to be lower so you can reach the microwave. i can't stand cooking in such a constrained space like that. No thank you. Keep my microwave separate!)

He had sawed out a big chunk of drywall on the interior too, and replaced it with plywood, which is much sturdier to screw mounting hardware into. At my request, he'd extended the plywood down a couple more inches (it'll be covered by the tile backsplash so it won't even show!) so I can screw a couple of heavy-duty mounting hooks in there and have a place I can hang both my cast-iron skillets when they're not in use. I don't like leaving them on the stove (my mother's approach) or stacking them on a shelf (dude's approach) because one is untidy and the other requires me to lift every piece of cast iron i own at once to access any of them. (I also have a square griddle and a Dutch oven and also a tiny skillet which Dude uses all the time when I'm not around and neither of us uses at all when I am around, because it is very much a Cooking For One mini skillet LOL.)

He paused to show me the deer hunting hut he'd meticulously constructed for himself while he was on Christmas break and then artistically had painted camoflage. ("My friends were like omg how long did that take you? I dunno, I wasn't counting, I had a blast. Had a beer in one hand, spray paint can in the other, I just let it take as long as it took. It's like arts and crafts! Who's keeping track of the time?") It did look great. As he was swiping his finger accidentally slid onto the later bits of the camera roll and it showed me the deer he'd gotten on the last day of hunting season. "Oh! I'm sorry, I didn't mean to make you look at that," he said, and then looked at me and laughed, remembering I had told him I work in a slaughterhouse. "Right, you don't mind that kind of thing, but still." It was a nice big doe, cleanly felled, nothing to object to there.

I went and called the appliance company, who'd said they'd deliver my dishwasher and vent hood on new year's eve probably. They seemed confused that I'd called, and then were confused when they discovered that indeed both my items were in stock and should have been delivered. I said I figured the holiday had confused things (genuinely, probably the vent hood had come in on NYE like the salesman had thought it might, but I bet somebody had the day off and they weren't on the ball about calling people) so I just wanted to call and find out if anything needed sorting. They told me they'll call me today to tell me the two-hour delivery window. So I'm getting my dishwasher today! Pumped. It's gonna go into the living room to start with but like, y'know, that's fine.

The counters are going in on Thursday. Hopefully, Jim said, the counter people could do it in the morning, because then he could start on the tile that afternoon.

Ah they've just called, my delivery window for the appliances is 11-1. OK cool.

The plumber can't come until Monday. But then once he's been there I'll have my stove and sink and dishwasher. And, Jim says, that means the final, last little button-up details will be done on Tuesday.

"And then," he said, amused, "I can go back to the regular schedule, because the people who refused to have their houses torn up over the holidays will be clamoring to get the work done now. It's good you didn't mind." Which is precisely why we thought we'd gotten bumped up by two months, but it's funny to hear him so directly confirm it.

"I'm the luckiest person in the world," I said, "with my mother-in-law's house vacant walking distance away for this whole time, so it's been genuinely no trouble at all." And I am. She's coming back on Tuesday, so I figure we'll move back into our house over the weekend, and I'll deep-clean her house and (sighhh) put all the beautiful sewing equipment back where I found it. I won't really miss her fancy modern sewing machine (which she just got and is third-hand and I don't think she knows how to use either) but her old workhorse straight-stitch machine is a beautiful, unfussy beast I've really enjoyed spending time with.

OK i gotta get off my ass and go get the grocery shopping done so I can go sit in my house for the delivery window. I saved plenty of things to do, don't worry. I'm starting to put stuff into the cupboards, made Dude come sit with me over the weekend and give his opinion-- he's been busy at work and has had no attention span but I refuse to take his "idk just put stuff wherever" at face value, he spends more time in this house than me and i will NOT have him after the fact annoyed with how I chose to organize things. So he did give opinions, finally. And I need a few more lazy susans and storage baskets and half-shelf-rack kinda thingies here and there but I'm getting there.

[darkx-the-dragon-kn1ght]

Chapter 32- Part 2

Ugh, with Reflect still up, Crunch won't do much either…I think I need Crater for this, actually.

So based on what happened when Incineroar used Fire Fang, this Field also boosts Fire moves, makes sense. But with Crater already on the verge of death…maybe a Rock Slide flinch will be beneficial?

Well the Quick Claw was nice, not that it helped at all. I…guess I'll bring Kirin back in?

Even with Reflect still up, a Zen Headbutt should still kill Noctowl at the HP it's at. And then, Incineroar can pick off the remaining opponent.

Not again with the Shuckle! I hope this one doesn't have Contrary like the other one…

Anyways, I'll just have Kirin use Zen Headbutt again, this time on Dodrio.

Mmmm, here we go again-

Well, Crater's out, so I can't use her for this…who would be best here? Maybe, I dunno…Bloom? Maybe?

At least Incineroar took out the Shuckle, so Bloom has free reign to use Growth to make himself a bit stronger.

Mirror Shot’s Accuracy drop doesn't actually matter, we'll just use Magical Leaf.

Alright, calm down John Wick, these are just the first two Grunts out of…many that are guarding the mountain, I'm guessing.

Alright, Victoria's our partner now, this is great! 

But before pressing on, I need to know…can we leave if we need to?

We can, very good! Alright, now then…

Also, running into wild Pokémon here is particularly annoying because a.) it happens every like ten steps and b.) Victoria always sends out Incineroar first, who has Intimidate, so having to wait for the animation to finish before running is…yeah. So I guess it's finally time to use the Repels I picked up before…

That's what it's all about, baby. 

Now the real exploration can begin! While also dealing with violent terrorists and having a companion while doing so! What could go wrong?

But of course, I know what this is leading up to, on the mountain’s summit. Since Coast has no attacking moves, I'll be doing this more or less with a team of five- but I've done that before, back in Obsidia Park, so I'm not worried about that part. I just hope my plan for PULSE Camerupt works out…

But then again, I won't just be fighting the PULSE- it'll be a whole Admin's team, too. I wonder who it'll be this time…? We just fought Taka, and ZEL before that, so I doubt it'll be any of them, and Sirius is dealing with Connal and the kids so I doubt it'll be him either. Maybe we'll finally get to see what Lin’s deal is? Or maybe meet the new Systems Manager, that “T” woman Ace mentioned? It could even be Solaris, if things are gonna get really crazy. 

Not to mention…there's still the matter of that vision Shade showed Xera…

But…there must be a way to prevent that. I don't know how, but…there has to be, I feel more sure of that now. I just need to be on the lookout for anything that could hint to what would need to be done…

Anyways- exploring.

First, I see a ladder that leads to a lower level, I'll keep that in mind for later, after dealing with everything on this floor. As for this area over here, uh…

Yeah, I don't think we're getting around that. Let me see…what if I talked to Victoria? Does she offer a hint on what to do about this lava pit?

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[a-tale-of-legends]

Okay some plot stuff cause I don't think I'm gonna be doing much tonight. Maybe I dunno.

1) Sena and Dexio are kinda pointless in canon. They show up twice , I think, and are very obvious so I don't exactly get the point. However, if we take the perspective of a vigilante route, I think they would be more interesting. They, for one, do not trust Lysandre at all. They are civil with him, being friendly on the surface, but they find him too suspicious. They try and voice their concerns with Sycamore...but he simply brushes them off. Now, Sycamore has talked to Lysandre about his....intense passion about his beliefs. Multiple times I would say. But truthfully he's not willing to believe that his Lysandre is the leader of a villainous team. Not yet, anyway. So not exactly having the support of the professor and the league not seeming to do anything,they go " fine, we'll do it ourselves >:(". And yes, it was Sena's idea. I think they would be rather shocked to see Jude and co getting so involved in team flare stuff. Like yes, they're almost adults, all of them being in their late teens in my au, but they're still kids. They shouldn't be dealing with that stuff. Both Sena and Dexio know that by themselves they can't take risk team flare, but they don't want the kids to get super involved. So atm, their main goal is to find evidence to prove to Sycamore that Team Flare is a bigger threat than imagined and that Lysandre is involved with it all. It's not easy, though, when there's team flare grunts hiding in plain sight. I think Tierno can actually help them with this imo. I feel like, next to Shauna, he's the most sociable with the better people skills. He's an entertainer, after all. I don't think he's a master manipulator, or an esteemed socialite ( he's really Just A Guy who likes dancing and fashion), but his sociability is enough to get some info regarding team flare. At least that's how I see it.

2) Lysandre. It would feel weird to have Lysandre not be his obvious self, but to add more to the mystery and what I have planned for Sena and Dexio, he needs to be less obvious. So. To people of the scientists world, he's Professor Lysandre, an amazing scientist and engineer. To the regular public? He's the stoic yet friendly cafe owner of Lysandre Cafe, who always has some sagely advice or a shoulder to lean on. To Sycamore, he's the love of his life. At most, he's passionate, which does cause some concern, but ultimately harmless, right? No way our beloved Lysandre would want to commit genocide for the sake of a "new and beautiful world?" right????? No way.

3) I think I'm gonna go forward with the Elute 4 not getting involved until after the power plant. That would certainly get their attention,I think. Sure the PokeBall factory would probably be more noticeable, but my goal is to have them be as proactive as they possibly can, so sooner rather than later is best. It would be hard, with their busy schedules, but it'll work. They do it in secret to lessen the panic within the public. If the elite 4 publicly announced their intentions, it would not only make the public go into a panic, but also let team flare know they are into them. Unfortunately for them, Malva is there, either feeding them false information or giving Team Flare the heads up. So. Whoops. It's the thought that counts, I guess.

[bearpillowmonster]

D23 Haul

Eh. No Kingdom Hearts. No Big Hero 6, that would've made everything worth it but I feel like lately companies have been showing too much too early. Here's Incredibles 3...it's happening, dunno what it's going to be, when or anything else but it's coming! Frozen 3, concept art, 3 years from now...which is so far away that I wouldn't even plan on getting people's hopes up, look at Beyond the Spiderverse, where is that? I don't mind waiting for it but they set that original date too soon, it wasn't just the strike, it was that they weren't even ready for it to begin with, it was a pipe dream and only makes people more wary when something gets delayed. I thought we learned this from CP2077 but apparently nobody learns anything.

On a positive note, I'll allow the Lilo and Stitch one even though Detective Pikachu set the standard for those designs but it had a cool intro. Tron at least had a cool laser and Nine Inch Nails (though no actual music reveal) Zootopia and Moana did great. Snow White actually got a trailer. Toy Story told us what it was about (even though it sounds tacky and seems in part with the og TS2 concept)

The parks. Yeah, we're gonna have a Lion King Land and an Encanto Land and a Frozen Land and a Villain Land- "Well, when is that?" Uh, yeah, left on read, so we have pictures! "That's concept art. That's not going to be how it'll look." Come back to me when you have models or animatronics and did you really just tell us that LK Land was based on the 1994 movie and show us concept art for the 2019 one? AND it's just Splash Mountain but with Pride Rock? You've had since 1994 to think something up and that's it?

Look at all the hotel concept arts to what they ended up being. So you're telling me that you won't (not 'can't', 'won't') spring for a new dragon for Fantasmic (which is literally on the poster for it) but you'll make a whole side-park for villains and add a dragon. And the walking mat...yeah, that's cool technology but that's all you're showing. You didn't incorporate it into anything. "Yeah, we're going to use this in the future...for something!" It's all tentative.

Well, what about the games? They had a big presentation set out after announcing that they wanted to get back into games. The stream actually taking place within Fortnite. They had an Epic Mickey panel celebrating its remaster and original release. They have all these Marvel games in the works, Kingdom Hearts (of course) and rumors that the Disney Afternoon cast will join in Fortnite, a vague Epic Games collaboration announced earlier in the year. So what did we get? I'll start a bingo card...Oh...it started a half hour later than scheduled. Ok? Oh, it has the leaders with Dave Filoni, Pete Docter, Kevin Feige and Jennifer Lee and they each have something to announce. Ok, Disney Villains in Fortnite. More concept art. Ok? The Incredibles in Fortnite. Ok, a picture. IG-11 with Baby Yoda backpack and Moff Gideon coming next week. Ok, this is all Fortnite, maybe they'll get that out of the way first. A bunch of Marvel cast which was inevitable as they have most in there already, ok. Black. Huh? Black? Oh, it's over, they didn't say bye, they didn't say anything else, just DONE, mic drop. You needed a whole event and panel that was delayed...for some skins?

I thought they were holding back throughout the year to save stuff for the game event but no, they were actually just trying to scrape the barrel to make stuff for it, maybe that's why they delayed it, they realized that they didn't have anything and had to try to get everybody that got applause on stage. They didn't seem to know what they were doing, like these people were thrown in, quickly briefed to add a quick word before grab the wheel and show it. It reminded me of trying to stretch out my powerpoint in college to meet the 5 minute runtime.

Show me stuff, sure, there was no shortage overall but I feel like concept -> production -> marketing -> release should be how it goes but lately it's all been combined with production taking a backseat and release still on the GPS. Show me earlier stuff at an event like D23 but make it past the concept stage first, show me production!

They design it to generate hype so much before the fact that by the time it actually releases, you feel like you've seen everything and nothing is no longer a surprise. "Oh yeah, Incredibles 3 is coming out. I could've expected that but now it's real and I heard about it 20 years ago." It's not just Disney, it's every corporation, I see it with game shows. Oh...a title card...oh...CONCEPT ART. I love concept art but it's more something I like to see AFTER THE FACT as bonus of seeing 'we went from here to where we are now!' but I see the whole journey now, I don't need the after the fact, you're not investing in your future, you're investing in your now so that investors will see this, it's no secret, it's not about the mainstream fans anymore that actually do most of the promoting for you and give it the returns. It's a bunch of rich people buying into other rich people and the audience just happens to be outside fueling it.

[rezdragon]

Project Updates (August 8th, 2024)

Art Show So the BIG news with RezDragon is that YES! My art has been accepted into a fine art show. Like a REAL fine art show, with judges and WINE. It's to promote the local artists of the Inland Northwest, which includes ME THIS YEAR! I tried to submit to this last year and I did not get in, but that's changed this year and I am VERY EXCITED AND HAPPY ABOUT IT! So what does this mean? Well, it means I'm going to be HARD focusing on preparing for the show for the rest of August (aside from one project, you know what it is). I have to get everything ready by September. One of the pieces I put in is an installation piece and that is the biggest prep I have. So kinda expect me to maybe go more dark than usual? I dunno, I might post pics as I work on shit.

The One Other August Project (You Know What It Is) It'll be out tomorrow.

TDA - Everyday With how shit my mental health has been lately, I haven't had the motivation to work on this. Rez keeps trying to drag me back in, but it's just not coming back to me yet. I want to start writing the script and I was GOING TO in August, but then the Art Show Acceptance letter showed up and WELL. Sorry Rez, best wait till September. I have been taking notes occasionally when I think of something new. She's on my mind, I swear.

Running With the Devil (what the fuck is this) RWTD is Ash's story that started out accidentally. I was writing up a lot of facts about Ash herself and then the next thing I knew, I started writing scenes and then a month and a half later, I had an 87 page novella. Oops, how'd that happen. This has VERY much been a comfort project to help keep my spirits up while I've been so unhappy lately, and it's been doing a good job of it. It is not meant to be good, it might be, I dunno. It's me giving in and writing cute romance between a demon girl and her lesbian girlfriend. But uh... you won't see it, at least not all of it. I'll be real with you as to why: it's an erotica story and I don't want erotica associated with the RezDragon name. It's not that I'm ashamed of writing it, I'm not, but once you start down that path, that's all you're known for and I do. not. want. that. So I will only be showing the non-horny chapters, or perhaps the story censored. Anyways, chapter 1 (30 pages, yes 30, 20,000+ word count) is available on Sheezy if you so choose. I didn't advertise this because I was a little too depressed to when I posted it.

Next Album Project(s) I have two new albums to place on the stove, or at least their concepts. First one I plan to have it be as raw and uncomfortable at Kintsugi and Tasukete- DE aka more depressing harsh noise crap. Working title right now is "Nothing Has Changed." Second one is another "story" album, i.e. like Horizon. Instead of space, this one takes place in the woods and back in the 80's. I won't talk about its full concept yet, giving myself a break from music work (and also I can't really work on music right now)

Not a Project, but a Health Update So I've been griping about it lately, but my left hip/pelvis/leg area has been in a lot of pain since April of this year. It went away near the end of May and I was able to return to work, but then it came back after a week. I tried to work through it, which only seemed to make the problem way worse. Since June, I have been in non-stop pain, with barely anything relieving it (it's why I've had a lot of extra time to write as of late). I've actually been in a lot of money trouble because of not being able to work and disability being a nightmare, but I've avoided talking about it on my RezDragon accounts (except for Sheezy) to keep that kind of stuff away from my art. I've started physical therapy, which has been going well in giving me some relief. I've been using a cane since April just to get around. I can't say I've noticed any improvements and I'm afraid I might be out of day job work until at least October. I can't even get a new job where I sit all day, because if I sit up for too long, that spikes up my pain; I have to sit reclined or lie in bed. I missed the whole summer, I wanted to go swimming :( So anyways, that's why I've been mostly focused on writing, it's the easiest thing for me to do atm.

[neuroborreliosis]

2.3.2024

friends fall by the wayside but we don't want to let them go, lest some precipice open its lip and swallow them whole.

what to do with all the feelings that come up? how to write them before they are dampened?

how to write about feelings when you're so accustomed to big feelings that they don't even feel so big anymore?

i haven't written an update in the better part of a week. i've been crocheting a lot, mostly. i'm making a shrug for myself, with big flared sleeves. it's coming along - the neck/chest is complete, and i'm almost done with one whole sleeve. then i gotta crochet the next sleeve and it'll be complete.

i've also been depresso sauce. i guess. not anything sensational, just the afternoon doomies reaching down from gray skies to wrap around me.

i think it's from the antibiotics. but maybe it's from lack of sunlight. but i'm taking vitamin d! maybe it's from being alone in this big house for hours while dillon and jules work all day. maybe it's from having the energy sucked out of me by spirochetes.

i don't know what to say. i gotta say something. i'm here. i'm shitting regularly again, at least. i ate a burger two nights ago, and salmon last night, after going too long without a good hunk of meat. i felt so weak. i feel a little less feeble since i got some boosts of protein.

my one friend in particular, whose name i won't mention (i don't want to put his shit on blast) is going through it. he always is. he has been for several years. we met at my third high school, city-as, the one i actually graduated from. we had a class together and sat next to each other and found out that both of us were really into film and wanted to make movies. we swapped movie recs, we talked about cinematography. he was also a talented photographer of all things very nyc. all of us city-as homies used to go to what we called "thirsty thursdays" at the galleries in chelsea. the school was in the west village. after school on thursdays, like clockwork, we'd trek up to chelsea and go to free gallery openings, where we'd look at the art and get drunk off of free wine and beer that they served at these things. it was awesome. sometimes, we'd sneak into gallery stairwells to smoke weed. sometimes we'd walk the couple blocks to riverside park to light up. either way, this was definitely a highlight every week. this friend of mine, he would come. and later, after we'd all graduated, he actually had a show there! his debut photography exhibit. this kid could go places. he had something, a special kind of sight, that he gave us all through his photographs. he's still around, but for the last several years, pretty much since high school (almost ten years ago, jesus! i feel old) he's been dealing with dope addiction. he can't afford a phone, hasn't been able to for years, but we keep in touch over instagram, which he sometimes gets to access on other people's phones, and he calls me every so often from random numbers. he usually is asking for money. i throw down, because i love this kid. i want him to be safe and i don't want him to have to do sex work for money because i know for a fact that he hates it. anyway, he called me last week for money. i told him i could send him a few bucks, but that i'm broke and what money i do have came from my gofundme and it's set aside exclusively to be used for lyme disease treatment.

i dunno why i felt the need to write about this. maybe because i'm just sad. i'm sad for him, for the loss of his father to suicide, for his dreams and his brilliance shelved. i know what it's like to be deep in addiction, and it hurts so goddamned much to know all i can do is be here for him. it hurts so much to know that i can't make things easier, that i can't make him want to stop using. i just hope he keeps up with his art - he's also a brilliant writer, by the way - and that he finds a way to keep at it and share it with the world. and i hope he stays safe and warm and out of harm's way.

[avengernomore]

Headcanon: Copying Jutsu

So... I was actually doing some thinking on about how the Sharingan works... but we only really see it copying a jutsu once that I can remember. Or we only really get to see that it did copy a jutsu once.

So, I'll start off with what I thought: The Sharingan heightens perception to an intense degree. Some of the games show this by having time slow down when Sasuke uses it, so it seems like Sasuke can react faster while using it, since it also 'slows down' Sasuke. But since everything is slower, you have more time to react to things.

So, in basic terms, the Sharingan heightens perception and reaction times. So you have more time to react to your opponent's attacks, and the added perception means you can read their attacks, and copy jutsu.

Now, here's where the interesting/bullshit thing happened....

The first jutsu we see Sasuke copy is from Lee. It's the set-up for his Primary Lotus, the 'Shadow of the Dancing Leaf'.

But.

The jutsu requires no hand signs. That in itself would be enough to throw my theory of them watching handsigns to do a jutsu into question.

Here's the kicker, though... due to the position Sasuke was in after having been kicked into the air, which is not actually part of the Shadow of the Dancing Leaf, he couldn't see Rock Lee.

So Sasuke copied an ability that uses no hand signs, and that he couldn't even see being used.

...Which is kinda bullshit so I'm gonna pretend that didn't happen.

What I will say is that since the Sharingan can also see chakra, I'll adjust my theory, and say that they can copy an ability by watching how and where the chakra flows for that jutsu. Of course, if they cannot use a certain chakra nature, or if it's a bloodline ability like Haku's Ice Style, they can't copy it. Well... they can copy the movements and the chakra flow, but they won't be able to use the technique. It'll either result in a technique that only uses one of the involved natures, or nothing will happen, depending on the ability. Like, if Sasuke attempted to use Haku's Ice Mirrors, chances are he would be able to make several 'slabs' of water... but wouldn't be able to mantain them, so it'd just create a mess.

So yeah, that's my theory on how the Sharingan and copying jutsu work. I dunno if it was ever properly covered in the anime, but I am also known to say 'Fuck canon' regularly with my Sasuke.

Edit: Apparently, I was somewhat wrong. Sasuke CAN use Ice Style, in a sense. In a canon novel, Sasuke Shinden: The Teacher's Star Pupil, Sasuke performs a Water Style, and then uses Wind Style to cool it into ice. He does claim it is inferior to Ice Style, though. Later on, he doesn't even use Wind Style for it, simply manipulating the molecules of his Water Style to create solid ice instead of liquid water. So it's definitely possible that Sasuke can use all the jutsu that Haku did. At the very least, he can emulate Ice Style, if he cannot truly use it.

[parf-fan]

(Check out Michael Ulrich’s photography!)

[spitefulcrepechan]

Allow me to spend the next few minutes rambling about why yall are stupid for hating Ice Juggler Cookie just because they're "rude"

Also since idk Ice Juggler's gender I'll be using they/them pronouns for them.

So the major complaint ive seen people have against Ice Juggler is the fact that they're very passive-aggressive and rude towards people. Not rude as in like Devil Cookie rude but like Karen-level sort of rude

I can understand why, some people just don't like rude cookies, some prefer more mellow cookies like Herb Cookie or depressed cookies like Sea Fairy Cookie

My issue however is that people are unjustifiably hating Ice Juggler for being rude without seeing WHY they are so rude.

And I'm here to insert that knowledge into your skulls with 2 simple bullet points

1. Their job in the circus

Jobs aren't always fun, the very definition of a job isn't to be fun. While people can have fun or are content with their job, some people don't exactly like it for various reasons; Too stressful, bad work enviromemt, low pay, etc.

Some people could argue that working in a circus, specifically as a clown, would be a very fun job. Other's however could argue that its bloody hell. While I can't say this for anyone, I can see why that other side would say that.

Picture yourself as Ice Juggler, you're suppose to go around on stage, rolling a ball around beneath your feet while you juggly at ice cream scoops while people laugh at you. You're struggling to try and keep the ball rolling, keep yourself juggling, and make sure you don't crash into anyone or anything, coupled by having to jump from ball to ball. One slip up, and people will either laugh at you or boo in disappointment, and if you get the latter, your boss won't take kindly to that. But if you get the former, you're probably still gonna be a bit pissed because people are laughing at you getting seriously hurt. I know the intent of clowns are to be comically injured, but Ice Juggler isnt a cartoon, theyre a living breathing cookie who can get hurt. And while it may not be so bad the first time, having it happen to you over and over again could probably chip away at your sanity.

And before you ask "Well, Ice Juggler can just get a different job if they don't like it!" You're still just be assuming shit simply by force glance. The circus could probably give them decent pay and they seem to be capable of doing their job right, so they may WANT to leave their job but they may NEED to keep it, either because Ice Juggling's the only good thing they're good at (duh its in the name) or because theyre need to money.

2. How they're treated at their work place

Even if they do passionately love juggling and rolling on balls, the way their boss, Choco Cup Cookie, treats them is just atrocious

(Credit to Royal Mike on youtube for the screenshots)

An example being how Choco Cup Cookie tells Ice Juggler Cookie to shut up after judging an audition of someone, later saying "someone might hear you"

Publicity is one thing but the welfare and the freedom of your employee's speech is another, and this is clear evidence that Choco Cup neither cares or is ignorant about how Ice Juggler feels about shit.

Now some people may assume that Ice Juggler is being way too mean about the cookie's audition, but we dont exactly see what the cookie's audition was. It could have been atrocious, it could have been brilliant, we're never told this. We just know that Ice Juggler found it awful and Choco Cup found it "not so bad", which may hint at it actually being as awful as Ice Juggler implies but for now, again, its just speculation.

The point here is that Choco Cup isn't allowing Ice Juggler to voice their opinion/criticism, especially when theyre doing a task THAT GIVES THEM THAT OPTION. The cookie auditioning asked to be judged by Ice Juggler and Choco Cup, and Ice Juggler gave them their judgement, to which Choco Cup tried to shut them up for.

Aaand to make matters worse, Choco Cup's literally telling Ice Juggler that they're not allowed to express their emotions, which Choco Cup's clearly aware of, since it'll damage the circus' reputation.

Dunno about that but clearly that is a sign of some major fucking mental manipulation.

If you have to say that one's emotions will ruin your company, then honey, your company is already running straight towards hell

Especially when you have to physically shut them up. (For context for those who weren't around during this event (like me), its Banana Cookie's turn to audition and its implied that Choco Cup covered Ice Juggler's mouth giving the *URMPH*)

And before you assume that Ice Juggler is being a douche solely for being a douche

Bitch

Literally saying that Banana Cookie's performance wasn't all that bad. Wasn't great, but wasn't horrid either.

EVEN BANANA HERSELF SEEMS AWARE ABOUT ICE JUGGLER'S CRITICALNESS AND WANTS SOME OF THEIR CRITICISM

AND WHAT DID GUD OLD CHOCO CUP COOKIE DO?

Put words in their fucking mouth

Am i making my point clear?

Can you see why ice juggler is so pissed? Because their boss is literally prevent them from being anything more than an ICE JUGGLER

Literally go to hell choco cup

Sorry that this one was alot longer than part 1 but i felt like i had to expand a bit more on this cuz theres a lot to unpack here. Theres some more atrocities Choco Cupfuck has done but this is prob enough to show a good reason why Ice Juggler is rude af

Anyway i hope yall like this post and while youre valid for disliking Ice Juggler, i hope you at least understand why they have one of the reasons you potentially dislike them for. Feel free to add your optinions or anything i missed, reblog, whatever

[art-i-know-yes]

HIHIHIHIHI IM LITERALLY GOING TO CRY BECAUSE I CAN'T GO HOME RIGHT NOW BUT LIKE IM GOING TO WATCH IT TONIGHT MAYBE IT'LL DRIFT INTO TOMORROW BUT LIKE IMMA DO IT. IM SO EXCITED AND SCARED I DUNNO WHAT IMMA DO AND THATS ABOUT IT. RIGHT NOW I HAVE TO WAIT AN HOUR AT LEAST AHHHHHHHHHHHHH

*2 1/2 Hours later*

AAHHHHHH

DNDADDIES FINALE

I have a headache but irrelevant

Radiolab is very close to death

Byebye Lance

WHHHEEEEEWWWWWW DARRYL FAKE SCARED CHILDS

OOHHHH BETH WHAT DID YOU DO MHMMHM

DEMIPLANE AHHHHHHHHHOOOHHHHHH SNEAKY

Mmnnnnnhhhgggghhhhhhmmmmmmnnnn YES

OH U SLVT

WHHYYYYY WALTER 5 D12 EXCUSE MOI 102 DAMAGE

POWERWORD KILL IS SO FUNNY

BYEBYE RADIOLAB

SEXY LINE HENRY I LOOOOVE WHEN THEY DO SHVT LIKE THAT "YOU TAKE CARE OF YOUR DAD I'LL TAKE CARE IF MINE"

KILL BARRY PLZZZZZZ

Mcfvck Barry

"Actually uno reverse"

WE GON DO THE NECK

17 ROLL IT D12 AHHHHHHHH UR SEXY BETH A 12

"He's taking a big sip of water"

EWWWWW

A 9 PLUS A 20

I think that was the most confident Beth has been about any spell

Fvck whoever dad killa is

We should take care of like the NUKE right

OOOOHHHHHHHH FVCK ANTHONY

"You hear the 3 different colored wires"

NATURAL 1 ON M O R A L E

BYEBYE LANCEALOT

LETS GET REVENGE

Down to 80 bvtchboi

Of course slow-mo

AHHHHHHH FAILED DISSONANT WHISPERS

AHHHH SO SMART GLENN FREDDY

Suddenly Ron's head just pops up

AHHHHHH IT'S WHAT WE WANTED ALL ALONG

The nuke

16 plus 7

WHAT DID HE DO

MCFVCKIN PARDON

They gotta book it

It would be so hilarious if he actually meant Nick Jr.

Very unsexy

SPIRIT SHIELD AGAIN

BARTHOLOMEW

Whoops

YASS WALTER

Noooooo. YESSSSS

THERE'S STILL A NUKE

These ads damn

I'm only listening to these ads because I'm nervous

AUTUMNNNNNN

DARRYLLLLLL

Can you polymorph him

My heart

He sure has

Bye kids love ya! That's the best thing

Gasp in scared this isn't good? This is GASP

WIVES? GUNS? SWORDS? WAAAAHHHHHH? AHHHHHH? NAKED?

HUMAN GUNS

It was the other way

This is great

"Cop sized"

Thanks Freddy

They might not make it

THE ROAR OF A TIGER

The noise I just made

"NO... I was AMAZING"

What are you doing

"Vwhere's the nuke! Wvhere's the nuke! If you have an insult, I have a rebuke!" This bomb will go kaboom! I love so much

IT'S THE DISNEY CASTLE

"I learned that one from Satan"

"Dad Max Daddy Rouge"

I'm literally going to have a stroke over these ads

Imma need better help after this

"The servants can poor wine"

Disappointing Henry

Thank fvck

DID NICK GO THROUGH THE PORTAL

Love that

You piece of shvt Dad Killa wtf

HOT SAMANTHA

AWWWWWWWW "Hi Ronny" "Hi Sammy"

AAHHHHHHHHH HELL YAH

That was tense for no reason

FVCK U BVTCH OCEAN SALT SPRAY

That LINE Henry

"I use smugness as a self defense mechanism"

DUMB BVTCH

Hell yeah

Wtf happened to Bill

CERN BABY U MIXED EMOTIONS

Another nod

EPILOGUE SCENES

Naked crying crystal hugs

Now THAT'S a long story

Wear a skirt Ron

GASP SCAM OMGOD

ROUGEEEE

I love that so much for you Darryl

:(

HAHAHAHAHAHA

AWWWWWWW

Everybody's ducked to the ground

"Honestly yeah"

Every other weekend he hangs with Satan

I'm going to kill myself that hurt me emotionally Jimmy

"It was an honor"

HELL YEAH AUTUMN

Mmnnnhhhh

"His ex? wife"

It wasss

Awww not the slow version

"Played..."

Straight called out

BANANA BOIS

Awwwwwwwwwwwwww TJ and Grant

Aww does he still hate him

PARDON

WHAT HENRY IS WHAT

AHHHHHHH THIS ISNT GREAT

Ok season 2 ummm

OH AND THAT'S THE END OK OOF

WELL I LOVE THIS SHOW AND UM WILLY IS A BVTCH TO THE END

I mean Lark seems like he regrets it at least????Sparrow's crying, Henry is still worried and isn't angry.

Well guess I'll go do my homework now.

With the end of THAT, thanks to everyone who liked my stupid rants that I used to process this show

[chronicallylatetotheparty]

Stay Peachy: Kwamibuster

Summary: With Ladybug out of commission Chat Noir is the only one who can stop Kwamibuster... If only everyone would just work with him here!

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"Let me get this straight. Tikki's captured. Ladybug's powerless and captured, I was this close to losing you too but you won't tell me where Master Fu is? Am I missing anything?" Adrien asked Plagg.

Plagg twitched nervously. "But- but-"

"You have five seconds to give me a good alternative or we're going to see Fu," Adrien announced.

"You could distract Kwamibuster while Ladybug escapes!" Plagg tried.

Adrien crossed his arms and glared. "I said a good alternative! You getting caught isn't good for anyone!"

"Might be good for Ladybug?" Plagg shrugged his arms and gave his most convincing grin.

"Sure! I'll just hand Papillon the other kwami he needs while I have to use a banana suit to protect my identity or something!" Adrien replied sarcastically.

"You'd love that wouldn't you." Plagg knew Adrien. There was a good chance-

The sound of a door being blown off it's hinges echoed down the hallway as Kwamibuster started searching the floor they were on. "Where are you, little cat? I already have a ladybug for my insect collection. Now I just need a small mammal!"

Plagg gave his best kitty cat eyes.

Adrien didn't budge.

Plagg's arms drooped. "Okay, okay! Let's just get outa here first!"

"Knew you'd see things my way." Adrien smirked.

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Master Fu was having a nice, calming, afternoon tea with Wayzz when there was an insistent banging at his door. Wayzz hiding at the sound.

The Guardian sighed. "Who could that be?"

The banging got louder.

"Patience! I am coming! What's the big-"

A blond headed blur shot in and slammed the door shut.

"So this is where you live. Nice place ya got here. Ladybug's in trouble and I need more Miraculous!" Adrien's words tumbling out in a rush as his heartbeat jumped up his throat. Maybe I should have used the window.

"Chat Noir!?" Fu's eyes nearly popping out of his head in surprise.

"Sorry, Master." Plagg appeared, uncharacteristically serious, ears low. "It was an emergency."

"Plagg!?" This was unprecedented! Yes, the Kwami of Destruction was the most free spirited of those in the Miracle Box. But even he knew the importance of secrecy! "What are you doing-"

"Ladybug's in trouble! I just said that!" Adrien supposed he could have worded it better... But also: Ladybug was in trouble! And he was in a hurry!

The Guardian glanced from boy to kwami. Who nodded. "Very well," Fu conceded. Going to the gramophone and entering the code. Bringing out the Miracle Box which he set in its usual place when Marinette came. "Adrien Agreste, choose an ally to help you on this mission. Remember that they mist return the Miraculous once the mission is complete."

Adrien stared as the Miracle Box opened. Kneeling down in imitation of the Guardian's pose. He hadn't known there were so many Miraculous! One of them surely had the power to help! Only...

"What is it Chat Noir?"

Adrien looked up at Master Fu's face. "I dunno what most of these do."

The Guardian sighed. "This is exactly why it should be Ladybug who chooses the temporary hero."

"Hey, it's not my fault you decided she was the only one who could know things!" So this is what being Chat Noir without the mask felt like. "I'm-" Adrien paused as a thought hit him. "Oh. Oh!"

"... Yes?" Master Fu prompted.

"I just realized how dumb it is that I'm not supposed to know the temporary heroes secret identities."

Fu blinked. "Excuse me?"

Adrien shook his head to get his thought process back on track. "Anyway!"

"Chat Noir, what did you mean by-"

"No time!" Adrien pointed at the Miraculous. "Teach!"

Grumbling something about manners Fu acquiesced.

Skipping over the ones Adrien already knew the Guardian quickly ran down the list. The Pig could show you your deepest desire? Seemed like it'd be a good distraction. The Dragon had how many abilities!? Overpowered but okay. The Mouse could make little copies of you. Heh, that sounded adorable but-

"That's it!" Adrien interrupted Fu to grab the Fox and Mouse Miraculous. Which he promptly put on.

"What are you doing!?" The Guardian exclaimed. "No holder has ever used three Miraculous before! It's too dangerous!"

"Well, I don't know who Rena Rouge is and I'm not gonna spend any more time looking!" Adrien turned to the materializing Fox and Mouse kwamis. "Sorry, we're in a bit of a hurry."

"Oh, aren't we always? Name's Trixx."

"Mullo!"

"Alright. Mullo, transforme-moi!"

Multimouse took a moment to adjust to the unfamiliar magic of his new suit.

"I really don't think this is the best course of action," Fu said, attempting to dissuade the young boy.

"Relax, Master! I'll keep him out of trouble!" Trixx announced.

Multimouse nodded as he opened a window. "Thanks. Now, c'mon Trixx, Plagg. I'll explain the plan on the way!" So saying, he launched himself skyward.

Wayzz finally emerged from his hiding place, floating towards his holder.

Fu looked at his kwami. "Oh, I hope he doesn't collapse on the way."

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"True or false? Ladybug has disguised herself as Mr. Banana!"

Marinette was not having a good day. First, Chat Noir's kwami almost reveals her identity. Then, Tikki got captured! And now that tomcat was nowhere in sight. Marinette had barely escaped from Kwamibuster the first time and now she was cornered mere meters from the exit!

"Uh, stay peachy?!" Marinette ran for it.

But Kwamibuster leapt over her and grabbed her wrist. "You can't get away from me!"

"CHARGE!"

From the doorway came a whole swarm of kwamis! Flitting about Kwamibuster and distracting her enough for Marinette to get away.

"You can't get away from me!" Kwamibuster chased after them as they sped off. "You're no match for Kwamibuster!"

"Ladybug!"

Turning around, Marinette saw Plagg and a little guy holding onto his ears. She blinked, this was the first time she saw the Mouse Miraculous in action.

"It's me!" he declared, grinning. "Chat Noir! Or Multimouse, I guess."

"Chat Noir!?" But that meant- No, no, she could panic about that later. "Well, then you must need my Miraculous." Marinette reached for her earrings.

"Uh, no? Why would you think that?"

"Because... Nevermind. What's the plan?"

Multimouse winked. "You'll see. Make your way back to the roof!" And zipped away before Ladybug could ask more questions.

"... A Chat Noir plan. This oughta be interesting."

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"I will capture you all!"

Kwamibuster laughed maniacally as she shot her beam at the Plagg reskins. Made by Multifox with his Mirage. And that wasn't the only part of the illusion.

"I have to say. I think Ladybug will be impressed," Plagg stated. Floating directly above the supervillain so she would need to crane her neck straight up to spot them.

"It has to work first," Multimouse replied. Still standing on top of Plagg's head. His small army made their way into position.

Now!

Multimouse's invisible doubles launched their indestructible ropes at Kwamibuster. Becoming visible as they wrapped her up like Gulliver on Lilliput.

"What!? What's going on!? Oof!" She toppled none too gently.

Wasting no time Plagg zipped down.

"No! You can't beat Kwamibuster!" She freed her blaster hand.

"Mullo, Plagg, unify!"

"Aha!" Twisting upwards she aimed the beam at Multimouse.

"Cataclysm!"

Adrien's power touched the tip of her barrel and the rust spread from it to her pack. Freeing Tikki as dark mist transformed Kwamibuster back into Mme. Mendeleiev.

Adrien merged himself back together as the akuma flew past him. "Uh, Ladybug!"

A red blur shot out and caught the akuma before it could get far. Ladybug releasing a white butterfly in its place.

Multimouse grinned. "Perfect timing as always, My Lady."

"I dunno about that." Ladybug looked around at the destroyed rooftop.

"You think it'll work without a Lucky Charm?" Multimouse asked, following her train of thought.

Ladybug looked at her yo-yo. "The akuma was purified so it should." Throwing it skyward with a little more strength than usual she called out the words. "Miraculous Ladybug!"

The cure swept around them as Ladybug's yo-yo fell back into her hands.

"Knew you could do it," Multimouse praised. "Now, I've got some errands to run-" he tapped the two Miraculous necklaces "-so you take care of Mme. Mendeleiev."

He half turned. "Oh! And sorry about my kwami. No idea what he was doing at that primary school."

"It was a- lycée, yeah. Lycée."

"Right!" He grinned. "A lycée." Totally not a collège. Giving Ladybug a two finger salute he leapt off the tower. Mme. Mendeleiev's insistence on the validity of her scientific discovery fading behind him.

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Adrien held out his index finger to shake the kwamis' hands. "You were both a big help! Thanks."

"You weren't so bad yourself, Chat Noir," Trixx grinned.

"Yeah!" Mullo agreed. "Usually Plagg's holders are no fun but you ran circles around that kwami snatcher!"

Adrien blushed a little at their praise. "Hope we can work together again someday." The kwamis waved as they reentered their Miraculous.

Master Fu closed the Miracle Box once Adrien placed them back inside. Returning it to its hiding place. "It is quite impressive that you withstood the power of three Miraculous long enough to accomplish your task."

"... Actually it was super easy. Barely an inconvenience."

The Guardian blinked. "What?"

Adrien nodded. "Yeah, I don't think occasionally using two or three Miraculous at once is all that dangerous. Maybe if you wore a whole bunch of 'em. But why would you do that?"

Fu processed that for a bit.

Adrien sipped from his tea, awkwardly. "... So does this mean I finally get Guardian training?"

Master Fu nearly slipped as he sat back down. "Huh?"

"I mean, I already know where you are. And we've seen that if Ladybug is compromised it's better if I know what to do," Adrien reasoned out logically.

"I... That is... Uh..." Fu looked desperately at Plagg, who was gorging himself on cheese.

"Hey, don't look at me. Kid's got a point." Plagg swallowed another wedge of Camembert.

Fu slumped with a sigh. Clearly outmaneuvered. "Where should we start?"

"Potions!" Adrien exclaimed, eyes sparkling. This was going to be fun. He could feel it!

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stede’s brazilian cherry wood

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OFMD Kinktober 2022 Prompt 7: Piercings/Size kink

It's time for Stede to get a dick piercing. But has Ed accounted for everything?

Part of Series Our Flag Means Stupid Bad Sex: For Kinktober 2022, my attempt to portray each kink prompt in the most unsexy manner possible. If anything in here manages to turn you on, you are a special snowflake and I salute you on your unique life path.

"Ed, I'm not sure this the best idea."

"It is the greatest idea, Stede, it's the best fucking idea I've ever had in my life."

"But... it's going to hurt."

"It'll hurt good, darling, I promise."

"Shouldn't we have kept Roach on the ship? In case it... goes wrong?"

Ed holds the needle to the flame of the fireplace in Stede's cabin.

"It won't go wrong, it'll be amazing, and when everyone comes back from their vacation you can show it off."

"Ed! No!" Stede jumps up from the couch and paces nervously, naked from the waist down.

"Just lie back and think of England."

"I don't give a fuck about England, Ed, why would I pierce my dick for England?"

"I dunno, sounds like a pretty aristocrat-ty thing to do." Ed gives the needle a quick inspection. "I think that's probably good enough. Sit down!"

Stede shakes his head. "I've changed my mind, I think little Stede is fine just the way he is."

Ed sighs and looks up at Big Stede and then back down to Little Stede, who isn't that much more little, if Ed is being honest.

"My darling, my sweetheart, my precious love, I'm going to pierce that monstrous mainmast of yours and have the best damn fuck of my life four to eight weeks from now. It's my birthday present. Are you gonna take away the only birthday present I've ever had, ever, forever?" Ed softens his eyes as aggressively as possible, the most violent pair of doe-eyes he can possibly conjure.

Stede sighs. "Well, I guess it can't be worse than getting stabbed, can it?"

This is normally the time where Ed would say, "Hahah, you have no fucking idea, it's way worse," but he needs this, so he clamps his mouth shut and nods instead as Stede lowers himself back onto the couch.

Ed looks at the bits and mobs of metalware on the tray. "Have you picked out which one you want?"

Stede sighs and points to an earring with a pearl on the end.

"Good choice, I'm going pearl diving in your pants every night, darling."

Stede chuckles. "If this works out, I'll even let you, sweet cheeks."

Ed places a cork on one end of Stede's unreasonably gigantic willy and readies the needle.

"Okay, I'll do it on the count of three. One, two-"

"Aaaaaaaugh!" Stede screams and writhes.

"What the fuck, Stede, I didn't even reach three!"

Stede stops screaming and looks down at the needle still in Ed's hand.

"Oh, I'm sorry Ed, I just assumed you were lying when you said on three and were actually doing it on two-"

Ed sighs and puts the needle through the gargantuan weewee.

"Aaaaaaaaugh!" Stede yells, but then he stops and looks down, perplexed.

"Honestly, Ed, I don't even feel anything, are you sure you're doing this right?"

Ed shrugs. "I don't know, mate, it's not like I've ever done this before. It went through, look!"

True enough, there's a needle running straight through Stede's titanic dongzilla.

Stede sighs. "Well, it doesn't particularly feel like much. Kind of anticlimactic if you think about it. Put the piercing in so I can get drunk on brandy and suck you straight into next month, hot stuff."

Ed reaches over and grabs Stede's chosen piercing. He prods Stede's General Sherman and puts it in.

"Uh... Stede?"

"Yeah, Ed?"

"It isn't big enough."

"What isn't, my dick? We both know that isn't true, honeychild."

"No, uh, the piercing. It doesn't go all the way through."

Stede sighs. "Of course. Well, just pick the longest one and we can deal with it later."

Ed scrunches up his face in concentration as he measures each piercing.

"Uh..." Ed tries to find the right words for this romantic moment.

"What is it, Ed? It's getting cold down there, Little Stede needs a nap."

"It's just... none... of them? None of them fit."

Stede sits up. "What? What do you mean none of them fit? Didn't you measure?"

Ed shrugs. "Didn't really think about it, just kept thinking about how good your William Howard Taft Shaft would look up my colon."

Stede puts his hands on his face.

"So this was all for nothing?"

"No! We can... we can go have one custom made somewhere! A dick piercing expert! Then we'll stick it in and be good to go!" Ed makes a swooping motion with his hand to emphasize the good-to-goness of the situation.

"Ed, I'll bleed out before then." Stede gestures down at the tiny trickle of blood flowing from his absolutely enormous schlong.

"Nah, you'll be fine, we'll just wrap it."

"With what?"

Ed looks around and has an idea. He runs to the closet and brings back a cravat.

"Ed, we've been over this, my dick does not need a blindfold. The chafing is unbearable."

"It's just for a bit, Stede, then the hole will close up and you'll be fine!"

Stede crosses his arms and huffs. "This had better be the most glorious custom piercing known to man. Every pirate should weep with jealousy at the sight of it."

"I'll buy it a fuckin' hat and eyepatch and everything. You'll never have to wear pants again, just walk around with it hanging out, our enemies will jump straight off the boat in terror."

Stede smiles and holds Ed's face with one hand. "You always know just the right thing to say to make me feel better, you sexy motherfucker."

Ed blushes. They sit together by the fire, admiring the pool of blood collecting on Stede's least-favorite cravat.